Chenghe Acquisition III Co. 10-K

ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS. The following discussion and analysis of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our audited financial statements and the notes related thereto which are included in “Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Certain information contained in the discussion and analysis set forth below includes forward-looking statements. Our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of many factors, including those set forth under “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements and Risk Factor Summary,” “Item 1A. Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Overview We are a blank check company incorporated in the Cayman Islands on June 4, 2024 formed 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 (the “Business Combination”). We intend to effectuate our initial Business Combination using cash derived from the proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Units, our shares, debt or a combination of cash, shares and debt. We expect to continue to incur significant costs in the pursuit of our acquisition plans. We cannot assure you that our plans to complete an initial Business Combination will be successful. Recent Developments On September 17, 2025, we consummated the Initial Public Offering of 12,650,000 Units, which includes the full exercise by the underwriters of their over-allotment option in the amount of 1,650,000 Units, at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $126,500,000. Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, we consummated the sale of 408,000 Private Placement Units, which includes 33,000 Private Placement Units issued to BTIG and Delaware Sponsor in connection with the underwriter’s full exercise of its over-allotment option, at a price of $10.00 per Private Placement Unit, in a private placement to the Company’s co-sponsors and BTIG, LLC, the representative of the underwriters (“BTIG”), generating gross proceeds of $4,080,000. Transaction costs amounted to $9,069,732, consisting of $2,530,000 of cash underwriting fee, $5,060,000 of deferred underwriting fee, and $1,479,732 of other offering costs. On November 10, 2025, the Company announced that the holders of the Company’s units sold in the Company’s initial public offering (the “Units”) may elect to separately trade the Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A Ordinary Shares”), and redeemable warrants included in the Units commencing on November 11, 2025. Each Unit consists of one Class A Ordinary Share and one-half of one redeemable warrant to purchase one Class A Ordinary Share. Any Units not separated will continue to trade on the Nasdaq Global Market (“Nasdaq”) under the symbol “CHECU”. Any underlying Class Ordinary Shares and warrants that are separated will trade on Nasdaq under the symbols “CHEC” and “CHECW”, respectively. No fractional warrants will be issued upon separation of the Units and only whole warrants will trade. Holders of Units will need to have their brokers contact Odyssey Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the Company’s transfer agent, in order to separate the holders’ Units into Class A Ordinary Shares and warrants. Results of Operations We have neither engaged in any operations nor generated any revenues to date. Our only activities from June 4, 2024 (inception) through December 31, 2025 were organizational activities, those necessary to prepare for the Initial Public Offering, described below, and identifying a target company for an initial Business Combination. We do not expect to generate any operating revenues until after the completion of our initial Business Combination. We generate non-operating income in the form of interest income on cash held in the Trust Account. We incur expenses as a result of being a public company (for legal, financial reporting, accounting and auditing compliance), as well as for due diligence expenses. For the year ended December 31, 2025, we had a net income of $1,088,407, which consists of interest earned on cash held in the Trust Account of $1,370,085, partially offset by operating costs of $281,678. For the period from June 4, 2024 (inception) through December 31, 2024, we had a net loss of $32,592, caused by the formation, general, and administrative costs. 87 Liquidity and Capital Resources For the year ended December 31, 2025, net cash used in operating activities was $189,897. Net income of $1,088,407 was impacted by interest earned on cash held in Trust Account of $1,370,085 and payment of formation, general, and administrative costs through promissory note of $172,179. Changes in operating assets and liabilities used $80,398 of cash in operating activities. For the period from June 4, 2024 (inception) through December 31, 2024, net cash used in operating activities was $0. Net loss of $32,592 was impacted by formation, general, and administrative costs paid through promissory note – related party of $10,420. Changes in operating assets and liabilities provided $22,172 of cash from operating activities. As of December 31, 2025, we had cash held in the Trust Account of $127,870,085 (including approximately $1,370,085 of interest income) consisting of cash held in a saving account. We may withdraw interest from the Trust Account to pay taxes, if any. We intend to use substantially all of the funds held in the Trust Account, including any amounts representing interest earned on the Trust Account (less income taxes payable), to complete our initial Business Combination. To the extent that our share capital or debt is used, in whole or in part, as consideration to complete our initial Business Combination, the remaining proceeds held in the Trust Account will be used as working capital to finance the operations of the target business or businesses, make other acquisitions and pursue our growth strategies. As of December 31, 2025, we had cash of $696,825, working capital of $630,051, accumulated deficit of $4,430,412, shareholders’ deficit of $4,429,949. For the year ended December 31, 2025, net cash used in operating activities was $189,897. We intend to use the funds held outside the Trust Account primarily to identify and evaluate target businesses, perform business due diligence on prospective target businesses, travel to and from the offices, plants or similar locations of prospective target businesses or their representatives or owners, review corporate documents and material agreements of prospective target businesses, and structure, negotiate and complete an initial Business Combination. In order to fund working capital deficiencies or finance transaction costs in connection with an initial Business Combination, the co-sponsors, or certain of our officers and directors or their affiliates may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds as may be required. If we complete an initial Business Combination, we would repay such loaned amounts. In the event that an initial Business Combination does not close, we may use a portion of the working capital held outside the Trust Account to repay such loaned amounts but no proceeds from our Trust Account would be used for such repayment. Up to $1,500,000 of such Working Capital Loans may be convertible into private placement-equivalent units at a price of $10.00 per unit at the option of the lender. Such units would be identical to the Private Placement Units In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 205-40, “Presentation of Financial Statements—Going Concern”, management has determined that the Company currently lacks the liquidity it needs to sustain operations for a reasonable period of time, which is considered to be at least one year from the date that the accompanying financial statements are issued as it expects to continue to incur significant costs in pursuit of its acquisition plans. In addition, management has determined that if the Company is unable to complete an initial Business Combination within the Combination Window, then the Company will cease all operations except for the purpose of liquidating. These conditions raise 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 March 17, 2027. The Company cannot assure its shareholders that its plans to raise capital or to consummate an initial Business Combination will be successful. Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements We have no obligations, assets or liabilities, which would be considered off-balance sheet arrangements as of December 31, 2025. We do not participate in transactions that create relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, often referred to as variable interest entities, which would have been established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements. We have not entered into any off-balance sheet financing arrangements, established any special purpose entities, guaranteed any debt or commitments of other entities, or purchased any non-financial assets. 88 Contractual obligations We do not have any long-term debt, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations or long-term liabilities, other than an agreement dated September 15, 2025, to pay an aggregate of $15,000 per month for office space, secretarial, and administrative services provided to members of the Company’s management; upon completion of the initial Business Combination or its liquidation, the Company will cease paying these monthly fees. The underwriters were entitled to the Up Front Fee paid in cash at the closing of the Initial Public Offering. Additionally, the underwriters were entitled to the Deferred Underwriting Commission payable in cash upon the closing of an initial Business Combination. The Deferred Underwriting Commission is conditioned on the completion of an initial Business Combination. The underwriters’ financial interests tied to the consummation of an initial Business Combination transaction may give rise to potential conflicts of interest in providing any such additional services to the Company, including potential conflicts of interest in connection with the sourcing and consummation of an initial Business Combination. The underwriters are under no obligation to provide any further services to the Company in order to receive all or any part of the Deferred Underwriting Commissions. Critical Accounting Policies The preparation of financial statements and related disclosures in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and income and expenses during the periods reported. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates. As of December 31, 2025, we did not have any critical accounting estimates to be disclosed. Recent Accounting Standards In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses (“ASU 2024-03”), and in January 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-01, Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Clarifying the Effective Date (“ASU 2025-01”). ASU 2024-03 requires additional disclosure of the nature of expenses included in the income statement as well as disclosures about specific types of expenses included in the expense captions presented in the income statement. ASU 2024-03, as clarified by ASU 2025-01, is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact these standards will have on it financial statements. We do not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on our financial statements. Item 7.A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure About Market Risk. We are a smaller reporting company as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act and are not required to provide the information otherwise required under this item. Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data This information appears following Item 15 of this Report and is included herein by reference. Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure. None. 89