−Removed: MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION
−Removed: AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
−Removed: The following discussion and analysis of our financial
−Removed: condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our audited financial statements and the notes related thereto
−Removed: which are included in “Item 8.
+Added: DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
+Added: The following discussion and analysis of our
+Added: financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our audited financial statements and the notes related
+Added: 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.
−Removed: Our actual results may
−Removed: differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of many factors, including those set forth under
−Removed: “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” and elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
−Removed: We are a blank check company incorporated as a
−Removed: Delaware corporation and formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization
−Removed: or similar business combination with one or more businesses (the “Initial Business Combination”).
−Removed: We intend to effectuate an Initial Business Combination
−Removed: using cash from the proceeds of our initial public offering (the “Public Offering”) that closed on March 15, 2022 (the “Closing
−Removed: Date”) and the private placement warrants sold in a private placement (the “Private Placement Warrants”) that closed
−Removed: on the Closing Date and from additional issuances, if any, of, our capital stock and our debt, or a combination of cash, stock and debt.
−Removed: Our business activities from inception to December
−Removed: 31, 2022 consisted primarily of our preparation for our Public Offering that was completed on March 15, 2022 and, since the Closing Date,
−Removed: identification and evaluation of prospective acquisition targets for an Initial Business Combination.
−Removed: At December 31, 2022, we had cash of $545,655
−Removed: and working capital deficit of $148,043.
−Removed: Further, we expect to continue to incur significant costs in the pursuit of our acquisition plans.
−Removed: We cannot assure you that our plans to complete an Initial Business Combination will be successful.
+Added: Our actual results
+Added: may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of many factors, including those set forth
+Added: under “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” and elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
+Added: Solidion Technology, Inc, previously known as
+Added: “Honeycomb Battery Company”, formerly the energy solutions division of Global Graphene Group, Inc., is a Dallas, TX, USA-based
+Added: advanced battery technology company focused on the development and commercialization of battery materials, components, cells, and selected
+Added: module/pack technologies.
+Added: Solidion is recognized as a global leader in intellectual property in both the high-capacity anode and the
+Added: high-energy solid-state battery, as recognized by KnowMade, a French company that specializes in research and analysis of scientific
+Added: and patent information.
+Added: Solidion is uniquely positioned to offer advanced anode materials (delivering a specific capacity from 300 to
+Added: 3,500+ milliampere-hours per gram mass (“mAh/g”)) as well as silicon-rich all-solid-state lithium-ion cells, anodeless lithium
+Added: metal cells, and lithium-sulfur cells, each featuring an advanced polymer or hybrid solid electrolyte that is most process-friendly.
+Added: Recent Developments
+Added: Business Combination
+Added: On February 2, 2024, Nubia Brand International
+Added: Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Nubia” and after the Transactions described herein, the “Solidion” or “Solidion
+Added: Technology, Inc.”), consummated the previously announced business combination (the “Closing”) pursuant to a Merger
+Added: Agreement, dated February 16, 2023 (as amended on August 25, 2023, the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Nubia, Honeycomb
+Added: Battery Company, an Ohio corporation (“HBC”), and Nubia Merger Sub, Inc., an Ohio corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary
+Added: of Nubia (“Merger Sub”).
+Added: Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub merged with and into HBC (the “Merger,”
+Added: and the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the “Transactions”), with HBC surviving such merger as a wholly
+Added: owned subsidiary of Nubia, which was renamed “Solidion Technology, Inc.” upon Closing.
+Added: We received net proceeds from the Business Combination
+Added: totaling $1.6 million, prior to deducting transaction and issuance costs.
+Added: The cash resulting from the Business Combination is expected
+Added: to be used toward our corporate growth strategy related to the commercialization of our battery technology and the scaling of our manufacturing
+Added: Equity Financing
+Added: On March 13, 2024, Solidion entered into a private
+Added: placement transaction (the “Private Placement”), pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Subscription Agreement”)
+Added: with certain institutional investors (the “Purchasers”) for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $3.85 million, before
+Added: deducting fees to the placement agent and other expenses payable by the Company in connection with the Private Placement.
+Added: intends to use the net proceeds from the Private Placement for working capital and general corporate purposes.
+Added: The Private Placement
+Added: closed on March 15, 2024.
+Added: As part of the Private Placement, the Company
+Added: issued an aggregate of 5,133,332 units and pre-funded units (collectively, the “Units”) at a purchase price of $0.75 per
+Added: unit (less $0.0001 per pre-funded unit).
+Added: Each Unit consists of (i) one share of Solidion Common Stock (or one pre-funded warrant to purchase
+Added: one share of Common Stock), (ii) two Series A warrants each to purchase one share of Common Stock, and (iii) one Series B warrant to
+Added: purchase such number of shares of Common Stock as determined on the reset date (as defined in the Subscription Agreement), and in accordance
+Added: with the terms therein.
Results of Operations
−Removed: For the year ended December 31, 2022, we had net income of $593,905
−Removed: which consisted of interest income earned in the amount of $1,818,565 on cash and funds held in the Trust Account, a gain on the over-allotment
−Removed: liability of $19,432, partially offset by operating expenses totaling $904,193.
−Removed: In addition, the Company recorded an income tax provision
−Removed: For the period from June 14, 2021 (inception)
−Removed: through December 31, 2021, we had a net loss of $1,430 which consisted solely of formation expenses.
+Added: As the closing of the Business Combination did
+Added: not occur until after the year ended December 31, 2023, the results of operations below are based on the fact that we have neither engaged
+Added: in any operations nor generated any revenues to the date of the financial statements.
+Added: Our only activities from June 14, 2021 (inception)
+Added: through December 31, 2023 were organizational activities, those necessary to prepare for our IPO, described below, searching for a business
+Added: combination target and the Business Combination.
+Added: We did not expect to generate any operating revenues until after the completion of our
+Added: Business Combination.
+Added: We generated non-operating income in the form of interest income on marketable securities held in the trust account.
+Added: We incur expenses as a result of being a public company (for legal, financial reporting, accounting and auditing compliance), as well
+Added: as for due diligence expenses.
+Added: For the year ended December 31, 2023, we had a net loss of $19,775,602
+Added: which consisted of operating expenses of $3,509,621 and change in fair value of derivative asset/liabilities of $18,483,096, partially
+Added: offset by interest income earned in the amount of $3,788,143 on cash and funds held in the Trust Account and interest income of $8,580
+Added: earned on cash held the operating bank account.
+Added: In addition, the Company recorded an income tax provision of $1,579,608.
+Added: For the year ended December 31, 2022, we had a
+Added: net income of $593,905 which consisted of interest income earned in the amount of $1,812,882 on cash and funds held in the Trust Account,
+Added: interest income of $5,683 earned on cash held the operating bank account, a gain on the over-allotment liability of $19,432, partially
+Added: offset by operating expenses totaling $904,193.
+Added: In addition, the Company recorded an income tax provision of $339,899.
Going Concern Considerations, Liquidity and Capital Resources
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remaining over-allotment option of $19,432 as offering costs.
−Removed: For the year ended December 31, 2022, cash used in operating activities
−Removed: was $725,102 which consisted of net income of $593,905, interest earned on marketable securities held in the Trust Account of $1,812,882,
−Removed: the gain on the change in fair value of the over-allotment liability of $19,432 and changes in operating assets and liabilities provided
−Removed: $513,307 of cash from operating activities.
+Added: For the year ended December 31, 2023, cash used
+Added: in operating activities was $2,661,093 which consisted of a net loss of $19,775,602, interest earned on marketable securities held in
+Added: the Trust Account of $3,788,143, and changes in operating assets and liabilities provided $20,902,653 of cash from operating activities.
+Added: For the year ended December 31, 2022, cash used
+Added: in operating activities was $725,102 which consisted of net income of $593,905, interest earned on marketable securities held in the
+Added: Trust Account of $1,812,882, the gain on the change in fair value of the over-allotment liability of $19,432 and changes in operating
+Added: assets and liabilities provided $513,307 of cash from operating activities.
For the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company
−Removed: used cash of $125,970,000 in investing activities for the purchase of investments in the Trust Account following
−Removed: the Initial Public Offering, the exercise of the over-allotment option by the underwriters’ and the sale of the Private Placement
+Added: generated cash of $88,576,752 in investing activities primarily from the withdrawal of investments in the Trust Account for redemptions.
+Added: For the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company
+Added: used cash of $125,970,000 in investing activities for the purchase of investments in the Trust Account following the Initial Public Offering,
+Added: the exercise of the over-allotment option by the underwriters’ and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants.
+Added: For the year ended December 31, 2023, cash used
+Added: in financing activities was $86,441,335, primarily for repayment of redemptions.
For the year ended December 31, 2022, cash from
financing activities provided $127,240,757.
−Removed: The Company received gross proceeds of $128,905,000 from the
−Removed: Initial Public Offering, the exercise of the over-allotment option by the underwriters’ and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants .
−Removed: These increases were offset by payment of the underwriting fees and offering costs of $1,235,000 and $429,243, respectively.
−Removed: For the period from June 14, 2021 (inception)
−Removed: through December 31, 2021, cash used in operating activities was $0 which consisted of the net loss of $1,430 offset by advances from
−Removed: related party of $939 and changes in operating assets and liabilities provided $491 of cash from operating activities.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2022, we had investments held in the Trust Account
−Removed: of $127,782,882 principally invested in U.S.
−Removed: government securities.
−Removed: Interest income on the balance in the Trust Account may be used by
−Removed: us to pay taxes, and to pay up to $100,000 of any dissolution expenses.
−Removed: In March 2023, $200,050 was withdrawn from the Trust to pay taxes.
−Removed: At December 31, 2022, the Company had cash outside
−Removed: of trust of $545,655 and working capital deficit of $148,043.
−Removed: Further, the Company has incurred and expects to continue to incur significant
−Removed: costs in pursuit of its financing and acquisition plans.
−Removed: In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations
−Removed: in accordance with Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-15, “ Disclosures of Uncertainties about an Entity’s
−Removed: Ability to Continue as a Going Concern ,” management has determined that the Company has funds that are sufficient to fund the
−Removed: working capital needs of the Company until the consummation of an initial business combination or the winding up of the Company as stipulated
−Removed: in the Company’s amended and restated memorandum of association.
−Removed: However, management has determined that these liquidity risks,
−Removed: as well as if the Company is unsuccessful in consummating an initial business combination within 15 months, or June 15, 2023 as the Company
−Removed: deposited $1,235,000 into the trust account in March 2023 to fund the automatic 3-month extension, (or up to 18 months, by September 15,
−Removed: 2023, if the Company extends the period of time to consummate a business combination) from the closing of the IPO, the requirement that
−Removed: the Company cease all operations, redeem the public shares and thereafter liquidate and dissolve raises substantial doubt about the ability
−Removed: to continue as a going concern for the next twelve months from the issuance of this filing.
−Removed: The balance sheets do not include any adjustments
−Removed: that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
−Removed: The accompanying financial statements have been prepared in conformity with
−Removed: generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“US GAAP”), which contemplate continuation of the
−Removed: Company as a going concern.
−Removed: We intend to use substantially all of the funds
−Removed: held in the Trust Account, including any amounts representing interest earned on the Trust Account, excluding the deferred underwriting
−Removed: commissions, to complete an initial business combination.
−Removed: To the extent that capital stock or debt is used, in whole or in part, as consideration
−Removed: to complete an initial business combination, the remaining proceeds held in the Trust Account will be used as working capital to finance
−Removed: the operations of the target business or businesses, make other acquisitions and pursue growth strategies.
−Removed: If an initial business combination
−Removed: agreement requires us to use a portion of the cash in the Trust Account to pay the purchase price or requires us to have a minimum amount
−Removed: of cash at closing, we will need to reserve a portion of the cash in the Trust Account to meet such requirements or arrange for third-party
+Added: The Company received gross proceeds of $128,905,000 from the Initial Public Offering, the
+Added: exercise of the over-allotment option by the underwriters’ and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants.
+Added: These increases were
+Added: offset by payment of the underwriting fees and offering costs of $1,235,000 and $429,243, respectively.
+Added: As of December 31, 2023, we had cash held in the Trust
+Added: Account of $42,994,274.
+Added: Interest income on the balance in the Trust Account may be used by us to pay taxes, and to pay up to $100,000
+Added: of any dissolution expenses.
+Added: In 2023, $1,523,258 was withdrawn from the Trust to pay taxes.
+Added: The amount of cash withdrawn from the Trust
+Added: and remaining payable for taxes at the year-end totaled $170,387.
+Added: At December 31, 2023, the Company had cash outside of trust of $19,979
+Added: and working capital deficit of $6,544,950.
+Added: The accompanying financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted
+Added: accounting principles in the United States of America (“US GAAP”), which contemplate continuation of the Company as a going
+Added: Prior to the consummation of the Business Combination,
+Added: the Company used the funds not held in the Trust Account for identifying and evaluating target businesses, performing due diligence on
+Added: prospective target businesses, traveling to and from the offices, plants or similar location of prospective target businesses or their
+Added: representatives or owners, reviewing corporate documents and material agreements of prospective target businesses and structuring, negotiating
+Added: and completing a Business Combination, which was the Business Combination with Honeycomb Battery Company, which was completed on January
+Added: On February 2, 2024 (the “Closing Date”),
+Added: the Company consummated the business combination (the “Closing”) pursuant to a Merger Agreement, dated February 16, 2023
+Added: (as amended on August 25, 2023, the “Merger Agreement”) with HBC surviving such merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Nubia,
+Added: which was renamed “Solidion Technology, Inc.” upon Closing.
+Added: Since Solidion’s inception, the Company has experienced recurring
+Added: net losses and has generated minimal sales.
+Added: For the year ended December 31, 2023, Solidion recorded net losses of approximately $5,300,000,
+Added: net cash used in operating activities of approximately $4,100,000 and, as of December 31, 2023, had cash and cash equivalents on hand
+Added: of approximately $1,000, which factors raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
+Added: plans to finance its operations with proceeds from the sale of equity securities or debt;
+Added: however, there is no assurance that management’s
+Added: plans to obtain additional debt or equity financing will be successfully implemented or implemented on terms favorable to the Company.
On July 27, 2021, the Sponsor issued an unsecured
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at a price of $1.00 per warrant, upon consummation of the Company’s initial business combination.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2022 and 2021,
−Removed: there was $125,341 outstanding under the Promissory Note.
−Removed: On May 20, 2022, the Company and the Sponsor entered into the Amended Note (i)
−Removed: to extend the Original Maturity Date to a new maturity date which shall be upon the earlier of the closing of the Company’s initial
−Removed: business combination or the Company’s liquidation, and (ii) to permit the holder of the Amended Note, in its sole discretion, to
−Removed: convert any or all of the unpaid principal under the Amended Note into Warrants, at a price of $1.00 per warrant, upon consummation of
−Removed: the Company’s initial business combination.
+Added: On May 17, 2023, the Sponsor
+Added: issued an unsecured promissory note to the Company (the “Note”), pursuant to which the Company may borrow up to an aggregate
+Added: principal amount of $1,000,000.
+Added: The Promissory Note is non-interest bearing and payable on the earlier of the closing of the Company’s
+Added: initial business combination or the Company’s liquidation, and to permits the holder of the Note, in its sole discretion, to convert
+Added: any or all of the unpaid principal under the Amended Note into warrants, at a price of $1.00 per warrant, upon consummation of the Company’s
+Added: initial business combination.
+Added: As of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, there was $1,297,500, and
+Added: $125,341, respectively, outstanding under the Promissory Note.
+Added: On January 29, 2024, the Promissory Notes with the Sponsor was amended
+Added: such that any or all of the unpaid principal upon consummation of the Company’s initial business combination was convertible into
+Added: common shares at a conversion price of $1.00 per share.
+Added: At various dates in the third and fourth quarters
+Added: of 2023, the Company issued Convertible Notes to related parties of $905,000 to meet our working capital requirements.
+Added: As of December
+Added: 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, there was $905,000 and $0 in Convertible Notes from Related Parties outstanding.
+Added: At various dates in the second and third quarters
+Added: of 2023, the Target advanced funds of $187,500 to extend the period of time to complete an initial business combination.
+Added: As of December
+Added: 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, there was $187,500 and $0 in Advances from Target outstanding.
+Added: various dates in the third and fourth quarters of 2023, related parties provided advances totaling $332,000 to meet our working capital
+Added: requirements.
+Added: As of December 31, 2023, and December 31, 2022, outstanding
+Added: balances due to related parties amounted to $332,500 and $0, respectively.
+Added: Preceding the consummation of the initial business combination,
+Added: we issued Convertible Notes corresponding to advances made by related parties throughout 2023.
+Added: On December 9, 2023, we instructed Continental Stock
+Added: & Trust to liquidate the investments held in the Trust Account and deposit the proceeds into a cash deposit account with Continental
+Added: serving as trustee.
+Added: These funds remained in the cash deposit account until the consummation of our initial Business Combination on February
+Added: As a result, following the liquidation of investments in the Trust Account, the remaining proceeds from the Initial Public Offering
+Added: and Private Placement are no longer invested in money market funds but held as cash deposits with Continental.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
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In connection with the Public Offering, we entered
−Removed: into an administrative support agreement pursuant to which we agreed to pay an affiliate of the Sponsor a total of $10,000 per month for
−Removed: office space, utilities and secretarial, and administrative support services.
−Removed: Upon the earlier of the completion of the Initial Business
−Removed: Combination and the Company’s liquidation, we will cease paying these monthly fees.
−Removed: Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement., upon
−Removed: the consummation of our Initial Business Combination, we will pay the underwriters a cash fee in an amount equal to 3.5% of the gross
−Removed: proceeds of the Public Offering (exclusive of any applicable finders’ fees which might become payable).
−Removed: No fee will be due if we
−Removed: do not complete an Initial Business Combination.
−Removed: Critical Accounting Policies and Significant
−Removed: The preparation of financial statements and related
−Removed: disclosures in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and
−Removed: assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of
−Removed: the financial statements, and income and expenses during the periods reported.
−Removed: Actual results could materially differ from those estimates.
−Removed: We have identified the following as our critical accounting policies:
−Removed: Net Income (Loss) per Common Share
−Removed: The Company complies with accounting and disclosure
−Removed: requirements of FASB ASC Topic 260, “ Earnings Per Share.
−Removed: ” Net income (loss) per share of common stock is computed by
−Removed: dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding for the period.
−Removed: The Company applies the
−Removed: two-class method in calculating earnings per share.
−Removed: The remeasurement adjustment associated with the redeemable shares of Class A
−Removed: Common Stock is excluded from income (loss) per share as the redemption value approximates fair value.
−Removed: The calculation of diluted income (loss) per share
−Removed: of common stock does not consider the effect of the warrants issued in connection with the (i) Initial Public Offering and (ii) the Private
−Removed: Placement since the exercise of the warrants is contingent upon the occurrence of future events.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2022, the warrants are exercisable to purchase 11,580,000 shares of Class A common stock in the aggregate.
−Removed: diluted income (loss) per share of common stock is the same as basic income (loss) per common stock for the periods presented.
−Removed: 10, 2022, the Company effectuated a 1.1-for-1 share split on the Class B common stock, resulting in an aggregate of 3,162,500 founder
−Removed: shares outstanding (up to 412,500 shares of which were subject to forfeiture, of which 75,000 were forfeited, resulting in 337,500 common
−Removed: stock shares outstanding subsequent to March 10, 2022).
−Removed: Basic net income per share of common stock excludes the 337,500 shares subject
−Removed: to forfeiture from weighted average shares outstanding between January 1, 2022 through March 10, 2022 due to the contingency with forfeiture.
−Removed: Diluted net income per share of common stock weighted average shares outstanding considers the 337,500 shares subject to forfeiture as
−Removed: outstanding during the entire year ended December 31, 2022.
−Removed: For the period from June 14, 2021 (inception) through December 31, 2021, the
−Removed: 412,500 shares subject to forfeiture were excluded from the basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding.
−Removed: Class A common stock subject to possible redemption
−Removed: The Company accounts for its shares of Class A
−Removed: common stock subject to possible redemption in accordance with the guidance enumerated in ASC 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities
−Removed: from Equity”.
−Removed: Common stock subject to mandatory redemption is classified as a liability instrument and is measured at fair value.
−Removed: Conditionally redeemable common stock (including common stock that feature redemption rights that are either within the control of the
−Removed: holder or subject to redemption upon the occurrence of uncertain events not solely within the Company’s control) are classified
−Removed: as temporary equity.
−Removed: At all other times, common stock is classified as stockholders’ equity.
−Removed: The shares of the Company’s Class
−Removed: A common stock feature certain redemption rights that are considered by the Company to be outside of the Company’s control and subject
−Removed: to the occurrence of uncertain future events.
−Removed: Fair Value of Financial Instruments
−Removed: Fair value is defined as the price that would be received for sale
−Removed: of an asset or paid to transfer of a liability, in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.
−Removed: establishes a three-tier fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value.
−Removed: The hierarchy gives the highest
−Removed: priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority
−Removed: to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements).
−Removed: The determination of fair value of the Representative Shares to the underwriter represent
−Removed: the most significant accounting estimate related to the fair value of financial instruments.
−Removed: The 123,500 Representative Shares have a
−Removed: grant date fair value of $6.29 per share or an aggregate of $776,815.
−Removed: The Company measured the fair value of the Representative Shares
−Removed: on the grant date of the award utilizing a valuation model which considers certain assumptions.
−Removed: These assumptions include the offering
−Removed: price, the marketability of the Company and the probability of initial business combination.
−Removed: Upon the Initial Public Offering, such amounts
−Removed: were allocated to offering costs within stockholders’ equity (deficit).
−Removed: We account for warrants as either equity-classified
−Removed: or liability-classified instruments based on an assessment of the warrant’s specific terms and applicable authoritative guidance
−Removed: in ASC 480, and FASB ASC 815, “Derivatives and Hedging” (“ASC 815”).
−Removed: The assessment considers whether the warrants
−Removed: are freestanding financial instruments pursuant to ASC 480, meet the definition of a liability pursuant to ASC 480, and whether the warrants
−Removed: meet all of the requirements for equity classification under ASC 815, including whether the warrants are indexed to the Company’s
−Removed: own common shares and whether the warrant holders could potentially require “net cash settlement” in a circumstance outside
−Removed: of the Company’s control, among other conditions for equity classification.
−Removed: This assessment is conducted at the time warrant issuance
−Removed: and as of each subsequent quarterly period end date while the warrants are outstanding.
−Removed: For issued or modified warrants that meet all of the criteria for equity
−Removed: classification, the warrants are required to be recorded as a component of additional paid-in capital at the time of issuance.
−Removed: or modified warrants that do not meet all of the criteria for equity classification, the warrants are required to be recorded at their
−Removed: initial fair value on the date of issuance, and each balance sheet date thereafter.
−Removed: We account for our outstanding warrants as equity-classified
−Removed: Recent Accounting Pronouncements
−Removed: Management does not believe that any recently issued, but not yet effective,
−Removed: accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the Company’s balance sheet.
−Removed: QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE
−Removed: DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
+Added: into an administrative support agreement pursuant to which we agreed to pay an affiliate of the Sponsor a total of $10,000 per month
+Added: for office space, utilities and secretarial, and administrative support services.
+Added: We began incurring these fees on March 14, 2022 and
+Added: continued to incur these fees monthly until the completion of our Business Combination.
+Added: The Underwriter in the initial public offering
+Added: was entitled to a deferred fee of 3.5% of the gross proceeds of the Public Offering (exclusive of any applicable finders’ fees
+Added: which might become payable) or $4,322,500 in the aggregate.
+Added: The deferred fee was paid in connection with the closing of the Business
+Added: At a special meeting of Nubia Brand stockholders
+Added: held on December 14, 2023, Nubia Brand’s stockholders approved the proposed business combination with HBC.
+Added: In addition, in a special
+Added: meeting on December 15, 2023, Nubia Brand stockholders approved an amendment to the certificate of incorporation that changed the date
+Added: by which Nubia Brand must consummate an initial business combination to March 15, 2024.
+Added: Critical Accounting Estimates
+Added: We prepare our consolidated
+Added: financial statements in accordance with U.S.
+Added: generally accepted accounting principles, which require our management to make estimates
+Added: that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the balance sheet dates,
+Added: as well as the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods.
+Added: To the extent that there are material differences
+Added: between these estimates and actual results, our financial condition or results of operations would be affected.
+Added: We base our estimates
+Added: on our own historical experience and other assumptions that we believe are reasonable after taking account of our circumstances and expectations
+Added: for the future based on available information.
+Added: We evaluate these estimates on an ongoing basis.
+Added: consider an accounting estimate to be critical if:
+Added: (i) the accounting estimate requires us to make assumptions about matters that were
+Added: highly uncertain at the time the accounting estimate was made, and (ii) changes in the estimate that are reasonably likely to occur from
+Added: period to period or use of different estimates that we reasonably could have used in the current period, would have a material impact
+Added: on our financial condition or results of operations.
+Added: There are items within our financial statement that require estimation but are not
+Added: deemed critical, as defined above.
+Added: We have identified the following as our critical accounting estimate for the year ended December
+Added: Forward Purchase Agreement and Non Redemption
+Added: The Company accounts for the forward purchase
+Added: agreement and non-redemption agreement as either equity-classified or liability-classified instruments based on an assessment of the FPA
+Added: and NRA specific terms and applicable authoritative guidance in ASC 480, and FASB ASC 815, “Derivatives and Hedging” (“ASC
+Added: The assessment considers whether the FPA and NRA are freestanding financial instruments pursuant to ASC 480, meet the definition
+Added: of a liability pursuant to ASC 480, and whether the FPA and NRA meet all of the requirements for equity classification under ASC 815,
+Added: including whether the FPA and NRA are indexed to the Company’s own common shares and whether the FPA and NRA holders could potentially
+Added: require “net cash settlement” in a circumstance outside of the Company’s control, among other conditions for equity
+Added: classification.
+Added: This assessment is conducted at the time of FPA and NRA issuance and as of each subsequent quarterly period end date while
+Added: the FPA and NRA are outstanding.
+Added: For issued or modified FPA and NRAs that meet
+Added: all of the criteria for equity classification, the FPA and NRA are required to be recorded as a component of additional paid-in capital
+Added: at the time of issuance.
+Added: For issued or modified FPA and NRAs that do not meet all of the criteria for equity classification, the FPA
+Added: and NRAs are required to be recorded at their initial fair value on the date of issuance, and each balance sheet date thereafter.
+Added: Company accounts for outstanding FPA and NRA as liability-classified instruments.
+Added: The fair value of the FPA and NRA is Level
+Added: The determination of the fair value requires significant estimates and judgments.
+Added: Please see Note 9 – Fair Value
+Added: Measurements to the financial statements for the significant assumptions and estimates.
+Added: Changes in the significant assumptions and estimates could materially impact the valuation and the amounts recorded
+Added: in the financial statements.
+Added: Recent Accounting Standards
+Added: In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income
+Added: Taxes (Topic 740):
+Added: Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures (ASU 2023-09), which requires disclosures of incremental income tax information
+Added: within the rate reconciliation and expanded disclosures of income taxes paid, among other disclosure requirements.
+Added: ASU 2023-09 is effective
+Added: for the fiscal year beginning after December 15, 2024.
+Added: Early adoption is permitted.
+Added: The Company’s management does not believe the
+Added: adoption of ASU 2023-09 will have a material impact on its financial statements and disclosures.
+Added: Management does not believe that any recently issued,
+Added: but not yet effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the Company’s financial statements.
+Added: AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
As a smaller reporting company, we are not required
to make disclosures under this Item.
−Removed: FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY
+Added: STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
Our financial statements and the notes thereto
begin on page F-1 of this Annual Report.
−Removed: CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH
−Removed: ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
+Added: AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
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