Cayson Acquisition Corp 10-Q

Item 2 – Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds On May 29, 2024, Cayson Holding LP, one of our Sponsors, acquired an aggregate of 1,725,000 founder shares for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000. Thereafter, it transferred an aggregate of 862,500 founder shares to Yawei Cao, our Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and other sponsor. The Company also issued to EarlyBirdCapital, Inc. 100,000 ordinary shares for an aggregate purchase price of $1,450 on May 30, 2024. The issuance of the foregoing securities was exempt pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Securities Act”). 20 On September 23, 2024, the Company consummated the Initial Public Offering of 6,000,000 Units. Each Unit consists of one Ordinary Share, $0.0001 par value, of the Company and one Right, each Right entitling the holder thereof to receive one-tenth of one Ordinary Share upon the completion of the Company’s initial business combination. The Units were sold at an offering price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $60,000,000. EarlyBirdCapital, Inc. acted as sole book-running manager of the Initial Public Offering and Revere Securities acted as co-manager of the Initial Public Offering. The securities in the offering were registered under the Securities Act on a registration statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-280564). The Securities and Exchange Commission declared the registration statement effective on September 19, 2024. Simultaneously with the consummation of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the Private Placement of 230,000 Private Placement Units at a price of $10.00 per Private Placement Unit, generating total proceeds of $2,300,000. The Private Placement Units were purchased by the Sponsors. The Private Placement Units are identical to the Units sold in the Initial Public Offering. The purchasers of the Private Placement Units have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of the Private Placement Units or underlying securities (except to certain transferees) until after the completion of the Company’s initial business combination. The issuance was made pursuant to the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act. On September 23, 2024, an aggregate of $60,000,000 has been deposited in the trust account established with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee in connection with the Initial Public Offering ($10.00 per unit sold in the offering, including the over-allotment option). Transaction costs amounted to $3,722,527 (net of $300,000 underwriters cash reimbursement of deferred offering cost), consisting of $1,200,000 of cash underwriting fees, $2,100,000 of deferred underwriting commission and $422,527 (net of $300,000 underwriters cash reimbursement of deferred offering cost) of other offering costs. These costs were charged to additional paid-in capital or accumulated deficit to the extent additional paid-in capital is fully depleted upon completion of the IPO. For a description of the proceeds generated in the Initial Public Offering, see Part I, Item 2 of this Form 10-Q.