SEC Form 10-K filed by Columbus Acquisition Corp
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COLUMBUS ACQUISITION CORP
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CERTAIN TERMS
References to the “Company,” “our Company,” “CAC,” “our,” “us” or “we” refer to Columbus Acquisition Corp, a blank check company incorporated on January 18, 2024 as a Cayman Islands exempted corporation and formed for the purpose of entering into a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities, which we refer to throughout this Annual Report on Form 10-K as our “initial business combination.” References to the “Sponsor” refer to Hercules Capital Management VII Corp. References to “equity-linked securities” are to any securities of the Company which are convertible into, or exchangeable or exercisable for, equity securities of the Company, including any securities issued by the Company which are pledged to secure any obligation of any holder to purchase equity securities of the Company. References to the “SEC” are to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. References to our “initial public offering” refer to our initial public offering, which closed on January 24, 2025. References to “public shares” are to shares of our ordinary shares sold as part of the units in our initial public offering. References to “public shareholders” are to the holders of our public shares. Reference to “public rights” are to rights sold as part of the units in our initial public offering.
SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
Certain statements in this Annual Report on Form 10-K (this “Report” or “Annual Report”) may constitute “forward looking statements” for purposes of the federal securities laws. Our forward looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding our or our management team’s expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future and the statements under “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” regarding our financial position, business strategy and the plans and objectives of management for future operations. 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,” “may,” “might,”, “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “would” and similar expressions may identify forward looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward looking. Forward looking statements in this Annual Report on Form 10-K may include, for example, statements about:
| ● | our ability to select an appropriate target business or businesses; | |
| ● | our ability to complete our initial business combination; | |
| ● | our expectations around the performance of the prospective target business or businesses; | |
| ● | our success in retaining or recruiting, or changes required in, our officers, key employees or directors following our initial business combination; | |
| ● | our officers and directors allocating their time to other businesses and potentially having conflicts of interest with our business or in approving our initial business combination; | |
| ● | our potential ability to obtain additional financing to complete our initial business combination; | |
| ● | our pool of prospective target businesses; |
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| ● | the ability of our officers and directors to generate a number of potential acquisition opportunities; | |
| ● | our public securities’ potential liquidity and trading; | |
| ● | the lack of a market for our securities; | |
| ● | the use of proceeds not held in the trust account described below or available to us from interest income on the trust account balance; | |
| ● | the trust account not being subject to claims of third parties; | |
| ● | our financial performance; or | |
| ● | the other risk and uncertainties discussed in “Item 1A. Risk Factors,” elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K and in our other filings with the SEC. |
The forward looking statements contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K 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 “Part I, Item 1A. 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.
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PART I
Item 1. Business Overview.
We are a blank check exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands on January 18, 2024, for the purpose of entering into a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities. Our efforts to identify a prospective target business will not be limited to a particular industry or geographic location. We intend to utilize cash derived from the proceeds of our initial public offering (the “IPO”), our securities, debt or a combination of cash, securities and debt, in effecting a business combination.
Initial Public Offering and Private Placement
On January 24, 2025, we consummated our IPO of 6,000,000 units (“Units”). Each Unit consists of one ordinary share, $0.0001 par value per share (the “Ordinary Share”), and one right (the “Rights”) to receive one-seventh of one ordinary Share upon the completion of the initial business combination. The Units were sold at an offering price of $10.00 per Unit, generating total gross proceeds of $60,000,000. On January 24, 2025, substantially concurrently with the closing of the IPO, we completed the private sale (the “Private Placement”) of 234,290 units (the “Private Units”) to our sponsor, Hercules Capital Management VII Corp (the “Sponsor”), at a purchase price of $10.00 per Private Unit, generating gross proceeds to us of $2,342,900. In connection with the offering of the Units and the sale of Private Units, the proceeds of $60,000,000 from the offering of the Units and the sale of Private Units were placed in the Trust Account (as defined below).
In connection with the IPO, the Company issued a total of 210,000 Ordinary shares (the “Representative Shares”) to A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners, the representative of the underwriters of the IPO. The Representative Shares are identical to the Ordinary Shares included in the Units, except that the Representative has agreed not to transfer, assign, sell, pledge, or hypothecate any such Representative Shares, or subject such Representative Shares to hedging, short sale, derivative, put or call transaction that would result in the economic disposition of the securities by any person until 180 days immediately following the commencement of sales of the IPO pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110(e)(1), subject to exceptions pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110(e)(2). The Representative has agreed to (i) vote for at a shareholder meeting of the Company to approve a business combination or any amendment to the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to allow redemptions in connection with a business combination, (ii) waive the redemption rights until the completion of the business combination, in connection with the completion of the Company’s initial business combination or a shareholder vote to approve an amendment to the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to modify the substance or timing of our obligation to allow redemptions in connection with a business combination, and (iii) waive the rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to the Representative Shares if the Company fails to complete its initial business combination within the prescribed timeline as provided in the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, to the extent such Representative Shares held by the Representative and/or its designees, and any of their permitted transferees.
The proceeds of $60,000,000 from the IPO and the sales of Private Units, were placed in a trust account (the “Trust Account”) established for the benefit of our public shareholders and the underwriters of the IPO with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee (the “Trustee”).
Our management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the proceeds of the IPO and the Private Placement that are held outside of the Trust Account, although substantially all the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally towards consummating a business combination and working capital.
Since our IPO, our sole business activity has been identifying and evaluating suitable acquisition transaction candidates. We presently have no revenue and have had losses since inception from incurring formation and operating costs. We have relied upon the sale of our securities and loans from the Sponsor to fund our operations.
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On March 10, 2025, the Sponsor forfeited 225,000 Founder Shares (as defined below) for no consideration as the underwriters of the IPO did not exercise the over-allotment option. As a result, the Sponsor currently holds 1,698,290 Ordinary Shares in total, including 1,464,000 Founder Shares and 234,290 Ordinary Shares included in the Private Units. As of the date of this annual report, our insiders, including the Sponsor, our officers and directors and a former director, collectively, hold 1,734,290 Ordinary Shares, representing 21.83% of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company.
On March 17, 2025, the Ordinary Shares and Rights commenced trading on the Nasdaq Global Market (“Nasdaq”) under the symbols “COLA” and “COLAR,” respectively Public Units not separated continue to trade on Nasdaq under the symbol “COLAU”. Holders of Public Units will need to have their brokers contact the Company’s transfer agent, Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, in order to separate the holders’ Public Units into Ordinary Shares and Rights.
On March 20, 2025, in connection with the appointment of Mr. Cameron R. Johnson as the director of the Company, the Sponsor issued a share purchase option dated March 20, 2025 (the “Share Purchase Option”) to Mr. Johnson, entitling Mr. Johnson to acquire 12,000 Founder Shares upon the exercise of the Share Purchase Option once the existing lock-up term on such Founder Shares expires pursuant to the terms and arrangements thereunder. The Company has entered into an indemnity agreement with Mr. Johnson in connection with his appointment.
Proposed Transactions
On November 9, 2025, the Company entered into a business combination agreement (as it may be amended, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “BCA”) with WISeSat.Space Holdings Corp., a British Virgin Islands business company (“Pubco”), WISeSat Merger Sub Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Pubco (“Merger Sub”), WISeSat.Space Corp., a British Virgin Islands business company (the “Target”), and WISeKey International Holding Ltd., a Swiss company (together with its successors, including after its anticipated domestication to the British Virgin Islands prior to the Closing, the “Seller”). Pursuant to the BCA, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, upon the closing of the transactions contemplated by the BCA (the “Closing”), CAC will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Pubco; and each issued and outstanding CAC Security (as defined in the BCA) immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger (as defined in the BCA) shall no longer be outstanding and shall automatically be cancelled, in exchange for the right of the holder thereof to receive Pubco Ordinary Shares. Following the Merger, the Seller may distribute up to 10% of its Pubco shares to its own shareholders at its discretion. The transactions contemplated by the BCA and the Ancillary Documents are referred to herein as the “Transactions.”
The Transactions will be submitted to shareholders of the Company for approval at an extraordinary general meeting. Pubco, together with the Company, will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a proxy statement/prospectus on Form F-4 (the “Business Combination Proxy Statement”) in connection with the proposed Transactions. On December 29, 2025, CAC and WISeKey International Holding AG jointly announced the confidential submission of a draft of the Business Combination Proxy Statement by Pubco with the SEC on December 23, 2025. Pursuant to the Company’s Charter, the Company currently has until January 22, 2027 to complete the Transactions, if fully extended.
Share Exchange Consideration
Immediately prior to the Effective Time, in full payment for the Company Shares, Pubco shall issue and deliver to the Seller the Exchange Shares with an aggregate value (the “Exchange Consideration”) equal to the sum of (i) Two Hundred Fifty Million U.S. Dollars ($250,000,000), plus (ii) the amount of any Transaction Financing (as defined in the BCA) that is made into the Company or its Subsidiaries prior to the Closing, with each Pubco Ordinary Share valued at Ten U.S. Dollars ($10.00). The Exchange Shares will be allocated between Pubco Ordinary Shares and Pubco Class F Shares in proportion to the number of Company Ordinary Shares and Company Class F Shares owned by Seller at the time of the Share Exchange.
The Pubco Class F Shares shall, in the aggregate, be entitled to 49.9% of the total vote on any matter voted on by the holders of Pubco Shares, and the Pubco Class F Shares will automatically convert into Pubco Ordinary Shares upon certain transfers in accordance with the Company Organizational Documents.
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Treatment of CAC Securities; Merger Consideration
Pursuant to the BCA, (a) immediately prior to the Effective Time, every issued and outstanding CAC Unit shall be automatically detached, and the holder thereof shall be deemed to hold one CAC Ordinary Share and one CAC Right in accordance with the terms of the applicable CAC Unit (the “Unit Separation”); (b) immediately prior to the Effective Time and immediately following the Unit Separation, each issued and outstanding CAC Right (including the CAC Rights held as a result of the Unit Separation) shall be automatically converted into one-seventh of one CAC Ordinary Share; (c) at the Effective Time, every issued and outstanding CAC Ordinary Share (including each CAC Ordinary Share converted from CAC Rights pursuant to (b) above and each CAC Ordinary Share held as a result of the Unit Separation, other than the Excluded Shares, the Dissenting Shares and the Redeemed Shares (each as defined in the BCA)) shall become and be converted automatically into the right to receive one Pubco Ordinary Share, following which, all CAC Ordinary Shares shall cease to be outstanding and shall automatically be canceled and shall cease to exist.
At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger, all Merger Sub Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into an equal number ordinary shares of the Surviving Company, with the same rights, powers and privileges as the shares so converted and shall constitute the only outstanding issued shares of the Surviving Company.
Sponsor Agreement
Simultaneously with the execution and delivery of the BCA, CAC, the Target, Pubco and the Sponsor entered into a sponsor agreement (the “Sponsor Agreement”). Pursuant to the Sponsor Agreement, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, the Sponsor agreed, among other things, (a) to vote in favor of the BCA and the Transactions and against any alternative transaction; (b) during the term of the Sponsor Agreement, not to transfer and to cause its affiliates not to transfer any of the Sponsor Shares (as defined therein) except as permitted thereby; (c) during the term of the Sponsor Agreement, not to redeem any Sponsor Shares (as defined therein) and convert all CAC rights held by it into the underlying CAC Ordinary Shares; (d) to pay for CAC Expenses (as defined in the BCA) in excess of the CAC Expense Cap (as defined in the BCA); (e) to take timely actions to extend CAC’s deadline to complete the Business Combination as necessary to consummate the Closing; and (f) that any working capital loans made to CAC (including for any Extension Payments) will at the Closing be either, as requested by the Target, repaid in cash or converted into CAC Working Capital Units in accordance with the IPO Prospectus (excluding after CAC has fully utilized its existing working capital as of the Signing Date, up to $400,000 in working capital loans made prior to the Closing to CAC by third parties (excluding the Target) or members of the Sponsor, in either case, that are not affiliates of CAC, the Sponsor or CAC’s management or directors, even if such loans are indirectly made through the Sponsor, as to which the repayment terms will be as provided as disclosed in the IPO Prospectus). The Sponsor Agreement will terminate on the earliest of (i) the mutual written consent of CAC, the Target and Sponsor, (ii) the Closing of the Transactions, or (iii) the termination of the BCA in accordance with its terms.
Insider Letter Amendment
Simultaneously with the execution and delivery of the BCA, CAC, Pubco, the Sponsor, the Target and CAC’s directors and officers entered into an amendment (the “Insider Letter Amendment”) to the letter agreement that was entered into by and among CAC, the Sponsor and certain other member of CAC’s board of directors and/or management team on January 22, 2025 (the “Insider Letter”). Pursuant to the Insider Letter Amendment, the parties amended the letter agreement to (a) give the Target and Pubco rights to enforce the terms of the Insider Letter; (b) effective as of the Closing, assign the rights and obligations of CAC under the Insider Letter to Pubco; and (c) provide that the lock-up period applicable to the Pubco Ordinary Shares issued in exchange for the Founder Shares (as defined in the BCA) pursuant to the BCA will be identical to the lock-up period set forth in the Lock-Up Agreement (as defined below).
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Lock-up Agreement
Simultaneously with the execution and delivery of the BCA, CAC, Pubco and the Seller entered into a lock-up agreement (the “Lock-up Agreement”), which, among other things, provides for certain restrictions on the transfer of certain Pubco Ordinary Shares by the Seller and other holders who become Pubco’s shareholders as a result of the Seller Distribution following the Closing, as further described below and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Lock-up Agreement.
Pursuant to the Lock-up Agreement, from and after the Closing, the Seller and other holders who become Pubco shareholders as a result of the Seller Distribution shall not Transfer (as defined in the Lock-up Agreement) any of the Restricted Securities (as defined in the Lock-up Agreement) until the earlier of: (a) the six month anniversary of the date of the Closing; (b) the date (but not less than 60 days after the Closing) on which the closing price of the Pubco Ordinary Shares exceeds $12.50 for any 20 trading days within a 30-day trading period following the Closing; and (c) the date after the Closing on which Pubco consummates a liquidation, merger, share exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction with an unaffiliated third party that results in all of Pubco’s shareholders having the right to exchange their equity holdings in Pubco for cash, securities or other property.
January 2026 Extension Meeting
On January 16, 2026, the Company held an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders (the “Extraordinary General Meeting”), where the shareholders of the Company approved the proposal (the “Charter Amendment Proposal”) that the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, which provided that the Company has until January 22, 2026 to complete a business combination, be deleted in their entirety and the substitution in their place of the Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association (the “Amended Charter”) to provide that the Company has until January 22, 2026 to complete a business combination, and may elect to extend the period to consummate a business combination up to twelve times, each by an additional one-month extension (the “Monthly Extension”), for a total of up to twelve months to January 22, 2027. In order to effectuate each Monthly Extensions, $50,000 needs to be deposited into the Trust Account of the Company (the “Monthly Extension Fee”).
On January 16, 2026, the Company and the Trustee entered into the amendment to the Investment Management Trust Agreement dated January 22, 2025 ( as amended, the “Trust Agreement”) upon the shareholders’ approval at the Extraordinary General Meeting, which provides that that the Trustee must commence liquidation of the Trust Account by the prescribed timeline as provided in the Company’s Amended Charter.
In connection with the votes to approve the Charter Amendment Proposal, 3,449,851 Ordinary Shares of the Company were rendered for redemption, and approximately $35.82 million was released from the Trust Account to pay such redeeming shareholders.
Extensions
As of the date of this Annual Report, the Company has until March 22, 2026 to complete its initial business combination (or up to January 22, 2027 if fully extended). A total of $100,000 Monthly Extension Fee were deposited into the Trust Account of the Company, among which $50,000 were paid by the Company from its working capital and $50,000 were paid by the Target pursuant to the BCA.
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Effecting a Business Combination
In connection with any proposed business combination, we will either (1) seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination at a meeting called for such purpose at which public shareholders may seek to convert their public shares, regardless of whether they vote for or against, or abstain from voting on, the proposed business combination, into their pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account (net of taxes payable and up to $100,000 of interest released to us to pay dissolution expenses) or (2) provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to sell their public shares to us by means of a tender offer (and thereby avoid the need for a shareholder vote) for an amount equal to their pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account (net of taxes payable and up to $100,000 of interest released to us to pay dissolution expenses), in each case subject to the limitations described herein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, our insiders, including the Sponsor and our officers and directors, have agreed, pursuant to written letter agreements with us, not to convert any shares (including Founder Shares, private shares and any public shares acquired in or after the IPO) held by them into their pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account. If we determine to engage in a tender offer, such tender offer will be structured so that each shareholder may tender any or all of his, her or its public shares rather than some pro rata portion of his, her or its shares. 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 based on a variety of factors such as the timing of the transaction, or whether the terms of the transaction would otherwise require us to seek shareholder approval. If we so choose and we are legally permitted to do so, we have the flexibility to avoid a shareholder vote and allow our shareholders to sell their shares pursuant to Rule 13e-4 and Regulation 14E of the Exchange Act which regulate issuer tender offers. In that case, we will file tender offer documents with the SEC which will contain substantially the same financial and other information about the initial business combination as is required under the SEC’s proxy rules. We will consummate our initial business combination only if we have net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 upon such consummation and, solely if we seek shareholder approval, a majority of the issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares voted are voted in favor of the business combination.
We have until January 22, 2027 to consummate an initial business combination (the “Combination Period”) (if fully extended). However, if we anticipate that we may not be able to consummate our initial business combination by January 22, 2027 (if fully extended), we may seek an amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to extend the period of time we have to complete an initial business combination beyond January 22, 2027 (if fully extended) and if we do so, we will provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their public shares upon the completion of our initial business combination at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account. and not previously released to us or necessary to pay our taxes (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses). If we do not complete our initial business combination by January 22, 2027 (if fully extended), we may elect to do so in the future and there is no limit on the number of extensions that we may seek. If we are unable to consummate our initial business combination within the Combination Period and decide not to seek any extension, we will, as promptly as possible but not more than ten (10) business days thereafter, redeem 100% of our issued and outstanding public shares for a pro rata portion of the funds held in the Trust Account, including a pro rata portion of any interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to us or necessary to pay our taxes (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), and then seek to liquidate and dissolve. However, we may not be able to distribute such amounts as a result of claims of creditors which may take priority over the claims of our public shareholders. In the event of our liquidation and subsequent dissolution and the public rights will expire and will be worthless.
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If we are unable to consummate our initial business combination within this time period, we will liquidate the Trust Account and distribute the proceeds held therein to our public shareholders by way of redeeming their shares and dissolve. If we are forced to liquidate, we anticipate that we would distribute to our public shareholders the amount in the Trust Account calculated as of the date that is two (2) days prior to the distribution date (including any accrued interest net of taxes payable and up to $100,000 of interest released to us to pay dissolution expenses). Prior to such distribution, we would be required to assess all claims that may be potentially brought against us by our creditors for amounts they are actually owed and make provision for such amounts, as creditors take priority over our public shareholders with respect to amounts that are owed to them. We cannot assure you that we will properly assess all claims that may be potentially brought against us. As such, our shareholders could potentially be liable for any claims of creditors to the extent of distributions received by them as an unlawful payment in the event we enter an insolvent liquidation. In the event of our liquidation and subsequent dissolution, the public and private rights will expire and will be worthless.
Pursuant to NASDAQ listing rules, the target business or businesses that we acquire must collectively have a fair market value equal to at least 80% of the balance of the funds in the Trust Account (excluding taxes payable on the income earned on the Trust Account) at the time of the execution of a definitive agreement for our initial business combination, although we may acquire a target business whose fair market value significantly exceeds 80% of the Trust Account balance.
We currently anticipate structuring a business combination to acquire 100% of the equity interests or assets of the target business or businesses. We may, however, structure a business combination where we merge directly with the target business or where we acquire less than 100% of such interests or assets of the target business in order to meet certain objectives of the target management team or shareholders or for other reasons, but we will only complete such business combination if the post-transaction company owns or acquires 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target sufficient for it not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act. Even if the post-transaction company owns or acquires 50% or more of the voting securities of the target, our shareholders prior to the business combination may collectively own a minority interest in the post-transaction company, depending on valuations ascribed to the target and us in the business combination 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 of a target. In this case, we could 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, only the portion of such business or businesses that is owned or acquired is what will be valued for purposes of the 80% of net assets test, assuming that we maintain a listing for our securities on NASDAQ. In order to consummate such an acquisition, we may issue a significant amount of our debt or equity securities to the sellers of such businesses and/or seek to raise additional funds through a private offering of debt or equity securities. Since we have no specific business combination under consideration, we have not entered into any such fund-raising arrangement and have no current intention of doing so. The fair market value of the target business will be determined by our board of directors based upon one or more standards generally accepted by the financial community (such as actual and potential sales, earnings, cash flow and/or book value). If our board is not able to independently determine that the target business has a sufficient fair market value, we will obtain an opinion from an unaffiliated, independent investment banking firm, or another independent entity that commonly renders valuation opinions on the type of target business we are seeking to acquire, with respect to the satisfaction of such criteria. We will not be required to obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm, or another independent entity that commonly renders valuation opinions on the type of target business we are seeking to acquire, as to the fair market value if our board of directors independently determines that the target business complies with the 80% threshold.
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We will not be required to comply with the 80% fair market value requirement if we are delisted from Nasdaq. If Nasdaq delists our securities from trading on its exchange, we would not be required to satisfy the fair market value requirement described above and could complete a business combination with a target business having a fair market value substantially below 80% of the balance in the Trust Account.
Working Capital Loans
In order to meet our working capital needs until completion of an initial business combination, our insiders, officers and directors or their affiliates may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds, from time to time or at any time, in whatever amount they deem reasonable in their sole discretion (the “Working Capital Loans”). The notes would either be paid upon consummation of our initial business combination, without interest, or, at the lender’s discretion, up to $3,000,000 of the notes may be converted upon consummation of our business combination into working capital units at a price of $10.00 per unit, or the “working capital units.” In addition, if we hold a shareholder meeting to seek shareholders’ approval for an amendment to the then existing memorandum and articles of association, as amended, to modify the amount of time or substance we have to consummate an initial business combination, our insiders, officers and directors or their affiliates or designees may, but not obligated to, loan us funds in support of our potential extension to allow additional time for us to complete an initial business combination which will be evidenced in extension convertible notes to be repaid in cash or $10.00 per unit, or the “extension units,” at the closing of our initial business combination. The working capital units and the extension units, if any, would be identical to the Private Units sold in the private placement. If we do not complete our initial business combination, the loans would be repaid out of funds not held in the Trust Account, and only to the extent available. The terms of such loans by our insiders, officers and directors or their affiliates, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans.
As of December 31, 2025 and through the date of filing of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, the Company had no borrowings under these loans.
PCAOB
The United States Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (“PCAOB”) is currently unable to conduct inspections on accounting firms in the PRC without the approval of the Chinese government authorities. The auditor and its audit work in the PRC may not be inspected fully by the PCAOB. Inspections of other auditors conducted by the PCAOB outside China have at times identified deficiencies in those auditors’ audit procedures and quality control procedures, which may be addressed as part of the inspection process to improve future audit quality. The lack of PCAOB inspections of audit work undertaken in China prevents the PCAOB from regularly evaluating the PRC auditor’s audits and its quality control procedures. As a result, shareholders may be deprived of the benefits of PCAOB inspections if we complete a business combination with such companies.
Future developments in U.S. laws may restrict our ability or willingness to complete certain business combinations with certain companies. For instance, the enacted Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act (the “HFCAA”) would restrict our ability to consummate a business combination with a target business unless that business met certain standards of the PCAOB and would require delisting of a company from U.S. national securities exchanges if the PCAOB is unable to inspect its public accounting firm for three consecutive years. The HFCAA also requires public companies to disclose, among other things, whether they are owned or controlled by a foreign government, specifically, those based in China.
We may not be able to consummate a business combination with a favored target business due to these laws. Furthermore, on June 22, 2021, the U.S. Senate passed the Accelerating Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act (“AHFCAA”), which, if signed into law, would amend the HFCAA and require the SEC to prohibit an issuer’s securities from trading on any U.S. stock exchanges if its auditor is not subject to PCAOB inspections for two consecutive years instead of three consecutive years.
The documentation we may be required to submit to the SEC proving certain beneficial ownership requirements and establishing that we are not owned or controlled by a foreign government in the event that we use a foreign public accounting firm not subject to inspection by the PCAOB or where the PCAOB is unable to completely inspect or investigate our accounting practices or financial statements because of a position taken by an authority in the foreign jurisdiction could be onerous and time consuming to prepare. The HFCAA mandates the SEC to identify issuers of SEC-registered securities whose audited financial reports are prepared by an accounting firm that the PCAOB is unable to inspect due to restrictions imposed by an authority in the foreign jurisdiction where the audits are performed. If such identified issuer’s auditor cannot be inspected by the PCAOB for three consecutive years, the trading of such issuer’s securities on any U.S. national securities exchanges, as well as any over-the-counter trading in the U.S., will be prohibited.
On March 24, 2021, the SEC adopted interim final rules relating to the implementation of certain disclosure and documentation requirements of the HFCAA. An identified issuer will be required to comply with these rules if the SEC identifies it as having a “non-inspection” year under a process to be subsequently established by the SEC.
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On November 5, 2021, the SEC approved the PCAOB’s Rule 6100, Board Determinations Under the HFCAA. Rule 6100 provides a framework for the PCAOB to use when determining, as contemplated under the HFCAA, whether it is unable to inspect or investigate completely registered public accounting firms located in a foreign jurisdiction because of a position taken by one or more authorities in that jurisdiction.
On December 2, 2021, the SEC issued amendments to finalize rules implementing the submission and disclosure requirements in the HFCAA. The rules apply to registrants that the SEC identifies as having filed an annual report with an audit report issued by a registered public accounting firm that is located in a foreign jurisdiction and that PCAOB is unable to inspect or investigate completely because of a position taken by an authority in foreign jurisdictions.
On December 16, 2021, the PCAOB issued a Determination Report which found that the PCAOB is unable to inspect or investigate completely registered public accounting firms headquartered in: (i) mainland China, and (ii) Hong Kong. Our auditor, Marcum Asia CPAs LLP, headquartered in New York City, is an independent registered public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and is subject to laws in the United States pursuant to which the PCAOB conducts regular inspections to assess Marcum Asia CPAs LLP’s compliance with applicable professional standards. The PCAOB currently has access to inspect the working papers of our auditor. Our auditor is not headquartered in mainland China or Hong Kong and was not identified in this report as a firm subject to the PCAOB’s determination.
On August 26, 2022, the CSRC, the Ministry of Finance of the PRC, and PCAOB signed a Statement of Protocol, or the Protocol, governing inspections and investigations of audit firms based in China and Hong Kong. Pursuant to the Protocol, the PCAOB has independent discretion to select any issuer audits for inspection or investigation and has the unfettered ability to transfer information to the SEC. However, uncertainties still exist whether this new framework will be fully complied with. According to the PCAOB, its December 2021 determinations under the HFCAA remain in effect. The PCAOB is required to reassess these determinations by the end of 2022. Under the PCAOB’s rules, a reassessment of a determination under the HFCAA may result in the PCAOB reaffirming, modifying or vacating the determination.
On December 15, 2022, the PCAOB determined that it has secured complete access to inspect and investigate registered public accounting firms headquartered in mainland China and Hong Kong and voted to vacate its December 2021 determinations to the contrary. To ensure ongoing access for inspections and investigations, the PCAOB will determine annually whether it can inspect and investigate completely audit firms in mainland China and Hong Kong. Additionally, the PCAOB has also identified numerous deficiencies at audit firms in mainland China and Hong Kong, as has been the case in other jurisdictions in the first year of PCAOB inspection. The PCAOB intends to release inspection reports in the first half of next year detailing findings from their inspections of these audit firms.
However, in the event that we complete a business combination with a PRC Target Company and PCAOB is not able to fully conduct inspections of the post-combination entity’s auditor’s work papers in mainland China or Hong Kong, it could cause us to fail to be in compliance with U.S. securities laws and regulations, we could cease to be listed on a U.S. securities exchange, and U.S. trading of our shares could be prohibited under the HFCAA. Any of these actions, or uncertainties in the market about the possibility of such actions, could adversely affect our prospects to successfully complete a business combination with a PRC Target Company, our access to the U.S. capital markets and the price of our shares.
On December 29, 2022, a legislation entitled “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023” (the “Consolidated Appropriations Act”), was signed into law by President Biden. The Consolidated Appropriations Act contained, among other things, an identical provision to the AHFCAA, which reduces the number of consecutive non-inspection years required for triggering the prohibitions under the HFCAA from three years to two.
Future developments in respect of increased U.S. regulatory access to audit information are uncertain, as the legislative developments are subject to the legislative process and the regulatory developments are subject to the rule-making process and other administrative procedures.
Other developments in U.S. laws and regulatory environment, including but not limited to executive orders such as Executive Order (E.O.) 13959, “Addressing the Threat from Securities Investments That Finance Communist Chinese Military Companies,” may further restrict our ability to complete a business combination with certain China-based businesses.
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Enforceability of Civil Liability
Certain of our executive officers and directors are located outside the U.S. Our Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Fen “Eric” Zhang, who is also our director, our Chief Financial Officer, Ms. Jie “Janet” Hu, and our director Mr. Cameron R. Johnson, are located in China, and our director, Mr. Kevin McKenzie, are located in Switzerland. Further, there is uncertainty if any officers and directors of the post-combination entity will be located outside the Unites States. As a result, it may be difficult, or in some cases not possible, for investors in the United States to enforce their legal rights, to effect service of process upon those officers and directors (prior to or after the business combination) located outside the United States, to enforce judgments of United States courts predicated upon civil liabilities and criminal penalties on them under United States securities laws.
In particular, the PRC does not have treaties providing for the reciprocal recognition and enforcement of judgments of courts with the United States and many other countries and regions, and you may have to incur substantial costs and contribute significant time to enforce civil liabilities and criminal penalties in reliance on legal remedies under PRC laws. Therefore, recognition and enforcement in the PRC of judgement of United States courts in relation to any matter not subject to a binding arbitration provision may be difficult or impossible.
U.S. Foreign Investment Regulations
Dr. Fen “Eric” Zhang, our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, is the sole director of the Sponsor and as such is deemed to have sole voting and investment discretion with respect to our shares held by the Sponsor. There are two types of securities of the Sponsor issued and outstanding, ordinary shares and Series A preferred shares. Dr. Fen “Eric” Zhang holds all the issued and outstanding ordinary shares and, eight holders, including Dr. Zhang, hold all the issued and outstanding Series A preferred shares. The holders of Series A preferred shares have no voting rights with respect to any matters of the Sponsor subject to certain exception. In the event of dissolution of our Sponsor after the closing of the IPO, the holders of Sponsor’s ordinary shares and Series A preferred shares are entitled to distribution of assets and funds of the Sponsor legally available for distribution, pro rata, including, the Company’s Founder Shares and Private Units held by the Sponsor if those securities have not been disposed by the Sponsor and are legally available for distribution during the dissolution. Dr. Zhang and one holder of the Sponsor’s Series A preferred shares are Canadian citizens and the other six holders are Chinese citizens. As of the date of this Annual Report, the Sponsor owns approximately 37.8% of our issued and outstanding shares.
Controlling or non-controlling investments in U.S. businesses that produce, design, test, manufacture, fabricate or develop one or more critical technologies in one of 27 identified industries — including aviation, defense, semiconductors, telecommunications and biotechnology — are subject to a mandatory filing with the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (“CFIUS”). In addition, CFIUS is an interagency committee authorized to review certain transactions involving foreign investment in the United States by foreign persons in order to determine the effect of such transactions on the national security of the United States. Because we may be considered a “foreign person” under such rules and regulations, any proposed business combination between us and a U.S. business engaged in a regulated industry or which may affect national security, we could be subject to such foreign ownership restrictions and/or CFIUS review. The scope of CFIUS was expanded by the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (“FIRRMA”) to include certain non-passive, non-controlling investments in sensitive U.S. businesses and certain acquisitions of real estate even with no underlying U.S. business. FIRRMA, and subsequent implementing regulations that are now in force, also subject certain categories of investments to mandatory filings. If our potential initial business combination with a U.S. business falls within the scope of foreign ownership restrictions, we may be unable to consummate a business combination with such business. In addition, if our potential business combination falls within CFIUS’s jurisdiction, we may be required to make a mandatory filing or determine to submit a voluntary notice to CFIUS, or to proceed with the initial business combination without notifying CFIUS and risk CFIUS intervention, before or after closing the initial business combination. CFIUS may decide to block or delay our initial business combination, impose conditions to mitigate national security concerns with respect to such initial business combination or order us to divest all or a portion of a U.S. business of the combined company if we had proceeded without first obtaining CFIUS clearance. The foreign ownership limitations, and the potential impact of CFIUS, may limit the attractiveness of a transaction with us or prevent us from pursuing certain initial business combination opportunities that we believe would otherwise be beneficial to us and our shareholders. As a result, the pool of potential targets with which we could complete an initial business combination may be limited and we may be adversely affected in terms of competing with other special purpose acquisition companies which do not have similar foreign ownership issues.
Moreover, the process of government review, whether by CFIUS or otherwise, could be lengthy. Because we have only a limited time to complete our initial business combination our failure to obtain any required approvals within the requisite time period may require us to liquidate. If we liquidate, our public shareholders may only receive $10.00 per share initially, and our rights will expire worthless. This will also cause you to lose any potential investment opportunity in a target company and the chance of realizing future gains on your investment through any price appreciation in the combined company.
Facilities
Our executive offices are located at 14 Prudential Tower, Singapore, 049712 and our telephone number is (+1) 949 899 1827. Commencing on January 22, 2025, we make $10,000 per month payment to the Sponsor for office space, utilities and secretarial and administrative support. We consider our current office space adequate for our current operations.
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Employees
We currently have Dr. Fen “Eric” Zhang as the Chief Executive Officer and Mr. Jie “Janet” Hu as the Chief Financial Officer. They are not obligated to devote any specific number of hours to our matters but they intend to devote as much of their time as they deem necessary to our affairs until we have completed our initial business combination. The amount of time they will devote in any time period will vary based on whether a target business has been selected for our initial business combination and the stage of the initial business combination process we are in. We do not intend to have any full time employees prior to the completion of our initial business combination.
Item 1A. Risk Factors.
As a smaller reporting company, we are not required to include risk factors in this Annual Report. Factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those in this Annual Report are any of the risks described in the prospectus of our IPO (File No. 333-283278) filed with the SEC on January 24, 2025 (the “Prospectus”). Any of these factors could result in a significant or material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial condition. Additional risk factors not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also impair our business or results of operations. As of the date of this Annual Report, there have been no material changes to the risk factors disclosed in our Prospectus, except we may disclose changes to such factors or disclose additional factors from time to time in our future filings with the SEC.
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments.
None.
Item 1C. Cybersecurity
We are a special purpose acquisition company with no business operations. Since our IPO, our sole business activity has been identifying and evaluating suitable acquisition transaction candidates. Therefore, we do not consider that we face significant cybersecurity risk.
Item 2. Properties.
We do not own any real estate or other physical properties materially important to our operations. We maintain our principal executive offices located at 14 Prudential Tower, Singapore, 049712 and our telephone number is (+1) 949 899 1827.
Item 3. Legal Proceedings.
We are not currently a party to any material litigation or other legal proceedings brought against us. We are also not aware of any legal proceeding, investigation or claim, or other legal exposure that has a more than remote possibility of having a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.
Not applicable.
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PART II
Item 5. Market Information.
Our Units, ordinary Shares and Rights are each traded on The Nasdaq Global Market under the symbols “COLAU,” “COLA” and “COLAR,” respectively.
Holders
As of the date hereof, we had 2 holders of record of our units, 6 holders of record of our separately traded ordinary shares, and 1 holder of record of our separately traded Rights. The number of record holders was determined from the records of our transfer agent.
Dividends
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 in the future will be dependent upon our revenues and earnings, if any, capital requirements and general financial condition subsequent to completion of our initial business combination. The payment of any cash dividends subsequent to our initial business combination will be within the discretion of our board of directors at such time. In addition, our board of directors is not currently contemplating and does not anticipate declaring any share dividends in the foreseeable future. Further, if we incur any indebtedness in connection with our initial business combination, our ability to declare dividends may be limited by restrictive covenants we may agree to in connection therewith.
Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans
None.
Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities; Use of Proceeds from Registered Offerings
On January 24, 2025, we consummated the IPO of 6,000,000 Units, generating gross proceeds of $60,000,000. A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners acted as representative of the underwriters. The securities sold in the IPO were sold pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-1 (File No.: 333-283278). The registration statement became effective on January 22, 2025.
On January 24, 2025, substantially concurrently with the closing of the IPO, we completed the Private Placement of 234,290 Private Units to the Sponsor at a purchase price of $10.00 per Initial Private Unit, generating gross proceeds to us of $2,342,900. The issuance of the Initial Private Units was made pursuant to the exemption from registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act. We also issued to the Representative, 210,00 Ordinary shares as part of the underwriting compensation (the “Representative Shares”) on the closing of the IPO.
The proceeds of $60,000,000 ($10.00 per Unit) in the aggregate from the IPO and the Private Placement, were placed in the Trust Account.
On March 10, 2025, the Sponsor forfeited 225,000 Founder Shares for no consideration as the underwriters of the IPO did not exercise the over-allotment option. As a result, as of the date hereof, there are a total of 1,500,000 Founder Shares issued and outstanding.
Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers
None.
Item 6. Reserved.
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Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
References to the “Company,” “CAC,” “us,” “our,” or “we” refer to Columbus Acquisition Corp. The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our audited financial statements and related notes herein.
The following discussion and analysis of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our audited financial statements and the notes related thereto which are included in “Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Certain information contained in the discussion and analysis set forth below includes forward-looking statements. Our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of many factors, including those set forth under “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements,” “Item 1A. Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Overview
We are a blank check company formed under the laws of Cayman Island on January 18, 2024, for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or other similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities. We intend to effectuate our business combination using cash derived from the proceeds of the IPO, our securities, debt or a combination of cash, securities and debt, in effecting a business combination. Our efforts to identify a prospective target business will not be limited to a particular industry or geographic location but will initially focus on Asia. We have not selected any target business for our initial business combination.
We expect to continue to incur significant costs in the pursuit of our acquisition plans. We cannot assure you that our plans to raise capital or to complete our initial business combination will be successful.
Initial Public Offering and Private Placement
On January 24, 2025, the Company consummated its IPO of 6,000,000 Units. Each Unit consists of one ordinary shares and one Right to receive one-seventh of one ordinary share upon the completion of the initial business combination. The Units were sold at an offering price of $10.00 per Unit, generating total gross proceeds of $60,000,000.
Substantially concurrently with the closing of the IPO, the Company completed the private sale of 234,290 Private Units to the Sponsor. Each Private Unit consists of one Ordinary Share and one Right. The Private Units were sold at a purchase price of $10.00 per Private Unit, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $2,342,900.
The proceeds of $60,000,000 ($10.00 per Unit) in the aggregate from the IPO and the Private Placement were placed in the Trust Account with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee.
On March 10, 2025, the Sponsor forfeited 225,000 Founder Shares (as defined below) for no consideration as the underwriters of the IPO did not exercise the over-allotment option. As a result, the Sponsor currently holds 1,698,290 Ordinary Shares in total, including 1,464,000 Founder Shares and 234,290 Ordinary Shares included in the Private Units.
Our management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the proceeds of the IPO and the Private Placement that are held outside of the Trust Account, although substantially all the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally towards consummating a business combination and working capital.
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Proposed Transactions
On November 9, 2025, the Company entered into a business combination agreement (as it may be amended, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “BCA”) with WISeSat.Space Holdings Corp., a British Virgin Islands business company (“Pubco”), WISeSat Merger Sub Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Pubco (“Merger Sub”), WISeSat.Space Corp., a British Virgin Islands business company (the “Target”), and WISeKey International Holding Ltd., a Swiss company (together with its successors, including after its anticipated domestication to the British Virgin Islands prior to the Closing, the “Seller”). Pursuant to the BCA, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, upon the closing of the transactions contemplated by the BCA (the “Closing”), CAC will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Pubco; and each issued and outstanding CAC Security (as defined in the BCA) immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger (as defined in the BCA) shall no longer be outstanding and shall automatically be cancelled, in exchange for the right of the holder thereof to receive Pubco Ordinary Shares. Following the Merger, the Seller may distribute up to 10% of its Pubco shares to its own shareholders at its discretion. The transactions contemplated by the BCA and the Ancillary Documents are referred to herein as the “Transactions.”
The Transactions will be submitted to shareholders of the Company for approval at an extraordinary general meeting. Pubco, together with the Company, will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a proxy statement/prospectus on Form F-4 (the “Business Combination Proxy Statement”) in connection with the proposed Transactions. On December 29, 2025, CAC and WISeKey International Holding AG jointly announced the confidential submission of a draft of the Business Combination Proxy Statement by Pubco with the SEC on December 23, 2025. Pursuant to the Company’s Charter, the Company currently has until January 22, 2027 to complete the Transactions, if fully extended.
Share Exchange Consideration
Immediately prior to the Effective Time, in full payment for the Company Shares, Pubco shall issue and deliver to the Seller the Exchange Shares with an aggregate value (the “Exchange Consideration”) equal to the sum of (i) Two Hundred Fifty Million U.S. Dollars ($250,000,000), plus (ii) the amount of any Transaction Financing (as defined in the BCA) that is made into the Company or its Subsidiaries prior to the Closing, with each Pubco Ordinary Share valued at Ten U.S. Dollars ($10.00). The Exchange Shares will be allocated between Pubco Ordinary Shares and Pubco Class F Shares in proportion to the number of Company Ordinary Shares and Company Class F Shares owned by Seller at the time of the Share Exchange.
The Pubco Class F Shares shall, in the aggregate, be entitled to 49.9% of the total vote on any matter voted on by the holders of Pubco Shares, and the Pubco Class F Shares will automatically convert into Pubco Ordinary Shares upon certain transfers in accordance with the Company Organizational Documents.
Treatment of CAC Securities; Merger Consideration
Pursuant to the BCA, (a) immediately prior to the Effective Time, every issued and outstanding CAC Unit shall be automatically detached, and the holder thereof shall be deemed to hold one CAC Ordinary Share and one CAC Right in accordance with the terms of the applicable CAC Unit (the “Unit Separation”); (b) immediately prior to the Effective Time and immediately following the Unit Separation, each issued and outstanding CAC Right (including the CAC Rights held as a result of the Unit Separation) shall be automatically converted into one-seventh of one CAC Ordinary Share; (c) at the Effective Time, every issued and outstanding CAC Ordinary Share (including each CAC Ordinary Share converted from CAC Rights pursuant to (b) above and each CAC Ordinary Share held as a result of the Unit Separation, other than the Excluded Shares, the Dissenting Shares and the Redeemed Shares (each as defined in the BCA)) shall become and be converted automatically into the right to receive one Pubco Ordinary Share, following which, all CAC Ordinary Shares shall cease to be outstanding and shall automatically be canceled and shall cease to exist.
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At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger, all Merger Sub Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into an equal number ordinary shares of the Surviving Company, with the same rights, powers and privileges as the shares so converted and shall constitute the only outstanding issued shares of the Surviving Company.
In connection with the execution of the BCA, the relevant parties entered into the Sponsor Agreement the Insider Letter Amendment and Lock-up Agreement accordingly.
January 2026 Extension Meeting
On January 16, 2026, the Company held an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders (the “Extraordinary General Meeting”), where the shareholders of the Company approved the proposal (the “Charter Amendment Proposal”) that the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, which provided that the Company has until January 22, 2026 to complete a business combination, be deleted in their entirety and the substitution in their place of the Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association (the “Amended Charter”) to provide that the Company has until January 22, 2026 to complete a business combination, and may elect to extend the period to consummate a business combination up to twelve times, each by an additional one-month extension (the “Monthly Extension”), for a total of up to twelve months to January 22, 2027. In order to effectuate each Monthly Extensions, $50,000 needs to be deposited into the Trust Account of the Company (the “Monthly Extension Fee”).
On January 16, 2026, the Company and the Trustee entered into the amendment to the Investment Management Trust Agreement dated January 22, 2025 ( as amended, the “Trust Agreement”) upon the shareholders’ approval at the Extraordinary General Meeting, which provides that that the Trustee must commence liquidation of the Trust Account by the prescribed timeline as provided in the Company’s Amended Charter.
In connection with the votes to approve the Charter Amendment Proposal, 3,449,851 Ordinary Shares of the Company were rendered for redemption, and approximately $35.82 million was released from the Trust Account to pay such redeeming shareholders.
Extensions
As of the date of this Annual Report, the Company has until March 22, 2026 to complete its initial business combination (or up to January 22, 2027 if fully extended). A total of $100,000 Monthly Extension Fees were deposited into the Trust Account of the Company, among which $50,000 were paid by the Company from its working capital and $50,000 were paid by the Target pursuant to the BCA.
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Results of Operations and Known Trends or Future Events
We have neither engaged in any operations nor generated any revenues to date. Our only activities since inception have been organizational activities and those necessary to prepare for the IPO. Following the IPO, we have not generated, and do not expect to generate any operating revenues until after completion of our initial business combination. We will generate non-operating income in the form of interest income on cash and cash equivalents after the IPO. There has been no significant change in our financial or trading position and no material adverse change has occurred since the date of our audited financial statements. After the IPO, we incur increased expenses as a result of being a public company (for legal, financial reporting, accounting and auditing compliance), as well as for expenses associated with the search for target opportunities.
For the year ended December 31, 2025, we had a net income of $1,285,090, which consisted of interest income from the Trust Account of $2,231,602 offset by general and administrative expenses of $946,512. Changes in operating assets and liabilities provided $302,102 of cash for operating activities.
For the period from January 18, 2024 (inception) through December 31, 2024, we had a net loss of $77,094, all of which consisted of formation and operating costs.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of December 31, 2025, we had $483,756 in cash and a working capital of $179,238.We intend to use substantially all of the net proceeds of the IPO, including the funds held in the Trust Account, to acquire a target business or businesses and to pay our expenses relating thereto. To the extent that our share capital is used in whole or in part as consideration to effect our initial business combination, the remaining proceeds held in the Trust Account as well as any other net proceeds not expended will be used as working capital to finance the operations of the target business. Such working capital funds could be used in a variety of ways including continuing or expanding the target business’ operations, for strategic acquisitions and for marketing, research and development of existing or new products. Such funds could also be used to repay any operating expenses or finders’ fees which we had incurred prior to the completion of our initial business combination if the funds available to us outside of the Trust Account were insufficient to cover such expenses.
We have incurred and expect to continue to incur significant professional costs to remain as a publicly traded company and to incur significant transaction costs in pursuit of its financing and acquisition plans. The Company currently has no commitments to receive such financing and there is no assurance that the Company’s plans to raise capital will be successful. In addition, the Company has until March 22, 2026 to complete its initial business combination (or up to January 22, 2027 if fully extended) to consummate the initial Business Combination. If the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period, the Company will trigger an automatic winding up, dissolution and liquidation pursuant to the terms of the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association. In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Accounting Standards “Codification Subtopic 205-40, Presentation of Financial Statements - Going Concern”, management has determined that the mandatory liquidation, should a Business Combination not occur, and potential subsequent dissolution, along with the need to receive additional financing, raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern until the earlier of the consummation of the Business Combination or the date the Company is required to liquidate. The audited consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the Company’s inability to continue as a going concern.
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Off-Balance Sheet Financing Arrangements
We have no obligations, assets or liabilities that would be considered off-balance sheet arrangements as of December 31, 2025. We do not participate in transactions that create relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, often referred to as variable interest entities, which would have been established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements. We have not entered into any off-balance sheet financing arrangements, established any special purpose entities, guaranteed any debt or commitments of other entities, or purchased any non-financial assets.
Contractual Obligations
As of December 31, 2025, we do not have any long-term debt, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations or long-term liabilities.
The Founder Shares, the ordinary shares included in the Private Units, and any Ordinary shares that may be issued upon conversion of Working Capital Loans (and any underlying securities) will be entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration and shareholder rights agreement entered into in connection with the IPO. The holders of these securities are entitled to make up to three demands, excluding short form demands, that we register such securities. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to our completion of our initial business combination. We will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.
Critical Accounting Estimates
In preparing these financial statements in conformity with US GAAP, management makes estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported expenses during the reporting period.
Making estimates requires management to exercise significant judgment. It is at least reasonably possible that the estimate of the effect of a condition, situation or set of circumstances that existed at the date of the financial statements, which management considered in formulating its estimate, could change in the near term due to one or more future confirming events. Accordingly, actual results may differ from these estimates. We have not identified any critical accounting estimates.
Recent Accounting Standards
Management does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting pronouncements, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on our financial statements.
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Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
As of December 31, 2025, we were not subject to any market or interest rate risk. Following the consummation of our IPO, the net proceeds of our IPO, including amounts in the Trust Account, have been deposited in the interest-bearing bank account. Due to the short-term nature of these investments, we believe there will be no associated material exposure to market or interest rate risk.
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
This information appears following Item 15 of this Form 10-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.
None.
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures.
Disclosure controls and procedures are controls and other procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is made available to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in our Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Disclosure controls are also designed with the objective of ensuring that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including the chief executive officer and chief financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Our management evaluated, with the participation of our current chief executive officer and chief financial officer (our “Certifying Officers”), the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2025, pursuant to Rule 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act. Based upon that evaluation, our Certifying Officers concluded that, as of December 31, 2025, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective.
We do not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures will prevent all errors and all instances of fraud. Disclosure controls and procedures, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the disclosure controls and procedures are met. Further, the design of disclosure controls and procedures must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all disclosure controls and procedures, no evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures can provide absolute assurance that we have detected all our control deficiencies and instances of fraud, if any. The design of disclosure controls and procedures also is based partly on certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions.
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Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
As required by SEC rules and regulations implementing Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. Our internal control over financial reporting is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of our financial statements for external reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP. Our internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that:
| (1) | pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of our company, |
| (2) | provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP, and that our receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of our management and directors, and |
| (3) | provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of our assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements. |
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect errors or misstatements in our financial statements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree or compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. Management assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting at June 30, 2023. In making these assessments, management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal Control — Integrated Framework (2013). Based on our assessments and those criteria, management determined that we maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2025.
This Annual Report on Form 10-K does not include an attestation report of internal controls from our independent registered public accounting firm due to our status as an emerging growth company under the JOBS Act.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act) during the most recent fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Item 9B. Other Information.
Item 9C. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections.
None.
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PART III
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
Officers and Directors
Our officers and directors are as follows:
| Name | Age | Title | ||
| Fen “Eric” Zhang | 61 | Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors | ||
| Jie “Janet” Hu | 32 | Chief Financial Officer | ||
| Cameron R. Johnson | 46 | Independent Director | ||
| Kevin McKenzie | 52 | Independent Director | ||
| Qian “Hebe” Xu | 44 | Independent Director |
Dr. Fen “Eric” Zhang, has served as our Chief Executive Office and Chairman of our Board of Directors since January 2024. He has over a decade of experiences in investment banking and fund management industries involved in initial public offering and other capital markets transactions in the U.S., Canada, mainland China and Hong Kong, with over 20 years accomplished industrial experiences and connections with the world’s leading financial institutions, investment banks, funds and accredited investors.
Since June 2023, Dr. Zhang has served as the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Eureka Acquisition Corp (Nasdaq: EURK) (“Eureka Acquisition”), a special purpose acquisition company listing on Nasdaq, which is currently in search of a target for its initial business combination. Dr. Zhang has been working at Hercules Capital Group as a founding partner since August 2021, being in charge of the large scale alternative financing solutions for major commercial endeavors. From March 2022 to February 2023, Dr. Zhang served as the Chief Executive Officer of Oak Woods Acquisition Corporation, a special purpose acquisition corporation listing on Nasdaq (Nasdaq: OAKU). He served at UBS from July 2019 to August 2021 as the managing director at UBS AG Hong Kong and then transferred to UBS Securities Shanghai office to lead the IBD business. He was in charge of the Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation, or SMIC (0981.HK)’s US$230,000,000 convertible bonds project and US$500,000,000 investment grade debt issuance project, and has won mandates from Tuhu-a global car aftermarket leader backed by Tencent, Dragonfly FM-the top 2 audio app in China, and Keming Noodle (002661.SZ)-one of the largest noodle brands in China, etc. He has served as the executive director of Shanghai Lianjie Enterprise Management Consulting Co., Ltd. since September 2018. From March 2018 to March 2019, Dr. Zhang was the managing director at the investment banking department of China Merchants Bank International, or CMBI, and, from July 2017 to January 2018, the general manager at SinoPharm-CICC Fund, where he successfully closed the fund project with a size of RMB500 million for China Reform Holdings Corporation Ltd, or the CRHC, one of the largest FOF in China, and a RMB10 billion sized joint fund project between CMBI and Shenzhen municipal government. Under his management, the bank achieved three (3) times ROI on the investment of RMB900 million into Yunda Express (002120.SZ), one of the top express parcel delivers in China. From July 2015 to May 2017, Dr. Zhang served at Oriental Fortune Capital, or OFC, as a partner and vice general manager, where he established OFC’s first US$50,000,000 fund and a joint fund between OFC and Chang Hong Group (600839.SS), a top leading manufacturer of television and other household electronics in China. From March 2012 to July 2015, Dr. Zhang served as a global partner at Capital International Private Equity Fund of the Capital Group, or CIPEF, one of the top long term investors in the world and the largest investor in emerging markets in Hong Kong office. During his work at CIPEF, he achieved a high hit rate on deal closings and initialed and carried out various domestic and cross-border large-sized projects. From July 2010 to March 2012, he served at Credit Suisse as a managing director in IBD China team, where as a sector leader, he led the team on several elephant deals such as China Minmetals Resources (1208.HK), China Railway Logistics, Shandong Iron and Steel Group (600022.SS), XGMG, PICC Property and Casualty Company (2328.HK), etc., as well as other projects in large-to-mid-cap IPOs and structured lending and bond issuances. From July 2007 to July 2008, Dr. Zhang served at China International Capital Corporation, or CICC as an executive director, and then at UBS from July 2008 to July 2010 as an executive director in its IBD business sector, where he was responsible for several U.S. and Hong Kong IPO and bond issuance projects as well as reorganization and listing projects. His IPO clients included China Industries Securities (601377.SS), China Spring Airline (601021.SS), Shaangu Power (601369.SS), etc. He also established and developed UBS Shanghai from scratch into a rep office and then evolved into a China CSRC-certified branch. From July 2005 to July 2007, Dr. Zhang served at Deloitte Consulting as an equity partner. He established and managed the Deloitte S&O (strategy and operations consulting) business sector and developed the Deloitte China S&O sector into the first joint venture between Deloitte US and Deloitte China. From May 1995 to July 2005, he served at Bank of Montreal in Toronto of Canada as an analyst, as well as at China eLabs as a consultant and BearingPoint Management Consulting as a senior manager.
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Dr. Zhang holds an MBA in finance and a Ph.D. degree in materials and metallurgic engineering from Queen’s University in Canada, and a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Tsinghua University in China.
We believe Dr. Zhang is well qualified to serve on our board of directors because of his extensive experience in evaluating, structuring and negotiating complex transactions, as well as his knowledge and experience in corporate governance for public companies.
Ms. Jie “Janet” Hu has served as our Chief Financial Officer since October 2024. Ms. Hu has comprehensive financial expertise and extensive experience in investment and financial operations. Since April 2021, Ms. Hu has served as the investment manager and vice president of Hercules Capital Group. From March 2020 to March 2021, Ms. Hu served as the controller at Xi’an Jiaotong – Liverpool University, where she was responsible for internal controls and compliance, strategic financial planning and budgeting and forecasting. From October 2018 to March 2020, Ms. Hu worked as an audit associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Suzhou, China, where she participated in audit work in corporate restructuring, initial public offerings, as well as reporting and statutory auditing for multinational firms and investment companies. Ms. Hu obtained a Master of Science Degree in Accountancy from Bernard M. Baruch College of the City University of New York and a Bachelor Degree in Administration from Sichuan University in China.
Mr. Cameron R. Johnson serves as the independent director of the Company. Since 2019, he has worked as the senior partner at Tidalwave Solutions, providing consulting services. Since 2014, Mr. Johnson has been a member of the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, or AmCham Shanghai, in Shanghai, during which he served on the board of governors from 2022 to 2024 and as the vice chair in 2024. From 2020 to 2024, Mr. Johnson worked as an adjunct instructor at New York University in Shanghai. Mr. Johnson has been an active commentator on US-China relations, supply chain, international trade, tariff, technology and other topics, including but not limited to, as a returning guest at Bloomberg: The China Show¸ discussing topics including but not limited to, US-China relations, automotive and customer sectors, technology and trade, appearing in the documentary of America’s Medical Supply Crisis by Frontline. Mr. Johnson is the author of Impacts of Digitalization on Traceability chapter of the book Digital Transformation of Logistics (Wiley, 2021). Mr. Johnson obtained his graduate certification in business from the University of Wales, and bachelor’s degrees in communication and comparative religion both from the University of Washington.
We believe Mr. Johnson is qualified to serve as our director because of his management experience and expertise in business.
Mr. Kevin McKenzie has served as one of our independent directors since January 2025. Mr. McKenzie has over 20 years of global private equity experience in leading firms in the market. Mr. McKenzie has served as the independent director of Eureka Acquisition (Nasdaq: EURK) since July 2024. Since 2024, Mr. McKenzie is a partner of Lakeshore Investors Ltd., a global life sciences private equity firm based in Switzerland, where he leads the firm’s management and investment processes across a range of global transactions. Since 2018, Mr. McKenzie has served as Chairman and President at Alpex Pharma, where he oversees the overall operations of the consolidated company and leads its efforts in developing and implementing strategic plans. Mr. McKenzie has served as a senior partner at RiverWest Capital, a proprietary capital investment firm since 2011, where he is responsible for overall management. From 2006 to 2011, Mr. McKenzie was a senior partner at MKW Capital, a venture capital firm. From 2003 to 2006, Mr. McKenzie was a Vice President at Cerberus Capital Management Asia focused on distressed investing, restructuring, special situations and turnarounds. From 2001 to 2003, he worked at Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund (MSREF) and participated in a groundbreaking series of distressed debt portfolios sold in China by state-owned banks. From 1998 to 2001, Mr. McKenzie worked at the Bank of China and executed a number of syndicated acquisition bridge and term loan financings. Prior to that, Mr. McKenzie worked at the China office of the Royal Bank of Canada from 1997 to 1998. Mr. McKenzie holds an MBA in finance from Wharton Business School and an M.A. degree in Management & International Studies from the University of Pennsylvania.
We believe Mr. McKenzie is qualified to serve as our director because of his deep global private equity experience spanning Europe, Asia, and North America, as well as extensive participation in complex cross-border transactions.
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Ms. Qian “Hebe” Xu has served as one of our independent directors since January 2025. Ms. Xu has more than 10 years’ experience in the financial markets as an investment banker, specializing in US-China cross border transactions. Since November 2024, Ms. Xu has served as the independent director of Horizon Space Acquisition II Corp. (Nasdaq: HSPT), a blank check company listing on Nasdaq. Since October 2018, Ms. Xu has served as the founder of HB International Consulting LLC, a firm providing business consulting and financial advisory services. From March 2023 to July 2025, Ms. Xu served as the independent director of Hongli Group Inc. (Nasdaq: HLP), one of the leading cold roll formed steel profile manufacturers with operating subsidiaries in China. From November 2008 to October 2018, Ms. Xu worked at TriPoint Global Equities LLC (“TriPoint”), an investment banking firm, as an analyst (November 2008 to April 2013), the vice president of investment banking (from April 2013 to May 2017) and the senior vice president (from May 2017 to October 2018), leading effort of the US-China cross border investment, mergers & acquisitions, and initial public offerings. Ms. Xu received her Bachelor’s degree in Telecommunication Engineering from Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University in 2004 and a Master’s degree in Economics from New York University in 2009.
We believe Ms. Xu is qualified to serve as our director because of her directorship and management experience in public companies and cross-border transactions.
Number and Terms of Office of Officers and Directors
Our board of directors consists of four members. Our board of directors is divided into two classes, with only one class of directors being elected in each year, and with each class (except for those directors appointed prior to our first annual meeting of shareholders) serving a three-year term: Class I, with a term expiring at the first annual general meeting — Mr. Cameron R. Johnson, Mr. Kevin McKenzie and Ms. Qian (Hebe) Xu; and Class II, with a term expiring at the second annual general meeting — Fen “Eric” Zhang. We may not hold an annual meeting of shareholders until after we consummate our initial business combination. Prior to the completion of an initial business combination, any vacancies on our board of directors may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present and voting at the meeting of our board of directors. After completion of the business combination, subject to any other special rights applicable to the shareholders, any vacancies on our board of directors may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present and voting at the meeting of our board of directors or by a majority of the holders of our ordinary shares.
Our officers are appointed by the board of directors and serve at the discretion of the board of directors, rather than for specific terms of office. Our board of directors is authorized to appoint persons to the offices set forth in our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association as it deems appropriate. Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provide that our officers may consist of a Chairman, a Chief Executive Officer, a President, a Chief Operating Officer, a Chief Financial Officer, Vice Presidents, a Secretary, Assistant Secretaries, a Treasurer and such other offices as may be determined by the board of directors.
Committees of the Board of Directors
Our board of directors currently has two standing committees: an audit committee and a compensation committee. Subject to phase-in rules and a limited exception, the rules of NASDAQ and Rule 10A-3 of the Exchange Act require that the audit committee of a listed company be comprised solely of independent directors, and the rules of Nasdaq require that the compensation committee of a listed company be comprised solely of independent directors.
Audit Committee
Mr. Cameron R. Johnson, Mr. Kevin McKenzie and Ms. Qian (Hebe) Xu currently serve as members of our audit committee. Under Nasdaq listing standards and applicable SEC rules, we are required to have three members of the audit committee, all of whom must be independent, subject to the certain phase-in provisions. Our board of directors has determined that each of Mr. Cameron R. Johnson, Mr. Kevin McKenzie and Ms. Qian (Hebe) Xu meet the independent director standard under Nasdaq listing standards and under Rule 10A-3(b)(1) of the Exchange Act.
Mr. Cameron R. Johnson serves as the Chairman of the audit committee. Each member of the audit committee meets the financial literacy requirements of Nasdaq, and our board of directors has determined that Mr. Colon qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert” as defined in applicable SEC rules.
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We have adopted an audit committee charter, which details the principal functions of the audit committee, including:
| ● | discussing and, as appropriate, reviewing with management and the independent auditors the Company’s financial statements and annual and quarterly reports, including the Company’s disclosures under Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, discussing with the independent auditors any other matters required to be discussed by accounting and auditing standards, and recommending to the Board whether the audited financial statements should be included in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K, and whether the unaudited interim financial statements should be included in the Company’s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q:. |
| ● | discussing with management and the independent auditor significant financial reporting issues and judgments made in connection with the preparation of our financial statements; |
| ● | discussing with management major risk assessment and risk management policies; |
| ● | monitoring the independence of the independent auditor; |
| ● | verifying the rotation of the lead (or coordinating) audit partner having primary responsibility for the audit and the audit partner responsible for reviewing the audit as required by law; |
| ● | reviewing and approving all related-party transactions; |
| ● | inquiring and discussing with management our compliance with applicable laws and regulations; |
| ● | pre-approving all audit services and permitted non-audit services to be performed by our independent auditor, including the fees and terms of the services to be performed; |
| ● | appointing or replacing the independent auditor; |
| ● | determining the compensation and oversight of the work of the independent auditor (including resolution of disagreements between management and the independent auditor regarding financial reporting) for the purpose of preparing or issuing an audit report or related work; |
| ● | establishing procedures for the receipt, retention and treatment of complaints received by us regarding accounting, internal accounting controls or reports which raise material issues regarding our financial statements or accounting policies; and |
| ● | approving reimbursement of expenses incurred by our management team in identifying potential target businesses. |
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Compensation Committee
We have established a compensation committee of the board of directors, which consists of Mr. Cameron R. Johnson, Mr. Kevin McKenzie and Ms. Qian (Hebe) Xu, each of whom is an independent director under Nasdaq’s listing standards. Mr. Kevin McKenzie is the Chairperson of the compensation committee. The compensation committee’s duties, which are specified in our Compensation Committee Charter, include, but are not limited to:
| ● | reviewing and approving on an annual basis the corporate goals and objectives relevant to our Chief Executive Officer’s compensation, evaluating our Chief Executive Officer’s performance in light of such goals and objectives and determining and approving the remuneration (if any) of our Chief Executive Officer’s based on such evaluation; |
| ● | reviewing and approving the compensation of all of our other executive officers; |
| ● | reviewing our executive compensation policies and plans; |
| ● | implementing and administering our incentive compensation equity-based remuneration plans; |
| ● | assisting management in complying with our proxy statement and annual report disclosure requirements; |
| ● | approving all special perquisites, special cash payments and other special compensation and benefit arrangements for our executive officers and employees; |
| ● | if required, producing a report on executive compensation to be included in our annual proxy statement; and |
| ● | reviewing, evaluating and recommending changes, if appropriate, to the remuneration for directors. |
Notwithstanding the foregoing, as indicated above, no compensation of any kind, including finders, consulting or other similar fees, will be paid to any of our existing shareholders, including our directors or any of their respective affiliates, prior to, or for any services they render in order to effectuate, the consummation of a business combination. Accordingly, it is likely that prior to the consummation of an initial business combination, the compensation committee will only be responsible for the review and recommendation of any compensation arrangements to be entered into in connection with such initial business combination.
Director Nominations
We do not have a standing nominating committee. In accordance with Rule 5605(e)(2) of the Nasdaq Rules, a majority of the independent directors may recommend a director nominee for selection by the board of directors. The board of directors believes that the independent directors can satisfactorily carry out the responsibility of properly selecting or approving director nominees without the formation of a standing nominating committee. As there is no standing nominating committee, we do not have a nominating committee charter in place.
The board of directors will also consider director candidates recommended for nomination by our shareholders during such times as they are seeking proposed nominees to stand for election at the next annual meeting of shareholders (or, if applicable, a special meeting of shareholders).
We have not formally established any specific, minimum qualifications that must be met or skills that are necessary for directors to possess. In general, in identifying and evaluating nominees for director, our board of directors considers educational background, diversity of professional experience, knowledge of our business, integrity, professional reputation, independence, wisdom, and the ability to represent the best interests of our shareholders.
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Code of Ethics
We have adopted a code of ethics and business conduct (the “Code of Ethics”) applicable to our directors, officers and employees. You are able to review these documents by accessing our public filings at the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov. In addition, a copy of the Code of Ethics will be provided without charge upon request from us. We intend to disclose any amendments to or waivers of certain provisions of our Code of Ethics in a Current Report on Form 8-K.
Clawback Policy
Our clawback policy became effective on January 22, 2025 that applies to our executive officers (the “Policy”) in order to comply with Nasdaq rules. The Policy gives the Compensation Committee the discretion to require executive officers to reimburse us for any Erroneously Awarded Compensation (as defined in the Policy) that was based on financial results that were subsequently restated as a result of that person’s misconduct. For more details about the clawback policy, please refer to Exhibit 97.1 of this Annual Report.
Conflicts of Interest
Under Cayman Islands law, directors and officers owe the following fiduciary duties:
| (i) | duty to act in good faith in what the director or officer believes to be in the best interests of the company; |
| (ii) | duty to exercise powers for the purposes for which those powers were conferred; |
| (iii) | duty to avoid fettering his or her discretion in the future; and |
| (iv) | duty to avoid conflicts of interest and of duty. |
The common law duties owed by a director are those to act with skill, care and diligence that may reasonably be expected of a person carrying out the same functions as are carried out by that director in relation to the company and, also, to act with the skill, care and diligence in keeping with a standard of care commensurate with any particular skill they have which enables them to meet a higher standard than a director without those skills. In fulfilling their duty of care to us, our directors must ensure compliance with our amended articles of association, as amended and restated from time to time. We have the right to seek damages where certain duties owed by any of our directors are breached. Each of our officers and directors presently has, and any of them in the future may have additional, fiduciary or contractual obligations to another 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 entity, subject to their fiduciary duties under Cayman Islands law.
Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provides that, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law: (i) no individual serving as a director or an officer shall have any duty, except and to the extent expressly assumed by contract, to refrain from engaging directly or indirectly in the same or similar business activities or lines of business as us; and (ii) we renounce any interest or expectancy in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, any potential transaction or matter which may be a corporate opportunity for any director or officer, on the one hand, and us, on the other. We do not believe, however, that the fiduciary duties or contractual obligations of our officers or directors will materially affect our ability to complete our initial business combination.
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Some of our directors and officers are currently involved with other SPACs, such directors or officers have a pre-existing fiduciary obligation to present potential target businesses to such SPACs. In addition, the Sponsor and our officers and directors or any of their affiliates may sponsor or form other special purpose acquisition companies similar to ours or may pursue other business or investment ventures during the period in which we are seeking an initial business combination. As a result, the Sponsor, officers and directors could have conflicts of interest in determining whether to present business combination opportunities to us or to any other special purpose acquisition company with which they may become involved. Any such companies, businesses or investments may present additional conflicts of interest in pursuing an initial business combination. While there is no formal commitment to proceed in this manner, Dr. Zhang, our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, to the extent that he is presented with opportunity that would benefit a SPAC, plans to give the first suitable opportunity to Eureka Acquisition in the sequence which is currently listing on Nasdaq and the second suitable opportunity to us. Mr. Cameron R. Johnson, our independent director, to the extent that he is presented with opportunities that would benefit a SPAC, plans to give the first suitable opportunity to Eureka Acquisition in the sequence which is currently listing on Nasdaq and the second suitable opportunity to us. Mr. Kevin McKenzie, our independent director, to the extent that he is presented with opportunities that would benefit a SPAC, plans to give the first suitable opportunity to Eureka Acquisition in the sequence which is currently listing on Nasdaq and the second suitable opportunity to us. Ms. Qian “Hebe” Xu, our independent director, to the extent that she is presented with opportunities that would benefit a SPAC, plans to give the first suitable transaction opportunity to Horizon Space Acquisition II Corp. in the sequence which is currently listing on Nasdaq and the second suitable opportunity to us. While there is no formal commitment to proceed in this manner, we expect that our company will have priority over any other special purpose acquisition companies (if any) subsequently formed by the Sponsor and our officers or directors with respect to acquisition opportunities until we complete our initial business combination or enter into a contractual agreement that would restrict our ability to engage in material discussions regarding a potential initial business combination. While neither us nor certain other SPACs limit acquisition opportunity to a specific industry or geographic region, we and other SPACs have different criteria and priority for selecting suitable opportunities and the background, experience and resources of management as a whole vary significantly among us and other SPACs. As a result of the foregoing, we do not believe that any potential conflict from our management and Sponsor’s other business or investment ventures would materially affect our ability to complete our initial business combination.
In the case that the Sponsor, our directors and officers, or otherwise become involved with, any other SPACs prior to completing our initial business combination in the future, we expect that our company will generally have priority over any other special purpose acquisition companies subsequently formed by the Sponsor and our officers or directors with respect to acquisition opportunities until we complete our initial business combination or enter into a contractual agreement that would restrict our ability to engage in material discussions regarding a potential initial business combination, we do not believe that any such potential conflicts would materially affect our ability to complete our initial business combination.
There may be actual or potential material conflicts of interest between the Sponsor, its affiliates or promoters on the one hand, and the investors in the IPO on the other hand. Potential investors should be aware of the following potential conflicts of interest:
Potential investors should be aware of the following potential conflicts of interest:
| ● | Our insiders directly or indirectly own 1,734,290 Founder Shares and, accordingly, may have conflict of interest in determining whether a particular target business is an appropriate business with which to effectuate our initial business combination. |
| ● | The $0.018 per share price that our insiders paid for the Founder Shares creates an incentive whereby the Sponsor and our directors and officers could potentially make a substantial profit even if the company selects an acquisition target that subsequently declines in value and is unprofitable for public investors. |
| ● | In the event we do not consummate a business combination within the proscribed period, the Founder Shares, Private Units and their underlying securities will expire worthless, which could create an incentive our initial shareholders to complete any transaction, regardless of its ultimate value. |
| ● | Each of our officers and directors may have a conflict of interest with respect to evaluating a particular business combination if the retention or resignation of any such officers and directors was included by a target business as a condition to any agreement with respect to our initial business combination. |
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| ● | The Founder Shares owned by our insiders will be released from lock-up restrictions only if a business combination is successfully completed and subject to certain other limitations. Additionally, our insiders will not receive distributions from the Trust Account with respect to any of their Founder Shares if we do not complete a business combination. Furthermore, our insiders have agreed that the Private Units will not be sold or transferred by them until after we have completed our initial business combination. In addition, our insiders may loan funds to us from time to time and may be owed reimbursement for expenses incurred in connection with certain activities on our behalf which would only be repaid if we complete an initial business combination. For the foregoing reasons, the personal and financial interests of our directors and executive officers may influence their motivation in identifying and selecting a target business, completing a business combination in a timely manner and securing the release of their shares. |
| ● | Each of insiders presently has, and any of them in the future may have additional, fiduciary or contractual obligations to other entities pursuant to which such officer or director is or will be required to present a business combination opportunity to such entity. Further, each of Dr. Fen “Eric” Zhang, our Chief Executive Officer, and Mr. Cameron R. Johnson and Mr. Kevin McKenzie, our independent directors, has fiduciary and contractual duties to Eureka Acquisition, currently listing on the Nasdaq (Nasdaq: EURK) and Dr. Zhang also has fiduciary and contractual duties to Hercules Capital Management Corp, a British Virgin Islands company, the sponsor of Eureka Acquisition (“Hercules Capital”). Our independent director, Qian (Hebe) Xu has fiduciary and contractual duties to Horizon Space Acquisition II Corp. (Nasdaq: HSPT), a blank check company listing on Nasdaq. Eureka Acquisition and Horizon Space Acquisition II Corp., together with Hercules Capital, may compete with us for business combination opportunities. If Eureka Acquisition and Horizon Space Acquisition II Corp., together with Hercules Capital, decides to pursue any such opportunity, we may be precluded from pursuing such opportunities. As a result, our officers or directors may present a potential target to our competitor that would have been presented to us or devote time to our affairs which may have a negative impact on our ability to complete our initial business combination. |
| ● | Our officers and directors may in the future become affiliated with entities, including other blank check companies, engaged in business activities similar to those intended to be conducted by our company. |
| ● | Our officers and directors are not required to commit any specified amount of time to our affairs, and, accordingly, may have conflicts of interest in allocating management time among various business activities. Other than the foregoing, we do not intend to have any full-time employees prior to the completion of our initial business combination. Each of our officers is engaged in several other business endeavors for which he or she may be entitled to substantial compensation, and our officers are not obligated to contribute any specific number of hours per week to our affairs. |
| ● | In the course of their other business activities, our officers and directors may become aware of investment and business opportunities which may be appropriate for presentation to our company as well as the other entities with which they are affiliated. Our management has pre-existing fiduciary duties and contractual obligations and may have conflicts of interest in determining to which entity a particular business opportunity should be presented. As a result, our officers or directors may present a potential target to our competitor that would have been presented to us or devote time to our affairs which may have a negative impact on our ability to complete our initial business combination. |
| ● | Our insiders are not prohibited from sponsoring, or otherwise becoming involved with, any other blank check companies prior to completing our initial business combination. Accordingly, if any of our officers or directors becomes aware of a business combination opportunity that is suitable for an entity to which he or she has then current fiduciary or contractual obligations, he or she will honor his or her fiduciary or contractual obligations to present such opportunity to such entity and only present it to us if such entity rejects the opportunity, subject to his or her fiduciary duties under Cayman Islands law. We do not believe, however, that any fiduciary duties or contractual obligations of our directors or officers would materially undermine our ability to complete our business combination. In the case that the Sponsor, our directors and officers, or otherwise become involved with, any other SPACs prior to completing our initial business combination in the future, we expect that our company will generally have priority over any other special purpose acquisition companies subsequently formed by the Sponsor and our officers or directors with respect to acquisition opportunities until we complete our initial business combination or enter into a contractual agreement that would restrict our ability to engage in material discussions regarding a potential initial business combination, we do not believe that any such potential conflicts would materially affect our ability to complete our initial business combination. |
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We are not prohibited from pursuing an initial business combination with a business combination target that is affiliated with the Sponsor and our officers or directors or completing the business combination through a joint venture or other form of shared ownership with the Sponsor and our officers or directors; accordingly, such affiliated person(s) may have a conflict of interest in determining whether a particular target business is an appropriate business with which to effectuate our initial business combination as such affiliated person(s) would have interests different from our public shareholders and would likely not receive any financial benefit unless we consummated such business combination. In the event we seek to complete our initial business combination with a business combination target that is affiliated (as defined in our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association) with the Sponsor and our officers or directors, we, or a committee of independent directors, would obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking or another independent entity that commonly renders valuation opinions stating that the consideration to be paid by us in such initial business combination is fair to our company from a financial point of view. We are not required to obtain such an opinion in any other context. We cannot assure you that any of the above mentioned conflicts will be resolved in our favor.
If we seek shareholder approval, we will complete our initial business combination only if a majority of the ordinary shares, represented in person or by proxy and entitled to vote thereon, voted at a shareholder meeting are voted in favor of the business combination. In such case, the Sponsor and each member of our management team have agreed to vote their Founder Shares, private shares included in any Private Units and public shares purchased during or after the IPO in favor of our initial business combination (except with respect to any such public shares which may not be voted in favor of approving the business combination transaction in accordance with the requirements of Rule 14e-5 under the Exchange Act and any SEC interpretations or guidance relating thereto).
Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, requires our executive officers, directors and persons who beneficially own more than 10% of a registered class of our equity securities to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission initial reports of ownership and reports of changes in ownership of our shares of Common Stock and other equity securities. These executive officers, directors, and greater than 10% beneficial owners are required by SEC regulation to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) forms filed by such reporting persons.
Based solely upon a review of such forms furnished to us during the most recent fiscal year, or written representations that no Forms 5 were required, we believe that that all such forms required to be filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act were timely filed by the officers, directors, and security holders required to file the same during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025.
Item 11. Executive Compensation.
None of our officers or directors has received any cash compensation for services rendered to us, except that the Sponsor transferred to each of our independent directors, Dr. M. Anthony Wong (former director), Mr. Kevin McKenzie and Ms. Qian (Hebe) Xu, 12,000 Founder Shares at a purchase price of $0.015 per share, respectively, immediately prior to the closing of the IPO, and that the Sponsor issued the Share Purchase Option to Mr. Cameron Johnson excisable for 12,000 Founder Shares, subject to the terms as described above. Other than as set forth elsewhere, no compensation of any kind, including finder’s and consulting fees, will be paid to our founders, existing officers, directors and advisors, or any of their respective affiliates, for services rendered prior to or in connection with the completion of our initial business combination although we may consider cash or other compensation to officers or advisors we may hire subsequent to the IPO to be paid either prior to or in connection with our initial business combination. In addition, our officers, directors and advisors, or any of their respective affiliates 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. Our audit committee will review on a quarterly basis all payments that were made to our founders, officers, directors or advisors, or our or their affiliates, including the extension loan and extension convertible notes.
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After the completion of our initial business combination, directors or members of our management team who remain with us may be paid consulting or management fees from the combined company. All of these fees will be fully disclosed to shareholders, to the extent then known, in the tender offer materials or proxy solicitation materials furnished to our shareholders in connection with a proposed business combination. We have not established any limit on the amount of such fees that may be paid by the combined company to our directors or members of management. It is unlikely the amount of such compensation will be known at the time of the proposed business combination, because the directors of the post-combination business will be responsible for determining officer and director compensation. Any compensation to be paid to our officers will be determined, or recommended to the board of directors for determination, either by a compensation committee constituted solely by independent directors or by a majority of the independent directors on our board of directors.
Following a business combination, to the extent we deem it necessary, we may seek to recruit additional managers to supplement the incumbent management team of the target business. We cannot assure you that we will have the ability to recruit additional managers, or that additional managers will have the requisite skills, knowledge or experience necessary to enhance the incumbent management.
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Shareholder Matters.
The following table sets forth information regarding the beneficial ownership of our ordinary as of the date hereof by:
| ● | each person known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our outstanding Ordinary Shares; |
| ● | each of our officers and directors; and |
| ● | all of our officers and directors as a group. |
Unless otherwise indicated, we believe that all persons named in the table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by them.
The beneficial ownership of our Ordinary Shares is based on an aggregate of 4,494,439 Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding as of the date hereof (excluding the shares underlying the Rights).
| Name and Address of Beneficial Owner(1) | Number of Ordinary Shares Beneficially Owned(2) | Approximate Percentage of Outstanding Ordinary Shares | ||||||
| Fen “Eric” Zhang(2) | 1,698,290 | 37.8 | % | |||||
| Jie “Janet” Hu | — | — | ||||||
| Cameron R. Johnson | — | — | ||||||
| Kevin McKenzie | 12,000 | * | ||||||
| Qian “Hebe” Xu | 12,000 | * | ||||||
| All executive officers and directors as a group (5 individuals) | 1,722,290 | 38.3 | % | |||||
| 5% Holders | ||||||||
| Hercules Capital Management VII Corp (2) | 1,698,290 | 37.8 | % | |||||
| * | Less than one percent |
| (1) | Unless otherwise noted, the business address of each of the following entities or individuals is c/o Columbus Acquisition Corp, 14 Prudential Tower, Singapore, 049712. |
| (2) | Dr. Fen “Eric” Zhang is the sole director of the Sponsor. The person having voting, dispositive or investment powers over the Sponsor is Dr. Fen “Eric” Zhang, thus Fen Zhang is deemed to have beneficial ownership of the shares held by the Sponsor. |
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Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.
Founder Shares
On January 22, 2025, the effective date of the registration statement of the IPO, the Sponsor transferred an aggregate of 36,000 of its Founder Shares, or 12,000 each to its three independent directors for their board service, for nominal cash consideration, of $522.
As of December 31, 2025, there were 1,725,000Founder Shares issued and outstanding. The aggregate capital contribution was $25,000, or approximately $0.015 per share.
On March 10, 2025, the Sponsor forfeited 225,000 Founder Shares for no consideration as the underwriter of the IPO did not exercise its over-allotment option. As a result, the Sponsor currently holds 1,698,290 Ordinary Shares in total, including 1,464,000 Founder Shares and 234,290 Ordinary Shares included in the Private Units.
On March 20, 2025, in connection with the appointment of Mr. Johnson as the director of the Company, the Sponsor issued the Share Purchase Option to Mr. Johnson, entitling Mr. Johnson to acquire 12,000 Founder Shares upon the exercise of the Share Purchase Option once the existing lock-up term on such Founder Shares expires pursuant to the terms and arrangements thereunder.
Private Units
Simultaneously with the consummation of the IPO, the Company consummated the Private Placement of 234,290 Private Units to the Sponsor at a price of $10.00 per Private Unit.
Working Capital Loans
In order to finance the Company’s transaction costs in connection with an initial business combination, the Sponsor, our officers and directors, or their affiliates or designees may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds as may be required. If we complete an initial business combination, we would repay such loaned amounts. In the event that the initial business combination does not close, we may use a portion of the working capital held outside the Trust Account to repay such loaned amounts but no proceeds from our Trust Account would be used for such repayment. Up to $3,000,000 of the Working Capital Loans may be convertible into working capital units at the option of the lender, upon consummation of our initial business combination, in addition to the convertible notes in connection with the potential extensions. The working capital units would be identical to the Private Units.
As of December 31, 2025, the Company had no borrowings under the Working Capital Loans.
Extension Fees
As of the date of this Annual Report, we have until March 22, 2026 to complete a business combination and may elect to extend the period to consummate a business combination up to January 22, 2027 by 10 times, each by an additional Monthly Extension by depositing $50,000 Monthly Extension Fee into the Trust Account of the Company for each Monthly Extension. However, if we anticipate that we may not be able to consummate our initial business combination by January 22, 2027 (if fully extended), we may seek an amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to extend the period of time we have to complete an initial business combination beyond January 22, 2027 (if fully extended). If we do not complete our initial business combination by January 22, 2027 (if fully extended), while we do not currently intend to seek shareholder approval to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to extend the amount of time we will have to consummate an initial business combination, we may elect to do so in the future. There is no limit on the number of extensions that we may seek. If we hold a shareholder meeting to seek shareholders’ approval for an amendment to the then existing memorandum and articles of association, as amended, to modify the amount of time or substance we have to consummate an initial business combination, our insiders, officers and directors or their affiliates or designees may loan us funds in support of our potential extension to allow additional time for us to complete an initial business combination which will be evidenced in extension convertible notes to be repaid in cash or $10.00 per unit, or the “extension units,”, at the lender’s discretion, at the closing of our initial business combination. If we do not complete a business combination, the loans would be repaid out of funds not held in the Trust Account, and only to the extent available. The Sponsor and its affiliates or designees are not obligated to fund the Trust Account to extend the Combination Period. The extension units, if any, would be identical to the Private Units sold in the private placement. If we do not complete our initial business combination, the loans would be repaid out of funds not held in the Trust Account, and only to the extent available. The terms of such loans by our insiders, officers and directors or their affiliates, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans
As of December 31, 2025, there were no extension fees.
As of the date of this Annual Report, $100,000 Monthly Extension Fees were deposited into the Trust Account, among which $50,000 were paid by the Sponsor from its working capital and $50,000 were paid by The Target.
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Administrative Services Agreement
The Company is obligated, commencing from January 22, 2025 to pay the Sponsor, a monthly fee of $10,000 for office space, utilities and secretarial and administrative support pursuant to a certain administrative services agreement by and between the Company and the Sponsor dated January 22, 2025 (the “Administrative Services Agreement”). This Administrative Services Agreement will terminate upon completion of the Company’s business combination or the liquidation of the Trust Account to public shareholders. The Company incurred $110,000 for the year ended December 31, 2025, of which $80,000 was included in the accrued expenses.
Policy for Approval of Related Party Transactions
We have not yet adopted a formal policy for the review, approval or ratification of related party transactions. Accordingly, the transactions discussed above were not reviewed, approved or ratified in accordance with any such policy.
We have adopted a code of ethics requiring us to avoid, wherever possible, all conflicts of interests, except under guidelines or resolutions approved by our board of directors (or the appropriate committee of our board) or as disclosed in our public filings with the SEC. Under our code of ethics, conflict of interest situations will include any financial transaction, arrangement or relationship (including any indebtedness or guarantee of indebtedness) involving the company.
In addition, our audit committee, pursuant to a written charter will be responsible for reviewing and approving related party transactions to the extent that we enter into such transactions. An affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the audit committee present at a meeting at which a quorum is present will be required in order to approve a related party transaction. A majority of the members of the entire audit committee will constitute a quorum. Without a meeting, the unanimous written consent of all of the members of the audit committee will be required to approve a related party transaction. We have adopted the audit committee charter. We also require each of our directors and executive officers to complete a directors’ and officers’ questionnaire that elicits information about related party transactions.
These procedures are intended to determine whether any such related party transaction impairs the independence of a director or presents a conflict of interest on the part of a director, employee or officer.
To further minimize conflicts of interest, we have agreed not to consummate an initial business combination with an entity that is affiliated with any of our founders unless we, or a committee of independent directors, have obtained an opinion from an independent investment banking firm which is a member of FINRA, or another independent firm that commonly renders valuation opinions for the type of company we are seeking to acquire, or an independent accounting firm that our initial business combination is fair to our company from a financial point of view. Furthermore, no finder’s fees, reimbursements or cash payments will be made to our founders, existing officers, directors or advisors, or our or their affiliates, for services rendered to us prior to or in connection with the completion of our initial business combination although we may consider cash or other compensation to officers or advisors we may hire subsequent to the IPO to be paid either prior to or in connection with our initial business combination. In addition, the following payments will be made to our founders or their affiliates, none of which will be made from the proceeds of the IPO held in the Trust Account prior to the completion of our initial business combination:
| ● | reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses incurred by them in connection with certain activities on our behalf, such as identifying and investigating possible business targets and business combinations; |
| ● | repayment at the closing of our initial business combination of Working Capital Loans which may be made by our founders or an affiliate of our founders to finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial business combination, the terms of which have not been determined nor have any written agreements been executed with respect thereto. Up to $3,000,000 of such Working Capital Loans may be convertible into working capital units at the option of the lender. Such working capital units are identical to the Private Units sold in the Private Placement; and |
| ● | repayment at the closing of our initial business combination of extension fees, if any, which have been made by our Sponsor, its affiliates or designees in connection with our extensions of the Combination Period, which may be convertible into extension units, such extension units are identical to the Private Units sold in the Private Placement. |
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Director Independence
Nasdaq listing standards require that a majority of our board of directors be independent. An “independent director” is defined generally as a person other than an officer or employee of the company or its subsidiaries or any other individual having a relationship which in the opinion of the company’s board of directors, would interfere with the director’s exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director. Our board of directors has determined that each of Cameron R. Johnson, Kevin McKenzie and Qian “Hebe” Xu are “independent directors” as defined in the Nasdaq listing standards and applicable SEC rules. Our independent directors will have regularly scheduled meetings at which only independent directors are present.
Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
During the period from January 18, 2024 (inception) through December 31, 2025, the firm of Marcum Asia CPAs LLP (“Marcum Asia”), has acted as our independent registered public accounting firm. The following is a summary of fees paid or to be paid to Marcum Asia for services rendered.
Audit Fees. Audit fees consist of fees billed for professional services rendered for the audit of our year-end financial statements and services that are normally provided by Marcum Asia in connection with regulatory filings. The aggregate fees billed by Marcum Asia for professional services rendered for the audit of our annual financial statements, review of the unaudited interim financial statements included in our other required filings with the SEC, and providing Consents in connection with our regulatory filings made for our IPO, for the year ended December 31, 2025 and for the period from January 18, 2024 (inception) through December 31, 2024 totaled $134,458 and $115,000, respectively.
Audit-Related Fees. Audit-related services consist of fees billed for assurance and related services that are reasonably related to performance of the audit or review of our financial statements and are not reported under “Audit Fees.” We did not pay Marcum Asia for professional services rendered for audit-related fees for the year ended December 31, 2025 and for the period from January 18, 2024 (inception) through December 31, 2024.
Tax Fees. We did not pay Marcum Asia for tax planning and tax advice for the year ended December 31, 2025 and for the period from January 18, 2024 (inception) through December 31, 2024.
All Other Fees. We did not pay Marcum Asia for other services for the year ended December 31, 2025 and for the period from January 18, 2024 (inception) through December 31, 2024.
Before the establishment of the audit committee in January 2025, the Board of Directors, pre-approves all auditing services and any non-audit services that are to be performed for the Company by its independent auditor. After the establishment of the audit committee, the audit committee pre-approves all auditing services and any non-audit services that are to be performed for the Company by its independent auditor and the audit committee pre-approved all auditing services arranged after its date of establishment.
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PART IV
Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules.
1. The following documents are filed as part of this Annual Report:
Financial Statements: See “Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” herein and “Index to Financial Statements” and financial statements incorporated by reference therein commencing below.
2. Exhibits: The following exhibits are filed as part of, or incorporated by reference into, this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
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| * | Filed herewith |
| ** | Furnished herewith |
Item 16. Form 10-K Summary.
None.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| Columbus Acquisition Corp | ||
| Date: March 19, 2026 | ||
| By: | /s/ Fen “Eric” Zhang | |
| Fen “Eric” Zhang | ||
| Chief Executive Officer, Chairman and Secretary | ||
| (Principal Executive Officer) | ||
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this Annual Report on Form 10-K has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
| Name | Position | Date | ||
| /s/ Fen “Eric” Zhang | Chief Executive Officer, Chairman and Director | March 19, 2026 | ||
| Fen “Eric” Zhang | (Principle Executive Officer) | |||
| /s/ Jie “Janet” Hu | Chief Financial Officer | March 19, 2026 | ||
| Jie “Janet” Hu | (Principal Accounting and Financial Officer) | |||
| /s/ Cameron R. Johnson | Director | March 19, 2026 | ||
| Cameron R. Johnson | ||||
| /s/ Kevin McKenzie | Director | March 19, 2026 | ||
| Kevin McKenzie | ||||
| /s/ Qian “Hebe” Xu | Director | March 19, 2026 | ||
| Qian “Hebe” Xu |
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COLUMBUS ACQUISITION CORP
INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
F-1
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of
Columbus Acquisition Corp.
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of Columbus Acquisition Corp (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, the related statements of operations, change in shareholders’ equity(deficit) and cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2025 and for the period from January 18, 2024 (inception) through December 31, 2024, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2025 and for the period from January 18, 2024 (inception) through December 31, 2024, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Explanatory Paragraph – Going Concern
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company is a Special Purpose Acquisition Corporation that was formed for the purpose of completing a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities on or before March 22, 2026 or by making additional contributions to the trust to extend the business combination deadline by an additional 10 months through January 22, 2027. The Company entered into a business combination agreement with a business combination target on November 9, 2025; however, the completion of this transaction is subject to the approval of the Company’s stockholders among other conditions. There is no assurance that the Company will obtain the necessary approvals, satisfy the required closing conditions, raise the additional capital it needs to fund its operations, and complete the transaction prior to January 22, 2027, if at all. The Company also has no approved plan in place to extend the business combination deadline and fund operations for any period of time after January 22, 2027, in the event that it is unable to complete a business combination by that date. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans in regard to these matters are also described in Note 1. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/ Marcum Asia CPAs LLP
We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2024.
March 19, 2026
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COLUMBUS ACQUISITION CORP
BALANCE SHEETS
| As of December 31, | ||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| Assets | ||||||||
| Current Assets | ||||||||
| Cash | $ | $ | ||||||
| Prepaid expenses | ||||||||
| Total Current Assets | ||||||||
| Deferred offering costs | ||||||||
| Cash and marketable securities held in Trust Account | ||||||||
| Total Assets | $ | $ | ||||||
| Liabilities, Shares Subject to Possible Redemption, and Shareholders’ Equity (Deficit) | ||||||||
| Current Liabilities | ||||||||
| Accounts payable and accrued expenses | $ | $ | ||||||
| Due to related party – administrative expenses | ||||||||
| Promissory note – related party | ||||||||
| Total Current Liabilities | ||||||||
| Total Liabilities | ||||||||
| Commitments and Contingencies (Note 6) | ||||||||
| Ordinary shares subject to possible redemption, $ | ||||||||
| Shareholders’ Equity (Deficit) | ||||||||
| Preference shares, $ | ||||||||
| Ordinary shares, $ | ||||||||
| Additional paid-in capital | ||||||||
| Retained earnings (Accumulated deficit) | ( | ) | ||||||
| Total Shareholders’ Equity (Deficit) | ( | ) | ||||||
| Total Liabilities, Shares Subject to Possible Redemption, and Shareholders’ Equity (Deficit) | $ | $ | ||||||
| (1) | Ordinary shares have been retroactively restated to reflect the Sponsor’s forfeiture of |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
| For the Year Ended December 31, | For the Period from January 18, 2024 (Inception) Through December 31, | |||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| General and administrative expenses | $ | $ | ||||||
| Loss from operations | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Other income: | ||||||||
| Interest earned on demand deposit in Trust Account | ||||||||
| Income (loss) before income taxes | ( | ) | ||||||
| Income taxes provision | ||||||||
| Net income (loss) | $ | $ | ( | ) | ||||
| Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding, ordinary shares subject to possible redemption | ||||||||
| Basic and diluted net income per share, ordinary shares subject to possible redemption | ||||||||
| Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding, non-redeemable ordinary shares | (1) | |||||||
| Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share, non-redeemable ordinary shares | $ | $ | ( | ) | ||||
| (1) |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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COLUMBUS ACQUITION CORP
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)
FOR YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2025
| Ordinary Shares | Additional Paid-in | Retained Earnings (Accumulated | Total Shareholders’ Equity | |||||||||||||||||
| Shares | Amount | Capital | Deficit) | (Deficit) | ||||||||||||||||
| Balance – December 31, 2024 | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||||||||||||
| Issuance of Private Placement Units net of issuance cost of $ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Issuance of Public Rights net of issuance costs of $ | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| Issuance of Representative Shares | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Issuance of independent director shares | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| Accretion of carrying value to redemption value | — | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||
| Net income | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| Balance – December 31, 2025 | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||
FOR THE PERIOD FROM JANUARY 18, 2024 (INCEPTION) THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2024
| Ordinary Shares | Additional Paid-in | Accumulated | Total Shareholder’s Equity | |||||||||||||||||
| Shares | Amount | Capital | Deficit | (Deficit) | ||||||||||||||||
| Balance – January 18, 2024 (Inception) | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||
| Founder Shares issued to Initial Shareholder(1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net loss | — | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||
| Balance – December 31, 2024 | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||||||||||||
| (1) | Ordinary shares have been retroactively restated to reflect the Sponsor’s forfeiture of |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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COLUMBUS ACQUITION CORP
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
| For the Year Ended December 31, 2025 | For the Period from January 18, 2024 (Inception) Through December 31, 2024 | |||||||
| Cash Flows from Operating Activities: | ||||||||
| Net income (loss) | $ | $ | ( | ) | ||||
| Adjustment to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash used in operating activities: | ||||||||
| Stock-based compensation | ||||||||
| Interest earned on demand deposit in Trust Account | ( | ) | ||||||
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | ||||||||
| Prepaid expenses | ( | ) | ||||||
| Due to related party – administrative expenses | ||||||||
| Accounts payable and accrued expenses | ||||||||
| Net Cash Used in Operating Activities | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Cash Flows from Investing Activities: | ||||||||
| Purchase of investment held in trust account | ( | ) | ||||||
| Net Cash Used in Investing Activities | ( | ) | ||||||
| Cash Flows from Financing Activities: | ||||||||
| Proceeds from sale of public units | ||||||||
| Proceeds from sale of private placement units | ||||||||
| Payment of underwriter commissions | ( | ) | ||||||
| Repayment of promissory note - related party | ( | ) | ||||||
| Payment of operating expenses via promissory note – related party | ||||||||
| Payment of offering costs | ( | ) | ||||||
| Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities | ||||||||
| Net Change in Cash | ||||||||
| Cash, Beginning of Year | ||||||||
| Cash, End of Year | $ | $ | ||||||
| Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information: | ||||||||
| Deferred offering costs paid by Sponsor in exchange for issuance of ordinary shares | $ | $ | ||||||
| Deferred offering costs paid via promissory note – related party | $ | $ | ||||||
| Accretion of carrying value to redemption value | $ | $ | ||||||
| Issuance of Representative Shares | $ | $ | ||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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COLUMBUS ACQUISITION CORP
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note 1 — Organization, Business Operation and Going Concern Consideration
Columbus Acquisition Corp (the “Company” or “CAC”) is a blank check company incorporated in the Cayman Islands on
As of December 31, 2025, the Company had not commenced any operations. For the period from January 18, 2024 (inception) through December 31, 2025, the Company’s efforts had been limited to organizational activities as well as activities related to completing the initial public offering (“IPO”) described below, and subsequent to the IPO, identifying a target company for a Business Combination. The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of a Business Combination, at the earliest. The Company will generate non-operating income in the form of dividend and/or interest income from the proceeds derived from the IPO and sale of Private Placement Units (as defined below).
The Company’s management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the IPO and the sale of the Private Placements Units, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally toward consummating a Business Combination. There is no assurance that the Company will be able to complete a Business Combination successfully.
The Company’s founder and sponsor is Hercules Capital Management VII Corp, a British Virgin Islands company (the “Sponsor”). The Company’s ability to commence operations was contingent upon obtaining adequate financial resources through the IPO (see Note 3) and the Private Placement (as defined below) to the initial shareholder (see Note 4).
On January 24, 2025, the Company consummated its IPO of
Simultaneously with the consummation of the IPO and the sale of the Units, the Company consummated the private placement (“Private Placement”) of
Transaction costs amounted to $
In conjunction with the IPO, the Company issued to the underwriter
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The Company’s initial Business Combination must occur with one or more target businesses that together have an aggregate fair market value of at least
Upon the closing of the IPO, management has agreed that at least $
The Company will provide its public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their public shares upon either (i) the completion of the initial Business Combination, (ii) if the Company is unable to complete the initial Business Combination within the prescribed combination period, subject to applicable law, or (iii) a shareholder vote to amend the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association (A) to modify the substance or timing of the obligation to redeem
The Company has determined not to consummate any Business Combination unless the Company has net tangible assets of at least $
Proposed Transactions
On November 9, 2025, the Company entered into a business combination agreement (as it may be amended, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “BCA”) with WISeSat.Space Holdings Corp., a British Virgin Islands business company (“Pubco”), WISeSat Merger Sub Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Pubco (“Merger Sub”), WISeSat.Space Corp., a British Virgin Islands business company (the “Target”), and WISeKey International Holding Ltd., a Swiss company (together with its successors, including after its anticipated domestication to the British Virgin Islands prior to the Closing, the “Seller”). Pursuant to the BCA, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, upon the closing of the transactions contemplated by the BCA (the “Closing”), CAC will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Pubco; and each issued and outstanding CAC Security (as defined in the BCA) immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger (as defined in the BCA) shall no longer be outstanding and shall automatically be cancelled, in exchange for the right of the holder thereof to receive Pubco Ordinary Shares. Following the Merger, the Seller may distribute up to
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The Transactions will be submitted to shareholders of the Company for approval at an extraordinary general meeting. Pubco, together with the Company, will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a proxy statement/prospectus on Form F-4 (the “Business Combination Proxy Statement”) in connection with the proposed Transactions. On December 29, 2025, CAC and WISeKey International Holding AG jointly announced the confidential submission of a draft of the Business Combination Proxy Statement by Pubco with the SEC on December 23, 2025. Pursuant to the Company’s Charter, the Company currently has until January 22, 2027 to complete the Transactions, if fully extended.
Share Exchange Consideration
Immediately prior to the Effective Time, in full payment for the Company Shares, Pubco shall issue and deliver to the Seller the Exchange Shares with an aggregate value (the “Exchange Consideration”) equal to the sum of (i) Two Hundred Fifty Million U.S. Dollars ($
The Pubco Class F Shares shall, in the aggregate, be entitled to
Treatment of CAC Securities; Merger Consideration
Pursuant to the BCA, (a) immediately prior to the Effective Time, every issued and outstanding CAC Unit shall be automatically detached, and the holder thereof shall be deemed to hold one CAC Ordinary Share and one CAC Right in accordance with the terms of the applicable CAC Unit (the “Unit Separation”); (b) immediately prior to the Effective Time and immediately following the Unit Separation, each issued and outstanding CAC Right (including the CAC Rights held as a result of the Unit Separation) shall be automatically converted into one-seventh of one CAC Ordinary Share; (c) at the Effective Time, every issued and outstanding CAC Ordinary Share (including each CAC Ordinary Share converted from CAC Rights pursuant to (b) above and each CAC Ordinary Share held as a result of the Unit Separation, other than the Excluded Shares, the Dissenting Shares and the Redeemed Shares (each as defined in the BCA)) shall become and be converted automatically into the right to receive one Pubco Ordinary Share, following which, all CAC Ordinary Shares shall cease to be outstanding and shall automatically be canceled and shall cease to exist.
At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger, all Merger Sub Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into an equal number ordinary shares of the Surviving Company, with the same rights, powers and privileges as the shares so converted and shall constitute the only outstanding issued shares of the Surviving Company.
Sponsor Agreement
Simultaneously with the execution and delivery of the BCA, CAC, the Target, Pubco and the Sponsor entered into a sponsor agreement (the “Sponsor Agreement”). Pursuant to the Sponsor Agreement, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, the Sponsor agreed, among other things, (a) to vote in favor of the BCA and the Transactions and against any alternative transaction; (b) during the term of the Sponsor Agreement, not to transfer and to cause its affiliates not to transfer any of the Sponsor Shares (as defined therein) except as permitted thereby; (c) during the term of the Sponsor Agreement, not to redeem any Sponsor Shares (as defined therein) and convert all CAC rights held by it into the underlying CAC Ordinary Shares; (d) to pay for CAC Expenses (as defined in the BCA) in excess of the CAC Expense Cap (as defined in the BCA); (e) to take timely actions to extend CAC’s deadline to complete the Business Combination as necessary to consummate the Closing; and (f) that any working capital loans made to CAC (including for any Extension Payments) will at the Closing be either, as requested by the Target, repaid in cash or converted into CAC Working Capital Units in accordance with the IPO Prospectus (excluding after CAC has fully utilized its existing working capital as of the Signing Date, up to $
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Insider Letter Amendment
Simultaneously with the execution and delivery of the BCA, CAC, Pubco, the Sponsor, the Target and CAC’s directors and officers entered into an amendment (the “Insider Letter Amendment”) to the letter agreement that was entered into by and among CAC, the Sponsor and certain other member of CAC’s board of directors and/or management team on January 22, 2025 (the “Insider Letter”). Pursuant to the Insider Letter Amendment, the parties amended the letter agreement to (a) give the Target and Pubco rights to enforce the terms of the Insider Letter; (b) effective as of the Closing, assign the rights and obligations of CAC under the Insider Letter to Pubco; and (c) provide that the lock-up period applicable to the Pubco Ordinary Shares issued in exchange for the Founder Shares (as defined in the BCA) pursuant to the BCA will be identical to the lock-up period set forth in the Lock-Up Agreement (as defined below).
Lock-up Agreement
Simultaneously with the execution and delivery of the BCA, CAC, Pubco and the Seller entered into a lock-up agreement (the “Lock-up Agreement”), which, among other things, provides for certain restrictions on the transfer of certain Pubco Ordinary Shares by the Seller and other holders who become Pubco’s shareholders as a result of the Seller Distribution following the Closing, as further described below and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Lock-up Agreement.
Pursuant to the Lock-up Agreement, from and after the Closing, the Seller and other holders who become Pubco shareholders as a result of the Seller Distribution shall not Transfer (as defined in the Lock-up Agreement) any of the Restricted Securities (as defined in the Lock-up Agreement) until the earlier of: (a) the six month anniversary of the date of the Closing; (b) the date (but not less than 60 days after the Closing) on which the closing price of the Pubco Ordinary Shares exceeds $
January 2026 Extension Meeting
On January 16, 2026, the Company held an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders (the “Extraordinary General Meeting”), where the shareholders of the Company approved the proposal (the “Charter Amendment Proposal”) that the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, which provided that the Company has until January 22, 2026 to complete a business combination, be deleted in their entirety and the substitution in their place of the Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association (the “Amended Charter”) to provide that the Company has until January 22, 2026 to complete a business combination, and may elect to extend the period to consummate a business combination up to twelve times, each by an additional one-month extension (the “Monthly Extension”), for a total of up to twelve months to January 22, 2027 (the “Combination Period”). In order to effectuate each Monthly Extensions, $
On January 16, 2026, the Company and the Trustee entered into the amendment to the Investment Management Trust Agreement dated January 22, 2025 (as amended, the “Trust Agreement”) upon the shareholders’ approval at the Extraordinary General Meeting, which provides that that the Trustee must commence liquidation of the Trust Account by the prescribed timeline as provided in the Company’s Amended Charter.
In connection with the votes to approve the Charter Amendment Proposal,
The Company will have until January 22, 2027 (if fully extended) to complete its initial Business Combination. If the Company is unable to complete its initial Business Combination by January 22, 2027 (if fully extended), the Company will: (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the public shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company to pay our taxes (less up to $
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Going Concern Consideration
As of December 31, 2025, the Company had $
In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with ASC Subtopic 205-40, Presentation of Financial Statements - Going Concern, the Company may need to raise additional capital through loans or additional investments from its Sponsor, shareholders, officers, directors, or third parties. The Company’s officers, directors and Sponsor may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds, from time to time or at any time, in whatever amount they deem reasonable in their sole discretion, to meet the Company’s working capital needs. Accordingly, the Company may not be able to obtain additional financing. If the Company is unable to raise additional capital, it may be required to take additional measures to conserve liquidity, which could include, but not necessarily be limited to, curtailing operations, suspending the pursuit of a potential transaction, and reducing overhead expenses. The Company cannot provide any assurance that new financing will be available to it on commercially acceptable terms, if at all.
The Company’s liquidity condition raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period of time within one year after the date that the accompanying financial statements are issued. Management plans to address this uncertainty through seeking new financing to complete a Business Combination. If a Business Combination is not consummated by the end of the Combination Period, currently January 22, 2027 (if fully extended), and the Combination Period is not extended, there will be a mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution of the Company, which also raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. No adjustments have been made to the carrying amounts of assets or liabilities should the Company be required to liquidate after the Combination Period. The Company intends to complete the initial Business Combination before the end of the Combination Period. However, there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to consummate any Business Combination by the end of the Combination Period.
Risks and Uncertainties
Various social and political circumstances in the U.S. and around the world (including rising trade tensions between the U.S. and China, and other uncertainties regarding actual and potential shifts in the U.S. and foreign, trade, economic and other policies with other countries), may contribute to increased market volatility and economic uncertainties or deterioration in the U.S. and worldwide.
As a result of these circumstances and the ongoing Russia/Ukraine, Hamas/Israel conflicts and/or other future global conflicts, the Company’s ability to consummate a Business Combination, or the operations of a target business with which the Company ultimately consummates a Business Combination, may be materially and adversely affected. In addition, the Company’s ability to consummate a transaction may be dependent on the ability to raise equity and debt financing which may be impacted by these events, including as a result of increased market volatility, or decreased market liquidity in third-party financing being unavailable on terms acceptable to the Company or at all. The impact of this action and related sanctions on the world economy and the specific impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations and/or ability to consummate a Business Combination are not yet determinable. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of these uncertainties.
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Note 2 — Significant accounting policies
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying audited financial statements are presented in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC. In the opinion of management, all adjustments consisting of normal recurring adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation of the financial statements, have been included.
Emerging Growth Company Status
The Company is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the “Securities Act”), as modified by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, (the “JOBS Act”), and it may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in its periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved.
Further, Section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or revised financial accounting standards until private companies (that is, those that have not had a Securities Act registration statement declared effective or do not have a class of securities registered under the Exchange Act) are required to comply with the new or revised financial accounting standards. The JOBS Act provides that a company can elect to opt out of the extended transition period and comply with the requirements that apply to non-emerging growth companies but any such election to opt out is irrevocable. The Company has elected not to opt out of such extended transition period which means that when a standard is issued or revised and it has different application dates for public or private companies, the Company, as an emerging growth company, can adopt the new or revised standard at the time private companies adopt the new or revised standard. This may make a comparison of the Company’s financial statements with another public company which is neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging
growth company which has opted out of using the extended transition period difficult or impossible because of the potential differences in accounting standards used.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of the financial statement in conformity with US GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Making estimates requires management to exercise significant judgment. It is at least reasonably possible that the estimate of the effect of a condition, situation or set of circumstances that existed at the date of the financial statements, which management considered in formulating its estimate, could change in the near term due to one or more future confirming events.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company considers all short-term investments with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. As of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company had $
Concentration of Credit Risk
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentration of credit risk consist of cash accounts in a financial institution, which, at times in the future, may exceed the Federal Depository Insurance Coverage of $
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Demand Deposit in Trust Account
Upon closing of the IPO, the Company invested the proceeds into an interest-bearing demand deposit account, which comprised the entire balance of the Trust Account as of December 31, 2025 and earned $
Offering Costs Associated with the IPO
Offering costs were $
Net income (loss) Per Ordinary Share
The Company complies with accounting and disclosure requirements of FASB ASC 260, Earnings Per Share. The Company has two outstanding classes of shares, which are referred to as redeemable ordinary shares and non-redeemable ordinary shares. Net income (loss) is shared pro rata between the two classes of ordinary shares. Net (loss) income per ordinary share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted-average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the period. The remeasurement adjustment associated with the redeemable ordinary shares is excluded from earnings (loss) per share as the redemption value approximates fair value.
The calculation of diluted income per ordinary share does not consider the effect of the rights issued in connection with the IPO and the Private Units since the exercise of the rights is contingent upon the occurrence of future events.
As of December 31, 2025, the Company did not have any dilutive securities or other contracts that could, potentially, be exercised or converted into ordinary shares that then share in the earnings of the Company. As a result, diluted net income (loss) per ordinary share is the same as basic net income (loss) per ordinary share for the periods presented.
The net income (loss) per share presented in the statements of operations is based on the following:
| For the Year Ended December 31, 2025 | For the Period from January 18, 2024 (Inception) Through December 31, 2024 | |||||||||||||||
| Redeemable Ordinary Shares | Non-redeemable Ordinary Shares | Redeemable Ordinary Shares | Non-redeemable Ordinary Shares | |||||||||||||
| Basic and diluted net income (loss) per ordinary share | ||||||||||||||||
| Numerator: | ||||||||||||||||
| Allocation of net income (loss) | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | ||||||||||
| Denominator: | ||||||||||||||||
| Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding | (1) | |||||||||||||||
| Basic and diluted net income (loss) per ordinary share | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | ||||||||||
| (1) |
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Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The fair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under FASB ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurement” (“ASC 820”), approximates the carrying amounts represented in the accompanying balance sheet, primarily due to their short-term nature.
The Company applies ASC 820, which establishes a framework for measuring fair value and clarifies the definition of fair value within that framework. ASC 820 defines fair value as an exit price, which is the price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability in the Company’s principal or most advantageous market in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. The fair value hierarchy established in ASC 820 generally requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability and are developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the entity’s own assumptions based on market data and the entity’s judgments about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability and are to be developed based on the best information available in the circumstances. The following fair value hierarchy is used to classify assets and liabilities based on the observable inputs and unobservable inputs used in order to value the assets and liabilities:
| ● | Level 1—Assets and liabilities with unadjusted, quoted prices listed on active market exchanges. Inputs to the fair value measurement are observable inputs, such as quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. |
| ● | Level 2—Inputs to the fair value measurement are determined using prices for recently traded assets and liabilities with similar underlying terms, as well as direct or indirect observable inputs, such as interest rates and yield curves that are observable at commonly quoted intervals. |
| ● | Level 3—Inputs to the fair value measurement are unobservable inputs, such as estimates, assumptions, and valuation techniques when little or no market data exists for the assets or liabilities. |
Ordinary Shares Subject to Possible Redemption
The Company accounts for its ordinary shares subject to possible redemption issued in the IPO in accordance with the guidance in ASC Topic 480, “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity” (ASC 480). Ordinary shares subject to mandatory redemption (if any) will be classified as a liability instrument and will be measured at fair value. Conditionally redeemable ordinary shares (including ordinary shares that feature redemption rights that are either within the control of the holder or subject to redemption upon the occurrence of uncertain events not solely within the Company’s control) will be classified as temporary equity. At all other times, ordinary shares will be classified as shareholders’ equity. In accordance with ASC 480-10-S99, the Company classifies ordinary shares subject to redemption outside of permanent equity as the redemption provisions are not solely within the control of the Company. Given that the
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Accordingly, as of December 31, 2025, ordinary shares subject to possible redemption are presented at redemption value as temporary equity, outside of permanent shareholders’ equity on the Company’s balance sheet in the following table:
| Shares | Amount | |||||||
| Gross proceeds from IPO | $ | |||||||
| Less: | ||||||||
| Proceeds allocated to Public Rights | — | ( | ) | |||||
| Allocation of offering costs related to redeemable shares | — | ( | ) | |||||
| Plus: | ||||||||
| Accretion of carrying value to redemption value | — | |||||||
| Ordinary shares subject to possible redemption – December 31, 2025 | $ | |||||||
Share Rights
The Company accounts for rights as either equity-classified or liability-classified instruments based on an assessment of the right’s specific terms and applicable authoritative guidance in ASC 480 and ASC 815. The assessment considers whether the rights are freestanding financial instruments pursuant to ASC 480, meet the definition of a liability pursuant to ASC 480, and whether the rights meet all of the requirements for equity classification under ASC 815, including whether the rights are indexed to the Company’s own ordinary shares and whether the right holders could potentially require “net cash settlement” in a circumstance outside of the Company’s control, among other conditions for equity classification. This assessment, which requires the use of professional judgment, is conducted at the time of right issuance and as of each subsequent quarterly period end date while the rights are outstanding.
For issued or modified rights that meet all of the criteria for equity classification, the rights are required to be recorded as a component of equity at the time of issuance. For issued or modified rights that do not meet all the criteria for equity classification, the rights are required to be recorded as liabilities at their initial fair value on the date of issuance, and each balance sheet date thereafter. Changes in the estimated fair value of the rights are recognized as a non-cash gain or loss on the statements of operations.
As the rights to be issued upon the closing of the Proposed Public Offering and private placements meet the criteria for equity classification under ASC 815, therefore, the rights are classified as equity.
Income Taxes
The Company accounts for income taxes under ASC 740, Income Taxes (“ASC 740”). ASC 740 requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for both the expected impact of differences between the financial statement and tax basis of assets and liabilities and for the expected future tax benefit to be derived from tax loss and
tax credit carry forwards. ASC 740 additionally requires a valuation allowance to be established when it is more likely than not that all or a portion of deferred tax assets will not be realized.
ASC 740 also clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements and prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement process for financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. For those benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be more-likely-than-not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. ASC 740 also provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim period, disclosure and transition. Based on the Company’s evaluation, it has been concluded that there are no significant uncertain tax positions requiring recognition in the Company’s financial statements.
The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense. There were no unrecognized tax benefits and no amounts accrued for interest and penalties as of December 31, 2025 and 2024. The Company is currently not aware of any issues under review that could result in significant payments, accruals or material deviation from its position.
There is currently no taxation imposed on income by the Government of the Cayman Islands. In accordance with Cayman Islands federal income tax regulations, income taxes are not levied on the Company. Consequently, income taxes are not reflected in the Company’s financial statements.
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Stock-based Compensation
The Company recognizes compensation costs resulting from the issuance of stock-based awards to directors as an expense in the financial statement over the requisite service period based on a measurement of fair value for each stock-based award. The fair value is amortized as compensation cost on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period of the awards. The Black-Scholes-Merton option-pricing model includes various assumptions, including the fair value of the estimated stock price of the Company, expected life of shares, the expected volatility and the expected risk-free interest rate, among others. These assumptions reflect the Company’s best estimates, but they involve inherent uncertainties based on market conditions generally outside the control of the Company.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Management does not believe that any recently issued, but not effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the Company’s financial statements.
Note 3 — Initial Public Offering
On January 24, 2025, the Company sold
Note 4 — Private Placement
Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, the Sponsor purchased an aggregate of
There will be no redemption rights or liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to the Founder Shares (as defined below), private placement shares or private placement rights. The rights will expire and become worthless if the Company does not consummate a Business Combination by January 22, 2027, unless the Company extends the Combination period.
Each Private Placement Unit is identical to the Public Units sold in the IPO, except that it will not be transferable, assignable or salable by the Sponsor until the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination, except in each case (i) among the insiders or to the Company’s insiders’ members, officers, directors, consultants or their affiliates, (ii) to a holder’s shareholders or members upon the holder’s liquidation, in each case if the holder is an entity, (iii) by bona fide gift to a member of the holder’s immediate family or to a trust, the beneficiary of which is the holder or a member of the holder’s immediate family, in each case for estate planning purposes, (iv) by virtue of the laws of descent and distribution upon death, (v) pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order, (vi) to the Company for no value for cancellation in connection with the consummation of a business combination, (vii) in connection with the consummation of a business combination, (viii) in the event of the Company’s liquidation prior to its consummation of an initial business combination or (ix) in the event that, subsequent to the consummation of an initial business combination, the Company completes a liquidation, merger, capital share exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of the Company’s shareholders having the right to exchange their ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property, in each case (except for clauses (vi), (viii) or (ix) or with the Company’s prior written consent) on the condition that prior to such registration or transfer, the transfer agent shall be presented with written documentation pursuant to which each transferee or the trustee or legal guardian for such permitted transferee agrees to be bound by the transfer restrictions contained in the letter agreement and any other applicable agreement the transferor is bound by.
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Note 5 — Related Party Transactions
Founder Shares
On March 21, 2024, the Sponsor acquired
On January 22, 2025, the effective date of the registration statement of the IPO, the Sponsor transferred an aggregate of
On March 20, 2025, in connection with the appointment of Mr. Cameron R. Johnson as the director of the Company, the Sponsor issued a share purchase option dated March 20, 2025 (the “Share Purchase Option”) to Mr. Johnson, entitling Mr. Johnson to acquire
The Founder Shares are identical to the ordinary shares included in the Units being sold in the IPO, and holders of Founder Shares have the same shareholder rights as public shareholders, except that (i) the Founder Shares are subject to certain transfer restrictions, as described in more detail below, and (ii) the Sponsor, officers and directors of the Company have entered into a letter agreement with the Company, pursuant to which they have agreed (A) to waive their redemption rights with respect to the Founder Shares, private placement shares and public shares in connection with the completion of its initial Business Combination and (B) to waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to the Founder Shares and private placement shares if the Company fails to complete its initial Business Combination by the Combination period, although they will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to any public shares they hold if the Company fails to complete its initial Business Combination within such time period and (iii) the Founder Shares and private placement shares are subject to registration rights. If the Company submits its initial Business Combination to its public shareholders for a vote, the Sponsor, officers and directors have agreed (and their permitted transferees will agree), pursuant to the terms of a letter agreement entered into with the Company, to vote any Founder Shares and private placement shares held by them and any public shares purchased during or after the IPO in favor of the Company’s initial Business Combination.
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The Sponsor has agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of its Founder Shares until the earlier to occur of: (A) 180 days after the completion of the initial Business Combination or (B) subsequent to a Business Combination, the date on which the closing price of the ordinary shares equals or exceeds $
Promissory Note — Related Party
On March 21, 2024, the Sponsor agreed to loan the Company up to $
Working Capital Loans
In addition, in order to finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial Business Combination, the Sponsor, the Company’s officers and directors, or their affiliates/designees may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds, from time to time or at any time, in whatever amount they deem reasonable in their sole discretion. If the Company completes the initial Business Combination, it would repay such loaned amounts. In the event that the initial Business Combination does not close, the Company may use a portion of the working capital held outside the Trust Account to repay such loaned amounts but no proceeds from the Trust Account would be used for such repayment. Up to $
As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company had no borrowings under the Working Capital Loans or the extension convertible notes.
Administrative Support Services
Commencing on the effective date of the registration statement of the IPO (January 22, 2025), the Company agreed to pay the Sponsor a total of $
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Note 6 — Commitments and Contingencies
Registration Rights
The holders of Founder Shares, Representative Shares, Private Placement Units, and units that may be issued on conversion of Working Capital Loans (and in each case holders of their component securities, as applicable) will be entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration rights agreement to be signed prior to or on the effective date of the IPO requiring the Company to register such securities for resale. The holders of these securities are entitled to make up to two demands, excluding short form demands, that the Company registers such securities. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to its completion of its initial Business Combination and rights to require the Company to register for resale such securities pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.
Underwriting Agreement
The Company had granted the underwriter a
The underwriter received a cash underwriting discount of
In connection with the IPO, the Company issued
Note 7 — Shareholders’ Equity
Preferred Shares — The Company is authorized to issue
Ordinary Shares — The Company is authorized to issue
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On January 22, 2025, the Sponsor transferred an aggregate of
Rights
Each holder of a right will receive one-seventh (1/7) of one ordinary share upon consummation of its initial Business Combination, even if the holder of such right redeemed all ordinary shares held by it in connection with the initial Business Combination. No additional consideration will be required to be paid by a holder of rights in order to receive its additional shares upon consummation of an initial Business Combination, as the consideration related thereto has been included in the unit purchase price paid for by investors in the IPO and the Private Placement. If the Company enters into a definitive agreement for a Business Combination in which the Company will not be the surviving entity, the definitive agreement will provide for the holders of rights to receive the same per share consideration the holders of the ordinary shares will receive in the transaction on an as-converted into ordinary share basis, and each holder of a right will be required to affirmatively convert its rights in order to receive one-seventh (1/7) of one share underlying each right (without paying any additional consideration) upon consummation of the Business Combination. As of December 31, 2025, there were
The shares issuable upon conversion of the Public Rights will be freely tradable (except to the extent held by affiliates of the Company). The Company will not issue fractional shares upon conversion of the rights. As a result, the holders of rights must hold rights in multiples of seven in order to receive shares for all of their rights upon closing of a Business Combination. If the Company is unable to complete an initial Business Combination within the required time period and the Company liquidates the funds held in the Trust Account, holders of rights will not receive any of such funds with respect to their rights, nor will they receive any distribution from the Company’s assets held outside of the Trust Account with respect to such rights, and the rights will expire worthless. Further, there are no contractual penalties for failure to deliver securities to the holders of the rights upon consummation of an initial Business Combination. Accordingly, the rights may expire worthless.
Note 8 — Segment Information
ASC Topic 280, “Segment Reporting,” establishes standards for companies to report in their financial statements information about operating segments, products, services, geographic areas, and major customers. Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise for which separate financial information is available that is regularly evaluated by the Company’s chief operating decision maker, or group, in deciding how to allocate resources and assess performance. The Company has adopted the guidance in ASU 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures, in the accompanying financial statements on a retrospective basis.
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When evaluating the Company’s performance and making key decisions regarding resource allocation the CODM reviews key metrics, which include the following:
| For the Year Ended December 31, 2025 | For the Period from January 18, 2024 (Inception) Through December 31, 2024 | |||||||
| General and administrative expenses | $ | $ | ||||||
| Interest earned on demand deposit Trust Account | $ | $ | ||||||
The key measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by our CODM is general and administrative expenses, which include accounting expenses, printing expenses, and regulatory filing fees, none of which are deemed to be significant segment expenses; they are reviewed in aggregate to ensure alignment with budget and contractual obligations. These expenses are monitored to manage and forecast cash available to complete a business combination within the required period. Interest earned on demand deposit in Trust Account is reviewed to measure and monitor shareholder value and determine the most effective strategy of investment with the Trust Account funds while maintaining compliance with the trust agreement.
Note 9 — Subsequent Events
The Company evaluated subsequent events and transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date through the date when these audited financial statements were issued. Based on this review, the Company identified the following subsequent events that would require adjustment or disclosure in the financial statements.
January 2026 Extension Meeting
On January 16, 2026, the Company held an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders (the “Extraordinary General Meeting”), where the shareholders of the Company approved the proposal (the “Charter Amendment Proposal”) that the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, which provided that the Company has until January 22, 2026 to complete a business combination, be deleted in their entirety and the substitution in their place of the Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association (the “Amended Charter”) to provide that the Company has until January 22, 2026 to complete a business combination, and may elect to extend the period to consummate a business combination up to twelve times, each by an additional one-month extension (the “Monthly Extension”), for a total of up to twelve months to January 22, 2027. In order to effectuate each Monthly Extensions, $
On January 16, 2026, the Company and the Trustee entered into the amendment to the Investment Management Trust Agreement dated January 22, 2025 ( as amended, the “Trust Agreement”) upon the shareholders’ approval at the Extraordinary General Meeting, which provides that that the Trustee must commence liquidation of the Trust Account by the prescribed timeline as provided in the Company’s Amended Charter.
In connection with the votes to approve the Charter Amendment Proposal,
On January 22, 2026 and February 20, 2026, both the Company and Pubco (the target) deposited $
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