SEC Form 10-Q filed by Kairous Acquisition Corp. Limited

NOTE 1 — DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS

Kairous Acquisition Corp. Limited (the “Company”) was incorporated in the Cayman Islands on March 24, 2021. The Company was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses (the “Business Combination”). The Company is not limited to a particular industry or sector for purposes of consummating a Business Combination. The Company is an early stage and emerging growth company and, as such, the Company is subject to all of the risks associated with early stage and emerging growth companies.

On October 5, 2022, the Company set up KAC Merger Sub 1, a Cayman Islands exempted company and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. On October 5, 2022, KAC Merger Sub 1 set up KAC Merger Sub 2, a Cayman Islands exempted company and wholly owned subsidiary of KAC Merger Sub 1.

As of September 30, 2024, the Company had not commenced any operations. All activity for the period from March 24, 2021 (inception) through September 30, 2024 relates to the Company’s formation and the initial public offering (“Initial Public Offering”), which is described below, and negotiation and consummation of an initial Business Combination. The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion an initial Business Combination, at the earliest. The Company will generate non-operating income in the form of interest income from the proceeds derived from the Initial Public Offering. The Company has selected June 30 as its fiscal year end.

The registration statement for the Company’s Initial Public Offering was declared effective on December 13, 2021. On December 16, 2021, the Company consummated the Initial Public Offering of 7,500,000 units (“Units” and, with respect to the ordinary shares included in the Units being offered, the “Public Shares”), generating gross proceeds of $75,000,000, which is described in Note 3. The Company granted the underwriter a 45-day option from the date of Initial Public Offering to purchase up to 1,125,000 additional Units to cover over-allotments, if any, at the Initial Public Offering price less the underwriting discounts and commissions. On December 16, 2021, the underwriters partially exercised the over-allotment option by purchasing 300,000 additional units, generating $3,000,000. The underwriter has further indicated that they will not exercise the remaining over-allotment option, hence the remaining 825,000 units were forfeited.

Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the private sale (the “Private Placement”) of an aggregate of 348,143 Units (the “Private Placement Units”) to Kairous Asia Limited (the “Sponsor”) at a purchase price of $10.00 per Private Placement Units, generating gross proceeds to the Company in the amount of $3,481,430. On December 16, 2021, the underwriters partially exercised the option at which time the Sponsor purchasing 9,000 additional units, generating $90,000.

As of December 16, 2021, transaction costs amounted to $4,843,252 consisting of $1,559,900 of underwriting fees, $2,730,000 of deferred underwriting fees payable (which are held in a trust account with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee (the “Trust Account”) and $553,352 of other offering costs related to the Initial Public Offering. Cash of $857,408 was held outside of the Trust Account on December 16, 2021 and was available for working capital purposes. As described in Note 6, the $2,730,000 deferred underwriting fees are contingent upon the consummation of the Business Combination within 36 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering.

Following the closing of the Initial Public Offering on December 16, 2021, an amount of $78,780,000 ($10.10 per Unit) from the net proceeds of the sale of the Units in the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement was placed in the Trust Account which may be invested in U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), with a maturity of 185 days or less or in any open-ended investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund selected by the Company meeting the conditions of Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act, as determined by the Company, until the earlier of: (i) the consummation of a Business Combination or (ii) the distribution of the Trust Account, as described below.

The Company’s management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Units, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally toward consummating a Business Combination. The stock exchange listing rules require that the Business Combination must be with one or more operating businesses or assets with a fair market value equal to at least 80% of the assets held in the Trust Account (as defined below) (excluding the amount of deferred underwriting commissions and taxes payable on the income earned on the Trust Account). The Company will only complete a Business Combination if the post-Business Combination company owns or acquires 50% or more of the issued and outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target business sufficient for it not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”). There is no assurance that the Company will be able to successfully effect a Business Combination. Upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering, management has agreed that $10.00 per Unit sold in the Initial Public Offering, including proceeds of the sale of the Private Placement Units, will be held in a trust account (the “Trust Account”) and invested in U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act, with a maturity of 185 days or less, or in any open-ended investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund investing solely in U.S. Treasuries and meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act, as determined by the Company, until the earlier of (i) the completion of a Business Combination and (ii) the distribution of the funds in the Trust Account to the Company’s shareholders, as described below.

The Company will provide the holders of the outstanding Public Shares (the “Public Shareholders”) with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Public Shares either (i) in connection with a shareholder meeting called to approve the Business Combination or (ii) by means of a tender offer in connection with the Business Combination. The decision as to whether the Company will seek shareholder approval of a Business Combination or conduct a tender offer will be made by the Company. The Public Shareholders will be entitled to redeem their Public Shares for a pro rata portion of the amount then in the Trust Account (initially anticipated to be $10.10 per Public Share, plus any pro rata interest then in the Trust Account, net of taxes payable). The Public Shares subject to redemption will be recorded at a redemption value and classified as temporary equity upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering in accordance with the Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.”

All of the Public Shares contain a redemption feature which allows for the redemption of such Public Shares in connection with the Company’s liquidation, if there is a shareholder vote or tender offer in connection with the Company’s Business Combination and in connection with certain amendments to the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”). In accordance with the rules of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and its guidance on redeemable equity instruments, which has been codified in ASC 480-10-S99, redemption provisions not solely within the control of a company require ordinary shares subject to possible redemption to be classified outside of permanent equity. Given that the Public Shares will be issued with other freestanding instruments (i.e., public warrants), the initial carrying value of the ordinary shares classified as temporary equity will be the allocated proceeds determined in accordance with ASC 470-20. The ordinary shares are subject to ASC 480-10-S99. If it is probable that the equity instrument will become redeemable, the Company has the option to either (i) accrete changes in the redemption value over the period from the date of issuance (or from the date that it becomes probable that the instrument will become redeemable, if later) to the earliest redemption date of the instrument or (ii) recognize changes in the redemption value immediately as they occur and adjust the carrying amount of the instrument to equal the redemption value at the end of each reporting period. The Company has elected to recognize the changes immediately. The Public Shares are redeemable and will be classified as such on the balance sheet until such date that a redemption event takes place. Redemptions of the Company’s Public Shares may be subject to the satisfaction of conditions, including minimum cash conditions, pursuant to an agreement relating to the Company’s Business Combination.

If the Company seeks shareholder approval of the Business Combination, the Company will proceed with a Business Combination only if the Company receives an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law approving a Business Combination, which requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the shareholders who attend and vote at a general meeting of the Company, or such other vote as required by law or stock exchange rule. If a shareholder vote is not required and the Company does not decide to hold a shareholder vote for business or other legal reasons, the Company will, pursuant to its Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, conduct the redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), and file tender offer documents containing substantially the same information as would be included in a proxy statement with the SEC prior to completing a Business Combination. If the Company seeks shareholder approval in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor has agreed to vote its Founder Shares (as defined in Note 5) and any Public Shares purchased during or after the Initial Public Offering in favor of approving a Business Combination. Additionally, each Public Shareholder may elect to redeem their Public Shares, without voting, and if they do vote, irrespective of whether they vote for or against a proposed Business Combination. Additionally, each Public Shareholder may elect to redeem their Public Shares without voting, and if they do vote, irrespective of whether they vote for or against the proposed transaction.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company seeks shareholder approval of the Business Combination and the Company does not conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules, a Public Shareholder, together with any affiliate of such shareholder or any other person with whom such shareholder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined under Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), will be restricted from redeeming its shares with respect to more than an aggregate of 15% of the Public Shares without the Company’s prior written consent.

The Sponsor has agreed (a) to waive its redemption rights with respect to any Founder Shares and Public Shares held by it in connection with the completion of a Business Combination and (b) not to propose an amendment to the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association (i) to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to allow redemption in connection with the Company’s initial Business Combination or to redeem 100% of the Public Shares if the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period (as defined below) or (ii) with respect to any other provision relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-initial business combination activity, unless the Company provides the Public Shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their Public Shares upon approval of any such amendment.

If the Company has not completed a Business Combination within 12 months (or up to 36 months, if we extend the time to complete a business combination) from the closing of the Initial Public Offering (the “Combination Period”), 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 100% of 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 and not previously released to us to pay our taxes, if any (less up to $50,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then issued and outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish the rights of the Public Shareholders as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any), and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the Company’s remaining Public Shareholders and its Board of Directors, liquidate and dissolve, subject in each case to the Company’s obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law.

On December 14, 2022 and March 10, 2023, the Company issued two unsecured promissory notes, each in an amount of $360,000, to the Sponsor in exchange for Sponsor depositing such amount into the Company’s trust account in order to extend the amount of time it has available to complete a business combination until June 16, 2023. From June 9, 2023 through November 10, 2023, the Company entered into six unsecured promissory note arrangements with the Sponsor, each in an amount of $120,000, in exchange for Sponsor depositing such amount into the Company’s trust account in order to extend the amount of time it has available to complete a business combination until December 16, 2023. The Sponsor deposited such amount into the Company’s trust account.

On December 14, 2023, the shareholders approved the amendment to the investment management trust agreement, pursuant to which the Company has the right to extend the time to complete a business combination twelve (12) times for an additional one (1) month each time from December 16, 2023 to December 16, 2024 by depositing into the trust account $50,000 for each one-month extension. On December 15, 2023 through October 16, 2024, the Company issued 11 unsecured promissory notes, each in an amount of $50,000, to the Sponsor in exchange for Sponsor depositing such amount into the Company’s trust account in order to extend the amount of time it has available to complete a business combination until November 16, 2024. In the event that a Business Combination does not close by November 16, 2024, or up to December 16, 2024, and no amounts will thereafter be due thereon.

These unsecured promissory notes were collectively known as Extension Loans. The Extension Loans was amended on May 10, 2023 to provide that the Extension Loans will be converted upon completion of a Business Combination into ordinary shares at a price of $10.10 per share.

The Sponsor has agreed to waive its rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to the Founder Shares it will receive if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period. However, if the Sponsor or any of its respective affiliates acquire Public Shares, such Public Shares will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period. The underwriters have agreed to waive their rights to their deferred underwriting commission (see Note 6) held in the Trust Account in the event the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period, and in such event, such amounts will be included with the other funds held in the Trust Account that will be available to fund the redemption of the Public Shares. In the event of such distribution, it is possible that the per share value of the assets remaining available for distribution will be less than the Initial Public Offering price per Unit ($10.00).

In order to protect the amounts held in the Trust Account, the Sponsor has agreed that it will be liable to the Company if and to the extent any claims by a third party (other than the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm) for services rendered or products sold to the Company, or a prospective target business with which the Company has discussed entering into a transaction agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the Trust Account to below the lesser of (1) $10.10 per Public Share and (2) the actual amount per Public Share held in the Trust Account as of the date of the liquidation of the Trust Account, if less than $10.10 per Public Share, due to reductions in the value of trust assets, in each case net of the interest that may be withdrawn to pay taxes. This liability will not apply to any claims by a third party who executed a waiver of any and all rights to seek access to the Trust Account and as to any claims under the Company’s indemnity of the underwriters of the Initial Public Offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). In the event that an executed waiver is deemed to be unenforceable against a third party, the Sponsor will not be responsible to the extent of any liability for such third-party claims. The Company will seek to reduce the possibility that the Sponsor will have to indemnify the Trust Account due to claims of creditors by endeavouring to have all vendors, service providers (other than the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm), prospective target businesses or other entities with which the Company does business, execute agreements with the Company waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to monies held in the Trust Account.

On September 30, 2023, the Company executed that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), by and between the Company, KAC Merger Sub 1, a Cayman Islands exempted company and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Purchaser”), KAC Merger Sub 2, a Cayman Islands exempted company and wholly owned subsidiary of Purchaser (“Merger Sub”), NR Instant Produce Public Company Limited, company formed under the laws of Thailand (“NRF” or the “Shareholder”), and Bamboo Mart Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Bamboo”).

On March 29, 2024, the Parties entered into an amendment no. 1 (the “Amendment”) to the Merger Agreement in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement. Under the Amendment, (i) the original provision of fairness opinion issuance date under section 4.2(a) was amended to no later than May 31, 2024; (ii) under section 4.2(b), the delivery date of the Parent Parties’ written due diligence request list to the Company was amended to no later than May 1, 2024 and the Company delivery date of the due diligence items based on the written due diligence request list was amended to no later than May 15, 2024; and (iii) the definition of “Outside Date” under section 12(d)(i) was amended to November 15, 2024. 

On July 18, 2024, the parties agreed to amend the merger consideration to $188,000,000 with two portions of earn out payments.

In addition to the merger consideration to $188,000,000 to be received in connection with the Acquisition Merger, the Bamboo Shareholders have the right to receive “Earnout Consideration” (as defined in the A&R Merger Agreement) of up to 8,554,455 shares of the Purchaser Ordinary Shares. See Note 6 – Commitments and Contingencies – Business Combination Agreement.

On September 25, 2024, the Company entered into an amended and restated agreement and plan of merger (as it may be amended, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “A&R Merger Agreement”), by and among the Company, Purchaser, Merger Sub, the Principal Shareholders, and Bamboo Mart, pursuant to which (a) the Company will be merged with and into Purchaser (the “Reincorporation Merger”), with Purchaser surviving the Reincorporation Merger, and (b) Merger Sub will be merged with and into Bamboo Mart (the “Acquisition Merger”), with Bamboo Mart surviving the Acquisition Merger as a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Purchaser (collectively, the “Proposed Business Combination”). Following the Proposed Business Combination, Purchaser will be a publicly traded company. The closing of the Proposed Business Combination shall occur no later than March 31, 2025.

Going Concern Considerations, Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of September 30, 2024, the Company had insufficient liquidity to meet its future obligations. As of September 30, 2024, the Company had working capital deficit of $3,516,611 and cash of $6,103. The Company has an accumulated deficit and has not generated cash from operations to support its ongoing business plan. The Company has incurred and expects to continue to incur significant costs in pursuit of its acquisition plans and will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of its initial business combination. In addition, the Company expects to have negative cash flows from operations as it pursues an initial business combination target.

In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with Accounting Standard Update (“ASU”) No. 2014-15, “Disclosures of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern,” management has determined that its history of losses and insufficient liquidity raise substantial doubt about the ability to continue as a going concern. In addition to if the Company does not close the Business Combination by November 16, 2024 or up to March 31, 2025 (as extended pursuant to A&R Merger Agreement dated September 25, 2024), the Company is required to cease all operations, redeem the public shares and thereafter liquidate and dissolve. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

The Company intends to use substantially all of the funds held in the Trust Account, including any amounts representing interest earned on the Trust Account, excluding the deferred underwriting commissions, to complete an initial business combination. To the extent that capital stock or debt is used, in whole or in part, as consideration to complete an initial business combination, the remaining proceeds held in the Trust Account will be used as working capital to finance the operations of the target business or businesses, make other acquisitions and pursue growth strategies. If an initial business combination agreement requires the Company to use a portion of the cash in the Trust Account to pay the purchase price or requires the Company to have a minimum amount of cash at closing, the Company will need to reserve a portion of the cash in the Trust Account to meet such requirements or arrange for third-party financing.

Risks and Uncertainties

Management is currently evaluating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and has concluded that while it is reasonably possible that the virus could have a negative effect on the Company’s financial position, results of its operations, close of the Initial Public Offering and/or search for a target company, the specific impact is not readily determinable as of the date of these financial statements.

Additionally, the military action commenced in February 2022 by the Russian Federation and Belarus in the country of Ukraine and related economic sanctions, and a series of terror attacks commenced in October 2023 by Hamas militants and members of other terrorist organizations infiltrating Israel’s southern border from the Gaza Strip and the ensuing war between the State of Israel and Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiya (Islamic Resistance Movement) or “Hamas,” could trigger global geopolitical, trade, political, or sanctions risks, as well as the risk of regional or international expansion of the conflict, including isolated conflicts or terrorist attacks outside of the immediate conflict area, as a result of which 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 this uncertainty.

The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of these uncertainties.

NOTE 2 — SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

NOTE 3 — INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING

Pursuant to the Initial Public Offering, the Company sold 7,500,000 Units at a purchase price of $10.00 per Unit generating gross proceeds to the Company in the amount of $75,000,000. Each Unit will consist of one ordinary share, one half of one redeemable warrant (“Public Warrant”) and one right to receive one-tenth (1/10) of an ordinary share upon the consummation of an initial business combination. Each whole Public Warrant will entitle the holder to purchase one ordinary share at a price of $11.50 per share subject to adjustment (see Note 7). Each ten rights entitle the holder thereof to receive one ordinary share at the closing of a business combination. The Company will not issue fractional shares. As a result, shareholders must hold rights in multiples of 10 in order to receive shares for all of the rights upon closing of a business combination. On December 16, 2021, the underwriters partially exercised the over-allotment option by purchasing 300,000 additional units, generating $3,000,000.

NOTE 4 — PRIVATE PLACEMENTS

Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the private sale (the “Private Placement”) of an aggregate of 348,143 Units (the “Private Placement Units”) at a purchase price of $10.00 per Private Placement Unit, generating gross proceeds to the Company in the amount of $3,481,430. On December 16, 2021, the underwriters partially exercised the option at which time the Sponsor purchasing 9,000 additional units, generating $90,000.

A portion of the proceeds from the Private Placement Units was added to the proceeds from the Initial Public Offering held in the Trust Account. If the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period, the proceeds from the sale of the Private Placement Units held in the Trust Account will be used to fund the redemption of the Public Shares (subject to the requirements of applicable law). The Private Placement Units will not be transferable, assignable or saleable until 30 days after the completion of an Initial Business Combination, subject to certain exceptions.

NOTE 5 — RELATED PARTIES

Founder Shares

On May 13 and October 21, 2021, the Sponsor received an aggregate of 2,156,250 of the Company’s ordinary shares (the “Founder Shares”) in exchange for a capital contribution of $25,000 that was paid by the Sponsor for deferred offering costs. All share amounts have been retroactively restated to reflect this number of Founder Shares. The Founder Shares included an aggregate of up to 281,250 shares subject to forfeiture to the extent that the underwriters’ over-allotment is not exercised in full or in part, so that the number of Founder Shares will equal, on an as-converted basis, approximately 20% of the Company’s issued and outstanding ordinary shares after the Initial Public Offering. Due to the partial exercise of the over-allotment option by the underwriters, these 75,000 shares are no longer subject to forfeiture.

The Sponsor has agreed, subject to limited exceptions, not to transfer, assign or sell any of the Founder Shares until the earlier to occur of: (A) six months after the completion of a Business Combination or (B) the date of the consummation of our initial business combination, and subsequently, we consummate a liquidation, merger, stock exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of our shareholders having the right to exchange their ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property or (C) after 150 calendar days after the date of the consummation of our initial business combination, and subsequently, the closing price of our ordinary shares equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period.

General and Administrative Services

Commencing on the date the Units are first listed on the Nasdaq, the Company has agreed to pay the Sponsor a total of $5,000 per month for office space, utilities and secretarial and administrative support during the Combination Period. Upon the earlier of the completion of the Initial Business Combination or the Company’s liquidation, the Company will cease paying these monthly fees. Effective on January 1, 2024, the Company and the Sponsor agreed to terminate the management services. During the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, the Company recorded $nil and $15,000 in management fees, respectively. During the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, the Company paid management fees of $nil and $15,000, respectively, to the Sponsor. As of September 30, 2024 and June 30, 2024, the Company had management fees payable of $2,833 and $2,833, respectively, due to the Sponsor.

In addition, the fees due to the Sponsor under the administrative support agreement, from time to time, the Company will pay the Sponsor for miscellaneous operating expenses. During the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, the Company was not charged by the Sponsor for operating expenses, or pay such expenses to the Sponsor. The Company had outstanding operating fees payable of $10 and $10, respectively, due to the Sponsor as of September 30, 2024 and June 30, 2024.

On January 1, 2024, the Company has agreed to pay NR Instant Produce PCL (“NRIP”) (a parent company of the Sponsor Shareholder) a total of $5,000 per month for office space, utilities and secretarial and administrative support during the Combination Period. For the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, the Company recorded $30,000 and $nil in management fees, respectively. During the year ended June 30, 2024, the Company did not pay management fees to NRIP (a parent company of the Sponsor Shareholder). During the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, the Company did not pay management fees to NRIP. As of September 30, 2024 and June 30, 2024, the Company had management fees payable of $45,000 and $30,000, respectively, due to the NRIP.

Working Capital Note

On April 23, 2021, the Sponsor issued an unsecured promissory note to the Company (the “Working Capital Note”), pursuant to which the Company may borrow up to an aggregate principal amount of $200,000. On May 12, 2021, the amount of the Working Capital Note was increased to $1,000,000. On December 10, 2021, the Sponsor agreed to provide an extension to the maturity date of the Working Capital Note. The Working Capital Note is non-interest bearing and payable on the earlier of (i) July 30, 2023 or (ii) the consummation of the Initial Business Combination. The Working Capital Note was amended on May 10, 2023 to provide that the Working Capital Note shall be payable on the earlier of: (i) July 30, 2023 or (ii) the date on which the Company consummates the initial business combination, by conversion of the Working Capital Note into ordinary shares of the Company concurrently with the closing of a business combination at a price of $10.10 per share. The Working Capital Note was further amended on September 18, 2023 to provide that the Working Capital Note shall be payable on the earlier of: (i) December 16, 2023 or (ii) the date on which the Company consummates the initial business combination, by conversion of the Working Capital Note into ordinary shares of the Company concurrently with the closing of a business combination at a price of $10.10 per share. On October 25, 2023, the Company and the Sponsor entered into another amendment to the Working Capital Note to increase the principal amsount of the Working Capital Note from $1,000,000 to $2,000,000. On February 27, 2024 , the Working Capital Note was amended to provide that the Working Capital Note shall be payable on the earlier of: (i) March 31, 2025 (as extended pursuant to A&R Merger Agreement dated September 25, 2024) or (ii) the date on which the Company consummates the initial business combination, by conversion of the Working Capital Note into ordinary shares of the Company concurrently with the closing of a business combination at a price of $10.10 per share.

As of September 30, 2024 and June 30, 2024, there was $1,204,840 and $1,111,370 outstanding under the Working Capital Note, respectively.

Extension Loans

In order to finance transaction costs in connection with extending time to complete a Business Combination, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor, or certain of the Company’s officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required (“Extension Loans”). Such Extension Loans would be evidenced by promissory notes. The notes will be converted upon completion of a Business Combination into ordinary shares at a price of $10.10 per share. On December 14, 2022 and March 10, 2023, the Company issued two non-interest bearing unsecured promissory notes, each in an amount of $360,000, to the Sponsor in exchange for Sponsor depositing such amount into the Company’s trust account in order to extend the amount of time it has available to complete a business combination until June 16, 2023.

The Extension Loans was amended on May 10, 2023 to provide that the Extension Loans will be converted upon completion of a Business Combination into ordinary shares at a price of $10.10 per share.

From June 9, 2023 through November 10, 2023, the Company entered into six unsecured promissory note arrangements with the Sponsor, each in an amount of $120,000, in exchange for Sponsor depositing such amount into the Company’s trust account in order to extend the amount of time it has available to complete a business combination until December 16, 2023. The Sponsor deposited such amount into the Company’s trust account.

On December 14, 2023, the shareholders approved the amendment to the investment management trust agreement, pursuant to which the Company has the right to extend the time to complete a business combination twelve (12) times for an additional one (1) month each time from December 16, 2023 to December 16, 2024 by depositing into the trust account $50,000 for each one-month extension. On December 15, 2023 through September 13, 2024, the Company issued 11 unsecured promissory notes, each in an amount of $50,000, to the Sponsor in exchange for Sponsor depositing such amount into the Company’s trust account in order to extend the amount of time it has available to complete a business combination until November 16, 2024. In the event that a Business Combination does not close by November 16, 2024, or up to December 16, 2024, and no amounts will thereafter be due thereon.

On September 25, 2024, the Company entered into an amended and restated agreement and plan of merger (as it may be amended, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “A&R Merger Agreement”), by and among the Company, Purchaser, Merger Sub, the Principal Shareholders, and Bamboo Mart, pursuant to which (a) the Company will be merged with and into Purchaser (the “Reincorporation Merger”), with Purchaser surviving the Reincorporation Merger, and (b) Merger Sub will be merged with and into Bamboo Mart (the “Acquisition Merger”), with Bamboo Mart surviving the Acquisition Merger as a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Purchaser (collectively, the “Proposed Business Combination”). Following the Proposed Business Combination, Purchaser will be a publicly traded company. The closing of the Proposed Business Combination shall occur no later than March 31, 2025.

As of September 30, 2024 and June 30, 2024, there were $1,940,000 and $1,790,000 outstanding under the Extension Loans.

NOTE 6 — COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Registration Rights

The holders of the founder shares, Private Placement Units, shares being issued to the underwriters of the Initial Public Offering, and units that may be issued on conversion of Extension Loans and Working Capital Note (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 Initial Public Offering requiring the Company to register such securities for resale. The holders of these securities will be entitled to make up to three demands, excluding short form registration demands, that the Company register such securities. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to completion of a Business Combination and rights to require the Company to register for resale such securities pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act. However, the registration rights agreement provides that the Company will not be required to effect or permit any registration or cause any registration statement to become effective until the securities covered thereby are released from their lock-up restrictions. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.

Underwriting Agreement

The Company granted the underwriters a 45-day option from the date of Initial Public Offering to purchase up to 1,125,000 additional Units to cover over-allotments, if any, at the Initial Public Offering price less the underwriting discounts. On December 16, 2021, the underwriters partially exercised the over-allotment option by purchasing 300,000 additional units, generating $3,000,000.

The underwriters were paid to a cash underwriting discount of $0.20 per Unit, or $1,500,000 in the aggregate (or $1,725,000 in the aggregate if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), payable upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering. In addition, the underwriters will be entitled to a deferred fee of $0.35 per Unit, or $2,625,000 in the aggregate (or $3,018,750 in the aggregate if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full). The deferred fee will become payable to the underwriters from the amounts held in the Trust Account solely in the event that the Company completes a Business Combination, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement. Upon partial exercise of the over-allotment option, the Company paid the underwriters an additional fee of $59,900 (net of Representative’s purchase option fee of $100) and an additional deferred fee of $105,000 which will be payable upon completion of a Business Combination.

The underwriters were also issued 39,000 Ordinary shares as representative shares, in connection with the IPO. Upon close of the Initial Public Offering, the Company recorded additional issuance costs of $341,230, the grant date fair value of the shares, with an offset to additional paid-in capital.

On December 8, 2022, the Company and the underwriters in the IPO, entered into an amendment of the underwriting agreement (the “UWA Amendment”). The UWA Amendment provides that the $2,730,000 deferred underwriting fee from the IPO (the “Deferred Underwriting Fee”) shall be paid as follows: (a) to the extent that the balance in the Company’s trust account (the “Trust Account”) as of the Closing Date exceeds $2,000,000, such excess shall be applied to the payment of the Deferred Underwriting Fee in cash up to $2,730,000, and (b) any amounts not so paid pursuant to the preceding clause (a) shall be converted into Purchaser ordinary shares at a conversion rate of $10.00 per share.

Advisory Agreement

On June 14, 2023, the Company entered into a letter agreement with Chardan Capital Markets, LLC (“Chardan”) in which the company retains Chardan to provide financial advisory services including (i) advise and assist the Company in negotiating the terms and conditions in the business combination, (ii) introduce the Company to potential targets, takeover candidates, investors and/or business partners, (iii) perform other financial advisory services as agreed upon, and (iv) engage additional broke-dealers upon the Company’s written consent. As compensation for such services, the Company is to pay Chardan advisory fees which become payable upon the consummation of the business combination. The advisory fee is the greater of (a) $2,000,000 and (b) the total of 3% of the first $100 million of merger consideration, 2% of the merger consideration between $100 million and $200 million, and 1% of the merger consideration exceeding $200 million.

Because the consummation of the business combination is contingent and is not in the control of the Company, the Company cannot reasonably assess if the liabilities due to Chardan will incur. Accordingly, the Company does not accrue expenses due to Chardan until the consummation of the business combination.

Business Combination Agreement

On December 9, 2022, the Company entered into that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger with, among others, Wellous Group Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Wellous”), which provides for a business combination between the Company and Wellous. Subsequently on June 22, 2023, we and Wellous entered into a termination agreement which provides for the mutual termination of the Agreement and Plan of Merger.

On September 30, 2023, the Company executed that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Original Merger Agreement”), by and between the Company, KAC Merger Sub 1, a Cayman Islands exempted company and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Purchaser”), KAC Merger Sub 2, a Cayman Islands exempted company and wholly owned subsidiary of Purchaser (“Merger Sub”), NR Instant Produce Public Company Limited, company formed under the laws of Thailand (the “Shareholder”), and Bamboo Mart Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Bamboo”).

On March 29, 2024, the Parties entered into an amendment no. 1 (the “Amendment”) to the Merger Agreement in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement. Under the Amendment, (i) the original provision of fairness opinion issuance date under section 4.2(a) was amended to no later than May 31, 2024; (ii) under section 4.2(b), the delivery date of the Parent Parties’ written due diligence request list to the Company was amended to no later than May 1, 2024 and the Company delivery date of the due diligence items based on the written due diligence request list was amended to no later than May 15, 2024; and (iii) the definition of “Outside Date” under section 12(d)(i) was amended to November 15, 2024.

On July 18, 2024, the parties agreed to amend the merger consideration to $188,000,000 with two portions of earn out payments.

On September 25, 2024, the Company entered into an amended and restated agreement and plan of merger (as it may be amended, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “A&R Merger Agreement”), by and among the Company, Purchaser, Merger Sub, the Principal Shareholders, and Bamboo Mart, pursuant to which (a) the Company will be merged with and into Purchaser (the “Reincorporation Merger”), with Purchaser surviving the Reincorporation Merger, and (b) Merger Sub will be merged with and into Bamboo Mart (the “Acquisition Merger”), with Bamboo Mart surviving the Acquisition Merger as a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Purchaser (collectively, the “Proposed Business Combination”). Following the Proposed Business Combination, Purchaser will be a publicly traded company. The closing of the Proposed Business Combination shall occur no later than March 31, 2025.

In addition to the merger consideration to $188,000,000 to be received in connection with the Acquisition Merger, the Bamboo Shareholders have the right to receive “Earnout Consideration” (as defined in the A&R Merger Agreement) of up to 8,554,455 shares of the Purchaser Ordinary Shares as follows:

As previously disclosed, pursuant to the terms of a Share Purchase Agreement (“SPA”) dated June 30, 2023, by and among Kairous Ventures Limited (“KVL”), and Regeneration Capital (Cayman) Limited (the “Buyer”), KVL agreed to sell to Buyer, and Buyer agreed to purchase from KVL, an aggregate of 49 ordinary shares, representing a 49% equity interest in, Kairous Asia Limited, which is the Company’s sponsor (the “Sponsor”) for an aggregate purchase price of $1,486,504 (the “Transaction”). In addition, KVL also offered the Buyer a 30-day call option to purchase the remaining 51% equity interest in the Sponsor at cash consideration of approximately $1.1 million. The Transaction was consummated on July 14, 2023, and the Buyer did not exercise the call option before it expired.

The Company analyzed the SPA entered into in June 2023 under SAB Topic 5, Miscellaneous Accounting, section T, Accounting for Expenses or Liabilities Paid by Principal Stockholder(s). Because the sum of the fair value of 49% equity interest in the Sponsor KVL transferred and the fair value of 30-day call option offered was below the cash consideration of $1.49 million, the Company did not record expense under SAB Topic 5T.

The Buyer and Bamboo Mart Limited are under the common control of NRIP. Mr. Dhas Udomdhammabhakdi was appointed as an independent director and chairman of the Audit Committee of Kairous Acquisition Corp. Limited on November 25, 2023. He has served as an independent director since 2018 and as Chairman of risk management committee since 2021 of the board of NRIP.

On September 15, 2023, the Buyer and KVL entered into a loan facility agreement in the amount of up to $1,300,000 (the “Facility Agreement”). The loan bears interest at 6.5% per annum. KVL has drawn down the full $1,300,000 of this facility. On September 15, 2023, the Buyer and KVL entered into an Equitable Share Mortgage Agreement (the “Share Mortgage”), pursuant to which KVL mortgaged the 51% equity interest in the Sponsor to and for the benefit of the Buyer, as security for KVL’s obligation under the Facility Agreement (the “Mortgaged Shares”). KVL retained all rights to vote the Mortgaged Shares unless and until an event of default under the Facility Agreement and/or the Share Mortgage occurs.

On September 25, 2024, the Buyer issued a demand notice to KVL, notifying KVL that it had not repaid the loan or any other amounts due and payable under the terms of the Facility Agreement, and requesting repayment of $1,384,331 (representing the loan together with interest and default interest thereon accrued up to September 23, 2024) by no later than September 30, 2024, failing which the Buyer intended to enforce the Share Mortgage over the Mortgaged Shares. On November 1, 2024, the Buyer took legal title of the Mortgaged Shares from KVL, and became the record and beneficial owner of 100% of the Sponsor.

NOTE 7 — SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Ordinary Shares — The Company is authorized to issue 500,000,000 ordinary shares with a par value of $0.0001 per share. Holders of ordinary shares are entitled to one vote for each share. As of September 30, 2024 and June 30, 2024, there were 2,346,143 ordinary shares issued and outstanding in shareholders’ equity. As of September 30, 2024 and June 30, 2024, there were an additional 1,337,763 and 1,337,763 ordinary shares included in temporary equity on the balance sheets, respectively. During the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, shareholders did not redeem ordinary shares, nor did the Company make redemption payments to the shareholders.

Holders of ordinary shares will vote together as a single class on all matters submitted to a vote of our shareholders except as otherwise required by law. In connection with our initial business combination, we may enter into a shareholders agreement or other arrangements with the shareholders of the target or other investors to provide or voting or other corporate governance arrangements that differ from those in effect upon completion of the IPO.

Rights — Except in cases where the Company is not the surviving company in a business combination, each holder of a right will automatically receive one-tenth (1/10) of one ordinary share upon consummation of the initial business combination. The Company will not issue fractional shares in connection with an exchange of rights. Fractional shares will either be rounded down to the nearest whole share or otherwise addressed in accordance with the applicable provisions of Cayman law.

Warrants —Each whole warrant entitles the registered holder to purchase one share of ordinary share at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment as discussed below, at any time commencing 30 days after the completion of an initial business combination. However, no warrants will be exercisable for cash unless the Company has an effective and current registration statement covering the ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants and a current Form 10-Q relating to such ordinary shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a registration statement covering the ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the public warrants is not effective by the 90th day following the consummation of the initial business combination, warrant holders may, until such time as there is an effective registration statement and during any period when we shall have failed to maintain an effective registration statement, exercise warrants on a cashless basis pursuant to the exemption provided by Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act, provided that such exemption is available. If that exemption, or another exemption, is not available, holders will not be able to exercise their warrants on a cashless basis. In the event of such cashless exercise, each holder would pay the exercise price by surrendering the warrants for that number of ordinary shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the product of the number of ordinary shares underlying the warrants, multiplied by the difference between the exercise price of the warrants and the “fair market value” (defined below) by (y) the fair market value. The “fair market value” for this purpose will mean the average reported last sale price of the ordinary shares for the 10 trading days ending on the third trading day prior to the date of exercise. The warrants will expire on the fifth anniversary of our completion of an initial business combination or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.

The private warrants, as well as any warrants underlying additional units the Company issued to the Sponsor, officers, directors, initial shareholders or their affiliates in payment of working capital loans made to the Company, will be identical to the warrants underlying the units being offered.

The Company may call the warrants for redemption, in whole and not in part, at a price of $0.01 per warrant,

The right to exercise will be forfeited unless the warrants are exercised prior to the date specified in the notice of redemption. On and after the redemption date, a record holder of a warrant will have no further rights except to receive the redemption price for such holder’s warrant upon surrender of such warrant.

The redemption criteria for our warrants have been established at a price which is intended to provide warrant holders a reasonable premium to the initial exercise price and provide a sufficient differential between the then- prevailing share price and the warrant exercise price so that if the share price declines as a result of our redemption call, the redemption will not cause the share price to drop below the exercise price of the warrants.

If the Company calls the warrants for redemption as described above, management will have the option to require all holders that wish to exercise warrants to do so on a “cashless basis.” In such event, each holder would pay the exercise price by surrendering the warrants for that number of ordinary shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the product of the number of ordinary shares underlying the warrants, multiplied by the difference between the exercise price of the warrants and the “fair market value” (defined below) by (y) the fair market value. The “fair market value” for this purpose shall mean the average reported last sale price of the ordinary shares for the 10 trading days ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which the notice of redemption is sent to the holders of warrants.

The warrants will be issued in registered form under a warrant agreement between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as warrant agent, and us. The warrant agreement provides that the terms of the warrants may be amended without the consent of any holder (i) to cure any ambiguity or correct any mistake, including to conform the provisions of the warrant agreement to the description of the terms of the warrants and the warrant agreement set forth in the Prospectus, or to cure, correct or supplement any defective provision, or (ii) to add or change any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the warrant agreement as the parties to the warrant agreement may deem necessary or desirable and that the parties deem to not adversely affect the interests of the registered holders of the warrants, but requires the approval, by written consent or vote, of the holders of at least 50% of the then outstanding public warrants in order to make any change that adversely affects the interests of the registered holders.

The warrants may be exercised upon surrender of the warrant certificate on or prior to the expiration date at the offices of the warrant agent, with the exercise form on the reverse side of the warrant certificate completed and executed as indicated, accompanied by full payment of the exercise price, by certified or official bank check payable to us, for the number of warrants being exercised. The warrant holders do not have the rights or privileges of holders of ordinary shares and any voting rights until they exercise their warrants and receive ordinary shares. After the issuance of ordinary shares upon exercise of the warrants, each holder will be entitled to one vote for each share held of record on all matters to be voted on by shareholders.

Warrant holders may elect to be subject to a restriction on the exercise of their warrants such that an electing warrant holder would not be able to exercise their warrants to the extent that, after giving effect to such exercise, such holder would beneficially own in excess of 9.8% of the ordinary shares outstanding.

No fractional shares will be issued upon exercise of the warrants. If, upon exercise of the warrants, a holder would be entitled to receive a fractional interest in a share, the Company will, upon exercise, round up to the nearest whole number the number of ordinary shares to be issued to the warrant holder.

NOTE 8 — SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

On October 16, 2024, the Company issued one unsecured promissory note, in the principal amount of $50,000, to the Sponsor in exchange for Sponsor depositing such amount into the Company’s trust account in order to extend the business combination period to November 16, 2024. The Notes do not bear interest and matures upon the closing of a business combination by the Company. In addition, the Notes will be converted by the holder into ordinary shares of the Company at a price of $10.10 per share at the closing of a business combination.

The Company evaluated subsequent events and transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date through the date that the financial statements were issued. Based upon this review, the Company did not identify any other subsequent events that would have required adjustment or disclosure in the financial statements.