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SINGULARITY ACQUISITION CORP.

Date Filed : Jul 27, 2021

S-11d154253ds1.htmFORM S-1Form S-1
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 27, 2021.

Registration No.             

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM S-1

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THESECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

SINGULARITY ACQUISITION CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Cayman Islands 6770 N/A
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 (Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number)
 (I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

3F International Chamber of Commerce Building A

Fuhua 1st Road, Futian District

Shenzhen, Guangdong Province

China

Tel: +86 0755 83234020

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

 

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

Copies to:

 

Xiaoxi Lin Michael J. Blankenship
Linklaters Winston & Strawn LLP
10th Floor Alexandra House 800 Capitol Street, Suite 2400
Chater Road Houston, Texas 77002
Hong Kong Tel: (713) 651-2600
Tel: +852 2901 5368 

 

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after the effective date of this registrationstatement.

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant toRule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), check the following box.  ☐

Ifthis Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effectiveregistration statement for the same offering.  ☐

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant toRule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ☐

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box andlist the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, anon-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reportingcompany” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

Large accelerated filer  ☐ Accelerated filer  ☐  Non-accelerated filer  ☒ Smaller reporting company  ☒
    Emerging growth company  ☒

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extendedtransition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.  ☐

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 

Title of Each Class of
Security Being Registered
 Amount Being
Registered
 Proposed
Maximum
Offering Price
per Security(1)
 Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price(1)
 Amount of
Registration Fee

Units, each consisting of one Class A ordinary share,$0.0001 par value per share, and one-half of one redeemable warrant(2)

 11,500,000 Units $10.00 $115,000,000 $12,547

Class A ordinary shares included as part of theunits(3)

 11,500,000 Shares   —(4)

Redeemable warrants included as part of the units(3)

 5,750,000 Warrants   —(4)

Total

     $115,000,000 $12,547

 

 

(1)

Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(a) under theSecurities Act.

(2)

Includes 1,500,000 units, consisting of 1,500,000 Class A ordinary shares and 750,000 redeemable warrants,which may be issued upon exercise of a 45-day option granted to the underwriters to cover over-allotments, if any.

(3)

Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act, there are also being registered an indeterminable number ofadditional securities as may be issued to prevent dilution resulting from share sub-divisions, share dividends or similar transactions.

(4)

No fee pursuant to Rule 457(g) under the Securities Act.

 

 

The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until theRegistrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act or until the Registration Statement shall becomeeffective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

 

 

 


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The information in this preliminary prospectus is not complete and may be changed.We may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This preliminary prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy thesesecurities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.

 

SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED             , 2021

PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS

 

LOGO

$100,000,000

Singularity Acquisition Corp.

10,000,000 Units

Singularity Acquisition Corp. (formerly known as Constellation Acquisition Company) is a newly incorporated blank check company incorporated asa Cayman Islands exempted company for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses, which we refer to as our initial businesscombination. We changed our name from “Constellation Acquisition Company” to “Singularity Acquisition Corp.” on June 21, 2021. We have not selected any business combination target and we have not, nor has anyone on our behalf,engaged in any substantive discussions, directly or indirectly, with any business combination target with respect to an initial business combination with us.

This is an initial public offering of our securities. Each unit has an offering price of $10.00 and consists of one Class A ordinary shareand one-half of one redeemable warrant. Each whole warrant entitles its holder to purchase one Class A ordinary share at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment as described in this prospectus.Only whole warrants are exercisable. No fractional warrants will be issued upon separation of the units and only whole warrants will trade. The warrants will become exercisable on the later of 30 days after the completion of our initialbusiness combination and 12 months from the closing of this offering, and will expire five years after the completion of our initial business combination or earlier upon redemption or liquidation, as described in this prospectus. Subject to theterms and conditions described in this prospectus, we may redeem the warrants once the warrants become exercisable. The underwriters have a 45-day option from the date of this prospectus to purchase up to1,500,000 additional units to cover over-allotments, if any.

We will provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem all ora portion of their Class A ordinary shares upon the completion of our initial business combination at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trustaccount, calculated as of two business days prior to the consummation of our initial business combination, including interest (net of taxes paid or payable), divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, subject to the limitationsdescribed in this prospectus. However, if we anticipate that we may not be able to consummate our initial business combination within 12 months from closing of this offering, we may, but are not obligated to, extend the period of time to consummatea business combination twice by an additional three months each time (for a total of up to 18 months to complete a business combination). If we do not complete our initial business combination within 12 months from the closing of this offering(or 18 months, if we extend the time to complete a business combination as described in this prospectus), we will redeem 100% of the public shares for cash, subject to applicable law and certain conditions as described in this prospectus.

Our sponsor, Decent Group Co. Ltd, has agreed to purchase 510,000 Class A ordinary shares (or 555,000 if the underwriters’over-allotment option is exercised in full), at a price of $10.00 per share ($5,100,000 in the aggregate or $5,550,000 in the aggregate if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full) in a private placement to occurconcurrently with the closing of this offering. Such private placement shares are identical to the Class A ordinary shares sold in this offering, subject to certain limited exceptions as described in this prospectus.

Our initial shareholders currently own an aggregate of 2,875,000 Class B ordinary shares (up to 375,000 of which will be surrendered to usby our sponsor for no consideration after the closing of this offering depending on the extent to which the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised). The total number of Class B ordinary shares outstanding after this offering andthe expiration of the underwriters’ over-allotment option will equal 20% of the total number of Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares outstanding at such time (not including the Class A ordinary shares issued as theprivate placement shares). The Class B ordinary shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares concurrently with or immediately following the consummation of our initial business combination, or earlier at the option of theholder thereof, on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment, as described in this prospectus. Only holders of Class B ordinary shares will have the right toappoint directors in any election held prior to or in connection with the completion of our initial business combination and may remove members of the board of directors for any reason. On any other matters submitted to a vote of our shareholders,holders of Class B ordinary shares and holders of Class A ordinary shares will vote together as a single class, except as required by law.

Currently, there is no public market for our securities. We have applied to have our units listed on The Nasdaq Capital Market(“Nasdaq”) under the symbol “            ” on or promptly after the date of this prospectus. We cannot guarantee that our securities will be approved for listing onNasdaq. We expect the Class A ordinary shares and redeemable warrants comprising the units to begin separate trading on Nasdaq under the symbols “            ” and“            ” respectively, on the 52nd day following the date of this prospectus (or, if such day is not a business day, onthe next succeeding business day) unless the underwriters permits earlier separate trading and we have satisfied certain conditions.

We arean “emerging growth company” and a “smaller reporting company” under applicable federal securities laws and will be subject to reduced public company reporting requirements. No offer or invitation to subscribe for securities maybe made to the public in the Cayman Islands.

Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 35 for a discussion of information that should be considered in connection with an investment in our securities. Investors will not be entitled to protections normally afforded to investors in Rule 419 blank check offerings.

Neither the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) nor any state securitiescommission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

 

   Per Unit   Total 

Public offering price

  $10.00   $100,000,000 

Underwriting discounts andcommissions(1)

  $0.55   $5,500,000 

Proceeds, before expenses, to Singularity Acquisition Corp.

  $9.45   $94,500,000 

 

(1)

Includes $0.20 per unit, or $2,000,000 in the aggregate (or $2,300,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotmentoption is exercised in full), is payable upon the closing of this offering. Includes $0.35 per unit, or $3,500,000 in the aggregate (or $4,025,000 in the aggregate if the underwriter’s over-allotment option is exercised in full), payable to theunderwriter for the deferred underwriting commissions to be placed in a trust account located in the United States as described herein and released to the underwriter only upon the consummation of an initial business combination. See also“Underwriting” for a description of compensation payable to the underwriter.

Of the proceeds we receive fromthis offering and the sale of the private placement shares described in this prospectus, $101,000,000, or $116,150,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full ($10.10 per unit in either case), will be deposited into atrust account in the United States with Wilmington Trust, National Association acting as trustee, and $1,350,000 will be available to pay fees and expenses in connection with the closing of this offering and $750,000 will be available for workingcapital following this offering.

The underwriters are offering the units for sale on a firm commitment basis. The underwriters expect todeliver the units to the purchasers on or about             , 2021.

 

Lead Book-Running Manager

  Joint Book-Running Manager

Tiger Brokers

  

EF Hutton

division of Benchmark Investments, LLC

    , 2021


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   Page 

SUMMARY

   1 

RISK FACTORS

   35 

CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

   86 

USE OF PROCEEDS

   87 

DIVIDEND POLICY

   92 

DILUTION

   93 

CAPITALIZATION

   95 

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

   96 

PROPOSED BUSINESS

   102 

MANAGEMENT

   135 

PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDERS

   144 

CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

   147 

DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

   150 

TAXATION

   170 

UNDERWRITING

   181 

LEGAL MATTERS

   192 

EXPERTS

   193 

WHERE YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

   194 

INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

   F-1 

We are responsible for the information contained in this prospectus. We have not authorized anyone to provideyou with different information, and we take no responsibility for any other information others may give to you. We are not, and the underwriters are not, making an offer to sell securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is notpermitted. You should not assume that the information contained in this prospectus is accurate as of any date other than the date on the front of this prospectus or on the date or dates which are specified in this prospectus.

Trademarks

Thisprospectus contains references to trademarks and service marks belonging to other entities. Solely for convenience, trademarks and trade names referred to in this prospectus may appear without the® or TM symbols, but such references are not intended to indicate, in any way, that the applicable licensor will not assert, to the fullestextent under applicable law, its rights to these trademarks and trade names. We do not intend our use or display of other companies’ trade names, trademarks or service marks to imply a relationship with, or endorsement or sponsorship of us by,any other companies.

 

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SUMMARY

This summary only highlights the more detailed information appearing elsewhere in this prospectus. You should read this entire prospectuscarefully, including the information under “Risk Factors” and our financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this prospectus, before investing.

Unless otherwise stated in this prospectus or the context otherwise requires, references to:

 

  

“we,” “us,” “our” or our “company” are to Singularity AcquisitionCorp., a Cayman Islands exempted company;

 

  

“amended and restated memorandum and articles of association” are to our Amended and RestatedMemorandum and Articles of Association;

 

  

“Companies Act” are to the Companies Act (As Revised) of the Cayman Islands as the same may beamended from time to time;

 

  

“founder shares” are to our Class B ordinary shares initially issued to oursponsor in a private placement prior to this offering and the Class A ordinary shares that will be issued upon the conversion of the Class B ordinary shares concurrently with or immediately following theconsummation of our initial business combination, or earlier at the option of the holder thereof, as described herein (for the avoidance of doubt, such Class A ordinary shares will not be “public shares”);

 

  

“initial shareholders” are to holders of our founder shares prior to this offering;

 

  

“management” or our “management team” are to our executive officers and directors, and“directors” are to our current directors and director nominees;

 

  

“ordinary shares” are to our Class A ordinary shares and ourClass B ordinary shares;

 

  

“private placement shares” are to the Class A ordinary shares to be issued to oursponsor in a private placement simultaneously with the closing of this offering and upon conversion of working capital loans, if any;

 

  

“public shareholders” are to the holders of our public shares, including our initial shareholdersand members of our management team to the extent our initial shareholders and/or members of our management team purchase public shares, provided that each initial shareholder’s and member of our management team’s status as a “publicshareholder” will only exist with respect to such public shares;

 

  

“public shares” are to our Class A ordinary shares sold as part of the units inthis offering (whether they are purchased in this offering or thereafter in the open market);

 

  

sponsor are to Decent Group Co. Ltd, a Cayman Islands exemptedcompany, which is controlled by its member Erlu Lin; and

 

  

“US Tiger” are to US Tiger Securities, Inc., a New Jersey corporation, therepresentative of the underwriters in this offering.

Any forfeiture of shares described in this prospectus willtake effect as a surrender of shares for no consideration of such shares as a matter of Cayman Islands law. Any conversion of the Class B ordinary shares described in this prospectus will take effect as a redemption of Class B ordinaryshares and an issuance of Class A ordinary shares as a matter of Cayman Islands law. Any share dividends described in this prospectus will take effect as a share capitalization as a matter of Cayman Islands law.

Unless we tell you otherwise, the information in this prospectus assumes that the underwriters will not exercise their over-allotmentoption and the surrender by our sponsor of 375,000 founder shares to us for no consideration.


 

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General

We are a newly incorporated blank check company formed as a Cayman Islands exempted company for the purpose of effecting a merger, shareexchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses, which we refer to throughout this prospectus as our initial business combination. We have not selected any business combinationtarget and we have not, nor has anyone on our behalf, engaged in any substantive discussions, directly or indirectly, with any business combination target with respect to an initial business combination with us. We have generated no operatingrevenues to date, and we do not expect that we will generate operating revenues until we consummate our initial business combination. We will have until 12 months from the consummation of this offering to consummate our initial business combination.However, if we anticipate that we may not be able to consummate our initial business combination within 12 months, we may, but are not obligated to, extend the period of time to consummate a business combination two times by an additional threemonths each time (for a total of up to 18 months to complete a business combination). Pursuant to the terms of our amended and restated Memorandum and Articles of Association and the trust agreement to be entered into between us and WilmingtonTrust, National Association on the date of this prospectus, in order to extend the time available for us to consummate our initial business combination, our sponsor, upon at least five days advance notice prior to the applicable deadline, mustdeposit into the trust account $1,000,000, or $1,150,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full, on or prior to the date of such applicable deadline. The sponsor will receive a non-interest bearing, unsecured promissorynote equal to the amount of any such deposit that will not be repaid in the event that we are unable to close a business combination unless there are funds available outside the trust account to do so. Such notes would either be paid uponconsummation of our initial business combination, or, at the lender’s discretion, converted upon consummation of our business combination into additional private shares at a price of $10.00 per share.

Our Founders, Our Board of Directors and Management

We believe our founders’ distinctive and complementary backgrounds can have a transformative impact on a target business. Our founderswill deploy a proactive, thematic sourcing strategy and focus our efforts on companies where we believe the combination of our founders’ operating experience, deal-making track record, professional relationships and capital markets expertisecan be catalysts to enhance the growth potential and value of a target business and provide opportunities for an attractive return to our shareholders.

Erlu Lin has served as our Director and Chief Executive Officer since shortly after the inception of the Company. Mr. Lin iscurrently Managing Partner at Decent Capital (Dingxin 鼎信资本), a private equity fund focused on thetechnology, enterprise services, consumer and retail sectors in Asia. Prior to joining Decent Capital (Dingxin 鼎信资本), from August 2020 to March 2021, Mr. Lin served as the Director and Deputy General Manager of Lalami, a cross border e-commerce platform. From August2008 to July 2020, Mr. Lin served at various investment and finance firms in Asia, including D.E. Shaw, Forebright Capital (formerly China Everbright Holdings) and Far East Horizon, where he participated in the management of every stage of theinvestment process, including market research and identification of targets, structuring, negotiating and implementing investments, raising equity and debt financing, managing investee companies, and the eventual exit through listing or trade sale.Mr. Lin also served as an Actuarial Consultant at Ernst & Young from August 2008 to March 2010. From these past experiences, Mr. Lin has accumulated more than 10 years of experience in investments, corporate finance and corporatemanagement, including how to assist public and private companies with their financing needs, business development and internal management. His areas of focus include information technology, consumer products and retail, enterprise services and TMT(technology, media and telecommunications). Mr. Lin received a Bachelor’s degree in Statistics from Sun Yat-sen University, a Master’s degree in Actuarial Science from The University of HongKong and an EMBA from China Europe International Business School.


 

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Peng Wang has served as our Director since shortly after the inception of theCompany. Since March 2018, he has been the Founding Partner and Chairman of Decent Capital (Dingxin 鼎信资本),a private equity fund focused on the technology, enterprise services, consumer and retail sectors in Asia. From March 2017 to February 2018, he served as a Partner of Shenzhen Qianhaidetian Equity Investment Fund Management Co., Ltd. From July 2007to March 2017, he held different positions at China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd., including human resource planning and allocation, Assistant to the President of Shenzhen Xiangxi branch, General Manager of the International Investment Department ofShenzhen Dongmen branch, and Deputy General Manager of the M&A Finance Department of the Investment Banking Division of the Shenzhen head office. Before that, Mr. Wang worked as a part-time consultant in Zhongshi Management Consulting Co.,Ltd. from July 2005 to May 2007 Through these experiences, Mr. Wang accumulated more than ten years of experience in management consulting, investment banking, equity and debt financing and corporate governance. Mr. Wang obtainedBachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Technology and a Master’s degree in Human Resource Management from Renmin University of China. Mr. Wang is currently a candidate in the president class of Cheung Kong Graduate School ofBusiness.

Jing Jiang has served as our Chief Financial Officer since shortly after the inception of the Company.Ms. Jiang is currently an Executive Director at Capital Today where she has been an investment professional since March 2008. At Capital Today, Ms. Jiang is primarily responsible for projects involving private equity investments.Ms. Jiang’s investment experience is focused on the TMT (technology, media and telecommunications) and consumer products sectors and she has participates in more than 10 investments. From November 2003 to August 2006, Ms. Jiang servedas the Director of ChinaHR. From July 2000 to November 2003, Ms. Jiang served as the Sales Manager at Meetchina. Ms. Jiang received a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Ocean University of China and an EMBA from the China EuropeInternational Business School.

Duo Gao has served as our Independent Director since shortly after the inception of the Company.Since August 2020, Mr. Gao has served as the Head of Strategic Customer Solution Center of DingTalk. From August 2014 to August 2020, Mr. Gao has served various positions at Talking Data, including as Partner and Vice President of Salesfrom January 2018 to August 2020. During his time at Talking Data, Mr. Gao was responsible for the company’s business development and its capabilities in using data to create smart solutions for enterprises. From January 2014 to August2014, Mr. Gao served as a Director at Inmobi. From November 2011 to December 2013, Mr. Gao served as a Senior Product Operation Manager and Senior Product Manager in the Zhixin Business department, the Wireless Business department and theLocation-Based Services Business department at Baidu. From October 2008 to October 2011, Mr. Gao served at Chengjitong Navigation in the roles of General Manager at the Shenzhen Branch and later as the CEO’s Assistant. From November 2006to May 2008, Mr. Gao served at Tiger Map as Co-Founder and Product Manager and later in as the Sales Director. Mr. Gao received a Bachelor’s degree in Geographic Information System from WuhanUniversity, a Master’s degree in Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing from Peking University, an EMBA from China Europe International Business School and also completed the advanced training program in Complex System Science at the American SantaFe Institute.

Xinzhong Li has served as our Independent Director since shortly after the inception of the Company. Mr. Li hasover 30 years of investment-related experience. Mr. Li currently serves as a Venture Partner at China-US Green Fund. He served as Managing Partner and Member of the Investment Committee at BHR Partners fromApril 2013 to September 2020. Prior to joining BHR Partners, Mr. Li served in senior positions with various investment institutions, including as a Director at Peregrine Capital Co., Ltd., as a Managing Director at Alta Capital Co., Ltd., as anExecutive Director at BNP Paribas Peregrine Capital Co., Ltd., as a Director at Anglo Chinese Finance Company, as China Head of M&A at DBS Asia Capital Co., Ltd., and as a Director and IC Member at Bohai Industrial Fund. Mr. Li has decadesof experience in identifying and evaluating investment targets, designing transaction structures, executing investments and acquisitions and assisting in the


 

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growth of investee companies. Mr. Li received a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Nankai University and a Master’s degree in Law from the University of London.

Benjamin W. James has served as our Independent Director since June 2021. Mr. James is currently the General Counsel of WebullCorporation, a leading electronic trading platform. Before joining Webull, Mr. James worked in private practice as a corporate and capital markets attorney for nearly 14 years, most recently as a partner in the Hong Kong office of Kirkland &Ellis where he spent nearly 10 years. While at Kirkland & Ellis, Mr. James focused on corporate and securities law matters, including U.S.-registered equity and all aspects of special purpose acquisition companies. Mr. James has workedextensively across the Greater China region, and has experience in advising Chinese issuers and international underwriters in capital markets transactions, as well as in advising public and private companies and financial institutions in mergers andacquisitions and financing transactions. Mr. James received a Bachelor’s Degree in International Studies from Brigham Young University and a Juris Doctor degree from the Columbia University School of Law.

Together, we believe our directors and the rest of our management team bring additional expertise that will enhance our ability to identifyand execute our initial business combination, and may enhance our ability to execute upon various value creation initiatives after successful completion of our business combination.

Notwithstanding our founders’ and management team’s past experiences, including investments and transactions in which they haveparticipated and businesses with which they have been associated, past performance is not a guarantee (i) that we will be able to identify a suitable candidate for our initial business combination or (ii) that we will provide an attractivereturn to our shareholders from any business combination we may consummate. Our officers and directors may have conflicts of interest with other entities to which they owe fiduciary or contractual obligations with respect to initial businesscombination opportunities. See “Risk Factors — Certain of our officers and directors are now, and all of them may in the future become, affiliated with entities engaged in business activities similar to those intended to beconducted by us, including other blank check companies, and, accordingly, may have conflicts of interest in allocating their time and determining to which entity a particular business opportunity should be presented.” You should not rely on thehistorical record of our founders’ and management’s performance as indicative of our future performance. See “Risk Factors — Past performance of our founders and the other members of our management team, including investments andtransactions in which they have participated and businesses with which they have been associated, may not be indicative of future performance of an investment in us, and we may be unable to provide positive returns to shareholders.”For a list of our executive officers, directors and entities for which a conflict of interest may or does exist between such officers, directors and the company, please refer to “Management — Conflicts of Interest.”

Business Strategy

Ourbusiness strategy is to identify and complete our initial business combination with a company that complements the experiences and skills of our management team and can benefit from their operational expertise. Our selection process will leverageour founders’ broad and deep relationship network, unique industry experiences and proven deal sourcing capabilities to access a broad spectrum of differentiated opportunities. This network has been developed through our founders’extensive experience and demonstrated success in both investing in and operating businesses in our target sectors and across a variety of industries, including:

 

  

a track record of successfully identifying, acquiring and growing companies and ability to deliver shareholdervalue over an extended time period with above-market-average investment returns;

 

  

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an extensive history of accessing the capital markets across various business cycles, including financingbusinesses and assisting companies with the transition to public ownership.

Upon completion of this offering, ourfounders will communicate with their networks of relationships to articulate the parameters for our search for a target company and a potential business combination and begin the process of pursuing and reviewing potential opportunities.

We believe that our management team is well positioned to identify attractive business combination opportunities with a compelling industrybackdrop and an opportunity for transformational growth. Our founders’ objectives are to generate attractive returns for shareholders and enhance value through improving operational performance of the acquired company. We expect to favoropportunities with certain industry and business characteristics. Key industry characteristics include compelling long-term growth, attractive competitive dynamics, consolidation opportunities and low risk of technological obsolescence. Key businesscharacteristics include high barriers to entry, significant streams of recurring revenue, opportunity for operational improvement, attractive steady-state margins, high incremental margins and attractive free cash flow characteristics. See thesection entitled “Proposed Business — Operating Model” for further information on such key industry and business characteristics we intend to address in our search for and growth of a target business.

Acquisition Criteria

Consistent with our business strategy, we have identified the following general criteria and guidelines that we believe are important inevaluating prospective target businesses. We will use these criteria and guidelines in evaluating acquisition opportunities, but we may decide to enter into our initial business combination with a target business that does not meet these criteriaand guidelines.

While our efforts to identify a target business for such initial business combination may span many industries andregions worldwide, we intend to focus on target businesses primarily in Asia, especially on companies within the information technology and technology-enabled sectors, including but not limited to: software as a service (SaaS), online video andonline video technology, fintech and smart home technology. We believe our team has the relevant skills and experience to identify such companies that can best capture the current market opportunities. Our ability to identify a potential target forour initial business combination is subject to many risk factors and the uncertainties discussed elsewhere in this prospectus. We have not selected any specific business combination target and we have not, nor has anyone on our behalf, engaged inany substantive discussions, directly or indirectly, with any business combination target with respect to an initial business combination with us. We will have until 12 months from the consummation of this offering to consummate our initial businesscombination. However, if we anticipate that we may not be able to consummate our initial business combination within 12 months, we may, but are not obligated to, extend the period of time to consummate a business combination two times by anadditional three months each time (for a total of up to 18 months to complete a business combination). Pursuant to the terms of our amended and restated Memorandum and Articles of Association and the trust agreement to be entered into between us andWilmington Trust, National Association on the date of this prospectus, in order to extend the time available for us to consummate our initial business combination, our sponsor, upon at least five days advance notice prior to the applicable deadline,must deposit into the trust account $1,000,000, or $1,150,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full, on or prior to the date of such applicable deadline. The sponsor will receive a non-interest bearing, unsecuredpromissory note equal to the amount of any such deposit that will not be repaid in the event that we are unable to close a business combination unless there are funds available outside the trust account to do so. Such notes would either be paid uponconsummation of our initial business combination, or, at the lender’s discretion, converted upon consummation of our business combination into additional private shares at a price of $10.00 per share.


 

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Our acquisition criteria include, but are not limited to, the following:

 

  

Targets with operations in the information technology or technology-enabled sectors: We intend to seekcompanies that operate in the information technology and technology-enabled sectors that are growing due to new trends in consumer behavior with a focus on sectors including, without limitation, software as a service (SaaS), online video and onlinevideo technology, fintech and smart home technology. We intend to focus on companies which use and integrate technology to drive meaningful operational improvements and efficiency gains, or use technology solutions, including innovative businessmodels and/or product offerings, to disrupt existing business models and create new paradigms that have large market potential.

 

  

Targets with capabilities to leverage compelling market trends in the Greater China and/or other Asianmarkets: We intend to target businesses that have gained sustainable competitive advantages, demonstrated potential for strong growth in the future, and have significant opportunities in and/or synergies with Greater China or other Asianmarkets. We believe this approach will enable us to effectively leverage our strong network to identify attractive opportunities and that the larger market capitalization and public float of the resulting company will be more attractive to ourinvestors.

 

  

Targets with a strong performance record and high growth prospects: We intend to invest incompanies with fundamentally sound business models, proven track records, and potential for further growth and development. We intend to invest in companies that operate in a large underlying addressable market with strong tail winds that we believewill support significant growth and superior returns over time, including those with embedded or underexploited growth opportunities or those that may benefit from synergistic add-on acquisitions, increasedproduction capacity, expense reductions, technology upgrades and increased operating leverage.

 

  

Targets with innovative technologies: We intend to invest in targets that are leaders in the informationtechnology field, so as to capitalize on and further develop their innovative technologies. Our management team will assist in recruiting top talents and create strategies for further refining its technology to enable it to maintain itsindustry-leading position.

 

  

Targets led by a strong management team: We intend to acquire businesses that have strong management teamswith a proven track record of driving growth, building long-term competitive advantage and making sound strategic decisions; to the extent we believe it will enhance our shareholder value, we would seek to selectively supplement and enhance thecapabilities of the target business’s management team by recruiting additional talent through our network of relationships.

 

  

Targets that create value for the society as a whole: We believe the ultimate goal of informationtechnology is to benefit society by improving the efficiency of enterprises and thereby benefiting the surrounding community. Therefore, we intend to seek target companies that (i) have products that improve the efficiency of enterprises and end-users, and (ii) contribute value to society.

 

  

Targets with a sustainable competitive edge and a superior economic model: We intend to seek companiesthat we believe have strong competitive edges that, in our view, can maintain sustainable long-term growth and generate strong and stable cash flows over time. We believe strong financial indicators include (i) business income at a levelappropriate for its size, (ii) track record of profitability, or (iii) healthy cash flows. In addition, we seek target companies whose scale and growth rate is comparable or ahead of those of its competitors in the same industry. Webelieve such companies can benefit from our team’s experience, network and industry insights to drive growth and enhance revenue and operational efficiencies.

 

  

Targets with controllable risks: We intend to seek targets that are less susceptible to uncontrollablerisks such as changing government policy, international political risks, sensitivities to public opinion, overreliance on a single major client, and other similar risks.


 

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These criteria and guidelines are not intended to be exhaustive. Any evaluation relating tothe merits of a particular initial business combination may be based, to the extent relevant, on these general criteria and guidelines as well as other considerations, factors and criteria that our management may deem relevant. In the event that wedecide to enter into our initial business combination with a target business that does not meet the above criteria and guidelines, we will disclose that the target business does not meet the above criteria and guidelines in our shareholdercommunications related to our initial business combination, which, as discussed in this prospectus, would be in the form of proxy solicitation materials or tender offer documents that we would file with the SEC.

Initial Business Combination

Nasdaq rules require that our initial business combination must occur with one or more target businesses that together have an aggregate fairmarket value of at least 80% of the assets held in the trust account (excluding the deferred underwriting commissions and taxes payable, if any, on the income earned on the trust account) at the time of the agreement to enter into the initialbusiness combination. If our board is not able to independently determine the fair market value of the target business or businesses, we will obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm that is a member of FINRA, or from anindependent accounting firm, with respect to the satisfaction of such criteria. Additionally, pursuant to Nasdaq rules, any initial business combination must be approved by a majority of our independent directors.

We anticipate structuring our initial business combination so that the post-transaction company in which our public shareholders own shareswill own or acquire 100% of the outstanding equity interests or assets of the target business or businesses. We may, however, structure our initial business combination such that the post-transaction company owns or acquires less than 100% of suchinterests or assets of the target business in order to meet certain objectives of the target management team or shareholders or for other reasons, but we will only complete such business combination if the post-transaction company owns or acquires50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target business sufficient for it not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, asamended (the “Investment Company Act”). Even if the post-transaction company owns or acquires 50% or more of the voting securities of the target, our shareholders prior to our initial business combination may collectively own a minorityinterest in the post-transaction company, depending on valuations ascribed to the target and us in our initial business combination transaction.

Even if the post-transaction company owns or acquires 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target, our shareholders priorto the business combination may collectively own a minority interest in the post-transaction company, depending on valuations ascribed to the target and us in the business combination. For example, we could pursue a transaction in which we issue asubstantial number of new shares in exchange for all of the outstanding capital stock of a target. In this case, we would acquire a 100% controlling interest in the target. However, as a result of the issuance of a substantial number of new shares,our shareholders immediately prior to our initial business combination could own less than a majority of our outstanding shares subsequent to our initial business combination. If less than 100% of the outstanding equity interests or assets of atarget business or businesses are owned or acquired by the post-transaction company, the portion of such business or businesses that is owned or acquired is what will be valued for purposes of Nasdaq’s 80% of net assets test. If our initialbusiness combination involves more than one target business, the 80% of net assets test will be based on the aggregate value of all of the target businesses and we will treat the target businesses together as the initial business combination forpurposes of a tender offer or for seeking shareholder approval, as applicable.

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To the extent we effect our initial business combination with a company or business that maybe financially unstable or in its early stages of development or growth, we may be affected by numerous risks inherent in such company or business. Although our management will endeavor to evaluate the risks inherent in a particular target business,we cannot assure you that we will properly ascertain or assess all significant risk factors.

Our Acquisition Process

In evaluating a prospective target business, we expect to conduct a thorough due diligence review that may encompass, among other things,meetings with incumbent management and employees, document reviews and inspection of facilities, as well as a review of financial and other information that will be made available to us. We will also utilize our operational and capital planningexperience.

We are not prohibited from pursuing an initial business combination or subsequent transaction with a company that isaffiliated with our sponsor, founders, officers or directors. In the event we seek to complete our initial business combination or, subject to certain exceptions, subsequent material transactions with a company that is affiliated with our sponsor orany of our founders, officers or directors, we, or a committee of independent directors, will obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm that is a member of FINRA or an independent accounting firm that such initial businesscombination or transaction is fair to our company from a financial point of view.

We currently do not have any specific businesscombination under consideration. Our officers and directors have not individually selected a target business. Our management team is continuously made aware of potential business opportunities, one or more of which we may desire to pursue for abusiness combination, but we have not (nor has anyone on our behalf) had any substantive discussions, directly or indirectly, with any business combination target with respect to an initial business combination with us.

Members of our management team and our directors will directly or indirectly own our ordinary shares following this offering and, accordingly,may have a conflict of interest in determining whether a particular target business is an appropriate business with which to effectuate our initial business combination. Further, each of our officers and directors may have a conflict of interestwith respect to evaluating a particular business combination if the retention or resignation of any such officers and directors was included by a target business as a condition to any agreement with respect to our initial business combination.

In addition, certain of our founders, officers and directors presently have, and any of them in the future may have additional, fiduciary andcontractual duties to other entities. As a result, if any of our founders, officers or directors becomes aware of a business combination opportunity which is suitable for an entity to which he, she or it has then-currentfiduciary or contractual obligations, then, subject to their fiduciary duties under Cayman Islands law, or contractual obligations, he, she or it will need to honor such fiduciary or contractual obligations to present such business combinationopportunity to such entity, before we can pursue such opportunity. If these other entities decide to pursue any such opportunity, we may be precluded from pursuing the same. However, we do not believe that the fiduciary duties or contractualobligations of our founders, officers or directors will materially affect our ability to complete our initial business combination. Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provide that, to the fullest extent permitted byapplicable law: (i) no individual serving as a director or an officer shall have any duty, except and to the extent expressly assumed by contract, to refrain from engaging directly or indirectly in the same or similar business activities orlines of business as us; and (ii) we renounce any interest or expectancy in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, any potential transaction or matter which may be a corporate opportunity for any director or officer, on the onehand, and us, on the other.


 

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Further, our sponsor, founders, officers and directors may sponsor or form other specialpurpose acquisition companies similar to ours or may pursue other business or investment ventures during the period in which we are seeking an initial business combination. Any such companies, businesses or investments may present additionalconflicts of interest in pursuing an initial business combination. Our founders, officers and directors, are not required to commit any specified amount of time to our affairs, and, accordingly, will have conflicts of interest in allocatingmanagement time among various business activities, including identifying potential business combinations and monitoring the related due diligence. However, we do not believe that any such potential conflicts would materially affect our ability tocomplete our initial business combination.

Prior to the date of this prospectus, we will file a Registration Statement on Form 8-A with the SEC to voluntarily register our securities under Section 12 of the Exchange Act. As a result, we will be subject to the rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act. Wehave no current intention of filing a Form 15 to suspend our reporting or other obligations under the Exchange Act prior or subsequent to the consummation of our initial business combination.

Corporate Information

Our executive offices are located at 3F International Chamber of Commerce Building A, Fuhua 1st Road, Futian District, Shenzhen, GuangdongProvince, China, and our telephone number is +86 0755 8323 4020. The information that may be contained on or accessible through our corporate website or any other website that we may maintain is not part of this prospectus or the registrationstatement of which this prospectus is a part. You should not rely on any such information in making your decision whether to invest in our securities.

We are a Cayman Islands exempted company. Exempted companies are Cayman Islands companies conducting business mainly outside the CaymanIslands and, as such, are exempted from complying with certain provisions of the Companies Act. As an exempted company, we have applied for and received a tax exemption undertaking from the Cayman Islands government that, in accordance withSection 6 of the Tax Concessions Act (As Revised) of the Cayman Islands, for a period of 20 years from the date of the undertaking, no law which is enacted in the Cayman Islands imposing any tax to be levied on profits, income, gains orappreciations will apply to us or our operations and, in addition, that no tax to be levied on profits, income, gains or appreciations or which is in the nature of estate duty or inheritance tax will be payable (i) on or in respect of ourshares, debentures or other obligations or (ii) by way of the withholding in whole or in part of a payment of dividend or other distribution of income or capital by us to our shareholders or a payment of principal or interest or other sums dueunder a debenture or other obligation of us.

We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of theSecurities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), as modified by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, or the JOBS Act. As such, we are eligible to take advantage of certain exemptions from various reportingrequirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not “emerging growth companies” including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of theSarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”), reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. If some investors find our securities less attractive as a result, there may bea less active trading market for our securities and the prices of our securities may be more volatile.

In addition, Section 107 ofthe JOBS Act also provides that an “emerging growth company” can take advantage of the extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act for complying with new or revised accounting standards. Inother words, an “emerging growth company” can delay the


 

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adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. We intend to take advantage of the benefits of this extended transition period.

We will remain an emerging growth company until the earlier of (1) the last day of the fiscal year (a) following the fifthanniversary of the completion of this offering, (b) in which we have total annual gross revenue of at least $1.07 billion, or (c) in which we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer, which means the market value of our Class Aordinary shares that are held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the end of that year’s second fiscal quarter, and (2) the date on which we have issued more than $1.0 billion in non-convertible debt securities during the prior three-year period. References herein to “emerging growth company” will have the meaning associated with it in the JOBS Act.

Additionally, we are a “smaller reporting company” as defined in Item 10(f)(1) of RegulationS-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 smallerreporting company until the last day of the fiscal year in which (1) the market value of our ordinary shares held by non-affiliates exceeds $250 million as of the end of that year’s secondfiscal quarter, or (2) our annual revenues exceeded $100 million during such completed fiscal year and the market value of our ordinary shares held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as ofthe end of that year’s second fiscal quarter. 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.


 

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The Offering

In deciding whether to invest in our securities, you should take into account not only the backgrounds of the members of our managementteam, but also the special risks we face as a blank check company and the fact that this offering is not being conducted in compliance with Rule 419 promulgated under the Securities Act. You will not be entitled to protections normally affordedto investors in Rule 419 blank check offerings. You should carefully consider these and the other risks set forth in the section below entitled “Risk Factors” of this prospectus.

 

Securities offered

10,000,000 units, at $10.00 per unit (or 11,500,000 units if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), each unit consisting of:

 

  

one Class A ordinary share; and

 

  

one-half of one redeemable warrant.

 

Proposed Nasdaq symbols

Units: “            ”

 

 Class A Ordinary Shares: “            ”

 

 Warrants: “            ”

 

Trading commencement and separation of Class A ordinary shares and warrants

The units are expected to begin trading on or promptly after the date of this prospectus. The Class A ordinary shares and warrants comprising the units will begin separate trading on the52nd day following the date of this prospectus (or, if such day is not a business day, on the next succeeding business day) unless the underwriters inform us of their decision to allow earlierseparate trading, subject to our having filed the Current Report on Form 8-K described below and having issued a press release announcing when such separate trading will begin. Once the Class Aordinary shares and warrants commence separate trading, holders will have the option to continue to hold units or separate their units into the component securities. Holders will need to have their brokers contact our transfer agent in order toseparate the units into Class A ordinary shares and warrants. No fractional warrants will be issued upon separation of the units and only whole warrants will trade. Accordingly, unless you purchase a multiple of two units, the numberof warrants issuable to you upon separation of the units will be rounded down to the nearest whole number of warrants.

 

 Additionally, the units will automatically separate into their component parts and will not be traded after completion of our initial business combination.

 

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Separate trading of the Class A ordinary shares
and warrants is prohibited until we have filed aCurrent Report on Form 8-K

In no event will the Class A ordinary shares and warrants be traded separately until we have filed with the SEC a Current Report on Form 8-K, which includes an audited balance sheet reflectingour receipt of the gross proceeds at the closing of this offering. We will file the Current Report on Form 8-K promptly after the closing of this offering. If the underwriters’over-allotment option is exercised following the initial filing of such Current Report on Form 8-K, a second or amended Current Report on Form 8-K will befiled to provide updated financial information to reflect the exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option.

Units:

 

Number outstanding before this offering

0

 

Number outstanding after this offering and the private placement

10,000,000(1)(2)

Ordinary Shares:

 

Number outstanding before this offering

2,875,000(3)

 

Number outstanding after this
offering and the private placement

13,010,000(1)(4)

Warrants:

 

Number outstanding before this offering

0

 

Number of warrants to be outstanding after this
offering and the private placement

5,000,000(1)(5)

 

(1)

Assumes no exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option and 375,000 founder shares are surrenderedto us by our sponsor for no consideration.

(2)

Includes 10,000,000 public units.

(3)

Includes up to 375,000 founder shares that will be surrendered to us by our sponsor for no considerationdepending on the extent to which the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised. Founder shares are currently classified as Class B ordinary shares, which shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary sharesconcurrently with or immediately following the consummation of our initial business combination, or earlier at the option of the holder thereof, as described below adjacent to the caption “Founder shares conversion and anti-dilutionrights.” Excludes 510,000 private placement shares.

(4)

Includes 10,000,000 public shares, 510,000 private placement shares and 2,500,000 founder shares.

(5)

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Exercisability

Each whole warrant sold in this offering is exercisable to purchase one Class A ordinary share, subject to adjustment as described herein. Only whole warrants are exercisable. No fractional warrants will be issued upon separationof the units and only whole warrants will trade. Therefore, you must separate units in multiples of two in order to receive a whole warrant.

 

 We structured each unit to contain one-half of one redeemable warrant, with each whole warrant exercisable for one Class A ordinary share, as compared to units issued by some other similar specialpurpose acquisition companies which contain whole warrants exercisable for one whole share, in order to reduce the dilutive effect of the warrants upon completion of our initial business combination as compared to units that each contain a wholewarrant to purchase one whole share, thus making us, we believe, a more attractive business combination partner for target businesses.

 

Exercise price

$11.50 per whole share, subject to adjustments as described herein.

 

 In addition, if (x) we issue additional Class A ordinary shares or equity-linked securities for capital raising purposes in connection with the closing of our initial business combination at an issue price oreffective issue price of less than $9.20 per ordinary share (with such issue price or effective issue price to be determined in good faith by our board of directors and, in the case of any such issuance to our sponsor or its affiliates, withouttaking into account any founder shares held by our sponsor or such affiliates, as applicable, prior to such issuance) (the “Newly Issued Price”), (y) the aggregate gross proceeds from such issuances represent more than 60% of thetotal equity proceeds, and interest thereon, available for the funding of our initial business combination on the date of the consummation of our initial business combination (net of redemptions), and (z) the volume weighted average tradingprice of our Class A ordinary shares during the 20 trading day period starting on the trading day prior to the day on which we consummate our initial business combination (such price, the “Market Value”) is below $9.20 per share, thenthe exercise price of the warrants will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 115% of the greater of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price, and the $16.50 per share redemption trigger price described below under “Redemption ofwarrants” will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 165% of the greater of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price.

 

Exercise period

The warrants will become exercisable on the later of:

 

  

30 days after the completion of our initial business combination; and

 

  

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 provided in each case that we have an effective registration statement under the Securities Act covering the issuance of the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants and a currentprospectus relating to them is available and such shares are registered, qualified or exempt from registration under the securities, or blue sky, laws of the state of residence of the holder (or we permit holders to exercise their warrants on acashless basis under the circumstances specified in the warrant agreement). If and when the warrants become redeemable by us, we may exercise our redemption right even if we are unable to register or qualify the underlying securities for saleunder all applicable state securities laws.

 

 We are not registering the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants at this time. However, we have agreed that as soon as practicable, but in no event later than twenty business daysafter the closing of our initial business combination, we will use our commercially reasonable efforts to file with the SEC a registration statement covering the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants. We will useour commercially reasonable efforts to cause the registration statement to become effective within 60 business days after the closing of our initial business combination, and to maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement and a currentprospectus relating to those Class A ordinary shares until the warrants expire or are redeemed, as specified in the warrant agreement provided that if our Class A ordinary shares are at the time of any exercise of a warrant not listed on anational securities exchange such that they satisfy the definition of a “covered security” under Section 18(b)(1) of the Securities Act, we may, at our option, require holders of warrants who exercise their warrants to do so on a“cashless basis” in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act and, in the event we so elect, we will not be required to file or maintain in effect a registration statement. If a registration statement coveringthe Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants is not effective by the 60th business day after the closing of the initial business combination, warrant holders may, until such time as there is an effective registrationstatement and during any period when we will have failed to maintain an effective registration statement, exercise warrants on a “cashless basis” in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act or anotherexemption. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify the shares under applicable blue sky laws to the extent an exemption is not available.

 

 The warrants will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, five years after the completion of our initial business combination or earlier upon redemption or liquidation. On the exercise of any warrant, thewarrant exercise price will be paid directly to us and not placed in a trust account.

 

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Redemption of warrants when the price per
Class A ordinary share equals or
exceeds $16.50

Once the warrants become exercisable, we may redeem the outstanding warrants:

 

  

in whole and not in part;

 

  

at a price of $0.01 per warrant;

 

  

upon a minimum of 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption, which we refer to as the “30-day redemption period”; and

 

  

if, and only if, the last reported sale price (the “closing price”) of our Class A ordinary sharesequals or exceeds $16.50 per share (including adjustments to the number of shares issuable upon exercise or the exercise price of a warrant as described under the heading “Description of Securities — Warrants — Anti-DilutionAdjustments”) for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which we send the notice of redemption to the warrant holders.

 

 We will not redeem the warrants as described above unless an effective registration statement under the Securities Act covering the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants is effective and a current prospectusrelating to those Class A ordinary shares is available throughout the 30-day redemption period, except if the warrants may be exercised on a cashless basis and such cashless exercise is exempt fromregistration under the Securities Act. If and when the warrants become redeemable by us, we may exercise our redemption right even if we are unable to register or qualify the underlying securities for sale under all applicable state securitieslaws.

 

 No fractional Class A ordinary shares will be issued upon redemption. If, upon redemption, a holder would be entitled to receive a fractional interest in a share, we will round down to the nearest whole numberof the number of Class A ordinary shares to be issued to the holder. Please see the section entitled “Description of Securities — Warrants” for additional information.

 

Founder Shares

On June 7, 2021 we issued to our sponsor an aggregate of 2,875,000 founder shares in exchange for a payment of $25,000 from our sponsor to coverfor certain expenses on behalf of us, or approximately $0.009 per share. Prior to the initial investment in the company of $25,000 by the sponsor, the company had no assets, tangible or intangible. The per share price of the founder shares wasdetermined by dividing the amount of cash the sponsor paid for the founder shares by the number of founder shares issued. Up to 375,000 founder shares will be surrendered to us by our sponsor for no consideration after the closing of thisoffering depending on the extent to which the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised. The total number of Class B ordinary shares outstanding after this


 

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offering and the expiration of the underwriters’ over-allotment option will equal 20% of the total number of Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares outstanding at suchtime (not including the Class A ordinary shares issued as the private placement shares). The Class B ordinary shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares concurrently with or immediately following the consummationof our initial business combination, or earlier at the option of the holder thereof, on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment, as described in this prospectus. Ifwe increase or decrease the size of this offering, we will effect a share capitalization or a share repurchase or redemption or other appropriate mechanism, as applicable, with respect to our Class B ordinary shares prior to the consummation ofthis offering in such amount as to maintain the number of founder shares at 20% of the total number of Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares outstanding at such time (assuming the underwriters exercise their over-allotmentoption in full, but not including the Class A ordinary shares issued as the private placement shares).

 

 The founder shares are identical to the Class A ordinary shares included in the units being sold in this offering, except that:

 

  

prior to our initial business combination, only holders of our Class B ordinary shares have the right tovote on the appointment of directors, including in connection with the completion of our initial business combination and holders of a majority of our Class B ordinary shares may remove a member of the board of directors for any reason;

 

  

the founder shares are subject to certain transfer restrictions, as described in more detail below;

 

  

our initial shareholders have entered into an agreement with us, pursuant to which they have agreed to(i) waive their redemption rights with respect to their founder shares and public shares in connection with the completion of our initial business combination, (ii) waive their redemption rights with respect to their founder shares andpublic shares in connection with a shareholder vote to approve an amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association that would affect the substance or timing of our obligation to provide for the redemption of our publicshares in connection with an initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we have not consummated an initial business combination within 12 months from the closing of this offering (or 18 months, if we extend the timeto complete a business combination as described in this prospectus) and (iii) waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to their founder shares if we fail to complete our initial business combinationwithin 12 months from the closing of this offering (or 18 months, if we extend the time to complete a


 

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business combination as described in this prospectus) (although they will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to any public shares they hold if we fail tocomplete our initial business combination within the prescribed time frame). If we submit our initial business combination to our public shareholders for a vote, our initial shareholders have agreed to vote their founder shares and any publicshares purchased during or after this offering in favor of our initial business combination. As a result, in addition to our initial shareholders’ founder shares and private placement shares, we would need 3,495,001, or 34.95% (assumingall outstanding shares are voted and the over-allotment option is not exercised) of the 10,000,000 public shares sold in this offering to be voted in favor of a transaction, in order to have such initial business combination approved;

 

  

the founder shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares concurrently with or immediatelyfollowing the consummation of our initial business combination, or earlier at the option of the holder thereof, as described below adjacent to the caption “Founder shares conversion and anti-dilution rights”; and

 

  

the founder shares are entitled to registration rights.

 

 In addition, we have agreed not to enter into a definitive agreement regarding an initial business combination without the prior consent of our sponsor.

 

Transfer restrictions on founder shares

Our initial shareholders have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell (i) 50% of the founder shares, for a period ending on the earlier of the six-month anniversary of the date of the consummation ofour initial business combination and the date on which the closing price of our Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $12.5 per share (as adjusted for share sub-divisions, share dividends,reorganizations and recapitalizations) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period following the consummation of our initial business combination and (ii) with respect to the remaining 50% ofthe founder shares, for a period ending on the six-month anniversary of the date of the consummation of our initial business combination, or, in either case, earlier if, subsequent to our initial businesscombination, we consummate a subsequent liquidation, merger, share exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of our shareholders having the right to exchange their shares for cash, securities or other property (except as describedin the section entitled “Principal Shareholders — Restrictions on Transfers of Founder Shares and Private Placement Shares”). Any permitted transferees will be subject to the same restrictions and other agreements of our initialshareholders with respect to any founder shares. We refer to such transfer restrictions throughout this prospectus as the “lock-up.”

 

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Founder shares conversion and anti-dilution rights

The founder shares are designated as Class B ordinary shares and will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares concurrently with or immediately following the consummation of our initial business combination, or earlier at theoption of the holder thereof, on a one-for-one basis. However, if additional Class A ordinary shares or any other equity-linked securities (as defined below)are issued or deemed issued in connection with our initial business combination, the number of Class A ordinary shares issuable upon conversion of all founder shares will equal, in the aggregate, on anas-converted basis, 20% of the sum of (i) the total number of ordinary shares outstanding upon completion of this offering (not including the Class A ordinary shares issued as the private placementshares) plus (ii) the total number of Class A ordinary shares issued, or deemed issued or issuable upon conversion or exercise of any equity-linked securities or rights issued or deemed issued, by the Company in connection with or inrelation to the consummation of the initial business combination, excluding any Class A ordinary shares or equity-linked securities exercisable for or convertible into Class A ordinary shares issued, or to be issued, to any seller in theinitial business combination and any private placement shares issued to our sponsor upon conversion of working capital loans, provided that such conversion of Class B ordinary shares will never occur on a less than one-for-one basis. Any conversion of Class B ordinary shares described herein will take effect as a redemption of Class B ordinary shares and an issuance ofClass A ordinary shares as a matter of Cayman Islands law. The term “equity-linked securities” refers to any debt or equity securities that are convertible, exercisable or exchangeable for our Class A ordinary shares issuedin a financing transaction in connection with our initial business combination, including, but not limited to, a private placement of equity or debt.

 

Appointments of directors; Voting rights

Holders of record of our Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares are entitled, except as described below, to one vote for eachshare held on all matters to be voted on by shareholders. Unless specified in our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association or as required by the Companies Act or stock exchange rules, an ordinary resolution under CaymanIslands law, which requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the shareholders who attend and vote at a general meeting of the company, is generally required to approve any matter voted on by our shareholders. Approval of certain actionsrequire a special resolution under Cayman Islands law, which requires the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of our ordinary shares that are voted, and pursuant to our amended and restatedmemorandum and articles of association, such actions include amending our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association and approving a statutory merger or consolidation with another company. There is no cumulative voting withrespect to the appointment of directors,


 

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meaning, following our initial business combination, the holders of more than 50% of our ordinary shares voted for the appointment of directors can appoint all of the directors. Only holders ofClass B ordinary shares will have the right to appoint directors in any election held prior to or in connection with the completion of our initial business combination. Holders of our public shares will not be entitled to vote on theappointment of directors during such time. In addition, prior to the completion of our initial business combination, holders of a majority of our Class B ordinary shares may remove a member of our board of directors for any reason. Theseprovisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association relating to the rights of holders of Class B ordinary shares to appoint or remove directors prior to our initial business combination may only be amended by a specialresolution passed by the holders of a majority of at least 90% of our ordinary shares voting in a general meeting. With respect to any other matter submitted to a vote of our shareholders, including any vote in connection with our initialbusiness combination, except as required by law, holders of the founder shares and holders of our public shares will vote together as a single class, with each share entitling the holder to one vote. If we seek shareholder approval of ourinitial business combination, we will complete our initial business combination only if we receive the approval pursuant to an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law, which requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the shareholders whoattend and vote at a general meeting of the company. In such case, our initial shareholders have agreed to vote their founder shares and any public shares purchased during or after this offering in favor of our initial business combination. Asa result, in addition to our initial shareholders’ founder shares and private placement shares, we would need 3,495,001, or 34.95% (assuming all outstanding shares are voted and the over-allotment option is not exercised) of the 10,000,000public shares sold in this offering to be voted in favor of a transaction, in order to have such initial business combination approved.

 

Private placement shares

Our sponsor has committed, pursuant to a written agreement, to purchase an aggregate of 510,000 private placement shares (or 555,000 if theunderwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), at a price of $10.00 per share ($5,100,000 in the aggregate or $5,550,000 in the aggregate if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), in a private placementthat will close simultaneously with the closing of this offering. The private placement shares are identical to the Class A ordinary shares sold in this offering. However, the holder of the private placement shares will be entitled toregistration rights. In addition, the private placement shares may not, subject to certain limited exceptions, be transferred, assigned or sold by the holder until 30 days after the completion of our initial business combination. A portion of thepurchase price of the private placement shares will be added to the proceeds from this offering to be held in the trust account such that at the time of closing


 

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$101 million (or $116.15 million if the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option in full) will be held in the trust account. If we do not complete our initial businesscombination within 12 months from the closing of this offering (or 18 months, if we extend the time to complete a business combination as described in this prospectus), the proceeds from the sale of the private placement shares held in the trustaccount will be used to fund the redemption of our public shares (subject to the requirements of applicable law). There will be no redemption rights or liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to the private placement shares.

 

Transfer restrictions on private placement shares

The private placement shares will not be transferable, assignable or salable until 30 days after the completion of our initial business combination, except as described in the section entitled “Principal Shareholders —Restrictions on Transfers of Founder Shares and Private Placement Shares.”.

 

Proceeds to be held in trust account

Nasdaq rules provide that at least 90% of the gross proceeds from this offering and the sale of the private placement shares be deposited in a trust account. Of the proceeds we will receive from this offering and the sale of the privateplacement shares described in this prospectus, $101,000,000, or $116,150,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full ($10.10 per unit in either case), will be deposited into a segregated trust account located in theUnited States with Wilmington Trust, National Association acting as trustee. The proceeds to be placed in the trust account include $3,500,000 (or $4,025,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full) in the deferredunderwriting commissions.

 

 

Except with respect to interest earned on the funds held in the trust account that may be released to us to pay our taxes, ifany, our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, as discussed below and subject to the requirements of law and regulation, will provide that none of the funds held in the trust account will be released from the trust accountuntil the earliest of (i) the completion of our initial business combination, (ii) the redemption of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination within 12 months from the closing of this offering (or 18 months, if weextend the time to complete a business combination as described in this prospectus), and (iii) the redemption of our public shares properly submitted in connection with a shareholder vote to approve an amendment to our amended and restatedmemorandum and articles of association that would affect the substance or timing of our obligation to provide for the redemption of our public shares in connection with an initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if wehave not consummated an initial business combination within 12 months from the closing of this offering (or 18 months, if we extend the time to complete a business combination as described in this prospectus). The proceeds deposited in the trustaccount could become subject to the claims of our creditors, if any,


 

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which could have priority over the claims of our public shareholders. However, if we anticipate that we may not be able to consummate our initial business combination within 12 months fromclosing of this offering, we may, but are not obligated to, extend the period of time to consummate a business combination twice by an additional three months each time (for a total of up to 18 months to complete a business combination). Pursuant tothe terms of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and the trust agreement to be entered into between us and Wilmington Trust, National Association on the date of this prospectus, in order to extend the time available for us toconsummate our initial business combination, our sponsor, upon at least five days advance notice prior to the applicable deadline, must deposit into the trust account for each three months extension, $1,000,000, or $1,150,000 if theunderwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full, on or prior to the date of the applicable deadline. The sponsor will receive a non-interest bearing, unsecured promissory note equal to the amount of any such deposit that will not berepaid in the event that we are unable to close a business combination unless there are funds available outside the trust account to do so. Such notes would either be paid upon consummation of our initial business combination, or, at thelender’s discretion, converted upon consummation of our business combination into additional private shares at a price of $10.00 per share.

 

Anticipated expenses and funding sources

Except as described above with respect to the payment of taxes, unless and until we complete our initial business combination, no proceeds held in the trust account will be available for our use (although such funds may be used to redeem publicshares as described above). The proceeds held in the trust account will be invested only in U.S. government treasury obligations with a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 under theInvestment Company Act, which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations. We estimate the interest earned on the trust account will be approximately $50,000 per year, assuming an interest rate of 0.05% per year; however, we canprovide no assurances regarding this amount. The trust account’s earnings will be lower if interest rates on short-term U.S. government treasury obligations decline. Unless and until we complete our initial business combination, we may pay ourexpenses only from:

 

  

the net proceeds of this offering and the sale of the private placement shares not held in the trust account,which will be approximately $750,000 in working capital after the payment of approximately $1,350,000 in expenses relating to this offering; and

 

  

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proceeds held in the trust account unless such proceeds are released to us upon completion of our initial business combination.

 

Conditions to completing our initial business combination

Nasdaq rules require that we must complete one or more business combinations having an aggregate fair market value of at least 80% of the value of the assets held in the trust account (excluding the Business Combination Fee and taxes payable onthe interest earned on the trust account) at the time of our signing a definitive agreement in connection with our initial business combination. Our board of directors will make the determination as to the fair market value of our initialbusiness combination. If our board of directors is not able to independently determine the fair market value of our initial business combination, we will obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm that is a member of FINRA ora valuation or appraisal firm with respect to the satisfaction of such criteria. While we consider it unlikely that our board of directors will not be able to make such independent determination of fair market value, it may be unable to do soif it is less familiar or experienced with the business of a particular target or if there is a significant amount of uncertainty as to the value of the target’s assets or prospects. Our shareholders may not be provided with a copy of suchopinion nor will they be able to rely on such opinion. There is no limitation on our ability to raise funds privately or through loans in connection with our initial business combination. We will complete our initial business combination only if thepost-transaction company in which our public shareholders own shares will own or acquire 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target business sufficient for it not to berequired to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act. Even if the post-transaction company owns or acquires 50% or more of the voting securities of the target, our shareholders prior to the business combination maycollectively own a minority interest in the post business combination company, depending on valuations ascribed to the target and us in the business combination transaction. If less than 100% of the outstanding equity interests or assets of a targetbusiness or businesses are owned or acquired by the post-transaction company, the portion of such business or businesses that is owned or acquired is what will be valued for purposes of the 80% of net assets test, provided that in the event that thebusiness combination involves more than one target business, the 80% of net assets test will be based on the aggregate value of all of the target businesses and we will treat the target businesses together as the initial business combination forpurposes of a tender offer or for seeking shareholder approval, as applicable.

 

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business combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, our sponsor, initial shareholders, directors, executive officers, advisors or their affiliates may purchase public shares or publicwarrants in privately negotiated transactions or in the open market either prior to or following the completion of our initial business combination. Additionally, at any time at or prior to our initial business combination, subject to applicablesecurities laws (including with respect to material nonpublic information), our sponsor, initial shareholders, directors, executive officers, advisors or their affiliates may enter into transactions with investors and others to provide them withincentives to acquire public shares, vote their public shares in favor of our initial business combination or not redeem their public shares. However, they have no current commitments, plans or intentions to engage in such transactions and havenot formulated any terms or conditions for any such transactions. None of the funds held in the trust account will be used to purchase public shares or public warrants in such transactions. If they engage in such transactions, they will berestricted from making any such purchases when they are in possession of any material nonpublic information not disclosed to the seller or if such purchases are prohibited by Regulation M under the Exchange Act. We do not currently anticipatethat such purchases, if any, would constitute a tender offer subject to the tender offer rules under the Exchange Act or a going-private transaction subject to the going-private rules under the Exchange Act; however, if the purchasersdetermine at the time of any such purchases that the purchases are subject to such rules, the purchasers will comply with such rules. See “Proposed Business — Permitted Purchases and Other Transactions with Respect to Our Securities”for a description of how our sponsor, initial shareholders, directors, executive officers, advisors or any of their affiliates will select which shareholders to purchase securities from in any private transaction.

 

 The purpose of any such transaction could be to (i) vote such shares in favor of the business combination and thereby increase the likelihood of obtaining shareholder approval of the business combination,(ii) reduce the number of public warrants outstanding or to vote such warrants on any matters submitted to the warrant holders for approval in connection with our initial business combination or (iii) satisfy a closing condition in anagreement with a target that requires us to have a minimum net worth or a certain amount of cash at the closing of our initial business combination, where it appears that such requirement would otherwise not be met. Any such transactions withrespect to our securities may result in the completion of our initial business combination that may not otherwise have been possible. In addition, if such purchases are made, the public “float” of our Class A ordinary shares orwarrants 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.

 

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Redemption rights for public shareholders upon completion of our initial business combination

We will provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their public shares prior to completion of our initial business combination at a per-share price, payable in cash,equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, calculated as of two business days prior to the consummation of our initial business combination, including interest (net of taxes paid or payable), divided by the number of thenoutstanding public shares, subject to the limitations described herein. The amount in the trust account is initially anticipated to be $10.10 per public share. The per share amount we will distribute to investors who properly redeem their shareswill not be reduced by the deferred underwriting commissions. There will be no redemption rights upon the completion of our initial business combination with respect to our warrants. Further, we will not proceed with redeeming our publicshares, even if a public shareholder has properly elected to redeem its shares, if a business combination does not close. Our initial shareholders have entered into agreements with us, pursuant to which they have agreed to waive their redemptionrights with respect to their founder shares and any public shares they may acquire during or after this offering in connection with the completion of our initial business combination. The other members of our management team have entered intoagreements similar to the one entered into by our sponsor with respect to any public shares acquired by them in or after this offering.

 

Limitations on redemption

Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will provide that in no event will we redeem our public shares in an amount that wouldcause our net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001 (so that we do not then become subject to the SEC’s “penny stock” rules). However, a greater net tangible asset or cash requirement may be contained in the agreement relating toour initial business combination. For example, the proposed business combination may require: (i) cash consideration to be paid to the target or its owners; (ii) cash to be transferred to the target for working capital or other generalcorporate purposes; or (iii) the retention of cash to satisfy other conditions in accordance with the terms of the proposed business combination. Furthermore, although we will not redeem shares in an amount that would cause our net tangibleassets to fall below $5,000,001, we do not have a maximum redemption threshold based on the percentage of shares sold in this offering, as many special purpose acquisition companies do. In the event the aggregate cash consideration we would berequired to pay for all Class A ordinary shares that are validly submitted for redemption plus any amount required to satisfy cash conditions pursuant to the terms of the proposed business combination exceed the aggregate amount of cashavailable to us, we will not complete the business combination or redeem any shares, and all Class A ordinary shares submitted for redemption will be returned to the holders


 

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thereof, and we instead may search for an alternate business combination.

 

Manner of conducting redemptions

We will provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their public shares prior to the completion of our initial business combination either (i) in connection with a general meeting called to approve thebusiness combination or (ii) by means of a tender offer. In the case of a general meeting, such election must be made, unless extended by us in our sole discretion, no later than two business days prior to the initially scheduled vote onthe proposal to approve the initial business combination. The decision as to whether we will seek shareholder approval of a proposed business combination or conduct a tender offer will be made by us, solely in our discretion, and will be basedon a variety of factors such as the timing of the transaction and whether the terms of the transaction would require us to seek shareholder approval under applicable law or stock exchange listing requirement. Under Nasdaq rules, assetacquisitions and share purchases would not typically require shareholder approval, while direct mergers with our company and any transactions where we issue more than 20% of our outstanding ordinary shares or seek to amend our amended and restatedmemorandum and articles of association would typically require shareholder approval. We currently intend to conduct redemptions in connection with a shareholder vote unless shareholder approval is not required by applicable law or stockexchange listing requirement or we choose to conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules of the SEC for business or other reasons.

 

 If we hold a shareholder vote to approve our initial business combination, we will:

 

  

conduct the redemptions in conjunction with a proxy solicitation pursuant to Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act,which regulates the solicitation of proxies, and not pursuant to the tender offer rules; and

 

  

file proxy materials with the SEC.

 

 

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similar to the one entered into by our sponsor with respect to any public shares acquired by them in or after this offering. Each public shareholder may elect to redeem their public sharesirrespective of whether they vote for or against the proposed transaction or vote at all. Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will require that at least five days’ notice will be given of any such generalmeeting.

 

 If we conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules of the SEC, we will, pursuant to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association:

 

  

conduct the redemptions pursuant to Rule 13e-4 and Regulation 14E ofthe Exchange Act, which regulate issuer tender offers; and

 

  

file tender offer documents with the SEC prior to completing our initial business combination which containsubstantially the same financial and other information about the initial business combination and the redemption rights as is required under Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act, which regulates the solicitation of proxies.

 

 Upon the public announcement of our initial business combination, if we elect to conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules, we and our sponsor will terminate any plan established in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 to purchase our Class A ordinary shares in the open market, in order to comply with Rule 14e-5 under the Exchange Act.

 

 In the event we conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules, our offer to redeem will remain open for at least 20 business days, in accordance withRule 14e-1(a) under the Exchange Act, and we will not be permitted to complete our initial business combination until the expiration of the tender offer period. In addition, the tender offerwill be conditioned on public shareholders not tendering more than the number of public shares we are permitted to redeem. If public shareholders tender more shares than we have offered to purchase, we will withdraw the tender offer and notcomplete such initial business combination.

 

Limitation on redemption rights of shareholders holding more than 15% of the Class A ordinary sharesthat are part of the units sold in this
offering if we hold shareholder vote

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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 shareswith respect to more than an aggregate of 15% of the Class A ordinary shares that are part of the units sold in this offering, without our prior consent. We believe the restriction described above will discourage shareholders fromaccumulating large blocks of shares, and subsequent attempts by such holders to use their ability to redeem their shares as a means to force us or our management to purchase their shares at a significant premium to the then-current market price oron other undesirable terms. Absent this provision, a public shareholder holding more than an aggregate of 15% of the Class A ordinary shares that are part of the units sold in this offering could threaten to exercise its redemption rightsagainst a business combination if such holder’s shares are not purchased by us, our sponsor or our management at a premium to the then-current market price or on other undesirable terms. By limiting our shareholders’ ability to redeemto no more than 15% of the Class A ordinary shares that are part of the units sold in this offering, we believe we will limit the ability of a small group of shareholders to unreasonably attempt to block our ability to complete our initialbusiness combination, particularly in connection with a business combination with a target that requires as a closing condition that we have a minimum net worth or a certain amount of cash.

 

 However, we would not be restricting our shareholders’ ability to vote all of their shares (including all shares held by those shareholders that hold more than 15% of the Class A ordinary shares that are partof the units sold in this offering) for or against our initial business combination.

 

Release of funds in trust account on closing of our initial business combination.

On the completion of our initial business combination, the funds held in the trust account will be used to pay amounts due to any public shareholderswho properly exercise their redemption rights as described above adjacent to the caption “Redemption rights for public shareholders upon completion of our initial business combination,” to pay the underwriters the deferred underwritingcommissions, to pay all or a portion of the consideration payable to the target or owners of the target of our initial business combination and to pay other expenses associated with our initial business combination. If our initial businesscombination is paid for using equity or debt or not all of the funds released from the trust account are used for payment of the consideration in connection with our initial business combination or the redemption of our public shares, we may applythe balance of the cash released to us from the trust account for general corporate purposes, including for maintenance or expansion of operations of post-transaction businesses, the payment of principal or interest due on indebtedness incurred incompleting our initial business


 

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combination, to fund the purchase of other companies or for working capital.

 

Redemption of public shares and distribution and liquidation if no initial business combination

Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will provide that we will have only 12 months from the closing of this offering to complete our initial business combination (or 18 months, if we extend the time to complete abusiness combination as described in this prospectus). However, if we anticipate that we may not be able to consummate our initial business combination within 12 months from closing of this offering, we may, but are not obligated to, extend theperiod of time to consummate a business combination twice by an additional three months each time (for a total of up to 18 months to complete a business combination). Pursuant to the terms of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation andthe trust agreement to be entered into between us and Wilmington Trust, National Association on the date of this prospectus, in order to extend the time available for us to consummate our initial business combination, our sponsor, upon at least fivedays advance notice prior to the applicable deadline, must deposit into the trust account for each three months extension, $1,000,000, or $1,150,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full, on or prior to the date of theapplicable deadline. The sponsor will receive a non-interest bearing, unsecured promissory note equal to the amount of any such deposit that will not be repaid in the event that we are unable to close a business combination unless there are fundsavailable outside the trust account to do so. Such notes would either be paid upon consummation of our initial business combination, or, at the lender’s discretion, converted upon consummation of our business combination into additional privateshares at a price of $10.00 per share. If we do not complete our initial business combination within such 18-month period, we will: (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up;(ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than 10 business days thereafter, redeem the public shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in thetrust account, including interest (less up to $50,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses and net of taxes paid or payable), divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish publicshareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any); and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining shareholdersand 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 in all cases subject to the other requirements of applicable law. There will be noredemption rights or liquidating distributions with respect to our warrants, which will expire worthless if we fail to complete our initial business combination within the 18-month time period.

 

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 Our initial shareholders or management team have entered into agreements with us, pursuant to which they have waived their rights to liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to their founder shares if we fail to complete ourinitial business combination within 12 months from the closing of this offering (or 18 months, if we extend the time to complete a business combination as described in this prospectus). However, if our initial shareholders or management teamacquire public shares in or after this offering, they will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to such public shares if we fail to complete our initial business combination within the 18-month time period.

 

 Holders of the private shares will not participate in any redemption and liquidation distribution from our trust account with respect to such shares.
 

 

 The underwriters have agreed to waive their rights to the deferred underwriting commissions held in the trust account in the event we do not complete our initial business combination within 12 months from theclosing of this offering (or 18 months, if we extend the time to complete a business combination as described in this prospectus) and, in such event, such amounts will be included with the funds held in the trust account that will be available tofund the redemption of our public shares.

 

 

Our sponsor, executive officers, directors and director nominees will have agreed, pursuant to a written agreement with us,that they will not propose any amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association that would affect the substance or timing of our obligation to provide for the redemption of our public shares in connection with an initialbusiness combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we have not consummated an initial business combination within 12 months from the closing of this offering (or 18 months, if we extend the time to complete a business combination asdescribed in this prospectus), 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 incash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest (net of taxes paid or payable), divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, subject to the limitations described above adjacent to the caption“Limitations on redemptions.” For example, our board of directors may propose such an amendment if it determines that additional time is necessary to complete our initial business combination. In such event, we will conduct aproxy solicitation and distribute proxy materials pursuant to Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act seeking shareholder approval of such proposal and, in connection therewith, provide our public shareholders with the redemption rights described aboveupon shareholder approval of such amendment. This redemption right shall apply in the event of the


 

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approval of any such amendment, whether proposed by our sponsor, any executive officer, director or director nominee, or any other person.

 

 Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will provide that, if we wind up for any other reason prior to the consummation of our initial business combination, we will follow the foregoingprocedures with respect to the liquidation of the trust account as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than 10 business days thereafter, subject to applicable Cayman Islands law.

 

Limited payments to insiders

Other than as outlined below, there will be no finder’s fees, reimbursement, consulting fee, monies in respect of any payment of a loan or other compensation paid by us to our sponsor, officers or directors, or any affiliate of our sponsoror officers, for services rendered prior to, or for any services rendered in order to effectuate, the consummation of our initial business combination (regardless of the type of transaction that it is). The following payments will be made toour sponsor, officers or directors, or our or their affiliates, and, if made prior to our initial business combination will be made from funds held outside the trust account:

 

  

repayment of up to an aggregate of $300,000 in loans made to us by our sponsor to cover offering-related andorganizational expenses;

 

  

reimbursement for anyout-of-pocket expenses related to identifying, investigating, negotiating and completing an initial business combination;

 

  

repayment of loans which may be made by our sponsor or an affiliate of our sponsor or certain of our officers anddirectors to finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial business combination. Up to $1,200,000 of such loans may be convertible into Class A ordinary shares, at a price of $10.00 per share at the option of the lender.Except for the foregoing, the terms of such loans, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans; and

 

  

payment to each of our directors Benjamin W. James and Xinzhong Li approximately $100,000 per year, and pay eachof our officer Jing Jiang and director Duo Gao approximately $70,000 per year for their services prior to the consummation of our initial business combination, which is paid monthly, subject to annual review and adjustment by us.

 

 Our audit committee will review on a quarterly basis all payments that were made to our sponsor, officers or directors, or our or their affiliates.

 

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responsibilities, the audit committee will review on a quarterly basis all payments that were made by us to our sponsor, officers or directors, or our or their affiliates and monitor compliancewith the other terms relating to this offering. If any noncompliance is identified, then the audit committee will be charged with the responsibility to promptly take all action necessary to rectify such noncompliance or otherwise to causecompliance with the terms of this offering. For more information, see the section entitled “Management — Committees of the Board of Directors — Audit Committee.”

 

Indemnity

Our sponsor has agreed that it will be liable to us if and to the extent any claims by a third party for services rendered or products sold to us, or by a prospective target business with which we have discussed entering into a transactionagreement, reduce the amount of funds in the trust account to below (i) $10.10 per public share or (ii) such lesser amount per public share held in the trust account as of the date of the liquidation of the trust account due to reductions in thevalue of the trust assets, in each case net of the interest which may be withdrawn to pay taxes. This liability will not apply with respect to any claims by a third party who executed a waiver of any and all rights to seek access to the trustaccount nor will it apply as to any claims under our indemnity of the underwriters of this offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. Moreover, in the event that an executed waiver is deemed to beunenforceable against a third party, then our sponsor will not be responsible to the extent of any liability for such third party claims. We have not independently verified whether our sponsor has sufficient funds to satisfy its indemnityobligations and believe that our sponsor’s only assets are securities of our company. We have not asked our sponsor to reserve for such indemnification obligations. None of our officers will indemnify us for claims by third parties including,without limitation, claims by vendors and prospective target businesses.

Risks

Summary of Risk Factors

This summary onlyhighlights the more detailed information appearing elsewhere in this prospectus. You should read this entire prospectus carefully, including the information under “Risk Factors” and our financial statements and the related notes includedelsewhere in this prospectus, before investing.

 

  

We are a newly incorporated blank check company incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company with nooperating history and no revenues, and you have no basis on which to evaluate our ability to achieve our business objective.

 

  

Past performance by our management team or their respective affiliates, including investments and transactions inwhich they have participated and businesses with which they have been associated, may not be indicative of future performance of an investment in us, and we may be unable to provide positive returns to shareholders.


 

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Our independent registered public accounting firm’s report contains an explanatory paragraph that expressessubstantial doubt about our ability to continue as a “going concern.”

 

  

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

 

  

Your only opportunity to affect the investment decision regarding a potential business combination may be limitedto the exercise of your right to redeem your shares from us for cash.

 

  

If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination, our initial shareholders and management teamhave agreed to vote in favor of such initial business combination, regardless of how our public shareholders vote.

 

  

The ability of our public shareholders to redeem their shares for cash may make our financial conditionunattractive to potential business combination targets, which may make it difficult for us to enter into a business combination with a target.

 

  

The ability of our public shareholders to exercise redemption rights with respect to a large number of our sharesmay not allow us to complete the most desirable business combination or optimize our capital structure.

 

  

The ability of our public shareholders to exercise redemption rights with respect to a large number of our sharescould 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.

 

  

The requirement that we complete our initial business combination within 12 months after the closing of thisoffering (or 18 months, if we extend the time to complete a business combination as described in this prospectus) may give potential target businesses leverage over us in negotiating a business combination and may limit the time we have in which toconduct due diligence on potential business combination targets, in particular as we approach our dissolution deadline, which could undermine our ability to complete our initial business combination on terms that would produce value for ourshareholders.

 

  

Our search for a business combination, and any target business with which we ultimately consummate a businesscombination, may be materially adversely affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and other events, and the status of debt and equity markets.

 

  

If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination, our sponsor, initial shareholders,directors, officers, advisors or their affiliates may elect to purchase public shares or public warrants, which may influence a vote on a proposed business combination and reduce the public “float” of our Class A ordinary shares orpublic warrants.

 

  

If a shareholder fails to receive notice of our offer to redeem our public shares in connection with our initialbusiness combination, or fails to comply with the procedures for tendering its shares, such shares may not be redeemed.

 

  

You will not have any rights or interests in funds from the trust account, except under certain limitedcircumstances. Therefore, to liquidate your investment, you may be forced to sell your public shares or warrants, potentially at a loss.

 

  

Nasdaq may delist our securities from trading on its exchange, which could limit investors’ ability to maketransactions in our securities and subject us to additional trading restrictions.

 

  

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Because of our limited resources and the significant competition for business combination opportunities, it maybe more difficult for us to complete our initial business combination. If we do not complete our initial business combination within the required time period, our public shareholders may receive only approximately $10.10 per public share, or less incertain circumstances, on the liquidation of our trust account and our warrants will expire worthless.

 

  

If the net proceeds of this offering and the sale of the private placement shares not being held in the trustaccount are insufficient to allow us to operate for at least the 12 months following the closing of this offering (or 18 months, if we extend the time to complete a business combination as described in this prospectus), it could limit the amountavailable to fund our search for a target business or businesses and complete our initial business combination, and we will depend on loans from our sponsor or management team to fund our search and to complete our initial business combination.

 

  

Our initial shareholders control a substantial interest in us and thus may exert a substantial influence onactions requiring a shareholder vote, potentially in a manner that you do not support.

 

  

The warrants may become exercisable and redeemable for a security other than the Class A ordinary shares,and you will not have any information regarding such other security at this time.

 

  

Unlike some other similarly structured special purpose acquisition companies, our initial shareholders willreceive additional Class A ordinary shares if we issue shares to consummate an initial business combination.

 

  

We may reincorporate in another jurisdiction in connection with our initial business combination and suchreincorporation may result in taxes imposed on shareholders.

 

  

After our initial business combination, it is possible that a majority of our directors and officers will liveoutside 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.

 

  

Provisions in our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association may inhibit a takeover of us, whichcould limit the price investors might be willing to pay in the future for our Class A ordinary shares and could entrench management.

Summary Financial Data

The following table summarizes the relevant financial data for our business and should be read with our financial statements, which areincluded in this prospectus. We have not had any significant operations to date, so only balance sheet data is presented.

 

   June 8, 2021 
   Actual  As Adjusted 

Balance Sheet Data:

   

Working capital (deficiency)(1)

  $(96,330 $98,267,960 

Total assets(2)

  $126,790  $101,767,960 

Total liabilities(3)

  $108,830  $3,500,000 

Value of ordinary share subject to possible conversion/tender(4)

  $-  $93,267,955 

Shareholder’s equity(5)

  $17,960  $5,000,005 

 

(1)

The “as adjusted” calculation includes $101,000,000 of cash held in trust from the proceeds of thisoffering and the sale of the private placement shares, plus $750,000 of cash held outside the trust account, less $3,500,000 for the deferred underwriting commissions, plus $17,960 of actual shareholder’s equity at June 8, 2021.


 

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(2)

The “as adjusted” calculation includes $101,000,000 of cash held in trust from the proceeds of thisoffering and the sale of the private placement shares, plus $750,000 of cash held outside the trust account, plus $17,960 of actual shareholder’s equity at June 8, 2021.

(3)

The “as adjusted” calculation includes $3,500,000 for the deferred underwriting commissions.

(4)

The “as adjusted” calculation equals the “as adjusted” total assets, less the “asadjusted” total liabilities, less the “as adjusted” shareholder’s equity, which is set to approximate the minimum net tangible assets threshold of at least $5,000,001 either immediately prior to or upon consummation of ourinitial business combination.

(5)

Excludes 9,234,451 ordinary shares which may be redeemed in connection with our initial business combinationand assuming no exercise of the over-allotment option. The actual number of shares that may be redeemed may exceed this amount provided that we have net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 immediately prior to or upon consummation of the businesscombination. The “as adjusted” calculation equals the “as adjusted” total assets, less the “as adjusted” total liabilities, less the value of ordinary shares that may be converted in connection with our initial businesscombination ($10.10 per share).

If no business combination is completed within 12 months from the closing of thisoffering (or 18 months, if we extend the time to complete a business combination as described in this prospectus), the proceeds then on deposit in the trust account including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account and not previouslyreleased to us to pay our taxes (less up to $50,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), will be used to fund the redemption of our public shares. Our founders, directors and officers have agreed to waive their rights to liquidatingdistributions from the trust account with respect to any founder shares held by them if we fail to complete our initial business combination within such time period.


 

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RISK FACTORS

An investment in our securities involves a high degree of risk. You should consider carefully all of the risks described below, togetherwith the other information contained in this prospectus, before making a decision to invest in our units. If any of the following events occur, our business, financial condition and operating results may be materially adversely affected. In thatevent, the trading price of our securities could decline, and you could lose all or part of your investment.

 

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Risks Relating to our Search for, Consummation of, or Inability to Consummate, a Business Combinationand Post-Business Combination Risks

We are a newly incorporated blank check company incorporated as a Cayman Islands exemptedcompany with no operating history and no revenues, and you have no basis on which to evaluate our ability to achieve our business objective.

We are a newly incorporated blank check company incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company with no operating results, and we will notcommence operations until obtaining funding through this offering. Because we lack an operating history, you have no basis upon which to evaluate our ability to achieve our business objective of completing our initial business combination. We haveno plans, arrangements or understandings with any prospective target business concerning a business combination and may be unable to complete our initial business combination. If we fail to complete our initial business combination, we will nevergenerate any operating revenues.

Past performance by our management team or their respective affiliates, including investments and transactions inwhich they have participated and businesses with which they have been associated, may not be indicative of future performance of an investment in us, and we may be unable to provide positive returns to shareholders.

Information regarding our management team or their respective affiliates, including investments and transactions in which they haveparticipated and businesses with which they have been associated, is presented for informational purposes only. Any past experience and performance of our management team or their respective affiliates and the businesses with which they have beenassociated, including related to acquisitions and shareholder returns, is not a guarantee that we will be able to successfully identify a suitable candidate for our initial business combination, that we will be able to provide positive returns toour shareholders, or of any results with respect to any initial business combination we may consummate. You should not rely on the historical experiences of our management team or their respective affiliates, including investments and transactionsin which they have participated and businesses with which they have been associated, as indicative of the future performance of an investment in us, including whether we can provide an attractive return to our shareholders, or as indicative of everyprior investment by each of our management team or their respective affiliates. The market price of our securities may be influenced by numerous factors, many of which are beyond our control, and our shareholders may experience losses on theirinvestment in our securities.

Our independent registered public accounting firm’s report contains an explanatory paragraph that expressessubstantial doubt about our ability to continue as a “going concern.”

As of June 8, 2021, we had no cash and aworking capital deficiency of $96,330. Further, we expect to incur significant costs in pursuit of our acquisition plans. Management’s plans to address this need for capital through this offering are discussed in the section of this prospectustitled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.” Our plans to raise capital and to consummate our initial business combination may not be successful. These factors, among others, raisesubstantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. The financial statements contained elsewhere in this prospectus do not include any adjustments that might result from our inability to consummate this offering or our inability tocontinue as a going concern.

 

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

We may choose not to hold a shareholder vote before we complete our initial business combination if the business combination wouldnot require shareholder approval under applicable law or stock exchange listing requirement. For instance, if we were seeking to acquire a target business where the consideration we were paying in the transaction was all cash, we would typically notbe required to seek shareholder approval to complete such a transaction. Except for as required by applicable law or stock exchange listing requirement, the decision as to whether we will seek shareholder approval of a proposed business combinationor 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 wouldotherwise require us to seek shareholder approval. Even if we seek shareholder approval, the holders of our founder shares will participate in the vote on such approval. Accordingly, we may complete our initial business combination even if holdersof a majority of our outstanding ordinary shares do not approve of the business combination we complete. Please see the section entitled “Proposed Business — Shareholders May Not Have the Ability to Approve Our Initial BusinessCombination” for additional information.

Your only opportunity to affect the investment decision regarding a potential business combinationmay be limited to the exercise of your right to redeem your shares from us for cash.

At the time of your investment in us, youwill not be 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 nothave the right or opportunity to vote on the business combination, unless we seek such shareholder vote. Accordingly, your only opportunity to affect the investment decision regarding our initial business combination may be limited to exercisingyour 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.

If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination, our initial shareholders and management team have agreed to vote in favor of suchinitial business combination, regardless of how our public shareholders vote.

Our initial shareholders will own 20% of our issuedand outstanding ordinary shares immediately following the completion of this offering (assuming our initial shareholders do not purchase any units in this offering). Our initial shareholders and management team also may from time to time purchaseClass A ordinary shares prior to our initial business combination. Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will provide that, if we seek shareholder approval of an initial business combination, such initial businesscombination will be approved only if we receive the approval of an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law, which requires the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shareholders who attend and vote at a general meeting of thecompany, including the founder shares. As a result, in addition to our initial shareholders’ founder shares and private placement shares, we would need 3,495,001, or 34.95% (assuming all issued and outstanding shares are voted and theover-allotment option is not exercised) of the 10,000,000 public shares sold in this offering to be voted in favor of a transaction, in order to have such initial business combination approved. In addition, if our initial business combination isstructured 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 passed by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of our ordinary shares that are represented in person or by proxy and are voted at a general meeting of the company. Accordingly, if we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination, theagreement by our initial shareholders and management team to vote in favor of our initial business combination will increase the likelihood that we will receive the approval of an ordinary resolution, being the requisite shareholder approval forsuch initial business combination.

 

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The ability of our public shareholders to redeem their shares for cash may make our financialcondition unattractive to potential business combination targets, which may make it difficult for us to enter into a business combination with a target.

We may seek to enter into a business combination transaction agreement with a prospective target that requires as a closing condition that wehave a minimum net worth or a certain amount of cash. 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.Furthermore, in no event will we redeem our public shares in an amount that would cause our net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001 (so that we do not then become subject to the SEC’s “penny stock” rules). Consequently, ifaccepting all properly submitted redemption requests would cause our net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001 or such greater amount necessary to satisfy a closing condition as described above, we would not proceed with such redemption and therelated business combination and may instead search for an alternate business combination. Prospective targets will be aware of these risks and, thus, may be reluctant to enter into a business combination transaction with us.

The ability of our public shareholders to exercise redemption rights with respect to a large number of our shares may not allow us to complete the mostdesirable business combination or optimize our capital structure.

At the time we enter into an agreement for our initial businesscombination, 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 initialbusiness 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 tomeet 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 inthe 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 tothe 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-onebasis upon conversion of the Class B ordinary shares at the time of our initial business combination. In addition, the deferred underwriting commissions payable to the underwriters will not be adjusted for any shares that are redeemed inconnection 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 underwritingcommission and after such redemptions, the amount held in trust will continue to reflect our obligation to pay the entire deferred underwriting commissions. The above considerations may limit our ability to complete the most desirable businesscombination available to us or optimize our capital structure.

The ability of our public shareholders to exercise redemption rights with respect toa large number of our shares could increase the probability that our initial business combination would be unsuccessful and that you would have to wait for liquidation in order to redeem your shares.

If our initial business combination agreement requires us to use a portion of the cash in the trust account to pay the purchase price, orrequires 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 portionof 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 thepro 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 our redemption until we liquidate or you are able to sell yourshares in the open market.

 

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The requirement that we complete our initial business combination within 12 months (or 18 months, ifwe extend the time to complete a business combination as described in this prospectus) after the closing of this offering may give potential target businesses leverage over us in negotiating a business combination and may limit the time we have inwhich to conduct due diligence on potential business combination targets, in particular as we approach our dissolution deadline, which could undermine our ability to complete our initial business combination on terms that would produce value for ourshareholders.

Any potential target business with which we enter into negotiations concerning a business combination will be awarethat we must complete our initial business combination within 12 months from the closing of this offering (or 18 months, if we extend the time to complete a business combination as described in this prospectus) unless we obtain the requiredshareholder vote for any Extension Period. Consequently, such target business may obtain leverage over us in negotiating a business combination, knowing that if we do not complete our initial business combination with that particular targetbusiness, we may be unable to complete our initial business combination with any target business. This risk will increase as we get closer to the time frame described above. In addition, we may have limited time to conduct due diligence and mayenter into our initial business combination on terms that we would have rejected upon a more comprehensive investigation.

Our search for a businesscombination, and any target business with which we ultimately consummate a business combination, may be materially adversely affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and other events, and the status ofdebt and equity markets.

In December 2019, a novel strain of coronavirus surfaced and began to spread internationally. InMarch 2020, the World Health Organization characterized the COVID-19 a “Public Health Emergency of International Concern” on January 30, 2020 and a “pandemic” on March 11, 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic, including efforts to combat it, has and may continue to adversely affect our search for a business combination. In addition,the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a widespread health crisis that has and may continue to adversely affect the economies and financial markets worldwide. As such, the business of any potentialtarget business with which we may consummate a business combination could be materially and adversely affected.

In response to thepandemic, public health authorities and local, national and international governments have implemented measures that may directly or indirectly impact our ability to search for and acquire any target business, including measures such as voluntary ormandatory quarantines, restrictions on travel and orders to limit the activities of non-essential workforce personnel. We may be unable to complete a business combination if concerns relating to COVID-19 continue to restrict travel or limit the ability to have meetings with potential investors or if the target company’s personnel, vendors and services providers are unavailable to negotiateand consummate a transaction in a timely manner.

In addition, countries or supranational organizations in our target markets may developand implement legislation that makes it more difficult or impossible for entities outside such countries or target markets to acquire or otherwise invest in companies or businesses deemed essential or otherwise vital. The extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic impacts our search for and ability to consummate a business combination will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted, including newinformation which may emerge concerning the severity of COVID-19 and the actions to contain COVID-19 or treat its impact, among others. If the disruptions posed by COVID-19 or other events (such as terrorist attacks, natural disasters or a significant outbreak of other infectious diseases) continue for an extended period of time, our ability to consummate a businesscombination, or the operations of a target business with which we ultimately consummate a business combination, may be materially adversely affected.

In addition, our ability to consummate a transaction may be dependent on the ability to raise equity and debt financing which may be impactedby COVID-19 and other events (such as terrorist attacks, natural disasters or a significant outbreak of other infectious diseases), including as a result of increased market volatility, decreased marketliquidity in third-party financing being unavailable on terms acceptable to us or at all.

Finally, the outbreak of COVID-19 may also have the effect of heightening many of the other risks described in this “Risk Factors” section, such as those related to the market for our securities and cross-border transactions.

 

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As the number of special purpose acquisition companies evaluating targets increases, attractivetargets may become scarcer and there may be more competition for attractive targets. This could increase the cost of our initial business combination and could even result in our inability to find a target or to consummate an initial businesscombination.

In recent years, the number of special purpose acquisition companies that have been formed has increasedsubstantially. Many potential targets for special purpose acquisition companies have already entered into an initial business combination, and there are still many special purpose acquisition companies seeking targets for their initial businesscombination, as well as many such companies currently in registration. As a result, at times, fewer attractive targets may be available, and it may require more time, more effort and more resources to identify a suitable target and to consummate aninitial business combination.

In addition, because there are more special purpose acquisition companies seeking to enter into an initialbusiness combination with available targets, the competition for available targets with attractive fundamentals or business models may increase, which could cause targets companies to demand improved financial terms. Attractive deals could alsobecome scarcer for other reasons, such as economic or industry sector downturns, geopolitical tensions, or increases in the cost of additional capital needed to close business combinations or operate targets post-business combination. This couldincrease the cost of, delay or otherwise complicate or frustrate our ability to find and consummate an initial business combination, and may result in our inability to consummate an initial business combination on terms favorable to our investorsaltogether.

Changes in the market for directors and officers liability insurance could make it more difficult and more expensive for us tonegotiate and complete an initial business combination.

In recent months, the market for directors and officers liabilityinsurance for special purpose acquisition companies has changed. Fewer insurance companies are offering quotes for directors and officers liability coverage, the premiums charged for such policies have generally increased and the terms of suchpolicies have generally become less favorable. There can be no assurance that these trends will not continue.

The increased cost anddecreased availability of directors and officers liability insurance could make it more difficult and more expensive for us to negotiate an initial business combination. In order to obtain directors and officers liability insurance or modify itscoverage as a result of becoming a public company, the post-business combination entity might need to incur greater expense, accept less favorable terms or both. However, any failure to obtain adequate directors and officers liability insurancecould have an adverse impact on the post-business combination’s ability to attract and retain qualified officers and directors.

Inaddition, even after we were to complete an initial business combination, our directors and officers could still be subject to potential liability from claims arising from conduct alleged to have occurred prior to the initial business combination.As a result, in order to protect our directors and officers, the post-business combination entity may need to purchase additional insurance with respect to any such claims (“run-off insurance”). Theneed for run-off insurance would be an added expense for the post-business combination entity, and could interfere with or frustrate our ability to consummate an initial business combination on terms favorableto our investors.

We may not be able to complete our initial business combination within 12 months after the closing of this offering (or 18months, if we extend the time to complete a business combination as described in this prospectus), in which case we would cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up and we would redeem our public shares and liquidate.

We may not be able to find a suitable target business and complete our initial business combination within 12 months after the closing of thisoffering (or 18 months, if we extend the time to complete a business combination as described in this prospectus). Our ability to complete our initial business combination may be negatively impacted by general market conditions, volatility in thecapital and debt markets and the other risks described herein. For example, the outbreak of COVID-19 has not subsided and, while the extent of the impact of the outbreak on us will depend on futuredevelopments, it could limit our ability to complete our initial business

 

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combination, including as a result of increased market volatility, decreased market liquidity and third-party financing being unavailable on terms acceptable to us or at all. Furthermore, we maybe unable to complete a business combination if continued concerns relating to COVID-19 restrict travel, limit the ability to have meetings with potential investors or the target company’s personnel,vendors and services providers are unavailable to negotiate and consummate a transaction in a timely manner. Additionally, the outbreak of COVID-19 and other events (such as terrorist attacks, naturaldisasters or a significant outbreak of other infectious diseases) may negatively impact businesses we may seek to acquire. If we have not completed our initial business combination within such time period, we will: (i) cease all operationsexcept for the purpose of winding up; (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than 10 business days thereafter, redeem the public shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to theaggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest (less up to $50,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses and net of taxes paid or payable), divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, which redemption willcompletely extinguish public shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any); and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approvalof 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 in all cases subject to the other requirements of applicablelaw. In such case, our public shareholders may receive only $10.10 per public share, or less than $10.10 per public share, on the redemption of their shares, and our warrants will expire worthless. See “— If third parties bring claimsagainst us, the proceeds held in the trust account could be reduced and the per-share redemption amount received by shareholders may be less than $10.10 per public share” and other risk factors herein.

If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination, our sponsor, initial shareholders, directors, officers, advisors or theiraffiliates may elect to purchase public shares or public warrants, which may influence a vote on a proposed business combination and reduce the public floatof our Class Aordinary shares or public warrants.

If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination and we do not conductredemptions in connection with our initial business combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, our sponsor, initial shareholders, directors, officers, advisors or their affiliates may purchase public shares or public warrants in privatelynegotiated transactions or in the open market either prior to or following the completion of our initial business combination, although they are under no obligation to do so. There is no limit on the number of shares our initial shareholders,directors, officers, advisors or their affiliates may purchase in such transactions, subject to compliance with applicable law and Nasdaq rules. However, they have no current commitments, plans or intentions to engage in such transactions and havenot formulated any terms or conditions for any such transactions. None of the funds in the trust account will be used to purchase public shares or public warrants in such transactions. Such purchases may include a contractual acknowledgment thatsuch 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, advisors or their affiliates purchase shares in privately negotiatedtransactions 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. The purpose of any such purchases of shares couldbe to (i) vote such shares in favor of the business combination and thereby increase the likelihood of obtaining shareholder approval of the business combination, (ii) reduce the number of public warrants outstanding or to vote suchwarrants on any matters submitted to the warrant holders for approval in connection with our initial business combination or (iii) satisfy a closing condition in an agreement with a target that requires us to have a minimum net worth or acertain amount of cash at the closing of our initial business combination, where it appears that such requirement would otherwise not be met. Any such purchases of our securities may result in the completion of our initial business combination thatmay not otherwise have been possible. Any such purchases will be reported pursuant to Section 13 and Section 16 of the Exchange Act to the extent such purchasers are subject to such reporting requirements. See

 

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“Proposed Business—Effecting Our Initial Business Combination—Permitted Purchases and Other Transactions with Respect to Our Securities” for a description of how our sponsor,directors, officers, advisors or their affiliates will select which shareholders to purchase securities from in any private transaction.

In addition, if such purchases are made, the public “float” of our Class A ordinary shares or public warrants and the number ofbeneficial 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.

If a shareholder fails to receive notice of our offer to redeem our public shares in connection with our initial business combination, or fails tocomply with the procedures for tendering its shares, such shares may not be redeemed.

We will comply with the proxy rules ortender offer rules, as applicable, when conducting redemptions in connection with our initial business combination. Despite our compliance with these rules, if a shareholder fails to receive our proxy solicitation or tender offer materials, asapplicable, such shareholder may not become aware of the opportunity to redeem its shares. In addition, the proxy solicitation or tender offer materials, as applicable, that we will furnish to holders of our public shares in connection with ourinitial business combination will describe the various procedures that must be complied with in order to validly redeem or tender public shares. In the event that a shareholder fails to comply with these procedures, its shares may not be redeemed.See “Proposed Business — Tendering Share Certificates in Connection with a Tender Offer or Redemption Rights.”

You will not have anyrights or interests in funds from the trust account, except under certain limited circumstances. Therefore, to liquidate your investment, you may be forced to sell your public shares or warrants, potentially at a loss.

Our public shareholders will be entitled to receive funds from the trust account only upon the earliest to occur of: (i) our completion of an initialbusiness combination, and then only in connection with those Class A ordinary shares that such shareholder properly elected to redeem, subject to the limitations described herein, (ii) the redemption of any public shares properly tenderedin connection with a shareholder vote to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (A) to modify the substance or timing of our obligation to provide holders of our Class A ordinary shares the right to havetheir shares redeemed 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 12 months from the closing of this offering (or 18 months, if we extendthe time to complete a business combination as described in this prospectus) or during any Extension Period or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to the rights of holders of our Class A ordinary shares, and (iii) theredemption of our public shares if we have not consummated an initial business combination within 12 months from the closing of this offering (or 18 months, if we extend the time to complete a business combination as described in this prospectus),subject to applicable law and as further described herein. Public shareholders who redeem their Class A ordinary shares in connection with a shareholder vote described in clause (ii) in the preceding sentence shall not be entitled to fundsfrom the trust account upon the subsequent completion of an initial business combination or liquidation if we have not consummated an initial business combination within 12 months from the closing of this offering (or 18 months, if we extend thetime to complete a business combination as described in this prospectus), with respect to such Class A ordinary shares so redeemed. In no other circumstances will a public shareholder have any right or interest of any kind in the trust account.Holders of warrants also will not have any right to the proceeds held in the trust account with respect to the warrants. Accordingly, to liquidate your investment, you may be forced to sell your public shares or warrants, potentially at a loss.

Nasdaq may delist our securities from trading on its exchange, which could limit investors’ ability to make transactions in our securities andsubject us to additional trading restrictions.

We intend to apply to have our units listed on Nasdaq on or promptly after the dateof this prospectus and our Class A ordinary shares and warrants on or promptly after their date of separation. We cannot guarantee that our securities will be approved for listing on Nasdaq. Although after giving effect to this offering weexpect to meet, on a pro forma basis, the minimum initial listing standards set forth in the Nasdaq listing standards, we

 

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cannot assure you that our securities will be, or will continue to be, listed on Nasdaq in the future or prior to our initial business combination. In order to continue listing our securities onNasdaq prior to our initial business combination, we must maintain certain financial, share price and distribution levels. Generally, we must maintain a minimum amount in shareholder’s equity (generally $2,500,000) and a minimum number ofholders of our securities (generally 300 public holders). Additionally, our units will not be traded after completion of our initial business combination, and, in connection with our initial business combination, we will be required to demonstratecompliance with Nasdaq’s initial listing requirements, which are more rigorous than Nasdaq’s continued listing requirements, in order to continue to maintain the listing of our securities on Nasdaq. For instance, in order for ourClass A ordinary shares to be listed upon the consummation of our initial business combination, at such time, our share price would generally be required to be at least $4.00 per share, our shareholders’ equity would generally be requiredto be at least $5.0 million and we would be required to have at least 300 round lot holders (with at least 50% of such round lot holding securities with a value of at least $2,500) of our securities. We cannot assure you that we will be able tomeet those initial listing requirements at that time.

If Nasdaq delists any of our securities from trading on its exchange and we are notable to list our securities on another national securities exchange, we expect such securities could be quoted on an over-the-counter market. If this were to occur, wecould face significant material adverse consequences, including:

 

  

a limited availability of market quotations for our securities;

 

  

reduced liquidity for our securities;

 

  

a determination that our Class A ordinary shares are a “penny stock” which will require brokerstrading in our Class A ordinary shares to adhere to more stringent rules and possibly result in a reduced level of trading activity in the secondary trading market for our securities;

 

  

a limited amount of news and analyst coverage; and

 

  

a decreased ability to issue additional securities or obtain additional financing in the future.

The National Securities Markets Improvement Act of 1996, which is a federal statute, prevents or preempts the statesfrom regulating the sale of certain securities, which are referred to as “covered securities.” Because we expect that our units and eventually our Class A ordinary shares and warrants will be listed on Nasdaq, our units, Class Aordinary shares and warrants will qualify as covered securities under the statute. Although the states are preempted from regulating the sale of covered securities, the federal statute does allow the states to investigate companies if there is asuspicion of fraud, and, if there is a finding of fraudulent activity, then the states can regulate or bar the sale of covered securities in a particular case. While we are not aware of a state having used these powers to prohibit or restrict thesale of securities issued by blank check companies, other than the State of Idaho, certain state securities regulators view blank check companies unfavorably and might use these powers, or threaten to use these powers, to hinder the sale ofsecurities of blank check companies in their states. Further, if we were no longer listed on Nasdaq, our securities would not qualify as covered securities under the statute and we would be subject to regulation in each state in which we offer oursecurities.

You will not be entitled to protections normally afforded to investors of many other blank check companies.

Since the net proceeds of this offering and the sale of the private placement shares are intended to be used to complete an initial businesscombination with a target business that has not been selected, we may be deemed to be a “blank check” company under the United States securities laws. However, because we will have net tangible assets in excess of $5,000,000 upon thecompletion of this offering and the sale of the private placement shares and will file a Current Report on Form 8-K, including an audited balance sheet demonstrating this fact, we are exempt fromrules 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 beimmediately tradable and we will have a longer period of time to complete our initial business combination than do companies subject to Rule 419. Moreover, if this offering were subject to Rule 419,

 

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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 in connection withour completion of an initial business combination. For a more detailed comparison of our offering to offerings that comply with Rule 419, please see “Proposed Business — Comparison of This Offering to Those of Blank Check CompaniesSubject to Rule 419.”

As the number of special purpose acquisition companies evaluating targets increases, attractive targets may becomescarcer and there may be more competition for attractive targets. This could increase the cost of our initial business combination and could even result in our inability to find a target or to consummate an initial business combination.

In recent years, the number of special purpose acquisition companies that have been formed has increased substantially. Many potential targetsfor special purpose acquisition companies have already entered into an initial business combination, and there are still many special purpose acquisition companies preparing for an initial public offering, as well as many such companies currently inregistration. As a result, at times, fewer attractive targets may be available to consummate an initial business combination.

Inaddition, because there are more special purpose acquisition companies seeking to enter into an initial business combination with available targets, the competition for available targets with attractive fundamentals or business models may increase,which could cause targets companies to demand improved financial terms. Attractive deals could also become scarcer for other reasons, such as economic or industry sector downturns, geopolitical tensions, or increases in the cost of additionalcapital needed to close business combinations or operate targets post-business combination. This could increase the cost of, delay or otherwise complicate or frustrate our ability to find and consummate an initial business combination, and mayresult in our inability to consummate an initial business combination on terms favorable to our investors altogether.

If we seek shareholderapproval of our initial business combination and we do not conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules, and if you or a groupof shareholders are deemed to hold in excess of 15% of ourClass A ordinary shares, you will 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 businesscombination pursuant to the tender offer rules, our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will provide that a public shareholder, together with any affiliate of such shareholder or any other person with whom such shareholder isacting 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 Class A ordinary shares that are part of theunits sold in this offering, which we refer to as the “Excess Shares,” without our prior consent. However, we would not be restricting our shareholders’ ability to vote all of their shares (including Excess Shares) for or against ourinitial 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 Sharesin 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 exceeding15% and, in order to dispose of such shares, would be required to sell your shares in open market transactions, potentially at a loss.

Because ofour limited resources and the significant competition for business combination opportunities, it may be more difficult for us to complete our initial business combination. If we do not complete our initial business combination within the requiredtime period, our public shareholders may receive only approximately $10.10 per public share, or less in certain circumstances, on the liquidation of our trust account and our warrants will expire worthless.

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acquisition companies and other entities, domestic and international, competing for the types of businesses we intend to acquire. Many of these individuals and entities are well-established andhave extensive experience in identifying and effecting, directly or indirectly, acquisitions of companies operating in or providing services to various industries.

Many of these competitors possess greater technical, human and other resources or more local industry knowledge than we do and our financialresources will be relatively limited when contrasted with those of many of these competitors. While we believe there are numerous target businesses we could potentially acquire with the net proceeds of this offering and the sale of the privateplacement shares, our ability to compete with respect to the acquisition of certain target businesses that are sizable will be limited by our available financial resources. This inherent competitive limitation gives others an advantage in pursuingthe acquisition of certain target businesses. Furthermore, we are obligated to offer holders of our public shares the right to redeem their shares for cash at the time of our initial business combination in conjunction with a shareholder vote or viaa tender offer. Target companies will be aware that this may reduce the resources available to us for our initial business combination. Any of these obligations may place us at a competitive disadvantage in successfully negotiating a businesscombination.

If we do not complete our initial business combination within the required time period, our public shareholders may receiveonly approximately $10.10 per public share, or less in certain circumstances, on the liquidation of our trust account and our warrants will expire worthless. See “— If third parties bring claims against us, the proceeds held in the trustaccount could be reduced and the per-share redemption amount received by shareholders may be less than $10.10 per public share” and other risk factors herein.

If the net proceeds of this offering and the sale of the private placement shares not being held in the trust account are insufficient to allow us tooperate for at least the 12 months following the closing of this offering (or 18 months, if we extend the time to complete a business combination as described in this prospectus), it could limit the amount available to fund our search for a targetbusiness or businesses and complete our initial business combination, and we will depend on loans from our sponsor or management team to fund our search and to complete our initial business combination.

Of the net proceeds of this offering, only an estimated $750,000 will be available to us initially outside the trust account to fund ourworking capital requirements. We believe that, upon closing of this offering, the funds available to us outside of the trust account will be sufficient to allow us to operate for at least the 12 months following the closing of this offering (or 18months, if we extend the time to complete a business combination as described in this prospectus); however, we cannot assure you that our estimate is accurate. Of the funds available to us, we could use a portion of the funds available to us to payfees to consultants to assist us with our search for a target business. We could also use a portion of the funds as a down payment or to fund a “no-shop” provision (a provision in letters of intentdesigned to keep target businesses from “shopping” around for transactions with other companies or investors on terms more favorable to such target businesses) with respect to a particular proposed business combination, although we do nothave any current intention to do so. If we entered into a letter of intent where we paid for the right to receive exclusivity from a target business and were subsequently required to forfeit such funds (whether as a result of our breach orotherwise), we might not have sufficient funds to continue searching for, or conduct due diligence with respect to, a target business.

Inthe event that our offering expenses exceed our estimate of $1,350,000, we may fund such excess with funds not to be held in the trust account. In such case, the amount of funds we intend to be held outside the trust account would decrease by acorresponding amount. Conversely, in the event that the offering expenses are less than our estimate of $1,350,000, the amount of funds we intend to be held outside the trust account would increase by a corresponding amount. The amount held in thetrust account will not be impacted as a result of such increase or decrease. If we are required to seek additional capital, we would need to borrow funds from our sponsor, management team or other third parties to operate or may be forced toliquidate. Neither our sponsor, members of our management team nor any of their affiliates is under any obligation to advance funds to, or invest in, us. Any such advances may be repaid only from funds held outside the trust account or from fundsreleased to us upon completion of our initial business combination. Up to $1,200,000 of such loans may be

 

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convertible into Class A ordinary shares, at a price of $10.00 per share at the option of the lender. Prior to the completion of our initial business combination, we do not expect to seekloans from parties other than our sponsor or an affiliate of our sponsor as we do not believe third parties will be willing to loan such funds and provide a waiver against any and all rights to seek access to funds in our trust account. If we do notcomplete our initial business combination within the required time period because we do not have sufficient funds available to us, we will be forced to cease operations and liquidate the trust account. Consequently, our public shareholders may onlyreceive an estimated $10.10 per public share, or possibly less, on our redemption of our public shares, and our warrants will expire worthless. See “— If third parties bring claims against us, the proceeds held in the trust account couldbe reduced and the per-share redemption amount received by shareholders may be less than $10.10 per public share” and other risk factors herein.

Subsequent to our completion of our initial business combination, we may be required to take write-downs or write-offs, restructuring and impairment orother charges or file for bankruptcy protection, which could have a significant negative effect on our financial condition, results of operations and the price of our securities, which could cause you to lose some or all of your investment.

Even if we conduct extensive due diligence on a target business with which we combine, we cannot assure you that this diligencewill identify all material issues with a particular target business, that it would be possible to uncover all material issues through a customary amount of due diligence, or that factors outside of the target business and outside of our control willnot later arise. As a result of these factors, we may be forced to later write-down or write-off assets, restructure our operations, or incur impairment or other charges or file for bankruptcy protection,which could result in our reporting losses. Even if our due diligence successfully identifies certain risks, unexpected risks may arise and previously known risks may materialize in a manner not consistent with our preliminary risk analysis. Eventhough these charges may be non-cash items and not have an immediate impact on our liquidity, the fact that we report charges of this nature could contribute to negative market perceptions about us or oursecurities. In addition, charges of this nature may cause us to violate net worth or other covenants to which we may be subject as a result of assuming pre-existing debt held by a target business or by virtueof our obtaining post-combination debt financing. Accordingly, any shareholders or warrant holders who choose to remain shareholders or warrant holders following the business combination could suffer a reduction in the value of their securities.Such shareholders and warrant holders are unlikely to have a remedy for such reduction in value.

If third parties bring claims against us, theproceeds held in the trust account could be reduced and the per-share redemption amount received by shareholders may be less than $10.10 per public share.

Our placing of funds in the trust account may not protect those funds from third-party claims against us. Although we will seek to have allvendors, service providers (except our independent registered public accounting firm), prospective target businesses and other entities with which we do business execute agreements with us waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind inor to any monies held in the trust account for the benefit of our public shareholders, such parties may not execute such agreements, or even if they execute such agreements, they may not be prevented from bringing claims against the trust account,including, but not limited to, fraudulent inducement, breach of fiduciary responsibility or other similar claims, as well as claims challenging the enforceability of the waiver, in each case in order to gain advantage with respect to a claim againstour assets, including the funds held in the trust account. If any third party refuses to execute an agreement waiving such claims to the monies held in the trust account, our management will consider whether competitive alternatives are reasonablyavailable to the company, and will only enter into an agreement with such third party if management believes that such third party’s engagement would be in the best interests of the company under the circumstances. The underwriters of thisoffering will not execute an agreement with us waiving such claims to the monies held in the trust account.

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significantly superior to those of other consultants that would agree to execute a waiver or in cases where management is unable to find a service provider willing to execute a waiver. Inaddition, there is no guarantee that such entities will agree to waive any claims they may have in the future as a result of, or arising out of, any negotiations, contracts or agreements with us and will not seek recourse against the trust accountfor any reason.

Upon redemption of our public shares, if we do not complete our initial business combination within the prescribedtimeframe, or upon the exercise of a redemption right in connection with our initial business combination, we will be required to provide for payment of claims of creditors that were not waived that may be brought against us within the 10 yearsfollowing redemption. Accordingly, the per-share redemption amount received by public shareholders could be less than the $10.10 per public share initially held in the trust account, due to claims of suchcreditors. Pursuant to the letter agreement the form of which is filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, our sponsor has agreed that it will be liable to us if and to the extent any claims by a thirdparty for services rendered or products sold to us, or a prospective target business with which we have entered into a written letter of intent, confidentiality or other similar agreement or business combination agreement, reduce the amount of fundsin the trust account to below the lesser of (i) $10.10 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 $10.10 per public share dueto reductions in the value of the trust assets, in each case net of the interest that may be withdrawn to pay our tax obligations, provided that such liability will not apply to any claims by a third party or prospective target business who executeda waiver of any and all rights to the monies held in the trust account (whether or not such waiver is enforceable) nor will it apply to any claims under our indemnity of the underwriters of this offering against certain liabilities, includingliabilities under the Securities Act. Moreover, in the event that an executed waiver is deemed to be unenforceable against a third party, our sponsor will not be responsible to the extent of any liability for such third-party claims. However, wehave not asked our sponsor to reserve for such indemnification obligations, nor have we independently verified whether our sponsor has sufficient funds to satisfy its indemnity obligations and we believe that our sponsor’s only assets aresecurities of our company. Therefore, we cannot assure you that our sponsor would be able to satisfy those obligations. As a result, if any such claims were successfully made against the trust account, the funds available for our initial businesscombination and redemptions could be reduced to less than $10.10 per public share. In such event, we may not be able to complete our initial business combination, and you would receive such lesser amount per share in connection with any redemptionof your public shares. None of our officers or directors will indemnify us for claims by third parties including, without limitation, claims by vendors and prospective target businesses.

Our directors may decide not to enforce the indemnification obligations of our sponsor, resulting in a reduction in the amount of funds in the trustaccount available for distribution to our public shareholders.

In the event that the proceeds in the trust account are reducedbelow the lesser of (i) $10.10 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 $10.10 per public share due to reductions in thevalue of the trust assets, in each case net of the interest that may be withdrawn to pay our tax obligations, and our sponsor asserts that it is unable to satisfy its obligations or that it has no indemnification obligations related to a particularclaim, 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 oursponsor to enforce its indemnification obligations to us, it is possible that our independent directors in exercising their business judgment and subject to their fiduciary duties may choose not to do so in any particular instance. If ourindependent 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 $10.10 per public share.

We may not have sufficient funds to satisfy indemnification claims of our officers and directors.

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trust account and to not seek recourse against the trust account for any reason whatsoever (except to the extent they are entitled to funds from the trust account due to their ownership of publicshares). Accordingly, any indemnification provided will be able to be satisfied by us only if (i) we have sufficient funds outside of the trust account or (ii) we consummate an initial business combination. Our obligation to indemnify ourofficers and directors may discourage shareholders from bringing a lawsuit against our officers or directors for breach of their fiduciary duty. These provisions also may have the effect of reducing the likelihood of derivative litigation againstour officers and directors, even though such an action, if successful, might otherwise benefit us and our shareholders. Furthermore, a shareholder’s investment may be adversely affected to the extent we pay the costs of settlement and damageawards against our officers and directors pursuant to these indemnification provisions.

If, after we distribute the proceeds in the trust accountto our public shareholders, we file a bankruptcy or winding-up petition or an involuntary bankruptcy or winding-up petition is filed against us that is not dismissed, abankruptcy or insolvency court may seek to recover such proceeds, and the members of our board of directors may be viewed as having breached their fiduciary duties to our creditors, thereby exposing the members of our board of directors and us toclaims of punitive damages.

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

If, before distributing the proceeds inthe trust account to our public shareholders, we file a bankruptcy or winding-up petition or an involuntary bankruptcy or winding-up petition is filed against us that isnot dismissed, the claims of creditors in such proceeding may have priority over the claims of our shareholders and the per-share amount that would otherwise be received by our shareholders in connection withour liquidation may be reduced.

If, before distributing the proceeds in the trust account to our public shareholders, we file abankruptcy or winding-up petition or an involuntary bankruptcy or winding-up petition is filed against us that is not dismissed, the proceeds held in the trust accountcould be subject to applicable bankruptcy or insolvency law, and may be included in our bankruptcy or insolvency estate and subject to the claims of third parties with priority over the claims of our shareholders. To the extent any bankruptcy orinsolvency 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.

Changes in laws or regulations, or a failure to comply with any laws and regulations, may adversely affect our business, including our ability tonegotiate and complete our initial business combination, and results of operations.

We are subject to laws and regulations enactedby national, regional and local governments. In particular, we will be required to comply with certain SEC and other legal requirements. Compliance with, and monitoring of, applicable laws and regulations may be difficult, time consuming and costly.Those laws and regulations and their interpretation and application may also change from time to time and those changes could have a material adverse effect on our business, investments and results of operations. In addition, a failure to complywith applicable laws or regulations, as interpreted and applied, could have a material adverse effect on our business, including our ability to negotiate and complete our initial business combination, and results of operations.

 

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We may not hold an annual general meeting until after the consummation of our initial businesscombination. Our public shareholders will not have the right to appoint directors until after the consummation of our initial business combination.

In accordance with Nasdaq corporate governance requirements, we are not required to hold an annual general meeting until no later than one yearafter 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, publicshareholders may not be afforded the opportunity to discuss company affairs with management. Our board of directors is comprised of five directors, each of whom will serve a three-year term. In addition, as holders of our Class A ordinaryshares, our public shareholders will not have the right to vote on the appointment of directors until after the consummation of our initial business combination. In addition, prior to our initial business combination, only holders of ourClass B ordinary shares have the right to vote on the appointment of directors, including in connection with the completion of our initial business combination and holders of a majority of our Class B ordinary shares may remove a member ofthe board of directors for any reason. Accordingly, you may not have any say in the management of our company prior to the consummation of an initial business combination.

Although we have identified general criteria and guidelines that we believe are important in evaluating prospective target businesses, we may enter intoour initial business combination with a target that does not meet such criteria and guidelines, and as a result, the target business with which we enter into our initial business combination may not have attributes entirely consistent with ourgeneral criteria and guidelines.

Although we have identified general criteria and guidelines for evaluating prospective targetbusinesses, it is possible that a target business with which we enter into our initial business combination will not meet some or all of these criteria and guidelines. If we complete our initial business combination with a target that does not meetsome or all of these criteria and guidelines, such combination may not be as successful as a combination with a business that does meet all of our general criteria and guidelines. In addition, if we announce a prospective business combination with atarget that does not meet our general criteria and guidelines, a greater number of shareholders may exercise their redemption rights, which may make it difficult for us to meet any closing condition with a target business that requires us to have aminimum net worth or a certain amount of cash. In addition, if shareholder approval of the transaction is required by applicable law or stock exchange listing requirements, or we decide to obtain shareholder approval for business or other reasons,it may be more difficult for us to attain shareholder approval of our initial business combination if the target business does not meet our general criteria and guidelines. If we have not consummated our initial business combination within therequired time period, our public shareholders may receive only approximately $10.10 per public share, or less in certain circumstances, on the liquidation of our trust account and our warrants will expire worthless.

We are not required to obtain an opinion from an independent accounting or investment banking firm, and consequently, you may have no assurance from anindependent source that the price we are paying for the business is fair to our shareholders from a financial point of view.

Unless we complete our initial business combination with an affiliated entity, we are not required to obtain an opinion from an independentinvestment banking firm that is a member of FINRA or an independent accounting firm that such initial business combination or transaction is fair to our company from a financial point of view. If no opinion is obtained, our shareholders will berelying on the judgment of our board of directors, who will determine fair market value based on standards generally accepted by the financial community. Such standards used will be disclosed in our proxy solicitation or tender offer materials, asapplicable, related to our initial business combination.

 

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We may engage an affiliate of our sponsor, as our lead financial advisor on our business combinationand other transactions. Furthermore, we may acquire a target company that has engaged an affiliate of our sponsor, as a financial advisor. Any fee in connection with such engagement may be conditioned upon the completion of such transactions. Thisfinancial interest in the completion of such transactions may influence the advice such affiliate provides.

We may engage anaffiliate of our sponsor, as a financial advisor in connection with our initial business combination and pay such affiliate a customary financial advisory fee in an amount that constitutes a market standard financial advisory fee for comparabletransactions. Furthermore, we may acquire a target company that has engaged an affiliate of our sponsor, as a financial advisor. Pursuant to any such engagement, the affiliate may earn its fee upon closing of the initial business combination. Thepayment of such fee would likely be conditioned upon the completion of the initial business combination. Therefore, our sponsor may have additional financial interests in the completion of the initial business combination. These financial interestsmay influence the advice any such affiliate provides us as our financial advisor, which advice would contribute to our decision on whether to pursue a business combination with any particular target.

We may compete with other affiliates of our sponsor, directors and officers for acquisition opportunities for our company, which could negatively impactour ability to locate a suitable business combination.

Our business strategy may overlap with some of the strategies of oursponsor and certain of its other affiliates. In order to minimize potential conflicts of interest which may arise from multiple affiliations, our officers and directors will be required to present all suitable target businesses to the Prior SPACprior to presenting them to us, unless such opportunity is expressly offered to such individual solely in his capacity as an officer of our company and such opportunity is one we are legally and contractually permitted to undertake and wouldotherwise be reasonable for us to pursue, and to the extent such individual is permitted to refer that opportunity to us without violating another legal obligation. Acquisition opportunities that may be of interest to us may come to those otheraffiliates instead of us or may be pursued by those affiliates. Our affiliates are not restricted from competing with our business and none of our affiliates are required to refer any such opportunities to us. Our sponsor and its affiliates faceconflicts of interest relating to performing services on our behalf and allocating investment opportunities to us, and such conflicts may not be resolved in our favor, meaning we could find less suitable acquisition opportunities which could limitour ability to find a business combination that we find attractive.

We may only be able to complete one business combination with the proceeds ofthis offering and the sale of the private placement shares, which will cause us to be solely dependent on a single business which may have a limited number of products or services. This lack of diversification may negatively impact our operationsand profitability.

We estimate that the net proceeds from: (1) the sale of the units in this offering, after deductingestimated offering expenses of approximately $1,350,000 and underwriting commissions of $2,000,000 ($2,300,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full) (excluding the deferred underwriting commissions of $3,500,000 (orup to $4,025,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full)); and (2) the sale of the private placement shares for a purchase price of $5,100,000 (or $5,550,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option isexercised in full), will be $101,750,000 (or $116,900,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full). Of this amount, $101,000,000 (or $116,150,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full),which includes the deferred underwriting commissions of $3,500,000 (or up to $4,025,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), will be deposited into the trust account.

We may effectuate our initial business combination with a single-target business or multiple-target businesses simultaneously or within ashort period of time. However, we may not be able to effectuate our initial business combination with more than one target business because of various factors, including the existence of complex accounting issues and the requirement that we prepareand file pro forma financial statements with the SEC that present operating results and the financial condition of several target businesses as if they had been operated on a combined basis. By completing our initial business combination withonly a single entity, our lack

 

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of diversification may subject us to numerous economic, competitive and regulatory developments. Further, we would not be able to diversify our operations or benefit from the possible spreadingof risks or offsetting of losses, unlike other entities which may have the resources to complete several business combinations in different industries or different areas of a single industry. Accordingly, the prospects for our success may be:

 

  

solely dependent upon the performance of a single business, property or asset; or

 

  

dependent upon the development or market acceptance of a single or limited number of products, processes orservices.

This lack of diversification may subject us to numerous economic, competitive and regulatory risks, any orall of which may have a substantial adverse impact upon the particular industry in which we may operate subsequent to our initial business combination.

We may attempt to simultaneously complete business combinations with multiple prospective targets, which may hinder our ability to complete our initialbusiness combination and give rise to increased costs and risks that could negatively impact our operations and profitability.

Ifwe determine to simultaneously acquire several businesses that are owned by different sellers, we will need for each of such sellers to agree that our purchase of its business is contingent on the simultaneous closings of the other businesscombinations, which may make it more difficult for us, and delay our ability, to complete our initial business combination. With multiple business combinations, we could also face additional risks, including additional burdens and costs with respectto possible multiple negotiations and due diligence investigations (if there are multiple sellers) and the additional risks associated with the subsequent assimilation of the operations and services or products of the acquired companies in a singleoperating business. If we are unable to adequately address these risks, it could negatively impact our profitability and results of operations.

Wemay attempt to complete our initial business combination with a private company about which little information is available, which may result in a business combination with a company that is not as profitable as we suspected, if at all.

In pursuing our business combination strategy, we may seek to effectuate our initial business combination with a privately held company. Verylittle public information generally exists about private companies, and we could be required to make our decision on whether to pursue a potential initial business combination on the basis of limited information, which may result in a businesscombination with a company that is not as profitable as we suspected, if at all.

We do not have a specified maximum redemption threshold. Theabsence of such a redemption threshold may make it possible for us to complete our initial business combination with which a substantial majority of our shareholders do not agree.

Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will not provide a specified maximum redemption threshold, except that in noevent will we redeem our public shares in an amount that would cause our net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001 (such that we are not subject to the SEC’s “penny stock” rules). As a result, we may be able to complete ourinitial business combination even though a substantial majority of our public shareholders do not agree with the transaction and have redeemed their shares or, if we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination and do not conductredemptions in connection with our initial business combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, have entered into privately negotiated agreements to sell their shares to our sponsor, officers, directors, advisors or any of their affiliates. Inthe event the aggregate cash consideration we would be required to pay for all Class A ordinary shares that are validly submitted for redemption plus any amount required to satisfy cash conditions pursuant to the terms of the proposed businesscombination exceed the aggregate amount of cash available to us, we will not complete the business combination or redeem any shares, all Class A ordinary shares submitted for redemption will be returned to the holders thereof, and we insteadmay search for an alternate business combination.

 

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The provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association that relate to our pre-business combination activity (and corresponding provisions of the agreement governing the release of funds from our trust account) may be amended with the approval of holders of at least two-thirds of our ordinary shares who attend and vote at a general meeting of the company (or 65% of our ordinary shares with respect to amendments to the trust agreement governing the release of funds from ourtrust account), which is a lower amendment threshold than that of some other special purpose acquisition companies. It may be easier for us, therefore, to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to facilitate thecompletion of an initial business combination that some of our shareholders may not support.

Our amended and restated memorandumand articles of association will provide that any of its provisions related to pre-business combination activity (including the requirement to deposit proceeds of this offering and the private placement ofwarrants into the trust account and not release such amounts except in specified circumstances, and to provide redemption rights to public shareholders as described herein) may be amended if approved by special resolution, which requires theaffirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of our ordinary shares who attend and vote at a general meeting of the company, and corresponding provisions of the trust agreement governing the releaseof funds from our trust account may be amended if approved by holders of not less than 65% of our ordinary shares; provided that the provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association relating to the rights of holders ofClass B ordinary shares to appoint or remove directors prior to our initial business combination may only be amended by a special resolution passed by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of at least 90% of our ordinary sharesvoting in a general meeting. Our initial shareholders, who will collectively beneficially own 20% of our ordinary shares upon the closing of this offering (assuming they do not purchase any units in this offering, and not including the Class Aordinary shares constituting the private placement shares), will participate in any vote to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association and/or trust agreement and will have the discretion to vote in any manner they choose.As a result, we may be able to amend the provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association which govern our pre-business combination behavior more easily than some other specialpurpose acquisition companies, and this may increase our ability to complete a business combination with which you do not agree. Our shareholders may pursue remedies against us for any breach of our amended and restated memorandum and articles ofassociation.

Our sponsor, executive officers, directors and director nominees have agreed, pursuant to agreements with us, that they willnot propose any amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association that would affect the substance or timing of our obligation to provide for the redemption of our public shares in connection with an initial businesscombination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we have not consummated an initial business combination within 12 months from the closing of this offering (or 18 months, if we extend the time to complete a business combination as described inthis prospectus), 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 tothe aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest (net of taxes paid or payable), divided by the number of then outstanding public shares. Our shareholders are not parties to, or third-party beneficiaries of, theseagreements and, as a result, will not have the ability to pursue remedies against our sponsor, executive officers, directors or director nominees for any breach of these agreements. As a result, in the event of a breach, our shareholders would needto pursue a shareholder derivative action, subject to applicable law.

Because we must furnish our shareholders with target business financialstatements, we may lose the ability to complete an otherwise advantageous initial business combination with some prospective target businesses.

The federal proxy rules require that a proxy statement with respect to a vote on a business combination meeting certain financialsignificance tests include historical and/or pro forma financial statement disclosure in periodic reports. We will include the same financial statement disclosure in connection with our tender offer documents, whether or not they are requiredunder 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 of America or GAAP, or international financial reportingstandards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board, or IFRS, depending on the circumstances and the historical financial statements

 

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may be required to be audited in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), or PCAOB. These financial statement requirements may limit thepool of potential target businesses we may acquire because some targets may be unable to provide such statements in time for us to disclose such statements in accordance with federal proxy rules and complete our initial business combinationwithin the prescribed time frame.

 

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The securities in which we invest the funds held in the trust account could bear a negative rate of interest, which could reduce the value of the assetsheld in trust such that the per-share redemption amount received by public shareholders may be less than $10.10 per share.

The proceeds held in the trust account will be invested only in U.S. government treasury obligations with a maturity of 185 days orless or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act, which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations. While short-termU.S. government treasury obligations currently yield a positive rate of interest, they have briefly yielded negative interest rates in recent years. Central banks in Europe and Japan pursued interest rates below zero in recent years, and theOpen Market Committee of the Federal Reserve has not ruled out the possibility that it may in the future adopt similar policies in the United States. In the event that we are unable to complete our initial business combination or make certainamendments to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, our public shareholders are entitled to receive their pro-rata share of the proceeds held in the trust account, plus any interestincome, net of taxes paid or payable (less, in the case we are unable to complete our initial business combination, $50,000 of interest). Negative interest rates could reduce the value of the assets held in trust such that the per-share redemption amount received by public shareholders may be less than $10.10 per share.

If we are deemedto be an investment company under the Investment Company Act, we may be required to institute burdensome compliance requirements and our activities may be restricted, which may make it difficult for us to complete our initial business combination.

If we are deemed to be an investment company under the Investment Company Act, our activities may be restricted, including:

 

  

restrictions on the nature of our investments; and

 

  

restrictions on the issuance of securities,

each of which may make it difficult for us to complete our initial business combination. In addition, we may have imposed upon us burdensome requirements,including:

 

  

registration as an investment company with the SEC;

 

  

adoption of a specific form of corporate structure; and

 

  

reporting, record keeping, voting, proxy and disclosure requirements and other rules and regulations that weare currently not subject to.

In order not to be regulated as an investment company under the Investment Company Act,unless we can qualify for an exclusion, we must ensure that we are engaged primarily in a business other than investing, reinvesting or trading of securities and that our activities do not include investing, reinvesting, owning, holding or trading“investment securities” constituting more than 40% of our assets (exclusive of U.S. government securities and cash items) on an unconsolidated basis. Our business will be to identify and complete a business combination and thereafterto operate the post-transaction business or assets for the long term. We do not plan to buy businesses or assets with a view to resale or profit from their resale. We do not plan to buy unrelated businesses or assets or to be a passive investor.

 

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We do not believe that our anticipated principal activities will subject us to theInvestment Company Act. To this end, the proceeds held in the trust account may only be invested in United States “government securities” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act having a maturity of185 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act which invest only in direct U.S. government treasuryobligations. Pursuant to the trust agreement, the trustee is not permitted to invest in other securities or assets. By restricting the investment of the proceeds to these instruments, and by having a business plan targeted at acquiring and growingbusinesses for the long term (rather than on buying and selling businesses in the manner of a merchant bank or private equity fund), we intend to avoid being deemed an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act.This offering is not intended for persons who are seeking a return on investments in government securities or investment securities. The trust account is intended as a holding place for funds pending the earliest to occur of either: (i) thecompletion of our initial business combination; (ii) the redemption of any public shares properly tendered in connection with a shareholder vote to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association that would affect thesubstance or timing of our obligation to provide for the redemption of our public shares in connection with an initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we have not consummated an initial business combination within 12months from the closing of this offering (or 18 months, if we extend the time to complete a business combination as described in this prospectus); or (iii) absent an initial business combination within 12 months from the closing of thisoffering (or 18 months, if we extend the time to complete a business combination as described in this prospectus), our return of the funds held in the trust account to our public shareholders as part of our redemption of the public shares. If we donot invest the proceeds as discussed above, we may be deemed to be subject to the Investment Company Act. If we were deemed to be subject to the Investment Company Act, compliance with these additional regulatory burdens would require additionalexpenses for which we have not allotted funds and may hinder our ability to complete a business combination. If we have not consummated our initial business combination within the required time period, our public shareholders may receive onlyapproximately $10.10 per public share, or less in certain circumstances, on the liquidation of our trust account and our warrants will expire worthless.

If we do not consummate our initial business combination within 12 months from the closing of this offering (or 18 months, if we extend the time tocomplete a business combination as described in this prospectus), our public shareholders may be forced to wait beyond such 12 months (or 18 months, if we extend the time to complete a business combination as described in this prospectus) beforeredemption from our trust account.

If we do not consummate our initial business combination within 12 months from the closing ofthis offering (or 18 months, if we extend the time to complete a business combination as described in this prospectus), the proceeds then on deposit in the trust account, including interest (less up to $50,000 of interest to pay dissolution expensesand net of taxes paid or payable), will be used to fund the redemption of our public shares, as further described herein. Any redemption of public shareholders from the trust account will be effected automatically by function of our amended andrestated memorandum and articles of association prior to any voluntary winding up. If we are required to wind-up, liquidate the trust account and distribute such amount therein, pro rata, to our publicshareholders, as part of any liquidation process, such winding up, liquidation and distribution must comply with the applicable provisions of the Companies Act. In that case, investors may be forced to wait beyond 12 months from the closing of thisoffering (or 18 months, if we extend the time to complete a business combination as described in this prospectus) before the redemption proceeds of our trust account become available to them, and they receive the return of their pro rataportion of the proceeds from our trust account. We have no obligation to return funds to investors prior to the date of our redemption or liquidation unless, prior thereto, we consummate our initial business combination or amend certain provisionsof our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, and only then in cases where investors have sought to redeem their Class A ordinary shares. Only upon our redemption or any liquidation will public shareholders be entitled todistributions if we do not complete our initial business combination and do not amend certain provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association. Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will providethat, if we wind up for any other reason prior to the consummation of our initial business combination, we will follow the foregoing procedures with respect to the

 

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liquidation of the trust account as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than 10 business days thereafter, subject to applicable Cayman Islands law.

Our shareholders may be held liable for claims by third parties against us to the extent of distributions received by them upon redemption of theirshares.

If we are forced to enter into an insolvent liquidation, any distributions received by shareholders could be viewed as anunlawful payment if it was proved that immediately following the date on which the distribution was made, we were unable to pay our debts as they fall due in the ordinary course of business. As a result, a liquidator could seek to recover some orall amounts received by our shareholders. Furthermore, our directors may be viewed as having breached their fiduciary duties to us or our creditors and/or may have acted in bad faith, thereby exposing themselves and our company to claims, by payingpublic shareholders from the trust account prior to addressing the claims of creditors. We cannot assure you that claims will not be brought against us for these reasons. We and our directors and officers who knowingly and willfully authorized orpermitted any distribution to be paid out of our share premium account while we were unable to pay our debts as they fall due in the ordinary course of business would be guilty of an offense and may be liable for a fine of approximately $18,000 andto imprisonment for five years in the Cayman Islands.

We are not registering the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of thewarrants under the Securities Act or any state securities laws at this time, and such registration may not be in place when an investor desires to exercise warrants, thus precluding such investor from being able to exercise its warrants except on acashless basis and potentially causing such warrants to expire worthless.

We are not registering the Class A ordinary sharesissuable upon exercise of the warrants under the Securities Act or any state securities laws at this time. However, under the terms of the warrant agreement, we have agreed that, as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 20 business daysafter the closing of our initial business combination, we will use our commercially reasonable efforts to file with the SEC a registration statement covering the issuance of such shares, and we will use our commercially reasonable efforts to causethe registration statement to become effective within 60 business days after the closing of our initial business combination and to maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement and a current prospectus relating to those Class Aordinary shares until the warrants expire or are redeemed. We cannot assure you that we will be able to do so if, for example, any facts or events arise which represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statementor prospectus, the financial statements contained or incorporated by reference therein are not current, complete or correct or the SEC issues a stop order. If the shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants are not registered under the SecuritiesAct in accordance with the above requirements, we will be required to permit holders to exercise their warrants on a cashless basis, in which case, the number of Class A ordinary shares that you will receive upon cashless exercise will be basedon a formula subject to a maximum amount of shares equal to 0.361 Class A ordinary shares per warrant (subject to adjustment). However, no warrant will be exercisable for cash or on a cashless basis, and we will not be obligated to issue anyshares to holders seeking to exercise their warrants, unless the issuance of the shares upon such exercise is registered or qualified under the securities laws of the state of the exercising holder, or an exemption from registration is available.Notwithstanding the above, if our Class A ordinary shares are at the time of any exercise of a warrant not listed on a national securities exchange such that they satisfy the definition of a “covered security” underSection 18(b)(1) of the Securities Act, we may, at our option, require holders of warrants who seek to exercise their warrants to do so on a “cashless basis” in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act and,in the event we so elect, we will not be required to file or maintain in effect a registration statement, but we will use our commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify the shares under applicable blue sky laws to the extent an exemptionis not available. Exercising the warrants on a cashless basis could have the effect of reducing the potential “upside” of the holder’s investment in our company because the warrant holder will hold a smaller number of Class Aordinary shares upon a cashless exercise of the warrants they hold. In no event will we be required to net cash settle any warrant, or issue securities or other compensation in exchange for the warrants in the event that we are unable to register orqualify the shares underlying the warrants under applicable state

 

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securities laws and no exemption is available. If the issuance of the shares upon exercise of the warrants is not so registered or qualified or exempt from registration or qualification, theholder of such warrant shall not be entitled to exercise such warrant and such warrant may have no value and expire worthless. In such event, holders who acquired their warrants as part of a purchase of units will have paid the full unit purchaseprice solely for the Class A ordinary shares included in the units. There may be a circumstance where an exemption from registration exists for holders of our private placement warrants to exercise their warrants while a corresponding exemptiondoes not exist for holders of the public warrants included as part of units sold in this offering. In such an instance, our initial shareholders and their permitted transferees (which may include our directors and executive officers) would be ableto exercise their warrants and sell the ordinary shares underlying their warrants while holders of our public warrants would not be able to exercise their warrants and sell the underlying ordinary shares. If and when the warrants become redeemableby us, we may exercise our redemption right even if we are unable to register or qualify the underlying Class A ordinary shares for sale under all applicable state securities laws. As a result, we may redeem the warrants as set forth above evenif the holders are otherwise unable to exercise their warrants.

The warrants may become exercisable and redeemable for a security other than theClass A ordinary shares, and you will not have any information regarding such other security at this time.

In certainsituations, including if we are not the surviving entity in our initial business combination, the warrants may become exercisable for a security other than the Class A ordinary shares. As a result, if the surviving company redeems your warrantsfor securities pursuant to the warrant agreement, you may receive a security in a company of which you do not have information at this time. Pursuant to the warrant agreement, the surviving company will be required to use commercially reasonableefforts to register the issuance of the security underlying the warrants within twenty business days of the closing of an initial business combination.

The grant of registration rights to our initial shareholders and holders of our private placement shares may make it more difficult to complete ourinitial 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 to be entered on or prior to the closing of this offering, our initial shareholders and their permitted transfereescan demand that we register the private placement shares held, or to be held by them. The registration rights will be exercisable with respect to the founder shares and the private placement shares. We will bear the cost of registering thesesecurities. 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 theregistration 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 cashconsideration to offset the negative impact on the market price of our securities that is expected when the securities owned by our initial shareholders or their respective permitted transferees are registered for resale.

Because we are neither limited to evaluating a target business in a particular industry sector nor have we selected any specific target businesses withwhich to pursue our initial business combination, you will be unable to ascertain the merits or risks of any particular target business’s operations.

We may pursue business combination opportunities in any sector, except that we will not, under our amended and restated memorandum and articlesof association, be permitted to effectuate our initial business combination solely with another blank check company or similar company with nominal operations. Because we have not yet selected or approached any specific target business with respectto a business combination, there is no basis to evaluate the possible merits or risks of any particular target business’s operations, results of operations, cash flows, liquidity, financial condition or prospects. To the extent we complete ourinitial business combination, we may be affected by numerous risks inherent in the business operations with which we combine. For example, if we combine with a financially unstable business or an entity lacking an established record of

 

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sales or earnings, we may be affected by the risks inherent in the business and operations of a financially unstable or a development stage entity. Although our officers and directors willendeavor to evaluate the risks inherent in a particular target business, we cannot assure you that we will properly ascertain or assess all of the significant risk factors or that we will have adequate time to complete due diligence. Furthermore,some of these risks may be outside of our control and leave us with no ability to control or reduce the chances that those risks will adversely impact a target business. We also cannot assure you that an investment in our units will ultimately proveto be more favorable to investors than a direct investment, if such opportunity were available, in a business combination target. Accordingly, any shareholders or warrant holders who choose to remain shareholders or warrant holders following thebusiness combination could suffer a reduction in the value of their securities. Such shareholders and warrant holders are unlikely to have a remedy for such reduction in value.

We may seek business combination opportunities in industries or sectors which may or may not be outside of our management’s areas of expertise.

We will consider a business combination outside of our management’s area of expertise if a business combination candidate ispresented to us and we determine that such candidate offers an attractive acquisition opportunity for our company. Although our management will endeavor to evaluate the risks inherent in any particular business combination candidate, we cannotassure you that we will adequately ascertain or assess all of the significant risk factors. We also cannot assure you that an investment in our units will not ultimately prove to be less favorable to investors in this offering than a directinvestment, if an opportunity were available, in a business combination candidate. In the event we elect to pursue an acquisition outside of the areas of our management’s expertise, our management’s expertise may not be directly applicableto its evaluation or operation, and the information contained in this prospectus regarding the areas of our management’s expertise would not be relevant to an understanding of the business that we elect to acquire. As a result, our managementmay not be able to adequately ascertain or assess all of the significant risk factors. Accordingly, any shareholders or warrant holders who choose to remain shareholders or warrant holders following the business combination could suffer a reductionin the value of their securities. Such shareholders and warrant holders are unlikely to have a remedy for such reduction in value.

We may issueadditional Class A ordinary shares or preference shares to complete our initial business combination or under an employee incentive plan after completion of our initial business combination. We may also issue Class A ordinary shares uponthe conversion of the founder shares at a ratio greater than one-to-one concurrently with or immediately following the consummation of our initial business combinationas a result of the anti-dilution provisions contained in our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association. Any such issuances would dilute the interest of our shareholders and likely present other risks.

Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will authorize the issuance of up to 200,000,000 Class A ordinary shares,par value $0.0001 per share, 20,000,000 Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, and 1,000,000 preference shares, par value $0.0001 per share. Immediately after this offering, there will be 189,490,000 and 17,500,000 (assuming ineach case that the underwriters have not exercised their over-allotment option and the surrender of 375,000 Class B ordinary shares) authorized but unissued Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares, respectively, availablefor issuance which amount does not take into account shares reserved for issuance upon exercise of outstanding warrants or shares issuable upon conversion of the Class B ordinary shares. The Class B ordinary shares will automaticallyconvert into Class A ordinary shares concurrently with or immediately following the consummation of our initial business combination, or earlier at the option of the holder thereof, as described herein. Immediately after this offering, therewill be no preference shares outstanding.

We may issue a substantial number of additional Class A ordinary shares or preferenceshares to complete our initial business combination or under an employee incentive plan after completion of our initial business combination. We may also issue Class A ordinary shares in connection with our redeeming the warrants as describedin “Description of Securities — Warrants —Redemption of Warrants for Class A Ordinary Shares” or

 

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upon conversion of the Class B ordinary shares at a ratio greater than one-to-one concurrently with orimmediately following the consummation of our initial business combination as a result of the anti-dilution provisions as set forth herein. However, our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will provide, among other things,that prior to our initial business combination, 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 our public shares (a) on any initialbusiness combination or (b) to approve an amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to extend the time we have to consummate a business combination beyond 12 months from the closing of this offering (or 18months, if we extend the time to complete a business combination as described in this prospectus). These provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, like all provisions of our amended and restated memorandum andarticles of association, may be amended with a shareholder vote. The issuance of additional ordinary or preference shares:

 

  

may significantly dilute the equity interest of investors in this offering, which dilution would increase if theanti-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 conversionof the Class B ordinary shares;

 

  

may subordinate the rights of holders of Class A ordinary shares if preference shares are issued with rightssenior 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 mayaffect, 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 votingrights of a person seeking to obtain control of us;

 

  

may adversely affect prevailing market prices for our units, Class A ordinary shares and/or warrants; and

 

  

may not result in adjustment to the exercise price of our warrants.

Unlike some other similarly structured special purpose acquisition companies, our initial shareholders will receive additional Class A ordinaryshares if we issue shares to consummate an initial business combination.

The founder shares will automatically convert intoClass A ordinary shares concurrently with or immediately following the consummation of our initial business combination, or earlier at the option of the holder thereof, on aone-for-one basis. However, if additional Class A ordinary shares or any other equity-linked securities are issued or deemed issued in connection with our initialbusiness combination, the number of Class A ordinary shares issuable upon conversion of all founder shares will equal, in the aggregate, on an as converted basis, 20% of the sum of (i) the total number of ordinary shares outstanding uponcompletion of this offering (not including the Class A ordinary shares issued as private placement shares) plus (ii) the total number of Class A ordinary shares issued, or deemed issued or issuable upon conversion or exercise of anyequity-linked securities or rights issued or deemed issued, by the Company in connection with or in relation to the consummation of the initial business combination, excluding any Class A ordinary shares or equity-linked securities exercisablefor or convertible into Class A ordinary shares issued, or to be issued, to any seller in the initial business combination and any private placement shares issued to our sponsor upon conversion of working capital loans, provided that suchconversion of Class B ordinary shares will never occur on a less than one-for-one basis. This is different than some other similarly structured special purposeacquisition companies in which the initial shareholders will only be issued an aggregate of 20% of the total number of shares to be outstanding prior to the initial business combination.

 

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Resources could be wasted in researching acquisitions that are not completed, which could materiallyadversely affect subsequent attempts to locate and acquire or merge with another business. If we do not complete our initial business combination within the required time period, our public shareholders may only receive only approximately $10.10 pershare, or less in certain circumstances, on the liquidation of our trust account, and our warrants will expire worthless.

Weanticipate that the investigation of each specific target business and the negotiation, drafting and execution of relevant agreements, disclosure documents and other instruments will require substantial management time and attention and substantialcosts for accountants, attorneys and others. If we decide not to complete a specific initial business combination, the costs incurred up to that point for the proposed transaction likely would not be recoverable. Furthermore, if we reach anagreement relating to a specific target business, we may fail to complete our initial business combination for any number of reasons including those beyond our control. Any such event will result in a loss to us of the related costs incurred whichcould materially adversely affect subsequent attempts to locate and acquire or merge with another business. If we have not consummated our initial business combination within the required time period, our public shareholders may receive onlyapproximately $10.10 per public share, or less in certain circumstances, on the liquidation of our trust account and our warrants will expire worthless.

We may be a passive foreign investment company, or PFIC,which could result in adverseU.S. federal income tax consequences to U.S. investors.

If we are a PFIC for any taxable year (or portion thereof) that is included in the holding period of a U.S. Holder (as defined in thesection of this prospectus captioned “Taxation — United States Federal Income Tax Considerations — General”) of our Class A ordinary shares or warrants, the U.S. Holder may be subject to adverse U.S. federal incometax consequences and may be subject to additional reporting requirements. Our PFIC status for our current and subsequent taxable years may depend on whether we qualify for the PFIC start-up exception (see thesection of this prospectus captioned “Taxation — United States Federal Income Tax Considerations — U.S. Holders — Passive Foreign Investment Company Rules”). The application of thestart-up exception is uncertain, and there can be no assurances that we will qualify for the start-up exception. Accordingly, there can be no assurances with respect toour status as a PFIC for our current taxable year or any subsequent taxable year (and, in the case of our current taxable year, possibly not until after the close of the second taxable year following such year). Our actual PFIC status for anytaxable year, however, will not be determinable until after the end of such taxable year. Moreover, if we determine we are a PFIC for any taxable year, upon written request, we will endeavor to provide to a U.S. Holder with the PFIC AnnualInformation Statement that is needed in order to enable the U.S. Holder to make and maintain a “qualified electing fund” election, but there can be no assurance that we will timely provide such required information. Furthermore, a“qualified electing fund” election would be unavailable with respect to our warrants. U.S. investors should consult their own tax advisors regarding the possible application of the PFIC rules. For a more detailed discussion of the taxconsequences of PFIC classification to U.S. Holders, see the section of this prospectus captioned “Taxation — United States Federal Income Tax Considerations — U.S. Holders — Passive Foreign Investment CompanyRules.”

We are subject to changing law and regulations regarding regulatory matters, corporate governance and public disclosure that haveincreased both our costs and the risk of non-compliance.

We are subject to rules andregulations by various governing bodies, including, for example, the SEC, which are charged with the protection of investors and the oversight of companies whose securities are publicly traded, and to new and evolving regulatory measures underapplicable law. Our efforts to comply with new and changing laws and regulations have resulted in and are likely to continue to result in, increased general and administrative expenses and a diversion of management time and attention fromrevenue-generating activities to compliance activities.

 

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Moreover, because these laws, regulations and standards are subject to varyinginterpretations, their application in practice may evolve over time as new guidance becomes available. This evolution may result in continuing uncertainty regarding compliance matters and additional costs necessitated by ongoing revisions to ourdisclosure and governance practices. If we fail to address and comply with these regulations and any subsequent changes, we may be subject to penalty and our business may be harmed.

We may undertake transactions in connection with our initial business combination that may result in taxes imposed on holders of Class A ordinaryshares or warrants.

The initial business combination may be structured in a manner that is taxable to shareholders or warrantholders. Additionally, we may, in connection with our initial business combination and subject to requisite shareholder approval under the Companies Act, reincorporate in the jurisdiction in which the target company or business is located or inanother jurisdiction. The transaction may require a shareholder or warrant holder to recognize taxable income in the jurisdiction in which the shareholder or warrant holder is a tax resident or in which its members are resident if it is a taxtransparent entity. We do not intend to make any cash distributions to shareholders or warrant holder to pay any taxes that are imposed upon holders of Class A ordinary shares or warrants in connection with the initial business combination.Furthermore, shareholders or warrant holder may be subject to withholding taxes or other taxes after the reincorporation.

We may issue notes orother debt securities, or otherwise incur substantial debt, to complete a business combination, which may adversely affect our leverage and financial condition and thus negatively impact the value of our shareholders’ investment in us.

Although we have no commitments as of the date of this prospectus to issue any notes or other debt securities, or to otherwiseincur outstanding debt following this offering, we may choose to incur substantial debt to complete our initial business combination. We and our officers have agreed that we will not incur any indebtedness unless we have obtained from the lender awaiver of any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to the monies held in the trust account. As such, no issuance of debt will affect the per share amount available for redemption from the trust account. Nevertheless, the incurrence ofdebt could have a variety of negative effects, including:

 

  

default and foreclosure on our assets if our operating revenues after an initial business combination areinsufficient to repay our debt obligations;

 

  

acceleration of our obligations to repay the indebtedness even if we make all principal and interest paymentswhen due if we breach certain covenants that require the maintenance of certain financial ratios or reserves without a waiver or renegotiation of that covenant;

 

  

our immediate payment of all principal and accrued interest, if any, if the debt is payable on demand;

 

  

our inability to obtain necessary additional financing if the debt contains covenants restricting our ability toobtain such financing while the debt is outstanding;

 

  

our inability to pay dividends on our Class A ordinary shares;

 

  

using a substantial portion of our cash flow to pay principal and interest on our debt, which will reduce thefunds available for dividends on our Class A ordinary shares if declared, expenses, capital expenditures, acquisitions and other general corporate purposes;

 

  

limitations on our flexibility in planning for and reacting to changes in our business and in the industry inwhich we operate;

 

  

increased vulnerability to adverse changes in general economic, industry and competitive conditions and adversechanges in government regulation or prevailing interest rates; and

 

  

limitations on our ability to borrow additional amounts for expenses, capital expenditures, acquisitions, debtservice requirements, execution of our strategy and other purposes and other disadvantages compared to our competitors who have less debt.

 

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We may seek business combination opportunities with a high degree of complexity that requiresignificant operational improvements, which could delay or prevent us from achieving our desired results.

We may seek businesscombination opportunities with large, highly complex companies that we believe would benefit from operational improvements. While we intend to implement such improvements, to the extent that our efforts are delayed or we are unable to achieve thedesired improvements, the business combination may not be as successful as we anticipate.

To the extent we complete our initial businesscombination with a large complex business or entity with a complex operating structure, we may also be affected by numerous risks inherent in the operations of the business with which we combine, which could delay or prevent us from implementing ourstrategy. Although our management team will endeavor to evaluate the risks inherent in a particular target business and its operations, we may not be able to properly ascertain or assess all of the significant risk factors until we complete ourbusiness combination. If we are not able to achieve our desired operational improvements, or the improvements take longer to implement than anticipated, we may not achieve the gains that we anticipate. Furthermore, some of these risks andcomplexities may be outside of our control and leave us with no ability to control or reduce the chances that those risks and complexities will adversely impact a target business. Such combination may not be as successful as a combination with asmaller, less complex organization.

In order to effectuate an initial business combination, special purpose acquisition companies have, in therecent past, amended various provisions of their charters and other governing instruments, including their warrant agreements. We cannot assure you that we will not seek to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association orgoverning instruments in a manner that will make it easier for us to complete an initial business combination that some of our shareholders may not support.

In order to effectuate a business combination, special purpose acquisition companies have, in the recent past, amended various provisions oftheir charters and governing instruments, including their warrant agreements. For example, special purpose acquisition companies have amended the definition of business combination, increased redemption thresholds and extended the time to consummatean initial business combination and, with respect to their warrants, amended their warrant agreements to require the warrants to be exchanged for cash and/or other securities. Amending our amended and restated memorandum and articles of associationwill require at least a special resolution of our shareholders as a matter of Cayman Islands law, meaning the approval of holders of at least two-thirds of our ordinary shares who attend and vote at a generalmeeting of the company, and amending our warrant agreement in a manner that would adversely impact the registered holders of public warrants will require a vote of holders of at least 50% of the public warrants. In addition, our amended and restatedmemorandum and articles of association will require us to provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their public shares for cash if we propose an amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association thatwould affect the substance or timing of our obligation to provide for the redemption of our public shares in connection with an initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we have not consummated an initial businesscombination within 12 months from the closing of this offering (or 18 months, if we extend the time to complete a business combination as described in this prospectus). To the extent any of such amendments would be deemed to fundamentally change thenature of any 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 amended and restatedmemorandum and articles of association or governing instruments or extend the time to consummate an initial business combination in order to effectuate our initial business combination.

 

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We may be unable to obtain additional financing to complete our initial business combination or tofund the operations and growth of a target business, which could compel us to restructure or abandon a particular business combination. If we have not consummated our initial business combination within the required time period, our publicshareholders may receive only approximately $10.10 per public share, or less in certain circumstances, on the liquidation of our trust account and our warrants will expire worthless.

Although we believe that the net proceeds of this offering and the sale of the private placement shares will be sufficient to allow us tocomplete our initial business combination, we cannot ascertain the capital requirements for any particular transaction because we have not yet selected any prospective target business. If the net proceeds of this offering and the sale of the privateplacement shares prove to be insufficient, either because of the size of our initial business combination, the depletion of the available net proceeds in search of a target business, the obligation to repurchase for cash a significant number ofshares from shareholders who elect redemption in connection with our initial business combination, or the terms of negotiated transactions to purchase shares in connection with our initial business combination, we may be required to seek additionalfinancing or to abandon the proposed business combination. We cannot assure you that such financing will be available on acceptable terms, if at all. The current economic environment may make it difficult for companies to obtain acquisitionfinancing. To the extent that additional financing proves to be unavailable when needed to complete our initial business combination, we would be compelled to either restructure the transaction or abandon that particular business combination andseek an alternative target business candidate. If we have not consummated our initial business combination within the required time period, our public shareholders may receive only approximately $10.10 per public share, or less in certaincircumstances, on the liquidation of our trust account and our warrants will expire worthless. In addition, even if we do not need additional financing to complete our initial business combination, we may require such financing to fund theoperations or growth of the target business. The failure to secure additional financing could have a material adverse effect on the continued development or growth of the target business. None of our officers, directors or shareholders is requiredto provide any financing to us in connection with or after our initial business combination.

Our sponsor contributed $25,000 and, accordingly, youwill experience immediate and substantial dilution from the purchase of our Class A ordinary shares.

The difference betweenthe public offering price per share (allocating all of the unit purchase price to the Class A ordinary share and none to the warrant included in the unit) and the pro forma net tangible book value per Class A ordinary share after thisoffering constitutes the dilution to you and the other investors in this offering. Our sponsor acquired the founder shares at a nominal price, significantly contributing to this dilution.

Upon closing of this offering, and assuming no value is ascribed to the warrants included in the units, you and the other public shareholderswill incur an immediate and substantial dilution of approximately 86.8% (or $8.68 per share, assuming no exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option), the difference between the pro forma net tangible book value per share of $1.32and the initial offering price of $10.00 per unit. 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 concurrently with or immediately following the consummation of our initial business combination and would becomeexacerbated 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 withour initial business combination would be disproportionately dilutive to our Class A ordinary shares.

 

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We may amend the terms of the warrants in a manner that may be adverse to holders of public warrantswith the approval by the holders of at least 50% of the then outstanding public warrants. As a result, the exercise price of your warrants could be increased, the exercise period could be shortened and the number of Class A ordinary sharespurchasable upon exercise of a warrant could be decreased, all without your approval.

Our warrants will be issued in registeredform under a warrant agreement between VStock Transfer, LLC, as warrant agent, and us. The warrant agreement provides that the terms of the warrants may be amended without the consent of any holder for the purpose of (i) curing any ambiguity orcorrect any mistake, including to conform the provisions of the warrant agreement to the description of the terms of the warrants and the warrant agreement set forth in this prospectus, or defective provision (ii) amending the provisionsrelating to cash dividends on ordinary shares as contemplated by and in accordance with the warrant agreement or (iii) adding or changing any provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the warrant agreement as the parties tothe warrant agreement may deem necessary or desirable and that the parties deem to not adversely affect the rights of the registered holders of the warrants, provided that the approval by the holders of at least 50% of the then-outstanding publicwarrants is required to make any change that adversely affects the interests of the registered holders of public warrants. Accordingly, we may amend the terms of the public warrants in a manner adverse to a holder if holders of at least 50% of thethen-outstanding public warrants approve of such amendment. Although our ability to amend the terms of the public warrants with the consent of at least 50% of the then-outstanding public warrants is unlimited, examples of such amendments could beamendments to, among other things, increase the exercise price of the warrants, convert the warrants into cash, shorten the exercise period or decrease the number of Class A ordinary shares purchasable upon exercise of a warrant.

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

Our warrant agreement will provide that, subject to applicable law, (i) any action, proceeding or claim against us arisingout of or relating in any way to the warrant agreement, including under the Securities Act, will be brought and enforced in the courts of the State of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and(ii) that we irrevocably submit to such jurisdiction, which jurisdiction shall be the exclusive forum for any such action, proceeding or claim. We will waive any objection to such exclusive jurisdiction and that such courts represent aninconvenient forum.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, these provisions of the warrant agreement will not apply to suits brought to enforceany 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 anyof our warrants shall be deemed to have notice of and to have consented to the forum provisions in our warrant agreement. If any action, the subject matter of which is within the scope the forum provisions of the warrant agreement, is filed in acourt other than a court of the State of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (a “foreign action”) in the name of any holder of our warrants, such holder shall be deemed to have consented to:(x) the personal jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in the State of New York in connection with any action brought in any such court to enforce the forum provisions (an “enforcement action”), and (y) havingservice of process made upon such warrant holder in any such enforcement action by service upon such warrant holder’s counsel in the foreign action as agent for such warrant holder.

This choice-of-forum provision may limit a warrantholder’s ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it finds favorable for disputes with our company, which may discourage such lawsuits. Alternatively, if a court were to find this provision of our warrant agreement inapplicable orunenforceable 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

 

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results of operations and result in a diversion of the time and resources of our management and board of directors.

We may redeem your unexpired warrants prior to their exercise at a time that is disadvantageous to you, thereby making your warrants worthless.

We have the ability to redeem the outstanding public warrants at any time after they become exercisable and prior to theirexpiration, at a price of $0.01 per warrant, provided that the closing price of our Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $16.50 per share (including adjustments to the number of shares issuable upon exercise or the exercise price ofa warrant as described under the heading “Description of Securities — Warrants — Anti-Dilution Adjustments”) for any 20 trading days within a 30 trading-day period ending on the thirdtrading day prior to proper notice of such redemption and provided that certain other conditions are met. If and when the warrants become redeemable by us, we may exercise our redemption right even if we are unable to register or qualify theunderlying securities for sale under all applicable state securities laws. As a result, we may redeem the warrants as set forth above even if the holders are otherwise unable to exercise the warrants. Redemption of the outstanding warrants couldforce you to (i) exercise your warrants and pay the exercise price therefor at a time when it may be disadvantageous for you to do so, (ii) sell your warrants at the then-current market price when you might otherwise wish to hold yourwarrants or (iii) accept the nominal redemption price which, at the time the outstanding warrants are called for redemption, we expect would be substantially less than the market value of your warrants.

In addition, we may redeem outstanding warrants (including, in certain cases, the placement warrants) after they become exercisable for $0.10per warrant upon a minimum of 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption, provided that the last reported sales price of our Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $10.00 per share (as adjusted for share sub-divisions, share dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within a 30 trading-day period commencing once thewarrants become exercisable and ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which we give proper notice of such redemption and provided certain other conditions are met, including that holders will be able to exercise their warrants priorto redemption for a number of Class A ordinary shares to be determined based on the redemption date and the fair market value of our Class A ordinary shares. Please see “Description of Securities—Warrants—PublicShareholders’ Warrants—Redemption of warrants when the price per Class A ordinary share equals or exceeds $10.00.” Any such redemption may have similar consequences to a cash redemption described above. In addition, suchredemption may occur at a time when the warrants are “out-of-the-money,” in which case you would lose anypotential embedded value from a subsequent increase in the value of the Class A ordinary shares had your warrants remained outstanding.

Ourwarrants may have an adverse effect on the market price of our Class A ordinary shares and make it more difficult to effectuate our initial business combination.

We will be issuing warrants to purchase 5,000,000 of our Class A ordinary shares (or up to 5,750,000 Class A ordinary shares if theunderwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full) as part of the units offered by this prospectus. We may also issue Class A ordinary shares in connection with our redemption of warrants as described in “Description ofSecurities — Warrants — Redemption of Warrants for Class A Ordinary Shares.” To the extent we issue ordinary shares for any reason, including to effectuate a business combination, the potential for the issuance of a substantialnumber of additional Class A ordinary shares upon exercise of these warrants could make us a less attractive acquisition vehicle to a target business. Such warrants, when exercised, will increase the number of outstanding Class A ordinaryshares and reduce the value of the Class A ordinary shares issued to complete the business transaction. Therefore, our warrants may make it more difficult to effectuate a business transaction or increase the cost of acquiring the targetbusiness.

 

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Because each unit contains one-half of one warrant and only awhole warrant may be exercised, the units may be worth less than units of other special purpose acquisition companies.

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

A provision of our warrant agreement may make it more difficult for us to consummate an initial business combination.

If (i) we issue additional ordinary shares or equity-linked securities for capital raising purposes in connection with the closing of ourinitial business combination at a Newly Issued Price of less than $9.20 per Class A ordinary share, (ii) the aggregate gross proceeds from such issuances represent more than 60% of the total equity proceeds, and interest thereon, availablefor the funding of our initial business combination, and (iii) the Market Value of our Class A ordinary shares is below $9.20 per share, then the exercise price of the warrants will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 115% ofthe higher of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price, and the $16.50 per share redemption trigger price will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 180% of the higher of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price. This may make itmore difficult for us to consummate an initial business combination with a target business.

The determination of the offering price of our unitsand the size of this offering is more arbitrary than the pricing of securities and size of an offering of an operating company in a particular industry. You may have less assurance, therefore, that the offering price of our units properly reflectsthe value of such units than you would have in a typical offering of an operating company.

Prior to this offering there has beenno public market for any of our securities. The public offering price of the units and the terms of the warrants were negotiated between us and the underwriters. In determining the size of this offering, management held customary organizationalmeetings with the representative of the underwriters, both prior to our inception and thereafter, with respect to the state of capital markets, generally, and the amount the underwriters believed they reasonably could raise on our behalf. Factorsconsidered in determining the size of this offering, prices and terms of the units, including the Class A ordinary shares and warrants underlying the units, include:

 

  

the history and prospects of companies whose principal business is the acquisition of other companies;

 

  

prior offerings of those companies;

 

  

our prospects for acquiring an operating business at attractive values;

 

  

a review of debt-to-equity ratiosin leveraged transactions;

 

  

our capital structure;

 

  

an assessment of our management and their experience in identifying operating companies;

 

  

general conditions of the securities markets at the time of this offering; and

 

  

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Although these factors were considered, the determination of our offering price is morearbitrary than the pricing of securities of an operating company in a particular industry since we have no historical operations or financial results.

There is currently no market for our securities and a market for our securities may not develop, which would adversely affect the liquidity and price ofour securities.

There is currently no market for our securities. Shareholders therefore have no access to information about priormarket history on which to base their investment decision. Following this offering, the price of our securities may vary significantly due to one or more potential business combinations and general market or economic conditions, including as aresult of the COVID-19 outbreak and other events (such as terrorist attacks, natural disasters or a significant outbreak of other infectious diseases). Furthermore, an active trading market for our securitiesmay never develop or, if developed, it may not be sustained. You may be unable to sell your securities unless a market can be established and sustained.

 

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Risks Associated with Acquiring and Operating a Business in China

If we select a business combination target that operates in the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC”), the approval of the ChinaSecurities Regulatory Commission (the “CSRC”), the Cybersecurity Review Office (“CRO”), the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission and/or other PRC authority may be required for our initial business combination under PRC law.

The Regulations on Mergers and Acquisitions of Domestic Companies by Foreign Investors (the “M&A Rules”) requiresoverseas special purpose vehicles that are controlled by PRC companies or individuals formed for the purpose of seeking a public listing on an overseas stock exchange through acquisitions of PRC domestic companies using shares of such specialpurpose vehicles or held by their shareholders as considerations to obtain the approval of the CSRC, prior to the listing and trading of such special purpose vehicle’s securities on an overseas stock exchange. However, the application of theM&A Rules remains unclear. If CSRC approval is required for our initial business combination, it is uncertain whether it would be possible for us to obtain the approval. Any failure to obtain or delay in obtaining CSRC approval for our initialbusiness combination would subject us to sanctions imposed by the CSRC and other PRC regulatory agencies.

Additionally, on July 10,2021, the Cybersecurity Administration of China (“CAC”) released a draft of the revised Cybersecurity Review Measures for public consultation until July 25, 2021 (the “2021 Measures”). The 2021 Measures apply to any businessoperator that holds the personal information of more than one million users when it intends to seek a foreign listing. Upon receipt of an application, if the CRO decides to conduct a review, the CRO will complete a preliminary review and sendrecommendations to a designated body of members of the network security review mechanism and certain government departments for further consideration. The CSRC has been added in the 2021 Measures to the list of mainland Chinese authorities that areto be involved in formulating the national network security review mechanism. This means that the CSRC can instruct the CRO to obtain approval from the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission to conduct a cybersecurity review of any proposed foreignpublic offering of a mainland Chinese operator where the capital markets regulator considers the listing affects or is likely to affect China’s national security. The proposed rules might impact the timetable of our initial business combinationand the certainty of our initial business combination, if the target company we have identified is subject to the 2021 Measures or the final Cybersecurity Review Measures.

Further regulations or regulatory actions in the PRC could affect the timetable and closing certainty of this offering and/or our initial businesscombination.

Further, on July 6, 2021, the General Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the GeneralOffice of the State Council of the PRC jointly issued the “Opinion on Strictly Punishing Illegal Securities Activities according to Law”(《关于依法从严打击证券违法活动的意见》) (the “Opinion”). The

 

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Opinion specifies the target of upgrading the securities law-enforcement and judicial systems by 2022 and 2025, including effectively curbing the frequentoccurrence of major illegal and criminal cases, as well as making notable advances in the transparency, standardization and credibility in the securities law-enforcement and judicial system. In particular,Clause 5 of the Opinion is entitled “Further Enhancing Cross-Border Regulatory Oversight, Enforcement and Judicial Cooperation.” The Opinion may require or facilitate further regulations or regulatory actions applicable to Chinesecompanies seeking to be listed overseas, including in the U.S., which regulations could be applicable to this offering, our initial business combination or the target company we identify and impact the timetable and closing certainty of thisoffering and/or our initial business combination.

We may be subject to certain risks associated with acquiring and operating businesses in thePeople’s Republic of China.

We may be subject to certain risks associated with acquiring and operating a business in the PRCin our search for a business combination and operation of any target business with which we ultimately consummate a business combination.

First, certain rules and regulations concerning mergers and acquisitions by foreign investors in the PRC may make merger and acquisitionactivities by foreign investors more complex and time consuming, including, among others:

 

  

the requirement that the Ministry of Commerce of the PRC (the “MOFCOM”) be notified in certaincircumstances in advance of any change-of-control transaction in which a foreign investor takes control of a PRC domestic enterprise or any concentration of undertakingif certain thresholds are triggered;

 

  

the authority of certain government agencies to have scrutiny over the economics of an acquisition transactionand requirement for consideration in a transaction to be paid within stated time limits; and

 

  

the requirement for mergers and acquisitions by foreign investors that raise “national defense andsecurity” concerns and mergers and acquisitions through which foreign investors may acquire de facto control over domestic enterprises that raise “national security” concerns to be subject to strict review by the MOFCOM.

Complying with these and other requirements could be time-consuming, and any required approval processes, includingobtaining approval from the MOFCOM or its local counterparts, may delay or inhibit our ability to complete such transactions, which could affect our ability to acquire PRC-based businesses. A businesscombination we propose may not be able to be completed if the terms of the transaction do not satisfy aspects of the approval process and may not be completed, even if approved, if they are not consummated within the time permitted by the approvalsgranted.

In addition, the PRC currently prohibits and/or restricts foreign ownership in certain “important industries,”including telecommunications, food production and heavy equipment. There are uncertainties under certain regulations whether obtaining a majority interest through contractual arrangements will comply with regulations prohibiting or restrictingforeign ownership in certain industries. There is no assurance that the PRC government will not apply restrictions in other industries. In addition, there can be restrictions on the foreign ownership of businesses that are determined from time totime to be in “important industries” that may affect the national economic security or those having “famous brand names” or “well-established brand names.” Subject to the review and approval requirements of the relevantagencies and the various percentage ownership limitations that exist from time to time, acquisitions involving foreign investors and parties in the various restricted categories of assets and industries may nonetheless sometimes be consummated usingcontractual arrangements with permitted local parties. If we choose to effect a business combination that employs the use of these types of control arrangements, these contractual arrangements may not be as effective in providing us with the sameeconomic benefits, accounting consolidation or control over a target business as would direct ownership due to limited implementation guidance provided with respect to such regulations. If the government of the PRC finds that the

 

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agreements we entered into to acquire control of a target business through contractual arrangements with one or more operating businesses do not comply with local governmental restrictions onforeign investment, or if these regulations or the interpretation of existing regulations change in the future, we could be subject to significant penalties or be forced to relinquish our interests in those operations.

If we effect our initial business combination with a business located in the PRC, a substantial portion of our operations may be conducted inthe PRC, and a significant portion of our net revenues maybe derived from customers where the contracting entity is located in the PRC. Accordingly, our business, financial condition, results of operations, prospects and certain transactions we mayundertake may be subject, to a significant extent, to economic, political and governmental and legal developments, laws and regulations in the PRC. For instance, all or most of our material agreements may be governed by PRC law and we may havedifficulty in enforcing our legal rights because the system of laws and the enforcement of existing laws in PRC may not be as certain in implementation and interpretation as in the United States. In addition, contractual arrangements we enter intowith potential future subsidiaries and affiliated entities or acquisitions of offshore entities that conduct operations through affiliates in the PRC may be subject to a high level of scrutiny by the relevant PRC tax authorities. We may also besubject to restrictions on dividend payments after we consummate a business combination and if we rely on dividends and other distributions from our operating company to provide us with cash flow and to meet our other obligations.

The M&A Rules and certain other People’s Republic of China regulations establish complex procedures for some acquisitions of Chinese companiesby foreign investors, which could make it more difficult for us to pursue an acquisition in China.

The M&A Rules and someother regulations and rules concerning mergers and acquisitions established additional procedures and requirements that could make merger and acquisition activities by foreign investors more time-consuming and complex, including requirements in someinstances that MOFCOM be notified in advance of any change-of-control transaction in which a foreign investor takes control of a PRC domestic enterprise. Moreover, theAnti-Monopoly Law requires that the MOFCOM shall be notified in advance of any concentration of undertaking if certain thresholds are triggered. In addition, the security review rules issued by the MOFCOM that became effective in September 2011specify that mergers and acquisitions by foreign investors that raise “national defense and security” concerns and mergers and acquisitions through which foreign investors may acquire de facto control over domestic enterprises that raise“national security” concerns are subject to strict review by the MOFCOM, and the rules prohibit any activities attempting to bypass a security review, including by structuring the transaction through a proxy or contractual controlarrangement. In the future, we may acquire a complementary business. Complying with the requirements of the above-mentioned regulations and other relevant rules to complete such transactions could be time-consuming, and any required approvalprocesses, including obtaining approval from the MOFCOM or its local counterparts may delay or inhibit our ability to complete such transactions, which could affect our ability to complete our initial business combination.

Substantial uncertainties exist with respect to the interpretation and implementation of the Foreign Investment Law and how it may impact our ability topursue an acquisition in China.

On March 15, 2019, the PRC National People’s Congress approved the Foreign Investment Law,which came into effect on January 1, 2020 and replaces the trio of existing laws regulating foreign investment in the PRC, namely, the Sino-Foreign Equity Joint Venture Enterprise Law, the Sino-Foreign Cooperative Joint Venture Enterprise Lawand the Wholly Foreign-Invested Enterprise Law, together with their implementation rules and ancillary regulations and become the legal foundation for foreign investment in the PRC. Meanwhile, the Implementation Regulation of the Foreign InvestmentLaw and the Measures for Reporting of Information on Foreign Investment came into effect as of January 1, 2020, which clarified and elaborated the relevant provisions of the Foreign Investment Law.

 

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The Foreign Investment Law sets out the basic regulatory framework for foreign investmentsand proposes to implement a system of pre-entry national treatment with a negative list for foreign investments, pursuant to which (i) foreign entities and individuals are prohibited from investing in theareas that are not open to foreign investments, (ii) foreign investments in the restricted industries must satisfy certain requirements under the law, and (iii) foreign investments in business sectors outside of the negative list will betreated equally with domestic investments. The Foreign Investment Law also sets forth necessary mechanisms to facilitate, protect and manage foreign investments and proposes to establish a foreign investment information reporting system, throughwhich foreign investors or foreign-invested enterprises are required to submit initial report, report of changes, report of deregistration and annual report relating to their investments to the Ministry of Commerce, or MOFCOM, or its local branches.

If, after our initial business combination, substantially all of our assets will be located in China and substantially all of our revenue will bederived from our operations there, our results of operations and prospects and trading prices of our securities will be subject, to a significant extent, to the economic, political and legal policies, developments and conditions in China as well aslitigation and publicity surrounding China-based companies listed in the United States.

The economic, political and socialconditions, as well as government policies, of China could affect our business. The economies in Asia differ from the economies of most developed countries in many respects. For the most part, such economies have grown at a rate in excess of theUnited States; however, (1) such economic growth has been uneven, both geographically and among various sectors of the economy and (2) such growth may not be sustained in the future. If in the future such country’s economy experiencesa downturn or grows at a slower rate than expected, there may be less demand for spending in certain industries. A decrease in demand for spending in certain industries could materially and adversely affect our ability to find an attractive targetbusiness with which to consummate our initial business combination and if we effect our initial business combination, the ability of that target business to become profitable.

We believe that litigation and negative publicity surrounding companies with operations in China that are listed in the United States havenegatively impacted stock prices for these companies. Various equity-based research organizations have published reports on China-based companies after examining their corporate governance practices, related party transactions, sales practices andfinancial statements, and these reports have led to special investigations and listing suspensions on U.S. national exchanges. Any similar scrutiny of our assets and operation, in China, if any, regardless of its lack of merit, could result in adiversion of management resources and energy, potential costs to defend ourselves against rumors, decreases and volatility in the trading price of our securities, and increased directors and officers insurance premiums and could have an adverseeffect upon our business, including our results of operations, financial condition, cash flows and prospects.

Contractual arrangements we enterinto with potential future subsidiaries and affiliated entities or acquisitions of offshore entities that conduct operations through affiliates in the PRC may be subject to a high level of scrutiny by the relevant tax authorities.

Under the laws of the PRC, arrangements and transactions among related parties may be subject to audit or challenge by the relevant taxauthorities. If any of the transactions we enter into with potential future subsidiaries and affiliated entities are found not to be on an arm’s-length basis, or to result in an unreasonable reduction intax under local law, the relevant tax authorities may have the authority to disallow any tax savings, adjust the profits and losses of such potential future local entities and assess late payment interest and penalties. A finding by the relevant taxauthorities that we are ineligible for any such tax savings, or that any of our possible future affiliated entities are not eligible for tax exemptions, would substantially increase our possible future taxes and thus reduce our net income and thevalue of a shareholder’s investment. In addition, in the event that in connection with an acquisition of an offshore entity that conducted its operations through affiliates in the PRC, the sellers of such entities failed to pay any taxesrequired under local law, the relevant tax authorities could require us to withhold and pay the tax, together with late-payment interest and penalties. The occurrence of any of the foregoing could have a negative impact on our operating results andfinancial condition.

 

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China’s economic, political and social conditions, as well as changes in any governmentpolicies, laws and regulations, could have a material adverse effect on our business.

A substantial portion of our operations may beconducted in China, and a significant portion of our net revenues may be derived from customers where the contracting entity is located in China. Accordingly, our business, financial condition, results of operations, prospects and certaintransactions we may undertake may be subject, to a significant extent, to economic, political and legal developments in China.

China’s economy differs from the economies of most developed countries in many respects, including the amount of government involvement,level of development, growth rate, control of foreign exchange and allocation of resources. While the PRC economy has experienced significant growth in the past two to three decades, growth has been uneven, both geographically and among varioussectors of the economy. Demand for target services and products depends, in large part, on economic conditions in China. Any slowdown in China’s economic growth may cause our potential customers to delay or cancel their plans to purchase ourservices and products, which in turn could reduce our net revenues.

Although China’s economy has been transitioning from a plannedeconomy to a more market oriented economy since the late 1970s, the PRC government continues to play a significant role in regulating industry development by imposing industrial policies. The PRC government also exercises significant control overChina’s economic growth through allocating resources, controlling the incurrence and payment of foreign currency-denominated obligations, setting monetary policy and providing preferential treatment to particular industries or companies.Changes in any of these policies, laws and regulations could adversely affect the economy in China and could have a material adverse effect on our business.

The PRC government has implemented various measures to encourage foreign investment and sustainable economic growth and to guide theallocation of financial and other resources. However, we cannot assure you that the PRC government will not repeal or alter these measures or introduce new measures that will have a negative effect on us. China’s social and political conditionsmay change and become unstable. Any sudden changes to China’s political system or the occurrence of widespread social unrest could have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations.

If we effect our initial business combination with a business located in the PRC, the laws applicable to such business will likely govern allof our material agreements and we may not be able to enforce our legal rights.

If we effect our initial business combination with abusiness located in the PRC, the laws of the country in which such business operates will govern almost all of the material agreements relating to its operations, including any contractual arrangements through which we acquire control of targetbusiness as described above. We cannot assure you that we or the target business will be able to enforce any of its material agreements or that remedies will be available in this jurisdiction. The system of laws and the enforcement of existing lawsin such jurisdiction may not be as certain in implementation and interpretation as in the United States. In addition, the judiciary in the PRC is relatively inexperienced compared to others in enforcing corporate and commercial law, leading to ahigher than usual degree of uncertainty as to the outcome of any litigation. In addition, to the extent that our target business’s material agreements are with governmental agencies in the PRC, we may not be able to enforce or obtain a remedyfrom such agencies due to sovereign immunity, in which the government is deemed to be immune from civil lawsuit or criminal prosecution. The inability to enforce or obtain a remedy under any of our future agreements could result in a significantloss of business, business opportunities or capital.

After we consummate a business combination in China, our operating company in Chinawill be subject to restrictions on dividend payments.

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would permit our operating company in China to pay dividends to us only out of its accumulated distributable profits, if any, determined in accordance with Chinese accounting standards andregulations. In addition, our operating company in China will be required to set aside at least 10% (up to an aggregate amount equal to half of its registered capital) of its accumulated profits each year. Such cash reserve may not be distributed ascash dividends. In addition, if our operating company in China incurs debt on its own behalf in the future, the instruments governing the debt may restrict its ability to pay dividends or make other payments to us.

We may face additional and distinctive risks if we acquire a financial technology business.

Business combinations with financial technology businesses may involve special considerations and risks. If we complete our initial businesscombination with a financial technology business, we will be subject to the following risks, any of which could be detrimental to us and the business we acquire:

 

  

If the company or business we acquire provides products or services which relate to the facilitation of financialtransactions, such as funds or securities settlement system, and such product or service fails or is compromised, we may be subject to claims from both the firms to whom we provide our products and services and the clients they serve;

 

  

If we are unable to keep pace with evolving technology and changes in the financial services industry, ourrevenues and future prospects may decline;

 

  

Our ability to provide financial technology products and services to customers may be reduced or eliminated byregulatory changes;

 

  

Any business or company we acquire could be vulnerable to cyberattack or theft of individual identities orpersonal data;

 

  

Difficulties with any products or services we provide could damage our reputation and business;

 

  

A failure to comply with privacy regulations could adversely affect relations with customers and have a negativeimpact on business;

 

  

We may not be able to protect our intellectual property and we may be subject to infringement claims; and

 

  

We and any business or company we acquire may not be able to adapt to the complex and evolving regulatoryenvironment for financial technology services in China.

Any of the foregoing could have an adverse impact on ouroperations following a business combination. However, our efforts in identifying prospective target businesses will not be limited to financial technology businesses. Accordingly, if we acquire a target business in another industry, these risks willlikely not affect us and we will be subject to other risks attendant with the specific industry in which we operate or target business which we acquire, none of which can be presently ascertained.

If the government of the PRC finds that the agreements we entered into to acquire control of a target business through contractual arrangements with oneor more operating businesses do not comply with local governmental restrictions on foreign investment, or if these regulations or the interpretation of existing regulations change in the future, we could be subject to significant penalties or beforced to relinquish our interests in those operations.

The PRC currently prohibits and/or restricts foreign ownership in certain“important industries,” including telecommunications, food production and heavy equipment. There are uncertainties under certain regulations whether obtaining a majority interest through contractual arrangements will comply withregulations prohibiting or restricting foreign ownership in certain industries. For example, the PRC may apply restrictions in other industries in the future. In addition, there can be restrictions on the foreign ownership of businesses that aredetermined from time to time to be in “important industries” that may affect the national economic security or those having “famous brand names” or “well-established brand names.”

 

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If we or any of our potential future target businesses are found to be in violation of anyexisting or future local laws or regulations (for example, if we are deemed to be holding equity interests in certain of our affiliated entities in which direct foreign ownership is prohibited), the relevant regulatory authorities might have thediscretion to:

 

  

revoke the business and operating licenses of the potential future target business;

 

  

confiscate relevant income and impose fines and other penalties;

 

  

discontinue or restrict the operations of the potential future target business;

 

  

require us or the potential future target business to restructure the relevant ownership structure or operations;

 

  

restrict or prohibit our use of the proceeds of this offering to finance our businesses and operations in therelevant jurisdiction; or

 

  

impose conditions or requirements with which we or the potential future target business may not be able tocomply.

If we acquire control of a target business through contractual arrangements with one or more operating businesses in thePRC, such contracts may not be as effective in providing operational control as direct ownership of such business and may be difficult to enforce.

The PRC has restricted or limited foreign ownership of certain kinds of assets and companies operating in certain industries. The industrygroups that are restricted are wide-ranging, including, for example, certain aspects of telecommunications, food production, and heavy equipment manufacturers. In addition, there can be restrictions on the foreign ownership of businesses that aredetermined from time to time to be in “important industries” that may affect the national economic security or having “famous brand names” or “well-established brand names.” Subject to the review and approvalrequirements of the relevant agencies for acquisitions of assets and companies in the relevant jurisdictions and subject to the various percentage ownership limitations that exist from time to time, acquisitions involving foreign investors andparties in the various restricted categories of assets and industries may nonetheless sometimes be consummated using contractual arrangements with permitted local parties. To the extent that such agreements are employed, they may be for control ofspecific assets such as intellectual property or control of blocks of the equity ownership interests of a company which may provide exceptions to the merger and acquisition regulations mentioned above since these types of arrangements typically donot involve a change of equity ownership in the operating company. The agreements would be designed to provide our company with the economic benefits of, and control over, the subject assets or equity interests similar to the rights of fullownership, while leaving the technical ownership in the hands of local parties who would be our nominees and, therefore, may exempt the transaction from certain regulations, including the application process required thereunder.

However, since there has been limited implementation guidance provided with respect to such regulations, the relevant government agency mightapply them to a business combination effected through contractual arrangements. If such an agency determines that such an application should have been made or that our potential future target businesses are otherwise in violation of local laws orregulations, consequences may include confiscating relevant income and levying fines and other penalties, revoking business and other licenses, requiring restructure of ownership or operations, requiring discontinuation or restriction of theoperations of any portion or all of the acquired business, restricting or prohibiting our use of the proceeds of this offering to finance our businesses and operations and imposing conditions or requirements with which we or potential future targetbusinesses may not be able to comply. These agreements likely also would provide for increased ownership or full ownership and control by us when and if permitted under local laws and regulations. If we choose to effect a business combination thatemploys the use of these types of control arrangements, we may have difficulty in enforcing our rights. Therefore, these contractual arrangements may not be as effective in providing us with the same economic benefits, accounting consolidation orcontrol over a target business as would direct ownership.

 

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For example, if the target business or any other entity fails to perform its obligations under these contractual arrangements, we may have to incur substantial costs and expend substantialresources to enforce such arrangements, and rely on legal remedies under local law, including seeking specific performance or injunctive relief, and claiming damages, which we cannot assure will be sufficient to offset the cost of enforcement andmay adversely affect the benefits we expect to receive from the business combination.

PRC regulations relating to offshore investment activities byPRC residents may limit our ability to inject capital in our Chinese subsidiaries and Chinese subsidiaries’ ability to change their registered capital or distribute profits to us or otherwise expose us or our PRC resident beneficial owners toliability and penalties under PRC laws.

In July 2014, SAFE promulgated the Circular on Relevant Issues Concerning Foreign ExchangeControl on Domestic Residents’ Offshore Investment and Financing and Roundtrip Investment Through Special Purpose Vehicles, or SAFE Circular 37. SAFE Circular 37 requires PRC residents (including PRC individuals and PRC corporate entities aswell as foreign individuals that are deemed as PRC residents for foreign exchange administration purpose) to register with SAFE or its local branches in connection with their direct or indirect offshore investment activities. SAFE Circular 37 isapplicable to our shareholders who are PRC residents and may be applicable to any offshore acquisitions that we make in the future.

UnderSAFE Circular 37, PRC residents who make, or have prior to the implementation of SAFE Circular 37 made, direct or indirect investments in offshore special purpose vehicles, or SPVs, will be required to register such investments with SAFE or itslocal branches. In addition, any PRC resident who is a direct or indirect shareholder of an SPV, is required to update its filed registration with the local branch of SAFE with respect to that SPV, to reflect any material change, including, amongother things, any major change of a PRC resident shareholder, name or term of operation of the SPVs, or any increase or reduction of the SPVs’ registered capital, share transfer or swap, merger or division. Moreover, any subsidiary of such SPVin China is required to urge the PRC resident shareholders to update their registration with the local branch of SAFE. If any PRC shareholder of such SPV fails to make the required registration or to update the previously filed registration, thesubsidiary of such SPV in China may be prohibited from distributing its profits or the proceeds from any capital reduction, share transfer or liquidation to the SPV, and the SPV may also be prohibited from making additional capital contributionsinto its subsidiary in China. On February 13, 2015, SAFE promulgated a Notice on Further Simplifying and Improving Foreign Exchange Administration Policy on Direct Investment, or SAFE Notice 13, which became effective on June 1, 2015.Under SAFE Notice 13, applications for foreign exchange registration of inbound foreign direct investments and outbound overseas direct investments, including those required under SAFE Circular 37, will be filed with qualified banks instead of SAFEor its branches. The qualified banks will directly examine the applications and accept registrations under the supervision of SAFE.

Wecannot provide assurance that our shareholders that are PRC residents comply with all of the requirements under SAFE Circular 37 or other related rules. Failure or inability of our PRC resident shareholders to comply with the registration proceduresset forth in these regulations may subject us to fines and legal sanctions, restrict our cross-border investment activities, limit the ability of our wholly foreign-owned subsidiary in China to distribute dividends and the proceeds from anyreduction in capital, share transfer or liquidation to us, and we may also be prohibited from injecting additional capital into the subsidiary. Moreover, failure to comply with the various foreign exchange registration requirements described abovecould result in liability under PRC law for circumventing applicable foreign exchange restrictions. As a result, our business operations and our ability to distribute profits to you could be materially and adversely affected.

Furthermore, as these foreign exchange regulations are still relatively new and their interpretation and implementation has been constantlyevolving, it is unclear how these regulations, and any future regulation concerning offshore or cross-border transactions, will be interpreted, amended and implemented by the relevant government authorities. For example, we may be subject to a morestringent review and approval process with respect to our foreign exchange activities, such as remittance of dividends and foreign-currency-denominated

 

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borrowings, which may adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations. In addition, if we decide to acquire a PRC domestic company, we cannot assure you that we or the ownersof such company, as the case may be, will be able to obtain the necessary approvals or complete the necessary filings and registrations required by the foreign exchange regulations. This may restrict our ability to implement our acquisition strategyand could adversely affect our business and prospects.

Certain existing or future U.S. laws and regulations may restrict or eliminate our abilityto complete a business combination with certain companies, particularly those target companies in China.

The PCAOB is currentlyunable to conduct inspections on accounting firms in the PRC without the approval of the Chinese government authorities. The auditor and its audit work in the PRC may not be inspected fully by the PCAOB. Inspections of other auditors conducted bythe PCAOB outside China have at times identified deficiencies in those auditors’ audit procedures and quality control procedures, which may be addressed as part of the inspection process to improve future audit quality. The lack of PCAOBinspections of audit work undertaken in China prevents the PCAOB from regularly evaluating the PRC auditor’s audits and its quality control procedures. As a result, shareholders may be deprived of the benefits of PCAOB inspections if wecomplete a business combination with such companies.

Further, future developments in U.S. laws may restrict our ability or willingness tocomplete certain business combinations with companies. For instance, the recently enacted Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act (the “HFCAA”) would restrict our ability to consummate a business combination with a target business unlessthat business met certain standards of the PCAOB and would require delisting of a company from U.S. national securities exchanges if the PCAOB is unable to inspect its public accounting firm for three consecutive years. The HFCAA also requirespublic companies to disclose, among other things, whether they are owned or controlled by a foreign government, specifically, those based in China. We may not be able to consummate a business combination with a favored target business due to theselaws. Furthermore, the documentation we may be required to submit to the SEC proving certain beneficial ownership requirements and establishing that we are not owned or controlled by a foreign government in the event that we use a foreign publicaccounting firm not subject to inspection by the PCAOB or where the PCAOB is unable to completely inspect or investigate our accounting practices or financial statements because of a position taken by an authority in the foreign jurisdiction couldbe onerous and time consuming to prepare.

Additionally, other developments in U.S. laws and regulatory environment, including but notlimited to executive orders such as Executive Order (E.O.) 13959, “Addressing the Threat from Securities Investments That Finance Communist Chinese Military Companies,” may further restrict our ability to complete a business combinationwith certain China-based businesses.

 

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Risks Relating to our Sponsor and Management Team

Our ability to successfully effect our initial business combination and to be successful thereafter will be totally dependent upon the efforts of ourkey personnel, some of whom may join us following our initial business combination. The loss of key personnel could negatively impact the operations and profitability of our post-combination business.

Our ability to successfully effect our initial business combination is dependent upon the efforts of our key personnel. The role of our keypersonnel in the target business, however, cannot presently be ascertained. Although some of our key personnel may remain with the target business in senior management, director or advisory positions following our initial business combination, it islikely that some or all of the management of the target business will remain in place. While we intend to closely scrutinize any individuals we engage after our initial business combination, we cannot assure you that our assessment of theseindividuals will prove to be correct. These individuals may be unfamiliar with the requirements of operating a company regulated by the SEC, which could cause us to have to expend time and resources helping them become familiar with suchrequirements.

 

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Our key personnel may negotiate employment or consulting agreements with a target business inconnection with a particular business combination, and a particular business combination may be conditioned on the retention or resignation of such key personnel. These agreements may provide for them to receive compensation following our initialbusiness combination and as a result, may cause them to have conflicts of interest in determining whether a particular business combination is the most advantageous.

Our key personnel may be able to remain with our company after the completion of our initial business combination only if they are able tonegotiate employment or consulting agreements in connection with the business combination. Such negotiations would take place simultaneously with the negotiation of the business combination and could provide for such individuals to receivecompensation in the form of cash payments and/or our securities for services they would render to us after the completion of the business combination. Such negotiations also could make such key personnel’s retention or resignation a conditionto any such agreement. The personal and financial interests of such individuals may influence their motivation in identifying and selecting a target business. In addition, pursuant to an agreement to be entered into on or prior to the closing ofthis offering, our sponsor, upon and following the consummation of an initial business combination, will be entitled to nominate three individuals to be appointed as our board of directors, as long as the sponsor holds any securities covered by theregistration and shareholder rights agreement, which is described under the section of this prospectus entitled “Description of Securities—Registration and Shareholder Rights.”

We may have a limited ability to assess the management of a prospective target business and, as a result, may effect our initial business combinationwith a target business whose management may not have the skills, qualifications or abilities to manage a public company.

Whenevaluating the desirability of effecting our initial business combination with a prospective target business, our ability to assess the target business’s management may be limited due to a lack of time, resources or information. Our assessmentof the capabilities of the target business’s management, therefore, may prove to be incorrect and such management may lack the skills, qualifications or abilities we suspected. Should the target business’s management not possess theskills, qualifications or abilities necessary to manage a public company, the operations and profitability of the post-combination business may be negatively impacted. Accordingly, any shareholders or warrant holders who choose to remainshareholders or warrant holders following the business combination could suffer a reduction in the value of their securities. Such shareholders and warrant holders are unlikely to have a remedy for such reduction in value.

The officers and directors of an acquisition candidate may resign upon completion of our initial business combination. The loss of a businesscombination target’s key personnel could negatively impact the operations and profitability of our post-combination business.

The role of an acquisition candidate’s key personnel upon the completion of our initial business combination cannot be ascertained at thistime. Although we contemplate that certain members of an acquisition candidate’s management team will remain associated with the acquisition candidate following our initial business combination, it is possible that members of the management ofan acquisition candidate will not wish to remain in place.

Our officers and directors will allocate their time to other businesses thereby causingconflicts of interest in their determination as to how much time to devote to our affairs. This conflict of interest could have a negative impact on our ability to complete our initial business combination.

Our officers and directors are not required to, and will not, commit their full time to our affairs, which may result in a conflict of interestin allocating their time between our operations and our search for a business combination and their other businesses. We do not intend to have any full-time employees prior to the completion of our initial business combination. Each of our officersand directors is engaged in, or may in the future engaged in, several other business endeavors for which he may be entitled to substantial compensation,

 

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and officers and directors are not obligated to contribute any specific number of hours per week to our affairs. Our independent directors also serve as officers and board members for otherentities. If our officers’ and directors’ other business affairs require them to devote substantial amounts of time to such affairs in excess of their current commitment levels, it could limit their ability to devote time to our affairswhich may have a negative impact on our ability to complete our initial business combination. For a complete discussion of our officers’ and directors’ other business affairs, please see “Management — Officers, Directors andDirector Nominees.”

Certain of our officers and directors are now, and all of them may in the future become, affiliated with entities engagedin business activities similar to those intended to be conducted by us, including other blank check companies, and, accordingly, may have conflicts of interest in allocating their time and determining to which entity a particular businessopportunity should be presented.

Following the completion of this offering and until we consummate our initial businesscombination, we intend to engage in the business of identifying and combining with one or more businesses. Our sponsor and officers and directors are, and may in the future become, affiliated with entities that are engaged in a similar business. Inaddition, 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 ordirectors 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 officers and directors also may become aware of business opportunities which may be appropriate for presentation to us and the otherentities to which they owe certain fiduciary or contractual duties.

Accordingly, they may have conflicts of interest in determining towhich entity a particular business opportunity should be presented. These conflicts may not be resolved in our favor and a potential target business may be presented to another entity prior to its presentation to us. Our amended and restatedmemorandum and articles of association provide that, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law: (i) no individual serving as a director or an officer shall have any duty, except and to the extent expressly assumed by contract, torefrain 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 potentialtransaction or matter which may be a corporate opportunity for any director or officer, on the one hand, and us, on the other.

For acomplete discussion of our officers’ and directors’ business affiliations and the potential conflicts of interest that you should be aware of, please see the sections of this prospectus entitled “Management — Officers, Directorsand Director Nominees,” “Management — Conflicts of Interest” and “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions.”

Our executive officers, directors, security holders and their respective affiliates may have competitive pecuniary interests that conflict with ourinterests.

We have not adopted a policy that expressly prohibits our directors, executive officers, security holders or affiliatesfrom having a direct or indirect pecuniary or financial interest in any investment to be acquired or disposed of by us or in any transaction to which we are a party or have an interest. In fact, we may enter into a business combination with a targetbusiness that is affiliated with our sponsor, our directors or executive 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 ofthe types conducted by us. Accordingly, such persons or entities may have a conflict between their interests and ours.

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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 aparticular business combination are appropriate and in our shareholders’ best interest. If this were the case, it may be a breach of their fiduciary duties to us as a matter of Cayman Islands law and we or our shareholders might have a claimagainst such individuals for infringing on our shareholders’ rights. See the section titled “Description of Securities — Certain Differences in Corporate Law — Shareholders’ Suits” for further information on the abilityto bring such claims. However, we might not ultimately be successful in any claim we may make against them for such reason.

We may engage in abusiness combination with one or more target businesses that have relationships with entities that may be affiliated with our sponsor, executive officers or directors which may raise potential conflicts of interest.

In light of the involvement of our sponsor, executive officers and directors with other entities, we may decide to acquire one or morebusinesses affiliated with our sponsor, executive officers or directors. Our directors also serve as officers and board members for other entities, including, without limitation, those described under “Management — Conflicts ofInterest.” In addition, our sponsor and our officers and directors may sponsor or form other special purpose acquisition companies similar to ours or may pursue other business or investment ventures during the period in which we are seeking aninitial business combination. Any such companies, businesses or investments may present additional conflicts of interest in pursuing an initial business combination. However, we do not believe that any potential conflicts would materially affect ourability to complete our initial business combination. Such entities may compete with us for business combination opportunities. Our sponsor, officers and directors are not currently aware of any specific opportunities for us to complete our initialbusiness combination with any entities with which they are affiliated, and there have been no substantive discussions concerning a business combination with any such entity or entities. Despite our agreement to obtain an opinion from an independentinvestment banking firm that is a member of FINRA or an independent accounting firm regarding the fairness to our company from a financial point of view of a business combination with one or more domestic or international businesses affiliated withour sponsor, executive officers or directors, potential conflicts of interest still may exist and, as a result, the terms of the business combination may not be as advantageous to our public shareholders as they would be absent any conflicts ofinterest.

Since our sponsor, executive officers and directors will lose their entire investment in us if our initial business combination is notcompleted (other than with respect to public shares they may acquire during or after this offering), a conflict of interest may arise in determining whether a particular business combination target is appropriate for our initial businesscombination.

Our initial shareholders currently own 2,875,000 Class B ordinary shares (up to 375,000 of which will besurrendered to us by our sponsor for no consideration after the closing of this offering depending on the extent to which the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised). If we increase or decrease the size of this offering, we willeffect a share capitalization or a share repurchase or redemption or other appropriate mechanism, as applicable, with respect to our Class B ordinary shares prior to the consummation of this offering in such amount as to maintain the number offounder shares at 20% of the total number of Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares outstanding at such time (assuming the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option in full, but not including the Class A ordinaryshares issued as private placement shares). The founder shares will be worthless if we do not complete an initial business combination. In addition, our sponsor has committed, pursuant to a written agreement, to purchase an aggregate of 510,000private placement shares (or 555,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), at a price per share of $10.00 ($5,100,000 in the aggregate or $5,550,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised infull), in a private placement that will close simultaneously with the closing of this offering. The personal and financial interests of our executive officers and directors may influence their motivation in identifying and selecting a targetbusiness combination, completing an initial business combination and influencing the operation of the business following the initial business combination.

 

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Any negative developments involving our co-founders,management, directors and companies with which they are currently or have been affiliated, including civil disputes, litigation, government or other investigations or other actual or alleged misconduct, unrelated to our business affairs couldmaterially impact our ability to consummate an initial business combination.

Ourco-founders, members of our management team, our directors, and companies with which they are affiliated may be, involved in a wide variety of business and other activities. As a result of such involvement,our co-founders, members of our management, our directors and companies with which they are affiliated may become involved in or subject to civil disputes, litigation, governmental or other investigations,actual or alleged misconduct or other negative developments relating to their affairs unrelated to our company. Negative developments, including any negative publicity related thereto, may be detrimental to our reputation, may negatively affect ourability to identify and complete an initial business combination in a material manner, and may have an adverse effect on the price of our securities.

Our management may not be able to maintain control of a target business after our initial business combination. We cannot provide assurance that, uponloss of control of a target business, new management will possess the skills, qualifications or abilities necessary to profitably operate such business.

We may structure our initial business combination so that either (i) the post-transaction company in which our public shareholders ownshares will own or acquire 100% of the outstanding equity interests or assets of the target business or businesses or (ii) the post-transaction company owns or acquires less than 100% of such interests or assets of the target business in orderto meet certain objectives of the target management team or stockholders, or for other reasons. However, we may structure our initial business combination so that the post-transaction company in which our public shareholders own shares will own lessthan 100% of the equity interests or assets of a target business, but we will only complete such business combination if the post-transaction company owns or acquires 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwiseacquires a controlling interest in the target business sufficient for us not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act. For example, we could pursue a transaction in which we issue a substantial number ofnew Class A ordinary shares in exchange for all of the outstanding capital stock of a target. In this case, we would acquire a 100% interest in the target. However, as a result of the issuance of a substantial number of new Class Aordinary shares, our shareholders immediately prior to such transaction could own less than a majority of our outstanding Class A ordinary shares subsequent to such transaction. In addition, other minority shareholders may subsequently combinetheir holdings resulting in a single person or group obtaining a larger share of the company’s shares than we initially acquired. Accordingly, this may make it more likely that our management will not be able to maintain our control of thetarget business.

Our initial shareholders control a substantial interest in us and thus may exert a substantial influence on actions requiring ashareholder vote, potentially in a manner that you do not support.

Upon closing of this offering, our initial shareholders willown 20% of our outstanding ordinary shares (assuming they do not purchase any units in this offering, and not including the Class A ordinary shares issued as the private placement shares). Accordingly, they may exert a substantial influence onactions requiring a shareholder vote, potentially in a manner that you do not support, including amendments to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association. If our initial shareholders purchase any units in this offering or if ourinitial shareholders purchase any additional Class A ordinary shares in the aftermarket or in privately negotiated transactions, this would increase their control. Neither our initial shareholders nor, to our knowledge, any of our officers ordirectors, have any current intention to purchase additional securities, other than as disclosed in this prospectus. Factors that would be considered in making such additional purchases would include consideration of the current trading price of ourClass A ordinary shares. In addition, our board of directors, will generally serve for a term of three years. We may not hold an annual general meeting to appoint new directors prior to the completion of our initial business combination, inwhich case all of the current directors will continue in office until at least the completion of the business combination. In addition, prior to our initial business

 

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combination, only holders of our Class B ordinary shares have the right to vote on the appointment of directors, including in connection with the completion of our initial businesscombination and holders of a majority of our Class B ordinary shares may remove a member of the board of directors for any reason. As a result, holders of Class A ordinary shares will not have the right to appoint any directors until afterthe completion of our initial business combination. In addition, we have agreed not to enter into a definitive agreement regarding an initial business combination without the prior consent of our sponsor. Accordingly, our initial shareholders willcontinue to exert substantial control at least until the completion of our initial business combination.

After our initial business combination, itis 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 otherlegal rights.

It is possible that after our initial business combination, a majority of our directors and officers will resideoutside of the United States and all of our assets will be located outside of the United States. As a result, it may be difficult, or in some cases not possible, for investors in the United States to enforce their legal rights, to effect service ofprocess 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.

We are dependent upon our executive officers and directors and their loss could adversely affect our ability to operate.

Our operations are dependent upon a relatively small group of individuals and, in particular, our executive officers and directors. We believethat our success depends on the continued service of our officers and directors, at least until we have completed our initial business combination. In addition, our executive officers and directors are not required to commit any specified amount oftime to our affairs and, accordingly, will have conflicts of interest in allocating their time among various business activities, including identifying potential business combinations and monitoring the related due diligence. We do not have anemployment agreement with, or key-man insurance on the life of, any of our directors or executive officers. The unexpected loss of the services of one or more of our directors or executive officers could havea detrimental effect on us.

As a result of the aggregate purchase price paid by our initial shareholders for their shares, the value of your sharesmay be diluted and our initial shareholders could make a substantial profit even if an initial business combination is unprofitable for our public shareholders or subsequently declines in value.

As a result of the aggregate purchase price paid by our initial shareholders for their shares, the value of your shares may be diluted and ourinitial shareholders could make a substantial profit even if we select and consummate an initial business combination with an acquisition target that is unprofitable for our public shareholders or subsequently declines in value. For example, thefollowing table shows the public shareholders’ and our initial shareholders’ investment per share and how that compares to the implied value of one of our shares upon our initial business combination assuming (1) we were valued at$97,500,000 upon our initial business combination, which is the amount of funds we will have available for our initial business combination, after payment of $3,500,000 of deferred underwriting fees and after estimated offering and working capitalexpenses, (2) none of our public shareholders redeem their shares, (3) no exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option and the corresponding forfeiture of an aggregate of 375,000 shares held by our sponsor and(4) following this offering, no additional funds are raised by us prior to, or in connection with, our initial business combination.

 

Public shares(1)

   10,000,000 

Founder shares

   2,500,000 

Private placement shares

   510,000 

Total shares

   13,010,000 

Total funds available for initial business combination(1)

  $97,500,000 

Implied value per share

  $7.49 

Public shareholders’ investment per share

  $10.00 

Sponsor’s investment pershare(2)

  $1.70 

 

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(1)

While this table assumes no redemptions, we will provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeemall or a portion of their public shares upon the completion of our initial business combination at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust accountcalculated as of two business days prior to the consummation of the initial business combination, including interest (net of taxes payable), divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, subject to the limitations described herein.

(2)

Represents the per share purchase price of the 2,500,000 founder shares, which were purchased by our sponsorfor $25,000. The sponsor’s total investment in the equity of the company, inclusive of the founder shares and its $5,100,000 investment in the private placement shares, is $5,125,000.

The sponsor, as the largest holder of our founder shares, may have more of an economic incentive for us to enter into an initial businesscombination with a riskier, weaker-performing or less established business than would be the case if the founder had paid the full offering price for its shares.

 

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Risks Associated with Acquiring and Operating a Business in Foreign Countries

If we pursue a target company with operations or opportunities outside of the United States for our initial business combination, we may face additionalburdens in connection with investigating, agreeing to and completing such initial business combination, and if we effect such initial business combination, we would be subject to a variety of additional risks that may negatively impact ouroperations.

If we pursue a target a company with operations or opportunities outside of the United States for our initial businesscombination, we would be subject to risks associated with cross-border business combinations, including in connection with investigating, agreeing to and completing our initial business combination, conducting due diligence in a foreignjurisdiction, having such transaction approved by any local governments, regulators or agencies and changes in the purchase price based on fluctuations in foreign exchange rates.

If we effect our initial business combination with such a company, we would be subject to any special considerations or risks associated withcompanies operating in an international setting, including any of the following:

 

  

costs and difficulties inherent in managing cross-border business operations;

 

  

rules and regulations regarding currency redemption;

 

  

complex corporate withholding taxes on individuals;

 

  

laws governing the manner in which future business combinations may be effected;

 

  

exchange listing and/or delisting requirements;

 

  

tariffs and trade barriers;

 

  

regulations related to customs and import/export matters;

 

  

local or regional economic policies and market conditions;

 

  

unexpected changes in regulatory requirements;

 

  

challenges in managing and staffing international operations;

 

  

longer payment cycles;

 

  

tax issues, such as tax law changes and variations in tax laws as compared to the United States;

 

  

currency fluctuations and exchange controls;

 

  

rates of inflation;

 

  

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cultural and language differences;

 

  

employment regulations;

 

  

underdeveloped or unpredictable legal or regulatory systems;

 

  

corruption;

 

  

protection of intellectual property;

 

  

social unrest, crime, strikes, riots, civil disturbances and wars;

 

  

regime changes and political upheaval; and

 

  

deterioration of political relations with the United States.

We may not be able to adequately address these additional risks. If we were unable to do so, we may be unable to complete such initialbusiness combination, or, if we complete such initial business combination, our operations might suffer, either of which may adversely impact our business, financial condition and results of operations.

If our management following our initial business combination is unfamiliar with United States securities laws, they may have to expend time andresources becoming familiar with such laws, which could lead to various regulatory issues.

Following our initial businesscombination, our management may resign from their positions as officers or directors of the company and the management of the target business at the time of the business combination will remain in place. Management of the target business may not befamiliar with U.S. securities laws. If new management is unfamiliar with U.S. securities laws, they may have to expend time and resources becoming familiar with such laws. This could be expensive and time-consuming and could lead tovarious regulatory issues which may adversely affect our operations.

If the government of the country in which we effect our initial businesscombination finds that the agreements we entered into to acquire control of a target business through contractual arrangements with one or more operating businesses do not comply with local governmental restrictions on foreign investment, or ifthese regulations or the interpretation of existing regulations change in the future, we could be subject to significant penalties or be forced to relinquish our interests in those operations.

Some countries in Asia currently prohibit and/or restrict foreign ownership in certain “important industries,” includingtelecommunications, food production and heavy equipment. There are uncertainties under certain regulations whether obtaining a majority interest through contractual arrangements will comply with regulations prohibiting or restricting foreignownership in certain industries. In addition, there can be restrictions on the foreign ownership of businesses that are determined from time to time to be in “important industries” that may affect the national economic security or thosehaving “famous brand names” or “well-established brand names.”

If we or any of our potential future target businessesare found to be in violation of any existing or future local laws or regulations (for example, if we are deemed to be holding equity interests in certain of our affiliated entities in which direct foreign ownership is prohibited), the relevantregulatory authorities might have the discretion to:

 

  

revoke the business and operating licenses of the potential future target business;

 

  

confiscate relevant income and impose fines and other penalties;

 

  

discontinue or restrict the operations of the potential future target business;

 

  

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restrict or prohibit our use of the proceeds of this offering to finance our businesses and operations in therelevant jurisdiction; or

 

  

impose conditions or requirements with which we or the potential future target business may not be able tocomply.

After our initial business combination, substantially all of our assets may be located in a foreign country andsubstantially all of our revenue may be derived from our operations in any such country. Accordingly, our results of operations and prospects will be subject, to a significant extent, to the economic, political and social conditions and governmentpolicies, developments and conditions in the country in which we operate.

The economic, political and social conditions, as wellas government policies, of the country in which our operations are located could affect our business. Economic growth could be uneven, both geographically and among various sectors of the economy and such growth may not be sustained in the future.If in the future such country’s economy experiences a downturn or grows at a slower rate than expected, there may be less demand for spending in certain industries. A decrease in demand for spending in certain industries could materially andadversely affect our ability to find an attractive target business with which to consummate our initial business combination and if we effect our initial business combination, the ability of that target business to become profitable.

Exchange rate fluctuations and currency policies may cause a target business’ ability to succeed in the international markets to be diminished.

In the event we acquire a non-U.S. target, all revenues and income would likely bereceived in a foreign currency, and the dollar equivalent of our net assets and distributions, if any, could be adversely affected by reductions in the value of the local currency. The value of the currencies in our target regions fluctuate and areaffected by, among other things, changes in political and economic conditions. Any change in the relative value of such currency against our reporting currency may affect the attractiveness of any target business or, following consummation of ourinitial business combination, our financial condition and results of operations. Additionally, if a currency appreciates in value against the dollar prior to the consummation of our initial business combination, the cost of a target business asmeasured in dollars will increase, which may make it less likely that we are able to consummate such transaction.

We may reincorporate in anotherjurisdiction in connection with our initial business combination, and the laws of such jurisdiction may govern some or all of our future material agreements and we may not be able to enforce our legal rights.

In connection with our initial business combination, we may relocate the home jurisdiction of our business from the Cayman Islands to anotherjurisdiction. If we determine to do this, the laws of such jurisdiction may govern some or all of our future material agreements. The system of laws and the enforcement of existing laws in such jurisdiction may not be as certain in implementationand interpretation as in the United States. The inability to enforce or obtain a remedy under any of our future agreements could result in a significant loss of business, business opportunities or capital.

We may be exposed to liabilities under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and any determination that we violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act couldhave a material adverse effect on our business.

We are subject to the Foreign Corrupt Practice Act, or FCPA, and other laws thatprohibit improper payments or offers of payments to foreign governments and their officials and political parties by U.S. persons and issuers as defined by the statute for the purpose of obtaining or retaining business. Payments by anyone acting onour behalf create the risk of unauthorized payments or offers of payments, for which we might be held responsible. Violations of the FCPA may result in severe criminal or civil sanctions, and we may be subject to

 

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other liabilities, which could negatively affect our business, operating results and financial condition. In addition, the U.S. government may seek to hold our Company liable for successorliability for FCPA violations committed by companies in which we invest or that we acquire.

 

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General Risk Factors

We are an emerging growth company and a smaller reporting company within the meaning of the Securities Act, and if we take advantage of certainexemptions from disclosure requirements available to emerging growth companiesor smaller reporting company,this could make our securities less attractive to investorsand may make it more difficult to compare our performance with other public companies.

We are an “emerging growthcompany” 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 growthcompanies” including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodicreports 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 maynot 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 Aordinary shares held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of any June 30th before that time, in which case we would no longer be an emerginggrowth 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 ourreliance 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 revisedfinancial 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 withthe 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 growthcompanies 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 privatecompanies, 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 anemerging 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 smallerreporting company until the last day of the fiscal year in which (1) the market value of our ordinary shares held by non-affiliates exceeds $250 million as of the end of that year’s secondfiscal quarter, or (2) our annual revenues exceeded $100 million during such completed fiscal year and the market value of our ordinary shares held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as ofthe end of that year’s second fiscal quarter. 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.

 

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Compliance obligations under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act may make it more difficult for us to effectuate abusiness combination, require substantial financial and management resources, and increase the time and costs of completing an acquisition.

Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires that we evaluate and report on our system of internal controls beginning with our AnnualReport on Form 10-K for the year ending December 31, 2021. Only in the event we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer or an accelerated filer and no longer qualify as an emerging growth company,will we be required to comply with the independent registered public accounting firm attestation requirement on our internal control over financial reporting. The fact that we are a blank check company makes compliance with the requirements of theSarbanes-Oxley Act particularly burdensome on us as compared to other public companies because a target business with which we seek to complete our initial business combination may not be in compliance with the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Actregarding adequacy of its internal controls. The development of the internal control of any such entity to achieve compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act may increase the time and costs necessary to complete any such acquisition.

Because we are incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands, you may face difficulties in protecting your interests, and your ability to protectyour rights through the U.S. federal courts may be limited.

We are an exempted company incorporated under the laws of theCayman Islands. As a result, it may be difficult for investors to effect service of process within the United States upon our directors or executive officers, or enforce judgments obtained in the U.S. courts against our directors or officers.

Our corporate affairs will be governed by our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, the Companies Act (as the samemay be supplemented or amended from time to time) 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 byminority 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 fromcomparatively 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 andthe 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 ofsecurities 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 ashareholders derivative action in a federal court of the United States.

We have been advised by Maples and Calder (Hong Kong) LLP, ourCayman 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 ofthe 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 faras 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 recognizeand 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 forwhich 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 orpenalty, 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 theCayman Islands (awards

 

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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 takenby management, members of the board of directors or controlling shareholders than they would as public shareholders of a U.S. company.

Ouramended and restated memorandum and articles of association provide that the courts of the Cayman Islands will be the exclusive forums for certain disputes between us and our shareholders, which could limit our shareholders’ ability to obtain afavorable judicial forum for complaints against us or our directors, officers or employees.

Our amended and restated memorandumand articles of association provide that unless we consent in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the courts of the Cayman Islands shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any claim or dispute arising out of or in connection with ouramended and restated memorandum and articles of association or otherwise related in any way to each shareholder’s shareholding in us, including but not limited to (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on our behalf, (ii) anyaction asserting a claim of breach of any fiduciary or other duty owed by any of our current or former director, officer or other employee to us or our shareholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of theCompanies Act or our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, or (iv) any action asserting a claim against us governed by the internal affairs doctrine (as such concept is recognized under the laws of the United States ofAmerica) and that each shareholder irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Cayman Islands over all such claims or disputes.

Our amended and restated memorandum of association will provide this exclusive jurisdiction provision will not apply to claims under theSecurities Act of 1933, as amended or the Exchange Act 1934, as amended, and that claims under such laws must be brought in the federal courts of the United States of America and that any shareholder will be deemed to have consented to suchjurisdictions. Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association also provide that, without prejudice to any other rights or remedies that we may have, each of our shareholders acknowledges that damages alone would not be an adequateremedy 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 relieffor any threatened or actual breach of the selection of the courts of the Cayman Islands as exclusive forum.

This choice of forumprovision 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 lawsuitsagainst 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 andhave 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 beenchallenged in legal proceedings. It is possible that a court could find this type of provisions to be inapplicable or unenforceable, and if a court were to find this provision in our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to beinapplicable 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.

Provisions in our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association may inhibit a takeover of us, which could limit the price investors mightbe willing to pay in the future for our Class A ordinary shares and could entrench management.

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provisions include a staggered board of directors, advance notice procedures, inability of shareholders to call a general meeting, removal of directors only for cause (other than by holders ofour Class B ordinary shares prior to our initial business combination) and only by the board of directors and the ability of the board of directors to designate the terms of and issue new series of preference shares, and the fact that prior tothe completion of our initial business combination only holders of our Class B ordinary shares are entitled to vote on the appointment of directors, which may make more difficult the removal of management and may discourage transactions thatotherwise could involve payment of a premium over prevailing market prices for our securities.

Cyber incidents or attacks directed at us couldresult in information theft, data corruption, operational disruption and/or financial loss.

We depend on digital technologies,including information systems, infrastructure and cloud applications and services, including those of third parties with which we may deal. Sophisticated and deliberate attacks on, or security breaches in, our systems or infrastructure, or thesystems or infrastructure of third parties or the cloud, could lead to corruption or misappropriation of our assets, proprietary information and sensitive or confidential data. As an early stage company without significant investments in datasecurity protection, we may not be sufficiently protected against such occurrences. We may not have sufficient resources to adequately protect against, or to investigate and remediate any vulnerability to, cyber incidents. It is possible that any ofthese occurrences, or a combination of them, could have adverse consequences on our business and lead to financial loss.

Since only holders of ourfounder shares will have the right to vote on the appointment of directors, upon the listing of our shares on Nasdaq, Nasdaq may consider us to be a controlled companywithin the meaning of Nasdaqrules and, as a result, we may qualify for exemptions from certain corporate governance requirements.

After completion of this offering, only holders of our founder shares will have the right to vote on the appointment of directors. As a result,Nasdaq may 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 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 ofNasdaq;

 

  

we have a compensation committee of our board that is comprised entirely of independent directors with a writtencharter addressing the committee’s purpose and responsibilities; and

 

  

we have independent director oversight of our director nominations.

We do not intend to have a compensation committee after completion of this offering and prior to consummation of our initial businesscombination. Except for not having a compensation committee, we do not intend to utilize these exemptions and intend to comply with the corporate governance requirements of Nasdaq, subject to applicablephase-in rules. However, if we determine in the future to utilize some or all of these exemptions, you will not have the same protections afforded to shareholders of companies that are subject to all of Nasdaqcorporate governance requirements.

 

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CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Some of the statements contained in this prospectus may constitute “forward-looking statements” for purposes of the federalsecurities laws. Our forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding our or our management team’s expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. In addition, any statements thatrefer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,”“could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intends,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,”“would” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Forward-looking statements in this prospectus may include, for example,statements about:

 

  

our ability to select an appropriate target business or businesses;

 

  

our ability to complete our initial business combination;

 

  

our expectations around the performance of the prospective target business;

 

  

our success in retaining or recruiting, or changes required in, our officers, key employees or directorsfollowing our initial business combination;

 

  

our officers and directors allocating their time to other businesses and potentially having conflicts of interestwith our business or in approving our initial business combination;

 

  

our potential ability to obtain additional financing to complete our initial business combination;

 

  

our pool of prospective target businesses;

 

  

our ability to consummate an initial business combination due to the uncertainty resulting from the recent COVID-19 pandemic and other events (such as terrorist attacks, natural disasters or a significant outbreak of other infectious diseases);

 

  

the ability of our officers and directors to generate a number of potential business combination opportunities;

 

  

our public securities’ potential liquidity and trading;

 

  

the lack of a market for our securities;

 

  

the use of proceeds not held in the trust account or available to us from interest income on the trust accountbalance;

 

  

the trust account not being subject to claims of third parties; or

 

  

our financial performance following this offering.

The forward-looking statements contained in this prospectus are based on our current expectations and beliefs concerning future developmentsand their potential effects on us. There can be no assurance that future developments affecting us will be those that we have anticipated. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties (some of which are beyond ourcontrol) or other assumptions that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those factorsdescribed under the heading “Risk Factors.” Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of our assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material respects from those projected in theseforward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws.

 

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USE OF PROCEEDS

We are offering 10,000,000 units at an offering price of $10.00 per unit. We estimate that the net proceeds of this offering, together withthe funds we will receive from the sale of the private placement shares, will be used as set forth in the following table.

 

   Without Option
to Purchase
Additional Units
   Option to
Purchase
Additional Units
Exercised
 

Gross proceeds

    

Gross proceeds from units offered topublic(1)

  $100,000,000   $115,000,000 

Gross proceeds from private placement shares offered in the private placement

   5,100,000    5,550,000 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total gross proceeds

  $105,100,000   $120,550,000 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Estimated offeringexpenses(2)

    

Underwriting commissions (2.0% of gross proceeds from units offered to public)

  $2,000,000   $2,300,000 

Legal fees and expenses

   300,000    300,000 

Printing and engraving expenses

   35,000    35,000 

Accounting fees and expenses

   55,000    55,000 

SEC registration fee

   12,547    12,547 

FINRA filing fee

   17,750    17,750 

Nasdaq listing and filing fees

   75,000    75,000 

Director & Officer liability insurance premiums

   400,000    400,000 

Miscellaneous

   454,703    454,703 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total estimated offering expenses

  $3,350,000   $3,650,000 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Proceeds after estimated offering expenses

  $101,750,000   $116,900,000 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Held in trust account(3)

  $101,000,000   $116,150,000 

Percentage of public offering size

   101   101

Not held in trust account

  $750,000   $750,000 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

The following table shows the use of the estimated $750,000 of net proceeds not held in the trust(4)(5)

 

   Amount   Percentage
of
Total
 

Legal, accounting, due diligence, travel, consulting and other expenses in connection with asearch for and consummation of any business combination(6)

  $500,000    66.67

Legal and accounting fees related to regulatory reporting obligations

   100,000    13.33

Working capital to cover miscellaneous expenses

   150,000    20.00
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   750,000    100.0
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1)

Includes amounts payable to public shareholders who properly redeem their shares in connection with oursuccessful completion of our initial business combination.

(2)

In addition, a portion of the offering expenses have been paid from the proceeds of loans from our sponsor ofup to $300,000 as described in this prospectus. These loans will be repaid upon completion of this offering out of the $1,350,000 of offering proceeds that has been allocated for the payment of offering expenses other than underwriting commissions.In the event that offering expenses are less than as set forth in this table, any such amounts will be used for post-closing working capital expenses. If offering expenses

 

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 are greater than set forth in this table, such excess will reduce amounts available post-closing for working capital expenses.
(3)

The underwriters have agreed to defer underwriting commission of 3.5% of the gross proceeds of this offering.Upon and concurrently with the completion of our initial business combination, up to $3,500,000, which constitutes the deferred underwriting commissions (or up to $4,025,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), willbe paid to the underwriters from the funds held in the trust account. See “Underwriting”. The remaining funds, less amounts released to the trustee to pay redeeming shareholders, will be released to us and can be used to pay all or aportion of the purchase price of the business or businesses with which our initial business combination occurs or for general corporate purposes, including payment of principal or interest on indebtedness incurred in connection with our initialbusiness combination, to fund the purchases of other companies or for working capital. The underwriters will not be entitled to any interest accrued on the deferred underwriting discounts and commissions.

(4)

These expenses are estimates only. Our actual expenditures for some or all of these items may differ from theestimates set forth herein. For example, we may incur greater legal and accounting expenses than our current estimates in connection with negotiating and structuring our initial business combination based upon the level of complexity of suchbusiness combination. In the event we identify a business combination target in a specific industry subject to specific regulations, we may incur additional expenses associated with legal due diligence and the engagement of special legal counsel. Inaddition, our staffing needs may vary and as a result, we may engage a number of consultants to assist with legal and financial due diligence. We do not anticipate any change in our intended use of proceeds, other than fluctuations among the currentcategories of allocated expenses, which fluctuations, to the extent they exceed current estimates for any specific category of expenses, would not be available for our expenses. The amount in the table above does not include interest available to usfrom the trust account. The proceeds held in the trust account will be invested only in U.S. government treasury obligations with a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations. Assuming an interest rate of 0.05% per year, we estimate the interest earned on the trustaccount will be approximately $50,000 per year; however, we can provide no assurances regarding this amount. The trust account’s earnings will be lower if interest rates on short-term U.S. government treasury obligations decline.

(5)

Assumes no exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option.

(6)

Includes estimated amounts that may also be used in connection with our initial business combination to fund a “no-shop” provision and commitment fees for financing. Also includes the payment to each of our directors Benjamin W. James and Xinzhong Li of approximately $100,000 per year, and payment to each of ourofficer Jing Jiang and director Duo Gao of approximately $70,000 per year, in each case for their services prior to the consummation of our initial business combination, which payments are made monthly and subject to annual review and adjustment byus.

Nasdaq rules provide that at least 90% of the gross proceeds from this offering and the sale of the privateplacement shares be deposited in a trust account. Of the $105,100,000 in proceeds we receive from this offering and the sale of the private placement shares described in this prospectus, or $120,550,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotmentoption is exercised in full, $101,000,000 ($10.10 per unit), or $116,150,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full ($10.10 per unit), will be deposited into a trust account with Wilmington Trust, National Associationacting as trustee, and $3,350,000, or up to $3,650,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full, will be used to pay expenses in connection with the closing of this offering and $750,000 for working capital following thisoffering. We will not be permitted to withdraw any of the principal or interest held in the trust account, except for the withdrawal of interest to pay our taxes, if any, until the earliest of (i) the completion of our initial businesscombination, (ii) the redemption of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination within 12 months from the closing of this offering (or 18 months, if we extend the time to complete a business combination asdescribed in this prospectus), subject to applicable law, or (iii) the redemption of our public shares properly submitted in connection with a shareholder vote to approve an amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles ofassociation that would affect the substance or timing of our obligation to provide for the redemption of

 

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our public shares in connection with an initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we have not consummated an initial business combination within 12 months fromthe closing of this offering (or 18 months, if we extend the time to complete a business combination as described in this prospectus). Based on current interest rates, we expect that interest income earned on the trust account (if any) will besufficient to pay our income taxes.

The net proceeds held in the trust account may be used as consideration to pay the sellers of atarget business with which we ultimately complete our initial business combination. If our initial business combination is paid for using equity or debt, or not all of the funds released from the trust account are used for payment of theconsideration in connection with our initial business combination or the redemption of our public shares, we may apply the balance of the cash released from the trust account for general corporate purposes, including for maintenance or expansion ofoperations of the post-business combination company, the payment of principal or interest due on indebtedness incurred in completing our initial business combination, to fund the purchase of other companies or for working capital. There is nolimitation on our ability to raise funds privately or through loans in connection with our initial business combination.

We believe thatamounts not held in trust, together with funds available to us from loans from our sponsor, will be sufficient to pay the costs and expenses to which such proceeds are allocated. This belief is based on the fact that while we may begin preliminarydue diligence of a target business in connection with an indication of interest, we intend to undertake in-depth due diligence, depending on the circumstances of the relevant prospective acquisition, onlyafter we have negotiated and signed a letter of intent or other preliminary agreement that addresses the terms of a business combination. However, if our estimate of the costs of undertaking in-depth duediligence and negotiating a business combination is less than the actual amount necessary to do so, we may be required to raise additional capital, the amount, availability and cost of which is currently unascertainable. If we are required to seekadditional capital, we could seek such additional capital through loans or additional investments from our sponsor, members of our management team or any of their affiliates, but such persons are not under any obligation to advance funds to, orinvest in, us. However, our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will provide, among other things, that prior to our initial business combination, 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 our public shares (a) on any initial business combination or (b) to approve an amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association toextend the time we have to consummate a business combination beyond 12 months from the closing of this offering (or 18 months, if we extend the time to complete a business combination as described in this prospectus).

In the future, we may decide to compensate our executive officers and other employees.

Prior to the closing of this offering, our sponsor has agreed to loan us up to $300,000 to be used for a portion of the expenses of thisoffering. These loans are non-interest bearing, unsecured and are due at the earlier of December 31, 2021 or the closing of this offering. The loans will be repaid upon the closing of this offering out ofthe $1,350,000 of offering proceeds that has been allocated to the payment of offering expenses.

In addition, in order to fund workingcapital deficiencies or finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial business combination, our sponsor or an affiliate of our sponsor or certain of our officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds as may berequired. If we complete our initial business combination, we may repay such loaned amounts out of the proceeds of the trust account released to us. Otherwise, such loans may be repaid only out of funds held outside the trust account. In the eventthat our initial business combination does not close, we may use a portion of the working capital held outside the trust account to repay such loaned amounts but no proceeds from our trust account would be used to repay such loaned amounts. Up to$1,200,000 of such loans may be convertible into Class A ordinary shares, at a price of $10.00 per share at the option of the lender. Except as set forth above, the terms of such loans, if any, have not been determined and no written agreementsexist with respect to such loans. Prior to the completion of our initial business combination, we do not expect to seek loans from parties other than our sponsor or an affiliate of our

 

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sponsor as we do not believe third parties will be willing to loan such funds and provide a waiver against any and all rights to seek access to funds in our trust account.

If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination and we do not conduct redemptions in connection with our businesscombination pursuant to the tender offer rules, our founders, directors, officers, advisors or their affiliates may purchase shares in privately negotiated transactions either prior to or following the completion of our initial business combination.There is no limit on the number of shares our founders, directors, officers, advisors or their affiliates may purchase in such transactions, subject to compliance with applicable law and the rules of NASDAQ. However, they have no currentcommitments, plans or intentions to engage in such transactions and have not formulated any terms or conditions for any such transactions. If they engage in such transactions, they will not make any such purchases when they are in possession of anymaterial non-public information not disclosed to the seller or if such purchases are prohibited by Regulation M under the Exchange Act. We do not currently anticipate that such purchases, if any, wouldconstitute a tender offer subject to the tender offer rules under the Exchange Act or a going-private transaction subject to the going- private rules under the Exchange Act; however, if the purchasers determine at the time of any suchpurchases that the purchases are subject to such rules, the purchasers will comply with such rules.

We will only redeem our public sharesso long as (after such redemption) our net tangible assets will be at least $5,000,001 either immediately prior to or upon consummation of our initial business combination and after payment of underwriters’ fees and commissions (so that we arenot subject to the SEC’s “penny stock” rules) and the agreement for our business combination may require as a closing condition that we have a minimum net worth or a certain amount of cash. If too many public shareholders exercisetheir redemption rights so that we cannot satisfy the net tangible asset requirement or any net worth or cash requirements, we would not proceed with the redemption of our public shares or the business combination, and instead may search for analternate business combination.

A public shareholder will be entitled to receive funds from the trust account only upon the earliest tooccur of: (i) our completion of an initial business combination, and then only in connection with those public shares that such shareholder properly elected to redeem, subject to the limitations described in this prospectus, (ii) theredemption of any public shares properly submitted in connection with a shareholder vote to amend our amended and restated certificate of incorporation to modify (A) the substance or timing of our obligation to allow redemption in connectionwith our initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination within 12 months from the closing of this offering (or 18 months, if we extend the time to complete a businesscombination as described in this prospectus) or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-initial business combination activity, and (iii) the redemption ofour public shares if we are unable to complete our business combination within 12 months following the closing of this offering (or 18 months, if we extend the time to complete a business combination as described in this prospectus), subject toapplicable law and as further described herein and any limitations (including but not limited to cash requirements) created by the terms of the proposed business combination. In no other circumstances will a public shareholder have any right orinterest of any kind to or in the trust account.

Our founders, officers and directors have entered into a letter agreement with us,pursuant to which they have agreed to waive their redemption rights with respect to any founder shares and any public shares held by them in connection with the completion of our initial business combination and to waive their redemption rights withrespect to their founder shares and public shares in connection with a shareholder vote to approve an amendment to our amended and restated certificate of incorporation (A) to modify the substance or timing of our obligation to allow redemptionin connection with our initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination within 12 months from the closing of this offering (or 18 months, if we extend the time to complete abusiness combination as described in this prospectus) or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-initial business combination activity. In addition, ourfounders, officers and directors have agreed to waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to any founder shares held by them if we fail to complete our

 

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business combination within the prescribed time frame. However, if our founders or any of our officers, directors or affiliates acquires public shares in or after this offering, they will beentitled to liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to such public shares if we fail to complete our initial business combination within the prescribed time frame. Permitted transferees of the founder shares held by ourfounders, officers and directors would be subject to the same restrictions applicable to our founders, officers and directors, respectively.

 

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DIVIDEND POLICY

We have not paid any cash dividends on our ordinary shares to date and do not intend to pay cash dividends prior to the completion of ourinitial business combination. The payment of cash dividends in the future will be dependent upon our revenues and earnings, if any, capital requirements and general financial condition subsequent to completion of our initial business combination.The payment of any cash dividends subsequent to our initial business combination will be within the discretion of our board of directors at such time. If we increase or decrease the size of this offering, we will effect a share capitalization orother appropriate mechanism with respect to our Class B ordinary shares prior to the consummation of this offering in such amount as to maintain the number of founder shares, on an as converted basis, at 20% of the total number of Class Aordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares outstanding at such time (assuming the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option in full, but not including the Class A ordinary shares issued as the private placement shares). Further,if we incur any indebtedness in connection with our initial business combination, our ability to declare dividends may be limited by restrictive covenants we may agree to in connection therewith.

 

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DILUTION

The difference between the public offering price per Class A ordinary share, assuming no value is attributed to the warrants included inthe units we are offering pursuant to this prospectus or the private placement shares, and the pro forma net tangible book value per Class A ordinary share after this offering constitutes the dilution to investors in this offering. Suchcalculation does not reflect any dilution associated with the sale and exercise of warrants, which would cause the actual dilution to the public shareholders to be higher, particularly where a cashless exercise is utilized. Net tangible book valueper share is determined by dividing our net tangible book value, which is our total tangible assets less total liabilities (including the value of Class A ordinary shares which may be redeemed for cash), by the number of outstandingClass A ordinary shares.

At June 8, 2021, our net tangible book deficit was $96,330, or approximately $(0.03) per Class Bordinary share. After giving effect to the sale of 10,000,000 Class A ordinary shares included in the units we are offering by this prospectus (or 11,500,000 Class A ordinary shares if the underwriters’ over-allotment option isexercised in full), the sale of the private placement shares and the deduction of underwriting commissions and estimated expenses of this offering, our pro forma net tangible book value at June 8, 2021 would have been $5,000,005 or $1.32per share (or $5,000,003 or $1.18 per share if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), representing an immediate increase in net tangible book value (as decreased by the value of 9,234,451 Class A ordinary sharesthat may be redeemed for cash, or 10,682,471 Class A ordinary shares if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full) of $1.35 per share (or $1.21 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full) to ourinitial shareholders as of the date of this prospectus. Total dilution to public shareholders from this offering will be $8.68 per share (or $8.82 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full).

The following table illustrates the dilution to the public shareholders on a per-share basis, assumingno value is attributed to the warrants included in the units:

 

   Without
Over-
Allotment
  With Over-
allotment
 

Public offering price

  $10.00  $10.00 

Net tangible book deficit before this offering

   (0.03  (0.03

Increase attributable to public shareholders

   1.35   1.21 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Pro forma net tangible book value after this offering and the sale of the private placementshares

   1.32   1.18 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Dilution to public shareholders

  $8.68  $8.82 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Percentage of dilution to public shareholders

   86.80  88.20
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

For purposes of presentation, we have reduced our pro forma net tangible book value after this offering(assuming no exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option) by $93,267,955 because holders of up to approximately 92.34% of our public shares may redeem their shares for a pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in thetrust account at a per share redemption price equal to the amount in the trust account as set forth in our tender offer or proxy materials (initially anticipated to be the aggregate amount held in trust two business days prior to the consummation ofthe initial business combination, including interest and net of taxes paid or payable), divided by the number of Class A ordinary shares sold in this offering.

 

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The following table sets forth information with respect to our sponsor and the publicshareholders:

 

   

 

Shares Purchased

  

 

Total Consideration

  Average
Price

per
Share
 
   Number   Percentage  Amount   Percentage 

Class B ordinary shares(1)

   2,500,000    19.22 $25,000    0.03 $0.01 

Private Placement Shareholders

   510,000    3.92  5,100,000    4.85 $10.00 

Public Shareholders

   10,000,000    76.86  100,000,000    95.12 $10.00 
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  
   13,010,000    100.00 $105,125,000    100.00 
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

(1)

Assumes no exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option and the corresponding forfeiture of 375,000Class B ordinary shares held by our sponsor.

The pro forma net tangible book value per share after theoffering is calculated as follows:

 

   Without
Over-
allotment
  With Over-
allotment
 

Numerator:

   

Net tangible book deficit before this offering

  $(96,330 $(96,330

Net proceeds from this offering and sale of the private placement shares(1)

   101,750,000   116,900,000 

Plus: Offering costs accrued for or paid in advance, excluded from tangible book value beforethis offering

   114,290   114,290 

Less: Deferred Underwriting Commissions

   (3,500,000  (4,025,000

Less: Proceeds held in trust subject to redemption(2)

   (93,267,955  (107,892,957
  

 

 

  

 

 

 
  $5,000,005  $5,000,003 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Denominator:

   

Class B ordinary shares outstanding prior to this offering

   2,875,000   2,875,000 

Class B ordinary shares forfeited if over-allotment is not exercised

   (375,000  —   

Class A ordinary shares included in the units offered in this offering

   10,000,000   11,500,000 

Class A ordinary shares issued in the private placement

   510,000   555,000 

Less: Class A ordinary shares subject to possible conversion

   (9,234,451  (10,682,471
  

 

 

  

 

 

 
   3,775,549   4,247,529 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

(1)

Expenses applied against gross proceeds include offering expenses of $1,350,000 and underwriting commissions of$2,000,000 (if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is not exercised) or $2,300,000 (if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised) (in all cases excluding the deferred underwriting commissions). See “Use ofProceeds.”

(2)

If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination and we do not conduct redemptions inconnection with our initial business combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, our sponsor, initial shareholders, directors, executive officers, advisors or their affiliates may purchase public shares or public warrants in privately negotiatedtransactions or in the open market either prior to or following the completion of our initial business combination. In the event of any such purchases of our shares prior to the completion of our initial business combination, the number ofClass A ordinary shares subject to redemption will be reduced by the amount of any such purchases, increasing the pro forma net tangible book value per share. See “Proposed Business — Effecting Our Initial Business Combination— Permitted Purchases and Other Transactions with Respect to Our Securities.”

 

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CAPITALIZATION

The following table sets forth our capitalization at June 8, 2021, and as adjusted to give effect to the sale of our units in thisoffering and the sale of the private placement shares and the application of the estimated net proceeds derived from the sale of such securities, assuming no exercise by the underwriters of their over-allotment option:

 

   June 8, 2021 
   Actual  As Adjusted(1) 

Promissory note to related party(2)

  $108,830  $—   

Deferred Underwriting Commissions

   —     3,500,000 

Class A ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value, 9,234,451 shares subject to possibleconversion/tender(3)

   —     93,267,955 

Preference shares, $0.0001 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding,actual and as adjusted

   —     —   

Class A ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value, 200,000,000 shares authorized; 0 and1,275,249 shares issued and outstanding (excludes up to 9,234,451 shares subject to possible conversion/tender), actual and as adjusted, respectively(4)

   —     128 

Class B ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value; 20,000,000 shares authorized; 2,875,000 and2,500,000 shares issued and outstanding

   288   250 

Additional paid-in capital

   24,712   5,006,667 

Accumulated deficit

   (7,040  (7,040
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total shareholders’ equity

  $17,960  $5,000,005 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total capitalization

  $126,790  $101,767,960 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

(1)

Assumes no exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option and the corresponding forfeiture of 375,000Class B ordinary shares held by our sponsor.

(2)

Our sponsor may loan us up to $300,000 under an unsecured promissory note to be used for a portion of theexpenses of this offering. The “as adjusted” information gives effect to the repayment of any loans made under this note out of the proceeds from this offering and the sale of the private placement shares. To date, we have not borrowed anyamount under the promissory note with our sponsor.

(3)

Upon the completion of our initial business combination, we will provide our public shareholders with theopportunity to redeem their public shares for cash at a per share price equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, calculated as of two business days prior to the consummation of the initial business combination, includinginterest (net of taxes paid or payable), divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, subject to the limitations described herein whereby redemptions cannot cause our net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001 and any limitations(including, but not limited to, cash requirements) created by the terms of the proposed business combination.

(4)

Actual share amount is prior to any forfeiture of founder shares by our sponsor and as adjusted amount assumesno exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option.

 

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Overview

We are a blank check companyincorporated on May 13, 2021 as a Cayman Islands exempted company for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. We have notselected any business combination target and we have not, nor has anyone on our behalf, engaged in any substantive discussions, directly or indirectly, with any business combination target with respect to an initial business combination with us.

We intend to effectuate our initial business combination using cash from the proceeds of this offering and the private placement of theprivate placement shares, the proceeds of the sale of our securities in connection with our initial business combination (pursuant to backstop agreements we may enter into following the consummation of this offering or otherwise), shares issued tothe owners of the target, debt issued to bank or other lenders or the owners of the target, or a combination of the foregoing or other sources.

The issuance of additional shares or equity-linked securities in connection with a business combination to the owners of the target or otherinvestors:

 

  

may significantly dilute the equity interest of investors in this offering, which dilution would increase if theanti-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 conversionof the Class B ordinary shares;

 

  

may subordinate the rights of holders of Class A ordinary shares if preference shares are issued with rightssenior 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 mayaffect, 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 votingrights of a person seeking to obtain control of us;

 

  

may adversely affect prevailing market prices for our units, Class A ordinary shares and/or warrants; and

 

  

may not result in adjustment to the exercise price of our warrants.

Similarly, if we issue debt securities or otherwise incur significant debt, it could result in:

 

  

default and foreclosure on our assets if our operating revenues after an initial business combination areinsufficient to repay our debt obligations;

 

  

acceleration of our obligations to repay the indebtedness even if we make all principal and interest paymentswhen due if we breach certain covenants that require the maintenance of certain financial ratios or reserves without a waiver or renegotiation of that covenant;

 

  

our immediate payment of all principal and accrued interest, if any, if the debt is payable on demand;

 

  

our inability to obtain necessary additional financing if the debt contains covenants restricting our ability toobtain such financing while the debt is outstanding;

 

  

our inability to pay dividends on our Class A ordinary shares;

 

  

using a substantial portion of our cash flow to pay principal and interest on our debt, which will reduce thefunds available for dividends on our Class A ordinary shares if declared, expenses, capital expenditures, acquisitions and other general corporate purposes;

 

  

limitations on our flexibility in planning for and reacting to changes in our business and in the industry inwhich we operate;

 

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increased vulnerability to adverse changes in general economic, industry and competitive conditions and adversechanges in government regulation or prevailing interest rates; and

 

  

limitations on our ability to borrow additional amounts for expenses, capital expenditures, acquisitions, debtservice requirements, execution of our strategy and other purposes and other disadvantages compared to our competitors who have less debt.

As indicated in the accompanying financial statements, as of June 8, 2021, we had no cash and prepaid expense and deferred offering costsof $12,500 and $114,290, respectively. Further, we expect to incur significant costs in the pursuit of our initial business combination. We cannot assure you that our plans to raise capital or to complete our initial business combination will besuccessful.

Results of Operations and Known Trends or Future Events

We have neither engaged in any operations nor generated any revenues to date. Our only activities since inception have been organizationalactivities and those necessary to prepare for this offering. Following this offering, we will not generate any operating revenues until after completion of our initial business combination. We will generatenon-operating income in the form of interest income on cash and cash equivalents after this offering. There has been no significant change in our financial or trading position and no material adverse changehas occurred since the date of our audited financial statements. After this offering, we expect to incur increased expenses as a result of being a public company (for legal, financial reporting, accounting and auditing compliance), as well as fordue diligence expenses. We expect our expenses to increase substantially after the closing of this offering.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Our liquidity needs have been satisfied prior to the completion of this offering through the $25,000 payment from our sponsor to cover forcertain expenses on behalf of us in exchange for issuance of the founder shares, and up to $300,000 in loans available from our sponsor. We estimate that the net proceeds from: (1) the sale of the units in this offering, after deductingestimated offering expenses of approximately $1,350,000 and underwriting commissions of $2,000,000 ($2,300,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full) (excluding the deferred underwriting commissions of $3,500,000 (orup to $4,025,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full)); and (2) the sale of the private placement shares for a purchase price of $5,100,000 (or $5,550,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option isexercised in full), will be $101,750,000 (or $116,900,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full). Of this amount, $101,000,000 (or $116,150,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full),which includes the deferred underwriting commissions of $3,500,000 (or up to $4,025,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), will be deposited into the trust account. The funds in the trust account will be investedonly in U.S. government treasury bills with a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds investing solely in U.S. Treasuries. The remaining $750,000 will not be held in the trust account. In the event that our offeringexpenses exceed our estimate of $3,350,000, we may fund such excess with funds not to be held in the trust account. In such case, the amount of funds we intend to be held outside the trust account would decrease by a corresponding amount.Conversely, in the event that the offering expenses are less than our estimate of $3,350,000, the amount of funds we intend to be held outside the trust account would increase by a corresponding amount.

We intend to use substantially all of the funds held in the trust account, including any amounts representing interest earned on the trustaccount (less taxes payable and the deferred underwriting commissions) to complete our initial business combination. We may withdraw interest to pay our taxes, if any. Our annual income tax obligations will depend on the amount of interest and otherincome earned on the amounts held in the trust account. We expect the interest income earned on the amount in the trust account (if any) will be sufficient to pay our taxes. To the extent that our equity or debt is used, in whole or in part, asconsideration to complete our

 

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initial business combination, the remaining proceeds held in the trust account will be used as working capital to finance the operations of the target business or businesses, make otheracquisitions and pursue our growth strategies.

Prior to the completion of our initial business combination, we expect to have availableto us the $750,000 of proceeds held outside the trust account, as well as certain funds from loans from our sponsor.

We will use thesefunds primarily to identify and evaluate target businesses, perform business due diligence on prospective target businesses, travel to and from the offices, plants or similar locations of prospective target businesses or their representatives orowners, review corporate documents and material agreements of prospective target businesses, and structure, negotiate and complete a business combination, and to pay taxes to the extent the interest earned on the trust account is not sufficient topay our taxes.

We do not believe we will need to raise additional funds following this offering in order to meet the expendituresrequired for operating our business prior to our initial business combination, other than funds available from loans from our sponsor. However, if our estimates of the costs of identifying a target business, undertaking in-depth due diligence and negotiating an initial business combination are less than the actual amount necessary to do so, we may have insufficient funds available to operate our business prior to our initialbusiness combination. In order to fund working capital deficiencies or finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial business combination, our sponsor or an affiliate of our sponsor or certain of our officers and directors may,but are not obligated to, loan us funds as may be required. If we complete our initial business combination, we may repay such loaned amounts out of the proceeds held in the trust account released to us. In the event that our initial businesscombination does not close, we may use a portion of the working capital held outside the trust account to repay such loaned amounts but no proceeds from our trust account would be used for such repayment. Up to $1,200,000 of such loans may beconvertible into Class A ordinary shares, at a price of $10.00 per shares at the option of the lender. The terms of such loans, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans.

Prior to the completion of our initial business combination, we do not expect to seek loans from parties other than our sponsor or anaffiliate of our sponsor as we do not believe third parties will be willing to loan such funds and provide a waiver against any and all rights to seek access to funds in our trust account.

We expect our primary liquidity requirements during that period to include approximately $500,000 for legal, accounting, due diligence,travel, consulting and other expenses in connection with a search for and consummation of any business combination; $100,000 for legal and accounting fees related to regulatory reporting obligations; and $150,000 in working capital and miscellaneousexpenses.

These amounts are estimates and may differ materially from our actual expenses. In addition, we could use a portion of thefunds not being placed in trust to pay commitment fees for financing, fees to consultants to assist us with our search for a target business or as a down payment or to fund a “no-shop” provision (aprovision designed to keep target businesses from “shopping” around for transactions with other companies or investors on terms more favorable to such target businesses) with respect to a particular proposed business combination, althoughwe do not have any current intention to do so. If we entered into an agreement where we paid for the right to receive exclusivity from a target business, the amount that would be used as a down payment or to fund a“no-shop” provision would be determined based on the terms of the specific business combination and the amount of our available funds at the time. Our forfeiture of such funds (whether as a result ofour breach or otherwise) could result in our not having sufficient funds to continue searching for, or conducting due diligence with respect to, prospective target businesses.

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business combination, in which case we may issue additional securities or incur debt in connection with such business combination. If we do not complete our initial business combination becausewe do not have sufficient funds available to us, we will be forced to cease operations and liquidate the trust account. In addition, following our initial business combination, if cash on hand is insufficient, we may need to obtain additionalfinancing in order to meet our obligations.

Controls and Procedures

We are not currently required to maintain an effective system of internal controls as defined by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Wewill be required to comply with the internal control requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021. Only in the event that we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer or an accelerated filer and no longerqualify as an emerging growth company would we be required to comply with the independent registered public accounting firm attestation requirement. Further, for as long as we remain an emerging growth company as defined in the JOBS Act, we intendto 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 theindependent registered public accounting firm attestation requirement.

Prior to the closing of this offering, we have not completed anassessment, nor has our independent registered public accounting firm tested our systems, of our internal controls. We expect to assess the internal controls of our target business or businesses prior to the completion of our initial businesscombination and, if necessary, to implement and test additional controls as we may determine are necessary in order to state that we maintain an effective system of internal controls. A target business may not be in compliance with the provisions ofthe Sarbanes-Oxley Act regarding the adequacy of internal controls. Many small and mid-sized target businesses we may consider for our initial business combination may have internal controls that needimprovement in areas such as:

 

  

staffing for financial, accounting and external reporting areas, including segregation of duties;

 

  

reconciliation of accounts;

 

  

proper recording of expenses and liabilities in the period to which they relate;

 

  

evidence of internal review and approval of accounting transactions;

 

  

documentation of processes, assumptions and conclusions underlying significant estimates; and

 

  

documentation of accounting policies and procedures.

Because it will take time, management involvement and perhaps outside resources to determine what internal control improvements are necessary for us to meetregulatory requirements and market expectations for our operation of a target business, we may incur significant expenses in meeting our public reporting responsibilities, particularly in the areas of designing, enhancing, or remediating internaland disclosure controls. Doing so effectively may also take longer than we expect, thus increasing our exposure to financial fraud or erroneous financial reporting.

Once our management’s report on internal controls is complete, we will retain our independent registered public accounting firm to audit and render anopinion on such report when required by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The independent registered public accounting firm may identify additional issues concerning a target business’s internal controls while performing their auditof internal control over financial reporting.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

The net proceeds of this offering and the sale of the private placement shares held in the trust account will be invested in U.S. government treasuryobligations with a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds

 

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meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations. Dueto the short-term nature of these investments, we believe there will be no associated material exposure to interest rate risk.

Related PartyTransactions

On June 7, 2021, we issued an aggregate of 2,875,000 founder shares to our sponsor in exchange for a payment of $25,000 from oursponsor to cover for certain expenses on behalf of us, or approximately $0.009 per share. Up to 375,000 founder shares will be surrendered to us by our sponsor for no consideration after the closing of this offering depending on the extent to whichthe underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised. The total number of Class B ordinary shares outstanding after this offering and the expiration of the underwriters’ over-allotment option will equal 20% of the total number ofClass A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares outstanding at such time (not including the Class A ordinary shares issued as the private placement shares). The Class B ordinary shares will automatically convert intoClass A ordinary shares concurrently with or immediately following the consummation of our initial business combination, or earlier at the option of the holder thereof, on aone-for-one basis, subject to adjustment, as described in this prospectus. If we increase or decrease the size of this offering, we will effect a share capitalization ora share repurchase or redemption or other appropriate mechanism, as applicable, with respect to our Class B ordinary shares prior to the consummation of this offering in such amount as to maintain the number of founder shares at 20% of thetotal number of Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares outstanding at such time (assuming the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option in full, but not including the Class A ordinary shares issued as the privateplacement shares).

Our sponsor has committed, pursuant to a written agreement, to purchase an aggregate of 510,000 private placement shares (or 555,000if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), for a purchase price of $10.00 per share ($5,100,000 in the aggregate or $5,550,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), in a private placementthat will close simultaneously with the closing of this offering. In addition, any private placement shares (or private placement-equivalent ordinary shares) held by our sponsor may not be sold, transferred, assigned, pledged, or hypothecated, or bethe subject of any hedging, short sale, derivative, put or call transaction that would result in the economic disposition of the securities by any person for a period of 180 days immediately following the effective date of the registrationstatement of which this prospectus forms a part or commencement of sales of the public offering, except to any underwriter and selected dealer participating in the offering and their bona fide officers or partners, provided that all securities sotransferred remain subject to the lockup restriction above for the remainder of the time period in compliance with FINRA Rule 5110(g).

The privateplacement shares are identical to the Class A ordinary shares sold in this offering. However, the holder of the private placement shares will be entitled to registration rights. In addition, the private placement shares may not, subject tocertain limited exceptions, be transferred, assigned or sold by the holder until 30 days after the completion of our initial business combination. Furthermore, there will be no redemption rights or liquidating distributions from the trust accountwith respect to the private placement shares.

We are not prohibited from pursuing an initial business combination with a business that is affiliated withour sponsor, its affiliates, or our officers or directors. In the event we seek to complete our initial business combination with a business that is affiliated with our sponsor, its affiliates or our officers or directors, we, or a committee ofindependent directors, will obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm or another independent firm that commonly renders valuation opinions that our initial business combination is fair to our shareholders from a financial pointof view.

Prior to the closing of this offering, our sponsor may loan us funds to be used for a portion of the expenses of this offering. These loanswould be non-interest bearing, unsecured and are due at the earlier of December 31, 2021 or the closing of this offering. The loan would be repaid upon the closing of this offering out of the estimated$1,350,000 of offering proceeds that has been allocated to the payment of offering expenses.

 

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In addition, in order to fund working capital deficiencies or finance transaction costs in connection withan intended initial business combination, our sponsor or an affiliate of our sponsor or certain of our officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds as may be required on a non-interestbasis. If we complete our initial business combination, we may repay such loaned amounts out of the proceeds held in the trust account released to us. In the event that the initial business combination does not close, we may use a portion of theworking capital held outside the trust account to repay such loaned amounts but no proceeds from our trust account would be used for such repayment. Up to $1,200,000 of such loans may be convertible into Class A ordinary shares, at a price of$10.00 per share at the option of the lender. Except as set forth above, the terms of such loans, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans. Prior to the completion of our initial businesscombination, we do not expect to seek loans from parties other than our sponsor or an affiliate of our sponsor as we do not believe third parties will be willing to loan such funds and provide a waiver against any and all rights to seek access tofunds in our trust account.

After our initial business combination, members of our management team who remain with us may be paid consulting, managementor other fees from the combined company with any and all amounts being fully disclosed to our shareholders, to the extent then known, in the proxy solicitation or tender offer materials, as applicable, furnished to our shareholders. It is unlikelythe amount of such compensation will be known at the time of distribution of such tender offer materials or at the time of a general meeting held to consider our initial business combination, as applicable, as it will be up to the directors of thepost-combination business to determine executive and director compensation.

We have entered into a registration and shareholder rights agreement withrespect to the founder shares and the price placement shares, which agreement is described under the heading “Principal Shareholders — Registration and Shareholder Rights.”

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements; Commitments and Contractual Obligations; Quarterly Results

As of June 8, 2021, we did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements as defined inItem 303(a)(4)(ii) of Regulation S-K and did not have any commitments or contractual obligations. No unaudited quarterly operating data is included in this prospectus as we have not conducted anyoperations to date.

JOBS Act

TheJOBS Act contains provisions that, among other things, relax certain reporting requirements for qualifying public companies. We will qualify as an “emerging growth company” and under the JOBS Act will be allowed to comply with new orrevised accounting pronouncements based on the effective date for private (not publicly traded) companies. We are electing to delay the adoption of new or revised accounting standards, and as a result, we may not comply with new or revisedaccounting standards on the relevant dates on which adoption of such standards is required for non-emerging growth companies. As a result, our financial statements may not be comparable to companies thatcomply with new or revised accounting pronouncements as of public company effective dates.

Additionally, we are in the process ofevaluating the benefits of relying on the other reduced reporting requirements provided by the JOBS Act. Subject to certain conditions set forth in the JOBS Act, if, as an “emerging growth company,” we choose to rely on such exemptions wemay not be required to, among other things, (i) provide an auditor’s attestation report on our system of internal controls over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, (ii) provide all of thecompensation disclosure that may be required of non-emerging growth public companies under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, (iii) comply with any requirement that may beadopted by the PCAOB regarding mandatory audit firm rotation or a supplement to the auditor’s report providing additional information about the audit and the financial statements (auditor discussion and analysis) and (iv) disclose certainexecutive compensation related items such as the correlation between executive compensation and performance and comparisons of the Chief Executive Officer’s compensation to median employee compensation. These exemptions will apply for a periodof five years following the completion of our initial public offering or until we are no longer an “emerging growth company,” whichever is earlier.

 

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PROPOSED BUSINESS

Introduction

We are a newly incorporatedblank check company incorporated on May 13, 2021 as a Cayman Islands exempted company for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or morebusinesses, which we refer to throughout this prospectus as our initial business combination.

While our efforts to identify a targetbusiness for such initial business combination may span many industries and regions worldwide, we intend to focus on target businesses within Asia, especially on companies within the information technology and technology-enabled sectors, includingbut not limited to: software as a service (SaaS), online video and online video technology, Fintech and smart home technology. We believe our team has the relevant skills and experience to identify such companies that can capture the current marketopportunities. Our ability to identify a potential target for our initial business combination is subject to many risk factors and the uncertainties discussed elsewhere in this prospectus. We have not selected any specific business combinationtarget and we have not, nor has anyone on our behalf, engaged in any substantive discussions, directly or indirectly, with any business combination target with respect to an initial business combination with us.

Our Founders, Our Board of Directors and Management

Our team will be led by Mr. Erlu Lin, our Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Peng Wang, the Chairman of our Board of Directors, andMs. Jing Jiang, our Chief Financial Officer. We believe our team has a broad network of relationships and connections in the Greater China region, enabling us to quickly reach a large number of high-quality target businesses. Our managementteam has accumulated decades of investment experience, investing in innovative and industry leading companies, which we believe gives us strong expertise to assess the value of potential acquisition targets. Over the years, we believe the linesbetween different industries have blurred and more companies are operating across several industries where they have built core competencies. We believe that our broad investment experience across various industries, including finance, technology,consumer and retail, internet, healthcare, and others has given our team significant expertise in identifying market trends and evaluating the potential of a business. In addition to our cross-industry experience, our team also has substantialexperience in transaction management, finance, and law, which we believe allows us to better navigate the uncertainties in the transaction process and create greater value for our shareholders.

Our management team also have substantial experience in assisting with and accelerating the development of investee companies, includingthrough introducing high-quality executives and management, optimizing the company’s overall strategy and market positioning, perfecting implementation of such strategies, developing best practices and standard protocols, and bringing inexternal commercial resources, including access to capital markets and financing.

Erlu Lin has served as our Director and ChiefExecutive Officer since shortly after the inception of the Company. Mr. Lin is currently Managing Partner at Decent Capital (Dingxin 鼎信资本), a private equity fund focused on the technology, enterprise services, consumer and retail sectors in Asia. Prior to joining Decent Capital (Dingxin 鼎信资本), from August 2020 to March 2021, Mr. Lin served as the Director and Deputy General Manager of Lalami,a cross border e-commerce platform. From August 2008 to July 2020, Mr. Lin served at various investment firms in Asia, including D.E. Shaw, Forebright Capital (formerly China Everbright Holdings) and FarEast Horizon, where he participated in the management of every stage of the investment process, including market research and identification of targets, structuring, negotiating and implementing investments, raising equity and debt financing,managing investee companies, and the eventual exit through listing or trade sale. Mr. Lin also served as an Actuarial Consultant at Ernst & Young from August 2008 to March 2010. From these past experiences, Mr. Lin has accumulatedmore than 10 years of experience in investments, corporate finance and corporate management, including how to assist public and private companies

 

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with their financing needs, business development and internal management. His areas of focus include information technology, consumer products and retail, enterprise services and TMT (technology,media and telecommunications). Mr. Lin received a Bachelor’s degree in Statistics from Sun Yat-sen University, a Master’s degree in Actuarial Science from The University of Hong Kong and an EMBAfrom China Europe International Business School.

Peng Wang has served as our Director since shortly after the inception of theCompany. Since March 2018, he has been the Founding Partner and Chairman of Decent Capital (Dingxin 鼎信资本),a private equity fund focused on the technology, enterprise services, consumer and retail sectors in Asia. From March 2017 to February 2018, he served as a Partner of Shenzhen Qianhaidetian Equity Investment Fund Management Co., Ltd. From July 2007to March 2017, he held different positions at China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd., including human resource planning and allocation, Assistant to the President of Shenzhen Xiangxi branch, General Manager of the International Investment Department ofShenzhen Dongmen branch, and Deputy General Manager of the M&A Finance Department of the Investment Banking Division of the Shenzhen head office. Before that, Mr. Wang worked as a part-time consultant in Zhongshi Management Consulting Co.,Ltd. from July 2005 to May 2007 Through these experiences, Mr. Wang accumulated more than ten years of experience in management consulting, investment banking, equity and debt financing and corporate governance. Mr. Wang obtainedBachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Technology and a Master’s degree in Human Resource Management from Renmin University of China. Mr. Wang is currently a candidate in the president class of Cheung Kong Graduate School ofBusiness.

Jing Jiang has served as our Chief Financial Officer since shortly after the inception of the Company.Ms. Jiang is currently an Executive Director at Capital Today where she has been an investment professional since March 2008. At Capital Today, Ms. Jiang is primarily responsible for projects involving private equity investments.Ms. Jiang’s investment experience is focused on the TMT (technology, media and telecommunications) and consumer products sectors and she has participates in more than 10 investments. From November 2003 to August 2006, Ms. Jiang servedas the Director of ChinaHR. From July 2000 to November 2003, Ms. Jiang served as the Sales Manager at Meetchina. Ms. Jiang received a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Ocean University of China and an EMBA from the China EuropeInternational Business School.

Duo Gao has served as our Independent Director since shortly after the inception of the Company.Since August 2020, Mr. Gao has served as the Head of Strategic Customer Solution Center of DingTalk. From August 2014 to August 2020, Mr. Gao has served various positions at Talking Data, including as Partner and Vice President of Salesfrom January 2018 to August 2020. During his time at Talking Data, Mr. Gao was responsible for the company’s business development and its capabilities in using data to create smart solutions for enterprises. From January 2014 to August2014, Mr. Gao served as a Director at Inmobi. From November 2011 to December 2013, Mr. Gao served as a Senior Product Operation Manager and Senior Product Manager in the Zhixin Business department, the Wireless Business department and theLocation-Based Services Business department at Baidu. From October 2008 to October 2011, Mr. Gao served at Chengjitong Navigation in the roles of General Manager at the Shenzhen Branch and later as the CEO’s Assistant. From November 2006to May 2008, Mr. Gao served at Tiger Map as Co-Founder and Product Manager and later in as the Sales Director. Mr. Gao received a Bachelor’s degree in Geographic Information System from WuhanUniversity, a Master’s degree in Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing from Peking University, an EMBA from China Europe International Business School and also completed the advanced training program in Complex System Science at the American SantaFe Institute.

Xinzhong Li has served as our Independent Director since shortly after the inception of the Company. Mr. Li hasover 30 years of investment-related experience. Mr. Li currently serves as a Venture Partner at China-US Green Fund. He served as Managing Partner and Member of the Investment Committee at BHR Partners from April 2013 to September 2020. Priorto joining BHR Partners, Mr. Li served in senior positions with various investment institutions, including as a Director at Peregrine Capital Co., Ltd., as a Managing Director at Alta Capital Co., Ltd., as an Executive Director at BNP ParibasPeregrine Capital Co., Ltd., as a Director at

 

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Anglo Chinese Finance Company, as China Head of M&A at DBS Asia Capital Co., Ltd., and as a Director and IC Member at Bohai Industrial Fund. Mr. Li has decades of experience inidentifying and evaluating investment targets, designing transaction structures, executing investments and acquisitions and assisting in the growth of investee companies. Mr. Li received a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from NankaiUniversity and a Master’s degree in Law from the University of London.

Benjamin W. James has served as our IndependentDirector since June 2021. Mr. James is currently the General Counsel of Webull Financial, a leading provider of electronic trading platform. Before joining Webull, Mr. James had been a corporate and capital markets attorney for nearly 14years and was most recently a Partner in the Hong Kong office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP (U.S.) where he spent nearly 10 years. While at Kirkland, Mr. James focused on corporate and securities law matters, including U.S. equity and debtregistered offerings, Rule 144A/Regulation S equity and debt offerings, private placements and H share offerings. Mr. James has worked extensively across the Greater China region, particularly in the energy and technology sectors.Mr. James has experience in advising Chinese issuers and international underwriters in capital markets transactions, as well as in advising public and private companies and financial institutions in mergers and acquisitions and financingtransactions. Mr. James received a Bachelor’s Degree in International Studies from Brigham Young University and a Juris Doctor degree from the Columbia University School of Law.

Our Competitive Strengths

We intend toleverage what we believe are our competitive strengths in sourcing potential targets. We believe that our competitive strengths include, but are not limited to, the following:

 

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Network and resources: We believe our team has access to a large network of experts and entrepreneurs inthe information technology and technology-enabled industries through our team’s past experience in these sectors. In addition, through decades of investment experience, our team has developed a large network of deal professionals, includinglawyers, brokers, consultants, accountants and other professionals. In particular, our team regularly works with private equity funds and the companies they invest in. We believe the above experience, network and access would be valuable to ourmanagement team both in identifying and evaluating target companies and in facilitating our target company continued growth, which we believe will make us a more attractive business partner with potential targets.

 

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Investment experience and knowledge: We believe that through decades of investment experience, our teamhas accumulated significant expertise in identifying and evaluating investment targets, including a deep understanding, across various industries, of the relevant industry dynamics and prospects, common business models, core valuation logic, maincommercial strategies and operational pressure points.

 

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Experience in transaction management and mergers and acquisitions: Many of the companies our team hasinvested in have since been listed in Asia and the United States, and many of them have become industry-leading companies. Therefore, we believe our team has strong experience in executing transactions and managing key commercial and legal risks.

 

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Industry knowledge: Our team has spent years learning the dynamics of our target industries and theleading players within such industries and accumulating contacts and resources in such industries. As a result, we believe our team has significant knowledge and resources to help the target business continue to develop and grow.

 

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Capital markets and finance experience: Our team has decades of experience in the capital markets andthe finance sectors, covering banks, securities firms, trusts, funds, and other institutions and products. We believe our team has a strong understanding of the products and risk profiles of various financial institutions, which we believe wouldenable us to identify the most suitable partner (e.g., financing sources) for the continued development of our target business.

 

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Understanding of the Asia market and Asian entrepreneurs: Through decades of experience in making equityinvestments in Asia, we believe our team has accumulated a deep understanding of the Asia market in general and Asian entrepreneurs, which enables us to better understand the unique challenges faced by Asian companies and identifying attractivetargets.

Business Strategy

Our business strategy is to identify and complete our initial business combination with a company within the information technology andtechnology-enabled sectors. China’s information technology and technology-enabled sectors have experienced significant growth in the past two decades. Within these industries, several sub-sectors have experienced particularly rapid growth,including but not limited to: software as a service (SaaS), online video and online video technology, Fintech and smart home technology. Therefore, we intend to seek target businesses for our initial business combination in these two broad sectorswith a particular focus on any high-growth sub-sectors. In our selection process, we intend to leverage our founders’ relationship network, industry experience and knowledge and proven deal sourcing andtransaction management capabilities to access a broad range of differentiated opportunities.

During our search for a complementary targetbusiness, we intend to (i) utilize our understanding of both the global technology trends and overall corporate strategic options to identify potential business combination targets, (ii) leverage the technological, strategic, finance,governance, and transactional experiences of our management team to bring advice and attention to potential business combination targets, and (iii) enhance and accelerate the growth of our business combination target, both organically andthrough acquisitions, to deliver long-term and sustainable growth and value creation to our shareholders. In order to create as much value for our shareholders as possible and optimize our growth, we may also do consecutive mergers and acquisitions.

We believe there is significant room for information technology and technology-enabled companies in Asia to grow. Developments andadvances in information technology in recent years has led to widespread use of and reliance on automation and intelligent systems to increase productivity and efficiency across various sectors. At this stage, information technology has become anintegral part of the modern services industry, improving the quality of service provided to people.

Overview

We believe that, in addition to the overall growth and structural evolvements of China’s economy, the high growth experienced byChina’s information technology and technology-enabled sectors in the past two decades were driven by, among others, the following factors: (i) large number of internet users: according to a report published by DataReportal.com, in January2020, China had approximately 854.5 million of internet users; we believe the demand by such a large number of users have accelerated the advancement of underlying internet technologies and infrastructure; (ii) per capital income:according to data provided by the China Academy of Information and Communication Technology (“CAICT”) and the China Internet Network Information Center (“CINIC”), the per capital disposable income of urban residents in China grewfrom RMB36,396 in 2017 to RMB43,834 in 2020; we believe such robust growth in per capital income has provided strong demand for information technology and technology-enabled products; (iii) according to data provided by CAICT and CINIC, in2020, China’s public cloud services market and private cloud services market are expected to reach a size of RMB 99.1 billion and RMB 79.1 billion, respectively; we believe that as one of the foundations of internet technologies, thedevelopment and maturity of public and private cloud services has provided strong support for rapid development of information technologies; and (iv) according to data provided by CAICT and CINIC, China’s telecommunications industry grew fromRMB1.262 trillion in 2017 to RMB1.36 trillion in 2020; we believe such a huge telecommunications market with substantial growth has provided ample space and support for the information technologies and related services products to develop, competeand evolve.

 

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According to data provided by the PRC Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, in 2020, revenuefrom China’s information technology industry had reached approximately RMB4.99 trillion, representing a year-on-year growth of approximate 17.1%. In recent years,advances in information technology has led to improvements in automation and intelligent services, improving the lives of ordinary people and allowing enterprises to be more efficient. With further advances predicted, the industry is estimated tocontinue its rapid growth.

Within the information technology and technology-enabled sectors, we intend to pay special attention tohigh-growth sub-sections, including without limitation the following:

Software as a service (SaaS)

According to a report jointly published by HAP Academy, Soft8.com and the China Software Industry Association, China’s SaaS sectionreached RMB49.8 billion in 2020, representing a year-on-year growth of approximately 31.6% from 2019, and is expected to reach RMB66.6 billion in 2021.

Online Video and Online Video Technology

According to data provided by the China Netcasting Services Association and Qianzhan Industry Institute, China’s online live-streamingmarket continued to grow from 2016 to 2019 and reached RMB84.3 billion in 2019, and in 2020, this market is expected to exceed RMB150 billion. Further, according to data provided by iResearch, in 2020, China’s enterprise live streamingmarket grew by 158% and reached RMB3.8 billion and is expected to grow by more than 30% each year from 2020 to 2023.

Fintech

According to data provided by CCID Consulting and Qianzhan Industry Institute, in 2019, China’s fintech market exceeded RMB375 billion,and is expected to exceed RMB543 billion by 20922.

Smart Home Technology

According to data provided by iMedia.cn, China’s smart home market grew consistently from 2016 to 2020 and reached RMB170.5 billion in2020, representing a year-on-year growth of 11.4%, and this market is expected to exceed RMB200 billion by 2022.

Acquisition Criteria

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evaluating acquisition opportunities, but we may decide to enter into our initial business combination with a target business that does not meet these criteria and guidelines.

Our acquisition criteria include, but are not limited to, the following:

 

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Targets with operations in information technology or technology-enabled sectors: We intend to seekcompanies that operate in the information technology and technology-enabled sectors that are growing due to new trends in consumer behavior with a focus on sectors including, without limitation, software as a service (SaaS), online video and onlinevideo technology, Fintech and smart home technology. We intend to focus on companies which use and integrate technology to drive meaningful operational improvements and efficiency gains, or use technology solutions, including innovative businessmodels and/or product offerings, to disrupt existing business models and create new paradigms that have large market potential.

 

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Targets with capabilities to leverage compelling market trends in the Greater China and/or other Asianmarkets: We intend to target businesses that have gained sustainable competitive advantages, demonstrated potential for strong growth in the future, and have significant opportunities in and/or synergies with Greater China or other Asianmarkets. We believe this approach will enable us to effectively leverage our strong network to identify attractive opportunities and that the larger market capitalization and public float of the resulting company will be more attractive to ourinvestors. Also, according to data provided by Dealogic, in 2020, only eight Asia-focused SPACs were raised, and in the first three months of 2021, only six Asis-focused SPACs were raised. As such, we see significant opportunities in theAsia-focused segment of the market.

 

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Targets with a strong performance record and high growth prospects: We intend to invest incompanies with fundamentally sound business models, proven track records, and potential for further growth and development. We intend to invest in companies that operate in a large underlying addressable market with strong tail winds that we believewill support significant growth and superior returns over time, including those with embedded or underexploited growth opportunities or those that may benefit from synergistic add-on acquisitions, increasedproduction capacity, expense reductions, technology upgrades and increased operating leverage.

 

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Targets with innovative technologies: We intend to invest in targets that are leaders in the informationtechnology field, so as to capitalize on and further develop their innovative technologies. Our management team will assist in recruiting top talents and create strategies for further refining its technology to enable it to maintain itsindustry-leading position.

 

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Targets led by a strong management team: We intend to acquire businesses that have strong managementteams with a proven track record of driving growth, building long-term competitive advantage and making sound strategic decisions; to the extent we believe it will enhance our shareholder value, we would seek to selectively supplement and enhancethe capabilities of the target business’s management team by recruiting additional talent through our network of relationships.

 

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Targets that create value for the society as a whole: We believe the ultimate goal of informationtechnology is to benefit society by improving the efficiency of enterprises and thereby benefiting the surrounding community. Therefore, we intend to seek target companies that (i) have products that improve the efficiency of enterprises and end-users, and (ii) contribute value to society.

 

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Targets with a sustainable competitive edge and a superior economic model: We intend to seek companiesthat we believe have strong competitive edges that, in our view, can maintain sustainable long-term growth and generate strong and stable cash flows over time. We believe strong financial indicators include (i) business income at a levelappropriate for its size, (ii) track record of profitability, or (iii) healthy cash flows. In addition, we seek target companies whose scale and growth rate is comparable or ahead of those of its competitors in the same industry. Webelieve such companies can benefit from our team’s experience, network and industry insights to drive growth and enhance revenue and operational efficiencies.

 

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Targets with controllable risks: We intend to seek targets that are less susceptible to uncontrollablerisks such as changing government policy, international political risks, sensitivities to public opinion, overreliance on a single major client, and other similar risks.

These criteria and guidelines are not intended to be exhaustive. Any evaluation relating to the merits of a particular initial businesscombination may be based, to the extent relevant, on these general criteria and guidelines as well as other considerations, factors and criteria that our management may deem relevant. In the event that we decide to enter into our initial businesscombination with a target business that does not meet the above criteria and guidelines, we will disclose that the target business does not meet the above criteria and guidelines in our shareholder communications related to our initial businesscombination, which, as discussed in this prospectus, would be in the form of proxy solicitation materials or tender offer documents that we would file with the SEC.

Initial Business Combination

Nasdaqrules require that our initial business combination must occur with one or more target businesses that together have an aggregate fair market value of at least 80% of the assets held in the trust account (excluding the deferred underwritingcommissions and taxes payable, if any, on the income earned on the trust account) at the time of the agreement to enter into the initial business combination. If our board is not able to independently determine the fair market value of the targetbusiness or businesses, we will obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm that is a member of FINRA, or from an independent accounting firm, with respect to the satisfaction of such criteria. Additionally, pursuant to Nasdaqrules, any initial business combination must be approved by a majority of our independent directors.

We anticipate structuring ourinitial business combination so that the post-transaction company in which our public shareholders own shares will own or acquire 100% of the outstanding equity interests or assets of the target business or businesses. We may, however, structure ourinitial business combination such that the post-transaction company owns or acquires less than 100% of such interests or assets of the target business in order to meet certain objectives of the target management team or shareholders or for otherreasons, but we will only complete such business combination if the post-transaction company owns or acquires 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target businesssufficient for it not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”). Even if the post-transaction company owns or acquires 50% or more of the votingsecurities of the target, our shareholders prior to our initial business combination may collectively own a minority interest in the post-transaction company, depending on valuations ascribed to the target and us in our initial business combinationtransaction. For example, we could pursue a transaction in which we issue a substantial number of new shares in exchange for all of the outstanding capital stock of a target. In this case, we would acquire a 100% controlling interest in the target.However, as a result of the issuance of a substantial number of new shares, our shareholders immediately prior to our initial business combination could own less than a majority of our outstanding shares subsequent to our initial businesscombination. If less than 100% of the outstanding equity interests or assets of a target business or businesses are owned or acquired by the post-transaction company, the portion of such business or businesses that is owned or acquired is what willbe valued for purposes of the 80% of net assets test. Nasdaq rules require that our initial business combination must occur with one or more target businesses that together have an aggregate fair market value of at least 80% of the value of theassets held in the trust account (excluding the deferred underwriting commissions and taxes payable, if any, on the income earned on the trust account) at the time of the agreement to enter into the initial business combination. If our initialbusiness combination involves more than one target business, the 80% of net assets test will be based on the aggregate value of all of the target businesses and we will treat the target businesses together as our initial business combination forpurposes of a tender offer or for seeking shareholder approval, as applicable. If our securities are not listed on Nasdaq after this offering, we would not be required to satisfy the 80% requirement. However, we intend to satisfy the 80% requirementeven if our securities are not listed on Nasdaq at the time of our initial business combination.

 

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To the extent we effect our initial business combination with a company or business that maybe financially unstable or in its early stages of development or growth, we may be affected by numerous risks inherent in such company or business. Although our management will endeavor to evaluate the risks inherent in a particular target business,we cannot assure you that we will properly ascertain or assess all significant risk factors.

Our Acquisition Process

In evaluating a prospective target business, we expect to conduct a thorough due diligence review that may encompass, among other things,meetings with incumbent management and employees, document reviews and inspection of facilities, as well as a review of financial and other information that will be made available to us. We will also utilize our operational and capital planningexperience.

The time required to select and evaluate a target business and to structure and complete our initial business combination,and the costs associated with this process, are not currently ascertainable with any degree of certainty. Any costs incurred with respect to the identification and evaluation of a prospective target business with which our initial businesscombination is not ultimately completed will result in our incurring losses and will reduce the funds we can use to complete another business combination.

We are not prohibited from pursuing an initial business combination or subsequent transaction with a company that is affiliated with oursponsor, founders, officers or directors. In the event we seek to complete our initial business combination or, subject to certain exceptions, subsequent material transactions with a company that is affiliated with our sponsor or any of ourfounders, officers or directors, we, or a committee of independent directors, will obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm that is a member of FINRA or an independent accounting firm that such initial business combination ortransaction is fair to our company from a financial point of view.

We currently do not have any specific business combination underconsideration. Our officers and directors have not individually selected a target business. Our management team is continuously made aware of potential business opportunities, one or more of which we may desire to pursue for a business combination,but we have not (nor has anyone on our behalf) had any substantive discussions, directly or indirectly, with any business combination target with respect to an initial business combination with us.

Members of our management team and our directors will directly or indirectly own our ordinary shares following this offering and, accordingly,may have a conflict of interest in determining whether a particular target business is an appropriate business with which to effectuate our initial business combination. Further, each of our officers and directors may have a conflict of interestwith respect to evaluating a particular business combination if the retention or resignation of any such officers and directors was included by a target business as a condition to any agreement with respect to our initial business combination.

In addition, certain of our founders, officers and directors presently have, and any of them in the future may have additional, fiduciary andcontractual duties to other entities. As a result, if any of our founders, officers or directors becomes aware of a business combination opportunity which is suitable for an entity to which he, she or it has then-current fiduciary or contractualobligations, then, subject to their fiduciary duties under Cayman Islands law, or contractual obligations, he, she or it will need to honor such fiduciary or contractual obligations to present such business combination opportunity to such entity,before we can pursue such opportunity. If these other entities decide to pursue any such opportunity, we may be precluded from pursuing the same. However, we do not believe that the fiduciary duties or contractual obligations of our founders,officers or directors will materially affect our ability to complete our initial business combination. Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provide that, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law: (i) noindividual serving as a director or an officer shall have any duty, except and to the extent expressly assumed by contract, to refrain from engaging directly or indirectly in the same or similar business activities or lines of business as us; and(ii) we renounce any interest or expectancy in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, any potential transaction or matter which may be a corporate opportunity for any director or officer, on the one hand, and us, on the other.

 

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In addition, our sponsor, founders, officers and directors may sponsor or form other specialpurpose acquisition companies similar to ours or may pursue other business or investment ventures during the period in which we are seeking an initial business combination. Any such companies, businesses or investments may present additionalconflicts of interest in pursuing an initial business combination. Our founders, officers and directors, are not required to commit any specified amount of time to our affairs, and, accordingly, will have conflicts of interest in allocatingmanagement time among various business activities, including identifying potential business combinations and monitoring the related due diligence. However, we do not believe that any such potential conflicts would materially affect our ability tocomplete our initial business combination.

Operating Model

We intend to focus on businesses that can benefit from the industry knowledge and operational experience of our management team and where webelieve there are opportunities for operational improvements. We believe we can generate attractive returns for our investors through the implementation of our operational strategies focused on (i) assisting the target business expand itsnetwork and build mutual trust and cooperation with entrepreneurs, (ii) pursuing strategic acquisitions that enhance the overall business profile and offer significant synergy opportunities, (iii) creating a strategic plan that helps thetarget business stay competitive and ahead in the industry, (iv) improving the existing talent pool, (v) introducing more external resources to the target business and helping it expand horizontally, (vi) guiding the target businessthrough the process of capital market transactions and financing to enable its further development, and (vii) working closely with the management team of the target business to create strategies to enhance its organic growth. We believe theeffective implementation of the above strategies has the potential to meaningfully accelerate earnings growth of a target business. Based on our experience, we also believe such improved performance can result in public market investors or potentialacquirers valuing the company at a higher multiple of earnings or cash flows, further enhancing shareholder returns. While there can be no guarantees we will identify a target where each or any of these strategies is applicable or that we willeffectively implement these strategies, we believe our management’s experience pursuing similar strategies will be attractive to potential sellers, management teams and our shareholders.

Status as a Public Company

We believeour structure will make us an attractive business combination partner to target businesses. As an existing public company, we offer a target business an alternative to a traditional initial public offering through a merger or other businesscombination with us. In a business combination transaction with us, the owners of the target business may, for example, exchange their shares of stock in the target business for our Class A ordinary shares (or shares of a new holding company)or for a combination of our Class A ordinary shares and cash, allowing us to tailor the consideration to the specific needs of the sellers. We believe target businesses will find this method a more expeditious and cost-effective method tobecoming a public company than a typical initial public offering. The typical initial public offering process takes a significantly longer period of time than the typical business combination transaction process, and there are significant expensesin the initial public offering process, including underwriting discounts and commissions, that may not be present to the same extent in connection with a business combination with us.

Furthermore, once a proposed business combination is completed, the target business will have effectively become public, whereas an initialpublic offering is always subject to the underwriters’ ability to complete the offering, as well as general market conditions, which could delay or prevent the offering from occurring or have negative valuation consequences. Once public, webelieve the target business would then have greater access to capital, an additional means of providing management incentives consistent with shareholders’ interests and the ability to use its shares as currency for acquisitions. Being a publiccompany can offer further benefits by augmenting a company’s profile among potential new customers and vendors and aid in attracting talented employees.

 

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While we believe that our structure and our management team’s backgrounds will make usan attractive business partner, some potential target businesses may view our status as a special purpose acquisition company, including our lack of an operating history and our potential need to seek shareholder approval of a proposed initialbusiness combination, negatively.

We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the SecuritiesAct, as modified by the JOBS Act. As such, we are eligible to take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not “emerging growth companies” including, butnot limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements, andexemptions from the requirements of holding a non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. If some investors find oursecurities less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our securities and the prices of our securities may be more volatile.

In addition, Section 107 of the JOBS Act also provides that an “emerging growth company” can take advantage of the extendedtransition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act for complying with new or revised accounting standards. In other words, an “emerging growth company” can delay the adoption of certain accounting standardsuntil those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. We intend to take advantage of the benefits of this extended transition period.

We will remain an emerging growth company until the earlier of (1) the last day of the fiscal year (a) following the fifthanniversary of the completion of this offering, (b) in which we have total annual gross revenue of at least $1.07 billion, or (c) in which we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer, which means the market value of our ordinaryshares that are held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the end of that year’s second fiscal quarter, and (2) the date on which we have issued more than $1.0 billion in non-convertible debt securities during the prior three-year period.

Financial Position

With funds available for a business combination initially in the amount of $97,500,000 assuming no redemptions and after payment of thedeferred underwriting commissions of $3,500,000 (or $112,125,000 assuming no redemptions and after payment of up to $4,025,000 for the deferred underwriting commissions, if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), in eachcase, after estimated offering expenses of $1,350,000 (and prior to any post-IPO working capital expenses), we offer a target business a variety of options such as creating a liquidity event for its owners,providing capital for the potential growth and expansion of its operations or strengthening its balance sheet by reducing its debt ratio.

Because we are able to complete our initial business combination using our cash, debt or equity securities, or a combination of the foregoing,we have the flexibility to use the most efficient combination that will allow us to tailor the consideration to be paid to the target business to fit its needs and desires. However, we have not taken any steps to secure third-party financing andthere can be no assurance it will be available to us.

Effecting Our Initial Business Combination

General

We are not presentlyengaged in, and we will not engage in, any operations for an indefinite period of time following this offering. We intend to effectuate our initial business combination using cash from the proceeds of this offering, the sale of the private placementshares, and our equity, debt or a combination of these or other sources as the consideration to be paid in our initial business combination.

 

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We may seek to complete our initial business combination with a company or business that maybe financially unstable or in its early stages of development or growth, which would subject us to the numerous risks inherent in such companies and businesses.

If our initial business combination is paid for using equity or debt, or not all of the funds released from the trust account are used forpayment of the consideration in connection with our initial business combination or used for redemptions of our Class A ordinary shares, we may apply the balance of the cash released to us from the trust account for general corporate purposes,including for maintenance or expansion of operations of the post-business combination company, the payment of principal or interest due on indebtedness incurred in completing our initial business combination, to fund the purchase of other companiesor for working capital.

We have not selected any business combination target and we have not, nor has anyone on our behalf, engaged inany substantive discussions, directly or indirectly, with any business combination target with respect to an initial business combination with us. Additionally, we have not engaged or retained any agent or other representative to identify or locateany suitable acquisition candidate, to conduct any research or take any measures, directly or indirectly, to locate or contact a target business, other than our officers and directors. Accordingly, there is no current basis for investors in thisoffering to evaluate the possible merits or risks of the target business with which we may ultimately complete our initial business combination.

Although our management will assess the risks inherent in a particular target business with which we may combine, we cannot assure you thatthis assessment will result in our identifying all risks that a target business may encounter. Furthermore, some of those risks may be outside of our control, meaning that we can do nothing to control or reduce the chances that those risks willadversely affect a target business.

We may need to obtain additional financing to complete our initial business combination, eitherbecause the transaction requires more cash than is available from the proceeds held in our trust or because we become obligated to redeem a significant number of our public shares upon completion of the business combination, in which case we mayissue additional securities or incur debt in connection with such business combination. There are no prohibitions on our ability to issue securities or incur debt in connection with our initial business combination. We are not currently a party toany arrangement or understanding with any third party with respect to raising any additional funds through the sale of securities, the incurrence of debt or otherwise.

Ability to Extend Time to Complete Business Combination

If we anticipate that we may not be able to consummate our initial business combination within 12 months, we may, but are not obligated to,extend the period of time to consummate a business combination two times by an additional three months each time (for a total of up to 18 months to complete a business combination). Pursuant to the terms of our amended and restated Memorandum andArticles of Association and the trust agreement to be entered into between us and Wilmington Trust, National Association on the date of this prospectus, in order to extend the time available for us to consummate our initial business combination, oursponsor, upon at least five days advance notice prior to the applicable deadline, must deposit into the trust account $1,000,000, or $1,150,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full, on or prior to the date of suchapplicable deadline. The sponsor will receive a non-interest bearing, unsecured promissory note equal to the amount of any such deposit that will not be repaid in the event that we are unable to close a business combination unless there are fundsavailable outside the trust account to do so. Such notes would either be paid upon consummation of our initial business combination, or, at the lender’s discretion, converted upon consummation of our business combination into additional privateshares at a price of $10.00 per share.

Sources of Target Businesses

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anticipate that target business candidates may be brought to our attention from various unaffiliated sources, including investment market participants, private equity groups, investment bankingfirms, consultants, accounting firms and large business enterprises. Target businesses may be brought to our attention by such unaffiliated sources as a result of being solicited by us through calls or mailings. These sources may also introduce usto target businesses in which they think we may be interested on an unsolicited basis, since some of these sources will have read this prospectus and know what types of businesses we are targeting. Our officers and directors, as well as theiraffiliates, may also bring to our attention target business candidates of which they become aware through their business contacts as a result of formal or informal inquiries or discussions they may have, as well as attending trade shows orconventions. In addition, we expect to receive a number of proprietary deal flow opportunities that would not otherwise necessarily be available to us as a result of the business relationships of our officers and directors.

While we do not presently anticipate engaging the services of professional firms or other individuals that specialize in business acquisitionson any formal basis, we may engage these firms or other individuals in the future, in which event we may pay a finder’s fee, consulting fee or other compensation to be determined in an arm’s length negotiation based on the terms of thetransaction. We will engage a finder only to the extent our management determines that the use of a finder may bring opportunities to us that may not otherwise be available to us or if finders approach us on an unsolicited basis with a potentialtransaction that our management determines is in our best interest to pursue. Payment of a finder’s fee is customarily tied to completion of a transaction, in which case any such fee will be paid out of the funds held in the trust account. Inno event, however, will our sponsor or any of our existing officers or directors, or any entity with which they are affiliated, be paid any finder’s fee, consulting fee or other compensation by us (other than as outlined below) for servicesrendered prior to, or for any services they render in order to effectuate, the completion of our initial business combination (regardless of the type of transaction that it is). However, our sponsor, executive officers and directors, or any of theirrespective affiliates will be reimbursed for any out-of-pocket expenses related to identifying, investigating, negotiating and completing an initial businesscombination. In the future, we may decide to compensate our executive officers and other employees. Any such payments prior to our initial business combination will be made from funds held outside the trust account.

Each of our officers and directors presently has, and any of them in the future may have, additional, fiduciary or contractual obligations toother entities, and other entities that are affiliates of our sponsor, pursuant to which such officer or director is or will be required to present a business combination opportunity to such entity. Accordingly, if any of our officers or directorsbecomes 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 suchbusiness combination opportunity to such entity, subject to their fiduciary duties under Cayman Islands law. See “Management — Conflicts of Interest.”

Evaluation of a Target Business and Structuring of Our Initial Business Combination

In evaluating a prospective target business, we expect to conduct a thorough due diligence review that may encompass, among other things,meetings with incumbent management and employees, document reviews and inspection of facilities, as well as a review of financial and other information that will be made available to us. If we determine to move forward with a particular target, wewill proceed to structure and negotiate the terms of the business combination transaction.

The time required to select and evaluate atarget business and to structure and complete our initial business combination, and the costs associated with this process, are not currently ascertainable with any degree of certainty. Any costs incurred with respect to the identification andevaluation of a prospective target business with which our initial business combination is not ultimately completed will result in our incurring losses and will reduce the funds we can use to complete another business combination.

 

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In addition, we have agreed not to enter into a definitive agreement regarding an initialbusiness combination without the prior consent of our sponsor.

Lack of Business Diversification

For an indefinite period of time after the completion of our initial business combination, the prospects for our success may depend entirely onthe future performance of a single business. Unlike other entities that have the resources to complete business combinations with multiple entities in one or several industries, it is probable that we will not have the resources to diversify ouroperations and mitigate the risks of being in a single line of business. By completing our initial business combination with only a single entity, our lack of diversification may subject us to numerous economic, competitive and regulatorydevelopments.

Further, we would not be able to diversify our operations or benefit from the possible spreading of risks or offsetting oflosses, unlike other entities which may have the resources to complete several business combinations in different industries or different areas of a single industry. Accordingly, the prospects for our success may be:

 

  

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dependent upon the development or market acceptance of a single or limited number of products, processes orservices.

This lack of diversification may subject us to numerous economic, competitive and regulatory risks, any orall of which may have a substantial adverse impact upon the particular industry in which we may operate subsequent to our initial business combination.

Limited Ability to Evaluate the Target’s Management Team

Although we intend to closely scrutinize the management of a prospective target business when evaluating the desirability of effecting ourinitial business combination with that business, our assessment of the target business’s management may not prove to be correct. In addition, the future management may not have the necessary skills, qualifications or abilities to manage apublic company. Furthermore, the future role of members of our management team, if any, in the target business cannot presently be stated with any certainty. The determination as to whether any of the members of our management team will remain withthe combined company will be made at the time of our initial business combination. While it is possible that one or more of our directors will remain associated in some capacity with us following our initial business combination, it is unlikely thatany of them will devote their full efforts to our affairs subsequent to our initial business combination. Moreover, we cannot assure you that members of our management team will have significant experience or knowledge relating to the operations ofthe particular target business.

We cannot assure you that any of our key personnel will remain in senior management or advisory positionswith the combined company. The determination as to whether any of our key personnel will remain with the combined company will be made at the time of our initial business combination.

Following a business combination, we may seek to recruit additional managers to supplement the incumbent management of the target business. Wecannot assure you that we will have the ability to recruit additional managers, or that additional managers will have the requisite skills, knowledge or experience necessary to enhance the incumbent management.

Shareholders May Not Have the Ability to Approve Our Initial Business Combination

We may conduct redemptions without a shareholder vote pursuant to the tender offer rules of the SEC subject to the provisions of ouramended and restated memorandum and articles of association. However, we will seek shareholder approval if it is required by applicable law or stock exchange listing requirement, or we may decide to seek shareholder approval for business or otherreasons.

 

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Type of Transaction

  

Whether Shareholder Approval is
Required

Purchase of assets  No
Purchase of stock of target not involving a merger with the company  No
Merger of target into a subsidiary of the company  No
Merger of the company with a target  Yes

Under Nasdaq’s listing rules, shareholder approval would typically be required for our initial businesscombination if, for example:

 

  

we issue (other than in a public offering for cash) ordinary shares that will either (a) be equal to or inexcess of 20% of the number of Class A ordinary shares then outstanding or (b) have voting power equal to or in excess of 20% of the voting power then outstanding;

 

  

any of our directors, officers or substantial security holders (as defined by Nasdaq rules) has a 5% or greaterinterest (or such persons collectively have a 10% or greater interest), directly or indirectly, in the target business or assets to be acquired or otherwise and the present or potential issuance of ordinary shares could result in an increase inoutstanding ordinary shares or voting power of 5% or more; or

 

  

the issuance or potential issuance of ordinary shares will result in our undergoing a change of control.

The decision as to whether we will seek shareholder approval of a proposed business combination in those instances inwhich shareholder approval is not required by applicable law or stock exchange listing requirements will be made by us, solely in our discretion, and will be based on business and other reasons, which include a variety of factors, including, but notlimited to:

 

  

the timing of the transaction, including in the event we determine shareholder approval would require additionaltime and there is either not enough time to seek shareholder approval or doing so would place the company at a disadvantage in the transaction or result in other additional burdens on the company;

 

  

the expected cost of holding a shareholder vote;

 

  

the risk that the shareholders would fail to approve the proposed business combination;

 

  

other time and budget constraints of the company; and

 

  

additional legal complexities of a proposed business combination that would be time-consuming and burdensome topresent to shareholders.

Permitted Purchases and Other Transactions with Respect to Our Securities

In the event we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination and we do not conduct redemptions in connection with our initialbusiness combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, our initial shareholders, directors, officers, advisors or any of their affiliates may purchase shares in privately negotiated transactions or in the open market either prior to or followingthe completion of our initial business combination. There is no limit on the number of shares such persons may purchase. However, they have no current commitments, plans or intentions to engage in such transactions and have not formulated any termsor conditions for any such transactions. In the event our initial shareholders, directors, officers, advisors or any of their affiliates determine to make any such purchases at the time of a shareholder vote relating to our initial businesscombination, such purchases could have the effect of influencing the vote necessary to approve such transaction. None of the funds in the trust account will be used to purchase shares in such transactions. They will not make any such purchases whenthey are in possession of any material non-public information not disclosed to the seller or if such purchases are prohibited by Regulation M under the Exchange Act. Such a purchase may include a

 

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contractual acknowledgement 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 redemptionrights. In the event that our initial shareholders, directors, officers, advisors or their affiliates purchase shares in privately negotiated transactions from public shareholders who have already elected to exercise their redemption rights, suchselling shareholders would be required to revoke their prior elections to redeem their shares. We do not currently anticipate that such purchases, if any, would constitute a tender offer subject to the tender offer rules under the Exchange Act or agoing-private transaction subject to the going-private rules under the Exchange Act; however, if the purchasers determine at the time of any such purchases that the purchases are subject to such rules, the purchasers will comply with such rules.

The purpose of such purchases would be to (i) vote such shares in favor of the business combination and thereby increase thelikelihood of obtaining shareholder approval of the business combination or (ii) to satisfy a closing condition in an agreement with a target that requires us to have a minimum net worth or a certain amount of cash at the closing of our initialbusiness combination, where it appears that such requirement would otherwise not be met. This may result in the completion of our initial business combination that may not otherwise have been possible.

In addition, if such purchases are made, the public “float” of our Class A ordinary shares may be reduced and the number ofbeneficial 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.

Our initial shareholders, officers, directors and/or any of their affiliates anticipate that they may identify the shareholders with whom ourinitial shareholders, officers, directors or their affiliates may pursue privately negotiated purchases by either the shareholders contacting us directly or by our receipt of redemption requests submitted by shareholders following our mailing ofproxy materials in connection with our initial business combination. To the extent that our initial shareholders, officers, directors, advisors or their affiliates enter into a private purchase, they would identify and contact only potential sellingshareholders who have expressed their election to redeem their shares for a pro rata share of the trust account or vote against our initial business combination. Such persons would select the shareholders from whom to acquire shares based on thenumber of shares available, the negotiated price per share and such other factors as any such person may deem relevant at the time of purchase. The price per share paid in any such transaction may be different than the amount per share a publicshareholder would receive if it elected to redeem its shares in connection with our initial business combination. Our initial shareholders, officers, directors, and/or any of their affiliates will purchase shares only if such purchases comply withRegulation M under the Exchange Act and the other federal securities laws.

Any purchases by our initial shareholders, officers, directorsand/or any of their affiliates who are affiliated purchasers under Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act will be made only to the extent such purchases are able to be made in compliance with Rule 10b-18, which is a safe harbor from liability for manipulation under Section 9(a)(2) and Rule 10b-5 of the Exchange Act.Rule 10b-18 has certain technical requirements that must be complied with in order for the safe harbor to be available to the purchaser. Our initial shareholders, officers, directors and/or any of theiraffiliates will not make purchases of Class A ordinary shares if the purchases would violate Section 9(a)(2) or Rule 10b-5 of the Exchange Act.

Redemption Rights for Public Shareholders Upon Completion of Our Initial Business Combination

We will provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Class A ordinary shares upon thecompletion of our initial business combination at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, calculated as of two business days prior to theconsummation of the initial business combination, including interest (net of taxes paid or payable), divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, subject to the limitations described herein. The amount in the trust account is initiallyanticipated to be $10.10 per public share. The per share amount we will distribute to investors who properly redeem their shares will not be reduced by the deferred underwriting commissions we will pay to

 

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the underwriters. The redemption right will include the requirement that any beneficial owner on whose behalf a redemption right is being exercised must identify itself in order to validly redeemits shares. There will be no redemption rights upon the completion of our initial business combination with respect to our warrants. Further, we will not proceed with redeeming our public shares, even if a public shareholder has properly elected toredeem its shares, if a business combination does not close. Our initial shareholders have entered into agreements with us, pursuant to which they have agreed to waive their redemption rights with respect to their founder shares and public shares inconnection with the completion of our initial business combination. The other members of our management team have entered into agreements similar to the one entered into by our sponsor with respect to any public shares acquired by them in or afterthis offering.

Limitations on Redemptions

Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will provide that in no event will we redeem our public shares in an amountthat would cause our net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001 (so that we do not then become subject to the SEC’s “penny stock” rules). However, the proposed business combination may require: (i) cash consideration to bepaid to the target or its owners, (ii) cash to be transferred to the target for working capital or other general corporate purposes or (iii) the retention of cash to satisfy other conditions in accordance with the terms of the proposedbusiness combination. In the event the aggregate cash consideration we would be required to pay for all Class A ordinary shares that are validly submitted for redemption plus any amount required to satisfy cash conditions pursuant to the termsof the proposed business combination exceed the aggregate amount of cash available to us, we will not complete the business combination or redeem any shares, and all Class A ordinary shares submitted for redemption will be returned to theholders thereof, and we instead may search for an alternate business combination.

Manner of Conducting Redemptions

We will provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Class A ordinary shares prior to thecompletion of our initial business combination either (i) in connection with a general meeting called to approve the business combination or (ii) by means of a tender offer. The decision as to whether we will seek shareholder approval of aproposed business combination or conduct 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 require us to seekshareholder approval under applicable law or stock exchange listing requirement or whether we were deemed to be a foreign private issuer (which would require a tender offer rather than seeking shareholder approval under SEC rules). Assetacquisitions and share purchases would not typically require shareholder approval while direct mergers with our company and any transactions where we issue more than 20% of our outstanding ordinary shares or seek to amend our amended and restatedmemorandum and articles of association would typically require shareholder approval. We currently intend to conduct redemptions in connection with a shareholder vote unless shareholder approval is not required by applicable law or stock exchangelisting requirement or we choose to conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules of the SEC for business or other reasons. So long as we obtain and maintain a listing for our securities on Nasdaq, we will be required to comply withNasdaq rules.

If we held a shareholder vote to approve our initial business combination, we will, pursuant to our amended and restatedmemorandum and articles of association:

 

  

conduct the redemptions in conjunction with a proxy solicitation pursuant to Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act,which regulates the solicitation of proxies, and not pursuant to the tender offer rules; and

 

  

file proxy materials with the SEC.

In the event that we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination, we will distribute proxy materials and, in connectiontherewith, provide our public shareholders with the redemption rights described above upon completion of the initial business combination.

 

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If we seek shareholder approval, we will complete our initial business combination only ifwe receive the approval pursuant to an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law, which requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the shareholders who attend and vote at a general meeting of the company. In such case, our initialshareholders have agreed to vote their founder shares and any public shares purchased during or after this offering in favor of our initial business combination. As a result, in addition to our initial shareholders’ founder shares and privateplacement shares, we would need 3,495,001, or 34.95% (assuming all outstanding shares are voted and the over-allotment option is not exercised) of the 10,000,000 public shares sold in this offering to be voted in favor of a transaction, in order tohave such initial business combination approved. Each public shareholder may elect to redeem their public shares irrespective of whether they vote for or against the proposed transaction or vote at all. In addition, our initial shareholders haveentered into agreements with us, pursuant to which they have agreed (A) to waive their redemption rights with respect to their founder shares and public shares in connection with the completion of our initial business combination, (B) towaive their redemption rights with respect to their founder shares and public shares in connection with a shareholder vote to approve an amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association that would affect the substance ortiming of our obligation to provide for the redemption of our public shares in connection with an initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we have not consummated an initial business combination within 12 monthsfrom the closing of this offering (or 18 months, if we extend the time to complete a business combination as described in this prospectus).

If we conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules of the SEC, we will, pursuant to our amended and restated memorandum andarticles of association:

 

  

conduct the redemptions pursuant to Rule 13e-4 and Regulation 14E ofthe Exchange Act, which regulate issuer tender offers; and

 

  

file tender offer documents with the SEC prior to completing our initial business combination which containsubstantially the same financial and other information about the initial business combination and the redemption rights as is required under Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act, which regulates the solicitation of proxies.

Upon the public announcement of our initial business combination, we and our sponsor will terminate any plan established in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 to purchase Class A ordinary shares in the open market if we elect to redeem our public shares through a tender offer, to comply with Rule 14e-5under the Exchange Act.

In the event we conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules, our offer to redeem will remain open forat least 20 business days, in accordance with Rule 14e-1(a) under the Exchange Act, and we will not be permitted to complete our initial business combination until the expiration of the tender offerperiod. In addition, the tender offer will be conditioned on public shareholders not tendering more than the number of public shares we are permitted to redeem. If public shareholders tender more shares than we have offered to purchase, we willwithdraw the tender offer and not complete the initial business combination, and we instead may search for an alternate business combination.

Limitation on Redemption Upon Completion of Our Initial Business Combination If We Seek Shareholder Approval

If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination and we do not conduct redemptions in connection with our initial businesscombination pursuant to the tender offer rules, our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will provide that a public shareholder, together with any affiliate of such shareholder or any other person with whom such shareholder isacting 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 Excess Shares, without our prior consent. We believe this restriction will discourageshareholders from accumulating large blocks of shares, and subsequent attempts by such holders to use their ability to exercise their redemption rights against a proposed business combination as a means to force us or our management to purchasetheir

 

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shares at a significant premium to the then-current market price or on other undesirable terms. Absent this provision, a public shareholder holding more than an aggregate of 15% of theClass A ordinary shares that are part of the units sold in this offering could threaten to exercise its redemption rights if such holder’s shares are not purchased by us, our sponsor or our management at a premium to the then-currentmarket price or on other undesirable terms. By limiting our shareholders’ ability to redeem no more than 15% of the Class A ordinary shares that are part of the units sold in this offering without our prior consent, we believe we willlimit the ability of a small group of shareholders to unreasonably attempt to block our ability to complete our initial business combination, particularly in connection with a business combination with a target that requires as a closing conditionthat we have a minimum net worth or a certain amount of cash.

However, we would not be restricting our shareholders’ ability to voteall of their shares (including Excess Shares) for or against our initial business combination.

Tendering Share Certificates in Connection With aTender Offer or Redemption Rights

In connection with any vote held to approve a proposed business combination, public shareholdersseeking to exercise their redemption rights, whether they are record holders or hold their shares in “street name,” will be required to either tender their certificates (if any) to our transfer agent or to deliver their shares to thetransfer agent electronically using The Depository Trust Company’s DWAC (Deposit/Withdrawal At Custodian) System, at the holder’s option, in each case no later than two business days prior to the initially scheduled vote on the proposal toapprove the business combination. The proxy solicitation or tender offer materials, as applicable, that we will furnish to holders of our public shares in connection with our initial business combination will indicate the applicable deliveryrequirements, which will include the requirement that any beneficial owner on whose behalf a redemption right is being exercised must identify itself in order to validly redeem its shares.

Accordingly, a public shareholder would have from the time we send out our tender offer materials until the close of the tender offer period,or up to two business days prior to the vote on the business combination if we distribute proxy materials, as applicable, to tender its shares if it wishes to seek to exercise its redemption rights. Given the relatively short period in which toexercise redemption rights, it is advisable for shareholders to use electronic delivery of their public shares.

There is a nominal costassociated with the above-referenced tendering process and the act of certificating the shares or delivering them through the DWAC System. The transfer agent will typically charge the tendering broker a fee of approximately$             and it would be up to the broker whether or not to pass this cost on to the redeeming holder. However, this fee would be incurred regardless of whether or not we requireholders seeking to exercise redemption rights to tender their shares. The need to deliver shares is a requirement of exercising redemption rights regardless of the timing of when such delivery must be effectuated.

In addition, if we conduct redemptions in connection with a shareholder vote, a public shareholder seeking redemption of its public sharesmust also submit a written request for redemption to our transfer agent at least two business days prior to the vote in which the name of the beneficial owner of such shares is included.

Any request to redeem such shares, once made, may be withdrawn at any time up to two business days prior to the initially scheduled vote onthe proposal to approve the business combination, unless otherwise agreed to by us. Furthermore, if a holder of a public share delivered its certificate in connection with an election of redemption rights and subsequently decides prior to theapplicable date not to elect to exercise such rights, such holder may simply request that the transfer agent return the certificate (physically or electronically). It is anticipated that the funds to be distributed to holders of our public shareselecting to redeem their shares will be distributed promptly after the completion of our initial business combination.

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pro rata share of the trust account. In such case, we will promptly return any certificates delivered by public holders who elected to redeem their shares.

If our initial proposed business combination is not completed, we may continue to try to complete a business combination with a differenttarget until 12 months from the closing of this offering (or 18 months, if we extend the time to complete a business combination as described in this prospectus).

Redemption of Public Shares and Liquidation If No Initial Business Combination

Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will provide that we will have only 12 months from the closing of thisoffering (or 18 months, if we extend the time to complete a business combination as described in this prospectus) to complete our initial business combination. If we do not complete our initial business combination within such 18-month 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 10 business days thereafter, redeem the publicshares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest (less up to $50,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses and net oftaxes paid or payable), 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 liquidation distributions, if any);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 lawto provide for claims of creditors and in all cases subject to the other requirements of applicable law. There will be no redemption rights or liquidating distributions with respect to our warrants, which will expire worthless if we fail to completeour initial business combination within the 18-month time period. Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will provide that, if we wind up for any other reason prior to the consummationof our initial business combination, we will follow the foregoing procedures with respect to the liquidation of the trust account as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than 10 business days thereafter, subject to applicable Cayman Islandslaw.

If we anticipate that we may not be able to consummate our initial business combination within 12 months, we may, but are notobligated to, extend the period of time to consummate a business combination two times by an additional three months each time (for a total of up to 18 months to complete a business combination). Pursuant to the terms of our amended and restatedMemorandum and Articles of Association and the trust agreement to be entered into between us and Wilmington Trust, National Association on the date of this prospectus, in order to extend the time available for us to consummate our initial businesscombination, our sponsor, upon at least five days advance notice prior to the applicable deadline, must deposit into the trust account $1,000,000, or $1,150,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full, on or prior to thedate of such applicable deadline. The sponsor will receive a non-interest bearing, unsecured promissory note equal to the amount of any such deposit that will not be repaid in the event that we are unable to close a business combination unless thereare funds available outside the trust account to do so. Such notes would either be paid upon consummation of our initial business combination, or, at the lender’s discretion, converted upon consummation of our business combination intoadditional private shares at a price of $10.00 per share.

Our initial shareholders have entered into agreements with us, pursuant towhich they have waived their rights to liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to their founder shares if we fail to complete our initial business combination within 12 months from the closing of this offering (or 18months, if we extend the time to complete a business combination as described in this prospectus). However, if our initial shareholders or management team acquire public shares in or after this offering, they will be entitled to liquidatingdistributions from the trust account with respect to such public shares if we fail to complete our initial business combination within the allotted 18-month time period.

Holders of the private shares will not participate in any redemption and liquidation distribution from our trust account with respect to suchshares.

 

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Our sponsor, executive officers, directors and director nominees will have agreed, pursuantto a written agreement with us, that they will not propose any amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association that would affect the substance or timing of our obligation to provide for the redemption of our publicshares in connection with an initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we have not consummated an initial business combination within 12 months from the closing of this offering (or 18 months, if we extend the timeto complete a business combination as described in this prospectus), unless we provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their public shares upon approval of any such amendment at aper-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest (net of taxes paid or payable), divided by the number of then outstanding public shares.However, we may not redeem our public shares in an amount that would cause our net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001 (so that we do not then become subject to the SEC’s “penny stock” rules). If this optional redemption rightis exercised with respect to an excessive number of public shares such that we cannot satisfy the net tangible asset requirement, we would not proceed with the amendment or the related redemption of our public shares at such time. This redemptionright shall apply in the event of the approval of any such amendment, whether proposed by our sponsor, any executive officer, director or director nominee, or any other person.

We expect that all costs and expenses associated with implementing our plan of dissolution, as well as payments to any creditors, will befunded from amounts remaining out of the $750,000 of proceeds held outside the trust account, although we cannot assure you that there will be sufficient funds for such purpose. We will depend on sufficient interest being earned on the proceeds heldin the trust account to provide us with additional cash to pay any tax obligations that we may owe. However, if those funds are not sufficient to cover the costs and expenses associated with implementing our plan of dissolution, we may request thetrustee to release to us an additional amount of up to $50,000 of such accrued interest to pay those costs and expenses.

If we were toexpend all of the net proceeds of this offering and the sale of the private placement shares, other than the proceeds deposited in the trust account, and without taking into account interest, if any, earned on the trust account, the per-share redemption amount received by shareholders upon our dissolution would be $10.10. The proceeds deposited in the trust account could, however, become subject to the claims of our creditors which would havehigher priority than the claims of our public shareholders. We cannot assure you that the actual per-share redemption amount received by shareholders will not be less than $10.10. While we intend to pay suchamounts, if any, we cannot assure you that we will have funds sufficient to pay or provide for all creditors’ claims.

Although wewill seek to have all vendors, service providers (except our independent registered public accounting firm), prospective target businesses and other entities with which we do business execute agreements with us waiving any right, title, interest orclaim of any kind in or to any monies held in the trust account for the benefit of our public shareholders, there is no guarantee that they will execute such agreements or even if they execute such agreements that they would be prevented frombringing claims against the trust account including but not limited to fraudulent inducement, breach of fiduciary responsibility or other similar claims, as well as claims challenging the enforceability of the waiver, in each case in order to gainan advantage with respect to a claim against our assets, including the funds held in the trust account. If any third party refuses to execute an agreement waiving such claims to the monies held in the trust account, our management will considerwhether competitive alternatives are reasonably available to the company, and will only enter into an agreement with such third party if management believes that such third party’s engagement would be in the best interests of the company underthe circumstances. Examples of possible instances where we may engage a third party that refuses to execute a waiver include the engagement of a third party consultant whose particular expertise or skills are believed by management to besignificantly superior to those of other consultants that would agree to execute a waiver or in cases where management is unable to find a service provider willing to execute a waiver. The underwriters of this offering will not execute an agreementwith us waiving such claims to the monies held in the trust account. In addition, there is no guarantee that such entities will agree to waive any claims they may have in the future as a result of, or arising out of, any negotiations, contracts oragreements with us and will not seek recourse against the trust account for any reason. In order to protect the amounts held in the trust account, our

 

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sponsor has agreed that it will be liable to us if and to the extent any claims by a third party for services rendered or products sold to us, or a prospective target business with which we haveentered into a written letter of intent, confidentiality or other similar agreement or business combination agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the trust account to below the lesser of (i) $10.10 per public share and (ii) the actualamount per public share held in the trust account as of the date of the liquidation of the trust account, if less than $10.10 per public share due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, less taxes payable, provided that such liability willnot apply to any claims by a third party or prospective target business who executed a waiver of any and all rights to the monies held in the trust account (whether or not such waiver is enforceable) nor will it apply to any claims under ourindemnity of the underwriters of this offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. In the event that an executed waiver is deemed to be unenforceable against a third party, our sponsor will not be responsibleto the extent of any liability for such third-party claims. However, we have not asked our sponsor to reserve for such indemnification obligations, nor have we independently verified whether our sponsor has sufficient funds to satisfy its indemnityobligations and we believe that our sponsor’s only assets are securities of our company. Therefore, we cannot assure you that our sponsor would be able to satisfy those obligations. None of our officers or directors will indemnify us for claimsby third parties including, without limitation, claims by vendors and prospective target businesses.

In the event that the proceeds inthe trust account are reduced below the lesser of (i) $10.10 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 $10.10 per public sharedue 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 indemnification 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 sponsorto enforce its indemnification obligations to us, it is possible that our independent directors in exercising their business judgment may choose not to do so in any particular instance. Accordingly, we cannot assure you that due to claims ofcreditors the actual value of the per-share redemption price will not be less than $10.10 per public share.

We will seek to reduce the possibility that our sponsor will have to indemnify the trust account due to claims of creditors by endeavoring tohave all vendors, service providers (except our independent registered public accounting firm), prospective target businesses and other entities with which we do business execute agreements with us waiving any right, title, interest or claim of anykind in or to any monies held in the trust account for the benefit of our public shareholders. Our sponsor will also not be liable as to any claims under our indemnity of the underwriters of this offering against certain liabilities, includingliabilities under the Securities Act. We will have access to up to $750,000 from the proceeds of this offering and the sale of the private placement shares with which to pay any such potential claims (including costs and expenses incurred inconnection with our liquidation, currently estimated to be no more than approximately $50,000). In the event that we liquidate and it is subsequently determined that the reserve for claims and liabilities is insufficient, shareholders who receivedfunds from our trust account could be liable for claims made by creditors, however such liability will not be greater than the amount of funds from our trust account received by any such shareholder. In the event that our offering expenses exceedour estimate of $1,350,000, we may fund such excess with funds from the funds not to be held in the trust account. In such case, the amount of funds we intend to be held outside the trust account would decrease by a corresponding amount. Conversely,in the event that the offering expenses are less than our estimate of $1,350,000, the amount of funds we intend to be held outside the trust account would increase by a corresponding amount.

If 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 or insolvency law, and may be included in our bankruptcy or insolvency estate and subject to the claims of third parties with priority over the claims of ourshareholders. To the extent any bankruptcy or insolvency claims deplete the trust account, we cannot assure you we will be able to return $10.10 per public share to our public shareholders. Additionally, if we file a bankruptcy or insolvencypetition or an involuntary bankruptcy or

 

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insolvency petition is filed against us that is not dismissed, any distributions received by shareholders could be viewed under applicable debtor/creditor and/or bankruptcy/ insolvency laws aseither a “preferential transfer” or a “fraudulent conveyance.” As a result, a bankruptcy or insolvency court could seek to recover some or all amounts received by our shareholders. Furthermore, our board of directors may beviewed as having breached its fiduciary duty to our creditors and/or may have acted in bad faith, and thereby exposing itself and our company to claims of punitive damages, by paying public shareholders from the trust account prior to addressing theclaims of creditors. We cannot assure you that claims will not be brought against us for these reasons.

Our public shareholders will beentitled to receive funds from the trust account only (i) in the event of the redemption of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination within 12 months from the closing of this offering (or 18 months, if weextend the time to complete a business combination as described in this prospectus), (ii) in connection with a shareholder vote to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association that would affect the substance or timingof our obligation to provide for the redemption of our public shares in connection with an initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we have not consummated an initial business combination within 12 months from theclosing of this offering (or 18 months, if we extend the time to complete a business combination as described in this prospectus) or (iii) if they redeem their respective shares for cash upon the completion of the initial business combination.In no other circumstances will a shareholder have any right or interest of any kind to or in the trust account. In the event we seek shareholder approval in connection with our initial business combination, a shareholder’s voting in connectionwith the business combination alone will not result in a shareholder’s redeeming its shares to us for an applicable pro rata share of the trust account. Such shareholder must have also exercised its redemption rights described above. Theseprovisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, like all provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, may be amended with a shareholder vote.

Comparison of Redemption or Purchase Prices in Connection With Our Initial Business Combination and If We Fail to Complete Our Initial BusinessCombination.

The following table compares the redemptions and other permitted purchases of public shares that may take place inconnection with the completion of our initial business combination and if we do not complete our initial business combination within 12 months from the closing of this offering (or 18 months, if we extend the time to complete a businesscombination as described in this prospectus).

 

  

Redemptions in

Connection With

Our InitialBusiness
Combination

 

Other Permitted

Purchases of

Public Sharesby Our
Affiliates

 

Redemptions If We Fail

to Complete an Initial

Business

Combination

Calculation of redemption price

 

Redemptions at the time of our initial business combination may be made pursuant to a tender offer or in connection with a shareholdervote. The redemption price will be the same whether we conduct redemptions pursuant to a tender offer or in connection with a shareholder vote. In either case, our public shareholders may redeem their public shares for cash

 

If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination, our initial shareholders, directors, officers, advisors or theiraffiliates may purchase shares in privately negotiated transactions or in the open market either prior to or following completion of our initial business combination. There is no limit to the prices that our initial

 

If we do not complete our initial business combination within 12 months from the closing of this offering (or 18 months, if we extendthe time to complete a business combination as described in this prospectus), we will redeem all public shares at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount, then on deposit in the trustaccount

 

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Redemptions in

Connection With

Our InitialBusiness
Combination

 

Other Permitted

Purchases of

Public Sharesby Our
Affiliates

 

Redemptions If We Fail

to Complete an Initial

Business

Combination

 equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, calculated as of two business days prior to the consummation of the initial business combination (which is initially anticipated to be $10.10 per share), includinginterest (net of taxes paid or payable), divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, subject to the limitation that no redemptions will take place if all of the redemptions would cause our net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001and any limitations (including but not limited to cash requirements) agreed to in connection with the negotiation of terms of a proposed business combination. shareholders, directors, officers, advisors or their affiliates may pay in these transactions. If they engage in such transactions, they will be restricted from making any such purchases when they are in possession of anymaterial nonpublic information not disclosed to the seller or if such purchases are prohibited by Regulation M under the Exchange Act. We do not currently anticipate that such purchases, if any, would constitute a tender offer subject to thetender offer rules under the Exchange Act or a going-private transaction subject to the going-private rules under the Exchange Act; however, if the purchasers determine at the time of any such purchases that the purchases are subject tosuch rules, the purchasers will be required to comply with such rules. (which is initially anticipated to be $10.10 per share), including interest (less up to $50,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses and net of taxes paid or payable), divided by the number of then outstanding publicshares.

Impact to remaining shareholders

 

The redemptions in connection with our initial business combination will reduce the book value per share for our remaining shareholders, whowill bear the burden of the deferred underwriting commissions and taxes payable.

 

If the permitted purchases described above are made, there would be no impact to our remaining shareholders because the purchase price wouldnot be paid by us.

 

The redemption of our public shares if we fail to complete our initial business combination will reduce the book value per share for theshares held by our initial shareholders, who will be our only remaining shareholders after such redemptions.

 

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Comparison of This Offering to Those of Blank Check Companies Subject to Rule 419

The following table compares the terms of this offering to the terms of an offering by a blank check company subject to the provisions ofRule 419. This comparison assumes that the gross proceeds, underwriting commissions and underwriting expenses of our offering would be identical to those of an offering undertaken by a company subject to Rule 419, and that the underwriterswill not exercise their over-allotment option. None of the provisions of Rule 419 apply to our offering.

 

   

Terms of Our Offering

  

Terms Under a Rule 419 Offering

Escrow of offering proceeds

  $101,000,000 of the net proceeds of this offering and the sale of the private placement shares will be deposited into a trust account located in the United States with Wilmington Trust, National Association acting as trustee.  Approximately $88,200,000 of the offering proceeds would be required to be deposited into either an escrow account with an insured depositary institution or in a separate bank account established by a broker-dealer in which thebroker-dealer acts as trustee for persons having the beneficial interests in the account.
Investment of net proceeds  $101,000,000 of the net proceeds of this offering and the sale of the private placement shares held in trust will be invested only in U.S. government treasury obligations with a maturity of 185 days or less or in moneymarket funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations.  Proceeds could be invested only in specified securities such as a money market fund meeting conditions of the Investment Company Act or in securities that are direct obligations of, or obligations guaranteed as to principal orinterest by, the United States.
Receipt of interest on escrowed funds  

Interest income (if any) on proceeds from the trust account to be paid to shareholders is reduced by (i) any income taxes paid orpayable and (ii) in the event of our liquidation for failure to complete our initial business combination within the allotted time, up to $50,000 of net interest that may be released to us should we have no or insufficient working capital tofund the costs and expenses of our dissolution and liquidation.

      
Interest income on funds in escrow account would be held for the sole benefit of investors, unless and only after the funds held in escrow were released to us in connection with our completion of abusiness combination.
Limitation on fair value or net assets of target business      
Nasdaq rules require that we must complete one or more business combinations having an aggregate fair market value of at least 80%
      
The fair value or net assets of a target business must represent at least 80% of the maximum offering proceeds.

 

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Terms of Our Offering

  

Terms Under a Rule 419 Offering

  of the net assets held in the trust account (excluding the deferred underwriting commissions and taxes payable on the income earned on the trust account) at the time of the agreement to enter into the initial businesscombination.  
Trading of securities issued  The units are expected to begin trading on or promptly after the date of this prospectus. The Class A ordinary shares and warrants comprising the units will begin separate trading on the 52nd day following the date ofthis prospectus (or, if such day is not a business day, on the next succeeding business day) unless the underwriters inform us of their decision to allow earlier separate trading, subject to our having filed the Current Report on Form 8-K described below and having issued a press release announcing when such separate trading will begin. We will file the Current Report on Form 8-Kpromptly after the closing of this offering. If the over-allotment option is exercised following the initial filing of such Current Report on Form 8-K, a second or amended Current Report on Form 8-K will be filed to provide updated financial information to reflect the exercise of the over-allotment option. The units will automatically separate into their component parts and will not be tradedafter completion of our initial business combination.  No trading of the units or the underlying Class A ordinary shares and warrants would be permitted until the completion of a business combination. During this period, the securities would be held in the escrow or trustaccount.
Exercise of the warrants  The warrants cannot be exercised until the later of 30 days after the completion of our initial business combination and 12 months from the closing of this offering.  The warrants could be exercised prior to the completion of a business combination, but securities received and cash paid in connection with the exercise would be deposited in the escrow or trust account.
Election to remain an investor  We will provide our public shareholders with the opportunity  A prospectus containing information pertaining to the

 

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Terms of Our Offering

  

Terms Under a Rule 419 Offering

  to redeem their public shares for cash at a per share price equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, calculated as of two business days prior to the consummation of our initial business combination,including interest (net of taxes paid or payable), divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, upon the completion of our initial business combination, subject to the limitations described herein. We may not be required byapplicable law or stock exchange listing requirement to hold a shareholder vote. If we are not required by applicable law or stock exchange listing requirement and do not otherwise decide to hold a shareholder vote, we will, pursuant to ouramended and restated memorandum and articles of association, conduct the redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules of the SEC and file tender offer documents with the SEC which will contain substantially the same financial and otherinformation about the initial business combination and the redemption rights as is required under the SEC’s proxy rules. If, however, we hold a shareholder vote, we will, like many blank check companies, offer to redeem shares inconjunction with a proxy solicitation pursuant to the proxy rules and not pursuant to the tender offer rules. If we seek shareholder approval, we will complete our initial business combination only if we receive the approval pursuant to anordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law, which requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the shareholders who attend and vote at a general meeting of the company. Additionally, each  business combination required by the SEC would be sent to each investor. Each investor would be given the opportunity to notify the company in writing, within a period of no less than 20 business days and no more than 45business days from the effective date of a post-effective amendment to the company’s registration statement, to decide if he, she or it elects to remain a shareholder of the company or require the return of his, her or its investment. Ifthe company has not received the notification by the end of the 45 business day, funds and interest or dividends, if any, held in the trust or escrow account are automatically returned to the shareholder. Unless a sufficient number of investorselect to remain investors, all funds on deposit in the escrow account must be returned to all of the investors and none of the securities are issued.

 

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Terms Under a Rule 419 Offering

  public shareholder may elect to redeem their public shares irrespective of whether they vote for or against the proposed transaction or vote at all.  
Business combination deadline  If we do not complete an initial business combination within 12 months from the closing of this offering (or 18 months, if we extend the time to complete a business combination as described in this prospectus), we will(i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up; (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than 10 business days thereafter, redeem the public shares, at a per-share price,payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest (less up to $50,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses and net of taxes paid or payable), divided by the number of then outstanding publicshares, which redemption will completely extinguish public shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any); and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following suchredemption, 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 in all cases subject tothe other requirements of applicable law  If an acquisition has not been completed within 12 months after the effective date of the company’s registration statement funds held in the trust or escrow account are returned to investors.
Release of funds  Except for the withdrawal of interest to pay our taxes, if any, none of the funds held in trust will be released from the trust account until the earliest of (i) the completion of our initial business combination, (ii) theredemption  The proceeds held in the escrow account are not released until the earlier of the completion of a business combination or the failure to effect a business combination within the allottedtime.

 

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  of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination within 12 months from the closing of this offering (or 18 months, if we extend the time to complete a business combination as described in this prospectus),subject to applicable law, or (iii) the redemption of our public shares properly submitted in connection with a shareholder vote to approve an amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association that would affect thesubstance or timing of our obligation to provide for the redemption of our public shares in connection with an initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we have not consummated an initial business combination within 12months from the closing of this offering (or 18 months, if we extend the time to complete a business combination as described in this prospectus).  
Tendering share certificates in connection with a tender offer or redemption rights  

In connection with any vote held to approve a proposed business combination, public shareholders seeking to exercise their redemption rights,whether they are record holders or hold their shares in “street name,” will be required to either tender their certificates (if any) to our transfer agent or to deliver their shares to the transfer agent electronically using The DepositoryTrust Company’s DWAC (Deposit/ Withdrawal At Custodian) System, at the holder’s option, in each case no later than two business days prior to the initially scheduled vote on the proposal to approve the business combination. Theproxy

  

Many blank check companies provide that a shareholder can vote against a proposed business combination and check a box on the proxy cardindicating that such shareholder is seeking to exercise its redemption rights. After the business combination is approved, the company would contact such shareholder to arrange for delivery of its share certificates to verifyownership.

 

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Terms of Our Offering

  

Terms Under a Rule 419 Offering

  solicitation or tender offer materials, as applicable, that we will furnish to holders of our public shares in connection with our initial business combination will indicate the applicable delivery requirements, which will includethe requirement that any beneficial owner on whose behalf a redemption right is being exercised must identify itself in order to validly redeem its shares. Accordingly, a public shareholder would have from the time we send out our tender offermaterials until the close of the tender offer period, or up to two business days prior to the vote on the business combination if we distribute proxy materials, as applicable, to tender its shares if it wishes to seek to exercise its redemptionrights.  
Limitation on redemption rights of shareholders holding more than 15% of the Class A ordinary shares that are part of the units sold in this offering if we hold a shareholder vote  

If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination and we do not conduct redemptions in connection with our initial businesscombination pursuant to the tender offer rules, our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will provide that a public shareholder, together with any affiliate of such shareholder or any other person with whom such shareholder isacting 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 Excess Shares, without our consent. However, we would not restrict ourshareholders’ ability to vote all of their shares (including Excess Shares) for or against our initial business combination.

  

Many blank check companies provide no restrictions on the ability of shareholders to redeem shares based on the number of shares held by suchshareholders in connection with an initial business combination.

 

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Competition

We expect to encounter intense competition from other entities having a business objective similar to ours, including private investors (whichmay be individuals or investment partnerships), other special purpose acquisition companies and other entities, domestic and international, competing for the types of businesses we intend to acquire. Many of these individuals and entities arewell-established and have extensive experience in identifying and effecting, directly or indirectly, acquisitions of companies operating in or providing services to various industries.

Many of these competitors possess greater technical, human and other resources or more local industry knowledge than we do and our financialresources will be relatively limited when contrasted with those of many of these competitors. While we believe there are numerous target businesses we could potentially acquire with the net proceeds of this offering and the sale of the privateplacement shares, our ability to compete with respect to the acquisition of certain target businesses that are sizable will be limited by our available financial resources. This inherent competitive limitation gives others an advantage in pursuingthe acquisition of certain target businesses. Furthermore, we are obligated to offer holders of our public shares the right to redeem their shares for cash at the time of our initial business combination in conjunction with a shareholder vote or viaa tender offer. Target companies will be aware that this may reduce the resources available to us for our initial business combination. Any of these obligations may place us at a competitive disadvantage in successfully negotiating a businesscombination.

Facilities

Wecurrently maintain our executive offices at 3F International Chamber of Commerce Building A, Fuhua 1st Road, Futian District, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China.

Employees

We currently have twoexecutive officers: Erlu Lin and Jing Jiang. These individuals are not obligated to devote any specific number of hours to our matters but they intend to devote as much of their time as they deem necessary to our affairs until we have completed ourinitial business combination. The amount of time they will devote in any time period will vary based on whether a target business has been selected for our initial business combination and the stage of the business combination process we are in. Wedo not intend to have any full time employees prior to the completion of our initial business combination.

Periodic Reporting and FinancialInformation

We will register our units, Class A ordinary shares and warrants under the Exchange Act and have reportingobligations, including the requirement that we file annual, quarterly and current reports with the SEC. In accordance with the requirements of the Exchange Act, our annual reports will contain financial statements audited and reported on by ourindependent registered public accountants.

We will provide shareholders with audited financial statements of the prospective targetbusiness as part of the proxy solicitation or tender offer materials, as applicable, sent to shareholders. These financial statements may be required to be prepared in accordance with, or reconciled to, GAAP or IFRS, depending on the circumstances,and the historical financial statements may be required to be audited in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. These financial statement requirements may limit the pool of potential target businesses we may acquire because some targets may beunable to provide such statements in time for us to disclose such statements in accordance with federal proxy rules and complete our initial business combination within the prescribed time frame. We cannot assure you that any particular targetbusiness identified by us as a potential business combination candidate will have financial statements prepared in accordance with the requirements outlined above, or that the potential target business will be able to prepare its financialstatements in

 

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accordance with the requirements outlined above. To the extent that these requirements cannot be met, we may not be able to acquire the proposed target business. While this may limit the pool ofpotential business combination candidates, we do not believe that this limitation will be material.

We will be required to evaluate ourinternal control procedures for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021 as required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Only in the event we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer or an accelerated filer and no longer qualify as an emerging growthcompany will we be required to comply with the independent registered public accounting firm attestation requirement on our internal control over financial reporting. A target business may not be in compliance with the provisions of theSarbanes-Oxley Act regarding adequacy of their internal controls. The development of the internal controls of any such entity to achieve compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act may increase the time and costs necessary to complete any suchacquisition.

Prior to the effectiveness of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, we will file a RegistrationStatement on Form 8-A with the SEC to voluntarily register our securities under Section 12 of the Exchange Act. As a result, we will be subject to the rules and regulations promulgated under theExchange Act. We have no current intention of filing a Form 15 to suspend our reporting or other obligations under the Exchange Act prior or subsequent to the consummation of our initial business combination.

We are a Cayman Islands exempted company. Exempted companies are Cayman Islands companies conducting business mainly outside the CaymanIslands and, as such, are exempted from complying with certain provisions of the Companies Act. As an exempted company, we have applied for and received, a tax exemption undertaking from the Cayman Islands government that, in accordance withSection 6 of the Tax Concessions Act (As Revised) of the Cayman Islands, for a period of 20 years from the date of the undertaking, no law which is enacted in the Cayman Islands imposing any tax to be levied on profits, income, gains orappreciations will apply to us or our operations and, in addition, that no tax to be levied on profits, income, gains or appreciations or which is in the nature of estate duty or inheritance tax will be payable (i) on or in respect of ourshares, debentures or other obligations or (ii) by way of the withholding in whole or in part of a payment of dividend or other distribution of income or capital by us to our shareholders or a payment of principal or interest or other sums dueunder a debenture or other obligation of us.

We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of theSecurities Act, as modified by the JOBS Act. As such, we are eligible to take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not “emerging growth companies”including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxystatements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. If someinvestors find our securities less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our securities and the prices of our securities may be more volatile.

In addition, Section 107 of the JOBS Act also provides that an “emerging growth company” can take advantage of the extendedtransition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act for complying with new or revised accounting standards. In other words, an “emerging growth company” can delay the adoption of certain accounting standardsuntil those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. We intend to take advantage of the benefits of this extended transition period.

We will remain an emerging growth company until the earlier of (1) the last day of the fiscal year (a) following the fifthanniversary of the completion of this offering, (b) in which we have total annual gross revenue of at least $1.07 billion, or (c) in which we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer, which means the market value of our ordinaryshares that are held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the end of that year’s second fiscal quarter, and (2) the date on which we have issued more than $1.0 billion in non-convertible debt securities during the prior three-year period.

 

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Additionally, we are a “smaller reporting company” as defined inItem 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 financialstatements. 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 exceeds $250 million as of theend of that year’s second fiscal quarter, or (2) our annual revenues exceeded $100 million during such completed fiscal year and the market value of our ordinary shares held by non-affiliatesexceeds $700 million as of the end of that year’s second fiscal quarter

Legal Proceedings

There is no material litigation, arbitration or governmental proceeding currently pending against us or any members of our management team intheir capacity as such.

 

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MANAGEMENT

Officers, Directors and Director Nominees

Our officers, directors and director nominees are as follows:

 

Name

  

Age

  

Position

Erlu Lin

  

38

  Director, Chief Executive Officer

Jing Jiang

  

43

  Chief Financial Officer

Peng Wang

  

39

  Director

Duo Gao

  

38

  Independent Director

Xinzhong Li

  

63

  Independent Director

Benjamin W. James

  

41

  Independent Director

Erlu Lin has served as our Director and Chief Executive Officer since shortly after the inception ofthe Company. Mr. Lin is currently Managing Partner at Decent Capital (Dingxin 鼎信资本), a private equityfund focused on the technology, enterprise services, consumer and retail sectors in Asia. Prior to joining Decent Capital (Dingxin 鼎信资本), from August 2020 to March 2021, Mr. Lin served as the Director and Deputy General Manager of Lalami, a cross border e-commerce platform. From August2008 to July 2020, Mr. Lin served at various investment firms in Asia, including D.E. Shaw, Forebright Capital (formerly China Everbright Holdings) and Far East Horizon, where he participated in the management of every stage of the investmentprocess, including market research and identification of targets, structuring, negotiating and implementing investments, raising equity and debt financing, managing investee companies, and the eventual exit through listing or trade sale.Mr. Lin also served as an Actuarial Consultant at Ernst & Young from August 2008 to March 2010. From these past experiences, Mr. Lin has accumulated more than 10 years of experience in investments, corporate finance and corporatemanagement, including how to assist public and private companies with their financing needs, business development and internal management. His areas of focus include information technology, consumer products and retail, enterprise services and TMT(technology, media and telecommunications). Mr. Lin received a Bachelor’s degree in Statistics from Sun Yat-sen University, a Master’s degree in Actuarial Science from The University of HongKong and an EMBA from China Europe International Business School.

Peng Wang has served as our Director since shortly afterthe inception of the Company. Since March 2018, he has been the Founding Partner and Chairman of Decent Capital (Dingxin 鼎信资本), a private equity fund focused on the technology, enterprise services, consumer and retail sectors in Asia. From March 2017 to February 2018, he served as a Partner of Shenzhen QianhaidetianEquity Investment Fund Management Co., Ltd. From July 2007 to March 2017, he held different positions at China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd., including human resource planning and allocation, Assistant to the President of Shenzhen Xiangxi branch, GeneralManager of the International Investment Department of Shenzhen Dongmen branch, and Deputy General Manager of the M&A Finance Department of the Investment Banking Division of the Shenzhen head office. Before that, Mr. Wang worked as apart-time consultant in Zhongshi Management Consulting Co., Ltd. from July 2005 to May 2007 Through these experiences, Mr. Wang accumulated more than ten years of experience in management consulting, investment banking, equity and debtfinancing and corporate governance. Mr. Wang obtained Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Technology and a Master’s degree in Human Resource Management from Renmin University of China. Mr. Wang is currently a candidate inthe president class of Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business.

Jing Jiang has served as our Chief Financial Officer sinceshortly after the inception of the Company. Ms. Jiang is currently an Executive Director at Capital Today where she has been an investment professional since March 2008. At Capital Today, Ms. Jiang is primarily responsible for projectsinvolving private equity investments. Ms. Jiang’s investment experience is focused on the TMT (technology, media and telecommunications) and consumer products sectors and she has participates in more than 10 investments. From November 2003to August 2006, Ms. Jiang served as the Director of ChinaHR. From July 2000 to November 2003, Ms. Jiang served as the Sales Manager at Meetchina. Ms. Jiang received a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Ocean University of Chinaand an EMBA from the China Europe International Business School.

 

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Duo Gao has served as our Independent Director since shortly after the inception ofthe Company. Since August 2020, Mr. Gao has served as the Head of Strategic Customer Solution Center of DingTalk. From August 2014 to August 2020, Mr. Gao has served various positions at Talking Data, including as Partner and VicePresident of Sales from January 2018 to August 2020. During his time at Talking Data, Mr. Gao was responsible for the company’s business development and its capabilities in using data to create smart solutions for enterprises. From January2014 to August 2014, Mr. Gao served as a Director at Inmobi. From November 2011 to December 2013, Mr. Gao served as a Senior Product Operation Manager and Senior Product Manager in the Zhixin Business department, the Wireless Businessdepartment and the Location-Based Services Business department at Baidu. From October 2008 to October 2011, Mr. Gao served at Chengjitong Navigation in the roles of General Manager at the Shenzhen Branch and later as the CEO’s Assistant.From November 2006 to May 2008, Mr. Gao served at Tiger Map as Co-Founder and Product Manager and later in as the Sales Director. Mr. Gao received a Bachelor’s degree in Geographic InformationSystem from Wuhan University, a Master’s degree in Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing from Peking University, an EMBA from China Europe International Business School and also completed the advanced training program in Complex System Science atthe American Santa Fe Institute.

Xinzhong Li has served as our Independent Director since shortly after the inception of theCompany. Mr. Li has over 30 years of investment-related experience. Mr. Li currently serves as a Venture Partner at China-US Green Fund. He served as Managing Partner and Member of the InvestmentCommittee at BHR Partners from April 2013 to September 2020. Prior to joining BHR Partners, Mr. Li served in senior positions with various investment institutions, including as a Director at Peregrine Capital Co., Ltd., as a Managing Directorat Alta Capital Co., Ltd., as an Executive Director at BNP Paribas Peregrine Capital Co., Ltd., as a Director at Anglo Chinese Finance Company, as China Head of M&A at DBS Asia Capital Co., Ltd., and as a Director and IC Member at BohaiIndustrial Fund. Mr. Li has decades of experience in identifying and evaluating investment targets, designing transaction structures, executing investments and acquisitions and assisting in the growth of investee companies. Mr. Li receiveda Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Nankai University and a Master’s degree in Law from the University of London.

BenjaminW. James has served as our Independent Director since June 2021. Mr. James is currently the General Counsel of Webull Corporation, a leading electronic trading platform. Before joining Webull, Mr. James worked in private practice as a corporateand capital markets attorney for nearly 14 years, most recently as a partner in the Hong Kong office of Kirkland & Ellis where he spent nearly 10 years. While at Kirkland & Ellis, Mr. James focused on corporate and securities law matters,including U.S.-registered equity and all aspects of special purpose acquisition companies. Mr. James has worked extensively across the Greater China region, and has experience in advising Chinese issuers and international underwriters in capitalmarkets transactions, as well as in advising public and private companies and financial institutions in mergers and acquisitions and financing transactions. Mr. James received a Bachelor’s Degree in International Studies from Brigham YoungUniversity and a Juris Doctor degree from the Columbia University School of Law.

Number and Terms of Office of Officers and Directors

We intend to have five directors upon the effectiveness of this prospectus, each of whom will serve a three-year term. We may not hold ageneral meeting of shareholders until after we consummate our initial business combination. In addition, the founder shares, all of which are held by our initial shareholders, will entitle the initial shareholders to elect all of our directors priorto our initial business combination. Holders of our public shares will have no right to vote on the election of directors during such time. These provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association may only be amendedby a special resolution passed by a majority of at least 90% of our ordinary shares voting in a general meeting. As a result, you will not have any influence over the election of directors prior to our initial business combination.

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an initial business combination, holders of a majority of our founder shares may remove a member of the board of directors for any reason.

Our officers are appointed by the board of directors and serve at the discretion of the board of directors, rather than for specific terms ofoffice. Our board of directors will be authorized to appoint persons to the offices as set forth in our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association as it deems appropriate. Our amended and restated memorandum and articles ofassociation will provide that our officers may consist of one or more chairmen of the board, chief executive officer, a president, chief financial officer, vice presidents, secretary, treasurer and such other offices as may be determined by theboard of directors.

Director Independence

Nasdaq listing standards require that a majority of our board of directors be independent. An “independent director” is definedgenerally as a person other than an officer or employee of the company or its subsidiaries or any other individual having a relationship which in the opinion of the company’s board of directors, would interfere with the director’s exerciseof independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director. Our board of directors has determined that each of Duo Gao, Xinzhong Li and Benjamin W. James are “independent directors” as defined in the Nasdaq listingstandards and applicable SEC rules. Our independent directors will have regularly scheduled meetings at which only independent directors are present.

Executive Officer and Director Compensation

None of our officers or directors have to date received any compensation for services rendered to us. In the future, we will pay certain of ourofficers and directors cash compensation for their services rendered to us. We will pay each of our directors Benjamin W. James and Xinzhong Li approximately $100,000 per year, and pay each of our officer Jing Jiang and director Duo Gaoapproximately $70,000 per year for their services prior to the consummation of our initial business combination, which is paid monthly, subject to annual review and adjustment by us. Our sponsor, officers, directors and their respective affiliateswill be reimbursed for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with activities on our behalf such as identifying potential target businesses andperforming due diligence on suitable business combinations. Our audit committee will review on a quarterly basis all payments that were made by us to our sponsor, officers, directors or our or any of their respective affiliates.

After the completion of our initial business combination, directors or members of our management team who remain with us may be paidconsulting or management fees from the combined company. All of these fees will be fully disclosed to shareholders, to the extent then known, in the tender offer materials or proxy solicitation materials furnished to our shareholders in connectionwith a proposed business combination. We have not established any limit on the amount of such fees that may be paid by the combined company to our directors or members of management. It is unlikely the amount of such compensation will be known atthe time of the proposed business combination, because the directors of the post-combination business will be responsible for determining officer and director compensation. Any compensation to be paid to our officers will be determined, orrecommended to the board of directors for determination, either by a compensation committee constituted solely by independent directors or by a majority of the independent directors on our board of directors.

Following a business combination, to the extent we deem it necessary, we may seek to recruit additional managers to supplement the incumbentmanagement team of the target business. We cannot assure you that we will have the ability to recruit additional managers, or that additional managers will have the requisite skills, knowledge or experience necessary to enhance the incumbentmanagement.

Committees of the Board of Directors

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composed of independent directors, nor will we have a nominating and governance committee. Subject to phase-in rules and a limited exception, therules of NASDAQ and Rule 10A-3 of the Exchange Act require that the audit committee of a listed company be comprised solely of independent directors, and the rules of NASDAQ require that thecompensation committee of a listed company be comprised solely of independent directors.

Audit Committee

Upon the effectiveness of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, we will establish an audit committee of the boardof directors. Duo Gao, Xinzhong Li and Benjamin W. James will serve as members of our audit committee. Under Nasdaq listing standards and applicable SEC rules, we are required to have three members of the audit committee, all of whom must beindependent, subject to the certain phase-in provisions. Each of Duo Gao, Xinzhong Li and Benjamin W. James meet the independent director standard under Nasdaq listing standards and under Rule 10A-3(b)(1) of the Exchange Act.

Xinzhong Li will serve as the Chairman of the auditcommittee. Each member of the audit committee meets the financial literacy requirements of Nasdaq, and our board of directors has determined that Xinzhong Li qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert” as defined in applicable SECrules. The primary purposes of our audit committee are to assist the board’s oversight of:

 

  

the integrity of our financial statements;

 

  

our compliance with legal and regulatory requirements;

 

  

the qualifications, engagement, compensation, independence and performance of our independent registered publicaccounting firm;

 

  

our process relating to risk management and the conduct and systems of internal control over financial reportingand disclosure controls and procedures; and

 

  

the performance of our internal audit function.

The audit committee will be governed by a charter that complies with the rules of Nasdaq.

Director Nominations

We do nothave a standing nominating committee. In accordance with Rule 5605(e)(2) of the NASDAQ Rules, a majority of the independent directors may recommend a director nominee for selection by the board of directors. The board of directors believesthat the independent directors can satisfactorily carry out the responsibility of properly selecting or approving director nominees without the formation of a standing nominating committee. As there is no standing nominating committee, we do nothave a nominating committee charter in place.

The board of directors will also consider director candidates recommended for nomination byour shareholders during such times as they are seeking proposed nominees to stand for election at the next annual general meeting of shareholders (or, if applicable, a special meeting of shareholders). Our shareholders that wish to nominate adirector for election to our board of directors should follow the procedures set forth in our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association.

We have not formally established any specific, minimum qualifications that must be met or skills that are necessary for directors to possess.In general, in identifying and evaluating nominees for director, our board of directors considers educational background, diversity of professional experience, knowledge of our business, integrity, professional reputation, independence, wisdom, andthe ability to represent the best interests of our shareholders.

 

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Code of Ethics

Upon the effectiveness of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, we will have adopted a code of ethics and businessconduct (our “Code of Ethics”) applicable to our directors, officers and employees. We will file a copy of our Code of Ethics and our audit committee charter as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is apart. You will be able to review these documents by accessing our public filings at the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov. In addition, a copy of the Code of Ethics will be provided without charge upon request fromus. We intend to disclose any amendments to or waivers of certain provisions of our Code of Ethics in a Current Report on Form 8-K.

Conflicts of Interest

Under CaymanIslands law, directors and officers owe the following fiduciary duties:

 

  

duty to act in good faith in what the director or officer believes to be in the best interests of the company asa whole;

 

  

duty to exercise powers for the purposes for which those powers were conferred and not for a collateral purpose;

 

  

directors should not improperly fetter the exercise of future discretion;

 

  

duty to exercise powers fairly as between different sections of shareholders;

 

  

duty not to put themselves in a position in which there is a conflict between their duty to the company and theirpersonal interests; and

 

  

duty to exercise independent judgment.

In addition to the above, directors also owe a duty of care which is not fiduciary in nature. This duty has been defined as a requirement toact as a reasonably diligent person having both the general knowledge, skill and experience that may reasonably be expected of a person carrying out the same functions as are carried out by that director in relation to the company and the generalknowledge skill and experience of that director.

As set out above, directors have a duty not to put themselves in a position of conflictand this includes a duty not to engage in self-dealing, or to otherwise benefit as a result of their position. However, in some instances what would otherwise be a breach of this duty can be forgiven and/or authorized in advance by the shareholdersprovided that there is full disclosure by the directors. This can be done by way of permission granted in the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association or alternatively by shareholder approval at general meetings.

Each of our officers and directors presently has, and any of them in the future may have, additional, fiduciary or contractual obligations toother entities pursuant to which such officer or director is or will be required to present a business combination opportunity to such entity. Accordingly, if any of our officers or directors becomes aware of a business combination opportunity whichis suitable for an entity to which he or she has then-current fiduciary or contractual obligations, he or she will honor his or her fiduciary or contractual obligations to present such business combination opportunity to such entity, subject totheir fiduciary duties under Cayman Islands law. Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provide that, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law: (i) no individual serving as a director or anofficer 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 orexpectancy in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, any potential transaction or matter which may be a corporate opportunity for any director or officer, on the one hand, and us, on the other. We do not believe, however, that thefiduciary duties or contractual obligations of our officers or directors will materially affect our ability to complete our initial business combination.

 

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Below is a table summarizing the entities to which our executive officers and directornominees have fiduciary duties or contractual obligations as of the date of this prospectus:

 

Individual  Entity  Entity’s Business  Affiliation

Erlu Lin

  Decent Capital Lalami (Group) Co. Ltd.  Fund Consumer  Managing Partner
Director

Peng Wang

  Decent Capital  Fund  Founding Partner
  Deepcare Medical Holdings Limited  Healthcare  Director
  Dingxin Capital Limited  Investment  Director
  Qianhai Starlight Capital Limited  Investment  Director
  Qianhai Starlight Capital SPC  Investment  Director
  Shenzhen Qianrongda Technology Co., Ltd.  Electronic Products  General Manager
  Zhuhai Dingxin Huaxuan Asset Management Partnership (Limited Partnership)  Investment  General Manager
  Zhuhai Dingxin Tenghui Asset Management Partnership (Limited Partnership)  Investment  General Manager
  Ganzhou Lixin Investment Center (Limited Partnership)  Investment  General Manager
  Zhuhai Dingxin Rongcheng Investment Center (Limited Partnership)  Investment  General Manager
  Xinyu Dingyi Yaocheng Asset Management Partnership (Limited Partnership)  Investment  General Manager
  Zhuhai Dingxin Huaming Enterprise Consulting Partnership (Limited Partnership)  Investment  General Manager
  Zhuhai Dingxin Huazhi Equity Investment Fund Partnership (Limited Partnership)  Investment  General Manager
  Zhuhai Dingxin Huaheng Equity Investment Fund Partnership (Limited Partnership)  Investment  General Manager
  Zhuhai Dingxin Huarui Equity Investment Fund Partnership (Limited Partnership)  Investment  General Manager
  Zhuhai Dingxin Huahao Equity Investment Fund Partnership (Limited Partnership)  Investment  General Manager
  Zhuhai Dingxin Huacheng Equity Investment Fund Partnership (Limited Partnership)  Investment  General Manager
  Zhuhai Dingxin Huaguan Equity Investment Fund Partnership (Limited Partnership)  Investment  General Manager
  Zhuhai Dingxin Huafeng Equity Investment Fund Partnership (Limited Partnership)  Investment  General Manager
  Zhuhai Dingxin Huamao Equity Investment Fund Partnership (Limited Partnership)  Investment  General Manager

 

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Individual  Entity  Entity’s Business  Affiliation
  Zhuhai Dingxin Huasheng Equity Investment Fund Partnership (Limited Partnership)  Investment  General Manager
  Zhuhai Dingxin Huabo Equity Investment Fund Partnership (Limited Partnership)  Investment  General Manager
  Zhuhai Dingxin Huahong Equity Investment Fund Partnership (Limited Partnership)  Investment  General Manager
  Zhuhai Dingxin Huayao Equity Investment Fund Partnership (Limited Partnership)  Investment  General Manager
  Zhuhai Dingxin Huayang Equity Investment Fund Partnership (Limited Partnership)  Investment  General Manager
  Zhuhai Dingxin Huarong Equity Investment Fund Partnership (Limited Partnership)  Investment  General Manager
  Zhuhai Dingxin Huazhen Equity Investment Fund Partnership (Limited Partnership)  Investment  General Manager
  Zhuhai Dingxin Huaheng Equity Investment Fund Partnership (Limited Partnership)  Investment  General Manager
  Zhuhai Dingxin Rongguang Investment Center (Limited Partnership)  Investment  General Manager
  Zhuhai Dingxin Rongcheng Investment Center (Limited Partnership)  Investment  General Manager

Jing Jiang

  Today Capital  Fund  Executive Director
  Zhiyuanchuangxiang Ltd.  Consumer  Director
  Ledian Shangmao Ltd.  Consumer  Director
  Laoshengchang Restaurant Ltd.  Consumer  Director
  Jingshi E-commerce Ltd.  Consumer  Director

Benjamin W. James

  Webull Corporation  Securities  General counsel

Xinzhong Li

  Bocheng Gaohua Investment Consulting (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.  Consulting  Executive Director

Duo Gao

  DingTalk  Software  Head of Strategic
customer solution
center

Potential investors should also be aware of the following other potential conflicts of interest:

 

  

Our executive officers and directors are not required to, and will not, commit their full time to our affairs,which may result in a conflict of interest in allocating their time between our operations and our search for a business combination and their other businesses. We do not intend to have any full-time employees prior to the completion of our initialbusiness combination. Each of our executive officers is engaged in several other business endeavors for which he may be entitled to substantial compensation, and our executive officers are not obligated to contribute any specific number of hours perweek to our affairs.

 

  

Our sponsor purchased founder shares prior to the date of this prospectus and will purchase private placementshares in a transaction that will close simultaneously with the closing of this offering. Our initial shareholders have entered into agreements with us, pursuant to which they have agreed to waive their redemption rights with respect to theirfounder shares and public shares in connection with the

 

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completion of our initial business combination. The other members of our management team have entered into agreements similar to the one entered into by our sponsor with respect to any publicshares acquired by them in or after this offering. Additionally, our initial shareholders have agreed to waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to their founder shares if we fail to complete our initialbusiness combination within the prescribed time frame. Our initial shareholders have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell (i) 50% of the founder shares, for a period ending on the earlier of thesix-month anniversary of the date of the consummation of our initial business combination and the date on which the closing price of our Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $12.50 per share (asadjusted for share splits, share dividends, reorganizations and recapitalizations) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period following the consummation of our initial business combination and(ii) with respect to the remaining 50% of the founder shares, for a period ending on the six-month anniversary of the date of the consummation of our initial business combination, or, in either case,earlier if, subsequent to our initial business combination, we consummate a subsequent liquidation, merger, stock exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of our shareholders having the right to exchange their shares for cash,securities or other property (except as described in the section entitled “Principal Shareholders — Restrictions on Transfers of Founder Shares and Private Placement Shares”). Any permitted transferees will be subject to the samerestrictions and other agreements of our initial shareholders with respect to any founder shares. The private placements shares will not be transferable until 30 days following the completion of our initial business combination. Because each ofour executive officers and director nominees will own ordinary shares or warrants directly or indirectly, they may have a conflict of interest in determining whether a particular target business is an appropriate business with which to effectuateour initial business combination.

 

  

Our officers and directors may have a conflict of interest with respect to evaluating a particular businesscombination if the retention or resignation of any such officers and directors was included by a target business as a condition to any agreement with respect to our initial business combination.

We are not prohibited from pursuing an initial business combination or subsequent transaction with a company that is affiliated with oursponsor, founders, officers or directors. In the event we seek to complete our initial business combination or, subject to certain exceptions, subsequent material transactions with a company that is affiliated with our sponsor or any of ourfounders, officers or directors, we, or a committee of independent directors, will obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm that is a member of FINRA or an independent accounting firm that such initial business combination ortransaction is fair to our company from a financial point of view. We are not required to obtain such an opinion in any other context. Furthermore, in no event will our sponsor or any of our existing officers or directors, or any of their respectiveaffiliates, be paid by the company any finder’s fee, consulting fee or other compensation (other than as outlined below) for services rendered prior to, or for any services they render in order to effectuate, the completion of our initialbusiness combination. In the future, we may decide to compensate our executive officers and other employees. Any such payments prior to our initial business combination will be made from funds held outside the trust account.

We cannot assure you that any of the above mentioned conflicts will be resolved in our favor.

In addition, we have agreed not to enter into a definitive agreement regarding an initial business combination without the prior consent ofour sponsor. In the event that we submit our initial business combination to our public shareholders for a vote, our initial shareholders have agreed to vote their founder shares, and they and the other members of our management team have agreed tovote any shares purchased during or after the offering, in favor of our initial business combination.

Limitation on Liability and Indemnification ofOfficers and Directors

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the Cayman Islands courts to be contrary to public policy, such as to provide indemnification against willful default, willful neglect, civil fraud or the consequences of committing a crime. Ouramended and restated memorandum and articles of association will provide for indemnification of our officers and directors to the maximum extent permitted by law, including for any liability incurred in their capacities as such, except through theirown actual fraud, willful default or willful neglect. We will enter into agreements with our directors and officers to provide contractual indemnification in addition to the indemnification provided for in our amended and restated memorandum andarticles of association. We expect to purchase a policy of directors’ and officers’ liability insurance that insures our officers and directors against the cost of defense, settlement or payment of a judgment in some circumstances andinsures us against our obligations to indemnify our officers and directors.

Our officers and directors have agreed to waive any right,title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies in the trust account, and have agreed to waive any right, title, interest or claim of any kind they may have in the future as a result of, or arising out of, any services provided to us andwill not seek recourse against the trust account for any reason whatsoever (except to the extent they are entitled to funds from the trust account due to their ownership of public shares). Accordingly, any indemnification provided will only be ableto be satisfied by us if (i) we have sufficient funds outside of the trust account or (ii) we consummate an initial business combination.

We believe that these provisions, the insurance and the indemnity agreements are necessary to attract and retain talented and experiencedofficers and directors.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors,officers or persons controlling us pursuant to the foregoing provisions, we have been informed that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.

 

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PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDERS

The following table sets forth information regarding the beneficial ownership of our ordinary shares as of the date of this prospectus, and asadjusted to reflect the sale of our Class A ordinary shares included in the units offered by this prospectus, and assuming no purchase of units in this offering, by:

 

  

each person known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our outstanding ordinary shares;

 

  

each of our executive officers, directors and director nominees; and

 

  

all our executive officers and directors as a group.

Unless otherwise indicated, we believe that all persons named in the table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all of ourordinary shares beneficially owned by them.

On June 7, 2021, we issued to our sponsor an aggregate of 2,875,000 founder shares inexchange for a payment of $25,000 from our sponsor to cover for certain expenses on behalf of us, or approximately $0.009 per share. Prior to the initial investment in the company of $25,000 by the sponsor, the company had no assets, tangible orintangible. The per share price of the founder shares was determined by dividing the amount of cash the sponsor paid for the founder shares by the number of founder shares issued. Up to 375,000 founder shares will be surrendered to us by our sponsorfor no consideration after the closing of this offering depending on the extent to which the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised. The total number of Class B ordinary shares outstanding after this offering and the expirationof the underwriters’ over-allotment option will equal 20% of the total number of Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares outstanding at such time (not including the Class A ordinary shares issued as the privateplacement shares). The Class B ordinary shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares concurrently with or immediately following the consummation of our initial business combination, or earlier at the option of the holderthereof, on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment, as described in this prospectus. If we increase or decrease the size of this offering, we will effect a sharecapitalization or a share repurchase or redemption or other appropriate mechanism, as applicable, with respect to our Class B ordinary shares prior to the consummation of this offering in such amount as to maintain the number of founder sharesat 20% of the total number of Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares outstanding at such time (assuming the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option in full, but not including the Class A ordinary shares issuedas the private placement shares). The post-offering percentages in the following table assume that the underwriters do not exercise their over-allotment option and that our sponsor has surrendered to us for no consideration 375,000 founder shares.

 

   Number of Shares Owned(2)   Approximate
Percentage of
Outstanding
Ordinary Shares
 

Name and Address of Beneficial Owner(1)

  Before
Offering
   After
Offering
   Before
Offering
  After
Offering
 

Decent Group Co. Ltd (oursponsor)(3)

   2,875,000    3,010,000    100  23.14

Erlu Lin(3)

   2,012,500    2,107,000    70  16.20

Peng Wang(3)

   862,500    903,000    30  6.94

All officers, directors and director nominees as a group (2 individuals)

   2,875,000    3,010,000    100  23.14

 

*

Less than one percent.

(1)

Unless otherwise noted, the business address of each of our shareholders is 3F International Chamber ofCommerce Building A, Fuhua 1st Road, Futian District, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China.

(2)

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 The founder shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares concurrently with or immediately following the consummation of our initial business combination, or earlier at theoption of the holder thereof, as described in the section entitled “Description of Securities.” Before the offering, includes up to 375,000 founder shares that will be surrendered to us for no consideration by our sponsor depending on theextent to which the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised. After the offering, assumes no exercise of the over-allotment, and, therefore, the forfeiture of an aggregate of 375,000 founder shares held by our sponsor, and excludesClass A ordinary shares issued as the private placement shares.

 

(3)

Decent Group Co. Ltd is the record holder of the shares reported herein. Mr. Erlu Lin and Mr. PengWang are shareholders of Decent Group Co. Ltd. and have voting and investment discretion with respect to the shares held of record by Decent Group Co. Ltd. Messrs. Lin and Wang disclaim any beneficial ownership of the securities held by Decent GroupCo. Ltd. other than to the extent of any pecuniary interest each may have therein, directly or indirectly.

Immediatelyafter this offering and the expiration of the over-allotment option, our initial shareholders will beneficially own 23.14% of the then outstanding ordinary shares (assuming they do not purchase any units in this offering) and will have the right toappoint all of our directors prior to our initial business combination. Holders of our public shares will not have the right to appoint any directors to our board of directors prior to our initial business combination. Because of this ownershipblock, our initial shareholders may be able to effectively influence the outcome of all other matters requiring approval by our shareholders, including amendments to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association and approval ofsignificant corporate transactions including our initial business combination.

Our sponsor has committed, pursuant to a writtenagreement, to purchase an aggregate of 510,000 private placement shares (or 555,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), at a price per share of $10.00 ($5,100,000 in the aggregate or $5,550,000 if theunderwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), in a private placement that will close simultaneously with the closing of this offering. The private placement shares are subject to the transfer restrictions described below.

Decent Group Co. Ltd, our sponsor, is deemed to be our “promoter” as such term is defined under the federal securities laws.

Restrictions on Transfers of Founder Shares and Private Placement Shares

The founder shares and private placement shares and underlying securities are subject to transfer restrictions pursuant to lock-up provisions in a letter agreement with us to be entered into by our founders, officers and directors. Those lock-up provisions provide that such securities are nottransferable or salable: (i) in the case of the founder shares, (A) with respect to 50% of the founder shares, for a period ending on the earlier of the six-month anniversary of the date of theconsummation of our initial business combination and the date on which the closing price of our Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $12.50 per share (as adjusted for share sub-divisions, sharedividends, reorganizations and recapitalizations) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period following the consummation of our initial business combination and (B) with respect to theremaining 50% of the founder shares, for a period ending on the six-month anniversary of the date of the consummation of our initial business combination, or, in either case, earlier if, subsequent to ourinitial business combination, we consummate a subsequent liquidation, merger, stock exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of our shareholders having the right to exchange their shares for cash, securities or other property; and(ii) in the case of the private placement shares, the private placement shares that may be issued upon conversion of working capital loans and the underlying securities, until 30 days after the completion of our initial business combination.The foregoing restrictions are not applicable to transfers: (a) to our officers or directors, any affiliates or family members of any of our officers or directors, any members of our sponsor or their affiliates, or any affiliates of oursponsor; (b) in the case of an individual, by gift to a member of one of the individual’s immediate family or to a trust, the beneficiary of that is a member of the individual’s immediate family, an affiliate of such person or to acharitable organization; (c) in the case of an individual, by virtue of

 

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laws of descent and distribution upon death of the individual; (d) in the case of an individual, pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order; (e) by private sales or transfers madein connection with the consummation of a business combination at prices no greater than the price at which the applicable securities were originally purchased; (f) by virtue of the laws of the Cayman Islands or the limited liability companyagreement of our sponsor upon dissolution of the sponsor; (g) in the event of the company’s liquidation prior to the completion of a business combination; (h) to the Company for no value for cancellation in connection with theconsummation of our initial business combination, or (i) in the event of our completion of a liquidation, merger, share exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of our shareholders having the right to exchange theirClass A ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property subsequent to our completion of our initial business combination; provided, however, that in the case of clauses (a) through (f) these permitted transferees mustenter into a written agreement agreeing to be bound by these transfer restrictions and the other restrictions contained in the letter agreements.

Registration and Shareholder Rights

Theholders of the founder shares and private placement shares that may be issued upon conversion of working capital loans (and any underlying securities) will be entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration and shareholder rightsagreement to be entered into on or prior to the closing of this offering. The holders of these securities are entitled to make up to three demands, excluding short form demands, that we register such securities. In addition, the holders have certain“piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to our completion of our initial business combination. We will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registrationstatements.

 

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CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

On June 7, 2021, we issued an aggregate of 2,875,000 founder shares to our sponsor in exchange for a payment of $25,000 from our sponsorto cover for certain expenses on behalf of us, or approximately $0.009 per share. Up to 375,000 founder shares will be surrendered to us by our sponsor for no consideration after the closing of this offering depending on the extent to which theunderwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised. The total number of Class B ordinary shares outstanding after this offering and the expiration of the underwriters’ over-allotment option will equal 20% of the total number ofClass A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares outstanding at such time (not including the Class A ordinary shares issued as the private placement shares). The Class B ordinary shares will automatically convert intoClass A ordinary shares concurrently with or immediately following the consummation of our initial business combination, or earlier at the option of the holder thereof, on aone-for-one basis, subject to adjustment, as described in this prospectus. If we increase or decrease the size of this offering, we will effect a share capitalization ora share repurchase or redemption or other appropriate mechanism, as applicable, with respect to our Class B ordinary shares prior to the consummation of this offering in such amount as to maintain the number of founder shares at 20% of thetotal number of Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares outstanding at such time (assuming the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option in full, but not including the Class A ordinary shares issued as the privateplacement shares).

Our sponsor has committed, pursuant to a written agreement, to purchase an aggregate of 510,000 private placementshares (or 555,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), for a purchase price of $10.00 per share ($5,100,000 in the aggregate or $5,550,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), in aprivate placement that will close simultaneously with the closing of this offering. In addition, any private placement shares (or private placement-equivalent ordinary shares) held by our sponsor may not be sold, transferred, assigned, pledged, orhypothecated, or be the subject of any hedging, short sale, derivative, put or call transaction that would result in the economic disposition of the securities by any person for a period of 180 days immediately following the effective date ofthe registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part or commencement of sales of the public offering, except to any underwriter and selected dealer participating in the offering and their bona fide officers or partners, provided that allsecurities so transferred remain subject to the lockup restriction above for the remainder of the time period in compliance with FINRA Rule 5110(g).

The private placement shares are identical to the Class A ordinary shares sold in this offering. However, the holder of the privateplacement shares will be entitled to registration rights. In addition, the private placement shares may not, subject to certain limited exceptions, be transferred, assigned or sold by the holder until 30 days after the completion of our initialbusiness combination. Furthermore, there will be no redemption rights or liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to the private placement shares.

As more fully discussed in the section of this prospectus entitled “Management — Conflicts of Interest,” if any of ourfounders, officers or directors becomes aware of a business combination opportunity which is suitable for an entity to which he, she or it has then-current fiduciary or contractual obligations, then, subject to their fiduciary duties under CaymanIslands law, he, she or it will need to honor such fiduciary or contractual obligations to present such business combination opportunity to such entity, before we can pursue such opportunity.

We are not prohibited from pursuing an initial business combination with a business that is affiliated with our sponsor, its affiliates, orour officers or directors. In the event we seek to complete our initial business combination with a business that is affiliated with our sponsor, its affiliates or our officers or directors, we, or a committee of independent directors, will obtainan opinion from an independent investment banking firm or another independent firm that commonly renders valuation opinions that our initial business combination is fair to our shareholders from a financial point of view.

We currently maintain our executive offices at 3F International Chamber of Commerce Building A, Fuhua 1st Road, Futian District, Shenzhen,Guangdong Province, China.

 

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None of our officers or directors have to date received any compensation for servicesrendered to us. We will pay each of our directors Benjamin W. James and Xinzhong Li approximately $100,000 per year, and pay each of our officer Jing Jiang and director Duo Gao approximately $70,000 per year for their services prior to theconsummation of our initial business combination, which is paid monthly, subject to annual review and adjustment by us.

Other than thesefees, no compensation of any kind, including finder’s and consulting fees, will be paid by the company to our sponsor, executive officers and directors, or any of their respective affiliates, for services rendered prior to or in connection withthe completion of an initial business combination. However, these individuals will be reimbursed for any out-of-pocket expenses related to identifying, investigating,negotiating and completing an initial business combination. Our audit committee will review on a quarterly basis all payments that were made by us to our sponsor, officers, directors or our or their affiliates.

Prior to the closing of this offering, our sponsor may loan us funds to be used for a portion of the expenses of this offering. These loanswould be non-interest bearing, unsecured and are due at the earlier of December 31, 2021 or the closing of this offering. The loan would be repaid upon the closing of this offering out of the estimated$1,350,000 of offering proceeds that has been allocated to the payment of offering expenses.

In addition, in order to fund workingcapital deficiencies or finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial business combination, our sponsor or an affiliate of our sponsor or certain of our officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds as may berequired on a non-interest basis. If we complete our initial business combination, we may repay such loaned amounts out of the proceeds held in the trust account released to us. In the event that the initialbusiness combination does not close, we may use a portion of the working capital held outside the trust account to repay such loaned amounts but no proceeds from our trust account would be used for such repayment. Up to $1,200,000 of such loans maybe convertible into Class A ordinary shares, at a price of $10.00 per share at the option of the lender. Except as set forth above, the terms of such loans, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to suchloans. Prior to the completion of our initial business combination, we do not expect to seek loans from parties other than our sponsor or an affiliate of our sponsor as we do not believe third parties will be willing to loan such funds and provide awaiver against any and all rights to seek access to funds in our trust account.

After our initial business combination, members of ourmanagement team who remain with us may be paid consulting, management or other fees from the combined company with any and all amounts being fully disclosed to our shareholders, to the extent then known, in the proxy solicitation or tender offermaterials, as applicable, furnished to our shareholders. It is unlikely the amount of such compensation will be known at the time of distribution of such tender offer materials or at the time of a general meeting held to consider our initialbusiness combination, as applicable, as it will be up to the directors of the post-combination business to determine executive and director compensation.

We have entered into a registration and shareholder rights agreement with respect to the founder shares and the private placement shares,which agreement is described under the heading “Principal Shareholders — Registration and Shareholder Rights.”

Policy for Approval ofRelated Party Transactions

The audit committee of our board of directors will adopt a charter, providing for the review, approvaland/or ratification of “related party transactions,” which are those transactions required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K as promulgated by the SEC, by the auditcommittee. At its meetings, the audit committee shall be provided with the details of each new, existing, or proposed related party transaction, including the terms of the transaction, any contractual restrictions that the company has alreadycommitted to, the business purpose of the transaction, and the benefits of the transaction to the company and to the relevant related party. Any member of the committee who has an interest in the related party transaction under review by the

 

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committee shall abstain from voting on the approval of the related party transaction, but may, if so requested by the chairman of the committee, participate in some or all of the committee’sdiscussions of the related party transaction. Upon completion of its review of the related party transaction, the committee may determine to permit or to prohibit the related party transaction.

Management will present to the audit committee each proposed related party transaction, including all relevant facts and circumstancesrelating thereto. Under the policy, we may consummate related party transactions only if our audit committee approves or ratifies the transaction in accordance with the guidelines set forth in the policy. The policy will not permit any director orexecutive officer to participate in the discussion of, or decision concerning, a related person transaction in which he or she is the related party.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

We are a Cayman Islands exempted company and our affairs will be governed by our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association,the Companies Act and the common law of the Cayman Islands. Pursuant to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association which will be adopted prior to the consummation of this offering, we will be authorized to issue 220,000,000ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value each, including 200,000,000 Class A ordinary shares and 20,000,000 Class B ordinary shares, as well as 1,000,000 preference shares, $0.0001 par value each. The following description summarizes thematerial terms of our shares as set out more particularly in our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association.

Because itis only a summary, it may not contain all the information that is important to you.

Units

Public Units

Each unit has anoffering price of $10.00 and consists of one Class A ordinary share and one-half of one redeemable warrant. Each whole warrant entitles its holder to purchase one Class A ordinary share at a price of$11.50 per share, subject to adjustment as described in this prospectus. Pursuant to the warrant agreement, a warrant holder may exercise its warrants only for a whole number of the company’s Class A ordinary shares. This means only awhole warrant may be exercised at any given time by a warrant holder.

The Class A ordinary shares and warrants comprising the unitsare expected to begin separate trading on the 52nd day following the date of this prospectus (or, if such day is not a business day, on the next succeeding business day) unless the underwriters inform us of their decision to allow earlier separatetrading, subject to our having filed the Current Report on Form 8-K described below and having issued a press release announcing when such separate trading will begin. Once the Class A ordinaryshares and warrants commence separate trading, holders will have the option to continue to hold units or separate their units into the component securities. Holders will need to have their brokers contact our transfer agent in order to separate theunits into Class A ordinary shares and warrants. No fractional warrants will be issued upon separation of the units and only whole warrants will trade. Accordingly, unless you purchase a multiple of two units, the number of warrants issuable toyou upon separation of the units will be rounded down to the nearest whole number of warrants.

In no event will the Class A ordinaryshares and warrants be traded separately until we have filed with the SEC a Current Report on Form 8-K which includes an audited balance sheet reflecting our receipt of the gross proceeds of thisoffering. We will file a Current Report on Form 8-K which includes this audited balance sheet promptly after the completion of this offering. If the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercisedfollowing the initial filing of such Current Report on Form 8-K, a second or amended Current Report on Form 8-K will be filed to provide updated financialinformation to reflect the exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option.

Additionally, the units will automatically separateinto their component parts and will not be traded after completion of our initial business combination.

Private Placement Shares

The private placement shares are identical to the Class A ordinary shares sold in this offering. However, the private placement shareswill not be transferable, assignable or salable until 30 days after the completion of our initial business combination (except, among other limited exceptions as described under “Principal Shareholders — Restrictions on Transfers ofFounder Shares and Private Placement Shares” to our officers and directors and other persons or entities affiliated with our sponsor) and will have certain registration rights. Furthermore, there will be no redemption rights or liquidatingdistributions from the trust account with respect to the private placement shares.

Ordinary Shares

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total number of Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares outstanding after this offering and the expiration of the underwriters’ over-allotment option (assuming ourinitial shareholders do not purchase any units in this offering, but not including the Class A ordinary shares issued as the private placement shares). Up to 375,000 of the founder shares will be surrendered by our sponsor for no considerationdepending on the extent to which the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised. Upon the closing of this offering, 13,010,000 of our ordinary shares will be outstanding (assuming no exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotmentoption and the corresponding surrender for no consideration of 375,000 founder shares by our initial shareholders) including:

 

  

10,000,000 Class A ordinary shares underlying the units issued as part of this offering;

 

  

510,000 Class A ordinary shares issued as the private placement shares; and

 

  

2,500,000 Class B ordinary shares held by our initial shareholders.

If we increase or decrease the size of this offering, we will effect a share capitalization or a share repurchase or redemption or otherappropriate mechanism, as applicable, with respect to our Class B ordinary shares prior to the consummation of this offering in such amount as to maintain the number of founder shares at 20% of the total number of Class A ordinary sharesand Class B ordinary shares outstanding at such time (assuming the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option in full, but not including the Class A ordinary shares issued as the private placement shares).

Ordinary shareholders of record are entitled to one vote for each share held on all matters to be voted on by shareholders. Except asdescribed below, holders of Class A ordinary shares and holders of Class B ordinary shares will vote together as a single class on all matters submitted to a vote of our shareholders except as required by law. Unless specified in ouramended and restated memorandum and articles of association, or as required by applicable provisions of the Companies Act or applicable stock exchange rules, an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law, which requires the affirmative vote of amajority of the shareholders who attend and vote at a general meeting of the company, is required to approve any such matter voted on by our shareholders. Approval of certain actions will require a special resolution under Cayman Islands law, beingthe affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of our ordinary shares that are voted, and pursuant to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association; such actions include amendingour amended and restated memorandum and articles of association and approving a statutory merger or consolidation with another company. Our board of directors is comprised of five directors, each of whom will generally serve for a term of threeyears. There is no cumulative voting with respect to the appointment of directors, with the result that the holders of more than 50% of the shares voted for the appointment of directors can appoint all of the directors. However, only holders ofClass B ordinary shares will have the right to appoint directors in any election held prior to or in connection with the completion of our initial business combination, meaning that holders of Class A ordinary shares will not have theright to appoint any directors until after the completion of our initial business combination. In addition, prior to the completion of an initial business combination, holders of a majority of our founder shares may remove a member of the board ofdirectors for any reason. The provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association relating to the rights of holders of Class B ordinary shares to appoint or remove directors prior to our initial business combinationmay only be amended by a special resolution passed by a majority of the holders of at least 90% of our ordinary shares voting in a general meeting. Our shareholders are entitled to receive ratable dividends when, as and if declared by the board ofdirectors out of funds legally available therefor.

Because our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will authorizethe issuance of up to 200,000,000 Class A ordinary shares, if we were to enter into a business combination, we may (depending on the terms of such a business combination) be required to increase the number of Class A ordinary shares whichwe are authorized to issue at the same time as our shareholders vote on the business combination to the extent we seek shareholder approval in connection with our initial business combination.

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meeting until no later than one year after our first fiscal year end following our listing on Nasdaq. There is no requirement under the Companies Act for us to hold annual or extraordinarygeneral meetings to appoint directors. We may not hold an annual general meeting to appoint new directors prior to the consummation of our initial business combination. Prior to the completion of an initial business combination, any vacancy on theboard of directors may be filled by a nominee chosen by holders of a majority of our founder shares. In addition, prior to the completion of an initial business combination, holders of a majority of our founder shares may remove a member of theboard of directors for any reason.

We will provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of theirpublic shares upon the completion of our initial business combination at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, calculated as of two businessdays prior to the consummation of our initial business combination, including interest (net of taxes paid or payable), divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, subject to the limitations described herein. The amount in the trustaccount is initially anticipated to be $10.10 per public share. The per share amount we will distribute to investors who properly redeem their shares will not be reduced by the deferred underwriting commissions we will pay to the underwriters. Ourinitial shareholders have entered into agreements with us, pursuant to which they have agreed to waive their redemption rights with respect to their founder shares and public shares in connection with the completion of our initial businesscombination. The other members of our management team have entered into agreements similar to the one entered into by our sponsor with respect to any public shares acquired by them in or after this offering.

Unlike many blank check companies that hold shareholder votes and conduct proxy solicitations in conjunction with their initial businesscombinations and provide for related redemptions of public shares for cash upon completion of such initial business combinations even when a vote is not required by law, if a shareholder vote is not required by applicable law or stock exchangelisting requirements and we do not decide to hold a shareholder vote for business or other reasons, we will, pursuant to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, conduct the redemptions pursuant to the tender offerrules of the SEC, and file tender offer documents with the SEC prior to completing our initial business combination. Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will require these tender offer documents to containsubstantially the same financial and other information about the initial business combination and the redemption rights as is required under the SEC’s proxy rules. If, however, a shareholder approval of the transaction is required by applicablelaw or stock exchange listing requirements, or we decide to obtain shareholder approval for business or other reasons, we will, like many blank check companies, offer to redeem shares in conjunction with a proxy solicitation pursuant to the proxyrules and not pursuant to the tender offer rules. If we seek shareholder approval, we will complete our initial business combination only if we receive the approval pursuant to an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law, which requires theaffirmative vote of a majority of the shareholders who attend and vote at a general meeting of the company. However, the participation of our sponsor, officers, directors, advisors or their affiliates in privately negotiated transactions (asdescribed in this prospectus), if any, could result in the approval of our initial business combination even if a majority of our public shareholders vote, or indicate their intention to vote, against such initial business combination. For purposesof seeking approval of an ordinary resolution, non-votes and abstentions will have no effect on the approval of our initial business combination once a quorum is obtained. Our amended and restated memorandumand articles of association will require that at least five days’ notice will be given of any general meeting.

If we seekshareholder approval of our initial business combination and we do not conduct redemptions in connection with our initial business combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association willprovide 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 berestricted from redeeming its shares with respect to Excess Shares, without our prior consent.

 

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However, we would not be restricting our shareholders’ ability to vote all of theirshares (including Excess Shares) for or against our initial business combination. Our shareholders’ inability to redeem the Excess Shares will reduce their influence over our ability to complete our initial business combination, and suchshareholders could suffer a material loss in their investment if they sell such Excess Shares on the open market. Additionally, such shareholders will not receive redemption distributions with respect to the Excess Shares if we complete our initialbusiness combination. And, as a result, such shareholders will continue to hold that number of shares exceeding 15% and, in order to dispose such shares would be required to sell their shares in open market transactions, potentially at a loss.

If we seek shareholder approval in connection with our initial business combination, our initial shareholders have agreed to vote theirfounder shares and any public shares purchased during or after this offering in favor of our initial business combination. As a result, in addition to our initial shareholders’ founder shares and private placement shares, we would need3,495,001, or 34.95% (assuming all outstanding shares are voted and the over-allotment option is not exercised) of the 10,000,000 public shares sold in this offering to be voted in favor of a transaction, in order to have such initial businesscombination approved. The other members of our management team have entered into agreements similar to the one entered into by our sponsor with respect to any public shares acquired by them in or after this offering. Additionally, each publicshareholder may elect to redeem their public shares irrespective of whether they vote for or against the proposed transaction or vote at all.

Pursuant to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, if we do not complete our initial business combination within12 months from the closing of this offering (or 18 months, if we extend the time to complete a business combination as described in this prospectus), we will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up; (ii) aspromptly as reasonably possible but not more than 10 business days thereafter, redeem the public shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trustaccount, including interest (less up to $50,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses and net of taxes paid or payable), 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 liquidation distributions, if any); and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining shareholders and our board ofdirectors, liquidate and dissolve, subject in each case, to our obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and in all cases subject to the other requirements of applicable law. Our initial shareholders have entered intoagreements with us, pursuant to which they have agreed to waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to their founder shares if we fail to complete our initial business combination within 12 months fromthe closing of this offering (or 18 months, if we extend the time to complete a business combination as described in this prospectus). However, if our initial shareholders or management team acquire public shares in or after this offering, they willbe entitled to liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to such public shares if we fail to complete our initial business combination within the prescribed time period. Our amended and restated memorandum and articles ofassociation will provide that, if we wind up for any other reason prior to the consummation of our initial business combination, we will follow the foregoing procedures with respect to the liquidation of the trust account as promptly as reasonablypossible but not more than 10 business days thereafter, subject to applicable Cayman Islands law.

In the event of a liquidation,dissolution or winding up of the company after a business combination, our shareholders are entitled to share ratably in all assets remaining available for distribution to them after payment of liabilities and after provision is made for each classof shares, if any, having preference over the ordinary shares. Our shareholders have no preemptive or other subscription rights. There are no sinking fund provisions applicable to the ordinary shares, except that we will provide our publicshareholders with the opportunity to redeem their public shares for cash at a per share price equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest (less up to $50,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses and netof taxes paid or payable), divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, upon the completion of our initial business combination, subject to the limitations described herein.

 

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Founder Shares

The founder shares are designated as Class B ordinary shares and, except as described below, are identical to the Class A ordinaryshares included in the units being sold in this offering, and holders of founder shares have the same shareholder rights as public shareholders, except that (i) prior to our initial business combination, only holders of our Class Bordinary shares have the right to vote on the appointment of directors, including in connection with the completion of our initial business combination and holders of a majority of our Class B ordinary shares may remove a member of the board ofdirectors for any reason; (ii) the founder shares are subject to certain transfer restrictions, as described in more detail below; (iii) our initial shareholders have entered into an agreement with us, pursuant to which they have agreed to(A) waive their redemption rights with respect to their founder shares and public shares in connection with the completion of our initial business combination, (B) waive their redemption rights with respect to their founder shares andpublic shares in connection with a shareholder vote to approve an amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association that would affect the substance or timing of our obligation to provide for the redemption of our publicshares in connection with an initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we have not consummated an initial business combination within 12 months from the closing of this offering (or 18 months, if we extend the timeto complete a business combination as described in this prospectus) and (C) waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to their founder shares if we fail to complete our initial business combinationwithin 12 months from the closing of this offering (or 18 months, if we extend the time to complete a business combination as described in this prospectus) (although they will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the trust account withrespect to any public shares they hold if we fail to complete our initial business combination within the prescribed time frame); (iv) the founder shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares concurrently with orimmediately following the consummation of our initial business combination, or earlier at the option of the holder thereof, as described below; and (v) the founder shares are entitled to registration rights. If we submit our initial businesscombination to our public shareholders for a vote, our initial shareholders have agreed to vote their founder shares and any public shares purchased during or after this offering in favor of our initial business combination. The other members of ourmanagement team have entered into agreements similar to the one entered into by our sponsor with respect to any public shares acquired by them in or after this offering.

The founder shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares concurrently with or immediately following the consummation ofour initial business combination, or earlier at the option of the holder thereof, on a one-for-one basis. However, if additional Class A ordinary shares or anyother equity-linked securities are issued or deemed issued in connection with our initial business combination, the number of Class A ordinary shares issuable upon conversion of all founder shares will equal, in the aggregate, on an asconverted basis, 20% of the sum of (i) the total number of ordinary shares outstanding upon completion of this offering plus (ii) the total number of Class A ordinary shares issued, or deemed issued or issuable upon conversion orexercise of any equity-linked securities or rights issued or deemed issued, by the Company in connection with or in relation to the consummation of the initial business combination, excluding any Class A ordinary shares or equity-linkedsecurities exercisable for or convertible into Class A ordinary shares issued, or to be issued, to any seller in the initial business combination and any private placement shares issued to our sponsor upon conversion of working capital loans,provided that such conversion of Class B ordinary shares will never occur on a less than one-for-one basis.

Our initial shareholders have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell (i) 50% of the founder shares, for a period ending on the earlier ofthe six-month anniversary of the date of the consummation of our initial business combination and the date on which the closing price of our Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $12.50 per share (asadjusted for share sub-divisions, share dividends, reorganizations and recapitalizations) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period following theconsummation of our initial business combination and (ii) with respect to the remaining 50% of the founder shares, for a period ending on the six-month anniversary of the date of the consummation of ourinitial business combination, or, in either case, earlier if, subsequent to our initial business combination, we consummate a subsequent liquidation, merger, stock exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of our shareholders havingthe right to exchange their shares for cash, securities or other property (except as described in the section entitled “Principal Shareholders —

 

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Restrictions on Transfers of Founder Shares and Private Placement Shares”. Any permitted transferees will be subject to the same restrictions and other agreements of our initial shareholderswith respect to any founder shares. We refer to such transfer restrictions throughout this prospectus as the “lock-up”.

Prior to our initial business combination, only holders of our founder shares will have the right to vote on the appointment of directors.Holders of our public shares will not be entitled to vote on the appointment of directors during such time. In addition, prior to the completion of an initial business combination, holders of a majority of our founder shares may remove a member ofthe board of directors for any reason. These provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association may only be amended by a special resolution passed by a majority of at least 90% of our ordinary shares voting in a generalmeeting. With respect to any other matter submitted to a vote of our shareholders, including any vote in connection with our initial business combination, except as required by law, holders of our founder shares and holders of our public shares willvote together as a single class, with each share entitling the holder to one vote.

Register of Members

Under Cayman Islands law, we must keep a register of members and there will be entered therein:

 

  

the names and addresses of the members, a statement of the shares held by each member, and of the amount paid oragreed to be considered as paid, on the shares of each member and the voting rights of shares;

 

  

the date on which the name of any person was entered on the register as a member; and

 

  

the date on which any person ceased to be a member.

Under Cayman Islands law, the register of members of our company is prima facie evidence of the matters set out therein (i.e., the register ofmembers will raise a presumption of fact on the matters referred to above unless rebutted) and a member registered in the register of members will be deemed as a matter of Cayman Islands law to have legal title to the shares as set against its namein the register of members. Upon the closing of this public offering, the register of members will be immediately updated to reflect the issue of shares by us. Once our register of members has been updated, the shareholders recorded in the registerof members will be deemed to have legal title to the shares set against their name. However, there are certain limited circumstances where an application may be made to a Cayman Islands court for a determination on whether the register of membersreflects the correct legal position. Further, the Cayman Islands court has the power to order that the register of members maintained by a company should be rectified where it considers that the register of members does not reflect the correct legalposition. If an application for an order for rectification of the register of members were made in respect of our ordinary shares, then the validity of such shares may be subject to re-examination by a CaymanIslands court.

Preference Shares

Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will authorize 1,000,000 preference shares and provide that preference sharesmay be issued from time to time in one or more series. Our board of directors will be authorized to fix the voting rights, if any, designations, powers, preferences, the relative, participating, optional or other special rights and anyqualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, applicable to the shares of each series. Our board of directors will be able to, without shareholder approval, issue preference shares with voting and other rights that could adversely affect thevoting power and other rights of the holders of the ordinary shares and could have anti-takeover effects. The ability of our board of directors to issue preference shares without shareholder approval could have the effect of delaying, deferring orpreventing a change of control of us or the removal of existing management. We have no preference shares outstanding at the date hereof. Although we do not currently intend to issue any preference shares, we cannot assure you that we will not do soin the future. No preference shares are being issued or registered in this offering.

 

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Warrants

Each whole warrant entitles the registered holder to purchase one Class A ordinary share at a price of $11.50 per share, subject toadjustment as discussed below, at any time commencing on the later of one year from the closing of this offering and 30 days after the completion of our initial business combination, except as discussed in the immediately succeeding paragraph.Pursuant to the warrant agreement, a warrant holder may exercise its warrants only for a whole number of Class A ordinary shares. This means only a whole warrant may be exercised at a given time by a warrant holder. No fractional warrants willbe issued upon separation of the units and only whole warrants will trade. Accordingly, unless you purchase a multiple of four units, the number of warrants issuable to you upon separation of the units will be rounded down to the nearest wholenumber of warrants. The warrants will expire five years after the completion of our initial business combination, at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.

We will not be obligated to deliver any Class A ordinary shares pursuant to the exercise of a warrant and will have no obligation tosettle such warrant exercise unless a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to the Class A ordinary shares underlying the warrants is then effective and a prospectus relating thereto is current, subject to our satisfyingour obligations described below with respect to registration, or a valid exemption from registration is available. No warrant will be exercisable and we will not be obligated to issue a Class A ordinary share upon exercise of a warrant unlessthe Class A ordinary share issuable upon such warrant exercise has been registered, qualified or deemed to be exempt under the securities laws of the state of residence of the registered holder of the warrants. In the event that the conditionsin the two immediately preceding sentences are not satisfied with respect to a warrant, the holder of such warrant will not be entitled to exercise such warrant and such warrant may have no value and expire worthless. In no event will we be requiredto net cash settle any warrant. In the event that a registration statement is not effective for the exercised warrants, the purchaser of a unit containing such warrant will have paid the full purchase price for the unit solely for the Class Aordinary share underlying such unit.

We have agreed that as soon as practicable, but in no event later than twenty business days afterthe closing of our initial business combination, we will use our commercially reasonable efforts to file with the SEC a registration statement for the registration, under the Securities Act, of the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exerciseof the warrants, and we will use our commercially reasonable efforts to cause the same to become effective within 60 business days after the closing of our initial business combination, and to maintain the effectiveness of such registrationstatement and a current prospectus relating to those Class A ordinary shares until the warrants expire or are redeemed, as specified in the warrant agreement; provided that if our Class A ordinary shares are at the time of any exercise ofa warrant not listed on a national securities exchange such that they satisfy the definition of a “covered security” under Section 18(b) (1) of the Securities Act, we may, at our option, require holders of warrants whoexercise their warrants to do so on a “cashless basis” in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act and, in the event we so elect, we will not be required to file or maintain in effect a registration statement, but wewill use our commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify the shares under applicable blue sky laws to the extent an exemption is not available. If a registration statement covering the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exerciseof the warrants is not effective by the 60th day after the closing of the initial business combination, warrant holders may, until such time as there is an effective registration statementand during any period when we will have failed to maintain an effective registration statement, exercise warrants on a “cashless basis” in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act or another exemption, but we willuse our commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify the shares under applicable blue sky laws to the extent an exemption is not available. In such event, each holder would pay the exercise price by surrendering the warrants for thatnumber of Class A ordinary shares equal to the lesser of (A) the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the product of the number of Class A ordinary shares underlying the warrants, multiplied by the excess of the “Fair MarketValue” (defined below) less the exercise price of the warrants by (y) the Fair Market Value and (B) 0.361. The “Fair Market Value” as used in this paragraph shall mean the volume weighted average price of the Class Aordinary shares for the 10 trading days ending on the trading day prior to the date on which the notice of exercise is received by the warrant agent.

 

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Redemption of warrants when the price per Class A ordinary shareequals or exceeds $16.50. Once the warrants become exercisable, we may redeem the outstanding warrants:

 

  

in whole and not in part;

 

  

at a price of $0.01 per warrant;

 

  

upon a minimum of 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption to each warrant holder; and

 

  

if, and only if, the closing price of the Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $16.50 per share(including adjustments to the number of shares issuable upon exercise or the exercise price of a warrant as described under the heading “— Warrants — Anti-Dilution Adjustments”) for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period ending three trading days before we send the notice of redemption to the warrant holders.

We will not redeem the warrants as described above unless a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the issuance of theClass A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants is then effective and a current prospectus relating to those Class A ordinary shares is available throughout the 30-day redemptionperiod. If and when the warrants become redeemable by us, we may exercise our redemption right even if we are unable to register or qualify the underlying securities for sale under all applicable state securities laws.

We have established the last of the redemption criterion discussed above to prevent a redemption call unless there is at the time of the calla significant premium to the warrant exercise price. If the foregoing conditions are satisfied and we issue a notice of redemption of the warrants, each warrant holder will be entitled to exercise his, her or its warrant prior to the scheduledredemption date. However, the price of the Class A ordinary shares may fall below the $16.50 redemption trigger price (including adjustments to the number of shares issuable upon exercise or the exercise price of a warrant as described underthe heading “— Warrants — Anti-dilution Adjustments”) as well as the $11.50 (for whole shares) warrant exercise price after the redemption notice is issued.

No fractional Class A ordinary shares will be issued upon exercise. If, upon exercise, a holder would be entitled to receive a fractionalinterest in a share, we will round down to the nearest whole number of the number of Class A ordinary shares to be issued to the holder. If, at the time of redemption, the warrants are exercisable for a security other than the Class Aordinary shares pursuant to the warrant agreement (for instance, if we are not the surviving company in our initial business combination), the warrants may be exercised for such security. At such time as the warrants become exercisable for asecurity other than the Class A ordinary shares, the Company (or surviving company) will use its commercially reasonable efforts to register under the Securities Act the security issuable upon the exercise of the warrants.

Redemption procedures. A holder of a warrant may notify us in writing in the event it elects to be subject to a requirement that suchholder will not have the right to exercise such warrant, to the extent that after giving effect to such exercise, such person (together with such person’s affiliates), to the warrant agent’s actual knowledge, would beneficially own inexcess of 9.8% (or such other amount as a holder may specify) of the Class A ordinary shares issued and outstanding immediately after giving effect to such exercise.

Anti-Dilution Adjustments. If the number of outstanding Class A ordinary shares is increased by a capitalization or share dividendpaid in Class A ordinary shares to all or substantially all holders of Class A ordinary shares, or by a sub-division of Class A ordinary shares or other similar event, then, on the effectivedate of such capitalization or share dividend, sub-division or similar event, the number of Class A ordinary shares issuable on exercise of each warrant will be increased in proportion to such increase inthe outstanding Class A ordinary shares. A rights offering made to all or substantially all holders of ordinary shares entitling holders to purchase Class A ordinary shares at a price less than the “historical fair market value”(as defined below) will be deemed a share dividend of a number of Class A ordinary shares equal to the product of (i) the number of Class A ordinary shares actually sold in such rights offering (or issuable under any other equitysecurities sold in

 

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such rights offering that are convertible into or exercisable for Class A ordinary shares) and (ii) one minus the quotient of (x) the price per Class A ordinary share paid insuch rights offering and (y) the historical fair market value. For these purposes, (i) if the rights offering is for securities convertible into or exercisable for Class A ordinary shares, in determining the price payable forClass A ordinary shares, there will be taken into account any consideration received for such rights, as well as any additional amount payable upon exercise or conversion and (ii) “historical fair market value” means the volumeweighted average price of Class A ordinary shares as reported during the 10 trading day period ending on the trading day prior to the first date on which the Class A ordinary shares trade on the applicable exchange or in the applicablemarket, regular way, without the right to receive such rights.

In addition, if we, at any time while the warrants are outstanding andunexpired, pay a dividend or make a distribution in cash, securities or other assets to all or substantially all of the holders of Class A ordinary shares on account of such Class A ordinary shares (or other securities into which thewarrants are then convertible), other than (a) as described above, (b) any cash dividends or cash distributions which, when combined on a per share basis with all other cash dividends and cash distributions paid on the Class Aordinary shares during the 365-day period ending on the date of declaration of such dividend or distribution, does not exceed $0.50 (as adjusted to appropriately reflect any other adjustments and excludingcash dividends or cash distributions that resulted in an adjustment to the exercise price or to the number of Class A ordinary shares issuable on exercise of each warrant) but only with respect to the amount of the aggregate cash dividends orcash distributions equal to or less than $0.50 per share, (c) to satisfy the redemption rights of the holders of Class A ordinary shares in connection with a proposed initial business combination, (d) to satisfy the redemption rightsof the holders of Class A ordinary shares in connection with a shareholder vote to approve an amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association that would affect the substance or timing of our obligation to providefor the redemption of our public shares in connection with an initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we have not consummated an initial business combination within 12 months from the closing of this offering (or18 months, if we extend the time to complete a business combination as described in this prospectus), or (e) in connection with the redemption of our public shares upon our failure to complete our initial business combination, then the warrantexercise price will be decreased, effective immediately after the effective date of such event, by the amount of cash and/or the fair market value of any securities or other assets paid on each Class A ordinary share in respect of such event.

If the number of outstanding Class A ordinary shares is decreased by a consolidation, reverse sharesub-division or reclassification of Class A ordinary shares or other similar event, then, on the effective date of such consolidation, reverse share sub-division,reclassification or similar event, the number of Class A ordinary shares issuable on exercise of each warrant will be decreased in proportion to such decrease in outstanding Class A ordinary shares.

Whenever the number of Class A ordinary shares purchasable upon the exercise of the warrants is adjusted, as described above, the warrantexercise price will be adjusted by multiplying the warrant exercise price immediately prior to such adjustment by a fraction (x) the numerator of which will be the number of Class A ordinary shares purchasable upon the exercise of thewarrants immediately prior to such adjustment and (y) the denominator of which will be the number of Class A ordinary shares so purchasable immediately thereafter.

In case of any reclassification or reorganization of the outstanding Class A ordinary shares (other than those described above or thatsolely affects the par value of such Class A ordinary shares), or in the case of any merger or consolidation of us with or into another corporation (other than a consolidation or merger in which we are the continuing corporation and that doesnot result in any reclassification or reorganization of our outstanding Class A ordinary shares), or in the case of any sale or conveyance to another corporation or entity of the assets or other property of us as an entirety or substantially asan entirety in connection with which we are dissolved, the registered holders of the warrants will thereafter have the right to purchase and receive, upon the basis and upon the terms and conditions specified in the warrants and in lieu of theClass A ordinary shares immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented thereby, the kind and amount of Class A ordinary shares or other securities or property (including cash) receivable uponsuch reclassification,

 

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reorganization, merger or consolidation, or upon a dissolution following any such sale or transfer, that the holder of the warrants would have received if such holder had exercised their warrantsimmediately prior to such event.

In addition, if (x) we issue additional Class A ordinary shares or equity-linked securitiesfor capital raising purposes in connection with the closing of our initial business combination at an issue price or effective issue price of less than $9.20 per ordinary share (with such issue price or effective issue price to be determined in goodfaith by our board of directors and, in the case of any such issuance to our sponsor or its affiliates, without taking into account any founder shares held by our sponsor or such affiliates, as applicable, prior to such issuance) (the “NewlyIssued Price”), (y) the aggregate gross proceeds from such issuances represent more than 60% of the total equity proceeds, and interest thereon, available for the funding of our initial business combination on the date of the consummationof our initial business combination (net of redemptions), and (z) the volume weighted average trading price of our Class A ordinary shares during the 20 trading day period starting on the trading day prior to the day on which we consummateour initial business combination (such price, the “Market Value”) is below $9.20 per share, the exercise price of the warrants will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 115% of the higher of the Market Value and the NewlyIssued Price, and the $16.50 per share redemption trigger price described above under “—Redemption of warrants when the price per Class A ordinary share equals or exceeds $16.50” will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equalto 180% of the higher of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price.

The warrants will be issued in registered form under a warrantagreement between VStock Transfer, LLC, as warrant agent, and us. The warrant agreement provides that the terms of the warrants may be amended without the consent of any holder for the purpose of (i) curing any ambiguity or correct any mistake,including to conform the provisions of the warrant agreement to the description of the terms of the warrants and the warrant agreement set forth in this prospectus, or defective provision (ii) amending the provisions relating to cash dividendson ordinary shares as contemplated by and in accordance with the warrant agreement or (iii) adding or changing any provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the warrant agreement as the parties to the warrant agreement maydeem necessary or desirable and that the parties deem to not adversely affect the rights of the registered holders of the warrants. You should review a copy of the warrant agreement, which will be filed as an exhibit to the registration statement ofwhich this prospectus is a part, for a complete description of the terms and conditions applicable to the warrants.

The warrant holdersdo not have the rights or privileges of holders of ordinary shares and any voting rights until they exercise their warrants and receive Class A ordinary shares. After the issuance of Class A ordinary shares upon exercise of the warrants,each holder will be entitled to one vote for each share held of record on all matters to be voted on by shareholders.

No fractionalwarrants will be issued upon separation of the units and only whole warrants will trade. If, upon exercise of the warrants, a holder would be entitled to receive a fractional interest in a share, we will, upon exercise, round down to the nearestwhole number the number of Class A ordinary shares to be issued to the warrant holder.

We have agreed that, subject to applicablelaw, any action, proceeding or claim against us arising out of or relating in any way to the warrant agreement 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 NewYork, and we irrevocably submit to such jurisdiction, which jurisdiction will be the exclusive forum for any such action, proceeding or claim. See “Risk Factors — Our warrant agreement will designate the courts of the State of New York orthe United States District Court for the Southern District of New York as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by holders of our warrants, which could limit the ability of warrant holders toobtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with our company.” This provision applies to claims under the Securities Act but does not apply to claims under the Exchange Act or any claim for which the federal district courts of the UnitedStates of America are the sole and exclusive forum.

 

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Dividends

We have not paid any cash dividends on our ordinary shares to date and do not intend to pay cash dividends prior to the completion of ourinitial business combination. The payment of cash dividends in the future will be dependent upon our revenues and earnings, if any, capital requirements and general financial condition subsequent to completion of our initial business combination.The payment of any cash dividends subsequent to our initial business combination will be within the discretion of our board of directors at such time. If we increase the size of this offering, we will effect a share capitalization or otherappropriate mechanism with respect to our Class B ordinary shares prior to the consummation of this offering in such amount as to maintain the number of founder shares, on an as converted basis, at 20% of the total number of Class Aordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares outstanding at such time (assuming the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option in full, but not including the Class A ordinary shares issued as the private placement shares). Further,if we incur any indebtedness in connection with our initial business combination, our ability to declare dividends may be limited by restrictive covenants we may agree to in connection therewith.

Our Transfer Agent and Warrant Agent

Thetransfer agent for our ordinary shares and warrant agent for our warrants is VStock Transfer, LLC. We have agreed to indemnify VStock Transfer, LLC in its roles as transfer agent and warrant agent, its agents and each of its shareholders, directors,officers and employees against all claims and losses that may arise out of acts performed or omitted for its activities in that capacity, except for any claims and losses due to any gross negligence or intentional misconduct of the indemnifiedperson or entity.

VStock Transfer, LLC has agreed that it has no right of set-off or any right,title, interest or claim of any kind to, or to any monies in, the trust account, and has irrevocably waived any right, title, interest or claim of any kind to, or to any monies in, the trust account that it may have now or in the future.Accordingly, any indemnification provided will only be able to be satisfied, or a claim will only be able to be pursued, solely against us and our assets outside the trust account and not against the any monies in the trust account or interestearned thereon.

Certain Differences in Corporate Law

Cayman Islands companies are governed by the Companies Act. The Companies Act is modeled on English Law but does not follow recent English Lawstatutory enactments, and differs from laws applicable to U.S. corporations and their shareholders. Set forth below is a summary of the material differences between the provisions of the Companies Act applicable to us and the laws applicable tocompanies incorporated in the United States and their shareholders.

Mergers and Similar Arrangements. In certain circumstances, theCompanies Act allows for mergers or consolidations between two Cayman Islands companies, or between a Cayman Islands exempted company and a company incorporated in another jurisdiction (provided that is facilitated by the laws of that otherjurisdiction).

Where the merger or consolidation is between two Cayman Islands companies, the directors of each company must approve awritten plan of merger or consolidation containing certain prescribed information. That plan or merger or consolidation must then be authorized by either (a) a special resolution (usually a majority of6623% in value of the voting shares voted at a general meeting) of the shareholders of each company; or (b) such other authorization, if any, as may bespecified in such constituent company’s articles of association. No shareholder resolution is required for a merger between a parent company (i.e., a company that owns at least 90% of the issued shares of each class in a subsidiary company) andits subsidiary company. The consent of each holder of a fixed or floating security interest of a constituent company must be obtained, unless the court waives such requirement. If the Cayman Islands Registrar of Companies is satisfied that therequirements of the Companies Act (which includes certain other formalities) have been complied with, the Registrar of Companies

 

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will register the plan of merger or consolidation. Where the merger or consolidation involves a foreign company, the procedure is similar, save that with respect to the foreign company, thedirectors of the Cayman Islands exempted company are required to make a declaration to the effect that, having made due enquiry, they are of the opinion that the requirements set out below have been met: (i) that the merger or consolidation ispermitted or not prohibited by the constitutional documents of the foreign company and by the laws of the jurisdiction in which the foreign company is incorporated, and that those laws and any requirements of those constitutional documents have beenor will be complied with; (ii) that no petition or other similar proceeding has been filed and remains outstanding or order made or resolution adopted to wind up or liquidate the foreign company in any jurisdictions; (iii) that noreceiver, trustee, administrator or other similar person has been appointed in any jurisdiction and is acting in respect of the foreign company, its affairs or its property or any part thereof; and (iv) that no scheme, order, compromise orother similar arrangement has been entered into or made in any jurisdiction whereby the rights of creditors of the foreign company are and continue to be suspended or restricted. Where the surviving company is the Cayman Islands exempted company,the directors of the Cayman Islands exempted company are further required to make a declaration to the effect that, having made due enquiry, they are of the opinion that the requirements set out below have been met: (i) that the foreign companyis able to pay its debts as they fall due and that the merger or consolidated is bona fide and not intended to defraud unsecured creditors of the foreign company; (ii) that in respect of the transfer of any security interest granted by theforeign company to the surviving or consolidated company (a) consent or approval to the transfer has been obtained, released or waived, (b) the transfer is permitted by and has been approved in accordance with the constitutional documentsof the foreign company, and (c) the laws of the jurisdiction of the foreign company with respect to the transfer have been or will be complied with; (iii) that the foreign company will, upon the merger or consolidation becoming effective,cease to be incorporated, registered or exist under the laws of the relevant foreign jurisdiction; and (iv) that there is no other reason why it would be against the public interest to permit the merger or consolidation.

Where the above procedures are adopted, the Companies Act provides for a right of dissenting shareholders to be paid a payment of the fairvalue of his shares upon their dissenting to the merger or consolidation if they follow a prescribed procedure. In essence, that procedure is as follows: (a) the shareholder must give his written objection to the merger or consolidation to theconstituent company before the vote on the merger or consolidation, including a statement that the shareholder proposes to demand payment for his shares if the merger or consolidation is authorized by the vote; (b) within 20 days followingthe date on which the merger or consolidation is approved by the shareholders, the constituent company must give written notice to each shareholder who made a written objection; (c) a shareholder must within 20 days following receipt ofsuch notice from the constituent company, give the constituent company a written notice of his intention to dissent including, among other details, a demand for payment of the fair value of his shares; (d) within seven days following the dateof the expiration of the period set out in paragraph (b) above or seven days following the date on which the plan of merger or consolidation is filed, whichever is later, the constituent company, the surviving company or the consolidatedcompany must make a written offer to each dissenting shareholder to purchase his shares at a price that the company determines is the fair value and if the company and the shareholder agree the price within 30 days following the date on whichthe offer was made, the company must pay the shareholder such amount; and (e) if the company and the shareholder fail to agree a price within such 30-day period, within 20 days following the date onwhich such 30-day period expires, the company (and any dissenting shareholder) must file a petition with the Cayman Islands Grand Court to determine the fair value and such petition must be accompanied by alist of the names and addresses of the dissenting shareholders with whom agreements as to the fair value of their shares have not been reached by the company. At the hearing of that petition, the court has the power to determine the fair value ofthe shares together with a fair rate of interest, if any, to be paid by the company upon the amount determined to be the fair value. Any dissenting shareholder whose name appears on the list filed by the company may participate fully in allproceedings until the determination of fair value is reached. These rights of a dissenting shareholder are not available in certain circumstances, for example, to dissenters holding shares of any class in respect of which an open market exists on arecognized stock exchange or recognized interdealer quotation system at the relevant date or where the consideration for such shares to be contributed are shares of any company listed on a national securities exchange or shares of the surviving orconsolidated company.

 

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Moreover, Cayman Islands law has separate statutory provisions that facilitate thereconstruction or amalgamation of companies in certain circumstances, schemes of arrangement will generally be more suited for complex mergers or other transactions involving widely held companies, commonly referred to in the Cayman Islands as a“scheme of arrangement” which may be tantamount to a merger. In the event that a merger was sought pursuant to a scheme of arrangement (the procedures for which are more rigorous and take longer to complete than the procedures typicallyrequired to consummate a merger in the United States), the arrangement in question must be approved by a majority in number of each class of shareholders and creditors with whom the arrangement is to be made and who must in addition representthree-fourths in value of each such class of shareholders or creditors, as the case may be, that are present and voting either in person or by proxy at an annual general meeting, or extraordinary general meeting summoned for that purpose. Theconvening of the meetings and subsequently the terms of the arrangement must be sanctioned by the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands. While a dissenting shareholder would have the right to express to the court the view that the transaction should notbe approved, the court can be expected to approve the arrangement if it satisfies itself that:

 

  

we are not proposing to act illegally or beyond the scope of our corporate authority and the statutory provisionsas to majority vote have been complied with;

 

  

the shareholders have been fairly represented at the meeting in question;

 

  

the arrangement is such as a businessman would reasonably approve; and

 

  

the arrangement is not one that would more properly be sanctioned under some other provision of the Companies Actor that would amount to a “fraud on the minority.”

If a scheme of arrangement or takeover offer (as describedbelow) is approved, any dissenting shareholder would have no rights comparable to appraisal rights (providing rights to receive payment in cash for the judicially determined value of the shares), which would otherwise ordinarily be available todissenting shareholders of U.S. corporations.

Squeeze-out Provisions. When a takeoveroffer is made and accepted by holders of 90% of the shares to whom the offer is made within four months, the offer or may, within a two-month period, require the holders of the remaining shares to transfersuch shares on the terms of the offer. An objection can be made to the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands, but this is unlikely to succeed unless there is evidence of fraud, bad faith, collusion or inequitable treatment of the shareholders.

Further, transactions similar to a merger, reconstruction and/or an amalgamation may in some circumstances be achieved through means otherthan these statutory provisions, such as a share capital exchange, asset acquisition or control, or through contractual arrangements of an operating business.

Shareholders’ Suits. Maples and Calder (Hong Kong) LLP, our Cayman Islands legal counsel, is not aware of any reported classaction having been brought in a Cayman Islands court. Derivative actions have been brought in the Cayman Islands courts, and the Cayman Islands courts have confirmed the availability for such actions. In most cases, we will be the proper plaintiffin any claim based on a breach of duty owed to us, and a claim against (for example) our officers or directors usually may not be brought by a shareholder. However, based both on Cayman Islands authorities and on English authorities, which would inall likelihood be of persuasive authority and be applied by a court in the Cayman Islands, exceptions to the foregoing principle apply in circumstances in which:

 

  

a company is acting, or proposing to act, illegally or beyond the scope of its authority;

 

  

the act complained of, although not beyond the scope of the authority, could be effected only if duly authorizedby more than the number of votes which have actually been obtained; or

 

  

those who control the company are perpetrating a “fraud on the minority.”

A shareholder may have a direct right of action against us where the individual rights of that shareholder have been infringed or are about tobe infringed.

 

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Enforcement of Civil Liabilities. The Cayman Islands has a different body ofsecurities laws as compared to the United States and provides less protection to investors. Additionally, Cayman Islands companies may not have standing to sue before the Federal courts of the United States.

We have been advised by Maples and Calder (Hong Kong) LLP, our Cayman Islands legal counsel, that the courts of the Cayman Islands areunlikely (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 broughtin 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. Inthose 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 competentjurisdiction 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 aforeign 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 samematter, impeachable on the grounds of fraud or obtained in a manner, and 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 tobe contrary to public policy). A Cayman Islands Court may stay enforcement proceedings if concurrent proceedings are being brought elsewhere.

Special Considerations for Exempted Companies. We are an exempted company with limited liability under the Companies Act. The CompaniesAct distinguishes between ordinary resident companies and exempted companies. Any company that is incorporated in the Cayman Islands but conducts business mainly outside of the Cayman Islands may apply to be registered as an exempted company. Therequirements for an exempted company are essentially the same as for an ordinary company except for the exemptions and privileges listed below:

 

  

an exempted company does not have to file an annual return of its shareholders with the Registrar of Companies;

 

  

an exempted company’s register of members is not open to inspection;

 

  

an exempted company does not have to hold an annual general meeting;

 

  

an exempted company may issue shares with no par value;

 

  

an exempted company may obtain an undertaking against the imposition of any future taxation (such undertakingsare usually given for 20 years in the first instance);

 

  

an exempted company may register by way of continuation in another jurisdiction and be deregistered in the CaymanIslands;

 

  

an exempted company may register as a limited duration company; and

 

  

an exempted company may register as a segregated portfolio company.

“Limited Liability” means that the liability of each shareholder is limited to the amount unpaid by the shareholder on the shares of the company(except in exceptional circumstances, such as involving fraud, the establishment of an agency relationship or an illegal or improper purpose or other circumstances in which a court may be prepared to pierce or lift the corporate veil).

Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association

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Cayman Islands law, a resolution is deemed to be a special resolution under Cayman Islands law where it has been approved by either (i) the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds (or any higher threshold specified in a company’s articles of association) of a company’s shareholders entitled to vote and so voting at a general meeting for which notice specifying theintention to propose the resolution as a special resolution has been given, or (ii) if so authorized by a company’s articles of association, by a unanimous written resolution of all of the company’s shareholders. Our amended andrestated memorandum and articles of association will provide that special resolutions must be approved either by at least two-thirds of our shareholders (i.e., the lowest threshold permissible under CaymanIslands law), or by a unanimous written resolution of all of our shareholders.

Our initial shareholders, who will collectivelybeneficially own 20% of our ordinary shares upon the closing of this offering (assuming they do not purchase any units in this offering and not including the Class A ordinary shares issued as the private placement shares), will participate inany vote to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association and will have the discretion to vote in any manner they choose. Specifically, our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will provide, among otherthings, that:

 

  

If we do not complete our initial business combination within 12 months from the closing of this offering(or 18 months, if we extend the time to complete a business combination as described in this prospectus), we will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up; (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than 10business days thereafter, redeem the public shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest (less up to $50,000 of interestto pay dissolution expenses and net of taxes paid or payable), divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receivefurther liquidation distributions, if any); 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 in all cases subject to the other requirements of applicable law;

 

  

Prior to our initial business combination, we may not issue additional shares that would entitle the holdersthereof to (i) receive funds from the trust account or (ii) vote as a class with our public shares (a) on any initial business combination or (b) to approve an amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles ofassociation to extend the time we have to consummate a business combination beyond 12 months from the closing of this offering (or 18 months, if we extend the time to complete a business combination as described in this prospectus);

 

  

In the event we seek to complete our initial business combination with a company that is affiliated with oursponsor or any of our founders, officers or directors, we, or a committee of independent directors, will obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm that is a member of FINRA or an independent accounting firm that such initialbusiness combination or transaction is fair to our company from a financial point of view;

 

  

If a shareholder vote on our initial business combination is not required by applicable law or stock exchangelisting requirements and we do not decide to hold a shareholder vote for business or other reasons, we will offer to redeem our public shares pursuant to Rule 13e-4 and Regulation 14E of the Exchange Act,and will file tender offer documents with the SEC prior to completing our initial business combination which contain substantially the same financial and other information about our initial business combination and the redemption rights as isrequired under Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act;

 

  

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commissions and taxes payable on the interest earned on the trust account) at the time of our signing a definitive agreement in connection with our initial business combination;

 

  

If our shareholders approve an amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association thatwould affect the substance or timing of our obligation to provide for the redemption of our public shares in connection with an initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we have not consummated an initial businesscombination within 12 months from the closing of this offering (or 18 months, if we extend the time to complete a business combination as described in this prospectus), we will provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem allor a portion of their ordinary shares upon such approval at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest (net of taxes paid orpayable) divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, subject to the limitations described herein; and

 

  

We will not effectuate our initial business combination solely with another blank check company or a similarcompany with nominal operations.

In addition, our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association willprovide that under no circumstances will we redeem our public shares in an amount that would cause our net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001.

The Companies Act permits a company incorporated in the Cayman Islands to amend its memorandum and articles of association with the approvalof a special resolution which requires the approval of the holders of at least two-thirds of such company’s outstanding ordinary shares who attend and vote at a general meeting or by way of unanimouswritten resolution. A company’s articles of association may specify that the approval of a higher majority is required but, provided the approval of the required majority is obtained, any Cayman Islands exempted company may amend its memorandumand articles of association regardless of whether its memorandum and articles of association provides otherwise. Accordingly, although we could amend any of the provisions relating to our proposed offering, structure and business plan which arecontained in our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, we view all of these provisions as binding obligations to our shareholders and neither we, nor our officers or directors, will take any action to amend or waive any ofthese provisions unless we provide dissenting public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their public shares.

Anti-Money Laundering —Cayman Islands

If any person in the Cayman Islands knows or suspects, or has reasonable grounds for knowing or suspecting, thatanother person is engaged in criminal conduct or money laundering or is involved with terrorism or terrorist financing and property and the information for that knowledge or suspicion came to their attention in the course of business in theregulated sector or other trade, profession, business or employment, the person will be required to report such knowledge or suspicion to (i) the Financial Reporting Authority of the Cayman Islands, pursuant to the Proceeds of Crime Act (AsRevised) of the Cayman Islands if the disclosure relates to criminal conduct or money laundering or (ii) a police officer of the rank of constable or higher, or the Financial Reporting Authority, pursuant to the Terrorism Act (As Revised) ofthe Cayman Islands, if the disclosure relates to involvement with terrorism or terrorist financing and property. Such a report shall not be treated as a breach of confidence or of any restriction upon the disclosure of information imposed by anyenactment or otherwise.

Cayman Islands Data Protection

We have certain duties under the Data Protection Act (As Revised) of the Cayman Islands (the “DPA”) based on internationally acceptedprinciples of data privacy.

 

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Privacy Notice

Introduction

This privacy notice putsour shareholders on notice that through your investment in the Company you will provide us with certain personal information which constitutes personal data within the meaning of the DPA (“personal data”).

In the following discussion, the “Company” refers to us and our affiliates and/or delegates, except where the context requiresotherwise.

Investor Data

We willcollect, use, disclose, retain and secure personal data to the extent reasonably required only and within the parameters that could be reasonably expected during the normal course of business. We will only process, disclose, transfer or retainpersonal data to the extent legitimately required to conduct our activities of on an ongoing basis or to comply with legal and regulatory obligations to which we are subject. We will only transfer personal data in accordance with the requirements ofthe DPA, and will apply appropriate technical and organizational information security measures designed to protect against unauthorized or unlawful processing of the personal data and against the accidental loss, destruction or damage to thepersonal data.

In our use of this personal data, we will be characterized as a “data controller” for the purposes of the DPA,while our affiliates and service providers who may receive this personal data from us in the conduct of our activities may either act as our “data processors” for the purposes of the DPA or may process personal information for their ownlawful purposes in connection with services provided to us.

We may also obtain personal data from other public sources. Personal dataincludes, without limitation, the following information relating to a shareholder and/or any individuals connected with a shareholder as an investor: name, residential address, email address, contact details, corporate contact information,signature, nationality, place of birth, date of birth, tax identification, credit history, correspondence records, passport number, bank account details, source of funds details and details relating to the shareholder’s investment activity.

Who This Affects

If you are anatural person, this will affect you directly. If you are a corporate investor (including, for these purposes, legal arrangements such as trusts or exempted limited partnerships) that provides us with personal data on individuals connected to youfor any reason in relation your investment in the Company, this will be relevant for those individuals and you should transmit the content of this Privacy Notice to such individuals or otherwise advise them of its content.

How the Company May Use a Shareholder’s Personal Data

The Company, as the data controller, may collect, store and use personal data for lawful purposes, including, in particular:

(i)                where this is necessary for the performanceof our rights and obligations under any purchase agreements;

(ii)                where this is necessary for compliancewith a legal and regulatory obligation to which we are subject (such as compliance with anti-money laundering and FATCA/CRS requirements); and/or

(iii)                where this is necessary for the purposesof our legitimate interests and such interests are not overridden by your interests, fundamental rights or freedoms.

 

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Should we wish to use personal data for other specific purposes (including, if applicable,any purpose that requires your consent), we will contact you.

Why We May Transfer Your Personal Data

In certain circumstances we may be legally obliged to share personal data and other information with respect to your shareholding with therelevant regulatory authorities such as the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority or the Tax Information Authority. They, in turn, may exchange this information with foreign authorities, including tax authorities.

We anticipates disclosing personal data to persons who provide services to us and their respective affiliates (which may include certainentities located outside the United States, the Cayman Islands or the European Economic Area), who will process your personal data on our behalf.

TheData Protection Measures We Take

Any transfer of personal data by us or our duly authorized affiliates and/or delegates outside of theCayman Islands shall be in accordance with the requirements of the DPA.

We and our duly authorized affiliates and/or delegates shallapply appropriate technical and organizational information security measures designed to protect against unauthorized or unlawful processing of personal data, and against accidental loss or destruction of, or damage to, personal data.

We shall notify you of any personal data breach that is reasonably likely to result in a risk to your interests, fundamental rights orfreedoms or those data subjects to whom the relevant personal data relates.

Certain Anti-Takeover Provisions of Our Amended and Restated Memorandumand Articles of Association

Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will provide that our board of directorswill be classified into three classes of directors and also include provisions providing for advance notice procedures, inability of shareholders to call a general meeting and removal of directors only for cause and only by the board of directors.As a result, in most circumstances, a person can gain control of our board only by successfully engaging in a proxy contest at two or more annual general meetings.

In addition, prior to our initial business combination, only holders of our Class B ordinary shares have the right to vote on theappointment of directors, including in connection with the completion of our initial business combination and holders of a majority of our Class B ordinary shares may remove a member of the board of directors for any reason. These provisions ofour amended and restated memorandum and articles of association relating to the rights of holders of Class B ordinary shares to appoint or remove directors prior to our initial business combination may only be amended by a special resolutionwhich shall include the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of our Class B ordinary shares.

Our authorized but unissuedClass A ordinary shares and preference shares are available for future issuances without shareholder approval and could be utilized for a variety of corporate purposes, including future offerings to raise additional capital, acquisitions andemployee benefit plans. The existence of authorized but unissued and unreserved Class A ordinary shares and preference shares could render more difficult or discourage an attempt to obtain control of us by means of a proxy contest, tenderoffer, merger or otherwise.

Securities Eligible for Future Sale

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offering (10,000,000 Class A ordinary shares if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is not exercised and 11,500,000 shares if the underwriters’ over-allotment option isexercised in full) will be freely tradable without restriction or further registration under the Securities Act, except for any Class A ordinary shares purchased by one of our affiliates within the meaning of Rule 144 under the SecuritiesAct. All of the outstanding founder shares (2,500,000 founder shares if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is not exercised and 2,875,000 founder shares if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full) and all of theoutstanding private placement shares (510,000 private placement shares if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is not exercised and 555,000 private placement shares if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full) willbe restricted securities under Rule 144, in that they were issued in private transactions not involving a public offering.

Rule 144

Pursuant to Rule 144, a person who has beneficially owned restricted shares or warrants for at least six months would beentitled to sell their securities provided that (i) such person is not deemed to have been one of our affiliates at the time of, or at any time during the three months preceding, a sale and (ii) we are subject to the Exchange Act periodicreporting requirements for at least three months before the sale and have filed all required reports under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the 12 months (or such shorter period as we were required to file reports)preceding the sale.

Persons who have beneficially owned restricted shares or warrants for at least six months but who are our affiliatesat the time of, or at any time during the three months preceding, a sale, would be subject to additional restrictions, by which such person would be entitled to sell within any three-month period only a number of securities that does not exceed thegreater of:

 

  

1% of the total number of ordinary shares then outstanding, which will equal 129,800 shares immediately afterthis offering (or 149,000 if the underwriters exercise in full their over-allotment option); or

 

  

the average weekly reported trading volume of the Class A ordinary shares during the four calendar weekspreceding the filing of a notice on Form 144 with respect to the sale.

Sales by our affiliates under Rule 144are also limited by manner of sale provisions and notice requirements and to the availability of current public information about us.

Restrictionson the Use of Rule 144 by Shell Companies or Former Shell Companies

Rule 144 is not available for the resale ofsecurities initially issued by shell companies (other than business combination related shell companies) or issuers that have been at any time previously a shell company. However, Rule 144 also includes an important exception to thisprohibition if the following conditions are met:

 

  

the issuer of the securities that was formerly a shell company has ceased to be a shell company;

 

  

the issuer of the securities is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of theExchange Act;

 

  

the issuer of the securities has filed all Exchange Act reports and material required to be filed, as applicable,during the preceding 12 months (or such shorter period that the issuer was required to file such reports and materials), other than Form 8-K reports; and

 

  

at least one year has elapsed from the time that the issuer filed current Form 10 type information with theSEC reflecting its status as an entity that is not a shell company.

As a result, our initial shareholders, other thanour sponsor, will be able to sell their founder shares and private placement shares, and the securities underlying the foregoing, as applicable, pursuant to Rule 144 without registration one year after we have completed our initial businesscombination.

 

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Registration and Shareholder Rights

The holders of the founder shares and private placement shares (and any Class A ordinary shares issuable upon the conversion of thefounder shares), including any Class A ordinary shares that may be issued upon conversion of working capital loans, will be entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration and shareholder rights agreement to be entered into on orprior to the closing of this offering. The holders of these securities are entitled to make up to three demands, excluding short form demands, that we register such securities. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back”registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to our completion of our initial business combination. We will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.

Listing of Securities

We have applied tohave our units listed on Nasdaq under the symbol “            ” commencing on or promptly after the date of this prospectus. We cannot guarantee that our securities will beapproved for listing on Nasdaq. Once the securities comprising the units begin separate trading, we expect that the Class A ordinary shares and warrants will be listed on Nasdaq under the symbols“            ” and “            ,” respectively. The units will automatically separate into their componentparts and will not be traded following the completion of our initial business combination.

 

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TAXATION

The following summary of certain Cayman Islands and U.S. federal income tax considerations generally applicable to an investment in ourunits, each consisting of one Class A ordinary share and one-half of one redeemable warrant, which we refer to collectively as our securities, is based upon laws and relevant interpretations thereof ineffect as of the date of this prospectus, all of which are subject to change. This summary does not deal with all possible tax considerations relevant to an investment in our Class A ordinary shares and warrants, such as the tax consequencesunder state, local and other tax laws.

Prospective investors should consult their advisors on the possible tax consequences of investingin our securities under the laws of their country of citizenship, residence or domicile.

Cayman Islands Tax Considerations

The following is a discussion on certain Cayman Islands income tax consequences of an investment in the securities of the Company. Thediscussion is a general summary of present law, which is subject to prospective and retroactive change. It is not intended as tax advice, does not consider any investor’s particular circumstances, and does not consider tax consequences otherthan those arising under Cayman Islands law.

Under Existing Cayman Islands Laws

Payments of dividends and capital in respect of our securities will not be subject to taxation in the Cayman Islands and no withholding will berequired on the payment of a dividend or capital to any holder of the securities nor will gains derived from the disposal of the securities be subject to Cayman Islands income or corporate tax. The Cayman Islands currently has no income, corporateor capital gains tax and no estate duty, inheritance tax or gift tax.

No stamp duty is payable in respect of the issue of the warrants.An instrument of transfer in respect of a warrant is stamp able if executed in or brought into the Cayman Islands.

No stamp duty ispayable in respect of the issue of our Class A ordinary shares or on an instrument of transfer in respect of such shares.

TheCompany has been incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands as an exempted company with limited liability and, as such, has received undertaking from the Financial Secretary of the Cayman Islands in the following form:

The Tax Concessions Act

(As Revised)

Undertakingas to Tax Concessions

In accordance with the provision of Section 6 of The Tax Concessions Act (As Revised), the FinancialSecretary undertakes with Singularity Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”):

1.                That no law which is hereafter enacted inthe Islands imposing any tax to be levied on profits, income, gains or appreciations shall apply to the Company or its operations; and

2.                In addition, that no tax to be levied onprofits, income, gains or appreciations or which is in the nature of estate duty or inheritance tax shall be payable:

2.1                on or in respect of theshares, debentures or other obligations of the Company; or

2.2                by way of the withholding inwhole or part, of any relevant payment as defined in Section 6(3) of the Tax Concessions Act (As Revised).

These concessionsshall be for a period of 20 years from 18 May 2021.

 

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United States Federal Income Tax Considerations

The following discussion summarizes the material U.S. federal income tax considerations generally applicable to the acquisition, ownership anddisposition of our units (each consisting of one Class A ordinary share and one-half of one warrant), Class A ordinary shares and warrants ( collectively, our “securities”), that are issuedpursuant to this offering to U.S. Holders (as defined below) and Non-U.S. Holders (as defined below). Because the components of a unit are generally separable at the option of the holder, the holder of a unitgenerally should be treated, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, as the owner of the underlying Class A ordinary share and one-half of one warrant that comprise the unit. As a result, the discussionbelow with respect to holders of Class A ordinary shares and warrants should also apply to holders of units (as the deemed owners of the underlying Class A ordinary shares and warrants that comprise the units).

This discussion applies only to holders that acquire a unit for cash in the initial offering and hold the unit and each component of the unitas a capital asset. This discussion assumes that the Class A ordinary shares and warrants will trade separately and that any distributions made (or deemed made) by us on our Class A ordinary shares and any consideration received (or deemedreceived) by a holder in consideration for the sale or other disposition of our securities will be in U.S. dollars. The discussion does not cover all aspects of U.S. federal income taxation that may be relevant to, or the actual tax effect that anyof the matters described herein will have on, the acquisition, ownership or disposition of our securities by particular investors (including consequences under the alternative minimum tax or net investment income tax), and does not address state,local, non-U.S. or other tax laws (such as estate or gift tax laws). This summary also does not address tax considerations applicable to investors that own (directly, or indirectly or by attribution)5 per cent. or more of our stock by vote or value, nor does this summary discuss all of the tax considerations that may be relevant to certain types of investors subject to special treatment under the U.S. federal income tax laws (such as ourSponsor and any equity owners of our Sponsor, initial shareholders, officers, directors or their affiliates, financial institutions, insurance companies, individual retirement accounts and other tax-deferredaccounts, tax-exempt organizations, dealers in securities or currencies, investors that will hold the units as part of straddles, hedging transactions or conversion transactions for U.S. federal income taxpurposes, persons that have ceased to be U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents of the United States, investors holding the units in connection with a trade or business conducted outside of the United States, U.S. citizens or lawful permanentresidents living abroad, investors that are required to take certain amounts into income no later than the time such amounts are reflected on an applicable financial statement or U.S. Holders whose functional currency is not the U.S. dollar).

As used herein, the term “U.S. Holder” means a beneficial owner of units, Class A ordinary shares or warrants that is, for U.S.federal income tax purposes, (i) an individual citizen or resident of the United States, (ii) a corporation created or organized under the laws of the United States, or any state thereof or the District of Columbia, (iii) an estatethe income of which is subject to U.S. federal income tax without regard to its source or (iv) a trust if a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of the trust and one or more U.S. personshave the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust, or the trust has validly elected to be treated as a domestic trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

A “Non-U.S. Holder” means a beneficial owner of units, Class A ordinary shares orwarrants that is an individual, corporation, estate or trust and is not a U.S. Holder, but such term generally does not include an individual who is present in the United States for 183 days or more in the taxable year of a disposition of our units,Class A ordinary shares or warrants.

The U.S. federal income tax treatment of a partner in an entity or arrangement treated as apartnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes that holds units will depend on the status of the partner and the activities of the partnership. Prospective purchasers that are entities or arrangements treated as partnerships for U.S. federalincome tax purposes should consult their tax advisors concerning the U.S. federal income tax consequences to them and their partners of the acquisition, ownership and disposition of units by the partnership.

 

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This summary is based on the tax laws of the United States, including the Internal RevenueCode of 1986, as amended, its legislative history, existing and proposed regulations thereunder, published rulings and court decisions, all as of the date hereof and all subject to change at any time, possibly with retroactive effect.

ALL PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS SHOULD CONSULT THEIR TAX ADVISORS AS TO THE PARTICULAR TAX CONSEQUENCES TO THEM OF ACQUIRING, OWNING, ANDDISPOSING OF THE UNITS, INCLUDING, THE APPLICABILITY AND EFFECT OF STATE, LOCAL, NON-U.S. AND OTHER TAX LAWS AND POSSIBLE CHANGES IN TAX LAW.

Allocation of Purchase Price and Characterization of a Unit

There is no statutory, administrative or judicial authority directly addressing the treatment, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, of thesecurities with terms substantially the same as the units, and, therefore, that treatment is not entirely clear. The acquisition of a unit should be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as the acquisition of one Class A ordinary shareand one-half of one warrant to acquire one Class A ordinary share. We intend to treat the acquisition of a unit in this manner and, by purchasing a unit, you agree to adopt such treatment for U.S. federalincome tax purposes. Each holder of a unit must allocate the purchase price paid by such holder for such unit between the Class A ordinary share and one-half of one warrant that comprise the unit based ontheir respective relative fair market values at the time of issuance. The price allocated to each Class A ordinary share or one-half of one warrant generally will be the holder’s tax basis in suchshare or one-half of one warrant, as the case may be. Any disposition of a unit should be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a disposition of the Class A ordinary share and the one-half of one warrant comprising the unit, and the amount realized on the disposition should be allocated between the Class A ordinary share and the one-half of onewarrant based on their respective relative fair market values at the time of disposition. The separation of the Class A ordinary share and the one-half of one warrant comprising a unit should not be ataxable event for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

The foregoing treatment of our Class A ordinary shares and warrants and aholder’s purchase price allocation are not binding on the IRS or the courts. Because there are no authorities that directly address instruments that are similar to the units, no assurance can be given that the IRS or the courts will agree withthe characterization described above or the discussion below. Accordingly, each holder is advised to consult its own tax advisor regarding the risks associated with an investment in a unit (including alternative characterizations of a unit) andregarding an allocation of the purchase price among the Class A ordinary share and the one-half of one warrant that comprise a unit. The balance of this discussion generally assumes that thecharacterization of the units described above is respected for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

U.S. Holders

Taxation of Distributions Paid on Ordinary Shares

Subject to the passive foreign investment company (“PFIC”) rules discussed below, distributions paid out of our current oraccumulated earnings and profits (as determined for U.S. federal income tax purposes) generally will be taxable to a U.S. Holder as foreign source dividend income, and will not be eligible for the dividends received deduction allowed tocorporations. Distributions in excess of current and accumulated earnings and profits will be treated as a non-taxable return of capital to the extent of the U.S. Holder’s basis in the Class Aordinary shares and thereafter as capital gain. However, we do not intend to maintain calculations of earnings and profits in accordance with U.S. federal income tax accounting principles. U.S. Holders should therefore assume that any distributionwith respect to the Class A ordinary shares will be reported as ordinary dividend income. U.S. Holders should consult their own tax advisors with respect to the appropriate U.S. federal income tax treatment of any distribution received from ourcompany.

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an established securities market in the United States (such as Nasdaq), we are not a PFIC for the taxable year in which the dividend is paid or the preceding taxable year, and certain otherrequirements are met. Prospective purchasers should consult their own tax advisors regarding the availability of the lower rate for any dividends paid with respect to our Class A ordinary shares.

Taxation on the Disposition of Class A Ordinary Shares and Warrants

Subject to the PFIC rules discussed below, a U.S. Holder generally will recognize capital gain or loss upon a sale or other taxable dispositionof our Class A ordinary shares or warrants which, in general, would include a redemption of Class A ordinary shares that is treated as a sale as described below, and including as a result of a dissolution and liquidation in the event we donot consummate an initial business combination within the required time period. The amount of gain or loss recognized generally will be equal to the difference between (i) the sum of the amount of cash and the fair market value of any propertyreceived in such disposition (or, if the Class A ordinary shares or warrants are held as part of units at the time of the disposition, the portion of the amount realized on such disposition that is allocated to the Class A ordinary sharesor warrants based upon the then fair market values of the Class A ordinary shares and the warrants included in the units) and (ii) the U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis in its Class A ordinary shares or warrants so disposed of. AU.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis in its Class A ordinary shares or warrants generally will equal the U.S. Holder’s acquisition cost (that is, the portion of the purchase price of a unit allocated to a Class A ordinary share orwarrant, as described above under “— Allocation of Purchase Price and Characterization of a Unit”) reduced, in the case of a Class A ordinary share, by any prior distributions treated as a return of capital. See“— Exercise, Redemption or Lapse of a Warrant” below for a discussion regarding a U.S. Holder’s basis in a Class A ordinary share acquired pursuant to a warrant.

Subject to the PFIC rules discussed below, long-term capital gain recognized by a non-corporate U.S.Holder is generally subject to U.S. federal income tax at a reduced rate of tax. Capital gain or loss will constitute long-term capital gain or loss if the U.S. Holder’s holding period for the Class A ordinary shares or warrants exceedsone year. It is unclear whether the redemption rights with respect to the Class A ordinary shares described in this prospectus may prevent a U.S. Holder from satisfying the applicable holding period requirements for this purpose. If the runningof the holding period for the Class A ordinary shares is suspended, then a non-corporate U.S. Holder may not be able to satisfy the one-year holding periodrequirement for long-term capital gain treatment, in which case any gain on a sale, exchange or other taxable disposition of Class A ordinary shares would be subject to short-term capital gain treatment and would be taxed at ordinary income taxrates. The deductibility of capital losses is subject to various limitations that are not described herein because a discussion of such limitations depends on each U.S. Holder’s particular facts and circumstances.

Redemption of Class A Ordinary Shares

Subject to the PFIC rules discussed below, if a U.S. Holder’s Class A ordinary shares are redeemed pursuant to the exercise of ashareholder redemption right or if we purchase a U.S. Holder’s Class A ordinary shares in an open market transaction, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, such redemption will be subject to the following rules. If the redemption qualifiesas a sale of the Class A ordinary shares under Section 302 of the Code, the tax treatment of such redemption will be as described under “— Taxation on the Disposition of Class A Ordinary Shares and Warrants” above.If the redemption does not qualify as a sale of Class A ordinary shares under Section 302 of the Code, a U.S. Holder will be treated as receiving a distribution with the tax consequences described below. Whether a redemption of our sharesqualifies for sale treatment will depend largely on the total number of our Class A ordinary shares treated as held by such U.S. Holder (including any shares constructively owned as a result of, among other things, owning warrants). Theredemption of Class A ordinary shares generally will be treated as a sale or exchange of the Class A ordinary shares (rather than as a distribution) if such redemption (i) is “substantially disproportionate” with respect tothe U.S. Holder, (ii) results in a “complete termination” of the U.S. Holder’s interest in us or (iii) is “not essentially equivalent to a dividend” with respect to the U.S. Holder. These tests are explained morefully below.

 

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In determining whether any of the foregoing tests are satisfied, a U.S. Holder must takeinto account not only our Class A ordinary shares actually owned by such holder, but also our Class A ordinary shares that are constructively owned by such holder. A U.S. Holder may constructively own, in addition to our Class Aordinary shares owned directly, Class A ordinary shares owned by certain related individuals and entities in which such holder has an interest or that have an interest in such holder, as well as any Class A ordinary shares such holder hasa right to acquire by exercise of an option, which would generally include Class A ordinary shares which could be acquired pursuant to the exercise of the warrant. In order to meet the substantially disproportionate test, the percentage of ouroutstanding voting shares actually and constructively owned by a U.S. Holder immediately following the redemption of our Class A ordinary shares must, among other requirements, be less than 80% of the percentage of our outstanding voting sharesactually and constructively owned by such holder immediately before the redemption. Prior to our initial business combination, the Class A ordinary shares may not be treated as voting shares for this purpose and, consequently, the substantiallydisproportionate test may not be applicable. There will be a complete termination of a U.S. Holder’s interest if either (i) all of our Class A ordinary shares actually and constructively owned by such U.S. Holder are redeemed or(ii) all of our Class A ordinary shares actually owned by such U.S. Holder are redeemed and such holder is eligible to waive, and effectively waives, in accordance with specific rules, the attribution of shares owned by certain familymembers and such holder does not constructively own any other shares (including shares constructively owned as a result of owning warrants). The redemption of the Class A ordinary shares will not be essentially equivalent to a dividend if suchredemption results in a “meaningful reduction” of a U.S. Holder’s proportionate interest in us. Whether the redemption will result in a meaningful reduction in a U.S. Holder’s proportionate interest in us will depend on theparticular facts and circumstances. However, the IRS has indicated in a published ruling that even a small reduction in the proportionate interest of a small minority shareholder in a publicly held corporation who exercises no control over corporateaffairs may constitute such a “meaningful reduction.” U.S. Holders should consult with their own tax advisors as to the tax consequences of a redemption of any Class A ordinary shares.

If none of the foregoing tests are satisfied, then the redemption generally will be treated as a distribution and the tax effects will be asdescribed under “— Taxation of Distributions Paid on Class A Ordinary Shares,” above. After the application of those rules, any remaining tax basis a U.S. Holder has in the redeemed Class A ordinary shares will beadded to the adjusted tax basis in such holder’s remaining Class A ordinary shares. If there are no remaining Class A ordinary shares, a U.S. Holder should consult its own tax advisors as to the allocation of any remaining basis.

U.S. Holders who actually or constructively own five percent (or, if our shares are not then publicly traded, one percent) or more of ourshares (by vote or value) may be subject to special reporting requirements with respect to a redemption of Class A ordinary shares, and such holders should consult with their own tax advisors with respect to their reporting requirements.

Exercise, Redemption or Lapse of a Warrant

Subject to the PFIC rules discussed below, and except as discussed below with respect to the cashless exercise of a warrant, a U.S. Holdergenerally will not recognize gain or loss upon the acquisition of a Class A ordinary share pursuant to the exercise of a warrant for cash. A Class A ordinary share acquired pursuant to the exercise of a warrant for cash generally will havea tax basis equal to the U.S. Holder’s tax basis in the warrant, increased by the amount paid to exercise the warrant. It is unclear whether a U.S. Holder’s holding period of such Class A ordinary share will commence on the date ofexercise of the warrant or the day following the date of exercise of the warrant; in either case, the holding period will not include the period during which the U.S. Holder held the warrant. If a warrant is allowed to lapse unexercised, a U.S.Holder generally will recognize a capital loss equal to such holder’s tax basis in the warrant.

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the U.S. Holder’s tax basis in the warrant. If the cashless exercise were treated as not being a realization event, it is unclear whether a U.S. Holder’s holding period for theClass A ordinary shares would be treated as commencing on the date of exercise of the warrant or the day following the date of exercise of the warrant. If the cashless exercise were treated as a recapitalization, the holding period of theClass A ordinary shares would include the holding period of the warrant.

It is also possible that a cashless exercise could betreated as a taxable exchange in which gain or loss would be recognized. In such event, a U.S. Holder could be deemed to have surrendered warrants with an aggregate fair market value equal to the exercise price for the total number of warrants to beexercised. Subject to the PFIC rules discussed below, the U.S. Holder would recognize capital gain or loss in an amount equal to the difference between the fair market value of the Class A ordinary shares received in respect of the warrantsdeemed surrendered and the U.S. Holder’s tax basis in the warrants deemed surrendered. In this case, a U.S. Holder’s aggregate tax basis in the Class A ordinary shares received would equal the sum of the U.S. Holder’s tax basisin the warrants exercised (i.e., the portion of the U.S. Holder’s purchase price for the units that is allocated to the warrant, as described above under “— Allocation of Purchase Price and Characterization of a Unit”)and the exercise price of such warrants. It is unclear whether a U.S. Holder’s holding period for the Class A ordinary shares would commence on the date of exercise of the warrant or the day following the date of exercise of the warrant;in either case, the holding period will not include the period during which the U.S. Holder held the warrant.

Due to the absence ofauthority on the U.S. federal income tax treatment of a cashless exercise, there can be no assurance which, if any, of the alternative tax consequences and holding periods described above would be adopted by the IRS or a court of law. Accordingly,U.S. Holders should consult their tax advisors regarding the tax consequences of a cashless exercise of the warrants.

We intend to treatthe exercise of a warrant occurring after our giving notice of an intention to redeem the warrant for $0.10 as described in the section of this prospectus entitled “Description of Securities — Warrants —Redemption of warrants when theprice per Class A ordinary share equals or exceeds $16.50” as if we redeemed such warrant for shares. While not free from doubt, such redemption should be treated as a “recapitalization” for U.S. federal income tax purposes.Accordingly, subject to the PFIC rules described below, a U.S. Holder should not recognize any gain or loss on the redemption of warrants for Class A ordinary shares. In such event, a U.S. Holder’s aggregate tax basis in the Class Aordinary shares received in the redemption generally should equal the U.S. Holder’s aggregate tax basis in the warrants redeemed and the holding period for the Class A ordinary shares received should include the U.S. Holder’s holdingperiod for the surrendered warrants. However, there is some uncertainty regarding this tax treatment and it is possible such a redemption could be treated in part as a taxable exchange in which gain or loss would be recognized in a manner similar tothat discussed above for a cashless exercise of warrants. Alternately, if the redemption were instead to be characterized for U.S. federal income tax purposes as an exercise of the warrant (which we do not expect), then the tax treatment wouldinstead be treated as described above in the first paragraph under “U.S. Holders — Exercise, Redemption or Lapse of a Warrant.” Accordingly, a U.S. Holder is urged to consult its tax advisor regarding the tax consequences of aredemption of warrants for Class A ordinary shares.

Subject to the PFIC rules described below, if we redeem warrants for cashpursuant to the redemption provisions described in the section of this prospectus entitled “Description of Securities — Warrants” or if we purchase warrants in an open market transaction, such redemption or purchasegenerally will be treated as a taxable disposition to the U.S. Holder, taxed as described above under “—Taxation on the Disposition of Class A Ordinary Shares and Warrants.”

Possible Constructive Distributions

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Holders of the warrants would be treated as receiving a constructive distribution from us if, for example, the adjustment increases the warrant holders’ proportionate interest in our assetsor earnings and profits (e.g., through an increase in the number of Class A ordinary shares that would be obtained upon exercise or through a decrease to the exercise price, including, for example, where additional Class A ordinary sharesare issued in connection with the closing of our initial business combination at an issue price of less than $9.20 and the exercise price of the warrants is adjusted to be equal to 115% of the Newly Issued Price, as described under “Descriptionof Securities — Warrants— Anti-dilution Adjustments”) as a result of a distribution of cash or other property to the holders of our Class A ordinary shares which is taxable to the U.S. Holders of such Class A ordinary sharesas described under “— Taxation of Distributions Paid on Class A Ordinary Shares” above. Such constructive distribution would be subject to tax as described under that section in the same manner as if the U.S. Holders of thewarrants received a cash distribution from us equal to the fair market value of such increased interest.

Passive Foreign Investment Company Rules

A foreign (i.e., non-U.S.) corporation will be classified as a PFIC for U.S. federalincome tax purposes in any taxable year in which, after taking into account the income and assets of the corporation and certain subsidiaries pursuant to applicable “look-through rules,” either (i) at least 75% of its gross income ina taxable year is “passive income,” or (ii) at least 50% of the average value of its assets in a taxable year is attributable to assets which produce passive income or are held for the production of passive income. Passive incomegenerally includes dividends, interest, rents and royalties (other than rents or royalties derived from the active conduct of a trade or business) and gains from the disposition of assets giving rise to passive income. In determining the value andcomposition of our assets, the cash we raise in this offering generally will be considered to be held for the production of passive income and thus will be considered a passive asset.

Because we are a blank check company, with no current active business, we believe that it is likely that we will meet the PFIC asset or incometest for our current taxable year or any other periods prior to the initial business combination. However, pursuant to a start-up exception, a corporation will not be a PFIC for the first taxable year thecorporation has gross income, if (1) no predecessor of the foreign corporation was a PFIC; (2) the corporation satisfies the IRS that it will not be a PFIC for either of the first two taxable years following the start-up year; and (3) the corporation is not in fact a PFIC for either of those years. The applicability of the start-up exception to us is uncertain and will not beknown until after the close of our current taxable year (or possibly not until after the close of the first two taxable years following our current taxable year). After the acquisition of a company or assets in a business combination, we may stillmeet one of the PFIC tests depending on the timing of the acquisition and the amount of our passive income and assets as well as the passive income and assets of the acquired business. If the company that we acquire in the initial businesscombination is a PFIC, then we will likely not qualify for the start-up exception and will be a PFIC for our current taxable year. Accordingly, there can be no assurance with respect to our status as a PFICfor our current taxable year ending or any future taxable year.

If we are a PFIC for any taxable year (or portion thereof) that isincluded in the holding period of a U.S. Holder of our Class A ordinary shares, the U.S. Holder did not make a timely qualified electing fund, or QEF, election for our first taxable year as a PFIC in which the U.S. Holder held (or was deemed tohold) Class A ordinary shares, or a “mark-to-market” election (in each case as described below), such holder generally will be subject to special,generally adverse rules with respect to (i) any gain recognized by the U.S. Holder on the sale or other disposition of its Class A ordinary shares and (ii) any “excess distribution” made to the U.S. Holder (generally, anydistributions to such U.S. Holder during a taxable year of the U.S. Holder that are greater than 125% of the average annual distributions received by such U.S. Holder in respect of the Class A ordinary shares during the three preceding taxableyears of such U.S. Holder or, if shorter, such U.S. Holder’s holding period for the Class A ordinary shares). Under these rules:

 

  

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the amount allocated to the U.S. Holder’s taxable year in which the U.S. Holder recognized the gain orreceived the excess distribution, or to the period in the U.S. Holder’s holding period before the first day of our first taxable year in which we are a PFIC, will be taxed as ordinary income;

 

  

the amount allocated to other taxable years (or portions thereof) of the U.S. Holder and included in its holdingperiod will be taxed at the highest tax rate in effect for that year and applicable to the U.S. Holder; and

 

  

the interest charge generally applicable to underpayments of tax will be imposed in respect of the taxattributable to each such other taxable year of the U.S. Holder.

In general, if we are a PFIC, a U.S. Holder may avoidthe PFIC tax consequences described above in respect to our Class A ordinary shares by making a timely QEF election (if eligible to do so) to include in income its pro rata share of our net capital gains (as long-term capital gain) and otherearnings and profits (as ordinary income), on a current basis, in each case whether or not distributed, in the taxable year of the U.S. Holder in which or with which our taxable year ends. A U.S. Holder generally may make a separate election todefer the payment of taxes on undistributed income inclusions under the QEF rules, but if deferred, any such taxes will be subject to an interest charge. It should be noted that dividends paid by a PFIC would generally not qualify for the preferredcapital gains rates discussed above.

The QEF election is made on ashareholder-by-shareholder basis and, once made, can be revoked only with the consent of the IRS. A U.S. Holder generally makes a QEF election by attaching a completedIRS Form 8621 (Information Return by a Shareholder of a Passive Foreign Investment Company or Qualified Electing Fund), including the information provided in a PFIC annual information statement, to a timely filed U.S. federal income tax return forthe tax year to which the election relates. Retroactive QEF elections generally may be made only by filing a protective statement with such return and if certain other conditions are met or with the consent of the IRS. U.S. Holders should consulttheir own tax advisors regarding the availability and tax consequences of a retroactive QEF election under their particular circumstances.

In order to comply with the requirements of a QEF election, a U.S. Holder must receive a PFIC annual information statement from us. If wedetermine we are a PFIC for any taxable year, we will endeavor to provide to a U.S. Holder such information as the IRS may require, including a PFIC annual information statement, in order to enable the U.S. Holder to make and maintain a QEFelection. However, there is no assurance that we will have timely knowledge of our status as a PFIC in the future or of the required information to be provided.

If a U.S. Holder has made a QEF election with respect to our Class A ordinary shares, and the special tax and interest charge rules donot apply to such shares (because of a timely QEF election for our first taxable year as a PFIC in which the U.S. Holder holds (or is deemed to hold) such shares), any gain recognized on the sale of our Class A ordinary shares generally will betaxable as capital gain and no interest charge will be imposed under the PFIC rules. As discussed above, U.S. Holders of a QEF are currently taxed on their pro rata shares of its earnings and profits, whether or not distributed. In such case, asubsequent distribution of such earnings and profits that were previously included in income generally should not be taxable as a dividend to such U.S. Holders. The tax basis of a U.S. Holder’s shares in a QEF will be increased by amounts thatare included in income, and decreased by amounts distributed but not taxed as dividends, under the above rules.

Although a determinationas to our PFIC status will be made annually, an initial determination that our company is a PFIC will generally apply for subsequent years to a U.S. Holder who held Class A ordinary shares or warrants while we were a PFIC, whether or not wemeet the test for PFIC status in those subsequent years. A U.S. Holder who makes the QEF election discussed above for our first taxable year as a PFIC in which the U.S. Holder holds (or is deemed to hold) our Class A ordinary shares, however,will not be subject to the PFIC tax and interest charge rules discussed above in respect to such shares. In addition, such U.S. Holder will not be subject to the QEF inclusion regime with respect to such shares for any taxable year of us that endswithin or with a taxable year of the U.S. Holder and in which we are not a PFIC. On the other hand, if the QEF election is not

 

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effective for each of our taxable years in which we are a PFIC and the U.S. Holder holds (or is deemed to hold) our Class A ordinary shares, the PFIC rules discussed above will continue toapply to such shares unless the holder makes a purging election, as described above, and pays the tax and interest charge with respect to the gain inherent in such shares attributable to the pre-QEF electionperiod.

Alternatively, if a U.S. Holder, at the close of its taxable year, owns shares in a PFIC that are treated as marketable stock,the U.S. Holder may make a mark-to-market election with respect to such shares for such taxable year. If the U.S. Holder makes a valid mark-to-market election for the first taxable year of the U.S. Holder in which the U.S. Holder holds (or is deemed to hold) Class A ordinary shares in us and for which we are determined to be a PFIC,such holder generally will not be subject to the PFIC rules described above in respect to its Class A ordinary shares. Instead, in general, the U.S. Holder will include as ordinary income each year the excess, if any, of the fair market valueof its Class A ordinary shares at the end of its taxable year over the adjusted basis in its Class A ordinary shares. These amounts of ordinary income would not be eligible for the reduced tax rates applicable to qualified dividend incomeor long-term capital gains. The U.S. Holder also will be allowed to take an ordinary loss in respect of the excess, if any, of the adjusted basis of its Class A ordinary shares over the fair market value of its Class A ordinary shares atthe end of its taxable year (but only to the extent of the net amount of previously included income as a result of the mark-to-market election). The U.S. Holder’sbasis in its Class A ordinary shares will be adjusted to reflect any such income or loss amounts, and any further gain recognized on a sale or other taxable disposition of the Class A ordinary shares will be treated as ordinary income.Currently, a mark-to-market election may not be made with respect to our warrants.

The mark-to-market election is available only for stock thatis regularly traded on a national securities exchange that is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Nasdaq, or on a foreign exchange or market that the IRS determines has rules sufficient to ensure that the marketprice represents a legitimate and sound fair market value. If made, a mark-to-market election would be effective for the taxable year for which the election was made andfor all subsequent taxable years unless the Class A ordinary shares ceased to qualify as marketable stock for purposes of the PFIC rules or the IRS consented to the revocation of the election. U.S. Holders should consult their own tax advisorsregarding the availability and tax consequences of a mark-to-market election in respect to our Class A ordinary shares under their particular circumstances.

If we are a PFIC and, at any time, have a foreign subsidiary that is classified as a PFIC, U.S. Holders generally would be deemed to own aportion of the shares of such lower-tier PFIC, and generally could incur liability for the deferred tax and interest charge described above if we receive a distribution from, or dispose of all or part of our interest in, the lower-tier PFIC or theU.S. Holders otherwise were deemed to have disposed of an interest in the lower-tier PFIC. We will endeavor to cause any lower-tier PFIC to provide to a U.S. Holder the information that may be required to make or maintain a QEF election with respectto the lower-tier PFIC. However, there is no assurance that we will have timely knowledge of the status of any such lower-tier PFIC. In addition, we may not hold a controlling interest in any such lower-tier PFIC and thus there can be no assurancewe will be able to cause the lower-tier PFIC to provide the required information. A mark-to-market election generally would not be available with respect to any suchlower-tier PFIC. U.S. Holders are urged to consult their own tax advisors regarding the tax issues raised by lower-tier PFICs.

A U.S.Holder that owns (or is deemed to own) shares in a PFIC during any taxable year of the U.S. Holder, may have to file an IRS Form 8621(whether or not a QEF ormark-to-market election is made) and such other information as may be required by the U.S. Treasury Department. Failure to do so, if required, will extend the statute oflimitations until such required information is furnished to the IRS.

It is not entirely clear how various aspects of the PFIC rules applyto our warrants. In particular, certain proposed regulations that were issued in 1992 and that are not currently in effect (but that would have a retroactive effective date if finalized) could be interpreted as treating the warrants as stock forpurposes of these rules. Accordingly, it is possible that the proposed regulations could be finalized in a manner that would apply to the warrants. If that is the case, the holding period of Class A ordinary shares acquired upon exercise of the

 

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warrants would include the period in which the warrants were held. Accordingly, U.S. Holders should consult their tax advisors as to whether the warrants are subject to the PFIC rules.

A U.S. Holder may not make a QEF election or mark-to-marketelection with respect to our warrants. As a result, if the PFIC rules apply to the warrants and a U.S. Holder sells or otherwise disposes of such warrants (other than upon exercise of such warrants), including possibly in an exchange or deemedexchange of warrants in connection with the initial business combination, any gain recognized generally will be subject to the special tax and interest charge rules treating the gain as an excess distribution, as described above, if we were a PFICat any time during the period the U.S. Holder held the warrants. If a U.S. Holder that exercises such warrants properly makes and maintains a QEF election with respect to the newly acquired Class A ordinary shares (or has previously made a QEFelection with respect to our Class A ordinary shares), the QEF election will apply to the newly acquired Class A ordinary shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing and subject to the following sentence, the adverse tax consequences relating toPFIC shares, adjusted to take into account the current income inclusions resulting from the QEF election, will continue to apply with respect to such newly acquired Class A ordinary shares (which, generally will be deemed to have a holdingperiod for purposes of the PFIC rules that includes the period the U.S. Holder held the warrants) for gain or distributions that are allocable to the pre-QEF election period, unless the U.S. Holder makes apurging election. It is possible, however, that the adverse PFIC tax consequences may not apply to the Class A ordinary shares acquired upon the exercise of the warrants (other than QEF inclusions if we are a PFIC at such time) if the U.S.Holder has held Class A ordinary shares that were subject to a QEF election during the entire period that it held the warrants.

AU.S. Holder may “purge” the averse tax consequences of having a holding period for its Class A ordinary shares that includes a period in which we were a PFIC by making an election under which the U.S. Holder will be deemed to havesold such shares at their fair market value. The gain recognized by the purging election will be subject to the special tax and interest charge rules treating the gain as an excess distribution, as described above. As a result of the purgingelection, the U.S. Holder will have additional basis (to the extent of any gain recognized on the deemed sale) and, solely for purposes of the PFIC rules, a new holding period in the Class A ordinary shares (including Class A ordinaryshares acquired upon the exercise of the warrants). U.S. Holders are urged to consult their tax advisors as to the application of the rules governing purging elections to their particular circumstances.

The rules dealing with PFICs and with the QEF, purging andmark-to-market elections are very complex and are affected by various factors in addition to those described above. Accordingly, U.S. Holders of our Class Aordinary shares and warrants should consult their own tax advisors concerning the application of the PFIC rules to our Class A ordinary shares and warrants, including the application of the elections described above, under their particularcircumstances.

Tax Reporting

Certain U.S. Holders may be required to file an IRS Form 926 (Return by a U.S. Transferor of Property to a Foreign Corporation) to report atransfer of property (including cash) to us. Substantial penalties may be imposed on a U.S. Holder that fails to comply with this reporting requirement. Furthermore, certain U.S. Holders who are individuals and certain entities will be required toreport information with respect to such U.S. Holder’s investment in “specified foreign financial assets” on IRS Form 8938 (Statement of Specified Foreign Financial Assets), subject to certain exceptions. An interest in our companyconstitutes a specified foreign financial asset for these purposes. Persons who are required to report specified foreign financial assets and fail to do so may be subject to substantial penalties. Potential investors are urged to consult their taxadvisors regarding the foreign financial asset and other reporting obligations and their application to an investment in our securities.

Non-U.S. Holders

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effectively connected with the Non-U.S. Holder’s conduct of a trade or business within the United States (and, if required by an applicable income taxtreaty, are attributable to a permanent establishment or fixed base that such holder maintains in the United States).

In addition, a Non-U.S. Holder generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax on any gain attributable to a sale or other disposition of our Class A ordinary shares or warrants unless such gain is effectivelyconnected with its conduct of a trade or business in the United States (and, if required by an applicable income tax treaty, is attributable to a permanent establishment or fixed base that such holder maintains in the United States) or the Non-U.S. Holder is an individual who is present in the United States for 183 days or more in the taxable year of sale or other disposition and certain other conditions are met (in which case, such gain from UnitedStates sources generally is subject to tax at a 30% rate or a lower applicable tax treaty rate).

Dividends (including constructivedistributions) and gains that are effectively connected with the Non-U.S. Holder’s conduct of a trade or business in the United States (and, if required by an applicable income tax treaty, areattributable to a permanent establishment or fixed base in the United States) generally will be subject to U.S. federal income tax at the same regular U.S. federal income tax rates applicable to a comparable U.S. Holder and, in the case of a Non-U.S. Holder that is a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, also may be subject to an additional branch profits tax at a 30% rate or a lower applicable tax treaty rate.

The U.S. federal income tax treatment of a Non-U.S. Holder’s receipt of a Class A ordinaryshare upon the exercise or lapse of a warrant held by a Non-U.S. Holder, generally will correspond to the U.S. federal income tax treatment of the receipt of a share or exercise of a warrant by a U.S. Holder,as described under “U.S. Holders —Exercise, Redemption or Lapse of a Warrant,” above, although to the extent a cashless exercise results in a taxable exchange, the consequences would be similar to those described in the precedingparagraphs above for a Non-U.S. Holder’s gain on the sale or other disposition of our Class A ordinary shares and warrants.

Backup Withholding and Information Reporting

Dividend payments with respect to our Class A ordinary shares and proceeds from the sale, exchange or redemption of our Class Aordinary shares may be subject to information reporting to the IRS and possible United States backup withholding. Backup withholding will not apply, however, to a U.S. Holder who furnishes a correct taxpayer identification number and makes otherrequired certifications, or who is otherwise exempt from backup withholding and establishes such exempt status. A Non-U.S. Holder is generally not subject to information reporting and backup withholding ifsuch holder provides certification of its foreign status, under penalties of perjury, on a duly executed applicable IRS Form W-8 to the payor and the payor does not have actual knowledge that the certificateis false or by otherwise establishing an exemption.

Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Amounts withheld as backup withholdingmay be credited against a holder’s U.S. federal income tax liability, and a holder generally may obtain a refund of any excess amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules by timely filing the appropriate claim for refund with the IRSand furnishing any required information. Holders are urged to consult their own tax advisors regarding the application of backup withholding and the availability of and procedure for obtaining an exemption from backup withholding in their particularcircumstances.

 

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UNDERWRITING

Subject to the terms and conditions of the underwriting agreement, the underwriters below have agreed to purchase from us on a firm commitmentbasis the following respective number of units at a public offering price less the underwriting discounts and commissions set forth on the cover page of this prospectus:

 

US Tiger Securities, Inc.

  

EF Hutton, division of Benchmark Investments, LLC

  

Total

   10,000,000 
  

 

 

 

The underwriting agreement provides that the obligations of the underwriters to purchase the units included inthis offering are subject to approval of legal matters by counsel and to other conditions. The underwriters are obligated to purchase all of the units (other than those covered by the over-allotment option described below) if they purchase any ofthe units.

Units sold by the underwriters to the public will initially be offered at the initial public offering price set forth on thecover of this prospectus. If all of the units are not sold at the initial offering price, the underwriters may change the offering price and the other selling terms. The underwriters have advised us that the underwriters do not intend to make salesto discretionary accounts.

If the underwriters sell more units than the total number set forth in the table above, we have granted to theunderwriters an option, exercisable for 45 days from the date of this prospectus, to purchase up to 1,500,000 additional units at the public offering price less the underwriting discount. To the extent the option is exercised, the underwritersmust purchase a number of additional units approximately proportionate to their initial purchase commitment. Any units issued or sold under the option will be issued and sold on the same terms and conditions as the other units that are the subjectof this offering.

We, our sponsor and our officers and directors have agreed that, for a period of 180 days from the date of thisprospectus, we and they will not, without the prior written consent of the underwriters, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, any units, warrants, Class A ordinary shares or any other securitiesconvertible into, or exercisable, or exchangeable for, Class A ordinary shares; provided, however, that we may (i) issue and sell the additional units to cover our underwriters’ over-allotment option (if any), (ii) register withthe SEC pursuant to an agreement to be entered into concurrently with the issuance and sale of the securities in this offering, the resale of the founder shares and the private placement shares and (iii) issue securities in connection with aninitial business combination. However, the foregoing shall not apply to the forfeiture of any founder shares pursuant to their terms or any transfer of founder shares to any current or future independent director of the Company (as long as suchcurrent or future independent director is subject to the terms of the letter agreement, filed herewith, at the time of such transfer; and as long as, to the extent any Section 16 reporting obligation is triggered as a result of such transfer,any related Section 16 filing includes a practical explanation as to the nature of the transfer). The underwriters in their sole discretion may release any of the securities subject to these lock-upagreements at any time without notice.

Our initial shareholders have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell (i) 50% of the foundershares, for a period ending on the earlier of the six-month anniversary of the date of the consummation of our initial business combination and the date on which the closing price of our Class A ordinaryshares equals or exceeds $12.50 per share (as adjusted for share sub-visions, share dividends, reorganizations and recapitalizations) for any 20 trading days within any30-trading day period following the consummation of our initial business combination and (ii) with respect to the remaining 50% of the founder shares, for a period ending on the six-month anniversary of the date of the consummation of our initial business combination, or, in either case, earlier if, subsequent to our initial business combination, we consummate a subsequent liquidation,merger, share exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of our shareholders having the right to exchange their shares for cash, securities or other property (except as described in the section entitled “Principal Shareholders— Restrictions on Transfers of Founder Shares and Private Placement Shares”). Any permitted transferees will be subject to the same restrictions and other agreements of our initial shareholders with respect to any founder shares.

 

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The private placement shares (including the Class A ordinary shares issuable uponconversion of the founder shares) will not be transferable, assignable or salable until 30 days after the completion of our initial business combination (except with respect to permitted transferees as described herein under “PrincipalShareholders — Restrictions on Transfers of Founder Shares and Private Placement Shares”).

Prior to this offering, there hasbeen no public market for our securities. Consequently, the initial public offering price for the units was determined by negotiations between us and the underwriters.

The determination of our per unit offering price was more arbitrary than would typically be the case if we were an operating company. Amongthe factors considered in determining initial public offering price were the history and prospects of companies whose principal business is the acquisition of other companies, prior offerings of those companies, our management, our capitalstructure, and currently prevailing general conditions in equity securities markets, including current market valuations of publicly traded companies considered comparable to our company. We cannot assure you, however, that the price at which theunits, Class A ordinary shares or warrants will sell in the public market after this offering will not be lower than the initial public offering price or that an active trading market in our units, Class A ordinary shares or warrants willdevelop and continue after this offering.

We have applied to have our units listed on Nasdaq under the symbol“            ” commencing on or promptly after the date of this prospectus. Once the securities comprising the units begin separate trading, we expect that the Class Aordinary shares and warrants will be listed on Nasdaq under the symbols “            ” and “            ”respectively.

The following table shows the underwriting discounts and commissions that we are to pay to the underwriters in connectionwith this offering. These amounts are shown assuming both no exercise and full exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option.

 

   Paid by Singularity
Acquisition Corp.
 
   No Exercise   Full Exercise 

Per Unit(1)

  $0.55   $0.55 

Total(1)(2)

  $5,500,000   $6,325,000 

 

(1)

Includes $0.20 per unit, or $2,000,000 in the aggregate (or $2,300,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotmentoption is exercised in full), is payable upon the closing of this offering. Includes $0.35 per unit, or $3,500,000 in the aggregate (or $4,025,000 in the aggregate if the underwriter’s over-allotment option is exercised in full), payable to theunderwriter for the deferred underwriting commissions to be placed in a trust account located in the United States as described herein and released to the underwriter only upon the consummation of an initial business combination.

The underwriters may offer and sell the units through one or more of their respective affiliates or other registeredbroker-dealers or selling agents. The offering of the shares by the underwriters is subject to receipt and acceptance and subject to the underwriters’ right to reject any order in whole or in part.

If we do not complete our initial business combination within 12 months from the closing of this offering (or 18 months, if we extend thetime to complete a business combination as described in this prospectus), the underwriters have agreed that (i) they will forfeit any rights or claims to the deferred underwriting commissions, including any accrued interest thereon, then in thetrust account and (ii) the deferred underwriting commissions will be distributed on a pro rata basis, together with any accrued interest thereon (which interest will be net of taxes paid or payable) to the public shareholders.

In connection with the offering, the underwriters may purchase and sell units in the open market. Purchases and sales in the open market mayinclude short sales, purchases to cover short positions, which may include purchases pursuant to the over-allotment option, and stabilizing purchases.

 

  

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“Covered” short sales are sales of units in an amount up to the number of units represented by theunderwriters’ over-allotment option.

 

  

“Naked” short sales are sales of units in an amount in excess of the number of units represented by theunderwriters’ over-allotment option.

 

  

Covering transactions involve purchases of units either pursuant to the over-allotment option or in the openmarket after the distribution has been completed in order to cover short positions.

 

  

To close a naked short position, the underwriters must purchase units in the open market after the distributionhas been completed. A naked short position is more likely to be created if the underwriters are concerned that there may be downward pressure on the price of the units in the open market after pricing that could adversely affect investors whopurchase in the offering.

 

  

To close a covered short position, the underwriters must purchase units in the open market after the distributionhas been completed or must exercise the over-allotment option. In determining the source of units to close the covered short position, the underwriters will consider, among other things, the price of units available for purchase in the open marketas compared to the price at which they may purchase units through the over-allotment option.

 

  

Stabilizing transactions involve bids to purchase units so long as the stabilizing bids do not exceed a specifiedmaximum.

Purchases to cover short positions and stabilizing purchases, as well as other purchases by the underwritersfor their own accounts, may have the effect of preventing or retarding a decline in the market price of the units. They may also cause the price of the units to be higher than the price that would otherwise exist in the open market in the absence ofthese transactions. The underwriters may conduct these transactions in the over-the-counter market or otherwise. If the underwriters commence any of these transactions,they may discontinue them at any time.

We estimate that the total expenses of this offering payable by us will be $1,350,000 excludingunderwriting discounts and commissions. We have agreed to reimburse the underwriters for all out-of-pocket expenses up to a maximum aggregate allowance of $100,000.

We have agreed to indemnify the underwriters against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or to contribute topayments the underwriters may be required to make because of any of those liabilities.

We are not under any contractual obligation toengage the underwriters to provide any services for us after this offering, but we may do so at our discretion. However, the underwriters may introduce us to potential target businesses provide financial advisory services to us in connection with abusiness combination or assist us in raising additional capital in the future including by acting as a placement agent in a private offering or underwriting or arranging debt financing. If the underwriters provide services to us after this offering,we may pay the underwriters fair and reasonable fees that would be determined at that time in an arm’s length negotiation; provided that no agreement will be entered into with the underwriters and no fees for such services will be paid to theunderwriters prior to the date that is 60 days from the date of this prospectus, unless FINRA determines that such payment would not be deemed underwriters’ compensation in connection with this offering and we may pay the underwriters ofthis offering or any entity with which it is affiliated a finder’s fee or other compensation for services rendered to us in connection with the completion of a business combination. Any fees we may pay the underwriters or their affiliates forservices rendered to us after this offering may be contingent on the completion of a business combination and may be paid in other than cash. The underwriters or their affiliates that provide these services to us may have a potential conflict ofinterest given that the underwriters are entitled to the deferred underwriting commissions only if an initial business combination is completed within the specified timeframe.

 

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The underwriter and its respective affiliates are full service financial institutionsengaged in various activities, which may include sales and trading, commercial and investment banking, advisory, investment management, investment research, principal investment, hedging, market making, brokerage and other financial and non-financial activities and services. The underwriter and its respective affiliates have provided, and may in the future provide, a variety of these services to the company, our sponsor, any business combinationtarget and/or their respective affiliates and related parties, for which those underwriters and their affiliates received or will receive customary fees and expenses.

In addition, in the ordinary course of their business activities, the underwriters and their affiliates may make or hold a broad array ofinvestments and actively trade debt and equity securities (or related derivative securities) and financial instruments (including bank loans) for their own account and for the accounts of their customers. Such investments and securities activitiesmay involve securities and/or instruments of ours or our affiliates. The underwriters and their affiliates may also make investment recommendations and/or publish or express independent research views in respect of such securities or financialinstruments and may hold, or recommend to clients that they acquire, long and/or short positions in such securities and instruments.

ElectronicDistribution

A prospectus in electronic format may be made available by e-mail or on the websites or through online services maintained by one or more of the underwriters or their affiliates. In those cases, prospective investors may view offering terms online and may be allowed to place orders online. The underwriters may agree with us toallocate a specific number of common shares for sale to online brokerage account holders. Any such allocation for online distributions will be made by the underwriters on the same basis as other allocations. Other than the prospectus in electronicformat, the information on the underwriters’ web sites and any information contained in any other web site maintained by any of the underwriters is not part of this prospectus, has not been approved and/or endorsed by us or the underwriters andshould not be relied upon by investors.

Other Activities and Relationships

The underwriters and their respective affiliates are full service financial institutions engaged in various activities, which may includesecurities trading, commercial and investment banking, financial advisory, investment management, investment research, principal investment, hedging, financing and brokerage activities. Certain of the underwriters and their respective affiliateshave, from time to time, performed, and may in the future perform, various financial advisory and investment banking services for us, for which they received or will receive customary fees and expenses.

In addition, in the ordinary course of their various business activities, the underwriters and their respective affiliates may make or hold abroad array of investments and actively trade debt and equity securities (or related derivative securities) and financial instruments (including bank loans) for their own account and for the accounts of their customers and may at any time hold longand short positions in such securities and instruments. Such investments and securities activities may involve securities and/or instruments of ours or our affiliates. The underwriters and their respective affiliates may also make investmentrecommendations and/or publish or express independent research views in respect of such securities or financial instruments and may at any time hold, or recommend to clients that they acquire, long and/or short positions in such securities andinstruments.

Selling Restrictions Notice to Prospective Investors in the Cayman Islands

No offer or invitation, whether directly or indirectly, may be made to the public in the Cayman Islands to subscribe for our securities.

 

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Notice to Prospective Investors in Canada

Resale Restrictions

Thedistribution of units in Canada is being made only in the provinces of Ontario, Quebec, Alberta and British Columbia on a private placement basis exempt from the requirement that we prepare and file a prospectus with the securities regulatoryauthorities in each province where trades of these securities are made. Any resale of the units in Canada must be made under applicable securities laws which may vary depending on the relevant jurisdiction, and which may require resales to be madeunder available statutory exemptions or under a discretionary exemption granted by the applicable Canadian securities regulatory authority. Purchasers are advised to seek legal advice prior to any resale of the securities.

Representations of Canadian Purchasers

By purchasing units in Canada and accepting delivery of a purchase confirmation, a purchaser is representing to us and the dealer from whom thepurchase confirmation is received that:

 

  

the purchaser is entitled under applicable provincial securities laws to purchase the units without the benefitof a prospectus qualified under those securities laws as it is an “accredited investor” as defined under National Instrument 45-106Prospectus Exemptions;

 

  

the purchaser is a “permitted client” as defined in National Instrument31-103Registration Requirements, Exemptions and Ongoing Registrant Obligations;

 

  

where required by law, the purchaser is purchasing as principal and not as agent; and

 

  

the purchaser has reviewed the text above under Resale Restrictions.

Conflicts of Interest

Canadianpurchasers are hereby notified that the underwriters are relying on the exemption set out in section 3A.3 or 3A.4, if applicable, of National Instrument 33-105 – Underwriting Conflicts from having toprovide certain conflict of interest disclosure in this document.

Statutory Rights of Action

Securities legislation in certain provinces or territories of Canada may provide a purchaser with remedies for rescission or damages if theprospectus (including any amendment thereto) such as this document contains a misrepresentation, provided that the remedies for rescission or damages are exercised by the purchaser within the time limit prescribed by the securities legislation ofthe purchaser’s province or territory.

The purchaser of these securities in Canada should refer to any applicable provisions of thesecurities legislation of the purchaser’s province or territory for particulars of these rights or consult with a legal advisor.

Enforcementof Legal Rights

All of our directors and officers as well as the experts named herein may be located outside of Canada and, as aresult, it may not be possible for Canadian purchasers to effect service of process within Canada upon us or those persons. All or a substantial portion of our assets and the assets of those persons may be located outside of Canada and, as a result,it may not be possible to satisfy a judgment against us or those persons in Canada or to enforce a judgment obtained in Canadian courts against us or those persons outside of Canada.

Taxation and Eligibility for Investment

Canadianpurchasers of units should consult their own legal and tax advisors with respect to the tax consequences of an investment in the units in their particular circumstances and about the eligibility of the units for investment by the purchaser underrelevant Canadian legislation.

 

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Notice to Prospective Investors in the European Economic Area

In relation to each Member State of the European Economic Area (each a “Relevant State”), no units have been offered or will beoffered pursuant to this offering to the public in that Relevant State prior to the publication of a prospectus in relation to the units which has been approved by the competent authority in that Relevant State or, where appropriate, approved inanother Relevant State and notified to the competent authority in that Relevant State, all in accordance with the Prospectus Regulation), except that offers of units may be made to the public in that Relevant State at any time under the followingexemptions under the Prospectus Regulation:

 

 a.

to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined under the Prospectus Regulation;

 

 b.

to fewer than 150 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined under the ProspectusRegulation), subject to obtaining the prior consent of the underwriters for any such offer; or

 

 c.

in any other circumstances falling within Article 1(4) of the Prospectus Regulation,

provided that no such offer of units shall require the Company or any Manager to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Regulation orsupplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 23 of the Prospectus Regulation.

Each person in a Relevant State who initially acquires anyunits or to whom any offer is made will be deemed to have represented, acknowledged and agreed to and with the Company and the Managers that it is a qualified investor within the meaning of the Prospectus Regulation.

In the case of any units being offered to a financial intermediary as that term is used in Article 5(1) of the Prospectus Regulation, eachsuch financial intermediary will be deemed to have represented, acknowledged and agreed that the units acquired by it in the offer have not been acquired on a non-discretionary basis on behalf of, nor havethey been acquired with a view to their offer or resale to, persons in circumstances which may give rise to an offer to the public other than their offer or resale in a Relevant State to qualified investors, in circumstances in which the priorconsent of the Managers has been obtained to each such proposed offer or resale.

The Company, the Managers and their affiliates will relyupon the truth and accuracy of the foregoing representations, acknowledgements and agreements.

For the purposes of this provision, theexpression an “offer to the public” in relation to any units in any Relevant State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and any units to be offered so as to enable aninvestor to decide to purchase or subscribe for any units, and the expression “Prospectus Regulation” means Regulation (EU) 2017/1129.

The above selling restriction is in addition to any other selling restrictions set out below.

Notice to Prospective Investors in the Dubai International Financial Centre

This prospectus relates to an Exempt Offer in accordance with the Offered Securities Rules of the Dubai Financial Services Authority(“DFSA”). This prospectus is intended for distribution only to persons of a type specified in the Offered Securities Rules of the DFSA. It must not be delivered to, or relied on by, any other person. The DFSA has no responsibility forreviewing or verifying any documents in connection with Exempt Offers. The DFSA has not approved this prospectus nor taken steps to verify the information set forth herein and has no responsibility for the prospectus. The securities to which thisprospectus relates may be illiquid and/or subject to restrictions on their resale. Prospective purchasers of the securities offered should conduct their own due diligence on the securities. If you do not understand the contents of this prospectusyou should consult an authorized financial advisor.

 

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Notice to Prospective Investors in Australia

No placement document, prospectus, product disclosure statement or other disclosure document has been lodged with the Australian Securities andInvestments Commission (“ASIC”), in relation to the offering. This prospectus does not constitute a prospectus, product disclosure statement or other disclosure document under the Corporations Act 2001 (the “Corporations Act”),and does not purport to include the information required for a prospectus, product disclosure statement or other disclosure document under the Corporations Act.

Any offer in Australia of the securities may only be made to persons (the “Exempt Investors”) who are “sophisticatedinvestors” (within the meaning of section 708(8) of the Corporations Act), “professional investors” (within the meaning of section 708(11) of the Corporations Act) or otherwise pursuant to one or more exemptions contained insection 708 of the Corporations Act so that it is lawful to offer the securities without disclosure to investors under Chapter 6D of the Corporations Act.

The securities applied for by Exempt Investors in Australia must not be offered for sale in Australia in the period of 12 months afterthe date of allotment under the offering, except in circumstances where disclosure to investors under Chapter 6D of the Corporations Act would not be required pursuant to an exemption under section 708 of the Corporations Act or otherwise orwhere the offer is pursuant to a disclosure document which complies with Chapter 6D of the Corporations Act. Any person acquiring securities must observe such Australian on-sale restrictions.

This prospectus contains general information only and does not take account of the investment objectives, financial situation or particularneeds of any particular person. It does not contain any securities recommendations or financial product advice. Before making an investment decision, investors need to consider whether the information in this prospectus is appropriate to theirneeds, objectives and circumstances, and, if necessary, seek expert advice on those matters.

Notice to Prospective Investors in New Zealand

This document has not been registered, filed with, or approved by any New Zealand regulatory authority under the Financial Markets Conduct Act2013 (New Zealand) (“FMCA”). This document is not a product disclosure statement under New Zealand law and is not required to, and may not, contain all the information that a product disclosure statement under New Zealand law is requiredto contain. The Securities are not being offered or sold in New Zealand (or allotted with a view to being offered for sale in New Zealand) other than to a person who is a “wholesale investor” within the meaning of clause 3(2) ofSchedule 1 of the FMCA – that is, a person who:

 

  

is an “investment business” within the meaning of clause 37 of Schedule 1 of the FMCA;

 

  

meets the “investment activity criteria” specified in clause 38 of Schedule 1 of the FMCA;

 

  

is “large” within the meaning of clause 39 of Schedule 1 of the FMCA; or

 

  

is a “government agency” within the meaning of clause 40 of Schedule 1 of the FMCA.

The Securities are not being offered or sold to retail investors in New Zealand.

Notice to Prospective Investors in Switzerland

We have not and will not register with the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (“FINMA”) as a foreign collective investmentscheme pursuant to Article 119 of the Federal Act on Collective Investment Scheme of June 23, 2006, as amended (“CISA”), and accordingly the securities being offered pursuant to this prospectus have not and will not be approved, and maynot be licenseable, with FINMA. Therefore, the securities have not been authorized for distribution by FINMA as a foreign collective investment scheme pursuant to

 

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Article 119 CISA and the securities offered hereby may not be offered to the public (as this term is defined in Article 3 CISA) in or from Switzerland. The securities may solely be offered to“qualified investors,” as this term is defined in Article 10 CISA, and in the circumstances set out in Article 3 of the Ordinance on Collective Investment Scheme of November 22, 2006, as amended (“CISO”), such that there is nopublic offer. Investors, however, do not benefit from protection under CISA or CISO or supervision by FINMA. This prospectus and any other materials relating to the securities are strictly personal and confidential to each offeree and do notconstitute an offer to any other person. This prospectus may only be used by those qualified investors to whom it has been handed out in connection with the offer described herein and may neither directly or indirectly be distributed or madeavailable to any person or entity other than its recipients. It may not be used in connection with any other offer and shall in particular not be copied and/or distributed to the public in Switzerland or from Switzerland. This prospectus does notconstitute an issue prospectus as that term is understood pursuant to Article 652a and/or 1156 of the Swiss Federal Code of Obligations. We have not applied for a listing of the securities on the SIX Swiss Exchange or any other regulated securitiesmarket in Switzerland, and consequently, the information presented in this prospectus does not necessarily comply with the information standards set out in the listing rules of the SIX Swiss Exchange and corresponding prospectus schemes annexed tothe listing rules of the SIX Swiss Exchange.

Notice to Prospective Investors in the United Kingdom

In relation to the United Kingdom (“UK”), no units have been offered or will be offered pursuant to this offering to the public inthe UK prior to the publication of a prospectus in relation to the units which has been approved by the Financial Conduct Authority in the UK in accordance with the UK Prospectus Regulation and the FSMA, except that offers of units may be made tothe public in the UK at any time under the following exemptions under the UK Prospectus Regulation and the FSMA:

 

 a.

to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined under the UK Prospectus Regulation;

 

 b.

to fewer than 150 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined under the UK ProspectusRegulation), subject to obtaining the prior consent of the underwriters for any such offer; or

 

 c.

at any time in other circumstances falling within section 86 of the FSMA,

provided that no such offer of units shall require the Company or any Manager to publish a prospectus pursuant to Section 85 of the FSMA or Article 3 ofthe UK Prospectus Regulation or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 23 of the UK Prospectus Regulation.

Each person in the UK whoinitially acquires any units or to whom any offer is made will be deemed to have represented, acknowledged and agreed to and with the Company and the Managers that it is a qualified investor within the meaning of the UK Prospectus Regulation.

In the case of any units being offered to a financial intermediary as that term is used in Article 5(1) of the UK Prospectus Regulation, eachsuch financial intermediary will be deemed to have represented, acknowledged and agreed that the units acquired by it in the offer have not been acquired on a non-discretionary basis on behalf of, nor havethey been acquired with a view to their offer or resale to, persons in circumstances which may give rise to an offer to the public other than their offer or resale in the UK to qualified investors, in circumstances in which the prior consent of theManagers has been obtained to each such proposed offer or resale.

The Company, the Managers and their affiliates will rely upon the truthand accuracy of the foregoing representations, acknowledgements and agreements.

For the purposes of this provision, the expression an“offer to the public” in relation to any units in the UK means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and any Shares to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide topurchase or subscribe for any units, the expression “UK Prospectus Regulation” means Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, and the expression “FSMA”means the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.

 

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This document is for distribution only to persons who (i) have professional experiencein matters relating to investments and who qualify as investment professionals within the meaning of Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (as amended, the “Financial PromotionOrder”), (ii) are persons falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) (“high net worth companies, unincorporated associations etc.”) of the Financial Promotion Order, (iii) are outside the United Kingdom, or (iv) are persons towhom an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of Section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, as amended (“FSMA”)) in connection with the issue or sale of any securities mayotherwise lawfully be communicated or caused to be communicated (all such persons together being referred to as “relevant persons”). This document is directed only at relevant persons and must not be acted on or relied on by persons whoare not relevant persons. Any investment or investment activity to which this document relates is available only to relevant persons and will be engaged in only with relevant persons.

Notice to Prospective Investors in France

The units are being issued and sold outside the Republic of France and that, in connection with their initial distribution, it has not offeredor sold and will not offer or sell, directly or indirectly, any units to the public in the Republic of France, and that it has not distributed and will not distribute or cause to be distributed to the public in the Republic of France this prospectusor any other offering material relating to the units, and that such offers, sales and distributions have been and will be made in the Republic of France only to qualified investors (investisseurs qualifiés) in accordance with Article L.411-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code and decrét no. 98-880 dated 1st October, 1998.

Notice to Prospective Investors in Hong Kong

The units have not been offered or sold and will not be offered or sold in Hong Kong, by means of any document, other than (a) to“professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) of Hong Kong and any rules made under that Ordinance; or (b) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a“prospectus” as defined in the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32) of Hong Kong or which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of that Ordinance. No advertisement, invitation or document relating to the units has been ormay be issued or has been or may be in the possession of any person for the purposes of issue, whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere, which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public of Hong Kong (except ifpermitted to do so under the securities laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to securities which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or only to “professional investors” as defined in the Securitiesand Futures Ordinance and any rules made under that Ordinance.

Notice to Prospective Investors in Taiwan

The units have not been and will not be registered with the Financial Supervisory Commission of (“Taiwan”), pursuant to relevantsecurities laws and regulations and may not be offered or sold in Taiwan through a public offering or in any manner which would constitute an offer within the meaning of the Securities and Exchange Act of Taiwan or would otherwise requireregistration with or the approval of the Financial Supervisory Commission of Taiwan.

Notice to Prospective Investors in Japan

The units and underlying Class A ordinary shares and warrants have not been and will not be registered under the Financial Instruments andExchange Law of Japan (Law No. 25 of 1948, as amended) and, accordingly, will not be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, in Japan, or for the benefit of any Japanese Person or to others for re-offering or resale, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to any Japanese Person, except in compliance with all applicable laws, regulations and ministerial guidelines promulgated by relevant Japanese governmental or regulatory authorities in effectat the relevant time. For the purposes of this paragraph,

 

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“Japanese Person” will mean any person resident in Japan, including any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of Japan.

Notice to Prospective Investors in Singapore

This prospectus has not been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Accordingly, this prospectus and any otherdocument or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the units may not be circulated or distributed, nor may the units be offered or sold, or be made the subject of an invitation for subscriptionor purchase, whether directly or indirectly, to persons in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore (the “SFA”), (ii) to a relevant personpursuant to Section 275(1), or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions specified in Section 275 of the SFA or (iii) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any otherapplicable provision of the SFA, in each case subject to compliance with conditions set forth in the SFA.

Where the units are subscribedor purchased under Section 275 of the SFA by a relevant person which is

 

  

a corporation (which is not an accredited investor (as defined in Section 4A of the SFA)) the sole businessof which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom is an accredited investor; or

 

  

a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and eachbeneficiary is an accredited investor,

 

  

shares, debentures and units of shares and debentures of that corporation or the beneficiaries’ rights andinterest (howsoever described) in that trust shall not be transferred within six months after that corporation or that trust has acquired the shares pursuant to an offer made under Section 275 of the SFA except:

 

  

to an institutional investor (for corporations, under Section 274 of the SFA) or to a relevant persondefined in Section 275(2) of the SFA, or to any person pursuant to an offer that is made on terms that such shares, debentures and units of shares and debentures of that corporation or such rights and interest in that trust are acquired at aconsideration of not less than $200,000 (or its equivalent in a foreign currency) for each transaction, whether such amount is to be paid for in cash or by exchange of securities or other assets, and further for corporations, in accordance with theconditions specified in Section 275 of the SFA;

 

  

where no consideration is or will be given for the transfer; or

 

  

where the transfer is by operation of law.

Notice to Prospective Investors in China

This prospectusmay not be circulated or distributed in China and the ordinary shares may not be offered or sold, and will not offer or sell to any person for re-offering or resale directly or indirectly to any resident ofChina except pursuant to applicable laws, rules and regulations of China. For the purpose of this paragraph only, China does not include Taiwan and the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau.

Notice to Prospective Investors in Indonesia

Thisprospectus does not, and is not intended to, constitute a public offering in Indonesia under Law Number 8 of 1995 regarding Capital Market. This prospectus may not be distributed in the Republic of Indonesia and the ordinary shares may not beoffered or sold in the Republic of Indonesia or to Indonesian citizens wherever they are domiciled, or to Indonesia residents, in a manner which constitutes a public offering under the laws of the Republic of Indonesia.

 

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Notice to Prospective Investors in Vietnam

This offering of ordinary shares has not been and will not be registered with the State Securities Commission of Vietnam under the Law on Securities of Vietnamand its guiding decrees and circulars. The ordinary shares will not be offered or sold in Vietnam through a public offering and will not be offered or sold to Vietnamese persons other than those who are licensed to invest in offshore securitiesunder the Law on Investment of Vietnam.

Notice to Prospective Investors in Thailand

This prospectus does not, and is not intended to, constitute a public offering in Thailand. The ordinary shares may not be offered or sold to persons inThailand, unless such offering is made under the exemptions from approval and filing requirements under applicable laws, or under circumstances which do not constitute an offer for sale of the shares to the public for the purposes of the Securitiesand Exchange Act of 1992 of Thailand, nor require approval from the Office of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Thailand.

Notice toProspective Investors in Korea

The ordinary shares may not be offered, sold and delivered directly or indirectly, or offered or sold to any person forreoffering or resale, directly or indirectly, in Korea or to any resident of Korea except pursuant to the applicable laws and regulations of Korea, including the Korea Securities and Exchange Act and the Foreign Exchange Transaction Law and thedecrees and regulations thereunder. The ordinary shares have not been registered with the Financial Services Commission of Korea for public offering in Korea. Furthermore, the ordinary shares may not be resold to Korean residents unless thepurchaser of the ordinary shares complies with all applicable regulatory requirements (including but not limited to government approval requirements under the Foreign Exchange Transaction Law and its subordinate decrees and regulations) inconnection with the purchase of the ordinary shares.

Notice to Prospective Investors in Israel

This document does not constitute a prospectus under the Israeli Securities Law, 5728-1968, or the Israeli Securities Law, and has not been filed with orapproved by the Israel Securities Authority. In Israel, this prospectus is being distributed only to, and is directed only at, and any offer of the units is directed only at, (i) a limited number of persons in accordance with the IsraeliSecurities Law and (ii) investors listed in the first addendum, or the Addendum, to the Israeli Securities Law, consisting primarily of joint investment in trust funds, provident funds, insurance companies, banks, portfolio managers, investmentadvisors, members of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, underwriters, venture capital funds, entities with equity in excess of NIS 50 million and “qualified individuals,” each as defined in the Addendum (as it may be amended from time totime), collectively referred to as qualified investors (in each case, purchasing for their own account or, where permitted under the Addendum, for the accounts of their clients who are investors listed in the Addendum). Qualified investors arerequired to submit written confirmation that they fall within the scope of the Addendum, are aware of the meaning of same and agree to it.

 

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LEGAL MATTERS

Linklaters will pass upon the validity of the securities offered in this prospectus with respect to units and warrants. Maples and Calder (HongKong) LLP will pass upon the validity of the securities offered in this prospectus with respect to the ordinary shares and matters of Cayman Islands law. In connection with this offering, Winston & Strawn LLP, advised the underwriters inconnection with the offering of the securities.

 

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EXPERTS

The financial statements of Singularity Acquisition Corp. as of June 8, 2021 and for the period from May 13, 2021 (inception) throughJune 8, 2021 appearing in this prospectus have been audited by Friedman LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, as set forth in their report thereon, (which contains an explanatory paragraph related to substantial doubt about theability of Singularity Acquisition Corp. to continue as a going concern as described in Note 1 to the financial statements), appearing elsewhere in this prospectus, and are included in reliance on such report given on the authority of such firm asexperts in auditing and accounting.

 

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WHERE YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

We have filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-1 under the Securities Act withrespect to the securities we are offering by this prospectus. This prospectus does not contain all of the information included in the registration statement. For further information about us and our securities, you should refer to the registrationstatement and the exhibits and schedules filed with the registration statement. Whenever we make reference in this prospectus to any of our contracts, agreements or other documents, the references are materially complete but may not include adescription of all aspects of such contracts, agreements or other documents, and you should refer to the exhibits attached to the registration statement for copies of the actual contract, agreement or other document.

Upon completion of this offering, we will be subject to the information requirements of the Exchange Act and will file annual, quarterly andcurrent event reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. You can read our SEC filings, including the registration statement, over the Internet at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Board of Directors and

Shareholders of SingularityAcquisition Corp.

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of Singularity Acquisition Corp. (the Company) as of June 8, 2021, and the related statements ofoperations, changes in shareholder’s equity, and cash flows for the period from May 13, 2021 (date of inception) to June 8, 2021, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the financial statements). In our opinion, the financialstatements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of June 8, 2021, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the period from May 13, 2021 (date of inception) through June 8, 2021, inconformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Explanatory Paragraph — Going Concern

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 1 tothe financial statements, the Company’s business plan is dependent on the completion of a financing and its cash and working capital as of June 8, 2021 are not sufficient to complete its planned activities. These conditions raise substantialdoubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans in regard to these matters are also described in Notes 1 and 3. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcomeof this uncertainty.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on theCompany’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company inaccordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtainreasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financialreporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financialreporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of materialmisstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financialstatements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonablebasis for our opinion.

/s/ Friedman LLP

We have served asthe Company’s auditor since 2021.

New York, New York

June 29, 2021, except for Notes 1 and 4 which are dated July 27, 2021

 

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SINGULARITY ACQUISITION CORP.

BALANCE SHEET

AS OF JUNE 8, 2021

 

Assets

 

Prepaid expense

  $12,500 

Deferred offering costs

   114,290 
  

 

 

 

Total Assets

  $126,790 
  

 

 

 

Liabilities and Shareholder’s Equity

  

Promissory note — related party

  $108,830 
  

 

 

 

Total Current Liabilities

   108,830 
  

 

 

 

Commitments and Contingencies

  

Shareholder’s Equity:

  

Preference shares, $0.0001 par value, 1,000,000 shares authorized, none issued andoutstanding

   —   

Class A ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value, 200,000,000 shares authorized, none issued andoutstanding

   —   

Class B ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value, 20,000,000 shares authorized, 2,875,000 sharesissued and outstanding (1)

   288 

Additional paid-in capital

   24,712 

Accumulated deficit

   (7,040
  

 

 

 

Total Shareholder’s Equity

   17,960 
  

 

 

 

Total Liabilities and Shareholder’s Equity

  $126,790 
  

 

 

 

(1) This number includes up to 375,000 ordinary shares subject to forfeiture if the over-allotment option is not exercised infull or in part by the underwriters (see Note 5)

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

FOR THE PERIOD FROM MAY 13, 2021 (INCEPTION) THROUGH JUNE 8, 2021

 

Formation costs

  $7,040 
  

 

 

 

Net loss

  $(7,040
  

 

 

 

Basic and diluted weighted average Class B ordinary shares outstanding(1)

   2,500,000 
  

 

 

 

Basic and diluted net loss per Class B ordinary share

  $(0.00
  

 

 

 

(1) This number excludes up to 375,000 ordinary shares subject to forfeiture if the over-allotment option is not exercised infull or in part by the underwriters (see Note 5)

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financialstatements.

 

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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDER’S EQUITY

FOR THE PERIOD FROM MAY 13, 2021 (INCEPTION) THROUGH JUNE 8, 2021

 

  Preference
shares
  Ordinary Shares  Additional
Paid-in
Capital
     Total
Shareholder’s
Equity
 
        Class A  Class B  Accumulated
Deficit
 
  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount 

Balance as of May 13, 2021(inception)

  —    $—     —    $—     —    $—    $ —    $ —    $ —   

Founder shares issued to initial shareholder (1)

  —     —     —     —     2,875,000   288   24,712   —     25,000 

Net loss

  —     —     —     —     —     —     —     (7,040  (7,040
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Balance as of June 8, 2021

  —    $—     —    $—     2,875,000  $288  $24,712  $(7,040 $17,960 
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

(1) This number includes up to 375,000 ordinary shares subject to forfeiture if the over-allotment option is not exercised infull or in part by the underwriters (see Note 5)

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financialstatements.

 

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STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

FOR THE PERIOD FROM MAY 13, 2021 (INCEPTION) THROUGH JUNE 8, 2021

 

Cash Flows from Operating Activities:

  

Net loss

  $(7,040

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

  

Prepaid expense

   (12,500
  

 

 

 

Net Cash Used in Operating Activities

   (19,540
  

 

 

 

Cash Flows from Financing Activities:

  

Proceeds from issuance of promissory note to related party

   19,540 
  

 

 

 

Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities

   19,540 
  

 

 

 

Net Change in Cash

   —   

Cash, May 13, 2021 (inception)

   —   
  

 

 

 

Cash, June 8, 2021

  $ —   
  

 

 

 

Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information:

  

Deferred offering costs and operaing expenses paid by Sponsor in exchange for issuance ofClass B ordinary shares

  $ 25,000 
  

 

 

 

Deferred offering costs paid by promissory note — related party

  $ 89,290 
  

 

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Note 1 — Organization, Business Operation and Going Concern Consideration

Singularity Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) is a newly organized blank check company incorporated as a Cayman Islands exemptedcompany on May 13, 2021. The Company was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses (the “BusinessCombination”). The Company has not selected any potential business combination target or initiated any substantive discussions, directly or indirectly, with any potential business combination prospects. The Company has selected December 31as its fiscal year end.

As of June 8, 2021, the Company had not commenced any operations. For the period from May 13, 2021(inception) through June 8, 2021, the Company’s efforts have been limited to organizational activities as well as activities related to the Proposed Public Offering (as defined below). The Company will not generate any operating revenuesuntil after the completion of a Business Combination, at the earliest. The Company will generate non-operating income in the form of interest income from the proceeds derived from the Proposed Public Offering.

The Company’s founder and sponsor is Decent Group Co. Ltd, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Sponsor”). TheCompany’s ability to commence operations is contingent upon obtaining adequate financial resources through a proposed public offering (the “Proposed Public Offering,” see Note 3) and a private placement of private placement shares tothe initial shareholders (the “Private Placement,” see Note 4).

The Company’s initial business combination must occur withone or more target businesses that together have an aggregate fair market value of at least 80% of the assets held in the trust account (excluding deferred underwriting commissions and interest income earned on the trust account that is released forworking capital purposes or to pay taxes) at the time of the agreement to enter into the initial business combination. However, the Company will only complete a Business Combination if the post-transaction company owns or acquires 50% or more of theoutstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires an interest in the target sufficient for the post-transaction company not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the“Investment Company Act”). There is no assurance that the Company will be able to complete a Business Combination successfully.

Upon the closing of the Proposed Public Offering, management has agreed that $10.00 per Unit sold in the Proposed Public Offering, includingthe proceeds of the sale of the private placement shares, will be held in a trust account (“Trust Account”) maintained by Wilmington Trust, National Association as a trustee and invested the proceeds in U.S. government securities, withinthe meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, with a maturity of 185 days or less, or in any open-ended investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund meeting the conditions of Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as determined by the Company, until the earlier of: (i) the completion of the Company’s primary business objective, which is a business combination;(ii) the redemption of any public shares properly submitted in connection with a shareholder vote to amend the Company’s amended and restated articles of association to modify (A) the substance or timing of the Company’sobligation to allow redemption in connection with the initial business combination or to redeem 100% of the Company’s public shares if it does not complete the initial Business combination within 12 months from the closing of this offering (or18 months, if we extend the time to complete a business combination as described in this prospectus) or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-initialbusiness combination activity; or (iii) absent a business combination, the Company’s return of the funds held in the trust account to the Company’s public shareholders as part of the Company’s redemption of the public shares. Ifthe Company does not invest the proceeds as discussed above, the Company may be deemed to be subject to the Investment Company Act. The proceeds deposited in the Trust Account could become subject to the claims of the Company’s creditors, ifany, which could have priority over the claims of the Company’s public shareholders.

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

The ordinary shares subject to redemption will be recorded at a redemption value andclassified as temporary equity upon the completion of the Proposed Public Offering, in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” In such case, the Company willproceed with a Business Combination if the Company has net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 upon such consummation of a Business Combination and, if the Company seeks shareholder approval, a majority of the issued and outstanding shares votedare voted in favor of the Business Combination. The Company will have only 12 months from the closing of the Proposed Public Offering to complete the initial Business Combination (or 18 months, if we extend the time to complete a businesscombination as described in this prospectus) (the “Combination Period”). If the Company is unable to complete the initial Business Combination within the Combination Period, the Company will: (i) cease all operations except for thepurpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than 10 business days thereafter, redeem the public shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amountthen on deposit in the trust account, including interest (less up to $50,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses and net of taxes paid or payable), divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, which redemption will completelyextinguish public shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any; and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of theremaining shareholders and the board of directors, liquidate and dissolve, subject in each case, to the Company’s obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and in all cases subject to the other requirements ofapplicable law. There will be no redemption rights or liquidating distributions with respect to the warrants, which will expire worthless if the Company fails to complete the initial business combination within the12-month time period (or 18 months, if we extend the time to complete a business combination as described in this prospectus).

The founder shares are designated as Class B ordinary shares and, except as described below, are identical to the Class A ordinaryshares included in the units being sold in this offering, and holders of founder shares have the same shareholder rights as public shareholders, except that (i) prior to the Company’s initial business combination, only holders of theCompany’s Class B ordinary shares have the right to vote on the appointment of directors, including in connection with the completion of the Company’s initial business combination and holders of a majority of the Company’sClass B ordinary shares may remove a member of the board of directors for any reason; (ii) the founder shares are subject to certain transfer restrictions, as described in more detail below; (iii) the Company’s initialshareholders have entered into an agreement with it, pursuant to which they have agreed to (A) waive their redemption rights with respect to their founder shares and public shares in connection with the completion of the Company’s initialbusiness combination, (B) waive their redemption rights with respect to their founder shares and public shares in connection with a shareholder vote to approve an amendment to the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles ofassociation that would affect the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to provide for the redemption of the Company’s public shares in connection with an initial business combination or to redeem 100% of the Company’spublic shares if the Company has not consummated an initial business combination within 12 months from the closing of this offering (or 18 months, if we extend the time to complete a business combination as described in this prospectus) and(C) waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to their founder shares if the Company fails to complete its initial business combination within 12 months from the closing of this offering (or 18months, if we extend the time to complete a business combination as described in this prospectus) (although they will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to any public shares they hold if the Company fails tocomplete its initial business combination within the prescribed time frame); (iv) the founder shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares concurrently with or immediately following the consummation of the Company’sinitial business combination, or earlier at the option of the holder thereof, as described below; and (v) the founder shares are entitled to registration rights. If the Company submits its initial business combination to the Company’spublic shareholders for a vote, the Company’s initial shareholders have agreed to vote their founder shares and any public shares purchased during or after this offering in favor of the Company’s initial business combination. The othermembers of the Company’s

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

management team have entered into agreements similar to the one entered into by the Sponsor with respect to any public shares acquired by them in or after this offering.

The founder shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares concurrently with or immediately following the consummation ofthe Company’s initial business combination, or earlier at the option of the holder thereof, on a one-for-one basis. However, if additional Class A ordinaryshares or any other equity-linked securities are issued or deemed issued in connection with the Company’s initial business combination, the number of Class A ordinary shares issuable upon conversion of all founder shares will equal, in theaggregate, on an as converted basis, 20% of the sum of (i) the total number of ordinary shares outstanding upon completion of this offering plus (ii) the total number of Class A ordinary shares issued, or deemed issued or issuableupon conversion or exercise of any equity-linked securities or rights issued or deemed issued, by the Company in connection with or in relation to the consummation of the initial business combination, excluding any Class A ordinary shares orequity-linked securities exercisable for or convertible into Class A ordinary shares issued, or to be issued, to any seller in the initial business combination and any private placement shares issued to the Sponsor upon conversion of workingcapital loans, provided that such conversion of Class B ordinary shares will never occur on a less than one-for-one basis.

The Sponsor has agreed that it will be liable to the Company if and to the extent any claims by a third party for services rendered orproducts sold to the Company, or a prospective target business with which the Company has discussed entering into a transaction agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the trust account to below (i) $10.10 per public share or (ii) such lesseramount per public share held in the trust account as of the date of the liquidation of the trust account, due to reductions in value of the trust assets, in each case net of the amount of interest which may be withdrawn to pay taxes, except as toany claims by a third party who executed a waiver of any and all rights to seek access to the trust account and except as to any claims under the Company’s indemnity of the underwriters of this offering against certain liabilities, includingliabilities under the Securities Act. In the event that an executed waiver is deemed to be unenforceable against a third party, then the Company’s Sponsor will not be responsible to the extent of any liability for such third party claims

Going Concern Consideration

As ofJune 8, 2021, the Company had a working capital deficiency of $96,330. The Company has incurred and expects to continue to incur significant costs in pursuit of its acquisition plans. These conditions raise substantial doubt about theCompany’s ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans to address this need for capital through the Proposed Public Offering are discussed in Note 3. There is no assurance that the Company’s plans to raise capital or toconsummate a Business Combination will be successful or successful within the Combination Period. On May 13, 2021, the Sponsor agreed to loan the Company up to an aggregate amount of $300,000 as discussed in Note 5 to be used, in part, fortransaction costs incurred in connection with the Proposed Public Offering. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the Company’s inability to consummate the Proposed Public Offering or a BusinessCombination to continue as a going concern.

Note 2 — Significant accounting policies

Basis of Presentation

The accompanyingfinancial statements are presented in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC.

 

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SINGULARITY ACQUISITION CORP.

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Emerging Growth Company Status

The Company is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the“Securities Act”), as modified by the Jumpstart The Company’s Business Startups Act of 2012, (the “JOBS Act”), and it may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to otherpublic companies that are not emerging growth companies including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regardingexecutive compensation in its periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previouslyapproved.

Further, Section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with newor 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 tocomply 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 tonon-emerging growth companies but any such an election to opt out is irrevocable. The Company has elected not to opt out of such extended transition period which means that when a standard is issued or revisedand it has different application dates for public or private companies, the Company, as an emerging growth company, can adopt the new or revised standard at the time private companies adopt the new or revised standard. This may make comparison ofthe Company’s financial statements with another public company which is neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging growth company which has opted out of using the extended transition period difficult or impossible because of thepotential differences in accounting standards used.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with US GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect thereported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from thoseestimates.

Warrants

The Companyaccounts for warrants as either equity-classified or liability-classified instruments based on an assessment of the warrant’s specific terms and applicable authoritative guidance in Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”)Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity (“ASC 480”) and ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging (“ASC 815”). The assessment considers whether the warrants are freestandingfinancial instruments pursuant to ASC 480, meet the definition of a liability pursuant to ASC 480, and whether the warrants meet all of the requirements for equity classification under ASC 815, including whether the warrants are indexed to theCompany’s own ordinary shares and whether the warrant holders could potentially require “net cash settlement” in a circumstance outside of the Company’s control, among other conditions for equity classification. This assessment,which requires the use of professional judgment, is conducted at the time of warrant issuance and as of each subsequent quarterly period end date while the warrants are outstanding.

For issued or modified warrants that meet all of the criteria for equity classification, the warrants are required to be recorded as acomponent of additional paid-in capital at the time of issuance. For issued or modified warrants that do not meet all the criteria for equity classification, the warrants are required to be recorded at their initial fair value on the date ofissuance, and each balance sheet date thereafter. Changes in the estimated fair value of the warrants are recognized as a non-cash gain or loss on the statements of operations.

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Deferred Offering Costs

Deferred offering costs consist of underwriting, legal, accounting and other expenses incurred through the balance sheet date that are directlyrelated to the Proposed Public Offering and that will be charged to shareholders’ equity upon the completion of the Proposed Public Offering. Should the Proposed Public Offering prove to be unsuccessful, these deferred costs, as well asadditional expenses to be incurred, will be charged to operations.

Net Loss Per Ordinary Share

Net loss per common share is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of Class B ordinary shares outstanding duringthe period, excluding ordinary share subject to forfeiture by the Sponsor. Weighted average shares were reduced for the effect of an aggregate of 375,000 ordinary shares that are subject to forfeiture if the over-allotment option is not exercised bythe underwriters (see Note 5). At June 8, 2021, the Company did not have any dilutive securities and other contracts that could, potentially, be exercised or converted into ordinary share and then share in the earnings of the Company. As aresult, diluted loss per share is the same as basic loss per share for the period presented.

Concentration of Credit Risk

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentration of credit risk consist of a cash account in a financialinstitution. The Company has not experienced losses on this account and management believes the Company is not exposed to significant risks on such account.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

Thefair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities approximates the carrying amounts represented in the accompanying balance sheet, primarily due to their short-term nature.

Income Taxes

The Company accounts forincome taxes under ASC 740 Income Taxes (“ASC 740”). ASC 740 requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for both the expected impact of differences between the financial statement and tax basis of assets andliabilities and for the expected future tax benefit to be derived from tax loss and tax credit carry forwards. ASC 740 additionally requires a valuation allowance to be established when it is more likely than not that all or a portion of deferredtax assets will not be realized.

ASC 740 also clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’sfinancial statements and prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement process for financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. For those benefits to be recognized, a taxposition must be more-likely-than-not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. ASC 740 also provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interimperiod, disclosure and transition.

The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as incometax expense. There were no unrecognized tax benefits and no amounts accrued for interest and penalties as of June 8, 2021. The Company is currently not aware of any issues under review that could result in significant payments, accruals ormaterial deviation from its position.

The Company determined that the Cayman Islands is the Company’s only major tax jurisdiction.

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

The Company may be subject to potential examination by federal and state taxing authoritiesin the areas of income taxes. These potential examinations may include questioning the timing and amount of deductions, the nexus of income among various tax jurisdictions and compliance with federal and state tax laws. The Company’s managementdoes not expect that the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits will materially change over the next twelve months.

There is currentlyno taxation imposed on income by the Government of the Cayman Islands for the period from May 13, 2021 (inception) through June 8, 2021.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Management does not believe that any recently issued, but not effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a materialeffect on the Company’s financial statements.

Note 3 — Proposed Public Offering

Pursuant to the Proposed Public Offering, the Company intends to offer for sale 10,000,000 Units, (or 11,500,000 Units if theunderwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full). Each unit has an offering price of $10.00 and consists of one share of the Company’s Class A ordinary share and one-half of oneredeemable warrant. The Company will not issue fractional shares. As a result, the warrants must be exercised in multiples of one whole warrant. Each whole warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one share of the Company’s Class Aordinary share at a price of $11.50 per share, and only whole warrants are exercisable. The warrants will become exercisable on the later of 30 days after the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination or 12 months from theclosing of the Proposed Public Offering, and will expire five years after the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.

Note 4 — Private Placement

TheSponsor has committed to purchase an aggregate of up to 510,000 (or up to 555,000 if the over-allotment option is exercised in full) units, at $10.00 per unit (approximately $5,100,000 in the aggregate or approximately $5,550,000 in the aggregate ifthe over-allotment option is exercised in full) in a private placement that will occur simultaneously with the closing of the Proposed Public Offering, referred to herein as the “private placement shares”.

The private placement shares are identical to the Class A ordinary shares sold in the Proposed Public Offering. However, the holder of theprivate placement shares will be entitled to registration rights. In addition, the private placement shares may not, subject to certain limited exceptions, be transferred, assigned or sold by the holder until 30 days after the completion of ourinitial business combination.

Note 5 — Related Party Transactions

Founder Shares

On June 7, 2021, theSponsor acquired 2,875,000 Class B ordinary shares (“Founder shares”) of for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000.

As ofJune 8, 2021, there were 2,875,000 Founder Shares issued and outstanding, among which, up to 375,000 Founder Shares are subject to forfeiture if the underwriters’ over-allotment is not exercised. The aggregate capital contribution was$25,000, or approximately $0.01 per share.

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

The number of Founder Shares issued was determined based on the expectation that the foundershares would represent 25% of the shares sold in the offering. As such, the founders will collectively own 20% of the issued and outstanding shares after this offering (including founder shares and private placement shares and assuming they do notpurchase any units in this offering).The Class B ordinary shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares concurrently with or immediately following the consummation of the Company’s initial Business Combination, orearlier at the option of the holder thereof, on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment.

The Sponsor has agreed not to transfer, assign or sell 50% of its Founder Shares until the earlier to occur of: (A) six months after thedate of the consummation of the Company’s initial business combination, or (B) the date on which the closing price of the Company’s Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $12.50 per share (as adjusted for share splits, sharedividends, reorganizations and recapitalizations) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing after the Company’s initial business combination and the remaining 50% of the foundershares may not be transferred, assigned or sold until six months after the date of the consummation of the Company’s initial business combination, or earlier, in either case, if, subsequent to the Company’s initial business combination, itconsummates a subsequent liquidation, merger, stock exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of the Company’s public shareholders having the right to exchange their ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property Anypermitted transferees will be subject to the same restrictions and other agreements of the Company’s initial shareholders with respect to any Founder shares.

Promissory Note — Related Party

OnJune 3, 2021, the Sponsor has agreed to loan the Company up to $300,000 to be used for a portion of the expenses of the Proposed Public Offering. As of June 8, 2021, the Company has an outstanding loan balance of $108,830. This loan is non-interest bearing, unsecured and is due at the earlier of (1) December 31, 2021 or (2) the closing of the Proposed Public Offering. The loan will be repaid upon the closing of the Proposed PublicOffering out of the offering proceeds that has been allocated to the payment of offering expenses.

Related Party Loans

In addition, in order to finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial business combination, the Sponsor or an affiliate ofthe Sponsor or certain of officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required. If the Company completes an initial business combination, it would repay such loaned amounts out of the proceeds of the trustaccount released to the Company. Otherwise, such loans may be repaid only out of funds held outside the trust account. In the event that the initial business combination does not close, the Company may use a portion of the working capital heldoutside the trust account to repay such loaned amounts but no proceeds from the Company’s trust account would be used for such repayment. Up to $1,200,000 of such loans may be convertible into working capital units at $10.00 per unit at theoption of the lender. The working capital units would be identical to the private placement shares sold in the private placement.

As ofJune 8, 2021, the Company had no borrowings under the working capital loans.

Note 6 — Commitments & Contingencies

Risks and Uncertainties

Management iscurrently evaluating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the industry and has concluded that while it is reasonably possible that the virus could have a negative effect on the Company’s

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

financial position, results of its operations and/or search for a target company, the specific impact is not readily determinable as of the date of these financial statements. The financialstatements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

Registration Rights

The holders of the Founder Shares, private placement shares, and private placement shares that may be issued upon conversion of working capitalloans will be entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration rights agreement to be signed prior to or on the effective date of the Proposed Public Offering, requiring the Company to register such securities for resale (in the case ofthe Founder Shares, only after conversion to the Class A ordinary shares). The holders of the majority of these securities are entitled to make up to three demands, excluding short form demands, that the Company registers such securities. Inaddition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to the completion of the initial Business Combination and rights to require the Company to register for resalesuch securities pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.

Underwriters Agreement

The Company willgrant the underwriters a 45-day option from the date of this prospectus to purchase up to an additional 1,500,000 units to cover over-allotments, if any.

The Company expects to pay an underwriting discount of 2.00% of the gross proceeds of the Proposed Public Offering, or $2,000,000 (or up to$2,300,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment is exercised in full) to the underwriters at the closing of the Proposed Offering.

The Company will pay the underwriters a cash fee (the “Deferred Underwriting Fee”) upon the consummation of the Company’sinitial Business Combination of 3.50% ($3,500,000, or up to $4,025,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment is exercised in full), in the aggregate, of the gross proceeds of the offering including the gross proceeds from the full or partialexercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option.

Note 7 — Shareholder’s Equity

Preference Shares — The Company is authorized to issue 1,000,000 preference shares, $0.0001 par value, with suchdesignations, voting and other rights and preferences as may be determined from time to time by the Company’s board of directors. As of June 8, 2021, there were no preference shares issued or outstanding.

Class A Ordinary Shares — The Company is authorized to issue 200,000,000 Class Aordinary shares with a par value of $0.0001 per share. As of June 8, 2021, there were no Class A ordinary shares issued or outstanding.

Class B Ordinary Shares — The Company is authorized to issue 2,500,000 Class Bordinary shares with a par value of $0.0001 per share. On June 7, 2021, the Company issued 2,875,000 Class B ordinary shares. Of the 2,875,000 Class B ordinary shares outstanding, an aggregate of up to 375,000 shares are subject toforfeiture to the Company by the Sponsor for no consideration to the extent that the underwriter’s over-allotment option is not exercised in full or in part, so that the initial shareholders will collectively own 20% of the Company’sissued and outstanding ordinary shares (excluding the private placement shares and assuming the initial shareholders do not purchase any shares in the Proposed Public Offering) (See Note 3).

 

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SINGULARITY ACQUISITION CORP.

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Holders of the Class A ordinary shares and holders of the Class B ordinary shareswill vote together as a single class on all matters submitted to a vote of the Company’s shareholders, except as required by law or stock exchange rule; provided that only holders of the Class B ordinary shares have the right to vote onthe election of the Company’s directors prior to the initial Business Combination and holders of a majority of the Company’s Class B ordinary shares may remove a member of the board of directors for any reason.

The Class B ordinary shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares on the consummation of the initial BusinessCombination on a one-for-one basis. ratio such that the number of Class A ordinary shares issuable upon conversion of all Founder Shares will equal, in theaggregate, on an as-converted basis, 20% of the sum of the total number of all ordinary shares (excluding the representative’s shares) outstanding upon the completion of the proposed Public Offering, plusthe total number of Class A ordinary shares issued, or deemed issued or issuable upon conversion or exercise of any equity-linked securities or rights issued or deemed issued, by the Company in connection with or in relation to the consummationof the initial business combination, excluding any Class A ordinary shares or equity-linked securities exercisable for or convertible into Class A ordinary shares issued, or to be issued, to any seller in the initial business combinationand any private placement shares issued to the Sponsor upon conversion of working capital loans; provided that such conversion of founder shares will never occur on a less than one for one basis.

Warrants — Each whole warrant entitles the registered holder to purchase one whole share of the Company’s Class Aordinary shares at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment as discussed below, at any time commencing on the later of 12 months from the closing of this offering or 30 days after the completion of the Company’s initial businesscombination. Pursuant to the warrant agreement, a warrant holder may exercise its warrants only for a whole number of Class A ordinary shares. This means that only a whole warrant may be exercised at any given time by a warrant holder. Nofractional warrants will be issued upon separation of the units and only whole warrants will trade. Accordingly, unless you purchase at least two units, you will not be able to receive or trade a whole warrant. The warrants will expire five yearsafter the completion of the Company’s initial business combination, at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.

As of June 8, 2021, no warrants were outstanding. The Company will account for warrants as equity instruments in accordance with ASC 815,Derivatives and Hedging, based on the specifics terms of the warrant agreement.

The Company has agreed that as soon as practicable, butin no event later than 30 business days, after the closing of the initial business combination, the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to file, and within 60 business days following the initial business combination to have declaredeffective, a registration statement for the registration, under the Securities Act, of the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to maintain the effectiveness of suchregistration statement, and a current prospectus relating thereto, until the expiration of the warrants in accordance with the provisions of the warrant agreement. Notwithstanding the above, if the Company’s Class A ordinary shares is atthe time of any exercise of a warrant not listed on a national securities exchange such that it satisfies the definition of a “covered security” under Section 18(b)(1) of the Securities Act, The Company may, at the Company’soption, require holders of public warrants who exercise their warrants to do so on a “cashless basis” in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act and, in the event the Company so elect, the Company will not be required tofile or maintain in effect a registration statement, but the Company will be required to use its best efforts to register or qualify the shares under applicable blue sky laws to the extent an exemption is not available.

 

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SINGULARITY ACQUISITION CORP.

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Once the warrants become exercisable, the Company may call the warrants for redemption:

 

  

in whole and not in part;

 

  

at a price of $0.01 per warrant;

 

  

upon a minimum of 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption to each warrant holder; and

 

  

if, and only if, the closing price of the Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $16.50 per share(including adjustments to the number of shares issuable upon exercise or the exercise price of a warrant as described under the heading “— Warrants — Anti-Dilution Adjustments”) for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period ending three trading days before the Company send the notice of redemption to the warrant holders.

In addition, if (x) the Company issues additional Class A ordinary shares or equity-linked securities for capital raising purposesin connection with the closing of the Company’s initial business combination at an issue price or effective issue price of less than $9.20 per ordinary share (with such issue price or effective issue price to be determined in good faith by theCompany’s board of directors and, in the case of any such issuance to the Sponsor or its affiliates, without taking into account any founder shares held by the Sponsor or such affiliates, as applicable, prior to such issuance) (the “NewlyIssued Price”), (y) the aggregate gross proceeds from such issuances represent more than 60% of the total equity proceeds, and interest thereon, available for the funding of the Company’s initial business combination on the date ofthe consummation of the Company’s initial business combination (net of redemptions), and (z) the volume weighted average trading price of the Company’s Class A ordinary shares during the 20 trading day period starting on thetrading day prior to the day on which the Company consummates its initial business combination (such price, the “Market Value”) is below $9.20 per share, the exercise price of the warrants will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equalto 115% of the higher of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price, and the $16.50 per share redemption trigger price described above under “— Redemption of warrants when the price per Class A ordinary share equals or exceeds$16.50” will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 180% of the higher of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price.

Note 8 —Subsequent Events

The Company evaluated subsequent events and transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date throughJune 29, 2021 when the financial statements were issued. Based on this review, the Company did not identify any subsequent events that would require adjustment or disclosure in the financial statements.

 

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10,000,000 Units

Singularity Acquisition Corp.

 

 

PreliminaryProspectus

 

 

    , 2021

 

Lead Book-Running Manager

  Joint Book-Running Manager

Tiger Brokers

  

EF Hutton

division of Benchmark Investments, LLC

Until                 , 2021 (25 days afterthe date of this prospectus), all dealers that buy, sell or trade our ordinary shares, whether or not participating in this offering, may be required to deliver a prospectus. This is in addition to the dealers’ obligation to deliver aprospectus when acting as underwriters and with respect to its unsold allotments or subscriptions.

 

 

 


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PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

Item 13. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.

The estimated expenses payable by us in connection with the offering described in this registration statement (other than the underwriting discount andcommissions) will be as follows:

 

SEC expenses

  $12,547 

FINRA expenses

   17,750 

Accounting fees and expenses

   55,000 

Printing and engraving expenses

   35,000 

Nasdaq listing and filing fees

   75,000 

Legal fees and expenses

   300,000 

Directors and officers insurance(1)

   400,000 

Miscellaneous

   454,703 
  

 

 

 

Total

  $1,350,000 
  

 

 

 

 

(1)

This amount represents the approximate amount of annual director and officer liability insurance premiums theregistrant anticipates paying following the completion of its initial public offering and until it completes a business combination

Item 14. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

Cayman Islands law does not limit the extent to which a company’s memorandum and articles of association may provide for indemnification of officers anddirectors, except to the extent any such provision may be held by the Cayman Islands courts to be contrary to public policy, such as to provide indemnification against willful default, willful neglect, civil fraud or the consequences of committing acrime. Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will provide for indemnification of our officers and directors to the maximum extent permitted by law, including for any liability incurred in their capacities as such, exceptthrough their own actual fraud, willful default or willful neglect. We will enter into agreements with our directors and officers to provide contractual indemnification in addition to the indemnification provided for in our amended and restatedmemorandum and articles of association. We expect to purchase a policy of directors’ and officers’ liability insurance that insures our officers and directors against the cost of defense, settlement or payment of a judgment in somecircumstances and insures us against our obligations to indemnify our officers and directors.

Our officers and directors have agreed to waive any right,title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies in the trust account, and have agreed to waive any right, title, interest or claim of any kind they may have in the future as a result of, or arising out of, any services provided to us andwill not seek recourse against the trust account for any reason whatsoever (except to the extent they are entitled to funds from the trust account due to their ownership of public shares). Accordingly, any indemnification provided will only be ableto be satisfied by us if (i) we have sufficient funds outside of the trust account or (ii) we consummate an initial business combination.

Webelieve that these provisions, the insurance and the indemnity agreements are necessary to attract and retain talented and experienced officers and directors.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling us pursuant to theforegoing provisions, we have been informed that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.

 

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We will enter into indemnity agreements with each of our officers and directors, a form of which is to befiled as an exhibit to this Registration Statement. These agreements will require us to indemnify these individuals to the fullest extent permitted under Delaware law and to advance expenses incurred as a result of any proceeding against them as towhich they could be indemnified.

Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Registration Statement, we have agreed toindemnify the underwriters and the underwriters have agreed to indemnify us against certain civil liabilities that may be incurred in connection with this offering, including certain liabilities under the Securities Act.

Item 15. Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities.

On June 7, 2021 we issued an aggregate of 2,875,000 founder shares for an aggregate of $25,000, or approximately $0.009 per share, to Decent Group Co. Ltd, oursponsor. Up to 375,000 Class B ordinary shares will be surrendered to us by our sponsor for no consideration after the closing of this offering depending on the extent to which the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised. Suchsecurities were issued in connection with our organization pursuant to the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act. The total number of Class B ordinary shares outstanding after this offering andthe expiration of the underwriters’ over-allotment option will equal 20% of the total number of Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares outstanding at such time (not including the Class A ordinary shares issued as theprivate placement shares). The Class B ordinary shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares concurrently with or immediately following the consummation of our initial business combination, or earlier at the option of theholder thereof, on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment, as described in this prospectus. If we increase or decrease the size of this offering, we will effect ashare capitalization or a share repurchase or redemption or other appropriate mechanism, as applicable, with respect to our Class B ordinary shares prior to the consummation of this offering in such amount as to maintain the number of foundershares at 20% of the total number of Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares outstanding at such time (assuming the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option in full, but not including the Class A ordinary sharesissued as the private placement shares).

Our sponsor has committed, pursuant to a written agreement, to purchase an aggregate of 510,000 privateplacement shares (or 555,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), at a price of $10.00 per share ($5,100,000 in the aggregate or $5,550,000 in the aggregate if the underwriters’ over-allotment option isexercised in full), in a private placement that will close simultaneously with the closing of this offering. These issuances will be made pursuant to the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act.

No underwriting discounts or commissions were paid with respect to such sales.

Item 16. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.

(a) Exhibits. The list of exhibits preceding the signature page of this registration statement is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Exhibit Description
1.1* 

Form of Underwriting Agreement

3.1 

Memorandum and Articles of Association

3.2* 

Form of Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association

4.1* 

Specimen Unit Certificate

4.2* 

Specimen Ordinary Share Certificate

4.3* 

Specimen Warrant Certificate

4.4 

Form of Warrant Agreement between VStock Transfer, LLC and the Registrant

5.1* 

Opinion of Maples and Calder (Hong Kong)LLP

 

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Exhibit Description
5.2* Opinion of Linklaters
10.1* Form of Letter Agreement among the Registrant and its officers and directors and Decent Group Co. Ltd
10.2* Form of Investment Management Trust Agreement between Wilmington Trust, National Association Company and the Registrant
10.3 Form of Registration Rights Agreement among the Registrant and certain security holders
10.4 Form of Private Placement Share Purchase Agreement between the Registrant and Decent Group Co. Ltd
10.5 Form of Indemnity Agreement
10.6 Promissory Note, dated June 3, 2021, issued to Decent Group Co. Ltd
10.7 Securities Subscription Agreement, dated as of June 3, 2021, between the Registrant and Decent Group Co. Ltd
14.1* Form of Code of Ethics
23.1 Consent of Friedman LLP
23.2* Consent of Maples and Calder (Hong Kong) LLP (included on Exhibit 5.1)
23.3* Consent of Linklaters (included on Exhibit 5.2)
24.1 Power of Attorney (included on signature page to the initial filing of this Registration Statement)

 

*

To be filed by amendment.

Item 17. Undertakings.

(a) Theundersigned registrant hereby undertakes to provide to the underwriters at the closing specified in the underwriting agreements, certificates in such denominations and registered in such names as required by the underwriters to permit promptdelivery to each purchaser.

(b) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permittedto directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against publicpolicy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controllingperson of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion ofits counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the finaladjudication of such issue.

(c) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that:

(1) For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, the information omitted from the form ofprospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall bedeemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective.

(2) For the purpose ofdetermining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of suchsecurities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalfby the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Beijing, People’s Republic of China, on July 27, 2021.

 

Singularity Acquisition Corp.

By:

 

/s/ Erlu Lin

 Name: Erlu Lin
 Title: Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned constitutes and appoints Erlu Lin his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with fullpower of substitution and resubstitution, for such person and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign this registration statement on Form S-1 (including all pre-effective and post-effective amendments and registrationstatements filed pursuant to Rule 462 under the Securities Act of 1933), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-factand agents, each acting alone, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, herebyratifying and confirming that any such attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in thecapacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Name  Position  Date

/s/ Erlu Lin

  Chief Executive Officer  July 27, 2021

Erlu Lin

  (Principal Executive Officer)  

/s/ Peng Wang

  Chairman  July 27, 2021

Peng Wang

    

/s/ Jing Jiang

  Chief Financial Officer  July 27, 2021

Jing Jiang

  (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)  

/s/ Duo Gao

  Director  July 27, 2021

Duo Gao

    

/s/ Xinzhong Li

  Director  July 27, 2021

Xinzhong Li

    

/s/ Benjamin W. James

  Director  July 27, 2021

Benjamin W. James

    

 

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