Fifth Era Acquisition Corporation I Class A risk analysis
Fifth Era Acquisition Corporation I Class A (FERA) Risk Analysis
Risk Overview Q2, 2026
Source: the company's latest filing for the period ended Jun 30, 2026, filed Aug 13, 2026
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- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 1Nasdaq may not agree to list Holdco's securities on its exchange, which could limit investors' ability to make transactions in Holdco's securities and subject Holdco to additional trading restrictions.
An active trading market for Holdco's securities following the Miotal Business Combination may never develop or, if developed, it may not be sustained. In connection with the Miotal Business Combination, in order to continue to maintain the listing of our securities on Nasdaq, we will be required to demonstrate compliance with Nasdaq's listing requirements. We will apply to have Holdco's securities listed on Nasdaq upon consummation of the Miotal Business Combination. It is not certain that Holdco will be able to meet all listing requirements. Even if Holdco's securities are listed on Nasdaq, Holdco may be unable to maintain the listing of its securities in the future. If Holdco fails to meet the listing requirements, and Nasdaq does not list its securities on its exchange, Miotal would not be required to consummate the Miotal Business Combination. In the event that Miotal elected to waive this condition, and the Miotal Business Combination were consummated without Holdco's securities being listed on the Nasdaq or on another national securities exchange, Holdco could face significant material adverse consequences, including: - a limited availability of market quotations for Holdco's securities;- reduced liquidity for Holdco's securities;- a determination that Holdco Ordinary Shares is a "penny stock" which will require brokers trading in Holdco Ordinary Share to adhere to more stringent rules and possibly result in a reduced level of trading activity in the secondary trading market for Holdco's 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 ("NSMIA"), which is a federal statute, prevents or preempts the states from regulating the sale of certain securities, which are listed on a stock exchange and referred to as "covered securities." If Holdco's securities were not listed on Nasdaq, such securities would not qualify as covered securities, and we would be subject to regulation in each state in which Holdco's securities are offered because NSMIA does not preempt states from regulating the sale of securities that are not covered securities.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 2If a Public Shareholder fails to receive notice of our offer to redeem Public Shares in connection with the Miotal Business Combination or fails to comply with the procedures for tendering its shares, its shares may not be redeemed.
If, despite our compliance with the proxy rules, a Public Shareholder fails to receive our proxy materials, such Public Shareholder may not become aware of the opportunity to redeem its Public Shares. In addition, the proxy materials that we are furnishing to holders of Company Ordinary Shares in connection with the Miotal Business Combination describes the various procedures that must be complied with in order to validly redeem the Public Shares. In the event that a Public Shareholder fails to comply with these procedures, its Public Shares may not be redeemed.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 3We do not have a specified maximum redemption threshold. The absence of such a redemption threshold may make it possible for us to complete the Miotal Business Combination even if a substantial majority of our shareholders do not support it.
Our Amended and Restated Articles do not provide a specified maximum redemption threshold. In addition, after the redemptions completed in connection with any amendment to our charter to extend our Combination Period, the Sponsor and independent directors collectively own a sufficient number of shares to approve the Miotal Business Combination without the approval of a majority of our Public Shareholders. As a result, we may be able to complete the Miotal Business Combination even though a substantial majority of the Public Shareholders do not agree with the transaction and have redeemed their shares or have entered into privately negotiated agreements to sell their shares to the Sponsor, directors, officers, advisors or their affiliates.
- Corporate Activity and Growth - Risk 4If we do not consummate an initial business combination by March 3, 2027, such later date if the shareholders of Company approve an extension of such date, or such earlier date as determined by our Board of Directors, our Public Shareholders may be forced to wait until after that date to receive redemption proceeds from the Trust Account.
If we are unable to consummate the initial business combination by March 3, 2027, such later date if the shareholders of the Company approve an extension of such date, or such earlier date as determined by our Board of Directors, we will liquidate, wind up and distribute funds from the Trust Account to redeem the Public Shares. Winding up, liquidation and distribution must comply with Cayman Islands law and other administration, and as such, a Public Shareholder may be forced to wait for some period beyond March 3, 2027, such later date if the shareholders of the Company approve an extension of such date, or such earlier date as determined by our Board of Directors, before the redemption proceeds of the Trust Account become available to it, and it receives the return of its pro rata portion of the proceeds from the Trust Account. Only upon our redemption or any liquidation will Public Shareholders be entitled to distributions if we do not complete the initial business combination.
Risk Highlights Q2, 2026
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Risk Factors Full Breakdown - Total Risks 105
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 1ChangedNasdaq may not agree to list Holdco's securities on its exchange, which could limit investors' ability to make transactions in Holdco's securities and subject Holdco to additional trading restrictions.
An active trading market for Holdco's securities following the Miotal Business Combination may never develop or, if developed, it may not be sustained. In connection with the Miotal Business Combination, in order to continue to maintain the listing of our securities on Nasdaq, we will be required to demonstrate compliance with Nasdaq's listing requirements. We will apply to have Holdco's securities listed on Nasdaq upon consummation of the Miotal Business Combination. It is not certain that Holdco will be able to meet all listing requirements. Even if Holdco's securities are listed on Nasdaq, Holdco may be unable to maintain the listing of its securities in the future. If Holdco fails to meet the listing requirements, and Nasdaq does not list its securities on its exchange, Miotal would not be required to consummate the Miotal Business Combination. In the event that Miotal elected to waive this condition, and the Miotal Business Combination were consummated without Holdco's securities being listed on the Nasdaq or on another national securities exchange, Holdco could face significant material adverse consequences, including: - a limited availability of market quotations for Holdco's securities;- reduced liquidity for Holdco's securities;- a determination that Holdco Ordinary Shares is a "penny stock" which will require brokers trading in Holdco Ordinary Share to adhere to more stringent rules and possibly result in a reduced level of trading activity in the secondary trading market for Holdco's 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 ("NSMIA"), which is a federal statute, prevents or preempts the states from regulating the sale of certain securities, which are listed on a stock exchange and referred to as "covered securities." If Holdco's securities were not listed on Nasdaq, such securities would not qualify as covered securities, and we would be subject to regulation in each state in which Holdco's securities are offered because NSMIA does not preempt states from regulating the sale of securities that are not covered securities.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 2ChangedIf a Public Shareholder fails to receive notice of our offer to redeem Public Shares in connection with the Miotal Business Combination or fails to comply with the procedures for tendering its shares, its shares may not be redeemed.
If, despite our compliance with the proxy rules, a Public Shareholder fails to receive our proxy materials, such Public Shareholder may not become aware of the opportunity to redeem its Public Shares. In addition, the proxy materials that we are furnishing to holders of Company Ordinary Shares in connection with the Miotal Business Combination describes the various procedures that must be complied with in order to validly redeem the Public Shares. In the event that a Public Shareholder fails to comply with these procedures, its Public Shares may not be redeemed.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 3ChangedWe do not have a specified maximum redemption threshold. The absence of such a redemption threshold may make it possible for us to complete the Miotal Business Combination even if a substantial majority of our shareholders do not support it.
Our Amended and Restated Articles do not provide a specified maximum redemption threshold. In addition, after the redemptions completed in connection with any amendment to our charter to extend our Combination Period, the Sponsor and independent directors collectively own a sufficient number of shares to approve the Miotal Business Combination without the approval of a majority of our Public Shareholders. As a result, we may be able to complete the Miotal Business Combination even though a substantial majority of the Public Shareholders do not agree with the transaction and have redeemed their shares or have entered into privately negotiated agreements to sell their shares to the Sponsor, directors, officers, advisors or their affiliates.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 4AddedThere are risks to Company shareholders becoming shareholders of Holdco through the Miotal Business Combination rather than acquiring securities of Miotal directly in an underwritten public offering, including no independent due diligence review by an underwriter and conflicts of interest of the Sponsor and its affiliates.
Because there is no independent third-party underwriter involved in the Miotal Business Combination or the issuance of Holdco Ordinary Shares in connection with the Miotal Business Combination, holders of Ordinary Shares and Rights will not receive the benefit of any outside independent review of our and Miotal's respective finances and operations. In a traditional underwritten public offering, an issuer initially sells its securities to the public market via one or more underwriters, who purchase such securities on a firm commitment basis and distribute or resell them to the public. Investors in such an offering benefit from the role played by underwriters. Underwriters have liability under the U.S. securities laws for material misstatements or omissions in a registration statement pursuant to which an issuer sells securities in an underwritten offering. Because the underwriters have a "due diligence" defense to such liability by, among other things, conducting a reasonable investigation, the underwriters and their counsel conduct a due diligence investigation of the issuer as part of the underwriting process. Due diligence entails engaging legal, financial and other experts to perform an investigation as to the accuracy of an issuer's disclosure regarding, among other things, its business and financial results. Auditors of the issuer will also deliver a "comfort" letter to the underwriters with respect to the financial information contained in the registration statement. In making their investment decision, investors in an underwritten public offering have the benefit of such diligence. While sponsors, private investors and management in a business combination involving a special purpose acquisition company like ours conduct due diligence on the target company, it is not necessarily the same level of due diligence undertaken by an underwriter in a public securities offering and, therefore, there could be a heightened risk of an incorrect valuation of Miotal's business or material misstatements or omissions in the proxy statement/prospectus to be filed in connection with the business combination. In addition, because there are no underwriters engaged in connection with the Miotal Business Combination, prior to the opening of trading on the Nasdaq on the trading day immediately following the closing of the Miotal Business Combination, there will be no traditional "roadshow" or book building process, and no price at which underwriters initially sold shares to the public to help inform efficient and sufficient price discovery with respect to the initial post-closing trades on the Nasdaq. Therefore, buy and sell orders submitted prior to and at the opening of initial post-closing trading of the Holdco Ordinary Shares will not have the benefit of being informed by a published price range or a price at which the underwriters initially sold shares to the public, as would be the case in an underwritten initial public offering. There will be no underwriters assuming risk in connection with an initial resale of Holdco's Ordinary Shares or helping to stabilize, maintain or affect the public price of Holdco Ordinary Shares following the closing of the Miotal Business Combination. Moreover, none of us, Miotal, nor Holdco will engage in, and has not and will not, directly or indirectly, request financial advisors to engage in, any special selling efforts or stabilization or price support activities in connection with the Holdco Ordinary Shares that will be outstanding immediately following the closing of the Miotal Business Combination. In addition, since Miotal will become public through a merger with a special purpose acquisition company, securities analysts of major brokerage firms may not provide coverage of Holdco since there is no incentive to brokerage firms to recommend the purchase of Holdco Ordinary Shares. No assurance can be given that brokerage firms will, in the future, want to conduct any offerings on behalf of Holdco. All of these differences from an underwritten public offering of Holdco Ordinary Shares could result in a more volatile price for such Holdco Ordinary Shares. Such differences from an underwritten public offering may present material risks to unaffiliated investors that would not exist if Miotal became a publicly listed company through an underwritten initial public offering instead of upon completion of the Miotal Business Combination.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 5AddedOur Initial Shareholders, including our Sponsor and our directors and executive officers, have interests that may conflict with the interests of our Public Shareholders, and accordingly, a conflict of interest may have existed in determining whether the Miotal Business Combination is appropriate as our initial business combination.
Shareholders should keep in mind that the Sponsor and certain members of our board of directors and the Sponsor, including its directors and officers, have interests that are different from, or in addition to, those of our Public Shareholders generally and that these interests may conflict with the interests of our Public Shareholders. The personal and financial interests of our Sponsor and our directors and officers may have influenced their motivation in identifying and selecting Miotal as a business combination target and completing an initial business combination with Miotal. In addition, the personal and financial interests of our Sponsor and our directors and officers may have created a conflict of interest as they negotiated the terms, conditions and timing of the Miotal Business Combination and determined whether they were appropriate and in the best interest of our shareholders. Our Public Shareholders should consider these interests as they evaluate the recommendations of our Board of Directors to vote for the proposals.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 6AddedOur directors and executive officers may have a conflict of interest when determining whether to agree to changes to or waive provisions of the Miotal Business Combination Agreement.
In the period leading up to the closing of the Miotal Business Combination, events may occur that would require the amendment of the Miotal Business Combination Agreement or that we provide consents or waivers under the Miotal Business Combination Agreement. These could include changes in the course of Miotal's business, a request by Miotal to undertake actions that would otherwise be prohibited by the terms of the Miotal Business Combination Agreement or the occurrence of other events that would have a material adverse effect on Miotal's business and would entitle us to terminate the Miotal Business Combination Agreement. In any of these circumstances, we would have the discretion, acting through our Board of Directors, to grant its consent or to waive those rights. The existence of financial and personal interests of our directors and executive officers to consummate the Miotal Business Combination may result in these directors and officers having a conflict of interest between what may be best for us and our shareholders and what is in the self-interest of these directors and officers.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 7AddedMiotal shareholders will have significant influence over Holdco after completion of the Miotal Business Combination.
Upon the completion of the Miotal Business Combination, Miotal shareholders will collectively own a super-majority of the outstanding Holdco Ordinary Shares. Some of these persons or entities may have interests different than yours. For example, because many of these shareholders purchased their shares at prices substantially below the price at which we sold Public Shares in our IPO, they may be more interested in selling Holdco to an acquirer than other investors or they may want Holdco to pursue strategies that deviate from the interests of other shareholders.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 8AddedA Public Shareholder who wishes to redeem its Public Shares must comply with specific requirements for redemption that, if not complied with, may prevent that Public Shareholder from redeeming its Public Shares for a pro rata portion of the funds held in the Trust Account.
A Public Shareholder will be entitled to receive cash for any Public Shares to be redeemed only if it: (i) holds Public Shares; (ii) submits a written request to Continental, our transfer agent, in which it (a) requests that we redeem all or a portion of its Public Shares for cash, and (b) identifies itself as a beneficial holder of the Public Shares and provides its legal name, phone number and address; and (iii) delivers its Public Shares to Continental, our transfer agent, physically or electronically through the Depository Trust Company ("DTC"). Public Shareholders must complete the procedures for electing to redeem their Public Shares in the manner described above prior to 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, two business days before the Company shareholders' meeting, in order for their shares to be redeemed. In order to obtain a physical stock certificate, a shareholder's broker and/or clearing broker, DTC and Continental will need to act to facilitate this request. It is our understanding that shareholders should generally allot at least two weeks to obtain physical certificates from the transfer agent. However, because we do not have any control over this process or over DTC, it may take significantly longer than two weeks to obtain a physical stock certificate. If it takes longer than anticipated to obtain a physical certificate, public shareholders who wish to redeem their Public Shares may be unable to obtain physical certificates by the deadline for exercising their redemption rights and thus will be unable to redeem their shares. If the Miotal Business Combination is consummated, and if a Public Shareholder properly exercises its right to redeem all or a portion of the Public Shares that it holds and timely delivers its shares to Continental, our transfer agent, we will redeem those Public Shares for a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account calculated as of two business days prior to the consummation of the Miotal Business Combination, including any interest earned on the Trust Account deposits (which interest shall be net of taxes payable), divided by the number of then-outstanding Public Shares, subject to certain limitations.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 9AddedThere is no guarantee that a Public Shareholder's decision whether to redeem its shares for a pro rata portion of the Trust Account will put the Public Shareholder in a better future economic position.
We can give no assurance as to the price at which a shareholder may be able to sell its Holdco Ordinary Shares in the future following the completion of the Miotal Business Combination or any alternative business combination. Certain events following the consummation of any initial business combination, including the Miotal Business Combination, may cause an increase in Holdco's share price, and may result in a lower value realized now than a shareholder of Holdco might realize in the future had the Public Shareholder not redeemed its shares. Similarly, if a Public Shareholder does not redeem its shares, the Public Shareholder will bear the risk of ownership of the Holdco Ordinary Shares after the consummation of the Miotal Business Combination, and there can be no assurance that a shareholder can sell its shares in the future for a greater amount than the redemption price. A shareholder should consult its own financial advisor for assistance on how this may affect his, her or its individual situation.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 10AddedThe Sponsor has entered into support agreements with us to vote in favor of the Miotal Business Combination.
Unlike some other blank check companies in which the initial shareholders agree to vote their Founder Shares in accordance with the majority of the votes cast by the Public Shareholders in connection with an initial business combination, the Sponsor, pursuant to the Sponsor Support Agreement, has agreed, among other things, to vote in favor of the Miotal Business Combination and the transactions contemplated thereby (including the Merger) and to pay specified FERA Transaction Costs (as defined in the Miotal Business Combination Agreement). If all the holders of the Founder Shares, which includes the Sponsor, approves the Miotal Business Combination, we may complete the Miotal Business Combination even though a majority of our Public Shareholders do not support the transaction. The agreement by our Sponsor to vote in favor of the Miotal Business Combination will increase the likelihood that the Miotal Business Combination will achieve sufficient votes needed for approval, and the incentives of the holders of the Founder Shares may differ from the incentives of our Public Shareholders in respect of approving the transaction.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 11We 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 such companies, it 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 $700,000,000 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, 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 $250,000,000 as of the prior June 30, or (2) our annual revenues equaled or exceeded $100,000,000 during such completed fiscal year and the market value of our ordinary shares held by non-affiliates is equal to or exceeds $700,000,000 as of the prior June 30. 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 12The grant of registration rights to our Sponsor, Cantor, and other holders of our Private Placement Units (and the securities comprising such Units) 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 an agreement we entered into with the issuance and sale of the securities in our IPO, our Sponsor, Cantor, and their permitted transferees can demand that we register the Class A Ordinary Shares into which Founder Shares are convertible, holders of our Private Placement Units (and the securities comprising such Units) and their permitted transferees can demand that we register the Private Placement Units (and the securities comprising such Units) or holders of securities that may be issued upon conversion of working capital loans and their permitted transferees may demand that we register such Units, shares or the Class A Ordinary Shares upon conversion of such Share Rights and any other of our securities acquired by them 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 Units or holders of our working capital loans or their respective permitted transferees are registered.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 13Holders 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 14Because each Unit contains one Share Right to receive one tenth (1/10) of one Class A Ordinary Share upon consummation of our initial business combination and only a whole share will be issued in exchange for Share Rights, the Units may be worth less than Units of other special purpose acquisition companies.
Except in cases where we are not the surviving company in a business combination, each holder of a Share Right will automatically receive one tenth (1/10) of one Class A Ordinary Share upon consummation of our initial business combination. In the event we will not be the surviving company upon completion of our initial business combination, each holder of a Share Right will be required to affirmatively convert its Share Rights in order to receive one tenth (1/10) of one Class A Ordinary Share underlying each Share Right upon consummation of the business combination. We will not issue fractional shares in connection with an exchange of Share Rights. As a result, you must hold Share Rights in multiples of 10 in order to receive Class A Ordinary Shares for all of your Share Rights upon closing of a business combination. If we are unable to complete an initial business combination within the required time period and we redeem the Public Shares for the funds held in the Trust Account, holders of Share Rights will not receive any of such funds for their Share Rights and the Share Rights will expire worthless.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 15Our rights agreement designates 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 Share Rights, which could limit the ability of Share Right holders to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with our company.
Our rights agreement provides that, subject to applicable law, (i) any action, proceeding or claim against us arising out of or relating in any way to the rights 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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, these provisions of the rights 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 Share Rights shall be deemed to have notice of and to have consented to the forum provisions in our rights agreement. If any action, the subject matter of which is within the scope the forum provisions of the rights 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 Share Rights, 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 Share Right holder in any such enforcement action by service upon such Share Right holder's counsel in the foreign action as agent for such Share Right holder. This choice-of-forum provision may limit a Share Right 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 rights 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 16We may amend the terms of the Share Rights with the approval by the holders of at least 50% of the then outstanding Share Rights in a manner that may be adverse to holders of Share Rights. As a result, the conversion ratio of your Share Rights could be changed, the conversion period could be shortened and the number of Class A Ordinary Shares upon conversion of a Share Right could be changed, all without your approval.
Our Share Rights were issued in registered form under a rights agreement between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as right agent, and us. The rights agreement provides that the terms of the Share Rights 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 rights agreement or (iii) adding or changing any provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the rights agreement as the parties to the rights agreement may deem necessary or desirable and that the parties deem to not adversely affect the rights of the registered holders of the Share Rights, provided that the approval by the holders of at least 50% of the then-outstanding Share Rights is required to make any change that adversely affects the interests of the registered holders of Share Rights. Accordingly, we may amend the terms of the Share Rights in a manner adverse to a holder of Share Rights if holders of at least 50% of the then outstanding Share Rights approve of such amendment. Although our ability to amend the terms of the Share Rights with the consent of at least 50% of the then outstanding Share Rights is unlimited, examples of such amendments could be amendments to, among other things, change the conversion ratio of the Share Rights, shorten the conversion period or change the number of Class A Ordinary Shares upon conversion of a Share Right.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 17Whether a redemption of Class A Ordinary Shares will be treated as a sale of such Class A Ordinary Shares for U.S. federal income tax purposes will depend on a shareholder's specific facts.
The U.S. federal income tax treatment of a redemption of Class A Ordinary Shares will depend on whether the redemption qualifies as a sale of such Class A Ordinary Shares under Section 302(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the Code, which will depend largely on the total number of our shares treated as held by the shareholder electing to redeem Class A Ordinary Shares (including any shares constructively owned by the holder as a result of owning Private Placement Units or Share Rights or otherwise) relative to all of our shares outstanding both before and after the redemption. If such redemption is not treated as a sale of Class A Ordinary Shares for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the redemption will instead be treated as a corporate distribution of cash from us.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 18Provisions in our Articles 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 Articles 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. We are also subject to anti-takeover provisions under Cayman Islands law, which could delay or prevent a change of control. Together these provisions 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. However, under Cayman Islands law, our directors may only exercise the rights and powers granted to them under our Articles for a proper purpose and for what they believe in good faith to be in the best interests of our company.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 19Our Articles provide that the courts of the Cayman Islands will be the exclusive forums for certain disputes between us and our shareholders, which could limit your ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for complaints against us or our directors, officers or employees.
Our Articles 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 Articles 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 Articles, 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 Articles 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 Articles 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 Articles 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 20After 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 against them.
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 against them, 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 21Because we are incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands, you may face difficulties in protecting your interests.
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 Articles, 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 (Cayman) LLP, 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 22The value of the Founder Shares following completion of our initial business combination is likely to be substantially higher than the nominal price paid for them, even if the trading price of our ordinary shares at such time is substantially less than $10.00 per Public Share.
Our Sponsor has invested in us an aggregate of $3,825,000, comprised of the $25,000 purchase price for the Founder Shares and the $3,800,000 purchase price for the Private Placement Units. Assuming a trading price of $10.00 per Public Share upon consummation of our initial business combination, the 7,666,667 Founder Shares would have an aggregate implied value of $76,666,670. Even if the trading price of our ordinary shares were as low as approximately $0.54 per share, and the Private Placement Units are worthless, the value of the Founder Shares would be equal to our Sponsor's aggregate initial investment in us. As a result, our Sponsor, is likely to be able to make a substantial profit on its investment in us at a time when our Public Shares have lost significant value. Accordingly, members of our management team, who own interests in our Sponsor, may be more willing to pursue a business combination with a riskier or less-established target business than would be the case if our Sponsor had paid the same per share price for the Founder Shares as our Public Shareholders paid for their Public Shares in our IPO. In addition, our non-managing Sponsor investors (if any) may have different interests than other Public Shareholders due to their additional upfront investment in us and their membership interests in the Sponsor.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 23The price our Sponsor paid for the Founder Shares may result in significant dilution to the implied value of your Public Shares upon the consummation of our initial business combination, and our Sponsor is likely to make a substantial profit on its investment in us in the event we consummate an initial business combination, even if the business combination causes the trading price of our ordinary shares to materially decline.
We offered our Units at an offering price of $10.00 per Unit and the amount in our Trust Account was initially anticipated to be $10.00 per Public Share, implying an initial value of $10.00 per Public Share. However, prior to our IPO, our Sponsor paid a nominal aggregate purchase price of $25,000 for the Founder Shares, or approximately $0.004 per share. As a result, the value of your Public Shares may be significantly diluted upon the consummation of our initial business combination, when the Founder Shares are converted into Public Shares. The following table shows the Public Shareholders' and our Sponsor's investment per share and how these compare to the implied value of one Class A Ordinary Share upon the completion of our initial business combination. The following table assumes that (i) our valuation is $219,050,000 (which is the amount in the Trust Account for our initial business combination and following payment of the underwriters' deferred fee), (ii) no interest is earned on the funds held in the Trust Account, (iii) no Public Shares are redeemed in connection with our initial business combination and (iv) all Founder Shares are held by our initial shareholders upon completion of our initial business combination, and does not take into account other potential impacts on our valuation at the time of the initial business combination, such as (i) the value of our Units and Private Placement Units (and the securities comprising such Units), (ii) the trading price of our Class A Ordinary Shares, (iii) the initial business combination transaction costs (other than the payment of $10,950,000 of deferred underwriting commissions), (iv) any equity issued or cash paid to the target's sellers, (v) any equity issued to other third party investors, or (vi) the target's business itself. Public shares 23,000,000 Class A Orindary Shares underlying the Private Placement Units 600,000 Founder shares 7,666,667 Total shares 31,266,667 Total funds in trust available for initial business combination $219,050,000 Public shareholders' investment per Class A Ordinary Share(1) $10.00 Sponsor's investment per Class B Ordinary Share(2) $0.004 Initial implied value per Public Share $10.00 Implied value per share upon consummation of initial business combination(3) $7.00 (1)While the Public Shareholders' investment is in both the Public Shares and the public Share Rights, for purposes of this table the full investment amount is ascribed to the Public Shares only. (2)The total investment in our equity by the Sponsor and Cantor is $6,025,000, consisting of (i) $25,000 paid by the Sponsor for the Founder Shares, (ii) $3,800,000 paid by the Sponsor for 380,000 Private Placement Units and (iii) $2,200,000 paid by Cantor for 220,000 Private Placement Units. For purposes of this table, the full investment amount is ascribed to the Founder Shares only. (3)All Founder Shares would automatically convert into Class A Ordinary Shares upon completion of our initial business combination or earlier at the option of the holder. Based on these assumptions, each Class A Ordinary Share would have an implied value of $7.00 per share upon completion of our initial business combination, representing an approximately 30.0% decrease from the initial implied value of $10.00 per Public Share. While the implied value of $7.00 per Class A Ordinary Share upon completion of our initial business combination would represent a dilution to our Public Shareholders, this would represent a significant increase in value for our Sponsor relative to the price it paid for each Founder Share. At $7.00 per Class A Ordinary Share, the 7,124,354 Class A Ordinary Shares that the Sponsor would own upon completion of our initial business combination (after automatic conversion of the 6,744,354 Founder Shares and excluding the Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of the Share Rights) would have an aggregate implied value of $49,870,478. As a result, even if the trading price of our Class A Ordinary Share significantly declines, the value of the Founder Shares held by our Sponsor will be significantly greater than the amount our Sponsor paid to purchase such shares. In addition, our Sponsor could potentially recoup its entire investment in our company even if the trading price of our Class A Ordinary Shares after the initial business combination is as low as approximately $0.54 per share. As a result, our Sponsor is likely to earn a substantial profit on its investment in us upon disposition of its Class A Ordinary Shares even if the trading price of our Class A Ordinary Shares declines after we complete our initial business combination. Our Sponsor may therefore be economically incentivized to complete an initial business combination with a riskier, weaker-performing or less-established target business than would be the case if our Sponsor had paid the same per share price for the Founder Shares as our Public Shareholders paid for their Public Shares in our IPO. The non-managing Sponsor investors will share in any appreciation of the Founder Shares through their membership interests in the Sponsor if we successfully complete a business combination. Accordingly, non-managing Sponsor investors' interests in the Founder Shares owned by them indirectly through their membership interests in the Sponsor may provide them with an incentive to vote any Public Shares they own in favor of a business combination, and make a substantial profit on such interests, even if the business combination is with a target that ultimately declines in value and is not profitable for other Public Shareholders. This dilution would increase to the extent that the anti-dilution provisions of the Founder Shares result in the issuance of Class A Ordinary Shares on a greater than one-to-one basis upon conversion of the Founder Shares at the time of our initial business combination and would become exacerbated to the extent that Public Shareholders seek redemptions from the trust for their Public Shares. In addition, because of the anti-dilution protection in the Founder Shares, any equity or equity-linked securities issued in connection with our initial business combination would be disproportionately dilutive to our Class A Ordinary Shares.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 24Our officers, directors, security holders and their respective affiliates may have 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. Consequently, we may enter into a business combination with a target business that is affiliated with our Sponsor, our 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, which could 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 25Our officers and directors presently have, and any of them in the future may have additional obligations to other entities, including other blank check companies, and, accordingly, may have conflicts of interest in allocating their time and in determining to which entity a particular business opportunity should be presented.
Following our IPO and until we consummate our initial business combination, we intend to engage in the business of identifying and combining with one or more businesses. Our Sponsor, its managing member, and our 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. 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 with which they may become involved. Our Sponsor, 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. As a result, our Sponsor, officers and directors may pursue business combinations for blank check companies that it has Sponsored in any order, which could result in its more recent blank check companies completing business combinations prior to its 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 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 Articles 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. As a result, the fiduciary duties or contractual obligations of our officers or directors could materially affect our ability to complete our initial business combination. For a complete discussion of our officers' and directors' business affiliations and the potential conflicts of interest that you should be aware of, please see "Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance- Conflicts of Interest" and "Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence."
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 26The 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 and advisors.
Our Sponsor is a limited liability company whose managing member is controlled by Messrs. Le Merle and Mechigian and Ms. Davis. Messrs. Le Merle and Mechigian and Ms. Davis collectively hold voting and investment discretion with respect to the Founder Shares held of record by the Sponsor, and all our officers and directors own individual economic interests in our Sponsor. However, this may change as there is no contractual restriction on the Sponsor or Messrs. Le Merle and Mechigian and Ms. Davis' 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 Messrs. Le Merle and Mechigian and Ms. Davis) may divest its (or our officers' and directors') ownership or economic interests in us or in the Sponsor before a business combination target is identified, which would likely result in our loss of certain key personnel, including Messrs. Le Merle and Mechigian and Ms. Davis. In addition, there can be no assurance that any replacement Sponsor, key personnel or advisors would successfully identify a business combination target for us or, even if one is one so identified, successfully complete such business combination.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 27Our agreement with our Sponsor, officers and directors restricting the transfer of Founders Shares and Private Placement Units may be amended without shareholder approval.
Our Letter Agreement with our Sponsor, officers and directors contain provisions relating to transfer restrictions of our Founder Shares and Private Placement Units (including the underlying securities), indemnification of the Trust Account, waiver of redemption rights and participation in liquidating distributions from the Trust Account. The Letter Agreement may be amended without shareholder approval. While we do not expect our board to approve any amendment to the Letter Agreement 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 Agreement. Any such amendments to the Letter Agreement 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 28Our initial business combination and our structure thereafter may not be tax-efficient to our shareholders and Share Rights holders. As a result of our business combination, our tax obligations may be more complex, burdensome and/or uncertain.
Although we will attempt to structure our initial business combination in a tax-efficient manner, tax structuring considerations are complex, the relevant facts and law are uncertain and may change, and we may prioritize commercial and other considerations over tax considerations. For example, in connection with our initial business combination and subject to any requisite shareholder approval, we may: structure our business combination in a manner that requires shareholders and/or Share Right holders to recognize gain or income for tax purposes; effect a business combination with a target company in another jurisdiction; or reincorporate in a different jurisdiction (including, but not limited to, the jurisdiction in which the target company or business is located). We do not intend to make any cash distributions to shareholders or Share Right holders to pay taxes in connection with our business combination or thereafter. Accordingly, a shareholder or a Share Right holder may need to satisfy any liability resulting from our initial business combination with cash from its own funds or by selling all or a portion of the shares or Share Rights received. In addition, shareholders and Share Right holders may also be subject to additional income, withholding or other taxes with respect to their ownership of us after our initial business combination. In addition, we may effect a business combination with a target company that has business operations outside the Cayman Islands or the United States, and possibly, business operations in multiple jurisdictions. If we effect such a business combination, we could be subject to significant income, withholding and other tax obligations in a number of jurisdictions with respect to income, operations and subsidiaries related to those jurisdictions. Due to the complexity of tax obligations and filings in other jurisdictions, we may have a heightened risk related to audits or examinations by U.S. federal, state, local and non-U.S. taxing authorities in other jurisdictions. This additional complexity and risk could have an adverse effect on our after-tax profitability and financial condition.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 29Because we must furnish our shareholders with target business financial statements, we may lose the ability to complete an otherwise advantageous initial business combination.
The SEC 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, accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, or GAAP, or international financial reporting standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board, or IFRS, depending on the circumstances and the historical financial statements may be required to be audited in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, or 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.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 30The provisions of our Articles 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, which is a lower amendment threshold than that of some other SPACs. Therefore, we may be able to amend our Articles to facilitate the completion of an initial business combination that you do not support.
Our Articles provide that any of its provisions related to pre-business combination activity (including the requirement to deposit proceeds of our IPO and the Private Placement Units into the Trust Account and not release such amounts except in specified circumstances, and to provide redemption rights to Public Shareholders, 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) 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. 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. Our Sponsor, who beneficially owns approximately 22.8% of our ordinary shares, will participate in any vote to amend our Articles 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 Articles which govern our pre-business combination behavior more easily than some other special purpose acquisition companies, and this may increase our ability to complete a business combination with which you do not agree. Our Sponsor, officers, directors and director nominees have agreed that they will not propose any amendment to our Articles (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 do not complete our initial business combination within the completion window or (B) with respect to any other material provisions relating to shareholders' rights or pre-initial business combination activity, 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), divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares. Our 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 Sponsor, officers, directors or director nominees for any breach of these agreements. As a result, in the event of a breach, for any remedy you would need to pursue a shareholder derivative action, subject to applicable law.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 31In order to effectuate an initial business combination, SPACs have, in the recent past, amended various provisions of their charters and other governing instruments. We cannot assure you that we will not seek to amend our Articles or governing instruments in a manner that will make it easier for us to complete our initial business combination that you 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. For example, SPACs have extended the time to consummate an initial business combination. Amending our Articles 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, and amending our rights agreement will require a vote of holders of at least 50% of the Share Rights and, solely with respect to any amendment to the terms of the Private Placement rights or any provision of the rights agreement with respect to the Private Placement rights (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the forfeiture or cancellation of any Private Placement rights), 50% of the then outstanding Private Placement rights (including the vote or written consent of Cantor). In addition, our Articles 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 Articles (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 do not complete 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 32Since only holders of our Class B Ordinary Shares will have the right to vote on the appointment of directors, upon the listing of our shares on Nasdaq, Nasdaq will consider us to be a "controlled company," and, as a result, we may qualify for exemptions from certain corporate governance requirements.
After completion of our IPO and 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, Nasdaq will consider us to be 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. 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 33We 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 could dilute the interests of our existing shareholders..
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 34Unlike 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.
Our 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 our IPO 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, 25% of the sum of (i) the total number of all Class A Ordinary Shares outstanding upon the completion of our IPO (including any Class A Ordinary Shares issued pursuant to the underwriters' over-allotment option and excluding the securities underlying the Private Placement Units issued to the Sponsor), 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 Unit equivalents 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.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 35We may issue additional Class A Ordinary Shares or preference shares to complete our initial business combination, under an employee incentive plan after completion of our initial business combination or upon the conversion of the Founder Shares. Any such issuances would dilute the interest of our shareholders and likely present other risks.
Our Articles authorizes the issuance of up to 500,000,000 Class A Ordinary Shares, par value $0.0001 per share, 50,000,000 Class B Ordinary Shares, par value $0.0001 per share, and 5,000,000 preference shares, par value $0.0001 per share. The Class B Ordinary Shares are automatically convertible 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, initially at a one-for-one ratio but subject to adjustment as set forth herein and in our Articles, including in certain circumstances in which we issue Class A Ordinary Shares or equity-linked securities related to our initial business combination. 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. While these private share issuances result in costs particular to the de-SPAC process that would not be anticipated in a traditional IPO, the purpose of such issuances, in part, will be to enable us to provide sufficient liquidity and capital to the post-business combination entity. Unlike a traditional IPO, as a SPAC, our shareholders have a right to cause us to redeem their Public Shares immediately before closing our initial business combination. In the event that a substantial number of our Public Shareholders elect to redeem, we would have less cash available at closing for the post-business combination company and may have an increased need to issue additional ordinary shares or preference shares or obtain additional financing. Such private share issuances, if any, would need to ensure a return on investment to the Private Placement investors in return for providing funds facilitating our and our Sponsor's completion of the business combination, as well as providing liquidity and capital to the post-business combination entity. 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 Articles 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 Articles, like all provisions of our Articles, may be amended with a shareholder vote. The issuance of additional ordinary or preference shares: - may significantly dilute the equity interest of investors in our IPO, 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; and - may adversely affect prevailing market prices for our Units, Class A Ordinary Shares and/or Share Rights.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 36Our Sponsor will control the appointment of our board of directors until consummation of our initial business combination and will hold a substantial interest in us. As a result it may exert a substantial influence on actions requiring a shareholder vote, potentially in a manner that you do not support.
Our Sponsor owns 22.8% 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 Articles. This potential concentration of influence could be disadvantageous to other shareholders with interests different from those of our Sponsor. To the extent that any non-managing Sponsor investors acquire membership interests in the Sponsor, they will have no right to control the Sponsor or vote or dispose of any securities held by the Sponsor until the distribution of such securities by the Sponsor following the consummation of our initial business combination. In addition, the Founder Shares, all of which are held by our Sponsor, 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 Articles 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. 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. In addition, our board of directors, whose members were appointed by our Sponsor, 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 Sponsor, because of its ownership position, will have considerable influence regarding the outcome. In addition, since only holders of our Class B Ordinary Shares will have the right to vote on directors prior to our initial business combination, our initial shareholders will continue to exert control at least until the completion of our initial business combination. Accordingly, our Sponsor will continue to exert control at least until the completion of our initial business combination.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 37Since our Sponsor, officers and directors, any other holder of our Founder Shares, including any non-managing Sponsor investors may lose their entire investment in us if our initial business combination is not completed (other than with respect to Public Shares they may acquire after our IPO), a conflict of interest may arise in determining whether a particular business combination target is appropriate for our initial business combination.
On May 22, 2024, our Sponsor paid $25,000, or approximately $0.004 per share, to cover certain of our offering costs and expenses in exchange for 5,750,000 Founder Shares. In December 2024, we effected a share capitalization of 0.33 shares for each Class B Ordinary Share outstanding, resulting in our initial shareholders holding an aggregate of 7,666,667 Founder Shares. Prior to the initial investment in us of $25,000 by the Sponsor, we had no assets, tangible or intangible. The purchase price of the Founder Shares was determined by dividing the amount of cash contributed to us by the number of Founder Shares issued. The number of Founder Shares outstanding was determined based on the expectation that the total size of our IPO would be a maximum of 23,000,000 Units if the underwriters' over-allotment option was exercised in full, and therefore that such Founder Shares would represent 25% of the outstanding shares after our IPO (excluding the Private Placement shares and assuming our initial shareholders do not purchase any Units in our IPO). Our Public Shareholders may incur material dilution due to such anti-dilution adjustments that result in the issuance of Class A Ordinary Shares on a greater than one-to-one basis upon conversion. 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 600,000 Private Placement Units, at a price of $10.00 per Unit, or $6,000,000 in the aggregate, in a Private Placement that closed simultaneously with the closing of our IPO. Of those 600,000 Private Placement Units, our Sponsor purchased 380,000 Private Placement Units and Cantor purchased 220,000 Units. The Private Placement Units 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 38We may not hold an annual general meeting, 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 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, you will not have 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 39In a bankruptcy or insolvency, 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 40If 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 Articles provides that a Public Shareholder, together with any affiliate of such shareholder or any other person with whom such shareholder is acting in concert or as a "group" (as defined under Section 13 of the Exchange Act), will be restricted from redeeming its shares with respect to more than an aggregate of 15% of the shares sold in our IPO, or 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 41You will not be entitled to protections normally afforded to investors of other blank check companies subject to Rule 419 of the Securities Act.
Since we intend to use the net proceeds of our IPO and the sale of the Private Placement Units to complete one or more business combinations with a target business or businesses that have not been selected, we may be deemed to be a "blank check" company. However, because we obtained net tangible assets in excess of $5,000,000 upon the completion of our IPO and the sale of the Private Placement Units and filed a current report on Form 8-K, including an audited balance sheet demonstrating this fact, we are exempt from rules promulgated by the SEC to protect investors in blank check companies, such as Rule 419. Accordingly, investors will not be afforded the benefits or protections of those rules. Among other things, this means our Units will be immediately tradable and we will have a longer period of time to complete our respective business combinations than do companies subject to Rule 419. Moreover, if our IPO 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 42If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination, our Sponsor, initial shareholders, directors, officers and their affiliates may elect to purchase shares or Share Rights from Public Shareholders, which may reduce the public "float" of our Class A Ordinary Shares or Share Rights.
If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination, and we do not conduct redemptions in connection with our initial business combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, our Sponsor, initial shareholders, directors, officers and their affiliates may purchase Public Shares or Share Rights 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 Sponsor, initial shareholders, directors, officers and their affiliates purchase shares in privately negotiated transactions from Public Shareholders who have already elected to exercise their redemption rights, such selling shareholders would be required to revoke their prior elections to redeem their shares. Additionally, at any time at or prior to our initial business combination, our Sponsor, initial shareholders, directors, officers and their affiliates may enter into transactions with investors and others to provide them with incentives to acquire Public Shares, vote their Public Shares in favor of our initial business combination or not redeem their Public Shares. 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.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 43We 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 Share Rights may be worthless.
We have until March 3, 2027 or until such earlier liquidation date as our board of directors may approve, to consummate our initial business combination. If we anticipate that we may be unable to consummate our initial business combination within such period, we may seek shareholder approval to amend our Articles to extend the date by which we must consummate our initial business combination. However, we may decide not to seek to extend the date by which we must consummate our initial business combination. If we do not seek to extend the date by which we must consummate our initial business combination, and we are unable to consummate our initial business combination within the applicable time period, we will (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 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 Share Rights may be worthless.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 44We may not be able to complete our initial business combination within the Combination Deadline, in which case we would redeem our Public Shares.
We may not be able to find a suitable target business and complete our initial business combination by the Combination Deadline. Our ability to complete our initial business combination may be negatively impacted by general market conditions, volatility in the capital and debt markets and the other risks described herein. If we have not completed our initial business combination within such time period, 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 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 case, our Public Shareholders may only receive $10.00 per share, or possibly less, and our Share Rights will expire without value to the holder. In certain circumstances, our Public Shareholders may receive less than $10.00 per share on the redemption of their shares. See "- If third parties bring claims against us, the proceeds held in the Trust Account could be reduced and the per-share redemption amount received by shareholders may be less than $10.00 per share."
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 45The ability of our Public Shareholders to exercise redemption rights 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 46The 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. 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 Factors - The nominal purchase price paid by our Sponsor for the Founder Shares may result in significant dilution to the implied value of your Public Shares upon the consummation of our initial business combination, and our Sponsor is likely to make a substantial profit on its investment in us in the event we consummate an initial business combination, even if the business combination causes the trading price of our ordinary shares to materially decline."
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 47The 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 achieve a business combination.
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 target companies 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 48Your only opportunity to effect your investment decision regarding a potential business combination may be limited to the exercise of your right to redeem your Public Shares.
At the time of your investment in us, you were not provided with an opportunity to evaluate the specific merits or risks of our initial business combination. Since our board of directors may complete a business combination without seeking shareholder approval, Public Shareholders may not have the right or opportunity to vote on the business combination, unless we seek such shareholder vote. Accordingly, your only opportunity to effect your investment decision regarding our initial business combination may be limited to exercising your redemption rights within the period of time (which will be at least 20 business days) set forth in our tender offer documents mailed to our Public Shareholders in which we describe our initial business combination. The amount of the deferred underwriting commissions payable to the underwriters will not be adjusted for any shares that are redeemed in connection with an initial business combination. The per share amount we will distribute to shareholders who properly exercise their redemption rights will not be reduced by the deferred underwriting commission and after such redemptions, the per-share value of shares held by non-redeeming shareholders will reflect our obligation to pay the deferred underwriting commissions.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 49If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination, our initial shareholders and management team have agreed to vote in favor, regardless of how our Public Shareholders vote.
The holders of our Founder Shares, our initial shareholders, own approximately 25.7% of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares. Our initial shareholders and management team also may from time to time purchase Class A Ordinary Shares prior to our initial business combination. Our Articles 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 Articles, 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. 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. In addition to our initial shareholders' Founder Shares and Class A Ordinary Shares underlying the Private Placement Units, we would need approximately 7,586,667, or approximately 33%, of the 23,000,000 Public Shares sold in our IPO to be voted in favor of an initial business combination in order to have our initial business combination approved by an ordinary resolution, assuming all outstanding shares are voted, and the parties to the Letter Agreement (as defined below) do not acquire any Class A Ordinary Shares. 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 a general meeting of which notice specifying the intention to propose the resolution as a special resolution has been duly given, we would need approximately 12,797,778 Public Shares, or approximately 56% of the 23,000,000 Public Shares, to be voted in favor of an initial business combination in order to have our initial business combination approved by a special resolution. The agreement by our initial shareholders and management team to vote in favor of our initial business combination will increase the likelihood that a proposed shareholder resolution to approve our initial business combination will be passed (whether by way of ordinary resolution or special resolution).
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 50Our Public Shareholders may not be afforded an opportunity to vote on our proposed initial business combination, and even if we hold a vote 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, which hold approximately 25.7% of our issued and outstanding ordinary 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. Accordingly, we may complete our initial business combination even if holders of a majority of our ordinary shares do not approve of transaction.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 51Our 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, 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 may choose not to do so in any particular instance. 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.
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