Item 1. Business
Item
1.
Business.
Overview
We
are a blank check company incorporated on November 4, 2025 as a Cayman Islands exempted company and formed for the purpose of effecting
a Business Combination with one or more businesses or entities. We may pursue an initial Business Combination in any business or industry.
To date, our efforts have been limited to (i) organizational activities, (ii) activities related to our Initial Public Offering, and
(iii) searching for and consummating a Business Combination. As of the date of this Report, we have not selected any specific Business
Combination target. We have generated no operating revenues to date, and we do not expect that we will generate operating revenues until
we consummate our initial Business Combination.
Initial
Public Offering
Our
IPO Registration Statement became effective on January 30, 2026. On February 12, 2026 we consummated our Initial Public Offering of 23,000,000
Public Units, including 3,000,000 Option Units issued pursuant to the full exercise of the Over-Allotment Option. Each Public Unit consists
of one Public Share and one-third 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 Public Units were sold at a price of $10.00 per Public Unit, generating gross proceeds
to our Company of $230,000,000.
Simultaneously
with the closing of the Initial Public Offering and pursuant to the Private Placement Warrants Purchase Agreement, we completed the private
sale of an aggregate of 4,125,000 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 $4,125,000. The Private Placement Warrants are identical to the
Public Warrants, except as otherwise disclosed in the IPO Registration Statement.
A
total of $230,000,000, comprised of $225,875,000 of the proceeds from the Initial Public Offering and $4,125,000 of the proceeds from
the Private Placement, was placed in the Trust Account maintained by Continental, acting as trustee.
It
is the job of our Sponsor and Management Team to complete our initial Business Combination. Our Management Team is led by (i) Peter D.
Aquino, our Chairman of the Board of Directors, and (ii) Igor Volshteyn, our Chief Executive Officer, who have many years of experience
in within the TMT sectors. We must complete our initial Business Combination by (i) February 12, 2028, the end of our Combination Period,
which is 24 months from the closing of our Initial Public Offering, (ii) such earlier liquidation date as our Board may approve or (iii)
such later date as our shareholders may approve pursuant to the Amended and Restated Articles. If our initial Business Combination is
not consummated by the end of our Combination Period, our existence will terminate, and we will distribute all amounts in the Trust Account
as described elsewhere in this Report.
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.
Competitive
Strengths
We
believe we have the following competitive strengths:
● Constructing,
managing, investing and monetizing successful companies while also delivering superior shareholder
returns through disciplined investment and operational expertise;
● Transacting
in private and public markets for over 25 years, with the Management Team and board
having completed dozens of transactions that achieved significant value creation success.
This vast experience has been led by extensive industry knowledge, understanding of timing
and capital markets, and being opportunistic to maximize value;
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● Working
collaboratively with C-suite management teams to create efficient and results-oriented cultures,
either through the board room, advisory roles or leadership from within;
● Identifying
and recruiting the best talent to execute business plans that may require operations improvement,
reorganizing, M&A, and pivoting into growth. Collectively, our team is expected to be
ready to assume positions within the target company, embrace an exceptional team of existing
talent and/or join the board in an oversight position to help guide the company’s growth
and value creation plans;
● Operational
expertise as a value-added advantage to our target company. Our Management Team and
extensive network of professionals can step in and operate the acquisition if necessary.
During the search process, our Management Team is well positioned to analyze and recommend
courses of action for target companies. There is a certain nuance to running companies as
opposed to pure investing, which we believe will give our team an advantage in sourcing deals
and executing at a higher level; and
● Understanding
and accessing the capital markets opportunistically to keep up the business momentum.
Our
Management Team and Sponsor will rely on their deep relationships to execute an outbound strategy to move targets into actionable status.
In addition, our team will take advantage of all its resources to rapidly identify an array of candidates that fit our criteria.
Acquisition
Process
In
evaluating a prospective target business, we expect to conduct a due diligence review which may encompass, among other things, meetings
with incumbent management and employees, document reviews, interviews of customers and suppliers and inspection of facilities, as applicable,
as well as a review of financial, operational, legal and other information about the target and its industry that is made available to
us. If we determine to move forward with a particular target, we will proceed to structure and negotiate the terms of the Business Combination
transaction.
The
time required to select and evaluate a target business and to structure and complete our initial Business Combination, and the costs
associated with this process, are not currently ascertainable with any degree of certainty. Any costs incurred with respect to the identification
and evaluation of, and negotiation with, a prospective target business with which our initial Business Combination is not ultimately
completed will result in our incurring losses and will reduce the funds available for us to use to complete another Business Combination.
Initial
Business Combination
The
Nasdaq Rules require that we must complete one or more Business Combinations having an aggregate fair market value of at least 80% of
the value of the assets held in the Trust Account (excluding the Deferred Fee and taxes payable on the interest earned on the Trust Account,
if any, and such test, the “80% Test”). Our Board of Directors will make the determination as to the fair market value of
our initial Business Combination. If our Board of Directors is not able to independently determine the fair market value of our initial
Business Combination, we will obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm or another independent entity that commonly
renders valuation opinions with respect to the satisfaction of such criteria. While we consider it likely that our Board of Directors
will be able to make an independent determination of the fair market value of our initial Business Combination, it may be unable to do
so if it is less familiar or experienced with the business of a particular target or if there is a significant amount of uncertainty
as to the value of the target’s assets or prospects. Additionally, pursuant to the Nasdaq Rules, any initial Business Combination
must be approved by a majority of our independent directors.
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We
anticipate structuring our initial Business Combination so that the post-transaction company in which our Public Shareholders own shares
will own or acquire 100% of the equity interests or assets of the target business or businesses. We may, however, structure our initial
Business Combination such that the post transaction company owns or acquires less than 100% of such interests or assets of the target
business in order to meet certain objectives of the target management team or shareholders or for other reasons, but we will only complete
such Business Combination if the post transaction company owns or acquires 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target
or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target sufficient for it not to be required to register as an investment company
under the Investment Company Act. Even if the post transaction company owns or acquires 50% or more of the voting securities of the target,
our shareholders prior to the Business Combination may collectively own a minority interest in the post transaction company, depending
on valuations ascribed to the target and us in the Business Combination. For example, we could pursue a transaction in which we issue
a substantial number of new Ordinary Shares in exchange for all of the outstanding capital stock, shares or other equity interests of
a target. In this case, we would acquire a 100% controlling interest in the target. However, as a result of the issuance of a substantial
number of new Ordinary Shares, our shareholders immediately prior to our initial Business Combination could own less than a majority
of our issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares subsequent to our initial Business Combination. If less than 100% of the equity interests
or assets of a target business or businesses are owned or acquired by the post transaction company, the portion of such business or businesses
that is owned or acquired is what will be taken into account for purposes of the 80% Test. If the Business Combination involves more
than one target business, the 80% Test will be based on the aggregate value of all of the target businesses.
Members
of our Management Team and our independent directors directly or indirectly own Founder Shares and, accordingly, may have a conflict
of interest in determining whether a particular target business is an appropriate business with which to effectuate our initial Business
Combination. The low price that our Sponsor, officers and directors (directly or indirectly) paid for the Founder Shares creates an incentive
whereby our officers and directors could potentially make a substantial profit even if we select an acquisition target that subsequently
declines in value and is unprofitable for Public Shareholders. If we are unable to complete our initial Business Combination within the
Combination Period, the Founder Shares and Private Placement Warrants may expire worthless, except to the extent they receive liquidating
distributions from assets outside the Trust Account, which could create an incentive for our Sponsor, executive officers and directors
to complete a transaction even if we select an acquisition target that subsequently declines in value and is unprofitable for Public
Shareholders. Further, each of our officers and directors may have a conflict of interest with respect to evaluating a particular Business
Combination if the retention or resignation of any such officers and directors was included by a target business as a condition to any
agreement with respect to our initial Business Combination.
Each
of our officers and directors presently has, and any of them in the future may have additional, fiduciary, contractual or other obligations
or duties to one or more other entities pursuant to which such officer or director is or will be required to present a Business Combination
opportunity to such entities. Accordingly, if any of our officers or directors becomes aware of a Business Combination opportunity that
is suitable for an entity to which he or she has then current fiduciary or contractual obligations, he or she will honor his or her fiduciary
or contractual obligations to present such Business Combination opportunity to such other entity, subject to their fiduciary duties under
Cayman Islands law. Our Amended and Restated Articles provide that, to the fullest extent permitted by law: (i) no individual serving
as a director or an officer, among other persons, shall have any duty, except and to the extent expressly assumed by contract, to refrain
from engaging directly or indirectly in the same or similar business activities or lines of business as us, and (ii) we renounce any
interest or expectancy in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, any potential transaction or matter which (a) may be
a corporate opportunity for any director or officer, on the one hand, and us, on the other or (b) the presentation of which would breach
an existing legal obligation of a director or officer to any other entity. As a result, the fiduciary duties or contractual obligations
of our officers or directors could materially affect our ability to complete our initial Business Combination.
Sponsor
Information
Our
Sponsor, Spartacus Sponsor II LLC, is a Delaware limited liability company, which was recently formed to invest in our Company.
Although our Sponsor is permitted to undertake any activities permitted under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act and other
applicable law, our Sponsor’s business is focused on investing in our Company. The managing member of our Sponsor is Tiber
Ventures, Inc., which has Igor Volshteyn, our Chief Executive Officer and a director, as its Chief Executive Officer and a director,
and Mark Szynkowski, our Chief Financial Officer, as its Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. As a result,
Tiber Ventures, Inc. holds voting and investment discretion with respect to the Ordinary Shares held of record by the Sponsor. In
addition to this, each of our directors and officers received for his or her service as a director or officer an indirect interest
in 25,000 Founder Shares through membership interests in our Sponsor. As of the date of this Report, and following the consummation
of the Initial Public Offering, except for Tiber Ventures, Inc., CCUR Holdings, Inc., and Symbolic Logic, Inc., (including Julian
D. Singer who is a principal shareholder of such entities) which companies own 38.2%, 25.8% and 10.9%, respectively, of our
Founder Shares through membership interests in our Sponsor, and the Private Placement Warrants
purchased by our Sponsor.
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Because
our Sponsor acquired the Founder Shares at a nominal price ($0.003 per share), our Public Shareholders incurred immediate and substantial
dilution upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering, assuming no value is ascribed to the Warrants included in the Units. Further,
the Class A Ordinary Shares issuable in connection with the conversion of the Founder Shares may result in material dilution to
our Public Shareholders due to the anti-dilution rights of our Founder Shares that may result in an issuance of Class A Ordinary
Shares on a greater than one-to-one basis upon conversion. Additionally, our Public Shareholders may experience dilution from the
exercise of the 4,125,000 Private Placement Warrants, as well as conversion of any Working Capital Loans into units, if elected by the
Sponsor or by another person or entity who made such Working Capital Loans. The exercise of the Warrants would cause the actual dilution
to the Public Shareholders to be higher, particularly where a cashless exercise is utilized.
The
Founder Shares will automatically convert into Class A Ordinary Shares concurrently with or immediately following the consummation
of our initial Business Combination, or at any time prior thereto at the option of the holder thereof, on a one-for-one basis, subject
to adjustment as provided herein. In the case that additional Class A Ordinary Shares, or equity-linked securities, are issued
or deemed issued in excess of the amounts sold in the Initial Public Offering and related to the closing of our initial Business Combination,
the ratio at which Class B Ordinary Shares shall convert into Class A Ordinary Shares will be adjusted (unless the holders
of a majority of the outstanding Class B Ordinary Shares agree to waive such anti-dilution adjustment with respect to any such
issuance or deemed issuance) so that the number of Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of all Class B Ordinary
Shares will equal, in the aggregate, on an as-converted basis, approximately 25.0% of sum of (i) the total number of all Class A
Ordinary Shares outstanding upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering (including any Class A Ordinary Shares issued pursuant
to the Over-Allotment Option and excluding the Private Placement Shares), plus (ii) all Class A Ordinary Shares and equity-linked securities
issued or deemed issued, in connection with the closing of the initial Business Combination (excluding any shares or equity-linked securities
issued, or to be issued, to any seller in the initial Business Combination and any units issued to our Sponsor or any of its affiliates
or to our officers or directors upon conversion of Working Capital Loans) minus (iii) any redemptions of Public Shares by Public
Shareholders in connection with an initial Business Combination or in connection with an amendment of the Amended and Restated Articles;
provided that such conversion of Founder Shares will never occur on a less than one-for-one basis. Our Public Shareholders may incur
material dilution due to such anti-dilution adjustments that result in the issuance of Class A Ordinary Shares on a greater
than one-to-one basis upon conversion.
The
Sponsor and our officers and directors have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of their Founder Shares and any Class A Ordinary
Shares issued upon conversion thereof until the earlier to occur of (i) six months after the completion of the initial Business
Combination or (ii) the date on which we complete a liquidation, merger, share exchange or other similar transaction after the initial
Business Combination that results in all of our shareholders having the right to exchange their Class A Ordinary Shares for cash,
securities or other property. Any permitted transferees will be subject to the same restrictions and other agreements of the Sponsor
and our officers and directors with respect to any Founder Shares (the “Lock-up”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (1) the
closing price of the Class A Ordinary Shares equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share subdivisions, share capitalizations,
reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing after
the initial Business Combination or (2) if the Company consummates a transaction after the initial Business Combination which results
in our shareholders having the right to exchange their shares for cash, securities or other property, the Founder Shares will be released
from the Lock-up.
If
we raise additional funds through equity or convertible debt issuances, our Public Shareholders may also suffer significant dilution.
This dilution would increase to the extent that the anti-dilution provision of the Founder Shares result in the issuance of Class A
Ordinary Shares on a greater than one-to-one basis upon conversion of the Founder Shares at the time of our initial Business Combination.
In addition, the cashless exercise of the Private Placement Warrants would further increase the dilution to our Public Shareholders.
In
addition, in order to facilitate our initial Business Combination or for any other reason determined by our Sponsor in its sole discretion,
our Sponsor may surrender or forfeit, transfer or exchange our Founder Shares, Private Placement Units or any of our other securities,
including for no consideration, as well as subject any such securities to earn-outs or other restrictions, or otherwise amend the
terms of any such securities or enter into any other arrangements with respect to any such securities.
Sourcing
of Potential Business Combination Targets
We
believe our Management Team’s significant operating and transaction experience and relationships will provide us with a substantial
number of potential initial Business Combination targets. Over the course of their careers, the members of our Management Team have developed
a broad network of contacts and corporate relationships around the world. This network has grown through the activities of our Management
Team sourcing, acquiring and financing businesses, the reputation of our Management Team for integrity and fair dealing with sellers,
financing sources and target management teams and the experience of our Management Team in executing transactions under varying economic
and financial market conditions.
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This
network has provided our Management Team with a flow of referrals that has resulted in numerous transactions which were proprietary or
where a limited group of investors were invited to participate in the sale process. We believe that the network of contacts and relationships
of our Management Team will provide us important sources of investment opportunities. In addition, we anticipate that target Business
Combination candidates will be brought to our attention from various unaffiliated sources, including investment market participants,
private equity funds and large business enterprises seeking to divest non-core assets or divisions.
We are not prohibited from
pursuing an initial Business Combination with a company that is affiliated with our Sponsor, officers or directors or their respective
affiliates, or completing the Business Combination through a joint venture or other form of shared ownership with our Sponsor, officers
or directors or their respective affiliates. In the event we seek to complete our initial Business Combination with a company that is
affiliated (as defined in our Amended and Restated Articles) with our Sponsor, officers or directors or their respective affiliates, we,
or a committee of independent directors, will obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm or another independent entity
that commonly renders valuation opinions, stating that the consideration to be paid by us in such an initial Business Combination is fair
to our Company from a financial point of view. We are not required to obtain such an opinion in any other context.
Members
of our Management Team will, directly or indirectly, own Founder Shares and/or Private Placement Warrants following the IPO and, accordingly,
may have a conflict of interest in determining whether a particular target business is an appropriate business with which to effectuate
our initial Business Combination. Further, each of our officers and directors may have a conflict of interest with respect to evaluating
a particular Business Combination if the retention or resignation of any such officers and directors was included by a target business
as a condition to any agreement with respect to our initial Business Combination.
Each
of our officers and directors presently has, and any of them in the future may have additional, fiduciary, contractual or other obligations
or duties to one or more other entities pursuant to which such officer or director is or will be required to present a Business Combination
opportunity to such entities. Accordingly, if any of our officers or directors becomes aware of a Business Combination opportunity which
is suitable for an entity to which he or she has then current fiduciary or contractual obligations, he or she will honor his or her fiduciary
or contractual obligations to present such Business Combination opportunity to such other entity (unless such opportunity was presented
to such individuals in his or her capacity as an officer or director of our Company), subject to their fiduciary duties under Cayman
Islands and any other applicable law. Our Amended and Restated Articles will provide that, to the fullest extent permitted by law: (i) no
individual serving as a director or an officer, among other persons, shall have any duty, except and to the extent expressly assumed
by contract, to refrain from engaging directly or indirectly in the same or similar business activities or lines of business as us, and
(ii) we renounce any interest or expectancy in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, any potential transaction
or matter which (a) may be a corporate opportunity for any director or officer, on the one hand, and us, on the other or (b) the
presentation of which would breach an existing legal obligation of a director or officer to any other entity. As a result, the fiduciary
duties or contractual obligations of our officers or directors could materially affect our ability to complete our initial Business Combination.
In
addition, our Sponsor, officers or directors or their respective affiliates may Sponsor, serve as officers or directors of, or form other
SPACs similar to ours or may pursue other business or investment ventures during the period in which we are seeking an initial Business
Combination. As a result, our Sponsor, officers and directors or their respective affiliates could have conflicts of interest in determining
whether to present Business Combination opportunities to us or to any other special purpose acquisition company with which they may become
involved. Any such companies, businesses or investments may present additional conflicts of interest in pursuing an initial Business
Combination target, which could materially affect our ability to complete our initial Business Combination.
Status
as a Public Company
We
believe our structure makes us an attractive Business Combination partner to target businesses. As an existing public company, we offer
a target business an alternative to the traditional initial public offering through a merger or other Business Combination with us. In
a Business Combination transaction with us, the owners of the target business may, for example, exchange their shares of stock or shares
in the target business for our Class A Ordinary Shares (or shares of a new holding company) or for a combination of our Class A
Ordinary Shares and cash, allowing us to tailor the consideration to the specific needs of the sellers. We believe target businesses
will find this method a more expeditious and cost effective method to becoming a public company than the typical initial public offering.
The typical initial public offering process takes a significantly longer period of time than the typical Business Combination transaction
process, and there are significant expenses and market and other uncertainties in the initial public offering process, including underwriting
discounts and commissions, marketing and road show efforts that may not be present to the same extent in connection with a Business Combination
with us.
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Furthermore,
once a proposed initial Business Combination is completed, the target business will have effectively become public, whereas an initial
public offering is always subject to the underwriters’ ability to complete the offering, as well as general market conditions,
which could delay or prevent the offering from occurring or could have negative valuation consequences. Following an initial Business
Combination, we believe the target business would then have greater access to capital, an additional means of providing management incentives
consistent with shareholders’ interests and the ability to use its shares as currency for acquisitions. Being a public company
can offer further benefits by augmenting a company’s profile among potential new customers and vendors and aid in attracting talented
employees.
While
we believe that our structure and our Management Team’s backgrounds make us an attractive business partner, some potential target
businesses may view our status as a blank check company, such as our lack of an operating history and our ability to seek shareholder
approval of any proposed initial Business Combination, negatively.
Financial
Position
With
funds available for a Business Combination in the amount of $230,000,000 following the Initial Public Offering (assuming no redemptions
and before payment of the Deferred Fee), we offer a target business a variety of options, such as creating a liquidity event for its
owners, providing capital for the potential growth and expansion of its operations or strengthening its balance sheet by reducing its
debt ratio. Because we are able to complete our initial Business Combination using our cash, debt or equity securities, or a combination
of the foregoing, we have the flexibility to use the most efficient combination that will allow us to tailor the consideration to be
paid to the target business to fit its needs and desires. However, we have not taken any steps to secure third party financing and there
can be no assurance it will be available to us.
Potential
Additional Financings
We
may need to obtain additional financing to complete our initial Business Combination, either because the transaction requires more cash
than is available from the proceeds held in our Trust Account or because we become obligated to redeem a significant number of our Public
Shares upon completion of the Business Combination, in which case we may issue additional securities or incur debt in connection with
such Business Combination. If we raise additional funds through equity or convertible debt issuances, our Public Shareholders may suffer
significant dilution and those securities could have rights that rank senior to our Public Shares. If we raise additional funds through
the incurrence of indebtedness, such indebtedness would have rights that are senior to our equity securities and could contain covenants
that restrict our operations. We may also obtain financing prior to the closing of our initial Business Combination to fund our working
capital needs and transaction costs in connection with our search for and completion of our initial Business Combination. There is no
limitation on our ability to raise funds through the issuance of equity or equity-linked securities or through loans, advances or
other indebtedness in connection with our initial Business Combination, including pursuant to forward purchase agreements or backstop
agreements we may enter into following consummation of the IPO. If we are unable to complete our initial Business Combination because
we do not have sufficient funds available to us, we will be forced to liquidate. In addition, following our initial Business Combination,
if cash on hand is insufficient, we may need to obtain additional financing in order to meet our obligations.
Lack of
Business Diversification
For
an indefinite period of time after the completion of our initial Business Combination, the prospects for our success may depend entirely
on the future performance of a single business. Unlike other entities that have the resources to complete Business Combinations with
multiple entities in one or several industries, it is probable that we will not have the resources to diversify our operations and mitigate
the risks of being in a single line of business. By completing our initial Business Combination with only a single entity, our lack of
diversification may:
● subject
us to negative economic, competitive and regulatory developments, any or all of which may
have a substantial adverse impact on the particular industry in which we operate after our
initial Business Combination, and
● cause
us to depend on the marketing and sale of a single product or limited number of products
or services.
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Limited
Ability to Evaluate the Target’s Management Team
Although
we closely scrutinize the management of a prospective target business when evaluating the desirability of effecting our initial Business
Combination with that business, our assessment of the target business’s management may not prove to be correct. In addition, the
future management may not have the necessary skills, qualifications or abilities to manage a public company. Furthermore, the future
role of members of our Management Team, if any, in the target business cannot presently be stated with any certainty. The determination
as to whether any of the members of our Management Team will remain with the combined company will be made at the time of our initial
Business Combination. While it is possible that one or more of our directors will remain associated in some capacity with us following
our initial Business Combination, it is unlikely that any of them will devote their full efforts to our affairs subsequent to our initial
Business Combination. Moreover, we cannot assure our shareholders that members of our Management Team will have significant experience
or knowledge relating to the operations of the particular target business.
We
cannot assure our shareholders that any of our key personnel will remain in senior management or advisory positions with the combined
company. The determination as to whether any of our key personnel will remain with the combined company will be made at the time of our
initial Business Combination.
Following a Business Combination,
we may seek to recruit additional managers to supplement the incumbent management of the target business. We cannot assure our shareholders
that we will have the ability to recruit additional managers, or that additional managers will have the requisite skills, knowledge or
experience necessary to enhance the incumbent management.
Shareholders
May Not Have the Ability to Approve Our Initial Business Combination
We
may conduct redemptions without a shareholder vote pursuant to the tender offer rules of the SEC subject to the provisions of our Amended
and Restated Articles. However, we will seek shareholder approval if it is required by law or applicable stock exchange rule, or we may
decide to seek shareholder approval for business or other reasons.
Under
the Nasdaq Rules, shareholder approval would be required for our initial Business Combination if, for example:
● We
issue Ordinary Shares that will be equal to or in excess of 20% of the number of our Ordinary
Shares then outstanding (other than in a public offering);
● Any
of our directors, officers or substantial shareholders (as defined by the Nasdaq Rules) has
a 5% or greater interest earned on the Trust Account (or such persons collectively have a
10% or greater interest), directly or indirectly, in the target business or assets to be
acquired or otherwise and the present or potential issuance of Ordinary Shares could result
in an increase in outstanding Ordinary Shares or voting power of 5% or more; or
● The
issuance or potential issuance of Ordinary Shares will result in our undergoing a change
of control.
The
decision as to whether we will seek shareholder approval of a proposed Business Combination in those instances in which shareholder approval
is not required by applicable law or stock exchange listing requirements will be made by us, solely in our discretion, and will be based
on business and legal reasons, which include a variety of factors, including, but not limited to: (i) the timing of the transaction,
including in the event we determine shareholder approval would require additional time and there is either not enough time to seek shareholder
approval or doing so would place us at a disadvantage in the transaction or result in other additional burdens on us; (ii) the expected
cost of holding a shareholder vote; (iii) the risk that the shareholders would fail to approve the proposed Business Combination;
(iv) other time and budget constraints of our Company; and (v) additional legal complexities of a proposed Business Combination
that would be time-consuming and burdensome to present to shareholders.
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Permitted
Purchases of Our Securities
If
we seek shareholder approval of our initial Business Combination and we do not conduct redemptions in connection with our initial Business
Combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, our Sponsor, Initial Shareholder, directors and officers and their respective affiliates
may purchase Public Shares or Public Warrants in privately negotiated transactions or in the open market either prior to or following
the completion of our initial Business Combination, although they are under no obligation or duty to do so. Such a purchase may include
a contractual acknowledgment that such Public Shareholder, although still the record holder of our Public Shares is no longer the beneficial
owner thereof and therefore agrees not to exercise its redemption rights. In the event that our Sponsor, Initial Shareholder, directors
and officers and their respective affiliates purchase Public Shares in privately negotiated transactions from Public Shareholders who
have already elected to exercise their redemption rights, such selling Public Shareholders would be required to revoke their prior elections
to redeem their Public Shares. It is intended that, if Rule 10b-18 would apply to purchases by Sponsor, Initial Shareholder,
directors and officers and their respective affiliates, then such purchases will comply with Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act,
to the extent it applies, which provides a safe harbor for purchases made under certain conditions, including with respect to timing,
pricing and volume of purchases.
Additionally,
at any time at or prior to our initial Business Combination, subject to applicable securities laws (including with respect to material
nonpublic information), our Sponsor, Initial Shareholder, directors and officers and their respective affiliates may enter into transactions
with investors and others to provide them with incentives to acquire Public Shares, vote their Public Shares in favor of our initial
Business Combination or not redeem their Public Shares. There is no limit on the number of shares our Sponsor, Initial Shareholder, directors
and officers or their respective affiliates may purchase in such transactions, subject to compliance with applicable law and Nasdaq Rules.
However, they have no current commitments, plans or intentions to engage in such transactions and have not formulated any terms or conditions
for any such transactions. None of the funds in the Trust Account will be used to purchase Public Shares or Public Warrants in such transactions.
The
purpose of any such transactions could be to (1) increase the likelihood of obtaining shareholder approval of the Business Combination,
(2) reduce the number of Public Warrants outstanding and/or increase the likelihood of approval on any matters submitted to the
Public Warrant holders for approval in connection with our initial Business Combination or (3) satisfy a closing condition in an
agreement with a target that requires us to have a minimum net worth or a certain amount of cash at the closing of our initial Business
Combination, where it appears that such requirement would otherwise not be met. Any such purchases of our securities may result in the
completion of our initial Business Combination that may not otherwise have been possible.
In
addition, if such purchases are made, the public “float” of our securities may be reduced and the number of beneficial holders
of our securities may be reduced, which may make it difficult to maintain or obtain the quotation, listing or trading of our securities
on a national securities exchange.
Our
Sponsor, Initial Shareholder, directors and officers and their respective affiliates anticipate that they may identify the Public Shareholders
with whom our Sponsor, Initial Shareholder, directors, and officers and their respective affiliates may pursue privately negotiated transactions
by either the Public Shareholders contacting us directly or by our receipt of redemption requests submitted by Public Shareholders (in
the case of Public Shares) following our mailing of proxy materials in connection with our initial Business Combination. To the extent
that our Sponsor, Initial Shareholder, directors and officers, and their respective affiliates enter into a private transaction, they
would identify and contact only potential selling or redeeming Public Shareholders who have expressed their election to redeem their
Public Shares for a pro rata share of the Trust Account or vote against our initial Business Combination, whether or not such Public
Shareholder has already submitted a proxy with respect to our initial Business Combination, but only if such Public Shares have not already
been voted at the general meeting related to our initial Business Combination. Our Sponsor, Initial Shareholder, directors and officers
and their respective affiliates would select from which Public Shareholders to purchase Public Shares based on the negotiated price and
number of Public Shares and any other factors that they may deem relevant, and would be restricted from purchasing Public Shares if such
purchases do not comply with Regulation M under the Exchange Act and the other federal securities laws.
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Our
Sponsor, Initial Shareholder, directors and officers and their respective affiliates will be restricted from making purchases of shares
if the purchases would violate Section 9(a)(2) or Rule 10b-5 of the Exchange Act. Any such purchases will be
reported pursuant to Section 13 and Section 16 of the Exchange Act to the extent such purchasers are subject to such reporting
requirements. To the extent such securities are purchased, such public securities will not be voted as required by Tender Offers and
Schedules Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations Question 166.01 promulgated by the SEC. Additionally, in the event our Sponsor,
Initial Shareholder, directors and officers and their respective affiliates were to purchase Public Shares or warrants from Public Shareholders,
such purchases would be structured in compliance with the requirements of Rule 14e-5 under the Exchange Act including,
in pertinent part, through adherence and/or consideration of the following:
● our
registration statement/proxy statement filed for our Business Combination transaction would
disclose the possibility that our Sponsor, Initial Shareholder, directors and officers and
their respective affiliates may purchase Public Shares or warrants from Public Shareholders
outside the redemption process, along with the purpose of such purchases;
● if
our Sponsor, Initial Shareholder, directors and officers and their respective affiliates
were to purchase Public Shares or warrants from Public Shareholders, they would do so at
a price no higher than the price offered through our redemption process;
● our
registration statement/proxy statement filed for our Business Combination transaction would
include a representation that any of our securities purchased by our Sponsor, Initial Shareholder,
directors and officers and their respective affiliates would not be voted in favor of approving
the Business Combination transaction;
● our
Sponsor, Initial Shareholder, directors and officers and their respective affiliates would
not possess any redemption rights with respect to our securities or, if they do acquire and
possess redemption rights, they would waive such rights; and
● we
would disclose in a Form 8-K, before our security holder meeting to approve the Business
Combination transaction, the following material items:
● the
amount of our securities purchased outside of the redemption offer by our Sponsor, Initial
Shareholder, directors and officers and their respective affiliates, along with the purchase
price;
● the
purpose of the purchases by our Sponsor, Initial Shareholder, directors and officers and
their respective affiliates;
● the
impact, if any, of the purchases by our Sponsor, Initial Shareholder, directors and officers
and their respective affiliates on the likelihood that the Business Combination transaction
will be approved;
● the
identities of our security holders who sold to our Sponsor, Initial Shareholder, directors,
officers, s and their respective affiliates (if not purchased on the open market) or the
nature of our security holders (e.g., 5% security holders) who sold to our Sponsor, Initial
Shareholder, directors and officers and their respective affiliates; and
● the
number of our securities for which we have received redemption requests pursuant to our redemption
offer.
Redemptions
in Connection with Our Initial Business Combination
Redemption
Rights for Public Shareholders upon Completion of Our Initial Business Combination
We
will provide our Public Shareholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Public Shares, regardless of whether they
abstain, vote for or vote against our initial Business Combination, upon the completion of our initial Business Combination at a per-share price,
payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account calculated as of two business days prior
to the consummation of the initial Business Combination, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account (less taxes
payable, if any), divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares, subject to the limitations and on the conditions described
herein. The Redemption Price was initially $10.00 per Public Share following the closing of the Initial Public Offering. The per share
amount we will distribute to Public Shareholders who properly redeem their Public Shares will not be reduced by the Deferred Fee we will
pay to the Underwriters. Our Initial Shareholder, officers and directors have entered into the Letter Agreement with us, pursuant to
which they have agreed to waive their redemption rights with respect to their Founder Shares and any Public Shares they may hold in connection
with the completion of our initial Business Combination.
Our
proposed initial Business Combination may impose a minimum cash requirement for (i) cash consideration to be paid to the target
or its owners, (ii) cash for working capital or other general corporate purposes or (iii) the retention of cash to satisfy
other conditions. In the event the aggregate cash consideration we would be required to pay for all Public Shares that are validly submitted
for redemption plus any amount required to satisfy cash conditions pursuant to the terms of the proposed initial Business Combination
exceed the aggregate amount of cash available to us, we will not complete the initial Business Combination or redeem any Public Shares,
and all Public Shares submitted for redemption will be returned to the holders thereof. We may, however, raise funds through the issuance
of equity-linked securities or through loans, advances or other indebtedness in connection with our initial Business Combination,
including pursuant to any forward purchase agreements or backstop arrangements into which we may enter, in order to, among other reasons,
satisfy such net tangible assets or minimum cash requirements.
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Manner
of Conducting Redemptions
We
will provide our Public Shareholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Public Shares upon the completion of our
initial Business Combination either (i) in connection with a general meeting called to approve the Business Combination or (ii) without
a shareholder vote by means of a tender offer. The decision as to whether we will seek shareholder approval of a proposed Business Combination
or conduct a tender offer will be made by us, solely in our discretion, and will be based on a variety of factors such as the timing
of the transaction and whether the terms of the transaction would require us to seek shareholder approval under applicable law or stock
exchange listing requirement or whether we were deemed to be a foreign private issuer (which would require a tender offer rather than
seeking shareholder approval under SEC rules)” Asset acquisitions and share purchases would not typically require shareholder approval
while direct mergers with our Company (other than with a 90% subsidiary of ours) and any transactions where we issue more than 20% of
our issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares or seek to amend our Amended and Restated Articles would require shareholder approval. So
long as we obtain and maintain a listing for our securities on Nasdaq, we will be required to comply with the shareholder approval requirements
of the Nasdaq Rules.
The
requirement that we provide our Public Shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their Public Shares by one of the two methods listed
above is contained in provisions of our Amended and Restated Articles and will apply whether or not we maintain our registration under
the Exchange Act or our listing on Nasdaq. Such provisions may be amended if approved by a Special Resolution, so long as we offer
redemption in connection with such amendment.
If
we provide our Public Shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their Public Shares in connection with a general meeting, we will,
pursuant to our Amended and Restated Articles:
● conduct
the redemptions in conjunction with a proxy solicitation pursuant to Regulation 14A
of the Exchange Act, which regulates the solicitation of proxies, and not pursuant to
the tender offer rules, and
● file
proxy materials with the SEC.
In
the event that we seek shareholder approval of our initial Business Combination, we will distribute proxy materials and, in connection
therewith, provide our Public Shareholders with the redemption rights described above upon completion of the initial Business Combination.
If
we seek shareholder approval, we will complete our initial Business Combination only if we receive the approval of an Ordinary Resolution
under Cayman Islands law and our Amended and Restated Articles. A quorum for such meeting will be present if the holders of at least
one-third of issued and outstanding shares entitled to vote at the meeting are represented in person or by proxy. Our Initial Shareholder,
officers and directors will count toward this quorum and, pursuant to the letter agreement, our Initial Shareholder, officers and directors
have agreed to vote their Founder Shares and any Public Shares purchased during or after the Initial Public Offering (including in open
market and privately-negotiated transactions, aside from shares they may purchase in compliance with the requirements of Rule 14e-5 under
the Exchange Act, which would not be voted in favor of approving the Business Combination transaction) in favor of our initial Business
Combination. For purposes of seeking approval of an Ordinary Resolution, non-votes will have no effect on the approval of our initial
Business Combination once a quorum is obtained. As a result, in addition to our Initial Shareholder’ Founder Shares, we would need
7,666,667, or 33.33%, of the 23,000,000 Public Shares sold in the Initial Public Offering to be voted in favor of an initial Business
Combination in order to have our initial Business Combination approved, assuming all issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares are voted
and the parties to the Letter Agreement do not acquire any Public Shares. Assuming that only the holders of one-third of our issued
and outstanding Ordinary Shares, representing a quorum under our Amended and Restated Articles vote their Ordinary Shares at a general
meeting of our shareholders, we will not need any Public Shares in addition to our Founder Shares to be voted in favor of an initial
Business Combination in order to approve an initial Business Combination. However, if our initial Business Combination is structured
as a statutory merger or consolidation with another company under Cayman Islands law, the approval of our initial Business Combination
will require a Special Resolution. In addition, prior to the closing of our initial Business Combination, only holders of our Class B
Ordinary Shares have the right to vote (i) to appoint and remove directors prior to or in connection with the completion of our initial
Business Combination and (ii) on continuing our Company in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands (including any Special Resolution
required to amend our constitutional documents or to adopt new constitutional documents, in each case, as a result of our approving a
transfer by way of continuation in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands). These quorum and voting thresholds, and the voting agreement
of our Initial Shareholder, officers and directors, may make it more likely that we will consummate our initial Business Combination.
Each Public Shareholder may elect to redeem their Public Shares irrespective of whether they vote for or vote against the proposed transaction,
or whether they do not vote or abstain from voting on the proposed transaction, or whether they were a Public Shareholder on the record
date for the general meeting held to approve the proposed transaction.
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If
a shareholder vote is not required and we do not decide to hold a shareholder vote for business or other legal reasons, we will:
● conduct
the redemptions pursuant to Rule 13e-4 and Regulation 14E of the Exchange Act,
which regulate issuer tender offers, and
● file
tender offer documents with the SEC prior to completing our initial Business Combination
which contain substantially the same financial and other information about the initial Business
Combination and the redemption rights as is required under Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act,
which regulates the solicitation of proxies.
In
the event we conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules, our offer to redeem will remain open for at least 20 business days,
in accordance with Rule 14e-1(a) under the Exchange Act, and we will not be permitted to complete our initial Business
Combination until the expiration of the tender offer period. In addition, the tender offer will be conditioned on Public Shareholders
not tendering more than the number of Public Shares we are permitted to redeem. If Public Shareholders tender more Public Shares than
we have offered to purchase, we will withdraw the tender offer and not complete the initial Business Combination.
Upon
the public announcement of our initial Business Combination, if we elect to conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules, we
or our Sponsor will terminate any plan established in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 to purchase our Class A Ordinary Shares
in the open market, in order to comply with Rule 14e-5 under the Exchange Act.
We
intend to require our Public Shareholders seeking to exercise their redemption rights, whether they are record holders or hold their
Public Shares in “street name,” to, at the holder’s option, either deliver their share certificates (if any) to our
transfer agent or deliver their Public Shares to our transfer agent electronically using the DWAC System, prior to the date set forth
in the proxy materials or tender offer documents, as applicable. In the case of proxy materials, this date may be up to two business days
prior to the scheduled vote on the proposal to approve the initial Business Combination. In addition, if we conduct redemptions in connection
with a shareholder vote, we intend to require a Public Shareholder seeking redemption of its Public Shares to also submit a written request
for redemption to our transfer agent two business days prior to the scheduled vote in which the name of the beneficial owner
of such Public Shares is included. The proxy materials or tender offer documents, as applicable, that we will furnish to our Public Shareholders
in connection with our initial Business Combination will indicate whether we are requiring Public Shareholders to satisfy such delivery
requirements. We believe that this will allow our transfer agent to efficiently process any redemptions without the need for further
communication or action from the redeeming Public Shareholders, which could delay redemptions and result in additional administrative
cost. If the proposed initial Business Combination is not approved and we continue to search for a target company, we will promptly return
any certificates or Public Shares delivered by Public Shareholders who elected to redeem their Public Shares.
Our
proposed initial Business Combination may impose a minimum cash requirement for (i) cash consideration to be paid to the target
or its owners, (ii) cash for working capital or other general corporate purposes or (iii) the retention of cash to satisfy
other conditions. In the event the aggregate cash consideration we would be required to pay for all Public Shares that are validly submitted
for redemption plus any amount required to satisfy cash conditions pursuant to the terms of the proposed initial Business Combination
exceed the aggregate amount of cash available to us, we will not complete the initial Business Combination or redeem any Public Shares,
and all Public Shares submitted for redemption will be returned to the holders thereof. We may, however, raise funds through the issuance
of equity or equity-linked securities or through loans, advances or other indebtedness in connection with our initial Business Combination,
including pursuant to any forward purchase agreements or backstop arrangements into which we may enter, in order to, among other reasons,
satisfy such net tangible assets or minimum cash requirements.
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Limitation
on Redemptions Upon Completion of Our Initial Business Combination If We Seek Shareholder Approval
If
we seek shareholder approval of our initial Business Combination and we do not conduct redemptions in connection with our initial Business
Combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, our Amended and Restated Articles provide that a Public Shareholder, together with any
affiliate of such Public Shareholder or any other person with whom such Public Shareholder is acting in concert or as a “group”
(as defined under Section 13 of the Exchange Act), will be restricted from redeeming its Public Shares with respect to more than an aggregate
of 15% of the Public Shares sold in the Initial Public Offering (the “Excess Shares”) without our prior consent. We believe
this restriction will discourage Public Shareholders from accumulating large blocks of Public Shares, and subsequent attempts by such
holders to use their ability to exercise their redemption rights against a proposed Business Combination as a means to force us or our
Management to purchase their Public Shares at a significant premium to the then-current market price or on other undesirable terms. Absent
this provision, a Public Shareholder holding more than an aggregate of 15% of the Public Shares sold in the Initial Public Offering could
threaten to exercise its redemption rights if such Public Shares are not purchased by us, our Sponsor or our Management at a premium
to the then-current market price or on other undesirable terms. By limiting our Public Shareholders’ ability to redeem no more
than 15% of the Public Shares sold in the Initial Public Offering without our prior consent, we believe we will limit the ability of
a small group of Public Shareholders to unreasonably attempt to block our ability to complete our initial Business Combination, particularly
in connection with a Business Combination with a target that requires as a closing condition that we have a minimum net worth or a certain
amount of cash.
However,
we will not restrict our Public Shareholders’ ability to vote all of their Public Shares (including Excess Shares) for or against
our initial Business Combination.
Delivering
Share Certificates in Connection with the Exercise of Redemption Rights
As
described above, we intend to require our Public Shareholders seeking to exercise their redemption rights, whether they are record holders
or hold their Public Shares in “street name,” to, at the holder’s option, either deliver their share certificates (if
any) to our transfer agent or deliver their Public Shares to our transfer agent electronically using the DWAC System, prior to the date
set forth in the proxy materials or tender offer documents, as applicable. In the case of proxy materials, this date may be up to two business days
prior to the scheduled vote on the proposal to approve the initial Business Combination. In addition, if we conduct redemptions in connection
with a shareholder vote, we intend to require a Public Shareholder seeking redemption of its Public Shares to also submit a written request
for redemption to our transfer agent two business days prior to the scheduled vote in which the name of the beneficial owner
of such Public Shares is included. The proxy materials or tender offer documents, as applicable, that we will furnish to our Public Shareholders
in connection with our initial Business Combination will indicate whether we are requiring Public Shareholders to satisfy such delivery
requirements. Accordingly, a Public Shareholder would have up to two business days prior to the scheduled vote on the initial
Business Combination if we distribute proxy materials, or from the time we send out our tender offer materials until the close of the
tender offer period, as applicable, to submit or tender its Public Shares if it wishes to seek to exercise its redemption rights. In
the event that a Public Shareholder fails to comply with these or any other procedures disclosed in the proxy or tender offer materials,
as applicable, its Public Shares may not be redeemed. Given the relatively short exercise period, it is advisable for Public Shareholders
to use electronic delivery of their Public Shares.
There
is a nominal cost associated with the above-referenced process and the act of certificating the Public Shares or delivering them
through the DWAC System. The transfer agent will typically charge the broker submitting or tendering Public Shares a fee of approximately
$100.00 and it would be up to the broker whether or not to pass this cost on to the redeeming holder. However, this fee would be incurred
regardless of whether or not we require Public Shareholders seeking to exercise redemption rights to submit or tender their Public Shares.
The need to deliver Public Shares is a requirement of exercising redemption rights regardless of the timing of when such delivery must
be effectuated.
Any
request to redeem such Public Shares, once made, may be withdrawn at any time up to the date set forth in the proxy materials or tender
offer documents, as applicable. Furthermore, if a Public Shareholder delivered its certificate in connection with an election of redemption
rights and subsequently decides prior to the applicable date not to elect to exercise such rights, such Public Shareholder may simply
request that the transfer agent return the certificate (physically or electronically). It is anticipated that the funds to be distributed
to our Public Shareholders electing to redeem their Public Shares will be distributed promptly after the completion of our initial Business
Combination.
If
our initial Business Combination is not approved or completed for any reason, then our Public Shareholders who elected to exercise their
redemption rights would not be entitled to redeem their Public Shares for the applicable pro rata share of the Trust Account. In such
case, we will promptly return any certificates delivered by Public Shareholders who elected to redeem their Public Shares.
If
our Business Combination is not completed, we may continue to try to complete a Business Combination with a different target until the
end of the Combination Period.
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Redemption
of Public Shares and Liquidation if No Initial Business Combination
Our
Amended and Restated Articles provide that we have only the duration of the Combination Period to complete our initial Business Combination.
If we have not completed our initial Business Combination within such time 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 (and subject
to lawfully available funds therefor), 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 (which interest shall be net of
taxes, if any and less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), 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 of Directors, liquidate and dissolve, subject in each
case to our obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. There
will be no redemption rights or liquidating distributions with respect to our Warrants, which will expire worthless if we fail to complete
our initial Business Combination within the Combination Period.
Our
Initial Shareholder, officers and directors 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, although they are entitled to liquidating distributions from assets outside
the Trust Account. However, if our Sponsor or Management Team 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 allotted Combination Period.
Our
Initial Shareholder, officers and directors have agreed, pursuant to the Letter Agreement with us, that they 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, in each case 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 (net of Permitted Withdrawals), divided by the number of then outstanding Public
Shares.
We
expect that all costs and expenses associated with implementing our plan of dissolution, as well as payments to any creditors, will be
funded from amounts remaining out of the approximately $1,075,000 of proceeds held outside the Trust Account following the closing of
the Initial Public Offering, although we cannot assure our shareholders that there will be sufficient funds for such purpose. However,
if those funds are not sufficient to cover the costs and expenses associated with implementing our plan of dissolution, to the extent
that there is any interest accrued in the Trust Account not required to pay income taxes on interest income earned on the Trust Account
balance, we may request the trustee to release to us an additional amount of up to $100,000 of such accrued interest to pay those costs
and expenses.
If
we were to expend all of the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement, other than the proceeds deposited
in the Trust Account, and without taking into account interest, if any, earned on the Trust Account, the Redemption Price upon our dissolution
would be approximately $10.00 as of the closing of the Initial Public Offering. The proceeds deposited in the Trust Account could, however,
become subject to the claims of our creditors which would have higher priority than the claims of our Public Shareholders. We cannot
assure our Public Shareholders that the actual per-share redemption amount received by Public Shareholders will not be substantially
less than the Redemption Price. While we intend to pay such amounts, if any, with funds from outside of the Trust Account, we cannot
assure our shareholders that we will have funds sufficient to pay or provide for all creditors’ claims.
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Although
we seek to have all vendors, service providers, prospective target businesses and other entities with which we do business execute agreements
with us waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies held in the Trust Account for the benefit of our
Public Shareholders, there is no guarantee that they will execute such agreements or even if they execute such agreements that they would
be prevented from bringing claims against the Trust Account, including, but not limited to, fraudulent inducement, breach of fiduciary
responsibility or other similar claims, as well as claims challenging the enforceability of the waiver, in each case in order to gain
an advantage with respect to a claim against our assets, including the funds held in the Trust Account. If any third party refuses to
execute an agreement waiving such claims to the monies held in the Trust Account, our Management will consider whether competitive alternatives
are reasonably available to us and will only enter into an agreement with such third party if Management believes that such third party’s
engagement would be in our best interests under the circumstances. Examples of possible instances where we may engage a third party that
refuses to execute a waiver include the engagement of a third-party consultant whose particular expertise or skills are believed by Management
to be significantly superior to those of other consultants that would agree to execute a waiver or in cases where Management is unable
to find a service provider willing to execute a waiver. CBIZ, our independent registered public accounting firm, and the Underwriters
did not execute agreements with us waiving such claims to the monies held in the Trust Account. In addition, there is no guarantee that
such entities will agree to waive any claims they may have in the future as a result of, or arising out of, any negotiations, contracts
or agreements with us and will not seek recourse against the Trust Account for any reason.
To
protect the amounts held in the Trust Account, our Sponsor has agreed that it will be liable to us if and to the extent any claims by
a third party for services rendered or products sold to us (except for our independent registered public accounting firm), or a prospective
target business with which we have entered into a written letter of intent, confidentiality or other similar agreement or Business Combination
agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the Trust Account to below the lesser of (i) $10.00 per Public Share and (ii) the
actual amount per Public Share held in the Trust Account as of the date of the liquidation of the Trust Account, if less than $10.00
per Public Share due to reductions in the value of the Trust Account assets, net Permitted Withdrawals, if any, provided that such liability
will not apply to any claims by a third party or prospective target business who executed a waiver of any and all rights to the monies
held in the Trust Account (whether or not such waiver is enforceable) nor will it apply to any claims under our indemnity of the Underwriters
against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. However, we have not asked our Sponsor to reserve for such
indemnification obligations, nor have we independently verified whether our Sponsor has sufficient funds to satisfy its indemnity obligations
and we believe that our Sponsor’s only assets are securities of our Company. Therefore, we cannot assure our Public Shareholders
that our Sponsor would be able to satisfy those obligations. As a result, if any such claims were successfully made against the Trust
Account, the funds available for our initial Business Combination and redemptions could be reduced to less than $10.00 per Public Share.
In such event, we may not be able to complete our initial Business Combination, and our Public Shareholders would receive such lesser
amount per share in connection with any redemption of their Public Shares. None of our officers or directors will indemnify us for claims
by third parties including, without limitation, claims by vendors and prospective target businesses.
In
the event that the proceeds in the Trust Account are reduced below the lesser of (i) $10.00 per Public Share and (ii) the actual
amount per Public Share held in the Trust Account as of the date of the liquidation of the Trust Account if less than $10.00 per Public
Share due to reductions in the value of the Trust Account assets, in each case less Permitted Withdrawals, and our Sponsor asserts that
it is unable to satisfy its indemnification obligations or that it has no indemnification obligations related to a particular claim,
our independent directors would determine whether to take legal action against our Sponsor to enforce its indemnification obligations.
While we currently expect that our independent directors would take legal action on our behalf against our Sponsor to enforce its indemnification
obligations to us, it is possible that our independent directors in exercising their business judgment may choose not to do so in any
particular instance if, for example, the cost of such legal action is deemed by the independent directors to be too high relative to
the amount recoverable or if the independent directors determine that a favorable outcome is not likely. Accordingly, we cannot assure
our Public Shareholders that due to claims of creditors the actual value of the Redemption Price will not be less than $10.00 per Public
Share (as of the closing of the Initial Public Offering).
We
seek to reduce the possibility that our Sponsor will have to indemnify the Trust Account due to claims of creditors by endeavoring to
have all vendors, service providers, prospective target businesses or other entities with which we do business execute agreements with
us waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to monies held in the Trust Account. Our Sponsor will also not be liable
as to any claims under our indemnity of the Underwriters against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
Following the closing of the Initial Public Offering, we have access to approximately $1,075,000 from the proceeds of the Initial Public
Offering held outside of the Trust Account with which to pay any such potential claims (excluding Permitted Withdrawals and costs and
expenses incurred in connection with our liquidation, currently estimated to be no more than approximately $100,000). In the event that
we liquidate and it is subsequently determined that the reserve for claims and liabilities is insufficient, shareholders who received
funds from our Trust Account could be liable for claims made by creditors.
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If
we file a bankruptcy or insolvency petition or an involuntary bankruptcy or insolvency petition is filed against us that is not dismissed,
the proceeds held in the Trust Account could be subject to applicable bankruptcy or insolvency law, and may be included in our bankruptcy
estate and subject to the claims of third parties with priority over the claims of our shareholders. To the extent any bankruptcy claims
deplete the Trust Account, we cannot assure our Public Shareholders we will be able to return $10.00 per Public Share to our Public Shareholders.
Additionally, if we file a bankruptcy or insolvency petition or an involuntary bankruptcy or insolvency petition is filed against us
that is not dismissed, any distributions received by shareholders could be viewed under applicable debtor/creditor and/or bankruptcy/insolvency
laws as either a “preferential transfer” or a “fraudulent conveyance, preference or disposition.” As a result,
a liquidator or bankruptcy or other court could seek to recover some or all amounts received by our shareholders. Furthermore, our Board
of Directors may be viewed as having breached its fiduciary duty to us or our creditors and/or may have acted in bad faith, and thereby
exposing itself and our Company to claims of punitive damages, by paying Public Shareholders from the Trust Account prior to addressing
the claims of creditors. We cannot assure our shareholders that claims will not be brought against us for these reasons
Our
Public Shareholders are entitled to receive funds from the Trust Account only (i) in the event of the redemption of our Public Shares
if we do not complete our initial Business Combination within the Combination Period, (ii) in connection with a shareholder vote
to amend our Amended and Restated Articles to modify (x) 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 (y) any other material provisions relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-initial Business
Combination activity or (iii) if they redeem their respective Public Shares for cash upon the completion of our initial Business
Combination, subject to applicable law and any limitations (including but not limited to cash requirements) created by the terms of the
proposed Business Combination. In no other circumstances will a Public Shareholder have any right or interest of any kind to or in the
Trust Account. In the event we seek shareholder approval in connection with our initial Business Combination, a Public Shareholder’s
voting in connection with the Business Combination alone will not result in a Public Shareholder’s redeeming its Public Shares
to us for an applicable pro rata share of the Trust Account. Such Public Shareholder must have also exercised its redemption rights described
above. These provisions of our Amended and Restated Articles, like all provisions of our Amended and Restated Articles, may be amended
with a shareholder vote.
Competition
In
identifying, evaluating and selecting a target business for our initial Business Combination, we encounter competition from other entities
having a business objective similar to ours, including other SPACs, private equity groups and leveraged buyout funds, public companies
and operating businesses seeking strategic acquisitions. Many of these entities are well established and have extensive experience identifying
and effecting Business Combinations directly or through affiliates. Moreover, many of these competitors possess similar or greater financial,
technical, human and other resources than us. Our ability to acquire larger target businesses is limited by our available financial resources.
This inherent limitation gives others an advantage in pursuing the acquisition of a target business. Furthermore, our obligation to pay
cash in connection with the exercise of redemption rights by our Public Shareholders who exercise their redemption rights may reduce
the resources available to us for our initial Business Combination and our issued and outstanding Warrants, and the future dilution they
potentially represent, may not be viewed favorably by certain target businesses. Either of these factors may place us at a competitive
disadvantage in successfully negotiating an initial Business Combination.
Employees
We
currently have two officers: Messrs. Volshteyn and Szynkowski. These individuals are not obligated to devote any specific number of hours
to our matters but they devote as much of their time as they deem necessary to our affairs until we have completed our initial Business
Combination. The amount of time they devote in any time period varies based on whether a target business has been selected for our initial
Business Combination and the stage of the Business Combination process we are in. We do not intend to have any full-time employees prior
to the completion of our initial Business Combination.
Periodic
Reporting and Financial Information
We
have registered our Public Units, Public Shares and Public Warrants under the Exchange Act and have reporting obligations, including
the requirement that we file annual, quarterly and current reports with the SEC. In accordance with the requirements of the Exchange Act,
our annual reports, including this Report, contain financial statements audited and reported on by CBIZ, our independent registered public
accounting firm. We have no current intention of filing a Form 15 to suspend our reporting or other obligations under the Exchange Act
prior to the consummation of our initial Business Combination.
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We
will provide shareholders with audited financial statements of the prospective target business as part of the proxy solicitation materials
or tender offer documents sent to shareholders to assist them in assessing the target business. In all likelihood, these financial statements
will need to be prepared in accordance with, or reconciled to, GAAP or IFRS, depending on the circumstances, and the historical financial
statements may be required to be audited in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. These financial statement requirements may
limit the pool of potential target businesses we may conduct an initial Business Combination with because some targets may be unable
to provide such statements in time for us to disclose such statements in accordance with federal proxy rules and complete our initial
Business Combination within the prescribed time frame. We cannot assure our shareholders that any particular target business identified
by us as a potential Business Combination candidate will have financial statements prepared in accordance with the requirements outlined
above, or that the potential target business will be able to prepare its financial statements in accordance with the requirements outlined
above. To the extent that these requirements cannot be met, we may not be able to acquire the proposed target business. While this may
limit the pool of potential Business Combination candidates, we do not believe that this limitation will be material.
We
are required to evaluate our internal control procedures for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026 as required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
Only in the event we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer or an accelerated filer, and no longer qualify as an emerging growth
company, will we be required to have our internal control procedures audited. A target business may not be in compliance with the provisions
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act regarding adequacy of their internal controls. The development of the internal controls of any such entity
to achieve compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act may increase the time and costs necessary to complete any such Business Combination.
We
are a Cayman Islands exempted company. Exempted companies are Cayman Islands companies conducting business mainly outside the Cayman
Islands and, as such, are exempted from complying with certain provisions of the Companies Act. As an exempted company, we have applied
for and received a tax exemption undertaking from the Cayman Islands government that, in accordance with Section 6 of the Tax Concessions
Act (Revised) of the Cayman Islands, for a period of 30 years from the date of the undertaking, no law that is enacted in the Cayman
Islands imposing any tax to be levied on profits, income, gains or appreciations will apply to us or our operations and, in addition,
that no tax to be levied on profits, income, gains or appreciations or which is in the nature of estate duty or inheritance tax will
be payable (i) on or in respect of our Ordinary Shares, debentures or other obligations or (ii) by way of the withholding in
whole or in part of a payment of dividends or other distribution of income or capital by us to our shareholders or a payment of principal
or interest or other sums due under a debenture or other obligation of us.
We
are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act, as modified by the JOBS Act.
As such, we are eligible to take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public
companies that are not “emerging growth companies” including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor
attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation
in our periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a non-binding advisory vote on executive
compensation and shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. If some investors find our securities
less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our securities and the prices of our securities may be more
volatile.
In
addition, Section 107 of the JOBS Act also provides that an “emerging growth company” can take advantage of the extended
transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act for complying with new or revised accounting standards.
In other words, an “emerging growth company” can delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards
would otherwise apply to private companies. We intend to take advantage of the benefits of this extended transition period.
We
will remain an emerging growth company until the earlier of (1) the last day of the fiscal year (a) following February
12, 2031, (b) in which we have total annual gross revenue of at least $1.235 billion, or (c) in which we are deemed to
be a large accelerated filer, which means the market value of our Class A Ordinary Shares that are held by non-affiliates exceeds
$700 million as of the prior June 30, and (2) the date on which we have issued more than $1.0 billion in non-convertible debt
during the prior three-year period.
We
are also a “smaller reporting company” as defined in Item 10(f)(1) of Regulation S-K. Smaller reporting
companies may take advantage of certain reduced disclosure obligations, including, among other things, providing only two years
of audited financial statements. We will remain a smaller reporting company until the last day of the fiscal year in which (1) the
market value of our Class A Ordinary Shares held by non-affiliates equals or exceeds $250 million as of the end of that
year’s second fiscal quarter, or (2) our annual revenues equaled or exceeded $100 million during such completed fiscal
year and the market value of our Class A Ordinary Shares held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the end of
that year’s second fiscal quarter.
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In
addition, prior to the consummation of a Business Combination, only holders of our Class B Ordinary Shares have the right to vote on
(i) the appointment or removal of directors and (ii) an amendment to continue our existence in a jurisdiction outside of the Cayman Islands.
As a result, Nasdaq considers us to be a “controlled company” within the meaning of Nasdaq corporate governance standards.
Under Nasdaq corporate governance standards, a company of which more than 50% of the voting power for the appointment of directors is
held by an individual, group or another company is a “controlled company” and may elect not to comply with certain corporate
governance requirements. We currently do not intend to rely on the “controlled company” exemption, but may do so in the future.
Accordingly, if we choose to do so, our shareholders will not have the same protections afforded to shareholders of companies that are
subject to all of the Nasdaq corporate governance requirements.