Item 9A. Controls and Procedures
Item
9A. Controls and Procedures.
Evaluation
of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Disclosure
controls and procedures are controls and other procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports
filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s
rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information
required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to Management, including
our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer (together, the “Certifying Officers”), or persons performing similar
functions, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Under
the supervision and with the participation of our Management, including our Certifying Officers, we carried out an evaluation of the
effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under
the Exchange Act. Based on the foregoing, our Certifying Officers concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective
as of the end of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025.
We
do not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures will prevent all errors and all instances of fraud. Disclosure controls and
procedures, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the
disclosure controls and procedures are met. Further, the design of disclosure controls and procedures must reflect the fact that there
are resource constraints, and the benefits must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all disclosure
controls and procedures, no evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures can provide absolute assurance that we have detected all
our control deficiencies and instances of fraud, if any. The design of disclosure controls and procedures also is based partly on certain
assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated
goals under all potential future conditions.
Management’s
Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
This
Report does not include a report of Management’s assessment regarding internal control over financial reporting or an attestation
report of our registered public accounting firm due to a transition period established by the rules of the SEC for newly public companies.
Changes
in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There
have been no changes to our internal control over financial reporting during the quarterly period ended December 31, 2025 that materially
affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Item
9B. Other Information.
Trading
Arrangements
During the quarterly period ended December 31, 2025, none of our directors or officers (as defined in Rule 16a-1(f) promulgated under the Exchange Act) adopted or terminated any “Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” or any “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement,” as each term is defined in Item 408 of Regulation S-K.
Additional
Information
None.
Item
9C. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections.
Not
applicable.
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PART
III
Item
10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.
Directors
and Executive Officers
As
of the date of this Report, our directors and officers are as follows:
Name
Age
Position
Andrew
Gundlach
54
Chief
Executive Officer, President and Chairman of the Board of Directors
Robert
Folino
57
Chief
Financial Officer
Marcello
Padula
33
Chief
Operating Officer
Philippe
Nyssen
37
Director
Clemence
Rasigni
52
Director
Kathy
Savitt
61
Director
Antoine
Theysset
49
Director
The
experience of our directors and executive officers is as follows:
Andrew
Gundlach , our Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer since inception, currently serves as President and Co-Chief Executive
Officer at Bleichroeder, a registered investment advisor focused on ultra-high-net-worth families, a position held since 2019, where
he oversees the strategic and operational aspects of the firm; he has been with Bleichroeder and its predecessor firms since 2006. Since
2015 he has also headed Goldiron, a registered investment advisor focused on institutions and ultra-high-net-worth investors. He also
is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Business at Columbia Business School from 2004 to the present, where he teaches courses on investing,
and currently serves on the school’s board. Previously, Mr. Gundlach co-founded Artemis Advisors LLC in 1999 and served as a founding
partner until 2006. His earlier career includes roles as an Associate at J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. from 1996 to 1999, and as an Analyst
at Morgan Stanley from 1994 to 1996. Mr. Gundlach held board positions as a Director at First Eagle Holdings for over 15 years. He served
on the boards of Odyssey Acquisition SA from 2021 to 2022, and Materia, Inc. from 2014 until its acquisition by ExxonMobil in 2021. Additionally,
as a shareholder of Cambridge Associates, he helped lead their minority sale to Sofina, a Belgian investment company. Mr. Gundlach is
also a Member of the Council on Foreign Relations, where he serves on the Investment Committee. Mr. Gundlach currently serves on the
Advisory Board at People.ai, a privately-held AI company, and on the Board of Directors of Welltower (NYSE: WELL), a publicly-traded
health care infrastructure REIT. He earned an MBA from Columbia Business School and holds both an MS and a BS in International Relations
and Affairs from Georgetown University’ School of Foreign Service. We believe he is well qualified to serve on our board due to
his extensive investment and advisory background.
Robert
Folino , our Chief Financial Officer since inception, joined Bleichroeder, a registered investment advisor, as a trader in 2018 where
he and Mr. Gundlach worked closely to help establish the firm. In 2019, Mr. Folino was made Chief Operating Officer and Head
of Trading of Bleichroeder. He is currently responsible for overseeing all aspects of accounting, tax and financial operations of
the funds, the management company, and its general partner entities. Prior to joining Bleichroeder, Mr. Folino worked for First
Eagle Investment Management for 22 years, where he held positions of increasing responsibility. He joined Arnhold and S. Bleichroeder,
the predecessor firm to First Eagle Investment Management, in 1996 as a junior arbitrage trader for the Merger Arbitrage Department. Mr. Folino
holds a BA in Finance from Rider University.
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Marcello
Padula , our Chief Operating Officer since inception. Mr. Padula previously served as an advisor to BACQ and is a key member of the
deal team in the pending Merlin Labs transaction. In addition to serving as an advisor to BACQ, Mr. Padula was also its Chief Financial
Officer from May 2025 to July 2025. Prior to this, Mr. Padula most recently served as Investment Banking Vice President at BofA Securities,
Inc., from July 2019 to November 2024, within the Consumer & Retail Practice where he executed multiple capital markets and mergers
and acquisitions transactions. During his over 5 years of investment banking experience, Mr. Padula has executed over $25 Billion in
transaction value for clients. Prior to that, Mr. Padula worked as a Capital Markets Analyst at Proskauer Rose in their capital markets
practice from March 2018 to June 2019 and as an Associate at Morgan Stanely from February 2015 to March 2018. Mr. Padula holds a Bachelor
of Science degree in Chemistry from Loyola University Maryland.
Philippe
Nyssen , who has served as our director since February 2026, has been serving as the Co-Manager at IronPine Sarl, an independent sponsor
and advisory services provider focused on mergers & acquisitions since April 2022. Prior to this, from June 2014 to April 2025, Mr.
Nyssen served various roles at Sofina, a global investment firm focused on growth, venture, and fund investments, most recently as Head
of Consumer from July 2021 to March 2025. In that role, he led origination, diligence, structuring and execution across venture and growth
transactions, and served as Board Director of Dott from March 2021 to January 2025 and SellerX from December 2021 to March 2025, where
he worked on sponsor-side M&A including debt refinancing, capital structure optimization and operational value-creation initiatives.
Mr. Nyssen started his career as an Associate at PwC Luxembourg from September 2012 to May 2014. Mr. Nyssen holds an M.B.A from The Wharton
School, University of Pennsylvania, where he was a Palmer Scholar and recipient of the Frank E. Destribats Endowed Fellowship and holds
a M.S. in Business Engineering from Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management and a B.S. in Business Engineering from HEC-ULg
Management School.
Clemence
Rasigni , who has served as our director since February 2026, has over two decades of expertise in capital markets. Ms. Rasigni has
been serving as a capital market advisor across structured debt and equity for public and private companies since March 2022. From January
2000 to March 2022, Ms. Rasigni worked in equity capital markets at Merrill Lynch (now part of Bank of America) and most recently served
as a Senior Managing Director within the equity capital markets group from January 2009 to March 2022, overseeing origination and execution
for equity-linked products across all sectors, with a dedicated focus on the technology, healthcare and retail/consumer space. Ms. Rasigni
has advised numerous boards and C-suite executives from large public corporations on optimal capital structure, strategic financings
and impactful investor outreach. Ms. Rasigni holds master’s degrees from Ecole Polytechnique and Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées.
Kathy
Savitt , who has served as our director since January 2026, has extensive senior executive operating experience, as well as public
and private board roles across a variety of industries. Since June 2025 she has served as Chief Executive Officer of Curology, a personalized
skincare company, and since January 2016 she has served as Co-Founder and General Partner of Perch Partners, a strategic growth and marketing
firm. Since November 2024, she has served as a director of BACQ and since May 2025 she has served as a director of EGH Acquisition Corp.
(Nasdaq:EGHA), a blank check company which completed its initial public offering in May 2025. Her professional experience includes serving
as past President and Chief Business Officer of Boom Supersonic, a private designer of supersonic airliners, from 2020 to March 2024,
Chief Marketing and Media Officer at Yahoo (NYSE: AABA) from 2012 to 2015 and holding senior leadership marketing roles at Amazon (NASDAQ:
AMZN) from 2002 to 2006, and American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE: AEO) from 2009 to 2012. Prior to this, she served as Founder and Chief
Executive Officer of Lockerz, an international social commerce website and as Co-Founder and President at MWW/Savitt (part of the MWW
Group, a public relations firm). Her board experience includes serving as Chairperson for Volta Charging (NYSE: VLTA) from 2018 to 2023
(where she served as lead independent director upon the company’s going public and then as Chairperson until its company’s
sale in 2023) and as a board member for Alaska Airlines (NYSE: ALK) from 2014 to 2017, and Build-A-Bear Workshop (NYSE: BBW) from 2009
to 2011. Ms. Savitt holds a Bachelor of Arts from Cornell University. We believe Ms. Savitt is well-qualified to serve as a director
due to her extensive public and private company experience across a variety of industries.
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Antoine
Theysset , who has served as our director since January 2026, has 25 years of international strategy and operations experience in
the Technology, Media and Entertainment industry. He currently serves on the board of directors of BACQ. Mr. Theysset has been serving
as a director and advisor to the Chief Executive Officer of Improbable Worlds Ltd, a technology company providing metaverse infrastructure
and applications, since January 2024. Prior to that, from 2018 to 2023, he was an Operating Partner with SoftBank Investment Advisers,
focused on its Consumer Tech and Media investments. Prior to joining SoftBank to drive value creation for its portfolio companies and
serving as investor/director on their Boards, Antoine led McKinsey’s Fast Growth Tech practice development in the Consumer Tech
and Media markets. He has been advising startups and VC funds on growth strategy and international expansion, both with McKinsey and
as advisor/operating partner to 2 early stage funds. His previous experiences include 8 years in various executive roles in London and
New York with News Corporation (COO of the International Division of Fox Interactive Media, SVP Corporate Development, etc.), strategy
consulting with Cap Gemini, Universal Music Group, and Vivendi Universal Net’s Strategic Planning and Corporate Development. He
graduated from NYU Stern with an MBA in Finance and Marketing, 2 certificates in Entertainment, Media and Technology, and Digital Economy,
and is a graduate of the double-degree program in International Business from Northeastern University and NEOMA Business School/CESEM.
We believe Mr. Theysset is well-qualified to serve as a director due to his extensive international strategy and operations experience.
Family
Relationships
No
family relationships exist between any of our directors or executive officers.
Involvement
in Certain Legal Proceedings
There
are no material proceedings to which any director or executive officer, or any associate of any such director or officer is a party adverse
to our Company, or has a material interest adverse to our Company.
Number
and Terms of Office of Officers and Directors
Our board of directors is divided into three
classes with only one class of directors being appointed in each year, and with each class (except for those directors appointed prior
to our first annual general meeting) serving a three-year term. Prior to, or in connection with, the closing of our initial business
combination, only holders of our Class B ordinary shares will be entitled to vote on the appointment and removal of directors or continuing
the company in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands (including any special resolution required to amend our constitutional documents
or to adopt new constitutional documents, in each case, as a result of our approving a transfer by way of continuation in a jurisdiction
outside the Cayman Islands). Holders of our public shares will not be entitled to vote on such matters during such time. These provisions
of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association relating to these rights of holders of Class B ordinary shares may
be amended by a special resolution passed by the affirmative vote of at least 90% (or, where such amendment is proposed in respect of
the consummation of our initial business combination, two-thirds) of the votes cast by such shareholders as, being entitled to do so,
vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at the applicable general meeting of the company. In accordance with Nasdaq corporate
governance requirements, we are not required to hold an annual general meeting until one year after our first fiscal year end following
our listing on Nasdaq. The term of office of the first class of directors, which consist of Mr. Nyssen and Ms. Rasigni, will expire at
our first annual general meeting. The term of office of the second class of directors, which will consist of Ms. Savitt and Mr. Theysset,
will expire at the second annual general meeting. The term of office of the third class of directors, which will consist of Mr. Gundlach,
will expire at the third annual general meeting.
Our
officers are appointed by the board of directors and serve at the discretion of the board of directors, rather than for specific terms
of office. Our board of directors is authorized to appoint officers as it deems appropriate pursuant to our Amended and Restated Memorandum
and Articles of Association.
Committees
of the Board of Directors
Our
Board of Directors has established two standing committees: an audit committee and a compensation committee. Subject to phase-in rules,
the rules of Nasdaq and Rule 10A-3 of the Exchange Act require that the audit committee of a listed company be comprised solely
of independent directors. Each committee operates under a charter approved by our board and has the composition and responsibilities
described below.
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Audit
Committee
Our
Board of Directors has established an audit committee of the Board of Directors. Mssrs. Theysset and Nyssen and Ms. Savitt, who are each
independent, serve as the members of our audit committee.
Ms.
Savitt serves as the chairman of the audit committee. Each member of the audit committee is financially literate and our board of directors
has determined that Ms. Savitt and Mr. Theysset both qualify as an “audit committee financial expert” as defined in applicable
SEC rules.
We
have adopted an audit committee charter, which details the principal functions of the audit committee, including:
● assisting
board oversight of (1) the integrity of our financial statements, (2) our compliance with
legal and regulatory requirements, (3) our independent registered public accounting firm’s
qualifications and independence, and (4) the performance of our internal audit function and
independent registered public accounting firm; the appointment, compensation, retention,
replacement, and oversight of the work of the independent registered public accounting firm
and any other independent registered public accounting firm engaged by us;
● pre-approving
all audit and non-audit services to be provided by the independent registered public accounting
firm or any other registered public accounting firm engaged by us, and establishing pre-approval
policies and procedures; reviewing and discussing with the independent registered public
accounting firm all relationships the independent registered public accounting firm have
with us in order to evaluate their continued independence;
● setting
clear policies for audit partner rotation in compliance with applicable laws and regulations;
obtaining and reviewing a report, at least annually, from the independent registered public
accounting firm describing (1) the independent registered public accounting firm’s
internal quality-control procedures
● and
(2) any material issues raised by the most recent internal quality-control review, or peer
review, of the independent registered public accounting firm, or by any inquiry or investigation
by governmental or professional authorities, within the preceding five years respecting one
or more independent audits carried out by the firm and any steps taken to deal with such
issues;
● meeting
to review and discuss our annual audited financial statements and quarterly financial statements
with management and the independent registered public accounting firm, including reviewing
our specific disclosures under “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations”; reviewing and approving any related party transaction
required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC prior
to us entering into such transaction; and
● reviewing
with management, the independent registered public accounting firm, and our legal advisors,
as appropriate, any legal, regulatory or compliance matters, including any correspondence
with regulators or government agencies and any employee complaints or published reports that
raise material issues regarding our financial statements or accounting policies and any significant
changes in accounting standards or rules promulgated by the Financial Accounting Standards
Board, the SEC or other regulatory authorities.
Compensation
Committee
Our
Board of Directors has established a compensation committee of our Board of Directors. The members of our compensation committee are
Mr. Theysset and Ms. Savitt. Ms. Savitt serves as chair of the compensation committee. Under the Nasdaq listing standards and applicable
SEC rules, we are required to have a compensation committee of at least two members, all of whom must be independent. Mr. Theysset and
Ms. Savitt are each independent. We have adopted a compensation committee charter, which details the principal functions of the compensation
committee, including:
● reviewing
and approving on an annual basis the corporate goals and objectives relevant to our chief
executive officer’s compensation, evaluating our chief executive officer’s performance
in light of such goals and objectives and determining and approving the remuneration (if
any) of our chief executive officer’s based on such evaluation;
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● reviewing
and making recommendations to our board of directors with respect to the compensation, and
any incentive compensation and equity based plans that are subject to board approval of all
of our other officers;
● reviewing
our executive compensation policies and plans;
● implementing
and administering our incentive compensation equity-based remuneration plans;
● assisting
management in complying with our proxy statement and annual report disclosure requirements;
● approving
all special perquisites, special cash payments and other special compensation and benefit
arrangements for our executive officers and employees;
● producing
a report on executive compensation to be included in our annual proxy statement; and
● reviewing,
evaluating and recommending changes, if appropriate, to the remuneration for directors.
The
charter also provides that the compensation committee may, in its sole discretion, retain or obtain the advice of a compensation consultant,
legal counsel or other adviser and will be directly responsible for the appointment, compensation and oversight of the work of any such
adviser. However, before engaging or receiving advice from a compensation consultant, external legal counsel or any other adviser, the
compensation committee will consider the independence of each such adviser, including the factors required by Nasdaq and the SEC.
Director
Nominations
We
do not have a standing nominating committee though we intend to form a corporate governance and nominating committee as and when required
to do so by law or Nasdaq rules. In accordance with Rule 5605(e)(2) of the Nasdaq rules, a majority of the independent directors
may recommend a director nominee for selection by our board of directors. Our board of directors believes that the independent directors
can satisfactorily carry out the responsibility of properly selecting or approving director nominees without the formation of a standing
nominating committee. The directors who will participate in the consideration and recommendation of director nominees are Mr. Nyssen,
Ms. Rasigni, Ms. Savitt and Mr. Theysset. In accordance with Rule 5605(e)(1)(A) of the Nasdaq rules, all such directors are
independent. As there is no standing nominating committee, we do not have a nominating committee charter in place.
The
board of directors will also consider director candidates recommended for nomination by our shareholders during such times as they are
seeking proposed nominees to stand for appointment at the next annual general meeting (or, if applicable, an extraordinary general meeting).
Our shareholders that wish to nominate a director for appointment to our board of directors should follow the procedures set forth in
our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association.
We
have not formally established any specific, minimum qualifications that must be met or skills that are necessary for directors to possess.
In general, in identifying and evaluating nominees for director, our board of directors considers educational background, diversity of
professional experience, knowledge of our business, integrity, professional reputation, independence, wisdom, and the ability to represent
the best interests of our shareholders. Prior to our initial business combination, holders of our Public Shares will not have the right
to recommend director candidates for nomination to our board of directors.
Code
of Ethics
We
have adopted a Code of Ethics applicable to our directors, officers and employees. We have filed a copy of our Code of Ethics as an exhibit
to this Report. You will be able to review this document by accessing our public filings at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov .
In addition, a copy of the Code of Ethics and the charters of the committees of our board of directors will be provided without charge
upon request from us. If we make any amendments to our Code of Ethics other than technical, administrative or other non-substantive amendments,
or grant any waiver, including any implicit waiver, from a provision of the Code of Ethics applicable to our principal executive officer,
principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller or persons performing similar functions requiring disclosure
under applicable SEC or Nasdaq rules, we will disclose the nature of such amendment or waiver in a Current Report on Form 8-K filed
with the SEC or on our website,and keep such information on the website for at least 12 months. The information included on our
website is not incorporated by reference into this Report or in any other report or document we file with the SEC, and any references
to our website are intended to be inactive textual references only.
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Insider
Trading Policies
We adopted insider trading policies and procedures governing the purchase, sale, and/or other dispositions of our securities by directors, officers and employees, which are reasonably designed to promote compliance with insider trading laws, rules and regulations, and applicable Nasdaq listing standards (the “Insider Trading Policy”).
The
foregoing description of the Insider Trading Policy does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the terms and
conditions of the Insider Trading Policy, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 19 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Compensation
Recovery and Clawback Policy
Under
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, in the event of misconduct that results in a financial restatement that would have reduced a previously paid
incentive amount, we can recoup those improper payments from our executive officers. The SEC also recently adopted rules which direct
national stock exchanges to require listed companies to implement policies intended to recoup bonuses paid to executives if the company
is found to have misstated its financial results.
Our
Board of Directors has approved the adoption of the Executive Compensation Clawback Policy (the “Clawback Policy”), in order
to comply with the final clawback rules adopted by the SEC under Rule 10D-1 under the Exchange Act (the “Rule”), and the
listing standards, as set forth in the Nasdaq Listing Rule 5608 (the “Final Clawback Rules”).
The
Clawback Policy provides for the mandatory recovery of erroneously awarded incentive-based compensation from our current and former executive
officers as defined in the Rule (“Covered Officers”) in the event that we are required to prepare an accounting restatement,
in accordance with the Final Clawback Rules. The recovery of such compensation applies regardless of whether a Covered Officer engaged
in misconduct or otherwise caused or contributed to the requirement of an accounting restatement. Under the Clawback Policy, our Board
of Directors may recoup from the Covered Officers erroneously awarded incentive compensation received within a lookback period of the
three completed fiscal years preceding the date on which we are required to prepare an accounting restatement.
Item
11. Executive Compensation.
None
of our executive officers or directors have received any cash compensation for services rendered to us. We are not prohibited from paying
any fees (including advisory fees), reimbursements or cash payments to our Sponsor, officers or directors, or our or their affiliates,
for services rendered to us prior to or in connection with the completion of our initial Business Combination, including the following
payments, all of which, if made prior to the completion of our initial Business Combination, will be paid from funds held outside the
trust account:
● Payment
of up to an aggregate of $500,000 in loans made to us by our Sponsor to cover offering-related
and organizational expenses;
● Payment
of consulting, success or finder fees to our independent directors, or their respective affiliates
in connection with the consummation of our initial Business Combination;
● We
may engage our Sponsor or an affiliate of our Sponsor as an advisor or otherwise in connection
with our initial Business Combination and certain other transactions and pay such person
or entity a salary or fee in an amount that constitutes a market standard for comparable
transactions;
● Reimbursement
for any out-of-pocket expenses related to identifying, investigating, negotiating and completing
an initial Business Combination;
● Our
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer hold an aggregate indirect interest in
500,000 founder shares (assuming no exercise of the underwriter’s overallotment option)
through membership interests in our sponsor, and each of our independent directors also holds,
for his or her service as a director, an indirect interest in 15,000 founder shares (regardless
of the exercise of the underwriter’s overallotment option) through membership interests
in our sponsor;
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● Payments
to an affiliate of our Chief Operating Officer of $18,000 per month, then upon completion
of our initial business combination or our liquidation, an amount equal to $600,000 less
the total amount of all such monthly payments made up to that time, for services as Chief
Operating Officer pursuant to an advisory agreement, as further described in this prospectus;
prior to our initial business combination, no payments under this agreement shall be made
from amounts held in the trust account; and
● Repayment
of loans which may be made by our Sponsor or an affiliate of our Sponsor or certain of our
officers and directors to finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial
Business Combination. Up to $2,000,000 of such loans may be convertible into private placement
warrants of the post-business combination entity at a price of $1.00 per warrant at the option
of the lender. Such warrants would be identical to the private placement warrants. Except
for the foregoing, the terms of such loans, if any, have not been determined and no written
agreements exist with respect to such loans.
After
the completion of our initial Business Combination, directors or members of our management team who remain with us may be paid consulting
or management fees from the combined company. All of these fees will be fully disclosed to shareholders, to the extent then known, in
the proxy solicitation materials or tender offer materials furnished to our shareholders in connection with a proposed initial Business
Combination. We have not established any limit on the amount of such fees that may be paid by the combined company to our directors or
members of management. It is unlikely the amount of such compensation will be known at the time of the proposed initial Business Combination,
because the directors of the post-combination business will be responsible for determining executive officer and director compensation.
Any
compensation to be paid to our executive officers will be determined, or recommended to the board of directors for determination, either
by a compensation committee constituted solely by independent directors or by a majority of the independent directors on our board of
directors.
We
do not intend to take any action to ensure that members of our management team maintain their positions with us after the consummation
of our initial Business Combination, although it is possible that some or all of our officers and directors may negotiate employment
or consulting arrangements to remain with us after our initial Business Combination. The existence or terms of any such employment or
consulting arrangements to retain their positions with us may influence our management’s motivation in identifying or selecting
a target business but we do not believe that the ability of our management to remain with us after the consummation of our initial Business
Combination will be a determining factor in our decision to proceed with any potential Business Combination. We are not party to any
agreements with our officers and directors that provide for benefits upon termination of employment.
Item
12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.
The
following table sets forth information regarding the beneficial ownership of our Ordinary Shares as of March 16, 2026 based on information
obtained from the persons named below, with respect to the beneficial ownership of Ordinary Shares, by:
● each
person known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our outstanding Ordinary
Shares;
● each
of our executive officers and directors that beneficially owns our Ordinary Shares; and
● all
our executive officers and directors as a group.
In
the table below, percentage ownership is based on 38,333,333 shares of our Ordinary Shares (inclusive of shares included in
outstanding units) issued and outstanding as of March 16, 2026.
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Unless
otherwise indicated, we believe that all persons named in the table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all Ordinary
Shares beneficially owned by them.
Class
A Ordinary Shares
Class
B Ordinary Shares
Approximate
Percentage of
Name
and Address of Beneficial Owner (1)
Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned
Percentage of
Outstanding
Ordinary
Shares
Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned
Percentage of
Outstanding
Ordinary
Shares
Total
Outstanding
Ordinary
Shares
Directors,
Officers and Founders
Bleichroeder
Sponsor 2 LLC (2)
—
—
9,583,333
100 %
24.4 %
Andrew
Gundlach (2)
—
—
9,583,333
100 %
24.4 %
Michel
Combes (2)
—
—
9,583,333
100 %
24.4 %
Robert
Folino
—
—
—
—
—
Marcello
Padula
—
—
—
—
—
Philippe
Nyssen
—
—
—
—
—
Clemence
Rasigni
—
—
—
—
—
Kathy
Savitt
—
—
—
—
—
Antoine
Theysset
—
—
—
—
—
All
officers and directors as a group (6 persons)
—
—
9,583,333
100 %
24.4 %
Five
Percent Holders
Linden
Advisors LP. (3)
1,500,000
5.2 %
—
—
3.9 %
Millennium
Management LLC (4)
1,500,000
5.2 %
—
—
3.9 %
Continental
General Insurance Co (5)
2,000,000
7.0 %
—
—
5.2 %
(1) Unless
otherwise noted, the business address of each of the following is c/o Bleichroeder Sponsor
2 LLC, 1345 Avenue of the Americas, Fl 47, New York, NY 10105.
(2) Bleichroeder
Sponsor 2 LLC, Bleichroeder’s sponsor, is the record holder of such shares. Bleichroeder
Management II LLC, or BM2, is the managing member of Bleichroeder’s sponsor, and MC
Advisory L.L.C-FZ, an entity formed in Dubai (of which Michel Combes, one of Bleichroeder’s
Co-Founders, is the manager), as well as Andrew Gundlach, Bleichroeder’s Chief Executive
Officer, are the managing members of BM2 and hold voting and investment discretion with respect
to the ordinary shares held of record by the sponsor. Mr. Combes and Mr. Gundlach disclaim
any beneficial ownership of the securities held by the sponsor other than to the extent of
any pecuniary interest they may have therein, directly or indirectly. Messrs. Combes and
Gundlach through their affiliates and controlled entities, own direct and indirect interests
in the membership interests of Bleichroeder’s sponsor, and hold approximately 52.58%
of the sponsor membership interests reflecting indirect interests in the founder shares.
Bleichroeder’s Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer hold an indirect
interest in an aggregate of 500,000 founder shares through membership interests in Bleichroeder’s
sponsor and each independent director holds, in connection with his or her service as a director,
an indirect interest in 15,000 founder shares through membership interests in Bleichroeder’s
sponsor. Each such person disclaims any beneficial ownership of the reported shares other
than to the extent of any pecuniary interest they may have therein, directly or indirectly.
(3) According
to a Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on January 13, 2026 on behalf of Linden Capital L.P.,
Linden GP LLC, Linden Advisors LP and Siu Min Wong. Linden GP is the general partner of Linden
Capital and, in such capacity, may be deemed to beneficially own the Shares held by Linden
Capital. Linden Advisors is the investment manager of Linden Capital and trading advisor
or investment advisor for the Managed Accounts. Mr. Wong is the principal owner and controlling
person of Linden Advisors and Linden GP. In such capacities, Linden Advisors and Mr. Wong
may each be deemed to beneficially own the Shares held by Linden Capital and the Managed
Accounts. Each of Linden Advisors and Mr. Wong may be deemed the beneficial owner of 1,500,000
Shares. This amount consists of 1,438,311 Shares held by Linden Capital and 61,689 Shares
held by the Managed Accounts. As of January 9, 2026 each of Linden GP and Linden Capital
may be deemed the beneficial owner of the 1,438,311 Shares held by Linden Capital.
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(4) According
to a Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on January 14, 2026 on behalf of Millennium Management
LLC, Millennium Group Management LLC and Israel A. Englander. The 1,500,000.00 shares of
Class A Ordinary Shares are held by entities subject to voting control and investment discretion
by Millennium Management LLC and/or other investment managers that may be controlled by Millennium
Group Management LLC (the managing member of Millennium Management LLC) and Mr. Englander
(the sole voting trustee of the managing member of Millennium Group Management LLC), and
may be deemed beneficially owned by Millennium Management LLC, Millennium Group Management
LLC and Mr. Englander.
(5) According
to a Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on January 14, 2026 on behalf of Continental General
Insurance Company (“CGIC”), Continental Insurance Group, Ltd.(“CIG”),
Continental General Holdings LLC and Gorzynski Michael (“CGH”) and Michael Gorzynsk.
As the sole owner of CGIC, CIG may be deemed to beneficially own the 2,000,000 Shares beneficially
owned by CGIC. As the sole owner of CIG, CGH may be deemed to beneficially own the 2,000,000
Shares beneficially owned by CGIC. As Manager of CGH, Mr. Gorzynski may be deemed to beneficially
own the 2,000,000 Shares beneficially owned by CGIC.
Securities
Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans
None.
Changes
in Control
None.
Item
13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.
On
September 22, 2025 our sponsor paid $25,000, or approximately $0.003 per share, to cover certain of our offering costs in exchange for
9,583,333 founder shares.
Our
Sponsor, CCM and CS also purchased an aggregate of 7,750,000 Private Placement Warrants at a price of $1.00 per unit, or $7,750,000 in
the aggregate, in the Private Placement. Of those 7,750,000 private placement warrants, our Sponsor purchased 5,000,000 Private Placement
Warrants, and CCM and CS together purchased 2,750,000 Private Placement Warrants. The Private Placement Warrants are identical to the
warrants sold in our IPO except that, so long as they are held by our Sponsor or its permitted transferees, the Private Placement Warrants
(i) may not (including the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon conversion of the underlying warrants), subject to certain
limited exceptions, be transferred, assigned or sold by the holders until 30 days after the completion of our initial business combination
and (ii) will be entitled to registration rights.
Inflection
Point indirectly purchased, through the purchase of non-managing sponsor membership interests, 1,000,000 of the Private Placement Warrants
at a price of $1.00 per warrant ($1,000,000 in the aggregate) in the Private Placement. The Sponsor issued membership interests to Inflection
Point, at a nominal purchase price to reflect its interest in an aggregate of 5,938,333 Founder Shares held by the Sponsor. Inflection
Point has no right to vote the Founder Shares, Private Placement Warrants or securities underlying the Private Placement Warrants that
it holds indirectly through its membership interests in the Sponsor.
Prior
to or in connection with the completion of our initial Business Combination, there may be payment by us to our Sponsor, Co-Founders or
a member of our Management Team or one of their affiliates of a finder’s fee, advisory fee, consulting fee or success fee for any
services they render in order to effectuate the completion of our initial business, which, if made prior to the completion of our initial
business combination, will be paid from funds held outside the trust account.
Prior
to the closing of our IPO, our Sponsor agreed to loan the Company an aggregate amount of up to $500,000 used for a portion of the expenses
of our IPO pursuant to the IPO Promissory Note. The IPO Promissory Note is non-interest bearing, unsecured and was payable upon the closing
of our IPO. On January 9, 2026, we repaid the total outstanding balance of the loan amounting to $256,872. Borrowings under this IPO
Promissory Note are no longer available.
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We
will make payments to MJP Advisory Group LLC (“MJP”), an affiliate of our Chief Operating Officer, upon consummation of the
Initial Public Offering, of $18,000 per month plus out-of-pocket expenses for his services as Chief Operating Officer, pursuant to an
advisory agreement; upon completion of our initial business combination or our liquidation, an amount equal to $600,000 less the total
amount of all such monthly payments made up to that time shall be payable under such agreement. Prior to our initial business combination,
no payments under this agreement shall be made from amounts held in the trust account. A majority of our board of directors may terminate
the agreement; if terminated without cause MJP shall be entitled to receive monthly fees for an additional six (6) months, or the period
of time that passes between the termination date and our completion of its initial business combination, whichever is shorter.
In
addition, in order to finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial Business Combination, our Sponsor or an affiliate
of our sponsor or certain of our officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds as may be required on a non-interest
basis. If we complete an initial Business Combination, we would repay such loaned amounts. In the event that the initial Business Combination
does not close, we may use working capital to repay such loaned amounts but no proceeds from our Trust Account would be used for such
repayment. Up to $2,000,000 of such loans may be convertible into Private Placement Warrants of the post business combination entity
at a price of $1.00 per warrant at the option of the lender. Such warrants would be identical to the Private Placement Warrants. Except
as set forth above, the terms of such loans, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans.
Prior to the completion of our initial Business Combination, we do not expect to seek loans from parties other than our Sponsor or an
affiliate of our Sponsor as we do 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 in our Trust Account.
We
have until the date that is 24 months from January 9, 2026 or until such earlier liquidation date as our Board of Directors may
approve, to consummate our initial Business Combination. If we anticipate that we may be unable to consummate our initial Business Combination
within such 24-month period, we may seek shareholder approval to amend our Amended and Restated Memorandum to extend the date by which
we must consummate our initial Business Combination. If we seek shareholder approval for an extension, holders of Public Shares will
be offered an opportunity to redeem their shares at a per share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit
in the trust account, including interest earned thereon (less taxes, if any), divided by the number of then issued and outstanding Public
Shares, subject to applicable law.
Any
of the foregoing payments to our Sponsor, repayments of loans from our Sponsor or repayments of working capital loans prior to our initial
business combination will be made using funds held outside the trust account.
After
our initial Business Combination, members of our Management Team who remain with us may be paid consulting, management or other fees
from the combined company with any and all amounts being fully disclosed to our shareholders, to the extent then known, in the proxy
solicitation or tender offer materials, as applicable, furnished to our shareholders. It is unlikely the amount of such compensation
will be known at the time of distribution of such tender offer materials or at the time of a general meeting held to consider our initial
business combination, as applicable, as it will be up to the directors of the post-combination business to determine executive and director
compensation.
The
holders of the Founder Shares and Private Placement Warrants will be entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration rights
agreement requiring us to register such securities for resale.
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Director
Independence
Nasdaq
rules require that a majority of our Board of Directors be independent within one year of our IPO. An “independent director”
is defined generally as a person who, in the opinion of the company’s board of directors, has no material relationship with the
listed company (either directly or as a partner, shareholder or officer of an organization that has a relationship with the company).
We have three “independent directors” as defined in Nasdaq rules and applicable SEC rules. Our Board of Directors determined
that Mr. Nyssen, Ms. Rasigni, Ms. Savitt and Mr. Theysset are “independent directors” as defined in Nasdaq listing standards
and applicable SEC rules. Our independent directors will have regularly scheduled meetings at which only independent directors are present.
Item
14 . Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
The
following is a summary of fees paid or to be paid to Withum for services rendered.
Audit
Fees
Audit
fees consist of fees for professional services rendered for the audit of our year-end financial statements and services that are normally
provided by Withum in connection with regulatory filings. During the period from August 27, 2025 (inception) through December 31, 2025,
fees for our independent registered public accounting firm were approximately $127,455 for the services Withum performed in connection
with our Initial Public Offering and the audit of our December 31, 2025 financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Audit-Related
Fees
Audit-related
fees consist of fees billed for assurance and related services that are reasonably related to performance of the audit or review of our
financial statements and are not reported under “Audit Fees.” These services include attest services that are not required
by statute or regulation and consultations concerning financial accounting and reporting standards. During the period from August 27,
2025 (inception) through December 31, 2025, our independent registered public accounting firm did not render assurance and related services
related to the performance of the audit or review of financial statements.
Tax
Fees
Tax fees
consist of fees billed for professional services relating to tax compliance, tax planning and tax advice. During the period from August
27, 2025 (inception) through December 31, 2025, fees for our independent registered public accounting firm were approximately $2,500
for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning.
All
Other Fees
All
other fees consist of fees billed for all other services. During the period from August 27, 2025 (inception) through December 31, 2025,
there were no fees billed for products and services provided by our independent registered public accounting firm other than those set
forth above.
Pre-Approval
Policy
Our
Audit Committee was formed upon the consummation of our Initial Public Offering. As a result, the Audit Committee did not pre-approve
all of the foregoing services, although any services rendered prior to the formation of our Audit Committee were approved by our Board
of Directors. Since the formation of our Audit Committee, and on a going-forward basis, the Audit Committee has and will pre-approve
all auditing services and permitted non-audit services to be performed for us by our auditors, including the fees and terms thereof (subject
to the de minimis exceptions for non-audit services described in the Exchange Act which are approved by the Audit Committee prior to
the completion of the audit).
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PART
IV
Item
15. Exhibit and Financial Statement Schedules.
(a)
The following documents are filed as part of this Report:
(1) Financial
Statements
Page
Report
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (PCAOB ID 100)
F-2
Balance
Sheet as of December 31, 2025
F- 3
Statement
of Operations for the period from August 27, 2025 (Inception) through December 31, 2025
F- 4
Statement
of Changes in Shareholders’ Deficit for the period from August 27, 2025 (Inception) through December 31, 2025
F- 5
Statement
of Cash Flows for the period from August 27, 2025 (Inception) through December 31, 2025
F- 6
Notes
to Financial Statements
F-7
to F-18
(2)
Financial Statement Schedules
All
financial statement schedules are omitted because they are not applicable or the amounts are immaterial and not required, or the required
information is presented in the financial statements and notes thereto beginning on page F-1 of this Report.
(3)
Exhibits
We
hereby file as part of this Report the exhibits listed in the attached Exhibit Index. Exhibits that are incorporated herein by reference
can be inspected on the SEC website at www.sec.gov.
Item
16. Form 10-K Summary.
Omitted
at our Company’s option.
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BLEICHROEDER
ACQUISITION CORP. II
INDEX
TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Report
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
F-2
Financial
Statements:
Balance
Sheet as of December 31, 2025
F-3
Statement
of Operations for the period from August 27, 2025 (Inception) through December 31, 2025
F-4
Statement
of Changes in Shareholders’ Deficit for the period from August 27, 2025 (Inception) through December 31, 2025
F-5
Statement
of Cash Flows for the period from August 27, 2025 (Inception) through December 31, 2025
F-6
Notes
to Financial Statements
F-7
to F-18
F- 1
REPORT
OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To
the Shareholder and the Board of Directors of
Bleichroeder
Acquisition Corp. II:
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. II (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2025, and the related statements of operations, changes in shareholder’s deficit, and cash flows for the period from August 27, 2025 (inception) through December 31, 2025, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2025, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the period from August 27, 2025 (inception) through December 31, 2025, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (the “PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audit, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/ WithumSmith+Brown, PC
We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2025.
New York, New York
March 16, 2026
PCAOB ID Number 100
F- 2
BLEICHROEDER
ACQUISITION CORP. II
BALANCE
SHEET
DECEMBER
31, 2025
Assets
Current
Assets
Prepaid expenses $ 4,503
Total Current Assets 4,503
Deferred offering costs 217,025
Total Assets $ 221,528
Liabilities
and Shareholder’s Deficit
Current
Liabilities
Accrued offering costs $ 10,791
Accrued expenses 300
Promissory note – related party 248,013
Total Current Liabilities 259,104
Shareholder’s
Deficit
Preference shares, $ 0.0001 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized; none issued or outstanding —
Class A ordinary shares, $ 0.0001 par value; 500,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding —
Class B ordinary shares, $ 0.0001 par value; 50,000,000 shares authorized; 9,583,333 shares issued and outstanding (1) 958
Additional paid-in capital 24,042
Accumulated deficit ( 62,576 )
Total Shareholder’s Deficit ( 37,576 )
Total Liabilities and Shareholder’s Deficit $ 221,528
(1) Includes an aggregate of up to 1,250,000 Class B ordinary shares subject to forfeiture by the holders thereof depending on the extent to which the underwriters’ over-allotment option was exercised (Note 5). On January 9, 2026, the Company consummated its Initial Public Offering and sold 28,750,000 Units, including 3,750,000 Units sold pursuant to the exercise of the underwriters’ option in full to purchase additional units to cover the over-allotment; hence, the 1,250,000 shares of Class B ordinary shares were no longer subject to forfeiture.
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
F- 3
BLEICHROEDER
ACQUISITION CORP. II
STATEMENT
OF OPERATIONS
FOR
THE PERIOD FROM AUGUST 27, 2025 (INCEPTION) THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2025
Formation, general, and administrative costs $ 62,576
Net Loss $ ( 62,576 )
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted (1) 8,333,333
Basic and diluted net loss per ordinary shares $ ( 0.01 )
(1) Excluded an aggregate of up to 1,250,000 Class B ordinary shares that were subject to forfeiture depending on the extent to which the underwriters’ over-allotment option was exercised (see Note 5). On January 9, 2026, the Company consummated its Initial Public Offering and sold 28,750,000 Units, including 3,750,000 Units sold pursuant to the exercise of the underwriters’ option in full to purchase additional units to cover the over-allotment; hence, the 1,250,000 shares of Class B ordinary shares were no longer subject to forfeiture.
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
F- 4
BLEICHROEDER
ACQUISITION CORP. II
STATEMENT
OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDER’S DEFICIT
FOR
THE PERIOD FROM AUGUST 27, 2025 (INCEPTION) THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2025
Class
A
Ordinary Shares
Class
B
Ordinary Shares
Additional
Paid-in
Accumulated
Total
Shareholder’s
Shares
Amount
Shares
(1)
Amount
Capital
Deficit
Deficit
Balance — August 27, 2025 (inception) — $ — — $ — $ — $ — $ —
Issuance of Class B ordinary to Sponsor (1) — — 9,583,333 958 24,042 — 25,000
Net loss — — — — — ( 62,576 ) ( 62,576 )
Balance – December 31, 2025 — $ — 9,583,333 $ 958 $ 24,042 $ ( 62,576 ) $ ( 37,576 )
(1) Includes an aggregate of up to 1,250,000 Class B ordinary shares subject to forfeiture by the holders thereof depending on the extent to which the underwriters’ over-allotment option was exercised (Note 5). On January 9, 2026, the Company consummated its Initial Public Offering and sold 28,750,000 Units, including 3,750,000 Units sold pursuant to the exercise of the underwriters’ option in full to purchase additional units to cover the over-allotment; hence, the 1,250,000 shares of Class B ordinary shares were no longer subject to forfeiture.
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
F- 5
BLEICHROEDER
ACQUISITION CORP. II
STATEMENT
OF CASH FLOWS
FOR
THE PERIOD FROM AUGUST 27, 2025 (INCEPTION) THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2025
Cash
Flows from Operating Activities:
Net loss $ ( 62,576 )
Adjustments
to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Formation costs paid by Sponsor in exchange for the issuance of Class B ordinary shares 14,746
General and administrative costs paid through promissory note - related party 47,530
Changes
in operating assets and liabilities:
Accrued expenses 300
Net cash used in operating activities —
Net Change in Cash —
Cash – Beginning —
Cash – Ending $ —
Non-cash
investing and financing activities:
Deferred offering costs included in accrued offering costs $ 10,791
Deferred offering costs paid by Sponsor in exchange for the issuance of Class B ordinary shares $ 10,254
Deferred offering costs paid by Sponsor through promissory note - related party $ 195,980
Prepaid expenses paid by Sponsor through promissory note – related party $ 4,503
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
F- 6
BLEICHROEDER
ACQUISITION CORP. II
NOTES
TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER
31, 2025
NOTE 1. DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION, BUSINESS OPERATIONS
Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. II (the “Company”) is a blank check company incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company on August 27, 2025. The Company was incorporated for the purpose of effecting a merger, amalgamation, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses that the Company has not yet identified (“Business Combination”).
As of December 31, 2025, the Company had not yet commenced operations. All activity for the period from August 27, 2025 (inception) through December 31, 2025 relates to the Company’s formation, the Initial Public Offering (the “Initial Public Offering”), and subsequent to the Initial Public Offering, identifying a target company for a Business Combination. The Company will not generate any operating revenues prior to the completion of the Business Combination and will generate non-operating income in the form of interest and/or dividend income from the proceeds derived from the Initial Public Offering. The Company has selected December 31 as its fiscal year end.
The Company’s Sponsor is Bleichroeder Sponsor 2 LLC (the “Sponsor”). The registration statement for the Company’s Initial Public Offering was declared effective on January 7, 2026. On January 9, 2026, the Company consummated the Initial Public Offering of 28,750,000 units (the “Units” and, with respect to the Class A ordinary shares included in the Units being offered, the “Public Shares”), which includes the full exercise by the underwriters of their over-allotment option of 3,750,000 Units, at $ 10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $ 287,500,000 . Each Unit consists of one Class A ordinary share and one-third of one redeemable warrant (each “Public Warrant” and collectively, the “Public Warrants”). Each whole Public Warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one Class A ordinary share at a price of $ 11.50 per share, subject to adjustment.
Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the sale of an aggregate of 7,750,000 private placement warrants (each “Private Placement Warrant”, collectively the “Private Placement Warrants”) at a price of $ 1.00 per Private Placement Warrant, generating gross proceeds of $ 7,750,000 . Of those 7,750,000 Private Placement Warrants, the Sponsor purchased 5,000,000 Private Placement Warrants, and the underwriters, CCM and CS, purchased 2,750,000 Private Placement Warrants (or 2,612,500 and 137,500 Private Placement Warrants, respectively).
Transaction costs amounted to $ 17,870,483 , consisting of $ 5,000,000 of cash underwriting fee, $ 12,250,000 of deferred underwriting fee, and $ 620,483 of other offering costs.
The Business Combination must be with one or more target businesses that together have a fair market value equal to at least 80 % of the value of the assets held in the Trust Account (as defined below) (excluding the amount of deferred underwriting discounts held and taxes payable on the interest earned on the Trust Account) at the time of the signing an agreement to enter into a Business Combination. However, the Company will only complete a Business Combination if the post-Business Combination company owns or acquires 50 % or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target sufficient for it not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”). There is no assurance that the Company will be able to successfully effect a Business Combination.
F- 7
Following the closing of the Initial Public Offering, on January 9, 2026, an amount of $ 287,500,000 ($ 10.00 per Unit) from the net proceeds of the sale of the Units and the Private Placement Warrants was placed in the trust account (the “Trust Account”), with U.S.-based trust account, Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, acting as trustee, which will initially be invested only in U.S. government treasury obligations with a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act, which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations; the holding of these assets in this form is intended to be temporary and for the sole purpose of facilitating the intended Business Combination. To mitigate the risk that might be deemed to be an investment company for purposes of the Investment Company Act, which risk increases the longer that the Company holds investments in the Trust Account, the Company may, at any time (based on management team’s ongoing assessment of all factors related to the potential status under the Investment Company Act), instruct the trustee to liquidate the investments held in the Trust Account and instead to hold the funds in the Trust Account in cash or in an interest bearing demand deposit account at a bank. Except with respect to interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account that may be released to the Company to pay its taxes, if any, the proceeds from the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Units will not be released from the Trust Account until the earliest of (i) the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination, (ii) the redemption of the Company’s Public Shares if the Company is unable to complete the initial Business Combination within 24 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering or by such earlier liquidation date as the board of directors may approve (the “Completion Window”), subject to applicable law, or (iii) the redemption of the Company’s Public Shares properly submitted in connection with a shareholder vote to amend the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association to (A) modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to allow redemption in connection with the initial Business Combination or to redeem 100 % of the Company’s Public Shares if the Company has not consummated an initial Business Combination within the Completion Window or (B) with respect to any other material provisions relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-initial Business Combination activity. The proceeds deposited in the Trust Account could become subject to the claims of the Company’s creditors, if any, which could have priority over the claims of the Company’s Public Shareholders.
The Company will provide the Company’s Public Shareholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Public Shares upon the completion of the initial Business Combination either (i) in connection with a general meeting called to approve the initial Business Combination or (ii) without a shareholder vote by means of a tender offer. The decision as to whether the Company will seek shareholder approval of a proposed initial Business Combination or conduct a tender offer will be made by the Company, solely in its discretion. The Public Shareholders will be entitled to redeem their shares at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account calculated as of two business days prior to the consummation of the initial Business Combination, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account (less taxes payable), divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares, subject to the limitations. The amount in the Trust Account is initially anticipated to be $ 10.00 per Public Share.
The ordinary shares subject to redemption will be recorded at a redemption value and classified as temporary equity upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering, in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480, “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.”
The Company will have only the duration of the Completion Window to complete the initial Business Combination. However, if the Company is unable to complete its initial Business Combination within the Completion Window, the Company will as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the Public Shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account (less taxes payable and up to $ 100,000 of interest income to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will constitute full and complete payment for the Public Shares and completely extinguish Public Shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidation or other distributions, if any), subject to the Company’s obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and subject to the other requirements of applicable law.
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The Sponsor, officers and directors have entered into a letter agreement with the Company, pursuant to which they have agreed to (i) waive their redemption rights with respect to their founder shares and Public Shares in connection with the completion of the initial Business Combination or an earlier redemption in connection with the commencement of the procedures to consummate the initial Business Combination if the Company determines it is desirable to facilitate the completion of the initial Business Combination; (ii) waive their redemption rights with respect to their founder shares and Public Shares in connection with a shareholder vote to approve an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association; (iii) waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to their founder shares if the Company fails to complete the initial Business Combination within the Completion Window, although they will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to any Public Shares they hold if the Company fails to complete the initial Business Combination within the Completion Window and to liquidating distributions from assets outside the Trust Account; and (iv) vote any founder shares held by them and any Public Shares purchased during or after the Initial Public Offering (including in open market and privately-negotiated transactions) in favor of the initial Business Combination.
The Sponsor has agreed that it will be liable to the Company if and to the extent any claims by a third party for services rendered or products sold to the Company, or a prospective target business with which the Company has entered into a written letter of intent, confidentiality or other similar agreement or Business Combination agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the Trust Account to below the lesser of (i) $ 10.00 per public share and (ii) the actual amount per Public Share held in the Trust Account as of the date of the liquidation of the Trust Account, if less than $ 10.00 per share due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, less income taxes payable, provided that such liability will not apply to any claims by a third party or prospective target business who executed a waiver of any and all rights to the monies held in the Trust Account (whether or not such waiver is enforceable) nor will it apply to any claims under the Company’s indemnity of the underwriters of the Initial Public Offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). However, the Company has not asked the Sponsor to reserve for such indemnification obligations, nor has the Company independently verified whether the Sponsor has sufficient funds to satisfy its indemnity obligations and the Company believes that the Sponsor’s only assets are securities of the Company. Therefore, the Company cannot assure that the Sponsor would be able to satisfy those obligations.
NOTE 2 . SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying financial statements are presented in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).
Liquidity and Capital Resources
The Company’s liquidity needs up to December 31, 2025 had been satisfied through the loan under an unsecured promissory note from the Sponsor of up to $ 500,000 (Note 5 ). As of December 31, 2025, the Company had no cash and had a working capital deficit of $ 254,601 .
In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 205 - 40 , “Presentation of Financial Statements - Going Concern”, the Company has completed its Initial Public Offering on January 9, 2026, at which time the capital in excess of the funds deposited in Trust Account and/or used to fund offering costs and other expenses was released to the Company for general capital purposes. The Company does not believe it will need to raise additional funds in order to meet the expenditures required to operate its business. However, if the estimate of the costs of identifying a target business, undertaking in-depth due diligence and negotiating a Business Combination are less than the actual amount necessary to do so, the Company may have insufficient funds available to operate its business prior to the Initial Business Combination. The Company has the Completion Window to complete the initial Business Combination. Management has determined that upon the consummation of the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants on January 9, 2026, the Company has sufficient funds to finance the working capital needs of the Company within one year from the date of issuance of the financial statements.
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Emerging Growth Company Status
The Company is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2 (a) of the Securities Act, as modified by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”), and it may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in its periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved.
Further, Section 102 (b) (1 ) of the JOBS Act exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or revised financial accounting standards until private companies (that is, those that have not had a Securities Act registration statement declared effective or do not have a class of securities registered under the Exchange Act) are required to comply with the new or revised financial accounting standards. The JOBS Act provides that a company can elect to opt out of the extended transition period and comply with the requirements that apply to non-emerging growth companies but any such election to opt out is irrevocable. The Company has elected not to opt out of such extended transition period which means that when a standard is issued or revised and it has different application dates for public or private companies, the Company, as an emerging growth company, can adopt the new or revised standard at the time private companies adopt the new or revised standard. This may make comparison of the Company’s financial statements with another public company which is neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging growth company which has opted out of using the extended transition period difficult or impossible because of the potential differences in accounting standards used.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Making estimates requires management to exercise significant judgment. It is at least reasonably possible that the estimate of the effect of a condition, situation or set of circumstances that existed at the date of the financial statements, which management considered in formulating its estimate, could change in the near term due to one or more future confirming events. Accordingly, the actual results could differ significantly from those estimates.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company considers all short-term investments with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. The Company had no cash and did not have any cash equivalents as of December 31, 2025.
Deferred Offering Costs
The Company complies with the requirements of the FASB Topic ASC 340 - 10 -S 99 and SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic 5 A, “Expenses of Offering.” Deferred Offering costs consist principally of professional and registration fees that are related to the Initial Public Offering. FASB ASC Topic 470 - 20 , “Debt with Conversion and Other Options,” addresses the allocation of proceeds from the issuance of convertible debt into its equity and debt components. The Company applies this guidance to allocate Initial Public Offering proceeds from the Units between Class A ordinary shares and warrants, prorate, allocating the Initial Public Offering proceeds to the assigned value of the warrants and to the Class A ordinary shares. On January 9, 2026, upon completion of the Initial Public Offering, offering costs allocated to the Public Shares are charged to temporary equity and offering costs allocated to the Public and Private Placement Warrants are charged to shareholder’s deficit as Public and Private Placement Warrants, after management’s evaluation, are accounted for under equity treatment.
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Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The fair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under FASB ASC 820 , “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures,” approximates the carrying amounts represented in the balance sheet, primarily due to its short-term nature.
Net Loss Per Class B Ordinary Share
Net loss per Class B ordinary share is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of Class B ordinary shares outstanding during the period, excluding Class B ordinary shares subject to forfeiture. Weighted average shares were reduced for the effect of an aggregate of 1,250,000 ordinary shares that were subject to forfeiture if the over-allotment option was not exercised by the underwriters (see Note 5 ). As of December 31, 2025, the Company did not have any dilutive securities or other contracts that could, potentially, be exercised or converted into ordinary shares and then share in the earnings of the Company. As a result, diluted net loss per Class B ordinary share is the same as basic net loss per Class B ordinary share for the period presented.
Income Taxes
The Company accounts for income taxes under FASB ASC Topic 740 , “Income Taxes,” which requires an asset and liability approach to financial accounting and reporting for income taxes. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are computed for differences between the financial statements and tax bases of assets and liabilities that will result in future taxable or deductible amounts, based on enacted tax laws and rates applicable to the periods in which the differences are expected to affect taxable income. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized.
FASB ASC Topic 740 prescribes a recognition threshold and a measurement attribute for the financial statements recognition and measurement of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. For those benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be more likely than not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. The Company’s management determined that the Cayman Islands is the Company’s major tax jurisdiction. The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense. As of December 31, 2025, there were no unrecognized tax benefits and no amounts accrued for interest and penalties. The Company is currently not aware of any issues under review that could result in significant payments, accruals or material deviation from its position.
The Company is considered to be an exempted Cayman Islands company with no connection to any other taxable jurisdiction and is presently not subject to income taxes or income tax filing requirements in the Cayman Islands or the United States. As such, the Company’s tax provision was zero for the period presented.
Derivative Financial Instruments
The Company evaluates its financial instruments to determine if such instruments are derivatives or contain features that qualify as embedded derivatives in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 815 , “Derivatives and Hedging”. For derivative financial instruments that are accounted for as liabilities, the derivative instrument is initially recorded at its fair value on the grant date and is then re-valued at each reporting date, with changes in the fair value reported in the statement of operations. The classification of derivative instruments, including whether such instruments should be recorded as liabilities or as equity, is evaluated at the end of each reporting period. Derivative liabilities are classified in the balance sheet as current or non-current based on whether or not net cash settlement or conversion of the instrument could be required within 12 months of the balance sheet date. The underwriters’ over-allotment option is deemed to be a freestanding financial instrument indexed on the contingently redeemable shares and will be accounted for as a liability pursuant to ASC 480 if not fully exercised at the time of the Initial Public Offering. On January 9, 2026, the underwriters exercised their over-allotment option in full in the amount of 3,750,000 Units as part of the closing of the Initial Public Offering.
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Warrant Instruments
The Company accounted for the Public and Private Placement Warrants to be issued in connection with the Initial Public Offering and the private placement in accordance with the guidance contained in FASB ASC Topic 815 , “Derivatives and Hedging”. Accordingly, the Company evaluated and classified the warrant instruments under equity treatment at their assigned value. As of December 31, 2025, there were no Public Warrants and Private Placement Warrants issued or outstanding.
Share-Based Payment Arrangements
The Company accounts for share awards in accordance with FASB ASC 718 , “Compensation—Stock Compensation” (“FASB ASC 718 ”), which requires that all equity awards be accounted for at their “fair value.” Fair value is measured on the grant date and is equal to the underlying value of the share.
Costs equal to these fair values are recognized ratably over the requisite service period based on the number of awards that are expected to vest, in the period of grant for awards that vest immediately and have no future service condition, or in the period the awards vest immediately after meeting a performance condition becomes probable (i.e., the occurrence of a Business Combination). For awards that vest over time, cumulative adjustments in later periods are recorded to the extent actual forfeitures differ from the Company’s initial estimates; previously recognized compensation cost is reversed if the service or performance conditions are not satisfied and the award is forfeited.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In November 2023, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2023- 07 , “Segment Reporting (Topic 280 ): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures”. The amendments in this ASU require disclosures, on an annual and interim basis, of significant segment expenses that are regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker (“CODM”), as well as the aggregate amount of other segment items included in the reported measure of segment profit or loss. The ASU requires that a public entity disclose the title and position of the CODM and an explanation of how the CODM uses the reported measure(s) of segment profit or loss in assessing segment performance and deciding how to allocate resources. Public entities will be required to provide all annual disclosures currently required by Topic 280 in interim periods, and entities with a single reportable segment are required to provide all the disclosures required by the amendments in this ASU and existing segment disclosures in Topic 280 . This ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted. The Company adopted ASU 2023- 07 on August 27, 2025, its date of incorporation.
Management does not believe that any other recently issued, but not effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the Company’s financial statements.
NOTE 3. INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING
Pursuant to the Initial Public Offering on January 9, 2026, the Company sold 28,750,000 Units, which includes the full exercise by the underwriters of their over-allotment option in the amount of 3,750,000 Units at a purchase price of $ 10.00 per Unit. Each Unit consists of one Class A ordinary share, and one-third of one redeemable warrant. Each whole warrant entitles the holder to purchase one Class A ordinary share at a price of $ 11.50 per share, subject to adjustment. Each warrant will become exercisable 30 days after the completion of the initial Business Combination and will expire five years after the completion of the initial Business Combination, or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.
Warrants — As of December 31, 2025, there were no Public Warrants and Private Placement Warrants issued or outstanding. Each whole warrant entitles the holder to purchase one Class A ordinary share at a price of $ 11.50 per share, subject to adjustment as discussed herein. The warrants cannot be exercised until 30 days after the completion of the initial Business Combination, and will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, five years after the completion of the initial Business Combination or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.
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The Company will not be obligated to deliver any Class A ordinary shares pursuant to the exercise of a warrant and will have no obligation to settle such warrant exercise unless a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to the Class A ordinary shares underlying the warrants is then effective and a prospectus relating thereto is current. No warrant will be exercisable and the Company will not be obligated to issue a Class A ordinary share upon exercise of a warrant unless the Class A ordinary share issuable upon such warrant exercise has been registered, qualified or deemed to be exempt under the securities laws of the state of residence of the registered holder of the warrants. In the event that the conditions in the two immediately preceding sentences are not satisfied with respect to a warrant, the holder of such warrant will not be entitled to exercise such warrant and such warrant may have no value and expire worthless. In no event will the Company be required to net cash settle any warrant. In the event that a registration statement is not effective for the exercised warrants, the purchaser of a unit containing such warrant will have paid the full purchase price for the unit solely for the Class A ordinary share underlying such unit.
Under the terms of the warrant agreement, the Company has agreed that, as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 20 business days, after the closing of its Business Combination, it will use its commercially reasonable efforts to file with the SEC a post-effective amendment to the registration statement for the Initial Public Offering or a new registration statement covering the registration under the Securities Act of the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants and thereafter will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the same to become effective within 60 business days following the Company’s initial Business Combination and to maintain a current prospectus relating to the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants until the expiration of the warrants in accordance with the provisions of the warrant agreement. If a registration statement covering the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants is not effective by the sixtieth (60 th ) business day after the closing of the initial Business Combination, warrant holders may, until such time as there is an effective registration statement and during any period when the Company will have failed to maintain an effective registration statement, exercise warrants on a “cashless basis” in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act or another exemption. Notwithstanding the above, if the Class A ordinary shares are at the time of any exercise of a warrant not listed on a national securities exchange such that they satisfy the definition of a “covered security” under Section 18(b)(1) of the Securities Act, the Company may, at its option, require holders of Public Warrants who exercise their warrants to do so on a “cashless basis” in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act and, in the event the Company so elects, the Company will not be required to file or maintain in effect a registration statement, and in the event the Company does not so elect, the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify the shares under applicable blue sky laws to the extent an exemption is not available.
If the holders exercise their Public Warrants on a cashless basis, they would pay the warrant exercise price by surrendering the warrants for that number of Class A ordinary shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the product of the number of Class A ordinary shares underlying the warrants, multiplied by the excess of the “fair market value” of the Class A ordinary shares over the exercise price of the warrants by (y) the fair market value. The “fair market value” is the average reported closing price of the Class A ordinary shares for the 10 trading days ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which the notice of exercise is received by the warrant agent or on which the notice of redemption is sent to the holders of warrants, as applicable.
Redemption of Warrants When the Price per Class A Ordinary Share Equals or Exceeds $ 18.00 : The Company may redeem the outstanding warrants:
● in whole and not in part;
● at a price of $ 0.01 per warrant;
● upon a minimum of 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption (the “30-day redemption period”); and
● if, and only if, the last reported sale price (the “closing price”) of the Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $18.00 per share (as adjusted for adjustments to the number of shares issuable upon exercise or the exercise price of a warrant) for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period commencing at least 30 days after completion of the initial Business Combination and ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which the Company sends the notice of redemption to the warrant holders.
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Additionally, if the number of outstanding Class A ordinary shares is increased by a share capitalization payable in Class A ordinary shares, or by a subdivision of ordinary shares or other similar event, then, on the effective date of such share capitalization, subdivision or similar event, the number of Class A ordinary shares issuable on exercise of each warrant will be increased in proportion to such increase in the outstanding ordinary shares. A rights offering made to all or substantially all holders of ordinary shares entitling holders to purchase Class A ordinary shares at a price less than the fair market value will be deemed a share capitalization of a number of Class A ordinary shares equal to the product of (i) the number of Class A ordinary shares actually sold in such rights offering (or issuable under any other equity securities sold in such rights offering that are convertible into or exercisable for Class A ordinary shares) and (ii) the quotient of (x) the price per Class A ordinary share paid in such rights offering and (y) the fair market value. For these purposes (i) if the rights offering is for securities convertible into or exercisable for Class A ordinary shares, in determining the price payable for Class A ordinary shares, there will be taken into account any consideration received for such rights, as well as any additional amount payable upon exercise or conversion and (ii) fair market value means the volume weighted average price of Class A ordinary shares as reported during the ten ( 10 ) trading day period ending on the trading day prior to the first date on which the Class A ordinary shares trade on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market, regular way, without the right to receive such rights.
NOTE 4. PRIVATE PLACEMENT
Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the sale of an aggregate of 7,750,000 Private Placement Warrants at a price of $ 1.00 per Private Placement Warrant, generating gross proceeds of $ 7,750,000 . Of those 7,750,000 Private Placement Warrants, the Sponsor purchased 5,000,000 Private Placement Warrants, and the underwriters, CCM and CS, purchased 2,750,000 Private Placement Warrants, (or 2,612,500 and 137,500 Private Placement Warrants, respectively).
The Private Placement Warrants are identical to the Public Warrants sold in the Initial Public Offering except that the Private Placement Warrants (i) may not (including the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of these Private Placement Warrants), subject to certain limited exceptions, be transferred, assigned or sold by the holders until 30 days after the completion of the initial Business Combination, (ii) will be entitled to registration rights and (iii) with respect to Private Placement Warrants held by the underwriters and/or their designees, will not be exercisable more than five years from the commencement of sales in the Initial Public Offering in accordance with Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) Rule 5110(g)(8).
NOTE 5 . RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Founder Shares
On September 22, 2025, the Sponsor made a capital contribution of $ 25,000 , or approximately $ 0.003 per share, through payments of offering costs and expenses on the Company’s behalf, for which the Company issued 9,583,333 Class B ordinary shares, known as founder shares, to the Sponsor. Up to 1,250,000 of the founder shares may be surrendered by the Sponsor for no consideration depending on the extent to which the underwriters’ over-allotment is exercised. On January 9, 2026, the underwriters exercised their over-allotment option in full as part of the closing of the Initial Public Offering. As such, the 1,250,000 Founder Shares are no longer subject to forfeiture.
The founder shares are designated as Class B ordinary shares and, except as described below, are identical to the Class A ordinary shares included in the Units sold in the Initial Public Offering, and holders of founder shares have the same shareholder rights as Public Shareholders, except that (i) the founder shares are subject to certain transfer restrictions, as described in more detail below, (ii) the founder shares are entitled to registration rights; (iii) the Sponsor and the Company’s officers and directors have entered into a letter agreement, pursuant to which they have agreed to (A) waive their redemption rights with respect to their founder shares and Public Shares in connection with the completion of the initial Business Combination, (B) waive their redemption rights with respect to their founder shares and Public Shares in connection with a shareholder vote to approve an amendment to the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association prior to the consummation of the initial Business Combination (A) to modify the substance or timing of the obligation to allow redemption in connection with the initial Business Combination or to redeem 100 % of the Public Shares if the Company has not consummated an initial Business Combination within the completion window or (B) with respect to any other material provisions relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-initial business combination activity, (C) waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to their founder shares if the Company fails to complete the initial Business Combination within the Completion Window, although they will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to any Public Shares they hold if the Company fails to complete the initial Business Combination within such time period and to liquidating distributions from assets outside the Trust Account and (D) vote any founder shares held by them and any Public Shares purchased during or after the Initial Public Offering (including in open market and privately negotiated transactions, aside from shares they may purchase in compliance with the requirements of Rule 14 e- 5 under the Exchange Act, which would not be voted in favor of approving the Business Combination transaction) in favor of the initial Business Combination, (iv) the founder shares are automatically convertible into Class A ordinary shares in connection with the consummation of the initial Business Combination or earlier at the option of the holder on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment as described herein and in the Company Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, and (v) prior to, or in connection with, the closing of the initial Business Combination, only holders of the Class B ordinary shares will be entitled to vote on the appointment and removal of directors or continuing the Company in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands (including any special resolution required to amend constitutional documents or to adopt new constitutional documents, in each case, as a result of the approving a transfer by way of continuation in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands).
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On November 18, 2025, the Sponsor granted membership interests which equate to an aggregate of 300,000 founder shares to the Chief Operating Officer and membership interests which equate to 200,000 founder shares to the Chief Financial Officer. Also, On November 24, 2025, the Sponsor granted membership interests of an aggregate of 30,000 founder shares to the two independent directors ( 15,000 each). All membership interests were granted in exchange for their services as director and officers through the Company’s initial Business Combination. The membership interests shall return to the Sponsor if the director is no longer serving the Company on or prior to the initial Business Combination. The granting of the membership interests equating to founder shares to the two independent directors, to the Chief Operating Officer, and to the Chief Financial Officer is in the scope of FASB ASC Topic 718 , “Compensation-Stock Compensation” (“ASC 718 ”). Under ASC 718 , stock-based compensation associated with equity classified awards is measured at fair value upon the assignment date. The total fair value of the 30,000 membership interests issued to the two directors and 500,000 membership interests issued to the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer on November 18, 2025 and November 24, 2025, was $ 1,562,530 or $ 2.948 and 2.951 , respectively, per share. The Company established the initial fair value of the founder shares on November 18, 2025 and November 24, 2025, using a calculation prepared by a third party valuation team which takes into consideration the implied share price of $ 9.88 on both dates, risk-free rate of 3.94 % and 3.95 %, respectively, and remaining term of 0.14 and 0.12 years, respectively. The membership interests were assigned subject to a performance condition (i.e., providing services through Business Combination). Stock-based compensation would be recognized at the date a Business Combination is considered probable (i.e., upon consummation of a Business Combination) in an amount equal to the number of founder shares that ultimately vest times the assignment date fair value per share (unless subsequently modified) less the amount initially received for the transfer of founder shares. As of December 31, 2025, the Company determined that the initial Business Combination is not considered probable and therefore no compensation expense has been recognized.
Promissory Note — Related Party
The Sponsor has agreed to loan the Company an aggregate of up to $ 500,000 to be used for a portion of the expenses of the Initial Public Offering. The loan is non-interest bearing, unsecured and due at the earlier of June 30, 2026 or the closing of the Initial Public Offering. As of December 31, 2025, the Company borrowed a total of $ 248,013 under the promissory note. At the closing of the Initial Public Offering, on January 9, 2026, the Company paid the outstanding borrowings in full and borrowings under the promissory note are no longer available.
Service Agreement
The Company has agreed, upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering, to pay an affiliate of the Chief Operating Officer (“COO”) $ 18,000 per month, then upon the completion of initial Business Combination or liquidation, an amount equal to $ 600,000 less the total amount of all such monthly payments made up that time, for services as COO pursuant to an advisory agreement. Prior to initial Business Combination, no payments under this agreement shall be made from amounts held in the Trust Account. As of December 31, 2025, no amount has been accrued for these services in the Company’s balance sheet.
Related Party Loans
In order to finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor or certain of the Company’s officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required (the “Working Capital Loans”). If the Company completes a Business Combination, the Company would repay the Working Capital Loans. In the event that a Business Combination does not close, the Company may use a portion of the working capital held outside the Trust Account to repay the Working Capital Loans but no proceeds from the Trust Account would be used to repay the Working Capital Loans. Up to $ 2,000,000 of such Working Capital Loans may be convertible into Private Placement Warrants of the post Business Combination entity at a price of $ 1.00 per warrant at the option of the lender. As of December 31, 2025, no such Working Capital Loans were outstanding.
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NOTE 6. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Risks and Uncertainties
The United States and global markets are experiencing volatility and disruption following the geopolitical instability resulting from the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict and the Israel-Hamas conflict. In response to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (“NATO”) deployed additional military forces to eastern Europe, and the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union and other countries have announced various sanctions and restrictive actions against Russia, Belarus and related individuals and entities, including the removal of certain financial institutions from the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (“SWIFT”) payment system. Certain countries, including the United States, have also provided and may continue to provide military aid or other assistance to Ukraine and to Israel, increasing geopolitical tensions among a number of nations. The invasion of Ukraine by Russia and the Israel-Hamas conflict and the resulting measures that have been taken, and could be taken in the future, by NATO, the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union, Israel and its neighboring states and other countries have created global security concerns that could have a lasting impact on regional and global economies. Although the length and impact of the ongoing conflicts are highly unpredictable, they could lead to market disruptions, including significant volatility in commodity prices, credit and capital markets, as well as supply chain interruptions and increased cyberattacks against U.S. companies. Additionally, any resulting sanctions could adversely affect the global economy and financial markets and lead to instability and lack of liquidity in capital markets.
Any of the above mentioned factors, or any other negative impact on the global economy, capital markets or other geopolitical conditions resulting from the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Israel-Hamas conflict and subsequent sanctions or related actions, could adversely affect the Company’s search for an initial Business Combination and any target business with which the Company may ultimately consummate an initial Business Combination.
Registration Rights
The holders of Founder Shares, Private Placement Warrants (and the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the Private Placement Warrants) and Private Placement Warrants (and the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the Private Placement Warrants) that may be issued upon conversion of Working Capital Loans, if any, and any Class A ordinary shares issuable upon conversion of the founder shares and any Class A ordinary shares held by the initial shareholders at the completion of the Initial Public Offering or acquired prior to or in connection with the initial Business Combination, will be entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration rights agreement to be signed prior to or on the effective date of the registration statement for the Initial Public Offering. These holders will be entitled to make up to three demands excluding short form demands, and have piggyback registration rights. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the underwriters may only make a demand on one occasion and only during the five-year period beginning on the effective date of the Initial Public Offering. In addition, the underwriters may participate in a piggyback registration only during the seven-year period beginning on the effective date of the Initial Public Offering. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.
Underwriting Agreement
The underwriters have a 45 -day option from the date of the Initial Public Offering to purchase up to an additional 3,750,000 Units to cover over-allotments, if any. On January 9, 2026, the underwriters elected to fully exercise their over-allotment option to purchase an additional 3,750,000 Units at a price of $ 10.00 per Unit.
The underwriters were entitled to a cash underwriting discount of $ 5,000,000 ( 2.0 % of the gross proceeds of the Units sold in the Initial Public Offering) which was paid at the closing of the Initial Public Offering.
Additionally, the underwriters are entitled to a deferred underwriting discount of 4.00 % of the gross proceeds of the Initial Public Offering held in the Trust Account, up to $ 12,250,000 in the aggregate upon the completion of the Company’s Initial Business Combination subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement.
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NOTE 7. SHAREHOLDER’S DEFICIT
Preference Shares — The Company is authorized to issue a total of 5,000,000 preference shares at par value of $ 0.0001 each. As of December 31, 2025, there were no preference shares issued or outstanding.
Class A Ordinary Shares — The Company is authorized to issue a total of 500,000,000 Class A ordinary shares at par value of $ 0.0001 each. As of December 31, 2025, there were no Class A ordinary shares issued or outstanding.
Class B Ordinary Shares — The Company is authorized to issue a total of 50,000,000 Class B ordinary shares at par value of $ 0.0001 each. As of December 31, 2025, there were 9,583,333 Class B ordinary shares outstanding.
The founder shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares in connection with the consummation of the initial Business Combination or earlier at the option of the holder on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment for share subdivisions, share capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like. In the case that additional Class A ordinary shares, or any other equity-linked securities, are issued or deemed issued in excess of the amounts sold in the Initial Public Offering and related to or in connection with the closing of the initial Business Combination, the ratio at which Class B ordinary shares convert into Class A ordinary shares will be adjusted (unless the holders of a majority of the outstanding Class B ordinary shares agree to waive such adjustment with respect to any such issuance or deemed issuance) so that the number of Class A ordinary shares issuable upon conversion of all Class B ordinary shares will equal, in the aggregate, 25 % of the sum of (i) all ordinary shares issued and outstanding upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering (including any Class A ordinary shares issued pursuant to the underwriters’ over-allotment option and excluding the Class A ordinary shares underlying the Private Placement Warrants issued to the Sponsor), plus (ii) all Class A ordinary shares and equity-linked securities issued or deemed issued in connection with the closing of the initial Business Combination (subject to certain exclusions described herein) minus (iii) any redemptions of Class A ordinary shares by Public Shareholders in connection with an initial Business Combination, and any shares or equity-linked securities issued, or to be issued, to any seller in the Business Combination and in connection with any amendment to the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association made prior to the consummation of the initial Business Combination (A) to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to allow redemption in connection with the initial Business Combination or to redeem 100 % of its Public Shares if the Company does not complete its initial Business Combination within the completion window or (B) with respect to any other material provisions relating to the rights of holders of Class A ordinary shares or pre-business combination activity; provided that such conversion of founder shares will never occur on a less than one-for-one basis.
Holders of record of the Company’s Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares are entitled to one vote for each share held on all matters to be voted on by shareholders. Unless specified in the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association or as required by the Companies Act or stock exchange rules, an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law and the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, which requires the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the votes cast by such shareholders as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at the applicable general meeting of the Company is generally required to approve any matter voted on by shareholders. Approval of certain actions requires a special resolution under Cayman Islands law, which (except as specified below) requires the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the votes cast by such shareholders as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at the applicable general meeting, and pursuant to the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, such actions include amending the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association and approving a statutory merger or consolidation with another company. There is no cumulative voting with respect to the appointment of directors, meaning, following the initial Business Combination, the holders of more than 50 % of the ordinary shares voted for the appointment of directors can elect all of the directors. Prior to, or in connection with, the closing of the initial Business Combination, only holders of the Class B ordinary shares will (i) have the right to vote on the appointment and removal of directors and (ii) be entitled to vote on continuing the Company in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands (including any special resolution required to amend the constitutional documents or to adopt new constitutional documents, in each case, as a result of the Company approving a transfer by way of continuation in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands). Holders of the Class A ordinary shares will not be entitled to vote on these matters during such time. These provisions of the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association may only be amended if approved by a special resolution passed by the affirmative vote of at least 90 % (or, where such amendment is proposed in respect of the consummation of the initial Business Combination, two-thirds) of the votes cast by such shareholders as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at the applicable general meeting of the Company.
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NOTE 8. SEGMENT INFORMATION
FASB ASC Topic 280, “Segment Reporting,” establishes standards for companies to report in their financial statements information about operating segments, products, services, geographic areas, and major customers. Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise that engage in business activities from which it may recognize revenues and incur expenses, and for which separate financial information is available that is regularly evaluated by the Company’s CODM, or group, in deciding how to allocate resources and assess performance.
The Company’s CODM has been identified as the Chief Financial Officer , who reviews the operating results for the Company as a whole to make decisions about allocating resources and assessing financial performance. Accordingly, management has determined that the Company only has one reporting segment.
The CODM assesses performance for the single segment and decides how to allocate resources based on net income or loss that also is reported on the statement of operations as net income or loss. The measure of segment assets is reported on the balance sheet as total assets. When evaluating the Company’s performance and making key decisions regarding resource allocation the CODM reviews several key metrics, which include the following:
December 31, 2025
Deferred offering costs $ 217,025
For the Period
from August 27,
2025
(Inception)
Through
December 31,
2025
Formation, general, and administrative costs $ 62,576
Formation, general, and administrative costs are reviewed and monitored by the CODM to manage and forecast cash to ensure enough capital is available to complete a Business Combination or similar transaction within the completion window. The CODM also reviews formation, general, and administrative expenses to manage, maintain and enforce all contractual agreements to ensure costs are aligned with all agreements and budget. Formation and general and administrative costs, as reported on the statement of operations, are the significant segment expenses provided to the CODM on a regular basis. All other segment items included in net income or loss are reported on the statement of operations and described within their respective disclosures.
The accounting policies used to measure the profit and loss of the segment are the same as those described in the summary of significant accounting policies.
NOTE 9. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
The Company evaluated subsequent events and transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date through March 16, 2026, the date that the financial statements were issued. Based upon this review, other than as described below, the Company did not identify any subsequent events that would have required adjustment or disclosure in the financial statements.
The registration statement for the Company’s Initial Public Offering was declared effective on January 7, 2026. On January 9, 2026, the Company consummated the Initial Public Offering of 28,750,000 Units, which includes the full exercise by the underwriters of their over-allotment option of 3,750,000 Units, at $ 10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $ 287,500,000
Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the sale of an aggregate of 7,750,000 Private Placement Warrants, at a price of $ 1.00 per Private Placement Warrant, generating gross proceeds of $ 7,750,000 .
Following the closing of the Initial Public Offering, on January 9, 2026, an amount of $ 287,500,000 ($ 10.00 per Unit) from the net proceeds of the sale of the Units and the Private Placement Warrants was placed in the Trust Account.
On January 9, 2026, the Company fully settled the $ 256,872 outstanding balance of the promissory note. Borrowings under the promissory note are no longer available.
On January 9, 2026, the underwriters were paid in cash an underwriting discount of $ 5,000,000 simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering. In addition, the underwriters are entitled to a deferred underwriting discount of $ 12,250,000 in the aggregate.
On January 23, 2026, the Company announced that, commencing on January 28, 2026, the holders of the Units sold in the Initial Public Offering, may elect to separately trade the Class A ordinary shares and the Warrants included in the Units. No fractional Warrants will be issued upon separation of the Units and only whole Warrants will trade. Any Units not separated will continue to trade on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol “BBCQU.” The Class A ordinary shares and the Warrants are expected to trade on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbols “BBCQ” and “BBCQW,” respectively. Holders of Units will need to have their brokers contact Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the Company’s transfer agent, in order to separate the Units into Class A ordinary Shares and warrants.
On February 28, 2026, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms, the “Business Combination Agreement”), with Bleichroeder Acquisition 2 France, a société par actions simplifiée formed under the laws of the Republic of France and wholly owned subsidiary of Bleichroeder, and Pasqal Holding SAS, a société par actions simplifiée formed under the laws of the Republic of France.
The transaction is expected to be funded by a combination of the Company’s Trust Account and expected proceeds from a public investment in private equity. The closing of the transaction is expected to occur in the second half of 2026 and is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory and shareholder approval.
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit
No.
Description
3.1
Amended
and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company. (3)
4.1
Specimen
Unit Certificate. (2)
4.2
Specimen
Class A Ordinary Share Certificate. (2)
4.3
Specimen
Public Warrant Certificate. (1)
4.4
Warrant
Agreement between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and the Company. (3)
4.5
Description
of Registered Securities.*
10.1
Investment
Management Trust Agreement, dated January 7, 2026, by and between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company,
as trustee. (3)
10.2
Registration
Rights Agreement, dated January 7, 2026, by and among the Company and certain security holders. (3)
10.3
Sponsor
Private Placement Warrants Purchase Agreement, dated January 7, 2026, by and between the Company and the Sponsor. (3)
10.4
Underwriter
Private Placement Warrants Purchase Agreement, dated January 7, 2026, by and between the Company and the Sponsor. (3)
10.5
Letter
Agreement, dated January 7, 2026, by and among the Company, its officers, directors and the Sponsor. (3)
10.6
Advisory Services Agreement, dated November 24, 2025, between the Registrant and MJP Advisory Group LLC (3)
10.5
Form
of Indemnity Agreement. (2)
14.1
Code
of Ethics. (2)
19.1
Insider
Trading Policies and Procedures.*
31.1
Certification
of the Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted
pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.*
31.2
Certification
of the Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted
pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.*
32.1
Certification
of the Principal Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.**
32.2
Certification
of the Principal Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.**
97
Policy
Related to Recovery of Erroneously Awarded Compensation.*
99.1
Audit
Committee Charter. (2)
99.2
Compensation
Committee Charter. (2)
101.INS
Inline
XBRL Instance Document.*
101.SCH
Inline
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.*
101.CAL
Inline
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.*
101.DEF
Inline
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.*
101.LAB
Inline
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.*
101.PRE
Inline
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.*
104
Cover
Page Interactive Data File (Embedded as Inline XBRL document and contained in Exhibit 101).*
* Filed
herewith.
** Furnished
herewith.
(1)
Incorporated
by reference to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333- 290897), filed with the SEC on October 15,
2025.
(2)
Incorporated
by reference to Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1/A (File No. 333- 290897), filed with the
SEC on December 23, 2025.
(3) Incorporated
by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on January
9, 2026.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
March
16, 2026
Bleichroeder
Acquisition Corp. II
By:
/s/
Andrew Gundlach
Name:
Andrew
Gundlach
Title:
(Principal
Executive Officer)
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this Report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the
Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Name
Position
Date
/s/
Andrew Gundlach
Chief
Executive Officer, President and Chairman
March
16, 2026
Andrew
Gundlach
(Principal
Executive Officer)
/s/
Robert Folino
Chief
Financial Officer
March
16, 2026
Robert
Folino
(Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/
Philippe Nyssen
Director
March
16, 2026
Philippe
Nyssen
/s/
Clemence Rasigni
Director
March
16, 2026
Clemence
Rasigni
/s/
Kathy Savitt
Director
March
16, 2026
Kathy
Savitt
/s/
Antoine Theysset
Director
March
16, 2026
Antoine
Theysset
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