Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
Use of Proceeds
On December 22, 2022, the Company consummated
the initial public offering of 6,000,000 Units (the “Units” and, with respect to the ordinary shares included in the Units
sold, the “Public Shares”), including 900,000 Units that were issued pursuant to the underwriters’ exercise of their
over-allotment option in full on December 29, 2022, at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $73,305,000.
Simultaneously with the closing of the initial
public offering, we consummated the sale of 365,000 Private Placement Units to the Sponsor and 25,000 Private Placement Units to EBC at
a purchase price of $10.00 per Private Placement Unit, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $3,900,000. On December 29, 2022, simultaneously
with the sale of the over-allotment Units, the Company consummated the private sale of an additional 37,904 Private Placement Units to
the Sponsor and 2,596 Private Placements to EBC, generating additional gross proceeds of $405,000.
The underwriter was paid a cash underwriting discount
of $0.20 per Unit, or $1,725,000 in the aggregate upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering.
Transaction costs related to the issuances described
above amounted to $3,734,629 consisting of $1,725,000 of underwriting fees, $629,929 of other offering costs, and $1,425,000 to trust
account. After deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses, the total net proceeds from the initial public
offering and the sale of the Private Placement Units $71,030,000 (or $10.20 per share sold in the initial public offering) was placed
in the Trust Account.
ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES
None.
ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
Not applicable.
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