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 Annual Report on 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 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Overview
We are a blank check company incorporated in the Cayman Islands on May 29, 2025, formed for the purpose of effecting a Business Combination with one or more businesses that we have not yet identified. We intend to effectuate our Business Combination using cash derived from the proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the private placement units, our shares, debt or a combination of cash, shares and debt.
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 May 29, 2025 (inception) through December 31, 2025 were organizational activities, those necessary to prepare for the Initial Public Offering, described below, and subsequent to the Initial Public Offering, 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 from the proceeds derived from the Initial Public Offering 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 May 29, 2025 (inception) through December 31, 2025, we had a net loss of $7,689,409, which consists of advisory fee expense of $8,280,000, operating costs of $152,980 and transaction cost of $127,380, offset by interest income on cash and investments held in the Trust Account of $768,884 and a gain on warrant liabilities of $102,067.
Liquidity, Capital Resources and Going Concern
Until the consummation of the Initial Public Offering, our only source of liquidity was an initial purchase of shares of Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, by the sponsor and loans from the sponsor.
On December 4, 2025, the Company consummated the Initial Public Offering of 27,600,000 units at $10.00 per units, which includes the full exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option of 3,600,000 units, generating gross proceeds of $276,000,000. Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the sale of 195,000 private placement units to the sponsor, at a price of $10.00 per private placement unit, or $1,950,000 in the aggregate.
Following the Initial Public Offering and the private placement, a total of $276,000,000 ($10.00 per unit) was placed in the Trust Account. We incurred transaction costs of $9,240,771, consisting of $225,000 of cash underwriting fee (net of $25,000 underwriters’ reimbursement), $8,280,000 of deferred underwriting fee, and $735,771 of other offering costs.
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For the period from May 29, 2025 (inception) through December 31, 2025, cash used in operating activities was $332,313. Net loss of $7,689,409 was affected by interest earned on investments held in the Trust Account of $768,884, offering costs charged to profit and loss of $127,380, change in fair value of warrant liabilities of $102,067, payment of operation costs through promissory note of $10,420 and formation costs paid by sponsor in exchange for issuance of Class B ordinary shares of $8,264. Changes in operating assets and liabilities used $8,081,983 of cash for operating activities.
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.
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 finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the sponsor or an affiliate of the sponsor or certain of the Company’s directors and officers may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required (“Working Capital Loans”). If the Company completes a Business Combination, the Company would repay the Working Capital Loans out of the proceeds of the Trust Account released to the Company. Otherwise, the Working Capital Loans would be repaid only out of funds held outside the Trust Account. In the event that a Business Combination does not close, the Company may use a portion of proceeds held outside the Trust Account to repay the Working Capital Loans, but no proceeds held in the Trust Account would be used to repay the Working Capital Loans. Except for the foregoing, the terms of such Working Capital Loans, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans. The Working Capital Loans would either be repaid upon consummation of a Business Combination, without interest, or, at the lender’s discretion, up to $2,500,000 of such Working Capital Loans may be convertible into units of the post-Business Combination entity at a price of $10.00 per units. The units and the underlying securities would be identical to the private placement units. As of December 31, 2025, there were no amounts outstanding under the Working Capital Loans.
In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 205 40, “Presentation of Financial Statements – Going Concern,” the Company may need to raise additional capital through loans or additional investments from its Sponsor, shareholders, officers, directors, or third parties. The Company’s officers, directors and Sponsor may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds, from time to time or at any time, in whatever amount they deem reasonable in their sole discretion, to meet the Company’s working capital needs. Accordingly, the Company may not be able to obtain additional financing. If the Company is unable to raise additional capital, it may be required to take additional measures to conserve liquidity, which could include, but not necessarily be limited to, curtailing operations, suspending the pursuit of a potential transaction, and reducing overhead expenses. The Company cannot provide any assurance that new financing will be available to it on commercially acceptable terms, if at all. The Company’s liquidity condition raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Management plans to address this uncertainty through a Business Combination. However, there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to consummate any business combination by the end of the Combination Period.
Off-Balance Sheet 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
We do not have any long-term debt, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations or long-term liabilities, other than an agreement to, to pay the sponsor a total of $10,000 per month for office space, secretarial, administrative and shared personnel support services. The Company will cease the monthly fees through the earlier of completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination or liquidation.
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The Company granted the underwriters a 45-day option from the date of the Initial Public Offering to purchase up to 3,600,000 additional units to cover over-allotments, if any, at the Initial Public Offering price less the underwriting discounts and commissions. On December 4, 2025, simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the underwriters elected to fully exercise the over-allotment option to purchase the additional 3,600,000 units at a price of $10.00 per unit.
The underwriters were entitled to a cash underwriting discount of $250,000 of the gross proceeds of the units offered in the Initial Public Offering, which was paid at the closing of the Initial Public Offering. Additionally, the underwriters are entitled to a deferred underwriting discount of 3% of the gross proceeds of the Initial Public Offering held in the Trust Account, or $8,280,000 in the aggregate, which amount shall be subject to pro rata reduction based on the number of Class A ordinary shares redeemed by the public shareholders, upon the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement.
In addition to the underwriting discounts and commissions, the Company engaged Santander to provide advisory services to the Company from time to time. As compensation for the services provided under an engagement letter, the Company will pay Santander a fee equal to 3.00% of the gross proceeds raised in the Initial Public Offering, or an aggregate of $8,280,000, payable upon closing of the initial Business Combination. The Company has agreed to indemnify Santander and its affiliates in connection with its role in providing the advisory services. The termination clause in the agreement deems the fee earned and recordable as of December 31, 2025, and $8,280,000 has been recorded as advisory fee payable on the accompanying balance sheet.
SilverBox Securities LLC, an affiliate of the Sponsor (“SilverBox Securities”), is acting as a financial advisor in connection with the Initial Public Offering. For financial advisory services provided by SilverBox Securities, the Company paid SilverBox Securities a fee in an amount equal to $25,000, which was reimbursed by the underwriters to the Company. In addition, SilverBox Securities is entitled to $1,656,000 which amount shall be subject to pro rata reduction based on the number of Class A ordinary shares redeemed by the public shareholders, which will be paid to SilverBox Securities upon the closing of the initial Business Combination.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP 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, actual results could materially differ from those estimates. The Company uses a third-party valuation expert to determine the fair value of the Public and Private Placement Warrants from inception and on a quarterly and annual basis. As of December 31, 2025, other than the Public and Private Placement Warrants, the Company did not have any critical accounting estimates to be disclosed.
Class A Ordinary Shares Subject to Possible Redemption
We account for our ordinary shares subject to possible conversion in accordance with the guidance in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480, “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” Ordinary shares subject to mandatory redemption are classified as a liability instrument and measured at fair value. Conditionally redeemable ordinary shares (including ordinary shares that feature redemption rights that are either within the control of the holder or subject to redemption upon the occurrence of uncertain events not solely within our control) are classified as temporary equity. At all other times, ordinary shares are classified as shareholders’ deficit. Our ordinary 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, ordinary shares subject to possible redemption are presented at redemption value as temporary equity, outside of the shareholders’ deficit section of our balance sheet.
The Company recognizes changes in redemption value immediately as they occur and adjusts the carrying value of redeemable ordinary shares to equal the redemption value at the end of each reporting period. Increases or decreases in the carrying amount of the redeemable ordinary shares are affected by charges against additional paid-in capital (to the extent available) and accumulated deficit.
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 in accordance with the guidance contained in FASB ASC Topic 815, “Derivatives and Hedging”. Accordingly, the Company evaluated and classified the Public Warrant and Private Placement Warrant instruments under liability
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treatment at their fair value. As of December 31, 2025, there were 9,200,000 Public Warrants and 65,000 Private Placement Warrants outstanding.
Recent Accounting Standards
In May 2025, the FASB issued ASU No. 2025-03, Business Combinations (Topic 805) and Consolidation (Topic 810): Determining the Accounting Acquirer in the Acquisition of a Variable Interest Entity (“ASU 2025-03”). ASU 2025-03 changes how companies determine the accounting acquirer in certain business combinations involving variable interest entities. The new guidance requires considering the factors used for other acquisition transactions to assess which party is the accounting acquirer. ASU 2025-03 is effective for the Company’s annual reporting periods beginning on January 1, 2027. Early adoption is permitted. The Company early adopted ASU 2025-03 on July 1, 2025. ASU 2025-03 impacts the accounting for the de-SPAC Transaction.
In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures. The amendments in this ASU require disclosures, on an annual and interim basis, of significant segment expenses that are regularly provided to the chief operating officer decision maker (“CODM”), as well as the aggregate amount of other segment items included in the reported measure of segment profit or loss. The ASU requires that a public entity disclose the title and position of the CODM and an explanation of how the CODM uses the reported measure(s) of segment profit or loss in assessing segment performance and deciding how to allocate resources. Public entities will be required to provide all annual disclosures currently required by Topic 280 in interim periods, and entities with a single reportable segment are required to provide all the disclosures required by the amendments in this ASU and existing segment disclosures in Topic 280. This ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted.
Management does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting pronouncements, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the Company’s 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 Exchange Act and are not required to provide the information otherwise required under this Item.
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
Reference is made to pages F-1 through F-18 comprising a portion of this Report, which are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
None.
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