Velos Acquisition I VLOS
Velos Acquisition I: securities offering
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We intend to apply to have to list our units listed on The Nasdaq Global Market, or Nasdaq, under the symbol "MBAVU" on or promptly after the date of this prospectus.Underwriters changed (0 named)
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Sole Book -Running Manager, CantorNew section: Business
We are a blank check company incorporated in the Cayman Islands on March 12, 2024, formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar Business…
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We are a blank check company incorporated in the Cayman Islands on March 12, 2024, formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar Business Combination with one or more businesses. We intend to effectuate our Business Combination using cash derived from the proceeds of our IPO and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants, our shares, debt or a combination of cash, shares and debt.New section: Legal proceedings
We are not currently a party to any material legal proceedings.
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We are not currently a party to any material legal proceedings. In the ordinary course of business, we may be subject to legal proceedings, claims, and litigation.New section: Exhibits and Financial Statements Schedules
1.1 Underwriting Agreement, dated July 31, 2024, by and between the Company and Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., as representative of the underwriters (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1.1 to the Company's Current Report…
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1.1 Underwriting Agreement, dated July 31, 2024, by and between the Company and Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., as representative of the underwriters (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-42171), filed with the SEC on August 6, 2024).Section removed: Summary Financial Data
The following table summarizes the relevant financial data for our business and should be read with our financial statements, which are included in this prospectus.
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The following table summarizes the relevant financial data for our business and should be read with our financial statements, which are included in this prospectus. We have not had any significant operations to date, so only balance sheet data is presented.Section removed: Risks
We are a recently incorporated company that has conducted no operations and has generated no revenues.
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We are a recently incorporated company that has conducted no operations and has generated no revenues. Until we complete our initial business combination, we will have no operations and will generate no operating revenues. In making your decision whether to invest in our securities, you should take into account not only the background of our management team, but also the special risks we face as a blank check company. This offering is not being conducted in compliance with Rule 419 promulgated under the Securities Act. Accordingly, you will not be entitled to protections normally afforded to investors in Rule 419 blank check offerings. Please see " Proposed Business — Comparison of This Offering to Those of Blank Check Companies Subject to Rule 419 " for additional information concerning how Rule 419 blank check offerings differ from this offering. You should carefully consider these and the other risks set forth in the section entitled "Risk Factors" in this prospectus.Section removed: Dilution
The difference between the public offering price per Class A ordinary share, assuming no value is attributed to the warrants included in the units we are offering pursuant to this prospectus or the private placement…
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The difference between the public offering price per Class A ordinary share, assuming no value is attributed to the warrants included in the units we are offering pursuant to this prospectus or the private placement warrants, and the pro forma net tangible book value per Class A ordinary share after this offering constitutes the dilution to investors in this offering. Such calculation does not reflect any dilution associated with the sale and exercise of warrants, including the private placement warrants, which would cause the actual dilution to the public shareholders to be higher, particularly where a cashless exercise is utilized. Net tangible book value per share is determined by dividing our net tangible book value, which is our total tangible assets less total liabilities (including the value of Class A ordinary shares which may be redeemed for cash), by the number of outstanding Class A ordinary shares.Section removed: Capitalization
The following table sets forth our capitalization at March 31, 2024, and as adjusted to give effect to the filing of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, the sale of our units in this…
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The following table sets forth our capitalization at March 31, 2024, and as adjusted to give effect to the filing of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, the sale of our units in this offering and the sale of the private placement warrants and the application of the estimated net proceeds derived from the sale of such securities, assuming no exercise by the underwriters of their over -allotment option:Section removed: Proposed Business
We are a newly organized blank check company incorporated in March 2024 as an exempted company under the laws of the Cayman Islands and were formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, consolidation, capital stock…
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We are a newly organized blank check company incorporated in March 2024 as an exempted company under the laws of the Cayman Islands and were formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, consolidation, capital stock exchange, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. We have not selected any business combination target and we have not, nor has anyone on our behalf, initiated any substantive discussions, directly or indirectly, with respect to identifying any business combination target.Section removed: Taxation
The following summary of certain Cayman Islands and U.S. federal income tax consequences of an investment in our units, each consisting of one Class A ordinary share and one -half of one redeemable warrant, which we…
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The following summary of certain Cayman Islands and U.S. federal income tax consequences of an investment in our units, each consisting of one Class A ordinary share and one -half of one redeemable warrant, which we refer to collectively as our securities, is based upon laws and relevant interpretations thereof in effect as of the date of this prospectus, all of which are subject to change. This summary does not deal with all possible tax consequences relating to an investment in our Class A ordinary shares and warrants, such as the tax consequences under state, local and other tax laws.Section removed: Where You Can Find Additional Information
We have filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S -1 under the Securities Act with respect to the securities we are offering by this prospectus.
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We have filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S -1 under the Securities Act with respect to the securities we are offering by this prospectus. This prospectus does not contain all of the information included in the registration statement. For further information about us and our securities, you should refer to the registration statement and the exhibits and schedules filed with the registration statement. Whenever we make reference in this prospectus to any of our contracts, agreements or other documents, the references are materially complete but may not include a description of all aspects of such contracts, agreements or other documents, and you should refer to the exhibits attached to the registration statement for copies of the actual contract, agreement or other document.
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 18 , 2024. August 26, 2026.
Registration No. 333-279951 333-
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M3-Brigade Acquisition V Corp.
Velos Acquisition I Corp.
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Cayman Islands 6770 98-1781141
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Identification Number)
1700 Broadway – 19 th Floor
200 Park Avenue, 58th Floor
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Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors
1700 Broadway – 19 th Floor
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
200 Park Avenue, 58th Floor
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Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
1285 Avenue of the Americas
Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP
1345 Avenue of the Americas, 11 th Floor
New York, New York 10105
Tel: (212) 370 -1300
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599 Lexington Avenue, 24th Floor
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable From time to time after the effective date of this registration statement becomes effective.
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non -accelerated non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b -2 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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Subject to Completion, dated July 18 , 2024
PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS
M3-Brigade Acquisition V Corp.
M3 -Brigade Acquisition V Corp. is a blank check company incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses, which we refer to as our initial business combination. We have not selected any specific business combination target and we have not, nor has anyone on our behalf, engaged in any substantive discussions, directly or indirectly, with any business combination target with respect to an initial business combination with us. However, members of our management team had been actively in discussions with potential business combination partners in their capacity as officers and directors of the Prior SPACS (as defined herein) and, although we do not currently expect to do so, we may pursue business combination partners that had previously been in discussions with the Prior SPACs' respective management teams.
This is an initial public offering of our securities. Each unit has an offering price of $10.00 and consists of one Class A ordinary share and one -half of one redeemable warrant. Each whole warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one Class A ordinary share at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment as described herein. Only whole warrants are exercisable. No fractional warrants will be issued upon separation of the units and only whole warrants will trade. The warrants will become exercisable 30 days after the completion of our initial business combination, and will expire five years after the completion of our initial business combination or earlier upon redemption or our liquidation, as described herein. The underwriters have a 45 -day option from the date of this prospectus to purchase up to an additional 3,750,000 units to cover over -allotments , if any.
We will provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Class A ordinary shares that were sold as part of the units in this offering, which we refer to collectively as our public shares, 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 described below as of two business days prior to the consummation of our initial business combination, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account, less taxes payable, divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, subject to the limitations and on the conditions described herein.
M3 -Brigade Sponsor V LLC (our "sponsor") and Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., the representative of the underwriters, have committed to purchase an aggregate of 8,150,000 private placement warrants (or 8,337,500 private placement warrants if the underwriters' over -allotment option is exercised in full), each exercisable to purchase one Class A ordinary share at $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment, at a price of $1.00 per warrant, or $8,150,000 (or $8,337,500 private placement warrants if the underwriters' over -allotment option is exercised in full) in the aggregate in a private placement that will close simultaneously with the closing of this offering. Each private placement warrant is exercisable to purchase one Class A ordinary share at $11.50 per share.
Of those 8,150,000 private placement warrants (or 8,337,500 private placement warrants if the underwriters' over -allotment option is exercised in full), the sponsor has agreed to purchase up to 4,950,000 private placement warrants (or 5,043,750 private placement warrants if the underwriters' over -allotment option is exercised in full) and Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. has agreed to purchase 3,200,000 private placement warrants (or 3,293,750 private placement warrants if the underwriters' over -allotment option is exercised in full). Twenty institutional investors (none of which are affiliated with any member of our management, our sponsor or any other investor), which we refer to as the "non -managing sponsor investors" throughout this prospectus, have expressed an interest to purchase, indirectly through the purchase of non -managing sponsor membership interests, an aggregate of 4,250,000 private placement warrants at a price of $1.00 per warrant ($4,250,000 in the aggregate) in a private placement that will close simultaneously with the closing of this offering. Subject to each non -managing sponsor investor purchasing, through the sponsor, the private placement warrants allocated to it in connection with the closing of this offering, the sponsor will issue membership interests at a nominal purchase price to the non -managing sponsor investors reflecting interests in an aggregate of 3,400,000 founder shares held by the sponsor. Membership interests reflecting interests in the remaining 3,787,500 founder shares held by the sponsor will be held by the Sponsor Manager (as defined herein).
The interests of the members of the sponsor are denominated in two classes of membership interest units: (i) class A membership units representing interests in the founder shares and (ii) class B membership units that will represent an interest in the private placement warrants. All members of the sponsor, including the Sponsor Manager and any non -managing sponsor investor that may join the sponsor concurrently with this offering will hold both classes of membership units representing their proportional interest in the founder shares and private placement warrants. Pursuant to an agreement of all members of the sponsor, the management and control of the sponsor is vested exclusively with the Sponsor Manager, without any voting, veto, consent or other participation rights by any non -managing sponsor investors regardless of their unit ownership. As a result of this management structure, non -managing sponsor investors will have no right to control the sponsor, or participate in any decision regarding the disposal of any security held by the sponsor, or otherwise.
The non -managing sponsor investors have expressed to us an interest in purchasing up to an aggregate of approximately $285,750,000 of the units in this offering at the offering price (assuming the exercise in full of the underwriter's over -allotment option). None of the non -managing sponsor investors has expressed to us an interest in purchasing more than 9.9% of the units to be sold in this offering. There can be no assurance that the non -managing sponsor investors will acquire any units, either directly or indirectly, in this offering, or as to the amount of the units the non -managing sponsor investors will retain, if any, prior to or upon the consummation of our initial business combination. Because these expressions of interest are not binding agreements or commitments to purchase, non -managing sponsor investors may determine to purchase a different number or no units in this offering. In addition, the underwriter has full discretion to allocate the units to investors and may determine to sell a different number or no units to the non -managing sponsor investors. The underwriter will receive the same upfront discounts and commissions and deferred underwriting commissions on units purchased by the non -managing sponsor investors, if any, as it will on the other units sold to the public in this offering. In addition, none of the non -managing sponsor investors has any obligation to vote any of their public shares in favor of our initial business combination. For a discussion of certain additional arrangements with the non -managing sponsor investors, see "Summary — The Offering — Expressions of Interest." In the event that the non -managing sponsor investors purchase such units (either in this offering or after) and vote them in favor of our initial business combination, no affirmative votes from other public shareholders would be required to approve our initial business combination. However, because the non -managing investors are not obligated to continue owning any public shares following the closing and are not obligated to vote any public shares in favor of our initial business combination, we cannot assure you that any of these non -managing sponsor investors will be public shareholders at the time our shareholders vote on our initial business combination, and, if they are public shareholders, we cannot assure you as to how such non -managing sponsor investors will vote on any business combination.
Our sponsor currently owns an aggregate of 7,187,500 Class B ordinary shares, up to 937,500 of which will be surrendered to us for no consideration after the closing of this offering depending on the extent to which the underwriters' over -allotment option is exercised, which will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares in connection with the consummation of our initial business combination, or earlier at the option of the holders thereof on a one -for -one basis, subject to the adjustments described herein. Prior to and/or in connection with the closing of our initial business combination, only holders of our Class B ordinary shares will be entitled to vote on the appointment and removal of directors or continuing the company in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands (including any special resolution required to amend the constitutional documents of the company or to adopt new constitutional documents of the company, in each case, as a result of the company approving a transfer by way of continuation in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands). On any other matters submitted to a vote of our shareholders prior to or in connection with the completion of our initial business combination, holders of the Class B ordinary shares and holders of the Class A ordinary shares will vote together as a single class, except as required by law.
Of the proceeds we receive from this offering and the sale of the private placement warrants described in this prospectus, $251,250,000, or $288,937,500 if the underwriters' over -allotment option is exercised in full ($10.05 per unit in either case), will be deposited into a trust account located in the United States with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee and held as cash or invested only in (i) U.S. government treasury obligations with a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a -7 under the Investment Company Act which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations or (ii) an interest bearing bank demand deposit account or other accounts at a bank. Except with respect to interest earned on the funds held in the trust account that may be released to us to pay our taxes, if any, the proceeds from this offering and the sale of the private placement warrants will not be released from the trust account until the earliest of (i) the completion of our initial business combination, (ii) the redemption of our public shares if we are unable to complete our initial business combination within the completion window, subject to applicable law, or (iii) the redemption of our public shares properly submitted in connection with a shareholder vote to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to (A) modify 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 have not consummated an initial business combination within the completion window or (B) with respect to any other material provisions relating to shareholders' rights or pre -initial business combination activity. The proceeds deposited in the trust account could become subject to the claims of our creditors, if any, which could have priority over the claims of our public shareholders. The proceeds placed in the trust account and the interest earned thereon shall not be used to pay for possible excise tax or any other fees or taxes that may be levied on the Company on any redemptions or stock buybacks by the Company pursuant to any current, pending or future rules or laws, including without limitation any excise tax due under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.
We have until the date that is 24 months from the closing of this offering or until such earlier liquidation date as our board of directors may approve, to consummate our initial business combination. If we anticipate that we may be unable to consummate our initial business combination within such 24 -month period, we may seek shareholder approval to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to extend the date by which we must consummate our initial business combination. If we seek shareholder approval for an extension, holders of
Class A ordinary shares will be offered an opportunity to redeem their shares at a per share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest earned thereon (less taxes payable), divided by the number of then issued and outstanding Class A ordinary shares, subject to applicable law. The redemption rights will also include the requirement that any beneficial owner on whose behalf a redemption right is being exercised must identify itself in order to validly redeem its shares. If we are unable to complete our initial business combination within 24 months from the closing of this offering, or by such earlier liquidation date as our board of directors may approve, we will redeem 100% of the Class A ordinary shares at a per share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest earned thereon (less taxes payable and up to $100,000 of interest income to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then issued and outstanding Class A ordinary shares, which redemption will constitute full and complete payment for the public shares and completely extinguish public shareholders' rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidation or other distributions, if any), subject to our obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and subject to the other requirements of applicable law.
Currently, there is no public market for our units, Class A ordinary shares or warrants. We intend to apply to have to list our units listed on The Nasdaq Global Market, or Nasdaq, under the symbol "MBAVU" on or promptly after the date of this prospectus. We cannot guarantee that our securities will be approved for listing on Nasdaq. We expect the Class A ordinary shares and warrants comprising the units to begin separate trading on the 52 nd day following the date of this prospectus unless Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., the representative of the underwriters, informs us of its decision to allow earlier separate trading, subject to our satisfaction of certain conditions as described further herein. Once the securities comprising the units begin separate trading, we expect that the Class A ordinary shares and the warrants will be listed on Nasdaq under the symbols "MBAV" and "MBAVW", respectively.
We are an "emerging growth company" and a "smaller reporting company" under applicable federal securities laws and will be subject to reduced public company reporting requirements. Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. See "Risk Factors" beginning on page 45 for a discussion of information that should be considered in connection with an investment in our securities. Investors will not be entitled to protections normally afforded to investors in Rule 419 blank check offerings.
Underwriting Discounts and Commissions (1)
Proceeds, before expenses, to us
(1) Includes $0.20 per unit (excluding any units sold pursuant to the underwriters' option to purchase additional units), or $5,000,000 in the aggregate (whether or not the underwriters' option to purchase additional units is exercised), payable to Cantor, Fitzgerald & Co. upon the closing of this offering. Also includes $0.45 per unit on units other than those sold pursuant to the underwriters' option to purchase additional units and $0.65 per unit on units sold pursuant to the underwriters' option to purchase additional units, or $11,250,000 in the aggregate or up to $13,687,500 in the aggregate if the underwriters' over -allotment option is exercised in full, payable to Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. for deferred underwriting commissions to be deposited into a trust account located in the United States and released to Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. for its own account only upon the completion of an initial business combination. See also "Underwriting" for a description of compensation and other items of value payable to the underwriters.
The underwriters are offering the units for sale on a firm commitment basis. The underwriters expect to deliver the units to the purchasers on or about , 2024.
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Summary Financial Data
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Principal Shareholders
Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions
Description of Securities
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We are responsible for the information contained in this prospectus. We have not, and the underwriters have not, authorized anyone to provide you with information that is different from or inconsistent with that contained in this prospectus. We are not, and the underwriters are not, making an offer to sell securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted. You should not assume that the information contained in this prospectus is accurate as of any date other than the date on the front of this prospectus.
This prospectus contains references to trademarks and service marks belonging to other entities. Solely for convenience, trademarks and trade names referred to in this prospectus may appear without the ® or ™ symbols, but such references are not intended to indicate, in any way, that the applicable licensor will not assert, to the fullest extent under applicable law, its rights to these trademarks and trade names. We do not intend our use or display of other companies' trade names, trademarks or service marks to imply a relationship with, or endorsement or sponsorship of us by, any other companies.
The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We The selling securityholders may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction state where the offer or sale is not permitted.
PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS SUBJECT TO COMPLETION DATED AUGUST 26, 2026
Velos Acquisition I Corp.
Resale of Up To 5,550,135 Class A Ordinary Shares
This prospectus relates to the resale from time to time by the selling securityholders named in this prospectus or their permitted transferees (collectively, the "Selling Securityholders") of up to an aggregate of 5,550,135 Class A ordinary shares of Velos Acquisition I Corp. (formerly M3-Brigade Acquisition V Corp., "we" or "Velos"), a Cayman Islands exempted company, par value $0.0001 per share ("Class A ordinary shares"). The Class A ordinary shares held by the Selling Securityholders and registered by this prospectus are referred to herein as the "Registrable Securities."
We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the Registrable Securities by the Selling Securityholders.
Additional details regarding the securities to which this prospectus relates and the Selling Securityholders is set forth in this prospectus under "Information Related to Offered Securities" and "Selling Securityholders."
We are registering the offer and sale by the Selling Securityholders of the Registrable Securities to satisfy certain registration rights granted in favor of the Selling Securityholders. Our registration of the Registrable Securities covered by this prospectus does not mean that the Selling Securityholders will offer or sell any of the Registrable Securities. The Selling Securityholders or their permitted transferees may offer, sell or distribute all or a portion of the Registrable Securities registered hereby publicly or through private transactions at prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices. See the section of this prospectus titled " Plan of Distribution " for more information about how the Selling Securityholders may sell the Registrable Securities. We will pay certain offering fees and expenses and fees in connection with the registration of the Registrable Securities and will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of the Registrable Securities by the Selling Securityholders. See the section of this prospectus titled " Use of Proceeds " for more information. The Selling Securityholders will pay any discounts and commissions and expenses incurred by the Selling Securityholders for brokerage, accounting, tax or legal services or any other expenses incurred by the Selling Securityholders in disposing of the Registrable Securities.
Sales of the Registrable Securities by the Selling Securityholders may occur at fixed prices, at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices. The Selling Securityholders may sell Registrable Securities to or through underwriters, broker-dealers or agents, who may receive compensation in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions from the Selling Securityholders, the purchasers of the Registrable Securities, or both.
The sale of the Registrable Securities being offered in this prospectus could result in a significant decline in the public trading price of our securities. Our Units, Class A ordinary shares and Public Warrants (as defined below) are currently listed on the Nasdaq Global Market ("Nasdaq") under the symbols "VLOSU", "VLOS" and "VLOSW" respectively. On August 25, 2026, the closing price of our Class A ordinary shares on Nasdaq was $10.73.
You should read this prospectus and any prospectus supplement or amendment carefully before you invest in our securities.
We are an "emerging growth company" under applicable federal securities laws and will be subject to reduced public company reporting requirements.
INVESTING IN OUR SECURITIES INVOLVES RISKS THAT ARE DESCRIBED IN THE "RISK FACTORS" SECTION BEGINNING ON PAGE 9 OF THIS PROSPECTUS.
Neither the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these the securities to be issued under this prospectus or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
The date of this prospectus is , 2026.
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Forward -looking statements in this prospectus may include, for example, statements about:
Some of the statements contained in This prospectus may constitute "forward -looking contains forward-looking statements for purposes within the meaning of the federal safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities laws. Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Our forward -looking forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding our or and our management team's expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward- looking statements. The words "anticipate," "believe," "continue," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "intends," "may," "might," "plan," "possible," "potential," "predict," "project," "should," "will," "would" and similar expressions may identify forward -looking forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward -looking . forward-looking.
The forward-looking statements are based on the current expectations of the Company and its management thereof and are inherently subject to uncertainties and changes in circumstances and their potential effects and speak only as of the date of such statement. There can be no assurance that future developments will be those that have been anticipated. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties or other assumptions that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to:
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• our ability to consummate an initial business combination due to the uncertainty resulting from geopolitical events like the conflict in Ukraine, economic impacts such as inflation and rising interest rates and the COVID -19 pandemic;
● our ability to consummate an initial business combination due to the uncertainty resulting from geopolitical events like wars and political violence, macroeconomic events, wars, global pandemics, or political uncertainty, whether due to political violence, changes (including responses to such changes) in trade, monetary, or other domestic or international policies and their economic impacts such as inflation, supply chain disruptions, labor forces, innovation, and interest rate volatility;
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The forward -looking statements contained in this prospectus are based on our current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effects on us. There can be no assurance that future developments affecting us will be those that we have anticipated. These forward -looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties (some of which are beyond our control) or other assumptions that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward -looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those factors described under the heading " Risk Factors. " Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of our assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material respects from those projected in these forward -looking statements. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward -looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws.
In addition, statements that contain "we believe" and similar statements reflect our beliefs and opinions on the relevant subject. These statements are based on information available to us as of the date of this prospectus. Although we believe that this information provides a reasonable basis for these statements, this information may be limited or incomplete. Our statements should not be read to indicate that we have conducted an exhaustive inquiry into, or review of, all relevant information. These statements are inherently uncertain, and investors are cautioned not to unduly rely on these statements.
● the use of proceeds not held in the trust account established in connection with the Company's initial public offering (the "Trust Account") or available to us from interest income on the Trust Account balance;
● the Trust Account not being subject to claims of third parties; or
● our financial performance; following this offering. or
● the other risks and uncertainties discussed in the "Risk Factors" section in this prospectus and in our other filings with the SEC.
These and other factors that could cause actual results to differ from those implied by the forward-looking statements in this prospectus are more fully described under the section in this prospectus titled " Risk Factors ." New risk factors emerge from time to time and it is not possible to predict all such risk factors, nor can we assess the impact of all such risk factors on our business or the extent to which any factor or combination of factors may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of performance. You should not put undue reliance on these statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. All forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the foregoing cautionary statements. We undertake no obligations to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
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This summary only highlights the more detailed information appearing elsewhere in this prospectus. As this is a summary, it does not contain all of the information that you should consider in making an investment decision. You should read this entire prospectus carefully, including the information under "Risk Factors" and our financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this prospectus, before investing.
Unless otherwise stated in this prospectus or the context otherwise requires, references to:
• "we," "us," "company" or "our company" are to M3 -Brigade Acquisition V Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company;
• "M3 Partners" are to M -III Partners, LP;
• "Brigade" are to Brigade Capital Management, LP;
• "Cantor" or the "representative" are to Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., the representative of the underwritings in this offering;
• "combined team" are to our management team, our directors, and the management and employees of each of M3 Partners and Brigade, and their respective subsidiaries, collectively;
• "Companies Act" are to the Companies Act (As Revised) of the Cayman Islands as the same may be amended from time to time;
• "completion window" are to (i) the period ending on the date that is 24 months from the closing of this offering, or (ii) such other time period in which we must complete an initial business combination pursuant to an amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association or (iii) such earlier liquidation date as our board of directors may approve in which we must complete an initial business combination;
• "founder shares" are to Class B ordinary shares initially purchased by our sponsor in a private placement prior to this offering and the Class A ordinary shares that will be issued upon the automatic conversion of the Class B ordinary shares at the time of our initial business combination or earlier at the option of the holders thereof as described herein (for the avoidance of doubt, such Class A ordinary shares will not be "public shares");
• "initial shareholders" are to our sponsor and any other holders of our founder shares, if any, immediately prior to this offering;
• "management" or our "management team" are to our executive officers and directors;
• "non -managing sponsor investors" means 20 institutional investors (none of which are affiliated with any member of our management, our sponsor or any other investor) that have expressed an interest to purchase (i) up to an aggregate of approximately $285,750,000 of the units in this offering at the offering price (assuming the exercise in full of the underwriter's over -allotment option) and (ii) through the sponsor, an aggregate of 4,250,000 private placement warrants at a price of $1.00 per warrant (or $4,250,000 in the aggregate); subject to each non -managing sponsor investor purchasing, through the sponsor, the private placement warrants allocated to it in connection with the closing of this offering, the sponsor will issue membership interests at a nominal purchase price to the non -managing sponsor investors at the closing of this offering reflecting interests in an aggregate of 3,400,000 founder shares held by the sponsor. None of the non -managing sponsor investors has expressed to us an interest in purchasing more than 9.9% of the units to be sold in this offering;
• "ordinary shares" are to our Class A ordinary shares and our Class B ordinary shares, collectively;
• "private placement warrants" are to the warrants issued to our sponsor and Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. in a private placement simultaneously with the closing of this offering;
• "public shares" are to Class A ordinary shares sold as part of the units in this offering (whether they are purchased in this offering or thereafter in the open market);
• "public shareholders" are to the holders of our public shares, including the Sponsor Manager, the non -managing sponsor investors, members of our management team and/or our advisors to the extent the Sponsor Manager, the non -managing sponsor investors, members of our management team and/or our advisors purchase public shares, provided that their status as a "public shareholder" will only exist with respect to such public shares;
• "public warrants" are to the warrants sold as part of the units in this offering (whether they are purchased in this offering or thereafter in the open market);
• "sponsor" are to M3 -Brigade Sponsor V LLC, a Delaware limited liability company;
• "Sponsor Manager" are to M3 -Brigade Acquisition Partners V Corp., a Delaware corporation, which is the managing member of the sponsor; Mohsin Y. Meghji, our Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors, is the Chief Executive Officer of the Sponsor Manager; and • "warrants" are to our public warrants and private placement warrants.
Any conversion of the Class B ordinary shares described in this prospectus will take effect as a redemption of Class B ordinary shares and an issuance of Class A ordinary shares as a matter of Cayman Islands law.
Any forfeiture of shares, and all references to forfeiture of shares, described in this prospectus shall take effect as a surrender of shares for no consideration as a matter of Cayman Islands law. Any share dividend described in this prospectus will take effect as a share capitalization as a matter of Cayman Islands law.
Unless we tell you otherwise, the information in this prospectus assumes that the underwriters will not exercise their over -allotment option.
We are a newly organized blank check company incorporated in March 2024 as an exempted company under the laws of the Cayman Islands and were formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, consolidation, capital stock exchange, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. We have not selected any business combination target and we have not, nor has anyone on our behalf, initiated any substantive discussions, directly or indirectly, with respect to identifying any business combination target.
We are led by the team that organized M III Acquisition Corp. (the "Initial SPAC"), M3 -Brigade Acquisition II Corp. (the "Second SPAC"), M3 -Brigade Acquisition III Corp. (the "Third SPAC") and M3 -Brigade Acquisition IV Corp. (the "Fourth SPAC"). Members of our team managed the Initial SPAC through an initial business combination in March 2018 to create Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives, Inc. ("IEA") (NASDAQ: IEA). IEA was a leading engineering, procurement and construction company which specializes in renewable energy infrastructure which was acquired by MasTec Inc. (NYSE: MTZ) on October 7, 2022 at a valuation of $1.1 billion. The Third SPAC (NYSE: GFR) completed its initial business combination with Greenfire Resources ("Greenfire") in September 2023 in a transaction which valued Greenfire at $950 million. The Second SPAC was liquidated in accordance with the terms of its charter in December 2023 and the sponsors of the Fourth SPAC elected not to pursue its initial public offering and withdrew its registration statement in March 2022. The team that organized our sponsor also organized BM3EAC Corp. (the "EuroSPAC"), incorporated in the Cayman Islands and listed on Euronext Amsterdam, which is currently seeking to effect a business combination with an operating company with significant operations in Europe. The Initial SPAC, the Second SPAC, the Third SPAC, the Fourth SPAC and the EuroSPAC are collectively referred to herein as the "Prior SPACs".
We were formed by executives of M3 Partners and Brigade, but are not owned or controlled by M3 Partners or Brigade and are independent of both such companies. M3 Partners is a leading financial advisory firm which provides advisory services to companies at inflection points in their growth trajectories. Brigade is a leading global investment advisor that was founded in 2006 to specialize in credit -focused investment strategies and has approximately $26.8 billion in assets under management as of April 1, 2024. M3 Partners and Brigade have agreed to provide support to us in our pursuit of a successful initial business combination. The team at M3 Partners has successfully completed hundreds of engagements in which it has assisted stockholders, creditors and companies in maximizing the value of businesses and assets held by them. Brigade brings a 17+ year track record of deep fundamental credit research driven by a disciplined investment process which has been proven over numerous market cycles.
The investment rationale behind the Initial SPAC's business combination with IEA was premised on building upon IEA's earnings from the growing market for renewable energy construction to diversify and expand the company beyond its traditional wind turbine construction business. Following the consummation of its initial business combination in March 2018, IEA consummated two acquisitions for aggregate consideration of approximately $235 million and significantly expanded its business of constructing industrial -scale solar farms, leading to an increase in revenue from approximately $780 million in 2018 (the year during which its merger with the Initial SPAC was consummated) to $2.1 billion and $2.6 billion of backlog in 2021 (the last full year before the merger with MasTec).
Similarly, the investment rationale behind the Third SPAC's business combination with Greenfire is premised upon expanding Greenfire's processes for efficiently extracting oil from the proven reserves on properties which it owns in Canada. With a significant capital investment program nearly complete to enhance the efficiency of its production, the Third SPAC's management team and board of directors believed that Greenfire offered a significant value for investors in the Third SPAC. Although it is too soon to determine whether this premise ultimately will be correct, management of the Third SPAC believes that Greenfire is progressing substantially according to plan for strong returns to shareholders.
We intend to focus our efforts on seeking and consummating an initial business combination with a company that has an enterprise value of at least $1 billion, although a target entity with a smaller or larger enterprise value may be considered. While we will not limit our efforts to identify a prospective business combination to any particular business industry or sector or to any geographic region, we believe that our team's experience with companies based in North America and in the energy sector (or related products or services) may be a source of potential business combination candidates. With the extensive experience of our combined team in addressing both businesses under stress, as well as companies in the energy sector, we believe we are well -positioned to take advantage of both the team's expertise and experience and the current macro trends and investment opportunities. We expect to identify business combination targets through a variety of sources and in all stages of the corporate evolution.
We intend to target companies that can benefit from our human and financial capital. We anticipate that a target company with a strong sustainability component can help drive incremental future growth and multiple expansion as investors and customers are demonstrating an increasing focus on sustainability as a key requirement for investment or purchases. The members of our combined team have proven experience and track records in identifying, acquiring, improving and growing businesses that have strong underlying fundamentals, but are undervalued due to company -specific issues, industry dislocation, a need for additional capital, or other exogenous factors that are fundamentally temporary in nature. They also have proven experience and track records in the energy sector.
We believe that the experience, capabilities, relationships and track record of our combined team will make us an attractive partner for potential target businesses, enhance our ability to complete a successful business combination and, thereafter, improve the performance of the business in order to create value for investors.
Each of M3 Partners and Brigade has agreed to provide (a) introductions to key management of companies and investors with which it has relationships and other potential sources of business combination targets, (b) assistance with diligence of potential business combination targets and the negotiation of a business combination transaction, and (c) support for our efforts to obtain replacement capital for redeeming shareholders in the de -SPAC process. We believe that the broad experience of our combined team will enable us to explore a wide range of potential acquisition targets meeting our target characteristics. We are confident that this team has the skills, experience and relationships needed to source and execute our initial business combination at a favorable valuation and then create value in businesses that we acquire.
Brigade manages portfolios that are invested in approximately 400 private investments firm -wide across a wide variety of industries, including energy, telecommunications, healthcare, industrials, leisure & gaming, and technology, among others. Donald E. Morgan III, Brigade's Founder, Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer, leads a global team of more than 120 employees, including approximately 45 investment professionals that are highly skilled in evaluating, structuring and executing investments and bring deep, specialized industry knowledge. This investment team includes more than 30 sector -focused credit research analysts. This deep sector focused research team allows Brigade to thoroughly cover all relevant industries. In addition, the Brigade credit analysts are responsible for the entire capital structure within their coverage area with the majority of the analysts covering their specific sectors for over 10 years, leading to strong relationships with leading management teams. The Brigade team also has extensive experience investing in companies both facing challenges, as well as companies in high growth sectors, and bring a deep rolodex of relationships with leading turnaround, restructuring, capital markets, M&A and legal relationships. Brigade has dedicated investment team members to assist with structuring highly complex investments including a senior credit attorney embedded on the investment team.
In addition to leveraging the contacts and relationships held by our combined team to identify attractive acquisition opportunities, we will also benefit from the long -standing relationships held by the management, directors, and advisors of each of M3 Partners and Brigade with owners of private and public companies, private equity funds, investment bankers, attorneys, and accountants. Certain key members of the M3 Partners and Brigade team will be active members of our combined team and the remainder of the professionals of M3 Partners and Brigade will be available to us to provide specific expertise on an as -needed basis. Each of M3 Partners and Brigade receives a regular stream of investment opportunities in the ordinary course of its business. These opportunities will be made available to us prior to their review by M3 Partners for its own account and Brigade has agreed (subject to certain exceptions, including compliance with its fiduciary duties to others) to provide to us referrals or make introductions to potential targets for a business combination prior to making such referrals and introductions available to any other special purpose acquisition company.
Each of our officers and directors presently has, and any of them in the future may have additional, fiduciary or contractual obligations to at least one other entity pursuant to which such officer or director is or will be required to present a business combination opportunity to such entity. 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, subject to their fiduciary duties under Cayman Islands law.
Our executive team is comprised of the key members of the management team for the Prior SPACs, with support from other professionals from Brigade and M3 Partners who can provide valuable expertise and qualifications. As with the Prior SPACs, they are supported by a team of executives, directors and other advisors who blend traditional principal investment and M&A expertise, management and operational expertise, and deep experience in financial, strategic and operational enhancement.
Mohsin Y. Meghji serves as our Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors. Mr. Meghji was the principal sponsor of the Initial SPAC from 2015 to 2019, the Second SPAC from 2020 to 2023, the Third SPAC from 2021 to 2023 and the Fourth SPAC from 2021 to 2022. Mr. Meghji has served as the Managing Partner of M3 Partners since 2015 and is a nationally recognized U.S. turnaround professional with a track record of building value across a wide range of sectors, including power, energy and industrials. M3 Partners is a merchant banking, investment and restructuring advisory firm founded by Mr. Meghji which provides operational, strategic and financial advisory solutions to support complex businesses at inflection points in their growth trajectory. Mr. Meghji has more than 30 years of advisory and management experience in building value in companies that are facing financial, operational or strategic inflection points and transitions. He has accomplished this through both operating management and financial advisory roles, often in partnership with some of the world's leading financial institutions, private equity firms and hedge fund investors.
Mr. Meghji has led the repositioning of, and driven value creation at, numerous businesses over the past two decades in an operating management or financial advisory capacity. Mr. Meghji's most recent corporate management role was at Springleaf Holdings, LLC (NYSE: LEAF) ("Springleaf"), a subprime consumer finance company (now known as OneMain Holdings, Inc.; NYSE: OMF)), where he served as Executive Vice President and Head of Strategy and as Chief Executive Officer of its captive insurance companies, Merit Life Insurance Co. and Yosemite Insurance Company, from 2012 to 2014. These insurance companies provided life, property and casualty insurance coverage to Springleaf's customers. Springleaf was created in late -2010 when American International Group, Inc. sold 80% of its subsidiary, American General Finance Inc., to affiliates of Fortress Investment Group LLC. At the time of the sale, American General Finance Inc. provided consumer loans, retail financing and mortgages to more than one million families through more than 1,100 branches located across the United States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and the United Kingdom. After multiple years of operating losses, Springleaf turned profitable in 2013 as a result of the strategic, management and operational improvements implemented by its new ownership and management team, evidencing a significant turnaround in its performance. Springleaf went public in October 2013 at a $1.95 billion valuation. As part of its senior management team and Head of Strategy for the company, Mr. Meghji played a key role in this successful transition.
Mr. Meghji's management and restructuring expertise will be supplemented by the investment expertise of Charles Garner, Senior Managing Director and General Counsel of M3 Partners, who serves as one of our Executive Vice Presidents. From Brigade, Matthew Perkal, Partner — Head of SPACs and Special Situations, will sit on the management team as Chief Executive Officer and his expertise will be supplemented by the investment expertise of Chris Chaice, Partner — Head of Distressed Research, who serves as one of our Executive Vice Presidents. Messrs. Meghji and Garner were the key members of the leadership team for each of the Prior SPACs and Messrs. Perkal and Chaice were key members of the leadership team of each of the Prior SPACs (other than the First SPAC).
Mr. Perkal, who serves as our Chief Executive Officer and one of our directors, also served as an Executive Vice President of the Second SPAC and as Chief Executive Officer of the Third SPAC and the Fourth SPAC. Since 2010, Mr. Perkal has led Brigade's industry coverage for various sectors including retail, consumer, gaming and lodging, and has structured and led many of the firm's successful deals in the private credit space including Barney's and Sears. Mr. Perkal currently serves on the board of directors for Guitar Center Inc., Greenfire Resources Ltd. (NYSE:GFR), and Silver Airways. Prior to joining Brigade, Mr. Perkal worked at Deutsche Bank as an Analyst in the Leveraged Finance Group from 2008 -2010 . In that capacity, Mr. Perkal also spent time on the Leveraged Debt Capital Markets Desk, selling both bank and bond deals. Mr. Perkal received a BS in Economics with a concentration in Finance and Accounting from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business.
Mr. Chaice serves as our Executive Vice President and also served as an Executive Vice President of the Second SPAC and the Third SPAC. Since November 2012, Mr. Chaice has advised the Brigade investment team with respect to structuring investments, restructurings, bond and bank debt covenants, and litigations. Mr. Chaice served as a Senior Credit Attorney at Brigade from November 2012 until January 2021 and as Senior Attorney, Private Credit and Restructuring, from January 2021 until March 2022. Since April 2022, Mr. Chaice has served as a Partner & Head of Distressed Research at Brigade. Prior to joining Brigade, from July 2008 to October 2012, Mr. Chaice worked at Covenant Review, a fixed -income research firm, where he analyzed debt covenants, complex capital structures, and bankruptcy issues. Additionally, from August 2006 to May 2008, Mr. Chaice worked as an Analyst at Southpaw Asset Management, where he analyzed event -driven investment opportunities relating to bankruptcies, restructurings, liquidations and litigation. Prior to Southpaw, Mr. Chaice practiced law at Cahill Gordon & Reindel from September 1999 to September 2005, and at Willkie Farr & Gallagher from September 2005 to August 2006, where he specialized in capital markets transactions, primarily representing underwriters of high yield bonds and leveraged loans. Mr. Chaice received a BA in Political Science from Syracuse University and a law degree, cum laude, from New York University School of Law.
Mr. Garner is an accomplished business and legal professional, with over 35 years of experience in M&A, corporate finance and business management. He was actively involved in all aspects of the business plan of the Prior SPACs, including formation, management and business combination activities. Mr. Garner joined M3 Partners in 2015 and currently serves as Senior Managing Director and General Counsel of M3 Partners.
Mr. Garner began his career in 1987 as an attorney at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, a leading international law firm, where he rose to become a partner in the corporate/banking group. Mr. Garner has served as Executive Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of Island Capital Group LLC, a real estate -focused merchant banking firm, where he played key roles in the formation of Emirates National Securitisation Corporation (a joint venture with various entities of the Government of Dubai to create a mortgage securitization market in Dubai) and Island Global Yachting (a leading owner and operator of luxury and megayacht marinas). Among other positions, Mr. Garner also has served as Interim CEO of a European industrial software company focused on the utilities industry. Mr. Garner served as a director of IEA (with a short period of interruption) from March 2018 through its merger with MasTec, Inc. in October 2022 and served as the Chair of various Special Committees of independent directors of IEA in the review of financing and related transactions that led to the material increase in the equity and enterprise values of IEA during that period. We believe that Mr. Garner's experience will be particularly valuable to us in the negotiation, diligence and execution of our initial business combination.
In addition to Messrs. Perkal and Chaice, key members of the Brigade team who are providing support to the company include:
Donald E. Morgan III, Founder, Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer of Brigade, has more than 30 years of experience as an investor and entrepreneur. Prior to forming Brigade, Mr. Morgan was a Senior Managing Director and Co -Head of Fixed Income at MacKay Shields, LLC. During his leadership, the firm's high yield products ranked in the top 10% of their peer groups. At the same time, Mr. Morgan grew the firm's high yield assets to $16 billion. Mr. Morgan joined its predecessor firm in 1997 and co -managed its high yield funds until 2000, when he became the Lead Portfolio Manager of the High Yield Division. Mr. Morgan began his career in money management, as a High Yield Analyst at Fidelity Management and Research Company. Mr. Morgan received a BS in Finance, magna cum laude, from New York University. Additionally, Mr. Morgan is a CFA charterholder.
Doug Pardon is a Partner and Co -Chief of Investment Officer at Brigade. Mr. Pardon is also Portfolio Manager for the High Yield, Bank Loans, and Opportunistic Credit Strategies and sits on the firm's Investment Committee. In addition, Mr. Pardon is responsible for recruiting new credit analysts, and training research staff members on the Brigade investment process. Mr. Pardon joined Brigade in early 2007 as a senior analyst covering the retail, gaming, and leisure sectors and was promoted to head the High Yield Research Team in 2012. Prior to joining Brigade, Mr. Pardon was a Vice President/Senior Analyst in the High Yield Group at Lehman Brothers Asset Management. His sectors of responsibility included the healthcare, gaming/lodging/leisure, retail, consumer products, food/drug/ tobacco and the services industries. Mr. Pardon also served as an Analyst in the Mergers and Acquisitions Group at Merrill Lynch & Co. Mr. Pardon received a BA in Finance with a minor in Accounting, magna cum laude, from the University of Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business.
Acquisition and Business Strategy
We will focus on identifying attractive acquisition candidates with strong business fundamentals that can benefit from our human and financial capital. We anticipate that these target companies may have a strong sustainability component or opportunity, which will help drive incremental future growth and multiple expansion as investors and customers are demonstrating an increasing focus on sustainability as a key requirement for investment or purchases. Our search for business combination targets may extend across the wider range of industry sectors and geographies in which we believe that we can create shareholder value. We believe that our investment and operating expertise across multiple industry verticals and across companies in all stages of their corporate evolution will give us a large, addressable universe of potential targets in order to enable us to maximize our chances of completing a business combination in a timely manner and to maximize shareholder returns following such acquisition.
We will not limit our efforts to identify a prospective business combination target to any particular business industry or sector or to any geographic region. We believe that businesses which are fundamentally strong, but which have an acute need for additional capital and management support offer a disproportionate opportunity for investment return. However, we also believe that the ongoing rapid evolution in the energy sector may offer a rare opportunity to invest in strong companies at a relatively early stage of their expected growth. We anticipate that this should drive a disproportionate increase in shareholder value and, in light of our team's experience in the energy sector, may offer us a significant opportunity to apply our human and financial capital to our initial acquisition target in order to capture this disproportionate increase in value for our shareholders.
Acquisition Criteria
Our management team is committed to efficiently and effectively identifying and conducting due diligence on appropriate acquisition targets in order to maximize our opportunity to consummate a business combination. Based upon the experience of our combined team, we have identified a variety of criteria and guidelines that we expect to apply when evaluating any potential acquisition. These include:
• Underlying Fundamentals of the Target Business. The most important factor that we will evaluate in determining whether a target business meets our anticipated criteria is the underlying fundamentals of that target business, including: Its financial condition and historical results of operation; our expectations of projected performance; the industry in which it operates; its brand recognition and potential; the experience and skill of existing management and availability of additional personnel; any additional capital requirements; its competitive position; any barriers to entry for potential competitors in the relevant industry; the stage of development of its key existing and potential products, processes or services; existing distribution channels for its products and potential for expansion; the degree of current or potential market acceptance of the products, processes or services; any proprietary aspects of products and the extent of intellectual property or other protection for products or formulas; and industry leadership, sustainability of market share and attractiveness of market industries in which the business participates.
• Opportunity for Superior Investment Return. The factors that we will evaluate in determining whether we are likely to obtain a superior return on our investment in the business include: the valuation at which our investment is made; the appropriateness of the business for public capital markets; the potential for growth from add -on acquisitions; the potential for profitable, organic long -term growth; and the costs associated with effecting the business combination.
• Other External Factors Affecting the Target Business. The other external factors affecting the target business that we expect to evaluate include: The impact of regulation on the business; the regulatory environment of the industry; and the specific competitive dynamics in the industry within which the company competes.
• Anticipated Contribution That Our Combined Team and Capital Can Make to Growth of the Business. T he factors that we will evaluate in determining the anticipated contribution that our combined team and capital can make to the growth of the target business include: The scope of experience and skills possessed by our combined team in the relevant business and industry; the need for additional capital or management support required by the target business; and the value of our expertise in strategy, management and operations to the business.
We anticipate that we will find the greatest number of opportunities for our initial business combination among middle market companies with aggregate enterprise value of $1 billion or more, as determined in the sole discretion of our officers and directors according to reasonably accepted valuation standards and methodologies.
We believe that our investment results will be strongest when our expertise and resources can meaningfully contribute to the management and growth of the acquired business. This includes situations such as:
• Established Companies Experiencing Dislocation. We may seek to acquire an established company operating in an industry undergoing dislocation or disruption. This may take the form of, among other things, supply and demand imbalances, new technology entrants, shifts in consumer behavior, cyclicality and legal or regulatory challenges. Where such dislocation is temporary in nature, we believe that it may provide an opportunity to acquire a company at an attractive multiple and invest in strengthening the long -term market position of the company over its competitors. Where such disruption is a more permanent trend, we believe that it may provide an opportunity to acquire a company in need of growth capital and management support in order to react quickly to these disruptive trends in partnership with owners that bring the necessary financial resources and expertise to successfully take advantage of the underlying industry dynamics. The history of our combined team in successfully managing companies during periods of dislocation makes this a criterion that we will particularly seek as we identify appropriate business combination targets.
• Deleveraging Transaction. Our combined team's extensive relationships with lenders and private equity firms, as well as their prior experience in making deleveraging investments, should position us well to source and execute a recapitalizing acquisition. We believe that high levels of the issuance of high yield debt and leveraged loans in recent years, particularly as companies sought additional capital in response to the challenges of the COVID -19 pandemic and interest rates have climbed significantly over the past approximately 18 months, will lead to an increase in companies that will need to de -lever within the next two years. As opposed to distressed debt funds and investors, we believe we would be a preferred refinancing/de -leveraging solution to owners and management teams of these companies.
• Value -Added Capital for Growth and / or Consolidation Opportunities. Events that create significant economic dislocation, such as the ongoing energy transition, the Ukraine -Russia war and the recent increase in security incidents in the Middle East, historically have created unique opportunities for well -capitalized companies to drive disproportionate growth as they consolidate their industries. Over decades of combined investment experience, our combined team has developed significant expertise in successfully identifying and investing in companies that are achieving rapid and profitable organic growth and growth through strategic initiatives. Our combined team also has a long and successful track record in managing businesses of this nature. Through this experience, we have found that management teams vary in their ability to recognize growth opportunities and take advantage of them. It is our current intent to target companies whose management teams recognize the opportunities in their industry, but lack the capital to take advantage of those opportunities, or could benefit from our combined team's years of business experience in order to most effectively take advantage of those opportunities.
• Strategic or Operational Improvements. Our combined team has significant and successful experience in investing in, and working with, companies where there is an opportunity to effect meaningful operational improvements or derive meaningful benefit from a change in strategy. Members of our combined team have worked with such companies as investors, senior management, board members and consultants. We intend to tailor our approach to working with the target company's management team to address the unique challenges and opportunities they face. Our combined team has the versatility and flexibility to allow us to provide strategic guidance as board members or to take on direct senior leadership roles to design and implement operational improvements or strategic change at the target company.
• "Partnership" Sale. We may seek to acquire one or more companies from a current owner, private equity or otherwise, who would like to retain a meaningful stake in the company to preserve and enhance potential upside. As a source of public equity capital, we believe that we will be well -positioned to provide liquidity to such an owner and expect that potential acquisition targets and partners would view the contribution to be made by our combined team as a positive factor in reviewing any acquisition proposal from us. We also could be an attractive financial and operating partner for a private equity firm that sees compelling acquisition opportunities, but may be already fully -invested .
• Ownership Transition Transaction. In our experience, acquisition opportunities for good businesses periodically arise when the external needs of the current owner restrict further investment in the business. These restrictions can arise from changing corporate priorities, financial distress within the owner, contractual divestiture requirements applicable to private equity funds, or other factors. In situations of this nature, it is not unusual for the seller to seek to retain a meaningful stake in the business in order to preserve the opportunity for further appreciation. In the case of the Initial SPAC, the impending expiration of the relevant investment fund caused the owners of IEA to seek an exit from that investment and provided the opportunity for the Initial SPAC to successfully consummate its business combination. We expect to actively seek out opportunities to acquire businesses of this nature in which we believe that the underlying business fundamentals justify the investment cost and provide a strong opportunity to achieve superior investment returns. Moreover, we believe that our close relationships with private equity firms will provide us with access to investment opportunities of this nature.
• Post -Restructured Companies. We may seek to acquire one or more companies which have recently exited the bankruptcy or restructuring process. These companies are often valued at a discount to their peers because they are often controlled by financial institutions and others (often the former creditors) who are "unnatural holders" of their equity and do not yet have the multi -year history of strong financial performance to demonstrate their long -term value. We believe that the extensive experience of our management team in the restructuring industry provides us with both the expertise and relationships to identify attractive opportunities to provide long -term value for our shareholders.
• Complex or Out -of -Favor Businesses. The ongoing energy transition, Ukraine -Russia war and increase in security incidents in the Middle East have significantly impacted many industries, transforming businesses that were highly valued only months ago into orphans which are out of favor with investors and, as a result, have limited access to capital. Our management team believes that businesses that have situational complexity or operate in industries that have fallen out -of -favor with investors can provide attractive investment opportunities. Within a business, situational complexity can often arise from business, legal, regulatory or capital structure issues. Our combined team has a successful record of managing investments and operating improvements in complex or out -of -favor businesses by applying tailored solutions that drive value creation. Recognizing that capital today is becoming commoditized, we believe that it is the management skills of our combined team and our experience in managing complex situations that provide us with our greatest strategic advantage.
The criteria and situations described above are not intended to be exhaustive and our evaluation of any particular initial business combination may reflect other considerations, factors and criteria deemed relevant by our management in effecting the relevant transaction, consistent with our business objective and strategy. Additionally, our management team may prioritize the importance of those factors differently when evaluating different target businesses, based upon our experiences with investments and acquisitions in the relevant industry.
In implementing the strategy described above, we will undertake a disciplined approach to identifying, analyzing, negotiating, documenting and consummating any business combination and have developed investment policies and procedures that are intended to allow us to respond quickly to opportunities, while preserving the quality of our investment approval process.
Our team has proven experience in sourcing, diligencing and closing an initial business combination through a special purpose acquisition corporation, having successfully completed this process with the Initial SPAC and the Third SPAC. In those cases, our team reviewed dozens of potential transactions in the process of identifying their ultimate merger partners. Although we caution that no assurance can be given as to whether future transactions will achieve similar results, we are confident that our combined team has the skills, experience and relationships needed to successfully identify, negotiate, diligence and consummate our initial business combination in a timely manner.
Sourcing of Potential Acquisition Targets
Each member of our combined team will be tasked with the responsibility for identifying and introducing to us potential business combination targets in order to provide a steady flow of investment opportunities. Our combined team are all highly experienced in their fields and have been selected with the goal of ensuring that we have the contacts and expertise needed to source our initial business combination target and add -on acquisitions. Each of them has developed a broad network of contacts and corporate relationships and has committed to using those contacts and relationships to assist us in sourcing investment opportunities.
Our combined team has developed its network of contacts and relationships though personal experience in sourcing, acquiring, operating, developing, growing, financing and selling businesses, as well as executing transactions under varying economic and financial market conditions. Members of our combined team have served on the boards of directors of companies in a wide variety of industries, including, among others, industrial, healthcare services, and consumer discretionary companies. Through the professional experiences of our combined team, we have access to senior management of public and private companies, as well as to executives and senior leaders of commercial banks, investment banks, private equity funds and hedge funds, who either hold business combination targets within their portfolios or otherwise can introduce us to valuable investment contacts. In addition, key members of our combined team have long -standing and strong relationships with senior players in the restructuring industry (such as financial advisors, distressed debt traders and investors, lenders, accounting firms, law firms and others), which we believe will offer us access to attractive potential business combination opportunities that are not known to the wider market of investors, particularly as companies that were experiencing strong and sustainable growth only months ago have been forced by rising interest rates and global uncertainties to undertake financial or operational restructurings.
We are confident that these networks of contacts and relationships will be important sources of investment opportunities, both by making introductions to specific opportunities and by providing us with investment ideas and targets that we can investigate through our internal resources. We also anticipate that this network will provide our management team with introductions to opportunities which are proprietary or where a limited group of investors is invited to participate in the sale process.
In evaluating a prospective target business, we expect to conduct a thorough and extensive due diligence review, which will encompass, among other things, meetings with incumbent management and employees, document reviews and inspection of facilities, and review of financial and other information that is made available to us. We believe that our combined team is uniquely qualified to conduct a thorough diligence examination and understand the risks and opportunities inherent in the business of a particular company. In addition to the substantial management and operating experience of our combined team, key members of our combined team have extensive expertise in managing businesses in a wide variety of industries through financial and operational restructurings. Through this experience, we have built an expertise in quickly and efficiently identifying the risks, inefficiencies and opportunities for a business. We have also developed expertise in identifying management strengths and weaknesses, so that we can provide support where appropriate and otherwise make difficult, but often essential, management changes.
Our combined team also is well -qualified to undertake the financial analysis necessary to determine whether a particular business is an attractive business combination candidate. Members of our combined team have diverse professional backgrounds and qualifications, including experience as investment bankers, private equity investment professionals, credit and value investors, and restructuring advisors. Our combined team possesses valuable professional credentials and certifications, including certified turnaround professionals, chartered accountants, CPA's, MBA's and law degrees.
Our experience has shown us that successful acquisition transactions result not just from thorough diligence and attractive deal terms, but also from intangible factors, such as personal relationships and trust. Our combined team is well -versed in the art and science of negotiating investment and acquisition transactions, having been involved in a wide variety of such transactions during their careers. We also have found that trust which is built with the business management team during the diligence and negotiation stages of a transaction often provides the glue that binds the team together and allows difficult decisions to be made more easily after the transaction closes. Through our professional experience, we have learned how to delicately balance the conflicting goals of obtaining the best transaction terms for our investors and maintaining a strong relationship with the seller and the business management team. We believe that this, when coupled with our management experience, allows us to act more quickly and effectively to make the changes needed to improve management and operational efficiency of a business and build value.
Initial Business Combination
We are not presently engaged in, and we will not engage in, any operations for an indefinite period of time following this offering. We intend to effectuate our initial business combination using cash from the proceeds of this offering and the private placement of the private placement warrants, the proceeds of the sale of our shares in connection with our initial business combination (including pursuant to forward purchase agreements or backstop agreements we may enter into following the consummation of this offering or otherwise), shares issued to the owners of the target, debt issued to bank or other lenders or the owners of the target, other securities issuances, or a combination of the foregoing. We may seek to complete our initial business combination with a company or business that may be financially unstable or in its early stages of development or growth, which would subject us to the numerous risks inherent in such companies and businesses.
We will provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Class A ordinary 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 redemption rights will also include the requirement that any beneficial owner on whose behalf a redemption right is being exercised must identify itself in order to validly redeem its shares. If we seek shareholder approval, we will complete our initial business combination only if we obtain the approval of an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law, which requires the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the votes cast by the shareholders of the issued shares present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote on such matter at a general meeting of the company. 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.
We have until the date that is 24 months from the closing of this offering or until such earlier liquidation date as our board of directors may approve, to consummate our initial business combination. If we anticipate that we may be unable to consummate our initial business combination within such 24 -month period, we may seek shareholder approval to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to extend the date by which we must consummate our initial business combination. If we seek shareholder approval for an extension, holders of Class A ordinary shares will be offered an opportunity to redeem their shares at a per share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest earned thereon (less taxes payable), divided by the number of then issued and outstanding Class A ordinary shares, subject to applicable law. The redemption rights will also include the requirement that any beneficial owner on whose behalf a redemption right is being exercised must identify itself in order to validly redeem its shares.
If we are unable to complete our initial business combination within 24 months from the closing of this offering, or by such earlier liquidation date as our board of directors may approve, from the closing of this offering, we will redeem 100% of the Class A ordinary shares at a per share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest earned thereon (less taxes payable and up to $100,000 of interest income to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then issued and outstanding Class A ordinary shares, which redemption will constitute full and complete payment for the public shares and completely extinguish public shareholders' rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidation or other distributions, if any), subject to our obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and subject to the other requirements of applicable law. We expect the pro rata redemption price to be approximately $10.05 per public share (regardless of whether or not the underwriters exercise their over -allotment option), without taking into account any interest or other income earned on such funds. However, we cannot assure you that we will in fact be able to distribute such amounts as a result of claims of creditors, which may take priority over the claims of our public shareholders.
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In making your decision on whether to invest in our securities, you should take into account not only the backgrounds of the members of our management team, but also the special risks we face as a blank check company and the fact that this offering is not being conducted in compliance with Rule 419 promulgated under the Securities Act. You will not be entitled to protections normally afforded to investors in Rule 419 blank check offerings. You should carefully consider these and the other risks set forth in the section below entitled "Risk Factors."
25,000,000 units, at $10.00 per unit, each unit consisting of:
one Class A ordinary share; and
one -half of one redeemable warrant.
Proposed Nasdaq symbols:
Class A Ordinary Shares: "MBAV"
Trading commencement and separation of Class A ordinary shares and warrants:
The units are expected to begin trading on or promptly after the date of this prospectus. The Class A ordinary shares and warrants comprising the units will begin separate trading on the 52 nd day following the date of this prospectus unless Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. informs us of its decision to allow earlier separate trading, subject to our having filed the Current Report on Form 8 -K described below and issued a press release announcing when such separate trading will begin. Once the Class A ordinary shares and warrants commence separate trading, holders will have the option to continue to hold units or separate their units into the component securities. Holders will need to have their brokers contact our transfer agent in order to separate the units into Class A ordinary shares and warrants. No fractional warrants will be issued upon separation of the units and only whole warrants will trade. Accordingly, unless you purchase at least two units, you will not be able to receive or trade a whole warrant.
Separate trading of the Class A ordinary shares and warrants is prohibited until we have filed a Current Report on Form 8-K:
In no event will the Class A ordinary shares and warrants be traded separately until we have filed with the SEC a Current Report on Form 8 -K which includes an audited balance sheet reflecting our receipt of the gross proceeds at the closing of this offering. We will file the Current Report on Form 8 -K promptly after the closing of this offering. If the over -allotment option is exercised following the initial filing of such Current Report on Form 8 -K , a second or amended Current Report on Form 8 -K will be filed to provide updated financial information to reflect the exercise of the over -allotment option.
Number outstanding before this offering
Number outstanding after this
Number outstanding before this offering
Number outstanding after this
Number of private placement warrants to be sold in a private placement simultaneously with this offering 8,150,000 Number of warrants to be outstanding after this offering and the private placement 20,650,000 (5) Exercisability:
Each whole warrant offered in this offering is exercisable to purchase one Class A ordinary share. Only whole warrants are exercisable. No fractional warrants will be issued upon separation of the units and only whole warrants will trade.
We have structured each unit to contain one -half of one warrant, with each whole warrant exercisable for one Class A ordinary share, as compared to units issued by some other similar special purpose acquisition companies which contain whole warrants exercisable for one share, in order to reduce the dilutive effect of the warrants upon completion of a business combination as compared to units that each contain a whole warrant to purchase one share, thus making us, we believe, a more attractive business combination partner for target businesses.
(1) Assumes no exercise of the underwriters' over -allotment option and 937,500 founder shares are surrendered to us for no consideration.
(2) Includes up to 937,500 founder shares that will be surrendered to us for no consideration depending on the extent to which the underwriters' over -allotment option is exercised.
(3) Comprised of 25,000,000 Class A ordinary shares included in the units to be sold in this offering and 6,250,000 Class B ordinary shares (or founder shares). Founder shares are currently classified as Class B ordinary shares, which shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares in connection with the consummation of our initial business combination or earlier at the option of the holder on a one -for-one basis, subject to adjustment as described below adjacent to the caption "Founder shares conversion and anti -dilution rights."
(4) Assumes surrender of all 937,500 founder shares. Up to 937,500 founder shares will be surrendered to us for no consideration depending on the extent to which the underwriters' over -allotment option is exercised.
(5) Comprised of 12,500,000 public warrants included in the units to be sold in this offering and 8,150,000 private placement warrants to be sold in the private placement.
$11.50 per share, subject to adjustments as described herein.
In addition, if (x) we issue additional Class A ordinary shares or equity -linked securities for capital raising purposes in connection with the closing of our initial business combination at an issue price or effective issue price of less than $9.20 per Class A ordinary share (with such issue price or effective issue price to be determined in good faith by our board of directors and, in the case of any such issuance to our initial shareholders or their affiliates, without taking into account any founder shares held by our initial shareholders or such affiliates, as applicable, prior to such issuance) (the "Newly Issued Price"), (y) the aggregate gross proceeds from such issuances represent more than 60% of the total equity proceeds (including from such issuances and this offering), and interest thereon, available for the funding of our initial business combination on the date of the consummation of our initial business combination (net of redemptions), and (z) the volume weighted average trading price of our Class A ordinary shares during the 20 trading day period starting on the trading day prior to the day on which we consummate our initial business combination (such price, the "Market Value") is below $9.20 per share, then the exercise price of the warrants will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 115% of the higher of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price, and the $18.00 per share redemption trigger prices described below under " Redemption of warrants when the price per Class A ordinary share equals or exceeds $18.00 " will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 180% of the higher of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price.
The warrants will become exercisable 30 days after the completion of our initial business combination, provided that we have an effective registration statement under the Securities Act covering the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants and a current prospectus relating to them is available and such shares are registered, qualified or exempt from registration under the securities, or blue sky, laws of the state of residence of the holder (or we permit holders to exercise their warrants on a cashless basis under the circumstances specified in the warrant agreement). If and when the warrants become redeemable by us, we may exercise our redemption right even if we are unable to register or qualify the underlying securities for sale under all applicable state securities laws.
We are registering the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants in the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part because the warrants will become exercisable 30 days after the completion of our initial business combination, which may be within one year of this offering. However, because the warrants will be exercisable until their expiration date of up to five years after the completion of our initial business combination, in order to comply with the requirements of Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act following the consummation of our initial business combination, we have agreed that as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 20 business days after the closing of our initial business combination, we will use our commercially reasonable efforts to file with the SEC a post -effective amendment to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part or a new registration statement and have an effective registration statement covering the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants and to maintain a current prospectus relating to those Class A ordinary shares until the warrants expire or are redeemed, as specified in the warrant agreement. If a registration statement covering the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants is not effective by the 60 th business day after the closing of our initial business combination, warrant holders may, until such time as there is an effective registration statement and during any period when we will have failed to maintain an effective registration statement, exercise warrants on a "cashless basis" in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act or another exemption. Notwithstanding the above, if our Class A ordinary shares are at the time of any exercise of a warrant not listed on a national securities exchange such that they satisfy the definition of a "covered security" under Section 18(b)(1) of the Securities Act, we may, at our option, require holders of public warrants who exercise their warrants to do so on a "cashless basis" in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act and, in the event we so elect, we will not be required to file or maintain in effect a registration statement.
The warrants will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, five years after the completion of our initial business combination or earlier upon redemption or liquidation; provided, however, that the private placement warrants issued to Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. will not be exercisable more than five years after the commencement of sales in this offering in accordance with FINRA Rule 5110(g)(8). On the exercise of any warrant, the warrant exercise price will be paid directly to us and not placed in the trust account.
Redemption of warrants when the price per Class A ordinary share equals or exceeds $18.00 We may redeem the outstanding warrants:
• in whole and not in part;
• at a price of $0.01 per warrant;
• upon a minimum of 30 days' prior written notice of redemption, which we refer to as the 30 -day redemption period; and • if, and only if, the last reported sale price (the "closing price") of our Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $18.00 per share (as adjusted for adjustments to the number of shares issuable upon exercise or the exercise price of a warrant as described under the heading " Description of Securities — Warrants — Public Warrants — Redemption Procedures — Anti -dilution Adjustments ") for any 20 trading days within a 30 -trading day period commencing at least 150 days after completion of our initial business combination and ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which we send the notice of redemption to the warrant holders.
We will not redeem the warrants as described above unless a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the issuance of the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants is then effective and a current prospectus relating to those Class A ordinary shares is available throughout the measurement period. If and when the warrants become redeemable by us, we may not exercise our redemption right if the issuance of ordinary shares upon exercise of the warrants is not exempt from registration or qualification under applicable state blue sky laws or we are unable to effect such registration or qualification. We will use our best efforts to register or qualify such ordinary shares under the blue sky laws of the state of residence in those states in which the warrants were offered by us in this offering.
On March 15, 2024, our sponsor paid $25,000, or approximately $0.004 per share, to cover certain of our offering costs in exchange for 7,187,500 founder shares.
Subject to each non -managing sponsor investor purchasing, through our sponsor, the private placement warrants allocated to it in connection with the closing of this offering, our sponsor will issue membership interests at a nominal purchase price to the non -managing sponsor investors reflecting interests in an aggregate of 3,400,000 founder shares held by our sponsor. Membership interests reflecting interests in the remaining 3,787,500 founder shares held by the sponsor will be held by the Sponsor Manager.
Prior to the initial investment in the company of $25,000 by the sponsor, the company had no assets, tangible or intangible. The per share price of the founder shares was determined by dividing the amount of cash contributed to the company by the number of founder shares issued. The number of founder shares outstanding was determined based on the expectation that the total size of this offering would be a maximum of 28,750,000 units if the underwriters' over -allotment option is exercised in full, and therefore that such founder shares would represent 20% of the outstanding shares after this offering. Up to 937,500 of the founder shares will be surrendered for no consideration depending on the extent to which the underwriters' over -allotment option is not exercised. If we increase or decrease the size of the offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, we will effect a share capitalization or a share repurchase or redemption or other appropriate mechanism, as applicable, with respect to our Class B ordinary shares immediately prior to the consummation of the offering in such amount as to maintain the ownership of founder shares by our initial shareholders, on an as -converted basis, at 20% of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares upon the consummation of this offering. Any conversion of Class B ordinary shares described herein will take effect as a redemption of Class B ordinary shares and an issuance of Class A ordinary shares as a matter of Cayman Islands law.
The founder shares are identical to the Class A ordinary shares included in the units being sold in this offering, except that:
• prior to and/or in connection with the closing of our initial business combination, only holders of Class B ordinary shares will be entitled to vote on the appointment and removal of directors or continuing the company in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands (including any special resolution required to amend the constitutional documents of the company or to adopt new constitutional documents of the company, in each case, as a result of the company approving a transfer by way of continuation in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands);
• the founder shares are subject to certain transfer restrictions, as described in more detail below;
• the founder shares are entitled to registration rights;
• the founder shares are automatically convertible into our Class A ordinary shares in connection with the consummation of our initial business combination or earlier at the option of the holder on a one -for-one basis, subject to adjustment pursuant to certain anti -dilution rights, as described below adjacent to the caption "Founder shares conversion and anti -dilution rights";
• our sponsor, officers and directors have entered into a letter agreement with us, pursuant to which they have agreed to (i) waive their redemption rights with respect to their founder shares and public shares in connection with the completion of our initial business combination or an earlier redemption in connection with the commencement of the procedures to consummate the initial business combination if we determine it is desirable to facilitate the completion of the initial business combination; (ii) waive their redemption rights with respect to their founder shares and public shares in connection with a shareholder vote to approve an amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (A) to modify 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 have not consummated an initial business combination within the completion window or (B) with respect to any other material provisions relating to shareholders' rights or pre -initial business combination activity; (iii) waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to their founder shares if we fail to complete our initial business combination within the completion window, although they will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to any public shares they hold if we fail to complete our initial business combination within the prescribed time frame and to liquidating distributions from assets outside the trust account; and (iv) vote any founder shares held by them and any public shares purchased during or after this offering (including in open market and privately -negotiated transactions) in favor of our initial business combination; and • the non -managing sponsor investors are not granted any shareholder or other rights in addition to those afforded to our other public shareholders, and will only be issued membership interests in our sponsor, with no right to control our sponsor or vote or dispose of any securities held by our sponsor, including the founder shares and the private placement warrants held by our sponsor. The non -managing sponsor investors are not required to (i) hold any units, Class A ordinary shares or public warrants they may purchase in this offering or thereafter for any amount of time, (ii) vote any Class A ordinary shares they may own at the applicable time in favor of our initial business combination or (iii) refrain from exercising their right to redeem their public shares at the time of our initial business combination. The non -managing sponsor investors will have the same rights to the funds held in the trust account with respect to the Class A ordinary shares underlying the units they may purchase in this offering as the rights afforded to our other public shareholders.
Transfer restrictions on
Our initial shareholders have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of their founder shares and any Class A ordinary shares issuable upon conversion thereof until the earlier to occur of: (i) one year after the completion of our initial business combination or (ii) the date on which we complete a liquidation, merger, share exchange or other similar transaction after our 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; except to certain permitted transferees and under certain circumstances as described herein under "Principal Shareholders — Transfers of Founder Shares and Private Placement Warrants." Any permitted transferees will be subject to the same restrictions and other agreements of our initial shareholders with respect to any founder shares. We refer to such transfer restrictions throughout this prospectus as the lock -up . Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (1) the closing price of our Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share sub -divisions , share capitalizations, share consolidations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30 -trading day period commencing at least 150 days after our initial business combination or (2) if we consummate a transaction after our 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 .
Except in certain limited circumstances, no member of our sponsor (including the non -managing sponsor investors) may sell, transfer, assign, pledge, mortgage, charge, hypothecate, exchange or otherwise dispose, directly or indirectly, (a "Transfer") of all or any portion of its membership interests in our sponsor. For more information, see "Principal Shareholders — Transfers of Founder Shares and Private Placement Warrants".
Founder shares conversion and
anti-dilution rights:
The founder shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares in connection with the consummation of our initial business combination or earlier at the option of the holder on a one -for-one basis, subject to adjustment for share sub -divisions , share capitalizations, share consolidations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like, and subject to further adjustment as provided herein. In the case that additional Class A ordinary shares or equity -linked securities are issued or deemed issued in connection with our initial business combination, the number of Class A ordinary shares issuable upon conversion of all founder shares will equal, in the aggregate, 20% of the total number of Class A ordinary shares outstanding after such conversion (after giving effect to any redemptions of Class A ordinary shares by public shareholders), including the total number of Class A ordinary shares issued, or deemed issued or issuable upon conversion or exercise of any equity -linked securities or rights issued or deemed issued, by the company in connection with or in relation to the consummation of the initial business combination, excluding any Class A ordinary shares or equity -linked securities exercisable for or convertible into Class A ordinary shares issued, or to be issued, to any seller in the initial business combination and any private placement warrants issued to our sponsor, officers or directors upon conversion of working capital loans; provided that such conversion of founder shares will never occur on a less than one -for-one basis.
Except as set forth below, holders of record of our Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares are entitled to one vote for each share held on all matters to be voted on by shareholders. Unless specified in our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association or as required by the Companies Act or stock exchange rules, an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law, which requires the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the votes cast by the shareholders of the issued shares present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote on such matter at a general meeting of the company is generally required to approve any matter voted on by our shareholders. Approval of certain actions require a special resolution under Cayman Islands law, which requires the affirmative vote of at least two -thirds of the votes cast by the shareholders of the issued shares present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote on such matter at a general meeting of the company, and pursuant to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, such actions include amending our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association and approving a statutory merger or consolidation with another company. There is no cumulative voting with respect to the appointment of directors, meaning, following our initial business combination, the holders of more than 50% of our ordinary shares voted for the appointment of directors can elect all of the directors. Prior to and/or in connection with the closing of our initial business combination, only holders of our Class B ordinary shares will be entitled to vote on the appointment and removal of directors or continuing the company in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands (including any special resolution required to amend the constitutional documents of the company or to adopt new constitutional documents of the company, in each case, as a result of the company approving a transfer by way of continuation in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands). These provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association may be amended by a special resolution passed by not less than 90% of the votes cast by the shareholders of the issued shares present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote on such matter at a general meeting of the company.
With respect to any other matter submitted to a vote of our shareholders prior to or in connection with the completion of our initial business combination, including any vote in connection with our initial business combination, except as required by law, holders of the founder shares and holders of our public shares will vote together as a single class, with each share entitling the holder to one vote. If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination, we will complete our initial business combination only if we obtain the approval of an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law, which requires the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the votes cast by the shareholders of the issued shares present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote on such matter at a general meeting of the company. In such case, our sponsor, officers and directors have agreed to vote their founder shares and any public shares purchased during or after this offering (including in open market and privately -negotiated transactions) in favor of our initial business combination. As a result, in addition to our initial shareholders' founder shares, we would need 9,375,001, or 37.5%, of the 25,000,000 public shares sold in this offering to be voted in favor of an initial business combination in order to have our initial business combination approved, assuming all outstanding shares are voted, the over -allotment option is not exercised and the parties to the letter agreement do not acquire any Class A ordinary shares. Assuming that only the holders of one -third of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares, representing a quorum under our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, vote their shares at a general meeting of the company, 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.
Private placement warrants:
Our sponsor and Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. have committed, pursuant to written agreements, to purchase an aggregate of 8,150,000 private placement warrants (or 8,337,500 private placement warrants if the underwriters' over -allotment option is exercised in full), each exercisable to purchase one Class A ordinary share at $11.50 per share, at a price of $1.00 per warrant, or $8,150,000 (or $8,337,500 if the underwriters' over -allotment option is exercised in full) in the aggregate, in a private placement that will close simultaneously with the closing of this offering. Of those 8,150,000 private placement warrants (or 8,337,500 private placement warrants if the underwriters' over -allotment option is exercised in full), the sponsor has agreed to purchase up to 4,950,000 private placement warrants (or 5,043,750 private placement warrants if the underwriters' over -allotment option is exercised in full). Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. has agreed to purchase 3,200,000 private placement warrants (or 3,293,750 private placement warrants if the underwriters' over -allotment option is exercised in full).
The non -managing sponsor investors have indicated an interest to purchase, indirectly through the purchase of non -managing sponsor membership interests, an aggregate of 4,250,000 private placement warrants at a price of $1.00 per warrant ($4,250,000 in the aggregate) in a private placement that will close simultaneously with the closing of this offering. Subject to each non -managing sponsor investor purchasing, through our sponsor, the private placement warrants allocated to it in connection with the closing of this offering, our sponsor will issue membership interests at a nominal purchase price to the non -managing sponsor investors reflecting interests in an aggregate of 3,400,000 founder shares held by our sponsor. Membership interests reflecting interests in the remaining 3,787,500 founder shares held by the sponsor will be held by the Sponsor Manager.
The private placement warrants will also be worthless if we do not complete our initial business combination. A portion of the purchase price of the private placement warrants will be added to the proceeds from this offering to be held in the trust account such that at the time of closing of this offering $251,250,000 (or $288,937,500 if the underwriters exercise their over -allotment option in full) will be held in the trust account. The private placement warrants will be identical to the warrants sold in this offering except that, so long as they are held by our sponsor or its permitted transferees, the private placement warrants (i) may not (including the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of these warrants), subject to certain limited exceptions, be transferred, assigned or sold by the holders until 30 days after the completion of our initial business combination, (ii) will be entitled to registration rights and (iii) with respect to private placement warrants held by Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. and/or its designees, will not be exercisable more than five years from the commencement of sales in this offering in accordance with FINRA Rule 5110(g)(8). If we do not complete our initial business combination within the completion window, the private placement warrants will expire worthless.
The private placement warrants to be purchased by Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. or its affiliates are deemed underwriters' compensation by FINRA pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110.
Transfer restrictions on private placement warrants:
The private placement warrants (including the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the private placement warrants) will not be transferable, assignable or saleable until 30 days after the completion of our initial business combination, except as described herein under " Principal Shareholders — Transfers of Founder Shares and Private Placement Warrants. " Except in certain limited circumstances, no member of our sponsor (including the non -managing sponsor investors) may Transfer all or any portion of its membership interests in our sponsor. For more information, see "Principal Shareholders — Transfers of Founder Shares and Private Placement Warrants."
Proceeds to be held in
Nasdaq rules provide that at least 90% of the gross proceeds from this offering and the sale of the private placement warrants be deposited in a trust account. Of the net proceeds we will receive from this offering and the sale of the private placement warrants described in this prospectus, $251,250,000, or $288,937,500 if the underwriters' over -allotment option is exercised in full ($10.05 per unit in either case), will be deposited into a segregated trust account located in the United States at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee, and held in cash or invested only in (i) U.S. government treasury obligations with a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a -7 under the Investment Company Act which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations or (ii) an interest bearing bank demand deposit account or other accounts at a bank, after deducting $5,000,000 in underwriting discounts and commissions payable upon the closing of this offering and an aggregate of $750,000 to pay fees and expenses in connection with the closing of this offering and for working capital following the closing of this offering. The proceeds to be placed in the trust account include $11,250,000 (or up to $13,687,500 if the underwriters' over -allotment option is exercised in full) in deferred underwriting commissions.
Except with respect to interest earned on the funds held in the trust account that may be released to us to pay our taxes, if any, the proceeds from this offering and the sale of the private placement warrants will not be released from the trust account until the earliest of (i) the completion of our initial business combination or an earlier redemption in connection with the commencement of the procedures to consummate the initial business combination if we determine it is desirable to facilitate the completion of the initial business combination, (ii) the redemption of our public shares if we are unable to complete our initial business combination within the completion window, subject to applicable law, or (iii) the redemption of our public shares properly submitted in connection with a shareholder vote to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to (A) modify 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 have not consummated an initial business combination within the completion window or (B) with respect to any other material provisions relating to shareholders' rights or pre -initial business combination activity. The proceeds deposited in the trust account could become subject to the claims of our creditors, if any, which could have priority over the claims of our public shareholders.
Ability to extend time to complete business combination
We have until the date that is 24 months from the closing of this offering or until such earlier liquidation date as our board of directors may approve, to consummate our initial business combination. If we anticipate that we may be unable to consummate our initial business combination within such 24 -month period, we may seek shareholder approval to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to extend the date by which we must consummate our initial business combination. If we seek shareholder approval for an extension, holders of Class A ordinary shares will be offered an opportunity to redeem their shares at a per share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest earned thereon (less taxes payable), divided by the number of then issued and outstanding Class A ordinary shares, subject to applicable law. The redemption rights will also include the requirement that any beneficial owner on whose behalf a redemption right is being exercised must identify itself in order to validly redeem its shares.
If we are unable to complete our initial business combination within 24 months from the closing of this offering, or by such earlier liquidation date as our board of directors may approve, we will redeem 100% of the Class A ordinary shares at a per share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest earned thereon (less taxes payable and up to $100,000 of interest income to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then issued and outstanding Class A ordinary shares, which redemption will constitute full and complete payment for the public shares and completely extinguish public shareholders' rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidation or other distributions, if any), subject to our obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and subject to the other requirements of applicable law.
Expression of Interest
The non -managing sponsor investors have expressed to us an interest in purchasing up to an aggregate of approximately $285,750,000 of the units in this offering at the offering price (assuming the exercise in full of the underwriter's over -allotment option). None of the non -managing sponsor investors has expressed to us an interest in purchasing more than 9.9% of the units to be sold in this offering. There can be no assurance that the non -managing sponsor investors will acquire any units, either directly or indirectly, in this offering, or as to the amount of the units the non -managing sponsor investors will retain, if any, prior to or upon the consummation of our initial business combination. Because these expressions of interest are not binding agreements or commitments to purchase, non -managing sponsor investors may determine to purchase a different number or no units in this offering. In addition, the underwriter has full discretion to allocate the units to investors and may determine to sell a different number or no units to the non -managing sponsor investors. The underwriter will receive the same upfront discounts and commissions and deferred underwriting commissions on units purchased by the non -managing sponsor investors, if any, as it will on the other units sold to the public in this offering. In addition, none of the non -managing sponsor investors has any obligation to vote any of their public shares in favor of our initial business combination. In the event that the non -managing sponsor investors purchase such units (either in this offering or after) and vote them in favor of our initial business combination, no affirmative votes from other public shareholders would be required to approve our initial business combination. However, because the non -managing sponsor investors are not obligated to continue owning any public shares following the closing and are not obligated to vote any public shares in favor of our initial business combination, we cannot assure you that any of these non -managing sponsor investors will be public shareholders at the time our shareholders vote on our initial business combination, and, if they are public shareholders, we cannot assure you as to how such non -managing sponsor investors will vote on any business combination.
The non -managing sponsor investors are not granted any shareholder or other rights in addition to those afforded to our other public shareholders, and will only be issued membership interests in our sponsor, with no right to control our sponsor or vote or dispose of any securities held by our sponsor, including the founder shares and the private placement warrants held by our sponsor. The interests of the members of our sponsor are denominated in two classes of membership interest units: (i) class A membership units representing interests in the founder shares and (ii) class B membership units that will represent an interest in the private placement warrants. All members of our sponsor, including the Sponsor Manager and any non -managing sponsor investor that may join our sponsor concurrently with this offering will hold both classes of membership units representing their proportional interest in the founder shares and private placement warrants. Pursuant to an agreement of all members of our sponsor, the management and control of our sponsor is vested exclusively the Sponsor Manager, without any voting, veto, consent or other participation rights by any non -managing sponsor investors regardless of their unit ownership. As a result of this management structure, non -managing sponsor investors will have no right to control our sponsor, or participate in any decision regarding the disposal of any security held by our sponsor, or otherwise. Further, unlike certain arrangements of other blank check companies, the non -managing sponsor investors are not required to (i) hold any units, Class A ordinary shares or public warrants they may purchase in this offering or thereafter for any amount of time, (ii) vote any Class A ordinary shares they may own at the applicable time in favor of our initial business combination or (iii) refrain from exercising their right to redeem their public shares at the time of our initial business combination. The non -managing sponsor investors will have the same rights to the funds held in the trust account with respect to the Class A ordinary shares underlying the units they may purchase in this offering as the rights afforded to our other public shareholders.
The underwriter will receive the same underwriting discount on any units purchased by these entities as it will on any other units sold to the public in this offering. Any trading decisions made by any of the foregoing entities will be made by them based on market conditions at the time of the proposed sale or redemption. Cantor's affiliates will not receive any economic or other interest in our sponsor.
Anticipated expenses and funding sources:
Unless and until we complete our initial business combination, no proceeds held in the trust account will be available for our use, except the withdrawal of interest to pay taxes and/or to redeem our public shares in connection with an amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, as described above. The proceeds held in the trust account will be held as cash or invested only in (i) U.S. government treasury obligations with a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a -7 under the Investment Company Act which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations or (ii) an interest bearing bank demand deposit account or other accounts at a bank. Unless and until we complete our initial business combination, we may pay our expenses only from such interest withdrawn from the trust account and:
• the net proceeds of this offering and the sale of the private placement warrants not held in the trust account, which initially will be approximately $1,150,000 in working capital after the payment of approximately $750,000 in expenses relating to this offering; and • any loans or additional investments from our sponsor, members of our management team or their affiliates or other third parties, although they are under no obligation to advance funds or invest in us; provided that any such loans will not have any claim on the proceeds held in the trust account unless such proceeds are released to us upon completion of our initial business combination. Up to $1,500,000 of such loans may be convertible into private placement warrants, at a price of $1.00 per warrant, at the option of the lender.
Conditions to completing our initial business combination:
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 underwriting commissions and taxes payable on the interest earned on the trust account). 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 (including with the assistance of financial advisors), we will obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm which is a member of FINRA 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 Nasdaq rules, any initial business combination must be approved by a majority of our independent directors. We will complete our initial business combination only if the post -transaction company in which our public shareholders own shares will own or acquire 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target or is otherwise not 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 our initial business combination may collectively own a minority interest in the post business combination company, depending on valuations ascribed to the target and us in the business combination transaction. For example, we could pursue a transaction in which we issue a substantial number of new 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 shares, our shareholders immediately prior to our initial business combination could own less than a majority of our issued and outstanding 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% of net assets test described above, provided that in the event that the business combination involves more than one target business, the aggregate value of all of the target businesses will be taken into account for purposes of the 80% fair market value test and we will treat the transactions together as our initial business combination for purposes of seeking shareholder approval or conducting a tender offer, as applicable.
Permitted purchases of public shares and public warrants by our affiliates:
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 shareholders, directors, officers, advisors or their affiliates may purchase 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. 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 shareholders, directors, officers, advisors or their 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 initial shareholders, directors, officers, advisors or their 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 held in the trust account will be used to purchase shares or public warrants in such transactions. If they engage in such transactions, they will not make any such purchases when they are in possession of any material nonpublic information not disclosed to the seller or if such purchases are prohibited by Regulation M under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act. We do not currently anticipate that such purchases, if any, would constitute a tender offer subject to the tender offer rules under the Exchange Act or a going -private transaction subject to the going -private rules under the Exchange Act; however, if the purchasers determine at the time of any such purchases that the purchases are subject to such rules, the purchasers will comply with such rules. 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. See " Proposed Business — Effecting Our Initial Business Combination — Permitted Purchases of Our Securities ." for a description of how our sponsor, initial shareholders, directors, officers, advisors or any of their affiliates will select which shareholders to purchase securities from in any private transaction. Our sponsor, directors, officers, advisors or any of their affiliates will not make any purchases if the purchases would violate Section 9(a)(2) or Rule 10b -5 of the Exchange Act.
Additionally, in the event our sponsor, initial shareholders, directors, officers, advisors or their affiliates were to purchase 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 to the following:
• our registration statement/proxy statement filed for our business combination transaction would disclose the possibility that our sponsor, initial shareholders, directors, officers, advisors or their affiliates may purchase shares, rights or warrants from public shareholders outside the redemption process, along with the purpose of such purchases;
• if our sponsor, initial shareholders, directors, officers, advisors or their affiliates were to purchase 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 shareholders, directors, officers, advisors or their affiliates would not be voted in favor of approving the business combination transaction;
• our sponsor, initial shareholders, directors, officers, advisors or their 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 shareholders, directors, officers, advisors or their affiliates, along with the purchase price;
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An investment in our securities involves a high degree of risk. You should consider carefully all of the risks described below, together with the other information contained in this prospectus, before making a decision to invest in our units. If any of the following events occur, our business, financial condition and operating results may be materially adversely affected. In that event, the trading price of our securities could decline, and you could lose all or part of your investment.
Our initial shareholders will own 20% of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares immediately following the completion of this offering (assuming our initial shareholders do not purchase any units in this offering).
Potential participation in this offering by the non-managing sponsor investors could reduce the public float for our securities.
The non -managing sponsor investors have indicated an interest to purchase up to an aggregate of approximately $285,750,000 of the units offered in this offering at the initial public offering price (assuming the exercise in full of the underwriter's over -allotment option). These indications of interest are not binding agreements or commitments to purchase. As a result, such parties could determine to purchase less or no units in this offering, or the underwriter could determine to sell less or no units to them. If the non -managing sponsor investors are not allocated all or a portion of the units in which it has indicated an interest in this offering, and it purchases any such units, such purchase or purchases could reduce the available public float for our securities if such parties hold these securities long -term .
An investment in our Class A ordinary shares involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the following risk factors, together with all of the other information included in this prospectus, before making an investment decision. Our business, prospects, financial condition or operating results could decline due to any of these risks and, as a result, you may lose all or part of your investment. We may face additional risks and uncertainties that are not presently known to us, or that we currently deem immaterial. The following discussions should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and the notes to the financial statements included therein.
Risks Relating to our Search for, and Consummation of or Inability to Consummate, a Business Combination Our public shareholders may not be afforded an opportunity to vote on our proposed initial business combination, and even if we hold a vote, holders of our founder Converted Shares will participate in such vote, which means we may complete our initial business combination even though a majority of our public shareholders do not support such a combination.
We may choose not to hold a shareholder vote to approve our initial business combination unless the business combination would require shareholder approval under applicable law or stock exchange listing requirements. In such case, the decision as to whether we will seek shareholder approval of a proposed business combination or will allow shareholders to sell their shares to us in 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 otherwise require us to seek shareholder approval. Even if we seek shareholder approval, the holders of our founder Converted Shares will participate in the vote on such approval. Accordingly, we may complete our initial business combination even if holders of a majority of our ordinary shares do not approve of the business combination we complete. Please see the section entitled " Proposed Business — Shareholders May Not Have the Ability to Approve Our Initial Business Combination " for additional information.
If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination, our initial shareholders Sponsor and management team the SPA Investors have agreed to vote in favor of such initial business combination, regardless of how our public shareholders vote.
As of August 21, 2026, our Sponsor owned 2,908,225 Converted Shares, which represented approximately 12.4% of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares and the SPA Investors owned 4,279,275 Converted Shares, which represented approximately 18.2% of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares. Our Sponsor and the SPA Investors also may from time to time purchase Public Shares prior to our initial business combination.
Our initial shareholders and management team also may from time to time purchase Class A ordinary shares prior to our initial business combination. Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provides provide that, if we seek shareholder approval of an initial business combination, such initial business combination will be approved if we obtain the approval of an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law, which requires the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the votes cast by the shareholders of the issued shares present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote on such matter at a general meeting of the Company. As a result, in addition to our initial shareholders' founder the Converted Shares held by our Sponsor and the SPA Investors, we would need 9,375,001, 4,553,456, or 37.5%, approximately 27.9%, of the 25,000,000 16,294,411 Public Shares sold in this offering currently outstanding to be voted in favor of an initial business combination in order to have our initial business combination approved, assuming all outstanding shares are voted the over -allotment option is not exercised and the parties to the Letter Agreement do not acquire any Class A ordinary Public Shares. Assuming that only the holders of one -third one-third of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares, representing a quorum under our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, vote their ordinary shares at a general meeting of the Company, we will not need any Public Shares in addition to our founder Converted 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, which requires the affirmative vote of at least two -thirds two-thirds of the votes cast by the shareholders of the issued shares present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote on such matter at a general meeting of the Company. Accordingly, if we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination, the agreement by our initial shareholders Sponsor and management team the SPA Investors to vote in favor of our initial business combination will increase the likelihood that an ordinary resolution will be passed, being the requisite shareholder approval for such initial business combination. The non -managing sponsor investors are not required to (i) hold any units, Class A ordinary shares or public warrants they may purchase in this offering or thereafter for any amount of time, (ii) vote any Class A ordinary shares they may own at the applicable time in favor of our initial business combination or (iii) refrain from exercising their right to redeem their public shares at the time of our initial business combination. The non -managing sponsor investors will have the same rights to the funds held in the trust account with respect to the Class A ordinary shares underlying the units they may purchase in this offering as the rights afforded to our other public shareholders.
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At the time of your investment in us, you will were not be provided with an opportunity to evaluate the specific merits or risks of our initial business combination. Since our board of directors may complete a business combination without seeking shareholder approval, public shareholders may not have the right or opportunity to vote on the business combination, unless we seek such shareholder vote. Accordingly, your only opportunity to effect your investment decision regarding our initial business combination may be limited to exercising your redemption rights within the period of time (which will be at least 20 business days) set forth in our tender offer documents mailed to our public shareholders in which we describe our initial business combination. The amount of the deferred underwriting commissions payable to the underwriters will not be adjusted for any shares that are redeemed in connection with an initial business combination. The per share amount we will distribute to shareholders who properly exercise their redemption rights will not be reduced by the deferred underwriting commission and after such redemptions, the per -share per-share value of shares held by non -redeeming non-redeeming shareholders will reflect our obligation to pay the deferred underwriting commissions.
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At the time we enter into an agreement for our initial business combination, we will not know how many shareholders may exercise their redemption rights, and therefore will need to structure the transaction based on our expectations as to the number of shares that will be submitted for redemption. If our initial business combination agreement requires us to use a portion of the cash in the Trust Account to pay the purchase price, or requires us to have a minimum amount of cash at closing, we will need to reserve a portion of the cash in the Trust Account to meet such requirements, or arrange for third party financing. In addition, if a larger number of shares are submitted for redemption than we initially expected, we may need to restructure the transaction to reserve a greater portion of the cash in the Trust Account or arrange for third party financing. Raising additional third party financing may involve dilutive equity issuances or the incurrence of indebtedness at higher than desirable levels. Furthermore, this dilution would increase to the extent that the anti -dilution provision of the Class B ordinary shares results in the issuance of Class A ordinary shares on a greater than one -to -one basis upon conversion of the Class B ordinary shares at the time of our initial business combination. In addition, the amount of the deferred underwriting compensation payable to the underwriters will not be adjusted for any shares that are redeemed in connection with an initial business combination. The per share amount we will distribute to shareholders who properly exercise their redemption rights will not be reduced by the deferred underwriting compensation and after such redemptions, the amount held in trust will continue to reflect our obligation to pay the entire deferred underwriting compensation. The above considerations may limit our ability to complete the most desirable business combination available to us or optimize our capital structure. As a result, our obligations to redeem Public Shares for which redemption is requested and to pay the deferred underwriting commissions may not allow us to complete the most desirable business combination or optimize our capital structure.
In addition, raising additional third -party financing may involve dilutive equity issuances or The incurrence of indebtedness at higher than desirable levels. Furthermore, this dilution would increase to the extent that the anti -dilution provisions of the Class B ordinary shares result in the issuance of Class A ordinary shares on a greater than one -to -one basis upon conversion of the Class B ordinary shares at the time of our business combination. The above considerations may limit our ability to complete the most desirable business combination available to us or optimize our capital structure and may result in substantial dilution from your purchase of our Class A ordinary Public Shares. The effect of this dilution will be greater for shareholders who do not redeem. The amount of the deferred underwriting compensation payable to the underwriters will not be adjusted for any shares that are redeemed in connection with an initial business combination, which may further dilute your investment. The per -share per-share amount we will distribute to shareholders who properly exercise their redemption rights will not be reduced by the deferred underwriting compensation and after such redemptions, the per -share per-share value of shares held by non -redeeming non-redeeming shareholders will reflect our obligation to pay the deferred underwriting compensation. We may not be able to generate sufficient value from the completion of our initial business combination in order to overcome the dilutive impact of these and other factors, and, accordingly, you may incur a net loss on your investment. Please see " "- Risks Relating to Our Securities - The nominal purchase price paid by our Sponsor for the founder shares may result in significant dilution to the implied value of your public shares upon the consummation of our initial business combination, and our Sponsor is likely to make a substantial profit on its investment in us in the event we consummate an initial business combination, even if the business combination causes the trading price of our ordinary shares to materially decline ."
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We have in the past engaged, and may in the future engage, one or more of our IPO underwriters or one of their respective affiliates to provide additional services to us, after this offering, which may include acting as M&A advisor in connection with an initial business combination or as placement agent in connection with a related financing transaction. Our underwriters are entitled to receive deferred underwriting commissions that will be released from the Trust Account only upon a completion of an initial business combination. These financial incentives may cause them to have potential conflicts of interest in rendering any such additional services to us, after this offering, including, for example, in connection with the sourcing and consummation of an initial business combination.
We have in the past engaged, and may in the future engage, one or more of our IPO underwriters or one of their respective affiliates to provide additional services to us, after this offering, including, for example, identifying potential targets, providing M&A advisory services, acting as a placement agent in a private offering or arranging debt financing transactions. We may pay such underwriter or its affiliate fair and reasonable fees or other compensation that would be determined at that time in an arm's length negotiation. provided that No agreement will be was entered into with any of the underwriters or their respective affiliates and no fees or other compensation for such services will be was paid to any of the underwriters or their respective affiliates prior to the date that is was 60 days from the date of this prospectus, unless such payment would not be deemed underwriters' compensation in connection with this offering. the IPO.
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On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization characterized the COVID -19 outbreak as a "pandemic." The COVID -19 pandemic resulted, and other infectious diseases could result, in a widespread health crisis that has and will continue to adversely affect economies and financial markets worldwide, and the business of any potential target business with which we consummate a business combination may also be materially and adversely affected. Furthermore, we may be unable to complete a business combination if a global health emergency, such as the COVID -19 pandemic, causes restrictions on travel, limits the ability to have meetings with potential investors or the target company's personnel, vendors and services providers are unavailable to negotiate and consummate a transaction in a timely manner. The effects of COVID -19 or other similar global health emergencies on businesses, and the inability to accurately predict the future impact of such events on businesses, may make determinations and negotiations of valuation more difficult, which could make it more difficult to consummate a business combination transaction. If the disruptions posed by a global health emergency, including the COVID -19 pandemic, continue for an extended period of time, our ability to consummate a business combination, or the operations of a target business with which we ultimately consummate a business combination, may be materially adversely affected.
In addition, our ability to coordinate as a team or to consummate a business combination may be dependent on the ability to raise equity and debt financing, which may be impacted by COVID -19 and other global health emergencies.
Finally, the outbreak of COVID -19 or other global health emergencies may also have the effect of heightening many of the other risks described in this "Risk Factors" section, such as those related to the market for our securities.
We may not be able to complete our initial business combination within the completion window, in which case we would redeem our public shares.
We may not be able to find a suitable target business and complete our initial business combination within the completion window. An increasing number of SPACs have liquidated beginning in the second half of 2022 due to an inability to complete an initial business combination within their allotted time periods. Furthermore, our ability to complete our initial business combination may be negatively impacted by general market conditions, volatility in the capital and debt markets and the other risks described herein, including the impact of events such as the war between Russia and the Ukraine and the Israel -Hamas War.
We may decide not to extend the term we have to consummate our initial business combination, in which case we would redeem our public shares, and the warrants may be worthless.
We have until the date that is 24 months from the closing of this offering or until such earlier liquidation date as our board of directors may approve, to consummate our initial business combination. If we anticipate that we may be unable to consummate our initial business combination within such period, we may seek shareholder approval to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to extend the date by which we must consummate our initial business combination. However, we may decide not to seek to extend the date by which we must consummate our initial business combination. If we do not seek to extend the date by which we must consummate our initial business combination, and we are unable to consummate our initial business combination within the applicable time period, we will cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up and, as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the public shares for a pro rata portion of the funds held in the trust account, subject to our obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. In such event, the warrants may be worthless.
Our search for a business combination, and any target business with which we ultimately consummate a business combination, may be materially adversely affected by public health emergencies and similar events that are outside of our control, such as the coronavirus (COVID-19) increased geopolitical unrest, pandemic outbreaks (such as COVID-19) and volatility in the debt and equity markets.
Our ability to find a potential target business and the business of any potential business with which we may consummate a business combination could be materially and adversely affected by events that are outside of our control. For example, geopolitical unrest (such as the ongoing military conflict between Russia and Ukraine and the military conflicts in Israel, Iran and Gaza), including war, terrorist activity and acts of civil or international hostility are increasing. In particular, although the length, impact and outcome of the ongoing military conflict in Ukraine and the recent armed conflicts between Israel and Hamas and between the U.S., Israel and Iran are highly unpredictable, these conflicts could lead to significant market and other disruptions, including significant volatility in commodity prices and supply of energy resources, instability in financial markets, supply chain interruptions, political and social instability, changes in consumer or purchaser preferences as well as increase in cyberattacks and espionage.
Similarly other events outside of our control, including natural disasters, climate-related events pandemic or health crises (such as the COVID-19 pandemic) may arise from time to time, any such events may cause significant volatility and declines in the global markets, disproportionate impacts to certain industries or sectors, disruptions to commerce (including to economic activity, travel and supply chain), loss of life and property damage, and may adversely affect the global economy or capital markets, and the business of any potential target business with which we may consummate a business combination and could be materially adversely affected. In addition, our ability to consummate a transaction may be dependent on the ability to raise equity and debt financing which may be impacted by these and other events, including as a result of increased market volatility, decreased market liquidity in third-party financing being unavailable on terms acceptable or at all.
We may not be able to complete a business combination by the expiration of the Extension, in which case, to the extent we do not obtain any further extension, we would cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up and we would redeem our Public Shares and liquidate and dissolve.
We may not be able to complete a business combination by the expiration of the Extension. Our ability to complete an initial business combination may be negatively impacted by general market conditions, volatility in the capital and debt markets and the other risks described herein, in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 (the "2025 Annual Report"), and in other reports that we file with the SEC. If we have not completed our initial business combination within such time period, prior to August 2, 2027, and we do not obtain any further extension, we will (1) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up; and, (2) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the Public Shares, at a per -share 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 the Company (less taxes payable and up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then issued and outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will constitute full and complete payment for the public shares and completely extinguish the Public Shareholders' rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidation or other liquidating distributions, if any); and (3) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the remaining shareholders and our Board, liquidate and dissolve, subject in each case to our obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and subject to the other requirements of other applicable law. Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provides that, if we wind up for any other reason prior to the consummation of our initial business combination, we Additionally, there will follow the foregoing procedures be no redemption rights or liquidating distributions with respect to the liquidation of the trust account as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, subject to applicable Cayman Islands law. In either such case, our public shareholders may receive only $10.05 per public share, or less than $10.05 per public share, on the redemption of their shares, and our warrants, which will expire worthless See " — If third parties bring claims against us, the proceeds held in the trust account could be reduced and the per -share redemption amount received by shareholders may be less than $ 10.05 per public share " and other risk factors herein. event of our winding up.
Additional extensions beyond the Extension may be required, which may subject us and our shareholders to additional risks and contingencies that would make it more challenging for us to complete an initial business combination. We are required to offer shareholders the opportunity to redeem ordinary shares in connection with any extension, and we will be required to offer shareholders redemption rights again in connection with any shareholder vote to approve an initial business combination. The fact that we will have separate redemption periods in connection with the Extension and an initial business combination vote could exacerbate these risks. Other than in connection with a redemption offer or liquidation, our shareholders may be unable to recover their investment except through sales of our ordinary shares on the open market. The price of our ordinary shares may be volatile, and there can be no assurance that shareholders will be able to dispose of our ordinary shares at favorable prices, or at all.
In addition, following July 17, 2026, the effective date of the Trust Interest Withdrawal Amendment and the Trust Agreement Amendment, the Company directed the Trustee to withdraw a total of $1,629,441.10 from the Trust Account (the "Interest Withdrawal"). The Interest Withdrawal is equal to $0.10 for each outstanding Public Share that was not redeemed and remained outstanding immediately following the effective date of the Trust Interest Withdrawal Amendment. The Trustee deposited the Interest Withdrawal into the Company's operating bank account on July 22, 2026. Therefore such amount withdrawn from the Trust Account would not be included in any funds paid to our Public Shareholders in the event of future redemptions by such Public Shareholders or a liquidation of the Company. In the event of any such liquidation of the Company, working capital of the Company, if any, would be used to satisfy remaining taxes, accrued expenses of the Company and the Company's wind-down expenses, and any remaining amounts would be distributed to the holders of our Class A ordinary shares.
If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination, our Sponsor, initial shareholders, directors, officers, advisors and their affiliates may elect to purchase shares or Public Warrants from public shareholders, which may influence a vote on a proposed business combination and reduce the public "float" of our Class A ordinary shares or Public Warrants.
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 shareholders, directors, officers, advisors and their 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. Any such price per share may be different than the amount per share a public shareholder would receive if it elected to redeem its shares in connection with our initial business combination. Such a purchase may include a contractual acknowledgment that such shareholder, although still the record holder of our shares is no longer the beneficial owner thereof and therefore agrees not to exercise its redemption rights. In the event that our Sponsor, initial shareholders, directors, officers, advisors and their affiliates purchase shares in privately negotiated transactions from public shareholders who have already elected to exercise their redemption rights, such selling shareholders would be required to revoke their prior elections to redeem their shares. It is intended that, if Rule 10b -18 10b-18 would apply to purchases by our Sponsor, initial shareholders, directors, officers, advisors and their affiliates, then such purchases will comply with Rule 10b -18 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 shareholders, directors, officers, advisors and their 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. 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 rights or Public Warrants in such transactions.
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Please see " Proposed Business — Permitted Purchases of Our Securities " for a description of how such persons will determine from which shareholders to seek to acquire securities.
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. 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. Additionally, in the event Our Sponsor, initial shareholders, directors, officers, advisors and their affiliates were to purchase public shares or warrants will be restricted from public shareholders, such making purchases would be structured in compliance with the requirements of shares if the purchases would violate Section 9(a)(2) or Rule 14e -5 under 10b-5 of the Exchange Act. including, in pertinent part, through adherence to the following:
Our Sponsor, directors, officers, advisors and their affiliates anticipate that they may identify the shareholders with whom our Sponsor, directors, officers, advisors and their affiliates may pursue privately negotiated transactions by either the shareholders contacting us directly or by our receipt of redemption requests submitted by 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, directors, officers, advisors and their affiliates enter into a private transaction, they would identify and contact only potential selling or redeeming shareholders who have expressed their election to redeem their shares for a pro rata share of the Trust Account or vote against our initial business combination, whether or not such shareholder has already submitted a proxy with respect to our initial business combination but only if such shares have not already been voted at the general meeting related to our initial business combination. Our Sponsor, directors, officers, advisors and their affiliates will select which shareholders to purchase shares from based on the negotiated price and number of shares and any other factors that they may deem relevant, and will be restricted from purchasing shares if such purchases do not comply with Regulation M under the Exchange Act and the other federal securities laws.
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. Additionally, in the event our Sponsor, directors, officers, advisors and their 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 to the following:
● our registration statement/proxy statement filed for our business combination transaction would disclose the possibility that our Sponsor, initial shareholders, directors, officers, advisors and their affiliates may purchase Public Shares or Public Warrants from public shareholders outside the redemption process, along with the purpose of such purchases;
● if our Sponsor, initial shareholders, directors, officers, advisors and their affiliates were to purchase Public Shares or Public 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 shareholders, directors, officers, advisors and their affiliates would not be voted in favor of approving the business combination transaction;
● our Sponsor, initial shareholders, directors, officers, advisors and their 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 , 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 shareholders, directors, officers, advisors and their affiliates, along with the purchase price;
● the purpose of the purchases by our Sponsor, initial shareholders, directors, officers, advisors and their affiliates;
● the impact, if any, of the purchases by our Sponsor, initial shareholders, directors, officers, advisors and their affiliates on the likelihood that the business combination transaction will be approved;
● the identities of our security holders who sold to our Sponsor, initial shareholders, directors, officers, advisors and their 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 shareholders, directors, officers, advisors and their affiliates; and ● the number of our securities for which we have received redemption requests pursuant to our redemption offer.
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We will comply with the proxy rules or tender offer rules, as applicable, when conducting redemptions in connection with our initial business combination. Despite our compliance with these rules, if a shareholder fails to receive our proxy materials or tender offer documents, as applicable, such shareholder may not become aware of the opportunity to redeem its shares. In addition, proxy materials or tender offer documents, as applicable, that we will furnish to holders of our Public Shares in connection with our initial business combination will describe the various procedures that must be complied with in order to validly tender or submit Public Shares for redemption. For example, we intend to require our public shareholders seeking to exercise their redemption rights, whether they are record holders or hold their shares in "street name," to, at the holder's option, either deliver their share certificates to our transfer agent, or to deliver their shares to our transfer agent electronically 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 shares is included. In the event that a shareholder fails to comply with these or any other procedures disclosed in the proxy or tender offer materials, as applicable, its shares may not be redeemed. See the section of this prospectus entitled " Proposed Business — Delivering Share Certificates in Connection with the Exercise of Redemption Rights ."
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Since the net proceeds of this offering the IPO and the initial sale of the Private Placement Warrants are intended to be used to complete one or more initial business combinations with a target business or businesses that have not been selected, we may be deemed to be a "blank check" company under the U.S. United States securities laws. However, because we will have net tangible assets in excess of $5,000,000 upon the completion of this offering and the sale of the private placement warrants and will file a Current Report on Form 8 -K , including an audited balance sheet demonstrating this fact, we are exempt from rules promulgated by the SEC to protect investors in blank check companies, such as Rule 419. Accordingly, investors will not be afforded the benefits or protections of those rules. Among other things, this means our units will be immediately tradable and we will have a longer period of time to complete our respective initial business combinations than do companies subject to Rule 419. Moreover, if this offering were the IPO had been subject to Rule 419, that rule would prohibit the release of any interest earned on funds held in the Trust Account to us unless and until the funds in the Trust Account were released to us or in connection with our completion of an initial business combination. For a more detailed comparison of our offering to offerings that comply with Rule 419, please see " Proposed Business — Comparison of This Offering to Those of Blank Check Companies Subject to Rule 419 ."
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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 memorandum and articles of association provides provide that a public shareholder, together with any affiliate of such shareholder or any other person with whom such shareholder is acting in concert or as a "group" (as defined under Section 13 of the Exchange Act), will be restricted from redeeming its shares with respect to more than an aggregate of 15% of the shares sold in this offering, the IPO, which we refer to as the " Excess Shares ," without our prior consent. However, we would not be restricting our shareholders' ability to vote all of their shares (including Excess Shares) for or against our initial business combination. Your inability to redeem the Excess Shares will reduce your influence over our ability to complete our initial business combination and you could suffer a material loss on your investment in us if you sell Excess Shares in open market transactions. Additionally, you will not receive redemption distributions with respect to the Excess Shares if we complete our initial business combination. And as a result, you will continue to hold that number of shares exceeding 15% and, in order to dispose of such shares, would be required to sell your shares in open market transactions, potentially at a loss.
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In the event that our offering expenses exceed our estimate of $750,000, we may fund such excess with funds not to be held in the trust account. In such case, the amount of funds we intend to be held outside the trust account would decrease by a corresponding amount. The amount held in the trust account will not be impacted as a result of such increase or decrease. Conversely, in the event that the offering expenses are less than our estimate of $750,000, the amount of funds we intend to be held outside the trust account would increase by a corresponding amount. If we are required to seek additional capital, we would need to borrow funds from our sponsor, management team or other third parties to operate or may be forced to liquidate.
We expect to encounter competition from other entities having a business objective similar to ours, including private investors (which may be individuals or investment partnerships), other blank check companies and other entities, domestic and international, competing for the types of businesses we intend to acquire. Many of these individuals and entities are well -established well-established and have extensive experience in identifying and effecting, directly or indirectly, acquisitions of companies operating in or providing services to various industries. Many of these competitors possess similar or greater technical, human and other resources to ours or more local industry knowledge than we do and our financial resources will be relatively limited when contrasted with those of many of these competitors. While we believe there are numerous target businesses we could potentially acquire with the net proceeds of this offering the IPO and the initial sale of the Private Placement Warrants, our ability to compete with respect to the acquisition of certain target businesses that are sizable will be limited by our available financial resources. This inherent competitive limitation gives others an advantage in pursuing the acquisition of certain target businesses. Furthermore, we are obligated to offer holders of our Public Shares the right to redeem their shares for cash at the time of our initial business combination in conjunction with a shareholder vote or via a tender offer. Target companies will be aware that this may reduce the resources available to us for our initial business combination. Any of these obligations may place us at a competitive disadvantage in successfully negotiating a business combination. If we are unable to complete our initial business combination, our public shareholders may receive only their pro rata portion of the funds in the Trust Account that are available for distribution to public shareholders, and our warrants will expire worthless.
If the net proceeds of this offering and cash held by the sale Company outside of the private placement warrants not being held in the Trust Account, together with the proceeds from additional borrowings from the Sponsor, if any, are insufficient to allow us to operate for at least the duration of the completion window, it could limit the amount available to fund our search for a target business or businesses and complete our initial business combination, and we will depend on loans from our Sponsor or management team to fund our search and to complete our initial business combination.
Of the net proceeds As of this offering, only $1,150,000 will be June 30, 2026, $142,798 in cash was available to us initially outside the Trust Account, to fund our working capital requirements. On July 21, 2026, we issued July 2026 Note to the Sponsor, pursuant to which the Sponsor may lend to us up to an aggregate principal amount of $4,000,000. On July 21, 2026, the Company borrowed $3,500,000 under the July 2026 Note. While we believe that upon closing of this offering, the funds available to us outside of the Trust Account and pursuant to the July 2026 Note will be sufficient to allow us to operate for at least the duration of the completion window, however, we cannot assure you that our estimate is accurate. Of the funds available to us, we could use a portion of the funds available to us to pay fees to consultants to assist us with our search for a target business. We could also use a portion of the funds as a down payment or to fund a "no -shop " "no-shop" provision (a provision in letters of intent or merger agreements designed to keep target businesses from "shopping" around for transactions with other companies or investors on terms more favorable to such target businesses) with respect to a particular proposed business combination, although we do not have any current intention to do so. If we entered into a letter of intent or merger agreement where we paid for the right to receive exclusivity from a target business and were subsequently required to forfeit such funds (whether as a result of our breach or otherwise), we might not have sufficient funds to continue searching for, or conduct due diligence with respect to, a target business.
Neither our Sponsor, members of our management team nor any of their affiliates is under any obligation to advance funds to us in such circumstances. Any such advances would be repaid only from funds held outside the Trust Account or from funds released to us upon completion of our initial business combination. Up to $1,500,000 of such loans may be convertible into private placement warrants of the post -business post-business combination entity at a price of $1.00 per warrant at the option of the lender. Such warrants would be identical to the Private Placement Warrants. Prior to the completion of our initial business combination, we do not expect to seek loans from parties other than our Sponsor or an affiliate of our Sponsor as we do not believe third parties will be willing to loan such funds and provide a waiver against any and all rights to seek access to funds in our Trust Account. If On June 16, 2025, we are unable issued the June 2025 Note to complete our initial business combination because we do not have sufficient funds available the Sponsor pursuant to us, which the Company borrowed $2,500,000 from the Sponsor as of June 30, 2026. On February 18, 2026, the Company issued the February 2026 Note to the Sponsor, pursuant to which the Company can borrow up to an aggregate principal amount of $2,000,000 from the Sponsor. As of June 30, 2026, the outstanding principal balance under the February 2026 Note was $1,100,000. On July 21, 2026, we will be forced issued the July 2026 Note to liquidate the trust account. Consequently, our public shareholders Sponsor, pursuant to which the Sponsor may only receive lend to us up to an estimated $10.05 per share, or possibly less, on our redemption aggregate principal amount of our public shares, and our warrants will expire worthless. $4,000,000. On July 21, 2026, we borrowed $3,500,000 under the July 2026 Note.
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 the Trust Account. Consequently, our public shareholders may only receive the amount per Public Share held in the Trust Account, or possibly less, on our redemption of our public shares, and our warrants will expire worthless.
If third parties bring claims against us, the proceeds held in the Trust Account could be reduced and the per-share redemption amount received by shareholders may be less than $ 10.05 the amount per Public Share held in the Trust Account.
Our placing of funds in the Trust Account may not protect those funds from third party claims against us. Although we will 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, such parties may not execute such agreements, or even if they execute such agreements they may not 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 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 the best interests of the Company under the circumstances. Each of Withum Smith+Brown, PC, our independent registered public accounting firm, and the underwriters of this offering the IPO will not execute agreements with us waiving such claims to the monies held in the Trust Account.
Examples of possible instances where we may engage a third party that refuses to execute a waiver include the engagement of a third -party 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. 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. Upon redemption of our Public Shares, if we are unable to complete our initial business combination within the prescribed timeframe, or upon the exercise of a redemption right in connection with our initial business combination, we will be required to provide for payment of claims of creditors that were not waived that may be brought against us within the 10 years following redemption. Accordingly, the per -share per-share redemption amount received by public shareholders could be less than the $10.05 amount per Public Share initially held in the Trust Account, due to claims of such creditors. Pursuant to the Letter Agreement the form of which is filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus, forms a part, 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 the Company's independent auditors), 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) $10.05 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 $10.05 per Public Share due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, less taxes payable, 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 of this offering the IPO against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (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 you 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 $10.05 the amount per Public Share held in the Trust. In such event, we may not be able to complete our initial business combination, and you would receive such lesser amount per share in connection with any redemption of your 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.
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In the event that the proceeds in the Trust Account are reduced below the lesser of (i) $10.05 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 $10.05 per Public Share due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, in each case less taxes payable, and our Sponsor asserts that it is unable to satisfy his its obligations or that he 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 and subject to their fiduciary duties 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. If our independent directors choose not to enforce these indemnification obligations, the amount of funds in the Trust Account available for distribution to our public shareholders may be reduced below $10.05 per Public Share.
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The securities in which we invest invested the funds held in the Trust Account could bear a negative rate of interest, which could reduce the interest income available for payment of taxes or reduce the value of the assets held in trust such that the per-share redemption amount received by public shareholders may be less than $ 10.05 $10.05 per Public Share.
The proceeds held in the Trust Account may be held in cash or have been invested only in (i) U.S. government treasury obligations with a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a -7 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act, which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations or (ii) an interest bearing bank demand deposit account or other accounts at a bank. While short -term short-term U.S. government treasury obligations currently yield a positive rate of interest, they have briefly yielded negative interest rates in recent years. Central banks in Europe and Japan pursued interest rates below zero in recent years, and the Open Market Committee of the Federal Reserve has not ruled out the possibility that it may in the future adopt similar policies in the United States. In the event that we are unable to complete our initial business combination or make certain amendments to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, our public shareholders are entitled to receive their pro -rata pro-rata share of the proceeds held in the Trust Account, plus any interest income, net of taxes paid or payable (less, in the case we are unable to complete our initial business combination, $100,000 of net interest for dissolution expenses). Negative interest rates could reduce the value of the assets held in trust such that the per -share per-share redemption amount received by public shareholders may be less than $10.05 per Public Share.
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If we are deemed to be an investment company under the Investment Company Act, we may be required to institute burdensome compliance requirements and our activities may be restricted, which may make it difficult for us to complete our initial business combination or force us to abandon our efforts to complete an initial business combination.
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• restrictions on the issuance of securities, each of which may make it difficult for us to complete our initial business combination. In addition, we may have imposed upon us burdensome requirements, including:
In addition, we may have imposed upon us burdensome requirements, including:
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Further, under the subjective test of an "investment company" pursuant to Section 3(a)(1)(A) of the Investment Company Act, even if the funds deposited in the trust account were invested in the assets discussed above, such assets, other than cash, are "securities" for purposes of the Investment Company Act and, therefore, there is a risk that we could be deemed an investment company and subject to the Investment Company Act based on the length of time such funds are invested in such assets. If our facts and circumstances change over time, we will update our disclosure in future filings with the SEC to reflect how those changes impact the risk that we may be considered to be operating as an unregistered investment company.
In order not to be regulated as an investment company under the Investment Company Act, unless we can qualify for an exclusion, we must ensure that we are engaged primarily in a business other than investing, reinvesting or trading of securities and that our activities do not include investing, reinvesting, owning, holding or trading "investment securities" constituting more than 40% of our assets (exclusive of U.S. government securities and cash items) on an unconsolidated basis. Our business will be is to identify and complete a an initial business combination and thereafter to operate the post -transaction post-transaction business or assets for the long term. We do not intend to spend a considerable amount of time actively managing the assets in the trust account for the primary purpose of achieving investment returns. We do not plan to buy businesses or assets with a view to resale or profit from their resale. We do not plan to buy unrelated businesses or assets or to be a passive investor.
We do not believe that our current and anticipated principal activities will subject us to the Investment Company Act. To this end, the proceeds held in the Trust Account may only be held as cash, or invested in (i) United States "government securities" within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act having a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a -7 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations. or (ii) an interest bearing bank demand deposit account or other accounts at a bank. Pursuant to the Trust Agreement, the Trustee is not permitted to invest in other securities or assets. By restricting the investment of the proceeds to these instruments or by holding the proceeds as cash, and by having a business plan targeted at acquiring and growing businesses for the long term (rather than on buying and selling businesses in the manner of a merchant bank or private equity fund), we intend to avoid being deemed an "investment company" within the meaning of the Investment Company Act. This offering is not intended for persons who are seeking a return on investments in government securities or investment securities. The trust account is intended as a holding place for funds pending the earliest to occur of: (i) the completion of our initial business combination; (ii) the redemption of any public shares properly submitted in connection with a shareholder vote to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (A) to modify the substance or timing of our obligation to provide for the redemption of our public shares in connection with an initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we have not consummated our initial business combination within the completion window or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to shareholders' rights or pre -initial business combination activity; or (iii) absent an initial business combination within the completion window, our return of the funds held in the trust account to our public shareholders as part of our redemption of the public shares. If we do not invest the proceeds as discussed above, we may be deemed to be subject to the Investment Company Act.
However, even if we invest the proceeds in United States "government securities" within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act having a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations, we may be deemed to be an investment company. Additionally, in the adopting release for final rules issued on January 24, 2024 by the SEC (the "2024 SPAC Rules"), the SEC provided guidance that a special purpose acquisition company's ("SPAC's") potential status as an "investment company" depends on a variety of factors, such as a SPAC's duration, asset composition, business purpose and activities and "is a question of facts and circumstances" requiring individualized analysis. The longer that the funds in the Trust Account are held in short-term U.S. government securities or in money market funds invested exclusively in such securities, the greater the risk that we may be considered an unregistered investment company, in which case we may be required to liquidate.
In the adopting release for the 2024 SPAC Rules (as defined below), the SEC provided guidance that a SPAC's potential status as If we are deemed to be an investment company depends on a variety of factors, such as a SPAC's duration, asset composition, business purpose and under the Investment Company Act, our activities and "is a question of facts and circumstances" requiring individualized analysis. would be severely restricted. In addition, we would be subject to burdensome compliance requirements. If we were are deemed to be an investment company and subject to registration under, compliance with and regulation under the Investment Company Act, we would be subject to additional regulatory burdens and expenses for which we have not allotted funds. As a result, unless we are able to modify our activities so that we would not be deemed an investment company, we would either register as an investment company or wind down and may abandon our efforts to complete an initial business combination and instead liquidate the Company. As a result, our public shareholders may receive only approximately $10.05 per public share, or less in certain circumstances, on the liquidation of Were we to liquidate, our trust account warrants would expire worthless, and our securityholders would be unable to realize lose the potential benefits of investment opportunity associated with an initial business combination, investment in a combined company, including the possible any potential price appreciation of the combined company's securities, and our warrants would expire worthless. securities.
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We currently intend to initially hold the funds in the trust account as cash or in (i) U.S. government treasury obligations with a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds investing solely in U.S. government treasury obligations and meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a -7 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act. U.S. government treasury obligations or (ii) an interest bearing bank demand deposit account or other accounts at a bank. Such treasury obligations are considered "securities" for purposes of the Investment Company Act, while cash is not. As noted above, one of the factors the SEC identified as relevant to the determination of whether a SPAC which holds securities could potentially be deemed an "investment company" under the Investment Company Act is the SPAC's duration. To mitigate the risk of us being deemed to be an unregistered investment company (including under the subjective test of Section 3(a)(1)(A) of the Investment Company Act) and thus subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act, we may, at any time, instruct Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the trustee with respect to the Trust Account, to liquidate the U.S. government treasury obligations or money market funds held in the trust account and thereafter to hold all funds in the Trust Account in cash (which may include demand deposit accounts) until the earlier of consummation of our initial business combination or liquidation of the Company. Following such liquidation, the rate of interest we receive on the funds held in the trust account may be materially decreased. However, interest previously earned on the funds held in the Trust Account still may be released to us to pay our taxes, if any, and certain other expenses as permitted. As a result, any decision to liquidate the securities held in the Trust Account and thereafter to hold all funds in the Trust Account in cash (which may include demand deposit accounts) may reduce the dollar amount our public shareholders would receive upon any redemption or liquidation of the Company.
The elimination of the requirement to obtain a fairness opinion in connection with certain transactions recently approved at our July 2026 Meeting will require the shareholders to solely rely on the judgement of the Board of Directors that consideration to be paid to the shareholders is fair from a financial point of view in the event the Board of Directors determines not to obtain a fairness opinion for a business combination transaction that would have previously required a fairness opinion.
A fairness opinion from an independent financial advisor serves as a safeguard in business combination transactions and provides shareholders with an independent assessment of whether the potential business combination transaction consideration reflects fair value. The absence of such an opinion means that no independent financial advisor has performed a formal analysis or rendered a written opinion to the Board as to the fairness of the consideration from a financial point of view. Without a fairness opinion, shareholders must rely solely on the Board's assessment of the fairness of a proposed business combination transaction, which is based on the Board's own review of financial and other information, advice of its legal and financial advisors, and its business judgment and experience. The elimination of the requirement in the our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to obtain a fairness opinion with respect to a business combination transaction with an affiliated party will permit the Board to determine whether to obtain a fairness opinion in such a transaction. There can be no assurance that an independent financial advisor, had one been retained to render a fairness opinion, would have concluded that the consideration to be paid in a business combination transaction is fair, from a financial point of view, to the Company's shareholders. The absence of a fairness opinion may also increase the risk of shareholder litigation challenging a proposed business combination transaction, including actions asserting that the Board failed to adequately discharge its fiduciary duties in approving a proposed business combination transaction without the benefit of an independent valuation. Any such litigation, whether or not ultimately resolved in the Company's favor, could be costly and time-consuming and could divert management's attention from the operation of the Company's business.
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We are subject to the laws and regulations, and interpretations and applications of such laws and regulations, of national, regional, state and local governments and applicable non -U .S. non-U.S. jurisdictions. In particular, we are required to comply with certain SEC and potentially other legal and regulatory requirements, and our consummation of an initial business combination may be contingent upon our ability to comply with certain laws, regulations, interpretations and applications and any post -business post-business combination company may be subject to additional laws, regulations, interpretations and applications. Compliance with, and monitoring of, the foregoing may be difficult, time consuming and costly. Those laws and regulations and their interpretation and application may also change from time to time, and those changes could have a material adverse effect on our business, including our ability to negotiate and complete an initial business combination. A failure to comply with applicable laws or regulations, as interpreted and applied, could have a material adverse effect on our business, including our ability to negotiate and complete our initial business combination.
Those laws and regulations and their interpretation and application may also change from time to time, and those changes could have a material adverse effect on our business, including our ability to negotiate and complete an initial business combination. A failure to comply with applicable laws or regulations, as interpreted and applied, could have a material adverse effect on our business, including our ability to negotiate and complete our initial business combination.
On January 24, 2024, the SEC issued final rules (the "2024 SPAC Rules"), effective as of 125 days following the publication of the 2024 SPAC Rules in the Federal Register, that formally adopted some of the SEC's proposed rules for SPACs that were released on March 30, 2022. The 2024 SPAC Rules, among other items, impose additional disclosure requirements in initial public offerings by SPACs and business combination transactions involving SPACs and private operating companies; amend the financial statement requirements applicable to business combination transactions involving such companies; update and expand guidance regarding the general use of projections in SEC filings, as well as when projections are disclosed in connection with proposed business combination transactions; increase the potential liability of certain participants in proposed business combination transactions; and could impact the extent to which SPACs could become subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act of 1940. The 2024 SPAC Rules may materially adversely affect our business, including our ability to negotiate and complete, and the costs associated with, our initial business combination, and results of operations.
Changes in laws or regulations, or a failure to comply with any laws and regulations, may adversely affect our business, including our ability to negotiate and complete our initial business combination, and results of operations.
We are subject to the laws and regulations, and interpretations and applications of such laws and regulations, of national, regional, state and local governments and applicable non-U.S. jurisdictions. In particular, we are required to comply with certain SEC and potentially other legal and regulatory requirements, and our consummation of an initial business combination may be contingent upon our ability to comply with certain laws, regulations, interpretations and applications and any post-business combination company may be subject to additional laws, regulations, interpretations and applications. Compliance with, and monitoring of, the foregoing may be difficult, time consuming and costly. Those laws and regulations and their interpretation and application may also change from time to time, and those changes could have a material adverse effect on our business, including our ability to negotiate and complete an initial business combination.
Moreover, because these laws, regulations and standards are subject to varying interpretations, their application in practice may evolve over time as new guidance becomes available. For example, on January 24, 2024, the SEC issued final rules and guidance relating to SPACs, like us, regarding, among other things, disclosure in SEC filings in connection with initial business combination transactions; the financial statement requirements applicable to transactions involving shell companies; the use of projections in SEC filings in connection with proposed business combination transaction; and the potential liability of certain participants in proposed business combination transactions. This evolution may result in continuing uncertainty regarding compliance matters and additional costs necessitated by ongoing revisions to our disclosure and governance practices. A failure to comply with applicable laws or regulations and any subsequent changes, as interpreted and applied, could have a material adverse effect on our business, including our ability to negotiate and complete our initial business combination.
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On February 24, 2022, Russian military forces launched a military action in Ukraine, and sustained conflict and disruption in the region is ongoing. In addition, on October 7, 2023, Hamas launched a terrorist attack in Israel that has resulted in a significant action by the Israeli military in Gaza. On February 28, 2026, the U.S., in coordination with Israel, also launched major airstrikes against Iran. This has been accompanied by additional terrorist and military activities that have, among other things, disrupted shipping in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. Although the length, impact and outcome of these ongoing military conflicts is highly unpredictable, these conflicts could lead to significant market and other disruptions, including significant volatility in commodity prices and supply of energy resources, instability in financial markets, supply chain interruptions, political and social instability, changes in consumer or purchaser preferences as well as increase in cyberattacks and espionage.
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A deterioration in economic conditions and related drivers of global uncertainty and change, such as reduced business activity, high unemployment, rising interest rates, housing prices, and energy prices (including the price of gasoline), increased consumer indebtedness, lack of available credit, the rate of inflation, and consumer perceptions of the economy, as well as other factors, such as terrorist attacks, protests, looting, and other forms of civil unrest, cyber attacks and data breaches, public health emergencies (such as the COVID -19 COVID-19 pandemic and other epidemics), extreme weather conditions and climate change, significant changes in the political environment, political instability, armed conflict (such as the ongoing military conflict between Ukraine and Russia and the military conflict conflicts in Israel, Iran and Gaza) and/or public policy, including increased state, local or federal taxation, could adversely affect our financial condition, the financial condition of prospective target companies for our initial business combination, or the financial condition of the combined company even if we successfully consummate a business combination, as well as our ability to locate a commercially viable target company for our business combination in the first instance.
Recent changes in U.S. regulatory and economic environment may adversely affect our business, investments and results of operations and our ability to successfully consummate a business combination.
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Use of proceeds 23 changes
We are offering 25,000,000 units at an offering price of $10.00 per unit. We estimate that the net proceeds of this offering together with the funds we will receive from the sale of the private placement warrants will be used as set forth in the following table.
Gross proceeds from units offered to public (1)
Gross proceeds from private placement warrants offered in the private placement $ 8,150,000 $ 8,337,500 Total gross proceeds $ 258,150,000 $ 295,837,500 Offering expenses (2) Underwriting commissions (2.0% of gross proceeds from units offered to public, excluding any proceeds from units sold pursuant to the over-allotment option and excluding deferred portion) (3) $ 5,000,000 $ 5,000,000 Legal fees and expenses 400,000 400,000 Printing and engraving expenses 50,000 50,000 Trustee fees and expenses 40,000 40,000 Accounting fees and expenses 60,000 60,000 SEC/FINRA expenses 95,000 95,000 Travel and road show expenses 7,000 7,000 Nasdaq listing fees 75,000 75,000 Miscellaneous 23,000 23,000 Total offering expenses (other than underwriting commissions) $ 750,000 $ 750,000 Proceeds after offering expenses $ 252,400,000 $ 290,087,500 Held in trust account (3) $ 251,250,000 $ 288,937,500 % of public offering size 100.5 % 100.5 % Not held in trust account $ 1,150,000 $ 1,150,000 The following table shows the use of the approximately $1,150,000 of net proceeds not held in the trust account: (4) Amount % of Total Accounting, due diligence, travel, and other expenses in connection with any business combination (5)(6) $ 50,000 4.3 % Legal and accounting fees related to regulatory reporting obligations 175,000 15.2 % Nasdaq and other regulatory fees 75,000 6.5 % Payment for office space, secretarial and administrative services 330,000 28.7 % Directors and officers liability insurance 450,000 39.1 % Working capital to cover miscellaneous 70,000 6.1 % Total $ 1,150,000 100.0 % ____________ (1) Includes amounts payable to public shareholders who properly redeem their shares in connection with our successful completion of our initial business combination.
(2) A portion of the offering expenses have been paid from the proceeds of loans from our sponsor of up to $300,000 as described in this prospectus. These loans will be repaid upon completion of this offering out of the $750,000 of offering proceeds that has been allocated for the payment of offering expenses other than underwriting commissions. In the event that offering expenses are less than set forth in this table, any such amounts will be used for post -closing working capital expenses.
(3) The underwriters have agreed to defer underwriting commissions equal to 4.5% of the gross proceeds of this offering excluding any proceeds from units sold pursuant to the over -allotment option and underwriting commissions equal to 6.5% of the gross proceeds of any units sold pursuant to the over -allotment option. Upon completion of our initial business combination, $11,250,000, which constitutes the underwriters' deferred commissions (or $13,687,500 if the underwriters' option to purchase additional units is exercised in full) will be paid to the underwriters from the funds held in the trust account, and the remaining funds, less amounts released to the trustee to pay redeeming shareholders, will be released to us and can be used to pay all or a portion of the purchase price of the business or businesses with which our initial business combination occurs or for general corporate purposes, including payment of principal or interest on indebtedness incurred in connection with our initial business combination, to fund the purchases of other companies, or for working capital. The underwriters will not be entitled to any interest accrued on the deferred underwriting discounts and commissions.
(4) These expenses are estimates only. Our actual expenditures for some or all of these items may differ from the estimates set forth herein. For example, we may incur greater legal and accounting expenses than our current estimates in connection with negotiating and structuring our initial business combination based upon the level of complexity of such business combination. In the event we identify a business combination target in a specific industry subject to specific regulations, we may incur additional expenses associated with legal due diligence and the engagement of special legal counsel. In addition, our staffing needs may vary and as a result, we may engage a number of consultants to assist with legal and financial due diligence. We do not anticipate any change in our intended use of proceeds, other than fluctuations among the current categories of allocated expenses, which fluctuations, to the extent they exceed current estimates for any specific category of expenses, would not be available for our expenses. The amount in the table above does not include interest available to us from the trust account.
(5) Includes estimated amounts that may also be used in connection with our initial business combination to fund a "no shop" provision and commitment fees for financing.
(6) Includes amounts that we may elect to pay consultants and/or advisors.
Nasdaq rules provide that at least 90% of the gross proceeds from this offering and the sale of the private placement warrants be deposited in a trust account. Of the $258,150,000 in gross proceeds we receive from this offering and the sale of the private placement warrants described in this prospectus, or $295,837,500 if the underwriters' over -allotment option is exercised in full, $251,250,000 ($10.05 per unit), or $288,937,500 if the underwriters' over -allotment option is exercised in full ($10.05 per unit), will be deposited into a trust account in the United States with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee, after deducting $5,000,000 underwriting discounts and commissions payable upon the closing of this offering and an aggregate of $1,900,000 to pay fees and expenses in connection with the closing of this offering and for working capital following the closing of this offering. The proceeds held in the trust account will be held as cash or invested only in (i) U.S. government treasury bills with a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a -7 under the Investment Company Act which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations or (ii) an interest bearing bank demand deposit account or other accounts at a bank. We expect that the interest earned on the trust account will be sufficient to pay income taxes. We will not be permitted to withdraw any of the principal or interest held in the trust account, except for the withdrawal of interest to pay our taxes and up to $100,000 to pay dissolution expenses, as applicable, if any, until the earliest of (i) the completion of our initial business combination, (ii) the redemption of our public shares if we are unable to complete our initial business combination within the completion window, subject to applicable law, or (iii) the redemption of our public shares properly submitted in connection with a shareholder vote to approve an amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (A) to modify 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 have not consummated our initial business combination within the completion window or (B) with respect to any other material provisions relating to shareholders' rights or pre -initial business combination activity.
The net proceeds released to us from the trust account upon the closing of our initial business combination may be used as consideration to pay the sellers of a target business with which we complete our initial business combination. If our initial business combination is paid for using equity or debt securities, or not all of the funds released from the trust account are used for payment of the consideration in connection with our initial business combination, we may use the balance of the cash released from the trust account following the closing for general corporate purposes, including for maintenance or expansion of operations of the post -transaction company, the payment of principal or interest due on indebtedness incurred in completing our initial business combination, to fund the purchase of other companies or for working capital. There is no limitation on our ability to 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 forward purchase agreements or backstop arrangements we may enter into following consummation of this offering. However, our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provides that, following this offering and prior to the consummation of our initial business combination, we will be prohibited from issuing additional securities that would entitle the holders thereof to (i) receive funds from the trust account or (ii) vote on any initial business combination.
We believe that amounts not held in trust will be sufficient to pay the costs and expenses to which such proceeds are allocated that are payable prior to the closing of our initial business combination. However, if our estimate of the costs of undertaking in -depth due diligence and negotiating a business combination that are payable is less than the actual amount necessary to do so, we may be required to raise additional capital, the amount, availability and cost of which is currently unascertainable. If we are required to seek additional capital, we could seek such additional capital through loans or additional investments from our sponsor, members of our management team or any of their affiliates, but such persons are not under any obligation to advance funds to, or invest in, us.
Prior to the closing of this offering, our sponsor has agreed to loan us up to $300,000 to be used for a portion of the expenses of this offering. These loans are non -interest bearing, unsecured and are due at the earlier of December 31, 2024 or the closing of this offering. The loan will be repaid upon the closing of this offering out of the $750,000 of offering proceeds that has been allocated to the payment of offering expenses.
In addition, in order to finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial business combination, our sponsor or an affiliate of our sponsor or certain of our officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds as may be required. If we complete our initial business combination, we would repay such loaned amounts. In the event that our initial business combination does not close, we may use amounts held outside the trust account to repay such loaned amounts but no proceeds from our trust account would be used to repay such loaned amounts. Up to $1,500,000 of such loans may be convertible into private placement warrants of the post business combination entity at a price of $1.00 per warrant at the option of the lender. Such warrants would be identical to the private placement warrants. Except as set forth above, the terms of such loans, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans. Prior to the completion of our initial business combination, we do not expect to seek loans from parties other than our sponsor or an affiliate of our sponsor as we do not believe third parties will be willing to loan such funds and provide a waiver against any and all rights to seek access to funds in our trust account.
We have until the date that is 24 months from the closing of this offering or until such earlier liquidation date as our board of directors may approve, to consummate our initial business combination. If we anticipate that we may be unable to consummate our initial business combination within such 18 -month period, we may seek shareholder approval to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to extend the date by which we must consummate our initial business combination. If we seek shareholder approval for an extension, holders of Class A ordinary shares will be offered an opportunity to redeem their shares at a per share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest earned thereon (less taxes payable), divided by the number of then issued and outstanding Class A ordinary shares, subject to applicable law.
All of the Class A ordinary shares offered by the Selling Securityholders pursuant to this prospectus will be sold by the Selling Securityholders for their account. We will not receive any of the proceeds from these sales.
We will bear the out-of-pocket costs, expenses and fees incurred in connection with the registration of Class A ordinary shares to be sold by the Selling Securityholders pursuant to this prospectus. Other than registration related expenses, the Selling Securityholders will bear their own broker or similar commissions payable with respect to any sales of their Class A ordinary shares.
MARKET PRICE OF AND DIVIDENDS ON THE REGISTRANT'S
COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED SHAREHOLDER MATTERS
Market Information and Holders
Our Units, Class A ordinary shares and Public Warrants are currently listed on Nasdaq under the symbols "VLOSU", "VLOS" and "VLOSW" respectively.
As of August 21, 2026, there were:
● 11,566 Units issued and outstanding held of record by one holder;
● 23,470,345 Class A ordinary shares issued and outstanding held of record by 27 holders; and ● 22,706,711 Public Warrants issued and outstanding held of record by 21 holders.
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We have not paid any cash dividends on our ordinary shares to date and do not intend to pay cash dividends prior to the completion of our initial business combination. The payment of cash dividends following completion of our initial business combination will be within the discretion of our board of directors at such time and will be dependent upon our revenues and earnings, if any, capital requirements and general financial condition at such time. There is no certainty we will be in a position to, or decide to, pay cash dividends after completing any business combination. If we increase or decrease the size of this offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, we will effect a share capitalization or other appropriate mechanism immediately prior to the consummation of this offering in such amount as to maintain the number of founder shares at 20% of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares upon the consummation of this offering. Further, if we incur any indebtedness in connection with our initial business combination, our ability to declare dividends following completion of our initial business combination may be limited by restrictive covenants we may agree to in connection therewith.
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We are a blank check company incorporated on March 12, 2024, as a Cayman Islands exempted company for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. We have not selected any specific business combination target and we have not, nor has anyone on our behalf, engaged in any substantive discussions directly or indirectly, with any business combination target with respect to an initial business combination with us. While we may pursue an initial business combination in any industry, sector or geographic region, we intend to focus our search initially on North American and European businesses in disruptive growth sectors, which complements the expertise of our management team. We intend to effectuate our initial business combination using cash from the proceeds of this offering and the private placement of the private placement warrants, the proceeds of the sale of our shares in connection with our initial business combination (pursuant to forward purchase agreements or backstop agreements we may enter into following the consummation of this offering or otherwise), shares issued to the owners of the target, debt issued to bank or other lenders or the owners of the target, other securities issuances, or a combination of the foregoing.
The issuance of additional shares in connection with a business combination to the owners of the target or other investors:
• may significantly dilute the equity interest of investors in this offering, which dilution would increase if the anti -dilution provisions in the Class B ordinary shares resulted in the issuance of Class A ordinary shares on a greater than one -to -one basis upon conversion of the Class B ordinary shares;
• may subordinate the rights of holders of Class A ordinary shares if preference shares are issued with rights senior to those afforded our Class A ordinary shares;
• could cause a change in control if a substantial number of our Class A ordinary shares are issued, which may affect, among other things, our ability to use our net operating loss carry forwards, if any, and could result in the resignation or removal of our present officers and directors;
• may have the effect of delaying or preventing a change of control of us by diluting the share ownership or voting rights of a person seeking to obtain control of us; and • may adversely affect prevailing market prices for our Class A ordinary shares and/or warrants.
Similarly, if we issue debt securities or otherwise incur significant debt to bank or other lenders or the owners of a target, it could result in:
• default and foreclosure on our assets if our operating revenues after an initial business combination are insufficient to repay our debt obligations;
• acceleration of our obligations to repay the indebtedness even if we make all principal and interest payments when due if we breach certain covenants that require the maintenance of certain financial ratios or reserves without a waiver or renegotiation of that covenant;
• our immediate payment of all principal and accrued interest, if any, if the debt security is payable on demand;
• our inability to obtain necessary additional financing if the debt security contains covenants restricting our ability to obtain such financing while the debt security is outstanding;
• using a substantial portion of our cash flow to pay principal and interest on our debt, which will reduce the funds available for expenses, capital expenditures, acquisitions and other general corporate purposes;
• limitations on our flexibility in planning for and reacting to changes in our business and in the industry in which we operate;
• increased vulnerability to adverse changes in general economic, industry and competitive conditions and adverse changes in government regulation; and • limitations on our ability to borrow additional amounts for expenses, capital expenditures, acquisitions, debt service requirements, execution of our strategy and other purposes and other disadvantages compared to our competitors who have less debt.
Results of Operations and Known Trends or Future Events
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Our liquidity needs have been satisfied prior to the completion of this offering through $25,000 paid by the sponsor to cover certain of our offering and formation costs in exchange for the issuance of the founder shares to our sponsor and $300,000 in loans from our sponsor.
We estimate that the net proceeds from the sale of the units in this offering and the sale of the private placement warrants for an aggregate purchase price of $8,150,000 (or $8,337,500 if the underwriters' over -allotment option is exercised in full), after deducting offering expenses of approximately $750,000 and underwriting commissions of $5,000,0000 (excluding deferred underwriting commissions of $11,250,000, or $13,687,500 if the underwriters' over -allotment option is exercised in full), will be $251,250,000 (or $288,750,000 if the underwriters' over -allotment option is exercised in full). $251,250,000 (or $288,937,500 if the underwriters' over -allotment option is exercised in full) will be held in the trust account, which includes the deferred underwriting commissions described above. The proceeds held in the trust account will be held as cash or invested only in (i) U.S. government treasury obligations with a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a -7 under the Investment Company Act which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations or (ii) an interest bearing bank demand deposit account or other accounts at a bank. The remaining approximately $1,150,000 will not be held in the trust account. In the event that our offering expenses exceed our estimate of $750,000, we may fund such excess with funds not to be held in the trust account. In such case, the amount of funds we intend to be held outside the trust account would decrease by a corresponding amount. Conversely, in the event that the offering expenses are less than our estimate of $750,000, the amount of funds we intend to be held outside the trust account would increase by a corresponding amount.
Prior to the completion of our initial business combination, we will have available to us the approximately $1,150,000 of proceeds held outside the trust account (assuming our offering expenses are as expected). We will use these funds to primarily 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.
We do not believe we will need to raise additional funds following this offering in order to meet the expenditures required for operating our business prior to our initial business combination. However, if our estimates of the costs of identifying a target business, undertaking in -depth due diligence and negotiating an initial business combination are less than the actual amount necessary to do so, we may have insufficient funds available to operate our business prior to our initial business combination. In order to fund working capital deficiencies or finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial business combination, our sponsor or an affiliate of our sponsor or certain of our officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds as may be required. If we complete our initial business combination, we would repay such loaned amounts. In the event that our initial business combination does not close, we may use amounts held outside the trust account to repay such loaned amounts but no proceeds from our trust account would be used for such repayment. Up to $1,500,000 of such loans may be convertible into private placement warrants of the post business combination entity at a price of $1.00 per warrant at the option of the lender. Such warrants would be identical to the private placement warrants. The terms of such loans, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans. Prior to the completion of our initial business combination, we do not expect to seek loans from parties other than our sponsor or an affiliate of our sponsor as we do not believe third parties will be willing to loan such funds and provide a waiver against any and all rights to seek access to funds in our trust account.
We expect our primary liquidity requirements during that period to include approximately $50,000 for legal, accounting, due diligence, travel and other expenses associated with structuring, negotiating and documenting successful business combinations; $175,000 for legal and accounting fees related to regulatory reporting requirements; $75,000 for Nasdaq and other regulatory fees; approximately $450,000 for directors' and officers' liability insurance; and approximately $70,000 for general working capital that will be used for miscellaneous expenses and reserves. Upon completion of our initial business combination or our liquidation, we will cease paying these monthly fees.
These amounts are estimates and may differ materially from our actual expenses. In addition, we could use a portion of the funds not being placed in trust to pay commitment fees for financing, fees to consultants to assist us with our search for a target business or as a down payment or to fund a "no -shop " provision (a provision designed to keep target businesses from "shopping" around for transactions with other companies or investors on terms more favorable to such target businesses) with respect to a particular proposed business combination, although we do not have any current intention to do so. If we entered into an agreement where we paid for the right to receive exclusivity from a target business, the amount that would be used as a down payment or to fund a "no -shop " provision would be determined based on the terms of the specific business combination and the amount of our available funds at the time. Our forfeiture of such funds (whether as a result of our breach or otherwise) could result in our not having sufficient funds to continue searching for, or conducting due diligence with respect to, prospective target businesses.
Moreover, 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. In addition, we intend to target businesses with enterprise values that are greater than we could acquire with the net proceeds of this offering and the sale of the private placement units, and, as a result, if the cash portion of the purchase price exceeds the amount available from the trust account, net of amounts needed to satisfy any redemptions by public shareholders, we may be required to seek additional financing to complete such proposed initial business combination. 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 this offering. Subject to compliance with applicable securities laws, we would only complete such financing simultaneously with the completion of our initial business combination. 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 the trust account. 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.
Controls and Procedures
We are not currently required to maintain an effective system of internal controls as defined by Section 404 of the Sarbanes -Oxley Act. We will be required to comply with the internal control requirements of the Sarbanes -Oxley Act for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024. Only in the event that we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer or an accelerated filer and no longer an emerging growth company would we be required to comply with the independent registered public accounting firm attestation requirement. Further, for as long as we remain an emerging growth company as defined in the JOBS Act, we intend 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 independent registered public accounting firm attestation requirement.
Prior to the closing of this offering, we have not completed an assessment, nor has our independent registered public accounting firm tested our systems, of internal controls. We expect to assess the internal controls of our target business or businesses prior to the completion of our initial business combination and, if necessary, to implement and test additional controls as we may determine are necessary in order to state that we maintain an effective system of internal controls. A target business may not be in compliance with the provisions of the Sarbanes -Oxley Act regarding the adequacy of internal controls. Many small and mid -sized target businesses we may consider for our initial business combination may have internal controls that need improvement in areas such as:
• staffing for financial, accounting and external reporting areas, including segregation of duties;
• reconciliation of accounts;
• proper recording of expenses and liabilities in the period to which they relate;
• evidence of internal review and approval of accounting transactions;
• documentation of processes, assumptions and conclusions underlying significant estimates; and • documentation of accounting policies and procedures.
Because it will take time, management involvement and perhaps outside resources to determine what internal control improvements are necessary for us to meet regulatory requirements and market expectations for our operation of a target business, we may incur significant expenses in meeting our public reporting responsibilities, particularly in the areas of designing, enhancing, or remediating internal and disclosure controls. Doing so effectively may also take longer than we expect, thus increasing our exposure to financial fraud or erroneous financing reporting.
Once our management's report on internal controls is complete, we will retain our independent registered public accounting firm to audit and render an opinion on such report when required by Section 404 of the Sarbanes -Oxley Act. The independent registered public accounting firm may identify additional issues concerning a target business's internal controls while performing their audit of internal control over financial reporting.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
The net proceeds of this offering and the sale of the private placement warrants held in the trust account will be held as cash or invested in (i) U.S. government treasury obligations with a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a -7 under the Investment Company Act which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations or (ii) an interest bearing bank demand deposit account or other accounts at a bank. Due to the short -term nature of these investments, we believe there will be no associated material exposure to interest rate risk.
Related Party Transactions
On March 15, 2024, our sponsor paid $25,000, or approximately $0.004 per share, to cover certain of our offering costs in exchange for 7,187,500 founder shares.
The number of founder shares outstanding was determined based on the expectation that the total size of this offering would be a maximum of 28,750,000 units if the underwriters' over -allotment option is exercised in full, and therefore that such founder shares would represent 20% of the outstanding shares after this offering. Up to 937,500 of the founder shares will be surrendered for no consideration depending on the extent to which the underwriters' over -allotment is exercised. If we increase or decrease the size of the offering, we will effect a share capitalization or a share repurchase or redemption or other appropriate mechanism, as applicable, with respect to our Class B ordinary shares immediately prior to the consummation of this offering in such amount as to maintain the number of founder shares at 20% of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares upon the consummation of this offering.
The sponsor and Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. have committed, pursuant to written agreements, to purchase an aggregate of 8,150,000 private placement warrants (or 8,337,500 private placement warrants if the underwriters' over -allotment option is exercised in full), each exercisable to purchase one Class A ordinary share at $11.50 per share, at a price of $1.00 per warrant, or $8,150,000 (or $8,337,500 if the underwriters' over -allotment option is exercised in full) in the aggregate in a private placement that will close simultaneously with the closing of this offering. Of those 8,150,000 private placement warrants (or 8,337,500 private placement warrants if the underwriters' over -allotment option is exercised in full), the sponsor has agreed to purchase up to 4,950,000 private placement warrants (or 5,043,750 private placement warrants if the underwriters' over -allotment option is exercised in full). Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. has agreed to purchase 3,200,000 private placement warrants (or 3,293,750 private placement warrants if the underwriters' over -allotment option is exercised in full). The non -managing sponsor investors have indicated an interest to purchase, indirectly through the purchase of non -managing sponsor membership interests, an aggregate of 4,250,000 private placement warrants at a price of $1.00 per warrant ($4,250,000 in the aggregate) in a private placement that will close simultaneously with the closing of this offering. Subject to each non -managing sponsor investor purchasing, through our sponsor, the private placement warrants allocated to it in connection with the closing of this offering, our sponsor will issue membership interests at a nominal purchase price to the non -managing sponsor investors reflecting interests in an aggregate of 3,400,000 founder shares held by our sponsor. Membership interests reflecting interests in the remaining 3,787,500 founder shares held by the sponsor will be held by the Sponsor Manager.
The private placement warrants will also be worthless if we do not complete our initial business combination. The private placement warrants will be identical to the warrants sold in this offering except that, so long as they are held by our sponsor or its permitted transferees, the private placement warrants (i) may not (including the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of these warrants), subject to certain limited exceptions, be transferred, assigned or sold by the holders until 30 days after the completion of our initial business combination, (ii) will be entitled to registration rights and (iii) with respect to private placement warrants held by Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. and/or its designees, will not be exercisable more than five years from the commencement of sales in this offering in accordance with FINRA Rule 5110(g)(8).
We currently utilize office space at 1700 Broadway, 19 th Floor, New York, NY 10019 provided by an affiliate of our sponsor at no cost as our executive offices.
Except as described herein, no compensation of any kind, including finder's and consulting fees, will be paid by the company to our sponsor, officers and directors, or any of their respective affiliates, for services rendered prior to or in connection with the completion of an initial business combination. However, these entities and individuals will be reimbursed for any out -of -pocket expenses incurred in connection with activities on our behalf such as identifying potential target businesses and performing due diligence on suitable business combinations. In addition, we may pay consulting, success or finder fees to our independent directors, our advisors, or their respective affiliates in connection with the consummation of our initial business combination. Our audit committee will review on a quarterly basis all payments that were made to our sponsor, officers, directors or our or their affiliates.
Prior to the closing of this offering, our sponsor may loan us funds in an aggregate amount of up to $300,000 to be used for a portion of the expenses of this offering. These loans would be non -interest bearing, unsecured and are due at the earlier of December 31, 2024 or the closing of this offering. As of March 31, 2024, we had no borrowings under the promissory note with our sponsor.
Any of the foregoing payments to our sponsor, repayments of loans from our sponsor or repayments of working capital loans prior to our initial business combination will be made using funds held outside the trust account.
After our initial business combination, members of our management team who remain with us may be paid consulting, management or other fees from the combined company with any and all amounts being fully disclosed to our shareholders, to the extent then known, in the proxy solicitation or tender offer materials, as applicable, furnished to our shareholders. It is unlikely the amount of such compensation will be known at the time of distribution of such tender offer materials or at the time of a general meeting held to consider our initial business combination, as applicable, as it will be up to the directors of the post -combination business to determine executive and director compensation.
We have entered into a registration rights agreement with respect to the founder shares and private placement warrants, which is described under the heading " Principal Shareholders — Registration Rights ."
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements; Commitments and Contractual Obligations; Quarterly Results As of March 31, 2024, we did not have any off -balance sheet arrangements as defined in Item 303(a)(4)(ii) of Regulation S -K and did not have any commitments or contractual obligations. No unaudited quarterly operating data is included in this prospectus as we have not conducted any operations to date.
The JOBS Act contains provisions that, among other things, relax certain reporting requirements for qualifying public companies. We will qualify as an "emerging growth company" and under the JOBS Act will be allowed to comply with new or revised accounting pronouncements based on the effective date for private (not publicly traded) companies. We are electing to delay the adoption of new or revised accounting standards, and as a result, we may not comply with new or revised accounting standards on the relevant dates on which adoption of such standards is required for non -emerging growth companies. As a result, our financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with new or revised accounting pronouncements as of public company effective dates.
Additionally, we are in the process of evaluating the benefits of relying on the other reduced reporting requirements provided by the JOBS Act. Subject to certain conditions set forth in the JOBS Act, if, as an "emerging growth company," we choose to rely on such exemptions we may not be required to, among other things, (i) provide an independent registered public accounting firm's attestation report on our system of internal controls over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404, (ii) provide all of the compensation disclosure that may be required of non -emerging growth public companies under the Dodd -Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, (iii) comply with any requirement that may be adopted by the PCAOB regarding mandatory audit firm rotation or a supplement to the report of the independent registered public accounting firm providing additional information about the audit and the financial statements (auditor discussion and analysis), and (iv) disclose certain executive compensation related items such as the correlation between executive compensation and performance and comparisons of the CEO's compensation to median employee compensation. These exemptions will apply for a period of five years following the completion of this offering or until we are no longer an "emerging growth company," whichever is earlier.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
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