Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
The following discussion and analysis of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements and the notes related thereto which are included in “ Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data ” of this Annual Report. Certain information contained in the discussion and analysis set forth below includes forward-looking statements. Our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of many factors, including those set forth under “ Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements ,” and elsewhere in this Annual Report.
Overview
We are a blank check company incorporated in the Cayman Islands on April 19, 2022, for the purpose of effecting a merger, amalgamation, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. We intend to effectuate our initial business combination using cash derived from the proceeds of the IPO and the sale of the Private Placement Units, our shares, debt or a combination of cash, shares and debt.
We expect to continue to incur significant costs in the pursuit of our acquisition plans. We cannot assure you that our plans to complete an initial business combination will be successful.
Results of Operations
We have neither engaged in any operations nor generated any revenues to date. Our only activities from April 19, 2022 (inception) through December 31, 2024, were organizational activities, those necessary to prepare for the Initial Public Offering, described below. We do not expect to generate any operating revenues until after the completion of our initial business combination. We generate non-operating income in the form of interest income on marketable securities held in the Trust Account. We incur expenses as a result of being a public company (for legal, financial reporting, accounting and auditing compliance), as well as for due diligence expenses.
For the year ended December 31, 2024, we had a net loss of $71,012, which consists of operating costs of $196,358 partially offset by an unrealized gain on marketable securities held in Trust Account of $125,346.
For the year ended December 31, 2023, we had a net loss of $485,550, which consists operating and formation costs.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Until the consummation of the Initial Public Offering, our only source of liquidity was an initial purchase of our ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, by the Sponsor and loans from the Sponsor.
On December 24, 2024, we consummated the Initial Public Offering of 17,250,000 Units which includes the full exercise by the underwriters of their over-allotment option in the amount of 2,250,000 Units, at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $172,500,000. Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, we consummated the sale of 7,075,000 Private Placement Warrants at a price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant in a private placement to the Sponsor and BTIG, LLC, the representative of the underwriters (“BTIG”), generating gross proceeds of $7,075,000, which is described in Note 5.
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Following the closing of the Initial Public Offering, on December 24, 2024, an amount of $174,225,000 ($10.10 per Unit) from the net proceeds of the sale of the Units and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants was placed in the trust account.
For the year ended December 31, 2024, cash used in operating activities was $851,446. Net loss of $71,012 was impacted by a payment of operation costs through promissory note of $4,719 and an unrealized gain on marketable securities held in Trust Account of $125,346. Changes in operating assets and liabilities provided $659,807.
For the year ended December 31, 2023, cash used in cash used in operating activities was $204. Net loss of $485,550 was impacted by a write-off of deferred offering costs of $482,340 and changes in operating assets and liabilities, which provided $3,006.
As of December 31, 2024, we had investments of $174,350,346 held in the trust account. Through December 31, 2024 and 2023, we have not withdrawn any interest earned from the trust account.
We intend to use substantially all of the funds held in the Trust Account, including any amounts representing interest earned on the Trust Account (less income taxes payable), to complete our Business Combination. To the extent that our share capital or debt is used, in whole or in part, as consideration to complete our Business Combination, the remaining proceeds held in the Trust Account will be used as working capital to finance the operations of the target business or businesses, make other acquisitions and pursue our growth strategies.
As of December 31, 2024, we had $438,174 in cash. We intend to use the funds held outside the trust account primarily to identify and evaluate target businesses, perform business due diligence on prospective target businesses, travel to and from the offices, plants or similar locations of prospective target businesses or their representatives or owners, review corporate documents and material agreements of prospective target businesses, and structure, negotiate and complete a business combination.
In order to fund working capital deficiencies or finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor, or certain of our officers and directors or their affiliates may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds as may be required. If we complete a Business Combination, we would repay such loaned amounts. In the event that a Business Combination does not close, we may use a portion of the working capital held outside the Trust Account to repay such loaned amounts but no proceeds from our Trust Account would be used for such repayment. Up to $1,500,000 of such Working Capital Loans may be convertible into warrants of the post-Business Combination entity at a price of $1.00 per warrant. The units would be identical to the Private Placement Units. At December 31, 2024 and 2023, no amount were borrowed under the Working Capital Loan program.
We do not believe we will need to raise additional funds in order to meet the expenditures required for operating our business. However, if our estimate of the costs of identifying a target business, undertaking in-depth due diligence and negotiating a Business Combination are less than the actual amount necessary to do so, we may have insufficient funds available to operate our business prior to our Business Combination. Moreover, we may need to obtain additional financing either to complete our Business Combination or because we become obligated to redeem a significant number of our Public Shares upon consummation of our Business Combination, in which case we may issue additional securities or incur debt in connection with such Business Combination.
Going Concern
In connection with our assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-15, “Disclosures of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern,” management believes that the funds which the Company has available following the completion of the initial public offering will enable it to sustain operations for a period of at least one-year from the issuance date of these financial statements.
Off-Balance Sheet Financing Arrangements
We have no obligations, assets or liabilities, which would be considered off-balance sheet arrangements as of December 31, 2024. We do not participate in transactions that create relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, often referred to as variable interest entities, which would have been established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements. We have not entered into any off-balance sheet financing arrangements, established any special purpose entities, guaranteed any debt or commitments of other entities, or purchased any non-financial assets.
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Contractual Obligations
We do not have any long-term debt, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations or long-term liabilities, other than an agreement to pay its Sponsor a fee of approximately $10,000 per month for administrative and support services.
The underwriters are entitled to a deferred underwriting fee of $0.35 per Unit, or $6,037,500 in the aggregate. The deferred fee will become payable to the underwriters or other FINRA members that assist the Company in consummating an initial business combination at the Company’s and the Sponsor’s discretion 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.
Critical Accounting Estimates
The preparation of financial statements and related disclosures in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates.
Public Warrants
At the date of the Initial Public Offering, the fair value of the Public Warrants was determined using the Monte Carlo Simulation Model. The Monte Carlo Simulation Model required significant estimates by management and required management to make assumptions related to the company’s implied Class A share price, term of the Public Warrants, the risk-free rate and volatility. As each of these items are out to the control of management significant uncertainty exists in the Monte Carlo Simulation Model and the underlying assumptions. Deviations from these estimates could result in a significate difference to our financial results. As the changes in fair value has no impact to our cash, changes in fair value of the Public Warrants and derivations from our estimates of fair value have no impact on our cash inflows or outflows.
Recent Accounting Standards
We do not believe that any recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements.
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
As a smaller reporting company, we are not required to make disclosures under this Item.
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
This information appears following Item 15 of this Annual Report and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.
None.