SEC Form 10-Q filed by PowerUp Acquisition Corp.

NOTE 1. DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS AND LIQUIDITY

PowerUp Acquisition Corp. (the “Company” or “PowerUp”) was incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company on February 9, 2021. The Company was incorporated for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses (the “Business Combination”).

The Company is not limited to a particular industry or geographic region 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 December 26, 2023, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (as subsequently amended, the “Visiox Merger Agreement”) with PowerUp Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, SRIRAMA Associates, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “New Sponsor”), Ryan Bleeks, in the capacity as the seller representative, and Visiox Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Visiox”). The transactions contemplated by the Visiox Merger Agreement were intended to serve as the Company’s initial Business Combination. See Note 6 for further information.

On June 6, 2024, the parties to the Visiox Merger Agreement entered into an amendment agreement (the “Visiox Amendment Agreement”). The Visiox Amendment Agreement extended the Outside Date (as defined in the Visiox Merger Agreement) from May 31, 2024 to June 30, 2024, increased the Company’s indebtedness cap from $1 million to $2 million, eliminated the requirement that the Company have net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 at the time of the closing, and reduced the Minimum Cash Condition (as defined in the Visiox Merger Agreement) from $5 million to $1.00. Additionally, the Visiox Amendment Agreement added three new covenants, which required Visiox to (i) use its best commercial efforts to complete all labeling and compliance requirements necessary to distribute its current product inventory to the extent reasonably acceptable to Visiox no later than June 30, 2024, (ii) raise capital in an amount no less than $500,000 on terms reasonably acceptable to the Company on or before June 30, 2024, and (iii) from May 30, 2024 until immediately following the closing, not make any expenditures in excess of $1,000 without the express approval of the Company, with the exception of ordinary payroll processing.

On July 19, 2024, the Company delivered written notice to Visiox of its election to terminate the Visiox Merger Agreement and abandoned the transactions contemplated thereby, primarily because the conditions to closing set forth in the Visiox Merger Agreement were not satisfied or waived by June 30, 2024.

On August 26, 2024, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (as amended from time to time, the “Aspire Merger Agreement”) with PowerUp Merger Sub II, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”), the New Sponsor, Stephen Quesenberry, in the capacity as the seller representative, and Aspire Biopharma, Inc., a Puerto Rico corporation (“Aspire”). The transactions contemplated by the Aspire Merger Agreement are intended to serve as the Company’s initial Business Combination.

On September 5, 2024, and in connection with the due diligence process, the parties entered into an amendment agreement (the “First Aspire Amendment Agreement”). The First Aspire Amendment Agreement: (i) adjusted the merger consideration to be consistent with the aggregate post-closing ownership percentage of the Aspire stockholders that the parties had anticipated to be reflected in the consummation of the proposed business combination, (ii) adjusted the size of the pool of available equity in the equity incentive plan for the initial fiscal year following closing to be consistent with what the parties had anticipated to be reflected in the consummation of the proposed business combination, and (iii) provided additional time for the parties to deliver disclosure schedules and conduct due diligence reviews.

On October 9, 2024, and in connection with the due diligence process, the parties entered into another amendment agreement (the “Second Aspire Amendment Agreement”), which provided additional time for the parties to deliver disclosure schedules and conduct due diligence reviews.

As of September 30, 2024, the Company had not commenced any operations. Substantially all activity from February 9, 2021 (inception) through September 30, 2024 relates to the Company’s formation and initial public offering (“IPO”), which is described below and, since the IPO, the search for a prospective initial Business Combination, the negotiation of the Visiox Merger Agreement, actions taken until July 19, 2024 to advance the previously anticipated business combination with Visiox, the negotiation of the Aspire Merger Agreement and actions taken to advance the anticipated business combination with Aspire. The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of its initial Business Combination, at the earliest. The Company generates non-operating income in the form of interest income earned on investments from the proceeds derived from the IPO. The registration statement for the Company’s IPO was declared effective on February 17, 2022. On February 23, 2022, the Company consummated the IPO of 25,000,000 units (“Units” and, with respect to Class A ordinary shares included in the Units offered, the “Public Shares”) at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $250,000,000, which is discussed in Note 3. The Company has selected December 31 as its fiscal year end.

Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, the Company consummated the sale of 9,138,333 private placement warrants (“Private Placement Warrants”) at a price of $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant in a private placement to the Company’s original sponsor, PowerUp Sponsor LLC (the “Original Sponsor” and, together with the New Sponsor, the “Sponsors”) generating gross proceeds of $13,707,500 which is described in Note 4.

Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, the Company consummated the closing of the sale of 3,750,000 additional Units upon receiving notice of the underwriter’s election to fully exercise its overallotment option (the “Overallotment Units”), generating additional gross proceeds of $37,500,000. Simultaneously with the exercise of the overallotment, the Company consummated the private placement of an additional 625,000 Private Placement Warrants to the Original Sponsor, generating gross proceeds of $937,500.

Offering costs for the IPO amounted to $16,418,580, consisting of $5,000,000 of underwriting fees, $10,812,500 of deferred underwriting fees payable (which are held in the Trust Account (defined below)) and $606,080 of other costs. As described in Note 6, the $10,812,500 of deferred underwriting fee payable was contingent upon the consummation of a Business Combination, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement. On June 28, 2023, the underwriters of the IPO, agreed to waive their entitlements to the deferred underwriting commissions of $10,812,500 pursuant to the underwriting agreement for the IPO (the “Underwriting Agreement”). As a result, $10,812,500 was recorded to additional paid-in capital in relation to the waiver of the deferred underwriting discount in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements (see Note 6).

Following the closing of the IPO, $294,687,500 ($10.25 per Unit) from the net proceeds of the sale of the Units, Overallotment Units, and the Private Placement Warrants was placed in a trust account (“Trust Account”) and 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 paragraphs (d)(2), (d)(3) and (d)(4) of 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 Trust Account, as described below. To mitigate the risk that the Company might be deemed to be an investment company for purposes of the Investment Company Act, in January 2024, the Company instructed the trustee to liquidate the securities held in the Trust Account and instead to hold the funds in the Trust Account in an interest-bearing demand deposit account at a bank until the earlier of the consummation of an initial Business Combination or the Company’s liquidation.

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 Placement Warrants, 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 must complete one or more initial Business Combinations having an aggregate fair market value of at least 80% of the assets held in the Trust Account (excluding the deferred underwriting commissions and taxes payable on income earned on the Trust Account) at the time it enters into a definitive agreement for the initial Business Combination. However, the Company will only complete a 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. There is no assurance the Company will be able to successfully effect a Business Combination.

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 upon the completion of a Business Combination either (i) in connection with a shareholder meeting called to approve the Business Combination or (ii) by means of a tender offer. 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 $11.03 per Public Share, plus any pro rata interest then in the Trust Account, net of taxes payable). There are no redemption rights with respect to the Company’s warrants.

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 memorandum and articles of association (the “Memorandum and Articles of Association”). In accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity” (“ASC 480”) Subtopic 10-S99, redemption provisions not solely within the control of a company require Class A ordinary shares subject to 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 Public Shares classified as temporary equity will be the allocated proceeds determined in accordance with ASC 470-20 “Debt with Conversion and other Options”. The Public 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 are classified as such on the consolidated 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 an initial Business Combination. If the Company seeks shareholder approval of a Business Combination, the Company will proceed with the Business Combination if a majority of the shares voted are voted in favor of the Business Combination, or such other vote as required by law or stock exchange rule. If a shareholder vote is not required by applicable law or stock exchange listing requirements and the Company does not decide to hold a shareholder vote for business or other reasons, the Company will, pursuant to its Memorandum and Articles of Association, conduct the redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and file tender offer documents with the SEC prior to completing a Business Combination. If, however, shareholder approval of the transaction is required by applicable law or stock exchange listing requirements, or the Company decides to obtain shareholder approval for business or other reasons, the Company will offer to redeem shares in conjunction with a proxy solicitation pursuant to the proxy rules and not pursuant to the tender offer rules. If the Company seeks shareholder approval in connection with a Business Combination, the Original Sponsor agreed to vote its Founder Shares (as defined in Note 5) and any Public Shares purchased during or after the IPO in favor of the Business Combination. The New Sponsor is subject to this same obligation. 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 Business Combination.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Memorandum and Articles of Association provides that a Public Shareholder, together with any affiliate of such shareholder or any other person with whom such shareholder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined under Section 13 of the 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% or more of the Class A ordinary shares sold in the IPO, without the prior consent of the Company.

The Company’s Original Sponsor, and its initial officers and directors (the “Initial Shareholders”) agreed not to propose an amendment to the Memorandum and Articles of Association that would affect the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to redeem 100% of its Public Shares if the Company does not complete a Business Combination, unless the Company provides the Public Shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their Class A ordinary shares in conjunction with any such amendment. The New Sponsor and the Company’s current officers and directors are subject to this same obligation.

On May 18, 2023, the Company held an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders (the “2023 Extension Meeting”). At the 2023 Extension Meeting, the Company’s shareholders approved an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association to extend the date by which the Company must consummate its initial Business Combination from May 23, 2023 to May 23, 2024 (the “2023 Extension Amendment”). In connection with the approval of the 2023 Extension Amendment, holders of 26,946,271 of the Company’s Class A ordinary shares exercised their right to redeem those shares for cash at an approximate price of $10.55 per share, for an aggregate of approximately $284 million.

Following the 2023 Extension Meeting, on May 18, 2023, those Initial Shareholders holding all of the issued and outstanding Class B ordinary shares of the Company elected to convert their Class B ordinary shares into Class A ordinary shares of the Company on a one-for-one basis. As a result, 7,187,500 of the Company’s Class B ordinary shares were cancelled and 7,187,500 of the Company’s Class A ordinary shares were issued to converting Class B shareholders.

On August 14, 2023, the Company was notified by Equiniti Trust Company, LLC that the per share redemption price for the redemption of Public Shares effected on May 18, 2023 should have been approximately $10.57, which was approximately $0.02 higher than the approximately $10.55 per share previously paid. The Company made a “true-up” payment in the amount of approximately $0.02 per share to the holders of record as of April 19, 2023 that exercised their right to redeem their shares for a pro rata portion of the funds in the Trust Account. On August 18, 2023, the Company made the true-up payment to the applicable holders in the aggregate amount of $632,968.

On April 13, 2023, the Company engaged J.V.B. Financial Group, LLC, acting through its Cohen & Company Markets division (“CCM”) to act as its capital markets advisor in connection with seeking an extension for completing a Business Combination. The Company will pay CCM the sum of (i) $300,000 plus (ii) 50,000 Class A ordinary shares of the Company which is payable at the close of a Business Combination. On July 13, 2023, the Company amended the agreement with CCM. As a result of the amendment, the Company will issue to CCM 80,000 Class A ordinary shares of the Company, which are payable at the close of a Business Combination.

On August 18, 2023, in connection with the closing of the transaction contemplated by the Purchase Agreement (defined below), each then serving director tendered their resignations as members of the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”), each then serving executive officer resigned from their positions as officers of the Company, and new persons were appointed to serve as officers and directors of the Company.

On May 22, 2024, the Company held an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders (the “2024 Extension Meeting”). At the 2024 Extension Meeting, the Company’s shareholders approved an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association to extend the date by which the Company must consummate its initial Business Combination from May 23, 2024 to February 17, 2025 (the “2024 Extension Amendment”). In connection with the approval of the 2024 Extension Amendment, holders of 1,226,085 of the Company’s Class A ordinary shares exercised their right to redeem those shares for cash at an approximate price of $11.24 per share, for an aggregate of approximately $13.8 million.

In connection with the 2024 Extension Meeting, the Company and the New Sponsor entered into a non-redemption agreement (the “2024 Non-Redemption Agreement”) with an unaffiliated third-party shareholder in exchange for such shareholder agreeing not to redeem (or to validly rescind any redemption requests on) 450,000 of the Company’s Class A ordinary shares (the “2024 Non-Redeemed Shares”) in connection with the 2024 Extension Meeting. In exchange for the commitment not to redeem the 450,000 Non-Redeemed Shares, the New Sponsor has agreed to transfer to such shareholder 75,000 Class A ordinary shares of the Company held by the New Sponsor and 75,000 Class A ordinary shares which will be issued to the New Sponsor upon the closing of the Company’s initial Business Combination. The 2024 Non-Redemption Agreement increased the amount of funds that remained in the Company’s Trust Account following the 2024 Extension Meeting.

If the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination by February 17, 2025, and in the absence of the Company’s shareholders approving an additional extension to the Company’s term, 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 us to pay the Company’s franchise and income taxes (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish Public Shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the Company’s remaining shareholders and the Company’s Board, dissolve and liquidate, subject in each case to the requirements of applicable law.

The Initial Shareholders have agreed to waive their liquidation rights with respect to the Founder Shares if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination by February 17, 2025, or during any additional extension period (the “Combination Period”). However, if the Initial Shareholders acquired Public Shares in or after the IPO, they are entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to such Public Shares 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, it is possible that the per share value of the residual assets remaining available for distribution (including Trust Account assets) will be approximately $11.43 per share held in the Trust Account. In order to protect the amounts held in the Trust Account, the Sponsors have agreed to be liable to the Company if and to the extent any claims by a vendor for services rendered or products sold to the Company, or a prospective target business with which the Company has discussed entering into a Business Combination, reduce the amount of funds in the Trust Account. This liability will not apply with respect to any claims by a third party who executed a waiver of any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies held in the Trust Account or to any claims under the Company’s indemnity of the underwriters of the IPO against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Moreover, in the event that an executed waiver is deemed to be unenforceable against a third party, the Sponsors 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 Sponsors will have to indemnify the Trust Account due to claims of creditors by endeavoring to have all vendors, service providers (except the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm), prospective target businesses or other entities with which the Company does business, execute agreements waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to monies held in the Trust Account.

Going Concern

As of September 30, 2024, the Company had $0 in its operating bank account and a working capital deficit of $6,511,072. As of September 30, 2024, the Company had $6,601,357 in its Trust Account to be used for a Business Combination or to repurchase or redeem its Class A ordinary shares in connection therewith. As of September 30, 2024, $481,511 of the amount in the Trust Account are represented as Interest earned on investments held in the Trust Account.

The Company initially had 15 months from the closing of the IPO to consummate an initial Business Combination. At the 2024 Extension Meeting, the Company’s shareholders approved the 2024 Extension Amendment that served to extend the date by which the Company must consummate its initial Business Combination to February 17, 2025. The remaining life of the Company as of September 30, 2024 is under 12 months.

Until the consummation of a Business Combination, the Company will be using any funds not held in the Trust Account for identifying and evaluating prospective acquisition candidates, performing due diligence on prospective target businesses, paying for travel expenditures, selecting the target business to acquire, and structuring, negotiating and consummating an initial Business Combination. The Company may need to raise additional capital through loans or additional investments from its New Sponsor, shareholders, officers, directors, or third parties. The Company’s officers, directors and New 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. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for a reasonable period of time, which is considered to be one year from the issuance date of the consolidated financial statements. These consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recovery of the recorded assets or the classification of the liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.

NOTE 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

NOTE 3. INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING

Pursuant to the IPO, the Company sold 28,750,000 Units at a price of $10.00 per Unit. Each Unit consisted of one Class A ordinary share and one-half of a redeemable warrant (each, a “Public Warrant”). Each Public Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one whole Class A ordinary share at a price of $11.50 per whole share, subject to adjustment (see Note 8).

NOTE 4. PRIVATE PLACEMENT WARRANTS

On February 23, 2022, simultaneously with the consummation of the IPO and the underwriters’ exercise of their over-allotment option in full, the Company consummated the issuance and sale of 9,763,333 Private Placement Warrants in a private placement transaction at a price of $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant, generating gross proceeds of $14,645,000. Each whole Private Placement Warrant is exercisable for one whole Class A ordinary share at a price of $11.50 per share. A portion of the proceeds from the Private Placement Warrants was added to the proceeds from the IPO to be held in the Trust Account. If the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period, the Private Placement Warrants will expire worthless. The Private Placement Warrants are non-redeemable and exercisable on a cashless basis.

The Original Sponsor and the Company’s initial officers and directors agreed, subject to limited exceptions, not to transfer, assign or sell any of their Private Placement Warrants until 30 days after the completion of the initial Business Combination. The New Sponsor and the Company’s current officers and directors are subject to this same obligation.

NOTE 5. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Founder Shares

On February 16, 2021, the Original Sponsor purchased 8,625,000 shares of the Company’s Class B ordinary shares for an aggregate price of $25,000, and on December 18, 2021, the Original Sponsor surrendered 2,156,250 Class B ordinary shares, so that the Original Sponsor then owned an aggregate of 6,468,750 Class B ordinary shares. On February 11, 2022, the Company effected a 1.11111111-for-1.0 share dividend of its Class B ordinary shares, so that the Original Sponsor owned an aggregate of 7,187,500 Founder Shares. The share dividend was retroactively restated. Since the underwriters’ exercised their overallotment option in full upon IPO, none of the Founder Shares were forfeited.

The Founder Shares are subject to certain transfer restrictions, as described in this Note 5.

The Initial Shareholders agreed, subject to limited exceptions, not to transfer, assign or sell any of their Founder Shares until the earlier to occur of: (A) one year after the completion of the initial Business Combination or (B) subsequent to the initial Business Combination, (x) if the last sale price of the Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share splits, share dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after the initial Business Combination, or (y) the date on which the Company completes a liquidation, merger, capital share exchange or other similar transaction that results in all of the Company’s shareholders having the right to exchange their ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property.

On August 18, 2023, the New Sponsor purchased from the Original Sponsor (x) 4,317,500 Class A ordinary shares and (y) 6,834,333 Private Placement Warrants for an aggregate purchase price of $1.00, payable at the time of the initial Business Combination.

Related Party Loans

In order to finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the New Sponsor or an affiliate of the New Sponsor, or certain of the Company’s officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required (“Working Capital Loans”). If the Company completes a Business Combination, the Company would repay the Working Capital Loans out of the proceeds of the Trust Account released to the Company. Otherwise, the Working Capital Loans would be repaid only out of funds held outside the Trust Account. In the event that a Business Combination does not close, the Company may use a portion of proceeds held outside the Trust Account to repay the Working Capital Loans but no proceeds held in the Trust Account would be used to repay the Working Capital Loans. The Working Capital Loans would either be repaid upon consummation of a Business Combination, without interest, or, at the lender’s discretion, up to $1.5 million of such Working Capital Loans may be convertible into warrants of the post Business Combination entity at a price of $1.50 per warrant. The warrants would be identical to the Private Placement Warrants. As of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, $449,214 and $250,000 in Working Capital Loans were outstanding, respectively.

On December 21, 2023, the Company entered into a Loan and Transfer Agreement with the New Sponsor and SSVK Associates, LLC (“SSVK”), pursuant to which SSVK loaned an aggregate of $250,000 to the New Sponsor, and, in turn, the New Sponsor loaned $250,000 to the Company. As of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, there was $250,000 and $155,848 in borrowings under the agreement, respectively. The debt discount is being amortized to interest expense as a non-cash charge over the term of the loan and transfer liability, in which is generally the Company’s expected Business Combination date at the time of each draw. The remaining balance of the debt discount as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 amounted to $0 and $143,464, respectively. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company recorded $0 and $229,919, respectively, of interest expense related to the amortization of the debt discount.

On January 9, 2024, the Company entered into a Loan and Transfer Agreement with the New Sponsor and Apogee Pharma (“Apogee”), pursuant to which Apogee loaned an aggregate of $50,000 to the New Sponsor, and, in turn, the New Sponsor loaned the $50,000 to the Company.

On January 10, 2024, the Company entered into a Loan and Transfer Agreement with the New Sponsor and Jinal Sheth (“Sheth”), pursuant to which Sheth loaned an aggregate of $150,000 to the New Sponsor and the New Sponsor loaned $150,000 to the Company. As of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, there was $199,214 and $0, respectively, in aggregate borrowings under the Loan and Transfer Agreements with Apogee and Sheth. The debt discount is being amortized to interest expense as a non-cash charge over the term of the loan and transfer liability, in which is generally the Company’s expected Business Combination date at the time of each draw. The remaining balance of the debt discount as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 amounted to $12,930 and $0, respectively. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company recorded $8,496 and $170,071, respectively, of interest expense related to the amortization of the debt discount.

Pursuant to ASC 470, the Company recorded the fair value of the loan and transfer liability on the condensed consolidated balance sheets using the relative fair value method and the related amortization of the debt discount on its condensed consolidated statements of operations. The initial fair value of the subscription liability at issuance was estimated using a Black Scholes and Probability Weighted Expected Return Model (“PWERM”).

On March 5, 2024, the Company entered into four separate Subscription Agreements (each, a “First Subscription Agreement”) with the New Sponsor, Visiox, VKSS Capital, LLC, an affiliate of, and an entity under common control with, the New Sponsor (the “Affiliate”), and four separate investors (each, an “Investor”), whereby the Investors collectively contributed to New Sponsor a total of $1,000,000 (the “First Contribution”). The New Sponsor utilized the First Contribution to support the Company’s previously anticipated business combination with Visiox by funding certain obligations to Visiox pursuant to the Secured Convertible Promissory Note, dated December 1, 2023, issued by Visiox to the New Sponsor (the “Visiox Convertible Note”) (together, all loans and advances, the “March Loan”).

On May 9, 2024, the Company entered into four separate Subscription Agreements (each, a “Second Subscription Agreement”) with the New Sponsor, the Affiliate, and the four separate Investors, whereby, the Investors collectively contributed to the New Sponsor a total of $500,000 (the “Second Contribution”) and, in turn, the New Sponsor loaned $500,000 to the Company (the “May Loan”). At September 30, 2024, approximately $500,000 was funded on the May Loan.

The Company analyzed its First Subscription Agreements and Second Subscription Agreements under ASC 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity” and ASC 815 “Derivatives and Hedging” and concluded that bifurcation of a single derivative that comprises all of the fair value of the conversion feature(s) (i.e., derivative instrument(s)) is not necessary under ASC 815-15-25-7 through 25-10. As a result, all debt proceeds received from Lender have been recorded using the relative fair value method of accounting under ASC 470 “Debt”. Pursuant to ASC 470, the Company recorded the fair value of the subscription liability on the condensed consolidated balance sheets using the relative fair value method. The initial fair value of the subscription liability at issuance was estimated using a Black Scholes and Probability Weighted Expected Return Model.

Administrative Services Fee

The Company entered into an agreement, commencing on the effective date of the IPO through the earlier of the consummation of a Business Combination and the Company’s liquidation, to pay an affiliate of the New Sponsor a monthly fee of $10,000 for office space, secretarial and administrative services. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, the Company has incurred $30,000 and $90,000 of expenses under this arrangement.

Due to affiliate

As of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, $328,939 and $238,939, respectively, has been accrued and shown as ‘Due to affiliate’ in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets for the administrative services fees described above and a residual balance due from IPO proceeds. The amount is due to the New Sponsor and will be repaid as soon as practical from the Company’s operating account.

NOTE 6. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Registration Rights

The holders of Founder Shares, Private Placement Warrants and warrants that may be issued upon conversion of working capital loans, if any, are entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration rights agreement dated February 17, 2022. These holders are entitled to certain demand and “piggyback” registration rights. 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 final prospectus relating to the IPO to purchase up to 3,750,000 additional Units to cover over-allotments, if any, at the IPO price less the underwriting discounts and commissions. On February 23, 2022, the underwriters elected to fully exercise the over-allotment option purchasing 3,750,000 Units.

The underwriters were paid a cash underwriting discount of $0.20 per unit, or $5,000,000 in the aggregate at the closing of the IPO. The underwriters have agreed to defer the cash underwriting discount of $0.20 per share related to the over-allotment to be paid upon the closing of the Business Combination ($750,000 in the aggregate). In addition, the underwriters were originally entitled to a deferred underwriting commission of $0.35 per unit, or $10,062,500 from the closing of the IPO. The total deferred fee was $10,812,500 consisting of the $10,062,500 deferred portion and the $750,000 cash discount agreed to be deferred until Business Combination. The deferred fee was to become payable to the underwriters from the amounts held in the Trust Account solely if the Company completes a Business Combination, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement.

On June 28, 2023, the underwriters agreed to waive their entitlement to the deferred underwriting commissions of $10,812,500 in accordance with the Underwriting Agreement. As a result, $10,812,500 was recorded to additional paid-in capital in relation to the waiver of the deferred underwriting discount in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements.

Non-Redemption Agreements

The Original Sponsor entered into non-redemption agreements (the “2023 Non-redemption Agreements”) with various shareholders of the Company (the “2023 Non-Redeeming Shareholders”), pursuant to which these shareholders agreed not to redeem a portion of their Class A ordinary shares (the “2023 Non-Redeemed Shares”) solely in connection with the 2023 Extension Meeting, but such shareholders retained their right to require the Company to redeem such 2023 Non-Redeemed Shares in connection with the closing of an initial Business Combination. The Original Sponsor agreed to transfer to such 2023 Non-Redeeming Shareholders an aggregate of 750,000 the Founder Shares held by the Original Sponsor immediately following the consummation of an initial Business Combination. The Company estimated the aggregate fair value of such 750,000 Founder Shares transferrable to the 2023 Non-Redeeming Shareholders pursuant to the non-redemption agreements to be $118,298 or approximately $0.15 per share. The fair value was determined using the probability of a successful Business Combination of 5%, a volatility of 1.6%, a discount for lack or marketability of 4.14%, and the average value per shares as of the valuation date of $10.51 derived from an option pricing model for publicly traded warrants. Each 2023 Non-Redeeming Shareholder acquired from the Original Sponsor an indirect economic interest in such Founder Shares.

The Company and the New Sponsor entered into the 2024 Non-Redemption Agreement with an unaffiliated third-party shareholder (the “2024 Non-Redeeming Shareholder”) in exchange for such shareholder agreeing not to redeem (or to validly rescind any redemption requests on) 450,000 2024 Non-Redeemed Shares in connection with the 2024 Extension Meeting. In exchange for the commitment not to redeem the 450,000 2024 Non-Redeemed Shares, the New Sponsor has agreed to transfer to such shareholder 75,000 Class A ordinary shares of the Company held by the New Sponsor and 75,000 Class A ordinary shares which will be issued to the New Sponsor upon the closing of the Company’s initial Business Combination. The Company estimated the aggregate fair value of such 150,000 Founder Shares transferrable to the 2024 Non-Redeeming Shareholder pursuant to the non-redemption agreements to be $784,302. The fair value was determined using the probability of a successful Business Combination of 50%, a discount for lack or marketability of 5.16%, and the average value per shares as of the valuation date of $11.81 derived from an option pricing model for publicly traded warrants. The 2024 Non-Redeeming Shareholder acquired from the New Sponsor an indirect economic interest in such Founder Shares.

The excess of the fair value of such Founder Shares was determined to be an offering cost in accordance with Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic 5A. Accordingly, in substance, it was recognized by the Company as a capital contribution by the New Sponsor to induce these 2023 Non-Redeeming Shareholders and 2024 Non-Redeeming Shareholder not to redeem the 2023 Non-Redeemed Shares and 2024 Non-Redeemed Shares, with a corresponding charge to additional paid-in capital to recognize the fair value of the Founder Shares subject to transfer as an offering cost.

Purchase Agreement

On July 14, 2023, the Company entered into a purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with the New Sponsor and the Original Sponsor, pursuant to which the New Sponsor purchased from the Original Sponsor (x) 4,317,500 Class A Ordinary Shares and (y) 6,834,333 private placement warrants, free and clear of all liens and encumbrances (other than those contained in the Letter Agreement, dated February 22, 2022, by and among the Company, its officers, directors and the Original Sponsor, and the Underwriting Agreement), for an aggregate purchase price of $1.00 payable at the time of the initial Business Combination. On August 18, 2023, the parties to the Purchase Agreement closed the transactions contemplated thereby.

Contingent Agreement

On April 13, 2023, the Company engaged CCM to act as its capital markets advisor in connection with seeking an extension for completing a Business Combination. The Company will pay CCM the sum of (i) $300,000 plus (ii) 50,000 Class A ordinary shares of the Company which is payable at the close of Business Combination. On July 13, 2023, the Company amended the agreement with CCM. As a result of the amendment, the Company will pay CCM 80,000 Class A ordinary shares of the Company, which is payable at the close of a Business Combination. The fair value of the equity shares at the grant date which will be determined upon the consummation of a Business Combination.

Merger Agreement with Visiox

On December 26, 2023, the Company entered into the Visiox Merger Agreement with PowerUp Merger Sub Inc., the New Sponsor, Visiox, and Ryan Bleeks, in the capacity as the seller representative. Pursuant to the Visiox Merger Agreement, among other things, the parties intended to effect the merger of PowerUp Merger Sub Inc. with and into Visiox, with Visiox continuing as the surviving entity (the “Visiox Merger”), as a result of which all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Visiox were to be exchanged for shares of common stock of PowerUp (the “Visiox Share Exchange”) subject to the conditions set forth in the Visiox Merger Agreement, with Visiox surviving the Visiox Share Exchange as a wholly owned subsidiary of PowerUp.

Prior to the closing date, and subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions of the Visiox Merger Agreement, PowerUp was to migrate out of the Cayman Islands and domesticate as a Delaware corporation in accordance with Section 388 of the DGCL and Part XII of the Cayman Islands Companies Act.

Amendment Agreement with Visiox

On June 6, 2024, the parties to the Visiox Merger Agreement entered into the Amendment Agreement. The Amendment Agreement extended the Outside Date (as defined in the Visiox Merger Agreement) from May 31, 2024 to June 30, 2024, increased the Company’s indebtedness cap from $1 million to $2 million, eliminated the requirement that the Company have net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 at the time of the closing, and reduced the Minimum Cash Condition (as defined in the Visiox Merger Agreement) from $5 million to $1.00. Additionally, the Amendment Agreement added three new covenants, which required Visiox to (i) use its best commercial efforts to complete all labeling and compliance requirements necessary to distribute its current product inventory to the extent reasonably acceptable to Visiox no later than June 30, 2024, (ii) raise capital in an amount no less than $500,000 on terms reasonably acceptable to the Company on or before June 30, 2024, and (iii) from May 30, 2024 until immediately following the closing, not make any expenditures in excess of $1,000 without the express approval of the Company, with the exception of ordinary payroll processing.

Termination of Merger with Visiox

On July 19, 2024, the Company delivered written notice to Visiox of its election to terminate the Visiox Merger Agreement and abandoned the transactions contemplated thereby, primarily because the conditions to closing set forth in the Visiox Merger Agreement were not satisfied or waived by June 30, 2024.

Merger Agreement with Aspire

On August 26, 2024, the Company entered into the Aspire Merger Agreement with Merger Sub, the New Sponsor, Stephen Quesenberry, in the capacity as the seller, and Aspire. The transactions contemplated by the Aspire Merger Agreement are intended to serve as the Company’s initial Business Combination.

Amendment Agreements with Aspire

On September 5, 2024, and in connection with the due diligence process, the parties entered into the First Aspire Amendment Agreement. The First Aspire Amendment Agreement: (i) adjusted the Merger Consideration (as defined in the Aspire Merger Agreement) to be consistent with the aggregate post-closing ownership percentage of the Aspire stockholders that the parties had anticipated to be reflected in the consummation of the proposed business combination, (ii) adjusted the size of the pool of available equity in the equity incentive plan for the initial fiscal year following closing to be consistent with what the parties had anticipated to be reflected in the consummation of the proposed business combination, and (iii) provided additional time for the parties to deliver disclosure schedules and conduct due diligence reviews.

On October 9, 2024, and in connection with the due diligence process, the parties entered into the Second Aspire Amendment Agreement, which provided additional time for the parties to deliver disclosure schedules and conduct due diligence reviews.

NOTE 7. SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT

Preference Shares—The Company is authorized to issue 5,000,000 preference shares with a par value of $0.0001 per share with such designations, voting and other rights and preferences as may be determined from time to time by the Board. At September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, there were no preference shares issued or outstanding.

Class A ordinary shares—The Company is authorized to issue 300,000,000 Class A ordinary shares with a par value of $0.0001 per share. As of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, there were 7,187,500 Class A ordinary shares issued and outstanding (excluding 577,644 and 1,803,729 Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption, respectively, as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023).

Class B ordinary shares—The Company is authorized to issue 50,000,000 Class B ordinary shares with a par value of $0.0001 per share. As of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, there were 0 Class B ordinary shares outstanding.

If there are any Class B ordinary shares outstanding at the time of the initial Business Combination, such shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment. In the case that additional Class A ordinary shares, or equity-linked securities, are issued or deemed issued in excess of the amounts offered in the IPO and related to the closing of the initial Business Combination, the ratio at which Class B ordinary shares shall convert into Class A ordinary shares will be adjusted (unless the holders of a majority of the outstanding Class B ordinary shares agree to waive such adjustment with respect to any such issuance or deemed issuance) so that the number of Class A ordinary shares issuable upon conversion of all Class B ordinary shares will equal, in the aggregate, on an as-converted basis, 20% of the sum of the total number of all ordinary shares outstanding upon the completion of the IPO (irrespective of whether or not such ordinary shares are redeemed in connection with the initial Business Combination) plus all Class A ordinary shares and equity-linked securities issued or deemed issued in connection with the initial Business Combination (excluding any shares or equity-linked securities issued, or to be issued, to any seller in our initial Business Combination, and any ordinary shares issued upon exercise of private placement warrants issued to the Sponsors or their affiliates upon conversion of loans made to us).

NOTE 8. WARRANTS

Public Warrants may only be exercised for a whole number of shares. No fractional shares will be issued upon exercise of the Public Warrants. The Public Warrants will become exercisable on the later of (a) the completion of a Business Combination and (b) 12 months from the closing of the IPO. The Public Warrants will expire five years from the completion of a Business Combination or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.

The Company will not be obligated to deliver any ordinary shares pursuant to the exercise of a warrant and will have no obligation to settle such warrant exercise unless a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to the ordinary shares underlying the warrants is then effective and a prospectus relating thereto is current, subject to the Company satisfying its obligations with respect to registration. No warrant will be exercisable for cash or on a cashless basis, and the Company will not be obligated to issue any shares to holders seeking to exercise their warrants, unless the issuance of the shares upon such exercise is registered or qualified under the securities laws of the state of the exercising holder, or an exemption is available.

The Company has agreed that as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 15 business days, after the closing of a Business Combination, it will use its best efforts to file, and within 60 business days following a Business Combination to have declared effective, a registration statement covering the offer and sale of the ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants. The Company will use its best efforts to cause the same to become effective and to maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement, and a current prospectus relating thereto, until the expiration of the warrants in accordance with the provisions of the warrant agreement. No warrants will be exercisable for cash unless the Company has an effective and current registration statement covering the offer and sale of the ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants and a current prospectus relating to such ordinary shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a registration statement covering the offer and sale of the ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants is not effective within a specified period following the consummation of a Business Combination, warrant holders may, until such time as there is an effective registration statement and during any period when the Company 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.

Once the warrants become exercisable, the Company may redeem the warrants:

If and when the warrants become redeemable by the Company, the Company may not exercise its redemption right if the issuance of shares upon exercise of the warrants is not exempt from registration or qualification under applicable state blue sky laws or the Company is unable to effect such registration or qualification.

If the Company calls the Public Warrants for redemption, management will have the option to require all holders that wish to exercise the Public Warrants to do so on a “cashless basis,” as described in the warrant agreement. The exercise price and number of ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants may be adjusted in certain circumstances including in the event of a share dividend, or recapitalization, reorganization, merger, or consolidation. However, except as described below, the warrants will not be adjusted for issuances of ordinary shares at a price below its exercise price. Additionally, in no event will the Company be required to net cash settle the warrants. If the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period and the Company liquidates the funds held in the Trust Account, holders of warrants will not receive any of such funds with respect to their warrants, nor will they receive any distribution from the Company’s assets held outside of the Trust Account with the respect to such warrants. Accordingly, the warrants may expire worthless.

In addition, if (x) the Company issues additional ordinary shares or equity-linked securities for capital raising purposes in connection with the closing of its initial Business Combination at an issue price or effective issue price of less than $9.20 per Public Share (with such issue price or effective issue price to be determined in good faith by the Company’s board of directors and, in the case of any such issuance to the Sponsors or their affiliates, without taking into account any Founder Shares held by the Sponsors or such affiliates, as applicable, prior to such issuance) (the “Newly Issued Price”), (y) the aggregate gross proceeds from such issuances represent more than 60% of the total equity proceeds, and interest thereon, available for the funding of the Company’s initial Business Combination on the date of the consummation of such initial Business Combination (net of redemptions), and (z) the volume weighted average trading price of the Company’s ordinary shares during the 20 trading day period starting on the trading day prior to the day on which the Company consummates its initial Business Combination (such price, the “Market Value”) is below $9.20 per share, the exercise price of the warrants will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 115% of the greater of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price and the $18.00 per share redemption trigger price described above will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 180% of the greater of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price.

The Private Placement Warrants are identical to the Public Warrants underlying the Units sold in the IPO, except that the Private Placement Warrants and the ordinary shares issuable upon the exercise of the Private Placement Warrants are not transferable, assignable, or saleable until 30 days after the completion of a Business Combination, subject to certain limited exceptions.

The Company has determined that warrants issued in connection with its IPO in February 2022 are subject to treatment as equity. In order to account for the fair value of the Public Warrants issued in the IPO, the Company used Black Scholes Model to allocate cost to the Public Warrants on IPO. The key assumptions in the option pricing model utilized are assumptions related to expected share-price volatility, expected term, risk-free interest rate and dividend yield. The expected volatility as of the IPO closing date was derived from observable public warrant pricing on comparable ‘blank check’ companies that recently went public in 2020 and 2021. The risk-free interest rate is based on the interpolated U.S. Constant Maturity Treasury yield. The expected term of the warrants is assumed to be six months until the close of a Business Combination, and the contractual five-year term subsequently. The dividend rate is based on the historical rate, which the Company anticipates to remain at zero.

NOTE 9. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

The fair value of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities reflects management’s estimate of amounts that the Company would have received in connection with the sale of the assets or paid in connection with the transfer of the liabilities in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. In connection with measuring the fair value of its assets and liabilities, the Company seeks to maximize the use of observable inputs (market data obtained from independent sources) and to minimize the use of unobservable inputs (internal assumptions about how market participants would price assets and liabilities). 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: Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. An active market for an asset or liability is a market in which transactions for the asset or liability occur with sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis.

Level 2: Observable inputs other than Level 1 inputs. Examples of Level 2 inputs include quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities and quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in markets that are not active.

Level 3: Unobservable inputs based on our assessment of the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability.

At September 30, 2024 the assets held in the Trust Account were held in an interest-bearing demand deposit account at a bank and at December 31, 2023, the assets held in the Trust Account were held in treasury funds. At December 31, 2023 the Company’s investments held in the Trust Account are classified as trading securities.

The following table presents information about the Company’s assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis at September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation inputs the Company utilized to determine such fair value.

As discussed in Note 6, the fair values of the subscription liabilities related to advances made to, or on behalf of the Company under such agreements, are classified and accounted for as a financial liability of which will be measured at fair value on a recurring basis (one of the instruments is accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis under ASC 480-10, as a derivative instrument under ASC 815, or at fair value under the fair value option in ASC 825-10).

The Financial Liabilities are valued under a PWERM which fair values repayable capital investment and used a Black Scholes Model that fair values the conversion features within the convertible debt. The PWERM is a multistep process in which value is estimated based on the probability-weighted present value of various future outcomes. The estimated fair value of the Financial Liabilities Component is determined using Level 3 inputs. Inherent in the pricing models are assumptions related to expected share-price volatility, expected life and risk-free interest rate.

As discussed in Note 5, the Company fair values the Loan and Transfer notes payable are classified and accounted for as a financial liability of which will be measured at fair value on a recurring basis (one of the instruments is accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis under ASC 480-10, as a derivative instrument under ASC 815, or at fair value under the fair value option in ASC 825-10);

The Financial Liabilities are valued under a Probability Weighted Expected Return Model (“PWERM”) which fair values repayable capital investment and used a Black Scholes Model that fair values the conversion features within the convertible debt. The PWERM is a multistep process in which value is estimated based on the probability-weighted present value of various future outcomes. The estimated fair value of the Financial Liabilities Component is determined using Level 3 inputs. Inherent in the pricing models are assumptions related to expected share-price volatility, expected life and risk-free interest rate. There were no draws for the three months ended September 30, 2024; therefore, no valuation was required.

NOTE 10. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

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

On October 2, 2024, the Company entered into a Promissory Note Fee Agreement with New Sponsor (the “Promissory Note Fee Agreement”). Pursuant to the Promissory Note Fee Agreement, the Company and New Sponsor agreed that New Sponsor took a significant risk on behalf of the Company by loaning $2,000,000 to Visiox via a convertible promissory note (the “Visiox Promissory Note”). Under the terms of the Visiox Merger Agreement, the New Sponsor was owed a $2,000,000 fee upon the successful closing of the business combination between the Company and Visiox as consideration for the significant risk taken by New Sponsor in entering into the Visiox Promissory Note (the “Original Promissory Note Fee”). The Company and New Sponsor agreed that New Sponsor should be compensated for that risk despite the termination of the right to receive the Original Promissory Note Fee as a result of the termination of the Visiox Merger Agreement. As consideration for the foregoing, the Company agreed to pay New Sponsor a modified promissory note fee of $1,000,000 (the “Modified Promissory Note Fee”) upon the successful closing of a business combination between the Company and Aspire.

On October 9, 2024, and in connection with the due diligence process, the parties entered into the Second Aspire Amendment Agreement which provided additional time for the parties to deliver disclosure schedules and conduct due diligence reviews.