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Factorial Energy (FAC) Risk Analysis

Public companies are required to disclose risks that can affect the business and impact the stock. These disclosures are known as “Risk Factors”. Companies disclose these risks in their yearly (Form 10-K), quarterly earnings (Form 10-Q), or “foreign private issuer” reports (Form 20-F). Risk factors show the challenges a company faces. Investors can consider the worst-case scenarios before making an investment. TipRanks’ Risk Analysis categorizes risks based on proprietary classification algorithms and machine learning. Factorial Energy disclosed 167 risk factors in its most recent earnings report. Factorial Energy reported the most risks in the “Finance & Corporate” category.

Risk Overview Q2, 2026

Risk Distribution
167Risks
Sector Avg.Finance & CorporateTech & InnovationLegal & RegulatoryProductionAbility to SellMacro & Political
Finance & Corporate - Financial and accounting risks. Risks related to the execution of corporate activity and strategy

Risk Change Over Time

Factorial Energy disclosed risks per quarterNo. of Risks100120140160180Q4Q12026Q2Showing: Q2, 2026
Risks removedRisks addedRisks changedFactorial Energy Risk Factors
  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 1
    There may not be an active trading market for Factorial Energy Common Stock, which may make it difficult to sell shares of Factorial Energy Common Stock.

    An active trading market for Factorial Energy Common Stock may not develop or be sustained. If an active trading market for Factorial Energy Common Stock does not develop or is not sustained, you may not be able to sell your shares at an attractive price or at all. Furthermore, an inactive market may also impair Factorial Energy's ability to raise capital by selling shares of Factorial Energy Common Stock in the future, and may impair Factorial Energy's ability to enter into strategic collaborations or acquire companies or products by using shares of Factorial Energy's common stock as consideration.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 2
    Future sales or issuances, or the perception of future sales or issuances, by Factorial Energy or its stockholders in the public market, including through conversion of the Series B Common Stock, could cause the market price for Factorial Energy's securities to decline and dilution to Factorial Energy's stockholders.

    The sale or issuance of Factorial Energy's securities in the public market, or the perception that such sales or issuances could occur, including through the conversion of the Series B Common Stock into Series A Common Stock or any additional issuances of the Series B Common Stock, could harm the prevailing market price of Factorial Energy's securities and cause dilution to Factorial Energy's stockholders. The lock-up restrictions applicable to the vast majority of the shares of Series A Common Stock issued in the Merger have expired as a result of the satisfaction of the applicable trading price conditions set forth therein. In addition, we have registered the resale of such shares of Series A Common Stock (including shares issuable upon conversion of the Series B Common Stock or exercise of certain warrants or options) issued to persons who acquired such shares in transactions exempt from registration under the Securities Act. As a result, substantially all of our outstanding shares of Series A Common Stock (including shares issuable upon conversion or exercise of other securities) may be sold at any time, subject only to compliance with insider trading laws and restrictions under our insider trading policy applicable to our officers, directors, employees and certain entities with which they are affiliated. These sales, issuances or conversions, or the possibility that these sales, issuances or conversions may occur, also might make it more difficult for Factorial Energy to sell equity securities in the future at a time and at a price that Factorial Energy deems appropriate. Shares of Series A Common Stock reserved for future issuance under its equity incentive plans will become eligible for sale in the public market once those shares are issued, subject to provisions relating to various vesting agreements and, in some cases, limitations on volume and manner of sale applicable to affiliates under Rule 144, as applicable. The compensation committee of the Factorial Energy Board may determine the exact number of shares to be reserved for future issuance under Factorial Energy's equity incentive plans at its discretion. Factorial Energy has filed, and expects to continue to file, registration statements on Form S-8 under the Securities Act to register shares of Series A Common Stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Series A Common Stock issued pursuant to its equity incentive plans. Any such Form S-8 registration statements will automatically become effective upon filing. Accordingly, shares registered under such registration statements will be available for sale in the open market. In the future, Factorial Energy may also issue its securities in connection with investments or acquisitions. The number of shares of Series A Common Stock issued in connection with an investment or acquisition could constitute a material portion of Factorial Energy's then-outstanding shares of Series A Common Stock. Any issuance of additional securities in connection with investments or acquisitions may result in additional dilution to Factorial Energy's stockholders.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 3
    The market price of Series A Common Stock may be volatile, and investors could lose all or part of their investment.

    The trading price of Series A Common Stock has been, and is likely to continue to be, highly volatile and subject to wide fluctuations in response to various factors, many of which Factorial Energy cannot control. The stock market in general, and emerging technology companies in particular, have experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations that have often been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of these companies. Broad market and industry factors may negatively affect the market price of Series A Common Stock, regardless of its actual operating performance. In addition to the factors discussed in this "Risk Factors" section and elsewhere in this Quarterly Report, these factors include, without limitation: - the success of competitive products or announcements by potential competitors of their product development efforts;- regulatory actions with respect to Factorial Energy's products or Factorial Energy's competitors' products or product candidates;- actual or anticipated changes in Factorial Energy's growth rate relative to its competitors;- regulatory or legal developments in the United States and other countries;- developments or disputes concerning Factorial Energy's patent applications, issued patents, or other proprietary rights;- the recruitment or departure of key personnel;- announcements by Factorial Energy or its competitors of significant acquisitions, strategic collaborations, joint ventures, collaborations or capital commitments;- actual or anticipated changes in estimates as to financial results, development timelines or recommendations by securities analysts;- fluctuations in the valuation of companies perceived by investors to be comparable to Factorial Energy;- market conditions in the EV or battery sectors;- share price and volume fluctuations attributable to inconsistent trading volume levels of Series A Common Stock;- announcement or expectation of additional financing efforts;- sales of Series A Common Stock and Series B Common Stock by Factorial Energy, its insiders or its other stockholders;- expiration of market stand-off or lock-up agreements;- the impact of any public health emergencies, natural disasters, or geopolitical events, including civil or political unrest or military conflicts; and - general economic, political, industry and market conditions. The realization of any of the above risks or any of a broad range of other risks, including those described in this "Risk Factors" section, could have a dramatic and adverse impact on the market price of Series A Common Stock.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 4
    Factorial Energy is controlled or substantially influenced by the Legacy Factorial Founders, whose interests may conflict with other stockholders.

    Dr. Siyu Huang, Factorial Energy's Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer and Dr. Alex Yu, Factorial Energy's Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer (together, the "Legacy Factorial Founders") owned, collectively with their affiliated trusts, approximately 19.1% of the outstanding Factorial Energy Common Stock as of June 30, 2026. Additionally, as the Legacy Factorial Founders own shares of Series B Common Stock, representing ten votes per share, the Legacy Factorial Founders have, collectively, approximately 62.9% of the total voting power of the outstanding Factorial Energy Common Stock as of June 30, 2026. As a result of this dual-class structure, the Legacy Factorial Founders control Factorial Energy. As long as the Legacy Factorial Founders continue to hold at least 62.7% of the Series B Common Stock, the Legacy Factorial Founders will hold a majority of the total voting power of Factorial Energy Common Stock and, accordingly, may be deemed to control Factorial Energy. Although Factorial Energy does not intend to avail itself of any exemptions for a "controlled company" under Nasdaq rules, for so long as the Legacy Factorial Founders hold a majority of the voting power of the Factorial Energy Common Stock, Factorial Energy qualifies as a "controlled company." As a "controlled company" under the corporate governance requirements of Nasdaq, Factorial Energy is eligible for exemptions from certain corporate governance requirements, including the requirement that a majority of its board of directors be composed of "independent directors" under Nasdaq rules and that its compensation committee consist entirely of independent directors. The Legacy Factorial Founders may have interests different than yours and may make decisions, including with respect to business combinations, financings, issuances of additional equity, restructurings or other transactions, that conflict with your interests. Additionally, the Legacy Factorial Founders' concentrated control could have the effect of delaying, preventing or deterring a change in control of Factorial Energy, could deprive you of an opportunity to receive a premium for your shares as part of a sale of Factorial Energy and could ultimately affect the market price of Factorial Energy's securities. For example, because the Legacy Factorial Founders may have purchased their shares at prices substantially below the price at which shares are being sold in this transaction and have held their shares for a longer period, they may be more interested in selling Factorial Energy to an acquirer than other investors or they may want Factorial Energy to pursue strategies that deviate from the interests of other stockholders. This disproportionate voting control is expected to persist for the foreseeable future. So long as the Legacy Factorial Founders continue to hold Series B Common Stock, you will have limited ability to influence corporate matters and could be outvoted on any matter submitted to a vote of stockholders.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 5
    Factorial Energy is an emerging growth company within the meaning of the Securities Act, and if we take advantage of certain exemptions from disclosure requirements available to emerging growth companies, this could make our securities less attractive to investors and may make it more difficult to compare our performance with other public companies.

    Factorial Energy is, an "emerging growth company" within the meaning of the Securities Act, as modified by the JOBS Act. Accordingly, we may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies, including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor internal controls attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. As a result, our shareholders may not have access to certain information they may deem important. We could be an emerging growth company for up the last day of the fiscal year ending after the fifth anniversary of the effectiveness of CGC's IPO registration statement, although circumstances could cause us to lose that status earlier, including if the market value of our Series A Common Stock held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of any June 30 before that time, in which case we would no longer be an emerging growth company as of the following December 31. We cannot predict whether investors will find our securities less attractive because we will rely on these exemptions. If some investors find our securities less attractive as a result of our reliance on these exemptions, the trading prices of our securities may be lower than they otherwise would be, there may be a less active trading market for our securities and the trading prices of our securities may be more volatile. Further, Section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or revised financial accounting standards until private companies (that is, those that have not had a Securities Act registration statement declared effective or do not have a class of securities registered under the Exchange Act) are required to comply with the new or revised financial accounting standards. The JOBS Act provides that a company can elect to opt out of the extended transition period and comply with the requirements that apply to non-emerging growth companies but any such an election to opt out is irrevocable. We have elected not to opt out of such extended transition period which means that when a standard is issued or revised and it has different application dates for public or private companies, we, as an emerging growth company, can adopt the new or revised standard at the time private companies adopt the new or revised standard. This may make comparison of our financial statements with another public company which is neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging growth company which has opted out of using the extended transition period difficult or impossible because of the potential differences in accounting standards used. Additionally, CGC was a "smaller reporting company" as defined in Item 10(f)(1) of Regulation S-K. Smaller reporting companies may take advantage of certain reduced disclosure obligations, including, among other things, providing only two years of audited financial statements. Following the Closing, the Factorial Energy determined it is no longer a smaller reporting company. However, for as long as Factorial Energy qualifies as an emerging growth company, the Company does not expect the loss of smaller reporting company status to have a material effect on its reporting obligations.

  • Accounting & Financial Operations - Risk 6
    Factorial Energy is required to develop and maintain proper and effective internal control over financial reporting.

    As a private company, Legacy Factorial was not required to perform an evaluation of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2025 in accordance with the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Nevertheless, Legacy Factorial identified a material weakness, as described above. This material weakness continues to exist post-Merger and be relevant to Factorial Energy. Had such an evaluation been performed, control deficiencies may have been identified by Factorial Energy's management, and those control deficiencies could have represented one or more additional material weaknesses. As of the date of this Quarterly Report, management began remediation actions in 2026 and expects to complete the remediation actions with respect to the identified material weakness during 2027 and to incur approximately $0.8 million in associated costs. However, the remediation process is ongoing, and we cannot assure that it will be completed within this timeframe or that additional remediation costs will not be incurred. In addition, in connection with its transition to operating as a public company, Factorial Energy has taken, and intends to continue to take, certain steps, such as recruiting additional personnel, in addition to utilizing third-party consultants and specialists, to supplement its internal resources, and to enhance its internal control environment. Factorial Energy cannot assure you that the measures it takes will be sufficient to prevent or avoid potential future material weaknesses. If Factorial Energy is not able to maintain effective internal control over financial reporting and disclosure controls and procedures, or if material weaknesses are discovered in future periods, it may be unable to accurately and timely report its financial position, results of operations, cash flows or key operating metrics, which could result in late filings of annual or quarterly reports under the Exchange Act, restatements of financial statements or other corrective disclosures, an inability to access equity or debt capital or commercial lending markets, or other material adverse effects on its business, reputation, results of operations, financial condition or liquidity. Factorial Energy's investors could lose confidence in Factorial Energy's reported financial information, the market price of Series A Common Stock could decline, and Factorial Energy could be subject to sanctions or investigations by Nasdaq, the SEC or other regulatory authorities.

  • Accounting & Financial Operations - Risk 7
    We are an early-stage company with a history of financial losses and expect to incur significant expenses and continuing losses from operations.

    Legacy Factorial has incurred net losses since our inception. For example, during the six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, we reported net losses of $19.9 million and $23.4 million, respectively. We may continue incurring net losses in the future as we, among other things, endeavor to hire the experienced scientific, quality-control, and manufacturing personnel needed to operate our manufacturing processes to scale; increase our sales and marketing activities; expand our distribution infrastructure; and increase our general and administrative functions to support our growing operations. We may find that these efforts are more expensive than we currently anticipate or that these efforts may not result in revenues, which would further increase our losses.

  • Accounting & Financial Operations - Risk 8
    We are not yet cash flow positive, and any failure to effectively manage our cash resources or generate future cash flows could adversely affect our business.

    We are not currently cash flow positive, and the development, scaling, and commercialization of battery technology is capital intensive, even under a capital-light operating model. Our business requires ongoing investment in research and development, manufacturing scale-up, supply chain development, and commercialization activities, which may result in significant cash outflows before we generate sufficient operating cash flows. Our future success depends, in part, on our ability to effectively manage our cash resources, control operating expenses, and generate cash flows from commercial activities in a timely manner. Any misalignment between our cash expenditures and cash inflows, delays in customer adoption or revenue generation, cost overruns, or inefficiencies in cash management could require us to seek additional financing sooner than expected or on less favorable terms. If we are unable to obtain additional capital when needed, or if we are unable to generate sufficient cash flows to support our operations, our ability to execute our business strategy, continue operations, or pursue growth opportunities could be materially and adversely affected.

  • Accounting & Financial Operations - Risk 9
    We have identified a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting. If we are unable to remediate this material weakness or otherwise fail to maintain proper and effective internal controls, our ability to produce timely and accurate financial statements could be impaired, which could adversely affect our operating results, our stock price and access to the capital markets.

    As a public company, we are required to maintain internal control over financial reporting and to report any material weaknesses in such internal controls. In addition, we are required to furnish a report by management on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting in our annual reports on Form 10-K, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC regarding compliance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The process of designing, implementing and testing the internal control over financial reporting required to comply with this obligation is time consuming, costly and complicated. We have identified a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting relating to inadequate resources to ensure proper system access and segregation of duties, timely and accurate preparation of reconciliations of accounts, and timely and accurate assessment, review and documentation of various transactions to ensure accurate recording of accounts in our financial statements in a timely manner. This material weakness has led to a conclusion that our internal control over financial reporting and disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of June 30, 2026. Our inability to remediate this material weakness, our discovery of additional control deficiencies or material weaknesses in internal control, and our inability to achieve and maintain effective disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting, could adversely affect our results of operations, our stock price and investor confidence in our Company. Our management plans to take action to remediate this material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting. As of the date of this Quarterly Report, management began remediation actions in 2026 and expects to complete the remediation actions during 2027 and to incur approximately $0.8 million in associated costs. However, the remediation process is ongoing, and we cannot assure that it will be completed within this timeframe or that additional remediation costs will not be incurred. In addition, we could in the future identify additional internal control deficiencies that could rise to the level of a material weakness or uncover other errors in financial reporting. The remediation of such deficiencies or material weaknesses may require significant costs and devotion of a substantial amount of management's attention, diverting financial resources or management's time from operating our business. During the course of our evaluation, we may identify areas requiring improvement and may be required to design additional enhanced processes and controls to address issues identified through this review. In addition, there can be no assurance that such remediation efforts will be successful, that our internal control over financial reporting will be effective as a result of these efforts or that any such future deficiencies identified may not be material weaknesses that would be required to be reported in future periods. If we fail to remediate this material weakness and maintain effective disclosure controls and procedures or internal control over financial reporting, we may not be able to rely on the integrity of our financial results, which could result in inaccurate or late reporting of our financial results, which inaccuracies may lead to a requirement to restate our financial statements, as well as delays or the inability to meet our future reporting obligations or to comply with SEC rules and regulations. As a result, investors may lose confidence in the accuracy and completeness of our financial reports and the market price of our common stock could decline. We could also become subject to investigations by the stock exchange on which our common stock is listed, the SEC or other regulatory authorities, which could require additional financial and management resources. Failure to remedy any material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting, or to implement or maintain other effective control systems required of public companies, could restrict our future access to the capital markets as a result of a loss of investor confidence, limitations on our ability under the Securities Act to conduct certain transactions or a reduction in liquidity if our common stock does not remain listed on a national securities exchange. Reduced access to capital or increased use of financial resources to remedy deficiencies in or maintain the effectiveness of internal controls may reduce our liquidity and ability to operate our business.

  • Debt & Financing - Risk 10
    We will need substantial additional capital in the future to fund our business and may be unable to meet our future capital requirements, impairing our financial position and results of operations.

    The development, design, manufacture and sale of batteries is a capital-intensive business. We expect to sustain substantial operating expenses, without generating sufficient revenues to cover expenditures, for a number of years. To date, we have funded our operations through the sales of our convertible preferred stock and through the proceeds of the Merger and the PIPE Financing. These funds are expected to finance our principal sources of liquidity and ongoing costs, such as research and development relating to our batteries and the construction of additional manufacturing facilities. In the future, if we are not able to fund our operations from cash flows generated from anticipated product sales, we expect that we will need to raise additional funds through a variety of possible methods, including, but not limited to, entry into joint ventures or other strategic arrangements, issuance of equity (including through at-the-market sales), equity-related or debt securities or through obtaining credit from financial institutions, as well as anticipated future revenue from product sales. Any such issuances may be highly dilutive and/or may result in the imposition of covenants that significantly restrict our ability to conduct our business and operations as we may otherwise deem appropriate. We believe that our cash on hand and marketable securities will be sufficient to meet our working capital and capital expenditure requirements for a period of at least 12 months from the date of the most recent financial statements included in this Quarterly Report and also sufficient to fund us through commercialization. However, additional funding may be required for a variety of reasons, including opportunities to expand our manufacturing capabilities and delays in expected development of our battery cells. Our ability to successfully develop our products, commence commercial operations and expand our business will depend on many factors, including our working capital needs, the availability of equity and/or debt financing and, over time, our ability to generate positive cash flows from operations. We cannot be certain that additional capital will be available on attractive terms, if at all, when needed, which could be dilutive to stockholders. We may be forced to decrease our level of investment in product development or scale back our operations, which could have an adverse impact on our business and financial prospects. Furthermore, the cost of debt could be higher than anticipated, which could negatively affect our earnings. Incorrect estimates or assumptions by management in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements could adversely impact our reported assets, liabilities, income, revenue, or expenses. The preparation of our consolidated financial statements requires management to make critical accounting estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, stockholders' equity, revenue, income, and expenses during the reporting periods. Incorrect estimates and assumptions by management could result in reported amounts that are overstated or understated and have a material adverse effect on our business, prospects, results of operations, and financial condition.

  • Debt & Financing - Risk 11
    Our cash and money market funds could be adversely affected if the financial institutions in which we hold our cash and money market funds fail.

    We deposit and maintain our cash and money market funds with third party financial institutions. A failure of these financial institutions to return our cash deposits and money market funds, or if a depository institution is subject to other adverse conditions in the financial or credit markets, could impact our access to our cash or money market funds and could adversely impact our operating liquidity and financial performance.

  • Debt & Financing - Risk 12
    Our insurance coverage may not be adequate to protect us from all business risks.

    We may be subject, in the ordinary course of business, to losses resulting from product liability, recalls, cyber-attacks, accidents, acts of God, and other claims against us, for which we may have no or inadequate insurance coverage. As a general matter, the policies that we do have may include significant deductibles or self- insured retentions, and we cannot be certain that our insurance coverage will be sufficient to cover all future losses or claims against us. A loss that is uninsured or which exceeds policy limits may require us to pay substantial amounts, which could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.

  • Debt & Financing - Risk 13
    Inflation and increased interest rates may adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.

    Our operations could be adversely impacted by inflation, primarily due to higher material, labor, and construction costs. To date, we do not believe that inflation has had a material impact on our results of operations, capital resources or liquidity; however, we have experienced increases in prices of materials, components and labor costs. Our future mitigation strategies may include considering alternative vendors, vertically integrating certain aspects of our supply chain and redesigning our product or production process. It is difficult to determine what impact inflationary pressures will have on our long-term growth strategies, as there is uncertainty regarding how long higher levels of inflation may persist, and to what level these increased costs will affect commercialization of our product. If we are not able to fully offset higher costs through price increases or other corrective measures, this may adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

  • Corporate Activity and Growth - Risk 14
    Factorial Energy's management has limited experience in operating a public company.

    Some of Factorial Energy's executive officers have limited experience in the management of a publicly traded company. As a public company, Factorial Energy is subject to significant regulatory oversight and reporting obligations under federal securities laws, and certain executives' limited experience in dealing with the increasingly complex laws pertaining to public companies could be a significant disadvantage in that it is likely that an increasing amount of their time may be devoted to these activities which will result in less time being devoted to the management and growth of Factorial Energy. Additionally, Factorial Energy may not have adequate personnel with the appropriate level of knowledge, experience, and training in the accounting policies, practices or internal controls over financial reporting required of public companies in the United States.

  • Corporate Activity and Growth - Risk 15
    Factorial Energy incurs significant expenses and administrative burdens as a public company, which could have an adverse effect on Factorial Energy's business, financial condition, and results of operations.

    As a public company, Factorial Energy incurs significant legal, accounting and other expenses. Factorial Energy is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Protection Act, as well as rules adopted, and to be adopted, by the SEC and Nasdaq. In addition, changing laws, regulations and standards relating to corporate governance and public disclosure, including those related to climate change and other environmental, social and governance focused disclosures, are creating uncertainty for public companies, increasing legal and financial compliance costs, and making some activities more time-consuming. Factorial Energy has hired, and continues to hire, additional accounting, finance, and other personnel in connection with being a public company. Factorial Energy's management and other personnel devote a substantial amount of time to these compliance initiatives and Factorial Energy cannot accurately predict or estimate the amount or timing of additional costs it may incur to respond to these requirements. In addition, as a public company, Factorial Energy is required to incur additional costs and obligations in order to comply with SEC rules that implement Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Under these rules, Factorial Energy is required to maintain effective disclosure and financial controls and to make a formal assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting.

  • Corporate Activity and Growth - Risk 16
    There is substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.

    We have prepared cash flow forecasts which indicate that, based on our expected operating losses and negative cash flows, we have sufficient cash to fund operations for at least twelve months following the date that the Factorial consolidated financial statements, as of and for the six months ended June 30, 2026, were issued. See "Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Liquidity and Capital Resources." However, our future viability as an ongoing business will be dependent on our ability to raise additional capital to finance our operations in the near term. When it is time to raise additional capital, there is no assurance that we will succeed in obtaining sufficient funding on terms acceptable to us to fund continuing operations, if at all. As our cash resources are depleted, we will continue to assess our ability to continue as a going concern, and when, and if, we conclude that there is substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern for the twelve months following the date financial statements are issued, the perception that we might be unable to continue as a going concern may also make it more difficult to obtain financing for the continuation of our operations on terms that are favorable to us, or at all, and could result in the loss of confidence by investors and employees.

  • Corporate Activity and Growth - Risk 17
    Our business plan has yet to be tested, and we may not succeed in executing on our strategic plans, including commercialization.

    As a research and development stage company, we face a number of difficulties normally encountered by new enterprises, including substantial risks and expenses in the course of establishing or entering new markets, organizing operations, and undertaking marketing activities. The likelihood of our success must be considered in light of these difficulties and the competitive environment in which we operate. There is nothing at this time upon which to base an assumption that our business plan will prove successful, and we may not be able to generate significant revenue, raise additional capital, or operate profitably. We will continue to encounter challenges frequently experienced by early commercial stage companies, including scaling up our infrastructure and managing our headcount, and may encounter unforeseen expenses, difficulties, or delays in connection with our growth. In addition to the extensive capital requirements of our business, we can be expected to continue to sustain substantial operating expenses without generating sufficient revenue to cover expenditures. Any investment in our company is therefore highly speculative and could result in loss of your entire investment. It is difficult to predict our future revenues and appropriately budget for our expenses, and we have limited insight into trends that may emerge and affect our business. If actual results differ from our estimates or we adjust our estimates in future periods, our business, prospects, results of operations, and financial condition could be materially and adversely affected. Furthermore, our financial performance in one period may not be indicative of financial performance in future periods.

  • Corporate Activity and Growth - Risk 18
    Our future growth and success depend in part on our ability to grow our customer base and effectively sell to a wide variety of customers. Failure to grow our customer base would adversely affect our business and prospects.

    Our future success will depend on our ability to grow our customer base beyond the partners with whom we are currently collaborating on the development of our batteries and effectively sell to a wide variety of customers. Given our currently limited customer base, any one customer may reduce, delay or fail to honor its forecasted or committed purchase volumes, and in such circumstances we may have limited contractual or practical leverage to enforce such commitments, as pursuing legal remedies, including claims for breach of contract, may be impractical, costly or commercially undesirable. Additionally, potential customers include manufacturers of products that tend to be large enterprises or governmental agencies. Sales to these end-users involve risks that may not be present (or that are present to a lesser extent) with sales to smaller customers. These risks include, but are not limited to, (i) increased purchasing power and leverage held by large customers in negotiating contractual arrangements with us and (ii) longer sales cycles and the associated risk that substantial time and resources may be spent on a potential end-user that elects not to purchase our solutions. Large organizations, including most major auto manufacturers, as well as certain potential end-users such as government agencies, often undertake a significant evaluation process that results in a lengthy sales cycle. In addition, product purchases by large organizations are frequently subject to budget constraints, multiple approvals and unanticipated administrative, processing and other delays. Finally, large organizations typically have longer implementation cycles, require greater product functionality and scalability, require a broader range of services, demand that vendors take on a larger share of risks, require acceptance provisions that can lead to a delay in revenue recognition and expect greater payment flexibility. All of these factors can add further risk to business conducted with these potential customers. If we were unable to obtain or increase orders from our existing customers and collaboration partners or generate new customers or collaboration partners in a cost-effective manner, our business, financial condition and results of operations would likely be adversely affected. We cannot provide assurance that we will be able to maintain or grow our customer base in a cost-effective way. If we are unable to develop high quality products at scale, or introduce new products, we may fail to attract new customers and collaboration partners or lose our existing customers and collaboration partners, which could adversely affect our growth and profitability.

  • Corporate Activity and Growth - Risk 19
    We have pursued and may continue to pursue development agreements and other strategic alliances, which could have an adverse impact on our business if they are unsuccessful or entered into on terms that are disadvantageous to us.

    We have entered into development agreements with certain of our customers and collaboration partners, and may in the future enter into similar arrangements and development agreements with our customers and collaboration partners, including with Mercedes-Benz, Stellantis, Hyundai/Kia, PowerCo SE and Karma Automotive. While offering potential benefits, these strategic alliances with OEMs, cell makers and others could subject us to a number of risks, including risks associated with sharing proprietary information, non-performance by our partners and costs of establishing and maintaining new strategic alliances, any of which may materially and adversely affect our business. We may have limited ability to monitor or control the actions of our partners and, to the extent any of them suffers negative publicity or harm to their reputation from events relating to their business, we may also suffer negative publicity or harm to our reputation by virtue of our association with them. For example, if we rely on our partners' manufacturing facilities, those operations would be outside of our control. We could experience delays if our partners do not meet agreed-upon timelines or experience capacity constraints, and in turn, we could lose customers and collaboration partners and face reputational harm.

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Risk Highlights Q2, 2026

Main Risk Category
Finance & Corporate
With 97 Risks
Number of Disclosed Risks
167
+60
From last report
S&P 500 Average: 32
Recent Changes
60Risks added
0Risks removed
0Risks changed
Since Jun 2026
Number of Risk Changed
0
No changes from last report
S&P 500 Average: 1

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if, after we distribute the proceeds in the trust account to our public shareholders, we file a bankruptcy or insolvency petition or an involuntary bankruptcy or insolvency petition is filed against us that is not dismissed, a bankruptcy or insolvency court may seek to recover such proceeds, and the members of our board of directors may be viewed as having breached their fiduciary duties to our creditors, thereby exposing the members of our board of directors and us to claims of punitive damages.fiduciary duties to our creditorsif our initial business combination involves a company organized under the laws of the united states (or any subdivision thereof), a u.s. federal excise tax could be imposed on us in connection with any redemptions of our class a ordinary shares after or in connection with such initial business combination.our initial business combination involvesto mitigate the risk that we might be deemed to be an investment company for purposes of the investment company act, which risk increases the longer that we hold investments in the trust account, we may, at any time (based on our management team's ongoing assessment of all factors related to our potential status under the investment company act), instruct the trustee to liquidate the investments held in the trust account and instead to hold the funds in the trust account in cash or in an interest bearing demand deposit account at a bank until the earlier of the consummation of our initial business combination or our liquidation. as a result, following the liquidation of investments in the trust account, we would likely receive less interest on the funds held in the trust account, which would likely reduce the dollar amount our public shareholders would receive upon any redemption or liquidation.dollar amount our public shareholdersto mitigate the risk that we might be deemed to be an investment company for purposes of the investment company act, which risk increases the longer that we hold investments in the trust account, we may, at any time (based on our management team's ongoing assessment of all factors related to our potential status under the investment company act), instruct the trustee to liquidate the investments held in the trust account and instead to hold the funds in the trust account in cash or in an interest bearing demand deposit account at a bank until the earlier of the consummation of our initial business combination or our liquidation. as a result, following the liquidation of investments in the trust account, we would likely receive less interest on the funds held in the trust account, which would likely reduce the dollar amount our public shareholders would receive upon any redemption or liquidation.interest bearing demand deposit accountthe ability of our public shareholders to exercise redemption rights with respect to a large number of our shares and the amount of deferred underwriting compensation may not allow us to complete the most desirable business combination or optimize our capital structure, and may substantially dilute your investment in us.amount of deferred underwriting compensationthe provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association that relate to our pre-business combination activity (and corresponding provisions of the agreement governing the release of funds from our trust account) may be amended with the approval of holders of not less than two-thirds of our ordinary shares which are represented in person or by proxy and are voted at a general meeting of the company, which is a lower amendment threshold than that of some other spacs. it may be easier for us, therefore, to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to facilitate the completion of an initial business combination that some of our shareholders may not support.two-thirds of our ordinary sharesthe officers and directors of an acquisition candidate may resign upon completion of our initial business combination. the loss of a business combination target's key personnel could negatively impact the operations and profitability of our post-combination business.profitability of our post-combination businessthe grant of registration rights to holders of our founder shares, private placement warrants and private placement-equivalent warrants that may be issued upon conversion of working capital loans, if any, and their respective permitted transferees, may make it more difficult to complete our initial business combination, and the future exercise of such rights may adversely affect the market price of our class a ordinary shares.conversion of working capital loansour independent directors have a financial interest in our founder shares through directorco. they acquired that interest at no cost. as a result, our independent directors have a financial interest in consummating an initial business combination, even if our shares decline in value after that business combination and our public shareholders experience losses in connection with their investment. however, if we do not consummate our initial business combination, the founder shares would be worthless. the financial interest of our independent directors in the founder shares may give rise to a potential conflict of interest in considering potential target businesses. you should consider this potential conflict of interest in deciding whether to invest in our securities and whether to redeem your shares at the time of our initial business combination.our public shareholders experience lossesour ability to successfully effect our initial business combination and to be successful thereafter will be dependent upon the efforts of our key personnel, some of whom may join us following our initial business combination. the loss of key personnel could negatively impact the operations and profitability of our post-combination business.efforts of our key personnel

Risk Factors Full Breakdown - Total Risks 167

Share Price & Shareholder Rights55 | 32.9%
  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 1
    The grant of registration rights to holders of our founder shares, private placement warrants and private placement-equivalent warrants that may be issued upon conversion of working capital loans, if any, and their respective permitted transferees, may make it more difficult to complete our initial business combination, and the future exercise of such rights may adversely affect the market price of our Class A ordinary shares.

    Pursuant to the registration rights agreement, (i) our sponsor, DirectorCo and their permitted transferees can demand that we register the Class A ordinary shares into which the founder shares are convertible, (ii) our sponsor, Cantor and their permitted transferees can demand that we register the private placement warrants and the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the private placement warrants and (iii) holders of private placement-equivalent warrants that may be issued upon conversion of working capital loans and their permitted transferees may demand that we register such warrants and the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of such warrants, and in each case any other securities of the company acquired by such persons prior to the consummation of our initial business combination. We will bear the cost of registering these securities. The registration and availability of such a significant number of securities for trading in the public market may have an adverse effect on the market price of our Class A ordinary shares. In addition, the existence of the registration rights may make our initial business combination more costly or difficult to conclude. This is because the shareholders of the target business may increase the equity stake they seek in the combined entity or ask for more cash consideration to offset the negative impact on the market price of our Class A ordinary shares that is expected when the ordinary shares owned by our initial shareholders, holders of our private placement warrants or holders of our working capital loans, or their respective permitted transferees, are registered.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 2
    You may only be able to exercise your public warrants on a "cashless basis" under certain circumstances, and if you do so, you will receive fewer Class A ordinary shares from such exercise than if you were to exercise such warrants for cash.

    The warrant agreement provides that in the following circumstances holders of warrants who seek to exercise their warrants will not be permitted to do for cash and will, instead, be required to do so on a cashless basis in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act: (i) if the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants are not registered under the Securities Act in accordance with the terms of the warrant agreement; (ii) if we have so elected and the Class A ordinary shares are at the time of any exercise of a warrant not listed on a national securities exchange such that they satisfy the definition of "covered securities" under Section 18(b)(1) of the Securities Act; and (iii) if we have so elected and we call the public warrants for redemption. If you exercise your public warrants on a cashless basis, you would pay the warrant exercise price by surrendering the warrants for that number of Class A ordinary shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the product of the number of Class A ordinary shares underlying the warrants, multiplied by the excess of the "fair market value" of our Class A ordinary shares (as defined in the next sentence) over the exercise price of the warrants by (y) the fair market value. The "fair market value" is the average closing price of our Class A ordinary shares for the 10 trading days ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which the notice of exercise is received by the warrant agent or on which the notice of redemption is sent to the holders of warrants, as applicable. As a result, you would receive fewer Class A ordinary shares from such exercise than if you were to exercise such warrants for cash.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 3
    Holders of our warrants will not be permitted to exercise their warrants unless we register and qualify the underlying Class A ordinary shares or certain exemptions are available.

    If the issuance of the Class A ordinary shares upon exercise of the warrants is not registered, qualified or exempt from registration or qualification under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws, holders of warrants will not be entitled to exercise such warrants and such warrants may have no value and expire worthless. In such event, holders who acquired their warrants as part of a purchase of units will have paid the full unit purchase price solely for the Class A ordinary shares included in the units.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 4
    Holders of Class A ordinary shares will not be entitled to vote on continuing the company in a jurisdiction outside of the Cayman Islands.

    As holders of our Class A ordinary shares, our public shareholders will not have the right to vote on continuing the company in a jurisdiction outside of the Cayman Islands (including any special resolution required to amend our constitutional documents or to adopt new constitutional documents, in each case, as a result of our approving a transfer by way of continuation in a jurisdiction outside of the Cayman Islands).

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 5
    Because each unit contains one-half of one warrant and only a whole warrant may be exercised, the units may be worth less than units of other SPACs.

    Each unit contains one-half of one warrant. Pursuant to the warrant agreement, no fractional warrants were issued upon separation of the units, and only whole units will trade. If, upon exercise of the warrants, a holder would be entitled to receive a fractional interest in a share, we will, upon exercise, round down to the nearest whole number the number of Class A ordinary shares to be issued to the warrant holder. This is different from other offerings similar to ours whose units include one ordinary share and one whole warrant to purchase one share. We have established the components of the units in this way in order to reduce the dilutive effect of the warrants upon completion of a business combination because the warrants will be exercisable in the aggregate for one-half of the number of shares compared to units that each contain a whole warrant to purchase one share, thus making us, we believe, a more attractive merger partner for target businesses. Nevertheless, this unit structure may cause our units to be worth less than if it included a whole warrant to purchase one share.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 6
    Our warrants may have an adverse effect on the market price of our Class A ordinary shares and make it more difficult to effectuate our initial business combination.

    We issued 27,600,000 of our Class A ordinary shares as part of the units offered in our initial public offering and, simultaneously with the closing of the initial public offering, issued in a private placement an aggregate of 6,800,000 private placement warrants, at $1.00 per private placement warrant. If the private placement warrants become exercisable on a cashless basis, the exercise of such warrants may result in material dilution to our public shareholders. In addition, if our sponsor or an affiliate of our sponsor or certain of our officers and directors make any working capital loans, such persons may convert those loans into up to an aggregate of 1,500,000 private placement-equivalent warrants, at the price of $1.00 per warrant, which conversion may result in material dilution to our public shareholders. To the extent we issue ordinary shares to effectuate a business transaction, the potential for the issuance of a substantial number of additional Class A ordinary shares upon exercise of these warrants could make us a less attractive acquisition vehicle to a target business. Such warrants, when exercised, will increase the number of issued and outstanding Class A ordinary shares and reduce the value of the Class A ordinary shares issued to complete the business transaction. Therefore, our warrants may make it more difficult to effectuate a business transaction or increase the cost of acquiring the target business.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 7
    We may redeem your unexpired warrants prior to their exercise at a time that is disadvantageous to you, thereby making your warrants worthless.

    We have the ability to redeem outstanding warrants at any time prior to their expiration, at a price of $0.01 per warrant, provided that the closing price of our Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $18.00 per share (as adjusted for share sub-divisions, share capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within a 30 trading-day period commencing at least 30 days after completion of our initial business combination and ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which we give proper notice of such redemption to the warrants holders and provided certain other conditions are met. We will not redeem the warrants as described above unless a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the issuance of the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants is then effective and a current prospectus relating to those Class A ordinary shares is available throughout such measurement period. If and when the warrants become redeemable by us, we may not exercise our redemption right if the issuance of ordinary shares upon exercise of the warrants is not exempt from registration or qualification under applicable state blue sky laws or we are unable to effect such registration or qualification. We will use our best efforts to register or qualify such ordinary shares under the blue sky laws of the state of residence in those states in which the warrants were offered by us in our initial public offering. Redemption of the outstanding warrants could force you to (i) exercise your warrants and pay the exercise price therefor at a time when it may be disadvantageous for you to do so, (ii) sell your warrants at the then-current market price when you might otherwise wish to hold your warrants or (iii) accept the nominal redemption price which, at the time the outstanding warrants are called for redemption, is likely to be substantially less than the market value of your warrants.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 8
    A provision of our warrant agreement may make it more difficult for us to consummate an initial business combination.

    If (i) we issue additional ordinary shares or equity-linked securities for capital raising purposes in connection with the closing of our initial business combination at a Newly Issued Price of less than $9.20 per Class A ordinary share, (ii) the aggregate gross proceeds from such issuances represent more than 60% of the total equity proceeds, and interest thereon, available for the funding of our initial business combination, and (iii) the Market Value of our Class A ordinary shares is below $9.20 per share, then the exercise price of the warrants will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 115% of the higher of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price, and the $18.00 per share redemption trigger price will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 180% of the higher of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price. This may make it more difficult for us to consummate an initial business combination with a target business.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 9
    Our warrant agreement will designate the courts of the State of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by holders of our warrants, which could limit the ability of warrant holders to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with our company.

    Our warrant agreement will provide that, subject to applicable law, (i) any action, proceeding or claim against us arising out of or relating in any way to the warrant agreement, including under the Securities Act, will be brought and enforced in the courts of the State of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and (ii) that we irrevocably submit to such jurisdiction, which jurisdiction shall be the exclusive forum for any such action, proceeding or claim. We will waive any objection to such exclusive jurisdiction and that such courts represent an inconvenient forum. With respect to any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, we note, however, that there is uncertainty as to whether a court would enforce this provision and that investors cannot waive compliance with the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder. Section 22 of the Securities Act creates concurrent jurisdiction for state and federal courts over all suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Securities Act or the rules and regulations thereunder. If it is conclusively determined that the exclusive forum provision applies to claims under the Securities Act, we will notify investors of such update in future SEC filings (which notification will include, clarification that the exclusive forum provision does not apply to claims under the Exchange Act). Notwithstanding the foregoing, these provisions of the warrant agreement will not apply to suits brought to enforce any liability or duty created by the Exchange Act or any other claim for which the federal district courts of the United States of America are the sole and exclusive forum. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in any of our warrants shall be deemed to have notice of and to have consented to the forum provisions in our warrant agreement. If any action, the subject matter of which is within the scope the forum provisions of the warrant agreement, is filed in a court other than a court of the State of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (a "foreign action") in the name of any holder of our warrants, such holder shall be deemed to have consented to: (x) the personal jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in the State of New York in connection with any action brought in any such court to enforce the forum provisions (an "enforcement action"), and (y) having service of process made upon such warrant holder in any such enforcement action by service upon such warrant holder's counsel in the foreign action as agent for such warrant holder. This choice-of-forum provision may limit a warrant holder's ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it finds favorable for disputes with our company, which may discourage such lawsuits. Alternatively, if a court were to find this provision of our warrant agreement inapplicable or unenforceable with respect to one or more of the specified types of actions or proceedings, we may incur additional costs associated with resolving such matters in other jurisdictions, which could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations and result in a diversion of the time and resources of our management and board of directors.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 10
    We may amend the terms of the warrants in a manner that may be adverse to holders of public warrants with the approval by the holders of at least 50% of the then-outstanding public warrants. As a result, the exercise price of your warrants could be increased, the exercise period could be shortened and the number of Class A ordinary shares purchasable upon exercise of a warrant could be decreased, all without your approval.

    Our warrants were 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 for the purpose of (i) curing any ambiguity or to correct any defective provision or mistake, (ii) adjusting the provisions relating to cash dividends on ordinary shares as contemplated by and in accordance with the warrant agreement, (iii) adding or changing any 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 rights of the registered holders of the warrants or (iv) to provide for the delivery of the Alternative Issuance (as defined in the warrant agreement), provided that the approval by the holders of at least 50% of the then-outstanding public warrants is required to make any change that adversely affects the interests of the registered holders of public warrants. Accordingly, we may amend the terms of the public warrants in a manner adverse to a holder of public warrants if holders of at least 50% of the then-outstanding public warrants approve of such amendment. Although our ability to amend the terms of the public warrants with the consent of at least 50% of the then-outstanding public warrants is unlimited, examples of such amendments could be amendments to, among other things, increase the exercise price of the warrants, convert the warrants into cash or shares, shorten the exercise period or decrease the number of Class A ordinary shares purchasable upon exercise of a warrant.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 11
    Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provide that the courts of the Cayman Islands will be the exclusive forums for certain disputes between us and our shareholders, which could limit our shareholders' ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for complaints against us or our directors, officers or employees.

    Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provide that, unless we consent in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the courts of the Cayman Islands shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any claim or dispute arising out of or in connection with our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association or otherwise related in any way to each shareholder's shareholding in us, including, but not limited to, (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on our behalf, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of any fiduciary or other duty owed by any of our current or former directors, officers or other employees to us or our shareholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the Companies Act or our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, or (iv) any action asserting a claim against us governed by the internal affairs doctrine (as such concept is recognized under the laws of the United States of America) and that each shareholder irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Cayman Islands over all such claims or disputes. The forum selection provision in our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will not apply to actions or suits brought to enforce any liability or duty created by the Securities Act, Exchange Act or any claim for which the federal district courts of the United States of America are, as a matter of the laws of the United States of America, the sole and exclusive forum for determination of such a claim. Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association also provide that, without prejudice to any other rights or remedies that we may have, each of our shareholders acknowledges that damages alone would not be an adequate remedy for any breach of the selection of the courts of the Cayman Islands as exclusive forum and that accordingly we shall be entitled, without proof of special damages, to the remedies of injunction, specific performance or other equitable relief for any threatened or actual breach of the selection of the courts of the Cayman Islands as exclusive forum. This choice of forum provision may increase a shareholder's cost and limit the shareholder's ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it finds favorable for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees, which may discourage lawsuits against us and our directors, officers and other employees. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any of our shares or other securities, whether by transfer, sale, operation of law or otherwise, shall be deemed to have notice of and have irrevocably agreed and consented to these provisions. There is uncertainty as to whether a court would enforce such provisions, and the enforceability of similar choice of forum provisions in other companies' charter documents has been challenged in legal proceedings. It is possible that a court could find this type of provisions to be inapplicable or unenforceable, and if a court were to find this provision in our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to be inapplicable or unenforceable in an action, we may incur additional costs associated with resolving the dispute in other jurisdictions, which could have adverse effect on our business and financial performance.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 12
    Provisions in our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association may inhibit a takeover of us, which could limit the price investors might be willing to pay in the future for our Class A ordinary shares and could entrench management.

    Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association contain provisions that may discourage unsolicited takeover proposals that shareholders may consider to be in their best interests. These provisions include a staggered board of directors and the ability of the board of directors to designate the terms of and issue new series of preference shares, which may make the removal of management more difficult and may discourage transactions that otherwise could involve payment of a premium over prevailing market prices for our securities.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 13
    After our initial business combination, it is possible that a majority of our directors and officers will live outside the United States and all of our assets will be located outside the United States; therefore, investors may not be able to enforce federal securities laws or their other legal rights.

    It is possible that after our initial business combination, a majority of our directors and officers will reside outside of the United States and all of our assets will be located outside of the United States. As a result, it may be difficult, or in some cases not possible, for investors in the United States to enforce their legal rights, to effect service of process upon all of our directors or officers or to enforce judgments of United States courts predicated upon civil liabilities and criminal penalties on our directors and officers under United States laws.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 14
    Because we are incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands, you may face difficulties in protecting your interests, and your ability to protect your rights through the U.S. Federal courts may be limited.

    We are an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands. As a result, it may be difficult for investors to effect service of process within the United States upon our directors or officers, or enforce judgments obtained in the United States courts against our directors or officers. Our corporate affairs will be governed by our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, the Companies Act and the common law of the Cayman Islands. We will also be subject to the federal securities laws of the United States. The rights of shareholders to take action against the directors, actions by minority shareholders and the fiduciary responsibilities of our directors to us under Cayman Islands law are to a large extent governed by the common law of the Cayman Islands. The common law of the Cayman Islands is derived in part from comparatively limited judicial precedent in the Cayman Islands as well as from English common law, the decisions of whose courts are of persuasive authority, but are not binding on a court in the Cayman Islands. The rights of our shareholders and the fiduciary responsibilities of our directors under Cayman Islands law are different from what they would be under statutes or judicial precedent in some jurisdictions in the United States. In particular, the Cayman Islands has a different body of securities laws as compared to the United States, and certain states, such as Delaware, may have more fully developed and judicially interpreted bodies of corporate law. In addition, Cayman Islands companies may not have standing to initiate a shareholders derivative action in a Federal court of the United States. We have been advised by Maples and Calder, our Cayman Islands legal counsel, that the courts of the Cayman Islands are unlikely (i) to recognize or enforce against us judgments of courts of the United States predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the federal securities laws of the United States or any state; and (ii) in original actions brought in the Cayman Islands, to impose liabilities against us predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the federal securities laws of the United States or any state, so far as the liabilities imposed by those provisions are penal in nature. In those circumstances, although there is no statutory enforcement in the Cayman Islands of judgments obtained in the United States, the courts of the Cayman Islands will recognize and enforce a foreign money judgment of a foreign court of competent jurisdiction without retrial on the merits based on the principle that a judgment of a competent foreign court imposes upon the judgment debtor an obligation to pay the sum for which judgment has been given provided certain conditions are met. For a foreign judgment to be enforced in the Cayman Islands, such judgment must be final and conclusive and for a liquidated sum, and must not be in respect of taxes or a fine or penalty, inconsistent with a Cayman Islands judgment in respect of the same matter, impeachable on the grounds of fraud or obtained in a manner, or be of a kind the enforcement of which is, contrary to natural justice or the public policy of the Cayman Islands (awards of punitive or multiple damages may well be held to be contrary to public policy). A Cayman Islands Court may stay enforcement proceedings if concurrent proceedings are being brought elsewhere. As a result of all of the above, public shareholders may have more difficulty in protecting their interests in the face of actions taken by management, members of the board of directors or controlling shareholders than they would as public shareholders of a United States company.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 15
    Nasdaq may delist our securities from trading on its exchange, which could limit investors' ability to make transactions in our securities and subject us to additional trading restrictions.

    Our units, Class A ordinary shares and warrants are listed on the Nasdaq Global Market tier of Nasdaq. We cannot assure you that our securities will be, or will continue to be, listed on Nasdaq in the prior to the consummation of our initial business combination or that, in connection with our initial business combination, we will be able to satisfy Nasdaq's initial listing requirements. Nasdaq listing standards are quantitative and qualitative, and Nasdaq has broad discretion in applying and interpreting these standards. If we fail to satisfy applicable listing standards or Nasdaq determines that we do not meet the requirements for continued or initial listing, Nasdaq may delist our securities. To remain listed prior to the consummation of our business combination, we must continue to satisfy Nasdaq's continued listing requirements, including (among other things) maintaining a minimum bid price and meeting applicable distribution and financial standards. In connection with the Business Combination, we expect to apply to list our securities on the Nasdaq Capital Market. Nasdaq will require us to demonstrate compliance with the Nasdaq Capital Market initial listing requirements, which may be more rigorous than continued listing requirements and are subject to Nasdaq's review in the context of the transaction. Under Nasdaq rules, an applicant for initial listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market must meet all of the applicable initial listing requirements and at least one of the specified initial financial standards. These requirements include, among other things: - a minimum bid price of $4.00 per share, or an alternative minimum closing price (generally $3.00 or, in certain cases, $2.00) if specified additional criteria are met, with the applicable price requirement satisfied for at least five consecutive business days prior to approval;- at least 1,000,000 unrestricted publicly held shares;- at least 300 round lot holders (with additional requirements regarding holders of unrestricted securities in specified circumstances);- at least three registered and active market makers; and - satisfaction of one of the initial listing standards (which include thresholds relating to stockholders' equity, market value of unrestricted publicly held shares, market value of listed securities, and/or net income, as applicable). We cannot assure you that we will meet these initial listing requirements at the time Nasdaq evaluates our application in connection with the proposed business combination, including as a result of redemptions, insufficient public float, insufficient distribution, an insufficient trading price, or our inability to satisfy the applicable financial standards. If Nasdaq delists our securities from trading on its exchange and we are not able to list our securities on another national securities exchange, we expect our securities could be quoted on an over-the-counter market. If this were to occur, we could face significant material adverse consequences, including: - a limited availability of market quotations for our securities;- reduced liquidity for our securities;- a determination that our Class A ordinary shares are a "penny stock" which would require brokers trading in our Class A ordinary shares to adhere to more stringent rules and could result in a reduced level of trading activity in the secondary trading market for our securities;- a limited amount of news and analyst coverage; and - a decreased ability to issue additional securities or obtain additional financing in the future. The National Securities Markets Improvement Act of 1996, which is a federal statute, prevents or preempts states from regulating the sale of certain securities, which are referred to as "covered securities." Because our securities are listed on Nasdaq, our units, Class A ordinary shares and warrants qualify as covered securities under the statute. Although the states are preempted from regulating the sale of our securities, the federal statute allows states to investigate companies if there is a suspicion of fraud, and, if there is a finding of fraudulent activity, states can regulate or bar the sale of covered securities in a particular case. While we are not aware of a state having used these powers to prohibit or restrict the sale of securities issued by blank check companies, other than the State of Idaho, certain state securities regulators view blank check companies unfavorably and might use these powers, or threaten to use these powers, to hinder the sale of securities of blank check companies in their states. Further, if we were no longer listed on Nasdaq, our securities would not qualify as covered securities under the statute and we would be subject to regulation in each state in which we offer our securities.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 16Added
    There may not be an active trading market for Factorial Energy Common Stock, which may make it difficult to sell shares of Factorial Energy Common Stock.

    An active trading market for Factorial Energy Common Stock may not develop or be sustained. If an active trading market for Factorial Energy Common Stock does not develop or is not sustained, you may not be able to sell your shares at an attractive price or at all. Furthermore, an inactive market may also impair Factorial Energy's ability to raise capital by selling shares of Factorial Energy Common Stock in the future, and may impair Factorial Energy's ability to enter into strategic collaborations or acquire companies or products by using shares of Factorial Energy's common stock as consideration.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 17Added
    Future sales or issuances, or the perception of future sales or issuances, by Factorial Energy or its stockholders in the public market, including through conversion of the Series B Common Stock, could cause the market price for Factorial Energy's securities to decline and dilution to Factorial Energy's stockholders.

    The sale or issuance of Factorial Energy's securities in the public market, or the perception that such sales or issuances could occur, including through the conversion of the Series B Common Stock into Series A Common Stock or any additional issuances of the Series B Common Stock, could harm the prevailing market price of Factorial Energy's securities and cause dilution to Factorial Energy's stockholders. The lock-up restrictions applicable to the vast majority of the shares of Series A Common Stock issued in the Merger have expired as a result of the satisfaction of the applicable trading price conditions set forth therein. In addition, we have registered the resale of such shares of Series A Common Stock (including shares issuable upon conversion of the Series B Common Stock or exercise of certain warrants or options) issued to persons who acquired such shares in transactions exempt from registration under the Securities Act. As a result, substantially all of our outstanding shares of Series A Common Stock (including shares issuable upon conversion or exercise of other securities) may be sold at any time, subject only to compliance with insider trading laws and restrictions under our insider trading policy applicable to our officers, directors, employees and certain entities with which they are affiliated. These sales, issuances or conversions, or the possibility that these sales, issuances or conversions may occur, also might make it more difficult for Factorial Energy to sell equity securities in the future at a time and at a price that Factorial Energy deems appropriate. Shares of Series A Common Stock reserved for future issuance under its equity incentive plans will become eligible for sale in the public market once those shares are issued, subject to provisions relating to various vesting agreements and, in some cases, limitations on volume and manner of sale applicable to affiliates under Rule 144, as applicable. The compensation committee of the Factorial Energy Board may determine the exact number of shares to be reserved for future issuance under Factorial Energy's equity incentive plans at its discretion. Factorial Energy has filed, and expects to continue to file, registration statements on Form S-8 under the Securities Act to register shares of Series A Common Stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Series A Common Stock issued pursuant to its equity incentive plans. Any such Form S-8 registration statements will automatically become effective upon filing. Accordingly, shares registered under such registration statements will be available for sale in the open market. In the future, Factorial Energy may also issue its securities in connection with investments or acquisitions. The number of shares of Series A Common Stock issued in connection with an investment or acquisition could constitute a material portion of Factorial Energy's then-outstanding shares of Series A Common Stock. Any issuance of additional securities in connection with investments or acquisitions may result in additional dilution to Factorial Energy's stockholders.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 18Added
    The market price of Series A Common Stock may be volatile, and investors could lose all or part of their investment.

    The trading price of Series A Common Stock has been, and is likely to continue to be, highly volatile and subject to wide fluctuations in response to various factors, many of which Factorial Energy cannot control. The stock market in general, and emerging technology companies in particular, have experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations that have often been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of these companies. Broad market and industry factors may negatively affect the market price of Series A Common Stock, regardless of its actual operating performance. In addition to the factors discussed in this "Risk Factors" section and elsewhere in this Quarterly Report, these factors include, without limitation: - the success of competitive products or announcements by potential competitors of their product development efforts;- regulatory actions with respect to Factorial Energy's products or Factorial Energy's competitors' products or product candidates;- actual or anticipated changes in Factorial Energy's growth rate relative to its competitors;- regulatory or legal developments in the United States and other countries;- developments or disputes concerning Factorial Energy's patent applications, issued patents, or other proprietary rights;- the recruitment or departure of key personnel;- announcements by Factorial Energy or its competitors of significant acquisitions, strategic collaborations, joint ventures, collaborations or capital commitments;- actual or anticipated changes in estimates as to financial results, development timelines or recommendations by securities analysts;- fluctuations in the valuation of companies perceived by investors to be comparable to Factorial Energy;- market conditions in the EV or battery sectors;- share price and volume fluctuations attributable to inconsistent trading volume levels of Series A Common Stock;- announcement or expectation of additional financing efforts;- sales of Series A Common Stock and Series B Common Stock by Factorial Energy, its insiders or its other stockholders;- expiration of market stand-off or lock-up agreements;- the impact of any public health emergencies, natural disasters, or geopolitical events, including civil or political unrest or military conflicts; and - general economic, political, industry and market conditions. The realization of any of the above risks or any of a broad range of other risks, including those described in this "Risk Factors" section, could have a dramatic and adverse impact on the market price of Series A Common Stock.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 19Added
    Factorial Energy is controlled or substantially influenced by the Legacy Factorial Founders, whose interests may conflict with other stockholders.

    Dr. Siyu Huang, Factorial Energy's Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer and Dr. Alex Yu, Factorial Energy's Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer (together, the "Legacy Factorial Founders") owned, collectively with their affiliated trusts, approximately 19.1% of the outstanding Factorial Energy Common Stock as of June 30, 2026. Additionally, as the Legacy Factorial Founders own shares of Series B Common Stock, representing ten votes per share, the Legacy Factorial Founders have, collectively, approximately 62.9% of the total voting power of the outstanding Factorial Energy Common Stock as of June 30, 2026. As a result of this dual-class structure, the Legacy Factorial Founders control Factorial Energy. As long as the Legacy Factorial Founders continue to hold at least 62.7% of the Series B Common Stock, the Legacy Factorial Founders will hold a majority of the total voting power of Factorial Energy Common Stock and, accordingly, may be deemed to control Factorial Energy. Although Factorial Energy does not intend to avail itself of any exemptions for a "controlled company" under Nasdaq rules, for so long as the Legacy Factorial Founders hold a majority of the voting power of the Factorial Energy Common Stock, Factorial Energy qualifies as a "controlled company." As a "controlled company" under the corporate governance requirements of Nasdaq, Factorial Energy is eligible for exemptions from certain corporate governance requirements, including the requirement that a majority of its board of directors be composed of "independent directors" under Nasdaq rules and that its compensation committee consist entirely of independent directors. The Legacy Factorial Founders may have interests different than yours and may make decisions, including with respect to business combinations, financings, issuances of additional equity, restructurings or other transactions, that conflict with your interests. Additionally, the Legacy Factorial Founders' concentrated control could have the effect of delaying, preventing or deterring a change in control of Factorial Energy, could deprive you of an opportunity to receive a premium for your shares as part of a sale of Factorial Energy and could ultimately affect the market price of Factorial Energy's securities. For example, because the Legacy Factorial Founders may have purchased their shares at prices substantially below the price at which shares are being sold in this transaction and have held their shares for a longer period, they may be more interested in selling Factorial Energy to an acquirer than other investors or they may want Factorial Energy to pursue strategies that deviate from the interests of other stockholders. This disproportionate voting control is expected to persist for the foreseeable future. So long as the Legacy Factorial Founders continue to hold Series B Common Stock, you will have limited ability to influence corporate matters and could be outvoted on any matter submitted to a vote of stockholders.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 20Added
    Factorial Energy is an emerging growth company within the meaning of the Securities Act, and if we take advantage of certain exemptions from disclosure requirements available to emerging growth companies, this could make our securities less attractive to investors and may make it more difficult to compare our performance with other public companies.

    Factorial Energy is, an "emerging growth company" within the meaning of the Securities Act, as modified by the JOBS Act. Accordingly, we may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies, including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor internal controls attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. As a result, our shareholders may not have access to certain information they may deem important. We could be an emerging growth company for up the last day of the fiscal year ending after the fifth anniversary of the effectiveness of CGC's IPO registration statement, although circumstances could cause us to lose that status earlier, including if the market value of our Series A Common Stock held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of any June 30 before that time, in which case we would no longer be an emerging growth company as of the following December 31. We cannot predict whether investors will find our securities less attractive because we will rely on these exemptions. If some investors find our securities less attractive as a result of our reliance on these exemptions, the trading prices of our securities may be lower than they otherwise would be, there may be a less active trading market for our securities and the trading prices of our securities may be more volatile. Further, Section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or revised financial accounting standards until private companies (that is, those that have not had a Securities Act registration statement declared effective or do not have a class of securities registered under the Exchange Act) are required to comply with the new or revised financial accounting standards. The JOBS Act provides that a company can elect to opt out of the extended transition period and comply with the requirements that apply to non-emerging growth companies but any such an election to opt out is irrevocable. We have elected not to opt out of such extended transition period which means that when a standard is issued or revised and it has different application dates for public or private companies, we, as an emerging growth company, can adopt the new or revised standard at the time private companies adopt the new or revised standard. This may make comparison of our financial statements with another public company which is neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging growth company which has opted out of using the extended transition period difficult or impossible because of the potential differences in accounting standards used. Additionally, CGC was a "smaller reporting company" as defined in Item 10(f)(1) of Regulation S-K. Smaller reporting companies may take advantage of certain reduced disclosure obligations, including, among other things, providing only two years of audited financial statements. Following the Closing, the Factorial Energy determined it is no longer a smaller reporting company. However, for as long as Factorial Energy qualifies as an emerging growth company, the Company does not expect the loss of smaller reporting company status to have a material effect on its reporting obligations.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 21
    We are an emerging growth company and a smaller reporting company within the meaning of the Securities Act, and if we take advantage of certain exemptions from disclosure requirements available to emerging growth companies or smaller reporting companies, this could make our securities less attractive to investors and may make it more difficult to compare our performance with other public companies.

    We are an "emerging growth company" within the meaning of the Securities Act, as modified by the JOBS Act, and we may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies, including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor internal controls attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. As a result, our shareholders may not have access to certain information they may deem important. We could be an emerging growth company for up to five years, although circumstances could cause us to lose that status earlier, including if the market value of our Class A ordinary shares held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of any June 30th before that time, in which case we would no longer be an emerging growth company as of the following December 31st. We cannot predict whether investors will find our securities less attractive because we will rely on these exemptions. If some investors find our securities less attractive as a result of our reliance on these exemptions, the trading prices of our securities may be lower than they otherwise would be, there may be a less active trading market for our securities and the trading prices of our securities may be more volatile. Further, Section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or revised financial accounting standards until private companies (that is, those that have not had a Securities Act registration statement declared effective or do not have a class of securities registered under the Exchange Act) are required to comply with the new or revised financial accounting standards. The JOBS Act provides that a company can elect to opt out of the extended transition period and comply with the requirements that apply to non-emerging growth companies but any such an election to opt out is irrevocable. We have elected not to opt out of such extended transition period which means that when a standard is issued or revised and it has different application dates for public or private companies, we, as an emerging growth company, can adopt the new or revised standard at the time private companies adopt the new or revised standard. This may make comparison of our financial statements with another public company which is neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging growth company which has opted out of using the extended transition period difficult or impossible because of the potential differences in accounting standards used. Additionally, we are a "smaller reporting company" as defined in Item 10(f)(1) of Regulation S-K. Smaller reporting companies may take advantage of certain reduced disclosure obligations, including, among other things, providing only two years of audited financial statements. We will remain a smaller reporting company until the last day of the fiscal year in which (1) the market value of our ordinary shares held by non-affiliates is equal to or exceeds $250 million as of the prior June 30th, or (2) our annual revenues equaled or exceeded $100 million during such completed fiscal year and the market value of our ordinary shares held by non-affiliates is equal to or exceeds $700 million as of the prior June 30th. To the extent we take advantage of such reduced disclosure obligations, it may also make comparison of our financial statements with other public companies difficult or impossible.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 22
    Our officers, directors, security holders and their respective affiliates may have competitive pecuniary interests that conflict with our interests.

    We have not adopted a policy that expressly prohibits our directors, officers, security holders or affiliates from having a direct or indirect pecuniary or financial interest in any investment to be acquired or disposed of by us or in any transaction to which we are a party or have an interest. In fact, we may enter into a business combination with a target business that is affiliated with our initial shareholders, directors or officers, although we do not intend to do so. Nor do we have a policy that expressly prohibits any such persons from engaging for their own account in business activities of the types conducted by us. Accordingly, such persons or entities may have a conflict between their interests and ours. Any such companies, businesses or investments may present additional conflicts of interest in pursuing an initial business combination target. However, we do not believe that any such potential conflicts would materially affect our ability to complete our initial business combination. The personal and financial interests of our directors and officers may influence their motivation in timely identifying and selecting a target business and completing a business combination. Consequently, our directors' and officers' discretion in identifying and selecting a suitable target business may result in a conflict of interest when determining whether the terms, conditions and timing of a particular business combination are appropriate and in our shareholders' best interest. If this were the case, it would be a breach of their fiduciary duties to us as a matter of Cayman Islands law and we or our shareholders might have a claim against such individuals for infringing on our shareholders' rights. However, we might not ultimately be successful in any claim we may make against them for such reason.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 23
    Our officers and directors presently have, and any of them in the future may have additional, fiduciary or contractual obligations to other entities, including other blank check companies, such as CGC II, and, accordingly, may have conflicts of interest in allocating their time and in determining to which entity a particular business opportunity should be presented.

    Until we consummate our initial business combination, we intend to engage in the business of identifying and combining with one or more businesses or entities. Our initial shareholders, officers and directors are, or may in the future become, affiliated with entities (such as operating companies or investment vehicles) that are engaged in a similar business, including CGC II. We do not have employment contracts with our officers and directors that will limit their ability to work at other businesses. In addition, our sponsor, officers and directors may participate in the formation of, or become an officer or director of, any other blank check company prior to completion of our initial business combination. As a result, our sponsor, officers and directors could have conflicts of interest in determining whether to present business combination opportunities to us or to any other blank check company, including CGC II, with which they may become involved. Our officers and directors have complete discretion, subject to applicable fiduciary duties, as to which blank check company they choose to pursue a business combination and the order in which they pursue business combinations for any of their existing or future blank check companies. Additionally, our sponsor and its affiliates, including Cartesian, may pursue business combinations for blank check companies that they have sponsored in any order, which could result in more recent blank check companies completing business combinations prior to blank check companies that were launched earlier. Each of our officers and directors presently has, and any of them in the future may have additional, fiduciary, contractual or other obligations or duties to one or more other entities, including CGC II, pursuant to which such officer or director is or will be required to present a business combination opportunity to such entities. Accordingly, if any of our officers or directors becomes aware of a business combination opportunity which is suitable for an entity to which he or she has then current fiduciary or contractual obligations, he or she will honor his or her fiduciary or contractual obligations to present such business combination opportunity to such other entity, subject to their fiduciary duties under Cayman Islands law. Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provide that, to the fullest extent permitted by law: (i) no individual serving as a director or an officer, among other persons, shall have any duty, except and to the extent expressly assumed by contract, to refrain from engaging directly or indirectly in the same or similar business activities or lines of business as us, and (ii) we renounce any interest or expectancy in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, any potential transaction or matter which (a) may be a corporate opportunity for any director or officer, on the one hand, and us, on the other or (b) the presentation of which would breach an existing legal obligation of a director or officer to any other entity.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 24
    The ownership interest of our sponsor may change, and our sponsor may divest its ownership interest in us before identifying a business combination, which could deprive us of key personnel.

    Our sponsor is a limited liability company and the sole managing member of DirectorCo. Pangaea Three-B, LP is the sole member of our sponsor and is controlled by Peter Yu, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Consequently, each of Pangaea Three-B, LP and Mr. Yu may be deemed to share voting and dispositive control over the founder shares held by our sponsor and DirectorCo, and thus to share beneficial ownership of such securities. Additionally, each of our independent directors holds a membership interest in DirectorCo. However, this may change as there is no contractual restriction on our sponsor or Mr. Yu's ability to share, sell or otherwise dispose of part or all of the interests in our sponsor or held by our sponsor. As a result, there is a risk that our sponsor (or Mr. Yu) may divest the ownership or economic interests in us, our sponsor or DirectorCo controlled by our sponsor (or Mr. Yu) before a business combination target is identified, which would likely result in our loss of certain key personnel, including Mr. Yu. Additionally, there can be no assurance that any replacement sponsor or key personnel will successfully identify a business combination target for us, or, even if one is so identified, successfully complete such business combination.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 25
    Our letter agreements with our initial shareholders, officers and directors may be amended without shareholder approval.

    Our letter agreements with our initial shareholders, officers and directors contain provisions relating to transfer restrictions of our founder shares and private placement warrants, indemnification of the trust account, waiver of redemption rights and participation in liquidating distributions from the trust account. The letter agreements may be amended without shareholder approval. While we do not expect our board to approve any amendment to the letter agreements prior to our initial business combination, it may be possible that our board, in exercising its business judgment and subject to its fiduciary duties, chooses to approve one or more amendments to the letter agreements. Any such amendments to the letter agreements would not require approval from our shareholders and may have an adverse effect on the value of an investment in our securities.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 26
    Because we must furnish our shareholders with target business financial statements, we may lose the ability to complete an otherwise advantageous initial business combination with some prospective target businesses.

    The federal proxy rules require that the proxy statement with respect to the vote on an initial business combination include historical and pro forma financial statement disclosure. We will include the same financial statement disclosure in connection with our tender offer documents, whether or not they are required under the tender offer rules. These financial statements may be required to be prepared in accordance with, or be reconciled to, GAAP or international financial reporting standards as issued by the IFRS depending on the circumstances and the historical financial statements may be required to be audited in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. These financial statement requirements may limit the pool of potential target businesses we may acquire because some targets may be unable to provide such financial statements in time for us to disclose such statements in accordance with federal proxy rules and complete our initial business combination within the prescribed time frame.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 27
    The provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association that relate to our pre-business combination activity (and corresponding provisions of the agreement governing the release of funds from our trust account) may be amended with the approval of holders of not less than two-thirds of our ordinary shares which are represented in person or by proxy and are voted at a general meeting of the company, which is a lower amendment threshold than that of some other SPACs. It may be easier for us, therefore, to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to facilitate the completion of an initial business combination that some of our shareholders may not support.

    Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provide that any of its provisions related to pre-business combination activity (including the requirement to deposit the proceeds from our initial public offering and the private placement of warrants into the trust account and not release such amounts except in specified circumstances, and to provide redemption rights to public shareholders as described herein, and other than amendments relating to the provisions regulating the appointment and removal of directors and continuing the company in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands, which require a special resolution passed by the affirmative vote of at least 90% (or, where such amendment is proposed in respect of the consummation of our initial business combination, two-thirds) of the votes cast by such shareholders as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at the applicable general meeting of the company) may be amended if approved by special resolution, under Cayman Islands law. Except as specified above with respect to matters requiring a 90% majority, a special resolution requires the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the votes cast by such shareholders as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at the applicable general meeting of the company. Corresponding provisions of the trust agreement governing the release of funds from our trust account may be amended if approved by the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of our ordinary shares which are represented in person or by proxy and are voted at a general meeting of the company. Our initial shareholders, who beneficially own 20% of our ordinary shares, will participate in any vote to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association and/or trust agreement and will have the discretion to vote in any manner they choose. As a result, we may be able to amend the provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association which govern our pre-business combination behavior more easily than some other SPACs, and this may increase our ability to complete a business combination with which you do not agree. Our initial shareholders, officers and directors have agreed, pursuant to letter agreements with us, that they will not propose any amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (A) to modify the substance or timing of our obligation to allow redemption in connection with our initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we have not consummated an initial business combination within the Completion Window or (B) with respect to any other material provisions relating to shareholders' rights or pre-initial business combination activity, in each case unless we provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their Class A ordinary shares upon approval of any such amendment at a per share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account (less taxes payable, but without deduction for any excise or similar tax that may be due or payable), divided by the number of then-outstanding public shares. Our public shareholders are not parties to, or third-party beneficiaries of, these agreements and, as a result, will not have the ability to pursue remedies against our initial shareholders, officers or directors for any breach of these agreements. In the event of a breach, our shareholders would need to pursue a shareholder derivative action, subject to applicable law.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 28
    In order to effectuate an initial business combination, SPACs have, in the recent past, amended various provisions of their charters and other governing instruments, including their warrant agreements. We cannot assure you that we will not seek to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association or governing instruments in a manner that will make it easier for us to complete our initial business combination that our shareholders may not support.

    In order to effectuate a business combination, SPACs have, in the recent past, amended various provisions of their charters and governing instruments, including their warrant agreements. For example, SPACs have extended the time to consummate an initial business combination and, with respect to their warrants, amended their warrant agreements to require the warrants to be exchanged for cash and/or other securities. Amending our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will require a special resolution under Cayman Islands law, which requires the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds (or, in the scenarios described below, 90%) of the votes cast by such shareholders as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at the applicable general meeting of the company, and amending our warrant agreement will require a vote of holders of at least 50% of the public warrants and, solely with respect to any amendment to the terms of the private placement warrants or any provision of the warrant agreement with respect to the private placement warrants (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the forfeiture or cancellation of any private placement warrants), 50% of the then-outstanding private placement warrants (including the vote in favor or written consent of Cantor). In addition, our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association requires us to provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their public shares, regardless of whether they abstain, vote for, or vote against, our initial business combination, for cash if we propose an amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (A) to modify the substance or timing of our obligation to allow redemption in connection with our initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we have not consummated an initial business combination within the Completion Window or (B) with respect to any other material provisions relating to shareholders' rights or pre-initial business combination activity. To the extent any of such amendments would be deemed to fundamentally change the nature of the securities offered through this registration statement, we would register, or seek an exemption from registration for, the affected securities. We cannot assure you that we will not seek to amend our charter or governing instruments or extend the time to consummate an initial business combination in order to effectuate our initial business combination.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 29
    We do not have a specified maximum redemption threshold. The absence of such a redemption threshold may make it possible for us to complete our initial business combination with which a substantial majority of our shareholders do not agree.

    Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association do not provide a specified maximum redemption threshold. Our proposed initial business combination may impose a minimum cash requirement for (i) cash consideration to be paid to the target or its owners, (ii) cash for working capital or other general corporate purposes or (iii) the retention of cash to satisfy other conditions. As a result, we may be able to complete our initial business combination even though a substantial majority of our public shareholders do not agree with the transaction and have redeemed their shares or, if we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination and do not conduct redemptions in connection with our initial business combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, have entered into privately negotiated agreements to sell their shares to our initial shareholders, officers, directors or any of their affiliates. In the event the aggregate cash consideration we would be required to pay for all Class A ordinary shares that are validly submitted for redemption plus any amount required to satisfy cash conditions pursuant to the terms of the proposed business combination exceed the aggregate amount of cash available to us, we will not complete the business combination or redeem any shares, all Class A ordinary shares submitted for redemption will be returned to the holders thereof, and we instead may search for an alternate business combination.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 30
    Our initial shareholders control the appointment of our board of directors until the consummation of our initial business combination and will hold a substantial interest in us. As a result, they will appoint all of our directors prior to the consummation of our initial business combination and may exert a substantial influence on actions requiring a shareholder vote, potentially in a manner that you do not support.

    Our initial shareholders own 20% of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares. Accordingly, they may exert a substantial influence on actions requiring a shareholder vote, potentially in a manner that you do not support, including amendments to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association. This potential concentration of influence could be disadvantageous to other shareholders with interests different from those of our initial shareholders. In addition, the founder shares, all of which are held by our initial shareholders, will entitle the holders to vote to appoint all of our directors prior to the consummation of our initial business combination. Holders of our public shares will have no right to vote on the appointment or removal of directors during such time. Further, prior to the closing of our initial business combination, only holders of our Class B ordinary shares will be entitled to vote on continuing our company in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands (including any special resolution required to amend our constitutional documents or to adopt new constitutional documents, in each case, as a result of our approving a transfer by way of continuation in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands). These provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association may only be amended if approved by a special resolution passed by the affirmative vote of at least 90% (or, where such amendment is proposed in respect of the consummation of our initial business combination, two-thirds) of the votes cast by such shareholders as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at the applicable general meeting of the company. As a result, you will not have any influence over the appointment or removal of directors prior to our initial business combination or any influence over our continuation in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands prior to our initial business combination. If our initial shareholders purchase any additional Class A ordinary shares in the aftermarket or in privately negotiated transactions, this would increase their control. Neither our initial shareholders nor, to our knowledge, any of our officers or directors, have any current intention to purchase additional securities. Factors that would be considered in making such additional purchases would include consideration of the current trading price of our Class A ordinary shares. In addition, our board of directors, whose members were appointed by our initial shareholders, is and will be divided into three classes, each of which will generally serve for a term for three years with only one class of directors being appointed in each year. We may not hold an annual or extraordinary general meeting to appoint new directors prior to the completion of our initial business combination, in which case all of the current directors will continue in office until at least the completion of the business combination. If there is an annual general meeting, as a consequence of our "staggered" board of directors, only a minority of the board of directors will be considered for appointment and our initial shareholders, because of their ownership position, will have considerable influence regarding the outcome. In addition, only holders of our Class B ordinary shares will have the right to vote on directors prior to our initial business combination. Accordingly, our initial shareholders will continue to exert control at least until the completion of our initial business combination.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 31
    Because only holders of our Class B ordinary shares have the right to vote on the appointment of directors, we are a "controlled company" within the meaning of Nasdaq rules and, as a result, we may qualify for exemptions from certain corporate governance requirements.

    Prior to the consummation of a business combination, only holders of our Class B ordinary shares will have the right to vote on the appointment of directors. As a result, we are a "controlled company" within the meaning of Nasdaq corporate governance standards. Under Nasdaq corporate governance standards, a company of which more than 50% of the voting power for the appointment of directors is held by an individual, group or another company is a "controlled company" and may elect not to comply with certain corporate governance requirements, including the requirements that: - we have a board that includes a majority of "independent directors," as defined under the rules of Nasdaq; and - we have a compensation committee of our board that is comprised entirely of independent directors with a written charter addressing the committee's purpose and responsibilities. We currently do not intend to rely on the "controlled company" exemption but may do so in the future. Accordingly, if we choose to do so, you will not have the same protections afforded to shareholders of companies that are subject to all of the Nasdaq corporate governance requirements.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 32
    We may issue our shares to investors in connection with our initial business combination at a price which is less than the prevailing market price of our shares at that time.

    In connection with our initial business combination, we may issue shares to investors in private placement transactions (so-called PIPE transactions) at a price of $10.00 per share or lower, or at a price that approximates the per share amounts in our trust account at such time. The purpose of such issuances will be to enable us to provide sufficient liquidity and capital to the post-business combination entity. The price of the shares we issue may therefore be less, and potentially significantly less, than the market price for our shares at such time. Any such issuances of equity securities could dilute the interests of our existing shareholders.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 33
    Unlike some other similarly structured SPACs, our initial shareholders will receive additional Class A ordinary shares if we issue certain shares to consummate an initial business combination.

    The founder shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares (which such Class A ordinary shares delivered upon conversion will not have any redemption rights or be entitled to liquidating distributions from the trust account if we fail to consummate an initial business combination) concurrently with or immediately following the consummation of our initial business combination, or earlier at the option of the holder, on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment for share sub-divisions, share capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like, and subject to further adjustment as provided herein. In the case that additional Class A ordinary shares, or any other equity-linked securities, are issued or deemed issued in excess of the amounts sold in the initial public offering and related to or in connection with the closing of the initial business combination, the ratio at which Class B ordinary shares 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, 20% of the sum of (i) the total number of all Class A ordinary shares outstanding upon the completion of the initial public offering (excluding the Class A ordinary shares underlying the private placement warrants), plus (ii) all Class A ordinary shares and equity-linked securities issued or deemed issued, in connection with the closing of the initial business combination (excluding any shares or equity-linked securities issued, or to be issued, to any seller in the initial business combination and any private placement-equivalent warrants issued to our sponsor or any of its affiliates or to our officers or directors upon conversion of working capital loans) minus (iii) any redemptions of Class A ordinary shares by public shareholders in connection with an initial business combination; provided that such conversion of founder shares will never occur on a less than one-for-one basis. Any conversion of Class B ordinary shares described herein will take effect as a compulsory redemption of Class B ordinary shares and an issuance of Class A ordinary shares as a matter of Cayman Islands law.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 34
    We may issue additional Class A ordinary shares or preference shares to complete our initial business combination or under an employee incentive plan after completion of our initial business combination. We may also issue Class A ordinary shares upon the conversion of the founder shares at a ratio greater than one-to-one at the time of our initial business combination as a result of the anti-dilution provisions contained therein. Any such issuances would dilute the interest of our shareholders and likely present other risks.

    Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association authorizes the issuance of up to 200,000,000 Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, 20,000,000 Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, and 1,000,000 preference shares, par value $0.0001 per share. We may issue a substantial number of additional Class A ordinary shares or preference shares to complete our initial business combination or under an employee incentive plan after completion of our initial business combination. We may also issue Class A ordinary shares upon conversion of the Class B ordinary shares at a ratio greater than one-to-one at the time of our initial business combination as a result of the anti-dilution provisions as set forth therein. However, our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provide, among other things, that prior to our initial business combination, except in connection with the conversion of Class B ordinary shares into Class A ordinary shares where the holders of such shares have waived any rights to receive funds from the trust account, we may not issue additional shares that would entitle the holders thereof to (i) receive funds from the trust account or (ii) vote as a class with public shares on any initial business combination. These provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, like all provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, may be amended with a shareholder vote. The issuance of additional ordinary or preference shares: - may significantly dilute the equity interest of investors in the initial public offering, which dilution would increase if the anti-dilution provisions in the Class B ordinary shares resulted in the issuance of Class A ordinary shares on a greater than one-to-one basis upon conversion of the Class B ordinary shares;- may subordinate the rights of holders of Class A ordinary shares if preference shares are issued with rights senior to those afforded our Class A ordinary shares;- could cause a change in control if a substantial number of Class A ordinary shares are issued, which may affect, among other things, our ability to use our net operating loss carry forwards, if any, and could result in the resignation or removal of our present officers and directors;- may have the effect of delaying or preventing a change of control of us by diluting the share ownership or voting rights of a person seeking to obtain control of us;- may adversely affect prevailing market prices for our units, Class A ordinary shares and/or warrants; and - may not result in adjustment to the exercise price of our warrants.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 35
    We are not required to obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm or from another independent entity that commonly renders valuation opinions, and consequently, you may have no assurance from an independent source that the price we are paying for the business is fair to our shareholders from a financial point of view.

    Unless we complete our initial business combination with an affiliated entity or our board of directors cannot independently determine the fair market value of the target business or businesses (including with the assistance of financial advisors), we are not required to obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm or another independent entity that commonly renders valuation opinions that the price we are paying is fair to our shareholders from a financial point of view. If no opinion is obtained, our shareholders will be relying on the judgment of our board of directors, who will determine fair market value based on standards generally accepted by the financial community. Such standards used will be disclosed in our proxy materials or tender offer documents, as applicable, related to our initial business combination.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 36
    Our independent directors have a financial interest in our founder shares through DirectorCo. They acquired that interest at no cost. As a result, our independent directors have a financial interest in consummating an initial business combination, even if our shares decline in value after that business combination and our public shareholders experience losses in connection with their investment. However, if we do not consummate our initial business combination, the founder shares would be worthless. The financial interest of our independent directors in the founder shares may give rise to a potential conflict of interest in considering potential target businesses. You should consider this potential conflict of interest in deciding whether to invest in our securities and whether to redeem your shares at the time of our initial business combination.

    Pursuant to certain subscription agreements dated October 29, 2024, on November 12, 2024, our sponsor and DirectorCo purchased an aggregate of 5,750,000 founder shares for a purchase price of $25,000, or approximately $0.004 per share. Our independent directors are members of DirectorCo and have a financial interest in DirectorCo's founder shares. Our independent directors acquired that membership interest at no cost. Consequently, our independent directors may profit substantially if we consummate our initial business combination, even if our share price declines in value after that business combination and our public shareholders, who typically have purchased their units or shares for prices at or about $10.00 each, experience significant losses in connection with their investment. If we fail to consummate an initial business combination, however, the founder shares will be worthless, although in contrast our public shareholders will receive a pro rata distribution of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account. As a result, the financial interest of our independent directors in our founder shares may prompt them to consider an initial business combination with a risky target business and/or on terms that may not be favorable to our public shareholders, particularly as the end of the Completion Window nears, which is the deadline for our completion of an initial business combination. You should consider our independent directors' potential conflict of interest when deciding whether to invest in our securities and you should consider this potential conflict of interest when you decide whether to redeem your shares at the time of our initial business combination.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 37
    Because our initial shareholders, officers and directors may lose their entire investment in us if our initial business combination is not completed (other than with respect to public shares they may have acquired after our initial public offering), a conflict of interest may arise in determining whether a particular business combination target is appropriate for our initial business combination.

    Pursuant to certain subscription agreements dated October 29, 2024, on November 12, 2024, our initial shareholders paid an aggregate of $25,000, or approximately $0.004 per share, to cover certain of our offering costs in exchange for an aggregate of 5,750,000 founder shares. The founder shares will be worthless if we do not complete an initial business combination, except to the extent they receive liquidating distributions from assets outside of the trust account. In addition, our sponsor and Cantor, the representative of the underwriters, purchased an aggregate of 6,800,000 private placement warrants in a private placement that closed simultaneously with the closing of our initial public offering. Of those 6,800,000 private placement warrants, our sponsor purchased 4,400,000 private placement warrants and Cantor has agreed to purchase 2,400,000 private placement warrants. The private placement warrants will be worthless if we do not complete our initial business combination. The personal and financial interests of our officers and directors may influence their motivation in identifying and selecting a target business combination, completing an initial business combination and influencing the operation of the business following the initial business combination. This risk may become more acute as the end of the Completion Window nears, which is the deadline for our completion of an initial business combination.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 38
    We may not hold an annual general meeting until after the consummation of our initial business combination, which could delay the opportunity for our public shareholders to discuss company affairs with management, and the holders of our Class A ordinary shares will not have the right to vote on the appointment or removal of directors or continuing the company in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands until after the consummation of our initial business combination.

    In accordance with Nasdaq corporate governance requirements, we are not required to hold an annual general meeting until no later than one year after our first fiscal year end following our listing on Nasdaq. There is no requirement under the Companies Act for us to hold annual or extraordinary general meetings to appoint directors. Until we hold an annual general meeting, public shareholders may not be afforded the opportunity to discuss company affairs with management. Our board of directors is divided into three classes with only one class of directors being appointed in each year and each class (except for those directors appointed prior to our first annual general meeting) serving a three-year term. In addition, as holders of our Class A ordinary shares, our public shareholders will not have the right to vote on the appointment or removal of directors or continuing the company in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands until after the consummation of our initial business combination.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 39
    Our shareholders may be held liable for claims by third parties against us to the extent of distributions received by them upon redemption of their shares.

    If we are forced to enter into an insolvent liquidation, any distributions received by shareholders could be viewed as an unlawful payment if it was proved that immediately following the date on which the distribution was made, we were unable to pay our debts as they fall due in the ordinary course of business. As a result, a liquidator could seek to recover some or all amounts received by our shareholders. Furthermore, our directors may be viewed as having breached their fiduciary duties to us or our creditors and/or may have acted in bad faith, thereby exposing themselves and our company to claims, by paying public shareholders from the trust account prior to addressing the claims of creditors. We cannot assure you that claims will not be brought against us for these reasons. We and our directors and officers who knowingly and willfully authorized or permitted any distribution to be paid out of our share premium account while we were unable to pay our debts as they fall due in the ordinary course of business would be guilty of an offence and may be liable to a fine of $18,293 and to imprisonment for five years in the Cayman Islands.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 40
    If we are unable to consummate our initial business combination within the Completion Window, our public shareholders may be forced to wait beyond 24 months before redemption from our trust account.

    If we are unable to consummate our initial business combination within the Completion Window, the proceeds then on deposit in the trust account, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account (less taxes payable, but without deduction for any excise or similar tax that may be due or payable, and less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), will be used to fund the redemption of our public shares, as further described herein. Any redemption of public shareholders from the trust account will be effected automatically by function of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association prior to any voluntary winding up. If we are required to wind-up, liquidate the trust account and distribute such amount therein, pro rata, to our public shareholders, as part of any liquidation process, such winding up, liquidation and distribution must comply with the applicable provisions of the Companies Act. In that case, investors may be forced to wait beyond the end of the Completion Window before the redemption proceeds of our trust account become available to them, and they receive the return of their pro rata portion of the proceeds from our trust account. We have no obligation to return funds to investors prior to the date of our redemption or liquidation unless we consummate our initial business combination prior thereto or amend certain provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association and only then in cases where investors have sought to redeem their Class A ordinary shares. Only upon our redemption or any liquidation will public shareholders be entitled to distributions if we are unable to complete our initial business combination within the Completion Window and do not amend certain provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association prior thereto.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 41
    Our directors may decide not to enforce the indemnification obligations of our sponsor, resulting in a reduction in the amount of funds in the trust account available for distribution to our public shareholders.

    In the event that the proceeds in the trust account are reduced below the lesser of (i) $10.00 per public share and (ii) the actual amount per public share held in the trust account as of the date of the liquidation of the trust account if less than $10.00 per public share due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, in each case less taxes payable (but without deduction for any excise or similar tax that may be due or payable), and our sponsor asserts that it is unable to satisfy its obligations or that it has no indemnification obligations related to a particular claim, our independent directors would determine whether to take legal action against our sponsor to enforce its indemnification obligations. While we currently expect that our independent directors would take legal action on our behalf against our sponsor to enforce its indemnification obligations to us, it is possible that our independent directors in exercising their business judgment and subject to their fiduciary duties may choose not to do so in any particular instance if, for example, the cost of such legal action is deemed by the independent directors to be too high relative to the amount recoverable or if the independent directors determine that a favorable outcome is not likely. If our independent directors choose not to enforce these indemnification obligations, the amount of funds in the trust account available for distribution to our public shareholders may be reduced below $10.00 per public share.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 42
    If third parties bring claims against us, the proceeds held in the trust account could be reduced and the per share redemption amount received by shareholders may be less than $10.00 per share.

    Our placing of funds in the trust account may not protect those funds from third party claims against us. Although we will seek to have all vendors, service providers, prospective target businesses and other entities with which we do business execute agreements with us waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies held in the trust account for the benefit of our public shareholders, such parties may not execute such agreements, or even if they execute such agreements they may not be prevented from bringing claims against the trust account, including, but not limited to, fraudulent inducement, breach of fiduciary responsibility or other similar claims, as well as claims challenging the enforceability of the waiver, in each case in order to gain advantage with respect to a claim against our assets, including the funds held in the trust account. If any third party refuses to execute an agreement waiving such claims to the monies held in the trust account, our management will consider whether competitive alternatives are reasonably available to us and will only enter into an agreement with such third party if management believes that such third party's engagement would be in the best interests of the company under the circumstances. CBIZ CPAs P.C., our independent registered public accounting firm, and the underwriters of our initial public offering will not execute agreements with us waiving such claims to the monies held in the trust account. Examples of possible instances where we may engage a third party that refuses to execute a waiver include the engagement of a third-party consultant whose particular expertise or skills are believed by management to be significantly superior to those of other consultants that would agree to execute a waiver or in cases where management is unable to find a service provider willing to execute a waiver. In addition, there is no guarantee that such entities will agree to waive any claims they may have in the future as a result of, or arising out of, any negotiations, contracts or agreements with us and will not seek recourse against the trust account for any reason. Upon redemption of our public shares, if we are unable to complete our initial business combination within the prescribed timeframe, or upon the exercise of a redemption right in connection with our initial business combination, we will be required to provide for payment of claims of creditors that were not waived that may be brought against us within the 10 years following redemption. Accordingly, the per share redemption amount received by public shareholders could be less than the $10.00 per public share initially held in the trust account, due to claims of such creditors. Our sponsor has agreed that it will be liable to us if and to the extent any claims by a third party for services rendered or products sold to us (except for our independent registered public accounting firm), or a prospective target business with which we have entered into a written letter of intent, confidentiality or other similar agreement or business combination agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the trust account to below the lesser of (i) $10.00 per public share and (ii) the actual amount per public share held in the trust account as of the date of the liquidation of the trust account, if less than $10.00 per public share due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, less taxes payable (but without deduction for any excise or similar tax that may be due or payable), provided that such liability will not apply to any claims by a third party or prospective target business who executed a waiver of any and all rights to the monies held in the trust account (whether or not such waiver is enforceable) nor will it apply to any claims under our indemnity of the underwriters of our initial public offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. However, we have not asked our sponsor to reserve for such indemnification obligations, nor have we independently verified whether our sponsor has sufficient funds to satisfy its indemnity obligations and we believe that our sponsor's only assets are securities of our company. Therefore, we cannot assure you that our sponsor would be able to satisfy those obligations. As a result, if any such claims were successfully made against the trust account, the funds available for our initial business combination and redemptions could be reduced to less than $10.00 per public share. In such event, we may not be able to complete our initial business combination, and you would receive such lesser amount per share in connection with any redemption of your public shares. None of our officers or directors will indemnify us for claims by third parties including, without limitation, claims by vendors and prospective target businesses.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 43
    The ability of our public shareholders to exercise redemption rights with respect to a large number of our shares could increase the probability that our initial business combination would be unsuccessful and that you would have to wait for liquidation in order to redeem your shares.

    If our initial business combination agreement requires us to use a portion of the cash in the trust account to pay the purchase price, or requires us to have a minimum amount of cash at closing, the probability that our initial business combination would be unsuccessful is increased. If our initial business combination is unsuccessful, you would not receive your pro rata portion of the funds in the trust account until we liquidate the trust account. If you are in need of immediate liquidity, you could attempt to sell your shares in the open market; however, at such time our shares may trade at a discount to the pro rata amount per share in the trust account. In either situation, you may suffer a material loss on your investment or lose the benefit of funds expected in connection with your exercise of redemption rights until we liquidate or you are able to sell your shares in the open market.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 44
    The ability of our public shareholders to exercise redemption rights with respect to a large number of our shares and the amount of deferred underwriting compensation may not allow us to complete the most desirable business combination or optimize our capital structure, and may substantially dilute your investment in us.

    At the time we enter into an agreement for our initial business combination, we will not know how many shareholders may exercise their redemption rights, and therefore will need to structure the transaction based on our expectations as to the number of shares that will be submitted for redemption. If our initial business combination agreement requires us to use a portion of the cash in the trust account to pay the purchase price, or requires us to have a minimum amount of cash at closing, we will need to reserve a portion of the cash in the trust account to meet such requirements, or arrange for third party financing. In addition, if a larger number of shares are submitted for redemption than we initially expected, we may need to restructure the transaction to reserve a greater portion of the cash in the trust account or arrange for third party financing. Raising additional third party financing may involve dilutive equity issuances or the incurrence of indebtedness at higher than desirable levels. Furthermore, this dilution would increase to the extent that the anti-dilution provision of the Class B ordinary shares results in the issuance of Class A ordinary shares on a greater than one-to-one basis upon conversion of the Class B ordinary shares at the time of our initial business combination. In addition, the amount of the deferred underwriting compensation payable to the underwriters will not be adjusted for any shares that are redeemed in connection with an initial business combination. The per share amount we will distribute to shareholders who properly exercise their redemption rights will not be reduced by the deferred underwriting compensation and after such redemptions, the amount held in trust will continue to reflect our obligation to pay the entire deferred underwriting compensation. The above considerations may limit our ability to complete the most desirable business combination available to us or optimize our capital structure. As a result, our obligations to redeem public shares for which redemption is requested and to pay the deferred underwriting commissions may not allow us to complete the most desirable business combination or optimize our capital structure. In addition, raising additional third-party financing may involve dilutive equity issuances or the incurrence of indebtedness at higher than desirable levels. Furthermore, this dilution would increase to the extent that the anti-dilution provisions of the Class B ordinary shares result in the issuance of Class A ordinary shares on a greater than one-to-one basis upon conversion of the Class B ordinary shares at the time of our business combination. The above considerations may limit our ability to complete the most desirable business combination available to us or optimize our capital structure and may result in substantial dilution from your purchase of our Class A ordinary shares. The effect of this dilution will be greater for shareholders who do not redeem. The amount of the deferred underwriting compensation payable to the underwriters will not be adjusted for any shares that are redeemed in connection with an initial business combination, which may further dilute your investment. The per share amount we will distribute to shareholders who properly exercise their redemption rights will not be reduced by the deferred underwriting compensation and after such redemptions, the per share value of shares held by non-redeeming shareholders will reflect our obligation to pay the deferred underwriting compensation. We may not be able to generate sufficient value from the completion of our initial business combination in order to overcome the dilutive impact of these and other factors, and, accordingly, you may incur a net loss on your investment. Please see "- Risks Relating to Our Securities - The nominal purchase price paid by our initial shareholders for the founder shares may result in significant dilution to the implied value of your public shares upon the consummation of our initial business combination, and our initial shareholders are likely to make a substantial profit on their investment in us in the event we consummate an initial business combination, even if the business combination causes the trading price of our ordinary shares to materially decline."

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 45
    The ability of our public shareholders to redeem their shares for cash may make our financial condition unattractive to potential business combination targets, which may make it difficult for us to enter into a business combination with a target.

    We may seek to enter into a business combination transaction agreement with a minimum cash requirement for (i) cash consideration to be paid to the target or its owners, (ii) cash for working capital or other general corporate purposes or (iii) the retention of cash to satisfy other conditions. If too many public shareholders exercise their redemption rights, we would not be able to meet such closing condition and, as a result, would not be able to proceed with the business combination. Consequently, if accepting all properly submitted redemption requests would not allow us to satisfy a closing condition as described above, we would not proceed with such redemption and the related business combination and may instead search for an alternate business combination. Prospective targets will be aware of these risks and, thus, may be reluctant to enter into a business combination transaction with us.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 46
    Your only opportunity to effect your investment decision regarding a potential business combination may be limited to the exercise of your right to redeem your shares from us for cash.

    At the time of your investment in us, you will not be provided with an opportunity to evaluate the specific merits or risks of our initial business combination. Because our board of directors may complete a business combination without seeking shareholder approval, public shareholders may not have the right or opportunity to vote on the business combination, unless we seek such shareholder vote. Accordingly, your only opportunity to effect your investment decision regarding our initial business combination may be limited to exercising your redemption rights within the period of time (which will be at least 20 business days) set forth in our tender offer documents mailed to our public shareholders in which we describe our initial business combination. The amount of the deferred underwriting commissions payable to the underwriters will not be adjusted for any shares that are redeemed in connection with an initial business combination. The per share amount we will distribute to shareholders who properly exercise their redemption rights will not be reduced by the deferred underwriting commissions and after such redemptions, the per share value of shares held by non-redeeming shareholders will reflect our obligation to pay the deferred underwriting commissions.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 47
    If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination, our initial shareholders and management team have agreed to vote in favor of such initial business combination, regardless of how our public shareholders vote. Additionally, assuming that only the holders of one-third of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares, representing a quorum under our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, vote their shares at a general meeting of the company, that all founder shares are voted in favor of a proposal to approve an initial business combination, and that no additional proposal requiring an approval threshold higher than that of an ordinary resolution is required to approve such initial business combination, we would not need any public shares in addition to our founder shares to be voted in favor of an initial business combination in order to approve an initial business combination.

    Our initial shareholders own 20% of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares following the completion of our initial public offering. Our initial shareholders and management team also may from time to time purchase Class A ordinary shares prior to our initial business combination. Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provide that, if we seek shareholder approval of an initial business combination, such initial business combination will be approved if we receive an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law and our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, which requires the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the votes cast by such shareholders as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at the applicable general meeting of the company. As a result, in addition to our initial shareholders' founder shares, we would need 10,350,001, or 37.5%, of the 27,600,000 public shares issued and outstanding to be voted in favor of an initial business combination in order to have our initial business combination approved, assuming all outstanding shares are voted. Assuming that only the holders of one-third of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares, representing a quorum under our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, vote their ordinary shares at a general meeting of the company, that all founder shares are voted in favor of a proposal to approve an initial business combination, and that no additional proposal requiring an approval threshold higher than that of an ordinary resolution is required to approve such initial business combination, we would not need any public shares in addition to our founder shares to be voted in favor of an initial business combination in order to approve an initial business combination. However, if our initial business combination is structured as a statutory merger or consolidation with another company under Cayman Islands law, the approval of our initial business combination will require a special resolution, which requires the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the votes cast by such shareholders as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at the applicable general meeting of the company. Accordingly, if we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination, the agreement by our initial shareholders and management team to vote in favor of our initial business combination (aside from shares they may purchase in compliance with the requirements of Rule 14e-5 under the Exchange Act, which would not be voted in favor of approving the business combination transaction) will increase the likelihood that an ordinary resolution will be passed, being the requisite shareholder approval for such initial business combination.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 48
    Our public shareholders may not be afforded an opportunity to vote on our proposed initial business combination, and even if we hold a vote, holders of our founder shares will participate in such vote, which means we may complete our initial business combination even though a majority of our public shareholders do not support such a combination.

    We may choose not to hold a shareholder vote to approve our initial business combination unless the business combination would require shareholder approval under applicable law or stock exchange listing requirements. In such case, the decision as to whether we will seek shareholder approval of a proposed business combination or will allow shareholders to sell their shares to us in a tender offer will be made by us, solely in our discretion, and will be based on a variety of factors, such as the timing of the transaction and whether the terms of the transaction would otherwise require us to seek shareholder approval. Even if we seek shareholder approval, the holders of our founder shares will participate in the vote on such approval, which means we may complete our initial business combination even though a majority of our public shareholders do not support such a combination. Additionally, assuming that only the holders of one-third of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares, representing a quorum under our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, vote their shares at a general meeting of the company, that all founder shares are voted in favor of a proposal to approve an initial business combination, and that no additional proposal requiring an approval threshold higher than that of an ordinary resolution is required to approve such initial business combination, we would not need any public shares in addition to our founder shares to be voted in favor of an initial business combination in order to approve an initial business combination.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 49
    If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination and we do not conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules, and if you or a "group" of shareholders are deemed to hold in excess of 15% of our Class A ordinary shares, you may lose the ability to redeem all such shares in excess of 15% of our Class A ordinary shares.

    If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination and we do not conduct redemptions in connection with our initial business combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provide that a public shareholder, together with any affiliate of such shareholder or any other person with whom such shareholder is acting in concert or as a "group" (as defined under Section 13 of the Exchange Act), will be restricted from redeeming its shares with respect to more than an aggregate of 15% of the shares sold in the initial public offering, which we refer to as the "Excess Shares," without our prior consent. However, we would not be restricting our shareholders' ability to vote all of their shares (including Excess Shares) for or against our initial business combination. Your inability to redeem the Excess Shares will reduce your influence over our ability to complete our initial business combination and you could suffer a material loss on your investment in us if you sell Excess Shares in open market transactions. Additionally, you will not receive redemption distributions with respect to the Excess Shares if we complete our initial business combination. And as a result, you will continue to hold that number of shares exceeding 15% and, in order to dispose of such shares, would be required to sell your shares in open market transactions, potentially at a loss.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 50
    You will not be entitled to protections normally afforded to investors of other blank check companies subject to Rule 419 of the Securities Act.

    Because the net proceeds of our initial public offering and the sale of the private placement warrants are intended to be used to complete one or more initial business combinations with a target business or businesses that have not been selected, we may be deemed to be a "blank check" company under the United States securities laws. However, we are exempt from rules promulgated by the SEC to protect investors in blank check companies, such as Rule 419. Accordingly, investors will not be afforded the benefits or protections of those rules. Among other things, this means our units will be immediately tradable and we will have a longer period of time to complete our respective business combinations than do companies subject to Rule 419. Moreover, if the initial public offering were subject to Rule 419, that rule would prohibit the release of any interest earned on funds held in the trust account to us unless and until the funds in the trust account were released to us or in connection with our completion of an initial business combination.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 51
    If a shareholder fails to receive notice of our offer to redeem our public shares in connection with our initial business combination, or fails to comply with the procedures for submitting or tendering its shares, such shares may not be redeemed.

    We will comply with the proxy rules or tender offer rules, as applicable, when conducting redemptions in connection with our initial business combination. Despite our compliance with these rules, if a shareholder fails to receive our proxy materials or tender offer documents, as applicable, such shareholder may not become aware of the opportunity to redeem its shares. In addition, proxy materials or tender offer documents, as applicable, that we will furnish to holders of our public shares in connection with our initial business combination will describe the various procedures that must be complied with in order to validly tender or submit public shares for redemption. For example, we intend to require our public shareholders seeking to exercise their redemption rights, whether they are record holders or hold their shares in "street name," to, at the holder's option, either deliver their share certificates to our transfer agent, or to deliver their shares to our transfer agent electronically prior to the date set forth in the proxy materials or tender offer documents, as applicable. In the case of proxy materials, this date may be up to two business days prior to the scheduled vote on the proposal to approve the initial business combination. In addition, if we conduct redemptions in connection with a shareholder vote, we intend to require a public shareholder seeking redemption of its public shares to also submit a written request for redemption to our transfer agent two business days prior to the scheduled vote in which the name of the beneficial owner of such shares is included. In the event that a shareholder fails to comply with these or any other procedures disclosed in the proxy or tender offer materials, as applicable, its shares may not be redeemed.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 52
    If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination, our initial shareholders, directors, officers or their affiliates may elect to purchase shares or public warrants from public shareholders, which may influence a vote on a proposed business combination and reduce the public "float" of our Class A ordinary shares or public warrants.

    If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination and we do not conduct redemptions in connection with our initial business combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, our initial shareholders, directors, officers or their affiliates may purchase public shares or warrants in privately negotiated transactions or in the open market either prior to or following the completion of our initial business combination, although they are under no obligation or duty to do so. Such a purchase may include a contractual acknowledgment that such shareholder, although still the record holder of our shares, is no longer the beneficial owner thereof and therefore agrees not to exercise its redemption rights. In the event that our initial shareholders, directors, officers or their affiliates purchase shares in privately negotiated transactions from public shareholders who have already elected to exercise their redemption rights, such selling shareholders would be required to revoke their prior elections to redeem their shares. It is intended that, if Rule 10b-18 would apply to purchases by our initial shareholders, directors, officers or their affiliates, then such purchases will comply with Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act, to the extent it applies, which provides a safe harbor for purchases made under certain conditions, including with respect to timing, pricing and volume of purchases. Additionally, at any time at or prior to our initial business combination, subject to applicable securities laws (including with respect to material nonpublic information), our initial shareholders, directors, officers or their affiliates may enter into transactions with investors and others to provide them with incentives to acquire public shares, vote their public shares in favor of our initial business combination or not redeem their public shares. However, they have no current commitments, plans or intentions to engage in such transactions and have not formulated any terms or conditions for any such transactions. None of the funds in the trust account will be used to purchase public shares, rights or warrants in such transactions. The purpose of any such transactions could be to (1) increase the likelihood of obtaining shareholder approval of the business combination, (2) reduce the number of public warrants outstanding and/or increase the likelihood of approval on any matters submitted to the public warrant holders for approval in connection with our initial business combination or (3) satisfy a closing condition in an agreement with a target that requires us to have a minimum net worth or a certain amount of cash at the closing of our initial business combination, where it appears that such requirement would otherwise not be met. Any such purchases of our securities may result in the completion of our initial business combination that may not otherwise have been possible. In addition, if such purchases are made, the public "float" of our securities may be reduced and the number of beneficial holders of our securities may be reduced, which may make it difficult to maintain or obtain the quotation, listing or trading of our securities on a national securities exchange. Any such purchases will be reported pursuant to Section 13 and Section 16 of the Exchange Act to the extent such purchasers are subject to such reporting requirements. Additionally, in the event our initial shareholders, directors, officers or their affiliates were to purchase public shares or warrants from public shareholders, such purchases would be structured in compliance with the requirements of Rule 14e-5 under the Exchange Act including, in pertinent part, through adherence to the following: - our registration statement/proxy statement filed for our business combination transaction would disclose the possibility that our initial shareholders, directors, officers or their affiliates may purchase public shares or warrants from public shareholders outside the redemption process, along with the purpose of such purchases;- if our initial shareholders, directors, officers or their affiliates were to purchase public shares or warrants from public shareholders, they would do so at a price no higher than the price offered through our redemption process;- our registration statement/proxy statement filed for our business combination transaction would include a representation that any of our securities purchased by our initial shareholders, directors, officers or their affiliates would not be voted in favor of approving the business combination transaction;- our initial shareholders, directors, officers or their affiliates would not possess any redemption rights with respect to our securities or, if they do acquire and possess redemption rights, they would waive such rights; and - we would disclose in a Form 8-K, before our security holder meeting to approve the business combination transaction, the following material items: - the amount of our securities purchased outside of the redemption offer by our initial shareholders, directors, officers, or their affiliates, along with the purchase price;- the purpose of the purchases by our initial shareholders, directors, officers or their affiliates;- the impact, if any, of the purchases by our initial shareholders, directors, officers or their affiliates on the likelihood that the business combination transaction will be approved;- the identities of our security holders who sold to our initial shareholders, directors, officers or their affiliates (if not purchased on the open market) or the nature of our security holders (e.g., 5% security holders) who sold to our initial shareholders, directors, officers or their affiliates; and - the number of our securities for which we have received redemption requests pursuant to our redemption offer.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 53
    We may decide not to extend the term we have to consummate our initial business combination, in which case we would redeem our public shares, and the warrants may be worthless.

    We have until the date that is 24 months from the closing of our initial public offering, or until such earlier date as our board of directors may approve, to consummate our initial business combination. If we anticipate that we may be unable to consummate our initial business combination within such period, we may seek shareholder approval to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to extend the date by which we must consummate our initial business combination. However, we may decide not to seek to extend the date by which we must consummate our initial business combination. If we do not seek to extend the date by which we must consummate our initial business combination, and we are unable to consummate our initial business combination within the Completion Window, we will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter (and subject to lawfully available funds therefor), redeem the public shares, at a per share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account (which interest shall be net of taxes payable, but without deduction for any excise or similar tax that may be due or payable, and less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then-outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public shareholders' rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining shareholders and our board of directors, liquidate and dissolve, subject in each case, to our obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. In such event, the warrants may be worthless.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 54
    If, before distributing the proceeds in the trust account to our public shareholders, we file a bankruptcy or insolvency petition or an involuntary bankruptcy or insolvency petition is filed against us that is not dismissed, the claims of creditors in such proceeding may have priority over the claims of our shareholders and the per share amount that would otherwise be received by our shareholders in connection with our liquidation may be reduced.

    If, before distributing the proceeds in the trust account to our public shareholders, we file a bankruptcy or insolvency petition or an involuntary bankruptcy or insolvency petition is filed against us that is not dismissed, the proceeds held in the trust account could be subject to applicable bankruptcy law, and may be included in our bankruptcy estate and subject to the claims of third parties with priority over the claims of our shareholders. To the extent any bankruptcy claims deplete the trust account, the per share amount that would otherwise be received by our shareholders in connection with our liquidation may be reduced.

  • Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 55
    If, after we distribute the proceeds in the trust account to our public shareholders, we file a bankruptcy or insolvency petition or an involuntary bankruptcy or insolvency petition is filed against us that is not dismissed, a bankruptcy or insolvency court may seek to recover such proceeds, and the members of our board of directors may be viewed as having breached their fiduciary duties to our creditors, thereby exposing the members of our board of directors and us to claims of punitive damages.

    If, after we distribute the proceeds in the trust account to our public shareholders, we file a bankruptcy or insolvency petition or an involuntary bankruptcy or insolvency petition is filed against us that is not dismissed, any distributions received by shareholders could be viewed under applicable debtor/creditor and/or bankruptcy/insolvency laws as either a "preferential transfer" or a "fraudulent conveyance, preference or disposition." As a result, a liquidator or a bankruptcy or other court could seek to recover some or all amounts received by our shareholders. In addition, our board of directors may be viewed as having breached its fiduciary duty to us or our creditors and/or having acted in bad faith, thereby exposing itself and us to claims of punitive damages, by paying public shareholders from the trust account prior to addressing the claims of creditors.

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TipRanks has identified 6 major categories of risk factors and a number of subcategories for each. You can see how these categories are broken down in the list below. 1. Financial & Corporate Accounting & Financial Operations - risks related to accounting loss, value of intangible assets, financial statements, value of intangible assets, financial reporting, estimates, guidance, company profitability, dividends, fluctuating results. Share Price & Shareholder Rights – risks related to things that impact share prices and the rights of shareholders, including analyst ratings, major shareholder activity, trade volatility, liquidity of shares, anti-takeover provisions, international listing, dual listing. Debt & Financing – risks related to debt, funding, financing and interest rates, financial investments. Corporate Activity and Growth – risks related to restructuring, M&As, joint ventures, execution of corporate strategy, strategic alliances. 2. Legal & Regulatory Litigation and Legal Liabilities – risks related to litigation/ lawsuits against the company. Regulation – risks related to compliance, GDPR, and new legislation. Environmental / Social – risks related to environmental regulation and to data privacy. Taxation & Government Incentives – risks related to taxation and changes in government incentives. 3. Production Costs – risks related to costs of production including commodity prices, future contracts, inventory. Supply Chain – risks related to the company’s suppliers. Manufacturing – risks related to the company’s manufacturing process including product quality and product recalls. Human Capital – risks related to recruitment, training and retention of key employees, employee relationships & unions labor disputes, pension, and post retirement benefits, medical, health and welfare benefits, employee misconduct, employee litigation. 4. Technology & Innovation Innovation / R&D – risks related to innovation and new product development. Technology – risks related to the company’s reliance on technology. Cyber Security – risks related to securing the company’s digital assets and from cyber attacks. Trade Secrets & Patents – risks related to the company’s ability to protect its intellectual property and to infringement claims against the company as well as piracy and unlicensed copying. 5. Ability to Sell Demand – risks related to the demand of the company’s goods and services including seasonality, reliance on key customers. Competition – risks related to the company’s competition including substitutes. Sales & Marketing – risks related to sales, marketing, and distribution channels, pricing, and market penetration. Brand & Reputation – risks related to the company’s brand and reputation. 6. Macro & Political Economy & Political Environment – risks related to changes in economic and political conditions. Natural and Human Disruptions – risks related to catastrophes, floods, storms, terror, earthquakes, coronavirus pandemic/COVID-19. International Operations – risks related to the global nature of the company. Capital Markets – risks related to exchange rates and trade, cryptocurrency.