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Our efforts in identifying prospective target businesses will not be limited to a particular geographic region.
−Removed: December 6, 2023, we consummated our initial public officer (“IPO”) of 6,000,000 units (the “IPO Units”).
+Added: December 6, 2023, we consummated our initial public offering (“IPO”) of 6,000,000 units (the “IPO Units”).
IPO Unit consists of one ordinary share, $0.0001 par value (the “Ordinary Share”), and one right (“Right”) to
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will not be entitled to any interest accrued on the deferred underwriting discount.
−Removed: currently have till April 6, 2025 to consummate our initial business combination and thereafter, if we require additional time to consummate
−Removed: our initial business combination, our board of directors may extend the period of time to consummate a business combination up to 12
−Removed: times, each by an additional one-month period (for a total of up to 24 months to complete a business combination), subject to the authorization
−Removed: by our board of directors and the deposit of additional funds into the Trust Account by the Sponsor or its affiliates or designees as
−Removed: described elsewhere in this Annual Report.
−Removed: In the event we are unable to consummate a business combination within the allotted time period,
−Removed: we will cease operations and liquidate the Trust Account and distribute the funds included therein to the holders of our securities sold
−Removed: in the IPO and dissolve.
+Added: initially had until December 6, 2024 to consummate our initial business combination (namely, within 12 months of the closing date of
+Added: our IPO), with the option to extend up to 12 times, each by an additional one-month period (for a total of up to 24 months from the closing
+Added: date of our IPO), if we require additional time to consummate our initial business combination, subject to the authorization by our board
+Added: of directors and the deposit of additional funds into the Trust Account by the Sponsor or its affiliates or designees as described elsewhere
+Added: in this Annual Report.
+Added: On February 6, 2025, the Company executed an amendment to the Trust Agreement (as defined below), which revised
+Added: the extension terms to allow up to 24 one-month extensions (for a total of up to 36 months from the closing date of our IPO to complete
+Added: a business combination).
+Added: In the event we are unable to consummate a business combination within the allotted time period, we will cease
+Added: operations and liquidate the Trust Account and distribute the funds included therein to the holders of our securities sold in the IPO
+Added: and dissolve.
Business Combination with United Hydrogen
−Removed: June 19, 2024, we entered into a definitive business combination agreement (the “Business Combination Agreement”) for a business
−Removed: combination with (i) United Hydrogen Group Inc., an exempted company incorporated with limited liability in the Cayman Islands (“United
−Removed: Hydrogen”), (ii) United Hydrogen Global Inc., an exempted company incorporated with limited liability in the Cayman Islands (“Pubco”),
−Removed: (iii) United Hydrogen Victor Limited, an exempted company incorporated with limited liability in the Cayman Islands and a wholly-owned
−Removed: subsidiary of Pubco (the “First Merger Sub”);
−Removed: (iv) United Hydrogen Worldwide Limited, an exempted company incorporated with
−Removed: limited liability in the Cayman Islands and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pubco (the “Second Merger Sub”) ;
−Removed: and (v) Aimei Investment Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempted company, in the capacity as, from and after the closing of the transactions
−Removed: contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement (the “Closing”), the representative for our Company and our shareholders.
+Added: June 19, 2024, we entered into a definitive business combination agreement (as amended, the “Business Combination Agreement”)
+Added: for a business combination with (i) United Hydrogen Group Inc., an exempted company incorporated with limited liability in the Cayman
+Added: Islands (“United Hydrogen”), (ii) United Hydrogen Global Inc., an exempted company incorporated with limited liability in
+Added: the Cayman Islands (“Pubco”), (iii) United Hydrogen Victor Limited, an exempted company incorporated with limited liability
+Added: in the Cayman Islands and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pubco (the “First Merger Sub”);
+Added: (iv) United Hydrogen Worldwide Limited,
+Added: an exempted company incorporated with limited liability in the Cayman Islands and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pubco (the “Second
+Added: Merger Sub”) ;
+Added: and (v) Aimei Investment Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempted company, in
+Added: the capacity as, from and after the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement (the “Closing”),
+Added: the representative for our Company and our shareholders.
Business Combination Agreement and related agreements are further described in our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the U.S.
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(iii) by either us or United Hydrogen if any
−Removed: of the conditions to Closing have not been satisfied or waived by March 31, 2025 or such other date as may be extended pursuant to the
−Removed: Business Combination Agreement (the “Termination Date”);
−Removed: (iv) by either us or United Hydrogen upon a material breach of any
−Removed: representations, warranties, covenants or other agreements set forth in the Business Combination Agreement by the other party if such
−Removed: breach gives rise to a failure of certain closing conditions to be satisfied and cannot or has not been cured within the earlier of 20
−Removed: days’ following the receipt of notice from the non-breaching party and the Termination Date;
−Removed: (v) by either us or United Hydrogen
−Removed: if our shareholder approval is not obtained at our shareholder meeting;
−Removed: (vi) by us if the United Hydrogen shareholder approval is not
−Removed: obtained within ten (10) business days after the Registration Statement becomes effective;
−Removed: or (vii) by us, if the Reorganization is not
−Removed: completed by December 31, 2024.
+Added: of the conditions to Closing have not been satisfied or waived by September 30, 2025, or such other date as may be extended
+Added: pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement (the “Termination Date”);
+Added: (iv) by either us or United Hydrogen upon a material
+Added: breach of any representations, warranties, covenants or other agreements set forth in the Business Combination Agreement by the other
+Added: party if such breach gives rise to a failure of certain closing conditions to be satisfied and cannot or has not been cured within the
+Added: earlier of 20 days’ following the receipt of notice from the non-breaching party and the Termination Date;
+Added: (v) by either us or
+Added: United Hydrogen if our shareholder approval is not obtained at our shareholder meeting;
+Added: (vi) by us if the United Hydrogen shareholder
+Added: approval is not obtained within ten (10) business days after the Registration Statement becomes effective;
+Added: or (vii) by us, if the Reorganization
+Added: is not completed by December 31, 2024.
+Added: Extraordinary
+Added: General Meeting Approving the Business Combination
+Added: November 6, 2025, we held an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders, at which the shareholders approved the Board’s proposal
+Added: to enter into the Business Combination with United Hydrogen, together with certain related proposals.
+Added: In addition, on January 23, 2024,
+Added: United Hydrogen initially filed a Registration Statement on Form F-4 (File No.
+Added: 333-284430) with the SEC in connection with the proposed
+Added: Business Combination, which was declared effective on September 26, 2025.
+Added: While we continue to use our best efforts to complete the Business
+Added: Combination as soon as practicable, the Board determined that completion of the Business Combination remains subject, among other conditions,
+Added: to United Hydrogen obtaining required approvals from the CSRC, which are currently pending.
+Added: The CSRC has been reviewing United Hydrogen’s
+Added: materials since August 12, 2024, and has required United Hydrogen to provide supplementary materials on several occasions.
+Added: Business – Initial Business Combination – CSRC Approval.
+Added: ” As of the date of this Annual Report, United Hydrogen
+Added: has submitted supplementary materials in accordance with the CSRC’s requirements and is awaiting further review.
+Added: As of the date
+Added: of this Annual Report, we currently expect to close the Business Combination by May 2026, subject to the satisfaction of customary
+Added: closing conditions.
+Added: See “ Item 1.
+Added: Business – Proposed Business Combination with United Hydrogen – Conditions to Closing.
of Deadline to Complete Initial Business Combination
−Removed: amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provides that we have 12 months from the closing of our IPO to consummate
−Removed: our initial business combination.
−Removed: However, if we anticipate that we may not be able to consummate our initial business combination within
−Removed: 12 months, we may, by resolution of our board of directors if requested by the Sponsor, extend the period of time to consummate a business
−Removed: combination up to 12 times, each by an additional one month, for a total of up to 24 months to complete a business combination, subject
−Removed: to the sponsor depositing additional funds into the Trust Account as set out below.
−Removed: Pursuant to the terms of our amended and restated
−Removed: memorandum and articles of association and the trust agreement dated December 1, 2023 entered into between us and Continental Stock Transfer
−Removed: & Trust Company (the “Trust Agreement”), in order for the time available for us to consummate our initial business combination
−Removed: to be extended, the Sponsor or its affiliates or designees, upon five days advance notice prior to the applicable deadline, must deposit
−Removed: into the Trust Account an monthly extension fee of $227,700 (or $0.033 per Public Share in either case) each month on or prior to the
−Removed: date of the applicable deadline for each extension.
−Removed: The Sponsor and its affiliates or designees are not obligated to fund the Trust Account
−Removed: to extend the time for us to complete our initial business combination.
−Removed: Shareholders will not be granted any right to approve or disapprove
−Removed: any such monthly extension, or redeem their securities in connection with any decision by us to extend the time frame to complete a business
−Removed: combination from 12 months to up to 24 months.
+Added: currently effective amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provides that we have 12 months from the closing of our
+Added: IPO to consummate our initial business combination.
+Added: However, if we anticipate that we may not be able to consummate our initial business
+Added: combination within 12 months, we may, by resolution of our board of directors if requested by the Sponsor, extend the period of time
+Added: to consummate a business combination up to 24 times, each by an additional one month, for a total of up to 36 months to complete a business
+Added: combination, subject to the sponsor depositing additional funds into the Trust Account as set out below.
+Added: Pursuant to the terms of our
+Added: amended and restated memorandum and articles of association and the trust agreement dated December 1, 2023 entered into between us and
+Added: Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (the “Trust Agreement”), in order for the time available for us to consummate
+Added: our initial business combination to be extended, the Sponsor or its affiliates or designees, upon five days advance notice prior to the
+Added: applicable deadline, must deposit into the Trust Account an monthly extension fee of an amount equal to an amount equal to the lesser
+Added: of (i) $80,000 for all outstanding Public Shares and (ii) $0.033 for each outstanding Public Share (for each monthly extension), on or
+Added: prior to the date of the applicable deadline for each extension.
+Added: The Sponsor and its affiliates or designees are not obligated to fund
+Added: the Trust Account to extend the time for us to complete our initial business combination.
+Added: Shareholders will not be granted any right
+Added: to approve or disapprove any such monthly extension, or redeem their securities in connection with any decision by us to extend the time
+Added: frame to complete a business combination from 12 months to up to 36 months.
such payments would be made in the form of a loan.
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You will not be able to vote on or redeem your shares in connection with any such extension.
−Removed: December 11, 2024 and January 13, 2025, the Sponsor and United Hydrogen caused the first and second monthly extension fee of $227,700
−Removed: (equivalent to $0.033 per Public Share), respectively, to be deposited into the Trust Account in accordance with the terms set forth
−Removed: in the Trust Agreement, to extend the date by which the Company has to consummate a business combination from December 6, 2024 to February
−Removed: On February 5, 2024, we held an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders, which approved the proposal by our board of directors
−Removed: to amend the monthly fee payable by the Sponsor and/or its designee into the Trust Account to extend the date by which we must consummate
−Removed: our initial business combination, from $0.033 per Public Share (for each monthly extension) to an amount equal to $150,000 for all outstanding
−Removed: Public Shares (for each monthly extension).
−Removed: On February 6, 2025 and March 6, 2025, the Sponsor and United Hydrogen caused the third and
−Removed: fourth monthly extension fee of $150,000, respectively, to be deposited into the Trust Account, to further extend the deadline from February
−Removed: 6, 2024 to April 6, 2025.
−Removed: As of the date of this Annual Report, the deadline for completing of an initial business combination was extended
−Removed: to April 6, 2025 and the Sponsor currently intends to continue to deposit additional funds as described herein to further extend such
−Removed: deadline to up to 24 months from the closing of the IPO, to complete the initial business combination.
−Removed: However, there is no guarantee
−Removed: that the Sponsor or United Hydrogen will make such deposit timely or at all as described above.
+Added: December 11, 2024 and January 13, 2025, the Sponsor and United Hydrogen caused the first and second then-applicable monthly extension
+Added: fee of $227,700 (equivalent to $0.033 per Public Share), respectively, to be deposited into the Trust Account in accordance with the
+Added: terms set forth in the Trust Agreement, to extend the date by which the Company has to consummate a business combination from December
+Added: 6, 2024 to February 6, 2025.
+Added: On February 5, 2025, we held an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders, which approved the proposal
+Added: by our board of directors to amend the monthly fee payable by the Sponsor and/or its designee into the Trust Account to extend the date
+Added: by which we must consummate our initial business combination, from $0.033 per Public Share (for each monthly extension) to an amount
+Added: equal to $150,000 for all outstanding Public Shares (for each monthly extension).
+Added: On February 6, 2025, March 6, 2025, April 4, 2025,
+Added: May 6, 2025, June 6, 2025, July 6, 2025, August 6, 2025, September 5, 2025, October 8, 2025, and November 4, 2025, the Sponsor and United
+Added: Hydrogen caused the third through twelfth monthly extension fee of $150,000, respectively, to be deposited into the Trust Account, to
+Added: further extend the deadline from February 6, 2025 to December 6, 2025.
+Added: On November 26, 2025, we held an extraordinary general meeting
+Added: of shareholders, which approved the proposal by our board of directors to amend the monthly fee payable by the Sponsor and/or its designee
+Added: into the Trust Account to extend the date by which we must consummate our initial business combination, from $150,000 for all outstanding
+Added: Public Shares (for each monthly extension) to an amount equal to an amount equal to the lesser of (i) $80,000 for all outstanding Public
+Added: Shares and (ii) $0.033 for each outstanding Public Share (for each monthly extension).
+Added: On December 5, 2025, January 5, 2026, February
+Added: 12, 2026, March 4, 2026, and April 7, 2026, the Sponsor and United Hydrogen caused the thirteenth through seventeenth monthly extension
+Added: fee of $34,330.96, respectively, to be deposited into the Trust Account, to further extend the deadline from December 6, 2025 to May
+Added: As of the date of this Annual Report, the deadline for completing an initial business combination was extended to May 6, 2026
+Added: and the Sponsor currently intends to continue to deposit additional funds as described herein to further extend such deadline to up to
+Added: 36 months from the closing of the IPO, to complete the initial business combination.
+Added: However, there is no guarantee that the Sponsor
+Added: or United Hydrogen will make such deposit timely or at all as described above.
+Added: and Operational Risks Related to Potential Business Combinations with PRC-Based Companies
+Added: Chief Financial Officer is a citizen of Hong Kong.
+Added: Additionally, one of our three independent directors, resides in China.
+Added: date of this Annual Report, we are seeking to consummate the Business Combination with United Hydrogen, which is a Cayman Islands exempted
+Added: company that conducts substantially all of its operations through its PRC operating subsidiaries.
+Added: If we do not consummate the Business
+Added: Combination with United Hydrogen, we may consider a business combination with another entity or business with a physical presence or
+Added: other significant ties to China, including Hong Kong and Macau, which may subject the post-business combination business to the laws,
+Added: regulations and policies of China.
+Added: Any alternative target we may consider for a business combination may conduct operations through subsidiaries
+Added: The legal and regulatory risks associated with doing business in China discussed in this report may make us a less attractive
+Added: partner in an initial business combination than other special purpose acquisition companies that do not have any ties to China.
+Added: our ties to China may make it harder for us to complete an initial business combination with a target company without any such ties.
+Added: In addition, we will not conduct a business combination with any target company that conducts operations through variable interest entities
+Added: (“VIEs”), which are a series of contractual arrangements used to provide the economic benefits of foreign investment in Chinese-based
+Added: companies where Chinese law prohibits direct foreign investment in the operating companies.
+Added: As a result, this may limit the pool of acquisition
+Added: candidates we may acquire in the PRC, in particular, relative to other special purpose acquisition companies that are not subject to
+Added: such restrictions, which could make it more difficult and costly for us to consummate a business combination with a target business operating
+Added: in the PRC relative to such other companies.
+Added: we consummate the proposed Business Combination with United Hydrogen, or if we consummate our initial business combination with another
+Added: target business based in and primarily operating in the PRC, the combined company could be subject to certain legal and operational risks
+Added: associated with or having the majority of post-business combination operations in China.
+Added: PRC laws and regulations governing PRC based
+Added: business operations are sometimes vague and uncertain, and as a result these risks may result in material changes in the operations of
+Added: any post-business combination subsidiaries, significant depreciation of the value of our ordinary shares, or a complete hindrance of
+Added: our ability to offer, or continue to offer, our securities to investors, including investors in the United States.
+Added: Over the past few
+Added: years, the PRC government has adopted a series of regulatory actions and issued statements to regulate business operations in China with
+Added: little advance notice, including cracking down on illegal activities in the securities market, adopting new measures to extend the scope
+Added: of cybersecurity reviews, and expanding the efforts in anti-monopoly enforcement.
+Added: These enacted measures, and new measures which may
+Added: be implemented, could materially and adversely affect the operations of any post-business combination company which we may acquire as
+Added: our initial business combination.
+Added: addition, it is highly uncertain how soon legislative or administrative regulation-making bodies will respond and what existing or new
+Added: laws or regulations or detailed implementations and interpretations will be modified or promulgated, if any, and the potential impact
+Added: such modified or new laws and regulations will have on a China-based target company’s daily business operation, the ability to
+Added: accept foreign investments and list on a U.S.
+Added: or other foreign exchange.
+Added: Additionally, if we effect our initial business combination
+Added: with a business located in the PRC, the laws applicable to such business will likely govern all of our material agreements and we may
+Added: not be able to enforce our legal rights.
+Added: There are uncertainties regarding the interpretation and enforcement of PRC laws, rules and
+Added: regulations which may have a material adverse impact on the value of our securities.
+Added: If we enter into a business combination with a target
+Added: business operating in China, cash proceeds raised from overseas financing activities, including the IPO, may be transferred by us to
+Added: any future PRC subsidiaries via capital contribution or shareholder loans, as the case may be.
+Added: All these risks could result in a material
+Added: change in our or the target company’s post-combination operations and/or the value of our ordinary shares or could significantly
+Added: limit or completely hinder our ability to offer or continue to offer securities to investors and cause the value of such securities to
+Added: significantly decline or become worthless.
+Added: the PRC government has significant authority to exert influence on the ability of a China-based company to conduct its business, make
+Added: or accept foreign investments or list on a U.S.
+Added: stock exchange.
+Added: For example, if we enter into a business combination with a target business
+Added: operating in China, the combined company may face risks associated with regulatory approvals of the proposed business combination between
+Added: us and the target, offshore offerings, anti-monopoly regulatory actions, cybersecurity and data privacy.
+Added: The PRC government may also
+Added: intervene with or influence the combined company’s operations at any time as the government deems appropriate to further regulatory,
+Added: political and societal goals.
+Added: the past few years, the PRC government has recently published new policies that significantly affected certain industries such as the
+Added: education and internet industries, and we cannot rule out the possibility that it will in the future release regulations or policies
+Added: regarding any industry that could adversely affect our potential business combination with a PRC operating business and the business,
+Added: financial condition and results of operations of the combined company.
+Added: Any such action, once taken by the PRC government, could make
+Added: it more difficult and costly for us to consummate a business combination with a target business operating in the PRC, result in material
+Added: changes in the combined company’s post-combination operations and cause the value of the combined company’s securities to
+Added: significantly decline, or in extreme cases, become worthless or completely hinder the combined company’s ability to offer or continue
+Added: to offer securities to investors.
+Added: Please see those factors described under the heading “ Risk Factors ” in our filings
+Added: with the SEC from time to time and the Registration Statement on Form F-4 (File Number 333-284430) filed by United Hydrogen Group Inc.
+Added: with the SEC.
+Added: February 17, 2023, the CSRC promulgated the Trial Administrative Measures of Overseas Securities Offering and Listing by Domestic Companies
+Added: (the “Trial Measures”), which took effect on March 31, 2023.
+Added: The Trial Measures supersede the prior rules and clarified and
+Added: emphasized several aspects, which include but are not limited to:
+Added: (1) comprehensive determination of the “indirect overseas offering
+Added: and listing by PRC domestic companies” in compliance with the principle of “substance over form” and particularly,
+Added: an issuer will be required to go through the filing procedures under the Trial Measures if the following criteria are met at the same
+Added: (a) 50% or more of the issuer’s operating revenue, total profit, total assets or net assets as documented in its audited
+Added: consolidated financial statements for the most recent accounting year comes from PRC domestic companies, and (b) the main parts of the
+Added: issuer’s business activities are conducted in mainland China, or its main places of business are located in mainland China, or
+Added: the senior managers in charge of its business operation and management are mostly Chinese citizens or domiciled in mainland China;
+Added: exemptions from immediate filing requirements for issuers that (a) have already been listed or registered but not yet listed in foreign
+Added: securities markets, including U.S.
+Added: markets, prior to the effective date of the Trial Measures, (b) are not required to re-perform the
+Added: regulatory procedures with the relevant overseas regulatory authority or the overseas stock exchange, and (c) whose such overseas securities
+Added: offering or listing shall be completed before September 30, 2023, provided however that such issuers shall carry out filing procedures
+Added: as required if they conduct refinancing or are involved in other circumstances that require filing with the CSRC;
+Added: (3) a negative list
+Added: of types of issuers banned from listing or offering overseas, such as (a) issuers whose listing or offering overseas has been recognized
+Added: by the State Council of the PRC as a possible threat to national security, (b) issuers whose affiliates have been recently convicted
+Added: of bribery and corruption, (c) issuers under ongoing criminal investigations, and (d) issuers under major disputes regarding equity ownership;
+Added: (4) issuers’ compliance with web security, data security, and other national security laws and regulations;
+Added: filing and reporting obligations, such as the obligation to file with the CSRC after it submits an application for initial public offering
+Added: to overseas regulators, and the obligation after offering or listing overseas to report to the CSRC material events including a change
+Added: of control or voluntary or forced delisting of the issuer;
+Added: and (6) the CSRC’s authority to fine both issuers and their shareholders
+Added: between 1 and 10 million RMB for failure to comply with the Trial Measures, including failure to comply with filing obligations or committing
+Added: fraud and misrepresentation.
+Added: believe we are not required to obtain approvals from any PRC government authorities, including the CSRC or the Cyberspace Administration
+Added: of China (“CAC”), or any other government entity, to issue our securities to foreign investors and to list on a U.S.
+Added: or to search for a target company.
+Added: As of the date of this report, we have not received any inquiry, notice, warning, sanctions or regulatory
+Added: objection to the IPO from the CSRC or any other PRC governmental authorities.
+Added: However, applicable laws, regulations, or interpretations
+Added: of the PRC may change or we could be mistaken about these rules applicability, and the relevant PRC government agencies could reach a
+Added: different conclusion and may subject us to a stringent approval process from the relevant government entities in connection with the
+Added: IPO, continued listing on a U.S.
+Added: exchange, the potential business combination, the issuance of shares or the maintenance of our status
+Added: as a publicly listed company outside China, and the post business combination entity’s PRC operations if our business combination
+Added: target is a PRC Target Company.
+Added: If the CSRC or the CAC, or any other governmental or regulatory body subsequently determines that its
+Added: approval is needed for the IPO, a business combination, the issuance of our ordinary shares upon exercise of the rights, or maintaining
+Added: our status as a publicly listed company outside China, we may face approval delays, adverse actions or sanctions by the CSRC, CAC and/or
+Added: other PRC regulatory agencies.
+Added: It is uncertain whether we will be required to obtain permission from the PRC government to continue to
+Added: list on a U.S.
+Added: exchange in the future and offer our securities to foreign investors.
+Added: If approval is required in the future, including
+Added: pursuant to the Trial Measures, and we are denied permission from Chinese authorities to list on U.S.
+Added: exchanges or offer our securities
+Added: to foreign investors, we may not be able to continue listing on a U.S.
+Added: exchange or be subject to other severe consequences, which would
+Added: materially affect our ability to complete a business combination in which case we may have to liquidate which would be adverse to the
+Added: interests of the investors.
+Added: In addition, any changes in PRC law, regulations, or interpretations may severely affect our operations after
+Added: The use of the term “operate” and “operations” includes the process of searching for a target business
+Added: and conducting related activities.
+Added: To that extent, we may not be able to conduct the process of searching for a potential target company
+Added: are numerous risks and uncertainties related to doing business in China including:
+Added: changes in political and economic policies or political or social conditions of the PRC government could have a material adverse
+Added: effect on the overall economic growth of China;
+Added: Uncertainties
+Added: with respect to the PRC legal system could limit legal protections available to you and us;
+Added: may be difficult for overseas regulators to conduct investigations or collect evidence within China
+Added: companies in certain business sectors are required to undergo national security review or obtain clearance from relevant authorities
+Added: if necessary before making any filings with the CSRC.
+Added: companies must comply with national secrecy and data security laws with respect to any data disclosure.
+Added: has the authority to and may block offshore listings that:
+Added: (1) are explicitly prohibited by law;
+Added: (2) may endanger national security;
+Added: (3) involve criminal offenses such as corruption, bribery, embezzlement, misappropriation of property by the issuer, its controlling
+Added: persons (with a three-year lookback);
+Added: (4) involve the issuer under investigations for suspicion of criminal offenses or major violations
+Added: of laws and regulations;
+Added: or (5) involve material ownership disputes.
+Added: see those factors described under the heading “ Risk Factors ” in our filings with the SEC from time to time and the
+Added: Registration Statement on Form F-4 (File Number 333-284430) filed by United Hydrogen Group Inc.
+Added: with the SEC.
+Added: of our officers and directors may become an officer or director of another special purpose acquisition company with a class of securities
+Added: intended to be registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, even before we have entered into
+Added: a definitive agreement regarding our initial business combination.
+Added: For more information, see the section of this report entitled “ Item
+Added: Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance — Conflicts of Interest.
there is no restriction or limitation on what industry our target operates in, it is our intention to pursue prospective targets that
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shareholders) from a financial point of view.
+Added: of Cash to and from our Post Business Combination Subsidiaries
+Added: of the date of this Annual Report, we are seeking to consummate the Business Combination with United Hydrogen, which is a Cayman Islands
+Added: exempted company that conducts substantially all of its operations through its PRC operating subsidiaries.
+Added: There have not been any capital
+Added: contributions or shareholder loans by us to any PRC entities, we do not yet have any subsidiaries, and we have not received, declared
+Added: or made any dividends or distributions.
+Added: If we consummate the proposed Business Combination with United Hydrogen, or if we consummate
+Added: our initial business combination with another target business based in and primarily operating in the PRC, the combined company, whose
+Added: securities will be listed on a U.S.
+Added: stock exchange, may make capital contributions or extend loans to its PRC subsidiaries through intermediate
+Added: holding companies subject to compliance with relevant PRC foreign exchange control regulations.
+Added: the initial business combination, the combined company’s ability to pay dividends, if any, to the shareholders and to service any
+Added: debt it may incur will depend upon dividends paid by its PRC subsidiaries.
+Added: Under PRC laws and regulations, PRC companies are subject
+Added: to certain restrictions with respect to paying dividends or otherwise transferring any of their net assets to offshore entities.
+Added: In particular,
+Added: under the current PRC laws and regulations, dividends may be paid only out of distributable profits.
+Added: Distributable profits are the net
+Added: profit as determined under Chinese accounting standards and regulations, less any recovery of accumulated losses and appropriations to
+Added: statutory and other reserves required to be made.
+Added: PRC regulations permit a potential PRC target company’s indirect PRC subsidiaries to pay dividends to an overseas subsidiary, for
+Added: example, a subsidiary located in Hong Kong, only out of their accumulated profits, if any, determined in accordance with Chinese accounting
+Added: standards and regulations.
+Added: In addition, each of the target’s subsidiaries in China is required to set aside at least 10% of its
+Added: after-tax profits each year, if any, to fund a statutory reserve until such reserve reaches 50% of its registered capital.
+Added: the combined company’s PRC subsidiaries may not have sufficient distributable profits to pay dividends to the combined company.
+Added: Furthermore, each such entity in China is also required to further set aside a portion of its after-tax profits to fund the employee
+Added: welfare fund, although the amount to be set aside, if any, is determined at the discretion of its board of directors.
+Added: Although the statutory
+Added: reserves can be used, among other ways, to increase the registered capital and eliminate future losses in excess of retained earnings
+Added: of the respective companies, the reserve funds are not distributable as cash dividends except in the event of liquidation.
+Added: PRC government also imposes controls on the conversion of the Renminbi (“RMB”), the legal currency of the PRC, into foreign
+Added: currencies and the remittance of currencies out of the PRC.
+Added: Our initial business combination target may be a PRC company with substantially
+Added: all of its revenues in RMB.
+Added: Shortages in the availability of foreign currency may restrict the ability of the PRC subsidiaries to remit
+Added: sufficient foreign currency to pay dividends or other payments to us, or otherwise satisfy their foreign currency denominated obligations.
+Added: Under existing PRC foreign exchange regulations, payments of current account items, including profit distributions, interest payments
+Added: and expenditures from trade-related transactions can be made in foreign currencies without prior approval from SAFE by complying with
+Added: certain procedural requirements.
+Added: However, approval from appropriate government authorities is required where RMB is to be converted into
+Added: foreign currency and remitted out of China to pay capital expenses such as the repayment of loans denominated in foreign currencies.
+Added: The PRC government may also, at its discretion, restrict access in the future to foreign currencies for current account transactions.
+Added: If the foreign exchange control system prevents us from obtaining sufficient foreign currency to satisfy our currency demands post business
+Added: combination, we may not be able to pay dividends in foreign currencies to our security-holders.
+Added: Furthermore, if our target’s subsidiaries
+Added: in the PRC incur debt on their own in the future, the instruments governing the debt may restrict their ability to pay dividends or make
+Added: other payments.
+Added: dividends, if any, on our ordinary shares will be paid in U.S.
+Added: If we are considered a PRC tax resident enterprise for tax purposes,
+Added: any dividends we pay to our overseas shareholders may be regarded as China-sourced income and, as a result, may be subject to PRC withholding
+Added: tax at a rate of up to 10.0%.
+Added: PRC government may take measures at its discretion from time to time to restrict access to foreign currencies for current account or
+Added: capital account transactions.
+Added: If the foreign exchange control regulations prevent the PRC subsidiaries of the combined company from obtaining
+Added: sufficient foreign currencies to satisfy their foreign currency demands, the PRC subsidiaries of the combined company may not be able
+Added: to pay dividends or repay loans in foreign currencies to their offshore intermediary holding companies and ultimately to the combined
+Added: We cannot assure you that new regulations or policies will not be promulgated in the future, which may further restrict the
+Added: remittance of RMB into or out of the PRC.
+Added: We cannot assure you, in light of the restrictions in place, or any amendment to be made from
+Added: time to time, that the PRC subsidiaries of the combined company will be able to satisfy their respective payment obligations that are
+Added: denominated in foreign currencies, including the remittance of dividends outside of the PRC.
+Added: Please see those factors described under
+Added: the heading “ Risk Factors ” in our filings from time to time with the SEC and the Registration Statement on Form F-4
+Added: (File Number 333-284430) filed by United Hydrogen Group Inc.
+Added: with the SEC.
Business Combination
−Removed: currently have until April 6, 2025 (or up to 24 months from the closing of the IPO if we extend the period of time to consummate a business
+Added: currently have until May 6, 2026 (or up to 36 months from the closing of the IPO if we extend the period of time to consummate a business
combination by the full amount of time, as described in more detail in this report) to consummate our initial business combination.
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such opportunity is one we are legally and contractually permitted to undertake and would otherwise be reasonable for us to pursue.
+Added: is a summary of potential PRC laws and regulations that could be interpreted by the in-charge PRC government authorities, namely, the
+Added: CSRC, the CAC and their enforcement agencies, to require us to obtain permission or approval in order to issue securities to foreign
+Added: investors in connection with a business combination or offer securities to foreign investors.
+Added: We do not believe that any permission or
+Added: approval is required under the PRC laws or regulations to offer securities to non-PRC investors.
+Added: However, there is no assurance that
+Added: such approval or permission will not be required under the PRC laws, regulations or policies if the relevant governmental authorities
+Added: take a contrary position, nor can we predict whether or how long it will take to obtain such approval if so required.
+Added: Regulations on Mergers and Acquisitions of Domestic Companies by Foreign Investors adopted by six PRC regulatory agencies, including
+Added: the MOFCOM, the State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, the State Administration of Taxation, the State Administration
+Added: for Industry and Commerce (the “SAMR”), the CSRC, and the SAFE in 2006 and amended in 2009, as well as some other regulations
+Added: and rules concerning mergers and acquisitions (collectively, the “M&A Rules”) include provisions that purport to require
+Added: that an offshore special purpose vehicle that is controlled by PRC domestic companies or individuals and that has been formed for the
+Added: purpose of an overseas listing of securities through acquisitions of PRC domestic companies or assets to obtain the approval of the CSRC
+Added: prior to the listing and trading of such special purpose vehicle’s securities on an overseas stock exchange.
+Added: On September 21, 2006,
+Added: the CSRC published its approval procedures for overseas listings by special purpose vehicles.
+Added: However, substantial uncertainty remains
+Added: regarding the scope and applicability of the M&A Rules to offshore special purpose vehicles.
+Added: While the application of the M&A
+Added: Rules remains unclear, we believe that the CSRC approval would not be required in the context of a business combination because (1) the
+Added: M&A Rules provide that the acquisition of the equity held by the shareholders of a “domestic company” (i.e., a non-foreign
+Added: investment company) or the subscription for the new shares issued by a “domestic company” by the shareholders of an offshore
+Added: special purpose vehicle with the equity of such offshore special purpose vehicle, or by the offshore special purpose vehicle with its
+Added: new shares for the purpose of the overseas listing of such offshore special purpose vehicle, shall be subject to the approval of the
+Added: while we currently are a foreign-invested enterprise rather than a “domestic company” as defined under the M&A
+Added: Rules, and (2) the CSRC currently has not issued any definitive rule or interpretation concerning whether a transaction of the kind contemplated
+Added: herein is subject to the M&A Rules.
+Added: However, uncertainties still exist as to how the M&A Rules will be interpreted and implemented.
+Added: February 17, 2023, the CSRC promulgated the Trial Measures, which took effect on March 31, 2023.
+Added: The Trial Measures supersede the prior
+Added: rules and clarified and emphasized several aspects, which include but are not limited to:
+Added: (1) comprehensive determination of the “indirect
+Added: overseas offering and listing by PRC domestic companies” in compliance with the principle of “substance over form”
+Added: and particularly, an issuer will be required to go through the filing procedures under the Trial Measures if the following criteria are
+Added: met at the same time:
+Added: (a) 50% or more of the issuer’s operating revenue, total profit, total assets or net assets as documented
+Added: in its audited consolidated financial statements for the most recent accounting year comes from PRC domestic companies, and (b) the main
+Added: parts of the issuer’s business activities are conducted in mainland China, or its main places of business are located in mainland
+Added: China, or the senior managers in charge of its business operation and management are mostly Chinese citizens or domiciled in mainland
+Added: (2) exemptions from immediate filing requirements for issuers that (a) have already been listed or registered but not yet listed
+Added: in foreign securities markets, including U.S.
+Added: markets, prior to the effective date of the Trial Measures, (b) are not required to re-perform
+Added: the regulatory procedures with the relevant overseas regulatory authority or the overseas stock exchange, and (c) whose such overseas
+Added: securities offering or listing shall be completed before September 30, 2023, provided however that such issuers shall carry out filing
+Added: procedures as required if they conduct refinancing or are involved in other circumstances that require filing with the CSRC;
+Added: (3) a negative
+Added: list of types of issuers banned from listing or offering overseas, such as (a) issuers whose listing or offering overseas has been recognized
+Added: by the State Council of the PRC as a possible threat to national security, (b) issuers whose affiliates have been recently convicted
+Added: of bribery and corruption, (c) issuers under ongoing criminal investigations, and (d) issuers under major disputes regarding equity ownership;
+Added: (4) issuers’ compliance with web security, data security, and other national security laws and regulations;
+Added: filing and reporting obligations, such as the obligation to file with the CSRC after it submits an application for initial public offering
+Added: to overseas regulators, and the obligation after offering or listing overseas to report to the CSRC material events including a change
+Added: of control or voluntary or forced delisting of the issuer;
+Added: and (6) the CSRC’s authority to fine both issuers and their shareholders
+Added: between 1 and 10 million RMB for failure to comply with the Trial Measures, including failure to comply with filing obligations or committing
+Added: fraud and misrepresentation.
+Added: believe we are not required to obtain approvals from any PRC government authorities, including the CSRC or the CAC, or any other government
+Added: entity, to issue our securities to foreign investors and to list on a U.S.
+Added: exchange or to search for a target company.
+Added: As of the date
+Added: of this Annual Report, we have not received any inquiry, notice, warning, sanctions or regulatory objection to the IPO from the CSRC
+Added: or any other PRC governmental authorities.
+Added: However, applicable laws, regulations, or interpretations of the PRC may change or we could
+Added: be mistaken about these rules applicability, and the relevant PRC government agencies could reach a different conclusion and may subject
+Added: us to a stringent approval process from the relevant government entities in connection with the IPO, continued listing on a U.S.
+Added: the potential business combination, the issuance of shares or the maintenance of our status as a publicly listed company outside China,
+Added: and the post business combination entity’s PRC operations if our business combination target is a PRC company.
+Added: If the CSRC or the
+Added: CAC, or any other governmental or regulatory body subsequently determines that its approval is needed for the IPO, a business combination,
+Added: the issuance of our ordinary shares upon exercise of the rights, or maintaining our status as a publicly listed company outside China,
+Added: we may face approval delays, adverse actions or sanctions by the CSRC, CAC and/or other PRC regulatory agencies.
+Added: It is uncertain whether
+Added: we will be required to obtain permission from the PRC government to continue to list on a U.S.
+Added: exchange in the future and offer our securities
+Added: to foreign investors.
+Added: If approval is required in the future, including pursuant to the Trial Measures, and we are denied permission from
+Added: Chinese authorities to list on U.S.
+Added: exchanges or offer our securities to foreign investors, we may not be able to continue listing on
+Added: exchange or be subject to other severe consequences, which would materially affect our ability to complete a business combination
+Added: in which case we may have to liquidate which would be adverse to the interests of the investors.
+Added: In addition, any changes in PRC law,
+Added: regulations, or interpretations may severely affect our operations after the IPO.
+Added: The use of the term “operate” and “operations”
+Added: includes the process of searching for a target business and conducting related activities.
+Added: To that extent, we may not be able to conduct
+Added: the process of searching for a potential target company in China.
+Added: the other hand, although we are not required to obtain approvals from any PRC government authorities to issue our securities to foreign
+Added: investors and to list on a U.S.
+Added: exchange or to search for a target company, United Hydrogen, our current target in the proposed Business
+Added: Combination, is required to complete filing procedures with the CSRC in connection with the consummation of the Business Combination
+Added: and listing of Pubco’s ordinary shares, since United Hydrogen and its subsidiaries generated over 50% of each of their revenue,
+Added: net income, total assets, and net assets from the PRC within the most recent completed fiscal year.
+Added: United Hydrogen made the required
+Added: filings under the Trial Measures with the CSRC on August 12, 2024.
+Added: The CSRC has been reviewing United Hydrogen’s materials since
+Added: August 12, 2024, and has required United Hydrogen to provide supplementary materials on several occasions.
+Added: As of the date of this Annual
+Added: Report, United Hydrogen has submitted supplementary materials in accordance with the CSRC’s requirements and is awaiting further
+Added: Due to the uncertainties surrounding the timing and content of the CSRC’s review, United Hydrogen cannot predict the exact
+Added: timing and the outcome of obtaining the CSRC filing notice.
+Added: For more details, please refer to the Registration Statement on Form F-4,
+Added: as amended (File Number 333-284430), which was initially filed with the SEC by United Hydrogen Group Inc.
+Added: on January 23, 2024.
Sponsor is Aimei Investment Ltd, a Cayman Islands exempted company whose ultimate beneficial owner is Ms.
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additional discussion of the general development of our business, see our final prospectus on Form 424B4 filed with the SEC on December
−Removed: Risk Factors.
−Removed: a smaller reporting company, we are not required to provide the information required by this item.
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