Item 9A. Controls and Procedures
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures.
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Disclosure controls are procedures that are designed
with the objective of ensuring that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed,
summarized, and reported within the time period specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls are also designed with
the objective of ensuring that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including the chief executive officer
and chief financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
As required by Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the
Exchange Act, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and
operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2025. Based upon their evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer
and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the
Exchange Act) were effective, Accordingly, management believes that the financial statements included in this Annual Report present
fairly in all material respects our financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the period presented.
Management’s Report on Internal Controls Over Financial Reporting
This Annual Report on Form 10-K does not include
a report of management’s assessment regarding internal control over financial reporting or an attestation report of our independent
registered public accounting firm due to a transition period established by rules of the SEC for newly public companies.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There were no changes in our internal control over
financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act) during the most recent fiscal quarter
that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Item 9B. Other Information
None .
Item 9C. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections.
Not applicable.
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PART III
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.
Directors and Executive Officers
Our directors and executive officers are as follows:
Name
Age
Position
Mohsin Y. Meghji
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Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors
Matthew Perkal
40
Chief Executive Officer and Director
Eric Greenhaus
32
Chief Financial Officer
Chris Chaice
55
Executive Vice President
Charles Garner
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Executive Vice President and Secretary
Frank M. Garrison, Jr.
70
Director
Benjamin Fader-Rattner
44
Director
Mohsin Y. Meghji serves as our Executive
Chairman of the Board of Directors. Mr. Meghji was the principal sponsor of the Initial SPAC from 2015 to 2019, the Second SPAC from 2020
to 2023, the Third SPAC from 2021 to 2023, the Fourth SPAC from 2021 to 2022 and the Fifth SPAC from 2024 to 2025. Mr. Meghji has served
as the Managing Partner of M3 Partners since 2015 and is a nationally recognized U.S. turnaround professional with a track record of building
value across a wide range of sectors, including cryptocurrencies, blockchain, retail, energy and industrials. M3 Partners is a merchant
banking, investment and restructuring advisory firm founded by Mr. Meghji which provides operational, strategic and financial advisory
solutions to support complex businesses at inflection points in their growth trajectory. Mr. Meghji has more than 35 years of advisory
and management experience in building value in companies that are facing financial, operational or strategic inflection points and transitions.
He has accomplished this through both operating management and financial advisory roles, often in partnership with some of the world’s
leading financial institutions, private equity firms and hedge fund investors.
Mr. Meghji has led the repositioning of, and driven
value creation at, numerous businesses over the past two decades in an operating management or financial advisory capacity. Among others,
Mr. Meghji and the M3 Partners team played an active role in identifying and realizing value from the assets of BlockFi Inc., Celsius
Networks, Coin Cloud, Genesis Global Holdco, US Bitcoin Corp., and Voyager Digital Holdings, and Mr. Meghji and the M3 Partners team have
worked with a variety of other companies in the cryptocurrencies and blockchain sectors.
In his capacity as a restructuring and financial
advisory professional, Mr. Meghji has served periodically as Chief Restructuring Officer (or in an analogous position) of companies which
elected to utilize bankruptcy proceedings as a part of their financial restructuring process and, as such, he served as an executive officer
of various companies which filed bankruptcy petitions under federal law, including, without limitation, Mondee Holdings, Inc., True Value
Company, L.L.C. and Zachry Holdings, Inc. in 2024, Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. and Whittaker Clark & Daniels, Inc. in 2023, 245 Park
Avenue Property LLC and 181 West Madison Property LLC in 2021, PWM Property Management LLC in 2021, Seadrill Partners LLC, Sable Permian
Resources, LLC and Sanchez Energy Corporation in 2020, Barneys Inc. in 2019, and Sears Holdings Corporation in 2018. In that same capacity,
Mr. Meghji also has periodically served as an independent director of companies, some of which similarly elected to utilize bankruptcy
proceedings, including Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refining and Marketing LLC from August 2017 through March 2018, Toys ‘r Us
from September 2017 through September 2018, Full Beauty Brands from August 2018 through February 2019, Intelsat Envision Holdings from
May 2020 through March 2022, Frontier Communications from 2019 through 2021, SHOPKO from 2018 through 2019, Kleopatra Finco S.à
r.l and Kleopatra Senior Holdings GP S.à r.l in 2025. Mr. Meghji’s most recent corporate management role was at Springleaf,
a subprime consumer finance company (now known as OneMain Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: OMF)), where he served as Executive Vice President and
Head of Strategy and as Chief Executive Officer of its captive insurance companies, Merit Life Insurance Co. and Yosemite Insurance Company,
from 2012 to 2014. These insurance companies provided life, property and casualty insurance coverage to Springleaf’s customers.
Springleaf was created in late-2010 when American International Group, Inc. sold 80% of its subsidiary, American General Finance Inc.,
to affiliates of Fortress Investment Group LLC. At the time of the sale, American General Finance Inc. provided consumer loans, retail
financing and mortgages to more than one million families through more than 1,100 branches located across the United States, Puerto Rico,
the Virgin Islands and the United Kingdom. After multiple years of operating losses, Springleaf turned profitable in 2013 as a result
of the strategic, management and operational improvements implemented by its new ownership and management team, evidencing a significant
turnaround in its performance. Springleaf went public in October 2013 at a $1.95 billion valuation. As part of its senior management team
and Head of Strategy for the company, Mr. Meghji played a key role in this successful transition.
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Matthew Perkal , who serves as our
Chief Executive Officer and one of our directors, also served as an Executive Vice President of the Second SPAC and as Chief Executive
Officer of the Third SPAC, the Fourth SPAC and the Fifth SPAC. Since 2010, Mr. Perkal has led Brigade’s industry coverage for various
sectors including retail, consumer, gaming and lodging, and has structured and led many of the firm’s successful deals in the private
credit space including Barney’s and Sears. Mr. Perkal currently serves on the board of directors for Guitar Center Inc.. He also
served as a Director of Greenfire Resources Ltd. (NYSE: GFR) from the time of its merger with the Second SPAC in September 2023 through
December 2024. In his capacity as a restructuring and financial advisory professional, Mr. Perkal served as an independent director of
companies, some of which elected to utilize bankruptcy proceedings, including Guitar Center from December 2020 through present and Gymboree
from September 2017 through June 2020. Prior to joining Brigade, Mr. Perkal worked at Deutsche Bank as an Analyst in the Leveraged Finance
Group from 2008-2010. In that capacity, Mr. Perkal also spent time on the Leveraged Debt Capital Markets Desk, selling both bank and bond
deals. Mr. Perkal received a BS in Economics with a concentration in Finance and Accounting from the University of Pennsylvania’s
Wharton School of Business.
Eric Greenhaus serves as our Chief
Financial Officer. Mr. Greenhaus has been employed by M3 Partners since March 2020, where he currently is a Director. During his tenure
at M3 Partners, Mr. Greenhaus has provided restructuring advisory and performance improvement services, as well as assisting with SEC
reporting and transaction modeling for the Second SPAC and the Third SPAC. Prior to joining M3 Partners, Mr. Greenhaus worked at KPMG
in their Deal Advisory & Strategy department from March 2018 through February 2020. Mr. Greenhaus also worked at Deloitte as an audit
associate from September 2016 to February 2018, during which he maintained a Certified Public Accounting license. Mr. Greenhaus has extensive
experience auditing and analyzing financial statements, conducting financial due diligence, managing liquidity, creating financial and
forecasting models, business planning, and advising senior executives on strategic initiatives. Mr. Greenhaus received a Master of Accounting
from the University of Michigan in 2016 and a B.A. in Business Administration from the University of Michigan in 2015. He currently sits
on the Board of Directors of Triton Financial Limited.
Chris Chaice serves as our Executive
Vice President and also served as an Executive Vice President of the Second SPAC, the Third SPAC, and the Fifth SPAC. Since November 2012,
Mr. Chaice has advised the Brigade investment team with respect to structuring investments, restructurings, bond and bank debt covenants,
and litigations. Mr. Chaice served as a Senior Credit Attorney at Brigade from November 2012 until January 2021 and as Senior Attorney,
Private Credit and Restructuring, from January 2021 until March 2022. In his capacity as a restructuring and financial advisory professional,
Mr. Chaice served as an independent director of companies, some of which elected to utilize bankruptcy proceedings, including Sanchez
Energy Corporation from October 2023 through present. Since April 2022, Mr. Chaice has served as a Partner & Head of Distressed Research
at Brigade. Prior to joining Brigade, from July 2008 to October 2012, Mr. Chaice worked at Covenant Review, a fixed-income research firm,
where he analyzed debt covenants, complex capital structures, and bankruptcy issues. Additionally, from August 2006 to May 2008, Mr. Chaice
worked as an Analyst at Southpaw Asset Management, where he analyzed event-driven investment opportunities relating to bankruptcies, restructurings,
liquidations and litigation. Prior to Southpaw, Mr. Chaice practiced law at Cahill Gordon & Reindel from September 1999 to September
2005, and at Willkie Farr & Gallagher from September 2005 to August 2006, where he specialized in capital markets transactions, primarily
representing underwriters of high yield bonds and leveraged loans. Mr. Chaice received a BA in Political Science from Syracuse University
and a law degree, cum laude, from New York University School of Law.
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Charles Garner serves as our Executive
Vice President and also served as an Executive Vice President of each of the Prior SPACs. He was actively involved in all aspects of the
business plan of the Prior SPACs, including formation, management and business combination activities. Mr. Garner joined M3 Partners in
2015 and currently serves as Senior Managing Director and General Counsel of M3 Partners. Mr. Garner began his career in 1987 as an attorney
at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, a leading international law firm, where he rose to become a partner in the corporate/banking group.
Mr. Garner has served as Executive Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of Island Capital Group LLC, a real estate-focused merchant
banking firm, where he played key roles in the formation of Emirates National Securitisation Corporation (a joint venture with various
entities of the Government of Dubai to create a mortgage securitization market in Dubai) and Island Global Yachting (a leading owner and
operator of luxury and megayacht marinas). Among other positions, Mr. Garner also has served as Interim CEO of a European industrial software
company focused on the utilities industry. Mr. Garner served as a director of IEA (with a short period of interruption) from March 2018
through its merger with MasTec, Inc. in October 2022 and served as the Chair of various Special Committees of independent directors of
IEA in the review of financing and related transactions that led to the material increase in the equity and enterprise values of IEA during
that period.
Frank M. Garrison, Jr. serves as
one of our directors. Mr. Garrison has over 40 years of legal and management experience in both private and public companies in the financial
and business service sectors. He served as President of C-III Capital Partners LLC (“C-III”) a New York based real estate
investment firm from January 2011 to December 2018 but stepped down from this position in December 2018 in order to devote more time to
personal business and matters of public interest. During his tenure, C-III acquired and operated complementary related real estate and
finance service businesses through either de novo startup or acquisition, including mortgage origination and securitization, investment
management, the leading on-line transaction management platform (Real Capital Markets), property management, a global network of independent
commercial property service providers under the brand NAI Global, and the market leading property zoning report business doing business
as PZR. Prior to joining C-III, Mr. Garrison served as CEO of Island Global Yachting (“IGY”) beginning in November 2007 and
held that position until October, 2015. He served as Vice Chairman of IGY from October 2015 until December 2018. During his tenure as
an CEO, IGY he was materially involved in helping IGY navigate the global financial crisis including oversight of the restructuring of
the company’s operations and the restructuring of a substantial portion of the company’s debt obligations. Mr. Garrison also
was an executive officer of Island Capital Group LLC (“Island”), a New York based investment bank which controlled IGY and
C-III, from June 2010 to December 2018. Prior to joining IGY , Mr. Garrison served from 2005 to 2007 as President of Courage Capital Management,
a registered investment advisory firm, specializing in special situation investing in public debt and equity with offices in Nashville,
Los Angeles and Mumbai. Prior to that, Mr. Garrison held various executive positions at Insignia Financial Group (“Insignia”)
from 1991 through 2003, including the Office of the Chairman and President of Insignia Financial Services, Insignia’s financial
services and investment banking subsidiary. He also served as an executive officer of two Nashville based real estate investment management
firms primarily focused on multi-family real estate in the Southeast from 1982 through their sale to Insignia in 1990. He previously served
as a Director of M3-Brigade Acquisition Corp II, a public company headquartered in New York. Mr. Garrison began a commercial law career
in 1979 with Farris Warfield and Kanaday in Nashville, TN concentrating on securities and creditor’s rights, among other corporate
matters. Mr. Garrison has also served on the board of a number of philanthropic organizations and educational institutions. Mr. Garrison
obtained a double major in Business and Economics in 1976 after three years at Vanderbilt University. He received his J. D. from Vanderbilt
University School of Law in 1979.
Benjamin Fader Rattner is a director
and has been a Managing Director at Nexus Capital Management LP since December 2023 where he focuses on credit opportunities. Prior to
joining Nexus, Mr. Fader Rattner led Space Summit Capital LLC, a special situations investment fund which he founded in January 2021.
Previously, Mr. Fader Rattner served as a director of the Third SPAC from October 2021 to September 2023 and the Fifth SPAC from August
2024 to present, and he also served as President and a director of Osiris Acquisition Corp., a publicly listed special purpose acquisition
company, from May 2021 to May 2024. Prior to founding Space Summit Capital LLC, Mr. Fader-Rattner was a Managing Director at Canyon Partners,
where he led investments across the capital structure in several industries including retail and consumer, from 2008 to July 2020. Prior
to Canyon, Mr. Fader-Rattner was an analyst at Glenview Capital in 2007, where he invested primarily in debt opportunities, an associate
at The Carlyle Group from 2005 to 2007, where he focused on leveraged buyout transactions, and an analyst at Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.
from 2003 to 2005. Mr. Fader-Rattner received a B.S. in Economics, summa cum laude, from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Number and Terms of Office of Officers and Directors
Our board of directors consists of four members
and is divided into three classes with only one class of directors being appointed in each year, and with each class (except for those
directors appointed prior to our first annual general meeting) serving a three-year term. In accordance with Nasdaq corporate governance
requirements, we are not required to hold an annual general meeting until one year after our first fiscal year end following our listing
on Nasdaq. The term of office of the first class of directors, consisting of Mr. Fader-Rattner will expire at our first annual general
meeting. The term of office of the second class of directors, consisting of Mr. Perkal will expire at the second annual general meeting.
The term of office of the third class of directors, consisting of Mr. Meghji and Mr. Garrison will expire at the third annual general
meeting. Our officers are appointed by the board of directors and serve at the discretion of the board of directors, rather than for specific
terms of office. Our board of directors is authorized to appoint officers as it deems appropriate pursuant to our amended and restated
memorandum and articles of association.
Director Independence
Nasdaq rules require that a majority of our board
of directors be independent within one year of our IPO. An “independent director” is defined generally as a person who, in
the opinion of the Company’s board of directors, has no material relationship with the listed company (either directly or as a partner,
shareholder or officer of an organization that has a relationship with the Company). We have two “independent directors” as
defined in Nasdaq rules and applicable SEC rules. Our board of directors has determined that Mr. Garrison and Mr. Fader-Rattner are “independent
directors” as defined in Nasdaq listing standards and applicable SEC rules. Our independent directors have regularly scheduled meetings
at which only independent directors are present. Pursuant to Nasdaq’s phase-in rules for newly listed companies, we have one year
from the date on which we were first listed on Nasdaq for a majority of our board of directors to be independent. We intend to appoint
at least one additional independent director within the applicable time period.
Committees of the Board of Directors
Our board of directors has two standing committees:
an audit committee and a compensation committee. Subject to phase-in rules, the rules of Nasdaq and Rule 10A-3 of the Exchange Act require
that the audit committee of a listed company be comprised solely of independent directors. Each committee operates under a charter that
was approved by our board and has the composition and responsibilities described below.
Audit Committee
Our board of directors has established an audit
committee of the board of directors. Mr. Garrison and Mr. Fader-Rattner serve as the members of our audit committee. Under the Nasdaq
listing standards and applicable SEC rules, we are required to have three members of the audit committee, all of whom must be independent,
subject to certain phase-in provisions. Mr. Garrison and Mr. Fader-Rattner are each independent. Pursuant to Nasdaq’s phase-in rules
for newly listed companies, we have one year from the date on which we were first listed on Nasdaq for our audit committee to be made
up of three independent directors. We intend to appoint an additional independent director to our audit committee within the applicable
time period.
Mr. Fader-Rattner serves as the chairman of the
audit committee. Each member of the audit committee is financially literate and our board of directors has determined that Mr. Fader-Rattner
qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert” as defined in applicable SEC rules.
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We have adopted an audit committee charter, which
details the principal functions of the audit committee, including:
● assisting board oversight of (1) the integrity of our financial statements, (2) our compliance with legal and regulatory requirements,
(3) our independent registered public accounting firm’s qualifications and independence, and (4) the performance of our internal
audit function and independent registered public accounting firm; the appointment, compensation, retention, replacement, and oversight
of the work of the independent auditors and any other independent registered public accounting firm engaged by us;
● pre-approving all audit and non-audit services to be provided by the independent registered public accounting firm or any other registered
public accounting firm engaged by us, and establishing pre-approval policies and procedures; reviewing and discussing with the independent
registered public accounting firm all relationships the independent registered public accounting firm have with us in order to evaluate
their continued independence;
● setting clear policies for audit partner rotation in compliance with applicable laws and regulations; obtaining and reviewing a report,
at least annually, from the independent registered public accounting firm describing (1) the independent registered public accounting
firm’s internal quality-control procedures and (2) any material issues raised by the most recent internal quality-control review,
or peer review, of the independent registered public accounting firm, or by any inquiry or investigation by governmental or professional
authorities, within the preceding five years respecting one or more independent audits carried out by the firm and any steps taken to
deal with such issues;
● meeting to review and discuss our annual audited financial statements and quarterly financial statements with management and the independent
registered public accounting firm, including reviewing our specific disclosures under “ Management’s Discussion and Analysis
of Financial Condition and Results of Operations ”; reviewing and approving any related party transaction required to be disclosed
pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC prior to us entering into such transaction; and
● reviewing with management, the independent registered public accounting firm, and our legal advisors, as appropriate, any legal, regulatory
or compliance matters, including any correspondence with regulators or government agencies and any employee complaints or published reports
that raise material issues regarding our financial statements or accounting policies and any significant changes in accounting standards
or rules promulgated by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, the SEC or other regulatory authorities.
Compensation Committee
Our board of directors has established a compensation
committee of our board of directors. The members of our compensation committee are Mr. Garrison and Mr. Fader-Rattner, and Mr. Fader-Rattner
serves as chair of the compensation committee. Under the Nasdaq listing standards and applicable SEC rules, we are required to have a
compensation committee of at least two members, all of whom must be independent, subject to certain phase-in provisions. Mr. Garrison
and Mr. Fader-Rattner are each independent. We have adopted a compensation committee charter, which details the principal functions of
the compensation committee, including:
● reviewing and approving on an annual basis the corporate goals and objectives relevant to our chief executive officer’s compensation,
evaluating our chief executive officer’s performance in light of such goals and objectives and determining and approving the remuneration
(if any) of our chief executive officer’s based on such evaluation;
● reviewing and making recommendations to our board of directors with respect to the compensation, and any incentive compensation and
equity based plans that are subject to board approval of all of our other officers;
● reviewing our executive compensation policies and plans;
● implementing and administering our incentive compensation equity-based remuneration plans;
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● assisting management in complying with our proxy statement and annual report disclosure requirements;
● approving all special perquisites, special cash payments and other special compensation and benefit arrangements for our executive
officers and employees;
● producing a report on executive compensation to be included in our annual proxy statement; and
● reviewing, evaluating and recommending changes, if appropriate, to the remuneration for directors.
The charter also provides that the compensation
committee may, in its sole discretion, retain or obtain the advice of a compensation consultant, legal counsel or other adviser and is
directly responsible for the appointment, compensation and oversight of the work of any such adviser. However, before engaging or receiving
advice from a compensation consultant, external legal counsel or any other adviser, the compensation committee will consider the independence
of each such adviser, including the factors required by Nasdaq and the SEC.
Director Nominations
We do not have a standing nominating committee
though we intend to form a corporate governance and nominating committee as and when required to do so by law or Nasdaq rules. In accordance
with Rule 5605(e) (2) of the Nasdaq rules, a majority of the independent directors may recommend a director nominee for selection by our
board of directors. Our board of directors believes that the independent directors can satisfactorily carry out the responsibility of
properly selecting or approving director nominees without the formation of a standing nominating committee. The directors who will participate
in the consideration and recommendation of director nominees are Messrs. Fader-Rattner and Garrison. In accordance with Rule 5605(e)(1)(A)
of the Nasdaq rules, all such directors are independent. As there is no standing nominating committee, we do not have a nominating committee
charter in place.
The board of directors will also consider director
candidates recommended for nomination by our shareholders during such times as they are seeking proposed nominees to stand for appointment
at the next annual general meeting (or, if applicable, an extraordinary general meeting). Our shareholders that wish to nominate a director
for appointment to our board of directors should follow the procedures set forth in our amended and restated memorandum and articles of
association.
We have not formally established any specific,
minimum qualifications that must be met or skills that are necessary for directors to possess. In general, in identifying and evaluating
nominees for director, our board of directors considers educational background, variety of professional experience, knowledge of our business,
integrity, professional reputation, independence, wisdom, and the ability to represent the best interests of our shareholders.
Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation
None of our executive officers currently serves,
in the past year has served, as a member of the compensation committee of any entity that has one or more executive officers serving on
our board of directors.
Code of Ethics
We have adopted a Code of Ethics applicable to
our directors, officers and employees (the “ Code of Ethics ”). The Code of Ethics codifies the business and ethical
principles that govern all aspects of our business. A copy of the Code of Ethics is attached as an exhibit to this Annual Report. If we
make any amendments to our Code of Ethics other than technical, administrative or other non-substantive amendments, or grant any waiver,
including any implicit waiver, from a provision of the Code of Ethics applicable to our principal executive officer, principal financial
officer, principal accounting officer or controller or persons performing similar functions requiring disclosure under applicable SEC
or Nasdaq rules, we will disclose the nature of such amendment or waiver on our website.
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Insider Trading Policy
We have adopted an insider trading policy which
governs the purchase, sale, and/or other dispositions of our securities by directors, officers and employees and other covered persons
and is designed to promote compliance with insider trading laws, rules and regulations, and listing standards applicable to the Company.
A copy of our Securities Trading Policy is attached as Exhibit 19.1 to this Annual Report.
Conflicts of Interest
Under Cayman Islands law, directors and officers
owe the following fiduciary duties:
(i) duty to act in good faith in what the director or officer believes
to be in the best interests of the Company as a whole;
(ii) duty to exercise powers for the purposes for which those powers were conferred and not for a collateral purpose;
(iii) directors should not improperly fetter the exercise of future discretion;
(iv) duty to exercise powers fairly as between different sections of shareholders;
(v) duty not to put themselves in a position in which there is a conflict between their duty to the Company and their personal interests;
and
(vi) duty to exercise independent judgment.
In addition to the above, directors also owe a
duty of care which is not fiduciary in nature. This duty has been defined as a requirement to act as a reasonably diligent person having
both the general knowledge, skill and experience that may reasonably be expected of a person carrying out the same functions as are carried
out by that director in relation to the Company and the general knowledge skill and experience of that director.
As set out above, directors have a duty not to
put themselves in a position of conflict and this includes a duty not to engage in self-dealing, or to otherwise benefit as a result of
their position. However, in some instances what would otherwise be a breach of this duty can be forgiven and/or authorized in advance
by the shareholders provided that there is full disclosure by the directors. This can be done by way of permission granted in the memorandum
and articles of association or alternatively by shareholder approval at general meetings.
Each of our officers and directors presently has,
and any of them in the future may have additional, fiduciary or contractual obligations to at least one other entity pursuant to which
such officer or director is or will be required to present a business combination opportunity to such entity. 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 entity, subject to their fiduciary duties under Cayman Islands law. None of our officers or directors shall have a
duty to present any potential business combination opportunity to the Company. As a result, there may be actual or potential material
conflicts of interest between our Sponsor and its affiliates, including M3 Parters and Brigade, on one hand, and the purchasers in the
Initial Public Offering on the other.
Our amended and restated memorandum and articles
of association provide that, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law: (i) no individual serving as a director or an officer
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 may be a corporate opportunity for any director or officer, on
the one hand, and us, on the other. 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.
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Below is a table summarizing the entities to which
our officers and directors currently have fiduciary duties or contractual obligations:
Individual
Entity
Entity’s Business
Affiliation
Mohsin Y. Meghji
M-III Partners, LP
Financial Advisory Services
Managing Partner
M3-Brigade Acquisition V Corp.
Special Purpose Acquisition Company
Board Member
Matthew Perkal
Brigade Capital Management, LP
Investments
Partner - Head of SPACs and Special Situations
Guitar Center Inc.
Retailer
Board Member
M3-Brigade Acquisition V Corp.
Special Purpose Acquisition Company
Board Member
Eric Greenhaus
M-III Partners, LP
Financial Advisory Services
Vice President
Chris Chaice
Brigade Capital Management, LP
Investments
Partner - Head of Distressed Research
Charles Garner
M-III Partners, LP
Financial Advisory Services
Senior Managing Director & General Counsel
Frank M. Garrison, Jr.
C-III Capital Partners, LLC
Real Estate Investing
Senior Advisor
Benjamin Fader-Rattner
Space Summit Capital LLC
Financial Services
Managing Member
Nexus Capital Management LP
Financial Services
Managing Director
M3-Brigade Acquisition V Corp.
Special Purpose Acquisition Company
Board Member
In addition, our Sponsor and our officers and directors
may sponsor or form other SPACs similar to ours or may pursue other business or investment ventures during the period in which we are
seeking an initial business combination. 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 SPAC with which they may become involved. 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.
Potential investors should also be aware of the
following other potential conflicts of interest:
● 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 several other business endeavors for which he 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 initial shareholders currently hold founder shares and Private Placement Warrants. Our Sponsor, officers and directors have entered
into the Letter Agreement, pursuant to which they have agreed to waive their redemption rights with respect to their founder shares and
Public Shares in connection with the completion of our initial business combination. Additionally, our Sponsor, officers and directors
have agreed to waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to their founder shares if we fail
to complete our initial business combination within the prescribed time frame, although they will be entitled to liquidating distributions
from assets outside the Trust Account. If we do not complete our initial business combination within the prescribed time frame, the Private
Placement Warrants will expire worthless. Furthermore, our Sponsor, officers and directors have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell
any of their founder shares and any Class A ordinary shares issuable upon conversion thereof until the earlier to occur of: (i) one year
after the completion of our initial business combination or (ii) the date following the completion of our initial business combination
on which we complete a liquidation, merger, share exchange or other similar transaction that results in all of our shareholders having
the right to exchange their ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the closing price
of our Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share subdivisions, share capitalizations, share consolidations,
reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days
after our initial business combination, the founder shares will be released from the lockup. The Private Placement Warrants (including
the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the Private Placement Warrants) will not be transferable until 30 days following
the completion of our initial business combination. Because certain of our officers and directors will own ordinary shares or warrants
directly or indirectly, they may have a conflict of interest in determining whether a particular target business is an appropriate business
with which to effectuate our initial business combination.
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● Our officers and directors may have a conflict of interest with respect to evaluating a particular business combination if the retention
or resignation of any such officers and directors was included by a target business as a condition to any agreement with respect to our
initial business combination.
● Our independent directors received an indirect interest in up to 15,000 founder shares per director through membership interests in
our Sponsor, but has no right to control the Sponsor or participate in any decision regarding the disposal of any security held by the
Sponsor, or otherwise.
We are not prohibited from pursuing an initial
business combination with a business combination target that is affiliated with our Sponsor, our officers or directors, the Sponsor Manager
or the non-managing sponsor investors, or completing the business combination through a joint venture or other form of shared ownership
with our Sponsor, our officers or directors, the Sponsor Manager or the non-managing sponsor investors. In the event we seek to complete
an initial business combination with a target that is affiliated (as defined in our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association)
with our Sponsor, officers or directors, we, or a committee of independent directors, would obtain an opinion from an independent investment
banking firm that is a member of FINRA or a valuation or appraisal firm stating that the consideration to be paid by us in such an initial
business combination is fair to our Company from a financial point of view. We are not required to obtain such an opinion in any other
context. We are not required to obtain such an opinion in any other context. Except as described herein, none of our Sponsor or any of
our existing officers or directors, or any entity with which they are affiliated, will be paid any finder’s fee, consulting fee
or other compensation by the Company prior to, or for any services they render in order to effectuate, the completion of our initial business
combination (regardless of the type of transaction that it is). However, we may pay consulting, success or finder fees to our independent
directors, our advisors, or their respective affiliates in connection with the consummation of our initial business combination.
We cannot assure you that any of the above mentioned
conflicts will be resolved in our favor.
In the event that we submit our initial business
combination to our public shareholders for a vote, our Sponsor, officers and directors have agreed to vote their founder shares, and they
and the other members of our management team have agreed to vote their founder shares and any shares purchased during or after the offering
in favor of our initial business combination. The non-managing sponsor investors are not required to (i) hold any units, Class A ordinary
shares or public warrants they may have purchased in the IPO or thereafter for any amount of time, (ii) vote any Class A ordinary shares
they may own at the applicable time in favor of our initial business combination or (iii) refrain from exercising their right to redeem
their Public Shares at the time of our initial business combination. The non-managing sponsor investors will have the same rights to the
funds held in the Trust Account with respect to the Class A ordinary shares comprising part of the units they may have purchased in the
IPO or thereafter as the rights afforded to our other public shareholders. Further, the non-managing sponsor investors will potentially
have different interests than our other public shareholders in approving our initial business combination and otherwise exercising their
rights as public shareholders because of their indirect ownership of founder shares as further discussed in this Annual Report.
Item 11. Executive Compensation.
Compensation Discussion and Analysis
None of our executive officers or directors have
received any cash compensation for services rendered to us. Our Sponsor, executive officers and directors, or any of their respective
affiliates will be reimbursed for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with activities on our behalf such as identifying
potential target businesses and performing due diligence on suitable business combinations. Further, we may pay consulting, success or
finder fees to our independent directors, our advisors, or their respective affiliates in connection with the consummation of our initial
business combination. We may also engage our Sponsor or an affiliate of our Sponsor as an advisor or otherwise in connection with our
initial business combination and certain other transactions and pay such person or entity a salary or fee in an amount that constitutes
a market standard for comparable transactions. Our audit committee reviews on a quarterly basis all payments that were made to our Sponsor,
executive officers or directors, or our or their affiliates. Any such payments prior to an initial business combination will be made from
funds held outside the Trust Account. Other than quarterly audit committee review of such reimbursements, we do not expect to have any
additional controls in place governing our reimbursement payments to our directors and executive officers for their out-of-pocket expenses
incurred in connection with our activities on our behalf in connection with identifying and consummating an initial business combination.
In addition, our independent directors received an indirect interest in up to 15,000 founder shares per director through membership interests
in our Sponsor, but have no right to control the Sponsor or participate in any decision regarding the disposal of any security held by
the Sponsor, or otherwise. Other than these payments and reimbursements, no compensation of any kind, including finder’s and consulting
fees, will be paid by the Company to our Sponsor, executive officers and directors, or any of their respective affiliates, prior to completion
of our initial business combination.
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After the completion of our initial business combination,
directors or members of our management team who remain with us may be paid consulting or management fees from the combined company. All
of these fees will be fully disclosed to shareholders, to the extent then known, in the proxy solicitation materials or tender offer materials
furnished to our shareholders in connection with a proposed initial business combination. We have not established any limit on the amount
of such fees that may be paid by the combined company to our directors or members of management. It is unlikely the amount of such compensation
will be known at the time of the proposed initial business combination, because the directors of the post-combination business will be
responsible for determining executive officer and director compensation.
Any compensation to be paid to our executive officers
will be determined, or recommended to the board of directors for determination, either by a compensation committee constituted solely
by independent directors or by a majority of the independent directors on our board of directors.
We do not intend to take any action to ensure that
members of our management team maintain their positions with us after the consummation of our initial business combination, although it
is possible that some or all of our officers and directors may negotiate employment or consulting arrangements to remain with us after
our initial business combination. The existence or terms of any such employment or consulting arrangements to retain their positions with
us may influence our management’s motivation in identifying or selecting a target business but we do not believe that the ability
of our management to remain with us after the consummation of our initial business combination will be a determining factor in our decision
to proceed with any potential business combination. We are not party to any agreements with our officers and directors that provide for
benefits upon termination of employment.
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Shareholder Matters.
The following table sets forth information regarding
the beneficial ownership of our ordinary shares as of March 12, 2026. Unless otherwise indicated, we believe that all persons named
in the table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all of our ordinary shares beneficially owned by them. The following
table does not reflect record or beneficial ownership of the Private Placement Warrants as these warrants are not exercisable within 60
days of the date of this Annual Report.
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The beneficial ownership of our ordinary shares
is based on 34,500,000 Class A ordinary shares and 8,625,000 Class B ordinary shares as of March 12, 2026.
Name and Address of Beneficial Owner (1)
Number of
Class A
Ordinary
Shares
Beneficially
Owned
Number of
Founder
Shares
Beneficially
Owned (2)
Approximate
Percentage of
Total Voting
Power
M3-Brigade Sponsor VI LLC (our Sponsor) (3)
–
8,625,000
20.0 %
Mohsin Y. Meghji (3)
–
8,625,000
20.0 %
Frank M. Garrison, Jr.
–
–
–
Benjamin F. Rattner
–
–
–
Christopher Chaice
–
–
–
Charles H. F. Garner
–
–
–
Eric D. Greenhaus
–
–
–
Matthew Perkal
–
–
–
All officers and directors as a group (8 individuals)
–
8,625,000
20.0 %
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (4)
2,080,501
–
6.0 %
(1) Unless otherwise noted, the business address of each of the following is 1700 Broadway, 19 th Floor, New York, NY 10019.
(2) Such shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares concurrently with or immediately following the consummation of
our initial business combination or earlier at the option of the holder on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment.
(3) M3-Brigade Sponsor VI LLC, our Sponsor, is the record holder of such shares. M3-Brigade Acquisition Partners VI Corp. (the “Sponsor
Manager”) is the sole managing member of M3-Brigade Acquisition VI LLC and holds voting and investment discretion with respect to
the Class B ordinary shares held of record by M3-Brigade Sponsor VI LLC and Mohsin Y. Meghji is the sole officer and shareholder of M3-Brigade
Acquisition VI Corp. and holds voting and investment discretion with respect to the Class B ordinary shares held of record by M3-Brigade
Sponsor VI LLC. Each of M3-Brigade Acquisition Partners VI Corp. and Mohsin Y. Meghji disclaims any beneficial ownership of the securities
held by M3-Brigade Sponsor VI LLC, other than to the extent of any pecuniary interest he may have therein, directly or indirectly. Each
independent director indirectly holds up to 15,000 founder shares through our Sponsor. Each such director disclaims any beneficial ownership
of the reported shares other than to the extent of any pecuniary interest they may have therein, directly or indirectly.
(4) According to a Schedule 13G filed on February 12, 2026, by Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, a New York limited liability company, and
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation. The principal address of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and The Goldman Sachs Group,
Inc. is 200 West Street, New York, NY 10282. The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is the parent holding company of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC is a registered broker or dealer and a registered investment advisor.
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence
Founder Shares
On June 6, 2025, our Sponsor paid $25,000, or approximately
$0.003 per share, to cover certain of our offering costs in exchange for 8,625,000 founder shares.
The founder shares are identical to the Class A
ordinary shares, except that:
● prior to and/or in connection with the closing of our initial business combination, only holders of the founder shares will be entitled
to vote on the appointment and removal of directors or continuing the Company in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands (including
any special resolution required to amend the constitutional documents of the company or to adopt new constitutional documents of the company,
in each case, as a result of the company approving a transfer by way of continuation in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands);
● the founder shares are subject to certain transfer restrictions, as described in more detail below;
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● the founder shares are entitled to registration rights;
● the founder shares are automatically convertible into our Class A ordinary shares in connection with the consummation of our initial
business combination or earlier at the option of the holder on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment pursuant to certain anti-dilution
rights;
● our Sponsor, officers and directors have entered into the Letter Agreement with us, pursuant to which they have agreed to (i) waive
their redemption rights with respect to their founder shares and Public Shares in connection with the completion of our initial business
combination; (ii) waive their redemption rights with respect to their founder shares and Public Shares in connection with a shareholder
vote to approve 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
have not consummated 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; (iii) waive their rights to liquidating distributions
from the Trust Account with respect to their founder shares if we fail to complete our initial business combination within the completion
window, although they will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to any Public Shares they hold
if we fail to complete our initial business combination within the prescribed time frame and to liquidating distributions from assets
outside the Trust Account; and (iv) vote any founder shares held by them and any Public Shares purchased during or after the IPO (including
in open market and privately negotiated transactions) in favor of our initial business combination; and
● the non-managing sponsor investors are not granted any shareholder or other rights in addition to those afforded to our other public
shareholders, and will only be issued membership interests in our Sponsor, with no right to control our Sponsor or vote or dispose of
any securities held by our Sponsor, including the founder shares and the Private Placement Warrants held by our Sponsor. The non-managing
sponsor investors are not required to (i) hold any units, Class A ordinary shares or public warrants they may have purchased in the IPO
or thereafter for any amount of time, (ii) vote any Class A ordinary shares they may own at the applicable time in favor of our initial
business combination or (iii) refrain from exercising their right to redeem their Public Shares at the time of our initial business combination.
The non-managing sponsor investors will have the same rights to the funds held in the Trust Account with respect to the Class A ordinary
shares comprising part of the units they may have purchased in the IPO or thereafter as the rights afforded to our other public shareholders.
The Company’s initial shareholders have agreed,
pursuant to lock-up provisions in the agreements entered into by our Sponsor and management team, not to transfer, assign or sell any
of their founder shares and any Class A ordinary shares issued upon conversion thereof until the earlier to occur of (i) one year after
the completion of the initial business combination or (ii) the date on which the Company completes a liquidation, merger, share exchange
or other similar transaction after the initial business combination that results in all of the Company’s shareholders having the
right to exchange their Class A ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property. Any permitted transferees will be subject to the
same restrictions and other agreements of the Company’s initial shareholders with respect to any founder shares (the “Lock-up”).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (1) the closing price of the Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted
for share subdivisions, share capitalizations, share consolidations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading
days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after the initial business combination or (2) if the Company consummates
a transaction after the initial business combination which results in the Company’s shareholders having the right to exchange their
shares for cash, securities or other property, the founder shares will be released from the Lock-up.
Except in certain limited circumstances, no member
of our Sponsor (including the non-managing sponsor investors) may sell, transfer, assign, pledge, mortgage, charge, hypothecate, exchange
or otherwise dispose, directly or indirectly, of all or any portion of its membership interests in our Sponsor.
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Private Placement Warrants
Our Sponsor and Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., the
representative of the underwriters, purchased an aggregate of 5,333,333 Private Placement Warrants for an aggregate purchase price of
$8,000,000 or $1.50 per warrant in a private placement that closed simultaneously with the closing of the IPO. Each Private Placement
Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one Class A ordinary share at $11.50 per share.
Of those 5,333,333 Private Placement Warrants,
the Sponsor purchased 4,333,333 Private Placement Warrants and Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. purchased 1,000,000 Private Placement Warrants.
The non-managing sponsor investors purchased, indirectly through the purchase of non-managing sponsor membership interests, an aggregate
of 4,000,000 Private Placement Warrants at a price of $1.50 per warrant ($6,000,000 in the aggregate) in a private placement that closed
simultaneously with the closing of the IPO. In connection with each non-managing sponsor investor purchasing, through our Sponsor, the
Private Placement Warrants allocated to it in connection with the closing of the IPO, our Sponsor issued membership interests at a nominal
purchase price to the non-managing sponsor investors reflecting interests in an aggregate of 3,000,000 founder shares held by our Sponsor.
Membership interests reflecting interests in the remaining 5,250,000 founder shares held by the Sponsor are held by the Sponsor Manager
and our directors.
The Private Placement Warrants are identical to
the warrants sold in the IPO except that, so long as they are held by our Sponsor or its permitted transferees, the Private Placement
Warrants (i) may not (including the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of these warrants), subject to certain limited exceptions,
be transferred, assigned or sold by the holders until 30 days after the completion of our initial business combination, (ii) will be entitled
to registration rights and (iii) with respect to Private Placement Warrants held by Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. and/or its designees,
will not be exercisable more than five years from the IPO in accordance with FINRA Rule 5110(g)(8).
Related Party Loans
Prior to the IPO, we issued a promissory note to
the Sponsor, pursuant to which we could borrow up to an aggregate principal amount of $300,000 (the “ Promissory Note ”).
The Promissory Note was non-interest bearing and payable upon the earlier of (i) December 31, 2025 or (ii) the completion of the IPO.
No amounts were borrowed under the Promissory Note and borrowings under the Promissory Note are no longer available.
In addition, in order to finance transaction costs
in connection with an intended initial business combination, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor or certain of our officers and
directors may, but are not obligated to (except in the case of the committed Sponsor loans), loan us funds as may be required. If we complete
our initial business combination, we would repay such loaned amounts. In the event that our initial business combination does not close,
we may use a portion of the working capital held outside the Trust Account to repay such loaned amounts but no proceeds from our Trust
Account would be used to repay such loaned amounts. Up to $1,500,000 of such loans (which amount includes the committed Sponsor loans)
may be convertible into Private Placement Warrants of the post business combination entity at a price of $1.50 per warrant at
the option of the lender. Such warrants would be identical to the Private Placement Warrants. Except as set forth above, the terms of
such loans, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans. Prior to the completion of our
initial business combination, we do not expect to seek loans from parties other than the Sponsor or an affiliate of the 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.
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Item 14 . Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
The firm of WithumSmith+Brown, PC, or Withum, acts
as our independent registered public accounting firm. The following is a summary of fees paid to Withum for services rendered.
Audit Fees . During the period from June
5, 2025 (inception) through December 31, 2025, fees for our independent registered public accounting firm were approximately $130,000
for the services Withum performed in connection with our Initial Public Offering and the audit of our December 31, 2025 financial statements
included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Audit-Related Fees. During the period from
June 5, 2025 (inception) through December 31, 2025, our independent registered public accounting firm did not render assurance and related
services related to the performance of the audit or review of financial statements.
Tax Fees . During the period from June 5,
2025 (inception) through December 31, 2025, our independent registered public accounting firm did not render services to us for tax compliance,
tax advice and tax planning.
All Other Fees . During the period from June
5, 2025 (inception) through December 31, 2025, there were no fees billed for products and services provided by our independent registered
public accounting firm other than those set forth above.
Pre-Approval Policy
Our audit committee was formed upon the consummation
of our Initial Public Offering. As a result, the audit committee did not pre-approve all of the foregoing services, although any services
rendered prior to the formation of our audit committee were approved by our board of directors. Since the formation of our audit committee,
and on a going-forward basis, the audit committee has and will pre-approve all auditing services and permitted non-audit services to be
performed for us by our auditors, including the fees and terms thereof (subject to the de minimis exceptions for non-audit services described
in the Exchange Act which are approved by the audit committee prior to the completion of the audit).
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Part IV
Item 15 . Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules.
(a) The following documents are filed as part of this Form 10-K:
(1) Financial Statements:
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (PCAOB ID:100)
F-2
Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2025
F-3
Statement of Operations for the period from June 5, 2025 (Inception) through December 31, 2025
F-4
Statement of Changes in Shareholders’ Deficit for the period from June 5, 2025 (Inception) through December 31, 2025
F-5
Statement of Cash Flows for the period from June 5, 2025 (Inception) through December 31, 2025
F-6
Notes to Financial Statements
F-7 to F-20
(2) Financial Statement Schedules:
None.
(3) Exhibits
The exhibits listed in the Exhibit Index below
are filed or incorporated by reference as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Exhibit
Number
Description
1.1
Underwriting Agreement, dated August 26, 2025, by and between the Company and Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., as representative of the underwriters (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-42816), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 2, 2025).
3.1
Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-42816), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 2, 2025).
4.1
Specimen Unit Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-289225), filed with the SEC on August 19, 2025).
4.2
Specimen Ordinary Share Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-289225), filed with the SEC on August 19, 2025).
4.3
Specimen Warrant Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-289225), filed with the SEC on August 19, 2025).
4.4
Warrant Agreement, dated August 26, 2025, by and between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as warrant agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-42816), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 2, 2025).
4.5*
Description of Registrant’s Securities.
10.1
Letter Agreement, dated August 26, 2025, among the Company, its executive officers, its directors and M3-Brigade Sponsor VI LP (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-42816), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 2, 2025).
10.2
Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated August 26, 2025, between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-42816), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 2, 2025).
10.3
Registration Rights Agreement, dated August 26, 2025, among the Company, M3-Brigade Sponsor VI LP and the Holders signatory thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-42816), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 2, 2025).
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10.4
Private Placement Warrants Purchase Agreement, dated August 26, 2025, between the Company and M3-Brigade Sponsor VI LP (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-42816), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 2, 2025).
10.5
Private Placement Warrants Purchase Agreement, dated August 26, 2025, between the Company and Cantor, Fitzgerald & Co. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-42816), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 2, 2025).
10.6
Indemnity Agreement, dated August 26, 2025, between the Company and Mohsin Y. Meghji (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-42816), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 2, 2025).
10.7
Indemnity Agreement, dated August 26, 2025, between the Company and Matthew Perkal (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-42816), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 2, 2025).
10.8
Indemnity Agreement, dated August 26, 2025, between the Company and Chris Chaice (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-42816), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 2, 2025).
10.9
Indemnity Agreement, dated August 26, 2025, between the Company and Eric Greenhaus (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-42816), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 2, 2025).
10.10
Indemnity Agreement, dated August 26, 2025, between the Company and Charles Garner (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-42816), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 2, 2025).
10.11
Indemnity Agreement, dated December 2, 2025, between the Company and Frank M. Garrison, Jr. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-42816), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 5, 2025).
10.12
Indemnity Agreement, dated August 26, 2025, between the Company and Benjamin Fader-Rattner (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-42816), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 2, 2025).
10.13
Promissory Note issued to M3-Brigade Sponsor VI LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File. No. 333-289225), filed with the SEC on August 19, 2025).
10.14
Securities Subscription Agreement between the Company and M3-Brigade Sponsor VI LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File. No. 333-289225), filed with the SEC on August 19, 2025).
14.1
Code of Ethics (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 14.1 to Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File. No. 333-289225), filed with the SEC on August 19, 2025).
19.1*
Securities Trading Policy of the Company
24.1*
Power of Attorney (included in the signature page of this Annual Report)
31.1*
Certification of the Chief Executive Officer required by Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a).
31.2*
Certification of the Chief Financial Officer required by Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a).
32.1**
Certification of the Chief Executive Officer required by Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b) and 18 U.S.C. 1350.
32.2**
Certification of the Chief Financial Officer required by Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b) and 18 U.S.C. 1350.
97.1*
Policy relating to recovery of erroneously awarded compensation, as required by applicable listing standards adopted pursuant to 17 CFR 240.10D-1.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly cause this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized.
Date: March 16, 2026
M3-Brigade Acquisition VI Corp.
By:
/s/ Mohsin Y. Meghji
Name:
Mohsin Y. Meghji
Title:
Executive Chairman
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person
whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Mohsin Y. Meghji and Charles Garner, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and
all amendments to this Annual Report on Form 10-K, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as
fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, or any of them, or his or her substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and
on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Mohsin Y. Meghji
Executive Chairman
March 16, 2026
Mohsin Y. Meghji
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Matthew Perkal
Chief Executive Officer and Director
March 16, 2026
Matthew Perkal
/s/ Eric Greenhaus
Chief Financial Officer
March 16, 2026
Eric Greenhaus
(Principal Financial Officer and Accounting Officer)
/s/ Frank M. Garrison, Jr.
Director
March 16, 2026
Frank M. Garrison, Jr.
/s/ Benjamin Fader-Rattner
Director
March 16, 2026
Benjamin Fader-Rattner
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M3-BRIGADE ACQUISITION VI CORP.
INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (PCAOB ID Number 100)
F-2
Financial Statements:
Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2025
F-3
Statement of Operations for the period from June 5, 2025 (Inception) through December 31, 2025
F-4
Statement of Changes in Shareholders’ Deficit for the period from June 5, 2025 (Inception) through December 31, 2025
F-5
Statement of Cash Flows for the period from June 5, 2025 (Inception) through December 31, 2025
F-6
Notes to Financial Statements
F-7 to F-20
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Shareholders and the Board of Directors of
M3-BRIGADE ACQUISITION VI CORP.
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of M3-Brigade Acquisition VI Corp. as of December 31, 2025, the related statements of operations, changes in shareholders’ deficit and cash flows for the period from June 5, 2025 (inception) through December 31, 2025 and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “ financial statements ”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2025 and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the period June 5, 2025 (inception) through December 31, 2025 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“ PCAOB ”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/ WithumSmith+Brown, PC
We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2025.
New York, New York
March 16, 2026
PCAOB ID Number 100
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M3-BRIGADE ACQUISITION VI CORP.
BALANCE SHEET
DECEMBER 31, 2025
Assets:
Current assets
Cash $ 875,408
Prepaid expenses 168,042
Total current assets 1,043,450
Long-term prepaid expenses 108,333
Investments held in Trust Account 349,608,438
Total Assets $ 350,760,221
Liabilities, Class A Ordinary Shares Subject to Possible Redemption, and Shareholders’ Deficit
Current liabilities
Accrued offering costs $ 155,000
Accrued expenses 127,470
Total current liabilities 282,470
Deferred underwriting fee 16,425,000
Total Liabilities 16,707,470
Commitments and Contingencies (Note 6)
Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption, $ 0.0001 par value; 34,500,000 shares at redemption value of $ 10.13 per share 349,608,438
Shareholders’ Deficit
Preferred shares, $ 0.0001 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized; none issued or outstanding —
Class A ordinary shares, $ 0.0001 par value; 200,000,000 shares authorized; none issued or outstanding (excluding 34,500,000 shares subject to possible redemption) —
Class B ordinary shares, $ 0.0001 par value; 20,000,000 shares authorized; 8,625,000 shares issued and outstanding (1) 863
Additional paid-in capital —
Accumulated deficit ( 15,556,550 )
Total Shareholders’ Deficit ( 15,555,687 )
Total Liabilities, Class A Ordinary Shares Subject to Possible Redemption, and Shareholders’ Deficit $ 350,760,221
(1) Includes 1,125,000 Class B ordinary shares that were subject to forfeiture if the over-allotment option was not exercised in full or in part by the underwriters. Subsequently, on August 28, 2025, the underwriters exercised their over-allotment option in full as part of the closing of the Initial Public Offering. As such, the 1,125,000 Class B ordinary shares are no longer subject to forfeiture (Note 5).
The accompanying notes are an integral part of
the financial statements.
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M3-BRIGADE ACQUISITION VI CORP.
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE PERIOD FROM JUNE 5, 2025 (INCEPTION) THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2025
General and administrative costs $ 431,853
Loss from operations ( 431,853 )
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE)
Share-based compensation expense ( 26,102 )
Income earned on investments held in Trust Account 4,608,438
Total other income, net 4,582,336
NET INCOME $ 4,150,483
Basic weighted average Class A Ordinary Shares outstanding 20,700,000
Basic and diluted net income per share $ 0.14
Basic weighted average Class B Ordinary Shares outstanding 8,139,286
Basic net income per share (1) $ 0.14
Diluted weighted average Class B Ordinary Shares outstanding 8,485,714
Diluted and diluted net income per share (1) $ 0.14
(1) Excludes 1,125,000 Class B ordinary shares that were subject to forfeiture if the over-allotment option was not exercised in full or in part by the underwriters. Subsequently, on August 28, 2025, the underwriters exercised their over-allotment option in full as part of the closing of the Initial Public Offering. As such, the 1,125,000 Class B ordinary shares are no longer subject to forfeiture (Note 5).
The accompanying notes are an integral
part of the financial statements.
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M3-BRIGADE ACQUISITION VI CORP.
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
FOR THE PERIOD FROM JUNE 5, 2025 (INCEPTION) THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2025
Class A
Ordinary Shares
Class B
Ordinary Shares
Additional
Paid-in
Accumulated
Total
Shareholders’
Shares
Amount
Shares
Amount
Capital
Deficit
Deficit
Balance — June 5, 2025 (inception) — $ — — $ — $ — $ — $ —
Class B ordinary shares issued to Sponsor (1) — — 8,625,000 863 24,137 — 25,000
Accretion of Class A ordinary shares subject to redemption to redemption amount — — — — ( 12,926,222 ) ( 19,707,033 ) ( 32,633,255 )
Sale of 5,333,333 Private Placement Warrants — — — — 8,000,000 — 8,000,000
Fair value of Public Warrants at issuance — — — — 5,244,000 — 5,244,000
Allocated value of transaction costs to Class A shares — — — — ( 368,017 ) — ( 368,017 )
Share-based compensation expense 26,102 26,102
Net income — — — — — 4,150,483 4,150,483
Balance – December 31, 2025 — $ — 8,625,000 $ 863 $ — $ ( 15,556,550 ) $ ( 15,555,687 )
(1) Includes 1,125,000 Class B ordinary shares that were subject to forfeiture if the over-allotment option was not exercised in full or in part by the underwriters. Subsequently, on August 28, 2025, the underwriters exercised their over-allotment option in full as part of the closing of the Initial Public Offering. As such, the 1,125,000 Class B ordinary shares are no longer subject to forfeiture (Note 5).
The accompanying notes are an integral
part of the financial statements.
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M3-BRIGADE ACQUISITION VI CORP.
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE PERIOD FROM JUNE 5, 2025 (INCEPTION) THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2025
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
Net income $ 4,150,483
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash used in operating activities:
Payment of general and administrative costs through advances from related party 32,780
Income earned on investments held in Trust Account ( 4,608,438 )
Share-based compensation expense 26,102
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Prepaid expenses ( 68,042 )
Long-term prepaid insurance expenses ( 108,333 )
Accrued expenses 127,470
Net cash used in operating activities ( 447,978 )
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
Investment of cash into Trust Account ( 345,000,000 )
Net cash used in investing activities ( 345,000,000 )
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
Proceeds from sale of Units, net of underwriting discounts paid 339,000,000
Proceeds from sale of Private Placement Warrants 8,000,000
Repayment of advances from related party ( 257,968 )
Payment of offering costs ( 418,646 )
Net cash provided by financing activities 346,323,386
Net Change in Cash 875,408
Cash – Beginning of period —
Cash – End of period $ 875,408
Noncash investing and financing activities:
Offering costs included in accrued offering costs $ 494,673
Prepaid expenses paid by Sponsor in exchange for issuance of Class B ordinary shares $ 25,000
Prepaid expenses paid by related party $ 75,000
Deferred offering costs paid by related party $ 150,188
Deferred underwriting fee payable $ 16,425,000
The accompanying notes are an integral part of
the financial statements.
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M3 BRIGADE ACQUISITION VI CORP.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2025
Note 1 — Organization and Plan of Business Operations
M3-Brigade Acquisition VI Corp. (the “Company”) is a blank check company incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted corporation on June 5, 2025 . The Company was incorporated for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses (the “Business Combination”). The Company has not selected any specific Business Combination target and the Company has not, nor has anyone on its behalf, engaged in any substantive discussions, directly or indirectly, with any Business Combination target with respect to an initial Business Combination with the Company.
As of December 31, 2025, the Company had not commenced any operations. All activity for the period from June 5, 2025 (inception) through December 31, 2025 relates to the Company’s formation and the initial public offering (the “Initial Public Offering”), which is described below. The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of its initial Business Combination, at the earliest. The Company will generate non-operating income in the form of interest income from the investment of the proceeds derived from the Initial Public Offering. The Company has selected December 31 as its fiscal year end.
The registration statement for the Company’s Initial Public Offering was declared effective on August 26, 2025. On August 28, 2025, the Company consummated the Initial Public Offering of 34,500,000 units (the “Units” and, with respect to the Class A ordinary shares, par value $ 0.0001 per share (the “Class A ordinary shares”) included in the Units, the “Public Shares”), which includes the full exercise by the underwriters of their over-allotment option in the amount of 4,500,000 Units, at $ 10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $ 345,000,000 . Each Unit consists of one Class A ordinary share and one-third of one redeemable warrant (each, a “Public Warrant”).
Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the sale of an aggregate of 5,333,333 warrants (the “Private Placement Warrants” and together with the Public Warrants, the “Warrants”) at a price of $ 1.50 per Private Placement Warrant, in a private placement to the Company’s sponsor, M3-Brigade Sponsor VI LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”), and Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. (“Cantor”), the representative of the underwriters, generating gross proceeds of $ 8,000,000 . Each whole Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one Class A ordinary share at a price of $ 11.50 per share, subject to adjustment. Of those 5,333,333 Private Placement Warrants, the Sponsor purchased 4,333,333 Private Placement Warrants and Cantor purchased 1,000,000 Private Placement Warrants.
Transaction costs amounted to $ 23,148,834 , consisting of $ 6,000,000 of cash underwriting fee, $ 16,425,000 of deferred underwriting fee, and $ 723,834 of other offering costs.
The Company’s management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement Warrants, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be generally applied toward consummating a Business Combination (less deferred underwriting commissions).
The Company’s Business Combination must be with one or more target businesses that together have a fair market value equal to at least 80 % of the net balance in the Trust Account (as defined below) (excluding the amount of deferred underwriting discounts held and taxes payable on the interest earned on the Trust Account) at the time of the signing an agreement to enter into a Business Combination. However, the Company will only complete a Business Combination if the post-Business Combination company owns or acquires 50 % or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target sufficient for it not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”). There is no assurance that the Company will be able to successfully effect a Business Combination.
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Following the closing of the Initial Public Offering, on August 28, 2025, an amount of $ 345,000,000 ($ 10.00 per Unit) from the net proceeds of the sale of the Units and the Private Placement Warrants was placed in the trust account (the “Trust Account”), located in the United States, with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee, and may only be held as cash or invested in (i) 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 or (ii) an interest bearing bank demand deposit account or other accounts at a bank. Except with respect to interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account that may be released to the Company to pay its taxes, if any, the proceeds from the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants will not be released from the Trust Account until the earliest of (i) the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination, (ii) the redemption of the Company’s Public Shares if the Company is unable to complete the initial Business Combination within 24 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering or by such earlier liquidation date as the board of directors may approve (the “Completion Window”), subject to applicable law, or (iii) the redemption of the Company’s Public Shares properly submitted in connection with a shareholder vote to amend the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to (A) modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to allow redemption in connection with the initial Business Combination or to redeem 100 % of the Company’s Public Shares if the Company has not consummated 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. The proceeds deposited in the Trust Account could become subject to the claims of the Company’s creditors, if any, which could have priority over the claims of the Company’s public shareholders.
The Company will provide the Company’s public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Public Shares upon the completion of the initial Business Combination either (i) in connection with a general meeting called to approve the initial Business Combination or (ii) without a shareholder vote by means of a tender offer. The decision as to whether the Company will seek shareholder approval of a proposed initial Business Combination or conduct a tender offer will be made by the Company, solely in its discretion. The public shareholders will be entitled to redeem their shares at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account calculated as of two business days prior to the consummation of the initial Business Combination, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account (less taxes payable), divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares, subject to the limitations. The amount initially placed in the Trust Account upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering was $ 10.00 per public share.
The ordinary shares subject to possible redemption were recorded at a redemption value and classified as temporary equity upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering, in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480, “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.”
The Company will have only the duration of the Completion Window to complete the initial Business Combination. However, if the Company is unable to complete its initial Business Combination within the Completion Window, the Company will cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up and, as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, 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 (less taxes payable and up to $ 100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will constitute full and complete payment for the Public Shares and completely extinguish public shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidation or other distributions, if any), subject to the Company’s obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and subject to the other requirements of applicable law.
The Sponsor, officers and directors have entered into a letter agreement with the Company, pursuant to which they have agreed to (i) waive their redemption rights with respect to their Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the “founder shares” or “Class B ordinary shares”) and Public Shares in connection with the completion of the initial Business Combination; (ii) waive their redemption rights with respect to their founder shares and Public Shares in connection with a shareholder vote to approve an amendment to the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (A) to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to allow redemption in connection with the initial Business Combination or to redeem 100 % of the Public Shares if the Company has not consummated 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; (iii) waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to their founder shares if the Company fails to complete the initial Business Combination within the Completion Window, although they will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to any Public Shares they hold if the Company fails to complete the initial Business Combination within the Completion Window and to liquidating distributions from assets outside the Trust Account; and (iv) vote any founder shares held by them and any Public Shares purchased during or after the Initial Public Offering (including in open market and privately negotiated transactions) in favor of the initial Business Combination.
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The Sponsor has agreed that it will be liable to the Company if and to the extent any claims by a third party for services rendered or products sold to the Company (except for the Company’s independent auditors), or a prospective target business with which the Company has entered into a written letter of intent, confidentiality or other similar agreement or Business Combination agreement (except for the Company’s independent auditors), 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 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 the Company’s indemnity of the underwriters of the Initial Public Offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). However, the Company has not asked the Sponsor to reserve for such indemnification obligations, nor has the Company independently verified whether the Sponsor has sufficient funds to satisfy its indemnity obligations and the Company believes that the Sponsor’s only assets are securities of the Company. Therefore, the Company cannot assure that the Sponsor would be able to satisfy those obligations.
Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying financial statements are presented in U.S. dollars and have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) and pursuant to the accounting and disclosure rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).
Liquidity and Capital Resources
The Company’s liquidity needs up to December 31, 2025 had been satisfied through the advances from related parties. As of December 31, 2025, the Company had cash of $ 875,408 and working capital of $ 760,980 .
In order to fund working capital deficiencies or finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor, or certain of the Company’s officers and directors may, but is not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required. If the Company completes a Business Combination, the Company would repay such loaned amounts at that time. Up to $ 1,500,000 of such Working Capital Loans (as defined in Note 5) may be converted into private placement warrants upon consummation of the Business Combination at a price of $ 1.50 per warrant. The warrants would be identical to the Private Placement Warrants. As of December 31, 2025, the Company had no borrowings under the Working Capital Loans.
In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with ASC 205-40, “Presentation of Financial Statements - Going Concern,” the Company does not believe it will need to raise additional funds in order to meet the expenditures required for operating its business. However, if the estimate of the costs of identifying a target business, undertaking in-depth due diligence and negotiating a Business Combination are less than the actual amount necessary to do so, the Company may have insufficient funds available to operate its business prior to the initial Business Combination. The Company has the Completion Window to complete the initial Business Combination. Management has determined that the Company has sufficient funds to finance the working capital needs of the Company within one year from the date of issuance of the condensed financial statements.
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Emerging Growth Company Status
The Company is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act, as modified by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”), and it 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 attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in its 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.
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 Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) 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 election to opt out is irrevocable. The Company has 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, the Company, 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 the Company’s 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.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of expenses during the reporting period.
Making estimates requires management to exercise significant judgment. It is at least reasonably possible that the estimate of the effect of a condition, situation or set of circumstances that existed at the date of the financial statements, which management considered in formulating its estimate, could change in the near term due to one or more future confirming events. Accordingly, the actual results could differ significantly from those estimates.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company considers all short-term investments with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. The Company had $ 875,408 in cash and no cash equivalents as of December 31, 2025.
Investments Held in Trust Account
As of December 31, 2025, the assets held in the Trust Account, amounting to $ 349,608,438 , were held in mutual funds invested in U.S. treasuries.
Concentration of Credit Risk
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist of a cash account in a financial institution, which, at times, may exceed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation coverage limit of $ 250,000 . Any loss incurred or a lack of access to such funds could have a significant adverse impact on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows.
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Offering Costs
The Company complies with the requirements of the ASC 340-10-S99 and SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic 5A, “Expenses of Offering.” Deferred offering costs consist principally of professional and registration fees that are related to the Initial Public Offering. FASB ASC 470-20, “Debt with Conversion and Other Options,” addresses the allocation of proceeds from the issuance of convertible debt into its equity and debt components. The Company applies this guidance to allocate Initial Public Offering proceeds from the Units between Class A ordinary shares and warrants, using the residual method by allocating Initial Public Offering proceeds first to assigned value of the warrants and then to the Class A ordinary shares. Offering costs allocated to the Class A ordinary shares were charged to temporary equity and offering costs allocated to the Public Warrants and Private Placement Warrants were charged to shareholders’ deficit as the Public Warrants and Private Placement Warrants, after management’s evaluation, were accounted for under equity treatment.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The fair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under FASB ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures,” approximates the carrying amounts represented in the condensed balance sheet, primarily due to its short-term nature.
Income Taxes
The Company follows the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes under ASC 740, “Income Taxes” (“ASC 740”). Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the estimated future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statements carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that included the enactment date. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized.
The Company accounts for income taxes under ASC 740, which prescribes a recognition threshold and a measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. For those benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be more likely than not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. The Company’s management determined that the Cayman Islands is the Company’s major tax jurisdiction. The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense. As of December 31, 2025, there were no unrecognized tax benefits and no amounts accrued for interest and penalties. The Company is currently not aware of any issues under review that could result in significant payments, accruals or material deviation from its position. The Company’s management does not expect that the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits will materially change over the next twelve months.
The Company is considered to be an exempted Cayman Islands company with no connection to any other taxable jurisdiction and is presently not subject to income taxes or income tax filing requirements in the Cayman Islands or the United States. As such, the Company’s tax provision was zero for the periods presented.
Warrant Instruments
The Company accounts for the Public Warrants and Private Placement Warrants issued in connection with the Initial Public Offering and the private placement, respectively, in accordance with the guidance contained in FASB ASC Topic 815, “Derivatives and Hedging”. Accordingly, the Company evaluated and classifies the warrant instruments under equity treatment at their assigned value.
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Net Income per Ordinary Share
The Company complies with accounting and disclosure requirements of FASB ASC Topic 260, “Earnings Per Share”. Net income per Class A ordinary share and Class B ordinary share (collectively, the “Ordinary Shares”) is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of Ordinary Shares outstanding for the period, excluding Ordinary Shares subject to forfeiture. Accretion associated with the redeemable Class A Ordinary Shares is excluded from income per ordinary share as the redemption value approximates fair value.
For the period from June 5, 2025 (inception) through December 31, 2025, weighted average shares were reduced for the effect of an aggregate of 1,125,000 Ordinary Shares that would have been subject to forfeiture had the over-allotment option not been exercised by the underwriters (see Note 7).
The following tables reflect the calculation of basic and diluted net income per Ordinary Share (in dollars, except per share amounts):
For the Period from
June 5, 2025
(Inception) Through
December 31, 2025
Basic net income per ordinary share Class A Class B
Basic net income per ordinary share
Numerator:
Allocation of net income, as adjusted $ 2,979,096 $ 1,171,387
Denominator:
Basic weighted average ordinary shares outstanding 20,700,000 8,139,286
Basic net income per ordinary share $ 0.14 $ 0.14
For the Period from
June 5, 2025
(Inception) Through
December 31, 2025
Diluted net income per ordinary share Class A Class B
Diluted net income per ordinary share
Numerator:
Allocation of net income, as adjusted $ 2,929,239 $ 1,221,244
Denominator:
Diluted weighted average ordinary shares outstanding 20,700,000 8,485,714
Diluted income loss per ordinary share $ 0.14 $ 0.14
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Class A Ordinary Shares Subject to Possible Redemption
The Public Shares contain a redemption feature which allows for the redemption of such Public Shares in connection with the Company’s liquidation, or if there is a shareholder vote or tender offer in connection with the Company’s initial Business Combination. In accordance with ASC 480-10-S99, the Company classifies Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption outside of permanent equity as the redemption provisions are not solely within the control of the Company. The Company recognizes changes in redemption value immediately as they occur and will adjust the carrying value of redeemable shares to equal the redemption value at the end of each reporting period. Immediately upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company recognized the accretion from initial book value to redemption value. The change in the carrying value of redeemable shares will result in charges against additional paid-in capital (to the extent available) and accumulated deficit. Accordingly, as of December 31, 2025, Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption are presented at redemption value as temporary equity, outside of the shareholders’ deficit section of the Company’s condensed balance sheet. As of December 31, 2025, the Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption reflected in the condensed balance sheet are reconciled in the following table:
Gross proceeds $ 345,000,000
Less:
Proceeds allocated to Public Warrants ( 5,244,000 )
Public Shares issuance costs ( 22,780,817 )
Plus:
Remeasurement of carrying value to redemption value 32,633,255
Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption, December 31, 2025 $ 349,608,438
Share-Based Payment Arrangements
The Company accounts for stock awards in accordance with ASC 718, “Compensation—Stock Compensation,” which requires that all equity awards be accounted for at their “fair value.” Fair value is measured on the grant date and is equal to the underlying value of the stock.
Costs equal to these fair values are recognized ratably over the requisite service period based on the number of awards that are expected to vest, in the period of grant for awards that vest immediately and have no future service condition, or in the period the awards vest immediately after meeting a performance condition becomes probable (i.e., the occurrence of a Business Combination). For awards that vest over time, cumulative adjustments in later periods are recorded to the extent actual forfeitures differ from the Company’s initial estimates; previously recognized compensation cost is reversed if the service or performance conditions are not satisfied and the award is forfeited.
On December 2, 2025, the Sponsor transferred 15,000 founder shares to a newly appointed independent director as compensation for board service to the Company. This transfer is within the scope of ASC 718. In accordance with ASC 718, equity-classified stock-based awards are measured at fair value on the grant date. The fair value of the 15,000 founder shares granted on December 2, 2025 was $ 26,102 , or $ 1.74 per share.
Derivative Financial Instruments
The Company evaluates its financial instruments to determine if such instruments are derivatives or contain features that qualify as embedded derivatives in accordance with ASC Topic 815, “Derivatives and Hedging.” For derivative financial instruments that are accounted for as liabilities, the derivative instrument is initially recorded at its fair value on the grant date and is then re-valued at each reporting date, with changes in the fair value reported in the condensed statements of operations. The classification of derivative instruments, including whether such instruments should be recorded as liabilities or as equity, is evaluated at the end of each reporting period. Derivative liabilities are classified in the balance sheet as current or non-current based on whether or not net cash settlement or conversion of the instrument could be required within 12 months of the balance sheet date. The underwriters’ over-allotment option is deemed to be a freestanding financial instrument indexed on the contingently redeemable shares and will be accounted for as a liability pursuant to ASC 480 if not fully exercised at the time of the Initial Public Offering. Subsequently on August 28, 2025, the Company consummated the Initial Public Offering of 34,500,000 Units, which includes the full exercise by the underwriters of their over-allotment option in the amount of 4,500,000 Units, and as such no derivative financial instrument was recorded.
Recently Issued Accounting Standards
Management does not believe that any recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the Company’s condensed financial statements.
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Note 3 — Initial Public Offering
In the Initial Public Offering on August 28, 2025, the Company sold 34,500,000 Units, which includes the full exercise by the underwriters of their over-allotment option in the amount of 4,500,000 Units, at a purchase price of $ 10.00 per Unit. Each Unit consists of one Public Share, and one-third of one redeemable Public Warrant. Each whole Public Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one Class A ordinary share at a price of $ 11.50 per share, subject to adjustment. Each Public Warrant will become exercisable 30 days after the completion of the initial Business Combination and will expire five years after the completion of the initial Business Combination, or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.
Public Warrants
As of December 31, 2025, there were 11,500,000 Public Warrants outstanding. Each whole Public Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one Class A ordinary share at a price of $ 11.50 per share, subject to adjustment as discussed herein. The Public Warrants cannot be exercised until 30 days after the completion of the initial Business Combination, and will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, five years after the completion of the initial Business Combination or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.
The Company will not be obligated to deliver any Class A ordinary shares pursuant to the exercise of a Public Warrant and will have no obligation to settle such Public Warrant exercise unless a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to the Class A ordinary shares underlying the Public Warrants is then effective and a prospectus relating thereto is current. No Public Warrant will be exercisable and the Company will not be obligated to issue a Class A ordinary share upon exercise of a Public Warrant unless the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon such Public Warrant exercise has been registered, qualified or deemed to be exempt under the securities laws of the state of residence of the registered holder of the Public Warrants. In the event that the conditions in the two immediately preceding sentences are not satisfied with respect to a Public Warrant, the holder of such Public Warrant will not be entitled to exercise such Public Warrant and such Public Warrant may have no value and expire worthless. In no event will the Company be required to net cash settle any Public Warrant. In the event that a registration statement is not effective for the exercised Public Warrant, the purchaser of a unit containing such Public Warrant will have paid the full purchase price for the unit solely for the Class A ordinary shares underlying such unit.
Under the terms of the warrant agreement, the Company has agreed that, as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 20 business days, after the closing of its Business Combination, it will use commercially reasonable efforts to file with the SEC a post-effective amendment to the registration statement for the 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 Public Warrants and thereafter will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the same to become effective within 60 business days following the Company’s initial Business Combination and to maintain a current prospectus relating to the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the Public Warrants until the expiration of the Public Warrants in accordance with the provisions of the warrant agreement. If a registration statement covering the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the Public Warrants is not effective by the sixtieth (60th) business day after the closing of the initial Business Combination, Public Warrant holders may, until such time as there is an effective registration statement and during any period when the Company will have failed to maintain an effective registration statement, exercise Public Warrants on a “cashless basis” in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act or another exemption. Notwithstanding the above, if 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 a “covered security” under Section 18(b)(1) of the Securities Act, the Company may, at its option, require holders of Public Warrants who exercise their warrants to do so on a “cashless basis” in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act and, in the event the Company so elects, the Company will not be required to file or maintain in effect a registration statement, and in the event the Company does not so elect, the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify the shares under applicable blue sky laws to the extent an exemption is not available.
If the holders exercise their Public Warrants on a cashless basis, they 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 Public Warrants, multiplied by the excess of the “fair market value” of the Class A ordinary shares over the exercise price of the Public 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.
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Redemption of Warrants When the Price per Class A Ordinary Share Equals or Exceeds $ 18.00
The Company may redeem the outstanding Public Warrants:
● in whole and not in part;
● at a price of $ 0.01 per Public Warrant;
● upon a minimum of 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption (the “ 30 -day redemption period”); and
● if, and only if, the last reported sale price (the “closing price”) of the Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $ 18.00 per share for any 20 trading days within a 30 -trading day period commencing at least 150 days after completion of the initial Business Combination and ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which the Company sends to the notice of redemption to the Public Warrant holders.
Additionally, if the number of outstanding Class A ordinary shares is increased by a share capitalization payable in Class A ordinary shares, or by a subdivision of ordinary shares or other similar event, then, on the effective date of such share capitalization, subdivision or similar event, the number of Class A ordinary shares issuable on exercise of each Public Warrant will be increased in proportion to such increase in the outstanding ordinary shares. A rights offering made to all or substantially all holders of ordinary shares entitling holders to purchase Class A ordinary shares at a price less than the fair market value will be deemed a share capitalization of a number of Class A ordinary shares equal to the product of (i) the number of Class A ordinary shares actually sold in such rights offering (or issuable under any other equity securities sold in such rights offering that are convertible into or exercisable for Class A ordinary shares) and (ii) the quotient of (x) the price per class A ordinary share paid in such rights offering and (y) the fair market value. For these purposes (i) if the rights offering is for securities convertible into or exercisable for Class A ordinary shares, in determining the price payable for Class A ordinary shares, there will be taken into account any consideration received for such rights, as well as any additional amount payable upon exercise or conversion and (ii) fair market value means the volume weighted average price of Class A ordinary shares as reported during the ten (10) trading day period ending on the trading day prior to the first date on which the Class A ordinary shares trade on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market, regular way, without the right to receive such rights.
Note 4 — Private Placement
Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Sponsor and Cantor purchased an aggregate of 5,333,333 Private Placement Warrants, at a price of $ 1.50 per warrant, or $ 8,000,000 in the aggregate in a private placement. Each whole warrant entitles the registered holder to purchase one Class A ordinary share at a price of $ 11.50 per share, subject to adjustment. Of those 5,333,333 Private Placement Warrants, the Sponsor purchased 4,333,333 Private Placement Warrants and Cantor purchased 1,000,000 Private Placement Warrants.
As of December 31, 2025, there were 5,333,333 Private Placement Warrants outstanding. The Private Placement Warrants are identical to the Public Warrants sold in the Initial Public Offering except that, so long as they are held by the Sponsor, Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. or their permitted transferees, the Private Placement Warrants (i) may not (including the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of these Private Placement Warrants), subject to certain limited exceptions, be transferred, assigned or sold by the holders until 30 days after the completion of the initial Business Combination, (ii) will be entitled to registration rights and (iii) with respect to Private Placement Warrants held by Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. and/or its designees, will not be exercisable more than five years from the date of the Initial Public Offering in accordance with Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Rule 5110(g)(8).
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The Sponsor, officers and directors have entered into a letter agreement with the Company, pursuant to which they have agreed to (i) waive their redemption rights with respect to their founder shares and Public Shares in connection with the completion of the initial Business Combination; (ii) waive their redemption rights with respect to their founder shares and Public Shares in connection with a shareholder vote to approve an amendment to the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (A) to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to allow redemption in connection with the initial Business Combination or to redeem 100 % of the Public Shares if the Company has not consummated 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; (iii) waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to their founder shares if the Company fails to complete the initial Business Combination within the Completion Window, although they will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to any Public Shares they hold if the Company fails to complete the initial Business Combination within the Completion Window and to liquidating distributions from assets outside the Trust Account; and (iv) vote any founder shares held by them and any Public Shares purchased during or after the Initial Public Offering (including in open market and privately negotiated transactions) in favor of the initial Business Combination.
Note 5 — Related Party Transactions
Founder Shares
On June 6, 2025, the Sponsor made a capital contribution of $ 25,000 , or approximately $ 0.003 per share, to cover certain of the Company’s expenses, for which the Company issued 8,625,000 founder shares to the Sponsor. Up to 1,125,000 of the founder shares were subject to forfeiture by the Sponsor for no consideration depending on the extent to which the underwriters’ over-allotment was exercised. On August 28, 2025, the underwriters exercised their over-allotment option in full as part of the closing of the Initial Public Offering. As such, the 1,125,000 founder shares are no longer subject to forfeiture.
On August 28, 2025, the Sponsor granted membership interests equivalent to an aggregate of 15,000 founder shares to a director of the Company in exchange for his services through the Company’s initial Business Combination. The founder shares, represented by such membership interests, will remain with the Sponsor if the holder of such membership interests is no longer serving the Company prior to the initial Business Combination. The membership interest assignment of the founder shares to the holders of such interests are in the scope of FASB ASC Topic 718, “Compensation-Stock Compensation” (“ASC 718”). Under ASC 718, stock-based compensation associated with equity-classified awards is measured at fair value upon the assignment date. The total fair value of the 15,000 founder shares represented by such membership interests assigned to the director on August 28, 2025 is $ 50,745 or $ 3.383 per share. The Company established the initial fair value founder shares on August 28, 2025, the date of the grant agreement, using a calculation prepared by a third-party valuation team which takes into consideration the discount for lack of marketability of 1.85 %, risk-free rate of 3.65 %, and volatility of 7.5 %. The founder shares are classified as Level 3 at the measurement date due to the use of unobservable inputs, and other risk factors. The membership interests were assigned subject to a performance condition (i.e., providing services through Business Combination). Stock-based compensation would be recognized at the date a Business Combination is considered probable (i.e., upon consummation of a Business Combination) in an amount equal to the number of membership interests that ultimately vest times the assignment date fair value per share (unless subsequently modified) less the amount initially received for the assignment of the membership interests. As of December 31, 2025, the Company determined that the initial Business Combination is not considered probable and therefore no compensation expense has been recognized.
On December 2, 2025, the Sponsor transferred 15,000 founder shares to a newly appointed independent director as compensation for board service to the Company. This transfer is within the scope of ASC 718. In accordance with ASC 718, equity-classified stock-based awards are measured at fair value on the grant date. The fair value of the 15,000 founder shares granted on December 2, 2025 was $ 26,102 , or $ 1.74 per share.
The founder shares were not subject to any service or performance conditions. Accordingly, the full grant-date fair value of $ 26,102 was recognized as share-based compensation expense on December 2, 2025. The Company determined the fair value of the founder shares using a valuation prepared by a third-party specialist, which incorporated a discount for lack of marketability of 3.70 %, a risk-free rate of 3.53 %, and expected volatility of 10.20 %. The founder shares were classified as Level 3 at the measurement date due to the use of significant unobservable inputs and other risk assumptions.
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The Company’s initial shareholders have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of their founder shares and any Class A ordinary shares issued upon conversion thereof until the earlier to occur of (i) one year after the completion of the initial Business Combination or (ii) the date on which the Company completes a liquidation, merger, share exchange or other similar transaction after the initial Business Combination that results in all of the Company’s shareholders having the right to exchange their Class A ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property. Any permitted transferees will be subject to the same restrictions and other agreements of the Company’s initial shareholders with respect to any founder shares (the “Lock-up”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (1) the closing price of the Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $ 12.00 per share (as adjusted for share subdivisions, share capitalizations, share consolidations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30 -trading day period commencing at least 150 days after the initial Business Combination or (2) if the Company consummates a transaction after the initial Business Combination which results in the Company’s shareholders having the right to exchange their shares for cash, securities or other property, the founder shares will be released from the Lock-up.
Promissory Note — Related Party
The Sponsor had agreed to loan the Company an aggregate of up to $ 300,000 to be used for a portion of the expenses of the Initial Public Offering. The loan was non-interest bearing, unsecured and due at the earlier of December 31, 2025 or the closing of the Initial Public Offering. The Company had no borrowings under the promissory note as of December 31, 2025. Borrowings under the promissory note are no longer available.
Related Party Loans
In order to finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor or certain of the Company’s officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required (the “Working Capital Loans”). If the Company completes a Business Combination, the Company would repay the Working Capital Loans. In the event that a Business Combination does not close, the Company may use amounts held outside the Trust Account to repay the Working Capital Loans but no proceeds from the Trust Account would be used to repay the Working Capital Loans. Up to $ 1,500,000 of such Working Capital Loans may be convertible into private placement warrants of the post Business Combination entity at a price of $ 1.50 per warrant at the option of the lender. The warrants would be identical to the Private Placement Warrants. As of December 31, 2025, no such Working Capital Loans were outstanding.
Note 6 — Commitments and Contingencies
Registration Rights
The holders of the founder shares, Private Placement Warrants and the Class A ordinary shares underlying the Private Placement Warrants and warrants that may be issued upon conversion of the Working Capital Loans will have registration rights to require the Company to register a sale of any of the Company’s securities held by them and any other securities of the Company acquired by them prior to the consummation of the initial Business Combination pursuant to a registration rights agreement, dated as of August 26, 2025. The holders of these securities are entitled to make up to three demands, excluding short form demands, that the Company registers such securities. In addition, the holders have certain piggyback registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to the completion of the initial Business Combination. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.
Risks and Uncertainties
The Company’s ability to complete an initial Business Combination may be adversely affected by various factors, many of which are beyond the Company’s control. The Company’s ability to consummate an initial Business Combination could be impacted by, among other things, changes in laws or regulations, downturns in the financial markets or in economic conditions, inflation, fluctuations in interest rates, increases in tariffs, supply chain disruptions, declines in consumer confidence and spending, public health considerations, and geopolitical instability, such as the military conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East. The Company cannot at this time predict the likelihood of one or more of the above events, their duration or magnitude or the extent to which they may negatively impact the Company’s ability to complete an initial Business Combination.
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Underwriters’ Agreement
The underwriters had a 45 -day option from the date of the Initial Public Offering to purchase up to an additional 4,500,000 units to cover over-allotments, if any. On August 28, 2025, the underwriters elected to fully exercise their over-allotment option to purchase an additional 4,500,000 Units at a price of $ 10.00 per Unit.
The underwriters were entitled to a cash underwriting discount of $ 6,000,000 ( 2.0 % of the gross proceeds of the Units offered in the Initial Public Offering, excluding any proceeds from Units sold pursuant to the underwriters’ over-allotment option), which was paid upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering. Additionally, the underwriters are entitled to a deferred underwriting discount of 4.50 % of the gross proceeds of the Initial Public Offering held in the Trust Account other than those sold pursuant to the underwriters’ over-allotment option and 6.50 % of the gross proceeds sold pursuant to the underwriters’ over-allotment option, $ 16,425,000 in the aggregate, payable upon the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement.
Note 7 — Shareholders’ Deficit
Preferred Shares — The Company is authorized to issue a total of 1,000,000 preferred shares at par value of $ 0.0001 each. As of December 31, 2025, there were no preferred shares issued or outstanding.
Class A Ordinary Shares — The Company is authorized to issue a total of 200,000,000 Class A ordinary shares at par value of $ 0.0001 each. As of December 31, 2025, there were no Class A ordinary shares issued or outstanding, excluding 34,500,000 shares subject to possible redemption.
Class B Ordinary Shares — The Company is authorized to issue a total of 20,000,000 Class B ordinary shares at par value of $ 0.0001 each. As of December 31, 2025, there were 8,625,000 Class B ordinary shares issued and outstanding.
The founder shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares in connection with the consummation of the initial Business Combination or earlier at the option of the holder on a one-for-one basis , subject to adjustment for share subdivisions, share capitalizations, share consolidations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like, and subject to further adjustment as provided herein. In the case that additional Class A ordinary shares or equity-linked securities are issued or deemed issued in connection with the initial Business Combination, the number of Class A ordinary shares issuable upon conversion of all founder shares will equal, in the aggregate, 20 % of the total number of Class A ordinary shares outstanding after such conversion (after giving effect to any redemptions of Class A ordinary shares by public shareholders), including the total number of Class A ordinary shares issued, or deemed issued or issuable upon conversion or exercise of any equity-linked securities or rights issued or deemed issued, by the Company in connection with or in relation to the consummation of the initial Business Combination, excluding any Class A ordinary shares or equity-linked securities exercisable for or convertible into Class A ordinary shares issued, or to be issued, to any seller in the initial Business Combination and any Private Placement Warrants issued to the Sponsor, officers or directors upon conversion of the Working Capital Loans; provided that such conversion of founder shares will never occur on a less than one-for-one basis.
Holders of record of the Company’s Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares are entitled to one vote for each share held on all matters to be voted on by shareholders.
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Note 8 — Fair Value Measurements
Fair value is defined as the price that would be received for sale of an asset or paid for transfer of a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. U.S. GAAP establishes a three-tier fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). These tiers include:
● Level 1, defined as observable inputs such as quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical instruments in active markets;
● Level 2, defined as inputs other than quoted prices in active markets that are either directly or indirectly observable such as quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets or quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active; and
● Level 3, defined as unobservable inputs in which little or no market data exists, therefore requiring an entity to develop its own assumptions, such as valuations derived from valuation techniques in which one or more significant inputs or significant value drivers are unobservable. In some circumstances, the inputs used to measure fair value might be categorized within different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In those instances, the fair value measurement is categorized in its entirety in the fair value hierarchy based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement.
The following table presents information about the Company’s assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2025 and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation techniques that the Company utilized to determine such fair value. There were no transfers between levels of fair value hierarchy for the period from June 5, 2025 (inception) through December 31, 2025.
December 31, 2025
Description Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets
(Level 1) Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2) Significant
Other
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
Assets:
Investments held in Trust Account - U.S. Treasury Securities $ 349,608,438 $ — $ —
As of August 28, 2025, the fair value of the Public Warrants is $ 5,244,000 , or $ 0.456 per Public Warrant. The fair value of Public Warrants was determined using Monte Carlo Simulation Model. The Public Warrants have been classified within shareholders’ deficit and will not require remeasurement after issuance. The following table presents the quantitative information regarding market assumptions used in the valuation of the Public Warrants:
August 28,
2025
Underlying stock price $ 9.85
Exercise price $ 11.50
Volatility 7.50 %
Risk-free rate 3.70 %
Probability of successful initial Business Combination 35.00 %
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Note 9 — Segment Information
ASC Topic 280, “Segment Reporting,” establishes standards for companies to report in their financial statement information about operating segments, products, services, geographic areas, and major customers. Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise that engage in business activities from which it may recognize revenues and incur expenses, and for which separate financial information is available that is regularly evaluated by the Company’s chief operating decision maker (“CODM”), or group, in deciding how to allocate resources and assess performance.
The Company’s CODM has been identified as the Chief Financial Officer , who reviews the assets, operating results, and financial metrics for the Company as a whole to make decisions about allocating resources and assessing financial performance. Accordingly, management has determined that there is only one reportable segment.
The CODM assesses performance for the single segment and decides how to allocate resources based on net income or loss that also is reported on the condensed statements of operations as net income or loss. The measure of segment assets is reported on the condensed balance sheet as total assets. When evaluating the Company’s performance and making key decisions regarding resource allocation, the CODM reviews several key metrics included in net income or loss, which include the following:
December 31,
2025
Cash $ 875,408
Investments held in Trust Account $ 349,608,438
For the
Period from
June 5, 2025
(Inception)
through
December 31,
2025
General and administrative costs $ 431,853
Income earned on investments held in Trust Account $ 4,608,438
Formation and operating costs are reviewed and monitored by the CODM to manage and forecast cash to ensure enough capital is available to complete a business combination or similar transaction within the business combination period. The CODM also reviews general and administrative costs to manage, maintain and enforce all contractual agreements to ensure costs are aligned with all agreements and budget. Formation and operating costs, as reported on the condensed statements of operations, are the significant segment expenses provided to the CODM on a regular basis.
Note 10 — Subsequent Events
The Company evaluated subsequent events and transactions that occurred after the condensed balance sheet date up to the date that the financial statements were issued. Based upon this review, the Company did not identify any subsequent events that would have required adjustment or disclosure in the financial statements.
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