−Removed: should carefully consider the following risks and other information in this Form 10-K in evaluating us and our capital stock.
−Removed: the following risks, as well as additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial, could
−Removed: materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations, and could, in turn, impact the trading price
−Removed: of our capital stock.
−Removed: Related to our Search for, Consummation of, or Inability to Consummate, a Business Combination
−Removed: are a Cayman Islands exempted company with no operating history and no revenues, and you have no basis on which to evaluate our ability
−Removed: to achieve our business objective.
−Removed: are a Cayman Islands exempted company with no operating results, and we will not commence operations until obtaining funding through
−Removed: our Initial Public Offering.
−Removed: Because we lack an operating history, you have no basis upon which to evaluate our ability to achieve our
−Removed: business objective of completing our initial business combination with one or more target businesses.
−Removed: We have no plans, arrangements
−Removed: or understandings with any prospective target business concerning a business combination and may be unable to complete our business combination.
−Removed: If we fail to complete our business combination, we will never generate any operating revenues.
−Removed: independent registered public accounting firm’s report contains an explanatory paragraph that expresses substantial doubt about
−Removed: our ability to continue as a “going concern.”
−Removed: of December 31, 2024, we had a working capital deficiency of $1,745,636.
−Removed: Further, we expect to incur significant costs
−Removed: in pursuit of our acquisition plans.
−Removed: Management’s plans to address this need for capital through our Initial Public Offering are
−Removed: discussed in the section of this Form 10-K titled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
−Removed: of Operations.” Our plans to raise capital and to consummate our initial business combination may not be successful.
−Removed: These factors,
−Removed: among others, raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.
−Removed: The financial statements contained elsewhere
−Removed: in this Form 10-K do not include any adjustments that might result from our inability to consummate our Initial Public Offering or our
−Removed: inability to continue as a going concern.
−Removed: public shareholders may not be afforded an opportunity to vote on our proposed business combination, which means we may complete our
−Removed: initial business combination even though a majority of our public shareholders do not support such a combination.
−Removed: may not hold a shareholder vote to approve our initial business combination unless the business combination would require shareholder
−Removed: approval under applicable law or stock exchange listing requirements or if we decide to hold a shareholder vote for business or other
−Removed: legal reasons.
−Removed: Except as required by law, the decision as to whether we will seek shareholder approval of a proposed business combination
−Removed: or will allow shareholders to sell their shares to us in a tender offer will be made by us, solely in our discretion, and will be based
−Removed: on a variety of factors, such as the timing of the transaction and whether the terms of the transaction would otherwise require us to
−Removed: seek shareholder approval.
−Removed: Accordingly, we may complete our initial business combination even if holders of a majority of our public
−Removed: shares do not approve of the business combination we complete.
−Removed: we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination, our Initial Shareholders have agreed to vote in favor of such initial
−Removed: business combination, regardless of how our public shareholders vote.
−Removed: many other blank check companies in which the Initial Shareholders agree to vote their Founder Shares in accordance with the majority
−Removed: of the votes cast by the public shareholders in connection with an initial business combination, our Initial Shareholders have agreed
−Removed: to vote their Founder Shares and private shares, as well as any public shares purchased during or after our Initial Public Offering,
−Removed: in favor of our initial business combination.
−Removed: a result, in addition to our Initial Shareholders’ Founder Shares, we would do not need any of the 3,854,856 public shares outstanding
−Removed: to be voted in favor of an initial business combination in order to have our initial business combination approved (assuming all outstanding
−Removed: shares are voted and the EBC Founder Shares are voted in favor of a business combination).
−Removed: Our Founder Shares and private shares will
−Removed: represent 55.2% of our outstanding Ordinary Shares immediately following the Redemptions.
−Removed: Accordingly, if we seek shareholder approval
−Removed: of our initial business combination, it is more likely that the necessary shareholder approval will be received than would be the case
−Removed: if our Initial Shareholders agreed to vote their Founder Shares and private shares in accordance with the majority of the votes cast
−Removed: by our public shareholders.
−Removed: only opportunity to affect the investment decision regarding a potential business combination will be limited to the exercise of your
−Removed: right to redeem your shares from us for cash, unless we seek shareholder approval of the business combination.
−Removed: the time of your investment in us, you will not be provided with an opportunity to evaluate the specific merits or risks of one or more
−Removed: target businesses.
−Removed: Since our board of directors may complete a business combination without seeking shareholder approval, public shareholders
−Removed: may not have the right or opportunity to vote on the business combination, unless we seek such shareholder vote.
−Removed: Accordingly, if we do
−Removed: not seek shareholder approval, your only opportunity to affect the investment decision regarding a potential business combination may
−Removed: be limited to exercising your redemption rights within the period of time (which will be at least 20 business days) set forth in our
−Removed: tender offer documents mailed to our public shareholders in which we describe our initial business combination.
−Removed: ability of our public shareholders to redeem their shares for cash may make our financial condition unattractive to potential business
−Removed: combination targets, which may make it difficult for us to enter into a business combination with a target.
−Removed: may seek to enter into a business combination transaction agreement with a prospective target that requires as a closing condition that
−Removed: we have a minimum net worth or a certain amount of cash.
−Removed: If too many public shareholders exercise their redemption rights, we would not
−Removed: be able to meet such closing condition and, as a result, would not be able to proceed with the business combination.
−Removed: Prospective targets
−Removed: will be aware of these risks and, thus, may be reluctant to enter into a business combination transaction with us.
−Removed: ability of our public shareholders to exercise redemption rights with respect to a large number of our shares may not allow us to complete
−Removed: the most desirable business combination or optimize our capital structure.
−Removed: the time we enter into an agreement for our initial business combination, we will not know how many shareholders may exercise their redemption
−Removed: rights, and therefore will need to structure the transaction based on our expectations as to the number of shares that will be submitted
−Removed: for redemption.
−Removed: If our business combination agreement requires us to use a portion of the cash in the trust account to pay the purchase
−Removed: price, or requires us to have a minimum amount of cash at closing, we will need to reserve a portion of the cash in the trust account
−Removed: to meet such requirements, or arrange for third-party financing.
−Removed: In addition, if a larger number of shares are submitted for redemption
−Removed: than we initially expected, we may need to restructure the transaction to reserve a greater portion of the cash in the trust account
−Removed: or arrange for third-party financing.
−Removed: Raising additional third-party financing may involve dilutive equity issuances or the incurrence
−Removed: of indebtedness at higher than desirable levels.
−Removed: The above considerations may limit our ability to complete the most desirable business
−Removed: combination available to us or optimize our capital structure.
−Removed: ability of our public shareholders to exercise redemption rights with respect to a large number of our shares could increase the probability
−Removed: that our initial business combination would be unsuccessful and that you would have to wait for liquidation in order to redeem your shares.
−Removed: our business combination agreement requires us to use a portion of the cash in the trust account to pay the purchase price or requires
−Removed: us to have a minimum amount of cash at closing, the probability that our initial business combination would be unsuccessful is increased.
−Removed: If our initial business combination is unsuccessful, you would not receive your pro rata portion of the trust account until we liquidate
−Removed: the trust account.
−Removed: If you are in need of immediate liquidity, you could attempt to sell your shares in the open market;
−Removed: however, at such
−Removed: time our shares may trade at a discount to the pro rata amount per share in the trust account.
−Removed: In either situation, you may suffer a
−Removed: material loss on your investment or lose the benefit of funds expected in connection with our redemption until we liquidate or you are
−Removed: able to sell your shares in the open market.
−Removed: the number of special purpose acquisition companies evaluating targets increases, attractive targets may become scarcer and there may
−Removed: be more competition for attractive targets.
−Removed: This could increase the cost of our initial business combination and could even result in
−Removed: our inability to find a target or to consummate an initial business combination.
−Removed: recent years and especially since the fourth quarter of 2020, the number of special purpose acquisition companies that have been formed
−Removed: has increased substantially.
−Removed: Many potential targets for special purpose acquisition companies have already entered into an initial business
−Removed: combination, and there are still many special purpose acquisition companies seeking targets for their initial business combination, as
−Removed: well as many such companies currently in registration.
−Removed: As a result, at times, fewer attractive targets may be available, and it may require
−Removed: more time, more effort and more resources to identify a suitable target and to consummate an initial business combination.
−Removed: addition, because there are more special purpose acquisition companies seeking to enter into an initial business combination with available
−Removed: targets, the competition for available targets with attractive fundamentals or business models may increase, which could cause targets
−Removed: companies to demand improved financial terms.
−Removed: Attractive deals could also become scarcer for other reasons, such as economic or industry
−Removed: sector downturns, geopolitical tensions, or increases in the cost of additional capital needed to close business combinations or operate
−Removed: targets post-business combination.
−Removed: This could increase the cost of, delay or otherwise complicate or frustrate our ability to find and
−Removed: consummate an initial business combination, and may result in our inability to consummate an initial business combination on terms favorable
−Removed: to our investors altogether.
−Removed: in the market for directors and officers liability insurance could make it more difficult and more expensive for us to negotiate and
−Removed: complete an initial business combination.
−Removed: recent years, the market for directors and officers liability insurance for special purpose acquisition companies has changed.
−Removed: charged for such policies have generally increased and the terms of such policies have generally become less favorable.
−Removed: no assurance that these trends will not continue.
−Removed: increased cost and decreased availability of directors and officers liability insurance could make it more difficult and more expensive
−Removed: for us to negotiate an initial business combination.
−Removed: In order to obtain directors and officers liability insurance or modify its coverage
−Removed: as a result of becoming a public company, the post-business combination entity will likely need to incur greater expense, accept less
−Removed: favorable terms or both.
−Removed: However, any failure to obtain adequate directors and officers liability insurance could have an adverse impact
−Removed: on the post-business combination’s ability to attract and retain qualified officers and directors.
−Removed: addition, even after we were to complete an initial business combination, our directors and officers could still be subject to potential
−Removed: liability from claims arising from conduct alleged to have occurred prior to the initial business combination.
−Removed: As a result, in order
−Removed: to protect our directors and officers, the post-business combination entity may need to purchase additional insurance with respect to
−Removed: any such claims (“run-off insurance”).
−Removed: The need for run-off insurance would be an added expense for the post-business combination
−Removed: entity, and could interfere with or frustrate our ability to consummate an initial business combination on terms favorable to our investors.
−Removed: Sponsor has the right to extend the term we have to consummate our initial business combination up to 33 months from the closing of our
−Removed: Initial Public Offering without providing our shareholders with a corresponding redemption right.
−Removed: will have up to 24 months from the closing of our Initial Public Offering to consummate an initial business combination.
−Removed: we anticipate that we may not be able to consummate our initial business combination within 33 months, we may, by resolution of our Board
−Removed: of Directors, if requested by our Sponsor, extend the period of time we will have to consummate an initial business combination up to
−Removed: nine times, each by an additional one month (for a total of up to 33 months from the closing of our Initial Public Offering), provided
−Removed: that, pursuant to the terms of our Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, as amended, and the Trust Agreement
−Removed: to be entered into between us and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company on December 22, 2022, as amended on December 18, 2024,
−Removed: in order for the time available for us to consummate our initial business combination to be extended, our Sponsor or their affiliates
−Removed: or designees, upon five days’ advance notice prior to the applicable deadline, must deposit into the trust account $55,000 for
−Removed: each month in an extension, on or prior to the date of the applicable deadline.
−Removed: Our public shareholders will not be entitled to vote
−Removed: or redeem their shares in connection with any such extension.
−Removed: the event that our Sponsor elects to extend the time to complete a business combination, pay the additional amounts per each extension,
−Removed: and deposit the applicable amount of money into trust, our Sponsor will receive a non-interest bearing, unsecured promissory note equal
−Removed: to the amount of any such deposit and payment that will not be repaid in the event that we are unable to close a business combination
−Removed: unless there are funds available outside the trust account to do so.
−Removed: In the event that we receive notice from our Sponsor five days prior
−Removed: to the applicable deadline of their intent to effect an extension, we intend to issue a press release announcing such intention at least
−Removed: three days prior to the applicable deadline.
−Removed: In addition, we intend to issue a press release the day after the applicable deadline announcing
−Removed: whether or not the funds had been timely deposited.
−Removed: Our 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: If we are unable to consummate our initial business combination
−Removed: within such time period, we will, as promptly as possible but not more than 10 business days thereafter, redeem 100% of our outstanding
−Removed: public shares for a pro rata portion of the funds held in the trust account, including a pro rata portion of any interest earned on the
−Removed: funds held in the trust account and not previously released to us to pay our taxes, and then seek to dissolve and liquidate.
−Removed: we may not be able to distribute such amounts as a result of claims of creditors which may take priority over the claims of our public
−Removed: shareholders.
−Removed: In the event of our dissolution and liquidation, the Rights and Private Placement Units will expire and be worthless.
−Removed: requirement that we complete our initial business combination within the prescribed time frame may give potential target businesses leverage
−Removed: over us in negotiating a business combination and may decrease our ability to conduct due diligence on potential business combination
−Removed: targets as we approach our dissolution deadline, which could undermine our ability to complete our business combination on terms that
−Removed: would produce value for our shareholders.
−Removed: potential target business with which we enter into negotiations concerning a business combination will be aware that we must complete
−Removed: our initial business combination within 24 months from the closing of our Initial Public Offering, or if we decide to extend the period
−Removed: of time to consummate our business combination, within 33 months from the closing of our Initial Public Offering (as further described
−Removed: in our Registration Statement).
−Removed: Consequently, such target business may obtain leverage over us in negotiating a business combination,
−Removed: knowing that if we do not complete our initial business combination with that particular target business, we may be unable to complete
−Removed: our initial business combination with any target business.
−Removed: This risk will increase as we get closer to the timeframe described above.
−Removed: In addition, we may have limited time to conduct due diligence and may enter into our initial business combination on terms that we would
−Removed: have rejected upon a more comprehensive investigation.
−Removed: may not be able to complete our initial business combination within the prescribed time frame, in which case we would cease all operations
−Removed: except for the purpose of winding up and we would redeem our public shares and liquidate, in which case our public shareholders may only
−Removed: receive $10.20 per share, or less than such amount in certain circumstances, and our Rights will expire worthless.
−Removed: Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, as amended, provides that we must complete our initial business combination
−Removed: within 24 months from the closing of our Initial Public Offering, or we may, but are not obligated to, extend the period of time to consummate
−Removed: our business combination up to nine times by an additional one month each time, for a total of up to 33 months (as further described
−Removed: in our Registration Statement).
−Removed: We may not be able to find a suitable target business and complete our initial business combination within
−Removed: such time period.
−Removed: Our ability to complete our initial business combination may be negatively impacted by general market conditions, volatility
−Removed: in the capital and debt markets and the other risks described herein.
−Removed: If we have not completed our initial business combination within
−Removed: such time period, we will:
−Removed: (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but
−Removed: not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the public shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount
−Removed: then on deposit in the trust account, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account and not previously released to
−Removed: us to pay our taxes (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then outstanding public shares,
−Removed: which redemption will completely extinguish public shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further
−Removed: liquidating distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption,
−Removed: subject to the approval of our remaining shareholders and our board of directors, dissolve and liquidate, subject in each case to our
−Removed: obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law.
−Removed: In such case, our
−Removed: public shareholders may only receive $10.20 per share or less in certain circumstances, and our Rights will expire worthless.
−Removed: circumstances, our public shareholders may receive less than $10.20 per share on the redemption of their shares.
−Removed: If third parties bring claims against us, the proceeds held in the trust account could be reduced and the per-share redemption amount
−Removed: received by shareholders may be less than $10.20 per share ” and other risk factors in this section.
−Removed: we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination, our Initial Shareholders and their affiliates may elect to purchase
−Removed: Ordinary Shares or Rights from public shareholders, which may influence a vote on a proposed business combination and reduce the public
−Removed: “float” of our Ordinary Shares or Rights.
−Removed: we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination and we do not conduct redemptions in connection with our initial business
−Removed: combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, our Sponsor, directors, executive officers, advisors or any of their affiliates may purchase
−Removed: public shares or Rights in privately negotiated transactions or in the open market either prior to or following the completion of our
−Removed: initial business combination, although they are under no obligation or duty to do so.
−Removed: Any price paid for such securities may be less
−Removed: than the amount a public shareholder would receive if it elected to redeem its shares in connection with our initial business combination.
−Removed: Such a purchase may include a contractual acknowledgment that such shareholder, although still the record holder of our shares is no
−Removed: longer the beneficial owner thereof and therefore agrees not to exercise its redemption rights.
−Removed: In the event that our Sponsor, directors,
−Removed: executive officers, advisors or any of their affiliates purchase shares in privately negotiated transactions from public shareholders
−Removed: who have already elected to exercise their redemption rights, such selling shareholders would be required to revoke their prior elections
−Removed: to redeem their shares.
−Removed: It is intended that, if Rule 10b-18 would apply to purchases by our Sponsor, directors, executive officers, advisors
−Removed: or any of their affiliates, then such purchases will comply with Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act, to the extent it applies, which
−Removed: provides a safe harbor for purchases made under certain conditions, including with respect to timing, pricing and volume of purchases.
−Removed: Additionally,
−Removed: at any time at or prior to our initial business combination, subject to applicable securities laws (including with respect to material
−Removed: nonpublic information), our Sponsor, directors, executive officers, advisors or any of their affiliates may enter into transactions with
−Removed: investors and others to provide them with incentives to acquire public shares, vote their public shares in favor of our initial business
−Removed: combination or not redeem their public shares.
−Removed: However, they have no current commitments, plans or intentions to engage in such transactions
−Removed: and have not formulated any terms or conditions for any such transactions.
−Removed: None of the funds in the trust account will be used to purchase
−Removed: public shares or Rights in such transactions.
−Removed: purpose of any such transactions could be to (1) increase the likelihood of obtaining shareholder approval of the business combination
−Removed: by purchasing shares from holders that would have voted against a proposed transaction (as those shares would no longer be voted on the
−Removed: proposed transaction), (2) reduce the number of Rights outstanding and/or increase the likelihood of approval on any matters submitted
−Removed: to the Rights holders for approval in connection with our initial business combination or (3) satisfy a closing condition in an agreement
−Removed: with a target that requires us to have a minimum net worth or a certain amount of cash at the closing of our initial business combination,
−Removed: where it appears that such requirement would otherwise not be met.
−Removed: Any such purchases of our securities may result in the completion
−Removed: of our initial business combination that may not otherwise have been possible.
−Removed: addition, if such purchases are made, the public “float” of our securities may be reduced and the number of beneficial holders
−Removed: of our securities may be reduced, which may make it difficult to maintain or obtain the quotation, listing or trading of our securities
−Removed: on a national securities exchange.
−Removed: Any such purchases will be reported pursuant to Section 13 and Section 16 of the Exchange Act to the
−Removed: extent such purchasers are subject to such reporting requirements.
−Removed: Additionally, in the event our Sponsor, directors, executive officers,
−Removed: advisors or their affiliates were to purchase shares or Rights from public shareholders, such purchases would be structured in compliance
−Removed: with the requirements of Rule 14e-5 under the Exchange Act including, in pertinent part, through adherence to the following:
−Removed: registration statement/proxy statement filed for our business combination transaction would disclose the possibility that our Sponsor,
−Removed: directors, executive officers, advisors or any of their affiliates may purchase shares or Rights from public shareholders outside
−Removed: the redemption process, along with the purpose of such purchases;
−Removed: our Sponsor, directors, executive officers, advisors or any of their affiliates were to purchase shares or Rights from public shareholders,
−Removed: they would do so at a price no higher than the price offered through our redemption process;
−Removed: registration statement/proxy statement filed for our business combination transaction would include a representation that any of
−Removed: our securities purchased by our Sponsor, directors, executive officers, advisors or any of their affiliates would not be voted in
−Removed: favor of approving the business combination transaction;
−Removed: Sponsor, directors, executive officers, advisors or any of their affiliates would not possess any redemption rights with respect
−Removed: to our securities or, if they do acquire and possess redemption rights, they would waive such rights;
−Removed: would disclose in a Form 8-K, before our security holder meeting to approve the business combination transaction, the following material
−Removed: amount of our securities purchased outside of the redemption offer by our Sponsor, directors, executive officers, advisors or any
−Removed: of their affiliates, along with the purchase price;
−Removed: purpose of the purchases by our Sponsor, directors, executive officers, advisors or any of their affiliates;
−Removed: impact, if any, of the purchases by our Sponsor, directors, executive officers, advisors or any of their affiliates on the likelihood
−Removed: that the business combination transaction will be approved;
−Removed: identities of our security holders who sold to our Sponsor, directors, executive officers, advisors or any of their affiliates (if
−Removed: not purchased on the open market) or the nature of our security holders (e.g., 5% security holders) who sold to our Sponsor, directors,
−Removed: executive officers, advisors or any of their affiliates;
−Removed: number of our securities for which we have received redemption requests pursuant to our redemption offer.
−Removed: addition, if such purchases are made, the public “float” of our Ordinary Shares or public rights and the number of beneficial
−Removed: holders of our securities may be reduced, possibly making it difficult to obtain or maintain the quotation, listing or trading of our
−Removed: securities on a national securities exchange.
−Removed: “Proposed Business - Permitted Purchases of Our Securities” for a description of how our Sponsor, directors,
−Removed: executive officers, advisors or their affiliates will select which shareholders to purchase securities from in any private transaction.
−Removed: a shareholder fails to receive notice of our offer to redeem our public shares in connection with our business combination, or fails
−Removed: to comply with the procedures for tendering its shares, such shares may not be redeemed.
−Removed: will comply with the tender offer rules or proxy rules, as applicable, when conducting redemptions in connection with our business combination.
−Removed: Despite our compliance with these rules, if a shareholder fails to receive our tender offer or proxy materials, as applicable, such shareholder
−Removed: may not become aware of the opportunity to redeem its shares.
−Removed: In addition, the tender offer documents or proxy materials, as applicable,
−Removed: that we will furnish to holders of our public shares in connection with our initial business combination will describe the various procedures
−Removed: that must be complied with in order to validly tender or redeem public shares.
−Removed: For example, we may require our public shareholders seeking
−Removed: to exercise their redemption rights, whether they are record holders or hold their shares in “street name,” to either tender
−Removed: their certificates to our transfer agent prior to the date set forth in the tender offer documents mailed to such holders, or up to two
−Removed: business days prior to the vote on the proposal to approve the business combination in the event we distribute proxy materials, or to
−Removed: deliver their shares to the transfer agent electronically.
−Removed: In the event that a shareholder fails to comply with these or any other procedures,
−Removed: its shares may not be redeemed.
−Removed: will not have any rights or interests in funds from the trust account, except under certain limited circumstances.
−Removed: To liquidate your
−Removed: investment, therefore, you may be forced to sell your public shares or Rights, potentially at a loss.
−Removed: public shareholders will be entitled to receive funds from the trust account only upon the earliest to occur of:
−Removed: (i) our completion of
−Removed: an initial business combination, and then only in connection with those public shares that such shareholder properly elected to redeem,
−Removed: subject to the limitations described in our Registration Statement, (ii) the redemption of any public shares properly submitted in connection
−Removed: with a shareholder vote to amend our Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, as amended, (A) to modify the
−Removed: substance or timing of our obligation to allow redemption in connection with our initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our
−Removed: public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination within 24 months from the closing of our Initial Public Offering,
−Removed: or if we decide to extend the period of time to consummate our business combination, within 33 months from the closing of our Initial
−Removed: Public Offering (as further described in our Registration Statement) or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to shareholders’
−Removed: rights or pre-initial business combination activity and (iii) the redemption of our public shares if we are unable to complete an initial
−Removed: business combination within 24 months from the closing of our Initial Public Offering, or if we decide to extend the period of time to
−Removed: consummate our business combination, within 33 months from the closing of our Initial Public Offering (as further described in our Registration
−Removed: Statement), subject to applicable law and as further described herein.
−Removed: In addition, if we are unable to complete an initial business
−Removed: combination within 24 months from the closing of our Initial Public Offering, or if we decide to extend the period of time to consummate
−Removed: our business combination, within 33 months from the closing of our Initial Public Offering (as further described in our Registration
−Removed: Statement) for any reason, compliance with Cayman Islands law may require that we submit a plan of dissolution to our then-existing shareholders
−Removed: for approval prior to the distribution of the proceeds held in our trust account.
−Removed: In that case, public shareholders may be forced to
−Removed: wait beyond the 24 months from the closing of our Initial Public Offering, or if we decide to extend the period of time to consummate
−Removed: our business combination, beyond the 33 months from the closing of our Initial Public Offering (as further described in our Registration
−Removed: Statement) before they receive funds from our trust account.
−Removed: In no other circumstances will a public shareholder have any right or interest
−Removed: of any kind in the trust account.
−Removed: Accordingly, to liquidate your investment, you may be forced to sell your public shares or Rights,
−Removed: potentially at a loss.
−Removed: will not be entitled to protections normally afforded to investors of many other blank check companies.
−Removed: the net proceeds of our Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Units are intended to be used to complete an initial
−Removed: business combination with a target business that has not been selected, we may be deemed to be a “blank check” company under
−Removed: the United States securities laws.
−Removed: However, because we will have net tangible assets in excess of $5,000,000 upon the successful completion
−Removed: of our Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Units and will file a Current Report on Form 8-K, including an audited
−Removed: balance sheet demonstrating this fact, we are exempt from rules promulgated by the SEC to protect investors in blank check companies,
−Removed: such as Rule 419.
−Removed: Accordingly, investors will not be afforded the benefits or protections of those rules.
−Removed: Among other things, this means
−Removed: our units will be immediately tradable as opposed to companies subject to Rule 419.
−Removed: Moreover, if our Initial Public Offering were subject
−Removed: to Rule 419, that rule would prohibit the release of any interest earned on funds held in the trust account to us unless and until the
−Removed: funds in the trust account were released to us in connection with our completion of an initial business combination.
−Removed: we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination and we do not conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules,
−Removed: and if you or a “group” of shareholders are deemed to hold in excess of 15% of our Ordinary Shares, you will lose the ability
−Removed: to redeem all such shares in excess of 15% of our Ordinary Shares.
−Removed: we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination and we do not conduct redemptions in connection with our initial business
−Removed: combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, our Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, as amended, provides
−Removed: that a public shareholder, together with any affiliate of such shareholder or any other person with whom such shareholder is acting in
−Removed: concert or as a “group” (as defined under Section 13 of the Exchange Act), will be restricted from seeking redemption rights
−Removed: with respect to more than an aggregate of 15% of the shares sold in our Initial Public Offering, which we refer to as the “Excess
−Removed: Shares.” However, our Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, as amended, does not restrict our shareholders’
−Removed: ability to vote all of their shares (including Excess Shares) for or against our business combination.
−Removed: Your inability to redeem the Excess
−Removed: Shares will reduce your influence over our ability to complete our business combination and you could suffer a material loss on your
−Removed: investment in us if you sell Excess Shares in open market transactions.
−Removed: Additionally, you will not receive redemption distributions with
−Removed: respect to the Excess Shares if we complete our business combination.
−Removed: As a result, you will continue to hold that number of shares exceeding
−Removed: 15% and, in order to dispose of such shares, would be required to sell your share in open market transactions, potentially at a loss.
−Removed: of our limited resources and the significant competition for business combination opportunities, it may be more difficult for us to complete
−Removed: our initial business combination.
−Removed: If we are unable to complete our initial business combination, our public shareholders may receive
−Removed: only approximately $10.20 per share on our redemption of our public shares, or less than such amount in certain circumstances, and our
−Removed: Rights will expire worthless.
−Removed: expect to encounter intense competition from other entities having a business objective similar to ours, including private investors
−Removed: (which may be individuals or investment partnerships), other blank check companies and other entities, domestic and international, competing
−Removed: for the types of businesses we intend to acquire.
−Removed: Many of these entities are well-established and have extensive experience in identifying
−Removed: and effecting, directly or indirectly, acquisitions of companies operating in or providing services to various industries.
−Removed: Many of these
−Removed: competitors possess greater technical, human and other resources or more local industry knowledge than we do and our financial resources
−Removed: will be relatively limited when contrasted with those of many of these competitors.
−Removed: As a result, our ability to compete with respect
−Removed: to the acquisition of certain target businesses that are sizable will be limited by our available financial resources.
−Removed: This inherent
−Removed: competitive limitation gives others an advantage in pursuing the acquisition of certain target businesses.
−Removed: because we are obligated to pay cash for the Ordinary Shares which our public shareholders redeem in connection with our initial business
−Removed: combination, target companies will be aware that this may reduce the resources available to us for our initial business combination.
−Removed: This may place us at a competitive disadvantage in successfully negotiating a business combination.
−Removed: If we are unable to complete our
−Removed: initial business combination, our public shareholders may receive only approximately $10.20 per share, or less in certain circumstances,
−Removed: on the liquidation of our trust account and our Rights will expire worthless.
−Removed: In certain circumstances, our public shareholders may receive
−Removed: less than $10.20 per share upon our liquidation.
−Removed: See “ — If third parties bring claims against us, the proceeds held in
−Removed: the trust account could be reduced and the per-share redemption amount received by shareholders may be less than $10.20 per share ”
−Removed: and other risk factors in this section.
−Removed: the net proceeds of our Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Units not being held in the trust account are insufficient
−Removed: to allow us to operate for at least the next 24 months from the closing of our Initial Public Offering, or if we decide to extend the
−Removed: period of time to consummate our business combination, the next 33 months from the closing of our Initial Public Offering (as further
−Removed: described in our Registration Statement), we may be unable to complete our initial business combination, in which case our public shareholders
−Removed: may only receive $10.20 per share, or less than such amount in certain circumstances, and our Rights will expire worthless.
−Removed: funds available to us outside of the trust account may not be sufficient to allow us to operate for at least the next 24 months from
−Removed: the closing of our Initial Public Offering, or if we decide to extend the period of time to consummate our business combination, the
−Removed: next 33 months from the closing of our Initial Public Offering (as further described in our Registration Statement), assuming that our
−Removed: initial business combination is not completed during that time.
−Removed: We believe that, upon the closing of our Initial Public Offering, the
−Removed: funds available to us outside of the trust account will be sufficient to allow us to operate for at least the next 24 months from the
−Removed: closing of our Initial Public Offering, or if we decide to extend the period of time to consummate our business combination, the next
−Removed: 33 months from the closing of our Initial Public Offering (as further described in our Registration Statement);
−Removed: however, we cannot assure
−Removed: you that our estimate is accurate.
−Removed: Of the funds available to us, we could use a portion of the funds available to us to pay fees to consultants
−Removed: to assist us with our search for a target business.
−Removed: We could also use a portion of the funds as a down payment or to fund a “no-shop”
−Removed: provision (a provision in letters of intent or merger agreements designed to keep target businesses from “shopping” around
−Removed: for transactions with other companies on terms more favorable to such target businesses) with respect to a particular proposed business
−Removed: combination, although we do not have any current intention to do so.
−Removed: If we entered into a letter of intent or merger agreement where
−Removed: we paid for the right to receive exclusivity from a target business and were subsequently required to forfeit such funds (whether as
−Removed: a result of our breach or otherwise), we might not have sufficient funds to continue searching for, or conduct due diligence with respect
−Removed: to, a target business.
−Removed: If we are unable to complete our initial business combination, our public shareholders may receive only approximately
−Removed: $10.20 per share or less in certain circumstances on the liquidation of our trust account and our Rights will expire worthless.
−Removed: circumstances, our public shareholders may receive less than $10.20 per share upon our liquidation.
−Removed: See “ — If third parties
−Removed: bring claims against us, the proceeds held in the trust account could be reduced and the per-share redemption amount received by shareholders
−Removed: may be less than $10.20 per share ” and other risk factors in this section.
−Removed: the net proceeds of our Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Units not being held in the trust account are insufficient,
−Removed: it could limit the amount available to fund our search for a target business or businesses and complete our initial business combination
−Removed: and we will depend on loans from our Initial Shareholders or management team to fund our search for a business combination, to pay our
−Removed: taxes and to complete our initial business combination.
−Removed: If we are unable to obtain these loans, we may be unable to complete our initial
−Removed: business combination.
−Removed: the net proceeds of our Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Units, only approximately $650,000 will be available
−Removed: to us initially outside the trust account to fund our working capital requirements.
−Removed: In the event that our offering expenses exceed our
−Removed: estimate of $550,000 (excluding underwriting discount), we may fund such excess with funds not to be held in the trust account.
−Removed: case, the amount of funds we intend to be held outside the trust account would decrease by a corresponding amount.
−Removed: Conversely, in the
−Removed: event that the offering expenses are less than our estimate of $550,000 (excluding underwriting discount), the amount of funds we intend
−Removed: to be held outside the trust account would increase by a corresponding amount.
−Removed: If we are required to seek additional capital, we would
−Removed: need to borrow funds from our Initial Shareholders or their affiliates to operate, or we may be forced to liquidate.
−Removed: None of our Initial
−Removed: Shareholders nor any of their affiliates is under any obligation to advance funds to us in such circumstances.
−Removed: Any such advances would
−Removed: be repaid only from funds held outside the trust account or from funds released to us upon completion of our initial business combination.
−Removed: We do not expect to seek loans from parties other than our Initial Shareholders or an affiliate of our Initial Shareholders as we do
−Removed: not believe third parties will be willing to loan such funds and provide a waiver against any and all rights to seek access to funds
−Removed: in our trust account but in the event that we seek loans from any third parties, we will obtain a waiver against any and all rights to
−Removed: seek access to funds in our trust account.
−Removed: If we are unable to obtain these loans, we may be unable to complete our initial business
−Removed: If we are unable to complete our initial business combination because we do not have sufficient funds available to us, we
−Removed: will be forced to cease operations and liquidate the trust account.
−Removed: Consequently, our public shareholders may only receive approximately
−Removed: $10.20 per share on our redemption of our public shares, and our Rights will expire worthless.
−Removed: In certain circumstances, our public shareholders
−Removed: may receive less than $10.20 per share on the redemption of their shares.
−Removed: See “ — If third parties bring claims against
−Removed: us, the proceeds held in the trust account could be reduced and the per-share redemption amount received by shareholders may be less
−Removed: than $10.20 per share ” and other risk factors in this section.
−Removed: do not have a specified maximum redemption threshold.
−Removed: The absence of such a redemption threshold may make it possible for us to complete
−Removed: a business combination with which a substantial majority of our shareholders do not agree.
−Removed: Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, as amended, does not provide a specified maximum redemption threshold.
−Removed: As a result, we may be able to complete our business combination even though a substantial majority of our public shareholders do not
−Removed: agree with the transaction and have redeemed their shares or, if we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination and
−Removed: do not conduct redemptions in connection with our business combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, have entered into privately
−Removed: negotiated agreements to sell their shares to our Initial Shareholders, advisors or their affiliates.
−Removed: In the event the aggregate cash
−Removed: consideration we would be required to pay for all Ordinary Shares that are validly submitted for redemption plus any amount required
−Removed: to satisfy cash conditions pursuant to the terms of the proposed business combination exceed the aggregate amount of cash available to
−Removed: us, we will not complete the business combination or redeem any shares, all Ordinary Shares submitted for redemption will be returned
−Removed: to the holders thereof, and we instead may search for an alternate business combination.
−Removed: third parties bring claims against us, the proceeds held in the trust account could be reduced and the per-share redemption amount received
−Removed: by shareholders may be less than $10.20 per share.
−Removed: placing of funds in the trust account may not protect those funds from third-party claims against us.
−Removed: Although we will seek to have all
−Removed: vendors, service providers, prospective target businesses or other entities with which we do business execute agreements with us waiving
−Removed: any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies held in the trust account for the benefit of our public shareholders,
−Removed: such parties may not execute such agreements, or even if they execute such agreements they may not be prevented from bringing claims
−Removed: against the trust account, including, but not limited to, fraudulent inducement, breach of fiduciary responsibility or other similar
−Removed: claims, as well as claims challenging the enforceability of the waiver, in each case in order to gain advantage with respect to a claim
−Removed: against our assets, including the funds held in the trust account.
−Removed: If any third party refuses to execute an agreement waiving such claims
−Removed: to the monies held in the trust account, our management will perform an analysis of the alternatives available to it and will only enter
−Removed: into an agreement with a third party that has not executed a waiver if management believes that such third party’s engagement would
−Removed: be significantly more beneficial to us than any alternative.
−Removed: Making such a request of potential target businesses may make our acquisition
−Removed: proposal less attractive to them and, to the extent prospective target businesses refuse to execute such a waiver, it may limit the field
−Removed: of potential target businesses that we might pursue.
−Removed: of possible instances where we may engage a third party that refuses to execute a waiver include the engagement of a third-party consultant
−Removed: whose particular expertise or skills are believed by management to be significantly superior to those of other consultants that would
−Removed: agree to execute a waiver or in cases where management is unable to find a service provider willing to execute a waiver.
−Removed: there is no guarantee that such entities will agree to waive any claims they may have in the future as a result of, or arising out of,
−Removed: any negotiations, contracts or agreements with us and will not seek recourse against the trust account for any reason.
−Removed: Upon redemption
−Removed: of our public shares, if we are unable to complete our business combination within the prescribed timeframe, or upon the exercise of
−Removed: a redemption right in connection with our business combination, we will be required to provide for payment of claims of creditors that
−Removed: were not waived that may be brought against us within the 10 years following redemption.
−Removed: Accordingly, the per-share redemption amount
−Removed: received by public shareholders could be less than the $10.20 per share initially held in the trust account, due to claims of such creditors.
−Removed: Our Sponsor has agreed that it will be liable to us if and to the extent any claims by a vendor for services rendered or products sold
−Removed: to us, or a prospective target business with which we have discussed entering into a transaction agreement, reduce the amount of funds
−Removed: in the trust account to below (i) $10.20 per public share or (ii) such lesser amount per public share held in the trust account as of
−Removed: the date of the liquidation of the trust account due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, in each case net of the interest
−Removed: which may be withdrawn to pay taxes.
−Removed: This liability will not apply with respect to any claims by a third party who executed a waiver
−Removed: of any and all rights to seek access to the trust account and except as to any claims under our indemnity of the underwriters of our
−Removed: Initial Public Offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
−Removed: Moreover, in the event that an executed
−Removed: waiver is deemed to be unenforceable against a third party, then our Sponsor will not be responsible to the extent of any liability for
−Removed: such third-party claims.
−Removed: We have not independently verified whether our Sponsor has sufficient funds to satisfy its indemnity obligations
−Removed: and believe that our Sponsor’s only assets are securities of our company.
−Removed: We have not asked our Sponsor to reserve for such indemnification
−Removed: Therefore, we believe it is unlikely that our Sponsor would be able to satisfy those obligations.
−Removed: As a result, if any such
−Removed: claims were successfully made against the trust account, the funds available for our initial business combination and redemptions could
−Removed: be reduced to less than $10.20 per public share.
−Removed: In such event, we may not be able to complete our initial business combination, and
−Removed: you would receive such lesser amount per share in connection with any redemption of your public shares.
−Removed: None of our officers or directors
−Removed: are required to indemnify us for claims by third parties including, without limitation, claims by vendors and prospective target businesses.
−Removed: independent directors may decide not to enforce the indemnification obligations of our Sponsor, resulting in a reduction in the amount
−Removed: of funds in the trust account available for distribution to our public shareholders.
−Removed: the event that the proceeds in the trust account are reduced below the lesser of (i) $10.20 per public share or (ii) such lesser amount
−Removed: per share held in the trust account as of the date of the liquidation of the trust account due to reductions in the value of the trust
−Removed: assets, in each case net of the interest which may be withdrawn to pay taxes, and our Sponsor asserts that it is unable to satisfy its
−Removed: obligations or that it has no indemnification obligations related to a particular claim, our independent directors would determine whether
−Removed: to take legal action against our Sponsor to enforce its indemnification obligations.
−Removed: we currently expect that our independent directors would take legal action on our behalf against our Sponsor to enforce its indemnification
−Removed: obligations to us, it is possible that our independent directors in exercising their business judgment may choose not to do so if, for
−Removed: example, the cost of such legal action is deemed by the independent directors to be too high relative to the amount recoverable or if
−Removed: the independent directors determine that a favorable outcome is not likely.
−Removed: If our independent directors choose not to enforce these
−Removed: indemnification obligations, the amount of funds in the trust account available for distribution to our public shareholders may be reduced
−Removed: below $10.20 per share.
−Removed: after we distribute the proceeds in the trust account to our public shareholders, we file a bankruptcy petition or an involuntary bankruptcy
−Removed: petition is filed against us that is not dismissed, a bankruptcy court may seek to recover such proceeds, and we and our board may be
−Removed: exposed to claims of punitive damages.
−Removed: after we distribute the proceeds in the trust account to our public shareholders, we file a bankruptcy petition or an involuntary bankruptcy
−Removed: petition is filed against us that is not dismissed, any distributions received by shareholders could be viewed under applicable debtor/creditor
−Removed: and/or bankruptcy laws as either a “preferential transfer” or a “fraudulent conveyance.” As a result, a bankruptcy
−Removed: court could seek to recover all amounts received by our shareholders.
−Removed: In addition, our board of directors may be viewed as having breached
−Removed: its fiduciary duty to our creditors and/or having acted in bad faith, thereby exposing itself and us to claims of punitive damages, by
−Removed: paying public shareholders from the trust account prior to addressing the claims of creditors.
−Removed: before distributing the proceeds in the trust account to our public shareholders, we file a bankruptcy petition or an involuntary bankruptcy
−Removed: petition is filed against us that is not dismissed, the claims of creditors in such proceeding may have priority over the claims of our
−Removed: shareholders and the per-share amount that would otherwise be received by our shareholders in connection with our liquidation may be
−Removed: before distributing the proceeds in the trust account to our public shareholders, we file a bankruptcy petition or an involuntary bankruptcy
−Removed: petition is filed against us that is not dismissed, the proceeds held in the trust account could be subject to applicable bankruptcy
−Removed: law, and may be included in our bankruptcy estate and subject to the claims of third parties with priority over the claims of our shareholders.
−Removed: To the extent any bankruptcy claims deplete the trust account, the per-share amount that would otherwise be received by our shareholders
−Removed: in connection with our liquidation may be reduced.
−Removed: shareholders may be held liable for claims by third parties against us to the extent of distributions received by them upon redemption
−Removed: of their shares.
−Removed: we are forced to enter into an insolvent liquidation, any distributions received by shareholders could be viewed as an unlawful payment
−Removed: if it was proved that immediately following the date on which the distribution was made, we were unable to pay our debts as they fall
−Removed: due in the ordinary course of business.
−Removed: As a result, a liquidator could seek to recover some or all amounts received by our shareholders.
−Removed: Furthermore, our directors may be viewed as having breached their fiduciary duties to us or our creditors and/or may have acted in bad
−Removed: faith, thereby exposing themselves and our company to claims, by paying public shareholders from the trust account prior to addressing
−Removed: the claims of creditors.
−Removed: We cannot assure you that claims will not be brought against us for these reasons.
−Removed: We and our directors and
−Removed: officers who knowingly and willfully authorized or permitted any distribution to be paid out of our share premium account while we were
−Removed: unable to pay our debts as they fall due in the ordinary course of business would be guilty of an offence and may be liable for a fine
−Removed: of approximately $18,000 and imprisonment for five years in the Cayman Islands.
−Removed: we are not limited to a particular industry, sector, or any specific target businesses with which to pursue our initial business combination,
−Removed: you will be unable to ascertain the merits or risks of any particular target business’ operations.
−Removed: may seek to complete a business combination with an operating company in any industry or sector or geographical location.
−Removed: will not, under our Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, as amended, be permitted to complete our business
−Removed: combination with another blank check company or similar company with nominal operations.
−Removed: Because we have not yet selected or approached
−Removed: any specific target business with respect to a business combination, there is no basis to evaluate the possible merits or risks of any
−Removed: particular target business’s operations, results of operations, cash flows, liquidity, financial condition or prospects.
−Removed: extent we complete our business combination, we may be affected by numerous risks inherent in the business operations with which we combine.
−Removed: For example, if we combine with a financially unstable business or an entity lacking an established record of revenues or earnings, we
−Removed: may be affected by the risks inherent in the business and operations of a financially unstable or a development stage entity.
−Removed: our officers and directors will endeavor to evaluate the risks inherent in a particular target business, we cannot assure you that we
−Removed: will properly ascertain or assess all the significant risk factors or that we will have adequate time to complete due diligence.
−Removed: some of these risks may be outside of our control and leave us with no ability to control or reduce the chances that those risks will
−Removed: adversely impact a target business.
−Removed: We also cannot assure you that an investment in our units will ultimately prove to be more favorable
−Removed: to investors than a direct investment, if such opportunity were available, in a business combination target.
−Removed: Accordingly, any shareholders
−Removed: who choose to remain shareholders following the business combination could suffer a reduction in the value of their shares.
−Removed: Such shareholders
−Removed: are unlikely to have a remedy for such reduction in value.
−Removed: performance by our management team, our advisors and our Initial Shareholders may not be indicative of future performance of an investment
−Removed: regarding performance by, or businesses associated with our management team and our Initial Shareholders and their affiliates is presented
−Removed: for informational purposes only.
−Removed: Past performance by our management team and our Initial Shareholders is not a guarantee either (i) that
−Removed: we will be able to locate a suitable candidate for our initial business combination or (ii) of success with respect to any business combination
−Removed: we may consummate.
−Removed: The majority of our officers, directors and advisors have not had management experience with special purpose acquisition
−Removed: corporations in the past.
−Removed: You should not rely on the historical record of our management team’s, our advisors’ or our Initial
−Removed: Shareholders’ respective performance as indicative of our future performance of an investment in us or the returns we will, or
−Removed: are likely to, generate going forward.
−Removed: Furthermore, an investment in us is not an investment in our Initial Shareholders or their affiliates.
−Removed: may seek acquisition opportunities in industries or sectors which may be outside of our management’s area of expertise.
−Removed: will consider a business combination outside of our management’s area of expertise if a business combination candidate is presented
−Removed: to us and we determine that such candidate offers an attractive acquisition opportunity for our company.
−Removed: Although our management will
−Removed: endeavor to evaluate the risks inherent in any particular business combination candidate, we cannot assure you that we will adequately
−Removed: ascertain or assess all the significant risk factors.
−Removed: We also cannot assure you that an investment in our units will not ultimately prove
−Removed: to be less favorable to investors in our Initial Public Offering than a direct investment, if an opportunity were available, in a business
−Removed: combination candidate.
−Removed: In the event we elect to pursue an acquisition outside of the areas of our management’s expertise, our management’s
−Removed: expertise may not be directly applicable to its evaluation or operation, and the information contained in our Registration Statement
−Removed: regarding the areas of our management’s expertise would not be relevant to an understanding of the business that we elect to acquire.
−Removed: As a result, our management may not be able to adequately ascertain or assess all the significant risk factors.
−Removed: Accordingly, any shareholders
−Removed: who choose to remain shareholders following our business combination could suffer a reduction in the value of their shares.
−Removed: Such shareholders
−Removed: are unlikely to have a remedy for such reduction in value.
−Removed: we have identified general criteria and guidelines that we believe are important in evaluating prospective target businesses, we may
−Removed: enter into our initial business combination with a target that does not meet such criteria and guidelines, and as a result, the target
−Removed: business with which we enter into our initial business combination may not have attributes entirely consistent with our general criteria
−Removed: and guidelines.
−Removed: we have identified general criteria and guidelines for evaluating prospective target businesses, it is possible that a target business
−Removed: with which we enter into our initial business combination will not have all of these positive attributes.
−Removed: If we complete our initial
−Removed: business combination with a target that does not meet some or all of these criteria and guidelines, such combination may not be as successful
−Removed: as a combination with a business that does meet all of our general criteria and guidelines.
−Removed: In addition, if we announce a prospective
−Removed: business combination with a target that does not meet our general criteria and guidelines, a greater number of shareholders may exercise
−Removed: their redemption rights, which may make it difficult for us to meet any closing condition with a target business that requires us to
−Removed: have a minimum net worth or a certain amount of cash.
−Removed: In addition, if shareholder approval of the transaction is required by law, or
−Removed: we decide to obtain shareholder approval for business or other legal reasons, it may be more difficult for us to attain shareholder approval
−Removed: of our initial business combination if the target business does not meet our general criteria and guidelines.
−Removed: If we are unable to complete
−Removed: our initial business combination, our public shareholders may receive only approximately $10.20 per share, or less in certain circumstances,
−Removed: on the liquidation of our trust account and our Rights will expire worthless.
−Removed: In certain circumstances, our public shareholders may receive
−Removed: less than $10.20 per share on the redemption of their shares.
−Removed: See “ — If third parties bring claims against us, the proceeds
−Removed: held in the trust account could be reduced and the per-share redemption amount received by shareholders may be less than $10.20 per share ”
−Removed: and other risk factors in this section.
−Removed: may seek acquisition opportunities with an early-stage company, a financially unstable business or an entity lacking an established record
−Removed: of revenue or earnings, which could subject us to volatile revenues or earnings or difficulty in retaining key personnel.
−Removed: the extent we complete our initial business combination with an early-stage company such as a pre-revenue entity with a limited operating
−Removed: history, a financially unstable business, or an entity lacking an established record of revenues or earnings, we may be affected by numerous
−Removed: risks inherent in the operations of the business with which we combine.
−Removed: These risks include investing in a business without a proven
−Removed: business model and with limited historical financial data, a lack of revenues or earnings and difficulties in obtaining and retaining
−Removed: key personnel.
−Removed: Although our officers and directors will endeavor to evaluate the risks inherent in a particular target business, we may
−Removed: not be able to properly ascertain or assess all the significant risk factors and we may not have adequate time to complete due diligence.
−Removed: Furthermore, some of these risks may be outside of our control and leave us with no ability to control or reduce the chances that those
−Removed: risks will adversely impact a target business.
−Removed: are not required to obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm or from an independent accounting firm, and consequently,
−Removed: you may have no assurance from an independent source that the price we are paying for the business is fair to our company from a financial
−Removed: point of view.
−Removed: we complete our business combination with an affiliated entity or our board cannot independently determine the fair market value of the
−Removed: target business or businesses, we are not required to obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm or from another independent
−Removed: entity that commonly renders valuation opinions that the price we are paying is fair to our company from a financial point of view.
−Removed: no opinion is obtained, our shareholders will be relying on the judgment of our board of directors, who will determine fair market value
−Removed: based on standards generally accepted by the financial community.
−Removed: Such standards used will be disclosed in our proxy solicitation or
−Removed: tender offer materials, as applicable, related to our initial business combination.
−Removed: could be wasted in researching acquisitions that are not completed, which could materially adversely affect subsequent attempts to locate
−Removed: and acquire or merge with another business.
−Removed: If we are unable to complete our initial business combination, our public shareholders may
−Removed: receive only approximately $10.20 per share, or less than such amount in certain circumstances, on the liquidation of our trust account
−Removed: and our Rights will expire worthless.
−Removed: anticipate that the investigation of each specific target business and the negotiation, drafting and execution of relevant agreements,
−Removed: disclosure documents and other instruments will require substantial management time and attention and substantial costs for accountants,
−Removed: attorneys, and others.
−Removed: If we decide not to complete a specific initial business combination, the costs incurred up to that point for
−Removed: the proposed transaction likely would not be recoverable.
−Removed: Furthermore, if we reach an agreement relating to a specific target business,
−Removed: we may fail to complete our initial business combination for any number of reasons including those beyond our control.
−Removed: Any such event
−Removed: will result in a loss to us of the related costs incurred which could materially adversely affect subsequent attempts to locate and acquire
−Removed: or merge with another business.
−Removed: If we are unable to complete our initial business combination, our public shareholders may receive only
−Removed: approximately $10.20 per share on the liquidation of our trust account and our Rights will expire worthless.
−Removed: In certain circumstances,
−Removed: our public shareholders may receive less than $10.20 per share on the redemption of their shares.
−Removed: See “ — If third parties
−Removed: bring claims against us, the proceeds held in the trust account could be reduced and the per-share redemption amount received by shareholders
−Removed: may be less than $10.20 per share ” and other risk factors in this section.
−Removed: may attempt to simultaneously complete business combinations with multiple prospective targets, which may hinder our ability to complete
−Removed: our business combination and give rise to increased costs and risks that could negatively impact our operations and profitability.
−Removed: we determine to simultaneously acquire several businesses that are owned by different sellers, we will need for each of such sellers
−Removed: to agree that our purchase of its business is contingent on the simultaneous closings of the other business combinations, which may make
−Removed: it more difficult for us, and delay our ability, to complete our initial business combination.
−Removed: With multiple business combinations, we
−Removed: could also face additional risks, including additional burdens and costs with respect to possible multiple negotiations and due diligence
−Removed: investigations (if there are multiple sellers) and the additional risks associated with the subsequent assimilation of the operations
−Removed: and services or products of the acquired companies in a single operating business.
−Removed: If we are unable to adequately address these risks,
−Removed: it could negatively impact our profitability and results of operations.
−Removed: may have a limited ability to assess the management of a prospective target business and, as a result, may complete our initial business
−Removed: combination with a target business whose management may not have the skills, qualifications or abilities to manage a public company,
−Removed: which could, in turn, negatively impact the value of our shareholders’ investment in us.
−Removed: evaluating the desirability of effecting our initial business combination with a prospective target business, our ability to assess the
−Removed: target business’s management may be limited due to a lack of time, resources, or information.
−Removed: Our assessment of the capabilities
−Removed: of the target’s management, therefore, may prove to be incorrect and such management may lack the skills, qualifications, or abilities
−Removed: we suspected.
−Removed: Should the target’s management not possess the skills, qualifications, or abilities necessary to manage a public
−Removed: company, the operations and profitability of the post-combination business may be negatively impacted.
−Removed: Accordingly, any shareholders
−Removed: who choose to remain shareholders following the business combination could suffer a reduction in the value of their shares.
−Removed: Such shareholders
−Removed: are unlikely to have a remedy for such reduction in value.
−Removed: officers and directors of an acquisition candidate may resign upon completion of our initial business combination.
−Removed: The departure of a
−Removed: business combination target’s key personnel could negatively impact the operations and profitability of our post-combination business.
−Removed: The role of an acquisition candidate’s key personnel upon the completion of our initial business combination cannot be ascertained
−Removed: at this time.
−Removed: Although we contemplate that certain members of an acquisition candidate’s management team will remain associated
−Removed: with the acquisition candidate following our initial business combination, it is possible that members of the management of an acquisition
−Removed: candidate will not wish to remain in place.
−Removed: may attempt to complete our initial business combination with a private company about which little information is available, which may
−Removed: result in a business combination with a company that is not as profitable as we suspected, if at all.
−Removed: pursuing our acquisition strategy, we may seek to complete our initial business combination with a privately held company.
−Removed: public information generally exists about private companies, and we could be required to make our decision on whether to pursue a potential
−Removed: initial business combination on the basis of limited information, which may result in a business combination with a company that is not
−Removed: as profitable as we suspected, if at all.
−Removed: may only be able to complete one business combination with the proceeds of our Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement
−Removed: Units, which will cause us to be solely dependent on a single business which may have a limited number of products or services.
−Removed: lack of diversification may negatively impact our operations and profitability.
−Removed: the net proceeds from our Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Units, and after giving effect to the Redemptions,
−Removed: up to $51,108,60 will be available to complete our business combination and pay related fees and expenses.
−Removed: may complete our business combination with a single target business or multiple target businesses simultaneously or within a short period
−Removed: However, we may not be able to complete our business combination with more than one target business because of various factors,
−Removed: including the existence of complex accounting issues and the requirement that we prepare and file pro forma financial statements with
−Removed: the SEC that present operating results and the financial condition of several target businesses as if they had been operated on a combined
−Removed: By completing our initial business combination with only a single entity, our lack of diversification may subject us to numerous
−Removed: economic, competitive, and regulatory developments.
−Removed: Further, we would not be able to diversify our operations or benefit from the possible
−Removed: spreading of risks or offsetting of losses, unlike other entities which may have the resources to complete several business combinations
−Removed: in different industries or different areas of a single industry.
−Removed: In addition, we intend to focus our search for an initial business combination
−Removed: in a single industry.
−Removed: Accordingly, the prospects for our success may be:
−Removed: dependent upon the performance of a single business, property, or asset, or
−Removed: upon the development or market acceptance of a single or limited number of products, processes, or services.
−Removed: lack of diversification may subject us to numerous economic, competitive, and regulatory developments, any or all of which may have a
−Removed: substantial adverse impact upon the particular industry in which we may operate subsequent to our business combination.
−Removed: ability to complete a business combination may be impacted by the fact that our Sponsor’s major shareholder, Pengfei Zheng, is
−Removed: person, and a majority of our officers and directors are located in, or have significant ties to, China.
−Removed: This may make us
−Removed: a less attractive partner to potential target companies outside the PRC, thereby limiting our pool of acquisition candidates and making
−Removed: it harder for us to complete an initial business combination with a non-China-based target company.
−Removed: For example, we may not be able to
−Removed: complete an initial business combination with a U.S.
−Removed: target company since such initial business combination may be subject to U.S.
−Removed: investment regulations and review by a U.S.
−Removed: government entity, such as the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS),
−Removed: or ultimately prohibited.
−Removed: Sponsor, AlphaVest Holding LP, is currently controlled by Mr.
−Removed: Pengfei Zheng, owns approximately 55.2% of our outstanding shares.
−Removed: In addition, a majority of our directors and officers are located in, or have significant ties
−Removed: As a result, we may be a less attractive partner to potential target companies outside the PRC, thereby limiting our pool
−Removed: of acquisition candidates.
−Removed: This would impact our search for a target company and make it harder for us to complete an initial business
−Removed: combination with a non-China-based target company.
−Removed: For example, we may not be able to complete an initial business combination with a
−Removed: target company since such initial business combination may be subject to U.S.
−Removed: foreign investment regulations and review by a U.S.
−Removed: government entity.
−Removed: Certain federally licensed businesses in the United States, such as broadcasters and airlines, may be subject to rules
−Removed: or regulations that limit foreign ownership.
−Removed: In addition, CFIUS is an interagency committee authorized to review certain transactions
−Removed: involving foreign investment in the United States by foreign persons in order to determine the effect of such transactions on the national
−Removed: security of the United States.
−Removed: We may be considered a “foreign person” under such rules and regulations and any proposed
−Removed: business combination between us and a U.S.
−Removed: business engaged in a regulated industry or which may affect national security could be subject
−Removed: to such foreign ownership restrictions and/or CFIUS review.
−Removed: scope of CFIUS was expanded by the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (“FIRRMA”) to include certain
−Removed: non-passive, non-controlling investments in sensitive U.S.
−Removed: businesses and certain acquisitions of real estate even with no underlying
−Removed: FIRRMA and subsequent implementing regulations that are now in force also subject certain categories of investments to
−Removed: mandatory filings.
−Removed: If our potential initial business combination with a U.S.
−Removed: business falls within the scope of foreign ownership restrictions,
−Removed: we may be unable to consummate a business combination with such business.
−Removed: addition, if our potential business combination falls within CFIUS’s jurisdiction, we may be required to make a mandatory filing,
−Removed: determine to submit a voluntary notice to CFIUS, or proceed with the initial business combination without notifying CFIUS and then bear
−Removed: the risk of CFIUS intervention, before or after closing the initial business combination.
−Removed: CFIUS may decide to block or delay our initial
−Removed: business combination, impose conditions to mitigate national security concerns with respect to such initial business combination or order
−Removed: us to divest all or a portion of a U.S.
−Removed: business of the combined company if we had proceeded without first obtaining CFIUS clearance.
−Removed: The foreign ownership limitations, and the potential impact of CFIUS, may limit the attractiveness of a transaction with us or prevent
−Removed: us from pursuing certain initial business combination opportunities that we believe would otherwise be beneficial to us and our stockholders.
−Removed: As a result, the pool of potential targets with which we could complete an initial business combination may be limited and we may be
−Removed: adversely affected in terms of competing with other special purpose acquisition companies which do not have similar foreign ownership
−Removed: the process of government review, whether by CFIUS or otherwise, could be lengthy.
−Removed: Because we only have 24 months (or 33 months if we
−Removed: extend the period of time to consummate a business combination) to complete our initial business combination, our failure to obtain any
−Removed: required approvals within the requisite time period may prevent us from completing the transaction and require us to liquidate.
−Removed: liquidate, our public shareholders may only receive $10.20 per share initially, and our Rights will expire worthless.
−Removed: Our public shareholders
−Removed: may also lose the potential investment opportunity in a target company and the opportunity of realizing future gains on such investments
−Removed: through any price appreciation in the combined company.
−Removed: Related to Our Securities
−Removed: may delist our securities from trading on its exchange, which could limit investors’ ability to make transactions in our securities
−Removed: and subject us to additional trading restrictions.
−Removed: Units, Ordinary Shares and Rights are listed on NASDAQ.
−Removed: We cannot assure you that our securities will continue to be listed on NASDAQ
−Removed: in the future or prior to our initial business combination.
−Removed: In order to continue listing our securities on NASDAQ prior to our initial
−Removed: business combination, we must maintain certain financial, distribution and share price levels.
−Removed: Generally, we must maintain a minimum
−Removed: amount in shareholders’ equity (generally $10,000,000) and a minimum number of holders of our securities (generally 400 public
−Removed: Additionally, in connection with our initial business combination, we will be required to demonstrate compliance with NASDAQ’s
−Removed: initial listing requirements, which are more rigorous than NASDAQ’s continued listing requirements, in order to continue to maintain
−Removed: the listing of our securities on NASDAQ.
−Removed: For instance, our share price would generally be required to be at least $4.00 per share and
−Removed: our shareholders’ equity would generally be required to be at least $30 million and we would be required to have a minimum of 400
−Removed: round lot holders of our securities.
−Removed: We cannot assure you that we will be able to meet those initial listing requirements at that time.
−Removed: NASDAQ delists our securities from trading on its exchange and we are not able to list our securities on another national securities
−Removed: exchange, we expect our securities could be quoted on an over-the-counter market.
−Removed: If this were to occur, we could face significant material
−Removed: adverse consequences, including:
−Removed: limited availability of market quotations for our securities;
−Removed: liquidity for our securities;
−Removed: determination that our Ordinary Shares is a “penny stock” which will require brokers trading in our Ordinary Shares to
−Removed: adhere to more stringent rules and possibly result in a reduced level of trading activity in the secondary trading market for our
−Removed: limited amount of news and analyst coverage;
−Removed: decreased ability to issue additional securities or obtain additional financing in the future.
−Removed: National Securities Markets Improvement Act of 1996, which is a federal statute, prevents or preempts the states from regulating the
−Removed: sale of certain securities, which are referred to as “covered securities.” Because our Units and eventually our Ordinary
−Removed: Shares and Rights are listed on NASDAQ, our Units, Ordinary Shares and Rights will be covered securities.
−Removed: Although the states are pre-empted
−Removed: from regulating the sale of our securities, the federal statute does allow the states to investigate companies if there is a suspicion
−Removed: of fraud, and, if there is a finding of fraudulent activity, then the states can regulate or bar the sale of covered securities in a
−Removed: particular case.
−Removed: Additionally, certain state securities regulators view blank check companies unfavorably and might use these powers,
−Removed: or threaten to use these powers, to hinder the sale of securities of blank check companies in their states.
−Removed: Further, if we were no longer
−Removed: listed on NASDAQ, our securities would not be covered securities and we would be subject to regulation in each state in which we offer
−Removed: our securities.
−Removed: may issue additional Ordinary Shares or preference shares to complete our initial business combination or under an employee incentive
−Removed: plan after completion of our initial business combination.
−Removed: Any such issuances would dilute the interest of our shareholders and likely
−Removed: present other risks.
−Removed: Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, as amended, authorizes the issuance of up to 200,000,000
−Removed: Ordinary Shares, par value $0.0001 per share and 2,000,000 preference shares, par value $0.0001 per share.
−Removed: As of April 14,
−Removed: 2025, there are 3,854,856 Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding.
−Removed: As a result, there will be 196,145,144 unissued Ordinary Shares
−Removed: available for issuance, which amount does not take into account the Ordinary Shares reserved for issuance upon exercise of any
−Removed: outstanding Rights.
−Removed: There are no preference shares issued and outstanding.
−Removed: may issue a substantial number of additional Ordinary Shares or preference shares to complete our initial business combination or under
−Removed: an employee incentive plan after completion of our initial business combination (although our Second Amended and Restated Memorandum
−Removed: and Articles of Association, as amended, provides that we may not issue securities that can vote with ordinary shareholders on matters
−Removed: related to our pre-initial business combination activity).
−Removed: However, our Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association,
−Removed: as amended, provides, among other things, that prior to our initial business combination, we may not issue additional shares of capital
−Removed: share that would entitle the holders thereof to:
−Removed: (i) receive funds from the trust account;
−Removed: or (ii) vote as a class with our public shares
−Removed: (a) on any initial business combination or (b) to approve an amendment to our Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of
−Removed: Association, as amended, to (x) extend the time we have to consummate a business combination beyond 24 months from the closing of our
−Removed: Initial Public Offering, or if we decide to extend the period of time to consummate our business combination, beyond 33 months from the
−Removed: closing of our Initial Public Offering (as further described in our Registration Statement or (y) amend the foregoing provisions, unless
−Removed: (in connection with any such amendment to our Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, as amended) we offer
−Removed: our public shareholders the opportunity to redeem their public shares.
−Removed: These provisions of our Second Amended and Restated Memorandum
−Removed: and Articles of Association, as amended, like all provisions of our Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association,
−Removed: as amended, may be amended with the approval of our shareholders.
−Removed: However, our executive officers and directors have agreed, pursuant
−Removed: to a written agreement with us, that they will not propose any amendment to our Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of
−Removed: Association, as amended to (A) modify the substance or timing of our obligation to provide for the redemption of our public shares in
−Removed: connection with an initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination
−Removed: within 24 months from the closing of our Initial Public Offering, or if we decide to extend the period of time to consummate our business
−Removed: combination, within 33 months from the closing of our Initial Public Offering (as further described in our Registration Statement) or
−Removed: (B) with respect to any other material provision relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-initial business combination activity,
−Removed: unless we provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their Ordinary Shares upon approval of any such amendment at
−Removed: a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest (which interest
−Removed: shall be net of taxes payable), divided by the number of then outstanding public shares.
−Removed: issuance of additional Ordinary Shares or preference shares:
−Removed: significantly dilute the equity interest of investors in our Initial Public Offering;
−Removed: subordinate the rights of holders of Ordinary Shares if preference shares are issued with rights senior to those afforded our Ordinary
−Removed: cause a change of control if a substantial number of our Ordinary Shares are issued, which may affect, among other things, our ability
−Removed: to use our net operating loss carry forwards, if any, and could result in the resignation or removal of our present officers and
−Removed: adversely affect prevailing market prices for our Units, Ordinary Shares and/or Rights.
−Removed: may issue notes or other debt securities, or otherwise incur substantial debt, to complete a business combination, which may adversely
−Removed: affect our leverage and financial condition and thus negatively impact the value of our shareholders’ investment in us.
−Removed: we have no commitments as of the date of our Registration Statement to issue any notes or other debt securities, or to otherwise incur
−Removed: outstanding debt following our Initial Public Offering, we may choose to incur substantial debt to complete our business combination.
−Removed: We have agreed that we will not incur any indebtedness unless we have obtained from the lender a waiver of any right, title, interest
−Removed: or claim of any kind in or to the monies held in the trust account.
−Removed: As such, no issuance of debt will affect the per-share amount available
−Removed: for redemption from the trust account.
−Removed: Nevertheless, the incurrence of debt could have a variety of negative effects, including:
−Removed: and foreclosure on our assets if our operating revenues after an initial business combination are insufficient to repay our debt
−Removed: of our obligations to repay the indebtedness even if we make all principal and interest payments when due if we breach certain covenants
−Removed: that require the maintenance of certain financial ratios or reserves without a waiver or renegotiation of that covenant;
−Removed: immediate payment of all principal and accrued interest, if any, if the debt security is payable on demand;
−Removed: inability to obtain necessary additional financing if the debt security contains covenants restricting our ability to obtain such
−Removed: financing while the debt security is outstanding;
−Removed: inability to pay dividends on our Ordinary Shares;
−Removed: a substantial portion of our cash flow to pay principal and interest on our debt, which will reduce the funds available for dividends
−Removed: on our Ordinary Shares if declared, our ability to pay expenses, make capital expenditures and acquisitions, and fund other general
−Removed: corporate purposes;
−Removed: on our flexibility in planning for and reacting to changes in our business and in the industry in which we operate;
−Removed: vulnerability to adverse changes in general economic, industry and competitive conditions and adverse changes in government regulation;
−Removed: on our ability to borrow additional amounts for expenses, capital expenditures, acquisitions, debt service requirements, and execution
−Removed: of our strategy;
−Removed: disadvantages compared to our competitors who have less debt.
−Removed: grant of registration rights to our Initial Shareholders may make it more difficult to complete our initial business combination, and
−Removed: the future exercise of such rights may adversely affect the market price of our Ordinary Shares.
−Removed: to an agreement to be entered into concurrently with the issuance and sale of the securities in our Initial Public Offering, our Initial
−Removed: Shareholders (including EBC and its designees) and their permitted transferees can demand that we register their Founder Shares and EBC
−Removed: Founder Shares.
−Removed: In addition, holders of our Private Placement Units and their permitted transferees can demand that we register the Private
−Removed: Placement Units and/or the underlying securities, and holders of units that may be issued upon conversion of working capital loans may
−Removed: demand that we register such units and/or underlying securities.
−Removed: We will bear the cost of registering these securities.
−Removed: The registration
−Removed: and availability of such a significant number of securities for trading in the public market may have an adverse effect on the market
−Removed: price of our Ordinary Shares.
−Removed: In addition, the existence of the registration rights may make our initial business combination more costly
−Removed: or difficult to conclude.
−Removed: This is because the shareholders of the target business may increase the equity stake they seek in the combined
−Removed: entity or ask for more cash consideration to offset the negative impact on the market price of our Ordinary Shares that is expected when
−Removed: the Ordinary Shares and Private Placement Units owned by our Initial Shareholders or holders of our working capital units or their respective
−Removed: permitted transferees are registered.
−Removed: order to complete our initial business combination, we may seek to amend our Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association,
−Removed: as amended, or other governing instruments, including our rights agreement, in a manner that will make it easier for us to complete our
−Removed: initial business combination but that our shareholders or Rights holders may not support.
−Removed: order to complete a business combination, blank check companies have, in the recent past, amended various provisions of their charters
−Removed: and governing instruments, including their rights agreement.
−Removed: For example, blank check companies have amended the definition of business
−Removed: combination, increased redemption thresholds, changed industry focus and, with respect to their Rights, amended their rights agreement,
−Removed: respectively, to require the Rights to be exchanged for cash and/or other securities.
−Removed: We cannot assure you that we will not seek to amend
−Removed: our charter or other governing instruments or change our industry focus in order to complete our initial business combination.
−Removed: Initial Shareholders paid an aggregate of $25,000 for the Founder Shares, or approximately $0.14 per Founder Share.
−Removed: As a result of this
−Removed: low initial price, our Initial Shareholders stand to make a substantial profit even if an initial business combination subsequently declines
−Removed: in value or is unprofitable for our public shareholders.
−Removed: a result of the low acquisition cost of our Founder Shares, our Initial Shareholders could make a substantial profit even if we select
−Removed: and consummate an initial business combination with an acquisition target that subsequently declines in value or is unprofitable for
−Removed: our public shareholders.
−Removed: Thus, such parties may have more of an economic incentive for us to enter into an initial business combination
−Removed: with a riskier, weaker-performing or financially unstable business, or an entity lacking an established record of revenues or earnings,
−Removed: than would be the case if such parties had paid the full offering price for their Founder Shares.
−Removed: may amend the terms of the Rights in a manner that may be adverse to holders with the approval by the holders of at least a majority
−Removed: of the then outstanding Rights.
−Removed: Rights will be issued in registered form under a rights agreement between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as rights agent,
−Removed: The rights agreement provides that the terms of the Rights may be amended without the consent of any holder to cure any ambiguity
−Removed: or correct any defective provision.
−Removed: The rights agreement requires the approval by the holders of at least a majority of the then outstanding
−Removed: Rights in order to make any change that adversely affects the interests of the holders of the Rights.
−Removed: Private Placement Units, Founder Shares and EBC Founder Shares may have an adverse effect on the market price of our Ordinary Shares
−Removed: and make it more difficult to complete our business combination.
−Removed: Simultaneously
−Removed: with the closing of our Initial Public Offering, we issued to 430,500 Private Placement Units to our Sponsor and EBC.
−Removed: Our Initial Shareholders
−Removed: currently own 1,725,000 Founder Shares.
−Removed: EBC and its designees currently own 125,000 EBC Founder Shares.
−Removed: In addition, if our Initial Shareholders
−Removed: or their affiliates make any working capital loans, up to $150,000 of such loans may be converted into working capital units, at the
−Removed: price of $10.00 per unit at the option of the lender.
−Removed: Such working capital units would be identical to the Private Placement Units sold
−Removed: in the private placement.
−Removed: the extent we issue Ordinary Shares to complete a business combination, the potential for the issuance of a substantial number of additional
−Removed: Ordinary Shares upon conversion rights of up to $150,000 working capital loans could make us a less attractive acquisition vehicle to
−Removed: a target business.
−Removed: Any such issuance will increase the number of issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares and reduce the value of the Ordinary
−Removed: Shares issued to complete the business combination.
−Removed: Therefore, our Private Placement Units and Founder Shares may make it more difficult
−Removed: to complete a business combination or increase the cost of acquiring the target business.
−Removed: private rights included in the Private Placement Units are identical to the public rights sold as part of the units in our Initial Public
−Removed: Offering except that the private rights (including the Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the private rights) will not be transferable,
−Removed: assignable or saleable until the completion of our initial business combination (except as described herein).
−Removed: determination of the offering price of our Units and the size of our Initial Public Offering is more arbitrary than the pricing of securities
−Removed: and size of an offering of an operating company in a particular industry.
−Removed: You may have less assurance, therefore, that the offering price
−Removed: of our Units properly reflects the value of such Units than you would have in a typical offering of an operating company.
−Removed: to our Initial Public Offering there has been no public market for any of our securities.
−Removed: The public offering price of the Units and
−Removed: the terms of the Rights were negotiated between us and the underwriters.
−Removed: In determining the size of our Initial Public Offering, management
−Removed: held customary organizational meetings with the underwriters with respect to the state of capital markets, generally, and the amount
−Removed: the underwriters believed they reasonably could raise on our behalf.
−Removed: Factors considered in determining the size of our Initial Public
−Removed: Offering, prices and terms of the Units, including the Ordinary Shares, the Rights underlying the Units, include:
−Removed: history and prospects of companies whose principal business is the acquisition of other companies;
−Removed: offerings of those companies;
−Removed: prospects for acquiring an operating business;
−Removed: review of debt to equity ratios in leveraged transactions;
−Removed: capital structure;
−Removed: assessment of our management and their experience in identifying operating companies;
−Removed: conditions of the securities markets at the time of our Initial Public Offering;
−Removed: factors as were deemed relevant.
−Removed: these factors were considered, the determination of our offering price is more arbitrary than the pricing of securities of an operating
−Removed: company in a particular industry since we have no historical operations or financial results.
−Removed: we must furnish our shareholders with target business financial statements, we may lose the ability to complete an otherwise advantageous
−Removed: initial business combination with some prospective target businesses.
−Removed: federal proxy rules require that a proxy statement with respect to a vote on a business combination meeting certain financial significance
−Removed: tests include target historical and/or pro forma financial statement disclosure.
−Removed: We will include the same financial statement disclosure
−Removed: in connection with our tender offer documents, whether or not they are required under the tender offer rules.
−Removed: These financial statements
−Removed: may be required to be prepared in accordance with, or be reconciled to, accounting principles generally accepted in the United States
−Removed: of America, or “GAAP”, or international financial reporting standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards
−Removed: Board, or “IFRS”, depending on the circumstances and the historical financial statements may be required to be audited in
−Removed: accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), or “PCAOB”.
−Removed: These financial
−Removed: statement requirements may limit the pool of potential target businesses we may acquire because some targets may be unable to provide
−Removed: such financial statements in time for us to disclose such financial statements in accordance with federal proxy rules and complete our
−Removed: initial business combination within the prescribed time frame.
−Removed: Related to Our Management
−Removed: ability to successfully complete our initial business combination and to be successful thereafter will be totally dependent upon the
−Removed: efforts of members of our management team, some of whom may join us following our initial business combination.
−Removed: The loss of such people
−Removed: could negatively impact the operations and profitability of our post-combination business.
−Removed: ability to successfully complete our business combination is dependent upon the efforts of members of our management team.
−Removed: members of our management team in the target business, however, cannot presently be ascertained.
−Removed: Although some members of our management
−Removed: team may remain with the target business in senior management or advisory positions following our business combination, it is likely
−Removed: that some or all of the management of the target business will remain in place.
−Removed: While we intend to closely scrutinize any individuals
−Removed: we engage after our initial business combination, we cannot assure you that our assessment of these individuals will prove to be correct.
−Removed: These individuals may be unfamiliar with the requirements of operating a company regulated by the SEC, which could cause us to have to
−Removed: expend time and resources helping them become familiar with such requirements.
−Removed: addition, the officers and directors of an acquisition candidate may resign upon completion of our initial business combination.
−Removed: departure of a business combination target’s key personnel could negatively impact the operations and profitability of our post-combination
−Removed: The role of an acquisition candidate’s key personnel upon the completion of our initial business combination cannot be
−Removed: ascertained at this time.
−Removed: Although we contemplate that certain members of an acquisition candidate’s management team will remain
−Removed: associated with the acquisition candidate following our initial business combination, it is possible that members of the management of
−Removed: an acquisition candidate will not wish to remain in place.
−Removed: The loss of key personnel could negatively impact the operations and profitability
−Removed: of our post-combination business.
−Removed: of our management team may negotiate employment or consulting agreements with a target business in connection with a particular business
−Removed: These agreements may provide for them to receive compensation following our business combination and as a result, may cause
−Removed: them to have conflicts of interest in determining whether a particular business combination is the most advantageous.
−Removed: of our management team may be able to remain with the Company after the completion of our business combination only if they are able
−Removed: to negotiate employment or consulting agreements in connection with the business combination.
−Removed: Such negotiations would take place simultaneously
−Removed: with the negotiation of the business combination and could provide for such individuals to receive compensation in the form of cash payments
−Removed: and/or our securities for services they would render to us after the completion of the business combination.
−Removed: The personal and financial
−Removed: interests of such individuals may influence their motivation in identifying and selecting a target business.
−Removed: However, we believe the
−Removed: ability of such individuals to remain with us after the completion of our business combination will not be the determining factor in
−Removed: our decision as to whether or not we will proceed with any potential business combination.
−Removed: There is no certainty, however, that any members
−Removed: of our management team will remain with us after the completion of our business combination.
−Removed: We cannot assure you that any members of
−Removed: our management team will remain in senior management or advisory positions with us.
−Removed: The determination as to whether any members of our
−Removed: management team will remain with us will be made at the time of our initial business combination.
−Removed: officers and directors may allocate their time to other businesses and may become officers or directors of other special purpose acquisition
−Removed: companies, thereby causing conflicts of interest in their determination as to how much time to devote to our affairs and whether to present
−Removed: a target to us instead of our competitors.
−Removed: This conflict of interest could have a negative impact on our ability to complete our initial
−Removed: business combination.
−Removed: officers and directors have fiduciary responsibility to dedicate substantially all their business time to their respective affairs and
−Removed: their respective portfolio companies.
−Removed: However, this responsibility does not require any of our officers or directors to commit his or
−Removed: her full time to our affairs in particular, which may result in a conflict of interest in allocating their time between our operations
−Removed: and our search for a business combination and their other businesses, including other business endeavors for which he or she may be entitled
−Removed: to substantial compensation.
−Removed: Furthermore, our officer and directors may become an officer or director of another special purpose acquisition
−Removed: company with a class of securities registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act even before
−Removed: we enter a definitive agreement regarding our initial business combination.
−Removed: We do not intend to have any full-time employees prior to
−Removed: the completion of our initial business combination.
−Removed: In addition, each of our officers and certain of our directors are employed by or
−Removed: affiliated with our Initial Shareholders, which makes investments in securities or other interests of or relating to companies in industries
−Removed: we may target for our initial business combination.
−Removed: Our independent directors also serve as officers or board members for other entities.
−Removed: If our officers’ and directors’ other business affairs require them to devote substantial amounts of time to such affairs
−Removed: in excess of their current commitment levels, it could limit their ability to devote time to our affairs;
−Removed: or if they have fiduciary duty
−Removed: to present a target company to our competitor instead of us, which may have a negative impact on our ability to complete our initial
−Removed: business combination.
−Removed: of our officers and directors are now, and all of them may in the future become, affiliated with entities engaged in business activities
−Removed: similar to those intended to be conducted by us and, accordingly, may have conflicts of interest in allocating their time and determining
−Removed: to which entity a particular business opportunity should be presented.
−Removed: the completion of our Initial Public Offering and until we consummate our initial business combination, we intend to engage in the business
−Removed: of identifying and combining with one or more businesses.
−Removed: Our officers and directors are, and may in the future become, affiliated with
−Removed: entities (such as operating companies or investment vehicles) that are engaged in a similar business.
−Removed: officers and directors also may become aware of business opportunities which may be appropriate for presentation to us and the other
−Removed: entities in the future to which they owe certain fiduciary or contractual duties, including our Initial Shareholders’ affiliates.
−Removed: Accordingly, they may have conflicts of interest in determining to which entity a particular business opportunity should be presented.
−Removed: These conflicts may not be resolved in our favor and a potential target business may be presented to another entity prior to its presentation
−Removed: Our Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, as amended, provides that we renounce our interest in
−Removed: any corporate opportunity offered to any director or officer unless such opportunity is expressly offered to such person solely in his
−Removed: or her capacity as a director or officer of our company and such opportunity is one we are legally and contractually permitted to undertake
−Removed: and would otherwise be reasonable for us to pursue.
−Removed: Initial Shareholders and their respective affiliates may have competitive pecuniary interests that conflict with our interests.
−Removed: have not adopted a policy that expressly prohibits our Initial Shareholders or their respective affiliates from having a direct or indirect
−Removed: pecuniary or financial interest in any investment to be acquired or disposed of by us or in any transaction to which we are a party or
−Removed: have an interest.
−Removed: We do not have a policy that expressly prohibits any such persons from engaging for their own account in business activities
−Removed: of the types conducted by us.
−Removed: Accordingly, such persons or entities may have a conflict between their interests and ours.
−Removed: may engage in a business combination with one or more target businesses that have relationships with entities that may be affiliated
−Removed: with our Initial Shareholders which may raise potential conflicts of interest.
−Removed: light of the involvement of our officers and directors with other entities, we may decide to acquire one or more businesses affiliated
−Removed: with our Initial Shareholders or their respective affiliates.
−Removed: Our officers and directors also serve as officers and board members for
−Removed: other entities.
−Removed: Such entities may compete with us for business combination opportunities.
−Removed: Our Initial Shareholders are not currently
−Removed: aware of any specific opportunities for us to complete our business combination with any entities with which they are affiliated, and
−Removed: there have been no preliminary discussions concerning a business combination with any such entity or entities.
−Removed: Although we will not be
−Removed: specifically focusing on, or targeting, any transaction with any affiliated entities, we would pursue such a transaction if we determined
−Removed: that such affiliated entity met our criteria for a business combination as set forth in the section of our Registration Statement entitled
−Removed: “Proposed Business — Sources of Target Businesses” and such transaction was approved by a majority of our independent
−Removed: Despite our agreement to obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm or from another independent entity
−Removed: that commonly renders valuation opinions, regarding the fairness to our company from a financial point of view of a business combination
−Removed: with one or more domestic or international businesses affiliated with our Initial Shareholders or their respective affiliates, potential
−Removed: conflicts of interest still may exist and, as a result, the terms of the business combination may not be as advantageous to our public
−Removed: shareholders as they would be absent any conflicts of interest.
−Removed: our Initial Shareholders will lose their entire investment in us if our business combination is not completed, a conflict of interest
−Removed: may arise in determining whether a particular business combination target is appropriate for our initial business combination.
−Removed: February 7, 2022, our Sponsor acquired 1,725,000 Founder Shares for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000.
−Removed: On July 11, 2022, EBC acquired
−Removed: 125,000 EBC Founder Shares for an aggregate purchase price of $1,750.
−Removed: On April 18, 2023, our Sponsor transferred an aggregate of 1,035,000
−Removed: Founder Shares to Peace Capital Limited.
−Removed: Prior to the initial investment in the Company of $25,000 by our Sponsor, the Company had no
−Removed: assets, tangible, or intangible.
−Removed: The number of Founder Shares issued was determined based on the expectation that such Founder Shares
−Removed: would represent 20% of the outstanding shares after our Initial Public Offering (excluding the private shares and the EBC Founder Shares).
−Removed: The Founder Shares will be worthless if we do not complete an initial business combination.
−Removed: In addition, our Sponsor purchased an aggregate
−Removed: of 402,904 Private Placement Units at a price of $10.00 per unit (approximately $4,029,040 in the aggregate) in a private placement that
−Removed: closed simultaneously with the closing of our Initial Public Offering.
−Removed: EBC purchased an aggregate of 27,596 Private Placement Units at
−Removed: a price of $10.00 per unit (approximately $275,960 in the aggregate) in a private placement that closed simultaneously with the closing
−Removed: of our Initial Public Offering.
−Removed: The Founder Shares and Private Placement Units will be worthless if we do not complete an initial business
−Removed: Our Initial Shareholders have agreed (A) to vote any shares owned by them in favor of any proposed business combination
−Removed: and (B) not to redeem any Founder Shares or private shares in connection with a shareholder vote to approve a proposed initial business
−Removed: In addition, we may obtain loans from our Initial Shareholders.
−Removed: The personal and financial interests of our Initial Shareholders
−Removed: may influence their motivation in identifying and selecting a target business combination, completing an initial business combination,
−Removed: and influencing the operation of the business following the initial business combination.
−Removed: order to complete our initial business combination, we may seek to amend our Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association,
−Removed: as amended, or other governing instruments, including our rights agreement, in a manner that will make it easier for us to complete our
−Removed: initial business combination but that our shareholders or rights holders may not support.
−Removed: order to complete a business combination, blank check companies have, in the recent past, amended various provisions of their charters
−Removed: and governing instruments, including their rights agreement.
−Removed: For example, blank check companies have amended the definition of business
−Removed: combination, increased redemption thresholds, changed industry focus and, with respect to their Rights, amended their rights agreement
−Removed: to require the Rights to be exchanged for cash and/or other securities.
−Removed: We cannot assure you that we will not seek to amen our charter
−Removed: or other governing instruments or change our industry focus in order to complete our initial business combination.
−Removed: provisions of our Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, as amended, that relate to our pre-business combination
−Removed: activity (and corresponding provisions of the agreement governing the release of funds from our trust account) may be amended with the
−Removed: approval of holders of two-thirds of our Ordinary Shares, which is a lower amendment threshold than that of some other blank check companies.
−Removed: It may be easier for us, therefore, to amend our Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, as amended, and
−Removed: the Trust Agreement to facilitate the completion of an initial business combination that some of our shareholders may not support.
−Removed: other blank check companies have a provision in their charter which prohibits the amendment of certain of its provisions, including those
−Removed: which relate to a company’s pre-business combination activity, without approval by a certain percentage of the company’s
−Removed: shareholders.
−Removed: In those companies, amendment of these provisions requires approval by between 90% and 100% of the company’s public
−Removed: shareholders.
−Removed: Our Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, as amended, provides that any of its provisions
−Removed: (including, without limitation, the provisions related to pre-business combination activity (including the requirement to deposit proceeds
−Removed: of our Initial Public Offering and the private placement of units into the trust account and not release such amounts except in specified
−Removed: circumstances, and to provide redemption rights to public shareholders as described herein)) may be amended if approved by holders of
−Removed: two-thirds of our Ordinary Shares entitled to vote thereon, subject to applicable provisions of the Cayman Islands law, or the Companies
−Removed: Act, or applicable stock exchange rules, and corresponding provisions of the Trust Agreement governing the release of funds from our
−Removed: trust account may be amended if approved by holders of two-thirds of our Ordinary Shares entitled to vote thereon.
−Removed: We may not issue additional
−Removed: securities that can vote on amendments to our Second Amended and Restated Memorandum, as amended, and Articles of Association or in our
−Removed: initial business combination.
−Removed: Our Initial Shareholders, who will collectively beneficially own 20% of our Ordinary Shares upon the closing
−Removed: of our Initial Public Offering (excluding the private shares and the EBC Founder Shares and assuming our Initial Shareholders do not
−Removed: purchase public units in our Initial Public Offering), will participate in any vote to amend our Second Amended and Restated Memorandum
−Removed: and Articles of Association, as amended, and/or Trust Agreement and will have the discretion to vote in any manner they choose.
−Removed: result, we may be able to amend the provisions of our Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, as amended,
−Removed: which govern our pre-business combination behavior more easily than some other blank check companies, and this may increase our ability
−Removed: to complete a business combination with which you do not agree.
−Removed: Our shareholders may pursue remedies against us for any breach of our
−Removed: Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, as amended.
−Removed: Initial Shareholders have agreed, pursuant to a letter agreement with us, that they will not propose any amendment to our Second Amended
−Removed: and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, as amended, (i) that would modify the substance or timing of our obligation to allow
−Removed: redemption in connection with our initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our initial
−Removed: business combination within 24 months from the closing of our Initial Public Offering, or if we decide to extend the period of time to
−Removed: consummate our business combination, within 33 months from the closing of our Initial Public Offering (as further described in our Registration
−Removed: Statement), or (ii) with respect to any other material provision relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-initial business combination
−Removed: activity, unless we provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their Ordinary Shares upon approval of any such amendment
−Removed: at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest (which
−Removed: interest shall be net of taxes payable), divided by the number of then outstanding public shares.
−Removed: These agreements are contained in a
−Removed: letter agreement that we have entered into with our Initial Shareholders.
−Removed: Our shareholders are not parties to, or third-party beneficiaries
−Removed: of, these agreements and, as a result, will not have the ability to pursue remedies against our Initial Shareholders for any breach of
−Removed: these agreements.
−Removed: As a result, in the event of a breach, our shareholders would need to pursue a shareholder derivative action, subject
−Removed: to applicable law.
−Removed: may be unable to obtain additional financing to complete our initial business combination or to fund the operations and growth of a target
−Removed: business, which could compel us to restructure or abandon a particular business combination.
−Removed: we believe that the net proceeds of our Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Units will be sufficient to allow
−Removed: us to complete our initial business combination, because we have not yet selected any prospective target business we cannot ascertain
−Removed: the capital requirements for any particular transaction.
−Removed: If the net proceeds of our Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private
−Removed: Placement Units prove to be insufficient, either because of the size of our initial business combination, the depletion of the available
−Removed: net proceeds in search of a target business, the obligation to repurchase for cash a significant number of shares from shareholders who
−Removed: elect redemption in connection with our initial business combination or the terms of negotiated transactions to purchase shares in connection
−Removed: with our initial business combination, we may be required to seek additional financing or to abandon the proposed business combination.
−Removed: We cannot assure you that such financing will be available on acceptable terms, if at all.
−Removed: To the extent that additional financing proves
−Removed: to be unavailable when needed to complete our initial business combination, we would be compelled to either restructure the transaction
−Removed: or abandon that particular business combination and seek an alternative target business candidate.
−Removed: If we are unable to complete our initial
−Removed: business combination, our public shareholders may receive only approximately $10.20 per share plus any pro rata interest earned on the
−Removed: funds held in the trust account (and not previously released to us to pay our taxes) on the liquidation of our trust account and our
−Removed: Rights will expire worthless.
−Removed: In addition, even if we do not need additional financing to complete our business combination, we may require
−Removed: such financing to fund the operations or growth of the target business.
−Removed: The failure to secure additional financing could have a material
−Removed: adverse effect on the continued development or growth of the target business.
−Removed: None of our officers, directors, or shareholders is required
−Removed: to provide any financing to us in connection with or after our initial business combination.
−Removed: If we are unable to complete our initial
−Removed: business combination, our public shareholders may only receive approximately $10.20 per share on the liquidation of our trust account,
−Removed: and our Rights will expire worthless.
−Removed: In certain circumstances, our public shareholders may receive less than $10.20 per share on the
−Removed: redemption of their shares.
−Removed: See “ — If third parties bring claims against us, the proceeds held in the trust account could
−Removed: be reduced and the per-share redemption amount received by shareholders may be less than $10.20 per share ” and other risk factors
−Removed: in this section.
−Removed: Initial Shareholders and other insiders may exert a substantial influence on actions requiring a shareholder vote, potentially in a manner
−Removed: that you do not support.
−Removed: the closing of our Initial Public Offering, our Initial Shareholders ,and taking into account the Redemptions, will own Founder Shares
−Removed: representing 55.2% of our issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares (excluding the private shares and the EBC Founder Shares).
−Removed: Simultaneously
−Removed: with the closing of our Initial Public Offering, we issued in 430,500 Private Placement Units to our Sponsor and EBC.
−Removed: In addition, if
−Removed: our Initial Shareholders or their designated parties make any working capital loans, up to $150,000 of such loans may be converted into
−Removed: working capital units, at the price of $10.00 per unit at the option of the lenders.
−Removed: Such working capital units would be identical to
−Removed: the Private Placement Units sold in the private placement.
−Removed: Accordingly, our Initial Shareholders along with any designated parties may
−Removed: exert a substantial influence on actions requiring a shareholder vote, potentially in a manner that you do not support, including amendments
−Removed: to our Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, as amended, and approval of major corporate transactions.
−Removed: If our Initial Shareholders purchase any units in our Initial Public Offering or if they purchase any additional Ordinary Shares in the
−Removed: aftermarket or in privately negotiated transactions, this would increase their control.
−Removed: Factors that would be considered in making such
−Removed: additional purchases would include consideration of the current trading price of our Ordinary Shares.
−Removed: In addition, our board of directors,
−Removed: whose members were elected by certain of our Initial Shareholders, is and will be divided into three classes, each of which will generally
−Removed: serve for a term of three years with only one class of directors being elected in each year.
−Removed: We may not hold an annual meeting of shareholders
−Removed: to elect new directors prior to the completion of our business combination, in which case all of the current directors will continue
−Removed: in office until at least the completion of the business combination.
−Removed: If there is an annual meeting, as a consequence of our “staggered”
−Removed: board of directors, only a minority of the board of directors will be considered for election and our Initial Shareholders, because of
−Removed: their ownership position, will have considerable influence regarding the outcome.
−Removed: Business Combination Risks
−Removed: management may not be able to maintain control of a target business after our initial business combination.
−Removed: We cannot provide assurance
−Removed: that, upon loss of control of a target business, new management will possess the skills, qualifications, or abilities necessary to profitably
−Removed: operate such business.
−Removed: may structure a business combination so that the post-transaction company in which our public shareholders own shares will own less than
−Removed: 100% of the equity interests or assets of a target business, but we will only complete such business combination if the post-transaction
−Removed: company owns or acquires 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires an interest in the target
−Removed: sufficient for the post-transaction company not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act.
−Removed: We will not consider any transaction that does not meet such criteria.
−Removed: Even if the post-transaction company owns 50% or more of the voting
−Removed: securities of the target, our shareholders prior to the business combination may collectively own a minority interest in the post business
−Removed: combination company, depending on valuations ascribed to the target and us in the business combination transaction.
−Removed: For example, we could
−Removed: pursue a transaction in which we issue a substantial number of new Ordinary Shares in exchange for all of the outstanding capital share
−Removed: In this case, we would acquire a 100% interest in the target.
−Removed: However, as a result of the issuance of a substantial number
−Removed: of new Ordinary Shares, our shareholders immediately prior to such transaction could own less than a majority of our outstanding Ordinary
−Removed: Shares subsequent to such transaction.
−Removed: In addition, other minority shareholders may subsequently combine their holdings resulting in
−Removed: a single person or group obtaining a larger share of the company’s share than we initially acquired.
−Removed: Accordingly, this may make
−Removed: it more likely that our management will not be able to maintain our control of the target business.
−Removed: We cannot provide assurance that,
−Removed: upon loss of control of a target business, new management will possess the skills, qualifications, or abilities necessary to profitably
−Removed: operate such business.
−Removed: to the completion of our initial business combination, we may be required to take write-downs or write-offs, restructuring and impairment
−Removed: or other charges that could have a significant negative effect on our financial condition, results of operations and our share price,
−Removed: which could cause you to lose some or all of your investment.
−Removed: if we conduct extensive due diligence on a target business with which we combine, we cannot assure you that this diligence will surface
−Removed: all material issues that may be present inside a particular target business, that it would be possible to uncover all material issues
−Removed: through a customary amount of due diligence, or that factors outside of the target business and outside of our control will not later
−Removed: As a result of these factors, we may be forced to later write-down or write-off assets, restructure our operations, or incur impairment
−Removed: or other charges that could result in our reporting losses.
−Removed: Even if our due diligence successfully identifies certain risks, unexpected
−Removed: risks may arise and previously known risks may materialize in a manner not consistent with our preliminary risk analysis.
−Removed: these charges may be non-cash items and not have an immediate impact on our liquidity, the fact that we report charges of this nature
−Removed: could contribute to negative market perceptions about us or our securities.
−Removed: In addition, charges of this nature may cause us to violate
−Removed: net worth or other covenants to which we may be subject as a result of assuming pre-existing debt held by a target business or by virtue
−Removed: of our obtaining post-combination debt financing.
−Removed: Accordingly, any shareholders who choose to remain shareholders following the business
−Removed: combination could suffer a reduction in the value of their shares.
−Removed: Such shareholders are unlikely to have a remedy for such reduction
−Removed: may face general risks related to our business combination with any company.
−Removed: business combination with another company entails special considerations and risks.
−Removed: If we are successful in completing a business combination
−Removed: with a target business, we may be subject to, and possibly adversely affected by, the following risks:
−Removed: inability to compete effectively in a highly competitive environment with many incumbents having substantially greater resources;
−Removed: inability to manage rapid change, increasing consumer expectations and growth;
−Removed: inability to build strong brand identity and improve subscriber or customer satisfaction and loyalty;
−Removed: reliance on proprietary technology to provide services and to manage our operations, and the failure of this technology to operate
−Removed: effectively, or our failure to use such technology effectively;
−Removed: inability to deal with our subscribers’ or customers’ privacy concerns;
−Removed: inability to attract and retain subscribers or customers;
−Removed: inability to license or enforce intellectual property rights on which our business may depend;
−Removed: significant disruption in our computer systems or those of third parties that we would utilize in our operations;
−Removed: inability by us, or a refusal by third parties, to license content to us upon acceptable terms;
−Removed: liability for negligence, copyright, or trademark infringement or other claims based on the nature and content of materials that
−Removed: we may distribute;
−Removed: for advertising revenue;
−Removed: for the leisure and entertainment time and discretionary spending of subscribers or customers, which may intensify in part due to
−Removed: advances in technology and changes in consumer expectations and behavior;
−Removed: or failure of our networks, systems, or technology as a result of computer viruses, “cyber-attacks,” misappropriation
−Removed: of data or other malfeasance, as well as outages, natural disasters, terrorist attacks, accidental releases of information or similar
−Removed: inability to obtain necessary hardware, software, and operational support;
−Removed: on third-party vendors or service providers.
−Removed: of the foregoing could have an adverse impact on our operations following a business combination.
−Removed: success will ultimately depend upon market acceptance of our products and services, our ability to develop and commercialize existing
−Removed: and new products and services and generate revenues, and our ability to identify new markets for its technology.
−Removed: our success will depend on the acceptance of our products and services in the target markets.
−Removed: We are faced with the risk that the marketplace
−Removed: will not be receptive to our products and services over competing products and that we will be unable to compete effectively.
−Removed: face challenges of developing (or acquiring externally-developed) technology solutions that are adequate and competitive in meeting the
−Removed: requirements of next-generation design challenges.
−Removed: cannot assure investors that the products and services of the company with which we conduct a business combination, or any future products
−Removed: and services will gain broad market acceptance.
−Removed: If the market for our products and services fails to develop or develops more slowly
−Removed: than expected, or if any of the services and standards supported by us do not achieve or sustain market acceptance, our business and
−Removed: operating results would be materially and adversely affected.
−Removed: we fail to adapt and respond effectively to rapidly changing technology, evolving industry standards, changing regulations and payment
−Removed: methods, demand for product enhancements, new product features, and changing business needs, requirements or preferences, our products
−Removed: may become less competitive.
−Removed: of our business combination target’s industry, it will likely be subject to ongoing technological change, evolving industry standards,
−Removed: changing regulations, and changing customer needs, requirements, and preferences.
−Removed: The success of our business will depend, in part, on
−Removed: our ability to adapt and respond effectively to these changes on a timely basis, including launching new products and services.
−Removed: of any new product and service, or any enhancements, features, or modifications to existing products and services, depends on several
−Removed: factors, including the timely completion, introduction, and market acceptance of such products and services, enhancements, modifications,
−Removed: and new product features.
−Removed: If we are unable to enhance our products or develop new products that keep pace with technological and regulatory
−Removed: change and changes in customer preferences and achieve market acceptance, or if new technologies emerge that are able to deliver competitive
−Removed: products and services at lower prices, more efficiently, more conveniently, or more securely than our products, our business, operating
−Removed: results and financial condition would be adversely affected.
−Removed: Furthermore, modifications to our existing platform, products, or technology
−Removed: will increase our research and development expenses.
−Removed: Any failure of our products and services to operate effectively could reduce the
−Removed: demand for our services, result in customer dissatisfaction and adversely affect our business.
−Removed: platforms may not operate properly or as we expect it to operate.
−Removed: platforms are expensive and complex, their continuous development, maintenance and operation may entail unforeseen difficulties including
−Removed: material performance problems or undetected defects or errors.
−Removed: We may encounter technical obstacles, and it is possible that we may discover
−Removed: additional problems that prevent our technology from operating properly.
−Removed: If our platform does not function reliably, we may not be able
−Removed: to provide any products or services.
−Removed: Errors could also cause customer dissatisfaction with us, which could cause customers to stop purchasing
−Removed: or working with us.
−Removed: Any of these eventualities could result in a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial
−Removed: or changing technologies, could cause a disruption in our business model, which may materially impact our results of operations and financial
−Removed: we fail to anticipate the impact on our business of changing technology, our ability to successfully operate may be materially impaired.
−Removed: Our business could also be affected by potential technological changes.
−Removed: Such changes could disrupt the demand for products from current
−Removed: customers, create coverage issues or impact the frequency or severity of losses, or reduce the size of the ultimate market, causing our
−Removed: business to decline.
−Removed: We may not be able to respond effectively to these changes, which could have a material effect on our results of
−Removed: operations and financial condition.
−Removed: may seek acquisition opportunities with an early-stage company, a financially unstable business or an entity lacking an established record
−Removed: of revenue or earnings.
−Removed: the extent we complete our initial business combination with an early-stage company, a financially unstable business or an entity lacking
−Removed: an established record of sales or earnings, we may be affected by numerous risks inherent in the operations of the business with which
−Removed: These risks include investing in a business without a proven business model and with limited historical financial data, volatile
−Removed: revenues or earnings, intense competition, and difficulties in obtaining and retaining key personnel.
−Removed: Although our officers and directors
−Removed: will endeavor to evaluate the risks inherent in a particular target business, we may not be able to properly ascertain or assess all
−Removed: of the significant risk factors and we may not have adequate time to complete due diligence.
−Removed: Furthermore, some of these risks may be
−Removed: outside of our control and leave us with no ability to control or reduce the chances that those risks will adversely impact a target
−Removed: Related to Acquiring and Operating a Business Outside of the United States
−Removed: may effect a business combination with a company located outside of the United States and if we do, we would be subject to a variety
−Removed: of additional risks that may negatively impact our business operations and financial results .
−Removed: we consummate a business combination with a target business located outside of the United States, we would be subject to any special
−Removed: considerations or risks associated with companies operating in the target business’ governing jurisdiction, including any of the
−Removed: and regulations or currency redemption or corporate withholding taxes on individuals;
−Removed: and trade barriers;
−Removed: related to customs and import/export matters;
−Removed: payment cycles than in the United States;
−Removed: policies and market conditions;
−Removed: changes in regulatory requirements;
−Removed: in managing and staffing international operations;
−Removed: issues, such as tax law changes and variations in tax laws as compared to the United States;
+Added: should carefully consider the following risk factors, together with all of the other information included elsewhere in this Annual Report
+Added: on Form 10-K.
+Added: The value of your investment in the Company will be subject to the significant risks affecting the Company and inherent
+Added: to the industry in which it operates.
+Added: The risk factors described below disclose material and other risks, are not intended to be exhaustive
+Added: and are not the only risks faced by the Company.
+Added: Additional risks not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial
+Added: also may materially adversely affect the business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows in future periods of the
+Added: The occurrence of any of these events could cause the trading price of our Common Stock to decline, perhaps significantly, and
+Added: you therefore may lose all or part of your investment.
+Added: The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the financial statements
+Added: and notes to the financial statements included herein.
+Added: may be difficult to evaluate our business prospects, and our operating results may fluctuate.
+Added: operating results may fluctuate because of a variety of factors, many of which are outside of our control.
+Added: Fluctuations in our results
+Added: of operations may be due to a number of factors, including:
● Fluctuations
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−Removed: cannot assure you that we would be able to adequately address these additional risks.
−Removed: If we were unable to do so, our operations might
−Removed: of the costs and difficulties inherent in managing cross-border business operations, our results of operations may be negatively impacted.
−Removed: a business, operations, personnel or assets in another country is challenging and costly.
−Removed: Any management that we may have (whether based
−Removed: abroad or in the U.S.) may be inexperienced in cross-border business practices and unaware of significant differences in accounting rules,
−Removed: legal regimes and labor practices.
−Removed: Even with a seasoned and experienced management team, the costs and difficulties inherent in managing
−Removed: cross-border business operations, personnel and assets can be significant (and much higher than in a purely domestic business) and may
−Removed: negatively impact our financial and operational performance.
−Removed: social unrest, acts of terrorism, regime changes, changes in laws and regulations, political upheaval, or policy changes or enactments
−Removed: occur in a country in which we may operate after we effect our initial business combination, it may result in a negative impact on our
−Removed: events in another country may significantly affect our business, assets or operations.
−Removed: Social unrest, acts of terrorism, regime changes,
−Removed: changes in laws and regulations, political upheaval, and policy changes or enactments could negatively impact our business in a particular
−Removed: countries have difficult and unpredictable legal systems and underdeveloped laws and regulations that are unclear and subject to corruption
−Removed: and inexperience, which may adversely impact our results of operations and financial condition.
−Removed: ability to seek and enforce legal protections, including with respect to intellectual property and other property rights, or to defend
−Removed: ourselves with regard to legal actions taken against us in a given country, may be difficult or impossible, which could adversely impact
−Removed: our operations, assets or financial condition.
−Removed: and regulations in many countries are often ambiguous or open to differing interpretation by responsible individuals and agencies at
−Removed: the municipal, state, regional and federal levels.
−Removed: The attitudes and actions of such individuals and agencies are often difficult to
−Removed: predict and inconsistent.
−Removed: with respect to the enforcement of particular rules and regulations, including those relating to customs, tax, environmental and labor,
−Removed: could cause serious disruption to operations abroad and negatively impact our results.
−Removed: we effect a business combination with a company located outside of the United States, the laws applicable to such company will likely
−Removed: govern all of our material agreements and we may not be able to enforce our legal rights.
−Removed: we effect a business combination with a company located outside of the United States, the laws of the country in which such company operates
−Removed: will govern almost all of the material agreements relating to its operations.
−Removed: We cannot assure you that the target business will be able
−Removed: to enforce any of its material agreements or that remedies will be available in this new jurisdiction.
−Removed: The system of laws and the enforcement
−Removed: of existing laws in such jurisdiction may not be as certain in implementation and interpretation as in the United States.
−Removed: The inability
−Removed: to enforce or obtain a remedy under any of our future agreements could result in a significant loss of business, business opportunities
−Removed: Additionally, if we acquire a company located outside of the United States, it is likely that substantially all of our assets
−Removed: would be located outside of the United States and some of our officers and directors might reside outside of the United States.
−Removed: result, it may not be possible for investors in the United States to enforce their legal rights, to effect service of process upon our
−Removed: directors or officers or to enforce judgments of United States courts predicated upon civil liabilities and criminal penalties of our
−Removed: directors and officers under Federal securities laws.
−Removed: relations between the United States and foreign governments deteriorate, it could cause potential target businesses or their goods and
−Removed: services to become less attractive.
−Removed: relationship between the United States and foreign governments could be subject to sudden fluctuation and periodic tension.
−Removed: For instance,
−Removed: the United States may announce its intention to impose quotas on certain imports.
−Removed: Such import quotas may adversely affect political relations
−Removed: between the two countries and result in retaliatory countermeasures by the foreign government in industries that may affect our ultimate
−Removed: target business.
−Removed: Changes in political conditions in foreign countries and changes in the state of U.S.
−Removed: relations with such countries
−Removed: are difficult to predict and could adversely affect our operations or cause potential target businesses or their goods and services to
−Removed: become less attractive.
−Removed: Because we are not limited to any specific industry, there is no basis for investors in our Initial Public Offering
−Removed: to evaluate the possible extent of any impact on our ultimate operations if relations are strained between the United States and a foreign
−Removed: country in which we acquire a target business or move our principal manufacturing or service operations.
−Removed: any dividend is declared in the future and paid in a foreign currency, you may be taxed on a larger amount in the U.S.
−Removed: you are a U.S.
−Removed: holder of our Ordinary Shares, you will be taxed on the U.S.
−Removed: dollar value of your dividends, if any, at the time you receive
−Removed: them, even if you actually receive a smaller amount of U.S.
−Removed: dollars when the payment is in fact converted into U.S.
−Removed: Specifically,
−Removed: if a dividend is declared and paid in a foreign currency, the amount of the dividend distribution that you must include in your income
−Removed: holder will be the U.S.
−Removed: dollar value of the payments made in the foreign currency, determined at the spot rate of the foreign
−Removed: currency to the U.S.
−Removed: dollar on the date the dividend distribution is includible in your income, regardless of whether the payment is
−Removed: in fact converted into U.S.
−Removed: Thus, if the value of the foreign currency decreases before you actually convert the currency into
−Removed: dollars, you will be taxed on a larger amount in U.S.
−Removed: dollars than the U.S.
−Removed: dollar amount that you will actually ultimately receive.
−Removed: our management following our initial business combination is unfamiliar with United States securities laws, they may have to expend time
−Removed: and resources becoming familiar with such laws, which could lead to various regulatory issues.
−Removed: our initial business combination, certain members of our management team will likely resign from their positions as officers or directors
−Removed: of the company and the management of the target business at the time of the business combination will remain in place.
−Removed: Management of
−Removed: the target business may not be familiar with United States securities laws.
−Removed: If new management is unfamiliar with our laws, they may have
−Removed: to expend time and resources becoming familiar with such laws.
−Removed: This could be expensive and time-consuming and could lead to various regulatory
−Removed: issues, which may adversely affect our operations.
−Removed: economic, political, and social conditions, as well as government policies, of the country in which our potential target’s operations
−Removed: are located could affect our business.
−Removed: The economy in such target’s country may differ greatly from the economies of most developed
−Removed: countries in many respects.
−Removed: Such country’s economic growth may be uneven, both geographically and among various sectors of the
−Removed: economy, and such growth may not be sustained in the future.
−Removed: If in the future such target’s country’s economy experiences
−Removed: a downturn or grows at a slower rate than expected, there may be less demand for spending in certain industries.
−Removed: A decrease in demand
−Removed: for spending in certain industries could materially and adversely affect the ability of that target business to become profitable after
−Removed: our initial business combination.
−Removed: policies may cause a target business’ ability to succeed in the international markets to be diminished.
−Removed: the event we acquire a non-U.S.
−Removed: target, all revenues and income would likely be received in a foreign currency, the dollar equivalent
−Removed: of our net assets and distributions, if any, could be adversely affected by reductions in the value of the local currency.
−Removed: of the currencies in our target regions fluctuate and are affected by, among other things, changes in political and economic conditions.
−Removed: Any change in the relative value of such currency against our reporting currency may affect the attractiveness of any target business
−Removed: or, following consummation of our initial business combination, our financial condition and results of operations.
−Removed: Additionally, if a
−Removed: currency appreciates in value against the dollar prior to the consummation of our initial business combination, the cost of a target
−Removed: business as measured in dollars will increase, which may make it less likely that we are able to consummate such transaction.
−Removed: of the economies in Asia are experiencing substantial inflationary pressures which may prompt the governments to take action to control
−Removed: the growth of the economy and inflation that could lead to a significant decrease in our profitability following our initial business
−Removed: is no restriction in the geographic location of targets that we can pursue, although we intend to initially focus on target businesses
−Removed: In the event that our target business is in Asia, while many of the economies in Asia have experienced rapid growth over the
−Removed: last two decades, they currently are experiencing inflationary pressures.
−Removed: As governments take steps to address the current inflationary
−Removed: pressures, there may be significant changes in the availability of bank credits, interest rates, limitations on loans, restrictions on
−Removed: currency conversions and foreign investment.
−Removed: There also may be imposition of price controls.
−Removed: If prices for the products of our ultimate
−Removed: target business rise at a rate that is insufficient to compensate for the rise in the costs of supplies, it may have an adverse effect
−Removed: on our profitability.
−Removed: If these or other similar restrictions are imposed by a government to influence the economy, it may lead to a slowing
−Removed: of economic growth.
−Removed: Because we are not limited to any specific industry, the ultimate industry that we operate in may be affected more
−Removed: severely by such a slowing of economic growth.
−Removed: industries in Asia are subject to government regulations that limit or prohibit foreign investments in such industries, which may limit
−Removed: the potential number of acquisition candidates.
−Removed: in many Asian countries have imposed regulations that limit foreign investors’ equity ownership or prohibit foreign investments
−Removed: altogether in companies that operate in certain industries.
−Removed: As a result, the number of potential acquisition candidates available to
−Removed: us may be limited or our ability to grow and sustain the business, which we ultimately acquire will be limited.
−Removed: a country in Asia enacts regulations in industry segments that forbid or restrict foreign investment, our ability to consummate our initial
−Removed: business combination could be severely impaired.
−Removed: of the rules and regulations that companies face concerning foreign ownership are not explicitly communicated.
−Removed: If new laws or regulations
−Removed: forbid or limit foreign investment in industries in which we want to complete our initial business combination, they could severely impair
−Removed: our candidate pool of potential target businesses.
−Removed: Additionally, if the relevant central and local authorities find us or the target
−Removed: business with which we ultimately complete our initial business combination to be in violation of any existing or future laws or regulations,
−Removed: they would have broad discretion in dealing with such a violation, including, without limitation:
−Removed: our business and other licenses;
−Removed: that we restructure our ownership or operations;
−Removed: that we discontinue any portion or all of our business.
−Removed: of the above could have an adverse effect on our company post-business combination and could materially reduce the value of your investment.
−Removed: governance standards in Asia may not be as strict or developed as in the United States and such weakness may hide issues and operational
−Removed: practices that are detrimental to a target business.
−Removed: corporate governance standards in some countries are weak in that they do not prevent business practices that cause unfavorable related
−Removed: party transactions, over-leveraging, improper accounting, family company interconnectivity and poor management.
−Removed: Local laws often do not
−Removed: go far enough to prevent improper business practices.
−Removed: Therefore, shareholders may not be treated impartially and equally as a result
−Removed: of poor management practices, asset shifting, conglomerate structures that result in preferential treatment to some parts of the overall
−Removed: company, and cronyism.
−Removed: The lack of transparency and ambiguity in the regulatory process also may result in inadequate credit evaluation
−Removed: and weakness that may precipitate or encourage financial crisis.
−Removed: In our evaluation of a business combination we will have to evaluate
−Removed: the corporate governance of a target and the business environment, and in accordance with United States laws for reporting companies
−Removed: take steps to implement practices that will cause compliance with all applicable rules and accounting practices.
−Removed: Notwithstanding these
−Removed: intended efforts, there may be endemic practices and local laws that could add risk to an investment we ultimately make and that result
−Removed: in an adverse effect on our operations and financial results.
−Removed: may face additional and distinctive risks if we acquire a business in certain industries, such as technology.
−Removed: combinations with businesses in certain industries, such as technology, may involve special considerations and risks.
−Removed: If we complete
−Removed: our initial business combination with a technology business, we will be subject to the following risks, any of which could be detrimental
−Removed: to us and the business we acquire:
−Removed: we are unable to keep pace with evolving technology and changes in the technology services industry, our revenues and future prospects
−Removed: business or company we acquire could be vulnerable to cyberattack or theft of individual identities or personal data;
−Removed: with any products or services we provide could damage our reputation and business;
−Removed: failure to comply with privacy regulations could adversely affect relations with customers and have a negative impact on business;
−Removed: may not be able to protect our intellectual property and we may be subject to infringement claims;
−Removed: and any business or company we acquire may not be able to adapt to the complex and evolving regulatory environment for financial
−Removed: technology services in China.
−Removed: of the foregoing could have an adverse impact on our operations following a business combination.
−Removed: However, our efforts in identifying
−Removed: prospective target businesses will not be limited to technology businesses.
−Removed: Accordingly, if we acquire a target business in another industry,
−Removed: these risks will likely not affect us and we will be subject to other risks attendant with the specific industry in which we operate
−Removed: or target business which we acquire, none of which can be presently ascertained.
−Removed: we effect our initial business combination with a business located in the in the People’s Republic of China, the laws applicable
−Removed: to such business will likely govern all of our material agreements and we may not be able to enforce our legal rights.
−Removed: we effect our initial business combination with a business located in the PRC, the laws of the country in which such business operates
−Removed: will govern almost all of the material agreements relating to its operations, including any contractual arrangements through which we
−Removed: acquire control of target business as described above.
−Removed: We cannot assure you that we or the target business will be able to enforce any
−Removed: of its material agreements or that remedies will be available in this jurisdiction.
−Removed: The system of laws and the enforcement of existing
−Removed: laws in such jurisdiction may not be as certain in implementation and interpretation as in the United States.
−Removed: In addition, the judiciary
−Removed: in the PRC is relatively inexperienced compared to others in enforcing corporate and commercial law, leading to a higher than usual degree
−Removed: of uncertainty as to the outcome of any litigation.
−Removed: In addition, to the extent that our target business’s material agreements are
−Removed: with governmental agencies in the PRC, we may not be able to enforce or obtain a remedy from such agencies due to sovereign immunity,
−Removed: in which the government is deemed to be immune from civil lawsuit or criminal prosecution.
−Removed: The inability to enforce or obtain a remedy
−Removed: under any of our future agreements could result in a significant loss of business, business opportunities or capital.
−Removed: we effect our initial business combination with a business located in the PRC, we may be subject to certain risks associated with acquiring
−Removed: and operating businesses in the PRC.
−Removed: may be subject to certain risks associated with acquiring and operating a business in the PRC in our search for a business combination
−Removed: and operation of any target business with which we ultimately consummate a business combination.
−Removed: certain rules and regulations concerning mergers and acquisitions by foreign investors in the PRC may make merger and acquisition activities
−Removed: by foreign investors more complex and time consuming, including, among others:
−Removed: requirement that the Ministry of Commerce of the PRC (the “MOFCOM”) be notified in certain circumstances in advance of
−Removed: any change-of-control transaction in which a foreign investor takes control of a PRC domestic enterprise or any concentration of
−Removed: undertaking if certain thresholds are triggered;
−Removed: authority of certain government agencies to have scrutiny over the economics of an acquisition transaction and requirement for consideration
−Removed: in a transaction to be paid within stated time limits;
−Removed: requirement for mergers and acquisitions by foreign investors that raise “national defense and security” concerns and
−Removed: mergers and acquisitions through which foreign investors may acquire de facto control over domestic enterprises that raise “national
−Removed: security” concerns to be subject to strict review by the MOFCOM.
−Removed: with these and other requirements could be time-consuming, and any required approval processes, including obtaining approval from the
−Removed: MOFCOM or its local counterparts, may delay or inhibit our ability to complete such transactions, which could affect our ability to acquire
−Removed: PRC-based businesses.
−Removed: A business combination we propose may not be able to be completed if the terms of the transaction do not satisfy
−Removed: aspects of the approval process and may not be completed, even if approved, if they are not consummated within the time permitted by
−Removed: the approvals granted.
−Removed: addition, the PRC currently prohibits and/or restricts foreign ownership in certain “important industries,” including telecommunications,
−Removed: food production and heavy equipment.
−Removed: There are uncertainties under certain regulations whether obtaining a majority interest through
−Removed: contractual arrangements will comply with regulations prohibiting or restricting foreign ownership in certain industries.
−Removed: assurance that the PRC government will not apply restrictions in other industries.
−Removed: In addition, there can be restrictions on the foreign
−Removed: ownership of businesses that are determined from time to time to be in “important industries” that may affect the national
−Removed: economic security or those having “famous brand names” or “well-established brand names.” Subject to the review
−Removed: and approval requirements of the relevant agencies and the various percentage ownership limitations that exist from time to time, acquisitions
−Removed: involving foreign investors and parties in the various restricted categories of assets and industries may nonetheless sometimes be consummated
−Removed: using contractual arrangements with permitted local parties.
−Removed: If we choose to effect a business combination that employs the use of these
−Removed: types of control arrangements, these contractual arrangements may not be as effective in providing us with the same economic benefits,
−Removed: accounting consolidation or control over a target business as would direct ownership due to limited implementation guidance provided
−Removed: with respect to such regulations.
−Removed: If the government of the PRC finds that the agreements we entered into to acquire control of a target
−Removed: business through contractual arrangements with one or more operating businesses do not comply with local governmental restrictions on
−Removed: foreign investment, or if these regulations or the interpretation of existing regulations change in the future, we could be subject to
−Removed: significant penalties or be forced to relinquish our interests in those operations.
−Removed: we effect our initial business combination with a business located in the PRC, a substantial portion of our operations may be conducted
−Removed: in the PRC, and a significant portion of our net revenues maybe derived from customers where the contracting entity is located in the
−Removed: Accordingly, our business, financial condition, results of operations, prospects and certain transactions we may undertake may be
−Removed: subject, to a significant extent, to economic, political and governmental and legal developments, laws and regulations in the PRC.
−Removed: instance, all or most of our material agreements may be governed by PRC law and we may have difficulty in enforcing our legal rights
−Removed: because the system of laws and the enforcement of existing laws in PRC may not be as certain in implementation and interpretation as
−Removed: in the United States.
−Removed: In addition, contractual arrangements we enter into with potential future subsidiaries and affiliated entities
−Removed: or acquisitions of offshore entities that conduct operations through affiliates in the PRC may be subject to a high level of scrutiny
−Removed: by the relevant PRC tax authorities.
−Removed: We may also be subject to restrictions on dividend payments after we consummate a business combination
−Removed: and if we rely on dividends and other distributions from our operating company to provide us with cash flow and to meet our other obligations.
−Removed: arrangements we enter into with potential future subsidiaries and affiliated entities or acquisitions of offshore entities that conduct
−Removed: operations through affiliates in the PRC may be subject to a high level of scrutiny by the relevant tax authorities.
−Removed: the laws of the PRC, arrangements and transactions among related parties may be subject to audit or challenge by the relevant tax authorities.
−Removed: If any of the transactions we enter into with potential future subsidiaries and affiliated entities are found not to be on an arm’s-length
−Removed: basis, or to result in an unreasonable reduction in tax under local law, the relevant tax authorities may have the authority to disallow
−Removed: any tax savings, adjust the profits and losses of such potential future local entities and assess late payment interest and penalties.
−Removed: A finding by the relevant tax authorities that we are ineligible for any such tax savings, or that any of our possible future affiliated
−Removed: entities are not eligible for tax exemptions, would substantially increase our possible future taxes and thus reduce our net income and
−Removed: the value of a shareholder’s investment.
−Removed: In addition, in the event that in connection with an acquisition of an offshore entity
−Removed: that conducted its operations through affiliates in the PRC, the sellers of such entities failed to pay any taxes required under local
−Removed: law, the relevant tax authorities could require us to withhold and pay the tax, together with late-payment interest and penalties.
−Removed: occurrence of any of the foregoing could have a negative impact on our operating results and financial condition.
−Removed: regulations relating to offshore investment activities by PRC residents may limit our ability to inject capital in our Chinese subsidiaries
−Removed: and Chinese subsidiaries’ ability to change their registered capital or distribute profits to us or otherwise expose us or our
−Removed: PRC resident beneficial owners to liability and penalties under PRC laws.
−Removed: July 2014, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange of the PRC, or “SAFE” promulgated the Circular on Relevant Issues
−Removed: Concerning Foreign Exchange Control on Domestic Residents’ Offshore Investment and Financing and Roundtrip Investment Through Special
−Removed: Purpose Vehicles, or “SAFE Circular 37”.
−Removed: SAFE Circular 37 requires PRC residents (including PRC individuals and PRC corporate
−Removed: entities as well as foreign individuals that are deemed as PRC residents for foreign exchange administration purpose) to register with
−Removed: SAFE or its local branches in connection with their direct or indirect offshore investment activities.
−Removed: SAFE Circular 37 is applicable
−Removed: to our shareholders who are PRC residents and may be applicable to any offshore acquisitions that we make in the future.
−Removed: Under SAFE Circular
−Removed: 37, PRC residents who make, or have prior to the implementation of SAFE Circular 37 made, direct or indirect investments in offshore
−Removed: special purpose vehicles, or SPVs, will be required to register such investments with SAFE or its local branches.
−Removed: In addition, any PRC
−Removed: resident who is a direct or indirect shareholder of an SPV, is required to update its filed registration with the local branch of SAFE
−Removed: with respect to that SPV, to reflect any material change, including, among other things, any major change of a PRC resident shareholder,
−Removed: name or term of operation of the SPVs, or any increase or reduction of the SPVs’ registered capital, share transfer or swap, merger
−Removed: Moreover, any subsidiary of such SPV in China is required to urge the PRC resident shareholders to update their registration
−Removed: with the local branch of SAFE.
−Removed: If any PRC shareholder of such SPV fails to make the required registration or to update the previously
−Removed: filed registration, the subsidiary of such SPV in China may be prohibited from distributing its profits or the proceeds from any capital
−Removed: reduction, share transfer or liquidation to the SPV, and the SPV may also be prohibited from making additional capital contributions
−Removed: into its subsidiary in China.
−Removed: On February 13, 2015, SAFE promulgated a Notice on Further Simplifying and Improving Foreign Exchange Administration
−Removed: Policy on Direct Investment, or SAFE Notice 13, which became effective on June 1, 2015.
−Removed: Under SAFE Notice 13, applications for foreign
−Removed: exchange registration of inbound foreign direct investments and outbound overseas direct investments, including those required under
−Removed: SAFE Circular 37, will be filed with qualified banks instead of SAFE or its branches.
−Removed: The qualified banks will directly examine the applications
−Removed: and accept registrations under the supervision of SAFE.
−Removed: cannot provide assurance that our shareholders that are PRC residents comply with all of the requirements under SAFE Circular 37 or other
−Removed: related rules.
−Removed: Failure or inability of our PRC resident shareholders to comply with the registration procedures set forth in these regulations
−Removed: may subject us to fines and legal sanctions, restrict our cross-border investment activities, limit the ability of our wholly foreign-owned
−Removed: subsidiary in China to distribute dividends and the proceeds from any reduction in capital, share transfer or liquidation to us, and
−Removed: we may also be prohibited from injecting additional capital into the subsidiary.
−Removed: Moreover, failure to comply with the various foreign
−Removed: exchange registration requirements described above could result in liability under PRC law for circumventing applicable foreign exchange
−Removed: restrictions.
−Removed: As a result, our business operations and our ability to distribute profits to you could be materially and adversely affected.
−Removed: as these foreign exchange regulations are still relatively new and their interpretation and implementation has been constantly evolving,
−Removed: it is unclear how these regulations, and any future regulation concerning offshore or cross-border transactions, will be interpreted,
−Removed: amended and implemented by the relevant government authorities.
−Removed: For example, we may be subject to a more stringent review and approval
−Removed: process with respect to our foreign exchange activities, such as remittance of dividends and foreign-currency-denominated borrowings,
−Removed: which may adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.
−Removed: In addition, if we decide to acquire a PRC domestic company,
−Removed: we cannot assure you that we or the owners of such company, as the case may be, will be able to obtain the necessary approvals or complete
−Removed: the necessary filings and registrations required by the foreign exchange regulations.
−Removed: This may restrict our ability to implement our
−Removed: acquisition strategy and could adversely affect our business and prospects.
−Removed: with the PRC Antitrust law may limit our ability to effect our initial business combination.
−Removed: PRC Antitrust Law became effective on August 1, 2008.
−Removed: The government authorities in charge of antitrust matters in China are the Antitrust
−Removed: Commission and other antitrust authorities under the State Council.
−Removed: The PRC Antitrust Law regulates (1) monopoly agreements, including
−Removed: decisions or actions in concert that preclude or impede competition, entered into by business operators;
−Removed: (2) abuse of dominant market
−Removed: position by business operators;
−Removed: and (3) concentration of business operators that may have the effect of precluding or impeding competition.
−Removed: To implement the Antitrust Law, in 2008, the State Council formulated the regulations that require filing of concentration of business
−Removed: operators, pursuant to which concentration of business operators refers to (1) merger with other business operators;
−Removed: (2) gaining control
−Removed: over other business operators through acquisition of equity interest or assets of other business operators;
−Removed: and (3) gaining control over
−Removed: other business operators through exerting influence on other business operators through contracts or other means.
−Removed: In 2009, the Ministry
−Removed: of Commerce, to which the Antitrust Commission is affiliated, promulgated the Measures for Filing of Concentration of Business Operators
−Removed: (amended by the Guidelines for Filing of Concentration of Business Operators in 2014), which set forth the criteria of concentration
−Removed: and the requirement of miscellaneous documents for the purpose of filing.
−Removed: The business combination we contemplate may be considered the
−Removed: concentration of business operators, and to the extent required by the Antitrust Law and the criteria established by the State Council,
−Removed: we must file with the antitrust authority under the PRC State Council prior to conducting the contemplated business combination.
−Removed: antitrust authority decides not to further investigate whether the contemplated business combination has the effect of precluding or
−Removed: impeding competition or fails to make a decision within 30 days from receipt of relevant materials, we may proceed to consummate the
−Removed: contemplated business combination.
−Removed: If antitrust authority decides to prohibit the contemplated business combination after further investigation,
−Removed: we must terminate such business combination and would then be forced to either attempt to complete a new business combination or we would
−Removed: be required to return any amounts which were held in the trust account to our shareholders.
−Removed: When we evaluate a potential business combination,
−Removed: we will consider the need to comply with the Antitrust Law and other relevant regulations which may limit our ability to effect an acquisition
−Removed: or may result in our modifying or not pursuing a particular transaction.
−Removed: Since our business combination period is within 24 months from
−Removed: the closing of our Initial Public Offering, or if we decide to extend the period of time to consummate our business combination, within
−Removed: 33 months from the closing of our Initial Public Offering (as further described in our Registration Statement), and the approval process
−Removed: may take a period longer than we expect before we enter into a definitive agreement with a target company, we may be unable to complete
−Removed: a business combination within 24 months from the closing of our Initial Public Offering, or if we decide to extend the period of time
−Removed: to consummate our business combination, within 33 months from the closing of our Initial Public Offering (as further described in our
−Removed: Registration Statement).
−Removed: controls that exist in the PRC may restrict or prevent us from using the proceeds of our Initial Public Offering to acquire a target
−Removed: company in PRC and limit our ability to utilize our cash flow effectively following our initial business combination.
−Removed: promulgated the Notice of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Reforming the Administration of Foreign Exchange Settlement
−Removed: of Capital of Foreign-invested Enterprises, or Circular 19, effective on June 1, 2015, in replacement of the Circular on the Relevant
−Removed: Operating Issues Concerning the Improvement of the Administration of the Payment and Settlement of Foreign Currency Capital of Foreign-Invested
−Removed: Enterprises, or SAFE Circular 142, the Notice from the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Strengthening
−Removed: the Administration of Foreign Exchange Businesses, or Circular 59, and the Circular on Further Clarification and Regulation of the Issues
−Removed: Concerning the Administration of Certain Capital Account Foreign Exchange Businesses, or Circular 45.
−Removed: According to Circular 19, the flow
−Removed: and use of the RMB capital converted from foreign currency-denominated registered capital of a foreign-invested company is regulated
−Removed: such that RMB capital may not be used for the issuance of RMB entrusted loans, the repayment of inter-enterprise loans or the repayment
−Removed: of banks loans that have been transferred to a third party.
−Removed: Although Circular 19 allows RMB capital converted from foreign currency-denominated
−Removed: registered capital of a foreign-invested enterprise to be used for equity investments within the PRC, it also reiterates the principle
−Removed: that RMB converted from the foreign currency-denominated capital of a foreign-invested company may not be directly or indirectly used
−Removed: for purposes beyond its business scope.
−Removed: Thus, it is unclear whether SAFE will permit such capital to be used for equity investments in
−Removed: the PRC in actual practice.
−Removed: SAFE promulgated the Notice of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Reforming and Standardizing
−Removed: the Foreign Exchange Settlement Management Policy of Capital Account, or Circular 16, effective on June 9, 2016, which reiterates some
−Removed: of the rules set forth in Circular 19, but changes the prohibition against using RMB capital converted from foreign currency-denominated
−Removed: registered capital of a foreign-invested company to issue RMB entrusted loans to a prohibition against using such capital to issue loans
−Removed: to non-associated enterprises.
−Removed: Violations of SAFE Circular 19 and Circular 16 could result in administrative penalties.
−Removed: such, Circular 19 and Circular 16 may significantly limit our ability to transfer the proceeds of our Initial Public Offering to a PRC
−Removed: target company and the use of such proceeds by the PRC target company.
−Removed: In addition, following our initial business combination with a
−Removed: PRC target company, we will be subject to the PRC’s rules and regulations on currency conversion.
−Removed: In the PRC, the SAFE regulates
−Removed: the conversion of the Renminbi into foreign currencies.
−Removed: Currently, Foreign Invested Enterprises (“FIEs”) are required to
−Removed: apply to the SAFE for “Foreign Exchange Registration Certificates for FIEs.” Following our initial business combination,
−Removed: we will likely be an FIE as a result of our ownership structure.
−Removed: With such registration certificates, which need to be renewed annually,
−Removed: FIEs are allowed to open foreign currency accounts including a “basic account” and “capital account.” Currency
−Removed: conversion within the scope of the “basic account,” such as remittance of foreign currencies for payment of dividends, can
−Removed: be effected without requiring the approval of the SAFE.
−Removed: However, conversion of currency in the “capital account,” including
−Removed: capital items such as direct investment, loans and securities, still require approval of the SAFE.
−Removed: cannot assure you the PRC regulatory authorities will not impose further restrictions on the convertibility of the Renminbi.
−Removed: restrictions on currency exchanges may limit our ability to use the proceeds of our Initial Public Offering in an initial business combination
−Removed: with a PRC target company and the use our cash flow for the distribution of dividends to our shareholders or to fund operations we may
−Removed: have outside of the PRC.
−Removed: initial business combination may be subject to national security review by the PRC government, and we may have to spend additional resources
−Removed: and incur additional time delays to complete any such business combination or be prevented from pursuing certain investment opportunities.
−Removed: February 3, 2011, the PRC government issued a Notice Concerning the Establishment of Security Review Procedure on Mergers and Acquisitions
−Removed: of Domestic Enterprises by Foreign Investors, or “Security Review Regulations”, which became effective on March 5, 2011.
−Removed: The Security Review Regulations cover acquisitions by foreign investors of a broad range of PRC enterprises if such acquisitions could
−Removed: result in de facto control by foreign investors and the enterprises are relating to military, national defense, important agriculture
−Removed: products, important energy and natural resources, important infrastructures, important transportation services, key technologies, and
−Removed: important equipment manufacturing.
−Removed: The scope of the review includes whether the acquisition will impact the national security, economic
−Removed: and social stability, and the research and development capabilities on key national security related technologies.
−Removed: Foreign investors
−Removed: should submit a security review application to the Department of Commerce for its initial review for contemplated acquisition.
−Removed: acquisition is considered to be within the scope of the Security Review Regulations, the Department of Commerce will transfer the application
−Removed: to a joint security review committee within five business days for further review.
−Removed: The joint security review committee, consisting of
−Removed: members from various PRC government agencies, will conduct a general review and seek comments from relevant government agencies.
−Removed: joint security review committee may initiate a further special review and request the termination or restructuring of the contemplated
−Removed: acquisition if it determines that the acquisition will result in significant national security issue.
−Removed: Security Review Regulations will potentially subject a large number of mergers and acquisitions transactions by foreign investors in
−Removed: China to an additional layer of regulatory review.
−Removed: Currently, there is significant uncertainty as to the implication of the Security
−Removed: Review Regulations.
−Removed: Neither the Department of Commerce nor other PRC government agencies have issued any detailed rules for the implementation
−Removed: of the Security Review Regulations.
−Removed: If, for example, our potential initial business combination is with a target company operating in
−Removed: the PRC in any of the sensitive sectors identified above, the transaction will be subject to the Security Review Regulations, and we
−Removed: may have to spend additional resources and incur additional time delays to complete any such acquisition.
−Removed: There is no guarantee that
−Removed: we can receive such approval in a timely manner, and we may also be prevented from pursuing certain investment opportunities if the PRC
−Removed: government considers that the potential investments will result in a significant national security issue.
−Removed: If obtained, since our business
−Removed: combination period is 24 months from the closing of our Initial Public Offering, or if we decide to extend the period of time to consummate
−Removed: our business combination, 33 months from the closing of our Initial Public Offering (as further described in our Registration Statement),
−Removed: and the approval process may take a period longer than we expect before we enter into a definitive agreement with a target company, we
−Removed: may be unable to complete a business combination within 24 months from the closing of our Initial Public Offering, or if we decide to
−Removed: extend the period of time to consummate our business combination, within 33 months from the closing of our Initial Public Offering (as
−Removed: further described in our Registration Statement).
−Removed: initial business combination may be subject to a variety of PRC laws and other obligations regarding cybersecurity and data protection,
−Removed: and we may have to spend additional resources and incur additional time delays to complete any such business combination or be prevented
−Removed: from pursuing certain investment opportunities.
−Removed: initial business combination may be subject to PRC laws relating to the collection, use, sharing, retention, security, and transfer of
−Removed: confidential and private information, such as personal information and other data.
−Removed: These laws continue to develop, and the PRC government
−Removed: may adopt other rules and restrictions in the future.
−Removed: Non-compliance could result in penalties or other significant legal liabilities.
−Removed: to the PRC Cybersecurity Law, which was promulgated by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress on November 7,
−Removed: 2016 and took effect on June 1, 2017, personal information and important data collected and generated by a critical information infrastructure
−Removed: operator in the course of its operations in China must be stored in China, and if a critical information infrastructure operator purchases
−Removed: internet products and services that affects or may affect national security, it should be subject to cybersecurity review by the CAC.
−Removed: Due to the lack of further interpretations, the exact scope of “critical information infrastructure operator” remains unclear.
−Removed: the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the General Office of the State Council jointly issued
−Removed: the Opinions on Severe and Lawful Crackdown on Illegal Securities Activities, which was available to the public on July 6, 2021.
−Removed: opinions emphasized the need to strengthen the administration over illegal securities activities and the supervision on overseas listings
−Removed: by China-based companies.
−Removed: These opinions proposed to take effective measures, such as promoting the construction of relevant regulatory
−Removed: systems, to deal with the risks and incidents facing China-based overseas-listed companies and the demand for cybersecurity and data
−Removed: privacy protection.
−Removed: Moreover, the State Internet Information Office issued the Measures of Cybersecurity Review (Revised Draft for Comments,
−Removed: not yet effective) on July 10, 2021, which requires operators with personal information of more than 1 million users who want to list
−Removed: abroad to file a cybersecurity review with the CAC.
−Removed: As these opinions and the draft measurers were recently issued, official guidance
−Removed: and interpretation of these two remain unclear in several respects at this time.
−Removed: for example, our potential initial business combination is with a target business operating in the PRC and if the enacted version of
−Removed: the draft measures mandates clearance of cybersecurity review and other specific actions to be completed by the target business, we may
−Removed: face uncertainties as to whether such clearance can be timely obtained, or at all, and incur additional time delays to complete any such
−Removed: Cybersecurity review could also result in negative publicity with respect to our initial business combination and diversion
−Removed: of our managerial and financial resources.
−Removed: There is no guarantee that we can receive such approval in a timely manner, and we may also
−Removed: be prevented from pursuing certain investment opportunities if the PRC government considers that the potential investments will result
−Removed: in a significant national security issue.
−Removed: If obtained, since our business combination period is 24 months from the closing of our Initial
−Removed: Public Offering, or if we decide to extend the period of time to consummate our business combination, 33 months from the closing of our
−Removed: Initial Public Offering (as further described in our Registration Statement), and the approval process may take a period longer than
−Removed: we expect before we enter into a definitive agreement with a target company, we may be unable to complete a business combination within
−Removed: 24 months from the closing of our Initial Public Offering, or if we decide to extend the period of time to consummate our business combination,
−Removed: within 33 months from the closing of our Initial Public Offering (as further described in our Registration Statement).
−Removed: light of recent events indicating greater oversight by the CAC over data security, particularly for companies seeking to list on a foreign
−Removed: exchange, some internet and technology companies, may not be willing to list on a U.S.
−Removed: exchange or enter into a definitive business combination
−Removed: agreement with us.
−Removed: Further, we may also have to avoid a business combination with a company with more than one million users’ personal
−Removed: information in China due to the limited timeline for us to complete a business combination.
−Removed: in China are subject to various risks and costs associated with the collection, use, sharing, retention, security, and transfer of confidential
−Removed: and private information, such as personal information and other data.
−Removed: This data is wide ranging and relates to our investors, employees,
−Removed: contractors and other counterparties and third parties.
−Removed: If we decide to initiate a business combination with a company in China, our
−Removed: compliance obligations include those relating to the Data Protection Act (As Revised) Cayman Islands and the relevant PRC laws in this
−Removed: Non-compliance could result in penalties, delays affecting our ability to timely consummate a business combination, or other
−Removed: significant legal liabilities.
−Removed: PRC laws apply not only to third-party transactions, but also to transfers of information between a holding company and its subsidiaries.
−Removed: These laws continue to develop, and the PRC government may adopt other rules and restrictions in the future.
−Removed: These laws may have a material
−Removed: adverse affect on companies in the PRC being willing to complete a business combination with us, may make it more difficult for us to
−Removed: identify a PRC based company with which to consummate a business combination, and may materially narrow the selection of companies available
−Removed: in the PRC from which we could otherwise complete a business combination without material adverse affects in the absence of the CAC data
−Removed: security restrictions, rules, and regulations.
−Removed: we make equity compensation grants to persons who are PRC citizens, they may be required to register with the State Administration of
−Removed: Foreign Exchange of the PRC (“SAFE”).
−Removed: We may also face regulatory uncertainties that could restrict our ability to adopt
−Removed: equity compensation plans for our directors and employees and other parties under PRC laws.
−Removed: April 6, 2007, SAFE issued the Operating Procedures for Administration of Domestic Individuals Participating in the Employee Stock Ownership
−Removed: Plan or Stock Option Plan of An Overseas Listed Company, also known as Circular 78.
−Removed: It is not clear whether Circular 78 covers all forms
−Removed: of equity compensation plans or only those which provide for the granting of share options.
−Removed: For any plans which are so covered and are
−Removed: adopted by a non-PRC listed company, such as our company in the event we consummate a business combination with a PRC Target Company,
−Removed: Circular 78 requires all plan participants who are PRC citizens to register with and obtain approvals from SAFE prior to their participation
−Removed: in the subject plan.
−Removed: We believe that the registration and approval requirements contemplated in Circular 78 will be burdensome and time
−Removed: consummation of business combination with a PRC Target Company, we may adopt an equity incentive plan and make share option grants under
−Removed: the plan to our officers, directors and employees, whom may be PRC citizens and be required to register with SAFE.
−Removed: If it is determined
−Removed: that any of our equity compensation plans are subject to Circular 78, failure to comply with such provisions may subject us and participants
−Removed: of our equity incentive plan who are PRC citizens to fines and legal sanctions and prevent us from being able to grant equity compensation
−Removed: to our PRC employees.
−Removed: In that case, our ability to compensate our employees and directors through equity compensation would be hindered
−Removed: and our business operations may be adversely affected.
−Removed: scrutiny over acquisition transactions by the PRC tax authorities may have a negative impact on potential acquisitions we may pursue
−Removed: in the future.
−Removed: PRC tax authorities have enhanced their scrutiny over the direct or indirect transfer of certain taxable assets, including, in particular,
−Removed: equity interests in a PRC resident enterprise, by a non-resident enterprise by promulgating and implementing SAT Circular 59 and Circular
−Removed: 698, which became effective in January 2008, and a Circular 7 in replacement of some of the existing rules in Circular 698, which became
−Removed: effective in February 2015.
−Removed: Circular 698, where a non-resident enterprise conducts an “indirect transfer” by transferring the equity interests of a PRC
−Removed: “resident enterprise” indirectly by disposing of the equity interests of an overseas holding company, the non-resident enterprise,
−Removed: being the transferor, may be subject to PRC corporate income tax, if the indirect transfer is considered to be an abusive use of company
−Removed: structure without reasonable commercial purposes.
−Removed: As a result, gains derived from such indirect transfer may be subject to PRC tax at
−Removed: a rate of up to 10%.
−Removed: Circular 698 also provides that, where a non-PRC resident enterprise transfers its equity interests in a PRC resident
−Removed: enterprise to its related parties at a price lower than the fair market value, the relevant tax authority has the power to make a reasonable
−Removed: adjustment to the taxable income of the transaction.
−Removed: February 2015, the SAT issued Circular 7 to replace the rules relating to indirect transfers in Circular 698.
−Removed: Circular 7 has introduced
−Removed: a new tax regime that is significantly different from that under Circular 698.
−Removed: Circular 7 extends its tax jurisdiction to not only indirect
−Removed: transfers set forth under Circular 698 but also transactions involving transfer of other taxable assets, through the offshore transfer
−Removed: of a foreign intermediate holding company.
−Removed: In addition, Circular 7 provides clearer criteria than Circular 698 on how to assess reasonable
−Removed: commercial purposes and has introduced safe harbors for internal group restructurings and the purchase and sale of equity through a public
−Removed: securities market.
−Removed: Circular 7 also brings challenges to both the foreign transferor and transferee (or other person who is obligated
−Removed: to pay for the transfer) of the taxable assets.
−Removed: Where a non-resident enterprise conducts an “indirect transfer” by transferring
−Removed: the taxable assets indirectly by disposing of the equity interests of an overseas holding company, the non-resident enterprise being
−Removed: the transferor, or the transferee, or the PRC entity which directly owned the taxable assets may report to the relevant tax authority
−Removed: such indirect transfer.
−Removed: Using a “substance over form” principle, the PRC tax authority may disregard the existence of the
−Removed: overseas holding company if it lacks a reasonable commercial purpose and was established for the purpose of reducing, avoiding, or deferring
−Removed: As a result, gains derived from such indirect transfer may be subject to PRC corporate income tax, and the transferee or other
−Removed: person who is obligated to pay for the transfer is obligated to withhold the applicable taxes, currently at a rate of 10% for the transfer
−Removed: of equity interests in a PRC resident enterprise.
−Removed: face uncertainties on the reporting and consequences on future private equity financing transactions, share exchange or other transactions
−Removed: involving the transfer of shares in our company by investors that are non-PRC resident enterprises.
−Removed: The PRC tax authorities may pursue
−Removed: such non-resident enterprises with respect to a filing or the transferees with respect to withholding obligation, and request our PRC
−Removed: subsidiaries to assist in the filing.
−Removed: As a result, we and non-resident enterprises in such transactions may become at risk of being subject
−Removed: to filing obligations or being taxed, under Circular 59 or Circular 698 and Circular 7, and may be required to expend valuable resources
−Removed: to comply with Circular 59, Circular 698 and Circular 7 or to establish that we and our non-resident enterprises should not be taxed
−Removed: under these circulars, which may have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.
−Removed: PRC tax authorities have the discretion under SAT Circular 59, Circular 698 and Circular 7 to make adjustments to the taxable capital
−Removed: gains based on the difference between the fair value of the taxable assets transferred and the cost of investment.
−Removed: If we are considered
−Removed: a non-resident enterprise under the PRC corporate income tax law and if the PRC tax authorities make adjustments to the taxable income
−Removed: of the transactions under SAT Circular 59 or Circular 698 and Circular 7, our income tax costs associated with such potential acquisitions
−Removed: will be increased, which may have an adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.
−Removed: Chinese government may intervene in and influence the manner in which our post-combination entity must conduct its business activities
−Removed: in ways that we cannot expect when we enter into a definitive agreement with a target company with major operation in China, which could
−Removed: result in a material change in our operations of the combined company and/or the value of our securities, and could significantly limit
−Removed: or completely hinder our ability to offer or continue to offer securities to investors and cause the value of our securities to significantly
−Removed: decline or become worthless.
−Removed: If the Chinese government establishes some new policies, regulations, rules, or laws affecting the industries
−Removed: that our post-combination entity is in, it may materially and adversely affect our operations and the value of our Ordinary Shares.
−Removed: Chinese government has exercised and continues to exercise substantial control over virtually every sector of the Chinese economy through
−Removed: regulation and state ownership.
−Removed: Our post-combination entity’s ability to operate in China may be harmed by changes in its laws
−Removed: and regulations, including those relating to taxation, environmental regulations, land use rights, property, and other matters.
−Removed: or local governments of these jurisdictions may impose new, stricter regulations or interpretations of existing regulations that would
−Removed: require additional expenditures and efforts on our part to ensure our compliance with such regulations or interpretations.
−Removed: government actions in the future, including any decision not to continue to support recent economic reforms and to return to a more centrally
−Removed: planned economy or regional or local variations in the implementation of economic policies, could have a significant effect on economic
−Removed: conditions in China or particular regions thereof, and could require us to divest ourselves of any interest we then hold in Chinese properties.
−Removed: example, the Chinese cybersecurity regulator announced on July 2, 2021, that it had begun an investigation of Didi Global Inc.
−Removed: DIDI) and two days later ordered that the company’s app be removed from smartphone app stores.
−Removed: On July 24, 2021, the General Office
−Removed: of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council jointly released the Guidelines for Further
−Removed: Easing the Burden of Excessive Homework and Off-campus Tutoring for Students at the Stage of Compulsory Education, pursuant to which
−Removed: foreign investment in such firms via mergers and acquisitions, franchise development, and variable interest entities are banned from
−Removed: such, the post-combination entity’s business segments may be subject to various government and regulatory interference in the provinces
−Removed: in which they operate.
−Removed: The post-combination entity could be subject to regulation by various political and regulatory entities, including
−Removed: various local and municipal agencies and government sub-divisions.
−Removed: We and our post-combination entity may incur increased costs necessary
−Removed: to comply with existing and newly adopted laws and regulations or penalties for any failure to comply.
−Removed: it is uncertain when and whether we and our post-combination entity will be required to obtain permission from the PRC government to
−Removed: exchanges in the future, and even when such permission is obtained, whether it will be denied or rescinded.
−Removed: are currently not required to obtain permission from any of the PRC federal or local government and have not received any denial to list
−Removed: exchange, our post-combination operations could be adversely affected, directly or indirectly, by existing or future laws
−Removed: and regulations relating to our business or industry.
−Removed: laws and regulations governing our post-combination entity’s business operations are sometimes vague and uncertain and any changes
−Removed: in such laws and regulations may impair our ability to operate profitably.
−Removed: are substantial uncertainties regarding the interpretation and application of PRC laws and regulations including, but not limited to,
−Removed: the laws and regulations governing our business and the enforcement and performance of our arrangements with customers in certain circumstances.
−Removed: The laws and regulations are sometimes vague and may be subject to future changes, and their official interpretation and enforcement
−Removed: may involve substantial uncertainty.
−Removed: The effectiveness and interpretation of newly enacted laws or regulations, including amendments
−Removed: to existing laws and regulations, may be delayed, and our business may be affected if we rely on laws and regulations which are subsequently
−Removed: adopted or interpreted in a manner different from our understanding of these laws and regulations.
−Removed: New laws and regulations that affect
−Removed: existing and proposed future businesses may also be applied retroactively.
−Removed: We cannot predict what effect the interpretation of existing
−Removed: or new PRC laws or regulations may have on our post-combination entity’s business.
−Removed: PRC legal system is a civil law system based on written statutes.
−Removed: Unlike the common law system, prior court decisions under the civil
−Removed: law system may be cited for reference but have limited precedential value.
−Removed: Since these laws and regulations are relatively new and the
−Removed: PRC legal system continues to rapidly evolve, the interpretations of many laws, regulations and rules are not always uniform and the
−Removed: enforcement of these laws, regulations and rules involves uncertainties.
−Removed: 1979, the PRC government began to promulgate a comprehensive system of laws and regulations governing economic matters in general.
−Removed: overall effect of legislation over the past three decades has significantly enhanced the protections afforded to various forms of foreign
−Removed: investments in China.
−Removed: However, China has not developed a fully integrated legal system, and recently enacted laws and regulations may
−Removed: not sufficiently cover all aspects of economic activities in China.
−Removed: In particular, the interpretation and enforcement of these laws and
−Removed: regulations involve uncertainties.
−Removed: Since PRC administrative and court authorities have significant discretion in interpreting and implementing
−Removed: statutory provisions and contractual terms, it may be difficult to evaluate the outcome of administrative and court proceedings and the
−Removed: level of legal protection we enjoy.
−Removed: These uncertainties may affect our judgment on the relevance of legal requirements and our ability
−Removed: to enforce our contractual rights or tort claims.
−Removed: In addition, the regulatory uncertainties may be exploited through unmerited or frivolous
−Removed: legal actions or threats in attempts to extract payments or benefits from us.
−Removed: the PRC legal system is based in part on government policies and internal rules, some of which are not published on a timely basis or
−Removed: at all and may have retroactive effect.
−Removed: As a result, we may not be aware of our violation of any of these policies and rules until sometime
−Removed: after the violation.
−Removed: In addition, any administrative and court proceedings in China may be protracted, resulting in substantial costs
−Removed: and diversion of resources and management attention.
−Removed: time to time, our post-combination entity may have to resort to administrative and court proceedings to enforce our legal rights.
−Removed: since PRC administrative and court authorities have significant discretion in interpreting and implementing statutory and contractual
−Removed: terms, it may be more difficult to evaluate the outcome of administrative and court proceedings and the level of legal protection our
−Removed: post-combination entity enjoys than in more developed legal systems.
−Removed: Furthermore, the PRC legal system is based in part on government
−Removed: policies and internal rules (some of which are not published in a timely manner or at all) that may have retroactive effect.
−Removed: we and our post-combination entity may not be aware of our violation of these policies and rules until sometime after the violation.
−Removed: Such uncertainties, including uncertainty over the scope and effect of our contractual, property (including intellectual property) and
−Removed: procedural rights, and any failure to respond to changes in the regulatory environment in China could materially and adversely affect
−Removed: our business and impede our post-combination entity’s ability to continue its operations.
−Removed: in the policies, regulations, rules, and the enforcement of laws of the PRC government may occur quickly quick with little advance notice
−Removed: and could have a significant impact upon our ability to operate profitably in the PRC.
−Removed: post-combination entity may conduct most of our operations and most of our revenue is generated in the PRC.
−Removed: Accordingly, economic, political,
−Removed: and legal developments in the PRC will significantly affect our post-combination entity’s business, financial condition, results
−Removed: of operations and prospects.
−Removed: Policies, regulations, rules, and the enforcement of laws of the PRC government can have significant effects
−Removed: on economic conditions in the PRC and the ability of businesses to operate profitably.
−Removed: Our post-combination entity’s ability to
−Removed: operate profitably in the PRC may be adversely affected by changes in policies by the PRC government, including changes in laws, regulations
−Removed: or their interpretation, particularly those dealing with the Internet, including censorship and other restriction on material which can
−Removed: be transmitted over the Internet, security, intellectual property, money laundering, taxation and other laws that affect our post-combination
−Removed: entity’s ability to operate its business.
−Removed: Chinese government may intervene in or influence a PRC company’s business operations at any time or exert more oversight and control
−Removed: over offerings conducted overseas and foreign investment in China-based issuers.
−Removed: This could result in a material change in a PRC company’s
−Removed: business operations post business combination and/or the value of its securities.
−Removed: Additionally, governmental and regulatory interference
−Removed: could significantly limit or completely hinder a target company’s ability to offer or continue to offer securities to investors
−Removed: post business combination and cause the value of such securities to significantly decline or be worthless.
−Removed: by the Chinese government in 2021 have indicated an intent to exert more oversight and control over offerings that are conducted overseas
−Removed: and/or foreign investments in China-based issuers.
−Removed: The PRC has proposed new rules in 2021 that would require companies collecting or
−Removed: holding large amounts of data to undergo a cybersecurity review prior to listing in foreign countries, a move that would significantly
−Removed: tighten oversight over large China-based internet companies.
−Removed: On November 14, 2021, the CAC publicly solicited opinion on the Regulation
−Removed: on Network Data Security Management (Consultation Draft), which stipulated that data processors that undertake data processing activities
−Removed: using internet networks within China are required to apply for cybersecurity review if it conducts data processing activities that will
−Removed: or may have an impact on China’s national security.
−Removed: The review is mandatory if the data processor controls more than 1 million
−Removed: users’ personal information and intends to be listed in a foreign country, or if the data processor seeks to be listed in Hong
−Removed: As of the date of this Form 10-K, the Draft Regulation on Network Data Security Management has not been formally adopted.
−Removed: 28, 2021, the CAC, jointly with 12 departments under the State Council, implemented the Measures for Cybersecurity Review, which became
−Removed: effective on February 15, 2022.
−Removed: According to the Measures for Cybersecurity Review, operators of critical information infrastructure
−Removed: purchasing network products and services, and data processors carrying out data processing activities that affect or may affect China’s
−Removed: national security, are required to conduct a cybersecurity review.
−Removed: Operators, including operators of critical information infrastructure
−Removed: and data processors, who control more than 1 million users’ personal information must report to the Cyber Security Review Office
−Removed: for a cybersecurity review if it intends to be listed in a foreign country.
−Removed: June 10, 2021, the Standing Committee of the PRC National People’s Congress, or SCNPC, promulgated the PRC Data Security Law, which
−Removed: took effect in September 2021.
−Removed: The PRC Data Security Law imposes data security and privacy obligations on entities and individuals carrying
−Removed: out data activities and introduces a data classification and hierarchical protection system based on the importance of data in economic
−Removed: and social development, and the degree of harm it will cause to national security, public interests, or legitimate rights and interests
−Removed: of individuals or organizations when such data is tampered with, destroyed, leaked, illegally acquired or used.
−Removed: The PRC Data Security
−Removed: Law also provides for a national security review procedure for data activities that may affect national security and imposes export restrictions
−Removed: on certain data and information.
−Removed: On August 20, 2021, the SCNPC adopted the Personal Information Protection Law, which took effect as
−Removed: of November 1, 2021.
−Removed: The Personal Information Protection Law includes the basic rules for personal information processing, the rules
−Removed: for cross-border provision of personal information, the rights of individuals in personal information processing activities, the obligations
−Removed: of personal information processors, and the responsibilities for collection, processing, and use of personal information.
−Removed: laws, regulations, or policies in the PRC could change rapidly in the future, any future action by the PRC government expanding the categories
−Removed: of industries, persons and companies whose foreign securities offerings are subject to review by the CSRC or the CAC could significantly
−Removed: limit or completely hinder our ability to offer or continue to offer securities to investors and could cause the value of such securities
−Removed: to significantly decline or be worthless.
−Removed: Since none of our officers and directors has engaged in data activities or the processing of
−Removed: personal information in China, we believe our officers and directors are in full compliance with the regulations and policies that have
−Removed: been issued by the CAC to date.
−Removed: if we do not undertake an initial business combination with any entity that is based or located in or that conducts its principal business
−Removed: operations in China (including Hong Kong and Macau), our potential target may, or its customers, vendors or business partners may, collect
−Removed: or generate data in China.
−Removed: Given that the PRC authorities have significant discretion in interpreting and applying the relevant cybersecurity
−Removed: and data laws and regulations, there is a risk that any potential target business of ours may be subject to cybersecurity review or other
−Removed: regulatory actions even though it is not based or located in and does not conduct its principal business operations in China;
−Removed: the event of such a review, our consummation of a business combination could be materially delayed.
−Removed: To avoid such risk, we may avoid
−Removed: completing an initial business combination with such a target business and instead pursue other opportunities, which may limit the pool
−Removed: of attractive targets.
−Removed: As a result, our search for a target company may be adversely affected.
−Removed: PRC governmental authorities may take the view now or in the future that an approval from them is required for an overseas offering by
−Removed: a company affiliated with Chinese businesses or persons or a business combination with a target business based in and primarily operating
−Removed: M&A Rules include, among other things, provisions that purport to require that an offshore special purpose vehicle formed for the
−Removed: purpose of an overseas listing of securities in a PRC company obtain the approval of the CSRC prior to the listing and trading of such
−Removed: special purpose vehicle’s securities on an overseas stock exchange.
−Removed: On September 21, 2006, the CSRC published on its official website
−Removed: procedures specifying documents and materials required to be submitted to it by special purpose vehicles seeking CSRC’s approval
−Removed: of overseas listings.
−Removed: However, substantial uncertainty remains regarding the scope and applicability of the M&A Rules and the CSRC
−Removed: approval requirement to offshore special purpose vehicles.
−Removed: except for emphasizing the need to strengthen the administration over illegal securities activities, and the need to strengthen the supervision
−Removed: over overseas listings by Chinese companies, the Opinions, which was made available to the public on July 6, 2021, also provides that
−Removed: the State Council will revise provisions regarding the overseas issuance and listing of shares by companies limited by shares and will
−Removed: clarify the duties of domestic regulatory authorities.
−Removed: December 24, 2021, the State Council published the draft Administrative Provisions on the Overseas Issuance and Listing of Securities
−Removed: by Domestic Companies (Draft for Comments) (the “Administrative Provisions”), and the CSRC published the draft Measures for
−Removed: Record-filings of the Overseas Issuance and Listing of Securities by Domestic Companies (Draft for Comments) (the “Administrative
−Removed: Measures”), for public comment.
−Removed: Pursuant to Article 2 of the Administrative Provisions, domestic enterprises that (i) offer shares,
−Removed: depository receipts, convertible notes or other equity securities overseas, or (ii) list securities on an overseas stock exchange, must
−Removed: complete record-filing procedures and report the relevant information to the CSRC.
−Removed: The CSRC shall determine the record-filing method.
−Removed: Pursuant to the Article 2 of the Administrative Measures, domestic enterprises that directly or indirectly offer or list securities on
−Removed: an overseas stock exchange shall file with the CSRC within three business days after submitting their initial public offering and/or
−Removed: listing application documents.
−Removed: The requested filing documents include but are not limited to:
−Removed: (1) a filing report and related undertakings;
−Removed: (2) regulatory opinions, filing or approval documents issued by the relevant authorities (if applicable);
−Removed: (3) security review opinions
−Removed: issued by the relevant authorities, if applicable;
−Removed: (4) a PRC legal opinion;
−Removed: and (5) a prospectus.
−Removed: December 27, 2021, the NDRC and the MOFCOM jointly promulgated the Special Administrative Measure (Negative List) for the Access of Foreign
−Removed: Investment (2021 Version), or the Negative List, which became effective on January 1, 2022.
−Removed: According to Article 6 of the Negative List,
−Removed: domestic enterprises engaging in businesses in which foreign investment is prohibited shall obtain approval from the relevant authorities
−Removed: before offering and listing their shares on an overseas stock exchange.
−Removed: In addition, certain foreign investors shall not be involved
−Removed: in the operation or management of the relevant enterprise, and shareholding percentage restrictions under relevant domestic securities
−Removed: investment management regulations shall apply to such foreign investors.
−Removed: on our understanding of the current PRC laws and regulations in effect at the time of this Form 10-K, no prior permission is required
−Removed: under the M&A Rules, the Opinions or the Negative List from any PRC governmental authorities (including the CSRC) for consummating
−Removed: our Initial Public Offering by our company, given that:
−Removed: (a) the CSRC currently has not issued any definitive rule or interpretation concerning
−Removed: whether offerings like ours under this Form 10-K are subject to the M&A Rules;
−Removed: and (b) our company is a blank check company incorporated
−Removed: in the Cayman Islands rather than China and currently the company conducts no business in China.
−Removed: However, there remains some uncertainty
−Removed: as to how the M&A Rules, the Opinions, or the Administrative Provisions and the Administrative Measures, if enacted, will be interpreted
−Removed: or implemented in the context of an overseas offering or if we decide to consummate the business combination with a target business based
−Removed: in and primarily operating in China.
−Removed: If the CSRC or another PRC governmental authority subsequently determines that its approval is needed
−Removed: for our Initial Public Offering, or a business combination with a target business based in and primarily operating in China, we may face
−Removed: approval delays, adverse actions or sanctions by the CSRC or other PRC governmental authorities.
−Removed: In any such event, these governmental
−Removed: authorities may delay our Initial Public Offering or a potential business combination, impose fines and penalties, limit our operations
−Removed: in China, or take other actions that could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, reputation
−Removed: and prospects, as well as the trading price of our securities.
−Removed: of the date of this Form 10-K, we have not received any inquiry, notice, warning, sanctions or regulatory objection to our Initial Public
−Removed: Offering from the CSRC or any other PRC governmental authorities.
−Removed: company is a blank check company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands.
−Removed: We currently do not hold any equity interest in any
−Removed: PRC company or operate any business in China.
−Removed: Therefore, we are not required to obtain any permission from any PRC governmental authorities
−Removed: to operate our business as currently conducted.
−Removed: If we decide to consummate our business combination with a target business based in and
−Removed: primarily operating in China, the combined company’s business operations in China through its subsidiaries are subject to relevant
−Removed: requirements to obtain applicable licenses from PRC governmental authorities under relevant PRC laws and regulations.
−Removed: we select a business combination target that operates in the PRC, the approval of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (the “CSRC”),
−Removed: the Cybersecurity Review Office (“CRO”), the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission and/or other PRC authority may be required
−Removed: for our initial business combination under PRC law.
−Removed: Regulations on Mergers and Acquisitions of Domestic Companies by Foreign Investors (the “M&A Rules”) requires overseas
−Removed: special purpose vehicles that are controlled by PRC companies or individuals formed for the purpose of seeking a public listing on an
−Removed: overseas stock exchange through acquisitions of PRC domestic companies using shares of such special purpose vehicles or held by their
−Removed: shareholders as considerations to obtain the approval of the CSRC, prior to the listing and trading of such special purpose vehicle’s
−Removed: securities on an overseas stock exchange.
−Removed: However, the application of the M&A Rules remains unclear.
−Removed: If CSRC approval is required
−Removed: for our initial business combination, it is uncertain whether it would be possible for us to obtain the approval.
−Removed: Any failure to obtain
−Removed: or delay in obtaining CSRC approval for our initial business combination would subject us to sanctions imposed by the CSRC and other
−Removed: PRC regulatory agencies.
−Removed: Additionally,
−Removed: on July 10, 2021, the Cybersecurity Administration of China released a draft of the revised Cybersecurity Review Measures for public
−Removed: consultation until July 25, 2021 (the “2021 Measures”).
−Removed: The 2021 Measures apply to any business operator that holds the personal
−Removed: information of more than one million users when it intends to seek a foreign listing.
−Removed: Upon receipt of an application, if the CRO decides
−Removed: to conduct a review, the CRO will complete a preliminary review and send recommendations to a designated body of members of the network
−Removed: security review mechanism and certain government departments for further consideration.
−Removed: The CSRC has been added in the 2021 Measures
−Removed: to the list of mainland Chinese authorities that are to be involved in formulating the national network security review mechanism.
−Removed: means that the CSRC can instruct the CRO to obtain approval from the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission to conduct a cybersecurity
−Removed: review of any proposed foreign public offering of a mainland Chinese operator where the capital markets regulator considers the listing
−Removed: affects or is likely to affect China’s national security.
−Removed: The proposed rules might impact the timetable of our initial business
−Removed: combination and the certainty of our initial business combination, if the target company we have identified is subject to the 2021 Measures
−Removed: or the final Cybersecurity Review Measures.
−Removed: regulations or regulatory actions in the PRC could affect the timetable and closing certainty of our Initial Public Offering and/or our
−Removed: initial business combination.
−Removed: on July 6, 2021, the General Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council of
−Removed: the PRC jointly issued the “Opinion on Strictly Punishing Illegal Securities Activities according to Law” (《关于依法从严打击证券违法活动的意见》)
−Removed: (the “Opinion”).
−Removed: The Opinion specifies the target of upgrading the securities law-enforcement and judicial systems by 2022
−Removed: and 2025, including effectively curbing the frequent occurrence of major illegal and criminal cases, as well as making notable advances
−Removed: in the transparency, standardization and credibility in the securities law-enforcement and judicial system.
−Removed: In particular, Clause 5 of
−Removed: the Opinion is entitled “Further Enhancing Cross-Border Regulatory Oversight, Enforcement and Judicial Cooperation.” The
−Removed: Opinion may require or facilitate further regulations or regulatory actions applicable to Chinese companies seeking to be listed overseas,
−Removed: including in the U.S., which regulations could be applicable to our Initial Public Offering, our initial business combination or the
−Removed: target company we identify and impact the timetable and closing certainty of our Initial Public Offering and/or our initial business
−Removed: M&A Rules and certain other People’s Republic of China regulations establish complex procedures for some acquisitions of Chinese
−Removed: companies by foreign investors, which could make it more difficult for us to pursue an acquisition in China.
−Removed: M&A Rules and some other regulations and rules concerning mergers and acquisitions established additional procedures and requirements
−Removed: that could make merger and acquisition activities by foreign investors more time-consuming and complex, including requirements in some
−Removed: instances that MOFCOM be notified in advance of any change-of-control transaction in which a foreign investor takes control of a PRC
−Removed: domestic enterprise.
−Removed: Moreover, the Anti-Monopoly Law requires that the MOFCOM shall be notified in advance of any concentration of undertaking
−Removed: if certain thresholds are triggered.
−Removed: In addition, the security review rules issued by the MOFCOM that became effective in September 2011
−Removed: specify that mergers and acquisitions by foreign investors that raise “national defense and security” concerns and mergers
−Removed: and acquisitions through which foreign investors may acquire de facto control over domestic enterprises that raise “national security”
−Removed: concerns are subject to strict review by the MOFCOM, and the rules prohibit any activities attempting to bypass a security review, including
−Removed: by structuring the transaction through a proxy or contractual control arrangement.
−Removed: In the future, we may acquire a complementary business.
−Removed: Complying with the requirements of the above-mentioned regulations and other relevant rules to complete such transactions could be time-consuming,
−Removed: and any required approval processes, including obtaining approval from the MOFCOM or its local counterparts may delay or inhibit our
−Removed: ability to complete such transactions, which could affect our ability to complete our initial business combination.
−Removed: uncertainties exist with respect to the interpretation and implementation of the Foreign Investment Law and how it may impact our ability
−Removed: to pursue an acquisition in China.
−Removed: March 15, 2019, the PRC National People’s Congress approved the Foreign Investment Law, which came into effect on January 1, 2020
−Removed: and replaces the trio of existing laws regulating foreign investment in the PRC, namely, the Sino-Foreign Equity Joint Venture Enterprise
−Removed: Law, the Sino-Foreign Cooperative Joint Venture Enterprise Law and the Wholly Foreign-Invested Enterprise Law, together with their implementation
−Removed: rules and ancillary regulations and become the legal foundation for foreign investment in the PRC.
−Removed: Meanwhile, the Implementation Regulation
−Removed: of the Foreign Investment Law and the Measures for Reporting of Information on Foreign Investment came into effect as of January 1, 2020,
−Removed: which clarified and elaborated the relevant provisions of the Foreign Investment Law.
−Removed: Foreign Investment Law sets out the basic regulatory framework for foreign investments and proposes to implement a system of pre-entry
−Removed: national treatment with a negative list for foreign investments, pursuant to which (i) foreign entities and individuals are prohibited
−Removed: from investing in the areas that are not open to foreign investments, (ii) foreign investments in the restricted industries must satisfy
−Removed: certain requirements under the law, and (iii) foreign investments in business sectors outside of the negative list will be treated equally
−Removed: with domestic investments.
−Removed: The Foreign Investment Law also sets forth necessary mechanisms to facilitate, protect and manage foreign
−Removed: investments and proposes to establish a foreign investment information reporting system, through which foreign investors or foreign-invested
−Removed: enterprises are required to submit initial report, report of changes, report of deregistration and annual report relating to their investments
−Removed: to the Ministry of Commerce, or MOFCOM, or its local branches.
−Removed: after our initial business combination, substantially all of our assets will be located in China and substantially all of our revenue
−Removed: will be derived from our operations there, our results of operations and prospects and trading prices of our securities will be subject,
−Removed: to a significant extent, to the economic, political and legal policies, developments and conditions in China as well as litigation and
−Removed: publicity surrounding China-based companies listed in the United States.
−Removed: economic, political and social conditions, as well as government policies, of China could affect our business.
−Removed: The economies in Asia
−Removed: differ from the economies of most developed countries in many respects.
−Removed: For the most part, such economies have grown at a rate in excess
−Removed: of the United States;
−Removed: however, (1) such economic growth has been uneven, both geographically and among various sectors of the economy
−Removed: and (2) such growth may not be sustained in the future.
−Removed: If in the future such country’s economy experiences a downturn or grows
−Removed: at a slower rate than expected, there may be less demand for spending in certain industries.
−Removed: A decrease in demand for spending in certain
−Removed: industries could materially and adversely affect our ability to find an attractive target business with which to consummate our initial
−Removed: business combination and if we effect our initial business combination, the ability of that target business to become profitable.
−Removed: believe that litigation and negative publicity surrounding companies with operations in China that are listed in the United States have
−Removed: negatively impacted stock prices for these companies.
−Removed: Various equity-based research organizations have published reports on China-based
−Removed: companies after examining their corporate governance practices, related party transactions, sales practices and financial statements,
−Removed: and these reports have led to special investigations and listing suspensions on U.S.
−Removed: national exchanges.
−Removed: Any similar scrutiny of our
−Removed: assets and operation, in China, if any, regardless of its lack of merit, could result in a diversion of management resources and energy,
−Removed: potential costs to defend ourselves against rumors, decreases and volatility in the trading price of our securities, and increased directors
−Removed: and officers insurance premiums and could have an adverse effect upon our business, including our results of operations, financial condition,
−Removed: cash flows and prospects.
−Removed: economic, political and social conditions, as well as changes in any government policies, laws, and regulations, could have a material
−Removed: adverse effect on our business.
−Removed: substantial portion of our operations may be conducted in China, and a significant portion of our net revenues may be derived from customers
−Removed: where the contracting entity is located in China.
−Removed: Accordingly, our business, financial condition, results of operations, prospects, and
−Removed: certain transactions we may undertake may be subject, to a significant extent, to economic, political, and legal developments in China.
−Removed: economy differs from the economies of most developed countries in many respects, including the amount of government involvement, level
−Removed: of development, growth rate, control of foreign exchange and allocation of resources.
−Removed: While the PRC economy has experienced significant
−Removed: growth in the past two to three decades, growth has been uneven, both geographically and among various sectors of the economy.
−Removed: for target services and products depends, in large part, on economic conditions in China.
−Removed: Any slowdown in China’s economic growth
−Removed: may cause our potential customers to delay or cancel their plans to purchase our services and products, which in turn could reduce our
−Removed: net revenues.
−Removed: China’s economy has been transitioning from a planned economy to a more market-oriented economy since the late 1970s, the PRC government
−Removed: continues to play a significant role in regulating industry development by imposing industrial policies.
−Removed: The PRC government also exercises
−Removed: significant control over China’s economic growth through allocating resources, controlling the incurrence and payment of foreign
−Removed: currency-denominated obligations, setting monetary policy, and providing preferential treatment to particular industries or companies.
−Removed: Changes in any of these policies, laws and regulations could adversely affect the economy in China and could have a material adverse
−Removed: effect on our business.
−Removed: PRC government has implemented various measures to encourage foreign investment and sustainable economic growth and to guide the allocation
−Removed: of financial and other resources.
−Removed: However, we cannot assure you that the PRC government will not repeal or alter these measures or introduce
−Removed: new measures that will have a negative effect on us.
−Removed: China’s social and political conditions may change and become unstable.
−Removed: sudden changes to China’s political system or the occurrence of widespread social unrest could have a material adverse effect on
−Removed: our business and results of operations.
−Removed: may face additional and distinctive risks if we acquire a financial technology business.
−Removed: combinations with financial technology businesses may involve special considerations and risks.
−Removed: If we complete our initial business combination
−Removed: with a financial technology business, we will be subject to the following risks, any of which could be detrimental to us and the business
−Removed: the company or business we acquire provides products or services which relate to the facilitation of financial transactions, such
−Removed: as funds or securities settlement system, and such product or service fails or is compromised, we may be subject to claims from both
−Removed: the firms to whom we provide our products and services and the clients they serve;
−Removed: we are unable to keep pace with evolving technology and changes in the financial services industry, our revenues and future prospects
−Removed: ability to provide financial technology products and services to customers may be reduced or eliminated by regulatory changes;
−Removed: business or company we acquire could be vulnerable to cyberattack or theft of individual identities or personal data;
−Removed: with any products or services we provide could damage our reputation and business;
−Removed: failure to comply with privacy regulations could adversely affect relations with customers and have a negative impact on business;
−Removed: may not be able to protect our intellectual property and we may be subject to infringement claims;
−Removed: and any business or company we acquire may not be able to adapt to the complex and evolving regulatory environment for financial
−Removed: technology services in China.
−Removed: of the foregoing could have an adverse impact on our operations following a business combination.
−Removed: However, our efforts in identifying
−Removed: prospective target businesses will not be limited to financial technology businesses.
−Removed: Accordingly, if we acquire a target business in
−Removed: another industry, these risks will likely not affect us and we will be subject to other risks attendant with the specific industry in
−Removed: which we operate or target business which we acquire, none of which can be presently ascertained.
−Removed: we merge with a China-based operating company, then PRC regulation on loans to, and direct investment in, PRC entities by offshore holding
−Removed: companies and governmental control in currency conversion may delay or prevent us from making loans to or making additional capital contributions
−Removed: to our PRC entity, if any, which could materially and adversely affect our liquidity and our ability to fund and expand our business.
−Removed: are an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability structured as a blank check company and may conduct
−Removed: our operations in China through a PRC entity.
−Removed: As permitted under PRC laws and regulations, we may make loans to our PRC entity subject
−Removed: to the approval from governmental authorities and limitation of amount, or we may make additional capital contributions to our PRC entity.
−Removed: Furthermore, loans by us to our PRC entity to finance its activities cannot exceed the difference between their respective total project
−Removed: investment amount and registered capital or 2.5 times of their net worth and capital contributions to our PRC entity will be subject
−Removed: to the requirement of making necessary filings in the Foreign Investment Comprehensive Management Information System and registration
−Removed: with other governmental authorities in China.
−Removed: SAFE promulgated the Notice of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Reforming the Administration of Foreign Exchange Settlement
−Removed: of Capital of Foreign-invested Enterprises, or Circular 19, effective on June 1, 2015, in replacement of the Circular on the Relevant
−Removed: Operating Issues Concerning the Improvement of the Administration of the Payment and Settlement of Foreign Currency Capital of Foreign-Invested
−Removed: Enterprises, the Notice from the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Relevant Issues Concerning Strengthening the Administration
−Removed: of Foreign Exchange Businesses, and the Circular on Further Clarification and Regulation of the Issues Concerning the Administration
−Removed: of Certain Capital Account Foreign Exchange Businesses.
−Removed: According to SAFE Circular 19, the flow and use of the RMB capital converted
−Removed: from foreign currency-denominated registered capital of a foreign-invested company is regulated such that RMB capital may not be used
−Removed: for the issuance of RMB entrusted loans, the repayment of inter-enterprise loans or the repayment of bank loans that have been transferred
−Removed: to a third party.
−Removed: Although SAFE Circular 19 allows RMB capital converted from foreign currency-denominated registered capital of a foreign-invested
−Removed: enterprise to be used for equity investments within the PRC, it also reiterates the principle that RMB converted from the foreign currency-denominated
−Removed: capital of a foreign-invested company may not be directly or indirectly used for purposes beyond its business scope.
−Removed: Thus, it is unclear
−Removed: whether the SAFE will permit such capital to be used for equity investments in the PRC in actual practice.
−Removed: The SAFE promulgated the Notice
−Removed: of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Reforming and Standardizing the Foreign Exchange Settlement Management Policy of Capital
−Removed: Account, or SAFE Circular 16, effective on June 9, 2016, which reiterates some of the rules set forth in SAFE Circular 19, but changes
−Removed: the prohibition against using RMB capital converted from foreign currency-denominated registered capital of a foreign-invested company
−Removed: to issue RMB entrusted loans to a prohibition against using such capital to grant loans to non-associated enterprises.
−Removed: Violations of
−Removed: SAFE Circular 19 and SAFE Circular 16 could result in administrative penalties.
−Removed: SAFE Circular 19 and SAFE Circular 16 may significantly
−Removed: limit our ability to transfer any foreign currency we hold, including the net proceeds from our Initial Public Offering, to our PRC entity,
−Removed: which may adversely affect our liquidity and our ability to fund and expand our business in the PRC.
−Removed: light of the various requirements imposed by PRC regulations on loans to, and direct investment in, PRC entities by offshore holding
−Removed: companies, and the fact that the PRC government may at its discretion restrict access to foreign currencies for current account transactions
−Removed: in the future, we cannot assure you that we will be able to complete the necessary government registrations or obtain the necessary government
−Removed: approvals on a timely basis, if at all, with respect to future loans by us to our PRC entity or with respect to future capital contributions
−Removed: by us to our PRC entity.
−Removed: If we merge with a China-based operating company, and if we fail to complete such registrations or obtain such
−Removed: approvals, our ability to use the proceeds from our Initial Public Offering and to capitalize or otherwise fund our PRC operations may
−Removed: be negatively affected, which could materially and adversely affect our liquidity and our ability to fund and expand our business.
−Removed: we successfully consummate a business combination with a target business with primary operations in the PRC, we will be subject to restrictions
−Removed: on dividend payments following consummation of our initial business combination.
−Removed: we consummate our initial business combination, we may rely on dividends and other distributions from our operating company to provide
−Removed: us with cash flow and to meet our other obligations.
−Removed: Current regulations in China would permit our operating company in China to pay
−Removed: dividends to us only out of its accumulated distributable profits, if any, determined in accordance with Chinese accounting standards
−Removed: and regulations.
−Removed: addition, our operating company in China will be required to set aside at least 10% (up to an aggregate amount equal to half of its registered
−Removed: capital) of its accumulated profits each year.
−Removed: Each of our PRC subsidiaries as a foreign invested enterprise, is also required to further
−Removed: set aside a portion of its after-tax profits to fund the employee welfare fund, although the amount to be set aside, if any, is determined
−Removed: at its discretion.
−Removed: Such cash reserve may not be distributed as cash dividends.
−Removed: In addition, if our operating company in China incurs
−Removed: debt on its own behalf in the future, the instruments governing the debt may restrict its ability to pay dividends or make other payments
−Removed: addition, the Enterprise Income Tax Law and its implementation rules provide that a withholding tax rate of up to 10% will be applicable
−Removed: to dividends payable by Chinese companies to non-PRC-resident enterprises unless otherwise exempted or reduced according to treaties
−Removed: or arrangements between the PRC central government and governments of other countries or regions where the non-PRC resident enterprises
−Removed: are incorporated.
−Removed: control of currency conversion may limit our ability to utilize our net revenue effectively and affect the value of your investment.
−Removed: our initial business combination with a PRC target company, we will be subject to the PRC’s rules and regulations on currency conversion.
−Removed: In the PRC, the SAFE regulates the conversion of the Renminbi into foreign currencies.
−Removed: The PRC government imposes controls on the convertibility
−Removed: of the Renminbi into foreign currencies and, in certain cases, the remittance of currency out of China.
−Removed: PRC foreign exchange regulations, payments of current account items, including profit distributions, interest payments and trade and
−Removed: service-related foreign exchange transactions, can be made in foreign currencies without prior approval of SAFE by complying with certain
−Removed: procedural requirements.
−Removed: Under existing exchange restrictions, without prior approval of SAFE, cash generated from PRC subsidiaries in
−Removed: China may be used to pay dividends.
−Removed: approval from or registration with appropriate government authorities is required where Renminbi is to be converted into foreign currency
−Removed: and remitted out of China to pay capital expenses such as the repayment of loans denominated in foreign currencies.
−Removed: The PRC government
−Removed: may at its discretion restrict access to foreign currencies for current account transactions in the future.
−Removed: If the foreign exchange control
−Removed: system prevents us from obtaining sufficient foreign currencies to satisfy our foreign currency demands, we may not pay dividends in
−Removed: foreign currencies to our shareholders.
−Removed: regulatory authorities could impose further restrictions on the convertibility of the Renminbi.
−Removed: Any future restrictions on currency exchanges
−Removed: may limit our ability to use the proceeds of our Initial Public Offering in an initial business combination with a PRC target company
−Removed: and the use our cash flow for the distribution of dividends to our shareholders or to fund operations we may have outside of the PRC.
−Removed: we merge with a China-based operating company, then there are significant uncertainties under the PRC Enterprise Income Tax Law relating
−Removed: to the withholding tax liabilities of the PRC entity, and dividends payable by the PRC entity to our offshore entity may not qualify
−Removed: for certain treaty benefits.
−Removed: the PRC Enterprise Income Tax Law (“PRC EIT Law”) and its implementation rules, if following our initial business combination
−Removed: we are a non-resident enterprise, that is, an enterprise lawfully incorporated pursuant to the laws of a foreign country (region) that
−Removed: has an office or premises established in China with no actual management functions performed in China, or an enterprise that has income
−Removed: derived from or accruing in China although it does not have an office or premises in China, will be subject to a withholding tax rate
−Removed: Under the Notice of the State Administration of Taxation on Issues regarding the Administration of the Dividend Provision in
−Removed: Tax Treaties promulgated on February 20, 2009, the taxpayer needs to satisfy certain conditions to utilize the benefits under a tax treaty.
−Removed: These conditions include:
−Removed: (1) the taxpayer must be the beneficial owner of the relevant dividends, and (2) the corporate shareholder
−Removed: to receive dividends from the PRC entity must have continuously met the direct ownership thresholds during the 12 consecutive months
−Removed: preceding the receipt of the dividends.
−Removed: Further, under Announcement of the State Administration of Taxation on Issues Relating to “Beneficial
−Removed: Owner” in Tax Treaties, which took effect on April 1, 2018, a “Beneficial Owner” shall mean a person who has ownership
−Removed: and control over the income and the rights and property from which the income is derived.
−Removed: To determine the “beneficial owner”
−Removed: status of a resident of the treaty counterparty who needs to take advantage of the tax treaty benefits, a comprehensive analysis shall
−Removed: be carried out, taking into account actual conditions of the specific case.
−Removed: to a lower tax rate on dividends according to tax treaties or arrangements between the PRC central government and governments of other
−Removed: countries or regions is subject to Announcement of State Taxation Administration on Promulgation of the Administrative Measures on Non-resident
−Removed: Taxpayers Enjoying Treaty Benefits, or Circular 35.
−Removed: Circular 35 provides that non-resident enterprises are not required to obtain pre-approval
−Removed: from the relevant tax authority in order to enjoy the reduced withholding tax.
−Removed: Instead, non-resident enterprises and their withholding
−Removed: agents may, by self-assessment and on confirmation that the prescribed criteria to enjoy the tax treaty benefits are met, directly apply
−Removed: the reduced withholding tax rate, and file necessary forms and supporting documents when performing tax filings, which will be subject
−Removed: to post-tax filing examinations by the relevant tax authorities.
−Removed: addition, in response to the persistent capital outflow in China and the RMB’s depreciation against the U.S.
−Removed: dollar in the fourth
−Removed: quarter of 2016, the People’s Bank of China and SAFE promulgated a series of capital control measures in early 2017, including
−Removed: stricter vetting procedures for domestic companies to remit foreign currency for overseas investments, dividends payments and shareholder
−Removed: loan repayments.
−Removed: The PRC government may continue to strengthen its capital controls, and more restrictions and substantial vetting process
−Removed: may be put forward by SAFE for cross-border transactions falling under both the current account and the capital account.
−Removed: Any limitation
−Removed: on the ability of us to pay dividends or make other kinds of payments to us following our initial business combination could materially
−Removed: and adversely limit our ability to grow, make investments or acquisitions that could be beneficial to our business, pay dividends, or
−Removed: otherwise fund and conduct our business.
−Removed: laws and regulations, including the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act and Accelerating Holding Foreign Companies Accountable
−Removed: Act, may restrict or eliminate our ability to complete a business combination with certain companies.
−Removed: developments in U.S.
−Removed: laws may restrict our ability or willingness to complete certain business combinations with companies.
−Removed: For instance,
−Removed: the recently enacted Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act (“HFCAA”) would restrict our ability to consummate a business
−Removed: combination with a target business unless that business met certain standards of the PCAOB and would require delisting of a company from
−Removed: national securities exchanges if the PCAOB is unable to inspect its public accounting firm for three consecutive years.
−Removed: also requires public companies to disclose, among other things, whether they are owned or controlled by a foreign government, specifically,
−Removed: those based in China.
−Removed: Furthermore, on June 22, 2021, the U.S.
−Removed: Senate passed the Accelerating Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act
−Removed: (“AHFCAA”), which, if signed into law, would amend the HFCAA and require the SEC to prohibit an issuer’s securities
−Removed: from trading on any U.S.
−Removed: stock exchanges if its auditor is not subject to PCAOB inspections for two consecutive years instead of three
−Removed: consecutive years.
−Removed: documentation we may be required to submit to the SEC proving certain beneficial ownership requirements and establishing that we are
−Removed: not owned or controlled by a foreign government in the event that we use a foreign public accounting firm not subject to inspection by
−Removed: the PCAOB or where the PCAOB is unable to completely inspect or investigate our accounting practices or financial statements because
−Removed: of a position taken by an authority in the foreign jurisdiction could be onerous and time-consuming to prepare.
−Removed: HFCAA mandates the SEC
−Removed: to identify issuers of SEC-registered securities whose audited financial reports are prepared by an accounting firm that the PCAOB is
−Removed: unable to inspect due to restrictions imposed by an authority in the foreign jurisdiction where the audits are performed.
−Removed: If such identified
−Removed: issuer’s auditor cannot be inspected by the PCAOB for three consecutive years, the trading of such issuer’s securities on
−Removed: national securities exchanges, as well as any over-the-counter trading in the U.S., will be prohibited.
−Removed: March 24, 2021, the SEC adopted interim final rules relating to the implementation of certain disclosure and documentation requirements
−Removed: of the HFCAA.
−Removed: We will be required to comply with these rules if the SEC identifies us as having a “non-inspection” year under
−Removed: a process to be subsequently established by the SEC.
−Removed: On June 22, 2021, the U.S.
−Removed: Senate passed a bill which, if passed by the U.S.
−Removed: of Representatives and signed into law, would reduce the number of consecutive non-inspection years required for triggering the prohibitions
−Removed: under the HFCAA from three years to two.
−Removed: November 5, 2021, the SEC approved the PCAOB’s Rule 6100, Board Determinations Under the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable
−Removed: Rule 6100 provides a framework for the PCAOB to use when determining, as contemplated under the HFCAA, whether it is unable to inspect
−Removed: or investigate completely registered public accounting firms located in a foreign jurisdiction because of a position taken by one or
−Removed: more authorities in that jurisdiction.
−Removed: December 2, 2021, the SEC issued amendments to finalize rules implementing the submission and disclosure requirements in the Holding
−Removed: Foreign Companies Accountable Act.
−Removed: The rules apply to registrants that the SEC identifies as having filed an annual report with an audit
−Removed: report issued by a registered public accounting firm that is located in a foreign jurisdiction and that PCAOB is unable to inspect or
−Removed: investigate completely because of a position taken by an authority in foreign jurisdictions.
−Removed: December 16, 2021, the PCAOB issued a report on its determinations that it was unable to inspect or investigate completely PCAOB-registered
−Removed: public accounting firms headquartered in mainland China and in Hong Kong, because of positions taken by Chinese authorities in those
−Removed: jurisdictions.
−Removed: The PCAOB made its determinations pursuant to PCAOB Rule 6100, which provides a framework for how the PCAOB fulfills its
−Removed: responsibilities under the HFCAA.
−Removed: The report further listed in its Appendix A and Appendix B, Registered Public Accounting Firms Subject
−Removed: to the Mainland China Determination and Registered Public Accounting Firms Subject to the Hong Kong Determination, respectively.
−Removed: August 26, 2022, the PCAOB signed a Statement of Protocol with the China Securities Regulatory Commission and the Ministry of Finance
−Removed: of the PRC, taking the first step toward opening access for the PCAOB to inspect and investigate registered public accounting firms headquartered
−Removed: in mainland China and Hong Kong completely, consistent with U.S.
−Removed: The Statement of Protocol gives the PCAOB sole discretion to select
−Removed: the firms, audit engagements and potential violations it inspects and investigates and put in place procedures for PCAOB inspectors and
−Removed: investigators to view complete audit work papers with all information included and for the PCAOB to retain information as needed.
−Removed: addition, the Statement of Protocol grants the PCAOB direct access to interview and take testimony from all personnel associated with
−Removed: the audits the PCAOB inspects or investigates.
−Removed: While significant, uncertainties still exist as to how the Statement of Protocol will
−Removed: be implemented and whether the applicable parties will comply with the framework.
−Removed: auditor UHY LLP is headquartered in New York, NY, and was not identified in the PCAOB’s report as a firm subject to the PCAOB’s
−Removed: determination.
−Removed: However, if it is later determined that the PCAOB is unable to inspect or investigate completely our auditor because of
−Removed: a position taken by an authority in a foreign jurisdiction (including, without limitation, PRC government), we will be required by the
−Removed: HCFAA and, if enacted, the AHFCAA, to delist from Nasdaq because the PCAOB is unable to conduct inspections on such auditor, and our
−Removed: securities are unable to be listed on another securities exchange by the time of such potential delisting, then such a delisting would
−Removed: substantially impair your ability to sell or purchase our securities when you wish to do so, and the risk and uncertainty associated
−Removed: with a potential delisting would have a negative impact on the price of our securities.
−Removed: the event that we complete a business combination with a company with substantial operations in a foreign jurisdiction and any of the
−Removed: legislative actions or regulatory changes discussed above were to proceed in ways that are detrimental to issuers based in that jurisdiction,
−Removed: it could cause us to fail to be in compliance with U.S.
−Removed: securities laws and regulations, we could cease to be listed on a U.S.
−Removed: exchange, and U.S.
−Removed: trading of our shares could be prohibited.
−Removed: Any of these actions, or uncertainties in the market about the possibility
−Removed: of such actions, could adversely affect our prospects to successfully complete a business combination, our access to the U.S.
−Removed: markets and the price of our shares.
−Removed: developments in U.S.
−Removed: laws and regulatory environment, including but not limited to executive orders such as Executive Order (E.O.) 13959,
−Removed: “Addressing the Threat from Securities Investments That Finance Communist Chinese Military Companies,” may further restrict
−Removed: our ability to complete a business combination with certain businesses.
−Removed: Unanticipated
−Removed: changes in our effective tax rate or challenges by tax authorities could harm our future results.
−Removed: may become subject to income taxes in various other jurisdictions in the future.
−Removed: Our effective tax rate could be adversely affected by
−Removed: changes in the allocation of our pre-tax earnings and losses among countries with differing statutory tax rates, in certain non-deductible
−Removed: expenses as a result of acquisitions, in the valuation of our deferred tax assets and liabilities, or in federal, state, local or non-U.S.
−Removed: tax laws and accounting principles, including increased tax rates, new tax laws or revised interpretations of existing tax laws and precedents.
−Removed: Increases in our effective tax rate would adversely affect our operating results.
−Removed: In addition, we may be subject to income tax audits
−Removed: by various tax jurisdictions throughout the world.
−Removed: The application of tax laws in such jurisdictions may be subject to diverging and
−Removed: sometimes conflicting interpretations by tax authorities in these jurisdictions.
−Removed: Although we believe our income tax liabilities are reasonably
−Removed: estimated and accounted for in accordance with applicable laws and principles, an adverse resolution of one or more uncertain tax positions
−Removed: in any period could have a material impact on the results of operations for that period.
−Removed: we are incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands, you may face difficulties in protecting your interests, and your ability to
−Removed: protect your rights through the U.S.
−Removed: federal courts may be limited.
−Removed: are an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands.
−Removed: As a result, it may be difficult for investors to effect service
−Removed: of process within the United States upon our directors or executive officers, or enforce judgments obtained in the U.S.
−Removed: courts against
−Removed: our directors or officers.
−Removed: corporate affairs will be governed by our Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, as amended, the Companies
−Removed: Act (as the same may be supplemented or amended from time to time) and the common law of the Cayman Islands.
−Removed: We will also be subject
−Removed: to the federal securities laws of the United States.
−Removed: The rights of shareholders to take action against the directors, actions by minority
−Removed: shareholders and the fiduciary responsibilities of our directors to us under Cayman Islands law are to a large extent governed by the
−Removed: common law of the Cayman Islands.
−Removed: The common law of the Cayman Islands is derived in part from comparatively limited judicial precedent
−Removed: in the Cayman Islands as well as from English common law, the decisions of whose courts are of persuasive authority, but are not binding
−Removed: on a court in the Cayman Islands.
−Removed: The rights of our shareholders and the fiduciary responsibilities of our directors under Cayman Islands
−Removed: law are different from what they would be under statutes or judicial precedent in some jurisdictions in the United States.
−Removed: In particular,
−Removed: the Cayman Islands has a different body of securities laws as compared to the United States, and certain states, may have more fully
−Removed: developed and judicially interpreted bodies of corporate law.
−Removed: In addition, Cayman Islands companies may not have standing to initiate
−Removed: a shareholders derivative action in a federal court of the United States.
−Removed: our Chairman of the Board and two of our directors are residents of China, you may face difficulties in protecting your interests, and
−Removed: your ability to protect your rights through the U.S.
−Removed: Federal courts may be limited.
−Removed: Chairman of the Board, Pengfei Zheng, and two of our directors, Shu Wang and Li (Helen) Wei, are residents of China.
−Removed: China has no arrangement
−Removed: for the reciprocal enforcement of judgments with the United States.
−Removed: PRC courts may only recognize and enforce foreign judgments in accordance
−Removed: with the requirements of the PRC Civil Procedures Law based either on treaties between China and the country where the judgment is made
−Removed: or on principles of reciprocity between jurisdictions.
−Removed: This is reflected in a number of bilateral treaties signed by China, which provide
−Removed: that lack of jurisdiction of the judgment court can be a ground for refusal.
−Removed: Further, a foreign judgment cannot be recognized and enforced
−Removed: in China if a Chinese court has rendered a judgment on the same subject matter or recognized and enforced another foreign judgment or
−Removed: arbitral award on the same subject matter.
−Removed: In addition, according to the PRC Civil Procedures Law, the PRC courts will not enforce a
−Removed: foreign judgment against us or our directors and officers if they decide that the judgment violates the basic principles of PRC laws
−Removed: or national sovereignty, security, or public interest.
−Removed: China has no treaties or other forms of written arrangement with the United States
−Removed: that provide for the reciprocal recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments.
−Removed: As a result, it may be difficult for investors to effect
−Removed: service of process within the United States upon us or our Chairman and our directors who are residents of China, or to enforce judgments
−Removed: in China (including Hong Kong and Macau) that are obtained in U.S.
−Removed: courts against us or such individuals, including judgments predicated
−Removed: upon the civil liability provisions of the securities laws of the United States or any state thereof.
−Removed: Even with proper service of process,
−Removed: the enforcement of judgments obtained in U.S.
−Removed: courts or foreign courts based on the civil liability provisions of the U.S.
−Removed: federal securities
−Removed: laws would be extremely difficult given the PRC Civil Procedures Law and the lack of a treaty or principles of reciprocity providing
−Removed: for the recognition and enforcement of U.S.
−Removed: Furthermore, there would be added costs and issues with bringing an original action
−Removed: in foreign courts to enforce liabilities based on the U.S.
−Removed: federal securities laws against us or our officers and directors, and they
−Removed: still may be fruitless.
−Removed: in laws or regulations, or a failure to comply with any laws and regulations, may adversely affect our business, investments and results
+Added: with respect to the portion of our revenue attributable to sharing agreement from related party, versus hardware and other
+Added: ● fluctuations
+Added: in demand, including due to seasonality, for our products;
+Added: in pricing by us in response to competitive pricing actions;
+Added: ability of our hardware vendors to continue to manufacture high-quality products and to supply
+Added: sufficient products to meet our demands;
+Added: timing and success of introductions of new products, products or upgrades by us or our competitors;
+Added: in our business and pricing policies or those of our competitors;
+Added: ability to control costs, including our operating expenses and the costs of the hardware
+Added: ● the impact of tariffs, trade restrictions, or changes in international trade policies, including increased import
+Added: duties on components or finished goods, which may increase our cost of hardware, disrupt our supply chain, or require us to adjust pricing
+Added: or sourcing strategies;
+Added: ● competition,
+Added: including entry into the industry by new competitors and new offerings by existing competitors;
+Added: ability to successfully manage any future acquisitions of businesses;
+Added: related to introductions of new or improved products such as shortages of prior generation
+Added: products or short-term decreased demand for next generation products;
+Added: amount and timing of expenditures, including those related to expanding our operations, increasing
+Added: research and development, introducing new products or paying litigation expenses;
+Added: ability to effectively manage growth within existing and new markets domestically and abroad;
+Added: strength of regional, national and global economies;
+Added: impact of natural disasters or manmade problems.
+Added: operating results may fluctuate due to seasonality.
+Added: quarterly and annual operating results have fluctuated in the past and likely will fluctuate in the future.
+Added: The demand for our products
+Added: is driven largely by the demand for the end-product applications that are powered by our products which can vary on seasonality.
+Added: high demand from our customers in holiday seasons such as the third and fourth quarters in a year compared to lower demand in the first
+Added: and second quarters in a year.
+Added: have a history of net losses.
+Added: have a history of net losses.
+Added: The Company incurred a net loss of $24,817,342 for the year ended December 31, 2025, and had net
+Added: losses in 2024 and 2023.
+Added: We have historically funded our operations and capital needs primarily through borrowings from a related
+Added: party, Ants Technology (HK) Limited (“Ants”).
+Added: There can be no assurance that AMC will be successful in achieving its
+Added: strategic plans, that AMC’s future capital raises will be sufficient to support its ongoing operations, or that any additional
+Added: financing will be available in a timely manner or with acceptable terms, if at all.
+Added: If AMC is unable to raise sufficient financing
+Added: or events or circumstances occur such that AMC does not meet its strategic plans, it would have a material adverse effect on
+Added: AMC’s financial position, results of operations, cash flows, and ability to achieve its intended business
+Added: to establish and maintain effective internal controls in accordance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act could have a material
+Added: adverse effect on our business and stock price.
+Added: connection with the audits of our consolidated financial statements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, we and
+Added: our independent registered public accounting firm identified four material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting.
+Added: A material weakness is a deficiency, or combination of deficiencies, in internal controls, such that there is a reasonable possibility
+Added: that a material misstatement of our annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.
+Added: material weaknesses that have been identified for AMC are as follows:
+Added: Lack of Experienced Accounting Team — AMC lacks qualified in-house accounting staff and resources with adequate knowledge of
+Added: A third-party consulting firm has been engaged to prepare financial statements and footnote disclosures in accordance
+Added: Lack of Duty Segregations — The Company separates the duties at certain areas, but there is only one person responsible for
+Added: various functions of the Company, including processing payments and Human Resource functions.
+Added: All other individuals involved in
+Added: these processes are engaged through independent contractor roles.
+Added: Lack of sufficient inventory management process and control system — AMC does not have a sufficient inventory management
+Added: process or control system.
+Added: Lack of proper approval for related party transactions — AMC lacks a formal approval process for related party
+Added: transactions.
+Added: remediate our material weaknesses, we have begun and will continue to:
+Added: (1) hire additional qualified accounting staff with appropriate
+Added: knowledge and experience in U.S.
+Added: GAAP and SEC financial reporting requirements, while strengthening period-end financial reporting controls
+Added: and procedures;
+Added: (2) establish an ongoing program to provide adequate training for financial reporting and accounting personnel, particularly
+Added: GAAP and SEC requirements;
+Added: (3) assign clear roles and responsibilities to accounting staff and the management team to establish
+Added: segregation of duties and improve inventory processes;
+Added: and (4) implement a thorough review and approval process for related party transactions.
+Added: we cannot assure that we will remediate our material weaknesses in a timely manner, or at all.
+Added: If we fail to implement and maintain effective
+Added: internal controls to remediate the material weaknesses over financial reporting, we may be unable to accurately report our results of
+Added: operations, meet our reporting obligations or prevent fraud.
+Added: As a result, investors may lose confidence in the accuracy and completeness
+Added: of our financial reports and the price of our Common Stock could be negatively affected.
+Added: We could also become subject to investigations
+Added: by the SEC, Nasdaq or other regulatory authorities, which could require additional financial and management resources.
+Added: In addition, if
+Added: we fail to remedy any material weakness, our financial statements could be inaccurate and we could face restricted access to capital
+Added: are exposed to risks relating to price fluctuations of hardware cost.
+Added: of hardware have a significant impact on our cost of sales.
+Added: In 2025, costs of hardware accounted for 78% of the final price sold in the
+Added: market for the period, as compared to 81% in 2024.
+Added: Parts and accessories for our products primarily include lenses, lithium
+Added: batteries, infrared sensors and integrated chips.
+Added: The current or expected supply of our key hardware parts and accessories may fluctuate
+Added: depending on a number of factors beyond our control, including but not limited to the availability of resources in the supplier market,
+Added: market demand, market disruptions, natural disasters and other factors.
+Added: Government tariffs that are imposed may also impact the availability
+Added: and cost of our key hardware parts and accessories.
+Added: We may not be able to obtain stable, high-quality parts and accessories at reasonable
+Added: If prices rise, it would have a material adverse effect on our operating results.
+Added: markets in which we participate are highly competitive and many companies, including large technology companies, are actively targeting
+Added: the home automation, security monitoring and video monitoring markets.
+Added: If we are unable to compete effectively with these companies,
+Added: our sales and profitability could be adversely affected.
+Added: compete in several markets, including home automation, security monitoring and video monitoring.
+Added: The markets in which we participate
+Added: are highly competitive and competition may intensify in the future.
+Added: ability to compete depends on a number of factors, including:
+Added: platform and products functionality, performance, ease of use, reliability, availability
+Added: and cost effectiveness relative to that of our competitors products;
+Added: success in utilizing new and proprietary technologies to offer products and features previously
+Added: not available in the marketplace;
+Added: success in identifying new markets, applications and technologies;
+Added: ability to attract and retain partners;
+Added: name recognition and reputation;
+Added: ability to recruit software engineers and sales and marketing personnel;
+Added: ability to protect our intellectual property.
+Added: may prefer to purchase from their existing suppliers rather than a new supplier regardless of product performance or features.
+Added: event a consumer decides to evaluate a new product or a solution, the consumer may be more inclined to select one of our competitors
+Added: whose product offerings are broader than those that we offer.
+Added: business tactics by our competitors may reduce our revenue.
+Added: competition in the markets in which we compete may result in aggressive business tactics by our competitors, including:
+Added: at a discount;
+Added: products similar to our platform and products on a bundled basis at lower prices;
+Added: competing products combined with extensive marketing efforts;
+Added: financing incentives to consumers;
+Added: intellectual property rights irrespective of the validity of the claims.
+Added: service providers may switch and offer the products and services of competing companies, which would adversely affect our sales and profitability.
+Added: Competition from other companies may also adversely affect our negotiations with service providers and suppliers, including, in some
+Added: cases, requiring us to lower our prices.
+Added: Opportunities to take market share using innovative products, services and sales approaches
+Added: may also attract new entrants to the field.
+Added: We may not be able to compete successfully with the offerings and sales tactics of other
+Added: companies, which could result in the loss of service providers offering our platform and products and, as a result, our revenue and profitability
+Added: could be adversely affected.
+Added: If we fail to compete successfully against our current and future competitors, or if our current or future competitors employ
+Added: aggressive business tactics, including those described above, demand for our platforms and products could decline, we could
+Added: experience cancellations of our services to consumers, or we could be required to reduce our prices or increase our
+Added: receive a substantial portion of our revenue from a limited number of service providers, and the loss of, or a significant reduction
+Added: in, orders from one or more of our major service providers would result in decreased revenue and profitability.
+Added: success is highly dependent upon establishing and maintaining successful relationships with a variety of service providers.
+Added: enter into agreements with our service providers outlining the terms of our relationship, including service provider pricing commitments,
+Added: maintenance and support requirements.
+Added: These contracts typically have an initial term of three years, with subsequent renewal terms.
+Added: we have developed a network of service providers, we receive a substantial portion of our revenue from a limited number of service providers.
+Added: For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, one customer, Kami Vision Incorporated (“Kami”), a related party to AMC, contributed
+Added: approximately 52% of AMC’s revenue and accounted for 79% of AMC’s accounts receivable at December 31, 2025.
+Added: The loss of one
+Added: or more key service provider, a reduction in sales through any major service provider, the inability of any customer to fulfill
+Added: its financial obligations or the inability or unwillingness of any of our major service provider to pay for our products reduce our revenue
+Added: and could impair our profitability.
+Added: Additionally, this concentration exposes AMC to potential collection risks and could increase its
+Added: vulnerability to any economic downturns or operational disruptions affecting key customers.
+Added: or other strategic transactions involving our competitors could weaken our competitive position, which could adversely affect our ability
+Added: to compete effectively and harm our results of operations.
+Added: industry is highly fragmented, and we believe it is likely that some of our existing competitors will consolidate or be acquired.
+Added: addition, some of our competitors may enter into new alliances with each other or may establish or strengthen cooperative relationships
+Added: with systems integrators, third-party consulting firms or other parties.
+Added: Any such consolidation, acquisition, alliance or cooperative
+Added: relationship could adversely affect our ability to compete effectively and lead to pricing pressure and our loss of market share and
+Added: could result in a competitor with greater financial, technical, marketing, service and other resources, all of which could harm our business,
+Added: results of operations and financial condition.
+Added: significant decline in subscriber retention, renewal rates, or usage of services provided by our business partners would have an adverse
+Added: effect on our business, financial condition and operating results.
+Added: significant portion of our revenue is derived from arrangements with related-party service providers, including SaaS and platform-based
+Added: services offered by such provider.
+Added: Our revenue is therefore dependent, in part, on the number of active subscribers to these services
+Added: and their level of usage of platform features.
+Added: Subscribers may elect to terminate or reduce their use of such services at any time.
+Added: the related party service provider is unable to attract, retain, or expand their subscriber base, or if subscriber engagement declines,
+Added: our revenue and ability to grow could be adversely affected.
+Added: do not control the contractual relationship between the related party service provider and their subscribers, and we do not independently
+Added: determine renewal rates.
+Added: As a result, we have limited visibility into, and ability to influence, subscriber retention and renewal trends.
+Added: Accordingly, we may not be able to accurately predict future trends in renewals, usage, or churn associated with these services.
+Added: may choose not to renew their contracts or may reduce usage for a variety of reasons, including dissatisfaction with the service, pricing
+Added: considerations, reduced discretionary spending, or a belief that competing services provide better value.
+Added: In addition, subscriber behavior
+Added: may be affected by factors outside of our or our business partners’ control, such as changes in economic conditions, relocation,
+Added: or the dissolution of a business.
+Added: significant decline in subscriber retention, renewal rates, or usage levels associated with this related party services would have an
+Added: adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and operating results.
+Added: we are unable to develop new products, sell our platform and products into new markets or further penetrate our existing markets, our
+Added: revenue may not grow as expected.
+Added: ability to increase sales will depend in large part on our ability to enhance and improve our platform and products, introduce new products
+Added: in a timely manner, sell into new markets and further penetrate our existing markets.
+Added: The success of any enhancement or new solution
+Added: or service depends on several factors, including the timely completion, introduction and market acceptance of enhanced or new products,
+Added: the ability to maintain and develop relationships with service providers, the ability to attract, retain and effectively train sales
+Added: and marketing personnel and the effectiveness of our marketing programs.
+Added: Any new product or service we develop or acquire may not be
+Added: introduced in a timely or cost-effective manner, and may not achieve the broad market acceptance necessary to generate significant revenue.
+Added: Any new markets into which we attempt to sell our platform and products, including new vertical markets and new countries or regions,
+Added: may not be receptive.
+Added: Our ability to further penetrate our existing markets depends on the quality of our platform and products and our
+Added: ability to design our platform and products to meet consumer demand.
+Added: rely on wireless carriers to provide access to wireless networks through which we provide our wireless alarm, notification and intelligent
+Added: automation services, and any interruption of such access would impair our business.
+Added: rely on wireless carriers to provide access to wireless networks for machine-to-machine data transmissions, which are an integral
+Added: part of our services.
+Added: Our wireless carriers may suspend wireless service to expand, maintain or improve their networks.
+Added: suspension or other interruption of services would adversely affect our ability to provide our services to our service providers and
+Added: subscribers and may adversely affect our reputation.
+Added: In addition, the inability to maintain our existing contracts with our wireless
+Added: carriers or enter into new contracts with such wireless carriers could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial
+Added: condition and results of operations.
+Added: security incident, other technology disruption, or failure to comply with laws and regulations relating to privacy and processing of
+Added: personal information could result in damage to AMC’s brand and reputation, material financial penalties, and legal liability, any
+Added: of which could negatively impact our business, results of operations and financial condition.
+Added: business involves the use of computers in substantially all aspects of its business operations.
+Added: AMC also uses mobile devices, social
+Added: networking and other online activities to connect with its employees, suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, customers and
+Added: As AMC pursues new initiatives that grow its operations, including acquisitions, AMC may also be required to expand and
+Added: improve its information technologies, resulting in a larger technological presence and corresponding exposure to cybersecurity risk.
+Added: Security incidents can take a variety of forms and are constantly evolving due to the increasing sophistication of threat actors,
+Added: each of which increases the difficulty of detecting and successfully defending against them.
+Added: If AMC fails to assess, identify, and
+Added: respond to cybersecurity risks associated with the expansion and evolution of its business or the increasing sophistication of
+Added: hackers, AMC may become increasingly vulnerable to such risks.
+Added: AMC believes that it has implemented reasonable measures to prevent security incidents, there can be no assurances that such measures
+Added: will be effective to protect AMC’s information technology systems and/or the relevant personal or sensitive information it processes.
+Added: As an early-stage company, AMC’s resources to invest in data security protection are limited, and AMC may not be sufficiently protected
+Added: against security incidents.
+Added: AMC may not have sufficient resources to adequately investigate and remediate any vulnerabilities related
+Added: to security incidents, or to prevent them.
+Added: addition to breach notification laws that may be triggered by security incidents or access or exfiltration of personal information by
+Added: unauthorized persons, AMC may also be contractually required to notify customers or other counterparties of a security incident.
+Added: industry standard safeguards and, if needed, addressing a security incident may be costly.
+Added: Complying with the numerous and complex regulations
+Added: in the event of a data security breach would be potentially expensive, and resource-intensive and failure to comply could subject us
+Added: to regulatory scrutiny and potential liability, including fines, penalties, or litigation.
+Added: In addition, the theft, destruction, loss,
+Added: misappropriation, or release of personal information or intellectual property, or interference with AMC’s information technology
+Added: systems or the technology systems of third parties on which it relies, could result in business disruption, reputational harm, violation
+Added: of privacy laws, loss of customers, potential liability and competitive disadvantage, all of which could have a material adverse impact
+Added: on AMC’s business, financial condition or results of operations.
+Added: may require additional capital to support business growth, and this capital might not be available on acceptable terms, or at all.
+Added: intend to continue to make investments to support our business growth and may require additional funds to respond to business challenges,
+Added: including the need to develop new features or enhance our products, improve our operating system or acquire complementary businesses
+Added: and technologies.
+Added: Our capital requirements will depend on many factors, including, but not limited to:
+Added: ● technological
+Added: advancements;
+Added: acceptance of our products and product enhancements, and the overall level of sales of our
+Added: relationships with our customers and suppliers;
+Added: ability to control costs;
+Added: and marketing expenses;
+Added: ● enhancements
+Added: to our infrastructure and systems and any capital improvements to our facilities;
+Added: acquisitions of businesses and product lines;
+Added: we are unable to obtain adequate financing or financing on terms satisfactory to us, when we require it, our ability to continue to grow
+Added: or support our business and to respond to business challenges could be limited.
+Added: technology employed in our products may become obsolete, and we may need to incur significant capital expenditures to update our products
+Added: for changes in technology.
+Added: industry is characterized by rapid technological innovation.
+Added: Our platform and products interact with the hardware and software technology
+Added: of systems and devices located at our subscribers’ properties.
+Added: We may be required to modify or change our products or products
+Added: to adapt to new technologies or changes in existing technologies in response to changing market conditions, consumer preferences or industry
+Added: standards, which could require significant capital expenditures.
+Added: For example, many of our products are currently working on platforms
+Added: that rely on 3G/4G wireless technology.
+Added: As 5G wireless technology becomes more prevalent, it may require changes to our products or products.
+Added: It is also possible that one or more of our competitors could develop a significant technical advantage that allows them to provide additional
+Added: or superior quality products or services, or to lower their price for similar products or services, which could put us at a competitive
+Added: disadvantage.
+Added: Our inability to adapt to changing technologies, market conditions or consumer preferences in a timely manner could materially
+Added: and adversely affect our business, financial condition, cash flows or results of operations.
+Added: we are unable to continue to utilize the “Yi” brand name, it could materially and adversely affect our business, financial
+Added: condition and results of operations.
+Added: currently utilize the “Yi” brand name in almost all of the products we sell.
+Added: We have been granted permission by Shanghai
+Added: Xiaoyi Technology Co., Ltd., the owner of the “Yi” brand name, to utilize such name in all of our products in our online
+Added: sales through October 22, 2026.
+Added: We cannot assure you that we will be able to extend this arrangement beyond such date.
+Added: If we are unable
+Added: to maintain this arrangement in the future and lose the ability to utilize the “Yi” brand name, it could materially and adversely
+Added: affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
+Added: depend on our suppliers, and the loss of any key supplier could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and
+Added: results of operations.
+Added: hardware products depend on the quality of components that we procure from related-party suppliers.
+Added: Reliance on suppliers, as well as
+Added: industry supply conditions, generally involves several risks, including the possibility of defective parts, which can adversely affect
+Added: the reliability and reputation of our platform and products, and a shortage of components and reduced control over delivery schedules
+Added: and increases in component costs, which can adversely affect our profitability.
+Added: We have two related parties from which we procure hardware
+Added: on a purchase order basis.
+Added: If these suppliers are unable to continue to provide a timely and reliable supply, we could experience interruptions
+Added: in delivery of our platform and products to service providers, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial
+Added: condition and results of operations.
+Added: If we were required to find alternative sources of supply, qualification of alternative suppliers
+Added: and the establishment of reliable supplies could result in delays and a possible loss of sales, which could have a material adverse effect
+Added: on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
+Added: in the supply chain for AMC’s products could negatively impact AMC’s business.
+Added: AMC’s business has
+Added: in the past been impacted by supply chain disruptions, particularly a short supply of security cameras.
+Added: To address this challenge,
+Added: AMC in the past purchased Ants’ remaining inventory of security cameras, which allowed it to meet customer demand without
+Added: significant interruptions to its operations or revenue.
+Added: While the disruption posed challenges, AMC’s proactive measures helped
+Added: mitigate immediate risks to customer satisfaction and market position.
+Added: AMC has implemented several strategies to address supply
+Added: chain risks going forward, including diversifying its supplier base by expanding partnerships with multiple suppliers to reduce
+Added: reliance on any single source, and seeking to better manage its inventory by increasing the amount of parts and accessories
+Added: purchased when placing purchase orders.
+Added: These mitigation efforts, while effective in addressing short-term supply chain disruptions,
+Added: introduced certain other risks, including product quality and reliability risks dealing with new suppliers and higher costs to
+Added: increase inventory levels.
+Added: Although AMC will seek to mitigate these risks such as by conducting rigorous quality assurance
+Added: processes, there can be no assurance that AMC will be successful in these efforts.
+Added: If it is not, it could have a material adverse
+Added: effect on AMC’s business.
+Added: faces inflationary pressures which could negatively impact its business.
+Added: date, recent inflationary pressures have not had a material impact on AMC’s business and operations.
+Added: However, such pressures could
+Added: increase over time and if they did, it could have a material impact on AMC’s business and operations.
+Added: For instance, to date, the
+Added: costs associated with procuring AMC’s hardware, raw materials and third-party services have not increased materially as AMC’s
+Added: main suppliers are located in PRC where inflation has been controlled in the past year.
+Added: If inflation were to increase in these locations,
+Added: it could negatively impact AMC’s business.
+Added: Furthermore, inflationary pressures in the logistics sector, including higher fuel and
+Added: transportation costs, could increase and further negatively impact the cost of delivering AMC’s products and products.
+Added: States government has also recently imposed higher tariffs on products from the PRC, which could increase the prices of our products
+Added: and services and could negatively impact our business.
+Added: If AMC is unable to implement successful strategies to offset such inflationary
+Added: pressures and/or tariffs, it could have a material adverse effect on its business and operations.
+Added: of our business will depend on market awareness and a strong brand, and any failure to develop, maintain, protect and enhance our brand
+Added: would hurt our ability to retain or attract subscribers.
+Added: believe that building and maintaining market awareness, brand recognition and goodwill in a cost-effective manner is critical to our
+Added: overall success in achieving widespread acceptance of our existing and future products and is an important element in attracting new
+Added: service providers and subscribers.
+Added: An important part of our business strategy is to increase service provider and consumer awareness
+Added: of our brand and to provide marketing leadership, services and support to our service provider network.
+Added: This will depend largely on our
+Added: ability to continue to provide high-quality products, and we may not be able to do so effectively.
+Added: While we may choose to engage in a
+Added: broader marketing campaign to further promote our brand, this effort may not be successful.
+Added: Our efforts in developing our brand may be
+Added: hindered by the marketing efforts of our competitors and our reliance on our service providers and strategic partners to promote our
+Added: If we are unable to cost-effectively maintain and increase awareness of our brand, our business, results of operations and financial
+Added: condition could be harmed.
+Added: strategy includes pursuing acquisitions, and our potential inability to successfully integrate newly-acquired technologies, assets or
+Added: businesses may harm our financial results.
+Added: believe part of our growth will be driven by acquisitions of other companies or their technologies, assets and businesses.
+Added: Any acquisitions
+Added: we complete will give rise to risks, including:
+Added: higher than anticipated capital expenditures and operating expenses;
+Added: to assimilate the operations and personnel or failing to retain the key personnel of the
+Added: acquired company or business;
+Added: to integrate the acquired technologies, or incurring significant expense to integrate acquired
+Added: technologies into our platform and products;
+Added: our managements attention and other company resources;
+Added: to maintain uniform standards, controls and policies;
+Added: significant accounting charges;
+Added: relationships with employees, service providers or subscribers;
+Added: that the acquired technology, asset or business does not further our business strategy, that
+Added: we overpaid for the technology, asset or business or that we may be required to write off
+Added: acquired assets or investments partially or entirely;
+Added: to realize the expected synergies of the transaction;
+Added: exposed to unforeseen liabilities and contingencies that were not identified prior to acquiring
+Added: integrating an acquired technology, asset or business into our operations may take a significant amount of time.
+Added: We may not be
+Added: successful in overcoming these risks or any other problems encountered with acquisitions.
+Added: To the extent we do not successfully avoid
+Added: or overcome the risks or problems related to any such acquisitions, our results of operations and financial condition could be
+Added: Acquisitions also could impact our financial position and capital requirements, or could cause fluctuations in our quarterly
+Added: and annual results of operations.
+Added: Acquisitions could include significant goodwill and intangible assets, which may result in future
+Added: impairment charges that would reduce our stated earnings.
+Added: We may incur significant costs in our efforts to engage in strategic
+Added: transactions and these expenditures may not result in successful acquisitions.
+Added: carry out our business plan, we may face the challenge that we are short of human capital resources.
+Added: our business plan, we are planning to launch new products which require intensive investment of human capital resources.
+Added: employ only a small group of people and rely on the outsourced human capital that we work with.
+Added: The lack of human resources has potential
+Added: to impact the development of our business plan and delay the launch of our new products.
+Added: government and industry regulation and changes in applicable laws relating to the Internet and data privacy may increase our expenditures
+Added: related to compliance efforts or otherwise limit the products we can offer, which may harm our business and adversely affect our financial
+Added: internet commerce continues to evolve, federal, state or foreign agencies have adopted and could in the future adopt regulations covering
+Added: issues such as user privacy and content.
+Added: We are particularly sensitive to these risks because the Internet is a critical component of
+Added: our business model.
+Added: In addition, taxation of products or services provided over the Internet or other charges imposed by government agencies
+Added: or by private organizations for accessing the internet may be imposed.
+Added: Any regulation imposing greater fees for Internet use or restricting
+Added: information exchange over the Internet could result in a decline in the use of the Internet and the viability of Internet-based services,
+Added: which could harm our business.
+Added: in international trade policies, tariffs and treaties affecting imports and exports may have a material adverse effect on our operations.
+Added: have recently been significant changes to international trade policies and tariffs affecting imports and exports.
+Added: Any significant increases
+Added: in tariffs on goods or materials or other changes in trade policy could negatively affect our operations.
+Added: has implemented a range of new tariffs and increases to existing tariffs.
+Added: In response to the tariffs announced by the U.S.,
+Added: other countries have imposed, are considering imposing, and may in the future impose new or increased tariffs on certain exports from
+Added: the United States.
+Added: There is currently significant uncertainty about the future relationship between the United States and other countries
+Added: with respect to trade policies, taxes, government regulations and tariffs.
+Added: We cannot predict whether, and to what extent, current tariffs
+Added: will continue or trade policies will change in the future.
+Added: Such changes could have a material adverse effect on our operations.
+Added: rely on the performance of our senior management and highly skilled personnel, and if we are unable to attract, retain and motivate well-qualified
+Added: employees, our business and results of operations could be harmed.
+Added: believe our success depends on the efforts and talents of senior management and key personnel.
+Added: Our future success depends on our continuing
+Added: ability to attract, develop, motivate and retain highly qualified and skilled employees.
+Added: Qualified individuals are in high demand, and
+Added: we may incur significant costs to attract them.
+Added: In addition, the loss of any of our senior management or key personnel could interrupt
+Added: our ability to execute our business plan, as such individuals may be difficult to replace.
+Added: If we do not succeed in attracting well-qualified
+Added: employees or retaining and motivating existing employees, our business and results of operations could be harmed.
+Added: business is subject to the risks of earthquakes, fire, power outages, floods and other catastrophic events, and to interruption by manmade
+Added: problems such as terrorism or global or regional economic, political and social conditions.
+Added: significant natural disaster, such as an earthquake, fire or a flood, or a significant power outage could harm our business, results
+Added: of operations and financial condition.
+Added: Natural disasters could affect our hardware vendors.
+Added: Further, if a natural disaster occurs in
+Added: a region from which we derive a significant portion of our revenue, such as metropolitan areas in North America, consumers in that
+Added: region may delay or forego purchases of our platform and products from service providers in the region, which may harm our results
+Added: of operations for a particular period.
+Added: In addition, terrorist acts or acts of war could cause disruptions in our business or the
+Added: business of our hardware vendors, service providers, subscribers or the economy as a whole.
+Added: More generally, these geopolitical,
+Added: social and economic conditions could result in increased volatility in worldwide financial markets and economies that could harm our
+Added: Given our concentration of sales during the third and fourth quarters, any disruption in the business of our hardware vendors
+Added: and service providers that impacts sales during the third or fourth quarter could have a greater impact on our annual results.
+Added: of the aforementioned risks may be augmented if the disaster recovery plans for us, our service providers and our suppliers prove to
+Added: be inadequate.
+Added: To the extent that any of the above results in delays or cancellations of orders, or delays in the manufacture,
+Added: deployment or shipment of our platform and products, our business, financial condition and results of operations would be
+Added: in general economic and market conditions and reductions in spending may reduce demand for our platform and products, which could harm
+Added: our revenue, results of operations and cash flows.
+Added: revenue, results of operations and cash flows depend on the overall demand for our platform and products.
+Added: Concerns about the systemic
+Added: impact of a potential widespread recession, energy costs, geopolitical issues, the availability and cost of credit and the global housing
+Added: and mortgage markets have contributed to increased market volatility, decreased consumer confidence and diminished growth expectations
+Added: The current unstable general economic and market conditions have been characterized by a dramatic decline in consumer
+Added: discretionary spending and have disproportionately affected providers of products that represent discretionary purchases.
+Added: While the decline
+Added: in consumer spending has recently moderated, these economic conditions could still lead to continued declines in consumer spending over
+Added: the foreseeable future, and may have resulted in a resetting of consumer spending habits that may make it unlikely that such spending
+Added: will return to prior levels for the foreseeable future.
+Added: weak economic times, the available pool of service providers may decline as the prospects for home building and home renovation projects
+Added: diminish, which may have a corresponding impact on our growth prospects.
+Added: In addition, there is an increased risk during these periods
+Added: that one of our service providers will file for bankruptcy protection, which may harm our reputation, revenue, profitability and results
of operations.
−Removed: are subject to laws and regulations enacted by national, regional and local governments.
−Removed: In particular, we will be required to comply
−Removed: with certain SEC and other legal requirements.
−Removed: Compliance with, and monitoring of, applicable laws and regulations may be difficult,
−Removed: time consuming and costly.
−Removed: laws and regulations and their interpretation and application may also change from time to time and those changes could have a material
−Removed: adverse effect on our business, investments and results of operations.
−Removed: In addition, a failure to comply with applicable laws or regulations,
−Removed: as interpreted and applied, could have a material adverse effect on our business, including our ability to negotiate and complete our
−Removed: initial business combination and results of operations.
−Removed: March 30, 2022, the SEC issued proposed rules relating to, among other items, enhancing disclosures in business combination transactions
−Removed: involving SPACs and private operating companies;
−Removed: amending the financial statement requirements applicable to transactions involving shell
−Removed: effectively limiting the use of projections in SEC filings in connection with proposed business combination transactions;
−Removed: increasing the potential liability of certain participants in proposed business combination transactions;
−Removed: and the extent to which SPACs
−Removed: could become subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
−Removed: January 24, 2024, the SEC adopted the final rules (the “SPAC Final Rules”), which became effective on July 1, 2024.
−Removed: of the procedures that AlphaVest, a potential business combination target, or others may determine to undertake in connection with the
−Removed: SPAC Final Rules, or pursuant to the SEC’s views, may increase the costs and time of negotiating and completing an initial business
−Removed: combination, and may constrain the circumstances under which we could complete an initial business combination.
−Removed: The need for compliance
−Removed: with the SPAC Final Rules may cause us to liquidate the funds in the Trust Account or liquidate the Company at an earlier time than we
−Removed: might otherwise choose.
−Removed: are an emerging growth company and a smaller reporting company within the meaning of the Securities Act, and if we take advantage of
−Removed: certain exemptions from disclosure requirements available to emerging growth companies and smaller reporting companies, this could make
−Removed: our securities less attractive to investors and may make it more difficult to compare our performance with other public companies.
−Removed: are an “emerging growth company” within the meaning of the Securities Act, as modified by the JOBS Act, and we may take advantage
−Removed: of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth
−Removed: companies including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the
−Removed: Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements, and
−Removed: exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder approval of any golden
−Removed: parachute payments not previously approved.
−Removed: As a result, our shareholders may not have access to certain information they may deem important.
−Removed: We could be an emerging growth company for up to five years, although circumstances could cause us to lose that status earlier, including
−Removed: if the market value of our Ordinary Shares held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of any June 30 before that time, in which case
−Removed: we would no longer be an emerging growth company as of the following December 31.
−Removed: We cannot predict whether investors will find our securities
−Removed: less attractive because we will rely on these exemptions.
−Removed: If some investors find our securities less attractive as a result of our reliance
−Removed: on these exemptions, the trading prices of our securities may be lower than they otherwise would be, there may be a less active trading
−Removed: market for our securities and the trading prices of our securities may be more volatile.
−Removed: Section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or revised financial accounting
−Removed: standards until private companies (that is, those that have not had a Securities Act registration statement declared effective or do
−Removed: not have a class of securities registered under the Exchange Act) are required to comply with the new or revised financial accounting
−Removed: The JOBS Act provides that a company can elect to opt out of the extended transition period and comply with the requirements
−Removed: that apply to non-emerging growth companies but any such an election to opt out is irrevocable.
−Removed: We have elected not to opt out of such
−Removed: extended transition period, which means that when a standard is issued or revised and it has different application dates for public or
−Removed: private companies, we, as an emerging growth company, can adopt the new or revised standard at the time private companies adopt the new
−Removed: or revised standard.
−Removed: This may make comparison of our financial statements with another public company which is neither an emerging growth
−Removed: company nor an emerging growth company which has opted out of using the extended transition period difficult or impossible because of
−Removed: the potential differences in accounting standards used.
+Added: Likewise, consumer bankruptcies can detrimentally affect the business stability of our service providers.
+Added: Prolonged economic
+Added: slowdowns and reductions in new home construction and renovation projects may result in diminished sales of our platform and products.
+Added: Further worsening, broadening or protracted extension of the economic downturn could have a negative impact on our business, revenue,
+Added: results of operations and cash flows.
+Added: to comply with laws and regulations could harm our business.
+Added: conduct our principal business operations in the United States.
+Added: We are subject to regulation by various federal, state and local agencies,
+Added: including, but not limited to, agencies responsible for monitoring and enforcing employment and labor laws, workplace safety, product
+Added: safety, environmental laws, consumer protection laws, federal securities laws and tax laws and regulations.
+Added: are subject to the U.S.
+Added: domestic bribery statute contained in 18 U.S.C.
+Added: § 201, the U.S.
+Added: Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as
+Added: amended, the U.S.
+Added: Travel Act, and possibly other anti-bribery laws, including those that comply with the OECD Convention on Combating
+Added: Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions and other international conventions.
+Added: Anti-corruption laws
+Added: are interpreted broadly and prohibit our company from authorizing, offering, or providing directly or indirectly improper payments or
+Added: benefits to recipients in the public or private-sector.
+Added: Certain laws could also prohibit us from soliciting or accepting bribes or kickbacks.
+Added: Our company has direct government interactions and in several cases uses third-party representatives, including dealers, for regulatory
+Added: compliance, sales and other purposes in a variety of countries.
+Added: These factors increase our anti-corruption risk profile.
+Added: We can be held
+Added: liable for the corrupt activities of our employees, representatives, contractors, partners and agents, even if we did not explicitly
+Added: authorize such activity.
+Added: Although we have implemented policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance with anti-corruption laws,
+Added: there can be no assurance that all of our employees, representatives, contractors, partners, and agents will comply with these laws and
+Added: are also subject to data privacy and security laws, anti-money laundering laws (such as the USA PATRIOT Act), and import/export laws
+Added: and regulations in the United States and in other jurisdictions.
+Added: business operates in a regulated industry.
+Added: business, operations and service providers are subject to various U.S.
+Added: federal, state and local consumer protection laws, licensing
+Added: regulation and other laws and regulations.
+Added: Our advertising and sales practices and that of our service provider network are subject
+Added: to regulation by the U.S.
+Added: Federal Trade Commission, or the FTC, in addition to state consumer protection laws.
+Added: The FTC and the
+Added: Federal Communications Commission have issued regulations that place restrictions on, among other things, unsolicited automated
+Added: telephone calls to residential and wireless telephone subscribers by means of automatic telephone dialing systems and the use of
+Added: prerecorded or artificial voice messages.
+Added: If our service providers were to take actions in violation of these regulations, such as
+Added: telemarketing to individuals on the “Do Not Call” registry, we could be subject to fines, penalties, private actions or
+Added: enforcement actions by government regulators.
+Added: Although we have taken steps to insulate ourselves from any such wrongful conduct by
+Added: our service providers, and to require our service providers to comply with these laws and regulations, no assurance can be given
+Added: that we will not be exposed to liability as result of our service providers’ conduct.
+Added: Further, to the extent that any changes
+Added: in law or regulation further restrict the lead generation activity of our service providers, these restrictions could result in a
+Added: material reduction in subscriber acquisition opportunities, reducing the growth prospects of our business and adversely affecting
+Added: our financial condition and future cash flows.
+Added: In addition, most states in which we operate have licensing laws directed
+Added: specifically toward the monitored security services industry.
+Added: Our business relies heavily upon cellular telephone service to
+Added: communicate signals.
+Added: Cellular telephone companies are currently regulated by both federal and state governments.
+Added: Changes in laws or
+Added: regulations could require us to change the way we operate, which could increase costs or otherwise disrupt operations.
+Added: failure to comply with any such applicable laws or regulations could result in substantial fines or revocation of our operating
+Added: permits and licenses, including in geographic areas where our services have substantial penetration, which could adversely affect
+Added: our business and financial condition.
+Added: Further, if these laws and regulations were to change or if we fail to comply with such laws
+Added: and regulations as they exist today or in the future, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be
+Added: materially and adversely affected.
+Added: we fail to protect our intellectual property and proprietary rights adequately, our business could be harmed.
+Added: believe that our proprietary technology is essential to establishing and maintaining our position in the market that we operate.
+Added: to protect our intellectual property through confidentiality, non-compete and non-disclosure agreements, domain names and other measures,
+Added: some of which afford only limited protection.
+Added: We also rely on patent, trademark, trade secret and copyright laws to protect our intellectual
+Added: Despite our efforts to protect our proprietary rights, unauthorized parties may attempt to copy aspects of our technology or
+Added: to obtain and use information that we regard as proprietary.
+Added: Our means of protecting our proprietary rights may not be adequate or our
+Added: competitors may independently develop similar or superior technology, or design around our intellectual property.
+Added: In addition, the laws
+Added: of some foreign countries do not protect our proprietary rights to as great an extent as the laws of the United States.
+Added: property protections may also be unavailable, limited or difficult to enforce in some countries, which could make it easier for competitors
+Added: to capture market share.
+Added: Our failure or inability to adequately protect our intellectual property and proprietary rights could harm our
+Added: business, financial condition and results of operations.
+Added: related to Foreign Operations
+Added: AMC is deemed to be a China-based company, it could have a significant impact on AMC’s business operations and the value of its
+Added: on AMC’s jurisdiction of incorporation, financial makeup and business operations, AMC is not considered a China-based company.
+Added: However, because it conducts certain operations in the PRC, it is possible that the PRC government could seek to deem AMC as a China-based
+Added: If AMC were to be deemed to be a China-based issuer and become subject to PRC regulation and oversight, it could have a material
+Added: adverse effect on its business operations and the value of its securities.
+Added: PRC legal system is based on written statutes.
+Added: Unlike the common law system, prior court decisions may be cited for reference but do
+Added: not have binding authority.
+Added: As PRC legal system is evolving rapidly, the interpretations of many laws, regulations and rules may contain
+Added: inconsistencies and enforcement of these laws, regulations and rules involve uncertainties, which may limit legal protections available
+Added: Furthermore, the PRC legal system is based in part on government policies and internal rules, some of which are not published
+Added: on a timely basis or at all.
+Added: As a result, AMC may not be aware of its violation of such policies and rules until sometime after the violation.
+Added: AMC cannot predict the effect of future developments in the PRC legal system, including the promulgation of new laws, changes to existing
+Added: laws or the interpretation or enforcement thereof, or the preemption of local regulations by national laws.
+Added: These uncertainties, including
+Added: any inability to enforce AMC’s contracts, together with any development or interpretation of PRC law that is adverse to AMC, could
+Added: materially and adversely affect AMC’s business and operations and limit the legal protections available and other foreign investors,
+Added: including you.
+Added: the late 1970s, the PRC government began to promulgate a comprehensive system of laws and regulations governing economic matters in
+Added: The overall effect of legislation over the past five decades has significantly increased the protections afforded to
+Added: various forms of foreign or private-sector investment in China.
+Added: However, many of these laws, regulations and legal requirements are
+Added: relatively new and still evolving and uncertainties remain as to the interpretation and application of PRC laws and regulations
+Added: including, but not limited to, the laws and regulations governing AMC’s business and the enforcement and performance of
+Added: AMC’s business arrangements in certain circumstances.
+Added: The laws and regulations are sometimes vague and may be subject to
+Added: future changes, and their official interpretation and enforcement could be unpredictable.
+Added: The effectiveness and interpretation of
+Added: newly enacted laws or regulations, including amendments to existing laws and regulations, may be delayed, and AMC’s business
+Added: may be affected if it relies on laws and regulations which are subsequently adopted or interpreted in a manner different from its
+Added: current understanding of these laws and regulations.
+Added: AMC cannot predict what effect the interpretation of existing or new PRC laws
+Added: or regulations may have on its business.
+Added: Although AMC has taken measures to comply with the laws and regulations applicable to its
+Added: business operations and to avoid conducting any non-compliant activities under these laws and regulations, the PRC governmental
+Added: authorities may promulgate new laws and regulations that may affect AMC’s operations.
+Added: AMC cannot rule out the possibility that
+Added: there might be future developments in the PRC legal system, including the promulgation of new laws, changes to existing laws or the
+Added: interpretation or enforcement thereof, or the pre-emption of local regulations by national laws.
+Added: Failure to comply with such
+Added: evolving laws and regulations may subject AMC to material sanctions or penalties imposed by the governmental authorities.
+Added: PRC government may exercise certain oversight over the conduct of AMC’s business, and may influence AMC’s operations, which
+Added: could result in changes in AMC’s operations.
+Added: Changes in China’s economic or social conditions or government policies could
+Added: have a material adverse effect on AMC, and the surviving combined business after the combination, and their business, results of operations,
+Added: financial condition, and the value of AMC securities.
+Added: AMC conducts certain of its operation in and some of its assets are located in PRC, the PRC government may seek to influence and exert
+Added: control over AMCs operations which could result in a material change in its operations and/or the value of AMC’s securities.
+Added: addition, AMC’s results of operations and financial condition may be influenced to a significant degree by the economic and social
+Added: conditions in the PRC.
+Added: PRC government may be authorized by the laws and regulations to exercise significant control and take regulatory actions over the conduct
+Added: of AMC’s business, and the regulations to which we are subject may change rapidly and with little advance notice.
+Added: Like many other
+Added: jurisdictions, new laws, regulations, and other government directives in the PRC may also be costly to comply with, and such compliance
+Added: or any associated inquiries or investigations or any other government actions may:
+Added: or impede AMCs development,
+Added: in negative publicity or increase AMCs product cost and operating costs,
+Added: significant management time and attention, and
+Added: AMC to remedies, administrative penalties and even criminal liabilities that may adversely
+Added: affect AMCs business.
+Added: promulgation of new laws or regulations, or the new interpretation of existing laws and regulations, in each case that restrict or otherwise
+Added: unfavorably impact the ability or manner in which AMC conducts its business and could require AMC to change certain aspects of its business
+Added: to ensure compliance, which could reduce revenues, increase costs, require AMC to obtain additional licenses, permits, approvals or certificates,
+Added: or subject AMC to additional liabilities.
+Added: To the extent any new or more stringent measures are required to be implemented, AMC’s
+Added: business, financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected.
+Added: may experience delays and/or failures in obtaining and renewing relevant PRC governmental approvals, licenses, permits or others required
+Added: for its operation conducted in PRC.
+Added: is required to obtain various approvals, permits, licenses and certificates with respect to the portion of its operations in the PRC,
+Added: including, for example, planning permits, certificates for passing environmental assessments, certificates for passing fire control assessments.
+Added: Generally, such approvals, licenses, permits, certificates or inspections are only issued, renewed or completed after certain conditions
+Added: have been satisfied.
+Added: AMC cannot assure that it will not encounter obstacles that delay it in obtaining or completing, or result in its
+Added: failure to obtain or complete, the required approvals or inspections.
+Added: In the event that AMC encounters significant delays in obtaining
+Added: or renewing the necessary government approvals or fails to timely complete the inspection, AMC will not be able to continue its normal
+Added: operations and its business, financial condition and results of operations may be adversely affected.
+Added: enforcement of the PRC Labor Contract Law and other labor-related regulations in the PRC may adversely affect AMC’s operations.
+Added: Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress enacted the Labor Contract Law in 2008, and amended it on December 28,
+Added: The Labor Contract Law introduced specific provisions related to fixed-term employment contracts, part-time employment,
+Added: probationary periods, consultation with labor unions and employee assemblies, employment without a written contract, dismissal of
+Added: employees, severance, and collective bargaining to enhance previous PRC labor laws.
+Added: In the event that AMC decides to terminate the
+Added: labor relationships with some of its employees or otherwise change its employment or labor practices, the Labor Contract Law and its
+Added: implementation rules may limit its ability to effect those changes in a desirable or cost-effective manner, which could adversely
+Added: affect its business and results of operations.
+Added: Regulations under PRC Law Relating to Data Security and Confidentiality and Archives Management may subject us to additional compliance
+Added: requirements in the future.
+Added: the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the General Office of the State Council of the PRC (the
+Added: “State Council”) jointly issued the Opinions on Severely Cracking Down on Illegal Securities Activities According to Law,
+Added: or the Opinions, which were made available to the public on July 6, 2021.
+Added: The Opinions emphasized the need to strengthen the administration
+Added: over illegal securities activities, and the need to strengthen the supervision over overseas listings by Chinese companies.
+Added: proposed to take effective measures, such as promoting the construction of relevant regulatory systems, to deal with the risks and incidents
+Added: facing China-based overseas-listed companies and the demand for cybersecurity and data privacy protection.
+Added: February 24, 2023, the CSRC and several other administrations jointly released the revised Provisions on Strengthening Confidentiality
+Added: and Archiving Administration of Overseas Securities Offering and Listing by Domestic Companies, or the Archives Rules, which came into
+Added: effect on March 31, 2023.
+Added: The Archives Rules apply to both overseas direct offerings and overseas indirect offerings.
+Added: The Archives Rules
+Added: provides that, among other things, (i) in relation to the overseas listing activities of PRC domestic enterprises, the PRC domestic enterprises
+Added: are required to strictly comply with the relevant requirements on confidentiality and archives management, establish a sound confidentiality
+Added: and archives system, and take necessary measures to discharge their confidentiality and archives management responsibilities;
+Added: a PRC domestic enterprise is required to publicly disclose or provide to any securities companies or other securities service providers
+Added: or overseas regulators or individuals, any materials that contain state secrets or government work secrets (where there is ambiguity
+Added: or dispute on whether it is state secret or government work secret, a request shall be submitted to the competent government authority
+Added: for determination), during the course of its overseas offering or listing, the PRC domestic enterprise shall apply for approval from
+Added: competent authorities and file with the secrecy administrative department at the same level;
+Added: and (iii) working papers produced in China
+Added: by securities companies and other securities service institutions, who provide such PRC domestic enterprises with securities services
+Added: during their overseas issuance and listing, should be stored in the PRC, and the transmission of any such working papers to recipients
+Added: outside China must be approved following the applicable PRC regulations.
+Added: failure or perceived failure by PRC domestic companies to comply with the above confidentiality and archives administration requirements
+Added: under the revised Provisions and other PRC laws and regulations may result in the relevant entities being held legally liable by competent
+Added: authorities, and referred to the judicial organ to be investigated for criminal liability if suspected of committing a crime.
+Added: greater oversight by the CAC over data security, particularly for companies seeking to list on a foreign exchange, could adversely impact
+Added: our business.
+Added: December 28, 2021, the Cyberspace Administration of China, or the CAC and several other administrations jointly issued the revised Measures
+Added: for Cybersecurity Review, or the Revised Review Measures, which became effective and replaced the existing Measures for Cybersecurity
+Added: Review on February 15, 2022.
+Added: According to the Revised Review Measures, if an “online platform operator” that is in possession
+Added: of personal data of more than one million users intends to list in a foreign country, it must apply for a cybersecurity review.
+Added: on a set of Q&A published on the official website of the CAC in connection with the issuance of the Revised Review Measures, an official
+Added: of the CAC indicated that an online platform operator should apply for a cybersecurity review prior to the submission of its listing
+Added: application with non-PRC securities regulators.
+Added: After the receipt of all required application materials, the authorities must determine,
+Added: within ten business days thereafter, whether a cybersecurity review will be initiated, and issue a written notice to the relevant applicant
+Added: of its determination.
+Added: If a review is initiated and the authorities conclude after such review that the listing will affect national security,
+Added: the listing of the relevant applicant will be prohibited.
+Added: Given the recency of the issuance of the Revised Review Measures, there is
+Added: a general lack of guidance and substantial uncertainties exist with respect to its interpretation and implementation.
+Added: December 28, 2021, 13 governmental departments of the PRC, including the CAC, jointly promulgated the Cybersecurity Review Measures,
+Added: which became effective on February 15, 2022.
+Added: The Cybersecurity Review Measures provide that, in addition to critical information
+Added: infrastructure operators (the “CIIOs”) that intend to purchase Internet products and services, net platform operators
+Added: engaging in data processing activities that affect or may affect national security must be subject to cybersecurity review by the
+Added: Cybersecurity Review Office of the PRC.
+Added: According to the Cybersecurity Review Measures, a cybersecurity review assesses potential
+Added: national security risks that may be brought about by any procurement, data processing, or overseas listing.
+Added: The Cybersecurity Review
+Added: Measures require that an online platform operator which possesses the personal information of at least one million users must apply
+Added: for a cybersecurity review by the CAC if it intends to be listed in foreign countries.
Additionally,
−Removed: we are a “smaller reporting company” as defined in Rule 10(f)(1) of Regulation S-K.
−Removed: Smaller reporting companies may take
−Removed: advantage of certain reduced disclosure obligations, including, among other things, providing only two years of audited financial statements.
−Removed: We will remain a smaller reporting company until the last day of the fiscal year in which (1) the market value of our Ordinary Shares
−Removed: held by non-affiliates exceeds $250 million as of the end of the prior June 30 th , or (2) our annual revenues exceeded $100
−Removed: million during such completed fiscal year and the market value of our Ordinary Shares held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as
−Removed: of the prior June 30 th .
−Removed: To the extent we take advantage of such reduced disclosure obligations, it may also make comparison
−Removed: of our financial statements with other public companies difficult or impossible.
−Removed: we are deemed to be an investment company under the Investment Company Act, we may be required to institute burdensome compliance requirements
−Removed: and our activities may be restricted, which may make it difficult for us to complete our business combination.
−Removed: we are deemed to be an investment company under the Investment Company Act, our activities may be restricted, including:
−Removed: on the nature of our investments;
−Removed: on the issuance of securities, each of which may make it difficult for us to complete our business combination.
−Removed: addition, we may have imposed upon us burdensome requirements, including:
−Removed: as an investment company;
−Removed: of a specific form of corporate structure;
−Removed: record keeping, voting, proxy and disclosure requirements and other rules and regulations.
−Removed: order not to be regulated as an investment company under the Investment Company Act, unless we can qualify for an exclusion, we must
−Removed: ensure that we are engaged primarily in a business other than investing, reinvesting or trading of securities and that our activities
−Removed: do not include investing, reinvesting, owning, holding or trading “investment securities” constituting more than 40% of our
−Removed: total assets (exclusive of U.S.
−Removed: government securities and cash items) on an unconsolidated basis.
−Removed: Our business will be to identify and
−Removed: complete a business combination and thereafter to operate the post-transaction business or assets for the long term.
−Removed: We do not plan to
−Removed: buy businesses or assets with a view to resale or profit from their resale.
−Removed: We do not plan to buy unrelated businesses or assets or to
−Removed: be a passive investor.
−Removed: do not believe that our anticipated principal activities will subject us to the Investment Company Act.
−Removed: To this end, the proceeds held
−Removed: in the trust account may only be invested in United States “government securities” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16)
−Removed: of the Investment Company Act having a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7
−Removed: promulgated under the Investment Company Act which invest only in direct U.S.
−Removed: government treasury obligations.
−Removed: Pursuant to the Trust
−Removed: Agreement, the trustee is not permitted to invest in other securities or assets.
−Removed: By restricting the investment of the proceeds to these
−Removed: instruments, and by having a business plan targeted at acquiring and growing businesses for the long term (rather than on buying and
−Removed: selling businesses in the manner of a merchant bank or private equity fund), we intend to avoid being deemed an “investment company”
−Removed: within the meaning of the Investment Company Act.
−Removed: Our Initial Public Offering is not intended for persons who are seeking a return on
−Removed: investments in government securities or investment securities.
−Removed: The trust account is intended as a holding place for funds pending the
−Removed: earliest to occur of:
−Removed: (i) the completion of our primary business objective, which is a business combination;
−Removed: (ii) the redemption of any
−Removed: public shares properly submitted in connection with a shareholder vote to amend our Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles
−Removed: of Association, as amended, to modify (A) the substance or timing of our obligation to allow redemption in connection with our initial
−Removed: business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination within 24 months from
−Removed: the closing of our Initial Public Offering, or if we decide to extend the period of time to consummate our business combination, within
−Removed: 33 months from the closing of our Initial Public Offering (as further described in our Registration Statement)or (B) with respect to
−Removed: any other provision relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-initial business combination activity;
−Removed: or (iii) absent a business combination,
−Removed: our return of the funds held in the trust account to our public shareholders as part of our redemption of the public shares.
−Removed: not invest the proceeds as discussed above, we may be deemed to be subject to the Investment Company Act.
−Removed: If we were deemed to be subject
−Removed: to the Investment Company Act, compliance with these additional regulatory burdens would require additional expenses for which we have
−Removed: not allotted funds and may hinder our ability to complete a business combination.
−Removed: If we are unable to complete our initial business combination,
−Removed: our public shareholders may receive only approximately $10.20 per share on the liquidation of our trust account and our Rights will expire
−Removed: In certain circumstances, our public shareholders may receive less than $10.20 per share on the redemption of their shares.
−Removed: See “ — If third parties bring claims against us, the proceeds held in the trust account could be reduced and the per-share
−Removed: redemption amount received by shareholders may be less than $10.20 per share ” and other risk factors in this section.
+Added: the PRC Cybersecurity Law requires companies to implement certain organizational, technical and administrative measures and other necessary
+Added: measures to ensure the security of their networks and data stored on their networks.
+Added: Specifically, the Cybersecurity Law provides that
+Added: China adopts a multi-level protection scheme (“MLPS”), under which network operators are required to perform obligations
+Added: of security protection to ensure that the network is free from interference, disruption or unauthorized access, and prevent network data
+Added: from being disclosed, stolen or tampered.
+Added: Under the MLPS, entities operating information systems must have a thorough assessment of the
+Added: risks and the conditions of their information and network systems to determine the level to which the entity’s information and
+Added: network systems belong-from the lowest Level 1 to the highest Level 5 pursuant to a series of national standards on the grading and implementation
+Added: of the classified protection of cybersecurity.
+Added: The grading result will determine the set of security protection obligations that entities
+Added: must comply with.
+Added: Entities classified as Level 2 or above should report the grade to the relevant government authority for examination
+Added: and approval.
+Added: November 14, 2021, the CAC released the Regulations on Network Data Security Management (draft for public comments), which provide that
+Added: if a data processor that processes personal data of more than one million users intends to list in a foreign country, it must apply for
+Added: a cybersecurity review.
+Added: Pending the finalization, adoption, enforcement and interpretation of these new measures and regulations, we
+Added: cannot rule out the possibility that the measures and regulations may be enacted, interpreted or implemented in ways that will negatively
+Added: PRC Data Security Law, which was promulgated by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, or the SCNPC, on June
+Added: 10, 2021 and took effect on September 1, 2021, imposes data security and privacy obligations on entities and individuals carrying out
+Added: data activities.
+Added: Further, the PRC Data Security Law introduces a data classification and hierarchical protection system based on the
+Added: importance of data in economic and social development, and the degree of harm it will cause to national security, public interests, or
+Added: legitimate rights and interests of individuals or organizations when such data is tampered with, destroyed, leaked, illegally acquired
+Added: The PRC Data Security Law also provides for a national security review procedure for data activities that may affect national
+Added: security and imposes export restrictions on certain data and information.
+Added: On July 30, 2021, the State Council promulgated the Regulations
+Added: on the Protection of the Security of Critical Information Infrastructure, or the Regulations, which took effect on September 1, 2021.
+Added: The Regulations supplement and specify the provisions on the security of critical information infrastructure as stated in the Cybersecurity
+Added: Review Measures.
+Added: The Regulations provide, among others, that protection department of certain industry or sector shall notify the operator
+Added: of the critical information infrastructure in time after the identification of certain critical information infrastructure.
+Added: August 20, 2021, the SCNPC promulgated the Personal Information Protection Law of the PRC, or the Personal Information Protection Law,
+Added: which took effect on November 1, 2021.
+Added: As the first systematic and comprehensive law specifically for the protection of personal information
+Added: in the PRC, the Personal Information Protection Law provides, among others, that (i) an individual’s consent shall be obtained
+Added: to use sensitive personal information, such as biometric characteristics and individual location tracking, (ii) personal information
+Added: operators using sensitive personal information shall notify individuals of the necessity of such use and impact on the individual’s
+Added: rights, and (iii) where personal information operators reject an individual’s request to exercise his or her rights, the individual
+Added: may file a lawsuit with a People’s Court.
+Added: of the date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, AMC has not received any notice from any authorities identifying it as a critical
+Added: information infrastructure operator or requiring it to go through cybersecurity review or network data security review by the CAC.
+Added: AMC’s operations and listing are not expected to be affected by, or subject to, cybersecurity review by the CAC under the
+Added: Cybersecurity Review Measures, given that it is not (i) a network platform operator engaging in data processing activities that
+Added: affect or may affect national security;
+Added: (ii) a critical information infrastructure operator purchasing cyber products or services
+Added: that affect or may affect national security;
+Added: or (iii) a network platform operator with personal information data of more than one
+Added: million users.
+Added: There remains uncertainty, however, as to how the Cybersecurity Review Measures and the Security Administration Draft
+Added: will be interpreted or implemented and whether the PRC regulatory agencies, including the CAC, may adopt new laws, regulations,
+Added: rules, or detailed implementation and interpretation related to the Cybersecurity Review Measures and the Security Administration
+Added: If any such new laws, regulations, rules, or implementation and interpretation come into effect, AMC expects to take all
+Added: reasonable measures and actions to comply and to minimize the adverse effect of such laws on it.
+Added: AMC cannot guarantee, however, that
+Added: it will not be subject to cybersecurity review and network data security review in the future.
+Added: During such reviews, AMC may be
+Added: required to suspend its operations or experience other disruptions to operations.
+Added: Cybersecurity review and network data security
+Added: review could also result in negative publicity with respect to AMC and diversion of its managerial and financial resources, which
+Added: could materially and adversely affect its business, financial conditions, and results of operations.
+Added: Uncertainties
+Added: exist with respect to how the PRC Foreign Investment Law may impact the viability of AMC’s current corporate structure and operations.
+Added: regulating foreign investment in PRC include Foreign Investment Law of the People’s Republic of China, or the PRC Foreign Investment
+Added: Law, effective from January 1, 2020, and the Regulation for Implementing the Foreign Investment Law of the People’s Republic of
+Added: China, or the FIE Implementing Regulation, effective from January 1, 2020.
+Added: The PRC Foreign Investment Law specifies that foreign investments
+Added: shall be conducted in line with the “negative list” to be issued or approved to be issued by the State Council.
+Added: does not operate in an industry that is currently subject to foreign investment restrictions or prohibition in PRC, it is uncertain whether
+Added: its industry will be named in an updated “negative list” to be issued in the future.
+Added: If its industry is added to the “negative
+Added: list” or if the PRC regulatory authorities otherwise decide to limit foreign ownership in its industry, there could be a risk that
+Added: AMC would be unable to do regular business with its suppliers in PRC.
+Added: If any new laws and/or regulations on foreign investments in PRC
+Added: are promulgated and implemented, such changes could have an impact on AMC’s current business and operations.
+Added: In such event, despite
+Added: its efforts to restructure to comply with the then applicable PRC laws and regulations in order to continue its operations in PRC, AMC
+Added: may experience material changes in its operations.
+Added: are procedural requirements for foreign regulatory bodies to conduct investigations or inspections of AMC’s operations in China.
+Added: to Article 177 of the PRC Securities Law, which became effective in March 2020, no overseas securities regulator can directly conduct
+Added: investigations or evidence collection activities within the PRC.
+Added: Pursuant to the Data Security Law, no organization or individual within
+Added: the territory of the PRC may provide foreign judicial or law enforcement authorities with data stored within the territory of the PRC
+Added: without the approval of the competent authorities of the PRC.
+Added: Accordingly, without Chinese government approval, no entity or individual
+Added: in China may provide documents and information relating to securities business activities to overseas regulators when it is under direct
+Added: investigation or evidence discovery conducted by overseas regulators which could present legal and other obstacles to obtaining information
+Added: needed for investigations and litigation conducted outside of China.
+Added: Furthermore, as of the date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K,
+Added: there have not been implementing rules or regulations regarding the application of Article 177, and, accordingly, it cannot be concluded
+Added: as to how it will be interpreted, implemented or applied by relevant government authorities.
+Added: As such, there are also uncertainties as
+Added: to the procedures and requisite timing for the overseas securities regulatory agencies to conduct investigations and collect evidence
+Added: within the territory of the PRC.
+Added: the authorities in China may establish a regulatory cooperation mechanism with the securities regulatory authorities of another country
+Added: or region, such as the United States, which could allow such authorities to conduct investigations or evidence discovery, there is no
+Added: assurance that any such mechanism will be adopted or be effective.
+Added: Accordingly, there is no guarantee that requests from U.S.
+Added: or state regulators or agencies to investigate or inspect AMC’s operations will be honored.
+Added: securities regulatory agencies
+Added: are unable to conduct such investigations or evidence discovery processes, there exists a risk that such regulatory agencies may determine
+Added: to suspend or de-register AMC’s registration with the SEC and may also delist AMC’s securities from trading markets within
+Added: the United States.
+Added: in the value of the Renminbi may materially adversely affect your investment.
+Added: value of the Renminbi against the U.S.
+Added: dollar and other currencies may fluctuate and is affected by, among other things, changes in economic
+Added: conditions in China and by China’s foreign exchange policies.
+Added: With the development of the foreign exchange market and progress
+Added: towards interest rate liberalization and Renminbi internationalization, the PRC government may announce further changes to the exchange
+Added: rate system, and the Renminbi may appreciate or depreciate significantly against the U.S.
+Added: It is difficult to predict how market
+Added: forces or PRC or U.S.
+Added: government policy may impact the exchange rate between the Renminbi and the U.S.
+Added: revaluation of the Renminbi may materially adversely affect investors’ investment.
+Added: For example, to the extent that AMC needs
+Added: to convert U.S.
+Added: dollars received from its business activities or financing activities in the U.S.
+Added: market into Renminbi for the
+Added: operations such as paying for its purchase of parts and accessories from its suppliers or its employees in China, appreciation of
+Added: the Renminbi against the U.S.
+Added: dollar would decrease the Renminbi amount that AMC would have received from the conversion.
+Added: hedging options available in China may not be sufficient to reduce AMC’s exposure to exchange rate fluctuations.
+Added: As of the date
+Added: of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, AMC has not entered into any material hedging transactions to reduce its exposure to foreign currency
+Added: exchange risk.
+Added: While AMC may enter into hedging transactions in the future, the availability and effectiveness of these hedges may be
+Added: limited, and AMC may not be able to adequately hedge their exposure.
+Added: risks applicable to AMC
+Added: Charter provides, subject to limited exceptions, that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware is the sole and exclusive forum
+Added: for certain stockholder litigation matters, which could limit stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes
+Added: with AMC or its directors, officers, employees or stockholders.
+Added: Charter provides that, unless AMC consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of
+Added: Delaware shall to the fullest extent permitted by law be the sole and exclusive forum for any AMC stockholder (including a beneficial
+Added: owner) to bring (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of AMC, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary
+Added: duty owed by any director, officer or other employee to AMC or AMC’s stockholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim against AMC,
+Added: its directors, officers or employees arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL or the Organizational Documents, or (iv) any action
+Added: asserting a claim against AMC, its directors, officers or employees governed by the internal affairs doctrine.
+Added: Notwithstanding the foregoing,
+Added: the exclusive forum clause will not apply to any claim as to which the Court of Chancery determines that there is an indispensable party
+Added: not subject to the jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery (and the indispensable party does not consent to the personal jurisdiction of
+Added: the Court of Chancery within ten days following such determination), which is vested in the exclusive jurisdiction of a court or forum
+Added: other than the Court of Chancery, or for which the Court of Chancery does not have subject matter jurisdiction.
+Added: Furthermore, the federal
+Added: district courts of the United States of America shall be the exclusive forum for the resolution of any complaint asserting a cause of
+Added: action arising under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.
+Added: Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in shares
+Added: of AMC’s capital stock shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the forum provisions in the Charter.
Notwithstanding
−Removed: the foregoing, as indicated above, on January 24, 2024, the SEC adopted the SPAC Final Rules, which became effective on July 1, 2024,
−Removed: relating to, among other items, the extent to which SPACs could become subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
−Removed: The SEC’s proposed rules would provide a safe harbor for companies like our company from the definition of “investment company”
−Removed: under Section 3(a)(1)(A) of the Investment Company Act, provided that they satisfy certain conditions that limit a company’s duration,
−Removed: asset composition, business purpose and activities.
−Removed: The duration component of the proposed safe harbor rule would require the company
−Removed: to file a Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC announcing that it has entered into an agreement with the target company (or companies)
−Removed: to engage in an initial business combination no later than 33 months after the effective date of the company’s registration statement
−Removed: for its initial public offering.
−Removed: The company would then be required to complete its initial business combination no later than 33 months
−Removed: after the effective date of its registration statement for its initial public offering.
−Removed: These rules, if adopted, whether in the form
−Removed: proposed or in revised form, may materially adversely affect our ability to negotiate and complete our initial business combination and
−Removed: may increase the costs and time related thereto.
−Removed: obligations under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act may make it more difficult for us to complete our initial business combination, require substantial
−Removed: financial and management resources, and increase the time and costs of completing an acquisition.
−Removed: 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires that we evaluate and report on our system of internal controls beginning with our Annual Report
−Removed: on Form 10-K for the year ending December 31, 2024.
−Removed: Only in the event we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer or an accelerated
−Removed: filer will we be required to comply with the independent registered public accounting firm attestation requirement on our internal control
−Removed: over financial reporting.
−Removed: Further, for as long as we remain an emerging growth company, we will not be required to comply with the independent
−Removed: registered public accounting firm attestation requirement on our internal control over financial reporting.
−Removed: The fact that we are a blank
−Removed: check company makes compliance with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act particularly burdensome on us as compared to other public
−Removed: companies because a target company with which we seek to complete our business combination may not be in compliance with the provisions
−Removed: of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act regarding adequacy of its internal controls.
−Removed: The development of the internal control of any such entity to
−Removed: achieve compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act may increase the time and costs necessary to complete any such acquisition.
−Removed: in our Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, as amended, may inhibit a takeover of us, which could limit
−Removed: the price investors might be willing to pay in the future for our Ordinary Shares and could entrench management.
−Removed: Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, as amended, contains provisions that may discourage unsolicited takeover
−Removed: proposals that shareholders may consider to be in their best interests.
−Removed: These provisions include a staggered board of directors and the
−Removed: ability of the board of directors to designate the terms of and issue new series of preference shares, which may make the removal of
−Removed: management more difficult and may discourage transactions that otherwise could involve payment of a premium over prevailing market prices
−Removed: for our securities.
−Removed: may not hold an annual meeting of shareholders until after the consummation of our initial business combination, which could delay the
−Removed: opportunity for our shareholders to elect directors.
−Removed: accordance with NASDAQ corporate governance requirements, we are not required to hold an annual meeting until no later than one year
−Removed: after our first fiscal year end following our listing on NASDAQ.
−Removed: There is no requirement under the Companies Act for us to hold annual
−Removed: or general meetings to appoint directors until we hold an annual general meeting, public shareholders may not be afforded the opportunity
−Removed: to discuss company affairs with management.
−Removed: Our board of directors is divided into three classes with only one class of directors being
−Removed: appointed in each year and each class (except for those directors appointed prior to our first annual general meeting) serving a three-year
−Removed: In addition, as holders of our Ordinary Shares, our public shareholders will not have the right to vote on the appointment of directors
−Removed: until after the consummation of our initial business combination.
−Removed: In addition, prior to our initial business combination, only holders
−Removed: of the Founder Shares have the right to vote on the appointment of directors, including in connection with the completion of our initial
−Removed: business combination.
−Removed: Accordingly, you may not have any say in the management of our company prior to the consummation of an initial
−Removed: business combination.
+Added: the foregoing, investors cannot waive compliance with the U.S.
+Added: federal securities laws and rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
+Added: choice of forum provision may limit a stockholder’s ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it finds favorable for disputes
+Added: with AMC or any of its directors, officers, other employees or stockholders, which may discourage lawsuits with respect to such claims.
+Added: Alternatively, if a court were to find the choice of forum provision contained in the Charter to be inapplicable or unenforceable in
+Added: an action, AMC may incur additional costs associated with resolving such action in other jurisdictions, which could harm its business,
+Added: operating results and financial condition.
+Added: conditions, including international conflicts, trade disputes and direct or indirect acts of war or terrorism, could have an adverse
+Added: effect on our operations and financial results.
+Added: we operate on a global basis, our operations could be disrupted by geopolitical conditions, including international conflicts such
+Added: as the Russia-Ukraine, Israel-Hamas and US-Iran conflicts, trade disputes, international boycotts and sanctions, political and
+Added: social instability, acts of war, terrorist activity or other similar events.
+Added: From time to time, we could have a large investment in
+Added: a particular asset type, a large revenue stream associated with a particular customer or industry, or a large number of customers
+Added: located in a particular geographic region.
+Added: A discrete event impacting a specific asset type, customer, industry, or region in which
+Added: we have a concentrated exposure could negatively impact our results of operations.
+Added: Anti-takeover
+Added: provisions in our organizational documents could make an acquisition of AMC more difficult.
+Added: Organizational Documents contain provisions that may delay or prevent a change of control, discourage bids at a premium over the price
+Added: of the Common Stock, adversely affect the price of the Common Stock, and adversely affect the voting and other rights of our stockholders.
+Added: These provisions include:
+Added: (i) advance notice procedures for seeking to bring business before each annual meetings of stockholders or
+Added: for nominating candidates for director, (ii) permitting the board to issue additional shares of common stock and to issue shares of preferred
+Added: stock without the approval of stockholders, with such rights, preferences and privileges as they may designate;
+Added: (iii) dividing the board
+Added: into classes;
+Added: (iv) prohibiting actions by written consent of stockholders in lieu of a meeting;
+Added: and (v) prohibiting stockholders from
+Added: calling a special meeting.
+Added: In addition, the board may adopt a stockholder rights plan upon such terms and conditions as it deems expedient
+Added: in the interests of AMC.
+Added: rights of holders of the Common Stock may be impaired by the possible future issuance of preferred stock.
+Added: board has the right, without approval of the holders of the Common Stock, to issue preferred stock with voting, dividend, conversion,
+Added: liquidation and other rights which could adversely affect the voting power and equity interest of the holders of the Common Stock, which
+Added: could be issued with the right to more than one vote per share, and could be utilized as a method of discouraging, delaying or preventing
+Added: a change-of-control.
+Added: The possible negative impact on takeover attempts could adversely affect the price of the Common Stock.
+Added: there is no present intention to issue any additional preferred stock, AMC may issue preferred stock in the future without further approval
+Added: of the holders of the Common Stock.
+Added: are a controlled company under Nasdaq rules.
+Added: controlled by Sean Da own approximately 83% of the Common Stock.
+Added: Accordingly, for the foreseeable future, Mr.
+Added: Da controls AMC
+Added: and its corporate affairs.
+Added: As a result, Mr.
+Added: Da, through such entities, has the ability to determine all matters requiring approval by
+Added: stockholders, including the election of directors, amendments of organizational documents, and approval of major corporate transactions,
+Added: such as a change in control, merger, consolidation, or sale of assets.
+Added: Similarly, he has the ability to prevent the approval of any action
+Added: submitted to the stockholders by other stockholders.
+Added: Da does not provide any requisite approval or consent allowing AMC to take
+Added: any such action when requested, it will not be able to engage in the related activities and, as a result, its business and its operating
+Added: results may be harmed.
+Added: to the ownership by Mr.
+Added: Da of the Common Stock, AMC is currently considered a “controlled company” under the Nasdaq rules.
+Added: This allows AMC to avoid complying with certain of the Nasdaq corporate governance rules, including the rules that require the company
+Added: to have a board comprised of at least 50% independent directors, to have board nominations either selected, or recommended for the board’s
+Added: selection, by either a nominating committee comprised solely of independent directors or by a majority of the independent directors and
+Added: to have officer compensation determined, or recommended to the board for determination, either by a compensation committee comprised
+Added: solely of independent directors or by a majority of the independent directors.
+Added: As of the date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, AMC
+Added: has not taken advantage of any of these exemptions.
+Added: If AMC determines to rely on any certain of these exemptions from the corporate governance
+Added: requirements of Nasdaq in the future, investors may not have the same protections afforded to stockholders of companies that are subject
+Added: to all of the Nasdaq corporate governance requirements.
+Added: is an emerging growth company within the meaning of the Securities Act, and if AMC takes advantage of certain exemptions from disclosure
+Added: requirements available to “emerging growth companies”, this could make AMC’s securities less attractive to investors
+Added: and may make it more difficult to compare AMC’s performance with other public companies.
+Added: is an “emerging growth company” within the meaning of the Securities Act, as modified by the JOBS Act.
+Added: For as long as
+Added: AMC continues to be an emerging growth company, AMC may take advantage of exemptions from various reporting requirements that are
+Added: applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies, including not being required to comply with the auditor
+Added: attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
+Added: AMC could be an emerging growth company for up to five years,
+Added: although AMC could lose that status sooner if its revenues exceed $1.235 billion, if AMC issues more than $1 billion in
+Added: non-convertible debt in a three-year period, or if it becomes a large accelerated filer, as defined under the Exchange Act.
+Added: cannot predict if investors will find AMC securities less attractive because the company relies on these exemptions.
+Added: investors find AMC securities less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for AMC securities, and the
+Added: price of AMC securities may be more volatile.
+Added: is not expected that AMC will pay dividends in the foreseeable future after the Business Combination.
+Added: is expected that AMC will retain most, if not all, of its available funds and any future earnings to fund the development and growth
+Added: of its business.
+Added: As a result, it is not expected that AMC will pay any cash dividends in the foreseeable future.
+Added: The AMC Board has complete
+Added: discretion as to whether to distribute dividends.
+Added: Even if the AMC Board decides to declare and pay dividends, the timing, amount and
+Added: form of future dividends, if any, will depend on the future results of operations and cash flow, capital requirements and surplus, AMC’s
+Added: financial condition, contractual restrictions and other factors deemed relevant by the AMC Board.
+Added: management team has limited experience managing a public company.
+Added: of the members of AMC’s management team have limited or no experience in managing a publicly traded company, interacting with public
+Added: company investors, and complying with the increasingly complex laws and regulations pertaining to public companies.
+Added: AMC’s management
+Added: team may not successfully or efficiently manage AMC’s transition to being a public company subject to significant regulatory oversight
+Added: and reporting obligations under the federal securities laws and the continuous scrutiny of securities analysts and investors.
+Added: obligations and constituents will require significant attention from AMC’s senior management and may divert their attention away
+Added: from the day-to-day management of its business, which could adversely affect AMC’s business, financial condition, and operating
+Added: securities could be delisted, which could limit investors’ ability to make transactions in AMC’s securities and subject AMC
+Added: to additional trading restrictions.
+Added: Common Stock is listed on Nasdaq.
+Added: If AMC fails in the future to meet the continued listing requirements and is subsequently delisted
+Added: from such exchange, AMC could face significant material adverse consequences, including:
+Added: limited availability of market quotations for its securities;
+Added: limited amount of news and analyst coverage for AMC;
+Added: decreased ability to issue additional securities or obtain additional financing in the future.
+Added: may be involved in legal or other proceedings arising out of their operations from time to time and may face reputational risks and significant
+Added: liabilities as a result.
+Added: may be involved from time to time in disputes with various parties involved in its operations, including but not limited to its
+Added: suppliers, employees, and logistics service providers.
+Added: These disputes may lead to legal or other proceedings, including threatened
+Added: proceedings, which may result in damages to its reputation, substantial costs and diversion of AMC’s resources and
+Added: management’s attention.
+Added: addition, AMC may encounter additional compliance issues in the course of operations, which may subject AMC to administrative proceedings
+Added: and unfavorable results, and result in liabilities and delays relating to its production or product launch schedules.
+Added: AMC cannot assure
+Added: as to the outcome of such legal proceedings, and any negative outcome may materially and adversely affect its business, financial condition
+Added: and results of operations.
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