Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis
Item
7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The
following discussion and analysis of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction
with our audited financial statements and the notes related thereto which are included in “Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary
Data” of this Form 10-K. Certain information contained in the discussion and analysis set forth below includes forward-looking
statements. Our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of many factors,
including those set forth under “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements,” “Item 1A. Risk Factors”
and elsewhere in this Form 10-K.
Overview
We
are a blank check company incorporated in the Cayman Islands on July 22, 2025. We are formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, amalgamation,
share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. We may
pursue an initial Business Combination in any business or industry, but expect to target opportunities and companies that are operating
at the infrastructure layer of the blockchain and digital asset ecosystem.
We
expect to continue to incur significant costs in the pursuit of our acquisition plans. We cannot assure you that our plans to complete
a Business Combination will be successful.
Results
of Operations
We
have neither engaged in any operations nor generated any revenues to date. Our only activities from July 22, 2025 (inception) through
December 31, 2025 were organizational activities and those necessary to prepare for the Initial Public Offering, described below, and
identifying a target company for a Business Combination. We do not expect to generate any operating revenues until after the completion
of our Business Combination. We generate non-operating income in the form of interest income on marketable securities held in the Trust
Account. We incur expenses as a result of being a public company (for legal, financial reporting, accounting and auditing compliance),
as well as for due diligence expenses.
For
the period from July 22, 2025 (inception) through December 31, 2025, we had a net income of $550,974, which consisted of interest earned
on marketable securities held in the Trust Account of $700,744, partially offset by operating costs of $149,770.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
On
December 11, 2025, we consummated the Initial Public Offering of 34,500,000 Units, which includes the exercise by the Underwriters of
their over-allotment option in full of 4,500,000 Units, at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $345,000,000. Simultaneously
with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, we consummated the sale of an aggregate of 5,333,333 Private Placement Warrants at a
price of $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant, in a private placement to the Sponsor and the Underwriters, generating gross proceeds of
$8,000,000.
Following
the Initial Public Offering, the exercise of the over-allotment option in full, and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants, a total
of $345,000,000 was placed in the Trust Account. We incurred $21,368,737 in IPO related costs, consisting of $6,000,000 of cash underwriting
fees, $14,700,000 of deferred underwriting fees, and $668,737 of other costs.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
For
the period from July 22, 2025 (inception) through December 31, 2025, cash used in operating activities was $227,843. Net income of $550,974
was offset by payment of general and administrative costs through promissory note of $42,925 and interest earned on marketable
securities held in the Trust Account of $700,744, and changes in operating assets and liabilities, which used $120,998 of cash for operating
activities.
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As
of December 31, 2025, we had cash held in the Trust Account of $345,700,744, consisting of U.S. Treasury Bills with a maturity of 185
days or less. We may withdraw interest from the Trust Account as described above. We intend to use substantially all of the funds held
in the Trust Account, including any amounts representing earnings on the Trust Account (less taxes payable, if any), to complete our
Business Combination. To the extent that our share capital or debt is used, in whole or in part, as consideration to complete our Business
Combination, the remaining proceeds held in the Trust Account will be used as working capital to finance the operations of the target
business or businesses, make other acquisitions and pursue our growth strategies.
As
of December 31, 2025, we had $1,160,495 cash and a working capital surplus of $1,143,348. We intend to use the funds held outside the
Trust Account primarily to identify and evaluate target businesses, perform business due diligence on prospective target businesses,
travel to and from the offices, plants or similar locations of prospective target businesses or their representatives or owners, review
corporate documents and material agreements of prospective target businesses, and structure, negotiate and complete a Business Combination.
In
order to fund working capital deficiencies or finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor, or certain
of our officers and directors or their affiliates may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds as may be required. If we complete a Business
Combination, we would repay such loaned amounts. In the event that a Business Combination does not close, we may use a portion of the
working capital held outside the Trust Account to repay such loaned amounts but no proceeds from our Trust Account would be used for
such repayment. Up to $1,500,000 of such working capital loans may be converted into private placement warrants of the post-Business
Combination entity, at a price of $1.50 per warrant at the option of the lender, upon consummation of the initial Business Combination.
The warrants would be identical to the Private Placement Warrants.
We
do not believe we will need to raise additional funds in order to meet the expenditures required for operating our business. However,
if our 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, we may have insufficient funds available to operate our business prior to our Business
Combination. Moreover, we may need to obtain additional financing either to complete our Business Combination or because we become obligated
to redeem a significant number of our public shares upon consummation of our Business Combination, in which case we may issue additional
securities or incur debt in connection with such Business Combination.
Off-Balance
Sheet Financing Arrangements
We
have no obligations, assets or liabilities, which would be considered off-balance sheet arrangements as of December 31, 2025. We do not
participate in transactions that create relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, often referred to as variable
interest entities, which would have been established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements. We have not entered
into any off-balance sheet financing arrangements, established any special purpose entities, guaranteed any debt or commitments of other
entities, or purchased any non-financial assets.
Contractual
Obligations
Administrative
Services and Indemnification Agreement
We
do not have any long-term debt, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations or long-term liabilities, other than an agreement
to pay the Sponsor up to $20,000 per month during the Completion Window for office space, secretarial and administrative services.
The
Company agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the Sponsor and its directors, officers, employees, principals, managers, partners, members,
shareholders, equity holders, control persons, affiliates, agents, advisors, consultants and representatives (the “Indemnitees”)
from any claims, losses, liabilities, obligations, causes of action, proceedings (whether pending or threatened), investigations, damages,
awards, settlements, judgments, decrees, fees, costs, penalties, amounts paid in settlement or expenses (including interest, assessments
and other charges in connection therewith and reasonable fees and disbursements of attorneys and other professional advisors and costs
of suit) arising out of or relating to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation against any of them
or in which any of them may be a participant or may otherwise be involved (including as a witness) that arises out of or relates to (i)
the IPO of the Company’s securities or the Company’s operations or conduct of its business (including, for the avoidance
of doubt, a Business Combination), or (ii) any claim against the Sponsor alleging any expressed or implied management or endorsement
by the Sponsor of any activities of the Company or any express or implied association between the Sponsor, on the one hand, and the Company
or any of its affiliates, on the other hand.
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Underwriting
Agreement
The
Underwriters received a cash underwriting discount of $0.20 per Unit sold in the IPO, or $6,000,000 in the aggregate. In addition, the
Underwriters are entitled to a deferred underwriting fee of $0.40 per Unit sold in the IPO, or $14,700,000 in the aggregate. The deferred
fee will become payable to the Underwriters from the amounts held in the Trust Account solely in the event that the Company completes
a Business Combination, but such $0.40 per Unit shall be due to the Underwriters solely on amounts remaining in the Trust Account following
all properly submitted shareholder redemptions, including in connection with the consummation of the Company’s initial Business
Combination, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement.
Critical
Accounting Estimates
The
preparation of financial statements and related disclosures in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in
the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and
liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and income and expenses during
the periods reported. Making estimates requires management to exercise significant judgement. 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 materially differ from those estimates.
Ordinary
Shares Subject to Possible Redemption
We
account for our ordinary shares subject to possible redemption in accordance with the guidance in ASC Topic 480 “Distinguishing
Liabilities from Equity.” Ordinary shares subject to mandatory redemption is classified as a liability instrument and is measured
at fair value. Conditionally redeemable ordinary shares (including common stock that features redemption rights that are either within
the control of the holder or subject to redemption upon the occurrence of uncertain events not solely within the Company’s control)
is classified in temporary equity. At all other times, ordinary shares are classified as stockholders’ equity. Our Public Shares
feature certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of our control and subject to occurrence of uncertain future events.
Accordingly, as of December 31, 2025, the Public Shares are presented at redemption value as temporary equity, outside of the shareholders’
equity (deficit) section of our balance sheet. We recognize changes in redemption value immediately as they occur and adjusts the carrying
value of the ordinary shares subject to possible redemption to equal the redemption value at the end of each reporting period. This method
would view the end of the reporting period as if it were also the redemption date for the security.
Recent
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 our financial statements.
Item
7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
We
are a smaller reporting company as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and are not required to
provide the information otherwise required under this item.
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Item
8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
This
information appears following Item 15 of this Report and is included herein by reference.
Item
9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
None.
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