Item 1A. Risk Factors
Item 1A.
Risk Factors.
Factors
that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those in this report include the risk factors described in our Form 10-K
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023. As of the date of this Report, there have been no material changes to the risk factors disclosed
in our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 filed with the SEC, other than those described below.
Nasdaq
Rule 5815 was amended effective October 7, 2024 to provide for the immediate suspension and delisting for failure to meet the 36-month requirement
in Nasdaq Rule IM 5101-2(b) to complete a business combination, and our securities will face an immediate suspension and delisting action
once we receive a delisting determination letter from Nasdaq after the 36-month window ends on December 20, 2024
Nasdaq
Listing Rule IM-5101-2(b) (the “Rule”), requires that we complete a business combination no later than 36 months after
our IPO, and Nasdaq Rule 5815 was amended effective October 7, 2024 to provide for the immediate suspension and delisting for failure
to meet the 36-month requirement to complete a business combination within the timeframe specified by the Rule, and our securities
will face an immediate suspension and delisting action once we receive a delisting determination letter from Nasdaq after such 36-month window
ends on December 20, 2024. Therefore, if we do not complete our business combination by December 20, 2024, our securities will be suspended
and delisted from Nasdaq. In addition, while we may appeal the suspension and delisting, a Nasdaq hearings panel will have no discretion
in allowing us to remain listed and may only reverse the Nasdaq’s staff’s determination if it finds it made a factual error
applying the Rule, which there will not be assuming that we receive a delisting letter on or after December 20, 2024.
The
extensions permitted under our charter allow us to complete a business combination after December 20, 2024, which is beyond the time-frame permitted
by the Rule and which means we may not be listed at the time we close a business combination.
If
our securities are delisted, our securities would likely trade on the Over the Counter (OTC) market, which could limit investors’
ability to make transactions in our securities and subject us to additional trading restrictions. If this were to occur, we would face
significant material adverse consequences, including.
● a
determination that our public shares are a “penny stock,” which will require brokers trading in the public shares to adhere
to more stringent rules and possibly result in a reduced level of trading activity in the secondary trading market for its securities;
● a
limited availability of market quotations for the Company’s securities;
● reduced
liquidity for the Company’s securities;
● a
decreased ability to issue additional securities or obtain additional financing in the future.
Because
we would no longer be listed on Nasdaq, our securities would no longer be considered to be “covered securities” under the
National Securities Markets Improvement Act of 1996, and we would be subject to regulation in each state in which we offer our securities,
including in connection with our initial business combination, which may make more difficult and costly to complete a business combination.
Further, this may make us a less attractive business combination partner for companies with which we would otherwise seek to pursue a
business combination. In addition, our securityholders could be prohibited from trading in our securities absent our registration in
the state where such securityholder lives. To date we have not registered our securities in any State, and do not currently plan to do
so. This may make it difficult or impossible for our securityholders to trade in our securities.
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