Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
Cautionary Note Regarding
Forward-Looking Statements
All
statements other than statements of historical fact included in this Report including, without limitation, statements under this Item
regarding our financial position, possible Business Combinations and the financing thereof, and related matters, and the plans and objectives
of Management for future operations, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section
21E of the Exchange Act. When used in this Report, words such as “may,” “should,” “could,” “would,”
“anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend” and similar expressions,
as they relate to us or our Management, identify forward-looking statements. We have based these forward-looking statements on our Management’s
current expectations and projections about future events, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to our Management.
Actual results could differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors detailed
in our filings with the SEC. All subsequent written or oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf
are qualified in their entirety by this paragraph.
The
following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the consolidated
financial statements and the notes thereto included elsewhere in this Report.
Overview
We
are a blank check company incorporated in the Cayman Islands on November 27, 2024 for the purpose of effecting a Business Combination.
Our Sponsor is Live Oak Sponsor V, LLC.
We
are an early stage and emerging growth company and, as such, we are subject to all of the risks associated with early stage and emerging
growth companies. We expect to continue to incur significant costs in the pursuit of our acquisition plans. There can be no assurance
that our plans to complete a Business Combination, including the Teamshares Business Combination, will be successful.
Our IPO Registration Statement
became effective on February 27, 2025. On March 3, 2025, we consummated our Initial Public Offering of 23,000,000 Units, including 3,000,000
Option Units issued pursuant to the full exercise of the Over-Allotment Option. Each Unit consists of one Public Share and one-half of
one Public Warrant, with each whole Public Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one Class A Ordinary Share for $11.50 per
share. The Units were sold at a price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds to our Company of $23,000,000.
Simultaneously with the closing
of the Initial Public Offering and pursuant to the Private Placement Warrants Purchase Agreement, we completed the private sale of 4,500,000
Private Placement Warrants to our Sponsor in the Private Placement at a purchase price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant, generating
gross proceeds to our Company of $4,500,000. The Private Placement Warrants are identical to the Public Warrants, except as otherwise
disclosed in the IPO Registration Statement.
Following
the closing of the Initial Public Offering and Private Placement, an amount of $231,150,000 from the net proceeds of the Initial Public
Offering and the Private Placement was initially placed in the Trust Account located in the United States with Continental acting as trustee.
Pursuant to the Trust Agreement, the Trust Account may be invested only in (i) U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth
in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act with a maturity of 185 days or less, (ii) any open-ended investment company that holds
itself out as a money market fund selected by us meeting the conditions of paragraphs (d)(1), (d)(2), (d)(3) and (d)(4) of Rule 2a-7 of
the Investment Company Act, or (iii) an interest or non-interest bearing bank deposit account at a U.S. chartered commercial bank with
consolidated assets of $100 billion until the earlier of: (x) the completion of the Business Combination and (y) the distribution of the
Trust Account, as described below.
We
have until March 3, 2027 (since we have executed a definitive agreement for an initial Business Combination by December 3, 2026), or until
such (x) earlier date as our Board may approve or (y) later date as our shareholders may approve, pursuant to the Amended and Restated
Articles, to consummate the Business Combination. If we are unable to complete the Business Combination by the end of the Combination
Period, we will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible, but not more than
ten business days thereafter, redeem the Public Shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit
in the Trust Account including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to us to pay taxes,
if any, divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish Public Shareholders’
rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii)
as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining shareholders and our Board, dissolve
and liquidate, subject, in each case, to our obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements
of other applicable law.
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We
may seek to extend the Combination Period consistent with applicable laws, regulations and stock exchange rules by amending our Amended
and Restated Articles. Any such amendment would require the approval of our shareholders, and our Public Shareholders will be provided
the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Public Shares in connection with the vote on such approval. Such redemptions will
decrease the amount held in our Trust Account and our capitalization, and may affect our ability to maintain our listing on Nasdaq. In
addition, the Nasdaq Rules currently require SPACs (such as us) to complete their initial Business Combination in accordance with the
Nasdaq 36-Month Requirement. If we do not meet the Nasdaq 36-Month Requirement, our securities will likely be subject to suspension of
trading and delisting from Nasdaq. Our Sponsor may also, in its discretion, consider selling its interest in our Company to another sponsor
entity, which may result in a change to our Management Team.
Teamshares Business
Combination
On November 14, 2025, we entered
into the Teamshares Merger Agreement with (i) the Merger Subs, (ii) Teamshares, (iii) the Sponsor, from and after the Closing, solely
in the capacity as the representative for our shareholders (other than the Teamshares security holders and their respective successors
and assigns) for the limited purposes set forth in the Teamshares Merger Agreement and (iv) Brian Gaebe, in the capacity as the representative
from and after the Closing of the Earnout Participants (as defined in the Teamshares Merger Agreement) and their respective successors
and assignees in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Teamshares Merger Agreement. Pursuant to the Teamshares Merger Agreement,
subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, (i) prior to the Closing, we will continue out of the Cayman Islands and into the
State of Delaware and domesticate as a Delaware corporation, (ii) at the Closing, Merger Sub will merge with and into Teamshares with
Teamshares surviving such merger as our wholly-owned subsidiary and (iii) immediately following such and as part of the same overall transaction
as such merger, the surviving corporation will merge with and into Merger Sub II and as a result of which (a) all of the issued and outstanding
capital stock of Teamshares as of immediately prior to the initial merger shall no longer be outstanding and shall automatically be cancelled
and shall cease to exist, in exchange for the right of each Teamshares stockholder to receive its pro rata share of the Stockholder Merger
Consideration (as defined below) and each Earnout Participant to receive their Earnout Shares (as defined in the Teamshares Merger Agreement)
and (b) the in-the-money Teamshares options shall be assumed (with equitable adjustments to the number and exercise price of such Teamshares
options) and replaced with options exercisable into shares of our common stock, all upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
in the Teamshares Merger Agreement and in accordance with applicable law.
For
a full description of the Teamshares Merger Agreement and the proposed Teamshares Business Combination, please see Item 1. “Business”
and the Teamshares Registration Statement, once filed.
Recent Developments
On February 25, 2026, the Board appointed Somsak Chivavibul as a Class
I director of the Board, effective immediately. The Board determined that Mr. Chivavibul qualifies as an independent director and appointed
him to serve as a member of the Audit Committee and the chair of the Compensation Committee. In connection with the appointment, we entered
into a joinder to the Letter Agreement with Mr. Chivavibul, as well as an indemnification agreement, which are substantially similar to
those entered into by our current officers and directors.
Results of Operations
We
have neither engaged in any operations nor generated any revenues to date. Our only activities since November 27, 2024 (inception) through
December 31, 2025 have been (i) organizational activities and (ii) activities relating to (x) the Initial Public Offering, (y) identifying
and evaluating prospective acquisition candidates and activities in connection with the initial Business Combination and (z) consummating
the Teamshares Business Combination. We will not generate any operating revenues until after completion of our initial Business Combination.
We have generated non-operating income in the form of interest income on investments held in the Trust Account after the Initial Public
Offering. We expect to incur increased expenses as a result of being a public company (for legal, financial reporting, accounting and
auditing compliance, among other things), as well as for due diligence expenses.
For the year ended
December 31, 2025, we had a net loss of $16,495,381, which consists of operating costs of $9,113,588 and initial loss on the PIPE
Subscription Agreements liability of $15,582,052, and change in fair value of the
liability of $307,964, offset by interest income on marketable securities held in the Trust Account of $7,892,295 and change in fair value of the PIPE Subscription Agreements liability of $307,964.
For
the period from November 27, 2024 (inception) through December 31, 2024, we had a net loss of $18,571, which consists of general and administrative
expenses.
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Liquidity, Capital Resources and Going
Concern
Following the Initial Public Offering, including the full exercise
of the Over-Allotment Option, and the Private Placement, a total of $231,150,000 was placed in the Trust Account. We incurred fees of
$7,723,148 in connection with the Initial Public Offering, consisting of $250,000 of cash underwriting fee, the Deferred Fee of $6,900,000
and $573,148 of other offering costs
For the year ended December
31, 2025, cash used in operating activities was $1,275,338. Net loss of $16,495,381 was affected by interest earned on marketable securities
held in the Trust Account of $7,892,295, initial loss on the PIPE Subscription Agreements liability of $15,582,052, change in fair value
of the PIPE Subscription Agreements liability of $307,964 and payment of expenses through the IPO Promissory Note of $2,251. Changes
in operating assets and liabilities provided $7,835,999 of cash for operating activities.
For the period from November
27, 2024 (inception) through December 31, 2024, net cash used in operating activities was $0. Net loss of $18,571 was impacted by payment
of formation costs included in general and administrative expenses through the IPO Promissory Note of $5,370 and payment of general and
administrative expenses through the IPO Promissory Note of $10,451. Changes in operating assets and liabilities provided $2,750 of cash
from operating activities.
As of December 31, 2025 and
the period from November 27, 2024 (inception) through December 31, 2024, we had marketable securities held in the Trust Account of $239,042,295
and $0, respectively (including approximately $7,892,295 and $0, respectively, of interest income consisting of money market funds with
a maturity of 185 days or less). We may withdraw interest from the Trust Account to pay taxes, if any. We intend to use substantially
all of the funds held in the Trust Account, including any amounts representing interest earned on the Trust Account (which interest shall
be net of taxes payable, if any, and exclude the Deferred Fee), 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.
To mitigate the risk that we
might be deemed to be an investment company for purposes of the Investment Company Act, which risk increases the longer that we hold investments
in the Trust Account, we may, at any time, (based on our Management Team’s ongoing assessment of all factors related to our potential
status under the Investment Company Act) instruct the trustee to liquidate the investments held in the Trust Account and instead to hold
the funds in the Trust Account in cash or in an interest-bearing demand deposit account at a bank.
As of December 31, 2025 and
the period from November 27, 2024 (inception) through December 31, 2024, we had cash and cash equivalents held outside of the Trust Account
of approximately $1,329,433 and $0, respectively. We 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.
Our liquidity needs through
December 31, 2025 have been satisfied through (i) a contribution of $25,000 from the Sponsor in exchange for the issuance of our Founder
Shares, (ii) a loan pursuant to the IPO Promissory Note and (iii) the net proceeds from the consummation of the Initial Public Offering
and the Private Placement held outside the Trust Account.
IPO Promissory Note
Prior to the closing of our
Initial Public Offering, our Sponsor agreed to loan us an aggregate of up to $300,000 under the IPO Promissory Note to cover expenses
related to the Initial Public Offering. Such loans and advances were non-interest bearing and payable on the completion of our Initial
Public Offering. The loan of $176,573 was fully repaid upon the consummation of our Initial Public Offering on March 3, 2025. As of December
31, 2024, we had borrowed $58,367 under the IPO Promissory Note. As of December 31, 2025, the IPO Promissory Note had been paid in full
and borrowings under the IPO Promissory Note are no longer available.
Working Capital Loans
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 Working Capital Loans, as may be required. If we complete a Business Combination, we will repay such Working
Capital Loans. 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 Working Capital Loans, 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 converted into warrants of the post-Business Combination entity at a price of $1.00 per warrant.
The warrants would be identical to the Private Placement Warrants. Other than as set forth above, the terms of such Working Capital Loans,
if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such Working Capital Loans. As of December 31, 2025 and
2024, we did not have any borrowings under any Working Capital Loans.
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Going Concern
In connection with our assessment
of going concern considerations in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 205-40, “Presentation of Financial Statements—Going Concern”,
Management has determined that we currently lack the liquidity we need to sustain operations for a reasonable period of time, which is
considered to be at least one year from the date that the consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto included elsewhere in
this Report are issued, as we expect to continue to incur significant costs in pursuit of our acquisition plans. In addition, Management
has determined that if we are unable to complete an initial Business Combination within the Combination Period, then we will cease all
operations except for the purpose of liquidating. These conditions, among others, raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue
as a going concern one year from the date the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Report are issued. Management
plans to consummate an initial Business Combination prior to the end of the Combination Period. No adjustments have been made to the carrying
amounts of assets or liabilities should we be required to liquidate after March 3, 2027 (since we have executed a definitive agreement
for an initial Business Combination by December 3, 2026). There can be no assurance that our plans to raise capital or to consummate an
initial Business Combination, including the Teamshares Business Combination, will be successful.
Contractual Obligations
We
do not have any long-term debt, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations or long-term liabilities, other than as follows:
Administrative Services
Agreement
Commencing
on February 28, 2025, and until the completion of our Business Combination or liquidation, we reimburse LOMP, an affiliate of the Sponsor,
$17,500 per month for office space, utilities, and secretarial and administrative support pursuant to the Administrative Services Agreement.
For the year ended December 31, 2025, we incurred and paid $175,000 in fees for these services. For the period ended November 27, 2024
(inception) through December 31, 2024, we did not incur any fees for these services.
Underwriting Agreement
We granted the Underwriters
a 45-day option from the date of the Initial Public Offering to purchase up to an additional 3,000,000 Option Units to cover over-allotments,
if any. On March 3, 2025, the Underwriters fully exercised their Over-Allotment Option.
The Underwriters were paid
a commission of $250,000 upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering. We also agreed to reimburse the Underwriters for certain of
its out-of-pocket costs for the Initial Public Offering up to an aggregate reimbursement allowance of $35,000 for legal fees related
to the review by FINRA.
Additionally, the Underwriters
are entitled to the Deferred Fee of $6,900,000 (3.0% of the gross proceeds of the Initial Public Offering), which is payable to the Underwriters
upon the completion of the initial Business Combination subject to the terms of the Underwriting Agreement The Deferred Fee shall be based
partly on amounts remaining in the Trust Account following all properly submitted shareholder redemptions in connection with the consummation
of the initial Business Combination.
Advisory Fee
We have also engaged Santander
US Capital Markets LLC, the representative of the Underwriters (the “Representative”), to provide advisory services from time
to time to us. As compensation for the services provided under an engagement letter, we shall pay the Representative a fee equal to 3.00%
of the gross proceeds raised in the Initial Public Offering, payable upon closing of such initial Business Combination (the “Advisory
Fee”). We have agreed to indemnify the Representative and its affiliates in connection with its role in providing such advisory
services. The termination clause in the engagement letter deems the Advisory Fee earned and recordable as of December 31, 2025, and $6,900,000
has been recorded as deferred advisory fee on the consolidated balance sheets of the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere
in this Report.
PIPE Subscription Agreements
Contemporaneously with the execution of the Teamshares Merger Agreement,
we entered into PIPE Subcription Agreements with certain investors in connection with the proposed Teamshares Business Combination. Pursuant
to the PIPE Subscription Agreements, such investors committed to purchase shares of our Class A common stock at $9.20 per share, subject
to customary closing conditions. The PIPE investment is expected to close concurrently with the consummation of the Teamshares Business
Combination. See Part I, Item 1 “Business” for more information on the PIPE Subscription Agreements.
We account for each PIPE Subscription Agreement as a derivative instrument
in accordance with the guidance in FASB ASC Topic 815-40, “Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity”. (“ASC 815-40”).
The instrument is subject to re-measurement at each balance sheet date, with changes in fair value recognized in the consolidated statements
of operations of the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in the Report. As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, the fair value
of the PIPE Subscription Agreements liability was $15,274,088 and $0, respectively.
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Fee Letter Agreement
In connection with the proposed Teamshares Business Combination, on
December 24, 2025 we entered into a fee letter agreement pursuant to which wer obligated to pay a closing fee of $1,000,000 to the lenders
in connection with a credit agreement entered into by Teamshares, if a forward purchase agreement (“FPA”) is entered into
by the termination date (the “Fee Letter Agreement”). If an FPA is not entered into by the termination date, the fee payable
to lenders would increase to $5,000,000. The Fee Letter Agreement was analyzed under FASB ASC Topic 815, “Derivatives and Hedging”
and concluded that the Sponsor Compensation (as defined under the Fee Letter Agreement) obligation must be accounted for as a liability,
measured at fair value with changes recognized in earnings, because equity classification under ASC 815-40 is explicitly precluded. We
assessed the value of the Fee Letter Agreement and determined it to be immaterial to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere
in the Report, and as such, no liability or expense has been recorded in connection with the Fee Letter Agreement as of December 31, 2025.
Registration Rights
Agreement
The
holders of (i) the Founder Shares, (ii) the Private Placement Warrants and (iii) any private placement-equivalent warrants issued in connection
with the Working Capital Loans, if any (and in each case holders of their underlying securities, as applicable) are entitled to registration
rights pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, requiring us to register such securities for resale (in the case of the Founder
Shares, only after conversion to our Class A Ordinary Shares). The holders of the majority of these securities are entitled to make up
to three demands, excluding short form demands, that we register such securities. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back”
registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to the consummation of a Business Combination and rights
to require us to register for resale such securities pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act. We will bear the expenses incurred
in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.
Letter Agreement
Our
Sponsor, directors and officers have entered into the Letter Agreement with us, pursuant to which, they have waived their rights to liquidating
distributions from the Trust Account with respect to any Founder Shares held by them if we fail to complete our initial Business Combination
within the Combination Period. However, if they acquire Public Shares in or after the Initial Public Offering, they will be entitled to
liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to such Public Shares if we fail to complete our initial Business Combination
within the Combination Period.
Additionally,
pursuant to the Letter Agreement, our Sponsor, directors and officers will not propose any amendment to our Amended and Restated Articles
to modify (i) the substance or timing of our obligation to allow redemption in connection with our initial Business Combination or to
redeem 100% of our Public Shares if we do not complete our initial Business Combination within the Combination Period or (ii) any other
material provisions relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-initial Business Combination activity, unless we provide our Public
Shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their Public Shares upon approval of any such amendment at a per-share price, payable in cash,
equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and
not previously released to us to pay our taxes, divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares.
Critical Accounting Estimates and Standards
The
preparation of the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included elsewhere in this Report in conformity with GAAP requires
Management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, income and expenses, and the
disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities, in our consolidated financial statements. These accounting estimates require the use
of assumptions about matters, some of which are highly uncertain at the time of estimation. Management bases its estimates on historical
experience and on various other assumptions it believes to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis
for making judgments, and we evaluate these estimates on an ongoing basis. To the extent actual experience differs from the assumptions
used, our consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included elsewhere in this Report could be materially affected. We believe
that the following accounting policies involve a higher degree of judgment and complexity. As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, we did not
have any critical accounting estimates to be disclosed.
Recent Accounting Standards
In November 2024, the FASB
issued ASU Topic 2024-03, “Income Statement-Reporting Comprehensive Income-Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40):
Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses”, requiring public entities to disclose additional information about specific expense
categories in the notes to the consolidated financial statements on an interim and annual basis. ASU 2024-03 is effective for fiscal years
beginning after December 15, 2026, and for interim periods beginning after December 15, 2027, with early adoption permitted. We are currently
evaluating the impact of adopting ASU 2024-03.
Management does not believe
that there are any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards, which, if currently adopted, would have a material
effect on the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included elsewhere in this Report.
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Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk.
We are a smaller reporting
company as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act and are not required to provide the information otherwise required under this Item.
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
Reference is made to pages
F-1 through F-20 comprising a portion of this Report, which are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.
None.