−Removed: MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION
−Removed: AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
−Removed: The following discussion
−Removed: and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the
−Removed: notes thereto contained elsewhere in this report.
−Removed: Certain information contained in the discussion and analysis set forth below includes
−Removed: forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.
−Removed: We are a blank check
−Removed: company incorporated as a Delaware corporation and formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition,
−Removed: stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination (the “initial business combination”) with one or more businesses.
+Added: MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
+Added: The following discussion and
+Added: analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the notes
+Added: thereto contained elsewhere in this report.
+Added: Certain information contained in the discussion and analysis set forth below includes forward-looking
+Added: statements that involve risks and uncertainties.
+Added: We are a blank check company
+Added: incorporated as a Delaware corporation and formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock
+Added: purchase, reorganization or similar business combination (the “initial business combination”) with one or more businesses.
We intend to complete our initial business combination using cash from the IPO, our capital stock, debt or a combination of cash, stock
−Removed: We presently have no
−Removed: revenue, have had losses since inception from incurring formation and operating costs and have had no operations other than identifying
−Removed: and evaluating suitable acquisition transaction candidates.
−Removed: We have relied upon the sale of our securities and loans from the Sponsor
−Removed: to fund our operations.
−Removed: On June 21, 2022, we
−Removed: consummated our initial public offering (the “IPO”) of 9,775,000 units (the “Units”), which included 1,225,000
−Removed: units issued upon the partial exercise of the over-allotment option of the underwriters of the IPO.
−Removed: Each Unit consists of one share of
−Removed: our Class A common stock (the “Class A Common Stock”), $0.0001 par value per share (the “Public Shares”), one
−Removed: redeemable warrant (the “Warrants”), each Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one share of Class A Common Stock
−Removed: at an exercise price of $11.50 per share, and one right (the “Rights”), each one Right entitling the holder thereof to exchange
−Removed: for one-tenth (1/10) of one Class A Common Stock upon the completion of the Company’s initial business combination, generating gross
−Removed: proceeds of $97,750,000.
−Removed: Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, we completed the private sale (the “Private Placement”)
−Removed: of 498,875 units (the “Private Units”, consisting of one Class A Common Stock, or the “Private Share”, one warrant,
−Removed: or the “Private Warrant”, and one right, or the “Private Right”) , including 478,875 units to the Company’s
−Removed: sponsor, Feutune Light Sponsor LLC (the “Sponsor”), and 20,000 units to US Tiger Securities, Inc.
−Removed: together with our Sponsor, directors and officers, the “founders”), the representative of the underwriters of the IPO, at
−Removed: a purchase price of $10.00 per Private Unit, generating gross proceeds of $4,988,750 (including $4,788,750 from Sponsor and $200,000 from
−Removed: US Tiger) (the “Private Placement Proceeds”).
−Removed: The Private Units are identical to the units as part of the Units in the IPO,
−Removed: except that the Private Units are not transferable, assignable or salable (except to our officers and directors and other persons or entities
−Removed: affiliated with or related to our founders, each of whom will be subject to the same transfer restrictions) until 30 days after the completion
−Removed: of our initial business combination.
−Removed: The proceeds of $99,216,250 ($10.15 per Unit) in the aggregate from the IPO and a portion from the
−Removed: Private Placement (the “Trust Funds”), were placed in a trust account (the “Trust Account”) established for the
−Removed: benefit of the Company’s public stockholders and the underwriters of the IPO with Wilmington Trust, National Association acting
+Added: We presently have no revenue,
+Added: have had losses since inception from incurring formation and operating costs and have had no operations other than identifying and evaluating
+Added: suitable acquisition transaction candidates.
+Added: We have relied upon the sale of our securities and loans from the Sponsor to fund our operations.
+Added: On June 21, 2022, we consummated
+Added: our initial public offering (the “IPO”) of 9,775,000 units (the “Units”), which included 1,275,000 units issued
+Added: upon the full exercise of the over-allotment option of the underwriters of the IPO.
+Added: Each Unit consists of one share of our Class A common
+Added: stock (the “Class A Common Stock”), $0.0001 par value per share (the “Public Shares”), one redeemable warrant
+Added: (the “Warrants”), each Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one share of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price
+Added: of $11.50 per share, and one right (the “Rights”), each one Right entitling the holder thereof to exchange for one-tenth (1/10)
+Added: of one Class A Common Stock upon the completion of the Company’s initial business combination, generating gross proceeds of $97,750,000.
+Added: Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, we completed the private sale (the “Private Placement”) of 498,875 units (the
+Added: “Private Units”, consisting of one Class A Common Stock, or the “Private Share”, one warrant, or the “Private
+Added: Warrant”, and one right, or the “Private Right”) , including 478,875 units to the Company’s sponsor, Feutune Light
+Added: Sponsor LLC (the “Sponsor”), and 20,000 units to US Tiger Securities, Inc.
+Added: (“US Tiger”, together with our Sponsor,
+Added: directors and officers, the “founders”), the representative of the underwriters of the IPO, at a purchase price of $10.00
+Added: per Private Unit, generating gross proceeds of $4,988,750 (including $4,788,750 from Sponsor and $200,000 from US Tiger) (the “Private
+Added: Placement Proceeds”).
+Added: The Private Units are identical to the units as part of the Units in the IPO, except that the Private Units
+Added: are not transferable, assignable or salable (except to our officers and directors and other persons or entities affiliated with or related
+Added: to our founders, each of whom will be subject to the same transfer restrictions) until 30 days after the completion of our initial business
+Added: The proceeds of $99,216,250 ($10.15 per Unit) in the aggregate from the IPO and a portion from the Private Placement (the
+Added: “Trust Funds”), were placed in a trust account (the “Trust Account”) established for the benefit of the Company’s
+Added: public stockholders and the underwriters of the IPO with Wilmington Trust, National Association acting as trustee.
The Trust Funds include $3,421,250
−Removed: $3,421,250 payable to the underwriters (the “deferred underwriting compensation”) pursuant to the underwriting agreement dated
−Removed: June 15, 2022, entered among us, US Tiger and EF Hutton, division of Benchmark Investments, LLC, the representatives (the “Representatives”)
+Added: payable to the underwriters (the “deferred underwriting compensation”) pursuant to the underwriting agreement dated June 15,
+Added: 2022, entered among us, US Tiger and EF Hutton, division of Benchmark Investments, LLC, the representatives (the “Representatives”)
of the underwriters of the IPO.
−Removed: Our management has
−Removed: broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the proceeds of the Private Placement that are held out of the Trust Account,
−Removed: although substantially all the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally towards consummating an initial business combination
−Removed: and working capital.
+Added: Our management has broad discretion
+Added: with respect to the specific application of the proceeds of the Private Placement that are held out of the Trust Account, although substantially
+Added: all the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally towards consummating an initial business combination and working capital.
Extension of the Period of Time to Consummate
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three months from March 21, 2023 to June 21, 2023 (the “Extension”).
−Removed: In connection with the Extension Payment, the Company issued an unsecured
−Removed: promissory note (the “Note”) to the Sponsor.
−Removed: Note is non-interest bearing and payable (subject to the waiver against trust provisions) upon the date on which the Company consummates
−Removed: its initial business combination.
−Removed: The principal balance may be prepaid at any time, at the election of the Company.
−Removed: The holder of the
−Removed: Note has the right, but not the obligation, to convert the Note, in whole or in part, into Private Units of the Company, as described
−Removed: in the Prospectus of the Company, by providing the Company with written notice of its intention to convert the Note at least two business
−Removed: days prior to the closing of the Company’s initial business combination.
−Removed: The number of Private Units to be received by the holder
−Removed: in connection with such conversion shall be an amount determined by dividing (x) the sum of the outstanding principal amount payable to
−Removed: the holder, by (y) $10.00.
−Removed: Among $977,500 Extension Payment, (i) $600,000 were deposited by the
−Removed: Company’s sponsor, Feutune Light Sponsor LLC (the “Sponsor”), and (ii) $377,500 by the Company from the working capital
−Removed: account of the Company in lieu of the Sponsor, pursuant to a non-interest, short-term loan provided by the Company to the Sponsor (the
−Removed: “Short-Term Loan Note”) to the Company, which provides for repayment of the Short-Term Loan on or before March 31, 2023.
+Added: $977,500 Extension Payment, (i) $600,000 were deposited by the Company’s sponsor, Feutune Light Sponsor LLC (the “Sponsor”),
+Added: and (ii) $377,500 by the Company from the working capital account of the Company in lieu of the Sponsor, pursuant to a non-interest, short-term
+Added: loan provided by the Company to the Sponsor (the “Short-Term Loan Note”) to the Company, which provides for repayment of the
+Added: Short-Term Loan on or before March 31, 2023.
+Added: June to September 2023, four $100,000 Monthly Extension Payments were deposited into the Trust Account for the public stockholders, which
+Added: enabled the Company to extend the period of time it has to consummate its initial business combination by four months from June 21, 2023
+Added: to October 21, 2023.
+Added: Among the four $100,000 Monthly Extension Payments, the $100,000 deposited on July 20, 2023 (the “July Monthly
+Added: Extension Payment”) was deposited by the Company from its working capital account in lieu of a deposit by the Sponsor.
+Added: Such advancement
+Added: was repaid by the Sponsor to the Company in September 2023.
+Added: From October to February 2024, five Monthly Extension Payments were
+Added: deposited into the Trust Account by TPH (as defined below) which
+Added: enabled the Company to extend the date by which it has to consummate its initial business combination by one month from October 21, 2023
+Added: to March 21, 2024.
+Added: connection with the Extension Payment, the Company issued four unsecured promissory notes of $100,000 to the Sponsor to evidence the payments
+Added: made by the Sponsor for the Monthly Extension Payment.
+Added: In connection with the October to December Monthly Extension Payments, and pursuant
+Added: to the Merger Agreement (as defined below), the Company issued three unsecured promissory notes of $100,000 each to TPH to evidence the
+Added: payment made for the October to December Monthly Extension Payments.
+Added: The notes bear no interest
+Added: and are in full upon the earlier to occur of (i) the consummation of the Company’s business combination or (ii) the date of expiry
+Added: of the term of the Company (the “Maturity Date”).
+Added: The following shall constitute an event of default:
+Added: (i) a failure to pay
+Added: the principal within five business days of the Maturity Date;
+Added: (ii) the commencement of a voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy action, (iii)
+Added: the breach of the Company’s obligations thereunder;
+Added: (iv) any cross defaults;
+Added: (v) any enforcement proceedings against the Company;
+Added: and (vi) any unlawfulness and invalidity in connection with the performance of the obligations thereunder, in which case the notes may
+Added: be accelerated.
+Added: payee of the notes, the Sponsor, has the right, but not the obligation, to convert the notes, in whole or in part, respectively, into
+Added: Private Units of the Company, that are identical to Public Units of the Company, subject to certain exceptions, as described in the Prospectus,
+Added: by providing the Company with written notice of the intention to convert at least two business days prior to the closing of the business
+Added: The number of Private Units to be received by the Sponsor in connection with such conversion shall be an amount determined
+Added: by dividing (x) the sum of the outstanding principal amount payable to the Sponsor by (y) $10.00.
+Added: Business Combination Agreement with Thunder
+Added: Power Holdings Limited
+Added: October 26, 2023, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Thunder Power Holdings
+Added: Limited, a British Virgin Islands company (“TPH” or “Thunder Power”), and Feutune Light Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware
+Added: corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”).
+Added: is a technology innovator and manufacturer of premium electric vehicles (“EVs”).
+Added: TPH is dedicated to creating electric vehicles
+Added: that deliver a premium driving experience combined with a high degree of personalization and has developed and is planning to manufacture
+Added: a family of EVs suited to various stages of life and driving environments.
+Added: to the Merger Agreement, TPH will be merged with and into Merger Sub (the “Merger”), with the Merger Sub surviving the Merger
+Added: as a direct wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.
+Added: the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”), by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of the
+Added: Company, Merger Sub, TPH or the shareholders of TPH immediately prior to the Effective Time (collectively, the “TPH Shareholders”),
+Added: each TPH Shareholder’s ordinary shares of TPH (“TPH Ordinary Shares”) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the
+Added: Effective Time (excluding dissenting shares and shares held by TPH or any of its direct or indirect subsidiaries as of immediately prior
+Added: to the Effective Time) will be canceled and automatically converted into (i) the right to receive, without interest, the applicable portion
+Added: of the Closing Merger Consideration Shares (as defined below) as set forth in the Closing Consideration Spreadsheet (as defined in the
+Added: Merger Agreement) and (ii) the contingent right to receive the applicable portion of the Earnout Shares (as defined in the Merger Agreement),
+Added: if, as and when payable in accordance with the earnout provisions described in the Merger Agreement.
+Added: For avoidance of any doubt, each
+Added: TPH Shareholder will cease to have any rights with respect to such TPH Shareholder’s TPH Ordinary Shares, except the right to receive
+Added: the Closing Per Share Merger Consideration and the Earnout Shares.
+Added: “Closing Merger Consideration Shares” means 40,000,000
+Added: shares of common stock of the Company upon and following the Merger (the “PubCo”), which are equal or equivalent in value
+Added: to the sum of $400,000,000 divided by $10.00 per share.
+Added: to the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time, an aggregate of 20,000,000 shares of common stock of PubCo issued to the TPH Shareholders
+Added: (the “Earnout Shares”) will be deposited with an escrow agent in a segregated escrow account (the “Earnout Escrow Account”)
+Added: pursuant to an escrow agreement effective as of the Effective Time and will be released from the Earnout Escrow Account and delivered
+Added: to the TPH Shareholders after the closing of the Merger as follows:
+Added: aggregate of 5,000,000 Earnout Shares will be vested, if and only if, on the occurrence that the amount of sales/revenues of PubCo for
+Added: any of the fiscal years (such fiscal year is referred as “Tranche 1 Fiscal Year”) ending from December 31, 2023 to December
+Added: 31, 2025 is no less than $42,200,000 as evidenced by the audited financial statements of PubCo prepared in accordance with U.S.
+Added: for the Tranche 1 Fiscal Year that is contained in an annual report on Form 10-K filed by PubCo with the SEC.
+Added: aggregate of 15,000,000 Earnout Shares will be vested, if and only if, on the occurrence that the amount of sales/revenues of PubCo for
+Added: any of the fiscal years (such fiscal year is referred as “Tranche 2 Fiscal Year”) ending from December 31, 2023 to December
+Added: 31, 2026 is no less than $415,000,000 as evidenced by the audited financial statements of PubCo prepared in accordance with U.S.
+Added: for the Tranche 2 Fiscal Year that is contained in an annual report on Form 10-K filed by PubCo with the SEC.
Results of Operations
−Removed: Our entire activity from
−Removed: inception up to date was related to the Company’s formation, the IPO and general and administrative activities.
−Removed: Since the IPO,
−Removed: our activity has been limited to the evaluation of initial business combination candidates, and we will not be generating any
−Removed: operating revenues until the closing and completion of our initial business combination.
−Removed: We generate non-operating income in
−Removed: the form of interest income earned on investment held in the Trust Account.
−Removed: We are incurring expenses as a result of being a public
−Removed: company (for legal, financial reporting, accounting and auditing compliance), as well as for due diligence expenses.
−Removed: For the period from January 19, 2022
−Removed: (inception) through December 31, 2022, we had a net income of $537,881 from interest income less formation and operating costs and tax
−Removed: Liquidity and Capital Resources and Going
−Removed: The Company’s liquidity needs
−Removed: up to December 31, 2022 had been satisfied through initial payment from the Sponsor of $25,000 for the insider shares and proceeds from
−Removed: the Private Placement.
−Removed: On June 21, 2022, we consummated the
−Removed: IPO of 9,775,000 Public Units at a price of $10.00 per unit (including 1,275,000 units issued upon the full exercise of the over-allotment
+Added: Our entire activity from inception
+Added: up to date was related to the Company’s formation, the IPO and general and administrative activities.
+Added: Since the IPO, our activity
+Added: has been limited to the evaluation of initial business combination candidates, and we will not be generating any operating revenues until
+Added: the closing and completion of our initial business combination.
+Added: We generate non-operating income in the form of interest income earned
+Added: on investment held in the Trust Account.
+Added: We are incurring expenses as a result of being a public company (for legal, financial reporting,
+Added: accounting and auditing compliance), as well as for due diligence expenses.
+Added: For the year ended December
+Added: 31, 2023 and period from January 19, 2022 (inception) through December 31, 2022, we had a net income of $1,336,935 and $404,616, respectively,
+Added: from interest income less formation and operating costs and tax expenses.
+Added: Liquidity and Capital Resources and Going Concern
+Added: The Company’s liquidity
+Added: needs up to December 31, 2023 had been satisfied through initial payment from the Sponsor of $25,000 for the insider shares and proceeds
+Added: from the Private Placement.
+Added: On June 21, 2022, we consummated
+Added: the IPO of 9,775,000 Public Units at a price of $10.00 per unit (including 1,275,000 units issued upon the full exercise of the over-allotment
option), generating gross proceeds of $97,750,000.
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the sales of the Private Placement Units on June 21, 2022, a total of $99,216,250 (or $10.15 per share) was placed in the Trust Account.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2022, the Company
−Removed: had cash of $546,632 and a working capital of $623,347, excluding taxes payable which will be paid out from the Trust Account.
−Removed: We intend to use substantially all
−Removed: of the funds held in the Trust Account, including any amounts representing interest earned on the Trust Account, excluding deferred underwriting
−Removed: commissions, to complete our Business Combination.
+Added: As of December 31, 2023, the
+Added: Company had cash of $18,330 and a working capital deficit of $2,268,086.
+Added: We intend to use substantially
+Added: all of the funds held in the Trust Account, including any amounts representing interest earned on the Trust Account, excluding deferred
+Added: underwriting commissions, to complete our business combination.
We may withdraw interest from the Trust Account to pay taxes, if any.
−Removed: To the extent
−Removed: that our share capital or debt is used, in whole or in part, as consideration to complete a Business Combination, the remaining proceeds
−Removed: held in the Trust Account will be used as working capital to finance the operations of the target business or businesses, make other acquisitions
−Removed: and pursue our growth strategies.
−Removed: We intend to use the funds held outside
−Removed: the Trust Account primarily to identify and evaluate target businesses, perform business due diligence on prospective target businesses,
−Removed: travel to and from the offices, plants or similar locations of prospective target businesses or their representatives or owners, review
−Removed: corporate documents and material agreements of prospective target businesses, structure, negotiate and complete a Business Combination.
−Removed: In order to fund working capital deficiencies
−Removed: or finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, our Sponsor or an affiliate of our Sponsor or certain of our officers
−Removed: and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds as may be required.
−Removed: If the Company completes the initial Business Combination,
−Removed: it will repay such loaned amounts.
−Removed: In the event that the initial Business Combination does not close, we may use a portion of the working
−Removed: capital held outside the Trust Account to repay such loaned amounts but no proceeds from the Trust Account would be used for such repayment.
+Added: To the extent that our share capital or debt is used, in whole or in part, as consideration to complete a business combination, the remaining
+Added: proceeds held in the Trust Account will be used as working capital to finance the operations of the target business or businesses, make
+Added: other acquisitions and pursue our growth strategies.
+Added: We intend to use the funds
+Added: held outside the Trust Account primarily to identify and evaluate target businesses, perform business due diligence on prospective target
+Added: businesses, travel to and from the offices, plants or similar locations of prospective target businesses or their representatives or owners,
+Added: review corporate documents and material agreements of prospective target businesses, structure, negotiate and complete a business combination.
+Added: In order to fund working capital
+Added: deficiencies or finance transaction costs in connection with a business combination, our Sponsor or an affiliate of our Sponsor or certain
+Added: of our officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds as may be required.
+Added: If the Company completes the initial business
+Added: combination, it will repay such loaned amounts.
+Added: In the event that the initial business combination does not close, we may use a portion
+Added: of the working capital held outside the Trust Account to repay such loaned amounts but no proceeds from the Trust Account would be used
+Added: for such repayment.
Up to $3,000,000 of such loans may be convertible into units, at a price of $10.00 per unit at the option of the lender.
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or incur debt in connection with such business combination, all of which raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going
−Removed: In addition, under our amended and restated certificate of incorporation
−Removed: provides that we will have only nine months from the closing of the IPO to complete the initial Business Combination, which may be
−Removed: extended up to three times by an additional three-month each time to a total of 18 months from the closing of IPO.
−Removed: unable to complete a Business Combination by March 20, 2023, (December 20, 2023 upon maximum extension), we may seek approval from our
+Added: In addition, the Current Charter
+Added: allows the Company until June 21, 2023 to consummate an initial business combination and to elect to extend the period to consummate an
+Added: initial business combination up to nine times, each by an additional one-month period, for a total of up to nine months to March 21, 2024.
+Added: If we are unable to complete our initial business combination by March 21, 2024 upon maximum extension, we may seek approval from our
stockholders holding no less than 65% or more of the votes to approve to extend the completion period if we fail to obtain approval from
our stockholders for such extension or we do not seek such extension, the Company will cease all operations.
−Removed: On March 17, 2023, an aggregate
−Removed: of $977,500 was deposited by the Sponsor into the Trust Account for the public stockholders, representing $0.10 per public share, which
−Removed: enables the Company to extend the period of time it has to consummate its initial business combination by three months from March 21,
−Removed: 2023 to June 21, 2023.
−Removed: As a result, management has determined that the liquidity concern and
−Removed: mandatory liquidation both raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
−Removed: The financial statement
−Removed: does not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
+Added: a result, management has determined that there is substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
+Added: The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
Off-Balance Sheet Financing Arraignments
−Removed: We have no obligations,
−Removed: assets or liabilities that would be considered off-balance sheet arrangements as of December 31, 2022.
+Added: We have no obligations, assets
+Added: or liabilities that would be considered off-balance sheet arrangements as of December 31, 2023.
We do not participate in transactions
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Contractual Obligations
−Removed: As of December 31,
−Removed: 2022, we do not have any long-term debt, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations or long-term liabilities.
−Removed: We are obligated to pay
−Removed: the Representatives the deferred underwriting compensation equal to 3.5% of the IPO Proceeds which amounted to $3,421,250.
−Removed: deferred underwriting compensation will become payable to the Representatives from the amounts held in the Trust Account solely in
−Removed: the event that we complete the Business Combination.
+Added: As of December 31, 2023 and
+Added: December 31, 2022, we do not have any long-term debt, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations or long-term liabilities.
+Added: We are obligated to pay the
+Added: Representatives the deferred underwriting compensation equal to 3.5% of the IPO Proceeds which amounted to $3,421,250.
+Added: The deferred underwriting
+Added: compensation will become payable to the Representatives from the amounts held in the Trust Account solely in the event that we complete
+Added: the business combination.
+Added: holders of the Founder Shares, the Private Placement Units, and any units that may be issued upon conversion of working capital loans
+Added: (and any underlying securities) will be entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration rights agreement entered into in connection
+Added: with the IPO.
+Added: The holders of these securities are entitled to make up to three demands, excluding short form demands, that we register
+Added: such securities.
+Added: In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements
+Added: filed subsequent to our completion of our initial business combination.
+Added: We will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing
+Added: of any such registration statements.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
−Removed: Use of Estimates
−Removed: The preparation of financial
−Removed: statements in conformity with U.S.
−Removed: GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets
−Removed: and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of
−Removed: expenses during the reporting period.
−Removed: Actual results could differ from those estimates.
−Removed: Investments held in Trust Account
−Removed: At December 31, 2022, the assets held in the Trust Account were held
−Removed: in money market funds, which are invested in U.S.
−Removed: Treasury securities carried at fair value.
−Removed: Interest income amounted to $1,309,248 for
−Removed: the period from inception to December 31, 2022.
−Removed: We classify its U.S.
−Removed: Treasury and equivalent securities as held-to-maturity in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting
−Removed: Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 320 “Investments — Debt and Equity Securities.” Held-to-maturity securities
−Removed: are those securities which we have the ability and intent to hold until maturity.
−Removed: Held-to-maturity treasury securities are recorded at
−Removed: amortized cost on the accompanying balance sheet and adjusted for the amortization or accretion of premiums or discounts.
We account for warrants as
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and as of each subsequent quarterly period end date while the warrants are outstanding.
−Removed: For issued or modified
−Removed: warrants that meet all of the criteria for equity classification, the warrants are required to be recorded as a component of equity at
−Removed: the time of issuance.
−Removed: For issued or modified warrants that do not meet all the criteria for equity classification, the warrants are required
−Removed: to be recorded as liabilities at their initial fair value on the date of issuance, and each balance sheet date thereafter.
−Removed: the estimated fair value of the warrants are recognized as a non-cash gain or loss on the statements of operations.
−Removed: We accounted for the 9,775,000 Warrants issued
−Removed: with the IPO and 498,875 warrants issued with the Private Placement as equity instruments We accounted for the Warrants as an expense
−Removed: of the IPO and Private Placement resulting in a charge directly to stockholders’ equity.
−Removed: We estimated that the fair value of the
−Removed: Warrants issued with the IPO was approximately $2.7 million, or $0.271 per Unit, using the Monte Carlo Model.
−Removed: that the fair value of the Warrants from the sale of the Private Placement Units was approximately $0.1 million, or $0.271 per
−Removed: Unit, using the Monte Carlo Model
−Removed: The fair value of the Warrants
−Removed: was estimated as of the date of grant using the following assumptions:
−Removed: (1) expected volatility of 0.1%, (2) risk-free interest rate
−Removed: of 3.39%, (3) expected life of 6.09 years, (4) exercise price of $11.50 and (5) stock price of $9.60.
+Added: For issued or modified warrants
+Added: that meet all of the criteria for equity classification, the warrants are required to be recorded as a component of equity at the time
+Added: For issued or modified warrants that do not meet all the criteria for equity classification, the warrants are required to
+Added: be recorded as liabilities at their initial fair value on the date of issuance, and each balance sheet date thereafter.
+Added: Changes in the
+Added: estimated fair value of the warrants are recognized as a non-cash gain or loss on the statements of operations.
+Added: We determined that upon
+Added: further review of the proposed form of warrant agreement, management concluded that the warrants included in the units issued in the IPO
+Added: pursuant to the warrant agreement qualify for equity accounting treatment.
Common Stock Subject to Possible Redemption
−Removed: account for our Class A Common Stock subject to possible redemption in accordance with the guidance in ASC Topic 480, “Distinguishing
−Removed: Liabilities from Equity.” Class A Common Stock subject to mandatory redemption (if any) are classified as a liability instrument
−Removed: and are measured at fair value.
−Removed: Conditionally redeemable Class A Common Stock (including Class A Common Stock that feature redemption
−Removed: rights that are either within the control of the holder or subject to redemption upon the occurrence of uncertain events not solely within
−Removed: our control) are classified as temporary equity.
−Removed: At all other times, Class A Common Stock are classified as stockholders’ equity.
−Removed: Our Public Shares feature certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of our control and subject to occurrence of uncertain
−Removed: future events.
−Removed: Accordingly, as of December 31, 2022, shares of Class A Common Stock subject to possible redemption are presented at redemption
−Removed: value of $10.25 per share as temporary equity, outside of the stockholders’
−Removed: equity section of our balance sheet.
−Removed: We recognize changes in redemption value immediately as they occur and adjusts the carrying value
−Removed: of redeemable Class A Common Stock to equal the redemption value at the end of each reporting period.
−Removed: Increases or decreases in the carrying
−Removed: amount of shares of redeemable Class A Common Stock are affected by charges against additional paid in capital or accumulated deficit
−Removed: if additional paid in capital equals to zero.
+Added: We account for our Class A Common Stock subject to possible redemption
+Added: in accordance with the guidance in ASC Topic 480, “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” Class A Common Stock subject to
+Added: mandatory redemption (if any) are classified as a liability instrument and are measured at fair value.
+Added: Conditionally redeemable Class
+Added: A Common Stock (including Class A Common Stock that feature redemption rights that are either within the control of the holder or subject
+Added: to redemption upon the occurrence of uncertain events not solely within our control) are classified as temporary equity.
+Added: times, Class A Common Stock are classified as stockholders’ equity.
+Added: Our Public Shares feature certain redemption rights that are
+Added: considered to be outside of our control and subject to occurrence of uncertain future events.
+Added: Accordingly, as of December 31, 2023, shares
+Added: of Class A Common Stock subject to possible redemption are presented at redemption value of $10.84 per share as temporary equity, outside
+Added: of the stockholders’ equity section of our balance sheet.
+Added: We recognize changes in redemption value immediately as they occur and
+Added: adjusts the carrying value of redeemable Class A Common Stock to equal the redemption value at the end of each reporting period.
+Added: or decreases in the carrying amount of shares of redeemable Class A Common Stock are affected by charges against additional paid in capital
+Added: or accumulated deficit if additional paid in capital equals to zero.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
−Removed: The fair value of our
−Removed: assets and liabilities approximates the carrying amounts represented in the accompanying balance sheet, primarily due to their short-term
−Removed: The fair value of our
−Removed: financial assets and liabilities reflects management’s estimate of amounts that we would have received in connection with the sale
−Removed: of the assets or paid in connection with the transfer of the liabilities in an orderly transaction between market participants at the
−Removed: measurement date.
−Removed: In connection with measuring the fair value of its assets and liabilities, we seek to maximize the use of observable
−Removed: inputs (market data obtained from independent sources) and to minimize the use of unobservable inputs (internal assumptions about how
−Removed: market participants would price assets and liabilities).
−Removed: The following fair value hierarchy is used to classify assets and liabilities
−Removed: based on the observable inputs and unobservable inputs used in order to value the assets and liabilities:
+Added: The fair value of our assets
+Added: and liabilities approximates the carrying amounts represented in the accompanying balance sheet, primarily due to their short-term nature.
+Added: The fair value of our financial
+Added: assets and liabilities reflects management’s estimate of amounts that we would have received in connection with the sale of the
+Added: assets or paid in connection with the transfer of the liabilities in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement
+Added: In connection with measuring the fair value of its assets and liabilities, we seek to maximize the use of observable inputs (market
+Added: data obtained from independent sources) and to minimize the use of unobservable inputs (internal assumptions about how market participants
+Added: would price assets and liabilities).
+Added: The following fair value hierarchy is used to classify assets and liabilities based on the observable
+Added: inputs and unobservable inputs used in order to value the assets and liabilities:
Level 1 - inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active market.
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Level 3 - inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair value.
−Removed: We account for income taxes
−Removed: under ASC 740, Income Taxes (“ASC 740”).
−Removed: ASC 740 requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for both
−Removed: the expected impact of differences between the financial statement and tax basis of assets and liabilities and for the expected future
−Removed: tax benefit to be derived from tax loss and tax credit carry forwards.
−Removed: ASC 740 additionally requires a valuation allowance to be established
−Removed: when it is more likely than not that all or a portion of deferred tax assets will not be realized.
−Removed: ASC 740 also clarifies
−Removed: the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements and prescribes a recognition threshold
−Removed: and measurement process for financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return.
−Removed: For those benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be more-likely-than-not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities.
−Removed: ASC 740 also provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim period, disclosure and
−Removed: We recognize accrued
−Removed: interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense.
−Removed: There were no unrecognized tax benefits and no amounts
−Removed: accrued for interest and penalties as of December 31, 2022.
−Removed: We are currently not aware of any issues under review that could result in
−Removed: significant payments, accruals or material deviation from its position.
−Removed: We have identified
−Removed: the United States as its only “major” tax jurisdiction.
−Removed: We may be subject to
−Removed: potential examination by federal and state taxing authorities in the areas of income taxes.
−Removed: These potential examinations may include
−Removed: questioning the timing and amount of deductions, the nexus of income among various tax jurisdictions and compliance with federal and
−Removed: state tax laws.
−Removed: Our management does not expect that the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits will materially change over the
−Removed: next twelve months.
−Removed: We are incorporated
−Removed: in the State of Delaware and is required to pay franchise taxes to the State of Delaware on an annual basis.
−Removed: Net Income (Loss) per Share
−Removed: We comply with accounting
−Removed: and disclosure requirements of ASC 260, Earnings Per Share.
−Removed: In order to determine the net income (loss) attributable to both the redeemable
−Removed: shares and non-redeemable shares, we first considered the undistributed income (loss) allocable to both the redeemable Class A Common
−Removed: Stock and non-redeemable Class A Common Sock and the undistributed income (loss) is calculated using the total net loss less any dividends
−Removed: We then allocated the undistributed income (loss) ratably based on the weighted average number of shares outstanding between the
−Removed: redeemable and non-redeemable Class A Common Stock.
−Removed: Any remeasurement of the accretion to redemption value of the Class A Common Stock
−Removed: subject to possible redemption was considered to be dividends paid to the public stockholders.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
−Removed: August 2020, the FASB issued a new standard (ASU 2020-06) to reduce the complexity of accounting for convertible debt and other
−Removed: equity-linked instruments.
−Removed: For certain convertible debt instruments with a cash conversion feature, the changes are a trade-off between
−Removed: simplifications in the accounting model (no separation of an “equity” component to impute a market interest rate, and simpler
−Removed: analysis of embedded equity features) and a potentially adverse impact to diluted earnings per share by requiring the use of the if-converted
−Removed: The new standard will also impact other financial instruments commonly issued by both public and private companies.
−Removed: the separation model for beneficial conversion features is eliminated simplifying the analysis for issuers of convertible debt and convertible
−Removed: preferred stock.
−Removed: Also, certain specific requirements to achieve equity classification and/or qualify for the derivative scope exception
−Removed: for contracts indexed to an entity’s own equity are removed, enabling more freestanding instruments and embedded features to avoid
−Removed: mark-to-market accounting.
−Removed: The new standard is effective for companies that are SEC filers (except for smaller reporting companies) for
−Removed: fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021 and interim periods within that year, and two years later for other companies.
−Removed: Companies can early adopt the standard at the start of a fiscal year beginning after December 15, 2020.
−Removed: The standard can either be
−Removed: adopted on a modified retrospective or a full retrospective basis.
−Removed: The adoption of ASU 2020-06 on January 1, 2023 did not have a material
−Removed: effect on the Company’s financial statements.
−Removed: Management does not
−Removed: believe that any other recently issued, but not effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect
−Removed: on our financial statements.
−Removed: QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET
−Removed: As a smaller reporting
−Removed: company, we are not required to make disclosures under this Item.
+Added: Management does not believe
+Added: that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting pronouncements, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on
+Added: the Company’s financial statements.
+Added: QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
+Added: As a smaller reporting company,
+Added: we are not required to make disclosures under this Item.
+Added: FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
+Added: Our financial statements and
+Added: the notes thereto begin on page F-1 of this Annual Report.
+Added: CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
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