CITIUS ONCOLOGY, INC. 10-K

Item 1. Business. We are a Cayman Islands company incorporated on March 1, 2021 as an exempted company with limited liability. We were formed for the purpose of entering into a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities, which we refer to as a “target business.” Our efforts to identify a prospective target business will not be limited to a particular industry or geographic location but will initially focus in Asia. Despite our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman either being currently located in or having significant ties to the People’s Republic of China (“PRC” or “China”), for the purposes of consummating an initial business combination, we shall not undertake our initial business combination with any entity that conducts a majority of its business or is headquartered in China (including Hong Kong and Macau). We intend to utilize cash derived from the proceeds of our initial public offering (the “IPO”), our securities, debt or a combination of cash, securities and debt, in effecting a business combination. Initial Public Offering and Private Placement In March 2021, we issued an aggregate of 1,437,500 founder shares to our Sponsor for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000, or approximately $0.017 per share. On December 20, 2021, the Board of Directors of the Company and our Sponsor, as sole shareholder of the Company, approved, through a special resolution, the following share capital changes: (a) Each of the authorized but unissued 150,000,000 Class A ordinary shares were cancelled and re-designated as ordinary shares of $0.0001 par value each; (b) Each of the 1,437,500 Class B ordinary shares in issue were exchanged in consideration for the issuance of 1,437,500 ordinary shares of $0.0001 par value each; and (c) Upon completion of the above steps, the authorized but unissued 10,000,000 Class B ordinary shares were cancelled. On December 20, 2021, the Company issued an additional 287,500 Ordinary Shares to our Sponsor for no additional consideration, resulting in our Sponsor holding an aggregate of 1,725,000 Ordinary Shares (the “Founder Shares”). The issuance was considered as a bonus share issuance, in substance a recapitalization transaction, which was recorded and presented retroactively. The Founder Shares include an aggregate of up to 225,000 ordinary shares subject to forfeiture to the extent that the underwriters’ over-allotment is not exercised in full or in part. With the consummation of the IPO (including partial exercise by the underwriter of its over-allotment option), 75,000 Founder Shares were forfeited, resulting in our Sponsor holding an aggregate of 1,650,000 Founder Shares. On October 18, 2022 , the Company consummated its IPO of 6,600,000 units (the “Units”), including 600,000 additional Units issued pursuant to the partial exercise by the underwriter of its over-allotment option. Each Unit consists of one ordinary share, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (the “Ordinary Shares”) and one right to receive two-tenths (2/10) of one Ordinary Share upon the consummation of the Company’s initial business combination (the “Rights”). The Units were sold at an offering price of $10.00 per Unit, generating total gross proceeds of $66,000,000. Simultaneously with the consummation of the IPO and the sale of the Units, the Company consummated the private placement (the “Private Placement”) of 394,000 Units (the “Placement Units”), each Placement Unit consisting of one Ordinary Share and one right, to 10XYZ Holdings LP (the “Sponsor”) at a price of $10.00 per Placement Unit, generating total proceeds of $3,940,000. The issuance of the Placement Units was made pursuant to the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. A total of $67,320,000 of the net proceeds from the IPO and the Private Placement were placed in a U.S.-based trust account established for the benefit of the Company’s public shareholders and maintained by American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, acting as trustee. Our management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the proceeds of the IPO and the Private Placement that are held out of the trust account, although substantially all the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally towards consummating a business combination and working capital. 4 Since our IPO, our sole business activity has been identifying and evaluating suitable acquisition transaction candidates. We presently have no revenue and have had losses since inception from incurring formation and operating costs. We have relied upon the sale of our securities and loans from the Sponsor and other parties to fund our operations. On December 6, 2022, we announced that holders of the Company’s Units sold in the IPO may elect to separately trade the Ordinary Shares and Rights included in the Units, commencing on or about December 8, 2022. The Ordinary Shares and Rights are trading on the Nasdaq Global Market (“Nasdaq”) under the symbols “TENK,” and “TENKR,” respectively. Units not separated will continue to trade on Nasdaq under the symbol “TENKU”. Holders of Units will need to have their brokers contact the Company’s transfer agent, American Stock Transfer & Trust Company , in order to separate the holders’ Units into Ordinary Shares and Rights. Extension of Deadline to Complete an Initial Business Combination On July 18, 2023, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note in the aggregate principal amount of $660,000 (the “Extension Fee”) to the Sponsor. The Extension Fee was issued in connection with the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (the “ Second A&R Memorandum and Articles ”) which provides that the Company may extend the period of time to consummate a business combination up to three times, each by an additional three months, subject to our Sponsor, or its designee, depositing $660,000 into the trust account of the Company. On July 18, 2023, the Company deposited $660,000 into the trust account of the Company to extend the date by which it must consummate an initial business combination from July 18, 2023 to October 18, 2023 (the “Extension”). On October 18, 2023, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note in the aggregate principal amount of $660,000 (“Extension Fee No. 2”) to the Sponsor, pursuant to the Second A&R Memorandum and Articles . On October 18, 2023, the Company deposited $660,000 into the trust account of the Company to extend the date by which it must consummate an initial business combination from October 18, 2023 to January 18, 2024 (“Extension No.2”). On January 17, 2024, the Company held an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders (the “Meeting”), in lieu of the 2023 annual general meeting, at which the Company’s shareholders approved, among other proposals, a proposal, by special resolution, to amend the Company’s Second A&R Memorandum and Articles in their entirety and the substitution in their place of the third amended and restated memorandum and articles of association of the Company (the “ Third A&R Memorandum and Articles ”), which provides that the Company may elect to extend the date by which the Company has to consummate a business combination (the “ Combination Period ”) for a total of eight (8) times, as follows: (a) for a deposit into the Company’s trust an amount equal to the lesser of $200,000 or $0.10 per public share that is not redeemed, an additional three (3) month extension from January 18, 2024 to April 18, 2024; and (b) for a deposit into the Company’s trust an amount equal to the lesser of $66,667 or $0.03 per public share that is not redeemed, for each month during the subsequent additional one (1) month extensions from April 18, 2024 to November 18, 2024. On January 17, 2024, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note in the aggregate principal amount of $200,000 (“Extension Fee No. 3”) to Citius Pharma, pursuant to the Third A&R Memorandum and Articles . On January 17, 2024, Citius Pharma deposited $200,000 into the trust account of the Company to extend the date by which it must consummate an initial business combination from January 18, 2024 to April 18, 2024 (“Extension No.3”). COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES Leadership of an Experienced Management Team and Board of Directors Our management team is led by our Chief Executive Officer, Executive Director and Chairman of our Board of Directors, Mr. Xiaofeng Yuan, our Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director, Mr. Taylor Zhang, and our Independent Directors, Ms. Cathy Jiang, Mr. Joel Mayersohn and Mr. Brian Hartzband. 5 Mr. Xiaofeng Yuan has served as our Executive Director and Chairman since March 2021, and our Chief Executive Officer since July 2021. Mr. Yuan founded 38Fule Group and served as the Chairman of Xianyang 38Fule from 1992 to 1998. Mr. Yuan also serves as the Chairman of Shaanxi 38Fule Technology Company, a developer, manufacturer, and distributor of health and personal care products in China, since 1999. Mr. Yuan founded 38Fule in 1992 and led the company to become one of the top 100 healthcare companies in China and has personally become an influential leader in the healthcare industry as well. Mr. Yuan and his team have always been devoted to women’s healthcare and wellbeing. “38Fule” has received several awards under Mr. Yuan’s leadership, including “National Brand”, “Women’s Choice Brand” and “Shaanxi’s Trademark”. Shaanxi 38Fule Technology Group received the only direct selling license in Shaanxi Province in 2016. In addition, Mr. Yuan also serves as the Deputy Chairman of China Reproductive Health Association, the Managing Director of China Youth Volunteer Organization, Adjunct Professor at Xi’an Jiaotong University as well as Visiting Professor at Xi’an Polytechnic University. Mr. Yuan has won several awards in his career, including “Top Ten Outstanding Youth in Xiangyang”, “Top Ten Outstanding Youth in Shaanxi”, “Top Ten Outstanding Entrepreneurs in Shaanxi”, “Expert with Outstanding Contribution in Shaanxi”, “Winner of China Science and Entrepreneur Award” and “National Outstanding Entrepreneur”. Mr. Taylor Zhang has served as our Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director since March 2021. Mr. Zhang served as our Chief Executive Officer from March 2021 to July 2021. From May 2009 to December 2021, Mr. Zhang served as Chief Financial Officer and executive director of the China XD Plastics Company Limited, where he oversaw CXDC’s major financial and capital market matters, including Nasdaq listing, direct equity financing from world class institutional investors and a global bond offering. During his tenure at CXDC, its revenue grew at CAGR of 56% and exceeded US$1 billion in 6 years after listing on Nasdaq. From May 2008 to March 2009, Mr. Zhang served as Chief Financial Officer of Advanced Battery Technologies, Inc. From 2007 to 2008, he served as the Executive Vice President of Finance of China Natural Gas, Inc. From 2005 to 2007, Mr. Zhang worked as a research analyst in New York Private Equity. From 2000 to 2002, he was employed as Finance Manager by Datong Thermal Power Limited. Mr. Zhang contributes to our Board of Directors with extensive experience in finance and operations. Ms. Cathy Jiang, our director, is an experienced professional in asset management and banking industries. Ms. Jiang serves as the Managing Director at Alpha Square Group, a family office in New York City. Her primary responsibility includes asset allocation, fund manager selection, and new investment initiatives. From 2017 to 2020, Ms. Jiang served as the Associate Managing Director, Greater China at Federated Hermes (NYSE: FHI), one of the largest asset management companies in the U.S. with $575.9 billion asset under management as of the end of 2020, where she focused on the company’s expansion in Asia and particularly in Greater China. Previously, she worked for Agricultural Bank of China and Bank of China in institutional business development roles covering both Asian and U.S. institutional investors. Mr. Joel Mayersohn, our director, is a member at Dickinson Wright, where he specializes in corporate, securities and business law. He advises a diversified client base in private placements, public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, financing transactions and general securities law matters. He also has experience in venture capital, bridge loans and pipe financings. He is a member of the Florida and New York Bars and received his J.D. and B.A from The State University of New York at Buffalo. Mr. Brian Hartzband, our director, is an experienced professional in business development and finance industry. Mr. Hartzband is a business development executive with large corporate and start-up experience. He co-founded Handcrafted 4 Home in June 2017, which is a home decor brand, specializing in handcrafted home storage products. Under his leadership, Mr. Hartzband grew the company to one of the top sellers by volume of home organization products on Wayfair.com and expanded to other large retail outlets, such as Walmart and Home Depot. Prior to founding Handcrafted 4 Home, Brian spent over 10 years in Wall Street and worked in finance for some of the largest financial institutions of the world. From January 2014 to June 2016, Mr. Hartzband worked as a Financial Advisor at Merrill Lynch, primarily responsible for managing public company executives’ stock plans and personal wealth investment strategies. From February 2008 to January 2014, Mr. Hartzband worked as a Senior Investment Associate at UBS Financial Services, where his team’s assets grew to over $125 million by developing relationships with C-Suite executives of major public companies along with international clients in China. From 2007 to March 2008 Mr. Hartzband started out at Bear Stearns (acquired by J.P. Morgan as a Marketing Assistant, primarily responsible for building and growing relationships with ultra-high net worth individuals, C-Suite executives at public companies. 6 Established Deal Sourcing Network We believe our management team’s strong track record will provide us with access to high quality companies. In addition, we believe we, through our management team, have contacts and sources from which to generate acquisition opportunities and possibly seek complementary follow-on business arrangements. These contacts and sources include those in government, private and public companies, private equity and venture capital funds, investment bankers, attorneys and accountants. Status as a Publicly Listed Acquisition Company We believe our structure will make us an attractive business combination partner to prospective target businesses. As a publicly listed company, we will offer a target business an alternative to the traditional initial public offering process. We believe that some target businesses will favor this alternative, which we believe is less expensive, while offering greater certainty of execution, than the traditional initial public offering process. During an initial public offering, there are typically underwriting fees and marketing expenses, which would be costlier than a business combination with us. Furthermore, once a proposed business combination is approved by our shareholders (if applicable) and the transaction is consummated, the target business will have effectively become public, whereas an initial public offering is always subject to the underwriter’s ability to complete the offering, as well as general market conditions that could prevent the offering from occurring. Once public, we believe the target business would have greater access to capital and additional means of creating management incentives that are better aligned with shareholders’ interests than it would as a private company. It can offer further benefits by augmenting a company’s profile among potential new customers and vendors and aid in attracting talented management staffs. With respect to the foregoing examples and descriptions, past performance by our management team is not a guarantee either (i) of success with respect to any business combination we may consummate or (ii) that we will be able to identify a suitable candidate for our initial business combination. Potential investors should not rely upon the historical record of our management as indicative of future performance. BUSINESS STRATEGIES We will seek to capitalize on the strength of our management team. Our team consists of experienced financial services, accounting and legal professionals and senior operating executives of companies operating in multiple jurisdictions. Collectively, our officers and directors have decades of experience in mergers and acquisitions and operating companies. We believe we will benefit from their accomplishments, and specifically, their current activities, in identifying attractive acquisition opportunities. However, there is no assurance that we will complete a business combination. Our officers and directors have no prior experience consummating a business combination for a “blank check” company. We believe that we will add value to these businesses primarily by providing them with access to the U.S. capital markets. There is no restriction in the geographic location of targets we can pursue, although we intend to initially prioritize Asia, excluding companies located or operating in mainland China, Hong Kong or Macau. In particular, we intend to focus our search for an initial business combination on private companies in Asia, excluding companies located or operating in mainland China, Hong Kong or Macau, that have compelling economics and clear paths to positive operating cash flow, significant assets, and successful management teams that are seeking access to the U.S. public capital markets. We will primarily seek to acquire one or more businesses with a total enterprise value of between $200,000,000 and $600,000,000. As an emerging market, Asia has experienced remarkable growth. The Asian economy experienced sustained expansion in recent years. We believe that Asia is entering a new era of economic growth, which we expect will result in attractive initial business combination opportunities for us. We believe the growth will primarily be driven by private sector expansion, technological innovation, increasing consumption by the middle class, structural economic and policy reforms and demographic changes in Asia. 7 ACQUISITION CRITERIA Our management team intends to focus on creating shareholder value by leveraging its experience in the management, operation and financing of businesses to improve the efficiency of operations while implementing strategies to scale revenue organically and/or through acquisitions. We have identified the following general criteria and guidelines, which we believe are important in evaluating prospective target businesses. While we intend to use these criteria and guidelines in evaluating prospective businesses, we may deviate from these criteria and guidelines should we see justification to do so. ● Strong management team that can create significant value for target business . We will seek to identify companies with strong and experienced management teams that will complement the operating and investment abilities of our management team. We believe we can provide a platform for the existing management team to leverage the experience of our management team. We also believe that the operating expertise of our management team is well suited to complement the target’s management team. ● Revenue and Earnings Growth Potential . We will seek to acquire one or more businesses that have the potential for significant revenue and earnings growth through a combination of both existing and new product development, increased production capacity, expense reduction and synergistic follow-on acquisitions resulting in increased operating leverage. ● Potential for Strong Free Cash Flow Generation . We will seek to acquire one or more businesses that have the potential to generate strong, stable and increasing free cash flow, particularly businesses with predictable revenue streams and definable low working capital and capital expenditure requirements. We may also seek to prudently leverage this cash flow in order to enhance shareholder value. ● Benefit from Being a Public Company . We intend to only acquire a business or businesses that will benefit from being publicly traded and which can effectively utilize access to broader sources of capital and a public profile that are associated with being a publicly traded company. This criteria does not intend to be exhaustive. Any evaluation relating to the merits of a particular initial business combination may be based, to the extent relevant, on these general guidelines as well as other considerations, factors and criteria that our Sponsor and management team may deem relevant. In the event that we decide to enter into an initial business combination with a target business that does not meet the above criteria and guidelines, we will disclose that the target business does not meet the above criteria in our shareholder communications related to our initial business combination, which would be in the form of proxy solicitation or tender offer materials, as applicable, that we would file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC. Initial Business Combination Nasdaq rules require that our initial business combination must be with one or more target businesses that together have an aggregate fair market value equal to at least 80% of the balance in the trust account (less any deferred underwriting commissions and taxes payable on interest earned) at the time of our signing a definitive agreement in connection with our initial business combination. If our Board of Directors is not able to independently determine the fair market value of the target business or businesses, we will obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm or another independent firm that commonly renders valuation opinions for the type of company we are seeking to acquire or an independent accounting firm. We do not intend to purchase multiple businesses in unrelated industries in conjunction with our initial business combination. On October 24, 2023, the Company announced that it had entered into an agreement and plan of merger and reorganization (the “Merger Agreement”), dated October 23, 2023, by and among TenX Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary (“Merger Sub”), Citius Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Citius Pharma”), and Citius Oncology, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Citius Pharma (“Citius Oncology”), to acquire Citius Oncology. The Merger Agreement provides, among other things, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, (i) that Merger Sub will merge with and into Citius Oncology, with Citius Oncology to be renamed and to survive as a wholly owned subsidiary of TenX (the “Merger”), and (ii) that prior to the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”), TenX will migrate to and domesticate as a Delaware corporation in accordance with Section 388 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and the Cayman Islands Companies Act (As Revised) (the “Domestication”). The newly combined publicly traded company is to be named “Citius Oncology, Inc.” (the “Combined Company”). The Domestication, Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement are referred to in this section as the “Business Combination”. 8 In the Merger, all shares of Citius Oncology would be converted into the right to receive ordinary share of the Combined Company. As a result, upon closing, Citius Pharma would receive 67.5 million shares of ordinary share of the Combined Company which, at an implied value of $10.00 per share, would be $675 million in equity of the Combined Company, before fees and expenses. As part of the transaction, Citius Pharma will contribute $10 million in cash to the Combined Company. An additional 12.6 million existing options will be assumed by the Combined Company. Citius Pharma and the Combined Company will also enter into an amended and restated shared services agreement, which, among other things, will govern certain management and scientific services that Citius Pharma will continue to provide to the Combined Company following the Effective Time. The Merger Agreement, Business Combination and the transactions contemplated thereby were unanimously approved by the boards of directors of each of the Company, Citius Pharma and Citius Oncology. The transaction is expected to be completed in the first half of 2024, subject to approval by shareholders of the Company and other customary closing conditions, including final regulatory approvals and SEC filings. There can be no assurance regarding the ultimate timing of the proposed transaction or that the transaction will be completed at all. We will have until 18 months from the closing of our IPO to consummate an initial business combination (the “Combination Period”). However, if we anticipate that we may not be able to consummate our initial business combination within 18 months, we may extend the Combination Period up to seven (7) times, each time for an additional month (for a total of up to 25 months to complete a business combination) without submitting such proposed extensions to our shareholders for approval or offering our public shareholders redemption rights in connection therewith. Pursuant to the terms of our third amended and restated memorandum and articles of association and the trust agreement entered into between us and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company on October 13, 2022, in order to extend the time available for us to consummate our initial business combination, our Sponsor or its affiliates or designees, upon two days advance notice prior to the applicable deadline, must deposit into the trust account the lesser of $66,667 or $0.03 per public share that is not redeemed on or prior to the date of the applicable deadline, for each one month extension. Any such payments would be made in the form of a loan. Any such loans will be non-interest bearing and payable upon the consummation of our initial business combination. If we complete our initial business combination, we would repay such loaned amounts out of the proceeds of the trust account released to us. If we do not complete a business combination, we will not repay such loans. Furthermore, the letter agreement with our initial shareholders contains a provision pursuant to which our Sponsor has agreed to waive its right to be repaid for such loans out of the funds held in the trust account in the event that we do not complete a business combination. Our Sponsor and its affiliates or designees are not obligated to fund the trust account to extend the time for us to complete our initial business combination. Up to $1,500,000 of the loans made by our Sponsor, our officers and directors, or our or their affiliates to us prior to or in connection with our initial business combination (including loans made to extend our time period for consummating a business combination) may be convertible into Units at a price of $10.00 per Unit at the option of the lender. If we are unable to consummate an initial business combination within such time period, we will, as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem 100% of the outstanding Public Shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including any interest earned on the funds held in the trust account (net of interest that may be used by us to pay our taxes payable and for dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any), subject to applicable law and as further described herein, and then seek to dissolve and liquidate. We expect the pro rata redemption price to be approximately $10.99 per public share (subject to increase of up to an additional approximately $0.03 per share for each month in the event that our Sponsor elects to extend the period of time to consummate a business combination by the full seven months), without taking into account any interest earned on such funds. However, we cannot assure you that we will in fact be able to distribute such amounts as a result of claims of creditors which may take priority over the claims of our public shareholders. 9 We anticipate structuring our initial business combination so that the post-transaction company in which our public shareholders own shares will own or acquire 100% of the equity interests or assets of the target business or businesses. We may, however, structure our initial business combination such that the post-transaction company owns or acquires less than 100% of such interests or assets of the target business in order to meet certain objectives of the target management team or shareholders or for other reasons, but we will only complete such business combination if the post-transaction company owns or acquires 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target sufficient for it not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or the Investment Company Act. Even if the post-transaction company owns or acquires 50% or more of the voting securities of the target, our shareholders prior to the business combination may collectively own a minority interest in the post-transaction company, depending on valuations ascribed to the target and us in the business combination transaction. For example, we could pursue a transaction in which we issue a substantial number of new shares in exchange for all of the outstanding capital stock of a target. In this case, we would acquire a 100% controlling interest in the target. However, as a result of the issuance of a substantial number of new shares, our shareholders immediately prior to our initial business combination could own less than a majority of our outstanding shares subsequent to our initial business combination. If less than 100% of the equity interests or assets of a target business or businesses are owned or acquired by the post-transaction company, the portion of such business or businesses that is owned or acquired is what will be valued for purposes of the 80% of net assets test. If our initial business combination involves more than one target business, the 80% of net assets test will be based on the aggregate value of all of the target businesses. Permission Required from the Chinese Authorities for a Business Combination Although our offices are located in United States, a majority of our directors and officers have significant ties to China. As a result, our directors and officers who have significant ties to China may be subject to certain risks relating to regulatory oversight by the PRC government. In particular, changes in the policies, regulations, rules, and the enforcement of laws of the PRC government may be adopted quickly with little advance notice. The Chinese government may also intervene or influence our search for a target business or the completion of an initial business combination at any time through our directors and officers who have significant ties to China. This could significantly and negatively impact our search for a target business and/or the value of the securities. As a Cayman Islands company with no operations or subsidiaries in China and expected to conduct a target search outside of China, we are not required to obtain permission from any Chinese authorities to operate, nor have we been contacted by any Chinese authorities in connection with our operations, and we do not expect that permission will be required from the Chinese authorities in the future in connection with our business combination since we will not undertake our initial business combination with any entity that is based in, located in or with its principal business operations in China (including Hong Kong and Macau). Implication of the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act The Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act, or the HFCAA, was enacted on December 18, 2020. The HFCAA states that if the SEC determines that an issuer’s audit reports issued by a registered public accounting firm have not been subject to inspection by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (the “PCAOB”) for three consecutive years beginning in 2021, the SEC shall prohibit such issuer’s securities from being traded on a national securities exchange or in the over-the-counter trading market in the United States. On December 29, 2022, the Accelerating Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act (“AHFCAA”) was enacted, which amends the HFCAA and requires the SEC to prohibit an issuer’s securities from trading on any U.S. stock exchanges if its auditor is not subject to PCAOB inspections for two consecutive years instead of three consecutive years. Recent PCAOB Developments Future developments in U.S. laws may restrict our ability or willingness to complete certain business combinations with companies. For instance, the enacted AHFCAA would restrict our ability to consummate a business combination with a target business unless that business met certain standards of the PCAOB and would require delisting of a company from U.S. national securities exchanges if the PCAOB is unable to inspect its public accounting firm for two consecutive years. The AHFCAA also requires public companies to disclose, among other things, whether they are owned or controlled by a foreign government. We may not be able to consummate a business combination with a favored target business due to these laws. 10 The documentation we may be required to submit to the SEC proving certain beneficial ownership requirements and establishing that we are not owned or controlled by a foreign government in the event that we use a foreign public accounting firm not subject to inspection by the PCAOB or where the PCAOB is unable to inspect or investigate our accounting practices or financial statements because of a position taken by an authority in the foreign jurisdiction could be onerous and time consuming to prepare. The HFCAA mandates the SEC to identify issuers of SEC-registered securities whose audited financial reports are prepared by an accounting firm that the PCAOB is unable to inspect due to restrictions imposed by an authority in the foreign jurisdiction where the audits are performed. If such identified issuer’s auditor cannot be inspected by the PCAOB for three consecutive years, the trading of such issuer’s securities on any U.S. national securities exchanges, as well as any over-the-counter trading in the U.S., will be prohibited. On March 24, 2021, the SEC adopted interim final rules relating to the implementation of certain disclosure and documentation requirements of the HFCAA. An identified issuer will be required to comply with these rules if the SEC identifies it as having a “non-inspection” year under a process to be subsequently established by the SEC. On November 5, 2021, the SEC approved the PCAOB’s Rule 6100, Board Determinations Under the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act. Rule 6100 provides a framework for the PCAOB to use when determining, as contemplated under the HFCAA, whether it is unable to inspect or investigate completely registered public accounting firms located in a foreign jurisdiction because of a position taken by one or more authorities in that jurisdiction. On December 2, 2021, the SEC issued amendments to finalize rules implementing the submission and disclosure requirements in the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act. The rules apply to registrants that the SEC identifies as having filed an annual report with an audit report issued by a registered public accounting firm that is located in a foreign jurisdiction and that PCAOB is unable to inspect or investigate completely because of a position taken by an authority in foreign jurisdictions. On December 16, 2021, the PCAOB issued a Determination Report which found that the PCAOB is unable to inspect or investigate certain registered public accounting firms headquartered in: (i) mainland China, and (ii) Hong Kong. In addition, the PCAOB’s report identified the specific registered public accounting firms that are subject to these determinations. On August 26, 2022, the PCAOB signed a Statement of Protocol with the China Securities Regulatory Commission and the Ministry of Finance of the PRC (“SOP”), taking the first step toward opening access for the PCAOB to inspect and investigate registered public accounting firms headquartered in mainland China and Hong Kong completely, consistent with U.S law. Pursuant to the SOP, the PCAOB shall have independent discretion to select any issuer audits for inspection or investigation and has the unfettered ability to transfer information to the SEC. On December 15, 2022, the PCAOB determined that the PCAOB was able to secure complete access to inspect and investigate registered public accounting firms headquartered in mainland China and Hong Kong and voted to vacate its previous determinations to the contrary. However, should PRC authorities obstruct or otherwise fail to facilitate the PCAOB’s access in the future, the PCAOB will consider the need to issue a new determination. Our auditor, Marcum LLP, headquartered in New York, NY, is an independent registered public accounting firm with the PCAOB and has been inspected by the PCAOB on a regular basis. The PCAOB currently has access to inspect the working papers of our auditor. If, for whatever reason, the PCAOB is unable to conduct inspections or full investigations of our auditor, we could be delisted or prohibited from being traded over the counter. If our securities are unable to be listed on another securities exchange by then, such delisting and prohibition would substantially impair your ability to sell or purchase our securities when you wish to do so, and the risk and uncertainty associated with potential delisting and prohibition would have a negative impact on the price of our securities. Also, such delisting and prohibition could significantly affect our ability to raise capital on acceptable terms, or at all, which would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and prospects. Future developments in respect of increased U.S. regulatory access to audit information are uncertain, as the legislative developments are subject to the legislative process and the regulatory developments are subject to the rule-making process and other administrative procedures. 11 In the event that we complete a business combination with a non-U.S. company and any of the legislative actions or regulatory changes discussed above were to proceed in ways that are detrimental to a non-U.S. issuer, it could cause us to fail to be in compliance with U.S. securities laws and regulations, we could cease to be listed on a U.S. securities exchange, and U.S. trading of our shares could be prohibited. Any of these actions, or uncertainties in the market about the possibility of such actions, could adversely affect our prospects to successfully complete a business combination with a non-U.S. company, our access to the U.S. capital markets and the price of our shares. Corporate Information We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, as modified by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, or the JOBS Act. As such, we are eligible to take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not “emerging growth companies” including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. If some investors find our securities less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our securities and the prices of our securities may be more volatile. In addition, Section 107 of the JOBS Act also provides that an “emerging growth company” can take advantage of the extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act for complying with new or revised accounting standards. In other words, an “emerging growth company” can delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. We intend to take advantage of the benefits of this extended transition period. We will remain an emerging growth company until the earlier of (1) the last day of the fiscal year (a) following the fifth anniversary of the completion of our IPO, (b) in which we have total annual gross revenue of at least $1.07 billion, or (c) in which we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer, which means the market value of our Ordinary Shares that is held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the prior December 31, and (2) the date on which we have issued more than $1.0 billion in non-convertible debt securities during the prior three-year period. References herein to “emerging growth company” shall have the meaning associated with it in the JOBS Act. Additionally, we are a “smaller reporting company” as defined in Rule 10(f)(1) of Regulation S-K. Smaller reporting companies may take advantage of certain reduced disclosure obligations, including, among other things, providing only two years of audited financial statements. We will remain a smaller reporting company until the last day of the fiscal year in which (1) the market value of our Ordinary Shares held by non-affiliates equals or exceeds $250 million as of the end of the second fiscal quarter of such fiscal year, or (2) our annual revenues equaled or exceeded $100 million during such completed fiscal year and the market value of our Ordinary Shares held by non-affiliates equals or exceeds $700 million as of the end of the second fiscal quarter of such fiscal year. Exempted companies are Cayman Islands companies wishing to conduct business outside the Cayman Islands and, as such, are exempted from complying with certain provisions of the Companies Act. As an exempted company, we have applied for and expect to receive a tax exemption undertaking from the Cayman Islands government that, in accordance with Section 6 of the Tax Concessions Act (Revised) of the Cayman Islands, for a period of 20 years from the date of the undertaking, no law which is enacted in the Cayman Islands imposing any tax to be levied on profits, income, gains or appreciations shall apply to us or our operations and, in addition, that no tax to be levied on profits, income, gains or appreciations or which is in the nature of estate duty or inheritance tax shall be payable (i) on or in respect of our shares, debentures or other obligations or (ii) by way of the withholding in whole or in part of a payment of dividend or other distribution of income or capital by us to our shareholders or a payment of principal or interest or other sums due under a debenture or other obligation of us. We are a Cayman Islands exempted company incorporated on March 1, 2021. Our executive offices are located at 420 Lexington Ave Suite 2446, New York, NY 10170, and our telephone number is 347-627-0058. The cost for this space is provided to us by our Sponsor, as part of the $10,000 per month payment we make to it for office space and related services. We consider our current office space adequate for our current operations. 12 Employees We currently have 2 officers. These individuals are not obligated to devote any specific number of hours to our matters but they intend to devote as much of their time as they deem necessary to our affairs until we have completed our initial business combination. The amount of time they will devote in any time period will vary based on whether a target business has been selected for our initial business combination and the stage of the initial business combination process we are in. We do not intend to have any full time employees prior to the completion of our initial business combination. Item 1A. Risk Factors. As a smaller reporting company, we are not required to include risk factors in this Annual Report.