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and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
−Removed: The following discussion and analysis of the
−Removed: Company’s financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our audited financial statements and
−Removed: the notes thereto which are included in “Item 8.
+Added: The following discussion
+Added: and analysis of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our audited financial
+Added: statements and the notes thereto which are included in “Item 8.
Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” of this Report.
−Removed: Certain information
−Removed: contained in the discussion and analysis set forth below includes forward-looking statements.
−Removed: Our actual results may differ materially
−Removed: from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of many factors, including those set forth under “Special
−Removed: Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements,” “Item 1A.
+Added: Certain information contained in the discussion and analysis set forth below includes forward-looking statements.
+Added: Our actual results may
+Added: differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of many factors, including those set forth under
+Added: “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements,” “Item 1A.
Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this Report.
−Removed: We are a blank check company incorporated as a
−Removed: Cayman Islands exempted company on September 24, 2020 for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share
−Removed: purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses (a “business combination”).
−Removed: are Crown PropTech Sponsor, LLC (“Crown PropTech Sponsor”), a Delaware limited liability company and CIIG Management III LLC
−Removed: (“CIIG”), a Delaware limited liability company, (each, a “sponsor” and together, the “sponsors”).
−Removed: The registration statement for our initial public
−Removed: offering (the “IPO”) became effective on February 8, 2021.
−Removed: On February 11, 2021, we consummated the IPO of 27,600,000
−Removed: units, which included the exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase an additional 3,600,000 units at the IPO price to cover
−Removed: over-allotments (the “Units” with respect to the Class A ordinary shares included in the Units being offered, the “Public
−Removed: Shares” with respect to the one-third of one redeemable warrant included in such Units the “Public Warrant”), at $10.00
−Removed: per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $276.0 million, and incurring offering costs of approximately $15.8 million, inclusive
−Removed: of approximately $9.66 million in deferred underwriting commissions.
−Removed: Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, we
−Removed: consummated the private placement (“Private Placement”) of 5,013,333 warrants (each, a “Private Placement Warrant”
−Removed: and collectively, the “Private Placement Warrants”), at a price of $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant with Crown PropTech
−Removed: Sponsor, generating gross proceeds of approximately $7.5 million.
−Removed: Upon the closing of the IPO and the Private Placement,
−Removed: approximately $276.0 million ($10.00 per Unit) of the net proceeds of the IPO and certain of the proceeds of the Private Placement
−Removed: were placed in a Trust Account (“Trust Account”), located in the United States with Continental Stock Transfer &
−Removed: Trust Company acting as trustee, and invested only in United States “government securities” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16)
−Removed: 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
−Removed: promulgated under the Investment Company Act which invest only in direct U.S.
−Removed: government treasury obligations, as determined by us, until
−Removed: the earlier of:
−Removed: (i) the completion of a business combination and (ii) the distribution of the Trust Account as described below.
+Added: We are a blank check company
+Added: incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company on September 24, 2020 for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset
+Added: acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses (a “business combination”).
+Added: Our sponsors are Crown PropTech Sponsor, LLC (“Crown PropTech Sponsor”), a Delaware limited liability company and CIIG Management
+Added: III LLC (“CIIG”), a Delaware limited liability company, (each, a “sponsor” and together, the “sponsors”).
+Added: The registration statement
+Added: for our initial public offering (the “IPO”) became effective on February 8, 2021.
+Added: On February 11, 2021, we consummated
+Added: the IPO of 27,600,000 units, which included the exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase an additional 3,600,000 units at
+Added: the IPO price to cover over-allotments (the “Units” with respect to the Class A ordinary shares included in the Units
+Added: being offered, the “Public Shares” with respect to the one-third of one redeemable warrant included in such Units the “Public
+Added: Warrant”), at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $276.0 million, and incurring offering costs of approximately $15.8 million,
+Added: inclusive of approximately $9.66 million in deferred underwriting commissions.
+Added: Simultaneously with the closing
+Added: of the IPO, we consummated the private placement (“Private Placement”) of 5,013,333 warrants (each, a “Private Placement
+Added: Warrant” and collectively, the “Private Placement Warrants”), at a price of $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant with
+Added: Crown PropTech Sponsor, generating gross proceeds of approximately $7.5 million.
+Added: Upon the closing of the IPO
+Added: and the Private Placement, approximately $276.0 million ($10.00 per Unit) of the net proceeds of the IPO and certain of the proceeds
+Added: of the Private Placement were placed in a Trust Account (“Trust Account”), located in the United States with Continental Stock
+Added: Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee, and invested only in United States “government securities” within the
+Added: 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
+Added: certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act which invest only in direct U.S.
+Added: government treasury obligations,
+Added: as determined by us, until the earlier of:
+Added: (i) the completion of a business combination and (ii) the distribution of the Trust
+Added: Account as described below.
Change in Management, Sponsor and Board of
−Removed: On January 17, 2023, Richard Chera informed
−Removed: the Company of his decision to resign as Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and principal financial and accounting officer of
−Removed: the Company, effective immediately.
−Removed: Chera’s resignation was voluntary and not the result of any disagreement with the operations,
−Removed: policies or practices of the Company.
−Removed: Chera shall continue to serve as a director of the Company.
−Removed: On January 17, 2023, the Board of Directors
−Removed: of the Company (the “Board”) appointed Mr.
−Removed: Gavin Cuneo and Mr.
−Removed: Michael Minnick as co-CEOs of the Company, effective
−Removed: Additionally, in connection with this appointment,
−Removed: Cuneo and Mr.
−Removed: Minnick entered into an Indemnity Agreement and a Letter Agreement with the Company on the same terms
−Removed: as the Indemnity Agreements and Letter Agreements entered into by the directors and officers of the Company at the time of the Company’s
−Removed: In addition, CIIG Management III LLC (“CIIG”) entered into the Letter Agreement.
−Removed: CIIG also entered into that certain
−Removed: joinder agreement to the Registration Rights Agreement as described in further detail below.
−Removed: On January 17, 2023, CIIG entered into a
−Removed: Securities Assignment Agreement (the “Assignment Agreement”), by and among Crown PropTech Sponsor, LLC (“Crown PropTech
−Removed: Sponsor”), CIIG and Richard Chera, whereby Crown PropTech Sponsor sold, transferred and assigned 5,662,000 Class B ordinary
−Removed: shares of the Company and 250,667 private placement warrants to purchase Class A ordinary shares of the Company to CIIG.
−Removed: In connection
−Removed: with entry into the Assignment Agreement, CIIG (i) entered into a Letter Agreement with the Company (the “Letter Agreement”)
−Removed: and (ii) entered into a joinder agreement to the Registration Rights Agreement entered into by Crown PropTech Sponsor in connection
−Removed: with the Company’s IPO.
−Removed: As a result of the above transaction CIIG became a co-sponsor to Crown (and together with Crown PropTech
−Removed: Sponsor, the “Sponsors”).
−Removed: In connection with the above transaction, Crown
−Removed: PropTech Sponsor entered into a letter agreement dated as of January 17, 2023, whereby Crown PropTech Sponsor is no longer entitled
−Removed: to receive any payments under the administrative services agreement and the Company is no longer required to pay any such payments.
−Removed: of the date of this Annual Report, the Company has not made any payments pursuant to the administrative agreement and does not expect
−Removed: to incur any related expenses in the near future.
−Removed: On May 5, 2023, Frits van Paasschen, a member
−Removed: of the Board, chair of the Audit Committee of the Board, chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board, and
−Removed: a member of the Compensation Committee of the Board, notified the Board of his resignation from the Board, effective upon the acceptance
−Removed: by the Board, which the Board accepted on May 8, 2023.
−Removed: van Paasschen’s resignation was voluntary and not the result
−Removed: of any disagreement with the operations, policies or practices of the Company.
−Removed: On May 8, 2023, the Board elected Chris Rogers
−Removed: as a member of the Board, chair of the Audit Committee of the Board, a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of
−Removed: the Board, and a member of the Compensation Committee of the Board, effective immediately.
−Removed: On February 15, 2024, Gavin Cuneo notified the
−Removed: Company of his decision to resign as the co-chief executive officer of the Company, effective immediately.
−Removed: Cuneo also served as the
−Removed: Company’s principal financial and accounting officer and resigned from such positions as well.
−Removed: Cuneo’s decision to resign
−Removed: was not the result of any dispute or disagreement with the Company or any matter relating to the Company’s operations, policies
−Removed: or practices.
−Removed: Michael Minnick, the Company’s Chief Executive
−Removed: Officer, assumed the role of principal financial and accounting officer of the Company effective upon Mr.
−Removed: Cuneo’s resignation.
+Added: On February 15, 2024, Gavin
+Added: Cuneo notified the Company of his decision to resign as the co-chief executive officer of the Company, effective immediately.
+Added: also served as the Company’s principal financial and accounting officer and resigned from such positions as well.
+Added: decision to resign was not the result of any dispute or disagreement with the Company or any matter relating to the Company’s operations,
+Added: policies or practices.
+Added: Michael Minnick, the Company’s
+Added: Chief Executive Officer, assumed the role of principal financial and accounting officer of the Company effective upon Mr.
Minnick has served as the Company’s Co-Chief Executive Officer since January 2023.
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February 9, 2024
−Removed: Beginning on January 31, 2023, and continuing
−Removed: until the Company’s February 9, 2023 extraordinary general meeting of shareholders (“Extraordinary General Meeting”),
−Removed: the Company and CIIG entered into certain non-redemption agreements and assignments of economic interests (the “Non-Redemption Agreements”)
−Removed: with certain investors (the “Non-Redeeming Investors”).
−Removed: The Non-Redemption Agreements provide for the assignment of economic
−Removed: interest of an aggregate of 1,500,000 Class B ordinary shares held by CIIG to the Non-Redeeming Investors in exchange for such Non-Redeeming
−Removed: Investors agreeing to hold and not redeem an aggregate of 4,000,000 Class A ordinary shares at the Extraordinary General Meeting.
−Removed: Pursuant to the Non-Redemption Agreements, CIIG has agreed to transfer to such Non-Redeeming Investors an aggregate of 1,500,000 Class A
−Removed: ordinary shares upon conversion of the Class B ordinary shares in connection with the consummation of an initial Business Combination.
−Removed: On February 9, 2023, the Company’s
−Removed: shareholders approved an amendment to amend and restate the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association
−Removed: to extend the date by which the Company must consummate an initial Business Combination from February 11, 2023 to February 11,
−Removed: 2024 (the “2023 Extension Proposal”).
−Removed: In connection with the vote to approve the 2023
−Removed: Extension Proposal, shareholders holding an aggregate of 23,403,515 shares of the Company’s Class A ordinary shares exercised
−Removed: their right to redeem their shares for a pro rata portion of the funds in the Trust Account (as defined below).
−Removed: As a result, $238,305,063
−Removed: (approximately $10.18 per share) was withdrawn from the Trust Account (described below) to redeem such shares.
−Removed: Following the redemptions,
−Removed: there were 4,196,485 Class A ordinary shares issued and outstanding.
−Removed: February 9, 2024
−Removed: On February 9, 2024, the Company’s
−Removed: shareholders approved an amendment to amend and restate the Company’s Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association
−Removed: to extend the date by which the Company must consummate an initial Business Combination from February 11, 2024 to August 11, 2024
−Removed: (the “February 2024 Extension Proposal”).
−Removed: In connection with the vote to approve the February
−Removed: 2024 Extension Proposal, shareholders holding an aggregate of 2,195,847 shares of the Company’s Class A ordinary shares exercised
−Removed: their right to redeem their shares for a pro rata portion of the funds in the Trust Account (as defined below).
−Removed: As a result, $23,724,846
−Removed: (approximately $10.80 per share) was withdrawn from the Trust Account to redeem such shares.
−Removed: Following the redemptions, there were 2,000,638
−Removed: Class A ordinary shares issued and outstanding.
−Removed: Associated with the February 9, 2024 Extraordinary
−Removed: General Meeting, the Company and CIIG entered into non-redemption agreements (the “February 2024 Non-Redemption Agreements”)
−Removed: with certain investors pursuant to which, if such investors do not redeem (or validly rescind any redemption requests on) their Class
−Removed: A ordinary shares of the Company (the “February 2024 Non-Redeemed Shares”) in connection with the February 9, 2024 Extraordinary
−Removed: General Meeting, CIIG will agree to transfer to such investors Class B ordinary shares held by CIIG immediately following the consummation
−Removed: of an initial Business Combination if they continue to hold such February 2024 Non-Redeemed Shares through the February 9, 2024 Extraordinary
−Removed: General Meeting.
−Removed: The February 2024 Non-Redemption Agreements provide
−Removed: for the assignment of up to 464,414 Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, held by CIIG to the investors in exchange for
−Removed: such Investors agreeing to hold and not redeem certain public shares at the February 9, 2024 Extraordinary General Meeting.
+Added: On February 9, 2024,
+Added: the Company’s shareholders approved an amendment to amend and restate the Company’s Second Amended and Restated Memorandum
+Added: and Articles of Association to extend the date by which the Company must consummate an initial Business Combination from February 11,
+Added: 2024 to August 11, 2024 (the “February 2024 Extension Proposal”).
+Added: In connection with the vote
+Added: to approve the February 2024 Extension Proposal, shareholders holding an aggregate of 2,195,847 shares of the Company’s Class A
+Added: ordinary shares exercised their right to redeem their shares for a pro rata portion of the funds in the Trust Account (as defined below).
+Added: As a result, $23,724,846 (approximately $10.80 per share) was withdrawn from the Trust Account to redeem such shares.
+Added: Following the
+Added: redemptions, there were 2,000,638 Class A ordinary shares issued and outstanding.
+Added: Associated with the February
+Added: 9, 2024 Extraordinary General Meeting, the Company and CIIG entered into non-redemption agreements (the “February 2024 Non-Redemption
+Added: Agreements”) with certain investors pursuant to which, if such investors do not redeem (or validly rescind any redemption requests
+Added: on) their Class A ordinary shares of the Company (the “February 2024 Non-Redeemed Shares”) in connection with the February
+Added: 9, 2024 Extraordinary General Meeting, CIIG will agree to transfer to such investors Class B ordinary shares held by CIIG immediately
+Added: following the consummation of an initial Business Combination if they continue to hold such February 2024 Non-Redeemed Shares through
+Added: the February 9, 2024 Extraordinary General Meeting.
+Added: The February 2024 Non-Redemption
+Added: Agreements provide for the assignment of up to 464,414 Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, held by CIIG to the investors
+Added: in exchange for such Investors agreeing to hold and not redeem certain public shares at the February 9, 2024 Extraordinary General Meeting.
August 9, 2024
−Removed: On August 9, 2024, the Company’s shareholders
−Removed: approved an amendment to amend and restate the Company’s Third Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association to extend
−Removed: the date by which the Company must consummate an initial Business Combination from August 11, 2024 to May 11, 2025 (the “August
+Added: On August 9, 2024, the Company’s
+Added: shareholders approved an amendment to amend and restate the Company’s Third Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association
+Added: to extend the date by which the Company must consummate an initial Business Combination from August 11, 2024 to May 11, 2025 (the
+Added: “August 2024 Extension Proposal”).
+Added: In connection with the vote
+Added: to approve the August 2024 Extension Proposal, shareholders holding an aggregate of 1,487,025 shares of the Company’s Class A
+Added: ordinary shares exercised their right to redeem their shares for a pro rata portion of the funds in the Trust Account (as defined below).
+Added: As a result, $16,484,256 (approximately $11.09 per share) was withdrawn from the Trust Account to redeem such shares.
+Added: Following the
+Added: redemptions, there were 513,613 Class A ordinary shares issued and outstanding.
+Added: Associated with the August
+Added: 9, 2024 Extraordinary General Meeting, the Company and CIIG entered into non-redemption agreements (the “August 2024 Non-Redemption
+Added: Agreements”) with certain investors pursuant to which, if such investors do not redeem (or validly rescind any redemption requests
+Added: on) their Class A ordinary shares of the Company (the “August 2024 Non-Redeemed Shares”) in connection with the August 9,
+Added: 2024 Extraordinary General Meeting, CIIG will agree to transfer to such investors Class B ordinary shares held by CIIG immediately following
+Added: the consummation of an initial Business Combination if they continue to hold such August 2024 Non-Redeemed Shares through the August 9,
+Added: 2024 Extraordinary General Meeting.
+Added: The August 2024 Non-Redemption
+Added: Agreements provide for the assignment of up to 115,287 Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, held by CIIG to the investors
+Added: in exchange for such Investors agreeing to hold and not redeem certain public shares at the August 9, 2024 Extraordinary General Meeting.
+Added: On May 9, 2025, the Company’s
+Added: shareholders approved an amendment to amend and restate the Company’s Fourth Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association
+Added: to extend the date by which the Company must consummate an initial Business Combination from May 11, 2025 to March 11, 2026 (the “May
2025 Extension Proposal”).
−Removed: In connection with the vote to approve the August
−Removed: 2024 Extension Proposal, shareholders holding an aggregate of 1,487,025 shares of the Company’s Class A ordinary shares exercised
−Removed: their right to redeem their shares for a pro rata portion of the funds in the Trust Account (as defined below).
−Removed: As a result, $16,484,256
−Removed: (approximately $11.09 per share) was withdrawn from the Trust Account to redeem such shares.
−Removed: Following the redemptions, there were 513,613
−Removed: Class A ordinary shares issued and outstanding.
−Removed: Associated with the August 9, 2024 Extraordinary
−Removed: General Meeting, the Company and CIIG entered into non-redemption agreements (the “August 2024 Non-Redemption Agreements”)
+Added: In connection with the vote
+Added: to approve the May 2025 Extension Proposal, shareholders holding an aggregate of 21,807 shares of the Company’s Class A ordinary
+Added: shares exercised their right to redeem their shares for a pro rata portion of the funds in the Trust Account (as defined below).
+Added: result approximately, $0.25 million (approximately $11.47 per share) was withdrawn from the Trust Account to redeem such shares.
+Added: Following the redemptions, there were 491,806 Class A ordinary shares issued and outstanding.
+Added: Associated with the May 9,
+Added: 2025 Extraordinary General Meeting, the Company and CIIG entered into non-redemption agreements (the “May 2025 Non-Redemption Agreements”)
with certain investors pursuant to which, if such investors do not redeem (or validly rescind any redemption requests on) their Class
−Removed: A ordinary shares of the Company (the “August 2024 Non-Redeemed Shares”) in connection with the August 9, 2024 Extraordinary
−Removed: General Meeting, CIIG will agree to transfer to such investors Class B ordinary shares held by CIIG immediately following the consummation
−Removed: of an initial Business Combination if they continue to hold such August 2024 Non-Redeemed Shares through the August 9, 2024 Extraordinary
−Removed: General Meeting.
−Removed: The August 2024 Non-Redemption Agreements provide
−Removed: for the assignment of up to 115,287 Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, held by CIIG to the investors in exchange for
−Removed: such Investors agreeing to hold and not redeem certain public shares at the August 9, 2024 Extraordinary General Meeting.
−Removed: On May 9, 2025, the Company’s shareholders
−Removed: approved an amendment to amend and restate the Company’s Fourth Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association to extend
−Removed: the date by which the Company must consummate an initial Business Combination from May 11, 2025 to March 11, 2026 (the “May 2025
+Added: A ordinary shares of the Company (the “May 2025 Non-Redeemed Shares”) in connection with the May 9, 2025 Extraordinary General
+Added: Meeting, CIIG will agree to transfer to such investors Class B ordinary shares held by CIIG immediately following the consummation of
+Added: an initial Business Combination if they continue to hold such May 2025 Non-Redeemed Shares through the May 9, 2025 Extraordinary General
+Added: The May 2025 Non-Redemption
+Added: Agreements provided for the assignment of up 115,287 Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, held by CIIG to the investors
+Added: in exchange for such Investors agreeing to hold and not redeem certain public shares at the May 9, 2025 Extraordinary General Meeting.
+Added: March 9, 2026
+Added: On March 9, 2026, the Company’s
+Added: shareholders approved an amendment to amend and restate the Company’s Fifth Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association
+Added: to extend the date by which the Company must consummate an initial Business Combination from March 11, 2026 to March 11, 2027 (the “March
2026 Extension Proposal”).
−Removed: In connection with the vote to approve the May
−Removed: 2025 Extension Proposal, shareholders holding an aggregate of 21,807 shares of the Company’s Class A ordinary shares exercised
−Removed: their right to redeem their shares for a pro rata portion of the funds in the Trust Account (as defined below).
−Removed: As a result approximately, $0.25
−Removed: million (approximately $11.47 per share) was withdrawn from the Trust Account to redeem such shares.
−Removed: Following the redemptions, there
−Removed: were 491,806 Class A ordinary shares issued and outstanding.
−Removed: Associated with the May 9, 2025 Extraordinary
−Removed: General Meeting, the Company and CIIG entered into non-redemption agreements (the “May 2025 Non-Redemption Agreements”) with
−Removed: certain investors pursuant to which, if such investors do not redeem (or validly rescind any redemption requests on) their Class A ordinary
−Removed: shares of the Company (the “May 2025 Non-Redeemed Shares”) in connection with the May 9, 2025 Extraordinary General Meeting,
−Removed: CIIG will agree to transfer to such investors Class B ordinary shares held by CIIG immediately following the consummation of an initial
−Removed: Business Combination if they continue to hold such May 2025 Non-Redeemed Shares through the May 9, 2025 Extraordinary General Meeting.
−Removed: The May 2025 Non-Redemption Agreements provided
−Removed: for the assignment of up 115,287 Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, held by CIIG to the investors in exchange for such
−Removed: Investors agreeing to hold and not redeem certain public shares at the May 9, 2025 Extraordinary General Meeting.
+Added: In connection with the vote
+Added: to approve the March 2026 Extension Proposal, shareholders holding an aggregate of 7,984 shares of the Company’s Class A ordinary
+Added: shares exercised their right to redeem their shares for a pro rata portion of the funds in the Trust Account (as defined below).
+Added: result, approximately $0.09 million (approximately $11.84 per share) was withdrawn from the Trust Account to redeem such shares.
+Added: the redemptions, there were 483,822 Class A ordinary shares issued and outstanding.
+Added: Associated with the March
+Added: 9, 2026 Extraordinary General Meeting, the Company and CIIG entered into non-redemption agreements (the “March 2026 Non-Redemption
+Added: Agreements”) with certain investors pursuant to which, if such investors do not redeem (or validly rescind any redemption requests
+Added: on) their Class A ordinary shares of the Company (the “March 2026 Non-Redeemed Shares”) in connection with the March 2026
+Added: Extraordinary General Meeting, CIIG agreed to transfer to such investors Class B ordinary shares held by CIIG immediately following the
+Added: consummation of an initial Business Combination if they continue to hold such March 2026 Non-Redeemed Shares through the March 9, 2026
+Added: Extraordinary General Meeting.
+Added: The March 2026 Non-Redemption
+Added: Agreements provided for the assignment of 11,529 Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, held by CIIG that will accrue on
+Added: a monthly basis beginning on April 11, 2026 to the investors until the completion of an initial Business Combination in exchange for such
+Added: Investors agreeing to hold and not redeem certain public shares at the March 9, 2026 Extraordinary General Meeting.
Notice of Delisting
−Removed: On February 12, 2024, the NYSE determined that
−Removed: the Company was not in compliance with Section 802.01B and 102.06e of the NYSE Listed Company Manual (the “LCM”) because the
−Removed: Company failed to consummate a Business Combination within the shorter of (i) the time period specified by its constitutive documents
−Removed: or by contract or (ii) three years.
+Added: On February 12, 2024, the
+Added: NYSE determined that the Company was not in compliance with Section 802.01B and 102.06e of the NYSE Listed Company Manual (the “LCM”)
+Added: because the Company failed to consummate a Business Combination within the shorter of (i) the time period specified by its constitutive
+Added: documents or by contract or (ii) three years.
As such, the NYSE had determined to commence proceedings to delist from the NYSE the Company’s
Class A ordinary shares and Units.
−Removed: Trading of the Company’s securities was
−Removed: suspended on February 12, 2024.
−Removed: The NYSE applied to the SEC to delist the Company’s securities upon completion of all applicable
−Removed: The Company did not appeal the staff’s determination and, accordingly, the Company’s securities were delisted
−Removed: from the NYSE.
−Removed: If we have not completed a business combination
−Removed: by March 11, 2026 (the “Combination Period”), we will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding
−Removed: (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the Public Shares, at a per-share
−Removed: price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held
−Removed: in the Trust Account and not previously released to us to pay our income taxes, if any (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution
−Removed: expenses) divided by the number of the then-outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish Public Shareholders’
−Removed: rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any);
−Removed: and (iii) as promptly as reasonably
−Removed: possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the remaining shareholders and the board of directors, liquidate and dissolve,
−Removed: subject in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), to our obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and
−Removed: the requirements of other applicable law.
−Removed: There will be no redemption rights or liquidating distributions with respect to our outstanding
−Removed: warrants, which will expire worthless if we fail to consummate a business combination within the Combination Period, including any extension
−Removed: thereto that may be approved by our shareholders.
+Added: Trading of the Company’s
+Added: securities was suspended on February 12, 2024.
+Added: The NYSE applied to the SEC to delist the Company’s securities upon completion of
+Added: all applicable procedures.
+Added: The Company did not appeal the staff’s determination and, accordingly, the Company’s securities
+Added: were delisted from the NYSE.
+Added: If we have not completed
+Added: a business combination by March 11, 2027 (the “Combination Period”), we will (i) cease all operations except for the
+Added: purpose of winding up;
+Added: (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the Public
+Added: Shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest
+Added: earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to us to pay our income taxes, if any (less up to $100,000 of
+Added: interest to pay dissolution expenses) divided by the number of the then-outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish
+Added: Public Shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any);
+Added: promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the remaining shareholders and the board of directors,
+Added: liquidate and dissolve, subject in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), to our obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for
+Added: claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law.
+Added: There will be no redemption rights or liquidating distributions with
+Added: respect to our outstanding warrants, which will expire worthless if we fail to consummate a business combination within the Combination
+Added: Period, including any extension thereto that may be approved by our shareholders.
Proposed Business Combination
−Removed: On July 2, 2025, (i) the Company (“SPAC”),
−Removed: (ii) Mkango (Cayman) Limited, an exempted company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands and a direct wholly
−Removed: owned Subsidiary of Lancaster (as defined below) (“Merger Sub”), (iii) Lancaster Exploration Limited, a company organized
−Removed: under the laws of the British Virgin Islands (“Lancaster”, and from and after the Closing, “PubCo”), and a direct,
−Removed: wholly owned subsidiary of Mkango Resources Ltd., a company organized under the laws of British Columbia, Canada (the “Selling Shareholder”),
−Removed: (iv) Mkango Polska s.p.
−Removed: Z.o.o., a company organized under the laws of Poland and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Selling Shareholder
−Removed: (“MKA Poland”), (v) Mkango ServiceCo UK Limited, a company organized under the laws of England and a direct, wholly owned
−Removed: subsidiary of Selling Shareholder (“Mkango ServiceCo”), and (vi) MKA Exploration Ltd., a company organized under the laws
−Removed: of the British Virgin Islands and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Selling Shareholder (“MKA BVI”, and together with Lancaster,
−Removed: MKA Poland and Mkango ServiceCo, the “Companies” and, each, a “Company”) entered into a business combination agreement
−Removed: (the “Business Combination Agreement”).
−Removed: Pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement,
−Removed: the parties thereto will enter into a business combination transaction by which, among other things, Merger Sub will be merged with and
−Removed: into SPAC, with SPAC being the surviving entity of the Merger and becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of PubCo.
−Removed: Concurrently therewith,
−Removed: PubCo will become a publicly traded company, expected to operate under the name “Mkango Rare Earths Limited,” and its ordinary
−Removed: shares are expected to trade on Nasdaq.
−Removed: The proposed Merger and the other transactions
−Removed: contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement (collectively, the “Transactions”) are expected to be consummated after
−Removed: the required approval by the shareholders of SPAC and the satisfaction of certain other conditions summarized below.
+Added: On July 2, 2025, (i) the
+Added: Company (“SPAC”), (ii) Mkango (Cayman) Limited, an exempted company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of the Cayman
+Added: Islands and a direct wholly owned Subsidiary of MKAR (as defined below) (“Merger Sub”), (iii) Mkango Rare Earths Limited (f/k/a
+Added: Lancaster Exploration Limited), a company organized under the laws of the British Virgin Islands (“MKAR”, and from and after
+Added: the Closing, “PubCo”), and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Mkango Resources Ltd., a company organized under the laws
+Added: of British Columbia, Canada (the “Selling Shareholder”), (iv) Mkango Polska s.p.
+Added: Z.o.o., a company organized under the laws
+Added: of Poland and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Selling Shareholder (“MKA Poland”), (v) Mkango ServiceCo UK Limited, a
+Added: company organized under the laws of England and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Selling Shareholder (“Mkango ServiceCo”),
+Added: and (vi) MKA Exploration Ltd., a company organized under the laws of the British Virgin Islands and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary
+Added: of Selling Shareholder (“MKA BVI”, and together with MKAR, MKA Poland and Mkango ServiceCo, the “Companies” and,
+Added: each, a “Company”) entered into a business combination agreement (the “Business Combination Agreement”).
+Added: Pursuant to the Business
+Added: Combination Agreement, the parties thereto will enter into a business combination transaction by which, among other things, Merger Sub
+Added: will be merged with and into SPAC, with SPAC being the surviving entity of the Merger and becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of PubCo.
+Added: Concurrently therewith, PubCo will become a publicly traded company, expected to operate under the name “Mkango Rare Earths Limited,”
+Added: and its ordinary shares are expected to trade on Nasdaq.
+Added: The proposed Merger and the
+Added: other transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement (collectively, the “Transactions”) are expected to be
+Added: consummated after the required approval by the shareholders of SPAC and the satisfaction of certain other conditions summarized below.
+Added: Amendment No.
+Added: 1 to Business Combination Agreement
+Added: On February 13, 2026, SPAC and MKAR entered into
+Added: Amendment No.
+Added: 1 to the Business Combination Agreement (“Amendment No.
+Added: Amendment No.
+Added: 1, among other things, amends the
+Added: pre-closing internal corporate reorganization to establish the ownership structure so that MKAR will own the assets and operations associated
+Added: with the rare earth project at Songwe Hill in Malawi and the proposed separation plant to be constructed in Pulawy, Poland and extends
+Added: the Outside Date from March 11, 2026 to September 30, 2026, with an automatic extension to December 31, 2026 if the U.S.
+Added: Securities and
+Added: Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has not declared the Proxy/Registration Statement effective by August 14, 2026.
Financial Advisor Service Agreement
−Removed: On June 1, 2025, the Company engaged Jett Capital
−Removed: Advisors, LLC (“Jett Capital”) as financial advisor to advise the Company on their proposed Business Combination with Lancaster
−Removed: Exploration Limited, Mkango Polska S.P.Z.O.O., MKA BVI, and Mkango ServiceCo UK Limited.
−Removed: Settlement of Payables
−Removed: For the years ended December 30, 2024 and 2023,
−Removed: the Company did not settle any payables with vendors or related parties, reporting aggregate amounts of $0 for both periods in accordance
−Removed: with ASC Topic 405, “Liabilities.” The 2023 settlement of payables of $339,107 with related parties is in relation to the
−Removed: Administrative Services Agreement.
−Removed: As this is with a related party, the Company recognized $339,107 in the statement of changes in shareholders’
−Removed: deficit for the settlement of these payables.
−Removed: The remaining $420,536 was recognized as a gain in the statement of operations.
−Removed: no settled payables for the year ended December 31, 2024.
+Added: On June 1, 2025, the Company
+Added: engaged Jett Capital Advisors, LLC (“Jett Capital”) as financial advisor to advise the Company on their proposed Business
+Added: Combination with MKAR, Mkango Polska S.P.Z.O.O., MKA BVI, and Mkango ServiceCo UK Limited.
+Added: Put Option Buyout Letter Agreement
+Added: On June 2, 2025, MKAR agreed to issue and sell
+Added: a convertible promissory note to an affiliate of the Company’s Chairman (the “Investor”) in connection with the Proposed
+Added: Business Combination with a principal amount of $500,000 (the “BCA Note”), as described in the Note Purchase Agreement in
+Added: the Company’s Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 3, 2025.
+Added: The Company’s CEO and an affiliated entity
+Added: of the CEO, entered into a letter agreement (the “Letter Agreement”) with the Investor.
+Added: The Letter Agreement includes a put
+Added: option buyout by the Company’s CEO and/or an affiliated entity of the CEO in the event if for any reason whatsoever Investor is
+Added: entitled to the repayment of the BCA Note (including, without limitation unpaid and accrued interest and other charges owing pursuant
+Added: to the terms of the BCA Note), and such payment was not timely made by MKAR.
Results of Operations and Known Trends or Future
−Removed: We have neither engaged in any operations nor
−Removed: generated any revenues to date.
−Removed: Our only activities since inception have been organizational activities, those necessary to prepare for
−Removed: the Initial Public Offering and identifying a target company for our initial business combination.
−Removed: We do not expect to generate any operating
−Removed: revenues until after completion of our initial business combination.
−Removed: We generate non-operating income in the form of interest income on
−Removed: cash and cash equivalents held in the trust account.
−Removed: We incur expenses as a result of being a public company (for legal, financial reporting,
−Removed: accounting and auditing compliance), as well as for due diligence expenses.
+Added: We have neither engaged in
+Added: any operations nor generated any revenues to date.
+Added: Our only activities since inception have been organizational activities, those necessary
+Added: to prepare for the Initial Public Offering and identifying a target company for our initial business combination.
+Added: We do not expect to
+Added: generate any operating revenues until after completion of our initial business combination.
+Added: We generate non-operating income in the form
+Added: of interest income on cash and cash equivalents held in the trust account.
+Added: We incur expenses as a result of being a public company (for
+Added: legal, financial reporting, accounting and auditing compliance), as well as for due diligence expenses.
For the year ended December
+Added: 31, 2025, we had net loss of $3,013,571.
+Added: We incurred $3,024,671 of operating costs and non-redemption agreement expense of $223,138 partially
+Added: offset by a change in fair value of warrant liabilities of $14 and trust dividend income of $234,224.
+Added: For the year ended December
31, 2024, we had net loss of $204,458 driven by a non-redemption agreement expense of $451,322 and $700,481 of operating costs, partially
offset by trust dividend income of $947,345.
−Removed: For the year ended December 31, 2023, we had net
−Removed: income of $523,546.
−Removed: We generated income in our trust account for $3,372,354 and settled payables of $420,536 partially offset by $2,112,830
−Removed: in operating costs, $1,156,500 in non-redemption agreement expense and $14 from a change in the fair value of the warrant liabilities.
Liquidity, Capital Resources and Going Concern
−Removed: On February 11, 2021, we consummated our
−Removed: IPO of 27,600,000 Units, at a price of $10.00 per Unit, which included the exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase an additional
−Removed: 3,600,000 Units at the IPO price to cover over-allotments.
+Added: On February 11, 2021,
+Added: we consummated our IPO of 27,600,000 Units, at a price of $10.00 per Unit, which included the exercise of the underwriters’ option
+Added: to purchase an additional 3,600,000 Units at the IPO price to cover over-allotments.
The Units were sold, generating gross proceeds of
−Removed: Substantially
−Removed: concurrently with the closing of the IPO, we completed the private sale of 5,013,333 Private Placement Warrants to Crown PropTech Sponsor
−Removed: and the Anchor Investor at a purchase price of $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $7,520,000.
−Removed: Following the IPO, the sale of the Private Placement
−Removed: Warrants, and the underwriters’ election to fully exercise their over-allotment option, a total of $276,000,000 was placed in the
−Removed: Trust Account at J.P.
−Removed: Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, acting as trustee, and
−Removed: we had $1,919,091 of cash held outside of the Trust Account, after payment of costs related to the IPO, and available for working capital
−Removed: We incurred $16,505,915 in transaction costs, including $5,520,000 of underwriting fees, $9,660,000 of deferred underwriting
−Removed: fees, $795,825 of excess fair value of the Anchor Investor shares and $530,090 of other offering costs.
−Removed: In December 2022, the underwriters
−Removed: agreed to waive their right to receive any additional deferred underwriting discount.
−Removed: For the year ended December
−Removed: 31, 2024, cash used in operating activities was $273,885, resulting from a net loss of $204,458 which was impacted by non-redemption agreement
−Removed: expense of $451,322, trust dividend income of $947,345 and changes in operating assets and liabilities of $426,596.
+Added: $276,000,000.
+Added: Substantially concurrently with the closing of the IPO, we completed the private sale of 5,013,333 Private Placement Warrants
+Added: to Crown PropTech Sponsor and the Anchor Investor at a purchase price of $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant, generating gross proceeds
+Added: to the Company of $7,520,000.
+Added: Following the IPO, the sale
+Added: of the Private Placement Warrants, and the underwriters’ election to fully exercise their over-allotment option, a total of $276,000,000
+Added: was placed in the Trust Account at J.P.
+Added: Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, acting
+Added: as trustee, and we had $1,919,091 of cash held outside of the Trust Account, after payment of costs related to the IPO, and available
+Added: for working capital purposes.
+Added: We incurred $16,505,915 in transaction costs, including $5,520,000 of underwriting fees, $9,660,000 of deferred
+Added: underwriting fees, $795,825 of excess fair value of the Anchor Investor shares and $530,090 of other offering costs.
+Added: In December 2022,
+Added: the underwriters agreed to waive their right to receive any additional deferred underwriting discount.
For the year ended December 31, 2025, cash used
−Removed: in operating activities was $917,716, resulting from the net income of $523,546 which was impacted by unrealized loss on change in fair
−Removed: value of warrant liabilities of $14, settlement of payables of $420,536, non-redemption agreement expense associated with the non-redemption
−Removed: agreements of $1,156,500, trust dividend income of $3,372,354 and changes in operating assets and liabilities of $1,195,114.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, we had cash outside the trust
−Removed: account of $425 and $652, respectively, available for working capital needs and working capital deficits of $2,977,586 and $2,277,105,
−Removed: respectively.
−Removed: All remaining cash held in the trust account is generally unavailable for our use, prior to an initial business combination,
−Removed: and is restricted for use either in a business combination or to redeem ordinary shares.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, none of
−Removed: the amount in the trust account was available to be withdrawn as described above.
−Removed: Through December 31, 2024, our liquidity needs
−Removed: were satisfied through receipt of $25,000 from the sale of the Founder Shares, the remaining net proceeds from the Initial Public Offering,
−Removed: the sale of Private Placement Warrants, the Promissory Note and the Convertible Note (as defined below) and capital contributions from
−Removed: the Sponsors of $673,418.
−Removed: On November 30, 2021, we entered into a convertible
−Removed: note with Richard Chera, our former Chief Executive Officer and Director, pursuant to which Mr.
−Removed: Chera agreed to loan us up to an
−Removed: aggregate principal amount of $1,500,000 (the “Convertible Note”).
−Removed: The Convertible Note was non-interest bearing and due on
−Removed: the earlier of:
−Removed: (i) 12 months from the date thereof or (ii) the date on which we consummate a business combination.
−Removed: not consummate a business combination, we may use a portion of any funds held outside the trust account to repay the Convertible Note;
−Removed: however, no proceeds from the trust account may be used for such repayment if we do not consummate a business combination.
−Removed: 2023, and effective as of January 17, 2023, the Convertible Note was amended and restated (the “A&R Note”) in the
−Removed: aggregate principal amount of up to $1,000,000 to be due on the earlier of:
−Removed: (i) February 11, 2024;
−Removed: (ii) the date on which the
−Removed: Company consummates a Business Combination or (iii) the effective date of a liquidation of the Company.
−Removed: Additionally, due to a waiver
+Added: in operating activities was $1,108,724, resulting from a net loss of $3,013,571 which was impacted non-redemption agreement expense of
+Added: $223,138 change in fair value of warrant liabilities of $14, trust dividend income of $234,224 and changes in operating assets and liabilities
+Added: of $1,915,947.
+Added: For the year ended December 31, 2024, cash used
+Added: in operating activities was $273,885, resulting from a net loss of $204,458 which was impacted by non-redemption agreement expense of
+Added: $451,322, trust dividend income of $947,345 and changes in operating assets and liabilities of $426,596.
+Added: As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, we had cash
+Added: outside the trust account of $425 available for working capital needs and working capital deficits of $5,297,042 and $2,977,586, respectively.
+Added: All remaining cash held in the trust account is generally unavailable for our use, prior to an initial business combination, and is restricted
+Added: for use either in a business combination or to redeem ordinary shares.
+Added: As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, none of the amount in the trust
+Added: account was available to be withdrawn as described above.
+Added: Through December 31, 2025,
+Added: our liquidity needs were satisfied through receipt of $25,000 from the sale of the Founder Shares, the remaining net proceeds from the
+Added: Initial Public Offering, the sale of Private Placement Warrants, the Promissory Note and the Convertible Note (as defined below) and capital
+Added: contributions from the Sponsors of $1,378,633.
+Added: On November 30, 2021, the Company entered into
+Added: a convertible note with Richard Chera, its former Chief Executive Officer and director, pursuant to which Mr.
+Added: Chera agreed to loan the
+Added: Company up to an aggregate principal amount of $1,500,000 (the “Convertible Note”).
+Added: The Convertible Note was non-interest
+Added: bearing and due on the earlier of:
+Added: (i) 12 months from the date thereof or (ii) the date on which the Company consummates a Business Combination.
+Added: If the Company does not consummate a Business Combination, the Company may use a portion of any funds held outside the Trust Account to
+Added: repay the Convertible Note;
+Added: however, no proceeds from the Trust Account may be used for such repayment if the Company does not consummate
+Added: the Business Combination.
+Added: Up to $1,500,000 of the Convertible Note may be converted into warrants at a price of $1.50 per warrant at the
+Added: option of Mr.
+Added: Chera (the “Conversion Right”).
+Added: The warrants would be identical to the Private Placement Warrants.
+Added: On May 31, 2023, the Convertible Note was amended
+Added: and restated (the “A&R Note”) in the aggregate principal amount of up to $1,000,000 to be due on the earlier of:
+Added: (ii) the date on which the Company consummates a Business Combination;
+Added: or (iii) the effective date of a liquidation of the Company.
+Added: Additionally, due to a waiver by Mr.
Chera, the A&R Note no longer provides for the Conversion Right.
−Removed: On March 28, 2025, and effective as of February
−Removed: 11, 2024, the A&R Note in the aggregate principal amount of up to $1,000,000 was amended to be due on the earlier of:
+Added: On March 28, 2025, the
+Added: A&R Note in the aggregate principal amount of up to $1,000,000 was amended to be due on the earlier of:
+Added: (i) February 11, 2026;
(ii) the date on which the Company consummates a Business Combination;
or (iii) the effective date of a liquidation of the Company
−Removed: The Company has incurred and expects to continue
−Removed: to incur significant costs in pursuit of its financing and acquisition plans.
−Removed: The Company lacks the financial resources it needs to sustain
−Removed: operations for a reasonable period of time, which is considered to be one year from the issuance date of the financial statements are
+Added: (“Second A&R Note”).
+Added: On February 10, 2026, the
+Added: Second A&R Note was amended to be due on the earlier of:
+Added: (i) December 31, 2026;
+Added: (ii) the date on which the Company consummates a Business
+Added: or (iii) the effective date of a liquidation of the Company (“Third A&R Note”).
+Added: In connection with the execution
+Added: of the Third A&R Note, CIIG Management III LLC has agreed to transfer additional Class B Ordinary Shares to an unaffiliated third
+Added: party in an amount equal to the product of the number of months from February 2026 until the date on which SPAC consummates a Business
+Added: Combination and 2,500 and subject to the same transfer restrictions that are imposed on CIIG Management III LLC.
+Added: For the year ended December
+Added: 31, 2025, CIIG has advanced funds to and paid expenses on behalf of the Company in the amount of $1,108,724.
+Added: Of these funds, $403,459
+Added: is reported as due to related parties on the balance sheet.
+Added: These borrowings are non-interest bearing.
+Added: The remaining $705,215 is reported
+Added: on the statements of changes in shareholders’ deficit as a capital contribution from Sponsor.
+Added: Borrowing under the A&R Note and the advances
+Added: from CIIG are reported on the balance sheets as due to related parties.
+Added: At December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company reported $1,592,586
+Added: and $1,189,077, respectively, on the balance sheets.
+Added: The Company has incurred
+Added: and expects to continue to incur significant costs in pursuit of its financing and acquisition plans.
+Added: The Company lacks the financial
+Added: resources it needs to sustain operations for a reasonable period of time, which is considered to be one year from the issuance date of
+Added: the financial statements are issued.
Although no formal agreement exists, the Sponsors are committed to extend loans as needed.
−Removed: Accordingly, the Company may not be able to obtain
−Removed: additional financing.
−Removed: If the Company is unable to raise additional capital, it may be required to take additional measures to conserve
−Removed: liquidity, which could include, but not limited to, curtailing operations, suspending the pursuit of a potential merger target, and reducing
−Removed: overhead expenses.
−Removed: The Company cannot provide any assurance that new financing will be available to in on commercially acceptable terms,
−Removed: if at all, or that its plans to consummate an initial Business Combination will be successful.
−Removed: In connection with the Company’s assessment
−Removed: of going concern considerations in accordance with ASC 205-40, “Presentation of Financial Statements-Going Concern,” management
−Removed: has determined that the above liquidity issues and the mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution, should the Company be unable
−Removed: to complete a Business Combination, raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
−Removed: has until March 11, 2026, or by the end of any extension to the Combination Period, to consummate a Business Combination.
−Removed: These conditions
−Removed: raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period of time within one year from the
−Removed: date that the financial statements are issued.
−Removed: If a Business Combination is not consummated by this date, there will be a mandatory liquidation
−Removed: and subsequent dissolution.
−Removed: No adjustments have been made to the carrying amounts of assets or liabilities should the Company be required
−Removed: to liquidate after March 11, 2026.
+Added: Accordingly, the Company
+Added: may not be able to obtain additional financing.
+Added: If the Company is unable to raise additional capital, it may be required to take additional
+Added: measures to conserve liquidity, which could include, but not limited to, curtailing operations, suspending the pursuit of a potential
+Added: merger target, and reducing overhead expenses.
+Added: The Company cannot provide any assurance that new financing will be available to in on
+Added: commercially acceptable terms, if at all, or that its plans to consummate an initial Business Combination will be successful.
+Added: In connection with the Company’s
+Added: assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with ASC 205-40, “Presentation of Financial Statements-Going Concern,”
+Added: management has determined that the above liquidity issues and the mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution, should the Company
+Added: be unable to complete a Business Combination, raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
+Added: The Company has until March 11, 2027, or by the end of any extension to the Combination Period, to consummate a Business Combination.
+Added: These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period of time within
+Added: one year from the date that the financial statements are issued.
+Added: If a Business Combination is not consummated by this date, there will
+Added: be a mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution.
+Added: No adjustments have been made to the carrying amounts of assets or liabilities
+Added: should the Company be required to liquidate after March 11, 2027.
Commitments and Contingencies
Registration Rights
−Removed: The holders of the Founder Shares, Private Placement
−Removed: Warrants and any warrants that may be issued upon conversion of working capital loans (and any ordinary shares issuable upon the exercise
−Removed: of the Private Placement Warrants or warrants issued upon conversion of the working capital loans and upon conversion of the Founder Shares)
−Removed: are entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration rights agreement signed prior to the effective date of the IPO requiring
−Removed: the Company to register such securities for resale.
−Removed: The holders of these securities will be entitled to make up to three demands, excluding
−Removed: short form demands, that the Company register such securities.
−Removed: In addition, the holders have certain “piggyback” registration
−Removed: rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to the completion of a business combination.
−Removed: The Company will bear the
−Removed: expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.
−Removed: On November 10, 2021 (but effective as of the
−Removed: closing of the Brivo Business Combination), and as part of the Brivo Business Combination, New Brivo, Crown PropTech Sponsor, Anchor Investor
−Removed: and certain other shareholders and directors and officers of Crown and Brivo entered into the Amended and Restated Registration Rights
−Removed: As part of the termination of the Business Combination, the Restated Registration Rights Agreement was automatically terminated.
−Removed: Underwriting Agreement
−Removed: A deferred underwriting discount of $0.35 per
−Removed: Unit, or $9,660,000 in the aggregate, was payable to the underwriters from the amounts held in the Trust Account solely in the event that
−Removed: we complete an initial business combination, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement.
−Removed: In December 2022, the underwriters agreed
−Removed: to waive their right to receive any additional deferred underwriting discount and as a result, the Company de-recognized the related deferred
−Removed: underwriting discount.
−Removed: The Company considers the deferred underwriting discount an offering cost.
−Removed: Offering costs are charged to shareholders’
−Removed: equity or statement of operations based on the relative value of the Public Warrants to the proceeds received from the Units sold upon
−Removed: the completion of the IPO.
−Removed: Upon the waiver of the deferred underwriting discount, a portion of the deferred underwriting discount was
−Removed: recorded to the statement of operations and to shareholders’ equity.
−Removed: For the year ended December 31, 2022, in relation to the waiver
−Removed: of the deferred underwriting discount, the Company recognized other income of $479,780 for offering costs related to warrant issuance
−Removed: and an increase in additional paid-in capital of $9,180,220.
+Added: The holders of the Founder
+Added: Shares, Private Placement Warrants and any warrants that may be issued upon conversion of working capital loans (and any ordinary shares
+Added: issuable upon the exercise of the Private Placement Warrants or warrants issued upon conversion of the working capital loans and upon
+Added: conversion of the Founder Shares) are entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration rights agreement signed prior to the
+Added: effective date of the IPO requiring the Company to register such securities for resale.
+Added: The holders of these securities will be entitled
+Added: to make up to three demands, excluding short form demands, that the Company register such securities.
+Added: In addition, the holders have certain
+Added: “piggyback” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to the completion of a business combination.
+Added: The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.
Advisory Service Agreements
−Removed: We may enlist various entities as capital market
−Removed: advisors to assist in the identification and consummation of an initial business combination.
−Removed: Fees for such services will be payable only
−Removed: upon consummation of an initial business combination by us.
+Added: We may enlist various entities
+Added: as capital market advisors to assist in the identification and consummation of an initial business combination.
+Added: Fees for such services
+Added: will be payable only upon consummation of an initial business combination by us.
As discussed above, on June
−Removed: 1, 2025, the Company engaged Jett Capital as financial advisor to advise the Company on their proposed Business Combination with Lancaster
−Removed: Exploration Limited, Mkango Polska S.P.Z.O.O., MKA BVI, and Mkango ServiceCo UK Limited.
−Removed: Except for $100,000 due upon execution of the
−Removed: agreement, fees for such services will be payable only upon consummation of an initial business combination by us.
−Removed: Administrative Support Agreement
−Removed: We previously entered into an administrative agreement
−Removed: to pay Crown PropTech Sponsor or an affiliate thereof a total of up to $15,000 per month for office space, utilities, secretarial and
−Removed: administrative support services provided to members of our management team (the “Administrative Support Payments”).
−Removed: to a subsequent letter agreement, Crown PropTech Sponsor is no longer entitled to receive any Administrative Support Payments and we are
−Removed: no longer required to pay any such payments.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, we have not made any payments pursuant to the administrative
−Removed: agreement and do not expect to incur any related expenses in the near future.
−Removed: As the waiver of the Administrative Support Payments is
−Removed: with a related party, the Company recognized $339,107 in the statement of changes in shareholders’ deficit for the settlement of
−Removed: these transactions for the year ended December 31, 2023.
−Removed: Attorney Fees
−Removed: We incurred legal fees in connection with the
−Removed: proposed Brivo Business Combination, none of which were payable until consummation of the proposed Brivo Business Combination.
−Removed: As of December
−Removed: 31, 2023, we fully paid a settled amount in legal fees associated with the Brivo Business Combination.
−Removed: On November 30, 2021, we entered into a convertible
−Removed: promissory note with Richard Chera, our former Chief Executive Officer and Director, pursuant to which Mr.
−Removed: Chera agreed to loan us
−Removed: up to an aggregate principal amount of $1,500,000.
−Removed: On May 31, 2023, the promissory note was amended and restated in the aggregate
−Removed: principal amount of up to $1,000,000.
−Removed: On March 28, 2025, the A&R Note in the aggregate principal amount of up to $1,000,000 was amended
−Removed: to be due on the earlier of:
+Added: 1, 2025, the Company engaged Jett Capital as financial advisor to advise the Company on their proposed Business Combination with MKAR,
+Added: Mkango Polska S.P.Z.O.O., MKA BVI, and Mkango ServiceCo UK Limited.
+Added: Except for $100,000 due upon execution of the agreement, fees for
+Added: such services will be payable only upon consummation of an initial business combination by us.
+Added: On November 30, 2021,
+Added: we entered into a convertible promissory note with Richard Chera, our former Chief Executive Officer and Director, pursuant to which Mr.
+Added: agreed to loan us up to an aggregate principal amount of $1,500,000.
+Added: On May 31, 2023, the promissory note was amended and restated
+Added: in the aggregate principal amount of up to $1,000,000.
+Added: On March 28, 2025, the A&R Note in the aggregate principal amount of up to
+Added: $1,000,000 was amended to be due on the earlier of:
(i) February 11, 2026;
(ii) the date on which the Company consummates a Business Combination;
−Removed: effective date of a liquidation of the Company.
+Added: or (iii) the effective date of a liquidation of the Company.
See “ Liquidity and Capital Resources .”
+Added: On February 10, 2026, the
+Added: Second A&R Note was amended to replace “February 11, 2026” with December 31, 2026 (the “Third A&R Note”).
+Added: In connection with the execution of the Third A&R Note, CIIG Management III LLC has agreed to transfer additional CPTK Class B Ordinary
+Added: Shares to an unaffiliated third party in an amount equal to the product of the number of months from February 2026 until the date on which
+Added: SPAC consummates a Business Combination and 2,500 and subject to the same transfer restrictions that are imposed on CIIG Management III
+Added: MKAR F-4 Note
+Added: In connection with the previously
+Added: disclosed $750,000 Note Purchase Agreement (the “NPA”) entered into with MKAR on June 3, 2025, CIIG Management III LLC, in
+Added: its capacity as the F-4 Note Investor, funded the remaining $250,000 in connection with the confidential submission of the Form F-4 in
+Added: exchange for MKAR’s issuance of a convertible promissory note on February 13, 2026.
Contractual Obligation
−Removed: We do not have any long-term debt obligations,
−Removed: capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations, purchase obligations or long-term liabilities other than described above.
+Added: We do not have any long-term
+Added: debt obligations, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations, purchase obligations or long-term liabilities other than described
Critical Accounting Estimates
−Removed: The preparation of these financial statements
−Removed: in conformity with US GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities
−Removed: and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of expenses during
−Removed: the reporting period.
+Added: The preparation of these
+Added: financial statements in conformity with US GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts
+Added: of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported
+Added: amounts of expenses during the reporting period.
Actual results could differ from those estimates.
−Removed: We have not identified any critical accounting estimates.
+Added: We have not identified any critical
+Added: accounting estimates other than the non-redemption agreement discussed below.
Significant Accounting Policies
Non-Redemption Agreements
−Removed: The Non-Redemption Agreements provide for the
−Removed: assignment of economic interest of Class B ordinary shares held by CIIG to the Non-Redeeming Investors in exchange for such Non-Redeeming
−Removed: Investors agreeing to hold and not redeem Class A ordinary shares at the Extraordinary General Meetings.
−Removed: Pursuant to the Non-Redemption
−Removed: Agreements, CIIG has agreed to transfer to such Non-Redeeming Investors Class A ordinary shares upon conversion of the Class B
−Removed: ordinary shares in connection with the consummation of an initial Business Combination.
−Removed: The Company estimated the aggregate fair value
−Removed: of the Class B ordinary shares attributable to the Non-Redeeming Investors to be $451,322 (or $0.78 per share) for the year ended
−Removed: December 31, 2024.
−Removed: For the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company estimated the aggregate fair value of the Class B ordinary shares
−Removed: attributable to the Non-Redeeming Investors to be $1,156,500 or $0.77.
+Added: In 2024, the Company and CIIG entered into certain
+Added: non-redemption agreements and assignments of economic interests (the “Non-Redemption Agreements”) with certain investors (the
+Added: “Non-Redeeming Investors”).
+Added: The Non-Redemption Agreements provide for the assignment of economic interest of Class B ordinary
+Added: shares held by CIIG to the Non-Redeeming Investors in exchange for such Non-Redeeming Investors agreeing to hold and not redeem Class
+Added: A ordinary shares at the Extraordinary General Meetings.
+Added: Pursuant to the Non-Redemption Agreements, CIIG has agreed to transfer to such
+Added: Non-Redeeming Investors Class A ordinary shares upon conversion of the Class B ordinary shares in connection with the consummation of
+Added: an initial Business Combination.
+Added: For the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company estimated the aggregate fair value of the Class B ordinary
+Added: shares attributable to the Non-Redeeming Investors to be $451,322 or $0.78 per share.
+Added: Beginning on May 6, 2025, and continuing until
+Added: the May 9, 2025 Extraordinary General Meeting, the Company and CIIG entered into Non-Redemption Agreements with the Non-Redeeming Investors.
+Added: The Non-Redemption Agreements provide for the assignment of economic interest of an aggregate of 115,287 Class B ordinary shares held
+Added: by CIIG to the Non-Redeeming Investors in exchange for such Non-Redeeming Investors agreeing to hold and not redeem an aggregate of 461,146
+Added: Class A ordinary shares at the May 9, 2025 Extraordinary General Meeting.
+Added: Pursuant to the Non-Redemption Agreements, CIIG has agreed to
+Added: transfer to such Non-Redeeming Investors an aggregate of 115,287 Class A ordinary shares upon conversion of the Class B ordinary shares
+Added: in connection with the consummation of an initial Business Combination.
+Added: For the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company estimated the
+Added: aggregate fair value of the 115,287 Class B ordinary shares attributable to the Non-Redeeming Investors to be $223,138 or $1.94 per share.
+Added: In March 2026 the Company
+Added: and CIIG entered into non-redemption agreements (the “March 2026 Non-Redemption Agreements”) with certain investors pursuant
+Added: to which, if such investors do not redeem (or validly rescind any redemption requests on) their Class A ordinary shares of the Company
+Added: (the “March 2026 Non-Redeemed Shares”) in connection with the March 9, 2026 Extraordinary General Meeting, CIIG will assign
+Added: one Class B ordinary share, par value $0.0001 per share for each 40 public shares not redeemed, accruing monthly beginning April 11, 2026
+Added: until the completion of the initial Business Combination, held by CIIG to the investors in exchange for such investors agreeing to hold
+Added: and not redeem certain public shares at the March 9, 2026 Extraordinary General Meeting.
+Added: The March 2026 Non-Redemption Agreements provided
+Added: for the assignment of 11,529 Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, held by CIIG to the investors, accruing monthly beginning
+Added: April 11, 2026 until the completion of the initial Business Combination, in exchange for such Investors agreeing to hold and not redeem
+Added: certain public shares at the March 9, 2026 Extraordinary General Meeting.
Each Non-Redeeming Investor acquired from the
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in accordance with SAB Topic 5T.
−Removed: We utilized a model to determine the fair value
−Removed: of the Non-Redemption Agreements using observable and unobservable assumptions about current and anticipated events.
−Removed: Significant assumptions
−Removed: include the probability and timing of consummating a business combination.
−Removed: Significant variations in these assumptions could have a material
−Removed: impact to the financial statements.
−Removed: Recent Accounting Pronouncements
−Removed: On July 4, 2025, President
−Removed: Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBBA”).
−Removed: ASC 740, “Income Taxes”,
−Removed: requires the effects of changes in tax laws to be recognized in the period in which the legislation is enacted.
−Removed: The Company is currently
−Removed: evaluating the impact of the new law.
−Removed: However, none of the tax provisions are expected to have a significant impact on the Company’s
+Added: We utilized a model to determine
+Added: the fair value of the Non-Redemption Agreements using observable and unobservable assumptions about current and anticipated events.
+Added: assumptions include the probability and timing of consummating a business combination.
+Added: Significant variations in these assumptions could
+Added: have a material impact to the financial statements.
+Added: The Company estimated the aggregate fair value of the Class B ordinary shares
+Added: attributable to the Non-Redeeming Investors to be $223,138 (or $1.94 per share) for the year ended December 31, 2025.
+Added: For the year ended
+Added: December 31, 2024, the Company estimated the aggregate fair value of the Class B ordinary shares attributable to the Non-Redeeming Investors
+Added: to be $451,322 or $0.78.
+Added: Recent Accounting Standards
+Added: In December 2023 FASB issued
+Added: ASU 2023-09, “Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures”, which amends ASC 740, “Income Taxes”, to improve the transparency
+Added: and decision usefulness of income tax disclosures for all entities subject to income taxes for the fiscal years beginning after December
+Added: The Company evaluated requirements for the new standard and determined that it is not applicable as it is not subject to income
+Added: Management does not believe
+Added: that any recently issued, but not effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the Company’s
financial statements.
−Removed: In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07,
−Removed: “Segment Reporting (Topic 280):
−Removed: Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures” (“ASU 2023-07”), which improves
−Removed: reportable segment disclosure requirements, primarily through enhanced disclosures about significant segment expenses among other disclosure
−Removed: requirements.
−Removed: ASU 2023-07 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning
−Removed: after December 15, 2024.
−Removed: Early adoption is permitted.
−Removed: The Company’s management has determined the adoption of ASU 2023-07 does not
−Removed: have a material impact on its financial statements and disclosures.
−Removed: In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09,
−Removed: “Income Taxes (Topic 740):
−Removed: Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures” (“ASU 2023-09”), which requires disclosure
−Removed: of incremental income tax information within the rate reconciliation and expanded disclosures of income taxes paid, among other disclosure
−Removed: requirements.
−Removed: ASU 2023-09 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024.
−Removed: Early adoption is permitted.
−Removed: The Company’s
−Removed: management has determined the adoption of ASU 2023-09 will not have a material impact on its financial statements and disclosures.
−Removed: Management does not believe that any recently
−Removed: issued, but not effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the Company’s financial statements.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
−Removed: As of December 31, 2024, we did not have any off-balance
−Removed: sheet arrangements as defined in Item 303(a)(4)(ii) of Regulation S-K.
−Removed: The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012
−Removed: (the “JOBS Act”) contains provisions that, among other things, relax certain reporting requirements for qualifying public
−Removed: We qualify as an “emerging growth company” and under the JOBS Act are allowed to comply with new or revised accounting
−Removed: pronouncements based on the effective date for private (not publicly traded) companies.
−Removed: We are electing to delay the adoption of new or
−Removed: revised accounting standards, and as a result, we may not comply with new or revised accounting standards on the relevant dates on which
−Removed: adoption of such standards is required for non-emerging growth companies.
−Removed: As a result, the financial statements may not be comparable
−Removed: to companies that comply with new or revised accounting pronouncements as of public company effective dates.
−Removed: Additionally, we are in the process of evaluating
−Removed: the benefits of relying on the other reduced reporting requirements provided by the JOBS Act.
−Removed: Subject to certain conditions set forth
−Removed: in the JOBS Act, if, as an “emerging growth company,” we choose to rely on such exemptions we may not be required to, among
−Removed: other things, (i) provide an auditor’s attestation report on our system of internal controls over financial reporting pursuant
−Removed: to Section 404, (ii) provide all of the compensation disclosure that may be required of non-emerging growth public companies under
−Removed: the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, (iii) comply with any requirement that may be adopted by the PCAOB
−Removed: regarding mandatory audit firm rotation or a supplement to the auditor’s report providing additional information about the audit
−Removed: and the financial statements (auditor discussion and analysis) and (iv) disclose certain executive compensation related items such
−Removed: as the correlation between executive compensation and performance and comparisons of the chief executive officer’s compensation
+Added: As of December 31, 2025,
+Added: we did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements as defined in Item 303(a)(4)(ii) of Regulation S-K.
+Added: The Jumpstart Our Business
+Added: Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”) contains provisions that, among other things, relax certain reporting requirements for
+Added: qualifying public companies.
+Added: We qualify as an “emerging growth company” and under the JOBS Act are allowed to comply with
+Added: new or revised accounting pronouncements based on the effective date for private (not publicly traded) companies.
+Added: We are electing to delay
+Added: the adoption of new or revised accounting standards, and as a result, we may not comply with new or revised accounting standards on the
+Added: relevant dates on which adoption of such standards is required for non-emerging growth companies.
+Added: As a result, the financial statements
+Added: may not be comparable to companies that comply with new or revised accounting pronouncements as of public company effective dates.
+Added: Additionally, we are in the
+Added: process of evaluating the benefits of relying on the other reduced reporting requirements provided by the JOBS Act.
+Added: Subject to certain
+Added: conditions set forth in the JOBS Act, if, as an “emerging growth company,” we choose to rely on such exemptions we may not
+Added: be required to, among other things, (i) provide an auditor’s attestation report on our system of internal controls over financial
+Added: reporting pursuant to Section 404, (ii) provide all of the compensation disclosure that may be required of non-emerging growth public
+Added: companies under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, (iii) comply with any requirement that may be adopted
+Added: by the PCAOB regarding mandatory audit firm rotation or a supplement to the auditor’s report providing additional information about
+Added: the audit and the financial statements (auditor discussion and analysis) and (iv) disclose certain executive compensation related
+Added: items such as the correlation between executive compensation and performance and comparisons of the chief executive officer’s compensation
to median employee compensation.
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Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market
−Removed: We are a smaller reporting company as defined
−Removed: by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act and are not required to provide the information otherwise required under this Item.
+Added: We are a smaller reporting
+Added: company as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act and are not required to provide the information otherwise required under this Item.
Financial Statements and Supplementary
−Removed: This information appears following Item 15
−Removed: of this Annual Report on Form 10-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
+Added: This information appears
+Added: following Item 15 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
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