Item 1A. Risk Factors
Item 1A. Risk Factors
An investment in our securities involves a
high degree of risk. You should consider carefully all of the risks described below, together with the other information contained in
this Annual Report, before making a decision to invest in our securities. If any of the following events occur, our business, financial
condition and operating results may be materially adversely affected. In that event, the trading price of our securities could decline,
and you could lose all or part of your investment.
Risks Relating to our Search for, and Consummation of or Inability
to Consummate, a Business Combination
Our public shareholders may not be afforded an opportunity to
vote on our proposed initial business combination, and even if we hold a vote, holders of our founder shares will participate in such
vote, which means we may complete our initial business combination even though a majority of our public shareholders do not support such
a combination.
We may choose not to hold a shareholder vote to
approve our initial business combination unless the business combination would require shareholder approval under applicable law or stock
exchange listing requirements. In such case, the decision as to whether we will seek shareholder approval of a proposed business combination
or will allow shareholders to sell their shares to us in a tender offer will be made by us, solely in our discretion, and will be based
on a variety of factors, such as the timing of the transaction and whether the terms of the transaction would otherwise require us to
seek shareholder approval. Even if we seek shareholder approval, the holders of our founder shares will participate in the vote on such
approval. Accordingly, we may complete our initial business combination even if holders of a majority of our ordinary shares do not approve
of the business combination we complete.
If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination,
our initial shareholders and management team have agreed to vote in favor of such initial business combination, regardless of how our
public shareholders vote, and we may not need any public shares in addition to our founder shares to be voted in favor of an initial business
combination in order to approve an initial business combination.
As of December 31, 2025, our initial shareholders
own 25% of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares.
Our initial shareholders and management team also
may from time to time purchase Class A ordinary shares prior to our initial business combination. Our amended and restated memorandum
and articles of association provides that, if we seek shareholder approval of an initial business combination, such initial business combination
will be approved if we obtain the approval of an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law and our amended and restated memorandum
and articles of association, which requires the affirmative vote of at least a simple majority of the votes cast by such shareholders,
voting together as a single class, as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at the applicable
general meeting of the Company. Accordingly, if we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination, the agreement by our
initial shareholders and management team to vote in favor of our initial business combination will increase the likelihood that an ordinary
resolution will be passed, being the requisite shareholder approval for such initial business combination.
Your only opportunity to effect your investment decision regarding
a potential business combination may be limited to the exercise of your right to redeem your shares from us for cash.
Since our board of directors may complete a business
combination without seeking shareholder approval, public shareholders may not have the right or opportunity to vote on the business combination,
unless we seek such shareholder vote. Accordingly, your only opportunity to effect your investment decision regarding our initial business
combination may be limited to exercising your redemption rights within the period of time (which will be at least 20 business days) set
forth in our tender offer documents mailed to our public shareholders in which we describe our initial business combination. The per share
amount we will distribute to shareholders who properly exercise their redemption rights will not be reduced by the deferred underwriting
commission in connection with our initial public offering and after such redemptions, the per-share value of shares held by non-redeeming
shareholders will reflect our obligation to pay the deferred underwriting commissions.
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The ability of our public shareholders to redeem their shares
for cash may make our financial condition unattractive to potential business combination targets, which may make it difficult for us to
enter into a business combination with a target.
We may seek to enter into a business combination
transaction agreement with a minimum cash requirement for (i) cash consideration to be paid to the target or its owners, (ii) cash for
working capital or other general corporate purposes or (iii) the retention of cash to satisfy other conditions. If too many public shareholders
exercise their redemption rights, we would not be able to meet such closing condition and, as a result, would not be able to proceed with
the business combination. Consequently, if accepting all properly submitted redemption requests would not allow us to satisfy a closing
condition as described above, we would not proceed with such redemption and the related business combination and may instead search for
an alternate business combination. Prospective targets will be aware of these risks and, thus, may be reluctant to enter into a business
combination transaction with us.
The ability of our public shareholders to exercise redemption
rights with respect to a large number of our shares and the amount of deferred underwriting compensation may not allow us to complete
the most desirable business combination or optimize our capital structure, and may substantially dilute your investment in us.
At the time we enter into an agreement for our initial
business combination, we will not know how many shareholders may exercise their redemption rights, and therefore will need to structure
the transaction based on our expectations as to the number of shares that will be submitted for redemption. If our initial business combination
agreement requires us to use a portion of the cash in the trust account to pay the purchase price, or requires us to have a minimum amount
of cash at closing, we will need to reserve a portion of the cash in the trust account to meet such requirements, or arrange for third
party financing. In addition, if a larger number of shares are submitted for redemption than we initially expected, we may need to restructure
the transaction to reserve a greater portion of the cash in the trust account or arrange for third party financing. Raising additional
third party financing may involve dilutive equity issuances or the incurrence of indebtedness at higher than desirable levels. Furthermore,
this dilution would increase to the extent that the anti-dilution provision of the Class B ordinary shares results in the issuance of
Class A ordinary shares on a greater than one-to-one basis upon conversion of the Class B ordinary shares at the time of our initial business
combination. The above considerations may limit our ability to complete the most desirable business combination available to us or optimize
our capital structure. As a result, our obligations to redeem public shares for which redemption is requested and to pay the deferred
underwriting commissions in connection with our initial public offering may not allow us to complete the most desirable business combination
or optimize our capital structure.
In addition, raising additional third-party financing
may involve dilutive equity issuances or the incurrence of indebtedness at higher than desirable levels. Furthermore, this dilution would
increase to the extent that the anti-dilution provisions of the Class B ordinary shares result in the issuance of Class A ordinary shares
on a greater than one-to-one basis upon conversion of the Class B ordinary shares at the time of our business combination. The above considerations
may limit our ability to complete the most desirable business combination available to us or optimize our capital structure and may result
in substantial dilution from your purchase of our Class A ordinary shares. The effect of this dilution will be greater for shareholders
who do not redeem. We may not be able to generate sufficient value from the completion of our initial business combination in order to
overcome the dilutive impact of these and other factors, and, accordingly, you may incur a net loss on your investment. Please see “—
Risks Relating to Our Securities — The nominal purchase price paid by our sponsor for the founder shares may result in significant
dilution to the implied value of your public shares upon the consummation of our initial business combination, and our sponsor is likely
to make a substantial profit on its investment in us in the event we consummate an initial business combination, even if the business
combination causes the trading price of our ordinary shares to materially decline .”
The ability of our public shareholders to exercise redemption
rights with respect to a large number of our shares could increase the probability that our initial business combination would be unsuccessful
and that you would have to wait for liquidation in order to redeem your shares.
If our initial business combination agreement requires
us to use a portion of the cash in the trust account to pay the purchase price, or requires us to have a minimum amount of cash at closing,
the probability that our initial business combination would be unsuccessful is increased. If our initial business combination is unsuccessful,
you would not receive your pro rata portion of the funds in the trust account until we liquidate the trust account. If you are in need
of immediate liquidity, you could attempt to sell your shares in the open market; however, at such time our shares may trade at a discount
to the pro rata amount per share in the trust account. In either situation, you may suffer a material loss on your investment or lose
the benefit of funds expected in connection with your exercise of redemption rights until we liquidate or you are able to sell your shares
in the open market.
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The requirement that we complete our initial business combination
within the completion window may give potential target businesses leverage over us in negotiating a business combination and may limit
the time we have in which to conduct due diligence on potential business combination targets, in particular as we approach our dissolution
deadline, which could undermine our ability to complete our initial business combination on terms that would produce value for our shareholders.
Any potential target business with which we enter
into negotiations concerning a business combination will be aware that we must complete our initial business combination within the completion
window. Consequently, such target business may obtain leverage over us in negotiating a business combination, knowing that if we do not
complete our initial business combination with that particular target business, we may be unable to complete our initial business combination
with any target business. This risk will increase as we get closer to the timeframe described above. In addition, we may have limited
time to conduct due diligence and may enter into our initial business combination on terms that we would have rejected upon a more comprehensive
investigation. The length of time it may take us to complete our diligence and negotiate a business combination may reduce the amount
of time available for us to ultimately complete an initial business combination should such diligence or negotiations not lead to a consummated
initial business combination.
We may engage one or more of our underwriters of our initial
public offering or one of their respective affiliates to provide additional services to us, which may include acting as M&A advisor
in connection with an initial business combination or as placement agent in connection with a related financing transaction. Our underwriters
are entitled to receive deferred underwriting commissions that will be released from the trust account only upon a completion of an initial
business combination. These financial incentives may cause them to have potential conflicts of interest in rendering any such additional
services to us, including, for example, in connection with the sourcing and consummation of an initial business combination.
We may engage one or more of our underwriters or
one of their respective affiliates to provide additional services to us, including, for example, identifying potential targets, providing
M&A advisory services, acting as a placement agent in a private offering or arranging debt financing transactions. We may pay such
underwriter or its affiliate fair and reasonable fees or other compensation that would be determined at that time in an arm’s length
negotiation.
The underwriters are also entitled to receive deferred
underwriting commissions that are conditioned on the completion of an initial business combination. The underwriters’ or their respective
affiliates’ financial interests tied to the consummation of a business combination transaction may give rise to potential conflicts
of interest in providing any such additional services to us, including potential conflicts of interest in connection with the sourcing
and consummation of an initial business combination. The underwriters are under no obligation to provide any further services to us in
order to receive all or any part of the deferred underwriting commissions.
We may not be able to complete our initial business combination
within the completion window, in which case we would redeem our public shares.
We may not be able to find a suitable target business
and complete our initial business combination within the completion window. Our ability to complete our initial business combination may
be negatively impacted by general market conditions, volatility in the capital and debt markets and the other risks described herein.
If we have not completed our initial business combination within such time period, we will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose
of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter (and subject to lawfully available
funds therefor), redeem the public shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the
trust account, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account (which interest shall be net of taxes payable and up to
$100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses) and not previously released to us pursuant to permitted withdrawals, 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 liquidating distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably
possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining shareholders and our board of directors, liquidate and dissolve,
subject in each case to our obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable
law. In such case, our public shareholders may only receive $10.00 per share, or possibly less, and our warrants will expire without value
to the holder. In certain circumstances, our public shareholders may receive less than $10.00 per share on the redemption of their shares.
See “— If third parties bring claims against us, the proceeds held in the trust account could be reduced and the per-share
redemption amount received by shareholders may be less than $10.00 per share ” and other risk factors described in this “Risk
Factors” section.
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We may decide not to extend the term we have to consummate our
initial business combination, in which case we would redeem our public shares, and the warrants may be worthless.
We have until the date that is 24 months from the
closing of our initial public offering or until such earlier liquidation date as our board of directors may approve, to consummate our
initial business combination. If we anticipate that we may be unable to consummate our initial business combination within such period,
we may seek shareholder approval to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to extend the date by which
we must consummate our initial business combination. However, we may decide not to seek to extend the date by which we must consummate
our initial business combination. If we do not seek to extend the date by which we must consummate our initial business combination, and
we are unable to consummate our initial business combination within the applicable time period, we will (i) cease all operations except
for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter (and subject to
lawfully available funds therefor), redeem the public shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then
on deposit in the trust account, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account (which interest shall be net of taxes
payable and up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses) and not previously released to us pursuant to permitted withdrawals,
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 liquidating distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly
as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining shareholders and our board of directors, liquidate
and dissolve, subject in each case to our obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements
of other applicable law. In such event, the warrants may be worthless.
If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination,
our sponsor, initial shareholders, directors, officers, advisors and their affiliates may elect to purchase shares or public warrants
from public shareholders, which may influence a vote on a proposed business combination and reduce the public “float” of our
Class A ordinary shares or public warrants.
If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business
combination and we do not conduct redemptions in connection with our initial business combination pursuant to the tender offer rules,
our sponsor, initial shareholders, directors, officers, advisors and their affiliates may purchase public shares or warrants in privately
negotiated transactions or in the open market either prior to or following the completion of our initial business combination, although
they are under no obligation or duty to do so. Such a purchase may include a contractual acknowledgment that such shareholder, although
still the record holder of our shares is no longer the beneficial owner thereof and therefore agrees not to exercise its redemption rights.
In the event that our sponsor, initial shareholders, directors, officers, advisors and their affiliates purchase shares in privately negotiated
transactions from public shareholders who have already elected to exercise their redemption rights, such selling shareholders would be
required to revoke their prior elections to redeem their shares. It is intended that, if Rule 10b-18 would apply to purchases by our sponsor,
initial shareholders, directors, officers, advisors and their affiliates, then such purchases will comply with Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange
Act, to the extent it applies, which provides a safe harbor for purchases made under certain conditions, including with respect to timing,
pricing and volume of purchases.
Additionally, at any time at or prior to our initial
business combination, subject to applicable securities laws (including with respect to material nonpublic information), our sponsor, initial
shareholders, directors, officers, advisors and their affiliates may enter into transactions with investors and others to provide them
with incentives to acquire public shares, vote their public shares in favor of our initial business combination or not redeem their public
shares. However, they have no current commitments, plans or intentions to engage in such transactions and have not formulated any terms
or conditions for any such transactions. None of the funds in the trust account will be used to purchase public shares, rights or warrants
in such transactions.
The purpose of any such transactions could be to
(1) increase the likelihood of obtaining shareholder approval of the business combination, (2) reduce the number of public warrants outstanding
and/or increase the likelihood of approval on any matters submitted to the public warrant holders for approval in connection with our
initial business combination or (3) satisfy a closing condition in an agreement with a target that requires us to have a minimum net worth
or a certain amount of cash at the closing of our initial business combination, where it appears that such requirement would otherwise
not be met. Any such purchases of our securities may result in the completion of our initial business combination that may not otherwise
have been possible.
In addition, if such purchases are made, the public
“float” of our securities may be reduced and the number of beneficial holders of our securities may be reduced, which may
make it difficult to maintain or obtain the quotation, listing or trading of our securities on a national securities exchange. Any such
purchases will be reported pursuant to Section 13 and Section 16 of the Exchange Act to the extent such purchasers are subject to such
reporting requirements. Additionally, in the event our sponsor, initial shareholders, directors, officers, advisors and their affiliates
were to purchase public shares or warrants from public shareholders after the announcement of our initial business combination, such purchases
would be structured in compliance with the requirements of Rule 14e-5 under the Exchange Act including, in pertinent part, through adherence
to the following:
● our registration statement/proxy
statement filed for our business combination transaction would disclose the possibility that our sponsor, initial shareholders, directors,
officers, advisors and their affiliates may purchase public shares or warrants from public shareholders outside the redemption process,
along with the purpose of such purchases;
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● if our sponsor, initial shareholders,
directors, officers, advisors and their affiliates were to purchase public shares or warrants from public shareholders, they would do
so at a price no higher than the price offered through our redemption process;
● our registration statement/proxy
statement filed for our business combination transaction would include a representation that any of our securities purchased by our sponsor,
initial shareholders, directors, officers, advisors and their affiliates would not be voted in favor of approving the business combination
transaction;
● our sponsor, initial shareholders,
directors, officers, advisors and their affiliates would not possess any redemption rights with respect to our securities or, if they
do acquire and possess redemption rights, they would waive such rights;
● we would disclose in a Form
8-K, before our security holder meeting to approve the business combination transaction, the following material items:
● the amount of our securities
purchased outside of the redemption offer by our sponsor, initial shareholders, directors, officers, advisors and their affiliates, along
with the purchase price;
● the purpose of the purchases
by our sponsor, initial shareholders, directors, officers, advisors and their affiliates;
● the impact, if any, of the
purchases by our sponsor, initial shareholders, directors, officers, advisors and their affiliates on the likelihood that the business
combination transaction will be approved;
● the identities of our security
holders who sold to our sponsor, initial shareholders, directors, officers, advisors and their affiliates (if not purchased on the open
market) or the nature of our security holders (e.g., 5% security holders) who sold to our sponsor, initial shareholders, directors, officers,
advisors and their affiliates; and
● the number of our securities
for which we have received redemption requests pursuant to our redemption offer.
If a shareholder fails to receive notice of our offer to redeem
our public shares in connection with our initial business combination, or fails to comply with the procedures for submitting or tendering
its shares, such shares may not be redeemed.
We will comply with the proxy rules or tender offer
rules, as applicable, when conducting redemptions in connection with our initial business combination. Despite our compliance with these
rules, if a shareholder fails to receive our proxy materials or tender offer documents, as applicable, such shareholder may not become
aware of the opportunity to redeem its shares. In addition, proxy materials or tender offer documents, as applicable, that we will furnish
to holders of our public shares in connection with our initial business combination will describe the various procedures that must be
complied with in order to validly tender or submit public shares for redemption. For example, we intend to require our public shareholders
seeking to exercise their redemption rights, whether they are record holders or hold their shares in “street name,” to, at
the holder’s option, either deliver their share certificates to our transfer agent, or to deliver their shares to our transfer agent
electronically prior to the date set forth in the proxy materials or tender offer documents, as applicable. In the case of proxy materials,
this date may be up to two business days prior to the scheduled vote on the proposal to approve the initial business combination. In addition,
if we conduct redemptions in connection with a shareholder vote, we intend to require a public shareholder seeking redemption of its public
shares to also submit a written request for redemption to our transfer agent two business days prior to the scheduled vote in which the
name of the beneficial owner of such shares is included. In the event that a shareholder fails to comply with these or any other procedures
disclosed in the proxy or tender offer materials, as applicable, its shares may not be redeemed.
You will not be entitled to protections normally afforded to
investors of other blank check companies subject to Rule 419 of the Securities Act.
Since the net proceeds of our initial public offering
and the sale of the private placement warrants are intended to be used to complete one or more initial business combinations with a target
business or businesses that have not been selected, we may be deemed to be a “blank check” company under the United States
securities laws. However, because we have net tangible assets in excess of $5,000,000, we are exempt from rules promulgated by the SEC
to protect investors in blank check companies, such as Rule 419. Accordingly, investors will not be afforded the benefits or protections
of those rules. Among other things, this means we will have a longer period of time to complete our respective business combinations than
do companies subject to Rule 419. Moreover, if our initial public offering were subject to Rule 419, that rule would prohibit the release
of any interest earned on funds held in the trust account to us unless and until the funds in the trust account were released to us or
in connection with our completion of an initial business combination.
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If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination
and we do not conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules, and if you or a “group” of shareholders are deemed to
hold in excess of 15% of our Class A ordinary shares, you may lose the ability to redeem all such shares in excess of 15% of our Class
A ordinary shares.
If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business
combination and we do not conduct redemptions in connection with our initial business combination pursuant to the tender offer rules,
our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provides that a public shareholder, together with any affiliate of such
shareholder or any other person with whom such shareholder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined under Section
13 of the Exchange Act), will be restricted from redeeming its shares with respect to more than an aggregate of 15% of our Class A ordinary
shares, which we refer to as the “Excess Shares,” without our prior consent. However, we would not be restricting our shareholders’
ability to vote all of their shares (including Excess Shares) for or against our initial business combination. Your inability to redeem
the Excess Shares will reduce your influence over our ability to complete our initial business combination and you could suffer a material
loss on your investment in us if you sell Excess Shares in open market transactions. Additionally, you will not receive redemption distributions
with respect to the Excess Shares if we complete our initial business combination. And as a result, you will continue to hold that number
of shares exceeding 15% and, in order to dispose of such shares, would be required to sell your shares in open market transactions, potentially
at a loss.
Because of our limited resources and the significant competition
for business combination opportunities, it may be more difficult for us to complete our initial business combination. If we are unable
to complete our initial business combination, our public shareholders may receive only their pro rata portion of the funds in the trust
account that are available for distribution to public shareholders, and our warrants will expire worthless.
We expect to encounter competition from other entities
having a business objective similar to ours, including private investors (which may be individuals or investment partnerships), other
blank check companies (including, but not limited to, Dynamix Corporation, a special purpose acquisition company that consummated its
initial public offering in November 2024 (“Dynamix II”)) and other entities, domestic and international, competing for the
types of businesses we intend to acquire. Many of these individuals and entities are well-established and have extensive experience in
identifying and effecting, directly or indirectly, acquisitions of companies operating in or providing services to various industries.
Many of these competitors possess similar or greater technical, human and other resources to ours or more local industry knowledge than
we do and our financial resources will be relatively limited when contrasted with those of many of these competitors. While we believe
there are numerous target businesses we could potentially acquire, our ability to compete with respect to the acquisition of certain target
businesses that are sizable will be limited by our available financial resources. This inherent competitive limitation gives others an
advantage in pursuing the acquisition of certain target businesses. Furthermore, we are obligated to offer holders of our public shares
the right to redeem their shares for cash at the time of our initial business combination in conjunction with a shareholder vote or via
a tender offer. Target companies will be aware that this may reduce the resources available to us for our initial business combination.
Any of these obligations may place us at a competitive disadvantage in successfully negotiating a business combination. If we are unable
to complete our initial business combination, our public shareholders may receive only their pro rata portion of the funds in the trust
account that are available for distribution to public shareholders, and our warrants will expire worthless.
If our funds held outside the trust account are insufficient
to allow us to operate for at least the duration of the completion window, it could limit the amount available to fund our search for
a target business or businesses and complete our initial business combination, and we will depend on loans from our sponsor or management
team to fund our search and to complete our initial business combination.
As of December 31, 2025, we have $1,332,627 available
to us outside the trust account to fund our working capital requirements. Of the funds available to us, we could use a portion of the
funds available to us to pay fees to consultants to assist us with our search for a target business. We could also use a portion of the
funds as a down payment or to fund a “no-shop” provision (a provision in letters of intent or merger agreements designed to
keep target businesses from “shopping” around for transactions with other companies or investors on terms more favorable to
such target businesses) with respect to a particular proposed business combination, although we do not have any current intention to do
so. If we entered into a letter of intent or merger agreement where we paid for the right to receive exclusivity from a target business
and were subsequently required to forfeit such funds (whether as a result of our breach or otherwise), we might not have sufficient funds
to continue searching for, or conduct due diligence with respect to, a target business.
Our permitted withdrawals are subject to an annual
limit of 10% of interest earned on funds held in the trust account. In addition, neither our sponsor, members of our management team nor
any of their affiliates is under any obligation to advance funds to us in such circumstances. Any such advances would be repaid only from
funds held outside the trust account or from funds released to us upon completion of our initial business combination. Up to $1,500,000
of such loans may be convertible into private placement warrants of the post-business combination entity at a price of $1.00 per warrant
at the option of the lender. Such warrants would be identical to the private placement warrants. Prior to the completion of our initial
business combination, we do not expect to seek loans from parties other than our sponsor or an affiliate of our sponsor as we do not believe
third parties will be willing to loan such funds and provide a waiver against any and all rights to seek access to funds in our trust
account. If we are unable to complete our initial business combination because we do not have sufficient funds available to us, we will
be forced to liquidate the trust account. Consequently, our public shareholders may only receive an estimated $10.00 per share, or possibly
less, on our redemption of our public shares, and our warrants will expire worthless.
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If third parties bring claims against us, the proceeds held in
the trust account could be reduced and the per-share redemption amount received by shareholders may be less than $10.00 per share.
Our placing of funds in the trust account may not
protect those funds from third party claims against us. Although we will seek to have all vendors, service providers, prospective target
businesses and other entities with which we do business execute agreements with us waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any
kind in or to any monies held in the trust account for the benefit of our public shareholders, such parties may not execute such agreements,
or even if they execute such agreements they may not be prevented from bringing claims against the trust account, including, but not limited
to, fraudulent inducement, breach of fiduciary responsibility or other similar claims, as well as claims challenging the enforceability
of the waiver, in each case in order to gain advantage with respect to a claim against our assets, including the funds held in the trust
account. If any third party refuses to execute an agreement waiving such claims to the monies held in the trust account, our management
will consider whether competitive alternatives are reasonably available to us and will only enter into an agreement with such third party
if management believes that such third party’s engagement would be in the best interests of the Company under the circumstances.
WithumSmith+Brown, PC, our independent registered public accounting firm, and the underwriters of our initial public offering will not
execute agreements with us waiving such claims to the monies held in the trust account.
Examples of possible instances where we may engage
a third party that refuses to execute a waiver include the engagement of a third-party consultant whose particular expertise or skills
are believed by management to be significantly superior to those of other consultants that would agree to execute a waiver or in cases
where management is unable to find a service provider willing to execute a waiver. In addition, there is no guarantee that such entities
will agree to waive any claims they may have in the future as a result of, or arising out of, any negotiations, contracts or agreements
with us and will not seek recourse against the trust account for any reason. Upon redemption of our public shares, if we are unable to
complete our initial business combination within the prescribed timeframe, or upon the exercise of a redemption right in connection with
our initial business combination, we will be required to provide for payment of claims of creditors that were not waived that may be brought
against us within the 10 years following redemption. Accordingly, the per-share redemption amount received by public shareholders could
be less than the $10.00 per public share initially held in the trust account, due to claims of such creditors. Our sponsor has agreed
that it will be liable to us if and to the extent any claims by a third party for services rendered or products sold to us (except for
the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm), or a prospective target business with which we have entered into a
written letter of intent, confidentiality or other similar agreement or business combination agreement, reduce the amount of funds in
the trust account to below the lesser of (i) $10.00 per public share and (ii) the actual amount per public share held in the trust account
as of the date of the liquidation of the trust account, if less than $10.00 per public share due to reductions in the value of the trust
assets, less taxes payable, provided that such liability will not apply to any claims by a third party or prospective target business
who executed a waiver of any and all rights to the monies held in the trust account (whether or not such waiver is enforceable) nor will
it apply to any claims under our indemnity of the underwriters of our initial public offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities
under the Securities Act. However, we have not asked our sponsor to reserve for such indemnification obligations, nor have we independently
verified whether our sponsor has sufficient funds to satisfy its indemnity obligations and we believe that our sponsor’s only assets
are securities of our Company. Therefore, we cannot assure you that our sponsor would be able to satisfy those obligations. As a result,
if any such claims were successfully made against the trust account, the funds available for our initial business combination and redemptions
could be reduced to less than $10.00 per public share. In such event, we may not be able to complete our initial business combination,
and you would receive such lesser amount per share in connection with any redemption of your public shares. None of our officers or directors
will indemnify us for claims by third parties including, without limitation, claims by vendors and prospective target businesses.
Our directors may decide not to enforce the indemnification obligations
of our sponsor, resulting in a reduction in the amount of funds in the trust account available for distribution to our public shareholders.
In the event that the proceeds in the trust account
are reduced below the lesser of (i) $10.00 per public share and (ii) the actual amount per public share held in the trust account as of
the date of the liquidation of the trust account if less than $10.00 per public share due to reductions in the value of the trust assets,
in each case less taxes payable, and our sponsor asserts that it is unable to satisfy his obligations or that he has no indemnification
obligations related to a particular claim, our independent directors would determine whether to take legal action against our sponsor
to enforce its indemnification obligations. While we currently expect that our independent directors would take legal action on our behalf
against our sponsor to enforce its indemnification obligations to us, it is possible that our independent directors in exercising their
business judgment and subject to their fiduciary duties may choose not to do so in any particular instance if, for example, the cost of
such legal action is deemed by the independent directors to be too high relative to the amount recoverable or if the independent directors
determine that a favorable outcome is not likely. If our independent directors choose not to enforce these indemnification obligations,
the amount of funds in the trust account available for distribution to our public shareholders may be reduced below $10.00 per public
share.
We may not have sufficient funds to satisfy indemnification claims
of our directors and officers.
We have agreed to indemnify our officers and directors
to the fullest extent permitted by law, including for any liability incurred in their capacities as such, except through their own actual
fraud, willful default or willful neglect. However, our officers and directors have agreed to waive any right, title, interest or claim
of any kind in or to any monies in the trust account and to not seek recourse against the trust account for any reason whatsoever (except
to the extent they are entitled to funds from the trust account due to their ownership of public shares). Accordingly, any indemnification
provided will be able to be satisfied by us only if (i) we have sufficient funds outside of the trust account or (ii) we consummate an
initial business combination. Our obligation to indemnify our officers and directors may discourage shareholders from bringing a lawsuit
against our officers or directors for breach of their fiduciary duty. These provisions also may have the effect of reducing the likelihood
of derivative litigation against our officers and directors, even though such an action, if successful, might otherwise benefit us and
our shareholders. Furthermore, a shareholder’s investment may be adversely affected to the extent we pay the costs of settlement
and damage awards against our officers and directors pursuant to these indemnification provisions.
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If, after we distribute the proceeds in the trust account to
our public shareholders, we file a bankruptcy or winding-up petition or an involuntary bankruptcy or winding-up petition is filed against
us that is not dismissed, a liquidator or a bankruptcy, insolvency or other court may seek to recover such proceeds, and the members of
our board of directors may be viewed as having breached their fiduciary duties to us or our creditors, thereby exposing the members of
our board of directors and us to claims of punitive damages.
If, after we distribute the proceeds in the trust
account to our public shareholders, we file a bankruptcy or winding-up petition or an involuntary bankruptcy or winding-up petition is
filed against us that is not dismissed, any distributions received by shareholders could be viewed under applicable debtor/creditor and/or
bankruptcy/insolvency laws as either a “preferential transfer” or a “fraudulent conveyance, preference or disposition.”
As a result, a liquidator or a bankruptcy, insolvency or other court could seek to recover some or all amounts received by our shareholders.
In addition, our board of directors may be viewed as having breached its fiduciary duty to us or our creditors and/or having acted in
bad faith, thereby exposing itself and us to claims of punitive damages, by paying public shareholders from the trust account prior to
addressing the claims of creditors.
If, before distributing the proceeds in the trust account to
our public shareholders, we file a bankruptcy or winding-up petition or an involuntary bankruptcy or winding-up petition is filed against
us that is not dismissed, the claims of creditors in such proceeding may have priority over the claims of our shareholders and the per-share
amount that would otherwise be received by our shareholders in connection with our liquidation may be reduced.
If, before distributing the proceeds in the trust
account to our public shareholders, we file a bankruptcy or winding-up petition or an involuntary bankruptcy or winding-up petition is
filed against us that is not dismissed, the proceeds held in the trust account could be subject to applicable bankruptcy or insolvency
law, and may be included in our bankruptcy or insolvency estate and subject to the claims of third parties with priority over the claims
of our shareholders. To the extent any bankruptcy or insolvency claims deplete the trust account, the per-share amount that would otherwise
be received by our shareholders in connection with our liquidation may be reduced.
Changes in laws or regulations, or a failure to comply with any
laws and regulations, may adversely affect our business, including our ability to negotiate and complete our initial business combination,
and results of operations.
We are subject to laws and regulations enacted by
national, regional and local governments. In particular, we are required to comply with certain SEC and other legal requirements and numerous
complex tax laws. Compliance with, and monitoring of, applicable laws and regulations may be difficult, time consuming and costly. Those
laws and regulations and their interpretation and application may also change from time to time and those changes could have a material
adverse effect on our business, investments and results of operations. In addition, a failure to comply with applicable laws or regulations,
as interpreted and applied, could have a material adverse effect on our business, including our ability to negotiate and complete our
initial business combination, and results of operations.
On January 24, 2024, the SEC adopted a series of
new rules relating to SPACs (the “SPAC Rules”) requiring, among other items, (i) additional disclosures relating to SPAC business
combination transactions; (ii) additional disclosures relating to dilution and to conflicts of interest involving sponsors and their affiliates
in both SPAC initial public offerings and de-SPAC transactions; (iii) the use of projections by SPACs in SEC filings in connection with
proposed business combination transactions; and (iv) both the SPAC and the target company’s status as co-registrants on de-SPAC
registration statements.
In addition, the SEC’s adopting release provided
guidance describing circumstances in which a SPAC could become subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act, including its duration,
asset composition, business purpose, and the activities of the SPAC and its management team in furtherance of such goals.
Compliance with the SPAC Rules and related guidance
may increase the costs of and the time needed to negotiate and complete an initial business combination and may constrain the circumstances
under which we could complete an initial business combination.
If we are deemed to be an investment company under the Investment
Company Act, we may be required to institute burdensome compliance requirements and our activities may be restricted, which may make it
difficult for us to complete our initial business combination.
As described in the risk factor above entitled “Changes
in laws or regulations, or a failure to comply with any laws and regulations, may adversely affect our business, including our ability
to negotiate and complete our initial business combination, and results of operations,” the SEC’s adopting release with respect
to the SPAC Rules provided guidance describing the extent to which SPACs could become subject to regulation under the Investment Company
Act and the regulations thereunder. Whether a SPAC is an investment company will be a question of facts and circumstances. If our facts
and circumstances change over time, we will update our disclosure to reflect how those changes impact the risk that we may be considered
to be operating as an unregistered investment company. We can give no assurance that a claim will not be made that we have been operating
as an unregistered investment company.
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If we are deemed to be an investment company under
the Investment Company Act, we may have to change our operations, wind down our operations, or register as an investment company under
the Investment Company Act. Our activities may be restricted, including:
● restrictions on the nature of
our investments; and
● restrictions on the issuance
of securities, each of which may make it difficult for us to complete our initial business combination.
In addition, we may have imposed upon us burdensome
requirements, including:
● registration as an investment
company;
● adoption of a specific form
of corporate structure; and
● reporting, record keeping,
voting, proxy and disclosure requirements and other rules and regulations.
In order not to be regulated as an investment company
under the Investment Company Act, unless we can qualify for an exclusion, we must ensure that we are engaged primarily in a business other
than investing, reinvesting or trading in securities and that our activities do not include investing, reinvesting, owning, holding or
trading “investment securities” constituting more than 40% of our total assets (exclusive of U.S. government securities and
cash items) on an unconsolidated basis. We are mindful of the SEC’s investment company definition and guidance and intend to identify
and complete an initial business combination with an operating business, and not with an investment company, or to acquire investment
securities in other businesses exceeding the permitted threshold.
We do not believe that our activities subject us
to the Investment Company Act. To this end, the proceeds held in the trust account were initially invested only in U.S. government treasury
obligations with a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment
Company Act which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations; the holding of these assets in this form is intended to
be temporary and for the sole purpose of facilitating the intended business combination. To mitigate the risk that we might be deemed
to be an investment company for purposes of the Investment Company Act, which risk increases the longer that we hold investments in the
trust account, we may, at any time (based on our management team’s ongoing assessment of all factors related to our potential status
under the Investment Company Act), instruct the trustee to liquidate the investments held in the trust account and instead to hold the
funds in the trust account in cash or in an interest bearing demand deposit account at a bank.
Pursuant to the trust agreement, the trustee is
not permitted to invest in securities or assets other than as described above. By restricting the investment of the proceeds to these
instruments, and by having a business plan targeted at acquiring and growing businesses for the long term (rather than on buying and selling
businesses in the manner of a merchant bank or private equity fund), we intend to avoid being deemed an “investment company”
within the meaning of the Investment Company Act. However, even if we comply with the aforementioned restrictions and aims, we could nevertheless,
and at any time, be considered to be operating as an unregistered investment company. The trust account is intended solely as a temporary
depository for funds pending the earliest to occur of: (i) the completion of our initial business combination; (ii) the redemption of
any public shares properly submitted in connection with a shareholder vote to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of
association (A) in a manner that would affect the substance or timing of our obligation to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not
complete our initial business combination within the completion window; or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to the rights
of holders of our Class A ordinary shares or pre-initial business combination activity; or (iii) absent an initial business combination
within the completion window, from the closing of our initial public offering, our return of the funds held in the trust account to our
public shareholders as part of our redemption of the public shares. If we do not invest the proceeds as discussed above, we may be deemed
to be subject to the Investment Company Act.
We are aware of litigation claiming that certain
SPACs should be considered to be investment companies. Although we believe that these claims were without merit, we cannot guarantee that
we will not be deemed to be an investment company and thus subject to the Investment Company Act. If we were deemed to be subject to the
Investment Company Act, compliance with these additional regulatory burdens would require additional expenses for which we have not allotted
funds and may hinder our ability to complete an initial business combination or may result in our winding down our operations and our
liquidation. If we are unable to complete our initial business combination, our public shareholders may receive only approximately $10.00
per share on the liquidation of our trust account and our warrants will expire worthless, and our public shareholders would also lose
the possibility of an investment opportunity in a target company as well as any potential price appreciation in the combined company following
a business combination.
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To mitigate the risk that we might be deemed to be an investment
company for purposes of the Investment Company Act, we may, at any time (based on our management team’s ongoing assessment of all
factors related to our potential status under the Investment Company Act), instruct the trustee to liquidate the investments held in the
trust account and instead to hold the funds in the trust account in an interest bearing demand deposit account at a bank until the earlier
of the consummation of an initial business combination or our liquidation. As a result, following the liquidation of investments in the
trust account, we will likely receive less interest on the funds held in the trust account than we would have had the trust account remained
as initially invested, such that our public shareholders would receive less upon any redemption or liquidation of the Company than what
they would have received had the investments not been liquidated.
The funds held in the trust account were initially
held only in U.S. government treasury obligations with a maturity of 185 days or less, in money market funds investing solely in U.S.
government treasury obligations and meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act and in cash or cash like
items (including demand deposit accounts) at a bank. However, to mitigate the risk of us being deemed to be an unregistered investment
company (including under the subjective test of Section 3(a)(1)(A) of the Investment Company Act) and thus subject to regulation under
the Investment Company Act, we may, at any time (based on our management team’s ongoing assessment of all factors related to our
potential status under the Investment Company Act), instruct Odyssey Transfer and Trust Company, the trustee with respect to the trust
account, to liquidate the U.S. government treasury obligations or money market funds held in the trust account and thereafter to hold
all funds in the trust account in an interest bearing demand deposit account at a bank until the earlier of the consummation of our initial
business combination or our liquidation. Following such liquidation, we will likely receive less interest on the funds held in the trust
account than we would earn if the trust account remained invested in U.S. government treasury obligations with a maturity of 185 days
or less or in money market funds investing solely in U.S. government treasury obligations and meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7
under the Investment Company Act. However, interest previously earned on the funds held in the trust account still may be released to
us to pay our taxes, if any, and certain other expenses as permitted. As a result, any decision to liquidate the investments held in the
trust account and thereafter to hold all funds in the trust account in an interest-bearing demand deposit at a bank could reduce the dollar
amount our public shareholders would receive upon any redemption or liquidation of the Company as compared to what they would have received
had the investments not been so liquidated.
In addition, we may still be deemed to be an investment
company. The longer that the funds in the trust account are held in short-term U.S. government treasury obligations or in money market
funds invested exclusively in such securities, the greater the risk that we may be deemed to be an unregistered investment company, in
which case we may be required to liquidate. If our facts and circumstances change over time, we will update our disclosure to reflect
how those changes impact the risk that we may be considered to be operating as an unregistered investment company. As disclosed above,
we may determine, in our discretion, to liquidate the securities held in the trust account at any time and instead hold all funds in the
trust account in an interest bearing demand deposit account or as cash or cash items at a bank, which could further reduce the dollar
amount our public shareholders would receive upon any redemption or liquidation of the Company as compared to what they would have received
had the investments not been so liquidated. Were we to liquidate the Company, our warrants would expire worthless, and our securityholders
would lose the investment opportunity associated with an investment in the target company with which we could have consummated an initial
business combination. In addition, upon moving the funds from the trust account to a deposit account, we will maintain the cash items
in bank accounts which, at times, may exceed federally insured limits as guaranteed by the FDIC. While we intend to place our deposits
in high-quality banks, only a small portion of the funds in our trust account will be guaranteed by the FDIC.
Our search for a business combination, and any target business
with which we ultimately consummate a business combination, may be materially adversely affected by the status of debt and equity markets.
Our ability to consummate a transaction may be dependent
on the ability to raise equity and debt financing which may be impacted by certain events, including as a result of increased market volatility,
decreased market liquidity and third-party financing being unavailable on terms acceptable to us or at all.
Our search for an initial business combination, and any target
business with which we may ultimately consummate an initial business combination, may be materially adversely affected by current global
geopolitical conditions resulting from the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, the recent escalation of conflict in the Middle East and Southwest
Asia and the potential for an extended regional war in the Middle East.
United States and global markets are experiencing
volatility and disruption following the geopolitical instability resulting from the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict and the recent escalation
of conflict in the Middle East and Southwest Asia. In response to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(“NATO”) deployed additional military forces to eastern Europe, and the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union
and other countries have announced various sanctions and restrictive actions against Russia, Belarus and related individuals and entities,
including the removal of certain financial institutions from the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) payment
system. Certain countries, including the United States, have also provided and may continue to provide military aid or other assistance
to Ukraine and to Israel, or have undertaken or will undertake military strikes in Southwest Asia, increasing geopolitical tensions among
a number of nations. The invasion of Ukraine by Russia and the escalation of conflict in the Middle East, including the recent conflict
between Iran and Israel and the United States’ military actions against Iran, and in Southwest Asia and the resulting measures that
have been taken, and could be taken in the future, by NATO, the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union, Israel and its
neighboring states and other countries have created global security concerns that could result in an extended regional war or have a lasting
impact on regional and global economies. Although the length and impact of the ongoing conflicts are highly unpredictable, they could
lead to market disruptions, including significant volatility in commodity prices, credit and capital markets, as well as supply chain
interruptions and increased cyber-attacks against U.S. companies. Additionally, any resulting sanctions could adversely affect the global
economy and financial markets and lead to instability and lack of liquidity in capital markets.
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Any of the abovementioned factors, or any other
negative impact on the global economy, capital markets or other geopolitical conditions resulting from the Russian invasion of Ukraine,
the escalation of conflict in the Middle East and Southwest Asia and subsequent sanctions or related actions, may lead to increased volume
and price volatility for publicly traded securities or could adversely affect our search for an initial business combination by adversely
affecting the operations or financial condition of potential target companies, any of which could make it more difficult for us to identify
a business combination target and consummate an initial business combination on acceptable commercial terms, or at all.
The extent and duration of the ongoing conflicts,
resulting sanctions and any related market disruptions are impossible to predict, but could be substantial, particularly if current or
new sanctions continue for an extended period of time or if geopolitical tensions result in expanded military operations on a global scale.
Any such disruptions may also have the effect of heightening many of the other risks described in this section. If these disruptions or
other matters of global concern continue for an extensive period of time, our ability to consummate an initial business combination may
be materially adversely affected.
If we are unable to consummate our initial business combination
within the completion window, our public shareholders may be forced to wait beyond 24 months before redemption from our trust account.
If we are unable to consummate our initial business
combination within the completion window, the proceeds then on deposit in the trust account, including interest earned on the funds held
in the trust account (which interest shall be net of taxes payable and up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses) and not
previously released to us pursuant to permitted withdrawals, will be used to fund the redemption of our public shares, as further described
herein. Any redemption of public shareholders from the trust account will be effected automatically by function of our amended and restated
memorandum and articles of association prior to any voluntary winding up. If we are required to wind-up, liquidate the trust account and
distribute such amount therein, pro rata, to our public shareholders, as part of any liquidation process, such winding up, liquidation
and distribution must comply with the applicable provisions of the Companies Act. In that case, investors may be forced to wait beyond
the end of the completion window before the redemption proceeds of our trust account become available to them, and they receive the return
of their pro rata portion of the proceeds from our trust account. We have no obligation to return funds to investors prior to the date
of our redemption or liquidation unless we consummate our initial business combination prior thereto and only then in cases where investors
have sought to redeem their public shares. Only upon our redemption or any liquidation will public shareholders be entitled to distributions
if we are unable to complete our initial business combination. Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will provide
that, if we wind up for any other reason prior to the consummation of our initial business combination, we will follow the foregoing procedures
with respect to the liquidation of the trust account as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter,
subject to applicable Cayman Islands law.
Our shareholders may be held liable for claims by third parties
against us to the extent of distributions received by them upon redemption of their shares.
If we are forced to enter into an insolvent liquidation,
any distributions received by shareholders could be viewed as an unlawful payment if it was proved that immediately following the date
on which the distribution was made, we were unable to pay our debts as they fall due in the ordinary course of business. As a result,
a liquidator could seek to recover some or all amounts received by our shareholders. Furthermore, our directors may be viewed as having
breached their fiduciary duties to us or our creditors and/or may have acted in bad faith, thereby exposing themselves and our Company
to claims, by paying public shareholders from the trust account prior to addressing the claims of creditors. We cannot assure you that
claims will not be brought against us for these reasons. We and our directors and officers who knowingly and willfully authorized or permitted
any distribution to be paid out of our share premium account while we were unable to pay our debts as they fall due in the ordinary course
of business would be guilty of an offence and may be liable to a fine of $18,293 and to imprisonment for five years in the Cayman Islands.
We may not hold an annual general meeting until after the consummation
of our initial business combination, which could delay the opportunity for our public shareholders to discuss company affairs with management,
and the holders of our Class A ordinary shares will not have the right to vote on the appointment or removal of directors or continuing
the Company in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands until after the consummation of our initial business combination.
In accordance with Nasdaq corporate governance requirements,
we are not required to hold an annual general meeting until no later than one year after our first fiscal year end following our listing
on Nasdaq. There is no requirement under the Companies Act for us to hold annual or extraordinary general meetings to appoint directors.
Until we hold an annual general meeting, public shareholders may not be afforded the opportunity to discuss Company affairs with management.
In addition, as holders of our Class A ordinary shares, our public shareholders will not have the right to vote on the appointment or
removal of directors or continuing the Company in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands until after the consummation of our initial
business combination.
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The warrants may become exercisable and redeemable for a security
other than the Class A ordinary shares, and you will not have any information regarding such other security at this time.
In certain situations, including if we are not the
surviving entity in our initial business combination, the warrants may become exercisable for a security other than the Class A ordinary
shares. As a result, if the surviving company redeems your warrants for securities pursuant to the warrant agreement, you may receive
a security in a company of which you do not have information at this time. Pursuant to the warrant agreement, the surviving company will
be required to use commercially reasonable efforts to register the issuance of the security underlying the warrants within 20 business
days of the closing of an initial business combination.
Because we are neither limited to evaluating a target business
in a particular industry sector nor have we selected any target businesses with which to pursue our initial business combination, you
will be unable to ascertain the merits or risks of any particular target business’s operations.
Our efforts to identify a prospective initial business
combination target are not limited to a particular industry, sector or geographic region. While we may pursue an initial business combination
opportunity in any industry or sector, we intend to capitalize on the ability of our management team to identify and acquire a business
or businesses that can benefit from our management team’s established global relationships and operating experience. Our management
team has extensive experience in identifying and executing strategic investments globally and has done so successfully in a number of
sectors. Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association prohibits us from effectuating a business combination solely
with another blank check company or similar company with nominal operations.
Because we have not yet selected any specific target
business with respect to a business combination, there is no basis to evaluate the possible merits or risks of any particular target business’s
operations, results of operations, cash flows, liquidity, financial condition or prospects. To the extent we complete our initial business
combination, we may be affected by numerous risks inherent in the business operations with which we combine. For example, if we combine
with a financially unstable business or an entity lacking an established record of sales or earnings, we may be affected by the risks
inherent in the business and operations of a financially unstable or a development stage entity. In recent years, a number of target businesses
have underperformed financially post-business combination. There are no assurances that the target business with which we consummate our
initial business combination will perform as anticipated. Although our officers and directors will endeavor to evaluate the risks inherent
in a particular target business, we cannot assure you that we will properly ascertain or assess all of the significant risk factors or
that we will have adequate time to complete due diligence. Furthermore, some of these risks may be outside of our control and leave us
with no ability to control or reduce the chances that those risks will adversely impact a target business. We also cannot assure you that
an investment in our units will ultimately prove to be more favorable to investors than a direct investment, if such opportunity were
available, in a business combination target. Accordingly, any shareholders who choose to remain shareholders following the business combination
could suffer a reduction in the value of their securities. Such shareholders are unlikely to have a remedy for such reduction in value
unless they are able to successfully claim that the reduction was due to the breach by our officers or directors of a duty of care or
other fiduciary duty owed to them, or if they are able to successfully bring a private claim under securities laws that the proxy solicitation
or tender offer materials, as applicable, relating to the business combination contained an actionable material misstatement or material
omission.
We may seek business combination opportunities in industries
or sectors that may be outside of our management’s areas of expertise.
We will consider a business combination outside
of our management’s areas of expertise if a business combination candidate is presented to us and we determine that such candidate
offers an attractive business combination opportunity for our Company. Although our management will endeavor to evaluate the risks inherent
in any particular business combination candidate, we cannot assure you that we will adequately ascertain or assess all of the significant
risk factors. We also cannot assure you that an investment in our units will not ultimately prove to be less favorable than a direct investment,
if an opportunity were available, in a business combination candidate. In the event we elect to pursue a business combination outside
of the areas of our management’s expertise, our management’s expertise may not be directly applicable to its evaluation or
operation, and the information contained in this Annual Report regarding the areas of our management’s expertise would not be relevant
to an understanding of the business that we elect to acquire. As a result, our management may not be able to ascertain or assess adequately
all of the relevant risk factors. Accordingly, any shareholders who choose to remain shareholders following our initial business combination
could suffer a reduction in the value of their shares. Such shareholders are unlikely to have a remedy for such reduction in value.
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Although we have identified general criteria and guidelines that
we believe are important in evaluating prospective target businesses, we may enter into our initial business combination with a target
that does not meet such criteria and guidelines, and as a result, the target business with which we enter into our initial business combination
may not have attributes entirely consistent with our general criteria and guidelines.
Although we have identified general criteria and
guidelines for evaluating prospective target businesses, it is possible that a target business with which we enter into our initial business
combination will not have all of these positive attributes. If we complete our initial business combination with a target that does not
meet some or all of these guidelines, such combination may not be as successful as a combination with a business that does meet all of
our general criteria and guidelines. In addition, if we announce a prospective business combination with a target that does not meet our
general criteria and guidelines, a greater number of shareholders may exercise their redemption rights, which may make it difficult for
us to meet any closing condition with a target business that requires us to have a minimum net worth or a certain amount of cash. In addition,
if shareholder approval of the transaction is required by applicable law or stock exchange listing requirements, or we decide to obtain
shareholder approval for business or other reasons, it may be more difficult for us to attain shareholder approval of our initial business
combination if the target business does not meet our general criteria and guidelines. If we have not completed our initial business combination
within the completion window, our public shareholders may only receive their pro rata portion of the funds in the trust account that are
available for distribution to public shareholders, and our warrants will expire worthless.
We are not required to obtain an opinion from an independent
accounting or investment banking firm or from another independent entity that commonly renders valuation opinions, and consequently, you
may have no assurance from an independent source that the price we are paying for the business is fair to our shareholders from a financial
point of view.
Unless we complete our initial business combination
with a company that is affiliated with our sponsor, officers or directors (or their respective affiliates or related entities), we are
not required to 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 from an independent accounting firm that our initial business combination
is fair to our Company from a financial point of view. If no opinion is obtained, our shareholders will be relying on the judgment of
our board of directors, who will determine fair market value based on standards generally accepted by the financial community. Such standards
used will be disclosed in our proxy materials or tender offer documents, as applicable, related to our initial business combination; provided
that such conversion of founder shares will never occur on a less than one-for-one basis.
We may issue additional Class A ordinary shares or preference
shares to complete our initial business combination or under an employee incentive plan after completion of our initial business combination.
We may also issue Class A ordinary shares upon the conversion of the founder shares at a ratio greater than one-to-one at the time of
our initial business combination as a result of the anti-dilution provisions contained therein. Any such issuances would dilute the interest
of our shareholders and likely present other risks.
Our amended and restated memorandum and articles
of association authorizes the issuance of up to 500,000,000 Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, 50,000,000 Class B ordinary
shares, par value $0.0001 per share, and 5,000,000 preference shares, par value $0.0001 per share. As of December 31, 2025, there were
479,875,000 and 43,291,667 authorized but unissued Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares, respectively, available for issuance
which amount does not take into account shares reserved for issuance upon exercise of outstanding warrants or shares issuable upon conversion
of the Class B ordinary shares. The Class B ordinary shares are automatically convertible into Class A ordinary shares (which such Class
A ordinary shares issued upon conversion will not have any redemption rights or be entitled to liquidating distributions from the trust
account if we fail to consummate an initial business combination) concurrently with or immediately following the consummation of our initial
business combination or at any time prior thereto at the option of the holder, initially at a one-for-one ratio but subject to adjustment
as set forth herein and in our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, including in certain circumstances in which
we issue Class A ordinary shares or equity-linked securities related to our initial business combination. There are currently no preference
shares issued and outstanding.
We may issue a substantial number of additional
Class A ordinary shares or preference shares to complete our initial business combination or under an employee incentive plan after completion
of our initial business combination. We may also issue Class A ordinary shares upon conversion of the Class B ordinary shares at a ratio
greater than one-to-one at the time of our initial business combination as a result of the anti-dilution provisions as set forth therein.
Such issuance of additional ordinary or preference shares could involve costs to us and our shareholders that would not otherwise be incurred
in a traditional initial public offering, including but not limited to:
● significant dilution of the
equity interest of investors in our initial public offering, which dilution would increase if the anti-dilution provisions in the Class
B ordinary shares resulted in the issuance of Class A ordinary shares on a greater than one-to-one basis upon conversion of the Class
B ordinary shares;
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● subordination of the rights
of holders of Class A ordinary shares if preference shares are issued with rights senior to those afforded our Class A ordinary shares;
● additional costs involved in
registering the resale of the securities being sold in any PIPE transactions and potential additional downward pressure on our share
price due to the ability of investors in such PIPE transactions being able to sell their securities after registration;
● potential change in control
if a substantial number of Class A ordinary shares are issued, which may affect, among other things, our ability to use our net operating
loss carry forwards, if any, and could result in the resignation or removal of our present officers and directors;
● potential delaying or preventing
of a change of control of us by diluting the share ownership or voting rights of a person seeking to obtain control of us; and
● adverse impact on prevailing
market prices for our units, Class A ordinary shares and/or warrants.
In addition, issuances of additional ordinary or
preference share may not result in adjustment to the exercise price of our warrants. Such issuances may be structured in a way intended
to provide a return on investment to the investors in return for funds facilitating the completion of the business combination or providing
additional liquidity to the post-business combination company.
Unlike some other similarly structured special purpose acquisition
companies, our initial shareholders will receive additional Class A ordinary shares if we issue certain shares to consummate an initial
business combination in order to provide anti-dilution protection to our initial shareholders.
The founder shares will automatically convert into
Class A ordinary shares (which such Class A ordinary shares issued upon conversion will not have any redemption rights or be entitled
to liquidating distributions from the trust account if we fail to consummate an initial business combination) concurrently with or immediately
following the consummation of our initial business combination or at any time prior thereto at the option of the holder on a one-for-one
basis, subject to adjustment for share sub-divisions, share capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like, and subject
to further adjustment as provided herein. In the case that additional Class A ordinary shares, or any other equity-linked securities,
are issued or deemed issued in excess of the amounts sold in our initial public offering and related to or in connection with the closing
of the initial business combination, the ratio at which Class B ordinary shares convert into Class A ordinary shares will be adjusted
(unless the holders of a majority of the outstanding Class B ordinary shares agree to waive such adjustment with respect to any such issuance
or deemed issuance) so that the number of Class A ordinary shares issuable upon conversion of all Class B ordinary shares will equal,
in the aggregate, 25% of the sum of (i) the total number of all Class A ordinary shares outstanding upon the completion of our initial
public offering (including any Class A ordinary shares issued pursuant to the underwriters’ over-allotment option and excluding
the Class A ordinary shares underlying the private placement warrants issued to the sponsor and the underwriters), plus (ii) all Class
A ordinary shares and equity-linked securities issued or deemed issued in connection with our initial business combination (excluding
any shares or equity-linked securities issued, or to be issued, to any seller in the initial business combination and any private placement-equivalent
warrants issued to our sponsor or any of its affiliates or to our officers and directors upon conversion of working capital loans) minus
(iii) any redemptions of Class A ordinary shares by public shareholders in connection with an initial business combination. The purpose
of such adjustment is to provide anti-dilution protection to our initial shareholders.
We may issue our shares to investors in connection with our initial
business combination at a price which is less than the prevailing market price of our shares at that time.
In connection with our initial business combination,
we may issue shares to investors in private placement transactions (so-called PIPE transactions) at a price of $10.00 per share or lower,
at a price that approximates the per-share amounts in our trust account at such time. The purpose of such issuances will be to enable
us to provide sufficient liquidity and capital to the post-business combination entity. The price of the shares we issue may therefore
be less, and potentially significantly less, than the market price for our shares at such time. Any such issuances of equity securities
could dilute the interests of our existing shareholders.
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Since only holders of our Class B ordinary shares will have the
right to vote on the appointment of directors, upon the listing of our shares on Nasdaq, Nasdaq will consider us to be a “controlled
company” within the meaning of Nasdaq rules and, as a result, we may qualify for exemptions from certain corporate governance requirements.
Prior to the consummation of a business combination,
only holders of our Class B ordinary shares will have the right to vote on the appointment of directors. As a result, Nasdaq will consider
us to be a “controlled company” within the meaning of Nasdaq corporate governance standards. Under Nasdaq corporate governance
standards, a company of which more than 50% of the voting power for the appointment of directors is held by an individual, group or another
company is a “controlled company” and may elect not to comply with certain corporate governance requirements, including the
requirements that:
● we have a board that includes
a majority of “independent directors,” as defined under the rules of Nasdaq; and
● we have a compensation committee
of our board that is comprised entirely of independent directors with a written charter addressing the committee’s purpose and
responsibilities.
We currently do not rely on the “controlled
company” exemption, but may do so in the future. Accordingly, if we choose to do so, you will not have the same protections afforded
to shareholders of companies that are subject to all of the Nasdaq corporate governance requirements.
Resources could be wasted in researching business combinations
that are not completed, which could materially adversely affect subsequent attempts to locate and acquire or merge with another business.
If we are unable to complete our initial business combination, our public shareholders may only receive their pro rata portion of the
funds in the trust account that are available for distribution to public shareholders, and our warrants will expire worthless.
We anticipate that the investigation of each specific
target business and the negotiation, drafting and execution of relevant agreements, disclosure documents and other instruments will require
substantial management time and attention and substantial costs for accountants, attorneys, consultants and others. If we decide not to
complete a specific initial business combination, the costs incurred up to that point for the proposed transaction likely would not be
recoverable. Furthermore, if we reach an agreement relating to a specific target business, we may fail to complete our initial business
combination for any number of reasons including those beyond our control. Any such event will result in a loss to us of the related costs
incurred which could materially adversely affect subsequent attempts to locate and acquire or merge with another business. If we are unable
to complete our initial business combination within the completion window, our public shareholders may only receive their pro rata portion
of the funds in the trust account that are available for distribution to public shareholders, and our warrants will expire worthless.
We may engage in a business combination with one or more target
businesses that have relationships with entities that may be affiliated with our sponsor, officers, directors or existing holders which
may raise potential conflicts of interest.
In light of the involvement of our sponsor, its
managing member, and our officers and directors with other entities, we may decide to acquire one or more businesses affiliated with or
competitive with our sponsor, officers, directors and their respective affiliates or existing holders. Our directors also serve as officers
and/or board members for other entities, including, without limitation, those described under Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers
and Corporate Governance. Our sponsor, officers and directors may sponsor, form or participate in other blank check companies (including,
but not limited to, Dynamix II) similar to ours during the period in which we are seeking an initial business combination. Such entities
may compete with us for business combination opportunities. Our sponsor, officers and directors are not currently aware of any specific
opportunities for us to complete our initial business combination with any entities with which they are affiliated, and there have been
no substantive discussions concerning a business combination with any such entity or entities. Although we will not be specifically focusing
on, or targeting, any transaction with any affiliated entities, we would pursue such a transaction if we determined that such affiliated
entity met our criteria for a business combination and such transaction was approved by a majority of our independent and disinterested
directors. Despite our obligation to obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm or another independent entity that
commonly renders valuation opinions for the type of company we are seeking to acquire or from an independent accounting firm regarding
the fairness to our Company from a financial point of view of a business combination with one or more domestic or international businesses
affiliated with our sponsor, officers or directors (or their respective affiliates or related entities), potential conflicts of interest
still may exist and, as a result, the terms of the business combination may not be as advantageous to our public shareholders as they
would be absent any conflicts of interest.
S ince our sponsor, officers and directors, any other holder of
our founder shares, and the underwriters may lose their entire investment in us if our initial business combination is not completed (other
than with respect to public shares acquired during or after our initial public offering), a conflict of interest may arise in determining
whether a particular business combination target is appropriate for our initial business combination.
On June 24, 2025, our sponsor paid $25,000, or approximately
$0.004 per share, to cover certain of our offering costs in exchange for 5,750,000 founder shares. On September 16, 2025, we effected
a 1 to 1.1666666087 share split of the founder shares, which resulted in a total of 6,708,333 founder shares held by our sponsor.
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Prior to the initial investment in the Company of
$25,000 by the sponsor, the Company had no assets, tangible or intangible. The purchase price of approximately $0.004 per founder share
was determined by dividing the amount of cash contributed to the Company by the number of founder shares issued. The number of founder
shares outstanding was determined based on the expectation that such founder shares would represent 25% of the outstanding shares after
our initial public offering. The founder shares will be worthless if we do not complete an initial business combination, except to the
extent they receive liquidating distributions from assets outside of the trust account. In addition, our sponsor and the underwriters
purchased an aggregate of 6,275,000 private placement warrants, for an aggregate purchase price of $6,275,000 or $1.00 per warrant. If
we do not complete an initial business combination within the completion window, the private placement warrants will be worthless. The
personal and financial interests of our officers and directors may influence their motivation in identifying and selecting a target business
combination, completing an initial business combination and influencing the operation of the business following the initial business combination.
This risk may become more acute as the end of the completion window nears, which is the deadline for our completion of an initial business
combination, unless such completion window is extended as described herein.
We may issue notes or other debt securities, or otherwise incur
substantial debt, to complete a business combination, which may adversely affect our leverage and financial condition and thus negatively
impact the value of our shareholders’ investment in us.
Although we have no commitments as of the date of
this Annual Report to issue any notes or other debt securities, or to otherwise incur outstanding debt, we may choose to incur substantial
debt to complete our initial business combination. The incurrence of debt could have a variety of negative effects, including:
● default and foreclosure on our
assets if our operating revenues after an initial business combination are insufficient to repay our debt obligations;
● acceleration of our obligations
to repay the indebtedness even if we make all principal and interest payments when due if we breach certain covenants that require the
maintenance of certain financial ratios or reserves without a waiver or renegotiation of that covenant;
● our immediate payment of all
principal and accrued interest, if any, if the debt security is payable on demand;
● our inability to obtain necessary
additional financing if the debt security contains covenants restricting our ability to obtain such financing while the debt security
is outstanding;
● using a substantial portion
of our cash flow to pay principal and interest on our debt, which will reduce the funds available for expenses, capital expenditures,
acquisitions and other general corporate purposes;
● limitations on our flexibility
in planning for and reacting to changes in our business and in the industry in which we operate;
● increased vulnerability to adverse
changes in general economic, industry and competitive conditions and adverse changes in government regulation; and
● limitations on our ability to
borrow additional amounts for expenses, capital expenditures, acquisitions, debt service requirements, execution of our strategy and
other purposes and other disadvantages compared to our competitors who have less debt.
We may only be able to complete one business combination with
the proceeds of our initial public offering and the sale of the private placement warrants, which will cause us to be solely dependent
on a single business which may have a limited number of products or services. This lack of diversification may negatively impact our operations
and profitability. The net proceeds from our initial public offering and the private placement of warrants provided us with $193,200,000
that we may use to complete our initial business combination.
We may effectuate our initial business combination
with a single target business or multiple target businesses simultaneously or within a short period of time. However, we may not be able
to effectuate our initial business combination with more than one target business because of various factors, including the existence
of complex accounting issues and the requirement that we prepare and file pro forma financial statements with the SEC that present operating
results and the financial condition of several target businesses as if they had been operated on a combined basis. By completing our initial
business combination with only a single entity, our lack of diversification may subject us to numerous economic, competitive and regulatory
developments. Further, we would not be able to diversify our operations or benefit from the possible spreading of risks or offsetting
of losses, unlike other entities which may have the resources to complete several business combinations in different industries or different
areas of a single industry. Accordingly, the prospects for our success may be:
● solely dependent upon the performance
of a single business, property or asset, or
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● dependent upon the development
or market acceptance of a single or limited number of products, processes or services.
This lack of diversification may subject us to numerous
economic, competitive and regulatory risks, any or all of which may have a substantial adverse impact upon the particular industry in
which we may operate subsequent to our initial business combination.
We may attempt to simultaneously complete business combinations
with multiple prospective targets, which may hinder our ability to complete our initial business combination and give rise to increased
costs and risks that could negatively impact our operations and profitability.
If we determine to simultaneously acquire several
businesses that are owned by different sellers, we will need for each of such sellers to agree that our purchase of its business is contingent
on the simultaneous closings of the other business combinations, which may make it more difficult for us, and delay our ability, to complete
our initial business combination. With multiple business combinations, we could also face additional risks, including additional burdens
and costs with respect to possible multiple negotiations and due diligence investigations (if there are multiple sellers) and the additional
risks associated with the subsequent assimilation of the operations and services or products of the acquired companies in a single operating
business. If we are unable to adequately address these risks, it could negatively impact our profitability and results of operations.
We may attempt to complete our initial business combination with
a private company about which little information is available, which may result in a business combination with a company that is not as
profitable as we suspected, if at all.
In pursuing our business combination strategy, we
may seek to effectuate our initial business combination with a privately held company. Very little public information generally exists
about private companies, and we could be required to make our decision on whether to pursue a potential initial business combination on
the basis of limited information, which may result in a business combination with a company that is not as profitable as we suspected,
if at all.
We do not have a specified maximum redemption threshold. The
absence of such a redemption threshold may make it possible for us to complete our initial business combination with which a substantial
majority of our shareholders do not agree.
Our amended and restated memorandum and articles
of association will not provide a specified maximum redemption threshold. Our proposed initial business combination may impose a minimum
cash requirement for (i) cash consideration to be paid to the target or its owners, (ii) cash for working capital or other general corporate
purposes or (iii) the retention of cash to satisfy other conditions. As a result, we may be able to complete our initial business combination
even though a substantial majority of our public shareholders do not agree with the transaction and have redeemed their shares. In the
event the aggregate cash consideration we would be required to pay for all public shares that are validly submitted for redemption plus
any amount required to satisfy cash conditions pursuant to the terms of the proposed business combination exceed the aggregate amount
of cash available to us, we will not complete the business combination or redeem any shares, all public shares submitted for redemption
will be returned to the holders thereof, and we instead may search for an alternate business combination.
In order to effectuate an initial business combination, special
purpose acquisition companies have, in the recent past, amended various provisions of their charters and other governing instruments,
including their warrant agreements. We cannot assure you that we will not seek to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles
of association or governing instruments in a manner that will make it easier for us to complete our initial business combination that
our shareholders or warrant holders, as applicable, may not support.
In order to effectuate a business combination, special
purpose acquisition companies have, in the recent past, amended various provisions of their charters and governing instruments, including
their warrant agreements. For example, special purpose acquisition companies have extended the time to consummate an initial business
combination and, with respect to their warrants, amended their warrant agreements to require the warrants to be exchanged for cash and/or
other securities. Amending our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will require the approval of a special resolution
under Cayman Islands law, which requires the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds (or, in the scenarios described below, 90%) of the
votes cast by such shareholders, voting together as a single class, as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are
allowed, by proxy at the applicable general meeting of the Company, and amending our warrant agreement will require a vote of holders
of at least 50% of the public warrants and, solely with respect to any amendment to the terms of the private placement warrants or any
provision of the warrant agreement with respect to the private placement warrants (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the forfeiture
or cancellation of any private placement warrants or working capital warrants), 50% of the then outstanding private placement warrants
(including, the vote or written consent of the underwriters). In addition, our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association
requires us to provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their public shares, regardless of whether they abstain,
vote for, or against, our initial business combination, for cash if we propose an amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and
articles of association (A) to modify the substance or timing of our obligation to allow redemption in connection with our initial business
combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete an initial business combination within the completion window
or (B) with respect to any other material provisions relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-initial business combination activity.
Many SPACs have faced delisting of their securities following redemptions of shares by public shareholders in connection with proposed
amendments to their corporate charters since, after redeeming a large number of publicly held shares, they no longer meet the continued
listing requirements of the stock exchange. To the extent any of such amendments would be deemed to fundamentally change the nature of
the securities offered through this registration statement, we would register, or seek an exemption from registration for, the affected
securities. We cannot assure you that we will not seek to amend our charter or governing instruments or extend the time to consummate
an initial business combination in order to effectuate our initial business combination.
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The provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles
of association that relate to our pre-business combination activity (and corresponding provisions of the agreement governing the release
of funds from our trust account) may be amended with the approval of holders of not less than two-thirds of our ordinary shares which
are represented in person or by proxy and are voted at a general meeting of the Company, which is a lower amendment threshold than that
of some other special purpose acquisition companies. It may be easier for us, therefore, to amend our amended and restated memorandum
and articles of association to facilitate the completion of an initial business combination that some of our shareholders may not support.
Our amended and restated memorandum and articles
of association provide that any of its provisions related to pre-business combination activity (including the requirement to deposit proceeds
of our initial public offering and the private placement of warrants into the trust account and not release such amounts except in specified
circumstances, and to provide redemption rights to public shareholders, and other than amendments relating to the provisions regulating
the appointment and removal of directors and continuing the company in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands, which require the approval
of a special resolution passed by the affirmative vote of at least 90% (or, where such amendment is proposed in respect of the consummation
of our initial business combination, two-thirds) of the votes cast by such shareholders, voting together as a single class, as, being
entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at the applicable general meeting of the Company) may be amended
if approved by special resolution under Cayman Islands law. Except as specified above with respect to matters requiring a 90% majority,
a special resolution requires the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the votes cast by such shareholders, voting together as a
single class, as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at the applicable general meeting of
the Company. Corresponding provisions of the trust agreement governing the release of funds from our trust account may be amended if approved
by the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of our ordinary shares which are represented in person or by proxy and are voted at a general
meeting of the Company. Our sponsor, who beneficially owns 25% of our ordinary shares may participate in any vote to amend our amended
and restated memorandum and articles of association and/or trust agreement and will have the discretion to vote in any manner they choose.
As a result, we may be able to amend the provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association which govern our
pre-business combination behavior more easily than some other special purpose acquisition companies, and this may increase our ability
to complete a business combination with which you do not agree.
Our sponsor, officers, directors and director nominees
have agreed, pursuant to a written agreement with us, that they will not propose any amendment to our amended and restated memorandum
and articles of association (A) to modify the substance or timing of our obligation to allow redemption in connection with our initial
business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination within the completion
window or (B) with respect to any other material provisions relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-initial business combination
activity, in each case unless we provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their public shares upon approval of any
such amendment at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest
earned on the funds held in the trust account (net of taxes payable) and not previously released to us pursuant to permitted withdrawals,
divided by the number of then outstanding public shares. Our shareholders are not parties to, or third-party beneficiaries of, these agreements
and, as a result, will not have the ability to pursue remedies against our sponsor, officers, directors or director nominees for any breach
of these agreements. As a result, in the event of a breach, our shareholders would need to pursue a shareholder derivative action, subject
to applicable law.
We may be unable to obtain additional financing to complete our
initial business combination or to fund the operations and growth of a target business, which could compel us to restructure or abandon
a particular business combination.
We have not selected any specific business combination
target but intend to target businesses with enterprise values that are greater than we could acquire with the net proceeds of our initial
public offering and the sale of the private placement warrants. As a result, if the cash portion of the purchase price exceeds the amount
available from the trust account, net of amounts needed to satisfy any redemption by public shareholders, we may be required to seek additional
financing to complete such proposed initial business combination. We cannot assure you that such financing will be available on acceptable
terms, if at all. To the extent that additional financing proves to be unavailable when needed to complete our initial business combination,
we would be compelled to either restructure the transaction or abandon that particular business combination and seek an alternative target
business candidate. Further, we may be required to obtain additional financing in connection with the closing of our initial business
combination for general corporate purposes, including for maintenance or expansion of operations of the post-transaction businesses, the
payment of principal or interest due on indebtedness incurred in completing our initial business combination, or to fund the purchase
of other companies. If we are unable to complete our initial business combination, our public shareholders may only receive their pro
rata portion of the funds in the trust account that are available for distribution to public shareholders, and our warrants will expire
worthless. In addition, even if we do not need additional financing to complete our initial business combination, we may require such
financing to fund the operations or growth of the target business. The failure to secure additional financing could have a material adverse
effect on the continued development or growth of the target business. None of our officers, directors or shareholders is required to provide
any financing to us in connection with or after our initial business combination.
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Our sponsor will control the appointment of our board of directors
until consummation of our initial business combination and will hold a substantial interest in us. As a result, it will appoint all of
our directors prior to the consummation of our initial business combination and may exert a substantial influence on actions requiring
a shareholder vote, potentially in a manner that you do not support.
Our sponsor owns 25% of our issued and outstanding
ordinary shares . Accordingly, they may exert a substantial influence on actions requiring a shareholder vote, potentially in a manner
that you do not support, including amendments to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association. This potential concentration
of influence could be disadvantageous to other shareholders with interests different from those of our sponsor. In addition, the founder
shares, all of which are held by our sponsor, will entitle the holders to appoint all of our directors prior to the consummation of our
initial business combination. Holders of our public shares will have no right to vote on the appointment or removal of directors during
such time. Further, prior to the closing of our initial business combination, only holders of our Class B ordinary shares will be entitled
to vote on continuing our Company in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands (including any special resolution required to amend our
constitutional documents or to adopt new constitutional documents, in each case, as a result of our approving a transfer by way of continuation
in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands). These provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association may
only be amended if approved by a special resolution passed by the affirmative vote of at least 90% (or, where such amendment is proposed
in respect of the consummation of our initial business combination, two-thirds) of the votes cast by such shareholders, voting together
as a single class, as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at the applicable general meeting
of the Company. As a result, you will not have any influence over the appointment or removal of directors prior to our initial business
combination or any influence over our continuation in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands prior to our initial business combination.
If our sponsor purchases any additional Class A ordinary shares in the aftermarket or in privately negotiated transactions, this would
increase its control. Neither our sponsor nor, to our knowledge, any of our officers or directors, have any current intention to purchase
additional securities, other than as disclosed in this Annual Report. Factors that would be considered in making such additional purchases
would include consideration of the current trading price of our Class A ordinary shares. We may not hold an annual or extraordinary general
meeting to appoint new directors prior to the completion of our initial business combination, in which case all of the current directors
will continue in office until at least the completion of the business combination. In addition, since only holders of our Class B ordinary
shares will have the right to vote on directors prior to our initial business combination, our initial shareholders will continue to exert
control at least until the completion of our initial business combination. Accordingly, our sponsor will continue to exert control at
least until the completion of our initial business combination.
We may not be able to complete an initial business combination
because such initial business combination may be subject to regulatory review and approval requirements, including foreign investment
regulations and review by government entities such as the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”),
or may be ultimately prohibited.
Our initial business combination may be subject
to regulatory review and approval requirements by governmental entities, or ultimately prohibited. For example, CFIUS has authority to
review direct or indirect foreign investments in U.S. companies. Among other things, CFIUS is empowered to require certain foreign investors
to make mandatory filings, to charge filing fees related to such filings, and to self-initiate national security reviews of foreign direct
and indirect investments in U.S. companies if the parties to that investment choose not to file voluntarily. In the case that CFIUS determines
an investment to be a threat to national security, CFIUS has the power to unwind or place restrictions on the investment. Whether CFIUS
has jurisdiction to review an acquisition or investment transaction depends on — among other factors — the nature and structure
of the transaction, including the level of beneficial ownership interest and the nature of any information or governance rights involved.
For example, investments that result in “control” of a U.S. business by a foreign person always are subject to CFIUS jurisdiction.
CFIUS’s expanded jurisdiction under the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 and implementing regulations that
became effective on February 13, 2020 further includes investments that do not result in control of a U.S. business by a foreign person
but afford certain foreign investors certain information or governance rights in a U.S. business that has a nexus to “critical technologies,”
“critical infrastructure” and/or “sensitive personal data.”
If a particular proposed initial business combination
with a U.S. business falls within CFIUS’s jurisdiction, we may determine that we are required to make a mandatory filing or that
we will submit to CFIUS review on a voluntary basis, or to proceed with the transaction without submitting to CFIUS and risk CFIUS intervention,
before or after closing the transaction. CFIUS may decide to block or delay our proposed initial business combination, impose conditions
with respect to such initial business combination or request the President of the United States to order us to divest all or a portion
of the U.S. target business of our initial business combination that we acquired without first obtaining CFIUS approval, which may limit
the attractiveness of, delay or prevent us from pursuing certain target companies that we believe would otherwise be beneficial to us
and our shareholders. As a result, the pool of potential targets with which we could complete an initial business combination may be limited
and we may be adversely affected in terms of competing with other special purpose acquisition companies which do not have any foreign
ownership issues. In addition, certain federally licensed businesses may be subject to rules or regulations that limit foreign ownership.
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The process of government review, whether by CFIUS
or otherwise, could be lengthy. Because we have only a limited time to complete our initial business combination, our failure to obtain
any required approvals within the requisite time period may require us to liquidate. If we are unable to consummate our initial business
combination within the applicable time period required under our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, including
as a result of extended regulatory review of a potential initial business combination, we will (i) cease all operations except for the
purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter (and subject to lawfully
available funds therefor), redeem the public shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit
in the trust account, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account (which interest shall be net of taxes payable and
up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses) and not previously released to us pursuant to permitted withdrawals, 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 liquidating distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably
possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining shareholders and our board of directors, liquidate and dissolve,
subject in each case to our obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable
law. In such event, our shareholders will miss the opportunity to benefit from an investment in a target company and the appreciation
in value of such investment. Additionally, our warrants may be worthless.
Due to the number of special purpose acquisition companies evaluating
targets, attractive targets may become more scarce and there may be more competition for attractive targets or such attractive targets
may not be interested in consummating a business combination with a SPAC due to a negative public perception of mergers involving SPACs.
This could increase the cost of our initial business combination and could even result in our inability to find a target or to consummate
an initial business combination.
During 2021 and 2022, the number of special purpose
acquisition companies that have been formed increased substantially. Many potential targets for special purpose acquisition companies
have already entered into an initial business combination, and there are still many special purpose acquisition companies preparing for
an initial public offering, as well as many such companies currently in registration. As a result, at times, fewer attractive targets
may be available to consummate an initial business combination.
In addition, because there are more special purpose
acquisition companies seeking to enter into an initial business combination with available targets, the competition for available targets
with attractive fundamentals or business models may increase, which could cause target companies to demand improved financial terms. Attractive
deals could also become more scarce for other reasons, such as economic or industry sector downturns (including a negative public perception
of mergers involving SPACs), geopolitical tensions, or increases in the cost of additional capital needed to close business combinations
or operate targets post-business combination. This could increase the cost of, delay or otherwise complicate or frustrate our ability
to find and consummate an initial business combination and may result in our inability to consummate an initial business combination on
terms favorable to our investors altogether.
Adverse developments affecting the financial services industry,
including events or concerns involving liquidity, defaults or non-performance by financial institutions, could adversely affect our business,
financial condition or results of operations, or our prospects.
The funds in our operating account and our trust
account are held in banks or other financial institutions and have been invested only in U.S. government treasury obligations with a maturity
of 185 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act which invest
only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations; the holding of these assets in this form is intended to be temporary and for the
sole purpose of facilitating the intended business combination. To mitigate the risk that we might be deemed to be an investment company
for purposes of the Investment Company Act, which risk increases the longer that we hold investments in the trust account, we may, at
any time (based on our management team’s ongoing assessment of all factors related to our potential status under the Investment
Company Act), instruct the trustee to liquidate the investments held in the trust account and instead to hold the funds in the trust account
in cash or in an interest-bearing demand deposit account at a bank. Our cash held in these accounts may exceed any applicable Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) insurance limits. Should events, including limited liquidity, defaults, non-performance
or other adverse developments occur with respect to the banks or other financial institutions that hold our funds, or that affect financial
institutions or the financial services industry generally, or concerns or rumors about any events of these kinds or other similar risks,
the value of the assets in our trust account could be impaired, which could have a material impact on our operating results, liquidity,
financial condition and prospects. For example, on March 10, 2023, the FDIC announced that Silicon Valley Bank had been closed by the
California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation. We cannot guarantee that the banks or other financial institutions that
will hold our funds will not experience similar issues.
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Because we must furnish our shareholders with target business
financial statements, we may lose the ability to complete an otherwise advantageous initial business combination with some prospective
target businesses.
The federal proxy rules require that a proxy statement
with respect to a vote on an initial business combination meeting certain financial significance tests include historical and pro forma
financial statement disclosure. We will include the same financial statement disclosure in connection with our tender offer documents,
whether or not they are required under the tender offer rules. These financial statements may be required to be prepared in accordance
with, or be reconciled to, accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) or international
financial reporting standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IFRS”) depending on the circumstances
and the historical financial statements may be required to be audited in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”). These financial statement requirements may limit the pool of potential target businesses
we may acquire because some targets may be unable to provide such financial statements in time for us to disclose such financial statements
in accordance with federal proxy rules and complete our initial business combination within the prescribed time frame.
Compliance obligations under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act may make
it more difficult for us to effectuate our initial business combination, require substantial financial and management resources, and increase
the time and costs of completing an initial business combination.
Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires that
we evaluate and report on our system of internal controls beginning with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ending December 31,
2026. Only in the event we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer or an accelerated filer, and no longer qualify as an emerging growth
company, will we be required to comply with the independent registered public accounting firm attestation requirement on our internal
control over financial reporting. Further, for as long as we remain an emerging growth company, we will not be required to comply with
the independent registered public accounting firm attestation requirement on our internal control over financial reporting. The fact that
we are a blank check company makes compliance with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act particularly burdensome on us as compared
to other public companies because a target business with which we seek to complete our initial business combination may not be in compliance
with the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act regarding adequacy of its internal controls. The development of the internal control of
any such entity to achieve compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act may increase the time and costs necessary to complete any such business
combination.
Risks Relating to the Post-Business Combination Company
Subsequent to our completion of our initial business combination,
we may be required to take write-downs or write-offs, restructuring and impairment or other charges that could have a significant negative
effect on our financial condition, results of operations and the price of our securities, which could cause you to lose some or all of
your investment.
Even if we conduct due diligence on a target business
with which we combine, we cannot assure you that this diligence will identify all material issues that may be present within a particular
target business, that it would be possible to uncover all material issues through a customary amount of due diligence, or that factors
outside of the target business and outside of our control will not later arise. As a result of these factors, we may be forced to later
write-down or write-off assets, restructure our operations, or incur impairment or other charges that could result in our reporting losses.
Even if our due diligence successfully identifies certain risks, unexpected risks may arise and previously known risks may materialize
in a manner not consistent with our preliminary risk analysis. Even though these charges may be non-cash items and not have an immediate
impact on our liquidity, the fact that we report charges of this nature could contribute to negative market perceptions about us or our
securities. In addition, charges of this nature may cause us to violate net worth or other covenants to which we may be subject as a result
of assuming pre-existing debt held by a target business or by virtue of our obtaining debt financing to partially finance the initial
business combination or thereafter. Accordingly, any shareholders who choose to remain shareholders following the business combination
could suffer a reduction in the value of their securities. Such shareholders are unlikely to have a remedy for such reduction in value
unless they are able to successfully claim that the reduction was due to the breach by our officers or directors of a duty of care or
other fiduciary duty owed to them, or if they are able to successfully bring a private claim under securities laws that the proxy solicitation
or tender offer materials, as applicable, relating to the business combination contained an actionable material misstatement or material
omission.
The officers and directors of an acquisition candidate may resign
upon completion of our initial business combination. The loss of a business combination target’s key personnel could negatively
impact the operations and profitability of our post-combination business.
The role of an acquisition candidate’s key
personnel upon the completion of our initial business combination cannot be ascertained at this time. Although we contemplate that certain
members of an acquisition candidate’s management team will remain associated with the acquisition candidate following our initial
business combination, it is possible that members of the management of an acquisition candidate will not wish to remain in place. The
departure of an acquisition candidate’s key personnel could negatively impact the operations and profitability of our post-combination
business.
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Our management may not be able to maintain control of a target
business after our initial business combination. We cannot provide assurance that, upon loss of control of a target business, new management
will possess the skills, qualifications or abilities necessary to profitably operate such business.
We may structure our initial business combination
so that the post-transaction company in which our public shareholders own shares will own less than 100% of the equity interests or assets
of a target business, 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 is otherwise not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment
Company Act. We will not consider any transaction that does not meet such criteria. Even if the post-transaction company owns 50% or more
of the voting securities of the target, our shareholders prior to our initial business combination may collectively own a minority interest
in the post business combination company, depending on valuations ascribed to the target and us in the business combination. For example,
we could pursue a transaction in which we issue a substantial number of new Class A ordinary shares in exchange for all of the outstanding
capital stock, shares or other equity interests of a target. In this case, we would acquire a 100% interest in the target. However, as
a result of the issuance of a substantial number of new Class A ordinary shares, our shareholders immediately prior to such transaction
could own less than a majority of our issued and outstanding Class A ordinary shares subsequent to such transaction. In addition, other
minority shareholders may subsequently combine their holdings resulting in a single person or group obtaining a larger share of the Company’s
shares than we initially acquired. Accordingly, this may make it more likely that our management will not be able to maintain control
of the target business.
We may have a limited ability to assess the management of a prospective
target business and, as a result, may effect our initial business combination with a target business whose management may not have the
skills, qualifications or abilities to manage a public company.
When evaluating the desirability of effecting our
initial business combination with a prospective target business, our ability to assess the target business’s management may be limited
due to a lack of time, resources or information. Our assessment of the capabilities of the target business’s management, therefore,
may prove to be incorrect and such management may lack the skills, qualifications or abilities we suspected. Should the target business’s
management not possess the skills, qualifications or abilities necessary to manage a public company, the operations and profitability
of the post-combination business may be negatively impacted. Accordingly, any shareholders who choose to remain shareholders following
the business combination could suffer a reduction in the value of their shares. Such shareholders are unlikely to have a remedy for such
reduction in value unless they are able to successfully claim that the reduction was due to the breach by our officers or directors of
a duty of care or other fiduciary duty owed to them, or if they are able to successfully bring a private claim under securities laws that
the proxy solicitation or tender offer materials, as applicable, relating to the business combination contained an actionable material
misstatement or material omission.
We may seek business combination opportunities with a high degree
of complexity that require significant operational improvements, which could delay or prevent us from achieving our desired results.
We may seek business combination opportunities with
large, highly complex companies that we believe would benefit from operational improvements. While we intend to implement such improvements,
to the extent that our efforts are delayed or we are unable to achieve the desired improvements, the business combination may not be as
successful as we anticipate.
To the extent we complete our initial business combination
with a large complex business or entity with a complex operating structure, we may also be affected by numerous risks inherent in the
operations of the business with which we combine, which could delay or prevent us from implementing our strategy. Although our management
team will endeavor to evaluate the risks inherent in a particular target business and its operations, we may not be able to properly ascertain
or assess all of the significant risk factors until we complete our business combination. If we are not able to achieve our desired operational
improvements, or the improvements take longer to implement than anticipated, we may not achieve the gains that we anticipate. Furthermore,
some of these risks and complexities may be outside of our control and leave us with no ability to control or reduce the chances that
those risks and complexities will adversely impact a target business. Such combination may not be as successful as a combination with
a smaller, less complex organization.
Transactions in connection with or in anticipation of our initial
business combination and our structure thereafter may not be tax-efficient to our shareholders and warrant holders. As a result of our
business combination, our tax obligations may be more complex, burdensome and/or uncertain.
Although we will attempt to structure the transactions
in connection with our initial business combination in a tax-efficient manner, tax structuring considerations are complex, the relevant
facts and law are uncertain and may change, and we may prioritize commercial and other considerations over tax considerations. For example,
in anticipation of or in connection with our initial business combination and subject to any requisite shareholder approval, we may: enter
into one or more transactions that structure our business combination in a manner that requires shareholders and/or warrant holders to
recognize gain or income for tax purposes or otherwise increase their tax burden; effect a business combination with a target company
in another jurisdiction; or reincorporate in a different jurisdiction (including, but not limited to, the jurisdiction in which the target
company or business is located). We do not intend to make any cash distributions to shareholders or warrant holders to pay taxes in connection
with our business combination or thereafter. Accordingly, a shareholder or a warrant holder may need to satisfy any liability resulting
from our initial business combination with cash from its own funds or by selling all or a portion of the shares or warrants received.
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In addition, we will likely effect a business combination
with a target company that has business operations outside of the Cayman Islands, and possibly, business operations in multiple jurisdictions.
If we effect such a business combination, we could be subject to significant income, withholding and other tax obligations in a number
of jurisdictions with respect to income, operations and subsidiaries related to those jurisdictions. Due to the complexity of tax obligations
and filings in other jurisdictions, we may have a heightened risk related to audits or examinations by U.S. federal, state, local and
non-U.S. taxing authorities. This additional complexity and risk could have an adverse effect on our after-tax profitability and financial
condition. In addition, shareholders and warrant holders may be subject to additional income, withholding or other taxes with respect
to their ownership of us after any such transaction.
Risks Relating to Acquiring and Operating a Business in Foreign
Countries
If we effect our initial business combination with a company
located outside of the United States, we would be subject to a variety of additional risks that may adversely affect us.
If we pursue a target company with operations or
opportunities outside of the United States for our initial business combination, we may face additional burdens in connection with investigating,
agreeing to and completing such initial business combination, and if we effect such initial business combination, we would be subject
to a variety of additional risks that may negatively impact our operations.
If we pursue a target company with operations or
opportunities outside of the United States for our initial business combination, we would be subject to risks associated with cross-border
business combinations, including in connection with investigating, agreeing to and completing our initial business combination, conducting
due diligence in a foreign jurisdiction, having such transaction approved by any local governments, regulators or agencies and changes
in the purchase price based on fluctuations in foreign exchange rates.
If we effect our initial business combination with
such a company, we would be subject to any special considerations or risks associated with companies operating in an international setting,
including any of the following:
● costs and difficulties inherent
in executing cross-border transactions, managing cross-border business operations and complying with different commercial and legal requirements
of overseas market;
● rules and regulations regarding
currency redemption;
● complex corporate withholding
taxes on individuals;
● laws governing the manner in
which future business combinations may be effected;
● exchange listing and/or delisting
requirements;
● tariffs and trade barriers;
● regulations related to customs
and import/export matters;
● local or regional economic policies
and market conditions;
● unexpected changes in regulatory
requirements;
● challenges in managing and staffing
international operations;
● longer payment cycles;
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● tax issues, such as tax law
changes and variations in tax laws as compared to the United States;
● currency fluctuations and exchange
controls;
● rates of inflation;
● challenges in collecting accounts
receivable;
● cultural and language differences;
● employment regulations;
● underdeveloped or unpredictable
legal or regulatory systems;
● corruption;
● protection of intellectual property;
● social unrest, crime, strikes,
riots and civil disturbances;
● regime changes and political
upheaval;
● terrorist attacks, natural disasters,
widespread health emergencies and wars; and
● deterioration of political relations
with the United States.
We may not be able to adequately address these additional
risks. If we were unable to do so, we may be unable to complete such initial business combination, or, if we complete such initial business
combination, our operations might suffer, either of which may adversely impact our business, financial condition and results of operations.
We may reincorporate in or transfer by way of continuation to
another jurisdiction in connection with our business combination, and such reincorporation may result in taxes imposed on shareholders
or warrant holders.
We may, in connection with our initial business
combination or otherwise and, to the extent applicable, subject to requisite shareholder approval by special resolution under the Companies
Act (with respect to which only holders of Class B ordinary shares will be entitled to vote prior to our initial business combination),
reincorporate in or transfer by way of continuation to the jurisdiction in which the target company or business is located or in another
jurisdiction. The transaction may require a shareholder or warrant holder to recognize taxable income in the jurisdiction in which the
shareholder or warrant holder is a tax resident or in which its members are resident if it is a tax transparent entity (or may otherwise
result in adverse tax consequences). We do not intend to make any cash distributions to shareholders or warrant holders to pay such taxes.
Shareholders or warrant holders may be subject to withholding taxes or other taxes with respect to their ownership of our Class A ordinary
shares or warrants after the reincorporation.
In particular, although we may attempt to structure
any change in our jurisdiction of incorporation (if any) in a tax-efficient manner (including, if possible, in a manner that is tax-deferred
for U.S. federal income tax purposes), tax structuring considerations are complex, the relevant facts and law may be uncertain and may
change, we may prioritize commercial and other considerations over tax considerations, and we may prioritize company-level tax considerations
over the tax considerations of our shareholders and warrant holders. As a result, the change in our jurisdiction of incorporation may
have adverse tax consequences to us or to our shareholders and warrant holders, including the recognition of substantial gain for U.S.
federal income tax purposes, and because you may not have prior notice of our change in jurisdiction, you may not be able to avoid such
consequences. For example, under certain circumstances, including if we are treated as a PFIC, a U.S. Holder (as defined herein) may be
subject to U.S. federal income tax on gain or a deemed dividend upon the exchange of our ordinary shares or warrants for our successor’s
shares or warrants, and such taxes may be substantial.
In addition to the immediate consequences of a change
in our jurisdiction of incorporation, holding our successor’s shares or warrants following a change in our jurisdiction of incorporation
could have different, potentially adverse, consequences as compared to those of holding our shares or warrants prior to any such change.
For example, if we were to change our jurisdiction of incorporation from the Cayman Islands to Delaware, this could have a number of adverse
consequences to Non-U.S. Holders who own our successor’s shares or warrants by exposing them to U.S. taxation and reporting obligations,
such as the taxation of dividends from our successor or the taxation of dispositions of our successor’s shares or warrants. Because
such persons may not have prior notice of our change in jurisdiction, they may not be able to change the manner in which they hold our
shares or warrants or dispose of our shares or warrants prior to any such change in our jurisdiction of incorporation, and therefore such
persons may not be able to avoid any adverse consequences of holding our successor’s shares or warrants after such change.
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Further, it is possible that we would change our
jurisdiction of incorporation in anticipation of consummating a specific business combination but not complete that business combination
for any number of reasons. If we are unable to consummate a business combination with a specific business combination target following
such a change in our jurisdiction of incorporation, our new jurisdiction of incorporation could have disadvantages to us or our shareholders
and/or warrant holders, particularly if we subsequently pursue a business combination with a target that is incorporated in a different
jurisdiction. In such circumstances, we may not be competitive with other special purpose acquisition companies incorporated in the Cayman
Islands when pursuing certain target companies, the consummation of our initial business combination could be more complex, or it may
be more difficult to structure such an initial business combination in a tax-efficient manner. For example, we may change our jurisdiction
of incorporation to the United States in anticipation of a business combination with a U.S. target company but ultimately effect our initial
business combination with a non-U.S. target company. In such a case, we may be unable to structure our initial business combination in
a tax-deferred manner, and our shareholders and/or warrant holders may be required to pay substantial U.S. federal income or other taxes
in connection with the consummation of the initial business combination. In addition, the initial business combination may result in tax
inefficiencies for the post-business combination company, including that, if the post-business combination company is organized outside
of the United States, it may nevertheless be treated as a U.S. corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, which treatment may result
in substantial tax inefficiencies for both the post-business combination company and for our shareholders and/or warrant holders.
We cannot assure you when or whether we will change
our jurisdiction of incorporation or, if we do change our jurisdiction of incorporation, the jurisdiction in which we will ultimately
be incorporated. Accordingly, there is significant uncertainty as to the legal, tax and other considerations that may be applicable to
us or to our shareholders and warrant holders, and we cannot provide you with specific or comprehensive examples of such potential consequences.
The rules governing a change in our jurisdiction of incorporation and the transactions that may occur in connection with our initial business
combination are complex, and the consequences arising from such rules or transactions will depend on a holder’s particular circumstances
and on the circumstances surrounding our change in jurisdiction and initial business combination. All holders of our securities are urged
to consult with and rely solely upon their own legal and tax advisors regarding the potential consequences to them of any change in our
jurisdiction of incorporation.
We may reincorporate in or transfer by way of continuation to
another jurisdiction in connection with our initial business combination, and the laws of such jurisdiction may govern some or all of
our future material agreements and we may not be able to enforce our legal rights.
In connection with our initial business combination,
we may relocate the home jurisdiction of our business from the Cayman Islands to another jurisdiction. If we determine to do this, the
laws of such jurisdiction may govern some or all of our future material agreements. The system of laws and the enforcement of existing
laws in such jurisdiction may not be as certain in implementation and interpretation as in the United States. The inability to enforce
or obtain a remedy under any of our future agreements could result in a significant loss of business, business opportunities or capital.
We are subject to changing law and regulations regarding regulatory
matters, corporate governance and public disclosure that have increased both our costs and the risk of non-compliance.
We are subject to rules and regulations by various
governing bodies, including, for example, the Securities and Exchange Commission, which are charged with the protection of investors and
the oversight of companies whose securities are publicly traded, and to new and evolving regulatory measures under applicable law. Our
efforts to comply with new and changing laws and regulations have resulted in and are likely to continue to result in, increased general
and administrative expenses and a diversion of management time and attention from revenue-generating activities to compliance activities.
Moreover, because these laws, regulations and standards
are subject to varying interpretations, their application in practice may evolve over time as new guidance becomes available. This evolution
may result in continuing uncertainty regarding compliance matters and additional costs necessitated by ongoing revisions to our disclosure
and governance practices. If we fail to address and comply with these regulations and any subsequent changes, we may be subject to penalty
and our business may be harmed.
If our management following our initial business combination
is unfamiliar with United States securities laws, they may have to expend time and resources becoming familiar with such laws, which could
lead to various regulatory issues.
Following our initial business combination, our
management may resign from their positions as officers or directors of the Company and the management of the target business at the time
of the business combination will remain in place. Management of the target business may not be familiar with United States securities
laws. If new management is unfamiliar with United States securities laws, they may have to expend time and resources becoming familiar
with such laws. This could be expensive and time-consuming and could lead to various regulatory issues which may adversely affect our
operations.
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Exchange rate fluctuations and currency policies may cause a
target business’ ability to succeed in the international markets to be diminished.
In the event we acquire a non-U.S. target, all revenues
and income would likely be received in a foreign currency, and the dollar equivalent of our net assets and distributions, if any, could
be adversely affected by reductions in the value of the local currency. The value of the currencies in our target regions fluctuate and
are affected by, among other things, changes in political and economic conditions. Any change in the relative value of such currency against
our reporting currency may affect the attractiveness of any target business or, following consummation of our initial business combination,
our financial condition and results of operations. Additionally, if a currency appreciates in value against the dollar prior to the consummation
of our initial business combination, the cost of a target business as measured in dollars will increase, which may make it less likely
that we are able to consummate such transaction.
After our initial business combination, substantially all of
our assets may be located in a foreign country and substantially all of our revenue will be derived from our operations in such country.
Accordingly, our results of operations and prospects will be subject, to a significant extent, to the economic, political and legal policies,
developments and conditions in the country in which we operate.
The economic, political and social conditions, as
well as government policies, of the country in which our operations are located could affect our business. Economic growth could be uneven,
both geographically and among various sectors of the economy and such growth may not be sustained in the future. If in the future such
country’s economy experiences a downturn or grows at a slower rate than expected, there may be less demand for spending in certain
industries. A decrease in demand for spending in certain industries could materially and adversely affect our ability to find an attractive
target business with which to consummate our initial business combination and if we effect our initial business combination, the ability
of that target business to become profitable.
Risks Relating to our Sponsor and Management Team
A change of ownership or control of our sponsor could adversely
affect our ability to consummate our initial business combination.
There are no restrictions on our sponsor’s
managing member’s ability to transfer equity interests in our sponsor held by the managing member or otherwise consent to a transfer
of such equity interests by another member of our sponsor. Transfers of equity interests in the sponsor or its direct or indirect parent
entities may result in a change of ownership or control of our sponsor. Such change of ownership or control of our sponsor could adversely
affect our ability to consummate our initial business combination, as there can be no assurances that a new sponsor will possess the requisite
skills, investor relationships and expertise to select an appropriate target business, obtain the necessary financing and consummate the
initial business combination.
We are dependent upon our officers and directors and their loss,
or a reduction in the amount of time they can dedicate to our initial business combination, could adversely affect our ability to operate.
Our operations are dependent upon a relatively small
group of individuals and, in particular, our officers and directors. We believe that our success depends on the continued service of our
officers and directors, at least until we have completed our initial business combination. In addition, our officers and directors are
not required to commit any specified amount of time to our affairs and, accordingly, will have conflicts of interest in allocating their
time among various business activities, including identifying potential business combinations and monitoring the related due diligence.
Moreover, our officers and certain directors, including our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President
of M&A and Strategy, are and in the future will be required to commit time and attention to Dynamix II. To the extent any conflict
of interest arises between, on the one hand, us and, on the other hand, Dynamix II, Dynamix II will resolve such conflicts of interest
in its sole discretion in accordance with its then existing fiduciary, contractual and other duties, and there can be no assurance that
such conflict of interest will be resolved in our favor. We do not have an employment agreement with, or key-man insurance on the life
of, any of our directors or officers. The unexpected loss of the services of one or more of our directors or officers could have a detrimental
effect on us.
Our ability to successfully effect our initial business combination
and to be successful thereafter will be dependent upon the efforts of our key personnel, some of whom may join us following our initial
business combination. The loss of key personnel could negatively impact the operations and profitability of our post-combination business.
Our ability to successfully effect our initial business
combination is dependent upon the efforts of our key personnel. The role of our key personnel in the target business, however, cannot
presently be ascertained. Although some of our key personnel may remain with the target business in senior management or advisory positions
following our initial business combination, it is likely that some or all of the management of the target business will remain in place.
While we intend to closely scrutinize any individuals we engage after our initial business combination, we cannot assure you that our
assessment of these individuals will prove to be correct. These individuals may be unfamiliar with the requirements of operating a company
regulated by the SEC, which could cause us to have to expend time and resources helping them become familiar with such requirements.
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Our key personnel may negotiate employment or consulting agreements
with a target business in connection with a particular business combination, and a particular business combination may be conditioned
on the retention or resignation of such key personnel. These agreements may provide for them to receive compensation following our initial
business combination and as a result, may cause them to have conflicts of interest in determining whether a particular business combination
is the most advantageous.
Our key personnel may be able to remain with our
Company after the completion of our initial business combination only if they are able to negotiate employment or consulting agreements
in connection with the business combination. Such negotiations would take place simultaneously with the negotiation of the business combination
and could provide for such individuals to receive compensation in the form of cash payments and/or our securities for services they would
render to us after the completion of the business combination. Such negotiations also could make such key personnel’s retention
or resignation a condition to any such agreement. The personal and financial interests of such individuals may influence their motivation
in identifying and selecting a target business, subject to their fiduciary duties under Cayman Islands law.
Our officers and directors will allocate their time to other
businesses, including Dynamix II, thereby causing conflicts of interest in their determination as to how much time to devote to our affairs.
This conflict of interest could have a negative impact on our ability to complete our initial business combination.
Our officers and directors are not required to,
and will not, commit their full time to our affairs, which may result in a conflict of interest in allocating their time between our operations
and our search for a business combination and their other businesses. We do not intend to have any full-time employees prior to the completion
of our initial business combination. Each of our officers is engaged in other business endeavors (including, but not limited to, Dynamix
II) for which they may be entitled to substantial compensation, and our officers are not obligated to contribute any specific number of
hours per week to our affairs. Our independent directors also serve as officers and board members for other entities. If our officers’
and directors’ other business affairs require them to devote substantial amounts of time to such affairs in excess of their current
commitment levels, it could limit their ability to devote time to our affairs which may have a negative impact on our ability to complete
our initial business combination. Any such companies, businesses or investments may present additional conflicts of interest in pursuing
an initial business combination target. However, we do not believe that any such potential conflicts would materially affect our ability
to complete our initial business combination.
Our officers and directors presently have, and any of them in
the future may have additional, fiduciary or contractual obligations to other entities, including other blank check companies, and, accordingly,
may have conflicts of interest in allocating their time and in determining to which entity a particular business opportunity should be
presented.
Until we consummate our initial business combination,
we intend to continue to engage in the business of identifying and combining with one or more businesses. Our sponsor, its managing member,
and our officers and directors are, or may in the future become, affiliated with entities (such as operating companies or investment vehicles)
that are engaged in a similar business (including, but not limited to, Dynamix II). We do not have employment contracts with our officers
and directors that will limit their ability to work at other businesses. In addition, our sponsor, officers and directors may participate
in the formation of, or become an officer or director of, any other blank check company prior to completion of our initial business combination.
In particular, our officers and certain directors are affiliated with Dynamix II and in the future may become affiliated with other blank
check companies that may have acquisition objectives that are similar to ours. As a result, our sponsor, officers and directors could
have conflicts of interest in determining whether to present business combination opportunities to us or to any other blank check company
with which they may become involved. Our sponsor, officers and directors have complete discretion, subject to applicable fiduciary duties,
as to which blank check company they choose to pursue a business combination with and the order in which they pursue business combinations
for any of their existing or future blank check companies (including, but not limited to, Dynamix II). As a result, our sponsor, officers
and directors may pursue business combinations for blank check companies that they are affiliated with in any order, which could result
in more recent blank check companies that they are affiliated with completing business combinations prior to blank check companies that
were launched earlier. Each of our officers and directors presently has, and any of them in the future may have additional, fiduciary,
contractual or other obligations or duties to one or more other entities pursuant to which such officer or director is or will be required
to present a business combination opportunity to such entities (including, but not limited to, Dynamix II). Accordingly, if any of our
officers or directors becomes aware of a business combination opportunity which is suitable for an entity to which he or she has then
current fiduciary or contractual obligations, he or she will honor his or her fiduciary or contractual obligations to present such business
combination opportunity to such other entity, subject to their fiduciary duties under Cayman Islands law. Our amended and restated memorandum
and articles of association provide that, to the fullest extent permitted by law: (i) no individual serving as a director or an officer,
among other persons, shall have any duty, except and to the extent expressly assumed by contract, to refrain from engaging directly or
indirectly in the same or similar business activities or lines of business as us, and (ii) we renounce any interest or expectancy in,
or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, any potential transaction or matter which (a) may be a corporate opportunity for
any director or officer, on the one hand, and us, on the other or (b) the presentation of which would breach an existing legal obligation
of a director or officer to any other entity. We do not believe, however, that the fiduciary duties or contractual obligations of our
officers or directors will materially affect our ability to complete our initial business combination, because the entities to which our
officers and directors owe fiduciary duties or contractual obligations are not themselves in the business of engaging in business combinations.
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For a complete discussion of our officers’
and directors’ business affiliations and the potential conflicts of interest that you should be aware of, please see Item 13. Certain
Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.”
Our officers, directors, advisors, security holders and their
respective affiliates may have competitive pecuniary interests that conflict with our interests.
We have not adopted a policy that expressly prohibits
our directors, officers, advisors, security holders or affiliates from having a direct or indirect pecuniary or financial interest in
any investment to be acquired or disposed of by us or in any transaction to which we are a party or have an interest. In fact, we may
enter into a business combination with a target business that is affiliated with our sponsor, our directors or officers, although we do
not intend to do so. Nor do we have a policy that expressly prohibits any such persons from engaging for their own account in business
activities of the types conducted by us. Accordingly, such persons or entities may have a conflict between their interests and ours. Any
such companies, businesses or investments may present additional conflicts of interest in pursuing an initial business combination target.
However, we do not believe that any such potential conflicts would materially affect our ability to complete our initial business combination.
The personal and financial interests of our directors
and officers may influence their motivation in timely identifying and selecting a target business and completing a business combination.
Consequently, our directors’ and officers’ discretion in identifying and selecting a suitable target business may result in
a conflict of interest when determining whether the terms, conditions and timing of a particular business combination are appropriate
and in our shareholders’ best interest. If this were the case, it would be a breach of their fiduciary duties to us as a matter
of Cayman Islands law and we or our shareholders might have a claim against such individuals for infringing on our shareholders’
rights. However, we might not ultimately be successful in any claim we may make against them for such reason.
Members of our management team and board of directors have significant
experience as founders, board members, officers, executives or employees of other companies. Certain of those persons have been, are currently,
or may become, involved in litigation, investigations or other proceedings, including related to those companies or otherwise. This may
have an adverse effect on us, which may impede our ability to consummate an initial business combination.
During the course of their careers, members of our
management team and board of directors have had significant experience as founders, board members, officers, executives or employees of
other companies. Certain of those persons have been, are currently or may in the future become involved in litigation, investigations
or other proceedings, including relating to the business affairs of such companies, transactions entered into by such companies, or otherwise.
Any such litigation, investigations or other proceedings may divert the attention and resources of our management team and board of directors
away from identifying and selecting a target business or businesses for our initial business combination and may negatively affect our
reputation, which may impede our ability to complete an initial business combination.
Members of our management team and affiliated companies may have
been, and may in the future be, involved in civil disputes or governmental investigations unrelated to our business.
Members of our management team have been (and intend
to be) involved in a wide variety of businesses. Such involvement has, and may lead to, media coverage and public awareness. As a result,
members of our management team and affiliated companies may have been, and may in the future be, involved in civil disputes or governmental
investigations unrelated to our business. Any such claims or investigations may be detrimental to our reputation and could negatively
affect our ability to identify and complete an initial business combination and may have an adverse effect on the price of our securities.
Our letter agreement with our sponsor, officers and directors
may be amended without shareholder approval.
Our letter agreement with our sponsor, officers
and directors contain provisions relating to transfer restrictions of our founder shares and private placement warrants, indemnification
of the trust account, waiver of redemption rights and participation in liquidating distributions from the trust account. The letter agreement
may be amended without shareholder approval (although releasing the parties from the restriction not to transfer the founder shares for
180 days following the pricing date of our initial public offering will require the prior written consent of the underwriters). While
we do not expect our board to approve any amendment to the letter agreement prior to our initial business combination, it may be possible
that our board, in exercising its business judgment and subject to its fiduciary duties, chooses to approve one or more amendments to
the letter agreement. Any such amendments to the letter agreement would not require approval from our shareholders and may have an adverse
effect on the value of an investment in our securities.
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Risks Relating to our Securities
You will not have any rights or interests in funds from the trust
account, except under certain limited circumstances. Therefore, to liquidate your investment, you may be forced to sell your public shares
or warrants, potentially at a loss.
Our public shareholders will be entitled to receive
funds from the trust account only upon the earliest to occur of: (i) our completion of an initial business combination, and then only
in connection with those Class A ordinary shares that such shareholder properly elected to redeem, subject to the limitations and on the
conditions described herein, (ii) the redemption of any public shares properly submitted in connection with a shareholder vote to amend
our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (A) to modify the substance or timing of our obligation to allow redemption
in connection with our initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business
combination within the completion window or (B) with respect to any other material provisions relating to shareholders’ rights or
pre-initial business combination activity, and (iii) the redemption of our public shares if we are unable to complete an initial business
combination within the completion window, subject to applicable law and as further described herein. In no other circumstances will a
public shareholder have any right or interest of any kind in the trust account. Holders of warrants will not have any right to the proceeds
held in the trust account with respect to the warrants. Accordingly, to liquidate your investment, you may be forced to sell your public
shares or warrants, potentially at a loss.
Nasdaq may delist our securities from trading on its exchange,
which could limit investors’ ability to make transactions in our securities and subject us to additional trading restrictions.
Our units, Class A ordinary shares and warrants
are listed on Nasdaq. We cannot assure you that our securities will continue to be, listed on Nasdaq in the future or prior to our initial
business combination. In order to continue listing our securities on Nasdaq prior to our initial business combination, we must maintain
certain financial, distribution and share price levels. Generally, we must maintain a minimum market value of listed securities (generally
$50,000,000) and a minimum number of holders of our securities (generally 400 public holders). Additionally, in connection with our initial
business combination, we will be required to demonstrate compliance with Nasdaq’s initial listing requirements, which are more rigorous
than Nasdaq’s continued listing requirements, in order to continue to maintain the listing of our securities on Nasdaq. For instance,
unless we decide to list on a different Nasdaq tier such as the Nasdaq Capital Market which has different initial listing requirements,
our share price would generally be required to be at least $4.00 per share and we would be required to have a minimum of 400 round lot
holders of our securities. We cannot assure you that we will be able to meet those initial listing requirements at that time.
If Nasdaq delists our securities from trading on
its exchange and we are not able to list our securities on another national securities exchange, we expect our securities could be quoted
on an over-the-counter market. If this were to occur, we could face significant material adverse consequences, including:
● a limited availability of market
quotations for our securities;
● reduced liquidity for our securities;
● a determination that our Class
A ordinary shares are a “penny stock” which will require brokers trading in our Class A ordinary shares to adhere to more
stringent rules and possibly result in a reduced level of trading activity in the secondary trading market for our securities;
● a limited amount of news and
analyst coverage; and
● a decreased ability to issue
additional securities or obtain additional financing in the future.
The National Securities Markets Improvement Act
of 1996, which is a federal statute, prevents or preempts the states from regulating the sale of certain securities, which are referred
to as “covered securities.” Because we expect that our units and eventually our Class A ordinary shares and warrants will
be listed on Nasdaq, our units, Class A ordinary shares and warrants will qualify as covered securities under the statute. Although the
states are preempted from regulating the sale of our securities, the federal statute does allow the states to investigate companies if
there is a suspicion of fraud, and, if there is a finding of fraudulent activity, then the states can regulate or bar the sale of covered
securities in a particular case. While we are not aware of a state having used these powers to prohibit or restrict the sale of securities
issued by blank check companies, other than the State of Idaho, certain state securities regulators view blank check companies unfavorably
and might use these powers, or threaten to use these powers, to hinder the sale of securities of blank check companies in their states.
Further, if we were no longer listed on Nasdaq, our securities would not qualify as covered securities under the statute and we would
be subject to regulation in each state in which we offer our securities.
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The value of the founder shares following completion of our initial
business combination is likely to be substantially higher than the nominal price paid for them, even if the trading price of our ordinary
shares at such time is substantially less than $10.00 per public share.
Our sponsor has invested in us an aggregate of $4,287,500,
comprised of the $25,000 purchase price for the founder shares and the $4,262,500 purchase price for the private placement warrants. Assuming
a trading price of $10.00 per public share upon consummation of our initial business combination, the 5,833,333 founder shares would have
an aggregate value of $58,333,330. Even if the trading price of our ordinary shares were as low as $0.70 per share, and the private placement
warrants are worthless, the value of the founder shares would be equal to our sponsor’s aggregate initial investment in us. As a
result, our sponsor is likely to be able to make a substantial profit on its investment in us at a time when our public shares have lost
significant value. Accordingly, members of our management team, who own interests in our sponsor, may be more willing to pursue a business
combination with a riskier or less-established target business than would be the case if our sponsor had paid the same per share price
for the founder shares as our public shareholders paid for their public shares.
Because we are incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands,
you may face difficulties in protecting your interests, and your ability to protect your rights through the U.S. federal courts may be
limited.
We are an exempted company incorporated under the
laws of the Cayman Islands. As a result, it may be difficult for investors to effect service of process within the United States upon
our directors or officers, or enforce judgments obtained in the United States courts against our directors or officers.
Our corporate affairs are governed by our amended
and restated memorandum and articles of association, the Companies Act (As Revised) of the Cayman Islands and the common law of the Cayman
Islands. We are subject to the federal securities laws of the United States. The rights of shareholders to take action against the directors,
actions by minority shareholders and the fiduciary responsibilities of our directors to us under Cayman Islands law are to a large extent
governed by the common law of the Cayman Islands. The common law of the Cayman Islands is derived in part from comparatively limited judicial
precedent in the Cayman Islands as well as from English common law, the decisions of whose courts are of persuasive authority, but are
not binding on a court in the Cayman Islands.
The rights of our shareholders and the fiduciary
responsibilities of our directors under Cayman Islands law are different from what they would be under statutes or judicial precedent
in some jurisdictions in the United States. In particular, the Cayman Islands has a different body of securities laws as compared to the
United States, and certain states, such as Delaware, may have more fully developed and judicially interpreted bodies of corporate law.
In addition, Cayman Islands companies may not have standing to initiate a shareholders derivative action in a Federal court of the United
States.
We have been advised by Appleby (Cayman) Ltd., our
Cayman Islands legal counsel, that the courts of the Cayman Islands are unlikely (i) to recognize or enforce against us judgments of courts
of the United States predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the federal securities laws of the United States or any state;
and (ii) in original actions brought in the Cayman Islands, to impose liabilities against us predicated upon the civil liability provisions
of the federal securities laws of the United States or any state, so far as the liabilities imposed by those provisions are penal in nature.
In those circumstances, although there is no statutory enforcement in the Cayman Islands of judgments obtained in the United States, the
courts of the Cayman Islands will recognize and enforce a foreign money judgment of a foreign court of competent jurisdiction without
retrial on the merits based on the principle that a judgment of a competent foreign court imposes upon the judgment debtor an obligation
to pay the sum for which judgment has been given provided certain conditions are met. For a foreign judgment to be enforced in the Cayman
Islands, such judgment must be final and conclusive and for a liquidated sum, and must not be in respect of taxes or a fine or penalty,
inconsistent with a Cayman Islands judgment in respect of the same matter, impeachable on the grounds of fraud or obtained in a manner,
or be of a kind the enforcement of which is, contrary to natural justice or the public policy of the Cayman Islands (awards of punitive
or multiple damages may well be held to be contrary to public policy). A Cayman Islands Court may stay enforcement proceedings if concurrent
proceedings are being brought elsewhere.
As a result of all of the above, public shareholders
may have more difficulty in protecting their interests in the face of actions taken by management, members of the board of directors or
controlling shareholders than they would as public shareholders of a United States company.
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After our initial business combination, it is possible that a
majority of our directors and officers will live outside the United States and all of our assets will be located outside the United States;
therefore, investors may not be able to enforce federal securities laws or their other legal rights.
It is possible that after our initial business combination,
a majority of our directors and officers will reside outside of the United States and all of our assets will be located outside of the
United States. As a result, it may be difficult, or in some cases not possible, for investors in the United States to enforce their legal
rights, to effect service of process upon all of our directors or officers or to enforce judgments of United States courts predicated
upon civil liabilities and criminal penalties on our directors and officers under United States laws.
Provisions in our amended and restated memorandum and articles
of association may inhibit a takeover of us, which could limit the price investors might be willing to pay in the future for our Class
A ordinary shares and could entrench management.
Our amended and restated memorandum and articles
of association contain provisions that may discourage unsolicited takeover proposals that shareholders may consider to be in their best
interests. These provisions include the ability of the board of directors to designate the terms of and issue new series of preference
shares, which may make the removal of management more difficult and may discourage transactions that otherwise could involve payment of
a premium over prevailing market prices for our securities.
We are also subject to anti-takeover provisions
under Cayman Islands law, which could delay or prevent a change of control. Together these provisions may make the removal of management
more difficult and may discourage transactions that otherwise could involve payment of a premium over prevailing market prices for our
securities.
Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association
provide that the courts of the Cayman Islands will be the exclusive forums for certain disputes between us and our shareholders, which
could limit our shareholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for complaints against us or our directors, officers
or employees.
Our amended and restated memorandum and articles
of association provide that unless we consent in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the courts of the Cayman Islands shall
have exclusive jurisdiction over any claim or dispute arising out of or in connection with our amended and restated memorandum and articles
of association or otherwise related in any way to each shareholder’s shareholding in us, including but not limited to (i) any derivative
action or proceeding brought on our behalf, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of any fiduciary or other duty owed by any of
our current or former directors, officers or other employees to us or our shareholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant
to any provision of the Companies Act or our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, or (iv) any action asserting
a claim against us governed by the internal affairs doctrine (as such concept is recognized under the laws of the United States of America)
and that each shareholder irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Cayman Islands over all such claims or
disputes. The forum selection provision in our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will not apply to actions or
suits brought to enforce any liability or duty created by the Securities Act, Exchange Act or any claim for which the federal district
courts of the United States of America are, as a matter of the laws of the United States of America, the sole and exclusive forum for
determination of such a claim.
Our amended and restated memorandum and articles
of association also provide that, without prejudice to any other rights or remedies that we may have, each of our shareholders acknowledges
that damages alone would not be an adequate remedy for any breach of the selection of the courts of the Cayman Islands as exclusive forum
and that accordingly we shall be entitled, without proof of special damages, to the remedies of injunction, specific performance or other
equitable relief for any threatened or actual breach of the selection of the courts of the Cayman Islands as exclusive forum.
This choice of forum provision may increase a shareholder’s
cost and limit the shareholder’s ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it finds favorable for disputes with us or our
directors, officers or other employees, which may discourage lawsuits against us and our directors, officers and other employees. Any
person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any of our shares or other securities, whether by transfer, sale, operation of law
or otherwise, shall be deemed to have notice of and have irrevocably agreed and consented to these provisions. There is uncertainty as
to whether a court would enforce such provisions, and the enforceability of similar choice of forum provisions in other companies’
charter documents has been challenged in legal proceedings. It is possible that a court could find this type of provisions to be inapplicable
or unenforceable, and if a court were to find this provision in our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to be
inapplicable or unenforceable in an action, we may incur additional costs associated with resolving the dispute in other jurisdictions,
which could have adverse effect on our business and financial performance.
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An investment in our securities, and certain subsequent transactions
with respect to our securities, may result in uncertain or adverse U.S. federal income tax consequences.
An investment in our securities, and certain subsequent
transactions with respect to our securities, may result in uncertain or adverse U.S. federal income tax consequences. For instance, because
there are no authorities that directly address the U.S. federal income tax implications of instruments similar to the units we issued
in the initial public offering, the allocation an investor makes with respect to the purchase price of a unit between the Class A ordinary
share and the one-half of a warrant to purchase one Class A ordinary share included in each unit could be challenged by the U.S. Internal
Revenue Service (“IRS”) or courts. In addition, the U.S. federal income tax consequences of a cashless exercise of warrants
included in our units is unclear under current law. Finally, it is unclear whether the redemption rights with respect to our Class A ordinary
shares suspend the running of a U.S. Holder’s holding period for purposes of determining whether any gain or loss realized by such
holder on the sale or exchange of Class A ordinary shares is long-term capital gain or loss and for determining whether any dividend we
pay would be considered “qualified dividend income” for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Prospective investors are urged
to consult their tax advisors with respect to these and other tax consequences when acquiring, owning or disposing of our securities.
Whether a redemption of Class A ordinary shares will be treated
as a sale of such Class A ordinary shares for U.S. federal income tax purposes will depend on a shareholder’s specific facts.
The U.S. federal income tax treatment of a redemption
of Class A ordinary shares will depend on whether the redemption qualifies as a sale of such Class A ordinary shares under Section 302(a)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), which will depend largely on the total number of our shares
treated as held by the shareholder electing to redeem Class A ordinary shares (including any shares constructively owned by the holder
as a result of owning private placement warrants or public warrants or otherwise) relative to all of our shares outstanding both before
and after the redemption. If such redemption is not treated as a sale of Class A ordinary shares for U.S. federal income tax purposes,
the redemption will instead be treated as a corporate distribution of cash from us.
We may amend the terms of the warrants in a manner that may be
adverse to holders of public warrants with the approval by the holders of at least 50% of the then outstanding public warrants. As a result,
the exercise price of your warrants could be increased, the exercise period could be shortened and the number of Class A ordinary shares
purchasable upon exercise of a warrant could be decreased, all without your approval.
Our warrants are issued in registered form under
a warrant agreement between Odyssey Transfer and Trust Company, as warrant agent, and us. The warrant agreement provides that the terms
of the warrants may be amended without the consent of any holder for the purpose of (i) curing any ambiguity or to correct any defective
provision or mistake, including to conform the provisions of the warrant agreement to the description of the terms of the warrants and
the warrant agreement , (ii) adjusting the provisions relating to cash dividends on ordinary shares as contemplated by and in accordance
with the warrant agreement or (iii) adding or changing any provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the warrant agreement
as the parties to the warrant agreement may deem necessary or desirable, provided that the approval by the holders of at least 50% of
the then-outstanding public warrants is required to make any such change. Accordingly, we may amend the terms of the public warrants in
a manner adverse to a holder of public warrants if holders of at least 50% of the then outstanding public warrants approve of such amendment.
Although our ability to amend the terms of the public warrants with the consent of at least 50% of the then outstanding public warrants
is unlimited, examples of such amendments could be amendments to, among other things, increase the exercise price of the warrants, convert
the warrants into cash or shares, shorten the exercise period or decrease the number of Class A ordinary shares purchasable upon exercise
of a warrant.
Our warrant agreement designates the courts of the State of New
York or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions
and proceedings that may be initiated by holders of our warrants, which could limit the ability of warrant holders to obtain a favorable
judicial forum for disputes with our Company.
Our warrant agreement provides that, subject to
applicable law, (i) any action, proceeding or claim against us arising out of or relating in any way to the warrant agreement, including
under the Securities Act, will be brought and enforced in the courts of the State of New York or the United States District Court for
the Southern District of New York, and (ii) that we irrevocably submit to such jurisdiction, which jurisdiction shall be the exclusive
forum for any such action, proceeding or claim. We will waive any objection to such exclusive jurisdiction and that such courts represent
an inconvenient forum. With respect to any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act or the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, we note, however, that there is uncertainty as to whether a court would enforce this provision and that investors
cannot waive compliance with the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder. Section 22 of the Securities Act creates
concurrent jurisdiction for state and federal courts over all suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Securities
Act or the rules and regulations thereunder.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, these provisions
of the warrant agreement will not apply to suits brought to enforce any liability or duty created by the Exchange Act or any other claim
for which the federal district courts of the United States of America are the sole and exclusive forum. Any person or entity purchasing
or otherwise acquiring any interest in any of our warrants shall be deemed to have notice of and to have consented to the forum provisions
in our warrant agreement. If any action, the subject matter of which is within the scope the forum provisions of the warrant agreement,
is filed in a court other than a court of the State of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
(a “foreign action”) in the name of any holder of our warrants, such holder shall be deemed to have consented to: (x) the
personal jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in the State of New York in connection with any action brought in any such
court to enforce the forum provisions (an “enforcement action”), and (y) having service of process made upon such warrant
holder in any such enforcement action by service upon such warrant holder’s counsel in the foreign action as agent for such warrant
holder. This choice-of-forum provision may limit a warrant holder’s ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it finds favorable
for disputes with our Company, which may discourage such lawsuits. Alternatively, if a court were to find this provision of our warrant
agreement inapplicable or unenforceable with respect to one or more of the specified types of actions or proceedings, we may incur additional
costs associated with resolving such matters in other jurisdictions, which could materially and adversely affect our business, financial
condition and results of operations and result in a diversion of the time and resources of our management and board of directors.
A provision of our warrant agreement may make it more difficult
for us to consummate an initial business combination.
If (i) we issue additional ordinary shares or equity-linked
securities for capital raising purposes in connection with the closing of our initial business combination at a Newly Issued Price (as
defined in the warrant agreement) of less than $9.20 per Class A ordinary share, (ii) the aggregate gross proceeds from such issuances
represent more than 60% of the total equity proceeds, and interest thereon, available for the funding of our initial business combination,
and (iii) the Market Value (as defined in the warrant agreement) of our Class A ordinary shares is below $9.20 per share, then the exercise
price of the warrants will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 115% of the higher of the Market Value and the Newly Issued
Price, and the $18.00 per share redemption trigger price of the warrants will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 180% of
the higher of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price. This may make it more difficult for us to consummate an initial business combination
with a target business.
We may redeem your unexpired public warrants prior to their exercise
at a time that is disadvantageous to you, thereby making your warrants worthless.
We have the ability to redeem outstanding public
warrants at any time prior to their expiration, at a price of $0.01 per warrant, provided that the closing price of our Class A ordinary
shares equals or exceeds $18.00 per share (as adjusted for adjustments to the number of shares issuable upon exercise or the exercise
price of a warrant for any 20 trading days within a 30 trading-day period commencing at least 30 days after completion of our initial
business combination and ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which we give proper notice of such redemption to the public
warrants holders and provided certain other conditions are met. We will not redeem the public warrants as described above unless a registration
statement under the Securities Act covering the issuance of the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the public warrants
is then effective and a current prospectus relating to those Class A ordinary shares is available throughout the measurement period. If
and when the public warrants become redeemable by us, we may not exercise our redemption right if the issuance of ordinary shares upon
exercise of the warrants is not exempt from registration or qualification under applicable state blue sky laws or we are unable to effect
such registration or qualification. We will use our best efforts to register or qualify such ordinary shares under the blue sky laws of
the state of residence in those states in which the warrants were offered by us in our initial public offering. Redemption of the outstanding
public warrants could force you to (i) exercise your public warrants and pay the exercise price therefor at a time when it may be disadvantageous
for you to do so, (ii) sell your public warrants at the then-current market price when you might otherwise wish to hold your public warrants
or (iii) accept the nominal redemption price which, at the time the outstanding public warrants are called for redemption, is likely to
be substantially less than the market value of your public warrants. None of the private placement warrants will be redeemable by us.
Because we may redeem the outstanding warrants held by public warrant holders and the private placement warrants held by the sponsor and
underwriters are not redeemable by us and are exercisable on a cashless basis, the sponsor and the underwriters may profit at times when
an unaffiliated security holder cannot profit, such as when the public warrants are called for redemption or if the sponsor or an underwriter
chooses to utilize the cashless exercise option under circumstances where the public warrant holders cannot exercise on a cashless basis.
Accordingly, there may be actual or potential material conflicts of interest between our sponsor and the underwriters on the one hand,
and the public warrant holders on the other hand.
Our warrants may have an adverse effect on the market price of
our Class A ordinary shares and make it more difficult to effectuate our initial business combination.
We issued warrants to purchase 10,062,500 of our
Class A ordinary shares as part of the units offered in our initial public offering and, simultaneously with the closing of our initial
public offering, we issued in a private placement an aggregate of 6,275,000 private placement warrants at $1.00 per warrant. In addition,
if the sponsor makes any working capital loans, it may convert those loans into up to an additional 1,500,000 private placement warrants,
at the price of $1.00 per warrant. To the extent we issue ordinary shares to effectuate a business transaction, the potential for the
issuance of a substantial number of additional Class A ordinary shares upon exercise of these warrants could make us a less attractive
acquisition vehicle to a target business. Such warrants, when exercised, will increase the number of issued and outstanding Class A ordinary
shares and reduce the value of the Class A ordinary shares issued to complete the business transaction. Therefore, our warrants may make
it more difficult to effectuate a business transaction or increase the cost of acquiring the target business.
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Because each unit contains one-half of one warrant and only a
whole warrant may be exercised, the units may be worth less than units of other special purpose acquisition companies.
Each unit contains one-half of one warrant. Pursuant
to the warrant agreement, no fractional warrants will be issued upon separation of the units, and only whole units will trade. If, upon
exercise of the warrants, a holder would be entitled to receive a fractional interest in a share, we will, upon exercise, round down to
the nearest whole number the number of Class A ordinary shares to be issued to the warrant holder. This is different from other SPAC units
that include one ordinary share and one whole warrant to purchase one share. We have established the components of the units in this way
in order to reduce the dilutive effect of the warrants upon completion of a business combination since the warrants will be exercisable
in the aggregate for one-half of the number of shares compared to units that each contain a whole warrant to purchase one share, thus
making us, we believe, a more attractive merger partner for target businesses. Nevertheless, this unit structure may cause our units to
be worth less than if it included a whole warrant to purchase one share.
Holders of Class A ordinary shares will not be entitled to vote
on continuing the Company in a jurisdiction outside of the Cayman Islands.
As holders of our Class A ordinary shares, our public
shareholders will not have the right to vote on the appointment of directors and continuing our Company in a jurisdiction outside the
Cayman Islands (including any special resolution required to amend our constitutional documents or to adopt new constitutional documents,
in each case, as a result of our approving a transfer by way of continuation in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands). In addition,
prior to our initial business combination, holders of a majority of our founder shares may remove a member of the board of directors for
any reason. Accordingly, you will not have any say in the management of our Company prior to the consummation of an initial business combination.
You will not be permitted to exercise your warrants unless we
register and qualify the underlying Class A ordinary shares or certain exemptions are available.
If the issuance of the Class A ordinary shares upon
exercise of the warrants is not registered, qualified or exempt from registration or qualification under the Securities Act and applicable
state securities laws, holders of warrants will not be entitled to exercise such warrants and such warrants may have no value and expire
worthless. In such event, holders who acquired their warrants as part of a purchase of units will have paid the full unit purchase price
solely for the Class A ordinary shares included in the units.
Because the warrants will be exercisable until their
expiration date of up to five years after the completion of our initial business combination, in order to comply with the requirements
of Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act following the consummation of our initial business combination, under the terms of the warrant
agreement, we have agreed that, as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 20 business days, after the closing of our initial
business combination, we will use our commercially reasonable efforts to file with the SEC a post-effective amendment to the registration
statement relating to our initial public offering or a new registration statement covering the registration under the Securities Act of
the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants and thereafter will use our commercially reasonable efforts to cause
the same to become effective within 60 business days following our initial business combination and to maintain a current prospectus relating
to the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants until the expiration of the warrants in accordance with the provisions
of the warrant agreement. We cannot assure you that we will be able to do so if, for example, any facts or events arise which represent
a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement or prospectus, the financial statements contained or incorporated
by reference therein are not current or correct or the SEC issues a stop order.
If the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise
of the warrants are not registered under the Securities Act, under the terms of the warrant agreement, holders of warrants who seek to
exercise their warrants will not be permitted to do so for cash and, instead, will be required to do so on a cashless basis in accordance
with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act or another exemption.
In no event will warrants be exercisable for cash
or on a cashless basis, and we will not be obligated to issue any shares to holders seeking to exercise their warrants, unless the issuance
of the shares upon such exercise is registered or qualified under the securities laws of the state of the exercising holder, or an exemption
from registration or qualification is available.
If our Class A ordinary shares are at the time of
any exercise of a warrant not listed on a national securities exchange such that they satisfy the definition of “covered securities”
under Section 18(b)(1) of the Securities Act, we may, at our option, not permit holders of warrants who seek to exercise their warrants
to do so for cash and, instead, require them to do so on a cashless basis in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act; in
the event we so elect, we will not be required to file or maintain in effect a registration statement or register or qualify the shares
underlying the warrants under applicable state securities laws, and in the event we do not so elect, we will use our commercially reasonable
efforts to register or qualify the shares under applicable blue sky laws to the extent an exemption is not available.
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In no event will we be required to net cash settle
any warrant, or issue securities (other than upon a cashless exercise as described above) or other compensation in exchange for the warrants
in the event that we are unable to register or qualify the shares underlying the warrants under the Securities Act or applicable state
securities laws.
You may only be able to exercise your public warrants on a “cashless
basis” under certain circumstances, and if you do so, you will receive fewer Class A ordinary shares from such exercise than if
you were to exercise such warrants for cash.
The warrant agreement provides that in the following
circumstances holders of warrants who seek to exercise their warrants will not be permitted to do for cash and will, instead, be required
to do so on a cashless basis in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act: (i) if the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon
exercise of the warrants are not registered under the Securities Act in accordance with the terms of the warrant agreement; (ii) if we
have so elected and the Class A ordinary shares are at the time of any exercise of a warrant not listed on a national securities exchange
such that they satisfy the definition of “covered securities” under Section 18(b)(1) of the Securities Act; and (iii) if we
have so elected and we call the public warrants for redemption.
If you exercise your public warrants on a cashless
basis, you would pay the warrant exercise price by surrendering the warrants for that number of Class A ordinary shares equal to the quotient
obtained by dividing (x) the product of the number of Class A ordinary shares underlying the warrants, multiplied by the excess of the
“fair market value” of our Class A ordinary shares (as defined in the next sentence) over the exercise price of the warrants
by (y) the fair market value. The “fair market value” is the average reported closing price of the Class A ordinary shares
for the 10 trading days ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which the notice of exercise is received by the warrant agent
or on which the notice of redemption is sent to the holders of warrants, as applicable. As a result, you would receive fewer Class A ordinary
shares from such exercise than if you were to exercise such warrants for cash.
The grant of registration rights to our sponsor, the underwriters
and other holders of our private placement warrants may make it more difficult to complete our initial business combination, and the future
exercise of such rights may adversely affect the market price of our Class A ordinary shares.
Pursuant to our registration rights agreement entered
into in connection with our initial public offering, our sponsor, the underwriters, and their permitted transferees can demand that we
register the Class A ordinary shares into which founder shares are convertible, holders of our private placement warrants and their permitted
transferees can demand that we register the private placement warrants and the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the private
placement warrants or holders of securities that may be issued upon conversion of working capital loans and their permitted transferees
may demand that we register such units, shares, warrants or the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of such warrants and any
other securities of the Company acquired by them prior to the consummation of our initial business combination. We will bear the cost
of registering these securities. The registration and availability of such a significant number of securities for trading in the public
market may have an adverse effect on the market price of our Class A ordinary shares. In addition, the existence of the registration rights
may make our initial business combination more costly or difficult to conclude. This is because the shareholders of the target business
may increase the equity stake they seek in the combined entity or ask for more cash consideration to offset the negative impact on the
market price of our Class A ordinary shares that is expected when the ordinary shares owned by our initial shareholders, holders of our
private placement warrants or holders of our working capital loans or their respective permitted transferees are registered.
General Risk Factors
We are a blank check company with no operating history and no
revenues, and you have no basis on which to evaluate our ability to achieve our business objective.
We are a blank check company incorporated under
the laws of the Cayman Islands with no operating results, and all of our activities to date have been related to our formation, our initial
public offering, and, since the closing of our initial public offering, a search for a business combination candidate. Because we lack
an operating history, you have no basis upon which to evaluate our ability to achieve our business objective of completing our initial
business combination. We have no plans, arrangements or understandings with any prospective target business concerning a business combination
and may be unable to complete our initial business combination. If we fail to complete our initial business combination, we will never
generate any operating revenues.
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Past performance by our management team, our advisors and their
respective affiliates, including investments and transactions in which they have participated and businesses with which they have been
associated, may not be indicative of future performance of an investment in the company.
Information regarding our management team, our advisors
and their respective affiliates, including investments and transactions in which they have participated and businesses with which they
have been associated, is presented for informational purposes only. Any past experience and performance by our management team, our advisors
and their respective affiliates and the businesses with which they have been associated, is not a guarantee that we will be able to successfully
identify a suitable candidate for our initial business combination, that we will be able to provide positive returns to our shareholders,
or of any results with respect to any initial business combination we may consummate. You should not rely on the historical experiences
of our management team, our advisors and their respective affiliates, including investments and transactions in which they have participated
and businesses with which they have been associated, as indicative of the future performance of an investment in us or as indicative of
every prior investment by each of the members of our management team, our advisors or their respective affiliates. The market price of
our securities may be influenced by numerous factors, many of which are beyond our control, and our shareholders may experience losses
on their investment in our securities.
Cyber incidents or attacks directed at us could result in information
theft, data corruption, operational disruption and/or financial loss.
We depend on digital technologies, including information
systems, infrastructure and cloud applications and services, including those of third parties with which we may deal. Sophisticated and
deliberate attacks on, or security breaches in, our systems or infrastructure, or the systems or infrastructure of third parties or the
cloud, could lead to corruption or misappropriation of our assets, proprietary information and sensitive or confidential data. As an early
stage company without significant investments in data security protection, we may not be sufficiently protected against such occurrences.
We may not have sufficient resources to adequately protect against, or to investigate and remediate any vulnerability to, cyber incidents.
It is possible that any of these occurrences, or a combination of them, could have adverse consequences on our business and lead to financial
loss.
We may be
a passive foreign investment company, or “PFIC,” which could result in adverse United States federal income tax consequences
to U.S. investors. 1
If we are a PFIC for any taxable year (or portion thereof) that is
included in the holding period of a beneficial owner of our units, Class A ordinary shares or warrants who or that is, for United States
federal income tax purposes, (i) an individual citizen or resident of the United States, (ii) a corporation (or other entity treated as
a corporation for United States federal income tax purposes) that is created or organized (or treated as created or organized) in or under
the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, (iii) an estate the income of which is subject to United
States federal income taxation regardless of its source or (iv) a trust if (A) a court within the United States is able to exercise primary
supervision over the administration of the trust and one or more U.S. persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions
of the trust, or (B) it has a valid election in effect under Treasury regulations to be treated as a United States person (within the
meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) (“U.S. Holder”), such U.S. Holder may be subject to adverse U.S. federal income
tax consequences and may be subject to additional reporting requirements. Our PFIC status for our current and subsequent taxable years
may depend on, among other things, whether we qualify for the PFIC start-up exception, the timing of our business combination, the amount
of our passive income and assets in the year of the business combination, whether we combine with a U.S. or non-U.S. target company, and
the amount of passive income and assets of the acquired business. Depending on the particular circumstances the application of the start-up
exception may be subject to uncertainty, and there cannot be any assurance that we will qualify for the start-up exception. Our actual
PFIC status for any taxable year, moreover, will not be determinable until after the end of such year. Accordingly, there can be no assurances
with respect to our status as a PFIC for our current taxable year or any subsequent taxable year. If we determine we are a PFIC for any
taxable year (of which there can be no assurance), upon written request by a U.S. Holder, we will endeavor to provide to the U.S. Holder
such information as the IRS may require, including a PFIC annual information statement, in order to enable the U.S. Holder to make and
maintain a “qualified electing fund” election with respect to its Class A ordinary shares, but there can be no assurance that
we will timely provide such required information, and such election would be unavailable with respect to our warrants in all cases. The
rules dealing with PFICs and with the qualified electing fund election are complex and are affected by various factors in addition to
those described in this Annual Report. Accordingly, we urge U.S. investors to consult their own tax advisors regarding the possible application
of the PFIC rules.
1 NTD: under GDC tax review.
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If our initial business combination involves a company organized
under the laws the United States (or any subdivision thereof), it is possible a 1% U.S. federal excise tax will be imposed on us in connection
with redemptions of our Class A ordinary shares after or in connection with such initial business combination.
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 imposes a 1%
U.S. federal excise tax on the fair market value of certain repurchases (including certain redemptions) of stock by publicly traded domestic
(i.e., United States) corporations (and certain non-U.S. corporations treated as “surrogate foreign corporations”). The amount
of the excise tax is generally 1% of the aggregate fair market value of the shares of stock repurchased by the corporation during a taxable
year, net of the aggregate fair market value of certain new stock issuances by the repurchasing corporation during the same taxable year.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has been given authority to provide regulations and other guidance to carry out, and prevent the abuse
or avoidance of, the excise tax; however, only limited guidance has been issued to date.
As an entity incorporated as a Cayman Islands company,
the 1% excise tax is not expected to apply to redemptions of our Class A ordinary shares, including redemptions related to extension votes
(if applicable), a business combination in which we remain a Cayman Islands exempted company or otherwise (absent any regulations and
other additional guidance that may be issued in the future).
However, in connection with an initial business
combination involving a company organized under the laws of the United States (or any subdivision thereof), it is possible that we domesticate
and continue as a Delaware corporation prior to certain redemptions and, because our securities are trading on Nasdaq, it is possible
that we will be subject to the excise tax with respect to any subsequent redemptions, including redemptions related to extension votes
or in connection with the initial business combination that are treated as repurchases for this purpose (generally other than, pursuant
to proposed Treasury regulations, redemptions in complete liquidation of the company). In all cases, the extent of the excise tax that
may be incurred will depend on a number of factors, including (i) the structure of the initial business combination, (ii) the fair market
value of the shares redeemed and (iii) the extent such redemptions could be treated as dividends and not repurchases, and the content
of any regulations and other additional guidance from the U.S. Department of the Treasury that may be issued and applicable to the redemptions.
Issuances of stock by a repurchasing corporation in a year in which such corporation repurchases stock may reduce the amount of excise
tax imposed with respect to such repurchase. The excise tax is imposed on the repurchasing corporation itself, not the shareholders from
which stock is repurchased. The imposition of the excise tax as a result of redemptions of our Class A ordinary shares (or other shares
into which such Class A ordinary shares may be converted) in connection with the initial business combination or otherwise could, however,
reduce the amount of cash available to pay redemptions or reduce the cash contribution to the target business in connection with our initial
business combination, which could result in our inability to meet conditions in the agreement relating to our initial business combination
related to a minimum cash requirement, if any, or otherwise cause the other shareholders of the combined company (including any of our
shareholders who do not exercise their redemption rights in connection with the initial business combination) to economically bear the
impact of such excise tax.
We are an emerging growth company and a smaller reporting company
within the meaning of the Securities Act, and if we take advantage of certain exemptions from disclosure requirements available to emerging
growth companies or smaller reporting companies, this could make our securities less attractive to investors and may make it more difficult
to compare our performance with other public companies.
We are an “emerging growth company”
within the meaning of the Securities Act, as modified by the JOBS Act, and we may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting
requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies, including, but not limited to, not
being required to comply with the auditor internal controls attestation requirements of Section 404 of 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 nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously
approved. As a result, our shareholders may not have access to certain information they may deem important. We could be an emerging growth
company for up to five years, although circumstances could cause us to lose that status earlier, including if the market value of our
Class A ordinary shares held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the prior June 30, in which case we would no longer be an emerging
growth company as of December 31 in the same year. We cannot predict whether investors will find our securities less attractive because
we will rely on these exemptions. If some investors find our securities less attractive as a result of our reliance on these exemptions,
the trading prices of our securities may be lower than they otherwise would be, there may be a less active trading market for our securities
and the trading prices of our securities may be more volatile.
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Further, Section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act exempts
emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or revised financial accounting standards until private companies (that
is, those that have not had a Securities Act registration statement declared effective or do not have a class of securities registered
under the Exchange Act) are required to comply with the new or revised financial accounting standards. The JOBS Act provides that a company
can elect to opt out of the extended transition period and comply with the requirements that apply to non-emerging growth companies but
any such an election to opt out is irrevocable. We have elected not to opt out of such extended transition period which means that when
a standard is issued or revised and it has different application dates for public or private companies, we, as an emerging growth company,
can adopt the new or revised standard at the time private companies adopt the new or revised standard. This may make comparison of our
financial statements with another public company which is neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging growth company which has
opted out of using the extended transition period difficult or impossible because of the potential differences in accounting standards
used.
Additionally, we are a “smaller reporting
company” as defined in Item 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 is equal to
or exceeds $250 million as of the prior June 30, 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 is equal to or exceeds $700 million as of the prior June 30. To
the extent we take advantage of such reduced disclosure obligations, it may also make comparison of our financial statements with other
public companies difficult or impossible.
Changes in the market for directors and officers liability insurance
could make it more difficult and more expensive for us to negotiate and complete an initial business combination.
The market for directors and officers liability
insurance for special purpose acquisition companies has changed in ways adverse to us and our management team. Fewer insurance companies
are offering quotes for directors and officers liability coverage, the premiums charged for such policies have generally increased and
the terms of such policies have generally become less favorable. These trends may continue into the future.
The increased cost and decreased availability of
directors and officers liability insurance could make it more difficult and more expensive for us to negotiate an initial business combination.
In order to obtain directors and officers liability insurance or modify its coverage as a result of becoming a public company, the post-business
combination entity might need to incur greater expense, accept less favorable terms or both. However, any failure to obtain adequate directors
and officers liability insurance could have an adverse impact on the post-business combination’s ability to attract and retain qualified
officers and directors.
In addition, even after we were to complete an initial
business combination, our directors and officers could still be subject to potential liability from claims arising from conduct alleged
to have occurred prior to the initial business combination. As a result, in order to protect our directors and officers, the post-business
combination entity may need to purchase additional insurance with respect to any such claims (“run-off insurance”). The need
for run-off insurance would be an added expense for the post-business combination entity, and could interfere with or frustrate our ability
to consummate an initial business combination on terms favorable to our investors.
Recent increases in inflation in the United States and elsewhere
could make it more difficult for us to complete our initial business combination.
Recent increases in inflation in the United States
and elsewhere may lead to increased price volatility for publicly traded securities, including ours, or other national, regional or international
economic disruptions, any of which could make it more difficult for us to complete our initial business combination.
Changes in international trade policies, tariffs and treaties
affecting imports and exports may have a material adverse effect on our search for an initial business combination target or the performance
or business prospects of a post-business combination company.
There have recently been significant changes to
international trade policies and tariffs affecting imports and exports. Any significant increases in tariffs on goods or materials or
other changes in trade policy could negatively affect our search for a target and/or our ability to complete our initial business combination.
In 2025, the U.S. has implemented a range of new
tariffs and increases to existing tariffs. In response to the tariffs announced by the U.S., other countries have imposed, are considering
imposing and may in the future impose new or increased tariffs on certain exports from the United States. There is currently significant
uncertainty about the future relationship between the United States and other countries with respect to trade policies, taxes, government
regulations and tariffs, and we cannot predict whether and to what extent current tariffs will continue or trade policies will change
in the future.
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Tariffs, or the threat of tariffs or increased tariffs,
could have a significant negative impact on certain businesses (including due to domestic businesses’ reliance on imported goods
or dependence on access to foreign markets or foreign businesses’ reliance on sales into the United States). In addition, retaliatory
tariffs could have a significant negative impact on foreign businesses that rely on imports from the United States and domestic businesses
that rely on exporting goods internationally. These tariffs and threats of tariffs and other potential trade policy changes could negatively
affect the attractiveness of certain initial business combination targets or lead to material adverse effects on a post-business combination
company. Among other things, historical financial performance of companies affected by trade policies and/or tariffs may not provide useful
guidance as to the future performance of such companies because future financial performance of those companies may be materially affected
by new U.S. tariffs, foreign retaliatory tariffs or other changes to trade policies. The business prospects of a particular target for
a business combination could change even after we enter into a business combination agreement as a result of tariffs or the threat of
tariffs that may have a material impact on that target’s business, and it may be costly or impractical for us to terminate that
business combination agreement. These factors could affect our selection of a business combination target.
We may not be able to adequately address the risks
presented by these tariffs or other potential trade policy changes. As a result, we may deem it costly, impractical or risky to complete
an initial business combination with a particular target or with a target in a particular industry or from a particular country. Consequently,
the pool of potential target companies may be reduced, which could impair our ability to identify a suitable target and to complete an
initial business combination. If we complete an initial business combination with such a target, the post-business combination company’s
operations and financial results could be adversely affected as a result of tariffs or changes to trade policies, which may cause the
market value of the securities of the post-business combination company to decline.
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