Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Shareholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
(a) Market Information
Our units, Class A ordinary and warrants are each traded on the Nasdaq under the symbols “OACCU,” “OACC” and “OACCW,” respectively. Our units commenced public trading on October 24, 2024. Our Class A ordinary shares and warrants included in the public units began separate trading on December 16, 2024 at the option of the holders thereof.
(b) Holders
As of the date of this Report, we had one holder of record for our public units, one holder of record for our private placement units, one holder of record for our publicly held Class A ordinary shares, one holder of record for our Class B ordinary shares and one holder of record for our public warrants.
(c) Dividends
We have not paid any cash dividends on our ordinary shares to date and do not intend to pay cash dividends prior to the completion of our initial business combination even if we have substantial assets outside the trust account. The payment of cash dividends following the completion of our initial business combination will be within the discretion of our board of directors at such time and will be dependent upon our revenues and earnings, if any, capital requirements and general financial condition at such time. There is no certainty we will be in a position to, or decide to, pay cash dividends after completing any business combination. Further, if we incur any indebtedness in connection with our initial business combination, our ability to declare dividends following completion of our initial business combination may be limited by restrictive covenants we may agree to in connection therewith.
(d) Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans
None.
(e) Performance Graph
Not Applicable.
(f) Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities; Use of Proceeds from Registered Offerings
Unregistered Sales
On July 15, 2024, Oaktree Acquisition Holdings III LS, L.P. paid $25,000 to cover for certain expenses on our behalf in exchange for issuance of 5,031,250 of our Class B ordinary shares, or approximately $0.005 per share. On September 9, 2024, in connection with its dissolution, Oaktree Acquisition Holdings III LS, L.P. transferred the 5,031,250 Class B ordinary shares to Oaktree Acquisition Holdings III LS, LLC, our sponsor, and assigned all its rights and obligation under the securities subscription agreement dated July 15, 2024 to our sponsor. Such securities were issued in connection with our organization and subsequently transferred pursuant to the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act. The number of founder shares issued was determined based on the expectation that such founder shares would represent 20% of the issued and outstanding shares (excluding any private placement shares included in the private placement units purchased by our sponsor) upon completion of our initial public offering. In connection with the partial exercise on October 30, 2024 of the over-allotment option that was granted to the underwriters of our initial public offering, the Company forfeited 231,492 founder shares at no cost to the Company.
Our sponsor is an accredited investor for purposes of Rule 501 of Regulation D. Each of the equity holders in our sponsor is an accredited investor under Rule 501 of Regulation D. The sole business of Oaktree Acquisition Holdings III LS, LLC was to act as the company’s sponsor in connection with its initial public offering.
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Our sponsor also purchased pursuant to a written agreement 583,981 private placement units, at a price of $10.00 per private placement unit, in connection with the closing of our initial public offering. The issuance of the private placement units was made pursuant to the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act.
No underwriting discounts or commissions were paid with respect to such sales.
Use of Proceeds
Of the gross proceeds received from the initial public offering of our public units, $191,990,290 was placed in the Company’s trust account. The net proceeds of the initial public offering of our public units and certain proceeds from the sale of private placement units to our sponsor that were also deposited in the Company’s trust account may be held in cash, including in demand deposit accounts at a bank, or may be invested in U.S. government treasury obligations with a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations. In connection with our initial public offering, we paid a total of approximately $3,839,806 in upfront underwriting discounts and commissions to the underwriters of our initial public offering. In addition, the underwriters agreed to defer approximately $6,719,660 in underwriting discounts and commissions until the closing of an initial business combination.
There has been no material change in the planned use of proceeds that we described in the final prospectus relating to our initial public offering. For more information on our use of proceeds going forward, also see “ Item 1. Business ” and other sections in this Report for (i) how we plan to effect an initial business combination with the funds deposited in our trust account, (ii) how we plan to use the proceeds held outside of the trust account and interest earned on the funds deposited in our trust account in connection with the search for an initial business combination and our ongoing working capital requirements, and (iii) how we may raise additional funds in connection with the consummation of an initial business combination. For more information, also see “ Item 1A. Risk Factors—Risks Relating to our Search for, and Consummation of, or Inability to Consummate, a Business Combination—If the net proceeds of our initial public offering and the sale of the private placement units not being held in the trust account and funds from our permitted withdrawals are insufficient to allow us to operate for the 24 months following the closing of our initial public offering, it could limit the amount available to fund our search for a target business or businesses and complete our initial business combination, and we will depend on permitted withdrawals and loans from our sponsor or management team to fund our search and to complete our initial business combination .”
(g) Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers
None.
Item 6. [Reserved]
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