−Removed: CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
−Removed: Disclosure controls are procedures that are designed
−Removed: with the objective of ensuring that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed under the Exchange Act, such as this Report,
−Removed: is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time period specified in the SEC’s rules and forms.
−Removed: Disclosure controls
−Removed: are also designed with the objective of ensuring that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including the
−Removed: chief executive officer and chief financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
−Removed: Our management
−Removed: evaluated, with the participation of our current chief executive officer and chief financial officer (our “Certifying Officers”),
−Removed: the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2022, pursuant to Rule 13a-15(b) under the Exchange
−Removed: Based upon that evaluation, our Certifying Officers concluded that, as of December 31, 2022, our disclosure controls and procedures
−Removed: were effective.
−Removed: We do not expect that our disclosure controls
−Removed: and procedures will prevent all errors and all instances of fraud.
−Removed: Disclosure controls and procedures, no matter how well conceived and
−Removed: operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the disclosure controls and procedures are met.
−Removed: Further, the design of disclosure controls and procedures must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits
−Removed: must be considered relative to their costs.
−Removed: Because of the inherent limitations in all disclosure controls and procedures, no evaluation
−Removed: of disclosure controls and procedures can provide absolute assurance that we have detected all our control deficiencies and instances
−Removed: of fraud, if any.
−Removed: The design of disclosure controls and procedures also is based partly on certain assumptions about the likelihood of
−Removed: future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions.
+Added: AND PROCEDURES
+Added: Disclosure controls and procedures are designed to
+Added: ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in our Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within
+Added: the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management,
+Added: including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow
+Added: timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
+Added: A material weakness is a deficiency, or combination
+Added: of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement
+Added: of the Company’s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.
+Added: the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial and accounting
+Added: officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the fiscal period
+Added: ended December 31, 2023, as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act.
+Added: Based on this evaluation, our
+Added: principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that during the period covered by this report, our disclosure
+Added: controls and procedures were not effective as of December 31, 2023 due to the Company utilizing
+Added: cash withdrawn from the trust account for tax obligations for operating purposes.
+Added: In hindsight, the amounts withheld from the trust should
+Added: have been promptly remitted, or held as restricted cash.
+Added: Since the business combination has been completed and the trust no longer exists,
+Added: any remedial measures to correct this would be futile.
+Added: The tax obligation has been entered as income taxes payable and the Company intends
+Added: to remit payment as soon as practically possible, in conjunction with applicable tax authority deadlines.
Management’s Report on Internal Controls
Over Financial Reporting
−Removed: This Annual Report on Form 10-K does not
−Removed: include a report of management’s assessment regarding internal control over financial reporting or an attestation report of our
−Removed: independent registered public accounting firm due to a transition period established by rules of the SEC for newly public companies.
+Added: Our management is responsible for establishing
+Added: and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act.
+Added: of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting is not intended to provide absolute assurance that a material misstatement
+Added: of our consolidated financial statements would be prevented or detected.
+Added: Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future
+Added: periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance
+Added: with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
+Added: Internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that
+Added: (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of
+Added: (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements
+Added: in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that our receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance
+Added: with authorizations of our management and directors;
+Added: and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of
+Added: unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of our assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
+Added: Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and
+Added: Chief Financial Officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December
+Added: 31, 2023 based on the framework established in “Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013)” issued by the Committee
+Added: of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.
+Added: As disclosed above, our management concluded that our internal control over financial
+Added: reporting were not effective as of that date, due to the Company utilizing cash withdrawn from the trust account for tax obligations for
+Added: operating purposes.
+Added: In addition, as an emerging growth company,
+Added: management’s assessment of internal control over financial reporting was not subject to attestation by our independent registered
+Added: public accounting firm.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial
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OTHER INFORMATION
−Removed: DISCLOSURE REGARDING FOREIGN
−Removed: JURISDICTIONS THAT PREVENT INSPECTIONS
−Removed: DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
−Removed: AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
−Removed: The following table sets forth information about
−Removed: our directors and executive officers as of the date of this annual report.
−Removed: Jaymes Winters
−Removed: Chief Executive Officer and Director
−Removed: Alexander Monje
−Removed: Chairman of the Board
−Removed: Vlad Prantsevich
−Removed: Chief Financial Officer and Director
−Removed: David Campbell
−Removed: Michael Patterson
−Removed: Karin-Joyce (KJ) Tjon
−Removed: Jaymes Winters is our Chief Executive Officer.
−Removed: With over 15 years experience as a Chief Executive Officer in the oil and gas, telecommunications and retail spaces with extensive
−Removed: mergers and acquisitions (M&A) experience, Mr.
−Removed: Winters been Chief Executive Officer at Mach FM Corp.
−Removed: since its inception in 2015 and
−Removed: oversaw 600 MHz spectrum acquisition via an auction conducted by the Federal Communications Commission, or FCC.
−Removed: He designed a Simultaneous
−Removed: Multiple Round (SMR) analysis using historical data from previous FCC auctions to predict the total amount bid by other participants within
−Removed: Prior to that, he was founder and Chief Executive Officer of United Energy Inc., which for seven consecutive years was one of the
−Removed: largest African American owned businesses on the west coast with annual revenues of nearly $100 million and 1,000 employees.
−Removed: has directed and negotiated four M&A transactions utilizing private equity firms.
−Removed: For over nine years, he was an adjunct professor
−Removed: in the School of Business at Portland State University teaching business strategy, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and is the
−Removed: author of an upcoming college textbook titled “Chronicles of an Urban CEO” (Kendall Hunt Publishing Company, August 2021).
−Removed: Winters holds a B.S.
−Removed: Business Administration with a minor in Economics from Oregon State University.
−Removed: Alexander Monje has been the chairman of our board of directors since
−Removed: March 10, 2022.
−Removed: Since February 2022, Mr.
−Removed: Monje is the Founder and CEO of Biscayne Ventures Advisors.
−Removed: From 2021 to 2022, Mr.
−Removed: as Chief Legal Officer of Benessere Investment Group, a consulting and advisory firm with a focus on special purpose acquisition companies.
−Removed: Monje has spent the last 8 years in law and finance.
−Removed: From 2018 to 2020, Mr.
−Removed: Monje worked as a commercial litigator representing domestic
−Removed: and international investors and entrepreneurs, small to midsize private companies, and public companies in several dispute forums.
−Removed: in law school, in 2017, Mr.
−Removed: Monje worked in the chambers of Justice R.
−Removed: Fred Lewis at the Florida Supreme Court and, from 2015 to 2017,
−Removed: worked as a law clerk for a law firm focusing on commercial litigation and corporate transactions.
−Removed: From 2014 to 2015, Mr.
−Removed: in institutional equity sales at Gabelli & Company.
−Removed: From 2013 to 2014, Mr.
−Removed: Monje worked in investment management at Morgan Stanley.
−Removed: He graduated with Honors from the University of Miami School of Law and earned his B.S.
−Removed: from the University of Miami.
−Removed: Vlad Prantsevich is our Chief Financial Officer
−Removed: and a member of our board of directors.
−Removed: Prantsevich joined Mach FM Corp.
−Removed: in 2015 and serves as the EVP of Operations.
−Removed: leads key corporate strategy, finance and operations planning responsibilities, as well as M&A initiatives that include identifying
−Removed: acquisition candidates, financial modeling, transaction structuring, and proprietary valuation models.
−Removed: Additionally, Mr.
−Removed: Prantsevich has
−Removed: more than 6 years of executive management level experience in charge of Corporate Finance at 64 Audio, a global pro audio and consumer
−Removed: electronics brand, where he helped lead the business through a period of rapid growth, implementing key processes, driving software-based
−Removed: improvements of operations, and development of manufacturing and sales channel partners.
−Removed: Prantsevich holds a B.S.
−Removed: in Business Administration
−Removed: from Portland State University.
−Removed: David Campbell has been a director since March
−Removed: Since March 2021, Mr.
−Removed: Campbell has been the Chief Operations Officer for Aero Design Labs, Inc.
−Removed: From January 2018 to March 2021,
−Removed: he was self employed as an aviation consultant.
−Removed: September 2014 to January 2018, he was President and Chief Executive Officer for Horizon
−Removed: Air of the Alaska Air Group (NYSE:
−Removed: He has more than 20 years of experience as an executive in the aviation sector,
−Removed: leading finance, flight operations, maintenance & engineering functions with extensive experience in crisis management, restructuring
−Removed: and turnaround of underperforming operations, billion-dollar budgetary and P&L responsibilities.
−Removed: He has served on boards at American
−Removed: Airlines Federal Credit Union, North Texas Leaders and Executives Advocating Diversity, Greater Portland Inc., and Make-A-Wish.
−Removed: Business Administration and Management from Louisiana Tech University and an M.B.A.
−Removed: from University of Texas-Arlington.
−Removed: Michael Patterson has been a director since March
−Removed: Since 1985, Mr.
−Removed: Patterson has served as the Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Legal Officer for Blue Cross and Blue Shield
−Removed: of Alabama, where he has held several roles, working his way up from a staff accountant to Senior Legal Counsel and then to Chief Legal
−Removed: Officer, overseeing acquisitions totaling over $500 million in transactional value while adding 700,000 healthcare customers/members for
−Removed: He has served on the board of Lakeshore Foundation, an organization that encourages and provides opportunities for people
−Removed: with disabilities to live a healthy lifestyle through activity, research, advocacy and health promotion.
−Removed: A graduate of the University
−Removed: of Alabama at Birmingham with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting, Patterson received his Juris Doctorate from the Birmingham School of
−Removed: Law in 1993 and was admitted to the Alabama bar that same year.
−Removed: He was appointed and served as the State of Alabama Revenue Commissioner
−Removed: from March 2000 until 2001.
−Removed: Karin-Joyce (KJ) Tjon has been a director since
−Removed: March 10, 2022.
−Removed: Tjon is also a Director at Volcon, Inc.
−Removed: (NASDAQ, “VLCN”)
−Removed: and Kaleyra, Inc.
−Removed: (NYSE, “KLR”).
−Removed: Tjon served as Chief Financial Officer of Alorica Inc.
−Removed: from July 2018 to May 2020.
−Removed: From February 2017 to August 2017, she served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Scientific Games, Inc.
−Removed: Tjon has more than
−Removed: 6 years of executive management level experience as a Chief Executive Officer for publicly listed companies and large privately held companies.
−Removed: Tjon has served as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President for Epiq Systems (NASDAQ:
−Removed: “EPIQ”) where she was
−Removed: responsible for legal, governance and risk compliance as well as all areas of international corporate finance, including financial planning
−Removed: and analysis, accounting, SEC filings, tax planning, investor relations, and SAP support.
−Removed: As a part of the executive team, she worked
−Removed: through a strategic review process which culminated in the sale of the company to a strategic buyer, backed by private equity.
−Removed: & Marsal LLC, a leading global professional services firm, Ms.
−Removed: Tjon served in several interim C-level posts guiding global clients
−Removed: through operational restructurings, business planning and execution, complex negotiations, financial audit and regulatory compliance issues,
−Removed: and technology issues.
−Removed: Tjon graduated summa cum laude from Ohio University with a B.S.S in Organizational Behavior & Management
−Removed: and received her M.B.A.
−Removed: from Columbia University.
−Removed: Yvonne Brown has been a director since March 10,
−Removed: Currently retired, Ms.
−Removed: Brown was self-employed as an IT management consultant from January 2019 to March 2021.
−Removed: Between November
−Removed: 2014 and July 2018, Ms.
−Removed: Brown served as roles as Director of Digital Business and Director of Transitions at Cognizant Technology Solutions.
−Removed: From March 2013 to June 2014, Ms.
−Removed: Brown served as Vice President of Transition/Transformation Management Services with Xerox Business
−Removed: Services, LLC where she led a global organization providing IT services to clients in diverse industries supporting the Information Technology
−Removed: Outsourcing division’s revenue of over $1 billion.
−Removed: Prior to 2013, Ms.
−Removed: Brown had an extensive career with Electronic Data Systems
−Removed: and HP Enterprise Services leading the planning and execution of complex transition and transformation mission-critical programs
−Removed: with globally dispersed resources, for IT outsourcing megadeal contracts valued over $100 million.
−Removed: Brown has more than 20 years of
−Removed: senior management experience in the IT sector and is accomplished in the delivery of technology enablement services, strategic outsourcing,
−Removed: governance, and stakeholder management.
−Removed: Brown’s experience spans the total range from sales through planning, analysis, solution
−Removed: design, development, testing, integration, and implementation.
−Removed: Brown has a B.A.
−Removed: in Computer Science from East Carolina University
−Removed: in Engineering Management from Southern Methodist University.
−Removed: Number and Terms of Office of Officers and
−Removed: Our board of directors has seven members and is
−Removed: divided into three classes with only one class of directors being elected in each year and each class (except for those directors appointed
−Removed: prior to our first annual meeting of stockholders) serving a three-year term.
−Removed: In accordance with Nasdaq corporate governance requirements,
−Removed: we are not required to hold an annual meeting until one year after our first fiscal year end following our listing on Nasdaq.
−Removed: of office of the first class of directors, consisting of Yvonne Brown and Michael Patterson will expire at our first annual meeting of
−Removed: stockholders.
−Removed: The term of office of the second class of directors, consisting of David Campbell and Karin-Joyce Tjon, will expire
−Removed: at the second annual meeting of stockholders.
−Removed: The term of office of the third class of directors, consisting of Jaymes Winters, Vlad Prantsevich
−Removed: and Alexander Monje will expire at the third annual meeting of stockholders.
−Removed: Our officers are appointed by the board of directors
−Removed: and serve at the discretion of the board of directors, rather than for specific terms of office.
−Removed: Our board of directors is authorized
−Removed: to appoint persons to the offices set forth in our bylaws as it deems appropriate.
−Removed: Our bylaws provide that our officers may consist of
−Removed: a Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, President, Vice Presidents, Secretary, Treasurer, Assistant
−Removed: Secretaries and such other offices as may be determined by the board of directors.
−Removed: Director Independence
−Removed: Nasdaq listing standards require that a majority
−Removed: of our board of directors be independent.
−Removed: An “independent director” is defined generally as a person other than an officer
−Removed: or employee of the company or its subsidiaries or any other individual having a relationship which in the opinion of the company’s
−Removed: board of directors, would interfere with the director’s exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of
−Removed: Our board of directors determined that David Campbell, Michael Patterson, Karin-Joyce (KJ) Tjon, Yvonne Brown, and Alexander
−Removed: Monje are “independent directors” as defined in the Nasdaq listing standards and applicable SEC rules.
−Removed: Our independent directors
−Removed: will have regularly scheduled meetings at which only independent directors are present.
−Removed: Audit Committee
−Removed: We established an audit committee of the board
−Removed: of directors.
−Removed: Michael Patterson, Yvonne Brown and Karin-Joyce (KJ) Tjon serve as members of our audit committee, and Karin-Joyce (KJ)
−Removed: Tjon chairs the audit committee.
−Removed: Under the Nasdaq listing standards and applicable SEC rules, we are required to have at least three members
−Removed: of the audit committee, all of whom must be independent.
−Removed: Each of Michael Patterson, Yvonne Brown and Karin-Joyce (KJ) Tjon meet the
−Removed: independent director standard under Nasdaq listing standards and under Rule 10-A-3(b)(1) of the Exchange Act.
−Removed: Each member of the audit committee
−Removed: is financially literate, and our board of directors has determined that Karin-Joyce (KJ) Tjon qualifies as an “audit committee
−Removed: financial expert” as defined in applicable SEC rules.
−Removed: We adopted an audit committee
−Removed: charter, which details the principal functions of the audit committee, including:
−Removed: ● the appointment, compensation, retention, replacement, and oversight
−Removed: of the work of the independent registered public accounting firm engaged by us;
−Removed: ● pre-approving all audit and permitted non-audit services
−Removed: to be provided by the independent registered public accounting firm engaged by us, and establishing pre-approval policies and procedures;
−Removed: ● setting clear hiring policies for employees or former employees
−Removed: of the independent registered public accounting firm, including but not limited to, as required by applicable laws and regulations;
−Removed: ● setting clear policies for audit partner rotation in compliance
−Removed: with applicable laws and regulations;
−Removed: ● obtaining and reviewing a report, at least annually, from the
−Removed: independent registered public accounting firm describing (i) the independent registered public accounting firm’s internal quality-control procedures,
−Removed: (ii) any material issues raised by the most recent internal quality-control review, or peer review, of the audit firm, or by any
−Removed: inquiry or investigation by governmental or professional authorities within the preceding five years respecting one or more independent
−Removed: audits carried out by the firm and any steps taken to deal with such issues and (iii) all relationships between the independent registered
−Removed: public accounting firm and us to assess the independent registered public accounting firm’s independence;
−Removed: ● reviewing and approving any related party transaction required
−Removed: to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC prior to us entering into such transaction;
−Removed: ● reviewing with management, the independent registered public
−Removed: accounting firm, and our legal advisors, as appropriate, any legal, regulatory or compliance matters, including any correspondence with
−Removed: regulators or government agencies and any employee complaints or published reports that raise material issues regarding our financial
−Removed: statements or accounting policies and any significant changes in accounting standards or rules promulgated by the Financial Accounting
−Removed: Standards Board, the SEC or other regulatory authorities.
−Removed: Compensation Committee
−Removed: We have established a compensation committee of
−Removed: the board of directors.
−Removed: David Campbell, Karin-Joyce (KJ) Tjon and Alexander Monje serve as members of our compensation committee.
−Removed: Under the Nasdaq listing standards and applicable SEC rules, we are required to have at least two members of the compensation committee,
−Removed: all of whom must be independent.
−Removed: David Campbell, Karin-Joyce (KJ) Tjon and Alexander Monje are independent and Alexander Monje chairs
−Removed: the compensation committee.
−Removed: We adopted a compensation committee charter, which
−Removed: details the principal functions of the compensation committee, including:
−Removed: ● reviewing and approving on an annual basis the corporate goals
−Removed: and objectives relevant to our Chief Executive Officer’s compensation, if any is paid by us, evaluating our Chief Executive Officer’s
−Removed: performance in light of such goals and objectives and determining and approving the remuneration (if any) of our Chief Executive Officer
−Removed: based on such evaluation;
−Removed: ● reviewing and approving on an annual basis the compensation,
−Removed: if any is paid by us, of all of our other officers;
−Removed: ● reviewing on an annual basis our executive compensation policies
−Removed: ● implementing and administering our incentive compensation equity-based remuneration
−Removed: ● assisting management in complying with our proxy statement and
−Removed: annual report disclosure requirements;
−Removed: ● approving all special perquisites, special cash payments and
−Removed: other special compensation and benefit arrangements for our officers and employees;
−Removed: ● if required, producing a report on executive compensation to
−Removed: be included in our annual proxy statement;
−Removed: ● reviewing, evaluating and recommending changes, if appropriate,
−Removed: to the remuneration for directors.
−Removed: Notwithstanding the foregoing, as indicated above,
−Removed: other than the payment to Mach FM, an affiliate of our sponsor, of $10,000 per month, for up to 18 months, for office space, utilities
−Removed: and secretarial and administrative support, no compensation of any kind, including finders, consulting or other similar fees, will be
−Removed: paid to any of our existing stockholders, officers, directors or any of their respective affiliates, prior to, or for any services they
−Removed: render in order to effectuate the consummation of an initial business combination.
−Removed: Accordingly, it is likely that prior to the consummation
−Removed: of an initial business combination, the compensation committee will only be responsible for the review and recommendation of any compensation
−Removed: arrangements to be entered into in connection with such initial business combination.
−Removed: The charter provides that the compensation committee
−Removed: may, in its sole discretion, retain or obtain the advice of a compensation consultant, legal counsel or other adviser and will be directly
−Removed: responsible for the appointment, compensation and oversight of the work of any such adviser.
−Removed: However, before engaging or receiving advice
−Removed: from a compensation consultant, external legal counsel or any other adviser, the compensation committee will consider the independence
−Removed: of each such adviser, including the factors required by Nasdaq and the SEC.
−Removed: Director Nominations
−Removed: We do not have a standing nominating committee
−Removed: though we intend to form a corporate governance and nominating committee as and when required to do so by law or Nasdaq rules.
−Removed: In accordance
−Removed: with Rule 5605 of the Nasdaq rules, a majority of the independent directors may recommend a director nominee for selection by the board
−Removed: of directors.
−Removed: The board of directors believes that the independent directors can satisfactorily carry out the responsibility of properly
−Removed: selecting or approving director nominees without the formation of a standing nominating committee.
−Removed: The directors who will participate
−Removed: in the consideration and recommendation of director nominees are David Campbell, Michael Patterson, Karin-Joyce (KJ) Tjon, Yvonne
−Removed: Brown, and Alexander Monje.
−Removed: In accordance with Rule 5605 of the Nasdaq rules, all such directors are independent.
−Removed: As there is no standing
−Removed: nominating committee, we do not have a nominating committee charter in place.
−Removed: The board of directors will also consider director
−Removed: candidates recommended for nomination by our stockholders during such times as they are seeking proposed nominees to stand for election
−Removed: at the next annual meeting of stockholders (or, if applicable, a special meeting of stockholders).
−Removed: Our stockholders that wish to nominate
−Removed: a director for election to our board of directors should follow the procedures set forth in our bylaws.
−Removed: We have not formally established any specific,
−Removed: minimum qualifications that must be met or skills that are necessary for directors to possess.
−Removed: In general, in identifying and evaluating
−Removed: nominees for director, the board of directors considers educational background, diversity of professional experience, knowledge of our
−Removed: business, integrity, professional reputation, independence, wisdom, and the ability to represent the best interests of our stockholders.
−Removed: Code of Ethics
−Removed: We have adopted a code of ethics that applies
−Removed: to all of our executive officers, directors and employees.
−Removed: The code of ethics codifies the business and ethical principles that govern
−Removed: all aspects of our business.
−Removed: Legal Proceedings Involving Our Officers and
−Removed: On August 3, 2017, Jaymes W.
−Removed: our Chief Executive Officer, filed a petition for bankruptcy under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code (the “Chapter 7 Case”)
−Removed: in the United States Bankruptcy Court Western District of Washington (Tacoma) (the “Court”) (Case No.
−Removed: 17-42965) to avoid a
−Removed: $2,480,000 judicial lien against his personal residence obtained by Sterling Savings Bank (the “Sterling Savings Lien”), which
−Removed: was held by Umpqua Bank, the successor to Sterling Savings Bank.
−Removed: On November 9, 2018, the Court partially granted Mr.
−Removed: motion to avoid the judgment lien of Umpqua Bank and all but $160,725.00 of Umpqua Bank’s judicial lien was avoided.
−Removed: 2018, while the Chapter 7 Case was still open, Mr.
−Removed: Winters filed another petition for bankruptcy under Chapter 13 of the Bankruptcy
−Removed: Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court Western District of Washington (Tacoma) (Case Number:
−Removed: 3:17-BK-42965) to further protect his
−Removed: rights in relation to the Sterling Savings Lien.
−Removed: The Court granted a voluntary dismissal of the Chapter 13 Case on November 27, 2018.
−Removed: As of the date of this prospectus, both the Chapter 7 Case and the Chapter 13 Case are closed.
−Removed: Conflicts of Interest
−Removed: Subject to pre-existing fiduciary or contractual
−Removed: duties as described below, our officers and directors have agreed to present any business opportunities presented to them in their capacity
−Removed: as a director or officer of our company to us.
−Removed: Certain of our officers and directors presently have fiduciary or contractual obligations
−Removed: to other entities pursuant to which such officer or director is or will be required to present a business combination opportunity.
−Removed: if any of our officers or directors becomes aware of a business combination opportunity which is suitable for an entity to which he or
−Removed: she has then-current fiduciary or contractual obligations, he or she will honor his or her fiduciary or contractual obligations to
−Removed: present such opportunity to such entity.
−Removed: We believe, however, that the fiduciary duties or contractual obligations of our officers or
−Removed: directors will not materially affect our ability to complete our initial business combination.
−Removed: Our amended and restated certificate of
−Removed: incorporation provides that we renounce our interest in any corporate opportunity offered to any director or officer unless such opportunity
−Removed: is expressly offered to such person solely in his or her capacity as a director or officer of our company and such opportunity is one
−Removed: we are legally and contractually permitted to undertake and would otherwise be reasonable for us to pursue, and to the extent the director
−Removed: or officer is permitted to refer that opportunity to us without violating another legal obligation.
−Removed: Our officers and directors may become officers
−Removed: or directors of another special purpose acquisition company with a class of securities intended to be registered under the Exchange Act,
−Removed: even prior to us entering into a definitive agreement for our initial business combination.
−Removed: Potential investors should also be aware of the
−Removed: following other potential conflicts of interest:
−Removed: ● None of our officers or directors is required to commit his
−Removed: or her full time to our affairs and, accordingly, may have conflicts of interest in allocating his or her time among various business
−Removed: ● In the course of their other business activities, our officers
−Removed: and directors may become aware of investment and business opportunities which may be appropriate for presentation to us as well as the
−Removed: other entities with which they are affiliated.
−Removed: Our management may have conflicts of interest in determining to which entity a particular
−Removed: business opportunity should be presented.
−Removed: ● Our initial stockholders have agreed to waive their redemption
−Removed: rights with respect to any founder shares and any public shares held by them in connection with the consummation of our initial business
−Removed: Additionally, our initial stockholders have agreed to waive their redemption rights with respect to any founder shares held
−Removed: by them if we fail to consummate our initial business combination within 12 months (or up to 18 months if our time to complete
−Removed: a business combination is extended as described herein) after the closing of this offering.
−Removed: If we do not complete our initial business
−Removed: combination within such applicable time period, the proceeds of the sale of the placement warrants held in the trust account will be
−Removed: used to fund the redemption of our public shares, and the placement warrants will expire worthless.
−Removed: With certain limited exceptions,
−Removed: the founder shares will not be transferable, assignable by our sponsor until the earlier to occur of:
−Removed: (A) six months after the completion
−Removed: of our initial business combination and (B) subsequent to our initial business combination, if the reported last sale price of our Class
−Removed: A common stock equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations
−Removed: and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing after our initial business combination.
−Removed: limited exceptions, the placement warrants and the Class A common stock underlying such warrants, will not be transferable, assignable
−Removed: or saleable by our sponsor or its permitted transferees until 30 days after the completion of our initial business combination.
−Removed: our sponsor and officers and directors may directly or indirectly own common stock and warrants following this offering, our officers
−Removed: and directors may have a conflict of interest in determining whether a particular target business is an appropriate business with which
−Removed: to effectuate our initial business combination.
−Removed: ● Our officers and directors may have a conflict of interest with
−Removed: respect to evaluating a particular business combination if the retention or resignation of any such officers and directors was included
−Removed: by a target business as a condition to any agreement with respect to our initial business combination.
−Removed: ● Our sponsor, officers or directors may have a conflict of interest
−Removed: with respect to evaluating a business combination and financing arrangements as we may obtain loans from our sponsor or an affiliate
−Removed: of our sponsor or any of our officers or directors to finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial business combination.
−Removed: Up to $1,500,000 of such loans may be convertible into warrants, at a price of $1.00 per warrant at the option of the lender, upon consummation
−Removed: of our initial business combination.
−Removed: The warrants would be identical to the placement warrants.
−Removed: The conflicts described above may not be resolved
−Removed: in our favor.
−Removed: In general, officers and directors of a corporation
−Removed: incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware are required to present business opportunities to a corporation if:
−Removed: ● the corporation could financially undertake the opportunity;
−Removed: ● the opportunity is within the corporation’s line of business;
−Removed: ● it would not be fair to our company and its stockholders for
−Removed: the opportunity not to be brought to the attention of the corporation.
−Removed: Accordingly, as a result of multiple business
−Removed: affiliations, our officers and directors may have similar legal obligations relating to presenting business opportunities meeting the
−Removed: above-listed criteria to multiple entities.
−Removed: Furthermore, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that we renounce
−Removed: our interest in any corporate opportunity offered to any director or officer unless such opportunity is expressly offered to such person
−Removed: solely in his or her capacity as a director or officer of our company and such opportunity is one we are legally and contractually permitted
−Removed: to undertake and would otherwise be reasonable for us to pursue, and to the extent the director or officer is permitted to refer that
−Removed: opportunity to us without violating another legal obligation.
−Removed: Below is a table summarizing the entities to which
−Removed: our executive officers and directors currently have fiduciary duties or contractual obligations:
−Removed: Individual (1)
−Removed: Entity’s Business
−Removed: Jaymes Winters
−Removed: Mach FM Corp.
−Removed: Telecommunications
−Removed: Vlad Prantsevich
−Removed: Mach FM Corp.
−Removed: Telecommunications
−Removed: Executive Vice President
−Removed: 1964 Ears, LLC
−Removed: Audio / Electronics
−Removed: Financial Manager
−Removed: David Campbell
−Removed: Aero Design Labs, Inc
−Removed: Chief Operations Officer
−Removed: Michael Patterson
−Removed: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama
−Removed: Chief Administrative Officer
−Removed: Karin-Joyce (KJ) Tjon
−Removed: Electric Vehicles
−Removed: Kaleyra, Inc.
−Removed: Alexander Monje
−Removed: Biscayne Ventures Advisors
−Removed: Venture Capital
−Removed: Founder & CEO
−Removed: (1) Each person has a fiduciary duty with respect to the listed
−Removed: entities next to their respective names.
−Removed: (2) Each of the entities listed in this table has priority and preference
−Removed: relative to our company with respect to the performance by each individual listed in this table of his obligations and the presentation
−Removed: by each such individual of business opportunities.
−Removed: Accordingly, if any of the above executive officers,
−Removed: or directors becomes aware of a business combination opportunity which is suitable for any of the above entities to which he or she has
−Removed: current fiduciary or contractual obligations, he or she will honor his or her fiduciary or contractual obligations to present such business
−Removed: combination opportunity to such entity, and only present it to us if such entity rejects the opportunity.
−Removed: We are not prohibited from pursuing an initial
−Removed: business combination with a company that is affiliated with our sponsor, officers or directors.
−Removed: In the event we seek to complete our initial
−Removed: business combination with such a company, we, or a committee of independent directors, would obtain an opinion from an independent investment
−Removed: banking firm or another independent entity that commonly renders valuation opinions, that such an initial business combination is fair
−Removed: to our company from a financial point of view.
−Removed: In the event that we submit our initial business
−Removed: combination to our public stockholders for a vote, pursuant to the letter agreement, our sponsor, officers and directors have agreed to
−Removed: vote any founder shares held by them and any public shares purchased during or after the offering (including in open market and privately
−Removed: negotiated transactions) in favor of our initial business combination.
−Removed: Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting
−Removed: Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange
−Removed: Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, requires our executive officers, directors and persons who beneficially own more than 10%
−Removed: of a registered class of our equity securities to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission initial reports of ownership and reports
−Removed: of changes in ownership of our shares of Common Stock and other equity securities.
−Removed: These executive officers, directors, and greater than
−Removed: 10% beneficial owners are required by SEC regulation to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) forms filed by such reporting
−Removed: Based solely on our review of such forms furnished
−Removed: to us and written representations from certain reporting persons, we believe that, during 2022, our directors, executive officers, and
−Removed: ten percent stockholders complied with all Section 16(a) filing requirements.
+Added: REGARDING FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS THAT PREVENT INSPECTIONS
+Added: DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, AND
+Added: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
+Added: Information about our executive officers is contained
+Added: in the section titled “Executive Officers” in Part I of this Annual Report.
+Added: The other information required
+Added: by this Item will be included in our Proxy Statement for the 2024 Annual General Meeting of Stockholders under the captions “Director
+Added: Nominees,” “Continuing Members of the Board of Directors,” “Additional Information Concerning the Board of Directors
+Added: of the Company,” Committees of the Board of Directors” and “Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance,”
+Added: which will be filed with the SEC no later than 120 days after the close of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 and is incorporated
+Added: by reference in this Annual Report.
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
−Removed: Employment Agreements
−Removed: We have not entered into any employment agreements
−Removed: with our executive officers and have not made any agreements to provide benefits upon termination of employment.
−Removed: Executive Officers and Director Compensation
−Removed: None of our officers has received any cash compensation
−Removed: for services rendered to us.
−Removed: Commencing on the date of March 10, 2022, we have agreed to pay Mach FM, an affiliate of our sponsor, a total
−Removed: of $10,000 per month for office space, utilities and secretarial and administrative support.
−Removed: Upon completion of our initial business combination
−Removed: or our liquidation, we will cease paying these monthly fees.
−Removed: No compensation of any kind, including any finder’s fee, reimbursement,
−Removed: consulting fee or monies in respect of any payment of a loan, will be paid by us to our sponsor, officers or directors or any affiliate
−Removed: of our sponsor, officers or directors, prior to, or in connection with any services rendered in order to effectuate, the consummation
−Removed: of our initial business combination (regardless of the type of transaction that it is).
−Removed: However, these individuals will be reimbursed
−Removed: for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with activities on our behalf such as identifying potential target businesses
−Removed: and performing due diligence on suitable business combinations.
−Removed: Our audit committee will review on a quarterly basis all payments that
−Removed: were made to our sponsor, officers or directors or our or their affiliates.
−Removed: Any such payments prior to an initial business combination
−Removed: will be made using funds held outside the trust account.
−Removed: Other than quarterly audit committee review of such payments, we do not expect
−Removed: to have any additional controls in place governing our reimbursement payments to our directors and executive officers for their out-of-pocket expenses
−Removed: incurred in connection with identifying and consummating an initial business combination.
−Removed: After the completion of our initial business combination,
−Removed: directors or members of our management team who remain with us may be paid consulting or management fees from the combined company.
−Removed: of these fees will be fully disclosed to stockholders, to the extent then known, in the tender offer materials or proxy solicitation materials
−Removed: furnished to our stockholders in connection with a proposed initial business combination.
−Removed: We have not established any limit on the amount
−Removed: of such fees that may be paid by the combined company to our directors or members of management.
−Removed: It is unlikely the amount of such compensation
−Removed: will be known at the time of the proposed initial business combination because the directors of the post-combination business will
−Removed: be responsible for determining officer and director compensation.
−Removed: Any compensation to be paid to our officers will be determined, or recommended
−Removed: to the board of directors for determination, either by a compensation committee constituted solely by independent directors or by a majority
−Removed: of the independent directors on our board of directors.
−Removed: We do not intend to take any action to ensure
−Removed: that members of our management team maintain their positions with us after the consummation of our initial business combination, although
−Removed: it is possible that some or all of our officers and directors may negotiate employment or consulting arrangements to remain with us after
−Removed: our initial business combination.
−Removed: The existence or terms of any such employment or consulting arrangements to retain their positions with
−Removed: us may influence our management’s motivation in identifying or selecting a target business but we do not believe that the ability
−Removed: of our management to remain with us after the consummation of our initial business combination will be a determining factor in our decision
−Removed: to proceed with any potential business combination.
−Removed: We are not party to any agreements with our officers and directors that provide for
−Removed: benefits upon termination of employment.
−Removed: SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN
−Removed: BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
−Removed: The following table sets forth certain information
−Removed: with respect to the beneficial ownership of our voting securities by (i) each person who is known by us to be the beneficial owner of
−Removed: more than 5% of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares, (ii) each of our officers and directors, and (iii) all of our officers and
−Removed: directors as a group as of March 16, 2023.
−Removed: Unless otherwise indicated, we believe that all
−Removed: persons named in the table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all ordinary shares beneficially owned by them.
−Removed: The following
−Removed: table does not reflect record of beneficial ownership of any ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants or conversion of rights,
−Removed: as the warrants are not exercisable within 60 days of March 16, 2023 and the rights are not convertible within 60 days of March 16, 2023.
−Removed: Percentage of
−Removed: Name and Address of Beneficial Owner (1)
−Removed: Jaymes Winters
−Removed: Vlad Prantsevich
−Removed: David Campbell
−Removed: Michael Patterson
−Removed: Karin-Joyce (KJ) Tjon
−Removed: Alexander Monje
−Removed: All current directors and executive officers as a group (seven individuals)
−Removed: Five Percent Holders of Nubia
−Removed: Mach FM Acquisitions LLC (2)
−Removed: Patrick Orlando (2)
−Removed: Boothbay Fund Management, LLC (3)
−Removed: Saba Capital Management, L.P.
−Removed: Unless otherwise noted, the business address of each of the following entities or individuals is c/o Nubia Brand International Corp., 13355 Noel Rd, Suite 1100, Dallas, TX 75240.
−Removed: Mach FM Acquisitions LLC, our sponsor, is the record holder of the securities reported herein.
−Removed: Patrick Orlando is the manager of our sponsor.
−Removed: By virtue of this relationship, Mr.
−Removed: Orlando may be deemed to have beneficial ownership of the securities held of record by our sponsor.
−Removed: Orlando disclaims any such beneficial ownership except to the extent of his pecuniary interests.
−Removed: Pursuant to a Schedule 13G filed by reporting persons.
−Removed: The shares are held by one or more private funds (the “Funds”), which are managed by Boothbay Fund Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Adviser”).
−Removed: Ari Glass is the Managing Member of the Adviser.
−Removed: Certain subadvisors (“Subadvisors”) have been delegated the authority to act on behalf of the Funds, including exclusive authority to vote and/or direct the disposition of certain Shares held by the Fund, and such Shares may be reported in regulatory filings made by such Subadvisors.
−Removed: However, this report is being made to the extent that, for the purposes of Reg.
−Removed: Section 240.13d-3.
−Removed: The address of the reporting persons is 140 East 45th Street, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10017.
−Removed: Pursuant to a Schedule 13G filed by reporting persons.
−Removed: Saba Capital Management, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Saba Capital”), Saba Capital Management GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Saba GP”), and Mr.
−Removed: Weinstein (together, the “Reporting Persons”).
−Removed: The Reporting Persons have entered into a Joint Filing Agreement, dated March 21, 2022, pursuant to which the Reporting Persons have agreed to file this statement and any subsequent amendments hereto jointly in accordance with the provisions of Rule 13d-1(k)(1) under the Act.
−Removed: The address of the reporting persons is 405 Lexington Avenue, 58th Floor, New York, New York 10174.
−Removed: All of the founder shares issued and outstanding
−Removed: prior to the IPO are each subject to transfer restrictions pursuant to lock-up provisions in a letter agreement with us entered into by
−Removed: our sponsor, officers and directors.
−Removed: Those lock-up provisions provide that such securities are not transferable or saleable (i) in the
−Removed: case of the founder shares (or shares of common stock issuable upon conversion thereof), until the earlier to occur of:
−Removed: (A) six months
−Removed: after the completion of our initial business combination and (B) subsequent to our initial business combination, if the reported last
−Removed: sale price of our Class A common stock equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations,
−Removed: recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing after our initial business combination.
−Removed: In the case of the placement warrants, until 30 days after the completion of our initial business combination, except in each case (a)
−Removed: to our officers or directors, any affiliates or family members of any of our officers or directors, any members of our sponsor, or any
−Removed: affiliates of our sponsor, (b) in the case of an individual, by gift to a member of one of the members of the individual’s immediate
−Removed: family or to a trust, the beneficiary of which is a member of one of the individual’s immediate family, an affiliate of such person
−Removed: or to a charitable organization;
−Removed: (c) in the case of an individual, by virtue of laws of descent and distribution upon death of any of
−Removed: our officers, our directors, the initial stockholders or members of our sponsor;
−Removed: (d) in the case of an individual, pursuant to a qualified
−Removed: domestic relations order;
−Removed: (e) by private sales or transfers made in connection with the consummation of an initial business combination
−Removed: at prices no greater than the price at which the securities were originally purchased;
−Removed: (f) in the event of our liquidation prior to the
−Removed: completion of our initial business combination;
−Removed: (g) by virtue of the laws of Delaware or our sponsor’s limited liability company
−Removed: agreement upon dissolution of our sponsor;
−Removed: or (h) in the event of our liquidation, merger, capital stock exchange, reorganization or other
−Removed: similar transaction which results in all of our stockholders having the right to exchange their shares of common stock for cash, securities
−Removed: or other property subsequent to our completion of our initial business combination;
−Removed: provided, however, that in the case of clauses (a)
−Removed: through (e) or (g) these permitted transferees must enter into a written agreement agreeing to be bound by these transfer restrictions
−Removed: and the other restrictions contained in the letter agreements and by the same agreements entered into by our sponsor with respect to such
+Added: The information required by this
+Added: Item will be included in our Proxy Statement for the 2024 Annual General Meeting of Stockholders under the captions “Executive
+Added: Compensation” and “Director Remuneration,” which will be filed with the SEC no later than 120 days after the close
+Added: of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 and is incorporated by reference in this Annual Report.
+Added: SECURITY OWNERSHIP
+Added: OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
+Added: The information required by this
+Added: Item will be included in our Proxy Statement for the 2024 Annual General Meeting of Stockholders under the caption “Security Ownership
+Added: of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management” and “Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans,”
+Added: which will be filed with the SEC no later than 120 days after the close of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 and is incorporated
+Added: by reference in this Annual Report.
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED
TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE
−Removed: Insider Shares
−Removed: August 17, 2021, we issued an aggregate of 2,875,000 shares of our Class B common stock to Mach FM Acquisitions LLC to
−Removed: for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000 in cash, or approximately $0.009 per share.
−Removed: On March 10, 2022, we effectuated a 1.1-for-1 share
−Removed: split, resulting in an aggregate of 3,162,500 founder shares outstanding.
−Removed: The Company subsequently forfeit 75,000 founder shares in connection
−Removed: with the partial exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option, resulting in the Sponsor holding 3,087,500 founder shares.
−Removed: The number of founder shares issued was determined based on the expectation that such founder shares would represent 20% of the outstanding
−Removed: shares upon completion of this offering (excluding the representative shares).
−Removed: The founder shares may not, subject to certain limited
−Removed: exceptions, be transferred, assigned or sold by the holder .
−Removed: Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, we
−Removed: consummated the private placement with the Sponsor of 5,405,000 Private Warrants at a price of $1.00 per Private Warrant, generating total
−Removed: proceeds of $5,405,000.
−Removed: On May 20, 2022, we entered
−Removed: into an amended and restated promissory note (the “Amended Note”) pursuant to which the Company amended and restated its outstanding
−Removed: promissory note issued to the Company’s sponsor, Mach FM Acquisitions LLC, on July 27, 2021, in the aggregate principal amount of
−Removed: $300,000 (the “Original Note”).
−Removed: Pursuant to the Amended
−Removed: Note, we amended the Original Note by (i) extending the original maturity date from the date on which we consummated its initial public
−Removed: offering to a new maturity date which shall be upon the closing of a Repayment/Conversion Trigger Event, as such term is defined below,
−Removed: and (ii) by permitting the holder of the Amended Note, in its sole discretion, to convert any or all of the unpaid principal under the
−Removed: Amended Note into warrants, at a price of $1.00 per warrant, upon consummation of the Company’s initial business combination.
−Removed: “Repayment/Conversion
−Removed: Trigger Event” means:
−Removed: (i) the closing of a merger, consolidation
−Removed: or other business combination pursuant to which the Company acquires an entity for its initial business combination;
−Removed: (ii) the liquidation of the Company
−Removed: on or before the date of the 12 month anniversary of the IPO (or up to the 18 month anniversary of the IPO if the Company extends the
−Removed: period of time to consummate a business combination), or such later liquidation date as may be approved by the Company’s stockholders,
−Removed: that occurs while the Amended Note is outstanding or any time thereafter prior to the repayment of the Amended Note.
−Removed: Administrative Services Agreement
−Removed: The Company entered into an agreement, commencing
−Removed: on March 15, 2022 through the earlier of the Company’s consummation of a business combination and its liquidation, to pay the Sponsor
−Removed: a total of $10,000 per month for office space, utilities, secretarial and administrative support.
−Removed: However, pursuant to the terms of such
−Removed: agreement, the Sponsor agreed to defer the payment of such monthly fee.
−Removed: Any such unpaid amount will accrue without interest and be due
−Removed: and payable no later than the date of the consummation of initial business combination.
−Removed: Related Party Policy
−Removed: We have not yet adopted a formal policy for the
−Removed: review, approval or ratification of related party transactions.
−Removed: Accordingly, the transactions discussed above were not reviewed, approved
−Removed: or ratified in accordance with any such policy.
−Removed: Effective as of March 10, 2022, we adopted a Code
−Removed: of Ethics requiring us to avoid, wherever possible, all conflicts of interests, except under guidelines or resolutions approved by our
−Removed: board of directors (or the appropriate committee of our board) or as disclosed in our public filings with the SEC.
−Removed: Under our Code of Ethics,
−Removed: conflict of interest situations will include any financial transaction, arrangement or relationship (including any indebtedness or guarantee
−Removed: of indebtedness) involving the company.
−Removed: A form of the Code of Ethics that we adopted is filed as an exhibit to the registration statement
−Removed: filed with the SEC in connection with this offering.
−Removed: In addition, our audit committee, pursuant to
−Removed: a written charter that we adopted effective as of the date of this prospectus, will be responsible for reviewing and approving related
−Removed: party transactions to the extent that we enter into such transactions.
−Removed: An affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the audit committee
−Removed: present at a meeting at which a quorum is present will be required in order to approve a related party transaction.
−Removed: A majority of the
−Removed: members of the entire audit committee will constitute a quorum.
−Removed: Without a meeting, the unanimous written consent of all of the members
−Removed: of the audit committee will be required to approve a related party transaction.
−Removed: A form of the audit committee charter we adopted is filed
−Removed: as an exhibit to the registration statement filed with the SEC in connection with this offering.
−Removed: We also require each of our directors
−Removed: and executive officers to complete a directors’ and officers’ questionnaire that elicits information about related party transactions.
−Removed: These procedures are intended to determine whether
−Removed: any such related party transaction impairs the independence of a director or presents a conflict of interest on the part of a director,
−Removed: employee or officer.
−Removed: To further minimize conflicts of interest, we
−Removed: have agreed not to consummate an initial business combination with an entity that is affiliated with any of our sponsor, officers or directors
−Removed: unless we, or a committee of independent directors, have obtained an opinion from an independent investment banking firm or another independent
−Removed: entity that commonly renders valuation opinions that our initial business combination is fair to our company from a financial point of
−Removed: Furthermore, no finder’s fees, reimbursements, consulting fee, monies in respect of any payment of a loan or other compensation
−Removed: will be paid by us to our sponsor, officers or directors or any affiliate of our sponsor, officers or directors prior to, for services
−Removed: rendered to us prior to, or in connection with any services rendered in order to effectuate, the consummation of our initial business
−Removed: combination (regardless of the type of transaction that it is).
−Removed: However, the following payments will be made to our sponsor, officers
−Removed: or directors, or our or their affiliates, none of which will be made from the proceeds of this offering held in the trust account prior
−Removed: to the completion of our initial business combination:
−Removed: ● Repayment of up to an aggregate of $300,000 in loans made to
−Removed: us by our sponsor to cover offering-related and organizational expenses;
−Removed: ● Payment to Mach FM, an affiliate of our sponsor, of $10,000
−Removed: per month, for up to 18 months, for office space, utilities and secretarial and administrative support;
−Removed: ● Reimbursement for any out-of-pocket expenses related to
−Removed: identifying, investigating and completing an initial business combination;
−Removed: ● Repayment of non-interest bearing loans which may be made
−Removed: by our sponsor or an affiliate of our sponsor or certain of our officers and directors to finance transaction costs in connection with
−Removed: an intended initial business combination, the terms of which (other than as described above) have not been determined nor have any written
−Removed: agreements been executed with respect thereto.
−Removed: Up to $1,500,000 of such loans may be convertible into warrants, at a price of $1.00 per
−Removed: warrant at the option of the lender, upon consummation of our initial business combination.
−Removed: The warrants would be identical to the placement
−Removed: Our audit committee will review on a quarterly
−Removed: basis all payments that were made to our sponsor, officers, directors or our or their affiliates.
−Removed: PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND
−Removed: Public Accounting Fees
−Removed: The firm of Marcum LLP, or
−Removed: Marcum, acts as our independent registered public accounting firm.
−Removed: The following is a summary of fees paid to Marcum for services rendered.
−Removed: For the year ended December
−Removed: 31, 2022 and for the period from June 14, 2021 (inception) through December 31, 2021, fees for our independent registered public accounting
−Removed: firm were approximately $77,250 and $73,130, respectively, for the services Marcum performed in connection with the audit of our December
−Removed: 31, 2022 and 2021 financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, and our IPO.
−Removed: Audit-Related Fees.
−Removed: For the year ended December 31, 2022 and for the period from June 14, 2021 (inception) through December 31, 2021, our independent registered
−Removed: public accounting firm did not render assurance and related services related to the performance of the audit or review of financial statements.
−Removed: For the year ended
−Removed: December 31, 2022 and for the period from June 14, 2021 (inception) through December 31, 2021, fees for our independent registered public
−Removed: accounting firm were approximately $0, for the services Marcum performed in connection with tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning.
+Added: The information required by this
+Added: Item will be included in our Proxy Statement for the 2024 Annual General Meeting of Stockholders under the captions “Certain Relationships
+Added: and Related Party Transactions” and “Director Independence,” which will be filed with the SEC no later than 120 days
+Added: after the close of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 and is incorporated by reference in this Annual Report.
+Added: PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES
+Added: Public Accounting
+Added: The firm of Marcum LLP,
+Added: or Marcum, acts as our independent registered public accounting firm.
+Added: The following is a summary of fees paid to Marcum for services
+Added: For the year ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, fees for our independent registered public accounting firm were approximately $192,630
+Added: and $77,250, respectively, for the services Marcum performed in connection with the audit of our December 31, 2023 and 2022 financial
+Added: statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, and our IPO.
+Added: Audit-Related
+Added: For the year ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, our independent registered public accounting firm did not render audit-related
+Added: ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, fees for our independent registered public accounting firm were approximately $0, for the services
+Added: Marcum performed in connection with tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning.
All Other Fees .
−Removed: For the year ended December
−Removed: 31, 2022 and for the period from June 14, 2021 (inception) through December 31, 2021, there were no fees billed for products and services
−Removed: provided by our independent registered public accounting firm other than those set forth above.
−Removed: Pre-Approval Policy
−Removed: Our audit committee was formed upon the consummation
−Removed: As a result, the audit committee did not pre-approve all of the foregoing services, although any services rendered prior to
−Removed: the formation of our audit committee were approved by our board of directors.
−Removed: Since the formation of our audit committee, and on a going-forward
−Removed: basis, the audit committee has and will pre-approve all auditing services and permitted non-audit services to be performed for us by our
−Removed: auditors, including the fees and terms thereof (subject to the de minimis exceptions for non-audit services described in the Exchange
−Removed: Act which are approved by the audit committee prior to the completion of the audit).
−Removed: EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT
+Added: For the year ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, there were no fees billed for products and services provided by our independent registered
+Added: public accounting firm other than those set forth above.
+Added: AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
(a) Financial Statements:
−Removed: The financial statements required to be included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K are included in Item 8 therein.
−Removed: All supplemental schedules have been omitted since the information is either included in the financial statements or the notes thereto or they are not required or are not applicable.
−Removed: See attached Exhibit Index of this Annual Report on Form 10-K
+Added: financial statements required to be included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K are
+Added: included in Item 8 therein.
+Added: supplemental schedules have been omitted since the information is either included in the
+Added: financial statements or the notes thereto or they are not required or are not applicable.
+Added: attached Exhibit Index of this Annual Report on Form 10-K
+Added: SOLIDION TECHNOLOGY,
+Added: (F/K/A NUBIA BRAND INTERNATIONAL
Reports of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (PCAOB Firm # 688 ) F-2
Financial Statements:
−Removed: Balance Sheets F-3
−Removed: Statements of Operations F-4
−Removed: Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity F-5
−Removed: Statements of Cash Flows F-6
−Removed: Notes to Financial Statements F-7
−Removed: REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING
+Added: Consolidated Balance Sheets F-3
+Added: Consolidated Statements of Operations F-4
+Added: Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit) F-5
+Added: Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows F-6
+Added: Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements F-7
+Added: OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Stockholders and Board of Directors of
−Removed: Nubia Brand International Corp.
+Added: Solidion Technology, Inc.
+Added: (f/k/a Nubia Brand International
Opinion on the Financial Statements
−Removed: We have audited the accompanying balance sheets
−Removed: of Nubia Brand International Corp.
−Removed: (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the related the related statements of
−Removed: operations, stockholders’ (deficit) equity and cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2022 and for the period from June 14,
−Removed: 2021 (inception) through December 31, 2021, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”).
−Removed: In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December
−Removed: 31, 2022 and 2021, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2022 and for the period from June
−Removed: 14, 2021 (inception) through December 31, 2021, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
+Added: We have audited the accompanying consolidated
+Added: balance sheets of Solidion Technology, Inc.
+Added: (f/k/a Nubia Brand International Corp.) (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2023
+Added: and 2022, the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity (deficit) and cash flows for each
+Added: of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2023, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial
+Added: statements”).
+Added: In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position
+Added: of the Company as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the two years in
+Added: the period ended December 31, 2023, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Explanatory Paragraph – Going Concern
−Removed: The accompanying financial statements have been
−Removed: prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern.
−Removed: As more fully described in Note 1 to the financial statements, the
−Removed: Company’s business plan is dependent on the completion of a business combination and the Company’s cash and working capital
−Removed: as of December 31, 2022 are not sufficient to complete its planned activities for a reasonable period of time, which is considered to
−Removed: be one year from the issuance date of the financial statements.
−Removed: These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to
−Removed: continue as a going concern.
−Removed: Management’s plans in regard to these matters are also described in Note 1.
−Removed: The financial statements do not
−Removed: include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
+Added: The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared
+Added: assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern.
+Added: As more fully described in Note 1, the Company has a significant working capital
+Added: deficiency, has incurred significant losses and needs to raise additional funds to meet its obligations and sustain its operations.
+Added: conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.
+Added: Management's plans in regard to these matters
+Added: are also described in Note 1.
+Added: The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome
+Added: of this uncertainty.
Basis for Opinion
−Removed: These financial statements are the responsibility
−Removed: of the Company’s management.
−Removed: Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audits.
−Removed: are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are
−Removed: required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S.
−Removed: federal securities laws and the applicable rules and
−Removed: regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
−Removed: We conducted our audits in accordance with the
−Removed: standards of the PCAOB .
−Removed: Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether
−Removed: the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.
−Removed: The Company is not required to have, nor were
−Removed: we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting.
−Removed: As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding
−Removed: of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal
−Removed: control over financial reporting.
+Added: These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the
+Added: Company's management.
+Added: Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company's consolidated financial statements based on our audits.
+Added: We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and
+Added: are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S.
+Added: federal securities laws and the applicable rules
+Added: and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
+Added: We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB.
+Added: Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements
+Added: are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.
+Added: The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform,
+Added: an audit of its internal control over financial reporting.
+Added: As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal
+Added: control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's internal control
+Added: over financial reporting.
Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
−Removed: Our audits included performing procedures to assess
−Removed: the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond
−Removed: to those risks.
−Removed: Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.
−Removed: Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating
−Removed: the overall presentation of the financial statements.
−Removed: We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
+Added: Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material
+Added: misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those
+Added: Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial
+Added: Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as
+Added: evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements.
+Added: We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for
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We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2021.
−Removed: March 16, 2023
−Removed: NUBIA BRAND INTERNATIONAL CORP.
−Removed: BALANCE SHEETS
+Added: April 11, 2024
+Added: TECHNOLOGY, INC.
+Added: (F/K/A NUBIA BRAND INTERNATIONAL
+Added: CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
Current Assets:
Prepaid expenses
+Added: Derivative asset
Total Current Assets
−Removed: Investments held in the Trust Account
−Removed: Deferred offering costs
+Added: Cash and investments held in the Trust Account
$ 128,580,035
−Removed: LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ (DEFICIT) EQUITY
+Added: LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ (DEFICIT)
Current Liabilities:
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Income taxes payable
+Added: Excise tax payable
Accrued offering costs
+Added: Funds allocated for share redemption
+Added: Derivative liabilities
Advances from Related Party
−Removed: Note payable – Sponsor
+Added: Advances from Target
+Added: Convertible note – Related Party
+Added: Convertible note payable – Sponsor
Total Current Liabilities
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Class A common stock subject to possible redemption;
−Removed: 12,350,000 shares (at redemption value)
−Removed: Stockholders’ (Deficit) Equity:
+Added: 2,293,741 and 12,350,000 shares (at redemption value)
+Added: Stockholders’ Deficit:
Preferred stock, $ 0.0001 par value;
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none issued and outstanding
−Removed: Class A common stock, $ 0.0001 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized, 123,500 issued and outstanding (excluding 12,350,000 shares subject to redemption)
−Removed: Class B common stock, $ 0.0001 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized, 3,087,500 and 3,162,500 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively
+Added: Class A common stock, $ 0.0001 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized, 123,500 issued and outstanding (excluding 2,293,741 and 12,350,000 shares subject to redemption as of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively)
+Added: Class B common stock, $ 0.0001 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized, 3,087,500 issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively
Additional paid-in capital
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( 28,533,570 )
−Removed: Total Stockholders’ (Deficit) Equity
( 3,895,094 )
−Removed: Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ (Deficit) Equity
+Added: Total Stockholders’ Deficit
( 28,533,250 )
+Added: ( 3,894,774 )
+Added: Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Deficit
+Added: $ 128,580,035
The accompanying notes are an integral part of
−Removed: these financial statements.
−Removed: NUBIA BRAND INTERNATIONAL CORP.
−Removed: OF OPERATIONS
−Removed: (Inception) Through
+Added: these consolidated financial statements.
+Added: TECHNOLOGY, INC.
+Added: (F/K/A NUBIA BRAND INTERNATIONAL
+Added: STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
Administrative fee – related party
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TOTAL EXPENSES
+Added: OTHER (EXPENSE) INCOME
+Added: Change in fair value of derivative asset/liabilities
+Added: ( 18,483,096 )
Income earned on Investments held in Trust Account
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Change in fair value of over-allotment liability
−Removed: TOTAL OTHER INCOME
−Removed: Net income (loss) before provision for income taxes
+Added: TOTAL OTHER (EXPENSE) INCOME, NET
+Added: ( 14,686,373 )
+Added: Net (loss) income before provision for income taxes
+Added: ( 18,195,994 )
Provision for income taxes
−Removed: Net income (loss)
+Added: Net (loss) income
+Added: $ ( 19,775,602 )
Weighted average number of shares of Class A redeemable common stock outstanding, basic
−Removed: Basic net income (loss) per share of Class A redeemable common stock
+Added: Basic net (loss) income per share of Class A redeemable common stock
Weighted average number of shares of Class A and B non-redeemable common stock outstanding, basic
−Removed: Basic net income (loss) per share of Class A and B non-redeemable common stock
+Added: Basic net (loss) income per share of Class A and B non-redeemable common stock
Weighted average number of shares of Class A redeemable common stock outstanding, diluted
−Removed: Diluted net income (loss) per share of Class A redeemable common stock
+Added: Diluted net (loss) income per share of Class A redeemable common stock
Weighted average number of shares of Class A and B non-redeemable common stock outstanding, diluted
−Removed: Diluted net income (loss) per share of Class A and B non-redeemable common stock
+Added: Diluted net (loss) income per share of Class A and B non-redeemable common stock
The accompanying notes are an integral part of
−Removed: these financial statements.
−Removed: NUBIA BRAND INTERNATIONAL CORP.
−Removed: OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERs’ (DEFICIT) EQUITY
−Removed: FOR THE PERIOD FROM JUNE 14, 2021 (INCEPTION) THROUGH DECEMBER 31,
+Added: these consolidated financial statements.
+Added: TECHNOLOGY, INC.
+Added: (F/K/A NUBIA BRAND INTERNATIONAL
+Added: STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERs’ (DEFICIT) EQUITY
+Added: FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER
+Added: 31, 2023 AND DECEMBER 31, 2022
Stockholders’
−Removed: Balance, June 14, 2021 (inception)
−Removed: Issuance of Class B common stock to Sponsor
Balance at December 31, 2021
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Proceeds from Private Warrants
−Removed: Value of transaction costs allocated to the fair value of equity instruments
+Added: Value of transaction costs allocated to the fair value
+Added: of equity instruments
Class A common stock issued to Representative
−Removed: Class A Common Stock Redeemable Remeasurement Adjustment at Initial Public Offering
+Added: Class A Common Stock Redeemable Remeasurement Adjustment
+Added: at Initial Public Offering
( 9,727,508 )
+Added: ( 3,214,594 )
+Added: ( 12,942,102 )
Class A Common Stock Redeemable Remeasurement Adjustment
+Added: ( 1,272,983 )
+Added: ( 1,272,983 )
Forfeiture of Class B Common Stock
Balance at December 31, 2022
+Added: ( 3,895,094 )
+Added: ( 3,894,774 )
+Added: Class A Common Stock Redeemable Remeasurement Adjustment
+Added: ( 3,972,489 )
+Added: ( 3,972,489 )
+Added: Excise tax on redemption of Class A Common Stock
+Added: ( 19,775,602 )
+Added: ( 19,775,602 )
+Added: Balance at December 31, 2023
+Added: $ ( 28,533,570 )
+Added: $ ( 28,533,250 )
The accompanying notes are an integral part of
−Removed: these financial statements.
−Removed: NUBIA BRAND INTERNATIONAL CORP.
−Removed: OF CASH FLOWS
+Added: these consolidated financial statements.
+Added: TECHNOLOGY, INC.
+Added: (F/K/A NUBIA BRAND INTERNATIONAL
+Added: STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
Cash Flows From Operating Activities:
Net income (loss)
+Added: $ ( 19,775,602 )
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash used in operating activities:
−Removed: Formation and organization costs paid by related parties
Income earned on Investments held in Trust Account
( 3,788,143 )
+Added: ( 1,812,882 )
Change in fair value of over-allotment liability
+Added: Derivative asset/liabilities
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Prepaid expenses
+Added: Accrued formation and offering costs
Income tax payable
1 unchanged sentence
Net Cash Used In Operating Activities
+Added: ( 2,661,093 )
Cash Flows From Investing Activities:
+Added: Cash withdrawn for taxes
+Added: Cash withdrawn for redemptions of Class Common Stock
Cash deposited into Trust Account
( 1,985,000 )
−Removed: Net Cash Used In Investing Activities
( 125,970,000 )
+Added: Net Cash Provided By (Used In) Investing Activities
+Added: ( 125,970,000 )
Cash Flows From Financing Activities:
+Added: Proceeds from convertible note – Sponsor
+Added: Proceeds from convertible note
+Added: Advances from Related Party
+Added: Advances from Target
+Added: Payments for redemption of Class A Common Stock
+Added: ( 89,038,494 )
Sale of Units in the Initial Public Offering, net of underwriting discount
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Payment of offering costs
−Removed: Net Cash Provided By Financing Activities
+Added: Net Cash (Used In) Provided By Financing Activities
+Added: ( 86,441,335 )
Net change in cash
1 unchanged sentence
Cash at end of period
+Added: Supplemental disclosure
+Added: Cash paid for income taxes
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash financing activities:
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Class A redeemable Common Stock measurement adjustment at Initial Public Offering
−Removed: Deferred offering costs paid in exchange for Class B shares
Fair value of representative shares
Fair value of over-allotment option
+Added: Excise tax on redemption of Class A Common Stock
Class A Common Stock Redeemable Current Period Remeasurement Adjustment
−Removed: Deferred offering costs paid by notes payable
+Added: Reclassification of redeemed Class A ordinary shares
The accompanying notes are an integral part of
−Removed: these financial statements.
−Removed: NUBIA BRAND INTERNATIONAL CORP.
−Removed: NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
+Added: these consolidated financial statements.
+Added: SOLIDION TECHNOLOGY, INC.
+Added: (F/K/A NUBIA BRAND INTERNATIONAL
+Added: NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED
+Added: FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 1 — DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION, BUSINESS OPERATIONS
AND GOING CONCERN
−Removed: Nubia Brand International Corp.
−Removed: (the “Company”)
−Removed: was incorporated in Delaware on June 14, 2021.
−Removed: The Company was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset
−Removed: acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses (the “Business Combination”).
+Added: Solidion Technology, Inc, formerly known as Nubia
+Added: Brand International Corp.
+Added: prior to February 2, 2024 (the “Closing Date”) was incorporated in Delaware on June 14, 2021 and
+Added: Nubia Merger Sub, Inc., an Ohio corporation, (collectively, the Company”) was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital
+Added: stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses (the “Business
+Added: Combination”).
The Company is not limited to a particular industry or sector for purposes of consummating a Business Combination.
−Removed: The Company is an early
−Removed: stage and emerging growth company and, as such, the Company is subject to all of the risks associated with early stage and emerging growth
−Removed: As of December 31, 2022, the Company had not commenced
−Removed: any operations.
−Removed: All activity for the period from June 14, 2021 (inception) through December 31, 2022 relates to the Company’s formation
−Removed: and the initial public offering (“Initial Public Offering” or “IPO”), which is described below.
−Removed: The Company will
−Removed: not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of its initial Business Combination, at the earliest.
−Removed: The Company will
−Removed: generate non-operating income in the form of interest income from the proceeds derived from the Initial Public Offering.
−Removed: The Company has
−Removed: selected December 31 as its fiscal year end.
+Added: The Company is an early stage and emerging growth company and, as such, the Company is subject to all of the risks associated with early
+Added: stage and emerging growth companies.
+Added: As of December 31, 2023, the Company had not
+Added: commenced any operations.
+Added: All activity for the period from June 14, 2021 (inception) through December 31, 2023 relates to the Company’s
+Added: formation and the initial public offering (“Initial Public Offering” or “IPO”), which is described below.
+Added: Company will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of its initial Business Combination, at the earliest.
+Added: Company will generate non-operating income in the form of interest income from the proceeds derived from the Initial Public Offering.
+Added: The Company has selected December 31 as its fiscal year end.
+Added: On February 16, 2023, the Company entered into
+Added: a Merger Agreement (the “Merger Agreement”) by and among Honeycomb Battery Company, an Ohio corporation (the “Honeycomb”),
+Added: the Company, and Nubia Merger Sub, Inc., an Ohio corporation (“Merger Sub”) and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, pursuant
+Added: to which Merger Sub will merge with and into Honeycomb (the “Merger”) with Honeycomb as the surviving corporation of the
+Added: Merger and becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.
+Added: In connection with the Merger, the Company will change its name to “Honeycomb
+Added: Battery Company” or such other name designated by Honeycomb by notice to the Company, which is referred to herein as the “Solidion.”
+Added: The board of directors of the Company (the “Nubia Board”) has unanimously (i) approved and declared advisable the Merger
+Added: Agreement, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated thereby (collectively, the “Transactions”) and (ii) resolved
+Added: to recommend approval of the Merger Agreement and related matters by the stockholders of the Company.
+Added: The Merger Agreement provides that the Company
+Added: will issue to the Honeycomb stockholders aggregate consideration of 70,000,000 shares of Solidion’s common stock (the “Closing
+Added: Merger Consideration Shares”) at the effective time of the Merger Agreement (the “Effective Time”), plus up to an additional
+Added: 22,500,000 shares of Solidion’s common stock (the “Earnout Shares”) upon the occurrence of the following events (or
+Added: earlier upon a change of control of Solidion but subject to (and only to the extent that) the valuation of Solidion’s common stock
+Added: implied by such change of control transaction meeting the respective volume weighted average price (“VWAP”), as defined in
+Added: the Merger Agreement, thresholds set forth below):
+Added: (i) 5,000,000 Earnout Shares if, over any ten (10) trading days within any thirty (30) trading day period from and after the date that is thirty (30) days following the closing date of the Transactions (the “Closing Date”) until the second anniversary of the Closing Date, the VWAP of the shares of Solidion’s Class A common stock is greater than or equal to $12.50 per share (subject to any adjustment pursuant to the Merger Agreement);
+Added: (ii) 7,500,000
+Added: Earnout Shares if, over any ten (10) trading days within any thirty (30) trading day period
+Added: from and after the date that is one hundred eighty (180) days following the Closing Date
+Added: until the date that is forty-two (42) months following the Closing Date, the VWAP of the
+Added: shares of Solidion’s Class A common stock is greater than or equal to $15.00 per share
+Added: (subject to any adjustment pursuant to the Merger Agreement);
+Added: (iii) 10,000,000
+Added: Earnout Shares if over any ten (10) trading days within any thirty (30) trading day period
+Added: from and after the date that is one hundred eighty (180) days following the Closing Date
+Added: until the fourth anniversary of the Closing Date, the VWAP of the shares of Solidion’s
+Added: Class A common stock is greater than or equal to $25.00 per share (subject to any adjustment
+Added: pursuant to the Merger Agreement).
+Added: The Merger Agreement contains customary representations
+Added: and warranties of the parties.
+Added: The Merger is accounted for as a reverse recapitalization
+Added: with Honeycomb as the accounting acquirer.
+Added: February 2, 2024 (the “Closing Date”), the Company consummated the business combination
+Added: (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
+Added: merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Nubia, which was renamed “Solidion Technology,
+Added: Inc.” upon Closing.
+Added: Business Prior to the Business Combination
The registration statement for the Company’s
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price of $ 1.00 per warrant generating additional gross proceeds to the Company of $ 405,000 .
+Added: The Company’s ability to commence operations
+Added: is contingent upon obtaining adequate financial resources through its Initial Public Offering of 12,350,000 Units (including a partial
+Added: exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option) at $ 10.00 per Unit, which is discussed in Note 3, and the sale of 5,405,000
+Added: Private Placement Warrants (including a partial exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option) at a price of $ 1.00 per Private
+Added: Placement Warrant in private placements to the Sponsor that will close simultaneously with the Initial Public Offering.
The Company’s management has broad discretion
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is no assurance that the Company will be able to complete a Business Combination successfully.
−Removed: The Company must complete one or more initial
−Removed: Business Combinations with one or more operating businesses or assets with a fair market value equal to at least 80 % of the net assets
−Removed: held in the Trust Account (as defined below) (excluding the deferred underwriting commissions and taxes payable on the interest earned
−Removed: on the Trust Account).
−Removed: The Company will only complete a Business Combination if the post-transaction company owns or acquires 50 % or more
−Removed: of the outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target business sufficient for
−Removed: it not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment
+Added: The Company must complete one or more
+Added: initial Business Combinations with one or more operating businesses or assets with a fair market value equal to at least 80 % of the net
+Added: assets held in the Trust Account (as defined below) (excluding the deferred underwriting commissions and taxes payable on the interest
+Added: earned on the Trust Account).
+Added: The Company will only complete a Business Combination if the post-transaction company owns or acquires
+Added: 50 % or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target business sufficient
+Added: for it not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment
Company Act”).
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Trust Account, as described below.
−Removed: The Company will provide the holders of the outstanding
−Removed: Public Shares (the “Public Stockholders”) with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Public Shares either (i)
−Removed: in connection with a stockholder meeting called to approve the Business Combination or (ii) by means of a tender offer in connection with
−Removed: the Business Combination.
−Removed: The decision as to whether the Company will seek stockholder approval of a Business Combination or conduct a
−Removed: tender offer will be made by the Company.
−Removed: The Public Stockholders will be entitled to redeem their Public Shares for a pro rata portion
−Removed: of the amount then in the Trust Account (initially to be $ 10.20 per Public Share, plus any pro rata interest then in the Trust Account,
−Removed: net of taxes payable).
−Removed: There will be no redemption rights upon the completion of a Business Combination with respect to the Company’s
−Removed: The Public Shares subject to redemption were recorded at a redemption value and classified as temporary equity upon the completion
−Removed: of the Initial Public Offering in accordance with the Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480 “ Distinguishing
−Removed: Liabilities from Equity .”
−Removed: If the Company seeks stockholder approval of the
−Removed: Business Combination, the Company will proceed with a Business Combination if a majority of the outstanding shares voted are voted in
−Removed: favor of the Business Combination, or such other vote as required by law or stock exchange rule.
−Removed: If a stockholder vote is not required
−Removed: by applicable law or stock exchange listing requirements and the Company does not decide to hold a stockholder vote for business or other
−Removed: reasons, the Company will, pursuant to its second amended and restated certificate of incorporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”),
−Removed: conduct the redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules of the U.S.
−Removed: Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and file
−Removed: tender offer documents with the SEC prior to completing a Business Combination.
−Removed: If, however, stockholder approval of the transaction is
−Removed: required by applicable law or stock exchange listing requirements, or the Company decides to obtain stockholder approval for business
−Removed: or other reasons, the Company will offer to redeem shares in conjunction with a proxy solicitation pursuant to the proxy rules and not
−Removed: pursuant to the tender offer rules.
−Removed: If the Company seeks stockholder approval in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor has
−Removed: agreed to vote its Founder Shares (as defined in Note 5) and any Public Shares purchased during or after the Initial Public Offering in
−Removed: favor of approving a Business Combination.
−Removed: Additionally, each Public Stockholder may elect to redeem their Public Shares without voting,
−Removed: and if they do vote, irrespective of whether they vote for or against the proposed transaction.
−Removed: Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company
−Removed: seeks stockholder approval of a Business Combination and it does not conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules, the Certificate
−Removed: of Incorporation will provide that a Public Stockholder, together with any affiliate of such stockholder or any other person with whom
−Removed: such stockholder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined under Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
−Removed: as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), will be restricted from redeeming its shares with respect to more than an aggregate of 15 %
−Removed: of the Public Shares, without the prior consent of the Company.
+Added: On December 15, 2023 the funds in the Trust Account were moved into a non-interest bearing, segregated
+Added: account, as determined by the Company, until the earlier of (i) the completion of a Business Combination and (ii) the distribution of
+Added: the funds held in the Trust Account, as described below.
The holders of the Founder Shares have agreed
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of the Company’s obligation to allow redemptions in connection with a Business Combination or to redeem 100 % of its Public Shares
−Removed: if the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period (as defined below) or (ii) with respect to any other
−Removed: provision relating to stockholders’ rights or pre-business combination activity, unless the Company provides the Public Stockholders
+Added: if the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period (as defined below) or (ii) with respect to any
+Added: other provision relating to stockholders’ rights or pre-business combination activity, unless the Company provides the Public Stockholders
with the opportunity to redeem their Public Shares in conjunction with any such amendment.
−Removed: If the Company has not completed a Business Combination within 12 months,
−Removed: by March 15, 2023, the Company may, by resolution of the board if requested by the sponsor, extend the period of time to consummate a
−Removed: business combination up to two times, each by an additional three months (for a total of up to 18 months to complete a business combination,
−Removed: by September 15, 2023), subject to the sponsor depositing additional funds into the trust account upon five days advance notice prior
−Removed: to the applicable deadline (collectively the “Combination Period”).
−Removed: The Sponsor will deposit into the trust account $ 1,235,000 ,
−Removed: on or prior to the date of the applicable deadline, for each of the available three-month extensions providing a total possible business
−Removed: combination period of 18 months at a total payment value of $ 2,470,000 .
−Removed: The Company deposited $ 1,235,000 into the trust account in March
−Removed: 2023 to fund the automatic 3-month extension to June 15, 2023.
−Removed: Any such payments would be made in the form of non-interest-bearing loans.
−Removed: The Company may also seek to amend its charter or governing instruments to extend the time to consummate an initial business combination
−Removed: in order to effectuate an initial business combination.
−Removed: If the Company completes an initial business combination, it will, at the option
−Removed: of the sponsor, repay such loaned amounts out of the proceeds of the trust account released to the Company or convert a portion or all
−Removed: of the total loan amount into warrants at a price of $ 1.00 per warrant, which warrants are identical to the private warrants.
−Removed: If the Company has not completed a Business Combination
−Removed: within the specified period, the Company will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably
−Removed: possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the Public Shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the
−Removed: aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously
−Removed: released to pay taxes (less up to $ 100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then outstanding Public
−Removed: Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish Public Stockholders’ rights as stockholders (including the right to receive
−Removed: further liquidating distributions, if any), and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval
−Removed: of the Company’s remaining stockholders and the Company’s board of directors, dissolve and liquidate, subject in each case
−Removed: to the Company’s obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law.
−Removed: There are no redemption rights or liquidating distributions with respect to the Company’s Units, which will expire worthless if
−Removed: the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period.
−Removed: The holders of the Founders Shares have agreed
−Removed: to waive their liquidation rights with respect to the Founder Shares if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the
−Removed: Combination Period.
−Removed: However, if the holders of Founder Shares acquire Public Shares in or after the Initial Public Offering, such Public
−Removed: Shares are entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within
−Removed: the Combination Period.
−Removed: The underwriters have agreed to waive their rights to their deferred underwriting commission (see Note 6) held
−Removed: in the Trust Account in the event the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period and, in such event,
−Removed: such amounts will be included with the other funds held in the Trust Account that will be available to fund the redemption of the Public
−Removed: In the event of such distribution, it is possible that the per share value of the assets remaining available for distribution
−Removed: will be less than the Initial Public Offering price per Unit ($ 10.00 ).
−Removed: In order to protect the amounts held in the Trust
−Removed: Account, the Sponsor has agreed to be liable to the Company if and to the extent any claims by a third party for services rendered or
−Removed: products sold to the Company, or a prospective target business with which the Company has discussed entering into a transaction agreement,
−Removed: reduce the amount of funds in the Trust Account to below (i) $ 10.20 per Public Share or (ii) such lesser amount per Public Share held
−Removed: in the Trust Account as of the date of the liquidation of the Trust Account, if less than $ 10.20 per public Share due to reductions in
−Removed: the value of the trust assets, in each case net of the amount of interest which may be withdrawn to pay taxes, except as to any claims
−Removed: by a third party who executed a waiver of any and all rights to seek access to the Trust Account and except as to any claims under the
−Removed: Company’s indemnity of the underwriters of the Initial Public Offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under
−Removed: the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).
−Removed: Moreover, in the event that an executed waiver is deemed to
−Removed: be unenforceable against a third party, the Sponsor will not be responsible to the extent of any liability for such third-party claims.
−Removed: The Company will seek to reduce the possibility that the Sponsor will have to indemnify the Trust Account due to claims of creditors by
−Removed: endeavoring to have all vendors, service providers (except for the Company’s independent registered accounting firm), prospective
−Removed: target businesses and other entities with which the Company does business, execute agreements with the Company waiving any right, title,
−Removed: interest or claim of any kind in or to monies held in the Trust Account.
+Added: March 13, 2023, in accordance with the current certificate of incorporation, the Company contributed an aggregate of $ 1,235,000 (or $ 0.10
+Added: per share for each outstanding public share) to the trust account and extended the time to complete a business combination from March
+Added: 15, 2023 to June 15, 2023.
+Added: On June 14, 2023, the Company held a special meeting of stockholders (the “Special Meeting”).
+Added: the Special Meeting, stockholders approved to amend the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to allow the
+Added: Company to extend the date by which the Company must consummate a business combination (the “Extension”) on a monthly basis
+Added: up to six times from June 15, 2023 (the date that is 15 months from the closing date of the Company’s initial public offering of
+Added: units) to December 15, 2023 (the date that is 21 months from the closing date of the IPO).
+Added: Company contributed an additional $ 125,000 per month from June through November 2023 for a total of $ 750,000 related to the Special Meeting
+Added: Stockholders elected
+Added: to redeem an aggregate 8,430,383 or shares of Common Stock in connection with the Special Meeting.
+Added: As such, $ 89,038,494 was withdrawn
+Added: from the Trust.
+Added: In connection with the
+Added: redemption, the Company recorded an excise tax liability and equity adjustment of $ 0.9 million.
+Added: On December 14, 2023,
+Added: the Company held another special meeting of stockholders (the “Second Special Meeting”).
+Added: At the Second Special Meeting, stockholders
+Added: approved the business combination.
+Added: Stockholders elected
+Added: to redeem an aggregate 1,625,876 shares of Common Stock in connection with the Second Special Meeting.
+Added: The funds of $ 17,834,235 are due
+Added: and payable to the redeeming stockholders on the earlier of the closing of the business combination or the liquidation date.
+Added: the Company recorded a Funds payable to redeemed Class A stockholders at December 31, 2023 and reduced Class A common stock subject
+Added: to possible redemption at December 31, 2023 of $ 17,834,235 .
+Added: The funds were transferred to the stockholders upon closing of the business
+Added: combination on February 2, 2024.
+Added: Excise tax, if any,
+Added: related to the redemption will be accrued on the date the funds are paid to the stockholders.
Going Concern Consideration
−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
−Removed: 15, 2023, if the Company extends the period of time to consummate a business combination) from the closing of the IPO, the requirement
−Removed: that the Company cease all operations, redeem the public shares and thereafter liquidate and dissolve raises substantial doubt about the
−Removed: ability to continue as a going concern for the next twelve months from the issuance of this filing.
−Removed: The balance sheets do not include
−Removed: any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
−Removed: The accompanying financial statements have been prepared
−Removed: in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“US GAAP”), which contemplate
−Removed: continuation of the Company as a going concern.
+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.
+Added: The balance sheets do not include any adjustments
+Added: that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
+Added: The accompanying financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally
+Added: accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“US GAAP”), which contemplate continuation of the Company
+Added: as a going concern.
Risks and Uncertainties
−Removed: In February 2022, the Russian Federation and Belarus
−Removed: commenced a military action with the country of Ukraine.
−Removed: As a result of this action, various nations, including the United States, have
−Removed: instituted economic sanctions against the Russian Federation and Belarus.
−Removed: Further, the impact of this action and related sanctions on
−Removed: the world economy are not determinable as of the date of these financial statements.
−Removed: The specific impact on the Company’s financial
−Removed: condition, results of operations, and cash flows is also not determinable as of the date of these financial statements.
−Removed: Management is currently evaluating the impact
−Removed: of the COVID-19 pandemic and has concluded that while it is reasonably possible that the virus could have a negative effect on the Company’s
−Removed: financial position, results of its operations, close of the Initial Public Offering and/or search for a target company, the specific impact
−Removed: is not readily determinable as of the date of these financial statements.
−Removed: The financial statements do not include any adjustments that
−Removed: might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
+Added: The IR Act imposes a 1 % excise tax on
+Added: the fair market value of stock repurchases made by covered corporations after December 31, 2022.
+Added: The total taxable value of shares repurchased
+Added: is reduced by the fair market value of and newly issued shares during the taxable year.
+Added: Redemption rights are ubiquitous to nearly
+Added: Stockholders have the ability to require the SPAC to repurchase their shares prior to the merger in what is known as a redemption
+Added: right, essentially getting their money back.
+Added: The Company recorded an excise tax liability and equity adjustment of $ 0.9 million for the
+Added: ended December 31, 2023 in connection with Second Special Meeting redemptions.
+Added: In February 2022, the Russian Federation and
+Added: Belarus commenced a military action with the country of Ukraine.
+Added: As a result of this action, various nations, including the United States,
+Added: have instituted economic sanctions against the Russian Federation and Belarus.
+Added: Further, the impact of this action, related sanctions
+Added: on the world economy and the ongoing hostilities in the Middle East are not determinable as of the date of these financial statements.
+Added: The specific impact on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows is also not determinable as of
+Added: the date of these financial statements.
NOTE 2 — SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING
−Removed: Basis of Presentation
−Removed: The accompanying financial statements are presented
−Removed: in conformity with US GAAP and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC.
+Added: Basis of Presentation and Principles of
+Added: Consolidation
+Added: The accompanying consolidated financial statements
+Added: have been prepared in accordance with U.S.
+Added: GAAP and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).
+Added: The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries.
+Added: All intercompany transactions and balances
+Added: have been eliminated.
Emerging Growth Company
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growth company, can adopt the new or revised standard at the time private companies adopt the new or revised standard.
−Removed: This may make comparison
−Removed: of the Company’s financial statements with another public company which is neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging growth
−Removed: company which has opted out of using the extended transition period difficult or impossible because of the potential differences in accounting
−Removed: standards used.
+Added: This may make
+Added: comparison of the Company’s financial statements with another public company which is neither an emerging growth company nor an
+Added: emerging growth company which has opted out of using the extended transition period difficult or impossible because of the potential
+Added: differences in accounting standards used.
Use of Estimates
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It is at least reasonably possible that the estimate of the effect of a condition, situation or set of circumstances
−Removed: that existed at the date of the balance sheet which management considered in formulating its estimate, could change in the near term due
−Removed: to one or more future confirming events.
+Added: that existed at the date of the balance sheet which management considered in formulating its estimate, could change in the near term
+Added: due to one or more future confirming events.
Accordingly, the actual results could differ significantly from those estimates.
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as of December 31, 2023 and 2022.
−Removed: Investments held in Trust Account
−Removed: At December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company had
−Removed: $ 127.8 million and $ 0 in investments held in the Trust Account, respectively.
−Removed: The funds held in Trust are invested only in U.S.
−Removed: securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act, with a maturity of 185 days or less or in
−Removed: any open-ended investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund selected by the Company meeting certain conditions of Rule
−Removed: 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act, as determined by the Company, until the earlier of:
−Removed: (i) the completion of a Business Combination and
−Removed: (ii) the distribution of the funds held in the Trust Account.
−Removed: All of the Company’s investments held in the Trust Account are classified
−Removed: as trading securities.
−Removed: Trading securities are presented on the balance sheet at fair value at the
−Removed: end of each reporting period.
−Removed: Gains and losses resulting from the change in fair value of investments held in Trust Account are included
−Removed: in Income earned on Investments held in Trust Account in the accompanying statements of operations.
−Removed: The estimated fair value of investments
−Removed: held in Trust Account are determined using available market information.
+Added: and investments held in Trust Account
+Added: funds held in Trust are invested only in U.S.
+Added: government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment
+Added: Company Act, with a maturity of 185 days or less or in any open-ended investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund
+Added: selected by the Company meeting certain conditions of Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act, as determined by the Company, until the
+Added: (i) the completion of a Business Combination and (ii) the distribution of the funds held in the Trust Account.
+Added: Company’s investments held in the Trust Account are classified as trading securities.
+Added: Trading securities are presented on the balance
+Added: sheet at fair value at the end of each reporting period.
+Added: Gains and losses resulting from the change in fair value of investments held
+Added: in Trust Account are included in Income earned on Investments held in Trust Account in the accompanying statements of operations.
+Added: estimated fair value of investments held in Trust Account are determined using available market information.
+Added: On December 11, 2023
+Added: the funds in the Trust Account were moved into a non-interest bearing, segregated account, as determined by the Company, until the earlier
+Added: of (i) the completion of a Business Combination and (ii) the distribution of the funds held in the Trust Account.
+Added: In fourth quarter of
+Added: 2023, the Company withdrew approximately $ 187,000 of interest earned in the Trust Account for fiscal year 2023 estimated tax obligations.
+Added: The taxes were not paid directly at that time as the tax liabilities are due to be paid subsequently in 2024.
+Added: In hindsight, the amounts
+Added: withheld from the trust should have been promptly remitted, or held as restricted cash.
+Added: The Company remitted approximately $ 82,000 of
+Added: the tax obligation in the first quarter 2024 to the relevant tax authorities, and intends to remit remaining payments as soon as practically
+Added: possible, in conjunction with applicable tax authority deadlines.
Offering Costs associated with an Initial
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The Company complies with the requirements of
−Removed: the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) ASC 340-10-S99-1 and SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) Topic
−Removed: 5A, “ Expenses of Offering.” Offering costs were allocated to the separable financial instruments issued in the Initial
−Removed: Public Offering based on a relative fair value basis, compared to total proceeds received.
−Removed: Upon completion of the Initial Public Offering,
−Removed: offering costs associated with the shares of Class A Common Stock were allocated between temporary equity and the Public Warrants by the
−Removed: relative fair value method.
+Added: the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) ASC 340-10-S99-1 and SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”)
+Added: Topic 5A, “ Expenses of Offering.” Offering costs were allocated to the separable financial instruments issued in the
+Added: Initial Public Offering based on a relative fair value basis, compared to total proceeds received.
+Added: Upon completion of the Initial Public
+Added: Offering, offering costs associated with the shares of Class A Common Stock were allocated between temporary equity and the Public Warrants
+Added: by the relative fair value method.
Total offering costs at the close of the Initial Public Offering were $ 6,951,081 .
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These offering costs, together with the underwriter fees of $ 5,557,500 (of which 4,322,500 is deferred until successful initial
−Removed: Business Combination), were allocated between temporary equity in a relative fair value method upon completion of the Initial Public Offering.
−Removed: In addition, the Company recorded the fair value of $ 776,815 for representative shares issued upon close of the Public Offering as well
−Removed: as the fair value of the remaining over-allotment option of $ 19,432 as offering costs.
+Added: Business Combination), were allocated between temporary equity in a relative fair value method upon completion of the Initial Public
+Added: In addition, the Company recorded the fair value of $ 776,815 for representative shares issued upon close of the Public Offering
+Added: as well as the fair value of the remaining over-allotment option of $ 19,432 as offering costs.
Class A ordinary shares subject to possible
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rights that are considered by the Company to be outside of the Company’s control and subject to the occurrence of uncertain future
−Removed: Accordingly, at December 31, 2022, the shares of Class A common stock subject to possible redemption in the amount of $ 127,242,983
−Removed: are presented as temporary equity, outside of the shareholders’ equity section of the Company’s balance sheets.
−Removed: The Company recognizes changes in redemption value
−Removed: immediately as they occur and adjusts the carrying value of redeemable Class A common stock to equal the redemption value at the end of
−Removed: each reporting period.
−Removed: Immediately upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company recognized a measurement adjustment from
−Removed: initial book value to redemption amount value.
−Removed: The change in the carrying value of redeemable Class A ordinary shares resulted in charges
−Removed: against additional paid-in capital and accumulated deficit of approximately $ 12.9 million.
−Removed: The valuation of common stock subject to redemption
−Removed: includes the Company’s estimate of interest held in the Trust Account that is available for payment of taxes, and excludes dissolution
−Removed: expense of up to $ 100,000 since it is only taken into account in the event of the Company’s liquidation.
−Removed: At December 31, 2022, the Class A common stock
−Removed: subject to possible redemption reflected in the balance sheet is reconciled in the following table:
+Added: Accordingly, at December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the shares of Class A common stock subject to possible redemption in
+Added: the amount of approximately $ 24.3 million and $ 127.2 million, respectively, are presented as temporary equity, outside of the stockholders’
+Added: equity section of the Company’s balance sheets.
+Added: The Company recognizes changes in redemption
+Added: value immediately as they occur and adjusts the carrying value of redeemable Class A common stock to equal the redemption value at the
+Added: end of each reporting period.
+Added: Immediately upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company recognized a measurement adjustment
+Added: from initial book value to redemption amount value.
+Added: The change in the carrying value of redeemable Class A ordinary shares resulted in
+Added: charges against additional paid-in capital and accumulated deficit of approximately $ 4.8 million and $ 12.9 million for the year ended
+Added: December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively.
+Added: The valuation of common stock subject to redemption includes the Company’s
+Added: estimate of interest held in the Trust Account that is available for payment of taxes, and excludes dissolution expense of up to $ 100,000
+Added: since it is only taken into account in the event of the Company’s liquidation.
+Added: At December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the
+Added: Class A common stock subject to possible redemption reflected in the balance sheet is reconciled in the following table:
Gross proceeds
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Remeasurement adjustment for the year ended December 31, 2022
−Removed: Class A common stock subject to possible redemption
+Added: Class A common stock subject to possible redemption as of December 31, 2022
+Added: Transfer to funds payable to redeemed Class A stockholders
( 17,834,235 )
+Added: ( 89,038,494 )
+Added: Remeasurement adjustment for the year ended December 31, 2023
+Added: Class A common stock subject to possible redemption as of December 31, 2023
+Added: Funds payable to redeemed Class A stockholders
+Added: On December 14, 2023,
+Added: the Company held a second special meeting of stockholders (the “Second Special Meeting”).
+Added: In connection with the Second Special
+Added: Meeting, stockholders elected to redeem an aggregate 1,625,876 shares of Common Stock.
+Added: The funds of $ 17,834,235 are due and payable to
+Added: the redeeming stockholders on the earlier of the closing of the business combination or the liquidation date.
+Added: As such, the Company recorded
+Added: a Funds payable to redeemed Class A stockholders at December 31, 2023 and reduced Class A common stock subject to possible redemption
+Added: at December 31, 2023 of $ 17,834,235 as the funds are considered redeemed, but pending distribution.
+Added: The funds were transferred to the
+Added: stockholders upon closing of the business combination on February 2, 2024.
+Added: Excise tax, if any,
+Added: related to the redemption will be accrued on the date the funds are paid to the stockholders.
The Company follows the asset and liability method
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and liabilities and their respective tax bases.
−Removed: Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply
−Removed: to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled.
−Removed: The effect on deferred tax
−Removed: assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that included the enactment date.
−Removed: Valuation allowances
−Removed: are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized.
+Added: Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to
+Added: apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled.
+Added: The effect on deferred
+Added: tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that included the enactment date.
+Added: allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized.
ASC 740 prescribes a recognition threshold and
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to income tax examinations by major taxing authorities since inception.
−Removed: The Company has identified the United States as
−Removed: its only “major” tax jurisdiction.
+Added: The Company has identified the United States
+Added: as its only “major” tax jurisdiction.
The Company is subject to income taxation by major taxing authorities since inception.
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compliance with federal and state tax laws.
−Removed: The Company’s management does not expect that the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits
−Removed: will materially change over the next twelve months.
+Added: The Company’s management does not expect that the total amount of unrecognized tax
+Added: benefits will materially change over the next twelve months.
The IR Act imposes a 1 % excise tax on
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Redemption rights are ubiquitous to nearly
−Removed: Shareholders have the ability to require the SPAC to repurchase their shares prior to the merger in what is known as a redemption
+Added: Stockholders have the ability to require the SPAC to repurchase their shares prior to the merger in what is known as a redemption
right, essentially getting their money back.
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First, they can
−Removed: be exercised by the shareholders themselves because they are exiting the transaction, or second, they can be triggered because the SPAC
+Added: be exercised by the stockholders themselves because they are exiting the transaction, or second, they can be triggered because the SPAC
did not find a target with which to merge.
−Removed: The Company will continue to access the potential impact of the IR Act.
−Removed: Based on our preliminary
−Removed: assessment, we do not expect a material impact on our financial statements.
+Added: In connection with shareholder redemptions in 2023, the Company recorded
+Added: an excise tax liability and equity adjustment of $ 0.9 million.
Net Income (Loss) per Common Stock
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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.
+Added: ” Net income (loss) per share of common stock is computed
+Added: by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding for the period.
+Added: The Company applies
+Added: the two-class method in calculating earnings per share.
The remeasurement adjustment associated with the redeemable shares of Class A
Common Stock is excluded from income (loss) per share as the redemption value approximates fair value.
−Removed: The calculation of diluted income (loss) per
−Removed: share of common stock does not consider the effect of the warrants issued in connection with the (i) Initial Public Offering and
−Removed: (ii) the Private Placement since the exercise of the warrants is contingent upon the
−Removed: occurrence of future events.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2022, the warrants are exercisable to purchase 11,580,000 shares of Class A
−Removed: common stock in the aggregate.
−Removed: As a result, diluted income (loss) per share of common stock is the same as basic income (loss) per
−Removed: common stock for the periods presented.
−Removed: On March 10, 2022, the Company effectuated a 1.1-for-1 share split on the Class B
−Removed: common stock, resulting in an aggregate of 3,162,500 founder shares outstanding (up to 412,500 shares of which were subject to
−Removed: forfeiture, of which 75,000 were forfeited, resulting in 337,500 common stock shares outstanding subsequent to March 10, 2022).
−Removed: Basic net income per share of common stock excludes the 337,500 shares subject to forfeiture from weighted average shares
−Removed: outstanding between January 1, 2022 through March 10, 2022 due to the contingency with forfeiture.
−Removed: Diluted net income per share of
−Removed: common stock weighted average shares outstanding considers the 337,500 shares subject to forfeiture as outstanding during the entire
−Removed: year ended December 31, 2022.
−Removed: For the period from June 14, 2021 (inception) through December 31, 2021, the 412,500 shares subject to
−Removed: forfeiture were excluded from the basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding.
−Removed: The following table reflects the calculation of
−Removed: basic and diluted net income (loss) per share of common stock.
−Removed: Class A Redeemable Common Stock
−Removed: Income allocable to Class A Redeemable Common Stock
−Removed: Basic weighted average shares outstanding
−Removed: Basic net income per share, Class A Redeemable Common Stock
−Removed: Class A and Class B Non-Redeemable Common Stock
−Removed: Income allocable to Class A and Class B Non-Redeemable Common Stock
−Removed: Basic weighted average shares outstanding
−Removed: Basic net income per share, Class A and Class B Non-Redeemable Common Stock
+Added: The calculation of diluted income (loss) per share
+Added: of common stock does not consider the effect of the warrants issued in connection with the (i) Initial Public Offering and (ii) the Private
+Added: Placement since the exercise of the warrants is contingent upon the occurrence of future events.
+Added: As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the
+Added: warrants are exercisable to purchase 11,580,000 shares of Class A common stock in the aggregate.
+Added: As a result, diluted income (loss) per
+Added: share of common stock is the same as basic income (loss) per common stock for the periods presented.
+Added: Stockholders elected
+Added: to redeem an aggregate 1,625,876 shares of Common Stock in connection with the Second Special Meeting held on December 14, 2023.
+Added: these shares are no longer outstanding for purposes of calculating weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding at December
+Added: The following tables reflects the calculation
+Added: of basic and diluted net income (loss) per common share (in dollars, except per share amounts):
Class A Redeemable Common Stock
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Diluted net income per share, Class A and Class B Non-Redeemable Common Stock
−Removed: For the Period From
−Removed: (Inception) Through
Class A Redeemable Common Stock
−Removed: Loss allocable to Class A common stock
+Added: Loss allocable to Class A Redeemable Common Stock
+Added: $ ( 13,931,674 )
Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding
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Class A and Class B Non-redeemable Common Stock
−Removed: Loss allocable to Class B common stock
+Added: Loss allocable to Class A and Class B Non-Redeemable Common Stock
+Added: $ ( 5,843,928 )
Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding
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the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements).
+Added: Convertible Notes
+Added: The Company accounts for convertible notes as
+Added: either equity-classified or liability-classified instruments based on an assessment of the convertible notes’ specific terms and
+Added: applicable authoritative guidance in ASC 480, and FASB ASC 815, “Derivatives and Hedging” (“ASC 815”).
+Added: The assessment
+Added: considers whether the conversion feature is freestanding financial instruments pursuant to ASC 480, meet the definition of a liability
+Added: pursuant to ASC 480, and whether the convertible notes meet all of the requirements for equity classification under ASC 815, including
+Added: whether the conversion feature are indexed to the Company’s own common shares.
+Added: The Company has concluded that the convertible notes
+Added: qualify for equity treatment.
The Company accounts for warrants as either equity-classified
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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: The Company accounts for outstanding warrants as equity-classified
+Added: This assessment is conducted at the time of warrant
+Added: issuance and as of each subsequent quarterly period end date while the warrants are outstanding.
+Added: For issued or modified warrants that meet all
+Added: of the criteria for equity classification, the warrants are required to be recorded as a component of additional paid-in capital at the
+Added: time of issuance.
+Added: For issued or modified warrants that do not meet all of the criteria for equity classification, the warrants are required
+Added: to be recorded at their initial fair value on the date of issuance, and each balance sheet date thereafter.
+Added: The Company accounts for
+Added: outstanding warrants as equity-classified instruments.
+Added: Forward Purchase Agreement and Non-Redemption
+Added: The Company accounts for forward purchase agreement
+Added: and non-redemption agreement as either equity-classified or liability-classified instruments based on an assessment of the FPA and NRA
+Added: specific terms and applicable authoritative guidance in ASC 480, and FASB ASC 815, “Derivatives and Hedging” (“ASC 815”).
+Added: The assessment considers whether the FPA and NRA are freestanding financial instruments pursuant to ASC 480, meet the definition of a
+Added: liability pursuant to ASC 480, and whether the FPA and NRA meet all of the requirements for equity classification under ASC 815, including
+Added: whether the FPA and NRA are indexed to the Company’s own common shares and whether the FPA and NRA holders could potentially require
+Added: “net cash settlement” in a circumstance outside of the Company’s control, among other conditions for equity classification.
+Added: This assessment is conducted at the time of FPA and NRA issuance and as of each subsequent quarterly period end date while the FPA and
+Added: 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.
Recent Accounting Standards
+Added: In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09,
+Added: Income Taxes (Topic 740):
+Added: Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures (ASU 2023-09), which requires disclosures of incremental income tax
+Added: information within the rate reconciliation and expanded disclosures of income taxes paid, among other disclosure requirements.
+Added: is effective for the fiscal year beginning after December 15, 2024.
+Added: Early adoption is permitted.
+Added: The Company’s management does
+Added: not believe the adoption of ASU 2023-09 will have a material impact on its financial statements and disclosures.
Management does not believe that any recently
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NOTE 3 — INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING
−Removed: Pursuant to the Initial Public Offering, the Company
−Removed: sold 11,000,000 Units at a price of $ 10.00 per Unit.
−Removed: Each Unit consists of one share of Class A common stock and one-half of one redeemable
−Removed: warrant (“Public Warrant”).
−Removed: Each whole Public Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one share of Class A common stock at
−Removed: a price of $ 11.50 per share, subject to adjustment (see Note 7).
+Added: Pursuant to the Initial Public Offering, the
+Added: Company sold 11,000,000 Units at a price of $ 10.00 per Unit.
+Added: Each Unit consists of one share of Class A common stock and one-half of
+Added: one redeemable warrant (“Public Warrant”).
+Added: Each whole Public Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one share of Class A
+Added: common stock at a price of $ 11.50 per share, subject to adjustment (see Note 7).
On March 15, 2022, the underwriters purchased
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of the Company’s Class B common stock (the “Founder Shares”) for $ 25,000 paid for Company deferred offering costs.
−Removed: March 10, 2022, the Company effectuated a 1.1-for-1 share split, resulting in an aggregate of 3,162,500 Founder Shares outstanding (see
+Added: On March 10, 2022, the Company effectuated a 1.1-for-1 share split, resulting in an aggregate of 3,162,500 Founder Shares outstanding
+Added: (see Note 7).
All share amounts have been adjusted to reflect the share split.
−Removed: The Founder Shares include an aggregate of up to 412,500 shares
−Removed: subject to forfeiture to the extent that the underwriters’ over-allotment is not exercised in full or in part, so that the number
−Removed: of Founder Shares equals, on an as-converted basis, approximately 20 % of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of common stock
−Removed: after the Initial Public Offering.
+Added: The Founder Shares include an aggregate of up to 412,500
+Added: shares subject to forfeiture to the extent that the underwriters’ over-allotment is not exercised in full or in part, so that the
+Added: number of Founder Shares equals, on an as-converted basis, approximately 20 % of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of
+Added: common stock after the Initial Public Offering.
During the year ended December 31, 2022, as a result of the partial exercise of the over-allotment
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subject to limited exceptions, not to transfer, assign or sell any of the Founder Shares until the earlier to occur of:
−Removed: (A) one year after
−Removed: the completion of a Business Combination and (B) subsequent to a Business Combination, (x) if the last reported sale price of the Class
−Removed: A common stock equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations
−Removed: and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after a Business Combination, or (y)
−Removed: the date on which the Company completes a liquidation, merger, capital stock exchange or other similar transaction that results in all
−Removed: of the Public Stockholders having the right to exchange their shares of common stock for cash, securities or other property.
−Removed: Promissory Note — Related Party
+Added: after the completion of a Business Combination and (B) subsequent to a Business Combination, (x) if the last reported sale price of the
+Added: Class A common stock equals or exceeds $ 12.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations
+Added: and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after a Business Combination, or
+Added: (y) the date on which the Company completes a liquidation, merger, capital stock exchange or other similar transaction that results in
+Added: all of the Public Stockholders having the right to exchange their shares of common stock for cash, securities or other property.
+Added: Promissory Note — Sponsor
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
−Removed: into the Amended Note (i) to extend the Original Maturity Date to a new maturity date which shall be upon the earlier of the closing of
−Removed: the Company’s initial business combination or the Company’s liquidation, and (ii) to permit the holder of the Amended Note,
−Removed: in its sole discretion, to convert any or all of the unpaid principal under the Amended Note into Warrants, at a price of $ 1.00 per warrant,
−Removed: upon consummation of 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,
+Added: there was $ 1,297,500 , and $ 125,341 , respectively, outstanding under the Promissory Note.
+Added: On January 29, 2024, the Promissory Notes with
+Added: the Sponsor was amended such that the Promissory Note any or all of the unpaid principal upon consummation of the Company’s initial
+Added: business combination was convertible into common shares at a conversion price of $ 1.00 per share.
+Added: Convertible Note – Related party
+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: The convertible notes
+Added: with related parties bear similar conditions to the promissory note – sponsor.
+Added: Advances from Target
+Added: On June 15, 2023, Honeycomb Battery Company advanced
+Added: to the Company $ 62,500 .
+Added: On July 14, 2023, Honeycomb Battery Company advanced an additional $ 62,500 .
+Added: On August 15, 2023, Honeycomb Battery
+Added: Company advanced an additional $ 62,500 .
+Added: As of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, there was $ 187,500 and $0 advances outstanding.
Advances from Related Parties
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are non-interest bearing.
−Removed: During the year ended December 31, 2022, the related parties paid $ 2,841 of expenses on behalf of the Company,
−Removed: respectively.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the outstanding balance due was $ 0 and $ 939 , respectively.
+Added: During the year ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, the related parties paid $ 332,500 and $ 2,841 of expenses on
+Added: behalf of the Company, respectively.
+Added: As of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, there was $332,500 and $0 outstanding balances due
+Added: to related parties, respectively.
+Added: In January 2024, the advances from related parties were converted into convertible notes – related
+Added: Letter Agreement between Nubia and Mach
+Added: FM Acquisitions LLC
+Added: December 13, 2023, Nubia and the Sponsor entered into an agreement (the “Agreement”) wherein Nubia shall make a cash payment
+Added: to the Sponsor in the amount of $ 7,250,000 .
+Added: In consideration for such payment, the Sponsor agreed to assume certain fees and expenses
+Added: accrued by Nubia in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement.
+Added: payment is due at closing of the Merger Agreement and relates to the deferred underwriting commission of $ 4,322,500 , which is included
+Added: in the balance sheet as of December 31, 2023, and costs that have not been incurred as of December 31, 2023 related to the merger.
General and Administrative Services
−Removed: Commencing on the date of the Initial Public Offering,
−Removed: the Company has agreed to pay the Sponsor a total of $ 10,000 per month for office space, utilities and secretarial and administrative
−Removed: support for up to 18 months.
−Removed: Upon completion of the Initial Business Combination or the Company’s liquidation, the Company will
−Removed: cease paying these monthly fees.
−Removed: During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company recorded $ 95,000 of expenses related to the agreement,
−Removed: respectively.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2022, there was no balance outstanding.
+Added: Commencing on the date of the Initial Public
+Added: Offering, the Company has agreed to pay the Sponsor a total of $ 10,000 per month for office space, utilities and secretarial and administrative
+Added: Upon completion of the Initial Business Combination or the Company’s liquidation, the Company will cease paying these
+Added: monthly fees.
+Added: During the year ended December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company recorded $ 125,000 and $ 95,000 , respectively,
+Added: of expenses related to the agreement, respectively.
+Added: As of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, there was an outstanding balance of
+Added: $ 79,481 and $ 0 , respectively.
Related Party Loans
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The notes may be repaid upon completion of a Business Combination, without interest, or, at the
−Removed: lender’s discretion, up to $ 1,500,000 of the notes may be converted upon completion of a Business Combination into Warrants at a
−Removed: price of $ 1.00 per Warrant.
+Added: lender’s discretion, up to $ 1,500,000 of the notes may be converted upon completion of a Business Combination into Warrants at
+Added: a price of $ 1.00 per Warrant.
Such Units would be identical to the Private Placement Warrants.
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held in the Trust Account would be used to repay the Working Capital Loans.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, there were no amounts outstanding
−Removed: under the Working Capital Loans.
+Added: As of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, there were
+Added: no amounts outstanding under the Working Capital Loans.
NOTE 6 — COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
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exercise of the over-allotment option.
−Removed: he deferred fee will become payable to the underwriters from the amounts held in the Trust Account
+Added: 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, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement.
+Added: 13, 2023, Nubia and the Sponsor entered into an agreement (the “Agreement”) wherein Nubia shall make a cash payment to the
+Added: Sponsor in the amount of $ 7,250,000 .
+Added: In consideration for such payment, the Sponsor agreed to assume certain fees and expenses accrued
+Added: by Nubia in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, including the deferred underwriting fee.
On March 15, 2022, the underwriters purchased
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stock are entitled to one vote for each share.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, there were 123,500 and 0 shares of Class A common stock
−Removed: issued and outstanding, respectively.
−Removed: In addition, there were 12,350,000 shares of Class A common stock in temporary equity on the balance
+Added: As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, there were 123,500 and 123,500 shares of Class A common
+Added: stock issued and outstanding, respectively.
+Added: In addition, there were 2,293,741 and 12,350,000 shares of Class A common stock in temporary
+Added: equity on the balance sheets as of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively.
Class B Common Stock — The
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stock are entitled to one vote for each share.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, there were 3,087,500 and 3,162,500 shares of Class B
−Removed: common stock issued and outstanding.
−Removed: At issuance, the Class B common stock included an aggregate of up to 412,500 shares of Class B common
−Removed: stock originally subject to forfeiture to the extent that the underwriters’ over-allotment option is not exercised in full or in
−Removed: part so that the number of Founder Shares will equal 20 % of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock after the Initial
−Removed: Public Offering.
−Removed: Upon the partial exercise of the over-allotment option, there were 75,000 shares which were forfeited during the year
−Removed: ended December 31, 2022 when the remaining over-allotment option expired.
+Added: As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, there were 3,087,500 shares of Class B common stock
+Added: issued and outstanding.
+Added: At issuance, the Class B common stock included an aggregate of up to 412,500 shares of Class B common stock originally
+Added: subject to forfeiture to the extent that the underwriters’ over-allotment option is not exercised in full or in part so that the
+Added: number of Founder Shares will equal 20 % of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock after the Initial Public Offering.
+Added: Upon the partial exercise of the over-allotment option, there were 75,000 shares which were forfeited during the year ended December
+Added: 31, 2022 when the remaining over-allotment option expired.
Only holders of the Class B common stock will
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Holders of Class A common stock and holders of
−Removed: Class B common stock will vote together as a single class on all matters submitted to a vote of our shareholders except as otherwise required
−Removed: In connection with our initial business combination, we may enter into a stockholders agreement or other arrangements with the
−Removed: stockholders of the target or other investors to provide for voting or other corporate governance arrangements that differ from those
−Removed: in effect upon completion of this offering.
+Added: Class B common stock will vote together as a single class on all matters submitted to a vote of our stockholders except as otherwise
+Added: required by law.
+Added: In connection with our initial business combination, we may enter into a stockholders agreement or other arrangements
+Added: with the stockholders of the target or other investors to provide for voting or other corporate governance arrangements that differ from
+Added: those in effect upon completion of this offering.
The shares of Class B common stock will automatically
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subject to adjustment.
−Removed: In the case that additional shares of Class A common stock, or equity-linked securities, are issued or deemed issued
−Removed: in excess of the amounts issued in the Initial Public Offering and related to the closing of a Business Combination, the ratio at which
−Removed: shares of Class B common stock shall convert into shares of Class A common stock will be adjusted (unless the holders of a majority of
−Removed: the then-outstanding shares of Class B common stock agree to waive such adjustment with respect to any such issuance or deemed issuance)
+Added: In the case that additional shares of Class A common stock, or equity-linked securities, are issued or deemed
+Added: issued in excess of the amounts issued in the Initial Public Offering and related to the closing of a Business Combination, the ratio
+Added: at which shares of Class B common stock shall convert into shares of Class A common stock will be adjusted (unless the holders of a majority
+Added: of the then-outstanding shares of Class B common stock agree to waive such adjustment with respect to any such issuance or deemed issuance)
so that the number of shares of Class A common stock issuable upon conversion of all shares of Class B common stock will equal, in the
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31, 2023, there were 11,580,000 warrants outstanding ( 5,405,000 Private warrants and 6,175,000 Public Warrants).
−Removed: Public Warrants may only
−Removed: be exercised for a whole number of shares.
+Added: Public Warrants may
+Added: only be exercised for a whole number of shares.
No fractional warrants will be issued upon separation of the Units and only whole warrants
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Combination or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.
−Removed: The Company will not be obligated to deliver any
−Removed: shares of Class A common stock pursuant to the exercise of a warrant and will have no obligation to settle such warrant exercise unless
−Removed: a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the issuance of the shares of Class A common stock issuable upon exercise of
−Removed: the warrants is then effective and a current prospectus relating to those shares of Class A common stock is available, subject to the
−Removed: Company satisfying its obligations with respect to registration, or a valid exemption from registration is available.
−Removed: No warrant will
−Removed: be exercisable for cash or on a cashless basis, and the Company will not be obligated to issue any shares to holders seeking to exercise
−Removed: their warrants, unless the issuance of the shares upon such exercise is registered or qualified under the securities laws of the state
−Removed: of residence of the exercising holder, or an exemption from registration is available.
+Added: The Company will not be obligated to deliver
+Added: any shares of Class A common stock pursuant to the exercise of a warrant and will have no obligation to settle such warrant exercise
+Added: unless a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the issuance of the shares of Class A common stock issuable upon exercise
+Added: of the warrants is then effective and a current prospectus relating to those shares of Class A common stock is available, subject to
+Added: the Company satisfying its obligations with respect to registration, or a valid exemption from registration is available.
+Added: will be exercisable for cash or on a cashless basis, and the Company will not be obligated to issue any shares to holders seeking to
+Added: exercise their warrants, unless the issuance of the shares upon such exercise is registered or qualified under the securities laws of
+Added: the state of residence of the exercising holder, or an exemption from registration is available.
The Company has agreed that as soon as practicable
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of the Securities Act, the Company may, at its option, require holders of Public Warrants who exercise their warrants to do so on a “cashless
−Removed: basis” in accordance with Section 3(a) (9) of the Securities Act and, in the event the Company so elects, the Company will not be
−Removed: required to file or maintain in effect a registration statement, but will use its commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify
+Added: basis” in accordance with Section 3(a) (9) of the Securities Act and, in the event the Company so elects, the Company will not
+Added: be required to file or maintain in effect a registration statement, but will use its commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify
the shares under applicable blue sky laws to the extent an exemption is not available.
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outstanding Public Warrants:
−Removed: ● in whole and not in part;
−Removed: ● at a price of $0.01 per Public
−Removed: ● upon a minimum of 30 days’
−Removed: prior written notice of redemption, or the 30-day redemption period to each warrant holder;
−Removed: ● if, and only if, the last reported
−Removed: sale price of the Class A common stock equals or exceeds $18.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganization,
−Removed: recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period ending on the third trading day prior to the date
−Removed: on which the Company sends the notice of redemption to warrant holders.
+Added: whole and not in part;
+Added: ● at a price of $ 0.01 per Public Warrant;
+Added: a minimum of 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption, or the 30-day redemption
+Added: period to each warrant holder;
+Added: ● if, and only if, the last reported sale price of the Class A common stock equals or exceeds $ 18.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganization, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which the Company sends the notice of redemption to warrant holders.
If and when the warrants become redeemable by
−Removed: the Company, the Company may exercise its redemption right even if it is unable to register or qualify the underlying securities for sale
−Removed: under all applicable state securities laws.
−Removed: If the Company calls the Public Warrants for redemption,
−Removed: as described above, its management will have the option to require any holder that wishes to exercise the Public Warrants to do so on
−Removed: a “cashless basis,” as described in the warrant agreement.
−Removed: The exercise price and number of common stock issuable upon exercise
−Removed: of the Public Warrants may be adjusted in certain circumstances including in the event of a stock dividend, extraordinary dividend or
−Removed: recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation.
−Removed: However, except as described below, the Public Warrants will not be adjusted
−Removed: for issuances of common stock at a price below its exercise price.
−Removed: Additionally, in no event will the Company be required to net cash
−Removed: settle the Public Warrants.
−Removed: If the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period and the Company
−Removed: liquidates the funds held in the Trust Account, holders of Public Warrants will not receive any of such funds with respect to their Public
−Removed: Warrants, nor will they receive any distribution from the Company’s assets held outside of the Trust Account with respect to such
−Removed: Public Warrants.
+Added: the Company, the Company may exercise its redemption right even if it is unable to register or qualify the underlying securities for
+Added: sale under all applicable state securities laws.
+Added: If the Company calls the Public Warrants for
+Added: redemption, as described above, its management will have the option to require any holder that wishes to exercise the Public Warrants
+Added: to do so on a “cashless basis,” as described in the warrant agreement.
+Added: The exercise price and number of common stock issuable
+Added: upon exercise of the Public Warrants may be adjusted in certain circumstances including in the event of a stock dividend, extraordinary
+Added: dividend or recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation.
+Added: However, except as described below, the Public Warrants will not
+Added: be adjusted for issuances of common stock at a price below its exercise price.
+Added: Additionally, in no event will the Company be required
+Added: to net cash settle the Public Warrants.
+Added: If the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period and
+Added: the Company liquidates the funds held in the Trust Account, holders of Public Warrants will not receive any of such funds with respect
+Added: to their Public Warrants, nor will they receive any distribution from the Company’s assets held outside of the Trust Account with
+Added: respect to such Public Warrants.
Accordingly, the Public Warrants may expire worthless.
−Removed: The Private Placement Warrants are identical to
−Removed: the Public Warrants underlying the Units being sold in the Initial Public Offering.
+Added: The Private Placement Warrants are identical
+Added: to the Public Warrants underlying the Units being sold in the Initial Public Offering.
+Added: NOTE 8 — FORWARD PURCHASE AGREEMENT
+Added: AND NON REDEMPTION AGREEMENT
+Added: Forward Purchase Agreement
+Added: On December 13, 2023, Nubia entered into an agreement
+Added: with (i) Meteora Capital Partners, LP (“MCP”), (ii) Meteora Select Trading Opportunities Master, LP (“MSTO”),
+Added: and (iii) Meteora Strategic Capital, LLC (“MSC” and, collectively with MCP and MSTO, “Seller” or “Forward
+Added: Purchase Investors”) (the “Forward Purchase Agreement”).
+Added: For purposes of the Forward Purchase Agreement, NUBI is referred
+Added: to as the “Counterparty” prior to the consummation of the Business Combination, while Solidion Technology, Inc.
+Added: is referred to as the “Counterparty” after the consummation of the Business Combination.
+Added: Capitalized terms used herein but
+Added: not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Forward Purchase Agreement.
+Added: Pursuant to the terms of the Forward Purchase
+Added: Agreement, Seller intends, but is not obligated, to, concurrently with the Closing pursuant to Seller’s FPA Funding Amount PIPE
+Added: Subscription Agreement, purchase up to 9.9 % of the total Class A ordinary shares, par value $ 0.0001 per share, of NUBI (“NUBI Shares”)
+Added: outstanding following the closing of the Business Combination, as calculated by Seller (the “Purchased Amount”), less the
+Added: number of NUBI Shares purchased by Seller separately from third parties through a broker in the open market (“Recycled Shares”).
+Added: Seller will not be required to purchase an amount of NUBI Shares such that, following such purchase, that Seller’s ownership would
+Added: exceed 9.9 % of the total NUBI Shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to such purchase, unless Seller, at its sole discretion,
+Added: waives such 9.9 % ownership limitation.
+Added: The Number of Shares subject to the Forward Purchase Agreement is subject to reduction following
+Added: a termination of the Forward Purchase Agreement with respect to such shares as described under “Optional Early Termination”
+Added: in the Forward Purchase Agreement.
+Added: The Forward Purchase Agreement provides for a
+Added: prepayment shortfall in an amount in U.S.
+Added: dollars equal to 0.50 % of the product of the Recycled Shares and the Initial Price (as defined
+Added: As described below in Shortfall Sales, Seller in its sole discretion may sell Recycled Shares at any time following the Trade
+Added: Date at any sales price without payment by Seller of any Early Termination Obligation until such time as the proceeds from such sales
+Added: equal 100 % of the Prepayment Shortfall (as set forth under Shortfall Sales below) (such sales, “Shortfall Sales,” and such
+Added: Shares, “Shortfall Sale Shares”).
+Added: A sale of Shares is only (a) a “Shortfall Sale,” subject to the terms and conditions
+Added: herein applicable to Shortfall Sale Shares, when a Shortfall Sale Notice is delivered under the Forward Purchase Agreement, and (b) an
+Added: Optional Early Termination, subject to the terms and conditions of the Forward Purchase Agreement applicable to Terminated Shares, when
+Added: an OET Notice is delivered under the Forward Purchase Agreement, in each case with the delivery of such notice being in the sole discretion
+Added: of Seller (as further described in the “Optional Early Termination” and “Shortfall Sales” sections in the Forward
+Added: Purchase Agreement).
+Added: The Forward Purchase Agreement provides that
+Added: Seller will be paid directly an aggregate cash amount (the “Prepayment Amount”) equal to (a) the sum of (i) the Number of
+Added: Shares as set forth in a Pricing Date Notice, plus (ii) number of Recycled Shares multiplied by the redemption price per share (the “Initial
+Added: Price”) as defined in Section 9.2(b) of NUBI’s Certificate of Incorporation, effective as of March 10, 2023, and as amended
+Added: from time to time (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), less (b) the Prepayment Shortfall.
+Added: The Counterparty will pay to Seller the Prepayment
+Added: Amount required under the Forward Purchase Agreement directly from the Counterparty’s Trust Account maintained by Continental Stock
+Added: Transfer and Trust Company holding the net proceeds of the sale of the units in the Counterparty’s initial public offering and
+Added: the sale of private placement warrants (the “Trust Account”), no later than the earlier of (a) one Local Business Day after
+Added: the Closing Date and (b) the date any assets from the Trust Account are disbursed in connection with the Business Combination;
+Added: that to the extent that the Prepayment Amount is to be paid from the purchase of Additional Shares by Seller, such amount will be netted
+Added: against such proceeds, with Seller being able to reduce the purchase price for the Additional Shares by the Prepayment Amount.
+Added: avoidance of doubt, any Additional Shares purchased by Seller will be included in the Number of Shares under the Forward Purchase Agreement
+Added: for all purposes, including for determining the Prepayment Amount.
+Added: In addition to the Prepayment Amount, Counterparty shall pay directly
+Added: from the Trust Account, on the Prepayment Date, an amount equal to the product of (x) up to 200,000 (with such final amount to be determined
+Added: by Seller in its sole discretion via written notice to Counterparty) and (y) the Initial Price.
+Added: Following the Closing, the reset price (the “Reset
+Added: Price”) will initially be the Initial Price.
+Added: The Reset Price will be subject to reset on a bi-weekly basis commencing the first
+Added: week following the thirtieth day after the closing of the Business Combination to be the lowest of (a) the then current Reset Price,
+Added: (b) the Initial Price and (c) the VWAP Price of the Shares of the prior two weeks;
+Added: provided the Reset Price shall be subject to reduction
+Added: upon a Dilutive Offering Reset immediately upon the occurrence of such Dilutive Offering.
+Added: From time to time and on any date following the
+Added: Trade Date (any such date, an “OET Date”) and subject to the terms and conditions in the Forward Purchase Agreement, Seller
+Added: may, in its absolute discretion, terminate the Transaction in whole or in part by providing written notice to the Counterparty (the “OET
+Added: Notice”), by the later of (a) the fifth Local Business Day following the OET Date and (b) the next Payment Date following the OET
+Added: Date (which shall specify the quantity by which the Number of Shares shall be reduced (such quantity, the “Terminated Shares”)).
+Added: The effect of an OET Notice shall be to reduce the Number of Shares by the number of Terminated Shares specified in such OET Notice with
+Added: effect as of the related OET Date.
+Added: As of each OET Date, the Counterparty shall be entitled to an amount from Seller, and Seller shall
+Added: pay to the Counterparty an amount, equal to the product of (x) the number of Terminated Shares and (y) the Reset Price in respect of
+Added: such OET Date.
+Added: The payment date may be changed within a quarter at the mutual agreement of the parties.
+Added: The valuation date will be the earliest to occur
+Added: of (a) the date that is three (3) years after the date of the closing of the Business Combination (the date of the closing of the Business
+Added: Combination, the “Closing Date”) pursuant to the Merger Agreement, (b) the date specified by Seller in a written notice to
+Added: be delivered to Counterparty at Seller’s discretion (which Valuation Date shall not be earlier than the day such notice is effective)
+Added: after the occurrence of any of (v) a Shortfall Variance Registration Failure, (w) a VWAP Trigger Event, (x) a Delisting Event, (y) a
+Added: Registration Failure or (z) unless otherwise specified therein, any Additional Termination Event, and (c) the date specified by Seller
+Added: in a written notice to be delivered to the Counterparty at Seller’s sole discretion (which Valuation Date shall not be earlier
+Added: than the day such notice is effective).
+Added: The Valuation Date notice will become effective immediately upon its delivery from Seller to
+Added: the Counterparty in accordance with the Forward Purchase Agreement.
+Added: In the event the Valuation Date is determined pursuant to clause
+Added: (c), the Settlement Amount Adjustment will not apply to the calculation of the Settlement Amount.
+Added: On the Cash Settlement Payment Date, which is
+Added: the tenth Local Business Day immediately following the last day of the Valuation Period, Seller will remit to the Counterparty an amount
+Added: equal to the Settlement Amount and will not otherwise be required to return to the Counterparty any of the Prepayment Amount and the
+Added: Counterparty shall remit to Seller the Settlement Amount Adjustment;
+Added: provided that, if the Settlement Amount less the Settlement Amount
+Added: Adjustment is a negative number, then neither Seller nor the Counterparty shall be liable to the other party for any payment under the
+Added: “Cash Settlement Payment” Date section of the Forward Purchase Agreement.
+Added: Seller has agreed to waive any redemption rights
+Added: with respect to any Recycled Shares in connection with the Business Combination, as well as any redemption rights under NUBI’s
+Added: Certificate of Incorporation that would require redemption by NUBI of the NUBI Shares.
+Added: Such waiver may reduce the number of NUBI Shares
+Added: redeemed in connection with the Business Combination, and such reduction could alter the perception of the potential strength of the
+Added: Business Combination.
+Added: The Forward Purchase Agreement has been structured, and all activity in connection with such agreement has been
+Added: undertaken, to comply with the requirements of all tender offer regulations applicable to the Business Combination, including Rule 14e-5
+Added: under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
+Added: The derivative liabilities includes the FPA and NRA of $ 35,576,596
+Added: and $ 11,152,000 , respectively at December 31, 2023.
+Added: The derivative asset relates to the FPA at December 31, 2023.
+Added: Non-Redemption Agreement
+Added: On December 13, 2023, NUBI entered into a non-redemption agreement
+Added: (the “Non-Redemption Agreement”) with certain investors named therein (each, a “Backstop Investor”), each acting
+Added: on behalf of certain funds, investors, entities or accounts that are managed, sponsored or advised by each such Backstop Investor or its
+Added: Pursuant to each Non-Redemption Agreement, each Backstop Investor agreed that, on or prior to Closing, it will beneficially
+Added: own not greater than the lesser of (i) that number of Backstop Shares set forth in the Non-Redemption Agreement and (ii) the total number
+Added: of NUBI Shares beneficially owned by Backstop Investor and its affiliates and any other persons whose beneficial ownership of NUBI Shares
+Added: would be aggregated with those of Backstop Investor for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 not exceeding
+Added: 9.99 % of the total number of issued and outstanding NUBI Shares, and shall not elect to redeem or otherwise tender or submit for redemption
+Added: any of such Backstop Shares in connection with the second special meeting of NUBI stockholders to be held for the purpose of approving
+Added: the Business Combination (the “Second Special Meeting”);
+Added: provided, however, that in the event Backstop Investor has previously
+Added: elected to redeem, tender or submit any Backstop Shares for redemption, Backstop Investor shall rescind or reverse such redemption request
+Added: prior to Closing and NUBI shall accept such request(s) promptly once submitted by Backstop Investor.
+Added: Upon consummation of the business combination,
+Added: NUBI shall pay or cause to be paid to each Backstop Investor a payment in respect of its respective Backstop Shares a payment in respect
+Added: of Backstop Shares in cash released from the Trust Account in an amount equal to the product of (x) the number of Backstop Shares and
+Added: (y) the Redemption Price, less $ 4.00 .
NOTE 9 — FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
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about how market participants would price assets and liabilities).
−Removed: The following fair value hierarchy is used to classify assets and liabilities
−Removed: based on the observable inputs and unobservable inputs used in order to value the assets and liabilities:
+Added: The following fair value hierarchy is used to classify assets and
+Added: liabilities based on the observable inputs and unobservable inputs used in order to value the assets and liabilities:
Level 1 — quoted
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The following table presents information about
−Removed: the Company’s assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value at December 31, 2022, and indicates the fair value hierarchy
−Removed: of the valuation inputs the Company utilized to determine such fair value:
−Removed: Investments held in Trust Account
−Removed: $ 127,782,882
−Removed: The estimated
−Removed: fair value of Investments held in Trust Account are determined using available market information.
−Removed: On March 15, 2022, the Company recognized over-allotment
−Removed: option liability in accordance with ASC 815-40 in the balance sheets of $ 19,432 .
−Removed: The over-allotment option was measured at fair value
−Removed: at inception, and re-measured at March 31, 2022.
−Removed: Upon expiration of the over-allotment option on April 29, 2022, the Company wrote-off
−Removed: the option to the statements of operations.
−Removed: During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company recorded a gain on the change in fair
−Removed: value of $ 19,432 to the statements of operations.
−Removed: The initial fair value measurement of the over-allotment
−Removed: option liability as of March 15, 2022, and re-measurement at March 31, 2022, were calculated using the following range of weighted average
−Removed: Risk-free interest rate
−Removed: Expected life of over-allotment option
−Removed: Expected volatility of underlying stock
+Added: the Company’s assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value at December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, and indicates
+Added: the fair value hierarchy of the valuation inputs the Company utilized to determine such fair value:
+Added: Cash and investments held in Trust
+Added: Derivative asset
+Added: Derivative liabilities
+Added: The derivative liabilities includes the FPA and NRA of $ 35,576,596
+Added: and $ 11,152,000 , respectively at December 31, 2023.
+Added: The derivative asset relates to the FPA at December 31, 2023.
+Added: The Company used a Monte Carlo analysis to determine
+Added: the fair value of the FPA and NRA.
+Added: The fair value measurement of the FPA and the NRA liability at December 31, 2023, was calculated using
+Added: the following range of weighted average assumptions:
+Added: Risk-free interest rate (FPA)
+Added: Expected life of over-allotment option (FPA)
+Added: Expected volatility of underlying stock (FPA)
+Added: Dividends (FPA)
+Added: Probability of merger closing (FPA and NRA)
The 123,500 Representative Shares have a grant
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the marketability of the Company and the probability of initial business combination, which were considered Level 3 inputs.
−Removed: Upon the Initial
−Removed: Public Offering, such amounts were allocated to offering costs within stockholders’ equity (deficit).
+Added: Initial Public Offering, such amounts were allocated to offering costs within stockholders’ equity (deficit).
NOTE 10 — INCOME TAXES
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The income tax provision (benefit) consists of the following for the
−Removed: year December 31, 2022 and for the period from June 14, 2021 (inception) ended December 31, 2021:
+Added: year December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022:
State and Local
Income tax provision / (benefit)
−Removed: the realization of the deferred tax assets, management considers whether it is more likely than not that some portion of all of the deferred
−Removed: tax assets will not be realized.
−Removed: The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income
−Removed: during the periods in which temporary differences representing net future deductible amounts become deductible.
−Removed: Management considers the
−Removed: scheduled reversal of deferred tax liabilities, projected future taxable income and tax planning strategies in making this assessment.
−Removed: After consideration of all of the information available, management believes that significant uncertainty exists with respect to future
−Removed: realization of the deferred tax assets and has therefore established a full valuation allowance.
−Removed: For the period ended December
−Removed: 31, 2022 and 2021, the change in the valuation allowance was $ 147,481 and $ 300 , respectively.
−Removed: A reconciliation of the statutory tax rate to the Company’s effective
−Removed: tax rates for the periods ended December 31, 2022 and 2021:
+Added: In assessing the realization of the deferred tax assets, management
+Added: considers whether it is more likely than not that some portion of all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.
+Added: The ultimate realization
+Added: of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income during the periods in which temporary differences representing
+Added: net future deductible amounts become deductible.
+Added: Management considers the scheduled reversal of deferred tax liabilities, projected future
+Added: taxable income and tax planning strategies in making this assessment.
+Added: After consideration of all of the information available, management
+Added: believes that significant uncertainty exists with respect to future realization of the deferred tax assets and has therefore established
+Added: a full valuation allowance.
+Added: For the year ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, the change in the valuation allowance was $ 221,409 and
+Added: $ 147,481 , respectively.
+Added: A reconciliation of the statutory tax rate to
+Added: the Company’s effective tax rates for the year ended December 31, 2023 and 2022:
Statutory federal income tax rate
State taxes, net of federal tax benefit
−Removed: Change in fair value of overallotment liability
Change in valuation allowance
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NOTE 11 — SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
−Removed: evaluated subsequent events and transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date up to the date that the financial statements were
−Removed: The Company did not identify any subsequent events, except as noted below, that would have required adjustment or disclosure in
−Removed: the financial statements.
−Removed: 16, 2023, the Company entered into a Merger Agreement (the “Merger Agreement”) by and among Honeycomb Battery Company, an
−Removed: Ohio corporation (the “Honeycomb”), the Company, and Nubia Merger Sub, Inc., an Ohio corporation (“Merger Sub”)
−Removed: and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, pursuant to which Merger Sub will merge with and into Honeycomb (the “Merger”)
−Removed: with Honeycomb as the surviving corporation of the Merger and becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.
−Removed: In connection with the
−Removed: Merger, the Company will change its name to “Honeycomb Battery Company” or such other name designated by Honeycomb by notice
−Removed: to the Company, which is referred to herein as the “Combined Company.” The board of directors of the Company (the “Nubia
−Removed: Board”) has unanimously (i) approved and declared advisable the Merger Agreement, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated
−Removed: thereby (collectively, the “Transactions”) and (ii) resolved to recommend approval of the Merger Agreement and related matters
−Removed: by the stockholders of the Company.
−Removed: Company will issue 70.0 million of its shares of common stock ($ 700.0 million) to the stockholders of Honeycomb, plus contingent earnout
−Removed: payments of up to 22.5 million shares of common stock ($ 225.0 million) if certain stock price targets are met as set forth in the Merger
−Removed: Merger Agreement contains customary representations and warranties of the parties.
−Removed: Merger is expected to be accounted for as a reverse recapitalization with Honeycomb as the accounting acquirer.
−Removed: In March 2023, $ 200,050 was withdrawn from the
−Removed: Trust to pay taxes.
−Removed: The Company deposited $ 1,235,000 into the trust
−Removed: account in March 2023 to fund the automatic 3-month extension to June 15, 2023.
−Removed: Underwriting Agreement, dated March 10, 2022, by and between the Registrant and EF Hutton, division of Benchmark Investments, LLC, as representative of the several underwriters (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on March 16, 2022)
−Removed: Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on March 16, 2022)
−Removed: Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to Amendment No.
−Removed: 7 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on March 8, 2022)
−Removed: Specimen Unit Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Amendment No.
−Removed: 7 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on March 8, 2022)
−Removed: Specimen Class A Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on November 16, 2021)
−Removed: Specimen Warrant Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to Amendment No.
−Removed: 7 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on March 8, 2022)
−Removed: Warrant Agreement, dated March 10, 2022, by and between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 16, 2022)
+Added: The Company evaluated subsequent events and transactions
+Added: that occurred after the balance sheet date up to the date that the financial statements were issued.
+Added: The Company did not identify any
+Added: subsequent events, except as noted below, that would have required adjustment or disclosure in the financial statements.
+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 (as
+Added: 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: On February 5, 2024, our Common Stock continued trading on the
+Added: Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol “STI”.
+Added: Furthermore, on the same date, the Company's Public Warrants, previously listed
+Added: under ticker “NUBIW”, were delisted from the Nasdaq.
+Added: Stockholders elected
+Added: to redeem an aggregate 1,625,876 or shares of Common Stock in connection with the Second Special Meeting held on December 14, 2023.
+Added: funds of $ 17,834,235 are due and payable to the redeeming stockholders on the earlier of the closing of the business combination or the
+Added: liquidation date.
+Added: The funds were transferred to the stockholders upon closing of the business combination on February 2, 2024.
+Added: On January 29, 2024, the Promissory Notes with
+Added: the Sponsor was amended such that the Promissory Note any or all of the unpaid principal upon consummation of the Company’s initial
+Added: business combination was convertible into common shares at a conversion price of $ 1.00 per share.
+Added: On February 1, 2024, the Company executed a promissory
+Added: note with EF Hutton, totaling $ 2,200,000 , to cover underwriters' fees associated with the closure of the business combination with Honeycomb.
+Added: The principal amount of this Note is payable on designated dates, with $ 183,333 due on April 1, 2024, and subsequent payments of the same
+Added: amount scheduled on the first business day of each following month until the final payment on March 1, 2025.
+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 issued an aggregate
+Added: of 5,133,332 units and pre-funded units (collectively, the “Units”) at a purchase price of $ 0.75 per unit (less $ 0.0001 per
+Added: pre-funded unit).
+Added: Each Unit consists of (i) one share of Solidion Common Stock (or one pre-funded warrant to purchase one share of Common
+Added: Stock), (ii) two Series A warrants each to purchase one share of Common Stock, and (iii) one Series B warrant to purchase such number
+Added: of shares of Common Stock as determined on the reset date (as defined in the Subscription Agreement), and in accordance with the terms
+Added: Agreement, dated February 16, 2023, by and among Nubia Brand International Corp., Honeycomb Battery Company, and Nubia Merger Sub,
+Added: (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission
+Added: on February 17, 2023).
+Added: and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Solidion Technology, Inc.
+Added: (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report
+Added: on Form 8-K filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on February 8, 2024)
+Added: and Restated Bylaws of Solidion Technology, Inc.
+Added: (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K
+Added: filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on February 8, 2024)
+Added: Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities &
+Added: Exchange Commission on February 8, 2024)
+Added: Warrant Certificate (included in Exhibit 4.3)
+Added: Agreement, dated March 10, 2022, by and between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (incorporated by reference
+Added: to Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 16, 2022)
Description of Securities
−Removed: Letter Agreement, dated March 10, 2022, by and among the Registrant and its officers, directors and the Sponsor (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on March 16, 2022)
−Removed: Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated March 10, 2022, by and between the Registrant and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on March 16, 2022)
−Removed: Registration Rights Agreement, dated March 10, 2022, by and among the Registrant and certain security holders (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on March 16, 2022)
−Removed: Administrative Support Agreement, dated March 10, 2022, by and between the Registrant and Mach FM Acquisitions LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on March 16, 2022)
−Removed: Indemnity Agreements, each dated as of March 10, 2022, by and between the Registrant and each of the officers and directors of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on March 16, 2022)
−Removed: Private Placement Warrants Subscription Agreement, dated March 10, 2022, by and between the Registrant and the Sponsor (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on March 16, 2022)
−Removed: Representative Share Letter, dated March 10, 2022 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on March 16, 2022)
−Removed: Amended and Restated Promissory Note to Mach FM Acquisitions LLC, dated May 20, 2022.
−Removed: (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on May 20, 2022)
−Removed: Code of Ethics (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 14 to Amendment No.
−Removed: 7 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on March 8, 2022)
+Added: Agreement, dated March 10, 2022, by and among the Registrant and its officers, directors and the Sponsor (incorporated by reference
+Added: to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on March 16, 2022)
+Added: Purchase Agreement, dated December 13, 2023, by and among Nubia Brand International Corp., Meteora Capital Partners, LP, Meteora
+Added: Select Trading Opportunities Master, LP, and Meteora Strategic Capital, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the
+Added: Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on December 13, 2023)
+Added: Rights Agreement, dated March 10, 2022, by and among the Registrant and certain security holders (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
+Added: 10.3 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on March 16, 2022)
+Added: of Subscription Agreement, dated December 13, 2023, by and among Nubia Brand International Corp.
+Added: and the investors signatory thereto
+Added: (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities & Exchange
+Added: Commission on December 13, 2023)
+Added: Agreements, each dated as of March 10, 2022, by and between the Registrant and each of the officers and directors of the Registrant
+Added: (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission
+Added: on March 16, 2022)
+Added: Placement Warrants Subscription Agreement, dated March 10, 2022, by and between the Registrant and the Sponsor (incorporated by reference
+Added: to Exhibit 10.6 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on March 16, 2022)
+Added: Representative
+Added: Share Letter, dated March 10, 2022 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the
+Added: Securities & Exchange Commission on March 16, 2022)
+Added: of Convertible Promissory Note.
+Added: (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the
+Added: Securities & Exchange Commission on February 8, 2024)
+Added: Agreement, dated December 13, 2023, by and between Nubia Brand International Corp.
+Added: and Mach FM Acquisitions, LLC (incorporated by
+Added: reference to Exhibit 10.11 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 8, 2024)
+Added: of Non-Redemption Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities
+Added: and Exchange Commission on February 8, 2024)
+Added: Code of Ethics
Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14(a) under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
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Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
−Removed: Form of Audit Committee Charter (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to Amendment No.
−Removed: 7 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on March 8, 2022)
−Removed: Form of Compensation Committee Charter (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 to Amendment No.
−Removed: 7 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on March 8, 2022)
+Added: Solidion Technology Inc.
+Added: Clawback Policy
+Added: Form of Audit Committee Charter
+Added: Form of Compensation Committee Charter
+Added: Stock Incentive Plan for Solidion Technology, Inc.
+Added: (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.4 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed
+Added: with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 8, 2024)
Inline XBRL Instance Document.
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Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.
−Removed: Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101).
−Removed: FORM 10-K SUMMARY
−Removed: Pursuant to the requirements
−Removed: of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
−Removed: thereunto duly authorized.
−Removed: Nubia Brand International Corp.
−Removed: March 16, 2023
−Removed: /s/ Jaymes Winters
+Added: Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in
+Added: Exhibit 101).
+Added: * Filed herewith
+Added: Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13
+Added: or 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
+Added: Solidion Technology, Inc.
+Added: April 11, 2024
Jaymes Winters
−Removed: Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
−Removed: Nubia Brand International Corp.
−Removed: March 16, 2023
+Added: Chief Executive Officer
+Added: (Principal Executive Officer)
+Added: Solidion Technology, Inc.
+Added: April 11, 2024
/s/ Vlad Prantsevich
Vlad Prantsevich
−Removed: Chief Financial Officer (Principal Accounting and Financial Officer)
−Removed: Pursuant to the requirements
−Removed: of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in
−Removed: the capacities and on the dates indicated.
−Removed: /s/ Jaymes Winters
−Removed: Chief Executive Officer (Principal executive officer) and Director
−Removed: March 16, 2023
+Added: Chief Financial Officer
+Added: (Principal Accounting and Financial Officer)
+Added: Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
+Added: Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and
+Added: on the dates indicated.
+Added: Chief Executive Officer (Principal executive
+Added: officer) and Director
+Added: April 11, 2024
Jaymes Winters
/s/ Vlad Prantsevich
−Removed: Chief Financial Officer and Director
−Removed: March 16, 2023
+Added: Chief Financial Officer
+Added: April 11, 2024
Vlad Prantsevich
−Removed: /s/ Alexander Monje
−Removed: March 16, 2023
−Removed: Alexander Monje
−Removed: /s/ David Campbell
−Removed: March 16, 2023
−Removed: David Campbell
−Removed: /s/ Michael Patterson
−Removed: March 16, 2023
−Removed: Michael Patterson
−Removed: /s/ Karin-Joyce (KJ) Tjon
−Removed: March 16, 2023
+Added: April 11, 2024
+Added: /s/ John Davis
+Added: April 11, 2024
+Added: /s/ Karin-Joyce
+Added: April 11, 2024
Karin-Joyce (KJ) Tjon
−Removed: /s/ Yvonne Brown
−Removed: March 16, 2023
+Added: April 11, 2024
+Added: Cynthia Ekberg Tsai
+Added: April 11, 2024
+Added: Yang Shao-Horn
+Added: April 11, 2024
Compared sentence by sentence after normalising whitespace, quotation marks, case and digits, so re-formatting and restated figures do not read as changed language. Wording changes appear as one removal and one addition. The current filing and the prior one are authoritative.