Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary
Data
This information appears following Item 15 of
this Report and is included herein by reference.
HELIX ACQUISITION CORP. II
INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (PCAOB ID 100)
F-2
Financial Statements:
Balance Sheets
F-3
Statements of Operations
F-4
Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Deficit
F-5
Statements of Cash Flows
F-6
Notes to Financial Statements
F-7 to F-19
F- 1
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting
Firm
To the Shareholders and the Board of Directors of
Helix Acquisition Corp. II
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying balance sheets
of Helix Acquisition Corp. II as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 the related statements of operations, changes in shareholders’ deficit
and cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, 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 Helix
Acquisition Corp. II, as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for years ended December
31, 2024 and 2023, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Going Concern
The accompanying financial statements have been
prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. The date for mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution raise
substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans in regard to these matters are
also described in Note 1. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility
of the entity’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We are
a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required
to be independent with respect to Helix Acquisition Corp. II 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 audits in accordance with the
standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial
statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Helix Acquisition Corp. II is not required to have, nor were
we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, 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
entity’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audits 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 audits 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 audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/ WithumSmith+Brown, PC
We have served as the Company’s auditor since
2021.
New York, New York
March 10, 2025
PCAOB ID Number 100
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HELIX ACQUISITION CORP. II
BALANCE SHEETS
December 31,
2024
December 31,
2023
ASSETS
Current assets
Cash
$ 1,697,777
$ —
Prepaid expense
2,160
—
Prepaid insurance – current portion
249,840
—
Total current assets
1,949,777
—
Deferred offering costs
—
332,894
Long-term prepaid insurance
25,128
Marketable securities held in Trust Account
192,449,291
—
TOTAL ASSETS
$ 194,424,196
$ 332,894
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
Current liabilities
Accrued offering costs
$ —
$ 311,368
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
119,706
15,000
Due to related party
67,809
—
Promissory note – related party
—
70,095
Total current liabilities
187,515
396,463
Deferred underwriting fee
5,520,000
—
TOTAL LIABILITIES
5,707,515
396,463
Commitments (Note 6)
Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption, 18,400,000 shares at redemption value of $ 10.46 per share as of December 31, 2024 and 0 shares at December 31, 2023
192,449,291
—
SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
Preference shares, $ 0.0001 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding at December 31, 2024 and 2023
—
—
Class A ordinary shares, $ 0.0001 par value; 500,000,000 shares authorized; 509,000 and 0 shares issued and outstanding (excluding 18,400,000 and 0 shares subject to possible redemption) at December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively
51
—
Class B ordinary shares, $ 0.0001 par value; 50,000,000 shares authorized; 4,600,000 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2024 and 2023 (1)
460
460
Additional paid-in capital
—
24,540
Accumulated deficit
( 3,733,121 )
( 88,569 )
TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
( 3,732,610 )
( 63,569 )
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
$ 194,424,196
$ 332,894
(1) On February 1, 2024, the Company effected a share capitalization with respect to the Class B ordinary shares of 1,437,500 Class B ordinary shares, resulting in a total of 4,312,500 Class B ordinary shares held by the Sponsor and the Company’s two independent directors and one advisor. On February 8, 2024, the Company effected a share capitalization with respect to the Class B ordinary shares of 287,500 Class B ordinary shares, resulting in a total of 4,600,000 Class B ordinary shares held by the Sponsor and the Company’s two independent directors and one advisor.
The accompanying notes are an integral part
of these financial statements.
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HELIX ACQUISITION CORP. II
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
For the Year Ended
December 31,
2024
2023
General and administrative expenses
$ 584,389
$ 41,692
Loss from operations
( 584,389 )
( 41,692 )
Other income (expense):
Share-based compensation expense
( 271,572 )
—
Interest earned on bank deposits
6,182
—
Interest earned on marketable securities held in Trust Account
8,449,291
—
Total other income
8,183,901
—
Net income (loss)
$ 7,599,512
$ ( 41,692 )
Basic weighted average shares outstanding, Class A ordinary shares
16,635,787
—
Basic net income per share, Class A ordinary shares
$ 0.36
$ —
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding, Class A ordinary shares
16,635,787
—
Diluted net income per share, Class A ordinary shares
$ 0.36
$ —
Basic weighted average shares outstanding, Class B ordinary shares (1)(2)
4,527,869
4,000,000
Basic net income (loss) per share, Class B ordinary shares
$ 0.36
$ ( 0.01 )
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding, Class B ordinary shares (1)(2)
4,600,000
4,000,000
Diluted net income (loss) per share, Class B ordinary shares
$ 0.36
$ ( 0.01 )
(1) As of December 31, 2023, excludes an aggregate of up to 600,000 Class B ordinary shares that are subject to forfeiture depending on the extent to which the underwriter’s over-allotment option is exercised. On February 13, 2024, simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the underwriter fully exercised its over-allotment option, and accordingly, the 600,000 Founder Shares are no longer subject to forfeiture (Note 5).
(2) On February 1, 2024, the Company effected a share capitalization with respect to the Class B ordinary shares of 1,437,500 Class B ordinary shares, resulting in a total of 4,312,500 Class B ordinary shares held by the Sponsor and the Company’s two independent directors and one advisor. On February 8, 2024, the Company effected a share capitalization with respect to the Class B ordinary shares of 287,500 Class B ordinary shares, resulting in a total of 4,600,000 Class B ordinary shares held by the Sponsor and the Company’s two independent directors and one advisor.
The accompanying notes are an integral part
of these financial statements.
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HELIX ACQUISITION CORP. II
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’
DEFICIT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2024 AND 2023
Class A
Ordinary Shares
Class B
Ordinary Shares
Additional
Paid-in
Accumulated
Total
Shareholders’
Shares
Amount
Shares
Amount
Capital
Deficit
Deficit
Balance –December 31, 2022 (1)
—
$ —
4,600,000
$ 460
$ 24,540
$ ( 46,877 )
$ ( 21,877 )
Net loss
—
—
—
—
—
( 41,692 )
( 41,692 )
Balance – December 31, 2023 (2)
—
$ —
4,600,000
$ 460
$ 24,540
$ ( 88,569 )
$ ( 63,569 )
Sale of 509,000 Private Placement Shares
509,000
51
—
—
5,089,949
—
5,090,000
Allocated value of transaction costs to private shares
—
—
—
—
( 22,096 )
—
( 22,096 )
Share-based compensation expense
—
—
—
—
271,572
—
271,572
Accretion of Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption
—
—
—
—
( 5,363,965 )
( 11,244,064 )
( 16,608,029 )
Net income
—
—
—
—
—
7,599,512
7,599,512
Balance – December 31, 2024 (unaudited) (2)
509,000
$ 51
4,600,000
$ 460
$ —
$ ( 3,733,121 )
$ ( 3,732,610 )
(1) Includes an aggregate of up to 600,000 Class B ordinary shares that are subject to forfeiture depending on the extent to which the underwriter’s over-allotment option is exercised. On February 13, 2024, simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the underwriter fully exercised its over-allotment option, and accordingly, the 600,000 Founder Shares are no longer subject to forfeiture (Note 5).
(2) On February 1, 2024, the Company effected a share capitalization with respect to the Class B ordinary shares of 1,437,500 Class B ordinary shares, resulting in a total of 4,312,500 Class B ordinary shares held by the Sponsor and the Company’s two independent directors and one advisor. On February 8, 2024, the Company effected a share capitalization with respect to the Class B ordinary shares of 287,500 Class B ordinary shares, resulting in a total of 4,600,000 Class B ordinary shares held by the Sponsor and the Company’s two independent directors and one advisor.
The accompanying notes are an integral part
of these financial statements.
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HELIX ACQUISITION CORP. II
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
Year Ended December 31,
Year Ended December 31,
2024
2023
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
Net income (loss)
$ 7,599,512
$ ( 41,692 )
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash used in operating activities:
Formation and operation expenses paid by Sponsor
—
26,692
Interest earned on marketable securities held in Trust Account
( 8,449,291 )
—
Non-cash accrued offering costs adjustment
( 81,000 )
—
Share-based compensation expense
271,572
—
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Prepaid expense
( 2,160 )
—
Short-term prepaid insurance
( 249,840 )
—
Long-term prepaid insurance
( 25,128 )
—
Due to related party
67,809
—
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
104,706
15,000
Net cash used in operating activities
( 763,820 )
—
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
Investment of cash in Trust Account
( 184,000,000 )
—
Net cash used in investing activities
( 184,000,000 )
—
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
Proceeds from sale of Public Shares, net of underwriting discounts paid
182,160,000
—
Proceeds from sale of Private Placement Shares
5,090,000
—
Repayment of promissory note – related party
( 209,853 )
—
Payment of offering costs
( 578,550 )
—
Net cash provided by financing activities
186,461,597
—
Net Change in Cash
1,697,777
—
Cash – Beginning of period
—
—
Cash – End of period
$ 1,697,777
$ —
Non-cash investing and financing activities:
Deferred offering costs paid by Sponsor through promissory note
$ 139,758
$ —
The accompanying notes are an integral part
of these financial statements.
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NOTE 1 — ORGANIZATION AND PLAN OF BUSINESS
OPERATIONS
Helix Acquisition Corp. II (the “Company”)
is a blank check company incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company on June 15, 2021. The Company was incorporated for
the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with
one or more businesses or entities (a “Business Combination”).
The Company is not limited to a particular industry
or sector for purposes of consummating a Business Combination but intends to focus on healthcare and healthcare related industries. The
Company is an early stage and emerging growth company and, as such, the Company is subject to all of the risks associated with early stage
and emerging growth companies.
As of December 31, 2024, the Company had not commenced
any operations. All activity for the period from June 15, 2021 (inception) through December 31, 2024 relates to the Company’s
formation, the initial public offering (“Initial Public Offering”), which is described below, and subsequent to the Initial
Public Offering, identifying a target company for a Business Combination. The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after
the completion of a Business Combination, at the earliest. The Company will generate non-operating income in the form of interest income
from the proceeds derived from the Initial Public Offering. The Company has selected December 31 as its fiscal year end.
The registration statement for the Company’s
Initial Public Offering was declared effective on February 8, 2024. On February 13, 2024, the Company consummated the Initial Public Offering
of 18,400,000 Class A ordinary shares (the “Public Shares”), which includes the full exercise by the underwriter of its over-allotment
option in the amount of 2,400,000 Public Shares, at $ 10.00 per Public Share, generating gross proceeds of $ 184,000,000 , which is discussed
in Note 3. Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the sale of 509,000 Class A ordinary
shares (the “Private Placement Shares”) to Helix Holdings II, LLC (the “Sponsor”) at a price of $ 10.00 per
Private Placement Share, or $ 5,090,000 in the aggregate, which is described in Note 4.
Transaction costs amounted to $ 8,180,834 , consisting
of $ 1,840,000 of upfront cash underwriting fee, $ 5,520,000 of deferred underwriting fee (see additional discussion on Note 6), and $ 820,834
of other offering costs.
The Company’s management has broad discretion
with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Shares,
although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally toward consummating a Business Combination. The rules
of Nasdaq require that the Company must complete one or more Business Combinations having an aggregate fair market value of at least 80 %
of the value of the assets held in the Trust Account (as defined below) (excluding the deferred underwriting commissions and taxes payable
on the interest earned on the Trust Account) at the time of the agreement to enter into the initial Business Combination. The Company
anticipates structuring the initial Business Combination so that the post transaction company in which the Public Shareholders (as defined
below) own shares will own or acquire 100 % of the equity interests or assets of the target business or businesses. The Company may, however,
structure the initial Business Combination such that the post transaction company owns or acquires less than 100 % of such interests or
assets of the target business in order to meet certain objectives of the target management team or shareholders or for other reasons,
but the Company will only complete such Business Combination if the post transaction company owns or acquires 50 % or more of the issued
and outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target business 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”).
Following the closing of the Initial Public Offering,
on February 13, 2024, an amount of $ 184,000,000 ($ 10.00 per Share) from the net proceeds of the sale of the Public Shares and the sale
of the Private Placement Shares, after deducting $ 1,840,000 in underwriting discounts and commissions paid upon the closing of the Initial
Public Offering and an aggregate of $ 3,250,000 to pay fees and expenses in connection with the closing of the Initial Public Offering
and for working capital following the closing, was placed in the trust account (“Trust Account”), and either held in cash,
deposited into an interest bearing or non-interest bearing bank demand deposit account at a U.S. chartered commercial bank with consolidated
assets of $ 100 billion or more, or invested in U.S. government securities within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment
Company Act having a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment
Company Act, which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations, as determined by the Company, until the earliest of (i) the
completion of a Business Combination and (ii) the distribution of the funds in the Trust Account to the Company’s shareholders,
as described below.
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The Company will provide the holders of the Public Shares (the “Public
Shareholders”) with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Public Shares upon the completion of the Business Combination,
either (i) in connection with a general meeting called to approve the 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 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 Public Shares,
equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, calculated as of two business days prior to the consummation
of the Business Combination (initially anticipated to be $ 10.00 per Public Share), including interest (less taxes paid or payable), divided
by the number of then issued and outstanding Public Shares, subject to certain limitations as described in the Annual Report. The per-share
amount to be distributed to the Public Shareholders who properly redeem their Public Shares will not be reduced by the deferred underwriting
commissions the Company will pay to the underwriter (as discussed in Note 6). The Class A ordinary shares will be recorded at
redemption value and classified as temporary equity upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering, in accordance with Accounting
Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480, “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.”
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company
seeks shareholder approval of the Business Combination and the Company does not conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules,
a Public Shareholder, together with any affiliate of such shareholder or any other person with whom such shareholder is acting in concert
or as a “group” (as defined under Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)),
will be restricted from redeeming its shares with respect to more than an aggregate of 20 % of the Public Shares without the Company’s
prior written consent.
The Sponsor has agreed (a) to waive its redemption
rights with respect to any Founder Shares (as defined below), Private Placement Shares and Public Shares held by it in connection with
the completion of a Business Combination and (b) not to propose an amendment to the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles
of Association (i) to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to allow redemption in connection with the
Company’s initial Business Combination or to redeem 100 % of the Public Shares if the Company does not complete a Business Combination
within the Completion Window (as defined below) or (ii) with respect to any other provision relating to shareholders’ rights
or pre-initial Business Combination activity, unless the Company provides the Public Shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their
Public Shares upon approval of any such amendment 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 Trust Account (less taxes paid or payable), divided by the number of then issued
and outstanding Public Shares.
The Company will have until (i) the period ending
on the date that is 24 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering, or such earlier liquidation as the Company’s board
of directors may approve, in which the Company must complete an initial Business Combination or (ii) such other time period in which the
Company must complete an initial Business Combination pursuant to an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum
and Articles of Association (the “Completion Window”). However, if the Company has not completed a Business Combination within
the Completion Window, the Company will as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem
100 % of 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 paid or payable and up to $ 100,000 of interest to pay dissolution
expenses), divided by the number of then issued and outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will constitute full and complete payment
for the Public Shares and completely extinguish the rights of the Public Shareholders 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.
The Sponsor has agreed to waive its rights to
liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to the Founder Shares and Private Placement Shares if the Company fails
to complete a Business Combination within the Completion Window. However, the Public Shares acquired by affiliates of the Sponsor in the
Initial Public Offering, and any other Public Shares that the Sponsor or its affiliates may acquire thereafter, will be entitled to liquidating
distributions from the Trust Account if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Completion Window. The underwriter
has agreed to waive its rights to its deferred underwriting commission (see Note 6) held in the Trust Account in the event the Company
does not complete a Business Combination within the Completion Window, and in such event, such amounts will be included with the other
funds held in the Trust Account that will be available to fund the redemption of the Public Shares. In the event of such distribution,
it is possible that the per share value of the assets remaining available for distribution will be less than the Initial Public Offering
price per Share ($ 10.00 ).
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In order to protect the amounts held in the Trust
Account, the Sponsor has agreed that it will be liable to the Company if and to the extent any claims by a third party (other than the
Company’s independent registered public accounting firm) for services rendered or products sold to the Company, or a prospective
target business with which the Company has discussed entering into a transaction agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the Trust Account
to below the lesser of (1) $ 10.00 per Public Share (2) 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 Public Share, due to reductions in the value of trust assets, less
taxes paid or payable and up to $ 100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses, provided that this liability will not apply to any claims
by a third party who executed a waiver of any and all rights to seek access to the Trust Account and as to any claims under the Company’s
indemnity of the underwriter of the Initial Public Offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the “Securities Act”). In the event that an executed waiver is deemed to be unenforceable against a third party,
the Sponsor will not be responsible to the extent of any liability for such third-party claims. The Company will seek to reduce the possibility
that the Sponsor will have to indemnify the Trust Account due to claims of creditors by endeavoring to have all vendors, service providers
(other than the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm), prospective target businesses or other entities with which
the Company does business, execute agreements with the Company waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to monies
held in the Trust Account.
Going Concern Consideration
As of December 31, 2024, the Company had cash
of $ 1,697,777 and working capital of $ 1,762,262 .
Until the consummation of an Initial Business
Combination, the Company will be using the funds held outside the Trust Account for identifying and evaluating target businesses, performing
due diligence on prospective target businesses, paying for travel expenditures, reviewing corporate documents and material agreements
of prospective target businesses, and structuring, negotiating and completing an Initial Business Combination.
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 (“Working Capital Loans”). If the Company completes a
Business Combination, the Company would repay the Working Capital Loans out of the proceeds of the Trust Account released to the Company.
Otherwise, the Working Capital Loans would be repaid only out of funds held outside the Trust Account. In the event that a Business Combination
does not close, the Company may use a portion of proceeds held outside the Trust Account to repay the Working Capital Loans, but no proceeds
held in the Trust Account would be used to repay the Working Capital Loans. Except for the foregoing, the terms of such Working Capital
Loans, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans. The Working Capital Loans would either
be repaid upon consummation of a Business Combination, without interest, or, at the lender’s discretion, up to $ 1,500,000 of such
Working Capital Loans may be convertible into private placement shares of the post-Business Combination entity at a price of $ 10.00 per
share. The shares would be identical to the Private Placement Shares. As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company had no outstanding
borrowings under the Working Capital Loans.
In connection with the Company’s assessment
of going concern considerations in accordance with FASB Accounting Standards Update 2014-15, “Disclosures of Uncertainties about
an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern,” management has determined that if the Company is unable to complete an
Initial Business Combination by February 14, 2026, then the Company will cease all operations except for the purpose of liquidating. The
date for mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a
going concern. Management plans to consummate an Initial Business Combination prior to the mandatory liquidation date. No adjustments
have been made to the carrying amounts of assets or liabilities should the Company be required to liquidate after February 14, 2026.
NOTE 2 — SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying financial statements are presented
in U.S. dollars and have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S.
GAAP”) and pursuant to the accounting and disclosure rules and regulations of the SEC.
Emerging Growth Company
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 of 2002, 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.
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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 the financial statements in
conformity with 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 other income and
expenses during the reporting period.
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
The Company considers all short-term investments
with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. The Company has $ 1,697,777 and $ 0 in cash as
of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and no cash equivalents as of such dates.
Marketable Securities Held in Trust Account
At December 31, 2024, substantially all of the
assets held in the Trust Account were held in U.S. Treasury bills. The Company accounts for its marketable securities as trading securities
under ASC 320, “Investments—Debt and Equity Securities”, where securities are presented at fair value on the balance
sheets. Gains and losses resulting from the change in fair value of marketable securities held in the Trust Account are included in interest
earned on marketable securities held in Trust Account in the statements of operations. As of December 31, 2024, the Company has $ 8,449,291
of interest earned in the Trust Account of which $ 7,358,108 was invested in marketable securities and $ 1,098,183 of accrued interest will
be invested in marketable securities. As of December 31, 2024, the Company has not withdrawn any interest earned on the Trust Account.
As of December 31, 2023, there were no funds deposited in the Trust Account.
Offering Costs
The Company complies with the requirements of
the ASC 340-10-S99 and SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic 5A, “Expenses of Offering.” Deferred offering costs consist
principally of professional and registration fees that are related to the Initial Public Offering. Financial Accounting Standards Board
(“FASB”) ASC 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. Offering costs allocated to the Public Shares were charged to temporary
equity. Offering costs allocated to the Private Placement Shares were charged to additional paid-in capital.
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Class A Redeemable Share Classification
The Public Shares contain a redemption feature
which allows for the redemption of such Public Shares in connection with the Company’s liquidation, or if there is a shareholder
vote or tender offer in connection with the Company’s initial Business Combination. In accordance with ASC 480-10-S99, the Company
classifies Public Shares subject to redemption outside of permanent equity as the redemption provisions are not solely within the control
of the Company. The Company recognizes change in redemption value immediately as it occurs and will adjust the carrying value of redeemable
shares to equal the redemption value at the end of each reporting period. Immediately upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering,
the Company recognized the accretion from initial book value to redemption amount value. The change in the carrying value of redeemable
shares will result in charges against additional paid-in capital (to the extent available) and accumulated deficit. Accordingly, at December
31, 2024, Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption are presented at redemption value as temporary equity, outside of the
shareholders’ deficit section of the Company’s balance sheets. At December 31, 2024, the Class A ordinary shares subject to
redemption reflected in the balance sheets are reconciled in the following table:
Gross proceeds
$ 184,000,000
Less:
Class A ordinary shares issuance costs
( 8,158,738 )
Plus:
Accretion of carrying value to redemption value
16,608,029
Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption, December 31, 2024
$ 192,449,291
Income Taxes
ASC Topic 740 prescribes a recognition threshold
and a measurement attribute for the financial statement 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, 2024 and 2023,
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 $ 0 for the periods presented.
Net Income (loss) per Ordinary Share
The Company complies with accounting and disclosure
requirements of the FASB ASC Topic 260, “Earnings Per Share.” Net income (loss) per ordinary share is computed by dividing
net income (loss) per ordinary share by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the period, excluding ordinary
shares subject to forfeiture. Basic and diluted net income (loss) per ordinary share for Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary
shares is calculated by dividing net income (loss) attributable to the Company by the weighted average number of Class A ordinary shares
and Class B ordinary shares outstanding, allocated proportionally to each class of ordinary shares. This presentation assumes a Business
Combination as the most likely outcome. Accretion associated with the redeemable Class A ordinary shares is excluded from earnings per
share as the redemption value approximates fair value.
The following tables reflect the calculation of
basic and diluted net income (loss) per ordinary share (in dollars, except per share amounts):
For the Year Ended December 31,
2024
2023
Class A
Class B
Class A
Class B
Basic net income (loss) per share
Numerator:
Allocation of net income (loss)
$ 5,973,630
$ 1,625,882
$ —
$ ( 41,692 )
Denominator:
Basic weighted average shares outstanding (1)
16,635,787
4,527,869
—
4,000,000
Basic net income (loss) per share
$ 0.36
$ 0.36
$ —
$ ( 0.01 )
For the Year Ended December 31,
2024
2023
Class A
Class B
Class A
Class B
Diluted net income (loss) per share
Numerator:
Allocation of net income (loss)
$ 5,953,340
$ 1,646,173
$ —
$ ( 41,692 )
Denominator:
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding (1)
16,635,787
4,600,000
—
4,000,000
Diluted net income (loss) per share
$ 0.36
$ 0.36
$ —
$ ( 0.01 )
(1) At December 31, 2023, excludes an aggregate of 600,000 Class B ordinary shares that are subject to forfeiture.
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Concentration of Credit Risk
Financial instruments that potentially subject
the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist of a cash account in a financial institution, which, at times, may exceed the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation coverage of $ 250,000 . Any loss incurred or a lack of access to such funds could have a significant adverse
impact on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The fair value of the Company’s assets and
liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under ASC Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurement,” approximates the carrying
amounts represented in the accompanying balance sheets, primarily due to their short-term nature.
Share-Based Compensation
The Company records share-based compensation in
accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718, “Compensation-Share Compensation” (“ASC 718”), guidance to account for its
share-based compensation. It defines a fair value-based method of accounting for an employee share option or similar equity instrument.
The Company recognizes all forms of share-based payments at their fair value on the grant date, which are based on the estimated number
of awards that are ultimately expected to vest. Share-based payments are valued using a Black-Scholes option pricing model. Grants of
share-based payment awards issued to non-employees for services rendered have been recorded at the fair value of the share-based payment,
which is the more readily determinable value. The grants are amortized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service periods, which
is generally the vesting period. If an award is granted, but vesting does not occur, any previously recognized compensation cost is reversed
in the period related to the termination of service. Share-based compensation expenses are included in costs and operating expenses depending
on the nature of the services provided in the statements of operations.
Recent Accounting Standards
In March 2024, the FASB issued Accounting Standards
Update (“ASU”) 2024-01, “Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Scope Application of Profit Interest and Similar
Awards” (“ASU 2024-01”). This ASU provides clarification on when profit interest awards should be accounted for similar
to a cash bonus or profit-sharing arrangement in accordance with ASC 710 or as a share-based payment arrangement in accordance with ASC
718. The FASB issued this ASU to address diversity in the practice of accounting for profit interest awards. Management does not believe
the adoption of ASU 2024-01 will have a material impact on the accompanying financial statements and disclosures.
In November 2023, the FASB issued 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 officer
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. The Company adopted ASU 2023-07 during the year ended December 31, 2024. See Note 9 Segment Information
in the accompanying notes to the financial statements for further detail.
Management does not believe that any recently
issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the Company’s financial
statements.
NOTE 3. PUBLIC OFFERING
On February 13, 2024, pursuant to the Initial
Public Offering, the Company sold 18,400,000 Public Shares, which includes a full exercise by the underwriter of their over-allotment
option in the amount of 2,400,000 Public Shares, at a price of $ 10.00 per Public Share.
NOTE 4. PRIVATE PLACEMENT
On February 13, 2024, simultaneously with the
closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Sponsor purchased an aggregate of 509,000 Private Placement Shares at a price of $ 10.00 per
Private Placement Share, for an aggregate purchase price of $ 5,090,000 . A portion of the proceeds from the Private Placement Shares was
added to the proceeds from the Initial Public Offering and are held in the Trust Account.
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NOTE 5. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Founder Shares
On June 19, 2021, Sponsor paid $ 25,000
to cover certain offering and formation costs of the Company in exchange for 2,875,000 Class B ordinary shares (the “Founder
Shares”). The Founder Shares included an aggregate of up to 562,500 shares that were subject to forfeiture depending on the extent
to which the underwriter’s over-allotment option was exercised, so that the number of Founder Shares would equal, on an as-converted
basis, approximately 20 % of the Company’s issued and outstanding ordinary shares after the Initial Public Offering (excluding any
Public Shares purchased by the Sponsor in the Initial Public Offering and excluding the Private Placement Shares). On November 29, 2023,
the Sponsor assigned 30,000 Founder Shares to each of the Company’s independent directors, Mark McKenna and John Schmid, and to
the Company’s advisor, Andrew Phillips. On February 1, 2024, the Company effected a share capitalization with respect to the Class
B ordinary shares of 1,437,500 shares, resulting in the Sponsor holding a total of 4,222,500 Founder Shares. On February 8, 2024, the
Company effected a share capitalization with respect to the Class B ordinary shares of 287,500 shares, resulting in the Sponsor holding
a total of 4,510,000 Founder Shares and the Company’s two independent directors and one advisor (together with the Sponsor, the
“Insiders”) each holding 30,000 Founder Shares, which were retroactively presented on the financial statements, with up to
600,000 Founder Shares held by the Sponsor subject to forfeiture depending on the extent to which the underwriter’s over-allotment
option was exercised. On February 11, 2024, the underwriter of the Initial Public Offering delivered the Company a notice of its intention
to fully exercise the over-allotment option and on February 13, 2024, simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering,
the underwriter purchased the additional 2,400,000 Public Shares at a price of $ 10.00 per Public Share. Accordingly, the Founder Shares
are no longer subject to forfeiture.
The Insiders have each agreed, subject to limited
exceptions, not to transfer, assign or sell any of the Founder Shares until the earliest of (A) one year after the completion of
a Business Combination and (B) subsequent to a Business Combination, (x) if the closing price of the Class A ordinary shares
equals or exceeds $ 12.00 per share (as adjusted for share subdivisions, share dividends, rights issuances, reorganizations, recapitalizations
and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30 -trading day period commencing at least 150 days after a Business Combination,
or (y) the date on which the Company completes a liquidation, merger, share exchange or other similar transaction that results in
all of the Public Shareholders having the right to exchange their Class A ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property.
The sale or allocation of the Founder Shares to
the Company’s director nominees, as described above, is within the scope of ASC 718. Under ASC 718, stock-based compensation associated
with equity-classified awards is measured at fair value upon the grant date. The fair value of the 90,000 Founder Shares transferred to
the Company’s independent directors and advisor on November 29, 2023 is $ 309,600 or $ 3.44 per share. The Founder Shares were granted
subject to a service condition (i.e., being part of the Company at the date of the Initial Public Offering through one year from the Initial
Public Offering). Stock-based compensation will be recognized ratably from the date of the Initial Public Offering through the one-year
anniversary of the Initial Public Offering in an amount equal to the number of Founder Shares times the grant date fair value per share
less the amount initially received for the purchase of the Founder Shares.
Administrative Services and Indemnification
Agreement
The Company entered into an agreement,
commencing on February 8, 2024, through the earlier of the Company’s consummation of a Business Combination and its
liquidation, to pay the Sponsor a total of $ 6,458 per month for office space, utilities and secretarial, and administrative support
services. In addition, the Company has agreed that it will indemnify the Sponsor, members and managers and representatives of the
Sponsor (collectively, “Sponsor Indemnitees”) from any claims arising out of or relating to the Initial Public Offering
or the Company’s operations or conduct of the Company’s business or any claim against any Sponsor Indemnitees alleging
any expressed or implied management or endorsement by Sponsor Indemnitees of any of the Company’s activities or any express or
implied association between Sponsor Indemnitees, on the one hand, and the Company or any of its other affiliates, on the other hand.
For the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company incurred $ 67,809 in fees for these services, of which such amounts are shown as
due to related party in the accompanying balance sheets. For the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company did not incur any such
fees for these services.
Promissory Note — Related
Party
On June 19, 2021, as amended in October 2023,
the Company issued an unsecured promissory note (the “Promissory Note”) to the Sponsor, pursuant to which the Company may
borrow up to an aggregate principal amount of $ 300,000 . The Promissory Note is non-interest bearing and payable on the earlier of (i) June
30, 2024 or (ii) the completion of the Initial Public Offering. As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company had $ 0 and $ 70,095
outstanding under the Promissory Note, respectively. Borrowing under the note is no longer available.
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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 (“Working Capital Loans”). If the Company completes a
Business Combination, the Company would repay the Working Capital Loans out of the proceeds of the Trust Account released to the Company.
Otherwise, the Working Capital Loans would be repaid only out of funds held outside the Trust Account. In the event that a Business Combination
does not close, the Company may use a portion of proceeds held outside the Trust Account to repay the Working Capital Loans, but no proceeds
held in the Trust Account would be used to repay the Working Capital Loans. Except for the foregoing, the terms of such Working Capital
Loans, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans. The Working Capital Loans would either
be repaid upon consummation of a Business Combination, without interest, or, at the lender’s discretion, up to $ 1,500,000 of such
Working Capital Loans may be convertible into private placement shares of the post-Business Combination entity at a price of $ 10.00 per
share. The shares would be identical to the Private Placement Shares. As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company had no outstanding
borrowings under the Working Capital Loans.
NOTE 6. COMMITMENTS
Registration Rights
The holders of the Founder Shares, Private Placement
Shares and any shares that may be issued upon conversion of Working Capital Loans have registration rights pursuant to a registration
rights agreement dated as of February 8, 2024 (the “Registration Rights Agreement”). The holders of these securities are entitled
to make up to three demands, excluding short form demands, that the Company register such securities. In addition, the holders have certain
piggyback registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to the completion of a Business Combination. However,
the Registration Rights Agreement provides that the Company will not permit any registration statement filed under the Securities Act
to become effective until termination of the applicable lockup period. The Registration Rights Agreement does not contain liquidating
damages or other cash settlement provisions resulting from delays in registering the Company’s securities. The Company will bear
the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.
Underwriting Agreement
The Company granted the underwriter a 45 -day option
to purchase up to 2,400,000 additional Public Shares to cover over-allotments at the Initial Public Offering price, less the underwriting
discounts and commissions. On February 11, 2024, the underwriter delivered the Company a notice of its intention to fully exercise the
over-allotment option and on February 13, 2024, simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the underwriter purchased
the additional 2,400,000 Public Shares at a price of $ 10.00 per Public Share.
The underwriter was entitled to an upfront cash
underwriting discount of $ 0.10 per Public Share, or $ 1,840,000 in the aggregate, paid upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering.
In addition, the underwriter is entitled to a deferred fee of $ 0.30 per Public Share, or $ 5,520,000 in the aggregate. The deferred fee
will become payable to the underwriter from the amounts held in the Trust Account solely in the event that the Company completes a Business
Combination, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement.
NOTE 7. SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
Preference Shares — The
Company is authorized to issue 5,000,000 preference shares with a par value of $ 0.0001 per share, with such designations, voting
and other rights and preferences as may be determined from time to time by the Company’s board of directors. At December 31, 2024
and 2023, there were no preference shares issued or outstanding.
Class A Ordinary Shares — The
Company is authorized to issue 500,000,000 Class A ordinary shares, with a par value of $ 0.0001 per share. Holders of Class A
ordinary shares are entitled to one vote for each share. At December 31, 2024, there were 509,000 Class A ordinary shares issued
and outstanding, excluding 18,400,000 Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption. At December 31, 2023, there were no Class
A ordinary shares issued or outstanding.
Class B Ordinary Shares — The
Company is authorized to issue 50,000,000 Class B ordinary shares, with a par value of $ 0.0001 per share. Holders of the Class B
ordinary shares are entitled to one vote for each share. At December 31, 2024 and 2023, there were 4,600,000 Class B ordinary shares
issued and outstanding.
Holders of record of 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. Holders of Class A
ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares will vote together as a single class on all other matters submitted to a vote of shareholders,
except to vote to approve any transfer by way of continuation pursuant to the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles
of Association or as required by law.
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The Class B ordinary shares will automatically
convert into Class A ordinary shares at the time of a Business Combination or earlier at the option of the holders thereof at a ratio
such that the number of Class A ordinary shares issuable upon conversion of all Founder Shares will equal, in the aggregate, on an
as-converted basis, 20 % of the sum of (i) the total number of ordinary shares issued and outstanding upon completion of the
Initial Public Offering, plus (ii) the total number of Class A ordinary shares issued or deemed issued or issuable upon conversion
or exercise of any equity-linked securities or rights issued or deemed issued, by the Company in connection with or in relation to the
consummation of a Business Combination (including the forward purchase shares, but not the forward purchase agreements), excluding any
forward purchases securities and Class A ordinary shares or equity-linked securities exercisable for or convertible into Class A
ordinary shares issued, deemed issued, or to be issued, to any seller in a Business Combination and any Private Placement Shares issued
to the Sponsor, its affiliates or any member of the Company’s management team upon conversion of Working Capital Loans. In no event
will the Class B ordinary shares convert into Class A ordinary shares at a rate of less than one to one.
NOTE 8. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
The fair value of the Company’s financial
assets and liabilities reflects management’s estimate of amounts that the Company would have received in connection with the sale
of the assets or paid in connection with the transfer of the liabilities in an orderly transaction between market participants at the
measurement date. In connection with measuring the fair value of its assets and liabilities, the Company seeks to maximize the use of
observable inputs (market data obtained from independent sources) and to minimize the use of unobservable inputs (internal assumptions
about how market participants would price assets and liabilities). The following fair value hierarchy is used to classify assets and liabilities
based on the observable inputs and unobservable inputs used in order to value the assets and liabilities:
Level 1:
Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. An active market for an asset or liability is a market in which transactions for the asset or liability occur with sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis.
Level 2:
Observable inputs other than Level 1 inputs. Examples of Level 2 inputs include quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities and quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in markets that are not active.
Level 3:
Unobservable inputs based on assessment of the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability.
At December 31, 2024, assets held in the Trust
Account were comprised of $ 635 in cash and $ 192,448,657 in U.S. Treasury Bills. As of December 31, 2024, the Company did not withdraw
any interest income from the Trust Account. At December 31, 2023, there were no assets held in the Trust Account.
The following table presents information about
the Company’s assets that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis at December 31, 2024 and 2023 and indicates the fair value
hierarchy of the valuation inputs the Company utilized to determine such fair value:
December 31,
December 31,
Description
Level
2024
2023
Assets:
U.S. Treasury Bills held in Trust Account (Matures on February 13, 2025)
1
$ 192,448,657
$ —
NOTE 9 — SEGMENT INFORMATION
ASC Topic 280, “Segment Reporting,”
establishes standards for companies to report in their financial statement information about operating segments, products, services, geographic
areas, and major customers. Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise for which separate financial information
is available that is regularly evaluated by the Company’s chief operating decision maker, or group, in deciding how to allocate
resources and assess performance.
The Company’s Chief Financial Officer
has been identified as the chief operating decision maker (“CODM”), 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 operating segment.
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When evaluating the Company’s performance and making key decisions
regarding resource allocation the CODM reviews several key metrics, which include the following:
For the
Year Ended
December 31,
2024
For the
Year Ended
December 31, 2023
General and administrative expenses
$ 584,389
$ 41,692
Interest earned on marketable securities held in Trust Account
$ 8,449,291
$ —
The key measures of segment profit or loss reviewed
by our CODM are interest earned on marketable securities held in Trust Account and general and administrative expenses. The CODM reviews
interest earned marketable securities held in Trust Account to measure and monitor shareholders value and determine the most effective
strategy of investment with the Trust Account funds while maintaining compliance with the trust agreement. General and administrative
expenses are reviewed and monitored by the CODM to manage and forecast cash to ensure enough capital is available to complete a business
combination within the business combination period. The CODM also reviews general and administrative costs to manage, maintain and enforce
all contractual agreements to ensure costs are aligned with all agreements and budget.
NOTE 10 — SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
The Company evaluated subsequent events and transactions that
occurred after the balance sheet date up to 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.
Business Combination Agreement
On February 28, 2025, the Company entered
into the BBOT Business Combination Agreement by and among the Company, BBOT, and Merger Sub. The BBOT Business Combination Agreement
provides, among other things, that on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, (i) the Company will de-register in
the Cayman Islands and transfer by way of continuation out of the Cayman Islands and into the State of Delaware so as to migrate to and
domesticate as a Delaware corporation , and (ii) following the Domestication, Merger Sub will be merged with and into BBOT, as a result
of which BBOT will be the surviving company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. The consummation of the Merger is referred
to as the “Closing” and the date of the Closing is referred to as the “Closing Date.”
The foregoing description of the BBOT Business
Combination Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the BBOT Business Combination
Agreement, a copy of which is included as Exhibit 2.1 to this Annual Report.
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Other Agreements
The BBOT Business Combination Agreement contemplates
the execution of various additional agreements and instruments, on or before the Closing, including, among others, the following:
Helix Support Agreement
In connection with the execution of the BBOT
Business Combination Agreement, on February 28, 2025, certain Company shareholders and Insiders (the “Helix Supporting Shareholders”),
including the Sponsor, Cormorant funds each holding Class A ordinary shares, and the independent directors and an advisor of the Company
each holding Class B ordinary shares (the “Helix Existing Investors”), entered into a support agreement with the Company and
BBOT (the “Helix Support Agreement”). Under the Helix Support Agreement, among other things, each Helix Supporting Shareholder
agreed to vote, at any meeting of the shareholders of the Company, and in any action by written consent of the shareholders of the Company,
all of such Helix Supporting Shareholders’ Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares (i) in favor of each of the Parent
Proposals (as defined in the BBOT Business Combination Agreement), and any other matters necessary or reasonably requested by the Company
for consummation of the Domestication, the Merger or any other transactions contemplated by the BBOT Business Combination Agreement and
the approval of the Parent Proposals; (ii) against any Alternative Proposal or Alternative Transaction or any proposal relating to an
Alternative Proposal or Alternative Transaction (as defined in the BBOT Business Combination Agreement, respectively); and (iii) in favor
of any proposal sought by the Company to extend the deadline by which the Company must consummate its initial business combination. In
addition, the Helix Support Agreement prohibits each Helix Supporting Shareholder from, among other things, selling, assigning or transferring
any Class A ordinary shares or Class B ordinary shares held by such Helix Supporting Shareholder except to certain permitted transferees,
until the earliest of (a) the effective time of the Merger, (b) such date and time as the BBOT Business Combination Agreement is terminated
in accordance with its terms; (c) the liquidation of the Company; (d) the written agreement of each of the terminating Helix Supporting
Shareholder(s), the Company and BBOT with respect to terminating the rights and obligations under the Helix Support Agreement of a specific
Helix Supporting Shareholder or a subset of Helix Supporting Shareholders; and (e) the written agreement of all Helix Supporting Shareholders,
the Company and BBOT to terminate the Helix Support Agreement in its entirety. Pursuant to the Helix Support Agreement, each of Cormorant
Funds and its permitted transferees irrevocably and unconditionally covenants and agrees not to submit any Class A ordinary shares owned
by it for redemption in connection with the BBOT Business Combination. Additionally, the Sponsor and Helix Existing Investors will comply
with their non-redemption obligations as specified in the Letter Agreement.
Further, if and only if the Company Closing
Cash is less than $ 400,000,000 , the Sponsor will forfeit a number of shares of PubCo Common Stock (the “Contribution Shares”)
equal to (a) 3,360,000 multiplied by (b) one minus the number resulting from dividing (i) the Company Closing Cash by (ii) $ 400,000,000 ,
with any fractional share rounded to the nearest whole number resulting from such product.
The foregoing description of the Helix Support
Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Helix Support Agreement, a copy of
which is included as Exhibit 10.7 to this Annual Report.
BBOT Written Consent and Support Agreements
Concurrently and immediately prior to the
signing of the BBOT Business Combination Agreement, BBOT obtained and delivered to Company the written consents of a sufficient number
of shares of BBOT capital stock (the holders of such shares, the “BBOT Consenting Stockholders”) required to approve the BBOT
Business Combination Agreement, each ancillary agreement to which BBOT is a party, and the BBOT Business Combination (the “BBOT
Written Consent”).
The foregoing description of the BBOT Written
Consent does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Form of Company Stockholder Written
Consent, a copy of which is included as Exhibit L to the BBOT Business Combination Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 2.1 to this Annual
Report.
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Additionally, concurrently and immediately
prior to the signing of the BBOT Business Combination Agreement, the Company BBOT, and certain stockholders of BBOT (the “BBOT Supporting
Stockholders”) entered into a support agreement (the “BBOT Support Agreement”). Pursuant to the BBOT Support Agreement,
each BBOT Supporting Stockholder (i) agreed that each existing investor rights agreement of BBOT will automatically terminate upon the
Closing, (ii) agreed not to make any proposal or offer that constitutes an Alternative Transaction, among other things, and (iii) waived
and agreed not to exercise any rights of appraisal or rights to dissent it may have in connection with the Merger.
The BBOT Support Agreement also prohibits
the BBOT Supporting Stockholders from, among other things, selling, assigning or transferring any capital stock of BBOT held by the BBOT
Supporting Stockholders except to certain permitted transferees, until the earliest of (a) the effective time of the Merger, (b) such
date and time as the BBOT Business Combination Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms; and (c) the written agreement of
all BBOT Supporting Stockholders, the Company and BBOT to terminate the agreement in its entirety.
The foregoing description of the BBOT Support
Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the BBOT Support Agreement, a copy of which
is included as Exhibit 10.8 to this Annual Report.
Subscription Agreement
In connection with the BBOT Business Combination,
on February 28, 2025, the Company entered into subscription agreements (the “Subscription Agreements”) with certain qualified
institutional buyers, institutional accredited investors, and other accredited investors, including Cormorant and other existing shareholders
of the Company (collectively, the “PIPE Investors”), pursuant to which, among other things, PubCo agreed to issue and sell
to the PIPE investors, and the PIPE Investors agreed to subscribe for and purchase an aggregate of approximately $ 260,000,000 of PubCo
Common Stock (the “PIPE Shares”), at a purchase price equal to the Redemption Price (the “PIPE Investments”).
Existing Company shareholders subscribed for approximately $ 188,000,000 of the PIPE Investments, which includes Cormorant Funds’
subscription for an aggregate of $ 75,000,000 of PIPE Investments.
The obligations of each party to consummate
the PIPE Investments are conditioned upon, among other things, (i) the PubCo Common Stock having been approved for listing on Nasdaq Stock
Market LLC; (ii) all conditions precedent to the closing of the BBOT Business Combination set forth in Article IX of the BBOT Business
Combination Agreement having been satisfied or waived; and (iii) the absence of specified adverse laws, rules, regulations, judgments,
decrees, executive orders or awards making the PIPE Investment illegal or otherwise prohibiting its consummation.
Each of the Sponsor and each Helix Existing
Investor agreed to elect to convert their Class B ordinary shares into Class A ordinary shares immediately prior to the Domestication
and to waive their rights under the Articles to have their Class B ordinary shares converted into Class A ordinary shares at a ratio of
greater than one-to-one.
In addition, pursuant to the Helix Support
Agreement, the Sponsor will, effective as of immediately prior to the Domestication and conditioned upon the Closing, forfeit and surrender
to the Company such number of Class B ordinary shares (the “Sponsor Forfeited Shares”) held by the Sponsor equal to the quotient
of (i) the difference between (A) the Redemption Price multiplied by 4,600,000 less (B) $ 46,000,000 divided by (ii) the Redemption Price.
The foregoing description of the Subscription
Agreements does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Form of Subscription Agreement, a
copy of which is included as Exhibit 10.9 to this Annual Report.
Non-Redemption Agreement
In connection with the BBOT Business Combination,
on February 28, 2025, the Company entered into non-redemption agreements with certain shareholders (the “Non-Redemption Agreements”
and, such shareholders, the “Non-Redeeming Holders”), pursuant to which, among other things, each Non-Redeeming Holder irrevocably
and unconditionally agreed, for the benefit of the Company, that neither it or its controlled affiliates will exercise any redemption
rights under the Articles with respect to Class A ordinary shares held by such holder as of the date of the Non-Redemption Agreement
(the “Non-Redeeming Shares”) at any meeting of the shareholders of the Company. The Non-Redeeming Holder also agreed to (i)
not to transfer directly or indirectly the Non-Redeeming Shares held by it until earlier of (x) the Closing Date, (y) the termination
of the BBOT Business Combination Agreement in accordance with its terms and (z) the termination of the Non-Redemption Agreement in accordance
with its terms; and (ii) vote its Non-Redeeming Shares (A) in favor of the BBOT Business Combination Agreement, the Domestication and
Merger and each other proposal brought by the Company in connection with the BBOT Business Combination and (B) in favor of any proposal
brought by the Company to adjourn or postpone the shareholder’s meeting of the Company in connection with the BBOT Business Combination.
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An aggregate of 450,900 Class A ordinary
shares are subject to the Non-Redemption Agreements.
The foregoing description of the Non-Redemption
Agreements does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Form of Non-Redemption Agreement,
a copy of which is included as Exhibit 10.10 to this Annual Report.
Lock-Up Agreement
In connection with the Closing, the Sponsor,
Cormorant Funds and the Helix Existing Investors will enter into a lock-up agreement (the “Lock-Up Agreement”) with PubCo.
Pursuant to the Lock-Up Agreement, the Sponsor,
Cormorant Funds, and each Helix Existing Investor will agree not to transfer (except for certain permitted transfers) any shares of PubCo
Common Stock held by such holder after the Domestication until one year after the later of (i) the filing of the Form 10 Information (as
defined in Rule 144(i)(3) of the Securities Act) with the SEC and (ii) the Closing Date.
The foregoing description of the Lock-Up
Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Form of Lock-Up Agreement, a copy of
which is included as Exhibit 10.11 to this Annual Report.
Amended and Restated Registration Rights
Agreement
In connection with the Closing, PubCo, Sponsor,
Cormorant Funds, the Helix Existing Investors, and certain former stockholders of BBOT will enter into an amended and restated registration
rights agreement (the “A&R Registration Rights Agreement”). Pursuant to the A&R Registration Rights Agreement, among
other things, PubCo will agree that, within 30 calendar days following the Closing Date, PubCo will file with the SEC (at PubCo’s
sole cost and expense) a registration statement registering the resale of certain shares of PubCo Common Stock held by or issuable to
the parties thereto (the “Resale Registration Statement”), and PubCo will use its commercially reasonable efforts to have
the Resale Registration Statement declared effective as soon as reasonably practicable after the filing thereof. Such holders will be
entitled to customary piggyback registration rights and demand registration rights, including underwritten demands.
The A&R Registration Rights Agreement
amends and restates the registration rights agreement that was entered into by the Company, the Sponsor and the Helix Existing Investors
in connection with the Company’s initial public offering. The A&R Registration Rights Agreement will terminate on the earlier
of (a) the five year anniversary of the date of the A&R Registration Rights Agreement or (b) with respect to any holder party thereto,
on the date that such holder no longer holds any Registrable Securities (as defined therein).
The foregoing description of the A&R
Registration Rights Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Form of A&R
Registration Rights Agreement, a copy of which is included as Exhibit 10.12 to this Annual Report.
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Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants
on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.
None.