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OCEAN CAPITAL ACQUISITION CORP

Date Filed : Jun 21, 2022

S-11forms-1.htm

 

Asfiled with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on June 21, 2022.

 

RegistrationNo. 333-[  ]

 

 

 

UNITEDSTATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

FORMS-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

 

OCEANCAPITAL ACQUISITION CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its constitutionaldocuments)

 

 

 

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

 

Mr.Hin Wing (Simon) Wong

3 Ocean Way, Sentosa Cove

Singapore098368

Telephone:+65 9772 3118

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

 

 

 

CogencyGlobal Inc.
122 East 42nd Street, 18th Floor
New York, NY 10168
+1 800-221-0102
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

 

Copiesto:

 

LawrenceS. Venick, Esq.
Loeb & Loeb LLP
2206-19 Jardine House

1Connaught Place

Central

HongKong SAR
Telephone: 852-3923-1111

Fax: 852-3923-1100

  Brad L. Shiffman, Esq.
Blank Rome LLP
1271 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10020
Telephone: (212) 885-5000
Fax: (212) 885-5001
  Nathan Powell
Ogier
11
th Floor, Central Tower
28 Queen’s Road Central
Central, Hong Kong
Telephone: (+852) 3656 6054
Fax: (+852) 3656 6001

 

 

 

Approximatedate of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after the effective date of this registration statement.

 

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Indicateby check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting companyor an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smallerreporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

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

 

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

 

Theregistrant 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 effectivein accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the registration statement shall become effective on such dateas the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

 

 

 

 

 

Theinformation in this preliminary prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell these securities until the registrationstatement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities andis not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.

 

PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS   SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED JUNE 21, 2022

 

$60,000,000

OCEANCAPITAL ACQUISITION CORPORATION
6,000,000 Units

 

OceanCapital Acquisition Corporation is a blank check company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands as a business company withlimited liability for the purpose of effecting into a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, recapitalization, reorganizationor similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities. We have not selected any business combination target, and wehave not, nor has anyone on our behalf, initiated any substantive discussions, directly or indirectly, with any business combinationtarget. Our efforts to identify a prospective target business will not be limited to a particular industry or geographic region.

 

Thisis an initial public offering of our securities. Each unit that we are offering has a price of $10.00 and consists of one ordinary share,one-half of one redeemable warrant, and one right to receive one-tenth (1/10) of one ordinary share upon the consummation of an initialbusiness combination, as described in more detail in this prospectus. We refer to the rights included in the units as “rights”or the “public rights,” and the warrants included in the units as “warrants” or the “public warrants.”Each whole warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one ordinary share at an exercise price of $11.50 per whole share, subjectto adjustment as described in this prospectus. Only whole warrants are exercisable. No fractional warrants will be issued upon separationof the units and only whole warrants will trade. As a result, you must exercise warrants in multiples of at least two warrants, at aprice of $11.50 per whole share, subject to adjustment as described in this prospectus, to validly exercise your warrants. Each warrantwill become exercisable on the later of 30 days after the completion of an initial business combination or 12 months from the date ofthis prospectus is declared effective by the SEC, and will expire five years after the completion of our initial business combinationor earlier upon redemption or liquidation, as described in this prospectus. We will not issue fractional shares. As a result, you musthold rights in multiples of 10 in order to receive shares for all of your rights upon closing of a business combination.

 

Wehave granted Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. (“Ladenburg Thalmann”), an underwriter of this offering, a 45-day option topurchase up to an additional 900,000 units (over and above the 6,000,000 units referred to above) solely to cover over-allotments, ifany.

 

Wewill provide the holders of our outstanding ordinary shares that were sold in this offering with the opportunity to redeem their sharesupon the consummation of our initial business combination at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then ondeposit in the trust account described below, including interest (net of taxes payable), divided by the number of then outstanding ordinaryshares that were sold in this offering, which we refer to as our “public shares” throughout this prospectus, subject to thelimitations described herein.

 

Wehave nine months (or up to 21 months if we extend the period of time to consummate a business combination, as describedin more detail in this prospectus) from the closing of this offering to consummate our initial business combination. Public shareholderswill not be offered the opportunity to vote on or redeem their shares in connection with any such extension. If we are unable to completeour initial business combination within the above time period, we will distribute the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account,including interest (net of taxes payable), pro rata to our public shareholders, by way of the redemption of their shares and thereaftercease all operations except for the purposes of winding up of our affairs, as further described herein.

 

Oursponsor, SB Capital Holding Corporation, has committed to purchase from us an aggregate of 280,000 units (or up to 298,000 units if theunderwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full) or “private units,” at $10.00 per private unit for a totalpurchase price of $2,800,000 (or $2,980,000, if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full). These purchaseswill take place on a private placement basis simultaneously with the consummation of this offering. Each private placement unit shallconsist of one ordinary share, one-half of one private warrant, and one right to receive one-tenth (1/10) of one ordinary share uponthe consummation of an initial business combination. Only whole warrants are exercisable. Each whole private warrant will allow the holderto purchase on ordinary share at a price of $11.50 per whole share. No fractional warrants will be issued upon separation of the unitsand only whole warrants will trade.

 

Priorto this offering, there has been no public market for our units, ordinary shares, warrants, or rights. We have applied to have our unitslisted on the NASDAQ Global Market, or NASDAQ, under the symbol “[     ]U” on or promptly after the date of this prospectus.The ordinary shares, warrants, and rights comprising the units will begin separate trading on the 52nd day after the dateof this prospectus unless Ladenburg Thalmann informs us of its decision to allow earlier separate trading, subject to our satisfactionof certain conditions. Once the securities comprising the units begin separate trading, the ordinary shares, warrants, and rights willbe traded on NASDAQ under the symbols “[      ],” “[      ]W,” and “[      ]R” respectively.

 

Weare an “emerging growth company” under applicable federal securities laws and will be subject to reduced public company reportingrequirements. Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 26 fora discussion of information that should be considered in connection with an investment in our securities. Investors will not be entitledto protections normally afforded to investors in Rule 419 blank check offerings.

 

Neitherthe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved ofthese securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

 

Nooffer or invitation to subscribe for units may be made to the public in the British Virgin Islands.

 

   Price to Public   Underwriting
Discounts and
Commissions(1)
   Proceeds, before Expenses, to us 
Per Unit  $10.00   $0.30   $9.70 
Total  $60,000,000   $1,800,000   $58,200,000 

 

 

 

(1) Includes $0.10 per unit sold, or $600,000 (or $690,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full) in the aggregate, payable to the underwriters for deferred underwriting commissions that will be placed in a trust account located in the United States as described herein. The deferred commissions will be released to the underwriters only on completion of an initial business combination, in an amount equal to $0.10 multiplied by the number of public shares sold as part of the units in this offering, subject to adjustment as described in this prospectus. Does not include certain fees and expenses payable (or securities issuable) to the underwriters in connection with this offering. See also “Underwriting” for a description of compensation and other items of value payable to the underwriters.

 

Uponconsummation of the offering, $10.00 per unit sold to the public in this offering (whether or not the over-allotment option has beenexercised in full or part) will be deposited into a United States-based account at Bank of America Merrill Lynch maintained byContinental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee. Such amount approximately includes $600,000, or $690,000 ifthe underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full, payable to the underwriters as deferred underwriting discounts andcommissions. Except as described in this prospectus, these funds will not be released to us until the earlier of the completion of ourinitial business combination and our liquidation upon our failure to consummate a business combination within the required time period.The majority of our assets may be located outside the United States after we consummate our first business combination.

 

Theunderwriters are offering the units for sale on a firm-commitment basis. Delivery of the units will be made on or about __________, 2022.

 

SoleBook-Running Managers

LadenburgThalmann

 

Thedate of this prospectus is _______________, 2022

 

 

 

OCEANCAPITAL ACQUISITION CORPORATION

 

TABLEOF CONTENTS

 

    Page
PROSPECTUS SUMMARY   1
SUMMARY FINANCIAL DATA   25
RISK FACTORS   26
CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS   52
USE OF PROCEEDS   55
DIVIDEND POLICY   58
DILUTION   59
CAPITALIZATION   61
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS   62
PROPOSED BUSINESS   65
MANAGEMENT   82
PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDERS   90
CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS   92
DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES   94
SHARES ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE   110
TAXATION   111
UNDERWRITING   122
LEGAL MATTERS   128
EXPERTS   128
WHERE YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION   128
INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS   F-1

 

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PROSPECTUSSUMMARY

 

Thissummary highlights certain information appearing elsewhere in this prospectus. For a more complete understanding of this offering, youshould read the entire prospectus carefully, including the risk factors and the financial statements. Unless otherwise stated in thisprospectus, references to:

 

  “we,” “us” or “our company” refers to Ocean Capital Acquisition Corporation;
     
  “amended and restated memorandum and articles of association” are to our Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association;
     
  “BVI” are to the British Virgin Islands;
     
  “Companies Act” and the “Insolvency Act” are to the BVI Business Companies Act, 2004 and the Insolvency Act, 2003 of the British Virgin Islands, respectively and in each case as the same may be amended and supplemented from time to time;
     
  “initial shareholders” refers to all of our shareholders immediately prior to the date of this prospectus, including all of our officers and directors to the extent they hold such shares;
     
  “insider shares” refers to the 1,725,000 ordinary shares held by our initial shareholders prior to this offering (including up to an aggregate of 225,000 ordinary shares subject to forfeiture to the extent that the underwriters’ over-allotment option is not exercised in full or in part);
     
  “letter agreements” refer to the agreements to be executed among us, underwriters, our officers, directors and other initial shareholders on the date of this prospectus effective;
     
  “private units” refer to the units issued in a private placement simultaneously with the closing of this offering;
     
  “private warrants” refer to the warrants underlying the private units;
     
  “US Dollars” and “$” refer to the legal currency of the United States;
     
  “public shares” refer to ordinary share which are being sold as part of the units in this offering (whether they are purchased in this offering or thereafter in the open market) shareholder;
     
  “rights” or “public rights” refer to the rights which are being sold as part of the units in this offering; and
     
  “warrants” or “public warrants” refer to the warrants which are being sold as part of the units in this offering;
     
  “sponsor” refers to SB Capital Holding Corporation; and
     
  “public shareholders” means the holders of the ordinary shares which are being sold as part of the units in this public offering, or “public shares,” whether they are purchased in the public offering or in the aftermarket, including any of our initial shareholders to the extent that they purchase such public shares (except that our initial shareholders will not have conversion or tender rights with respect to any public shares they own).

 

Exceptas specifically provided otherwise, the information in this prospectus assumes that the underwriters will not exercise their over-allotmentoption.

 

Allreferences in this prospectus to our insider shares being forfeited shall take effect as surrenders for no consideration of such sharesas a matter of the British Virgin Islands law. All references to the conversion of ordinary shares shall take effect as a redemptionof ordinary shares and issuance of the corresponding ordinary shares as a matter of the British Virgin Islands law.

 

Youshould rely only on the information contained in this prospectus. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with different information.We are not making an offer of these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer is not permitted.

 

Asa blank check company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands, we do not have any subsidiaries as of the date of this prospectus,and no transfers, dividends, or distributions of any earnings or settlement of any amounts have been made by us to date.

 

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General

 

Weare a blank check company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands on August 20, 2021 as a business company with limited liability(meaning that our public shareholders have no liability, as shareholders of our company, for the liabilities of our company over andabove the amount paid for their shares). We were formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, sharepurchase, recapitalization, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities, which we refer toas a “target business.” Our efforts to identify a prospective target business will not be limited to a particular industryor geographic location. We do not have any specific business combination under consideration and we have not (nor has anyone on our behalf),directly or indirectly, contacted any prospective target business or had any substantive discussions, formal or otherwise, with respectto such a transaction. Additionally, we have not engaged or retained any agent or other representative to identify or locate any suitableacquisition candidate, to conduct any research or take any measures, directly or indirectly, to locate or contact a target business.

 

Market

 

Althoughwe have not selected any specific business combination target, we believe the market has sufficient opportunities to complete an initialbusiness combination. The capital market is still active despite the outbreak of COVID-19. According to McKinsey Global Private MarketsReview 2022, private equity fundraising activities rebounded globally in 2021, reaching approximately $680 billion, representing an increaseof approximately 22% year-over-year. Private equity deal volume in 2021 was up approximately 48.6% year-over-year to reach approximately$2.04 trillion globally, and the number of deals exceeded 14,000 for the first time. Healthcare and IT have been the fastest-growingsectors globally in terms of global private equity deal volume for the period 2016-2021, with a CAGR of approximately 14.3% and 13.3%,respectively.

 

CompetitiveStrengths

 

Ourmanagement team is led by Mr. Hin Wing (Simon) Wong who has over three decades of combined operational, deal-making and investmentexperience. Our mission is to unlock value for our shareholders by identifying an acquisition target in any sectors with growth potential.Given the diversified experience of our management team, we believe we have significant resources to identify, diligence, and structuretransactions that would benefit all shareholders. We could also get deal sources from our sponsor, or affiliates of our sponsor. Ourcompetitive strengths include the following:

 

DeepExperience of Operating Partners

 

Webelieve that our ability to leverage the experience of the management team, which comprise executives of different companies across multiplesectors and industries, will provide us a distinct advantage in being able to source, evaluate and consummate an attractive transaction.

 

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ProprietarySourcing Channels and Leading Industry Relationships

 

Webelieve the capabilities and connections associated with our management team, in combination with our sponsor and our strategic and operatingpartners, will provide us with a differentiated pipeline of acquisition opportunities. We expect these sourcing capabilities will befurther bolstered by our reputation and deep industry relationships.

 

TrackRecord of Investment Experience

 

Webelieve that our management’s track record of identifying and sourcing transactions positions us well to appropriately evaluatepotential business combinations and select one that will be well received by the public markets.

 

Executionand Structuring Capability.

 

Ourcombined expertise and reputation will allow us to source and complete transactions possessing structural attributes that create an attractiveinvestment thesis. These types of transactions are typically complex and require creativity, industry knowledge and expertise, rigorousdue diligence, and extensive negotiations and documentation. We believe that by focusing our investment activities on these types oftransactions, we are able to generate investment opportunities that have attractive risk/reward profiles based on their valuations andstructural characteristics.

 

AcquisitionStrategy and Investment Criteria

 

Ouracquisition strategy is to:

 

leverage our management team’s operational expertise, successful deal experience, and extensive knowledge in a broad sector horizon to effectively and efficiently seek acquisition opportunities and may pursue de-SPAC Targets in, any industry or geography.
   
leverage the unique combination of proven deal execution capabilities, extensive relationship networks and professional investment track record of our sponsor and management team’s extensive experience with listed companies, capital market transactions and investing in companies across a wide range of sectors.
   
focus our search for a target company that has compelling economics, potential for high recurring revenue, a defensible market position, and successful management teams that are seeking access to the public capital markets.
   
generate attractive returns and create value for our shareholders by applying a disciplined strategy of identifying attractive investment opportunities that could benefit from the addition of capital, management expertise and strategic insights.
   
identify an opportunity where our management team’s expertise could effect a positive transformation of the existing business to improve the overall value propositions while maximizing shareholder value.
   
identify companies that are under-performing their potential due to a temporary period of dislocation in the markets.
   
source initial business combination opportunities through the extensive networks of our management team, sponsor and their affiliates, including seasoned executives and operators, private equity investors, lenders, attorneys and family offices, that we believe will provide our management team with a robust flow of acquisition opportunities.

 

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Ourmanagement team has decades of combined experience setting and implementing strategies to grow revenues and improve profitability, including:helping to develop growth initiatives; developing capital allocation strategies; reducing expenses to increase earnings or to redeploycapital into more beneficial initiatives; pursuing add on acquisitions and divestitures; engaging in capital markets and other financingor restructuring activities; evaluating, changing or enhancing management when appropriate; and crafting other initiatives.

 

Toexecute our business strategy, we intend to:

 

utilize our management team’s extensive network of company owners, management teams, financial intermediaries and others to identify appropriate candidates for a possible business combination;
   
conduct rigorous research and analysis of various industries and companies to identify promising potential targets;
   
conduct a rigorous and thorough due diligence review of one or more targets, including an analysis of overall industry and competitive conditions and of company specific information, meetings with incumbent management and employees, document reviews, interviews of customers and suppliers, inspections of facilities, competitor analysis and reviews of operational, financial and business and other information, among others, in the evaluating process to ensure a high-quality potential target;
   
utilize our established deal execution experiences to better understand the competing priorities among stakeholders and creatively structure transaction terms to reach a transaction agreement beneficial to all parties;
   
identify under-exploited expansion opportunities overlooked by other companies where complexity or urgency mask hidden value and complete a business combination at an attractive price in terms of intrinsic value and future potential;
   
implement a business plan that we believe will accelerate growth and provide the company with flexibility in financially and operationally; and
   
seek further strategic opportunity of acquisitions, divestitures or other transactions in order to enhance shareholder value.

 

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

 

Established Businesses: We will seek to acquire one or more businesses or assets that have a history of, or potential for, strong, stable cash flow generation, with predictable and recurring revenue streams.
   
Generates Stable Free Cash-Flow: We will seek to acquire a business that has historically generated, or has the near-term potential to generate, strong and sustainable free cash flow.
   
Growth opportunities through capital investment: We intend to seek candidates who will benefit from additional capital investment through a business combination.
   
Strong management teams with a proven track record: We intend to seek candidates who have strong management teams with a proven track record of driving revenue growth, enhancing profitability and generating strong free cash flow. We will seek to partner with a potential target’s management team and expect that the operating and financial abilities of our management and board will help potential target company to unlock opportunities for future growth and enhanced profitability.
   
Benefit from Being a Public Company: We intend to pursue a business combination with a company that we believe will benefit from being publicly traded and can effectively utilize the broader access to capital and public profile that are associated with being a publicly traded company.
   
Would Benefit Uniquely from our Capabilities: We will seek to acquire a business where the collective capabilities of our management and sponsor can be leveraged to tangibly improve the operations and market position of the target.
   
Risk-Adjusted Return: We intend to acquire one or more companies that we believe can offer attractive risk-adjusted return on investments for our shareholders.

 

OurCompetitive Advantages

 

Statusas a Publicly Listed Company

 

Afterthis offering, we believe our structure will make us an attractive business combination partner to prospective target businesses. Asa publicly listed company, we will offer a target business an alternative to the traditional initial public offering. We believe thattarget businesses will favor this alternative, which we believe is less expensive, while offering greater certainty of execution thanthe traditional initial public offering. During an initial public offering, there are typically expenses incurred in marketing, whichwould be costlier than a business combination with us. Furthermore, once a proposed business combination is approved by our shareholders(if applicable) and the transaction is consummated, the target business will have effectively become public, whereas an initial publicoffering is always subject to the underwriters’ ability to complete the offering, as well as general market conditions that couldprevent the offering from occurring. Once public, we believe the target business would have greater access to capital and additionalmeans of creating management incentives that are better aligned with shareholders’ interests than it would as a private company.It can offer further benefits by augmenting a company’s profile among potential new customers and vendors and aid in attractingtalented management.

 

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StrongFinancial Position and Flexibility

 

Afterthis offering, with the funds held in our trust account, we offer a target business a variety of options such as creating a liquidityevent for its owners, providing capital for the potential growth and expansion of its operations or strengthening its balance sheet byreducing 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 considerationto be paid to the target business to fit its needs and desires. However, we have not taken any steps to secure third party financingand there can be no assurance it will be available to us.

 

Effectinga Business Combination

 

Wewill either (i) seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination at a meeting called for such purpose at which public shareholdersmay seek to convert their public shares, regardless of whether they vote for or against the proposed business combination, into theirpro rata portion of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account (net of taxes payable) or (ii) provide our publicshareholders with the opportunity to sell their public shares to us by means of a tender offer (and thereby avoid the need for a shareholdervote) for an amount equal to their pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account (net of taxes payable),in each case subject to the limitations described herein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, our initial shareholders have agreed, pursuantto written letter agreements with us, not to convert any public shares held by them into their pro rata portion of the aggregateamount then on deposit in the trust account. The decision as to whether we will seek shareholder approval of our proposed business combinationor 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 ona variety of factors such as the timing of the transaction and whether the terms of the transaction would otherwise require us to seekshareholder approval. If we so choose and we are legally permitted to do so, we will have the flexibility to avoid a shareholder voteand allow our shareholders to sell their shares pursuant to the tender offer rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC.In that case, we will file tender offer documents with the SEC which will contain substantially the same financial and other informationabout the initial business combination as is required under the SEC’s proxy rules. We will consummate our initial business combinationonly if we have net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 upon such consummation and, solely if we seek shareholder approval, a majorityof the issued and outstanding ordinary shares voted are voted in favor of the business combination.

 

Wewill have until nine months from the consummation of this offering to consummate our initial business combination. However, ifwe anticipate that we may not be able to consummate our initial business combination within nine months, we may, but are not obligatedto, extend the period of time to consummate a business combination 12 times by an additional one month each time (for a total of up to21 months to complete a business combination). Public shareholders will not be offered the opportunity to vote on or redeem their sharesin connection with any such extension. Pursuant to the terms of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association and thetrust agreement to be entered into between us and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company on the date of this prospectus,in order to extend the time available for us to consummate our initial business combination, our insiders or their affiliates or designees,upon five days advance notice prior to the applicable deadline, must deposit into the trust account for each one month extension, $198,000,or $227,700 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full ($0.033 per share in either case), on or prior to thedate of the applicable deadline, up to an aggregate of $2,376,000 (or $2,732,400 if the underwriters’ over-allotment opinion isexercised in full). The insiders will receive a non-interest bearing, unsecured promissory note equal to the amount of any such depositthat will not be repaid in the event that we are unable to close a business combination unless there are funds available outside thetrust account to do so. Such notes would either be paid upon consummation of our initial business combination, or, at the lender’sdiscretion, converted upon consummation of our business combination into additional private units at a price of $10.00 per unit. Ourshareholders have approved the issuance of the private units upon conversion of such notes, to the extent the holder wishes to so convertsuch notes at the time of the consummation of our initial business combination. In the event that we receive notice from our insidersfive days prior to the applicable deadline of their intent to effect an extension, we intend to issue a press release announcing suchintention at least three days prior to the applicable deadline. In addition, we intend to issue a press release the day after the applicabledeadline announcing whether or not the funds had been timely deposited. Our insiders and their affiliates or designees are not obligatedto fund the trust account to extend the time for us to complete our initial business combination. To the extent that some, but not all,of our insiders, decide to extend the period of time to consummate our initial business combination, such insiders (or their affiliatesor designees) may deposit the entire amount required. If we are unable to consummate our initial business combination within such timeperiod, we will, as promptly as possible but not more than ten (10) business days thereafter, redeem 100% of our outstanding public sharesfor a pro rata portion of the funds held in the trust account, including a pro rata portion of any interest earned on the funds heldin the trust account and not previously released to us or necessary to pay our taxes, and then seek to liquidate and dissolve. However,we may not be able to distribute such amounts as a result of claims of creditors which may take priority over the claims of our publicshareholders. In the event of our liquidation and subsequent dissolution and the public warrants and rights will expire and will be worthless.

 

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Ifwe are unable to consummate our initial business combination within this time period, we will liquidate the trust account and distributethe proceeds held therein to our public shareholders by way of redeeming their shares and dissolve. If we are forced to liquidate, weanticipate that we would distribute to our public shareholders the amount in the trust account calculated as of the date that is two(2) days prior to the distribution date (including any accrued interest net of taxes payable). Prior to such distribution, we would berequired to assess all claims that may be potentially brought against us by our creditors for amounts they are actually owed and makeprovision for such amounts, as creditors take priority over our public shareholders with respect to amounts that are owed to them. Wecannot assure you that we will properly assess all claims that may be potentially brought against us. As such, our shareholders couldpotentially be liable for any claims of creditors to the extent of distributions received by them as an unlawful payment in the eventwe enter an insolvent liquidation. In the event of our liquidation and subsequent dissolution, the public warrants and rights will expireand will be worthless.

 

Pursuantto the NASDAQ listing rules, our initial business combination must be with a target business or businesses whose collective fair marketvalue is at least equal to 80% of the balance in the trust account (excluding any deferred underwriting discounts and commissions andtaxes payable on the income earned on the trust account) at the time of the execution of a definitive agreement for such business combination,although this may entail simultaneous acquisitions of several target businesses. The fair market value of the target business will bedetermined by our board of directors based upon one or more standards generally accepted by the financial community (such as actual andpotential sales, earnings, cash flow and/or book value). Our board of directors will have broad discretion in choosing the standard usedto establish the fair market value of any prospective target business. The target business or businesses that we acquire may have a collectivefair market value substantially in excess of 80% of the trust account balance. We will not be required to comply with the 80% fair marketvalue requirement if we are delisted from NASDAQ.

 

Weare not required to obtain an opinion from an unaffiliated third party that the target business we select has a fair market value inexcess of at least 80% of the balance of the trust account unless our board of directors cannot make such determination on its own. Weare also not required to obtain an opinion from an unaffiliated third party indicating that the price we are paying is fair to our shareholdersfrom a financial point of view unless the target is affiliated with our officers, directors, initial shareholders or their affiliates.

 

Wecurrently anticipate structuring our initial business combination to acquire 100% of the equity interests or assets of the target businessor businesses. We may, however, structure our initial business combination where we merge directly with the target business or wherewe acquire less than 100% of such interests or assets of the target business in order to meet certain objectives of the target managementteam or shareholders or for other reasons, but we will only complete such business combination if the post-transaction company owns oracquires 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target sufficientfor it not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or the InvestmentCompany Act. Even if the post-transaction company owns or acquires 50% or more of the voting securities of the target, our shareholdersprior to the business combination may collectively own a minority interest in the post-transaction company, depending on valuations ascribedto the target and us in the business combination transaction. For example, we could pursue a transaction in which we issue a substantialnumber of new shares in exchange for all of the outstanding capital stock of a target. In this case, we could acquire a 100% controllinginterest in the target; however, as a result of the issuance of a substantial number of new shares, our shareholders immediately priorto our initial business combination could own less than a majority of our issued and outstanding shares subsequent to our initial businesscombination. If less than 100% of the equity interests or assets of a target business or businesses are owned or acquired by the post-transactioncompany, only the portion of such target business or businesses that is owned or acquired is what will be valued for purposes of the80% fair market value test.

 

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EmergingGrowth Company Status and Other Information

 

Weare an emerging growth company as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, as modifiedby the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (which we refer to herein as the JOBS Act). As such, we are eligible to take advantageof 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 theSarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodicreports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation andshareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. If some investors find our securities less attractiveas a result, there may be a less active trading market for our securities and the prices of our securities may be more volatile.

 

Inaddition, Section 107 of the JOBS Act also provides that an emerging growth company can take advantage of the extended transition periodprovided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act for complying with new or revised accounting standards. In other words, an emerginggrowth company can delay the 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.

 

Wewill remain an emerging growth company until the earlier of (1) the last day of the fiscal year (a) following the fifth anniversary ofthe 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 deemedto be a large accelerated filer, which means the market value of our ordinary shares that are held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 millionas of the prior June 30, and (2) the date on which we have issued more than $1.0 billion in non-convertible debt during the prior threeyear period.

 

PrivatePlacements

 

Asof March 2022, we issued 1,725,000 insider sharesto our sponsor for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000, or approximately $0.01 per share. In March 2022, the sponsor transferredan aggregate of 50,000 insider shares to certain directors and officers of the Company. The 1,725,000 insider shares heldby our initial shareholders include an aggregate of up to 225,000 shares subject to forfeiture by our sponsor to the extent thatthe underwriters’ over-allotment option is not exercised in full or in part, so that our initial shareholders will collectivelyown 20.0% of our issued and outstanding shares after this offering (without given effect to the sale of the private units and assumingour initial shareholders do not purchase units in this offering). None of our initial shareholders has indicated any intention to purchaseunits in this offering.

 

Theinsider shares are identical to the ordinary shares included in the units being sold in this offering. However, our initial shareholdershave agreed, pursuant to written letter agreements with us, (A) to vote their insider shares (as well as any public shares acquired inor after this offering) in favor of any proposed business combination, (B) not to propose, or vote in favor of, an amendment to our amendedand restated memorandum and articles of association that would stop our public shareholders from converting or selling their shares tous in connection with a business combination or affect the substance or timing of our obligation to redeem 100% of our public sharesif we do not complete a business combination within nine months (or up to 21 months, if we extend the time to complete a businesscombination as described in this prospectus) from the closing of this offering unless we provide dissenting public shareholders withthe opportunity to convert their public shares into the right to receive cash from the trust account in connection with any such vote,(C) not to convert any insider shares (as well as any other shares acquired in or after this offering) into the right to receive cashfrom the trust account in connection with a shareholder vote to approve our proposed initial business combination (or sell any sharesthey hold to us in a tender offer in connection with a proposed initial business combination) or a vote to amend the provisions of ouramended and restated memorandum and articles of association relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-business combination activityand (D) that the insider shares shall not participate in any liquidating distribution upon winding up if a business combination is notconsummated. Additionally, our initial shareholders have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of the insider shares (except tocertain permitted transferees) until (1) with respect to 50% of the insider shares, the earlier of six months after the date of the consummationof our initial business combination and the date on which the closing price of our ordinary shares equals or exceeds $12.50 per wholeshare (as adjusted for share splits, share capitalizations, reorganizations and recapitalizations) for any 20 trading days within any30-trading day period commencing after our initial business combination and (2) with respect to the remaining 50% of the insider shares,six months after the date of the consummation of our initial business combination, or earlier, in either case, if, subsequent to ourinitial business combination, we consummate a liquidation, merger, stock exchange or other similar transaction which results in all ofour shareholders having the right to exchange their ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property.

 

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Inaddition, our sponsor, has committed to purchase from us an aggregate of 280,000 private units at $10.00 per private unit (for atotal purchase price of $2,800,000). These purchases will take place on a private placement basis simultaneously with theconsummation of this offering. All of the proceeds we receive from these purchases will be placed in the trust account describedbelow. Our sponsor has also agreed that if the over-allotment option is exercised by the underwriters, it will purchase from us at aprice of $10.00 per private unit an additional number of private units (up to a maximum of 18,000 private units) pro ratawith the amount of the over-allotment option exercised so that at least $10.00 per share sold to the public in this offering is heldin trust regardless of whether the over-allotment option is exercised in full or part. These additional private units will bepurchased in a private placement that will occur simultaneously with the purchase of units resulting from the exercise of theover-allotment option. The proceeds from the private placement of the private units will be added to the proceeds of this offeringand placed in an account in the United States maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as trustee. The majority of our assets may be located outside the United States after weconsummate our first business combination.

 

Theprivate units are identical to the units sold in this offering except that the private warrants will be non-redeemable and may be exercisedon a cashless basis, in each case so long as they continue to be held by our sponsor or its permitted transferees. Additionally, becausethe private units will be issued in a private transaction, our sponsor and its permitted transferees will be allowed to exercise theprivate warrants on a cash basis even if a registration statement covering the ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of suchwarrants is not effective and receive unregistered ordinary shares. Furthermore, our sponsor has agreed (A) to vote the ordinary sharesunderlying the private units, or “private shares,” in favor of any proposed business combination, (B) not to propose, orvote in favor of, an amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association that would stop our public shareholdersfrom converting or selling their shares to us in connection with a business combination or affect the substance or timing of our obligationto redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete a business combination within nine months from the closing of this offering(as such period may be extended up to 21 months at the election of the Company, either in lieu of a shareholder vote or if a shareholdervote has been unsuccessful, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions or by the Company’s shareholders in accordance withour memorandum and articles of association) from the closing of this offering unless we provide public shareholders with the opportunityto redeem their public shares from the trust account in connection with any such vote, (C) not to convert any private shares for cashfrom the trust account in connection with a shareholder vote to approve our proposed initial business combination or a vote to amendthe provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-businesscombination activity and (D) that the private shares shall not participate in any liquidating distribution upon winding up if a businesscombination is not consummated. Our sponsor has also agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of the private units or underlying securities(except to the same permitted transferees as the insider shares and provided the transferees agree to the same terms and restrictionsas the permitted transferees of the insider shares must agree to, each as described above) until 30 calendar days after the completionof our initial business combination.

 

Ifpublic units or shares are purchased by any of our directors, officers or initial shareholders, they will be entitled to funds from thetrust account to the same extent as any public shareholder upon our liquidation but will not have redemption rights related thereto.

 

CorporateInformation

 

Ourprincipal executive office is located at 3 Ocean Way, Sentosa Cove, Singapore 098368 and our telephone number is +65 9772 3118.

 

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TheOffering

 

Inmaking your decision on whether to invest in our securities, you should take into account not only the backgrounds of the members ofour management team, but also the special risks we face as a blank check company and the fact that this offering is not being conductedin compliance with Rule 419 promulgated under the Securities Act. You will not be entitled to protections normally afforded to investorsin Rule 419 blank check offerings. You should carefully consider these, and the other risks set forth in the section below entitled “RiskFactors” beginning on page 26 of this prospectus.

 

Securities offered   6,000,000 units, at $10.00 per unit, each unit consisting of one ordinary share, one-half of one redeemable warrant, and one right to receive one-tenth (1/10) of one ordinary share upon the consummation of an initial business combination. Each whole redeemable warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one ordinary share at a price of $11.50 per whole share. Only whole warrants will become exercisable.
     
Listing of our securities and proposed symbols   We anticipate the units, and the ordinary shares, warrants, and rights, once they begin separate trading, will be listed on NASDAQ under the symbols “[     ]U,”, “[       ],” “[       ]W,” and “[     ]R” respectively.
     
    Each of the ordinary shares, warrants, and rights may trade separately on the 52nd day after the date of this prospectus unless the underwriters determine that an earlier date is acceptable (based upon, among other things, its assessment of the relative strengths of the securities markets and small capitalization and blank check companies in general, and the trading pattern of, and demand for, our securities in particular). In no event will the underwriters allow separate trading of the ordinary shares, warrants and rights until we file an audited balance sheet reflecting our receipt of the gross proceeds of this offering.
     
    Once the ordinary shares, warrants, and rights commence separate trading, holders will have the option to continue to hold units or separate their units into the component pieces. Holders will need to have their brokers contact our transfer agent in order to separate the units into separately trading ordinary shares, warrants and rights. No fractional 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. No fractional rights will be issued upon separation of the units. Only whole rights will trade. Accordingly, unless you purchase at least ten units, you will not be able to receive a whole right.
     
    We will file a Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC, including an audited balance sheet, promptly upon the consummation of this offering, which is anticipated to take place three business days from the date the units commence trading. The audited balance sheet will reflect our receipt of the proceeds from the exercise of the over-allotment option if the over-allotment option is exercised on the date of this prospectus. If the over-allotment option is exercised after the date of this prospectus, we will file an amendment to the Form 8-K or a new Form 8-K to provide updated financial information to reflect the exercise of the over-allotment option. We will also include in the Form 8-K, or amendment thereto, or in a subsequent Form 8-K, information indicating if the underwriters has allowed separate trading of the ordinary shares, warrants and rights prior to the 52th day after the date of this prospectus.

 

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Ordinary shares:    
     
Number issued and outstanding
before this offering and the
private placement
 

1,725,000 shares(1)
     
Number to be issued and
outstanding after this offering
and sale of private units
 

7,780,000 shares(2)
     
Redeemable Warrants:    
     
Number issued and outstanding
before this offering and the
private placement
 

0 warrants
     
Number to be issued and
outstanding after this offering
and sale of private units
 

3,140,000 warrants(3)
     
Exercisability  

Each whole redeemable warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one ordinary share at a price of $11.50 per whole share, subject to adjustment as described in this prospectus, and only whole warrants will become exercisable.

 

We structured each unit offered in this offering to contain one-half of one redeemable warrant, with each whole warrant exercisable for one ordinary share, as compared to units issued by some other similar blank check 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 whole warrant 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. No warrants will be exercisable on a cash basis unless we have an effective and current registration statement covering the ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants and a current prospectus relating to such ordinary shares. It is our current intention to have an effective and current registration statement covering the ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants and a current prospectus relating to such ordinary shares in effect promptly following consummation of an initial business combination. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a registration statement covering the ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the public warrants is not effective within 90 days following the consummation of our initial business combination, public warrant holders may, until such time as there is an effective registration statement and during any period when we shall have failed to maintain an effective registration statement, exercise warrants on a cashless basis pursuant to an available exemption from registration under the Securities Act. In such event, each holder would pay the exercise price by surrendering the warrants for that number of ordinary shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the product of the number of ordinary shares underlying the warrants,

 

 

 

(1) This number includes an aggregate of up to 225,000 ordinary shares held by our sponsor that are subject to forfeiture if the over-allotment option is not exercised by the underwriters in full.
(2) Assumes the over-allotment option has not been exercised and an aggregate of 225,000 ordinary shares held by our sponsor have been forfeited. If the over-allotment option is exercised in full, there will be a total of 8,923,000 ordinary shares issued and outstanding.
(3) Assumes the over-allotment option has not been exercised. If the over-allotment option is exercised in full, there will be a total of 3,599,000 warrants, including an aggregate of 149,000 private warrants.

 

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multiplied by the excess of the “fair market value” (defined below) over the exercise price of the warrants by (y) the fair market value. The “fair market value” shall mean the average reported last sale price of the ordinary shares for the 10 trading days ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which the notice of redemption is sent to the holders of warrants. For example, if a holder held 300 warrants to purchase 300 shares and the fair market value on the date prior to exercise was $15.00, that holder would receive 70 shares without the payment of any additional cash consideration. If an exemption from registration is not available, holders will not be able to exercise their warrants on a cashless basis.

 

In addition, if (x) we issue additional ordinary shares or equity-linked securities for 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 share (with such issue price or effective issue price to be determined in good faith by our board of directors), (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, and (z) the volume weighted average trading price of our 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 Price”) 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 Market Price, and the $18.00 per share redemption trigger price described above will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 180% of the Market Price.

     
Exercise period   The warrants will become exercisable on the later of 30 days after the completion of an initial business combination or 12 months from the date of this prospectus is declared effective by the SEC. The warrants will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the fifth anniversary of the completion of the initial business combination, or earlier upon redemption.
     
Redemption  

We may redeem the outstanding warrants, in whole and not in part, at a price of $0.01 per warrant:

 

● at any time while the warrants are exercisable,

 

● upon a minimum of 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption,

 

● if, and only if, the last sales price of our ordinary shares equals or exceeds $18.00 per share (as adjusted for share splits, share capitalizations, rights, issuances, subdivisions, reorganizations, recapitalizations, and the like) for any 20 trading days within a 30 trading days period ending three business days before we send the notice of redemption, and

 

● if, and only if, there is a current registration statement in effect with respect to the ordinary shares underlying such warrants at the time of redemption and for the entire 30-day trading period referred to above and continuing each day thereafter until the date of redemption.

 

If the foregoing conditions are satisfied and we issue a notice of redemption, each warrant holder can exercise his, her or its warrant prior to the scheduled redemption date. However, the price of the ordinary shares may fall below the $18.00 trigger price as well as the $11.50 warrant exercise price per whole share after the redemption notice is issued and not limit our ability to complete the redemption.

 

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

 

If we call the warrants for redemption as described above, our management will have the option to require all holders that wish to exercise warrants to do so on a “cashless basis.” In such event, each holder would pay the exercise price by surrendering the whole warrants for that number of ordinary shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the product of the number of ordinary shares underlying the warrants, multiplied by the excess of the “fair market value” (defined below) over the exercise price of the warrants by (y) the fair market value. The “fair market value” shall mean the average reported last sale price of the ordinary shares for the 10 trading days ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which the notice of redemption is sent to the holders of warrants. Whether we will exercise our option to require all holders to exercise their warrants on a “cashless basis” will depend on a variety of factors including the price of our ordinary shares at the time the warrants are called for redemption, our cash needs at such time and concerns regarding dilutive share issuances.

     

Rights included as part of units:

 

Number outstanding before this offering and the private placement:

 

Number to be outstanding after this offering and sale of private units:

 

Terms of Rights:

 

 

 

 

0 right

 

 

6,280,000(4) rights

 

Except in cases where we are not the surviving company in a business combination, each holder of a public right will automatically receive one-tenth (1/10) of one share upon consummation of our initial business combination. In the event we will not be the surviving company upon completion of our initial business combination, each holder of a right will be required to affirmatively convert his, her or its rights in order to receive the one-tenth (1/10) of one share underlying each right upon consummation of the business combination. We will not issue fractional shares in connection with an exchange of rights. Fractional shares will either be rounded down to the nearest whole share or otherwise addressed in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association. As a result, you must hold rights in multiples of ten in order to receive shares for all of your rights upon closing of a business combination. If we are unable to complete an initial business combination within the required time period and we redeem the public shares for the funds held in the trust account, holders of rights will not receive any of such funds for their rights and the rights will expire worthless.

(4) Assumes the over-allotment option has not been exercised. If the over-allotment option is exercised in full, there will be a total of 7,198,000 rights, including an aggregate of 298,000 private rights.

 

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Insider Shares  

In August 2021, 1,000,000 insider shares were issued to our initial subscriber of the Company. In March 2022, the initial subscriber transferred the insider shares that it holds to our sponsor, and the Company issued an additional 725,000 shares to the sponsor, resulting in an aggregate of 1,725,000 ordinary shares outstanding to our sponsor, for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000, or approximately $0.01 per share. Further, in March 2022, the sponsor transferred an aggregate of 50,000 insider shares to certain directors and officers of the Company. The insider shares held by our initial shareholders include an aggregate of up to 225,000 shares subject to forfeiture by our sponsor to the extent that the underwriters’ over-allotment option is not exercised in full or in part, so that our initial shareholders will collectively own 20.0% of our issued and outstanding shares after this offering (excluding the sale of the private units and assuming our initial shareholders do not purchase units in this offering). None of our initial shareholders has indicated any intention to purchase units in this offering.

 

The insider shares are identical to the ordinary shares included in the units being sold in this offering. However, our initial shareholders have agreed, pursuant to written letter agreements with us, (A) to vote their insider shares (as well as any public shares acquired in or after this offering) in favor of any proposed business combination, (B) not to propose, or vote in favor of, an amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association that would stop our public shareholders from converting or selling their shares to us in connection with a business combination or affect the substance or timing of our obligation to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete a business combination within nine months (as such period may be extended up to 21 months at the election of the Company, either in lieu of a shareholder vote or if a shareholder vote has been unsuccessful, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions or by the Company’s shareholders in accordance with our memorandum and articles of association) from the closing of this offering unless we provide public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their public shares from the trust account in connection with any such vote, (C) not to convert any insider shares (as well as any other shares acquired in or after this offering) into the right to receive cash from the trust account in connection with a shareholder vote to approve our proposed initial business combination (or sell any shares they hold to us in a tender offer in connection with a proposed initial business combination) or a vote to amend the provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-business combination activity and (D) that the

 

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    insider shares shall not participate in any liquidating distribution upon winding up if a business combination is not consummated. Additionally, our initial shareholders have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of the insider shares (except to certain permitted transferees) until (1) with respect to 50% of the insider shares, the earlier of six months after the date of the consummation of our initial business combination and the date on which the closing price of our ordinary shares equals or exceeds $12.50 per whole share (as adjusted for share splits, share capitalizations, reorganizations and recapitalizations) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing after our initial business combination and (2) with respect to the remaining 50% of the insider shares, six months after the date of the consummation of our initial business combination, or earlier, in either case, if, subsequent to our initial business combination, we consummate a liquidation, merger, stock exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of our shareholders having the right to exchange their ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property.
     
Private placement at time of offering  

Our sponsor has committed to purchase from us an aggregate of 280,000 private units at $10.00 per private unit (for a total purchase price of $2,800,000). These purchases will take place on a private placement basis simultaneously with the consummation of this offering. All of the proceeds we receive from these purchases will be placed in the trust account described below. Our sponsor has also agreed that if the over-allotment option is exercised by the underwriters, it will purchase from us at a price of $10.00 per private unit an additional number of private units (up to a maximum of 18,000 private units) pro rata with the amount of the over-allotment option exercised so that at least $10.00 per share sold to the public in this offering is held in trust regardless of whether the over-allotment option is exercised in full or part. These additional private units will be purchased in a private placement that will occur simultaneously with the purchase of units resulting from the exercise of the over-allotment option. The proceeds from the private placement of the private units will be added to the proceeds of this offering and placed in an account in the United States maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as trustee.

 

The private units are identical to the units sold in this offering except with respect to certain registration rights and transfer restriction. Additionally, because the private units will be issued in a private transaction, our sponsor and its permitted transferees will be allowed to exercise the private warrants on a cash basis even if a registration statement covering the ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of such warrants is not effective and receive unregistered ordinary shares. Furthermore, our sponsor has agreed (A) to vote the ordinary shares underlying the private units, or “private shares,” in favor of any proposed business combination, (B) not to propose, or vote in favor of, an amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association that would stop our public shareholders from converting or selling their shares to us in connection with a business combination or affect the substance or timing of our obligation to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete a business combination within nine months (as such period may be extended up to 21 months at the election of the Company, either in lieu of a shareholder vote or if a shareholder vote has been unsuccessful, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions or by the Company’s shareholders in accordance with our memorandum and articles of association) from the closing of this offering unless we provide public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their public shares from the trust account in connection with any such vote, (C) not to convert any private shares for cash from the trust account in connection with a shareholder vote to approve our proposed initial business combination

 

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    or a vote to amend the provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-business combination activity and (D) that the private shares shall not participate in any liquidating distribution upon winding up if a business combination is not consummated. Our sponsor has also agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of the private units or underlying securities (except to the same permitted transferees as the insider shares and provided the transferees agree to the same terms and restrictions as the permitted transferees of the insider shares must agree to, each as described above) until 30 calendar days after the completion of our initial business combination.
     
Offering proceeds to be held in trust  
$60,000,000 of the net proceeds of this offering (or $69,000,000 if the over-allotment option is exercised in full), or $10.00 per unit sold to the public in this offering (regardless of whether or not the over-allotment option is exercised in full or part) will be placed in a trust account at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in the United States, maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, acting as trustee pursuant to an agreement to be signed on the date of this prospectus. Such amount includes $600,000, or up to $0.10 per unit (or $690,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), payable to the underwriters as deferred underwriting discounts and commissions. Pursuant to the investment management trust agreement that will govern the investment of such funds, the trustee, upon our written instructions, will direct Bank of America Merrill Lynch to invest the funds as set forth in such written instructions and to custody the funds while invested and until otherwise instructed in accordance with the investment management trust agreement. The remaining $1,000,000 of net proceeds of this offering will not be held in the trust account.
     
   

Except as set forth below, the proceeds held in the trust account will not be released until the earlier of: (1) the completion of our initial business combination within the required time period and (2) our redemption of 100% of the outstanding public shares if we have not completed a business combination in the required time period. Therefore, unless and until our initial business combination is consummated, the proceeds held in the trust account will not be available for our use for any expenses related to this offering or expenses which we may incur related to the investigation and selection of a target business and the negotiation of an agreement in connection with our initial business combination.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, there will be released to us from the trust account any interest earned on the funds in the trust account that we need to pay our income or other tax obligations. With these exceptions, expenses incurred by us may be paid prior to a business combination only from the net proceeds of this offering not held in the trust account (estimated to initially be $1,000,000); provided, however, that in order to meet our working capital needs following the consummation of this offering if the funds not held in the trust account are insufficient, our initial shareholders, officers and directors or their affiliates may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds, from time to time or at any time, in whatever amount they deem reasonable in their sole discretion. Each loan would be evidenced by a promissory note. The notes would either be paid upon consummation of our initial business combination, without interest, or, at the lender’s discretion, up to $600,000 of the notes may be converted upon consummation of our business combination into private units at a price of $10.00 per unit. If we do not complete a business combination, the loans would be repaid out of funds not held in the trust account, and only to the extent available.

 

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Limited payments to insiders  

Prior to the consummation of a business combination, there will be no fees, reimbursements or other cash payments paid to our initial shareholders, officers, directors or their affiliates prior to, or for any services they render in order to effectuate, the consummation of a business combination (regardless of the type of transaction that it is) other than:

 

● repayment at the closing of this offering of an aggregate of approximately $27,342 of loans made by SB Capital Holding Corporation;

 

●payment to an affiliate of our sponsor of $10,000 per month, for up to nine months (or up to 21 months, as applicable), for officespace, utilities and secretarial and administrative support;

 

● repayment at the closing of this offering of loans which may be made by our insiders, officers, directors or any of its or their affiliates to finance transaction costs in connection with an initial business combination through a portion of the working capital held outside the trust account if the initial business combination does not close, the terms of which have not been determined; and

 

● reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses incurred by them in connection with certain activities on our behalf, such as identifying and investigating possible business targets and business combinations.

 

There is no limit on the amount of out-of-pocket expenses reimbursable by us; provided, however, that to the extent such expenses exceed the available proceeds not deposited in the trust account, such expenses would not be reimbursed by us unless we consummate an initial business combination. Our audit committee will review and approve all reimbursements and payments made to any initial shareholder or member of our management team, or their respective affiliates, and any reimbursements and payments made to members of our audit committee will be reviewed and approved by our board of directors, with any interested director abstaining from such review and approval.

     
Conditions to completing our initial business combination  


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 the trust account (excluding any deferred underwriters’ fees and taxes payable on the income earned on the trust account) at the time of the agreement to enter into the initial business combination. If we are no longer listed on Nasdaq, we will not be required to satisfy the 80% test.

 

If our board is not able to independently determine the fair market value of the target business or businesses, we may obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking or accounting firm as to the fair market value of the target business. We will complete our initial business combination only if the post-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 sufficient for it not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act. Even if the post-transaction company owns 50% or more of the voting securities of the target, our shareholders prior to the business combination may collectively 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 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 will be valued for purposes of the 80% test, provided that in the event that the business combination involves more than one target business, the 80% test will be based on the aggregate value of all of the target businesses.

 

Potential revisions to agreements
with insiders
 
We could seek to amend certain agreements made by our management team disclosed in this prospectus without the approval of shareholders, although we have no intention to do so. For example, restrictions on our executives relating to the voting of securities owned by them, the agreement of our management team to remain with us until the closing of a business combination, the obligation of our management team to not propose certain changes to our organizational documents or the obligation of the management team and its affiliates to not receive any compensation in connection with a business combination could be modified without obtaining shareholder approval. Although shareholders would not be given the opportunity to redeem their shares in connection with such changes, in no event would we be able to modify the redemption or liquidation rights of our shareholders without permitting our shareholders the right to redeem their shares in connection with any such change. We will not agree to any such changes unless we believed that such changes were in the best interests of our shareholders (for example, if such a modification were necessary to complete a business combination).
     
Shareholder approval of, or
tender offer in connection with,
initial business combination
  In connection with any proposed initial business combination, we will either (1) seek shareholder approval of such initial business combination at a meeting called for such purpose at which public shareholders may seek to convert their public shares, regardless of whether they vote for or against the proposed business combination, into their pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account (net of taxes payable) or (2) provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to sell their public shares to us by means of a tender offer (and thereby avoid the need for a shareholder vote) for an amount equal to their pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account (net of taxes payable), in each case subject to the limitations described herein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, our initial shareholders have agreed, pursuant to written letter agreements with us, not to convert any public shares held by them into their pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account. If we determine to engage in a tender offer, such tender offer will be structured so that each public shareholder may tender any or all of his, her or its public shares rather than some pro rata portion of his, her or its shares. If enough shareholders tender their shares so that we are unable to satisfy any applicable closing condition set forth in the definitive agreement related to our initial business combination, or we are unable to maintain net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001, we will not consummate such initial business combination. The decision as to whether we will seek shareholder approval of a proposed business combination or will allow shareholders to sell their shares to us in a tender offer will be made by us based on a variety of factors such as the timing of the transaction, or whether the terms of the transaction would otherwise require us to seek shareholder approval. If we so choose and we are legally permitted to do so, we will have the flexibility to avoid a shareholder vote and allow our shareholders to sell their shares pursuant to Rule 13e-4 and Regulation 14E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or Exchange Act, which regulate issuer tender offers. In that case, we will file tender offer documents with the SEC which will contain substantially the same financial and other information about the initial business combination as is required under the SEC’s proxy rules. We will consummate our initial business combination only if we have net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 upon such consummation and, solely if we seek shareholder approval, a majority of the issued and outstanding ordinary shares voted are voted in favor of the business combination.

 

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We have determined not to consummate any business combination unless we have net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 upon such consummation in order to avoid being subject to Rule 419 promulgated under the Securities Act. The $5,000,001 net tangible asset value would be determined once a target business is located and we can assess all of the assets and liabilities of the combined company.

 

However, if we seek to consummate a business combination with a target business that imposes any type of working capital closing condition or requires us to have a minimum amount of funds available from the trust account upon consummation of such business combination, the net tangible asset requirement may limit our ability to consummate such a business combination and may force us to seek third party financing which may not be available on terms acceptable to us or at all. As a result, we may not be able to consummate such business combination and we may not be able to locate another suitable target within the applicable time period, if at all.

 

Our initial shareholders, officers and directors, have agreed (i) to vote their insider shares, private shares and any public shares purchased in or after this offering in favor of any proposed business combination and (ii) not to convert any shares (including the insider shares) in connection with a shareholder vote to approve, or (iii) sell their shares to us in any tender offer in connection with, a proposed initial business combination. As a result, if we sought shareholder approval of a proposed transaction we could need as little as 165,001 of our public shares (or approximately 2.75% of our public shares) to be voted in favor of the transaction in order to have such transaction approved (assuming that only a quorum was present at the meeting, that the over-allotment option is not exercised, and that the insiders do not purchase any units in this offering or units or shares in the after-market).. None of our officers, directors, initial shareholders or their affiliates has indicated any intention to purchase units in this offering or any units or ordinary shares in the open market or in private transactions (other than the private units). However, if a significant number of shareholders vote, or indicate an intention to vote, against a proposed business combination, our officers, directors, initial shareholders or their affiliates could make such purchases in the open market or in private transactions in order to influence the vote. There is no limit on the number of shares that may be purchased by the insiders. Any purchases would be made in compliance with federal securities laws, including the fact that all material information will be made public prior to such purchase, and no purchases would be made if such purchases would violate Section 9(a)(2) of, or Rule 10b-5 promulgated under, the Exchange Act, which are rules designed to stop potential manipulation of a company’s stock.

     
Redemption rights   In connection with a business combination, public shareholders will have the right to convert their shares into an amount equal to (1) the number of public shares being converted by such public holder divided by the total number of public shares multiplied by (2) the amount then in the trust account (initially $10.00 per share), which includes the deferred underwriting discounts and commissions plus a pro rata portion of any interest earned on the funds held in the trust account less any amounts necessary to pay our taxes. At any meeting called to approve an initial business combination, public shareholders may elect to convert their share regardless of whether or not they vote to approve the business combination.

 

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Whether we elect to effectuate our initial business combination via shareholder vote or tender offer, we may require public shareholders wishing to exercise redemption rights, whether they are a record holder or hold their shares in “street name,” to either tender the certificates they are seeking to convert to our transfer agent or to deliver the shares they are seeking to convert to the transfer agent electronically using Depository Trust Company’s DWAC (Deposit/Withdrawal At Custodian) System, at the holder’s option, at any time at or prior to the vote on the business combination. There is a nominal cost associated with this 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 $45 and it would be up to the broker whether or not to pass this cost on to the converting holder. The foregoing is different from the procedures used by traditional blank check companies. In order to perfect redemption rights in connection with their business combinations, many traditional blank check companies would distribute proxy materials for the shareholders’ vote on an initial business combination, and a holder could simply vote against a proposed business combination and check a box on the proxy card indicating such holder was seeking to exercise its redemption rights. After the business combination was approved, the company would contact such shareholder to arrange for it to deliver its certificate to verify ownership. As a result, the shareholder then had an “option window” after the consummation of the business combination during which it could monitor the price of the company’s stock in the market. If the price rose above the conversion price, it could sell its shares in the open market before actually delivering his shares to the company for cancellation. As a result, the redemption rights, to which shareholders were aware they needed to commit before the shareholder meeting, would become an “option” right surviving past the consummation of the business combination until the converting holder delivered its certificate. The requirement for physical or electronic delivery prior to the closing of the shareholder meeting ensures that a holder’s election to convert is irrevocable once the business combination is completed.

 

Pursuant to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, we are required to give a minimum of only ten days’ notice for each general meeting. As a result, if we require public shareholders who wish to convert their ordinary shares into the right to receive a pro rata portion of the funds in the trust account to comply with the foregoing delivery requirements, holders may not have sufficient time to receive the notice and deliver their shares for conversion. Accordingly, investors may not be able to exercise their redemption rights and may be forced to retain our securities when they otherwise would not want to.

 

If we require public shareholders who wish to convert their ordinary shares to comply with specific delivery requirements for conversion described above and such proposed business combination is not consummated, we will promptly return such certificates to the tendering public shareholders.

 

Please see the risk factors titled “In connection with any shareholder meeting called to approve a proposed initial business combination, we may require shareholders who wish to convert their public shares to comply with specific requirements for conversion that may make it more difficult for them to exercise their redemption rights prior to the deadline for exercising their rights” and “If we require public shareholders who wish to convert their public shares to comply with the delivery requirements for conversion, such converting shareholders may be unable to sell their securities when they wish to in the event that the proposed business combination is not approved.”

 

    Once the shares are converted by the holder, and effectively redeemed by us under the British Virgin Islands law, the transfer agent will then update our Register of Members to reflect all conversions.

 

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Automatic liquidation if no business combination  

As described above, if we fail to consummate a business combination within nine months (as such period may be extended up to 21 months at the election of the Company, either in lieu of a shareholder vote or if a shareholder vote has been unsuccessful, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions or by the Company’s shareholders in accordance with our memorandum and articles of association) from the consummation of this offering, we will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem 100% of the outstanding public shares which redemption will completely extinguish public shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining holders of ordinary shares and our board of directors, proceed to commence a voluntary liquidation and thereby a formal dissolution of the company, subject (in the case of (ii) and (iii) above) to our obligations to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of applicable law.

 

In connection with our redemption of 100% of our outstanding public shares for a portion of the funds held in the trust account, each public shareholder will receive a full pro rata portion of the amount then in the trust account (including the deferred underwriting compensation). Holders of warrants or rights will receive no proceeds in connection with the liquidation with respect to such rights or warrants, which will expire worthless.

 

We may not have funds sufficient to pay or provide for all creditors’ claims. Although we will seek to have all third parties (including any vendors or other entities we engage after this offering) and any prospective target businesses enter into valid and enforceable agreements with us waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies held in the trust account, there is no guarantee that they will execute such agreements. There is also no guarantee that the third parties would not challenge the enforceability of these waivers and bring claims against the trust account for monies owed them.

 

The holders of the insider shares and private units will not participate in any liquidation distribution with respect to such securities.

 

Our sponsor has contractually agreed pursuant to a written agreement with us that, if we liquidate the trust account prior to the consummation of a business combination, it will be liable to ensure that the proceeds in the trust account are not reduced by the claims of target businesses or claims of vendors or other entities that are owed money by us for services rendered or contracted for or products sold to us. Accordingly, if a claim brought by a target business or vendor did not exceed the amount of funds available to us outside of the trust account, our sponsor would not have any obligation to indemnify such claims as they would be paid from such available funds. However, if a claim exceeded such amounts, the only exceptions to our sponsor’s obligations to pay such claim would be if the party executed an agreement waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind it has in or to any monies held in the trust account. We cannot assure you that our sponsor will be able to satisfy these obligations if he is required to do so. Therefore, we cannot assure you that the per-share redemption price from the trust account, if we liquidate the trust account because we have not completed a business combination within the required time period, and assuming that we do not extend out life beyond 21 months prior to a business combination, will not be less than $10.00.

 

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We will pay the costs of liquidating the trust account from our remaining assets outside of the trust account. If such funds are insufficient, our sponsor has contractually agreed to advance us the funds necessary to complete such liquidation (currently anticipated to be no more than approximately $18,500) and has contractually agreed not to seek repayment for such expenses.

 

The underwriters have agreed to waive their rights to the deferred underwriting discounts and commissions held in the trust account in the event we do not consummate a business combination within nine months (as such period may be extended up to 21 months at the election of the Company, either in lieu of a shareholder vote or if a shareholder vote has been unsuccessful, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions or by the Company’s shareholders in accordance with our memorandum and articles of association) from the closing of this offering and in such event, such amounts will be included with the funds held in the trust account that will be available to fund the redemption of our public shares.

     
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 a prospective target business with which we have entered into a written letter of intent, confidentiality or similar agreement or business combination agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the trust account to below the lesser of (i) $10.00 per public share and (ii) the actual amount per public share held in the trust account as of the date of the liquidation of the trust account, if less than $10.00 per share due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, less taxes payable, provided that such liability will not apply to any claims by a third party or prospective target business who executed a waiver of any and all rights to the monies held in the trust account (whether or not such waiver is enforceable) nor will it apply to any claims under our indemnity of the underwriters of this offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. However, we have not asked our sponsor to reserve for such indemnification obligations, nor have we independently verified whether our sponsor has sufficient funds to satisfy its indemnity obligations and 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 claims by third parties including, without limitation, claims by vendors and prospective target businesses.

 

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RiskFactors Summary

 

Weare a blank check company that has conducted no operations and has generated no revenues. Until we complete our initial business combination,we will have no operations and will generate no operating revenues. In making your decision on whether to invest in our securities, youshould take into account not only the background of our management team, but also the special risks we face as a blank check company,as well as the fact that this offering is not being conducted in compliance with Rule 419 promulgated under the Securities Act and, therefore,you will not be entitled to protections normally afforded to investors in Rule 419 blank check offerings. For additional informationconcerning how Rule 419 blank check offerings differ from this offering, please see “Proposed Business — Comparison to offeringsof blank check companies subject to Rule 419.” You should carefully consider these, and the other risks set forth in the sectionentitled “Risk Factors” beginning on page 26 of this prospectus.

 

Ourbusiness is subject to a number of risks, including risks that may prevent us from achieving our business objectives or may materiallyand adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows and prospects that you should consider beforemaking a decision to invest in our ordinary shares. These risks are discussed more fully in “Risk Factors” beginning on page26. These risks include, but are not limited to, the following:

 

RisksAssociated with Our Business

 

  We are a newly formed blank check company with no operating history and no revenues, and, accordingly, you will not have any basis on which to evaluate our ability to achieve our business objective.
     
  If we are unable to consummate a business combination, our public shareholders may be forced to wait more than 9 (or up to 21 months if we have extended the period of time as described in this prospectus) before receiving liquidation distributions.
     
  Unlike other blank check companies, we may extend the time to complete a business combination by up to 12 months without a shareholder vote or your ability to redeem your shares.
     
  The requirement that we complete an initial business combination within a specific period of time may give potential target businesses leverage over us in negotiating our initial business combination and may limit the amount of time we have to conduct due diligence on potential business combination targets as we approach our dissolution deadline, which could undermine our ability to consummate our initial business combination on terms that would produce value for our shareholders.
   
  You will not be entitled to protections normally afforded to investors of blank check companies.
   
  We may issue additional ordinary or preferred shares or debt securities to complete a business combination, which would reduce the equity interest of our shareholders and likely cause a change in control of our ownership.
     
  We may be unable to obtain additional financing, if required, to complete a business combination or to fund the operations and growth of the target business, which could compel us to restructure or abandon a particular business combination.
     
  If third parties bring claims against us, the proceeds held in trust could be reduced and the per-share redemption price received by shareholders may be less than $10.00.

 

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  Holders of warrants or rights will not have redemption rights if we are unable to complete an initial business combination within the required time period.
     
  We have no obligation to net cash settle the warrants or rights.
     
  If we do not maintain a current and effective prospectus relating to the ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the redeemable warrants, public holders will only be able to exercise such redeemable warrants on a “cashless basis” which would result in a fewer number of shares being issued to the holder had such holder exercised the redeemable warrants on a cash basis.
     
  Since we have not yet selected a particular industry or target business with which to complete a business combination, we are unable to currently ascertain the merits or risks of the industry or business in which we may ultimately operate.
     
  The requirement that the target business or businesses that we acquire must collectively have a fair market value equal to at least 80% of the balance of the funds in the trust account (less any deferred underwriting commissions and taxes payable on interest earned and less any interest earned thereon that is released to us) at the time of the execution of a definitive agreement for our initial business combination may limit the type and number of companies that we may complete such a business combination with.
     
  Our ability to successfully effect a business combination and to be successful thereafter will be totally dependent upon the efforts of our key personnel, some of whom may join us following a business combination. While we intend to closely scrutinize any individuals we engage after a business combination, we cannot assure you that our assessment of these individuals will prove to be correct.
     
  Our officers and directors may not have significant experience or knowledge regarding the jurisdiction or industry of the target business we may seek to acquire.
     
  Our key personnel may negotiate employment or consulting agreements with a target business in connection with a particular business combination. These agreements may provide for them to receive compensation following a business 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 officers and directors will allocate their time to other businesses thereby potentially limiting the amount of time they devote to our affairs. This conflict of interest could have a negative impact on our ability to consummate our initial business combination.
     
  Our officers and directors have pre-existing fiduciary and contractual obligations and accordingly, may have conflicts of interest in determining to which entity a particular business opportunity should be presented.
     
  Our officers’ and directors’ personal and financial interests may influence their motivation in determining whether a particular target business is appropriate for a business combination.
     
  Past performance by our management team and our sponsor may not be indicative of future performance of an investment in us.
     
  NASDAQ may delist our securities from trading on its exchange which could limit investors’ ability to make transactions in our securities and subject us to additional trading restrictions.
     
  We may only be able to complete one business combination with the proceeds of this offering, which will cause us to be solely dependent on a single business which may have a limited number of products or services.
     
  We may be unable to consummate a business combination if a target business requires that we have cash in excess of the minimum amount we are required to have at closing and public shareholders may have to remain shareholders of our company and wait until our liquidation to receive a pro rata share of the trust account or attempt to sell their shares in the open market.

 

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  We may not seek an opinion from an unaffiliated third party as to the fair market value of the target business we acquire.
     
  We may acquire a target business that is affiliated with our officers, directors, initial shareholders or their affiliates.
     
  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 of our securities.
     
  Because we are incorporated under the laws of the British Virgin Islands, our principal office is located in Singapore and all of our executive officers and directors are located outside the United States, you may face difficulties in protecting your interests, and your ability to protect your rights through the U.S. Federal or state courts may be limited.
     
  If our management following a business combination is unfamiliar with United States securities laws, they may have to expend time and resources becoming familiar with such laws which could lead to various regulatory issues.
     
  Our search for a business combination, and any target business with which we ultimately consummate a business combination, may be materially adversely affected by the recent coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and the status of debt and equity markets.
     
  Because we have not selected a particular business or specific geographic location or any specific target businesses with which to pursue our initial business combination, you will be unable to ascertain the merits or risks of any particular target business’ operations.
     
  Although we identified general criteria and guidelines that we believe are important in evaluating prospective target businesses, we may enter into our 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 our general criteria and guidelines.
     
  Management’s flexibility in identifying and selecting a prospective acquisition candidate, along with our management’s financial interest in consummating our initial business combination, may lead management to enter into an acquisition agreement that is not in the best interest of our shareholders.

 

RisksAssociated with Acquiring and Operating a Business Outside of the United States

 

  We may effect a business combination with a company located outside of the United States and if we do, we would be subject to a variety of additional risks that may negatively impact our business operations and financial results.
     
  If social unrest, acts of terrorism, regime changes, changes in laws and regulations, political upheaval, or policy changes or enactments occur in a country in which we may operate after we effect our initial business combination, it may result in a negative impact on our business.
     
  Many countries have difficult and unpredictable legal systems and underdeveloped laws and regulations that are unclear and subject to corruption and inexperience, which may adversely impact our results of operations and financial condition.
     
  If we effect a business combination with a company located outside of the United States, the laws applicable to such company will likely govern all of our material agreements and we may not be able to enforce our legal rights.
     
  If we effect a business combination with a company located outside of the United States, the laws applicable to such company will likely govern all of our material agreements and we may not be able to enforce our legal rights.
     
  If we effect a business combination with a company located outside of the United States, the laws applicable to such company will likely govern all of our material agreements and we may not be able to enforce our legal rights.
     
  If relations between the United States and foreign governments deteriorate, it could cause potential target businesses or their goods and services to become less attractive.
     
  After our initial business combination, substantially all of our assets may be located in a foreign country and substantially all of our revenue may be derived from our operations in such country. Accordingly, our results of operations and prospects will be subject, to a significant extent, to the economic, political and legal policies, developments and conditions in the country in which we operate.

 

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SUMMARYFINANCIAL DATA

 

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

 

   Actual   As Adjusted 
   (Audited)   (Unaudited) 
Balance Sheet Data:          
Working capital (deficit)(1)   $(7,842)  $60,392,158 
Total assets(2)  $44,500   $60,992,158 
Total liabilities(3)  $52,342   $600,000 
Value of ordinary shares subject to possible conversion/tender(4)   $-   $60,000,000 
Shareholders’ (deficit) equity(5)  $(7,842)  $392,158 

 

 

 

(1)The “as adjusted” calculation includes $60,000,000 cash held in trust from the proceeds of this offering and the sale of the private placement units, plus $1,000,000 in cash held outside the trust account, plus $7,842 of shareholders’ deficit at March 31, 2022, less $600,000 of deferred underwriting commissions.
(2)The “as adjusted” calculation equals $60,000,000 cash held in trust from the proceeds of this offering and the sale of the private placement units, plus $1,000,000 in cash held outside the trust account, plus $7,842 of shareholders’ deficit at March 31, 2022.
(3)The “as adjusted” calculation includes $600,000 of deferred underwriting commissions.
(4)The “as adjusted” value of ordinary shares which may be redeemed for cash equals the “as adjusted” total assets of $60,992,158 less the “as adjusted” total liabilities of $600,000 less the “as adjusted” shareholders’ equity of $392,158. The amount represents proceeds to be held in the trust account upon the consummation of this offering. The ordinary shares offered to the public contain redemption rights that make them redeemable by our public shareholders. Accordingly, they are classified within temporary equity in accordance with the guidance provided in ASC 480-10-S99-3A and will be subsequently accredited at redemption value.
(5)Excludes 6,000,000 ordinary shares which may be redeemed in connection with our initial business combination and assuming no exercise of the over-allotment option. The actual number of shares that may be redeemed may exceed this amount. 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 redeemed in connection with our initial business combination.

 

Ifno business combination is completed within nine months from the closing of this offering (or up to 21 months from the closingof this offering if we extend the period of time to consummate a business combination, as described in more detail in this prospectus),the proceeds then on deposit in the trust account, including interest (which interest shall be net of taxes payable, and less up to ($18,500)of interest to pay dissolution expenses) will be used to fund the redemption of our public shares. Our sponsor, officers and directorshave entered into a letter agreement with us, pursuant to which they have agreed to waive their rights to liquidating distributions fromthe trust account with respect to their insider shares and private shares if we fail to complete our initial business combination withinsuch 9-month (or up to 21-month) time period.

 

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RISKFACTORS

 

Aninvestment in our securities involves a high degree of risk. You should consider carefully the material risks described below, whichwe believe represent the material risks related to the offering, together with the other information contained in this prospectus, beforemaking a decision to invest in our units. This prospectus also contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.Our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements as a result of specific factors,including the risks described below.

 

RisksAssociated with Our Business

 

Weare a newly formed blank check company with no operating history and no revenues, and, accordingly, you will not have any basis on whichto evaluate our ability to achieve our business objective.

 

Weare a newly formed blank check company with no operating results to date. Therefore, our ability to commence operations is dependentupon obtaining financing through the public offering of our securities. Since we do not have an operating history, you will have no basisupon which to evaluate our ability to achieve our business objective, which is to acquire an operating business. We have not conductedany discussions and we have no plans, arrangements or understandings with any prospective acquisition candidates. We will not generateany revenues until, at the earliest, after the consummation of a business combination.

 

Ourindependent registered public accounting firm’s report contains an explanatory paragraph that expresses substantial doubt aboutour ability to continue as a “going concern.”

 

Asof March 31, 2022, we had $nil on cash and a working capital deficit of $7,842  . Further, we have incurred and expect to continueto incur significant costs in pursuit of our acquisition plans. Management’s plans to address this need for capital through thisoffering are discussed in the section of this prospectus titled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Conditionand Results of Operations.” Our plans to raise capital and to consummate our initial business combination may not be successful.The report of our independent registered public accountants on our financial statements includes an explanatory paragraph stating thatour ability to continue as a going concern is dependent on the consummation of this offering. The financial statements do not includeany adjustments that might result from our inability to consummate this offering or our ability to continue as a going concern. Moreover,there is no assurance that we will consummate our initial business combination. These factors raise substantial doubt about our abilityto continue as a going concern.

 

Ifwe are unable to consummate a business combination, our public shareholders may be forced to wait more than nine months (or upto 21 months if we have extended the period of time as described in this prospectus) before receiving liquidation distributions.

 

Wewill have nine months from the consummation of this offering in which to complete a business combination (or up to 21 months ifwe have extended the period of time as described in this prospectus). We have no obligation to return funds to investors prior to suchdate unless we consummate a business combination prior thereto and only then in cases where investors have sought to convert their shares.Only after the expiration of this full time period will public shareholders be entitled to liquidation distributions if we are unableto complete a business combination. Accordingly, investors’ funds may be unavailable to them until after such date and to liquidateyour investment, you may be forced to sell your securities potentially at a loss.

 

Unlikeother blank check companies, we may extend the time to complete a business combination by up to 12 months without a shareholder voteor your ability to redeem your shares.

 

Wewill have until nine months from the closing of this offering to consummate an initial business combination. However, unlike othersimilarly structured blank check companies, if we anticipate that we may not be able to consummate our initial business combination withinnine months, we may extend the period of time to consummate a business combination up to 12 times, each by an additional one month(for a total of up to 21 months to complete a business combination). Pursuant to the terms of our amended and restated certificate ofincorporation and the trust agreement to be entered into between us and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company on thedate of this prospectus, in order to extend the time available for us to consummate our initial business combination, our sponsor orits affiliates or designees, upon ten days advance notice prior to the applicable deadline, must deposit into the trust account $198,000,or up to $227,700 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full ($0.033 per share in either case) on or priorto the date of the applicable deadline, for each one month extension (or up to an aggregate of $2,376,000 (or $2,732,400 if the underwriters’over-allotment option is exercised in full). Public shareholders will not be offered the opportunity to vote on or redeem their sharesin connection with any such extension.

 

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Therequirement that we complete an initial business combination within a specific period of time may give potential target businesses leverageover us in negotiating our initial business combination and may limit the amount of time we have to conduct due diligence on potentialbusiness combination targets as we approach our dissolution deadline, which could undermine our ability to consummate our initial businesscombination on terms that would produce value for our shareholders.

 

Wehave nine months from the consummation of this offering to complete an initial business combination (or up to 21 months if wehave extended the period of time as described in this prospectus). Any potential target business with which we enter into negotiationsconcerning a business combination will be aware of this requirement. Consequently, such target business may obtain leverage over us innegotiating a business combination, knowing that if we do not complete a business combination with that particular target business, wemay be unable to complete a business combination with any other target business. This risk will increase as we get closer to the timelimits referenced above. In addition, we may have limited time to conduct due diligence and may enter into our initial business combinationon terms that we would have rejected upon a more comprehensive investigation.

 

Youwill not be entitled to protections normally afforded to investors of blank check companies.

 

Sincethe net proceeds of this offering are intended to be used to complete a business combination with a target business that has not beenidentified, we may be deemed to be a “blank check” company under the United States securities laws. However, since we willhave net tangible assets in excess of $5,000,000 upon the successful consummation of this offering and will file a Current Report onForm 8-K, including an audited balance sheet demonstrating this fact, we are exempt from rules promulgated by the SEC to protect investorsof blank check companies such as Rule 419. Accordingly, investors will not be afforded the benefits or protections of those rules whichwould, for example, completely restrict the transferability of our securities, restrict the use of interest earned on the funds heldin the trust account and require us to complete a business combination within 21 months from the closing of the offering. Because weare not subject to Rule 419, our units will be immediately tradable, we will be entitled to withdraw amounts from the funds held in thetrust account prior to the completion of a business combination and we may have more time to complete an initial business combination.For a more detailed comparison of this offering to offerings that comply with Rule 419, please see “Proposed Business — Comparisonto offerings of blank check companies subject to Rule 419.”

 

Wemay issue additional ordinary or preferred shares or debt securities to complete a business combination, which would reduce the equityinterest of our shareholders and likely cause a change in control of our ownership.

 

Ouramended and restated memorandum and articles of association currently authorize the issuance of 500,000,000 shares of a single classeach with par value of $0.0001. Although we have no commitment as of the date of this offering, we may issue a substantial number ofadditional ordinary shares or preferred shares or debt securities, or a combination of thereof, to complete a business combination. Theissuance of additional ordinary shares or preferred shares:

 

  may significantly reduce the equity interest of investors in this offering;
     
  may subordinate the rights of holders of ordinary shares if we issue preferred shares with rights senior to those afforded to our ordinary shares;
     
  may cause a change in control if a substantial number of ordinary shares are issued, which may affect, among other things, our ability to use our net operating loss carry forwards, if any, and could result in the resignation or removal of our present officers and directors;
     
  may have the effect of delaying or preventing a change of control of us by diluting the stock ownership or voting rights of a person seeking to obtain control of us; and
     
  may adversely affect prevailing market prices for our ordinary shares.

 

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Similarly,if we issue debt securities, it could result in:

 

  default and foreclosure on our assets if our operating revenues after a business combination are insufficient to repay our debt obligations;
     
  acceleration of our obligations to repay the indebtedness even if we make all principal and interest payments when 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 security is payable on demand; and
     
  our inability to obtain necessary additional financing if the debt security contains covenants restricting our ability to obtain such financing while the debt security is outstanding.
     
  our inability to pay dividends on our ordinary shares;
     
  using a substantial portion of our cash flow to pay principal and interest on our debt, which will reduce the funds available for dividends on our 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 in which we operate;
     
  increased vulnerability to adverse changes in general economic, industry and competitive conditions and adverse changes in government regulation;
     
  limitations on our ability to borrow additional amounts for expenses, capital expenditures, acquisitions, debt service requirements, execution of our strategy and other purposes; and
     
  other disadvantages compared to our competitors who have less debt.

 

Wemay be unable to obtain additional financing, if required, to complete a business combination or to fund the operations and growth ofthe target business, which could compel us to restructure or abandon a particular business combination.

 

Sincewe have not yet identified any prospective target business, we cannot ascertain the capital requirements for any particular transaction.If the net proceeds of this offering prove to be insufficient, either because of the size of the business combination, the depletionof the available net proceeds in search of a target business, or the obligation to convert into cash (or purchase in any tender offer)a significant number of shares from dissenting shareholders, we will be required to seek additional financing. Such financing may notbe available on acceptable terms, if at all. To the extent that additional financing proves to be unavailable when needed to consummatea particular business combination, we would be compelled to either restructure the transaction or abandon that particular business combinationand seek an alternative target business candidate. In addition, if we consummate a business combination, we may require additional financingto fund the operations or growth of the target business. The failure to secure additional financing could have a material adverse effecton the continued development or growth of the target business. None of our officers, directors or shareholders is required to provideany financing to us in connection with or after a business combination.

 

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Ifthird parties bring claims against us, the proceeds held in trust could be reduced and the per-share redemption price received by shareholdersmay be less than $10.00.

 

Ourplacing of funds in trust may not protect those funds from third party claims against us. Although we will seek to have all vendors andservice providers we engage and prospective target businesses we negotiate with execute agreements with us waiving any right, title,interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies held in the trust account for the benefit of our public shareholders, they may notexecute such agreements. Furthermore, even if such entities execute such agreements with us, they may seek recourse against the moniesheld in the trust account. A court may not uphold the validity of such agreements. Accordingly, the proceeds held in trust could be subjectto claims which could take priority over those of our public shareholders. If we liquidate the trust account before the completion ofa business combination, our sponsor has agreed that it will be liable to ensure that the proceeds in the trust account are not reducedby the claims of target businesses or claims of vendors or other entities that are owed money by us for services rendered or contractedfor or products sold to us and which have not executed a waiver agreement. However, it may not be able to meet such obligation. Therefore,the per-share redemption price from the trust account in such a situation may be less than $10.00, plus interest, due to such claims.

 

Additionally,if we are forced to file a bankruptcy case or an involuntary bankruptcy case is filed against us which is not dismissed, or if we otherwiseenter compulsory or court supervised liquidation, the proceeds held in the trust account could be subject to applicable bankruptcy law,and may be included in our bankruptcy estate and subject to the claims of third parties with priority over the claims of our shareholders.To the extent any bankruptcy claims deplete the trust account, we may not be able to return to our public shareholders at least $10.00per share.

 

Ourshareholders may be held liable for claims by third parties against us to the extent of distributions received by them.

 

Ouramended and restated memorandum and articles of association provide that we will continue in existence only until nine months(or up to 21 months if we have extended the period of time as described in this prospectus) from the consummation of this offering ifa business combination has not been consummated by such time. If we are unable to complete an initial business combination during suchtime period, it will trigger our automatic winding up, liquidation and subsequent dissolution. As such, our shareholders could potentiallybe liable for any claims to the extent of distributions received by them pursuant to such process and any liability of our shareholdersmay extend beyond the date of such distribution. Accordingly, we cannot assure you that third parties, or us under the control of anofficial liquidator, will not seek to recover from our shareholders amounts owed to them by us.

 

Ifat any time we are deemed insolvent for the purposes of the Insolvency Act, 2003 of the British Virgin Islands, as amended, or supplemented(the “Insolvency Act”), (e.g., (i) we fail to comply with the requirements of a statutory demand that has not been set asideunder section 157 of the Insolvency Act; (ii) execution or other process issued on a judgment, decree or order of a British Virgin IslandsCourt in favor of a creditor of the company is returned wholly or partly unsatisfied; or (iii) either the value of the company’sliabilities exceeds its assets, or the company is unable to pay its debts as they fall due), we are required to immediately enter insolventliquidation. In these circumstances, a liquidator will be appointed who will give notice to our creditors inviting them to submit theirclaims for payment, by notifying known creditors (if any) who have not submitted claims and by placing a public advertisement in at leastone newspaper published in the British Virgin Islands and in at least one newspaper circulating in the location where the company hasits principal place of business, and taking any other steps he or she considers appropriate, after which our assets would be distributed.Following the process of insolvent liquidation, the liquidator will complete its final report and accounts and will then notify the Registrarof Corporate Affairs in the British Virgin Islands (the “Registrar”). The liquidator may determine that he or she requiresadditional time to evaluate creditors’ claims (particularly if there is uncertainty over the validity or extent of the claims ofany creditors). Also, a creditor or shareholder may file a petition with the British Virgin Islands Court which, if successful, may resultin our liquidation being subject to the supervision of that court. Such events might delay distribution of some or all of our assetsto our public shareholders. In such liquidation proceedings, the funds held in our trust account may be included in our estate and subjectto the claims of third parties with priority over the claims of our shareholders. To the extent any such claims deplete the trust accountwe cannot assure you we will be able to return to our public shareholders the amounts otherwise payable to them.

 

Ifwe are deemed insolvent, then there are also limited circumstances where prior payments made to shareholders or other parties may bedeemed to be a “voidable transaction” for the purposes of the Insolvency Act if it was proved that immediately followingthe date on which the distribution was made, we were unable to pay our debts as they fall due in the ordinary course of business. A voidabletransaction would be, for these purposes, payments made as “unfair preferences” or “transactions at an undervalue.”Where a payment was a risk of being a voidable transaction, a liquidator appointed over an insolvent company could apply to the BritishVirgin Islands Court for an order, inter alia, for the transaction to be set aside as a voidable transaction in whole or in part. 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, therebyexposing themselves and our company to claims, by paying public shareholders from the trust account prior to addressing the claims ofcreditors. We cannot assure you that claims will not be brought against us for these reasons.

 

Ourinitial shareholders have waived their right to participate in any liquidation distribution with respect to the initial shares. If weare unable to consummate a transaction within the required time period, upon notice from us, the trustee of the trust account will distributethe amount in our trust account to our public shareholders by way of redemption. Concurrently, we shall pay, or reserve for payment,from funds not held in trust, our liabilities and obligations, although we cannot assure you that there will be sufficient funds forsuch purpose. If there are insufficient funds held outside the trust account for such purpose, SB Capital Holding Corporation has agreedthat it will be liable to ensure that the proceeds in the trust account are not reduced by the claims of target businesses or claimsof vendors or other entities that are owed money by us for services rendered or contracted for or products sold to us and which havenot executed a waiver agreement. However, we cannot assure you that the liquidator will not determine that he or she requires additionaltime to evaluate creditors’ claims (particularly if there is uncertainty over the validity or extent of the claims of any creditors).We also cannot assure you that a creditor or shareholder will not file a petition with the British Virgin Islands Court which, if successful,may result in our liquidation being subject to the supervision of that court. Such events might delay distribution of some or all ofour assets to our public shareholders.

 

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Holdersof warrants or rights will not have redemption rights if we are unable to complete an initial business combination within the requiredtime period.

 

Ifwe are unable to complete an initial business combination within the required time period and we redeem the funds held in the trust account,the warrants or rights will expire and holders will not receive any of such proceeds with respect to the warrants or rights.

 

Wehave no obligation to net cash settle the warrants or rights.

 

Inno event will we have any obligation to net cash settle the warrants or rights. Accordingly, the warrants or rights may expire worthless.

 

Ifwe do not maintain a current and effective prospectus relating to the ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the redeemable warrants,public holders will only be able to exercise such redeemable warrants on a “cashless basis” which would result in a fewernumber of shares being issued to the holder had such holder exercised the redeemable warrants on a cash basis.

 

Exceptas set forth below, if we do not maintain a current and effective prospectus relating to the ordinary shares issuable upon exercise ofthe warrants at the time that holders wish to exercise such warrants, they will only be able to exercise them on a “cashless basis,”provided that an exemption from registration is available. As a result, the number of ordinary shares that a holder will receive uponexercise of its warrants will be fewer than it would have been had such holder exercised its warrant on a cash basis. Further,if an exemption from registration is not available, holders would not be able to exercise their warrants on a cashless basis and wouldonly be able to exercise their warrants on a cash basis if a current and effective prospectus relating to the ordinary sharesissuable upon exercise of the warrants is available. Under the terms of the warrant agreement, we have agreed to use our best effortsto meet these conditions and to maintain a current and effective prospectus relating to the ordinary shares issuable upon exercise ofthe warrants until the expiration of the warrants. However, we cannot assure you that we will be able to do so. If we are unable to doso, the potential “upside” of the holder’s investment in our company may be reduced or the warrants may expire worthless.Notwithstanding the foregoing, the private warrants may be exercisable for unregistered ordinary shares for cash even if the prospectusrelating to the ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants is not current and effective.

 

Aninvestor will only be able to exercise warrants if the issuance of ordinary shares upon such exercise has been registered or qualifiedor is deemed exempt under the securities laws of the state of residence of the holder of the warrants.

 

Nowarrants will be exercisable on a cash basis and we will not be obligated to issue ordinary shares unless the ordinary sharesissuable upon such exercise have been registered or qualified or deemed to be exempt under the securities laws of the state of residenceof the holder of the warrants. At the time that the warrants become exercisable, we expect to continue to be listed on a national securitiesexchange, which would provide an exemption from registration in every state. However, we cannot assure you of this fact. If the ordinaryshares issuable upon exercise of the warrants are not qualified or exempt from qualification in the jurisdictions in which the holdersof the warrants reside, the warrants may be deprived of any value, the market for the warrants may be limited and they may expire worthlessif they cannot be sold.

 

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Becauseeach unit offered in this offering contains one-half of one redeemable warrant and only a whole warrant may be exercised, the units maybe worth less than units of other blank check companies.

 

Eachunit offered in this offering contains one-half of one redeemable warrant. Pursuant to the warrant agreement, no fractional warrantswill be issued upon separation of the units, and only whole units will trade. This is different from other offerings similar to ourswhose units include one ordinary share and one whole warrant to purchase one whole share. We have established the components of the unitsin this way in order to reduce the dilutive effect of the warrants upon completion of a business combination since the warrants willbe exercisable in the aggregate for one-half of the number of shares compared to units that each contain a whole warrant to purchaseone whole share, thus making us, we believe, a more attractive business combination partner for target businesses. Nevertheless, thisunit structure may cause our units to be worth less than if they included a warrant to purchase one whole share.

 

Wemay amend the terms of the warrants in a way that may be adverse to holders with the approval by the holders of a majority of the thenoutstanding warrants.

 

Ourwarrants will be issued in registered form under a warrant agreement between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as warrant agent, and us. The warrant agreement provides that the terms of thewarrants may be amended without the consent of any holder to cure any ambiguity or correct any defective provision. The warrantagreement requires the approval by the holders of a majority of the then outstanding warrants (including the private warrants) inorder to make any change that adversely affects the interests of the registered holders.

 

We may amend the termsof the rights in a way that may be adverse to holders with the approval by the holders of a majority of the then outstanding rights.

 

Our rights will be issued in registered formunder a rights agreement between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as rights agent, and us. The rights agreement providesthat the terms of the rights may be amended without the consent of any holder to cure any ambiguity or correct any defective provision.The rights agreement requires the approval by the holders of a majority of the then outstanding rights in order to make any change thatadversely affects the interests of the registered holders.

 

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

 

Ourwarrant agreement and rights 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 or rights agreement, including under the Securities Act, will be brought and enforcedin 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 irrevocablysubmit to such jurisdiction, which jurisdiction shall be the exclusive forum for any such action, proceeding or claim. We will waiveany objection to such exclusive jurisdiction and that such courts represent an inconvenient forum.

 

Notwithstandingthe foregoing, these provisions of the warrant agreement and rights agreement will not apply to suits brought to enforce any liabilityor duty created by the Exchange Act or any other claim for which the federal district courts of the United States of America are thesole and exclusive forum. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in any of our warrants and rights shallbe deemed to have notice of and to have consented to the forum provisions in our warrant agreement and rights agreement. If any action,the subject matter of which is within the scope the forum provisions of the warrant agreement and rights agreement, is filed ina court other than a court of the State of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (a “foreignaction”) in the name of any holder of our warrants or rights, such holder shall be deemed to have consented to: (x) the personaljurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in the State of New York in connection with any action brought in any such courtto enforce the forum provisions (an “enforcement action”), and (y) having service of process made upon such warrant or rightsholder in any such enforcement action by service upon such warrant or rights holder’s counsel in the foreign action as agent forsuch warrant or rights holder.

 

Thischoice-of-forum provision may limit a warrant or rights holder’s ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it finds favorablefor disputes with our company, including by increasing the cost of such lawsuits to a warrant or rights holder, which may discouragesuch lawsuits. Alternatively, if a court were to find this provision of our warrant agreement and rights agreement inapplicable or unenforceablewith respect to one or more of the specified types of actions or proceedings, we may incur additional costs associated with resolvingsuch matters in other jurisdictions, which could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operationsand result in a diversion of the time and resources of our management and board of directors.

 

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Sincewe have not yet selected a particular industry or target business with which to complete a business combination, we are unable to currentlyascertain the merits or risks of the industry or business in which we may ultimately operate.

 

Whilewe intend to focus our search for target businesses on specific locations and industries as described in this prospectus, we are notlimited to those locations and may consummate a business combination with a company in any location or industry we choose. Accordingly,there is no current basis for you to evaluate the possible merits or risks of the particular industry in which we may ultimately operateor the target business which we may ultimately acquire. To the extent we complete a business combination with a company in its developmentstage, we may be affected by numerous risks inherent in the business operations of those entities. If we complete a business combinationwith an entity in an industry characterized by a high level of risk, we may be affected by the currently unascertainable risks of thatindustry. Although our management will endeavor to evaluate the risks inherent in a particular industry or target business, we cannotassure you that we will properly ascertain or assess all of the significant risk factors. We also cannot assure you that an investmentin our units will not ultimately prove to be less favorable to investors in this offering than a direct investment, if an opportunitywere available, in a target business.

 

Therequirement that the target business or businesses that we acquire must collectively have a fair market value equal to at least 80% ofthe balance of the funds in the trust account (less any deferred underwriting commissions and taxes payable on interest earned and lessany interest earned thereon that is released to us) at the time of the execution of a definitive agreement for our initial business combinationmay limit the type and number of companies that we may complete such a business combination with.

 

Pursuantto the NASDAQ listing rules, the target business or businesses that we acquire must collectively have a fair market value equal to atleast 80% of the balance of the funds in the trust account (excluding any deferred underwriting discounts and commissions and taxes payableon the income earned on the trust account and less any interest earned thereon that is released to us for our taxes) at the time of theexecution of a definitive agreement for our initial business combination. This restriction may limit the type and number of companieswith which we may complete a business combination. If we are unable to locate a target business or businesses that satisfy this fairmarket value test, we may be forced to liquidate and you will only be entitled to receive your pro rata portion of the funds inthe trust account.

 

IfNASDAQ delists our securities from trading on its exchange after this offering, we would not be required to satisfy the fair market valuerequirement described above and could complete a business combination with a target business having a fair market value substantiallybelow 80% of the balance in the trust account.

 

Ourability to successfully effect a business combination and to be successful thereafter will be totally dependent upon the efforts of ourkey personnel, some of whom may join us following a business combination. While we intend to closely scrutinize any individuals we engageafter a business combination, we cannot assure you that our assessment of these individuals will prove to be correct.

 

Ourability to successfully effect a business combination is dependent upon the efforts of our key personnel. We believe that our successdepends on the continued service of our key personnel, at least until we have consummated our initial business combination. We cannotassure you that any of our key personnel will remain with us for the immediate or foreseeable future. In addition, none of our officersare required to commit any specified amount of time to our affairs and, accordingly, they will have conflicts of interest in allocatingmanagement time among various business activities, including identifying potential business combinations and monitoring the related duediligence. We do not have employment agreements with, or key-man insurance on the life of, any of our officers. The unexpected loss ofthe services of our key personnel could have a detrimental effect on us.

 

Therole of our key personnel in the target business, however, cannot presently be ascertained. Although some of our key personnel may remainwith the target business in senior management or advisory positions following a business combination, it is likely that some or all ofthe management of the target business will remain in place or be hired after consummation of the business combination. While we intendto closely scrutinize any individuals we engage after a business combination, we cannot assure you that our assessment of these individualswill prove to be correct.

 

Theseindividuals may be unfamiliar with the requirements of operating a public company which could cause us to have to expend time and resourceshelping them become familiar with such requirements. This could be expensive and time-consuming and could lead to various regulatoryissues which may adversely affect our operations.

 

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Ourofficers and directors may not have significant experience or knowledge regarding the jurisdiction or industry of the target businesswe may seek to acquire.

 

Wemay consummate a business combination with a target business in any geographic location or industry we choose. We cannot assure you thatour officers and directors will have enough experience or have sufficient knowledge relating to the jurisdiction of the target or itsindustry to make an informed decision regarding a business combination. If we become aware of a potential business combination outsideof the geographic location or industry where our officers and directors have the most experience, our management may retain consultantsand advisors with experience in such industries to assist in the evaluation of such business combination and in our determination ofwhether or not to proceed with such a business combination. However, our management is not required to engage consultants or advisorsin any situation. If they do not engage any consultants or advisors to assist them in the evaluation of a particular target businessor business combination, our management may not properly analyze the risks attendant with such target business or business combination.Even if our management does engage consultants or advisors to assist in the evaluation of a particular target business or business combination,we cannot assure you that such consultants or advisors will properly analyze the risks attendant with such target business or businesscombination. As a result, we may enter into a business combination that is not in our shareholders’ best interests.

 

Ourkey personnel may negotiate employment or consulting agreements with a target business in connection with a particular business combination.These agreements may provide for them to receive compensation following a business combination and as a result, may cause them to haveconflicts of interest in determining whether a particular business combination is the most advantageous.

 

Ourkey personnel will be able to remain with the company after the consummation of a business combination only if they are able to negotiateemployment or consulting agreements or other arrangements in connection with the business combination. Such negotiations would take placesimultaneously with the negotiation of the business combination and could provide for such individuals to receive compensation in theform of cash payments and/or our securities for services they would render to the company after the consummation of the business combination.The personal and financial interests of such individuals may influence their motivation in identifying and selecting a target business.

 

Ourofficers and directors will allocate their time to other businesses thereby potentially limiting the amount of time they devote to ouraffairs. This conflict of interest could have a negative impact on our ability to consummate our initial business combination.

 

Ourofficers and directors are not required to commit their full time to our affairs, which could create a conflict of interest when allocatingtheir time between our operations and their other commitments. We presently expect each of our employees to devote such amount of timeas they reasonably believe is necessary to our business (which could range from only a few hours a week while we are trying to locatea potential target business to a majority of their time as we move into serious negotiations with a target business for a business combination).We do not intend to have any full-time employees prior to the consummation of our initial business combination. All of our officers anddirectors are engaged in several other business endeavors and are not obligated to devote any specific number of hours to our affairs.If our officers’ and directors’ other business affairs require them to devote more substantial amounts of time to such affairs,it could limit their ability to devote time to our affairs and could have a negative impact on our ability to consummate our initialbusiness combination. We cannot assure you these conflicts will be resolved in our favor.

 

Ourofficers and directors have pre-existing fiduciary and contractual obligations and accordingly, may have conflicts of interest in determiningto which entity a particular business opportunity should be presented.

 

Ourofficers and directors have pre-existing fiduciary and contractual obligations to other companies, including other companies that areengaged in business activities similar to those intended to be conducted by us. Accordingly, they may participate in transactions andhave obligations that may be in conflict or competition with our consummation of our initial business combination.

 

Asa result, a potential target business may be presented by our management team to another entity prior to its presentation to us and wemay not be afforded the opportunity to engage in a transaction with such target business. For a more detailed description of the pre-existingfiduciary and contractual obligations of our management team, and the potential conflicts of interest that such obligations may present,see the section titled “Management — Conflicts of Interest.”

 

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Ourofficers’ and directors’ personal and financial interests may influence their motivation in determining whether a particulartarget business is appropriate for a business combination.

 

Ourofficers and directors have waived their right to convert (or sell to us in any tender offer) their insider shares or any other ordinaryshares acquired in this offering or thereafter (although none of these insiders have indicated any intention to purchase units in thisoffering or thereafter), or to receive distributions with respect to their insider shares upon our liquidation if we are unable to consummateour initial business combination. Our sponsor, has also waived its right to convert (or sell to us in any tender offer) its private sharesor any other ordinary shares acquired in this offering or thereafter (although it has not indicated any intention to purchase units inthis offering or thereafter), or to receive distributions with respect to their private shares upon our liquidation if we are unableto consummate our initial business combination. Accordingly, these securities will be worthless if we do not consummate our initial businesscombination. In addition, our officers and directors may loan funds to us after this offering and may be owed reimbursement for expensesincurred in connection with certain activities on our behalf which would only be repaid if we complete an initial business combination.The personal and financial interests of our directors and officers may influence their motivation in timely identifying and selectinga target business and completing a business combination. Consequently, our directors’ and officers’ discretion in identifyingand selecting a suitable target business may result in a conflict of interest when determining whether the terms, conditions and timingof a particular business combination are appropriate and in our shareholders’ best interest. If this were the case, it would bea breach of their fiduciary duties to us as a matter of British Virgin Islands law and we might have a claim against such individuals.However, we might not ultimately be successful in any claim we may make against them for such reason.

 

Pastperformance by our management team and our sponsor may not be indicative of future performance of an investment in us.

 

Informationregarding performance by, or businesses associated with our management team and our sponsor and its affiliates is presented for informationalpurposes only. Past performance by our management team and our sponsor is not a guarantee either (i) of success with respect to any businesscombination we may consummate or (ii) that we will be able to locate a suitable candidate for our initial business combination. You shouldnot rely on the historical record of our management team’s or our sponsor’s respective performance as indicative of our futureperformance of an investment in us or the returns we will, or are likely to, generate going forward. Furthermore, an investment in usis not an investment in our sponsor or its affiliates.

 

NASDAQmay delist our securities from trading on its exchange which could limit investors’ ability to make transactions in our securitiesand subject us to additional trading restrictions.

 

Weanticipate that our securities will be listed on the NASDAQ Global Market, a national securities exchange, upon consummation of thisoffering. Although, after giving effect to this offering, we expect to meet on a pro forma basis the minimum initial listing standardsof NASDAQ, which generally only requires that we meet certain requirements relating to shareholders’ equity, market capitalization,aggregate market value of publicly held shares and distribution requirements, we cannot assure you that our securities will continueto be listed on NASDAQ in the future or prior to an initial business combination. Additionally, in connection with our initial businesscombination, it is likely that NASDAQ will require us to file a new initial listing application and meet its initial listing requirementsas opposed to its more lenient continued listing requirements. We cannot assure you that we will be able to meet those initial listingrequirements at that time.

 

IfNASDAQ delists our securities from trading on its exchange, we could face significant material adverse consequences, including:

 

  a limited availability of market quotations for our securities;
     
  reduced liquidity with respect to our securities;
     
  a determination that our ordinary shares are “penny stock” which will require brokers trading in our ordinary shares to adhere to more stringent rules, possibly resulting in a reduced level of trading activity in the secondary trading market for our ordinary shares;
     
  a limited amount of news and analyst coverage for our company; and
     
  a decreased ability to issue additional securities or obtain additional financing in the future.

 

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Wemay only be able to complete one business combination with the proceeds of this offering, which will cause us to be solely dependenton a single business which may have a limited number of products or services.

 

Wemay only be able to complete one business combination with the proceeds of this offering. By consummating a business combination withonly a single entity, our lack 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 spreading of risks or offsetting of losses, unlike otherentities which may have the resources to complete several business combinations in different industries or different areas of a singleindustry. Accordingly, the prospects for our success may be:

 

  solely dependent upon the performance of a single business, or
     
  dependent upon the development or market acceptance of a single or limited number of products, processes or services.

 

Thislack of diversification may subject us to numerous economic, competitive and regulatory developments, any or all of which may have asubstantial adverse impact upon the particular industry in which we may operate subsequent to a business combination.

 

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

 

Theability of our public shareholders to exercise their redemption rights or sell their public shares to us in a tender offer may not allowus to effectuate the most desirable business combination or optimize our capital structure.

 

Ifour business combination requires us to use substantially all of our cash to pay the purchase price, because we will not know how manypublic shareholders may exercise redemption rights or seek to sell their public shares to us in a tender offer, we may either need toreserve part of the trust account for possible payment upon such conversion, or we may need to arrange third party financing to helpfund our business transaction. In the event that the business combination involves the issuance of our shares as consideration, we maybe required to issue a higher percentage of our shares to make up for a shortfall in funds. Raising additional funds to cover any shortfallmay involve dilutive equity financing or incurring indebtedness at higher than desirable levels. This may limit our ability to effectuatethe most attractive business combination available to us.

 

Wemay be unable to consummate a business combination if a target business requires that we have cash in excess of the minimum amount weare required to have at closing and public shareholders may have to remain shareholders of our company and wait until our liquidationto receive a pro rata share of the trust account or attempt to sell their shares in the open market.

 

Apotential target may make it a closing condition to our business combination that we have a certain amount of cash in excess of the $5,000,001of net tangible assets we are required to have pursuant to our organizational documents available at the time of closing. If the numberof our shareholders electing to exercise their redemption rights or sell their shares to us in a tender offer has the effect of reducingthe amount of money available to us to consummate a business combination below such minimum amount required by the target business andwe are not able to locate an alternative source of funding, we will not be able to consummate such business combination and we may notbe able to locate another suitable target within the applicable time period, if at all. In that case, public shareholders may have toremain shareholders of our company and wait the full nine months (or up to 21 months if we have extended the period of time asdescribed in this prospectus) in order to be able to receive a pro rata portion of the trust account, or attempt to sell theirshares in the open market prior to such time, in which case they may receive less than a pro rata share of the trust account fortheir shares and suffer an entire loss on your investment.

 

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Ourpublic shareholders may not be afforded an opportunity to vote on our proposed business combination, which means we may consummate ourinitial business combination even though a majority of our public shareholders do not support such a combination.

 

Weintend to hold a shareholder vote before we consummate our initial business combination. However, if a shareholder vote is not required,for business or legal reasons, we may conduct conversions via a tender offer and not offer our shareholders the opportunity to vote ona proposed business combination. Accordingly, we may consummate our initial business combination even if holders of a majority of ourpublic shares do not approve of the business combination.

 

Inconnection with any meeting held to approve an initial business combination, we will offer each public shareholder the option to votein favor of a proposed business combination and still seek conversion of his, her or its public shares, which may make it more likelythat we will consummate a business combination.

 

Inconnection with any meeting held to approve an initial business combination, we will offer each public shareholder the right to havehis, her or its public shares converted to cash (subject to the limitations described elsewhere in this prospectus) regardless of whethersuch shareholder votes for or against such proposed business combination. Furthermore, we will consummate our initial business combinationonly if we have net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 upon such consummation and a majority of the issued and outstanding sharesvoted are voted in favor of the business combination. Accordingly, public shareholders owning shares sold in this offering may exercisetheir redemption rights and we could still consummate a proposed business combination so long as a majority of shares voted at the meetingare voted in favor of the proposed business combination. This is different than other similarly structured blank check companies whereshareholders are offered the right to convert their shares only when they vote against a proposed business combination. This is alsodifferent than other similarly structured blank check companies where there is a specific number of shares sold in the offering whichmust not exercise redemption rights for the company to complete a business combination. The lack of such a threshold and the abilityto seek conversion while voting in favor of a proposed business combination may make it more likely that we will consummate our initialbusiness combination.

 

Inconnection with any shareholder meeting called to approve a proposed initial business combination, we may require shareholders who wishto convert their public shares to comply with specific requirements for conversion that may make it more difficult for them to exercisetheir redemption rights prior to the deadline for exercising their rights.

 

Inconnection with any shareholder meeting called to approve a proposed initial business combination, each public shareholder will havethe right, regardless of whether it is voting for or against such proposed business combination, to demand that we convert its publicshares into a share of the trust account. Such conversion will be effectuated under British Virgin Islands law and our amended and restatedmemorandum and articles of association as a redemption of the shares, with the redemption price to be paid being the applicable prorata portion of the monies held in the trust account. We may require public shareholders who wish to convert their public sharesin connection with a proposed business combination to either tender their certificates (if any) to our transfer agent or to deliver theirshares to the transfer agent electronically using the Depository Trust Company’s (“DTC”) DWAC (Deposit/Withdrawal AtCustodian) System, at the holder’s option, at any time at or prior to the vote taken at the shareholder meeting relating to suchbusiness combination. In order to obtain a physical share certificate, a shareholder’s broker and/or clearing broker, DTC and ourtransfer agent will need to act to facilitate this request. It is our understanding that shareholders should generally allot at leasttwo weeks to obtain physical certificates from the transfer agent. However, because we do not have any control over this process or overthe brokers or DTC, it may take significantly longer than two weeks to obtain a physical share certificate. It is also our understandingthat it takes a short time to deliver shares through the DWAC System. However, this too may not be the case. Accordingly, if it takeslonger than we anticipate for shareholders to deliver their shares, shareholders who wish to convert may be unable to meet the deadlinefor exercising their redemption rights and thus may be unable to convert their shares.

 

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Investorsmay not have sufficient time to comply with the delivery requirements for conversion.

 

Pursuantto our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, we are required to give a minimum of only ten days’ noticefor each general meeting. As a result, if we require public shareholders who wish to convert their public shares into the right to receivea pro rata portion of the funds in the trust account to comply with specific delivery requirements for conversion, holders maynot have sufficient time to receive the notice and deliver their shares for conversion. Accordingly, investors may not be able to exercisetheir redemption rights and may be forced to retain our securities when they otherwise would not want to.

 

Ifwe require public shareholders who wish to convert their public shares to comply with the delivery requirements for conversion, suchconverting shareholders may be unable to sell their securities when they wish to in the event that the proposed business combinationis not approved.

 

Ifwe require public shareholders who wish to convert their public shares to comply with specific delivery requirements for conversion describedabove and such proposed business combination is not consummated, we will promptly return such certificates to the tendering public shareholders.Accordingly, investors who attempted to convert their shares in such a circumstance will be unable to sell their securities after thefailed acquisition until we have returned their securities to them. The market price for our shares may decline during this time andyou may not be able to sell your securities when you wish to, even while other shareholders that did not seek conversion may be ableto sell their securities.

 

Becauseof our limited resources and structure, other companies may have a competitive advantage and we may not be able to consummate an attractivebusiness combination.

 

Weexpect to encounter intense competition from entities other than blank check companies having a business objective similar to ours, includingventure capital funds, leveraged buyout funds and operating businesses competing for acquisitions. Many of these entities are well establishedand have extensive experience in identifying and effecting business combinations directly or through affiliates. Many of these competitorspossess greater technical, human and other resources than we do, and our financial resources will be relatively limited when contrastedwith those of many of these competitors. While we believe that there are numerous potential target businesses that we could acquire withthe net proceeds of this offering, our ability to compete in acquiring certain sizable target businesses will be limited by our availablefinancial resources. This inherent competitive limitation gives others an advantage in pursuing the acquisition of certain target businesses.Furthermore, seeking shareholder approval of a business combination may delay or prevent the consummation of a transaction, a risk atarget business may not be willing to accept. Additionally, our outstanding warrants and rights, and the future dilution they potentiallyrepresent, may not be viewed favorably by certain target businesses. Any of the foregoing may place us at a competitive disadvantagein successfully negotiating a business combination.

 

Ourinitial shareholders control a substantial interest in us and thus may influence certain actions requiring a shareholder vote, potentiallyin a manner that you do not support.

 

Uponconsummation of our offering and the private placement, our initial shareholders will collectively own approximately 22.6% ofour issued and outstanding ordinary shares (assuming they do not purchase any units in this offering and no over-allotment option isexercised). Accordingly, they may exert a substantial influence on actions requiring a shareholder vote, potentially in a manner thatyou do not support, including amendments to our memorandum and articles of association. None of our officers, directors, initial shareholdersor their affiliates has indicated any intention to purchase units in this offering or any units or ordinary shares from persons in theopen market or in private transactions (other than the private units). However, if our initial shareholders purchase any units in thisoffering or if our officers, directors, initial shareholders or their affiliates determine in the future to make such purchases in theopen market or in private transactions, to the extent permitted by law, in order to assist us in consummating our initial business combination,this would increase their control. Factors that would be considered in making such additional purchases would include consideration ofthe current trading price of our ordinary shares. In connection with any vote for a proposed business combination, all of our initialshareholders, as well as all of our officers and directors, have agreed to vote the ordinary shares owned by them immediately beforethis offering as well as any ordinary shares acquired in this offering or in the aftermarket in favor of such proposed business combination.

 

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Thereis no requirement under the Companies Act for us to hold annual or general meetings to elect directors. Accordingly, shareholders wouldnot have the right to such a meeting or election of directors, unless the holders of not less than 10% of the voting rights of our companyrequest such a meeting. As a result, it is unlikely that there will be an annual general meeting to elect new directors prior to theconsummation of a business combination, in which case all of the current directors will continue in office until at least the consummationof the business combination. Accordingly, you may not be able to exercise your voting rights for up to 21 months. Accordingly, our initialshareholders will continue to exert control at least until the consummation of a business combination.

 

Ourinitial shareholders paid an aggregate of $25,000, or approximately $0.01 per share, for the insider shares and, accordingly, you willexperience immediate and substantial dilution from the purchase of our ordinary shares.

 

Thedifference between the public offering price per share and the pro forma net tangible book value per share after this offering constitutesthe dilution to the investors in this offering. Our initial shareholders acquired their insider shares at a nominal price, significantlycontributing to this dilution. Upon consummation of this offering, you and the other new investors will incur an immediate and substantialdilution of approximately 98.21% or $8.93 per share (the difference between the public offering price per share and the pro forma nettangible book value per share of $0.16 per share. This is because investors in this offering will be contributing approximately 95.50%of the total amount paid to us for our outstanding securities after this offering but will only own approximately 78.50% of our outstandingsecurities. Accordingly, the per-share purchase price you will be paying substantially exceeds our per share net tangible book value.

 

Ouroutstanding warrants and rights or the conversion of the promissory notes upon consummation of our business combination into privateunits may have an adverse effect on the market price of our ordinary shares and make it more difficult to effect a business combination.

 

Wewill be issuing warrants and rights that will result in the issuance of up to 3,600,000 ordinary shares as part of the units offeredby this prospectus and private warrants and rights that will result in the issuance of an additional 168,000 ordinary shares. Further,in order to meet our working capital needs following the consummation of this offering until completion of an initial business combinationor to extend the period of time to consummate a business combination, our initial shareholders, officers and directors or their affiliatesmay, but are not obligated to, loan us funds, from time to time or at any time, in whatever amount they deem reasonable in their solediscretion. Each loan would be evidenced by a promissory note. The promissory note would either be paid upon consummation of our initialbusiness combination, without interest, or, at the lender’s discretion, up to $600,000 of the promissory note may be convertedupon consummation of our business combination into private units at a price of $10.00 per unit. As such, each promissory notes will resultin the issuance of 60,000 private units that will result in the issuance of up to an additional 96,000 ordinary shares. The potentialfor the issuance of a substantial number of additional shares upon exercise of the warrants or conversion of the rights could make usa less attractive acquisition vehicle in the eyes of a target business. Such securities, when converted, will increase the number ofissued and outstanding ordinary shares and reduce the value of the shares issued to complete the business combination. Accordingly, ourwarrants or rights may make it more difficult to effectuate a business combination or increase the cost of acquiring the target business.Additionally, the sale, or even the possibility of sale, of the shares underlying the warrants or rights could have an adverse effecton the market price for our securities or on our ability to obtain future financing. If to the extent these warrants are exercised andthese rights are converted, you may experience dilution to your holdings.

 

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Ifour shareholders exercise their registration rights with respect to their securities, it may have an adverse effect on the market priceof our ordinary shares and the existence of these rights may make it more difficult to effect a business combination.

 

Ourinitial shareholders are entitled to make a demand that we register the resale of their insider shares (1,725,000 ordinary shares, includingup to an aggregate of 225,000 ordinary shares subject to forfeiture by our sponsor to the extent that the underwriters’over-allotment option is not exercised in full or in part) at any time commencing three months prior to the date on which their sharesmay be released from escrow. Additionally, the purchasers of the private units and our initial shareholders, officers and directors areentitled to demand that we register the resale of the 280,000 ordinary shares (or 298,000 ordinary shares if the overallotment is exercisedin full) underlying the private units, 140,000 ordinary shares (or 149,000 ordinary shares if the overallotment is exercised in full)underlying the private warrants, 28,000 (or 29,800 ordinary shares if the overallotment is exercised in full) ordinary shares underlyingthe private rights and any securities our initial shareholders, officers, directors or their affiliates may be issued in payment of workingcapital loans or loans to extend our life made to us at any time after we consummate a business combination. The presence of these additionalsecurities trading in the public market may have an adverse effect on the market price of our securities. In addition, the existenceof these rights may make it more difficult to effectuate a business combination or increase the cost of acquiring the target business,as the shareholders of the target business may be discouraged from entering into a business combination with us or will request a higherprice for their securities because of the potential effect the exercise of such rights may have on the trading market for our ordinaryshares.

 

Ifwe are deemed to be an investment company, we may be required to institute burdensome compliance requirements and our activities maybe restricted, which may make it difficult for us to complete a business combination.

 

Acompany that, among other things, is or holds itself out as being engaged primarily, or proposes to engage primarily, in the businessof investing, reinvesting, owning, trading or holding certain types of securities would be deemed an investment company under the InvestmentCompany Act of 1940. Since we will invest the proceeds held in the trust account only in United States government treasury bills, notesor bonds having a maturity of 180 days or less or in money market funds meeting the applicable conditions under Rule 2a-7 promulgatedunder the Investment Company Act of 1940 and that invest solely in United States treasuries, we believe that we will not be consideredto be an investment company pursuant to the exemption provided in Rule 3a-1 promulgated under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

 

Ifwe are nevertheless deemed to be an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, we may be subject to certain restrictionsthat may make it more difficult for us to complete a business combination, including:

 

  restrictions on the nature of our investments; and
     
  restrictions on the issuance of securities.

 

Inaddition, we may have imposed upon us certain burdensome requirements, including:

 

  registration as an investment company;
     
  adoption of a specific form of corporate structure; and
     
  reporting, record keeping, voting, proxy, compliance policies and procedures and disclosure requirements and other rules and regulations.

 

Compliancewith these additional regulatory burdens would require additional expense that we have not provided for.

 

Wemay not seek an opinion from an unaffiliated third party as to the fair market value of the target business we acquire.

 

Weare not required to obtain an opinion from an unaffiliated third party that the target business we select has a fair market value inexcess of at least 80% of the balance of the trust account (excluding any deferred underwriting discounts and commissions and taxes payableon the income earned on the trust account) unless our board of directors cannot make such determination on its own. We are also not requiredto obtain an opinion from an unaffiliated third party indicating that the price we are paying is fair to our shareholders from a financialpoint of view unless the target is affiliated with our officers, directors, initial shareholders or their affiliates. If no opinion isobtained, our shareholders will be relying on the judgment of our board of directors, whose collective experience in business evaluationsfor blank check companies like ours is not significant. Furthermore, our directors may have a conflict of interest in analyzing the transactiondue to their personal and financial interests.

 

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Wemay acquire a target business that is affiliated with our officers, directors, initial shareholders or their affiliates.

 

Whilewe do not currently intend to pursue an initial business combination with a company that is affiliated with our officers, directors,initial shareholders or their affiliates, we are not prohibited from pursuing such a transaction, nor are we prohibited from consummatinga business combination where any of our officers, directors, initial shareholders or their affiliates acquire a minority interest inthe target business alongside our acquisition, provided in each case we obtain an opinion from an unaffiliated third party indicatingthat the price we are paying is fair to our shareholders from a financial point of view. These affiliations could cause our officersor directors to have a conflict of interest in analyzing such transactions due to their personal and financial interests.

 

Thedetermination of the offering price of our units is more arbitrary than the pricing of securities for an operating company in a particularindustry.

 

Priorto this offering there has been no public market for any of our securities. The public offering price of the units and the terms of thewarrants and rights were negotiated between us and the representative of the underwriters. Factors considered in determining the pricesand terms of the units, including the ordinary shares, warrants and rights 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;
     
  our capital structure;
     
  the per share amount of net proceeds being placed in the trust account;
     
  an assessment of our management and their experience in identifying operating companies; and
     
  general conditions of the securities markets at the time of the offering.

 

However,although these factors were considered, the determination of our offering price is more arbitrary than the pricing of securities foran operating company in a particular industry since we have no historical operations or financial results to compare them to.

 

Thereis currently no market for our securities and a market for our securities may not develop, which would adversely affect the liquidityand price of our securities.

 

Thereis currently no market for our securities. Shareholders therefore have no access to information about prior market history on which tobase their investment decision. Following this offering, the price of our securities may vary significantly due to one or more potentialbusiness combinations and general market or economic conditions. Furthermore, an active trading market for our securities may never developor, if developed, it may not be sustained. You may be unable to sell your securities unless a market can be established and sustained.

 

Becausewe are incorporated under the laws of the British Virgin Islands, our principal office is located in Singapore and all of our executiveofficers and directors are located outside the United States, you may face difficulties in protecting your interests, and your abilityto protect your rights through the U.S. Federal or state courts may be limited.

 

Weare a company incorporated under the laws of the British Virgin Islands and our principal office is located in Singapore. In addition,all of our executive officers and directors are located outside of the United States and are nationals or residents of jurisdictionsother than the United States, and all or a substantial portion of their assets are located outside of the United States. Mr. Hin Wing(Simon) Wong, our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, chairman of the board of directors and director, is a permanentresident of Hong Kong; Dr. Man Kai (Anthony) Ho, our Chief Operating Officer and director, is a permanent resident of Canada andHong Kong; Mr. Pok Yu (Augustine) Chow, our independent director, is a permanent resident of Hong Kong and United Kingdom; Dr.Hiu Man (Elliott) Cheng, our independent director, is a permanent resident of Hong Kong; and Mr. Francis Chiu, our independent director,is a permanent resident of Hong Kong.

 

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Asa result, it may be difficult for investors to effect service of process within the United States upon us or these persons, or to enforcejudgments obtained in U.S. courts against us or them, including judgments predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the securitieslaws of the United States or any state in the United States. A judgment of a United States court for civil liabilities predicated uponthe federal securities laws of the United States may not be enforceable in or recognized by the courts of the jurisdictions where ourdirectors and officers reside, and the judicial recognition process may be time-consuming. It may be difficult for you to enforce judgmentsobtained in U.S. courts based on the civil liability provisions of the U.S. federal securities laws against us and our officers and directors.

 

Wehave appointed Cogency Global Inc., 122 East 42nd Street, 18th Floor New York, NY 10168 as our agent to receiveservice of process with respect to any action brought against us in the state or federal courts of the United States in connection withthis offering under the securities laws of the United States.

 

Ourcorporate 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) or the common law of the British Virgin Islands. The rights of shareholders to takeaction against the directors, actions by minority shareholders and the fiduciary responsibilities of our directors to us under BritishVirgin Islands law are to a large extent governed by the Companies Act and common law of the British Virgin Islands. The common law ofthe British Virgin Islands is derived in part from comparatively limited judicial precedent in the British Virgin Islands as well asfrom English common law, and whilst the decisions of the English courts are of persuasive authority, they are not binding on a courtin the British Virgin Islands. The rights of our shareholders and the fiduciary responsibilities of our directors under British VirginIslands law are different from statutes or judicial precedent in some jurisdictions in the United States. In particular, the BritishVirgin Islands has a less developed body of securities laws as compared to the United States, and some states, such as Delaware, havemore fully developed and judicially interpreted bodies of corporate law. In addition, while statutory provisions do exist in BritishVirgin Islands law for derivative actions to be brought in certain circumstances, shareholders in the British Virgin Islands companiesmay not have standing to initiate a shareholder derivative action in a federal court of the United States. The circumstances in whichany such action may be brought, and the procedures and defenses that may be available in respect to any such action, may result in therights of shareholders of a British Virgin Islands company being more limited than those of shareholders of a company organized in theUnited States. Accordingly, shareholders may have fewer alternatives available to them if they believe that corporate wrongdoing hasoccurred.

 

Wehave been advised by our British Virgin Islands legal counsel that the courts of the British Virgin Islands are unlikely:

 

  to recognize or enforce against us judgments of courts of the United States based on certain civil liability provisions of U.S. securities laws where that liability is in respect of penalties, taxes, fines or similar fiscal or revenue obligations of the company; and
     
  to impose liabilities against us, in original actions brought in the British Virgin Islands, based on certain civil liability provisions of U.S. securities laws that are penal in nature.

 

Thereis no statutory recognition in the British Virgin Islands of judgments obtained in the United States, although the courts of the BritishVirgin Islands will in certain circumstances recognize such a foreign judgment and treat it as a cause of action in itself which maybe sued upon as a debt at common law so that no retrial of the issues would be necessary provided that:

 

  the U.S. court issuing the judgment had jurisdiction in the matter and the company either submitted to such jurisdiction or was resident or carrying on business within such jurisdiction and was duly served with process;
     
  the U.S. judgment is final and for a liquidated sum;
     
  the judgment given by the U.S. court was not in respect of penalties, taxes, fines or similar fiscal or revenue obligations of the company;
     
  in obtaining judgment there was no fraud on the part of the person in whose favor judgment was given or on the part of the court;
     
  recognition or enforcement of the judgment would not be contrary to public policy in the British Virgin Islands; and
     
  the proceedings pursuant to which judgment was obtained were not contrary to natural justice.

 

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Inappropriate circumstances, a British Virgin Islands Court may give effect in the British Virgin Islands to other kinds of final foreignjudgments such as declaratory orders, orders for performance of contracts and injunctions.

 

Asa 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 United Statescompany.

 

Becausewe must furnish our shareholders with financial statements of the target business prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP or IFRS as issuedby the IASB or reconciled to U.S. GAAP, we may not be able to complete an initial business combination with some prospective target businesses.

 

Wewill be required to provide historical and pro forma financial statement disclosure relating to our target business to our shareholders.These financial statements may be required to be prepared in accordance with, or be reconciled to, accounting principles generally acceptedin the United States of America, or GAAP, or international financial reporting standards as issued by the International Accounting StandardsBoard, or IFRS, depending on the circumstances, and the historical financial statements may be required to be audited in accordance withthe standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), or PCAOB. The financial statements may also be requiredto be prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP for the Form 8-K announcing the closing of an initial business combination, which would needto be filed within four business days after closing. These financial statement requirements may limit the pool of potential target businesseswe may acquire.

 

Compliancewith the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 will require substantial financial and management resources and may increase the time and costs ofcompleting an acquisition.

 

Section404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 requires that we evaluate and report on our system of internal controls and may require us to havesuch system audited by an independent registered public accounting firm. If we fail to maintain the adequacy of our internal controls,we could be subject to regulatory scrutiny, civil or criminal penalties and/or shareholder litigation. Any inability to provide reliablefinancial reports could harm our business. A target business may also not be in compliance with the provisions of the Sarbanes-OxleyAct regarding the adequacy of internal controls. The development of the internal controls of any such entity to achieve compliance withthe Sarbanes-Oxley Act may increase the time and costs necessary to complete any such acquisition. Furthermore, any failure to implementrequired new or improved controls, or difficulties encountered in the implementation of adequate controls over our financial processesand reporting in the future, could harm our operating results or cause us to fail to meet our reporting obligations. Inferior internalcontrols could also cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information, which could have a negative effect on thetrading price of our securities.

 

Weare an “emerging growth company” and we cannot be certain if the reduced disclosure requirements applicable to emerging growthcompanies will make our securities less attractive to investors.

 

Weare an “emerging growth company,” as defined in the JOBS Act. We will remain an “emerging growth company” forup to five years. However, if within a three-year period we issued our non-convertible debt exceeds $1.0 billion or revenues exceeds$1.07 billion, or the market value of our ordinary shares that are held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million on the last day of thesecond fiscal quarter of any given fiscal year, we would cease to be an emerging growth company as of the following fiscal year. As anemerging growth company, we are not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of section 404 of the Sarbanes-OxleyAct, we have reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements, and we areexempt from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder approval of any golden parachutepayments not previously approved. Additionally, as an emerging growth company, we have elected to delay the adoption of new or revisedaccounting standards that have different effective dates for public and private companies until those standards apply to private companies.As such, our financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with public company effective dates. We cannot predictif investors will find our shares less attractive because we may rely on these provisions. If some investors find our shares less attractiveas a result, there may be a less active trading market for our shares and our share price may be more volatile.

 

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Further,Section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or revised financial accountingstandards until private companies (that is, those that have not had a Securities Act registration statement declared effective or donot have a class of securities registered under the Exchange Act) are required to comply with the new or revised financial accountingstandards. The JOBS Act provides that a company can elect to opt out of the extended transition period and comply with the requirementsthat apply to non-emerging growth companies but any such an election to opt out is irrevocable. We have elected not to opt out of suchextended transition period which means that when a standard is issued or revised and it has different application dates for public orprivate companies, we, as an emerging growth company, will not adopt the new or revised standard until the time private companies arerequired to adopt the new or revised standard. This may make comparison of our financial statements with another public company whichis neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging growth company which has opted out of using the extended transition period difficultor impossible because of the potential differences in accountant standards used.

 

Aninvestment in this offering may involve adverse U.S. federal income tax consequences.

 

Aninvestment in this offering may involve adverse U.S. federal income tax consequences. For instance, there is a risk that an investor’sentitlement to receive payments in excess of the investor’s initial tax basis in our ordinary shares upon exercise of the investor’sconversion right or upon our liquidation of the trust account will result in constructive income to the investor, which could affectthe timing and character of income recognition and result in U.S. federal income tax liability to the investor without the investor’sreceipt of cash from us. Furthermore, because there are no authorities that directly address instruments similar to the units we areissuing in this offering, the allocation an investor makes with respect to the purchase price of the unit between the ordinary shares,warrants, and rights included in the units could be challenged by the IRS or the courts. See the section titled “Taxation UnitedStates Federal Income Taxation” for a summary of the material U.S. federal income tax consequences of an investment in our securities.Prospective investors are urged to consult their own tax advisors with respect to these and other tax consequences when purchasing, holdingor disposing of our securities.

 

Wehave also not sought a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service, or IRS, as to any U.S. federal income tax consequences described inthis prospectus. The IRS may disagree with the descriptions of U.S. federal income tax consequences described herein, and its determinationmay be upheld by a court. Any such determination could subject an investor or our company to adverse U.S. federal income tax consequencesthat would be different than those described in this prospectus. Accordingly, each prospective investor is urged to consult a tax advisorwith respect to the specific tax consequences of the acquisition, ownership and disposition of our securities, including the applicabilityand effect of state, local, or foreign tax laws, as well as U.S. federal tax laws.

 

Wemay qualify as a passive foreign investment company, which could result in adverse U.S. federal income tax consequences to U.S. investors.

 

Ingeneral, we will be treated as a passive foreign investment company (“PFIC”) for any taxable year in which either (1) atleast 75% of our gross income (looking through certain 25% or more-owned corporate subsidiaries) is passive income or (2) at least 50%of the average value of our assets (looking through certain 25% or more-owned corporate subsidiaries) is attributable to assets thatproduce, or are held for the production of, passive income. Passive income generally includes, without limitation, dividends, interest,rents, royalties, and gains from the disposition of passive assets. If we are determined to be a PFIC for any taxable year (or portionthereof) that is included in the holding period of a U.S. Holder (as defined in the Section of this prospectus captioned “Taxation— United States Federal Income Taxation — General”) of our securities, the U.S. Holder may be subject to increasedU.S. federal income tax liability and may be subject to additional reporting requirements. Our actual PFIC status for our current taxableyear may depend on whether we qualify for the PFIC start-up exception (see the section of this prospectus captioned “Taxation —United States Federal Income Taxation — U.S. Holders — Passive Foreign Investment Company Rules”). Our actual PFICstatus for any taxable year, however, will not be determinable until after the end of such taxable year (or after the end of the start-upperiod, if later). Accordingly, there can be no assurance with respect to our status as a PFIC for our current taxable year or any subsequenttaxable year. We urge U.S. Holders to consult their own tax advisors regarding the possible application of the PFIC rules.

 

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Theremay be tax consequences to our business combinations that may adversely affect us.

 

Whilewe expect to undertake any merger or acquisition so as to minimize taxes both to the acquired business and/or asset and us, such businesscombination might not meet the statutory requirements of a tax-free reorganization, or the parties might not obtain the intended tax-freetreatment upon a transfer of shares or assets. A reorganization that does not qualify as tax-free could result in the imposition of substantialtaxes on holders of our securities.

 

TheBritish Virgin Islands, together with several other non-European Union jurisdictions, have recently introduced legislation aimed at addressingconcerns raised by the Council of the European Union as to offshore structures engaged in certain activities which attract profits withoutreal economic activity. With effect from January 1, 2019, the Economic Substance (Companies and Limited Partnerships) Act, 2018 (the“ESA”) came into force in the British Virgin Islands introducing certain economic substance requirements for British VirginIslands tax resident companies which are engaged in certain “relevant activities”, which in the case of companies incorporatedbefore January 1, 2019 will apply in respect of financial years commencing June 30, 2019 onwards. However, it is not anticipated thatwe will be subject to any such requirements prior to any business combination and thereafter the company may still remain out of scopeof the legislation or else be subject to more limited substance requirements. Although it is presently anticipated that the ESA willhave little material impact on the company or its operations, as the legislation is new and remains subject to further clarificationand interpretation it is not currently possible to ascertain the precise impact of these legislative changes on the company.

 

Ifour management following a business combination is unfamiliar with United States securities laws, they may have to expend time and resourcesbecoming familiar with such laws which could lead to various regulatory issues.

 

Followinga business combination, our management will likely resign from their positions as officers of the company and the management of the targetbusiness at the time of the business combination will remain in place. We cannot assure you that management of the target business willbe familiar with United States securities laws. If new management is unfamiliar with our laws, they may have to expend time and resourcesbecoming familiar with such laws. This could be expensive and time-consuming and could lead to various regulatory issues which may adverselyaffect our operations.

 

Ifrestrictions on repatriation of earnings from the target business’ home jurisdiction to foreign entities are instituted, our businessfollowing a business combination may be materially negatively affected.

 

Itis possible that following an initial business combination, the home jurisdiction of the target business may have restrictions on repatriationsof earnings or additional restrictions may be imposed in the future. If they were, it could have a material adverse effect on our operations.

 

Oursearch for a business combination, and any target business with which we ultimately consummate a business combination, may be materiallyadversely affected by the recent coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and the status of debt and equity markets.

 

Theoutbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus has resulted in a widespread health crisis that has adversely affected the economies and financialmarkets worldwide. We may be unable to complete a business combination if continued concerns relating to COVID-19 restrict travel, limitthe ability to have meetings with potential investors, if the target company’s personnel, vendors and service providers are unavailableto negotiate and consummate a transaction in a timely manner, or if COVID-19 causes a prolonged economic downturn. The extent to whichCOVID-19 impacts our search for a business combination will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted,including new information 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 matters of global concern continue for an extensive period of time, our abilityto consummate a business combination, or the operations of a target business with which we ultimately consummate a business combination,may be materially adversely affected.

 

Inaddition, our ability to consummate a business combination may be dependent on the ability to raise equity and debt financing which maybe impacted by COVID-19 and other events.

 

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Youronly opportunity to affect the investment decision regarding a potential business combination may be limited to the exercise of yourright to redeem your shares from us for cash.

 

Atthe time of your investment in us, you will not be provided with an opportunity to evaluate the specific merits or risks of one or moretarget businesses. Because our board of directors may consummate our initial business combination without seeking shareholder approval,public shareholders may not have the right or opportunity to vote on the business combination. Accordingly, if we do not seek shareholderapproval, your only opportunity to affect the investment decision regarding a potential 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 mailedto our public shareholders in which we describe our business combination.

 

Theability of our public shareholders to redeem their shares for cash may make our financial condition unattractive to potential businesscombination targets, which may make it difficult for us to enter into our initial business combination with a target.

 

Wemay enter into a transaction agreement with a prospective target that requires as a closing condition that we have a minimum net worthor a certain amount of cash. If too many public shareholders exercise their redemption rights, we may not be able to meet such closingcondition, and as a result, would not be able to proceed with the business combination. Furthermore, in no event will we redeem our publicshares in an amount that would cause our net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001, either immediately prior to or upon consummationof the business combination and after payment of underwriters’ fees and commission or any greater net tangible asset or cash requirementwhich may be contained in the transaction agreement relating to the business combination. Consequently, if accepting all properly submittedredemption requests would cause our net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001 upon consummation of the business combination andafter payment of underwriters’ fees and commissions or such greater amount necessary to satisfy a closing condition as describedabove, we would not proceed with such redemption and the related business combination and may instead search for an alternate businesscombination. Prospective targets would be aware of these risks and, thus, may be reluctant to enter into our initial business combinationtransaction with us.

 

Theability of a large number of our shareholders to exercise redemption rights may not allow us to consummate the most desirable businesscombination or optimize our capital structure.

 

Inconnection with the successful consummation of our business combination, we may redeem up to that number of ordinary shares that wouldpermit us to maintain net tangible assets of $5,000,001. If our business combination requires us to use substantially all of our cashto pay the purchase price, the redemption threshold may be further limited. Alternatively, we may need to arrange third party financingto help fund our business combination in case a larger percentage of shareholders exercise their redemption rights than we expect. Ifthe acquisition involves the issuance of our shares as consideration, we may be required to issue a higher percentage of our shares tothe target or its shareholders to make up for the failure to satisfy a minimum cash requirement. Raising additional funds to cover anyshortfall may involve dilutive equity financing or incurring indebtedness at higher than desirable levels. This may limit our abilityto effectuate the most attractive business combination available to us.

 

Ifwe seek shareholder approval of our business combination, our sponsor, directors, officers, advisors and their affiliates may elect topurchase shares from shareholders, in which case they may influence a vote in favor of a proposed business combination that you do notsupport.

 

Ifwe seek shareholder approval of our business combination and we do not conduct redemptions in connection with our business combinationpursuant to the tender offer rules, our sponsor, directors, officers, advisors or their affiliates may purchase shares in privately negotiatedtransactions either prior to or following the consummation of our initial business combination. Such purchases will not be made if oursponsor, directors, officers, advisors or their affiliates are in possession of any material non-public information that has not beendisclosed to the selling shareholder. Such a purchase would include a contractual acknowledgement that such shareholder, although stillthe 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, directors, officers, advisors or their affiliates purchase shares in privately negotiated transactionsfrom public shareholders who have already elected to exercise their redemption rights, such selling shareholders would be required torevoke their prior elections to redeem their shares. It is intended that, if Rule 10b-18 would apply to purchases by our sponsor, directors,officers, advisors or their affiliates, then such purchases will comply with Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act, to the extent it applies,which provides a safe harbor for purchases made under certain conditions, including with respect to timing, pricing and volume of purchases.

 

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Thepurpose of such purchases would be to (1) increase the likelihood of obtaining shareholder approval of the business combination or (2)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 atthe closing of the business combination, where it appears that such requirement would otherwise not be met. This may result in the consummationof an initial business combination that may not otherwise have been possible.

 

Purchasesof ordinary shares in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions by our sponsor, directors, officers, advisors or theiraffiliates may make it difficult for us to maintain the listing of our shares on a national securities exchange following the consummationof an initial business combination.

 

Ifour sponsor, directors, officers, advisors or their affiliates purchase ordinary shares in the open market or in privately negotiatedtransactions, the public “float” of our ordinary shares and the number of beneficial holders of our securities would bothbe reduced, possibly making it difficult to maintain the listing or trading of our securities on a national securities exchange followingconsummation of the business combination.

 

Youwill not have any rights or interests in funds from the trust account, except under certain limited circumstances. To liquidate yourinvestment, therefore, you may be forced to sell your public shares, potentially at a loss.

 

Ourpublic shareholders shall be entitled to receive funds from the trust account only in the event of a redemption to public shareholdersprior to any winding up in the event we do not consummate our initial business combination or our liquidation, if they redeem their sharesin connection with an initial business combination that we consummate or if we seek to amend our memorandum and articles of associationto affect the substance or timing of our redemption obligation to redeem all public shares if we cannot complete an initial businesscombination within nine months (or up to 21 months if we have extended the period of time as described in this prospectus) ofthe closing of this offering. In no other circumstances will a shareholder have any right or interest of any kind to the funds in thetrust account. Holders of warrants and rights will not have any right to the proceeds held in the trust account with respect to the warrantsand rights. Accordingly, to liquidate your investment, you may be forced to sell your public shares, potentially at a loss.

 

Ifthe net proceeds of this offering not being held in the trust account are insufficient to allow us to operate for at least the next ninemonths (or up to 21 months if we have extended the period of time as described in this prospectus), we may be unable to completeour initial business combination.

 

Thefunds available to us outside of the trust account may not be sufficient to allow us to operate for at least the next nine months(or up to 21 months if we have extended the period of time as described in this prospectus), assuming that our initial business combinationis not consummated during that time. Of the funds available to us, we could use a portion of the funds available to us to pay fees toconsultants 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 funda “no-shop” provision (a provision in letters of intent designed to keep target businesses from “shopping” aroundfor transactions with other companies on terms more favorable to such target businesses) with respect to a particular proposed businesscombination, although we do not have any current intention to do so. If we are unable to fund such down payments or “no shop”provisions, our ability to close a contemplated transaction could be impaired. Furthermore, if we entered into a letter of intent wherewe paid for the right to receive exclusivity from a target business and were subsequently required to forfeit such funds (whether asa result of our breach or otherwise), we might not have sufficient funds to continue searching for, or conduct due diligence with respectto, a target business. If we are unable to complete our initial business combination, our public shareholders may only receive a prorata portion of the amount then in the trust account (which may be less than $10.00 per share) (whether or not the underwriters’over-allotment option is exercised in full) on our redemption.

 

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Subsequentto our consummation of our initial business combination, we may be required to take write-downs or write-offs, restructuring and impairmentor other charges.

 

Evenif we conduct thorough due diligence on a target business with which we combine, this diligence may not surface all material issues thatmay be present inside a particular target business, that it would be possible to uncover all material issues through a customary amountof due diligence, or that factors outside of the target business and outside of our control will not later arise. As a result of thesefactors, we may be forced to later write-down or write-off assets, restructure our operations, or incur impairment or other charges thatcould result in our reporting losses. Even if our due diligence successfully identifies certain risks, unexpected risks may arise andpreviously known risks may materialize in a manner not consistent with our preliminary risk analysis. Even though these charges may benon-cash items and not have an immediate impact on our liquidity, the fact that we report charges of this nature could contribute tonegative market perceptions about us or our securities. In addition, charges of this nature may cause us to violate net worth or othercovenants to which we may be subject as a result of assuming pre-existing debt held by a target business or by virtue of our obtainingpost-combination debt financing.

 

Ourdirectors may decide not to enforce indemnification obligations against our sponsor, resulting in a reduction in the amount of fundsin the trust account available for distribution to our public shareholders.

 

Inthe event that the proceeds in the trust account are reduced below $10.00 per share (whether or not the underwriters’ over-allotmentoption is exercised in full) and our sponsor, asserts that it is unable to satisfy its obligations or that it has no indemnificationobligations related to a particular claim, our independent directors would determine on our behalf whether to take legal action againstour sponsor to enforce its indemnification obligations. While we currently expect that our independent directors would take legal actionon our behalf against our sponsor to enforce its indemnification obligations to us, it is possible that our independent directors inexercising their business judgment may choose not to do so in any particular instance. If our independent directors choose not to enforcethese indemnification obligations on our behalf, the amount of funds in the trust account available for distribution to our public shareholdersmay be reduced below $10.00 per share.

 

Becausewe have not selected a particular business or specific geographic location or any specific target businesses with which to pursue ourinitial business combination, you will be unable to ascertain the merits or risks of any particular target business’ operations.

 

Whilewe may pursue an acquisition opportunity in any business industry or sector, we intend to initially focus on those industries or sectorsthat complement our management team’s background. Except for the limitations that a target business have a fair market value ofat least 80% of the value of the trust account (excluding any taxes payable) and that we are not permitted to effectuate our initialbusiness combination with another blank check company or similar company with nominal operations, we will have virtually unrestrictedflexibility in identifying and selecting a prospective acquisition candidate. Because we have not yet identified or approached any specifictarget business with respect to our initial business combination, there is no basis to evaluate the possible merits or risks of any particulartarget business’s operations, results of operations, cash flows, liquidity, financial condition or prospects. To the extent weconsummate our initial 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 sales or earnings, we maybe affected by the risks inherent in the business and operations of a financially unstable or a development stage entity. Although ourofficers and directors will endeavor to evaluate the risks inherent in a particular target business, we may not properly ascertain orassess all of the significant risk factors or that we will have adequate time to complete due diligence. Furthermore, some of these risksmay be outside of our control and leave us with no ability to control or reduce the chances that those risks will adversely impact atarget business. In addition, investors will be relying on the business judgment of our board of directors, which will have significantdiscretion in choosing the standard used to establish the fair market value of a particular target business. An investment in our sharesmay not ultimately prove to be more favorable to investors than a direct investment, if such opportunity were available, in an acquisitiontarget.

 

Wemay seek investment opportunities outside our management’s area of expertise and our management may not be able to adequately ascertainor assess all significant risks associated with the target company.

 

Thereis no limitation on the industry or business sector that we may consider when contemplating our initial business combination. We maytherefore be presented with a business combination candidate in an industry unfamiliar to our management team, but determine that suchcandidate offers an attractive investment opportunity for our company. In the event we elect to pursue an investment outside of our management’sexpertise, our management’s experience may not be directly applicable to the target business or their evaluation of its operations.

 

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

 

Althoughwe have identified specific criteria and guidelines for evaluating prospective target businesses, it is possible that a target businesswith which we enter into our initial business combination will not have all of these positive attributes. If we consummate our initialbusiness combination with a target that does not meet some or all of these guidelines, such combination may not be as successful as acombination with a business that does meet all of our general criteria and guidelines. In addition, if we announce our initial businesscombination with a target that does not meet our general criteria and guidelines, a greater number of shareholders may exercise theirredemption 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 law or Nasdaq,or we decide to obtain shareholder approval for business or other legal reasons, it may be more difficult for us to attain shareholderapproval of our initial business combination if the target business does not meet our general criteria and guidelines. If we are unableto complete our initial business combination, our public shareholders may only receive $10.00 per share or even less (whether or notthe underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full) on our redemption, and our warrants and rights will expire worthless.

 

Management’sflexibility in identifying and selecting a prospective acquisition candidate, along with our management’s financial interest inconsummating our initial business combination, may lead management to enter into an acquisition agreement that is not in the best interestof our shareholders.

 

Subjectto the requirement that our initial business combination must be with one or more target businesses or assets having an aggregate fairmarket value of at least 80% of the value of the trust account (excluding any taxes payable) at the time of the agreement to enter intosuch initial business combination, we will have virtually unrestricted flexibility in identifying and selecting a prospective acquisitioncandidate. Investors will be relying on management’s ability to identify business combinations, evaluate their merits, conductor monitor diligence and conduct negotiations. Management’s flexibility in identifying and selecting a prospective acquisitioncandidate, along with management’s financial interest in consummating our initial business combination, may lead management toenter into an acquisition agreement that is not in the best interest of our shareholders, which would be the case if the trading priceof our ordinary shares after giving effect to such business combination was less than the per-share trust liquidation value that ourshareholders would have received if we had dissolved without consummating our initial business combination.

 

Resourcescould be wasted in researching acquisitions that are not consummated.

 

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 substantial costs for accountants,attorneys and others. If we decide not to complete a specific initial business combination, the costs incurred up to that point for theproposed transaction likely would not be recoverable. Furthermore, if we reach an agreement relating to a specific target business, wemay fail to consummate our initial business combination for any number of reasons including those beyond our control. Any such eventwill result in a loss to us of the related costs incurred, which could materially adversely affect subsequent attempts to locate andacquire or merge with another business. If we are unable to complete our initial business combination, our public shareholders may onlyreceive $10.00 per share or even less (whether or not the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full) on our redemption,and our warrants and rights will expire worthless.

 

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Wemay attempt to consummate our initial business combination with a private company about which little information is available.

 

Inpursuing our acquisition strategy, we may seek to effectuate our initial business combination with a privately held company. By definition,very little public information exists about private companies, and we could be required to make our decision on whether to pursue a potentialinitial business combination on the basis of limited information, which may result in our initial business combination with a companythat is not as profitable as we suspected, if at all.

 

Wemay not be able to maintain control of a target business after our initial business combination.

 

Wemay structure our initial business combination to acquire less than 100% of the equity interests or assets of a target business, butwe will only consummate such business combination if we will become the majority shareholder of the target (or control the target throughcontractual arrangements in limited circumstances for regulatory compliance purposes) or are otherwise not required to register as aninvestment company under the Investment Company Act or to the extent permitted by law we may acquire interests in a variable interestentity, in which we may have less than a majority of the voting rights in such entity, but in which we are the primary beneficiary. Eventhough we may own a majority interest in the target, our shareholders prior to the business combination may collectively own a minorityinterest in the post business combination company, depending on valuations ascribed to the target and us in the business combinationtransaction. For example, we could pursue a transaction in which we issue a substantial number of new shares in exchange for all of theoutstanding capital stock of a target. In this case, we acquire a 100% controlling interest in the target. However, as a result of theissuance of a substantial number of new shares, our shareholders immediately prior to such transaction could own less than a majorityof our outstanding shares subsequent to such transaction. In addition, other minority shareholders may subsequently combine their holdingsresulting in a single person or group obtaining a larger share of the company’s stock than we initially acquired. Accordingly,this may make it more likely that we will not be able to maintain our control of the target business.

 

Apublic shareholder who fails to vote either in favor of or against a proposed business combination will not be able to have his sharesredeemed for cash.

 

Inorder for a public shareholder to have his shares redeemed for cash in connection with any proposed business combination, that publicshareholder must vote either in favor of or against a proposed business combination. If a public shareholder fails to vote in favor ofor against a proposed business combination, whether that shareholder abstains from the vote or simply does not vote, that shareholderwould not be able to have his ordinary shares so redeemed to cash in connection with such business combination.

 

RisksAssociated with Acquiring and Operating a Business Outside of the United States

 

Wemay effect a business combination with a company located outside of the United States and if we do, we would be subject to a varietyof additional risks that may negatively impact our business operations and financial results.

 

Ifwe consummate a business combination with a target business located outside of the United States, we would be subject to any specialconsiderations or risks associated with companies operating in the target business’ governing jurisdiction, including any of thefollowing:

 

  rules and regulations or currency redemption or corporate withholding taxes on individuals;
     
  tariffs and trade barriers;
     
  regulations related to customs and import/export matters;
     
  longer payment cycles than in the United States;
     
  inflation;
     
  economic policies and market conditions;

 

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  unexpected changes in regulatory requirements;
     
  challenges in managing and staffing international operations;
     
  tax issues, such as tax law changes and variations in tax laws as compared to the United States;
     
  currency fluctuations;
     
  challenges in collecting accounts receivable;
     
  cultural and language differences;
     
  protection of intellectual property;
     
  employment regulations;
     
  deterioration of political relations with the United States.

 

Wecannot assure you that we would be able to adequately address these additional risks. If we were unable to do so, our operations mightsuffer.

 

Becauseof the costs and difficulties inherent in managing cross-border business operations, our results of operations may be negatively impacted.

 

Managinga business, operations, personnel or assets in another country is challenging and costly. Any management that we may have (whether basedabroad or in the U.S.) may be inexperienced in cross-border business practices and unaware of significant differences in accounting rules,legal regimes and labor practices. Even with a seasoned and experienced management team, the costs and difficulties inherent in managingcross-border business operations, personnel and assets can be significant (and much higher than in a purely domestic business) and maynegatively impact our financial and operational performance.

 

Ifsocial unrest, acts of terrorism, regime changes, changes in laws and regulations, political upheaval, or policy changes or enactmentsoccur in a country in which we may operate after we effect our initial business combination, it may result in a negative impact on ourbusiness.

 

Politicalevents in another country may significantly affect our business, assets or operations. Social unrest, acts of terrorism, regime changes,changes in laws and regulations, political upheaval, and policy changes or enactments could negatively impact our business in a particularcountry.

 

Manycountries have difficult and unpredictable legal systems and underdeveloped laws and regulations that are unclear and subject to corruptionand inexperience, which may adversely impact our results of operations and financial condition.

 

Ourability to seek and enforce legal protections, including with respect to intellectual property and other property rights, or to defendourselves with regard to legal actions taken against us in a given country, may be difficult or impossible, which could adversely impactour operations, assets or financial condition.

 

Rulesand regulations in many countries are often ambiguous or open to differing interpretation by responsible individuals and agencies atthe municipal, state, regional and federal levels. The attitudes and actions of such individuals and agencies are often difficult topredict and inconsistent.

 

Delaywith respect to the enforcement of particular rules and regulations, including those relating to customs, tax, environmental and labor,could cause serious disruption to operations abroad and negatively impact our results.

 

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Ifwe effect a business combination with a company located outside of the United States, the laws applicable to such company will likelygovern all of our material agreements and we may not be able to enforce our legal rights.

 

Ifwe effect a business combination with a company located outside of the United States, the laws of the country in which such company operateswill govern almost all of the material agreements relating to its operations. We cannot assure you that the target business will be ableto enforce any of its material agreements or that remedies will be available in this new jurisdiction. The system of laws and the enforcementof existing laws in such jurisdiction may not be as certain in implementation and interpretation as in the United States. The inabilityto enforce or obtain a remedy under any of our future agreements could result in a significant loss of business, business opportunitiesor capital. Additionally, if we acquire a company located outside of the United States, it is likely that substantially all of our assetswould be located outside of the United States and some of our officers and directors might reside outside of the United States. As aresult, it may not be possible for investors in the United States to enforce their legal rights, to effect service of process upon ourdirectors or officers or to enforce judgments of United States courts predicated upon civil liabilities and criminal penalties of ourdirectors and officers under Federal securities laws.

 

Ifrelations between the United States and foreign governments deteriorate, it could cause potential target businesses or their goods andservices to become less attractive.

 

Therelationship between the United States and foreign governments could be subject to sudden fluctuation and periodic tension. For instance,the United States may announce its intention to impose quotas on certain imports. Such import quotas may adversely affect political relationsbetween the two countries and result in retaliatory countermeasures by the foreign government in industries that may affect our ultimatetarget business. Changes in political conditions in foreign countries and changes in the state of U.S. relations with such countriesare difficult to predict and could adversely affect our operations or cause potential target businesses or their goods and services tobecome less attractive. Because we are not limited to any specific industry, there is no basis for investors in this offering to evaluatethe possible extent of any impact on our ultimate operations if relations are strained between the United States and a foreign countryin which we acquire a target business or move our principal manufacturing or service operations.

 

Ifany dividend is declared in the future and paid in a foreign currency, you may be taxed on a larger amount in U.S.

 

Ifyou are a U.S. holder of our ordinary shares, you will be taxed on the U.S. dollar value of your dividends, if any, at the time you receivethem, even if you actually receive a smaller amount of U.S. dollars when the payment is in fact converted into U.S. dollars. Specifically,if a dividend is declared and paid in a foreign currency, the amount of the dividend distribution that you must include in your incomeas a U.S. holder will be the U.S. dollar value of the payments made in the foreign currency, determined at the spot rate of the foreigncurrency to the U.S. dollar on the date the dividend distribution is includible in your income, regardless of whether the payment isin fact converted into U.S. dollars. Thus, if the value of the foreign currency decreases before you actually convert the currency intoU.S. dollars, you will be taxed on a larger amount in U.S. dollars than the U.S. dollar amount that you will actually ultimately receive.

 

Afterour initial business combination, substantially all of our assets may be located in a foreign country and substantially all of our revenuemay be derived from our operations in such country. Accordingly, our results of operations and prospects will be subject, to a significantextent, to the economic, political and legal policies, developments and conditions in the country in which we operate.

 

Ifwe initiate a business combination outside of the United States, after our initial business combination, substantially all of our assetsmay be located in another foreign country and substantially all of our revenue may be derived from our operations in such country. Theeconomic, political and social conditions, as well as government policies, of the country in which our operations are located could affectour business. If in the future such country’s economy experiences a downturn or grows at a slower rate than expected, there maybe less demand for spending in certain industries. A decrease in demand for spending in certain industries could materially and adverselyaffect our ability to find an attractive target business with which to consummate our initial business combination and if we effect ourinitial business combination, the ability of that target business to become profitable.

 

Currencypolicies may cause a target business’ ability to succeed in the international markets to be diminished.

 

Inthe event we acquire a non-U.S. target, all revenues and income would likely be received in a foreign currency, the dollar equivalentof our net assets and distributions, if any, could be adversely affected by reductions in the value of the local currency. The valueof the currencies in our target regions fluctuate and are affected 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 businessor, following consummation of our initial business combination, our financial condition and results of operations. Additionally, if acurrency appreciates in value against the dollar prior to the consummation of our initial business combination, the cost of a targetbusiness as measured in dollars will increase, which may make it less likely that we are able to consummate such transaction.

 

Corporategovernance standards in other countries may not be as strict or developed as in the United States and such weakness may hide issues andoperational practices that are detrimental to a target business.

 

Generalcorporate governance standards in some countries are weak in that they do not prevent business practices that cause unfavorable relatedparty transactions, over-leveraging, improper accounting, family company interconnectivity and poor management. Local laws often do notgo far enough to prevent improper business practices. Therefore, shareholders may not be treated impartially and equally as a resultof poor management practices, asset shifting, conglomerate structures that result in preferential treatment to some parts of the overallcompany, and cronyism. The lack of transparency and ambiguity in the regulatory process also may result in inadequate credit evaluationand weakness that may precipitate or encourage financial crisis. In our evaluation of a business combination we will have to evaluatethe corporate governance of a target and the business environment, and in accordance with United States laws for reporting companiestake steps to implement practices that will cause compliance with all applicable rules and accounting practices. Notwithstanding theseintended efforts, there may be endemic practices and local laws that could add risk to an investment we ultimately make and that resultin an adverse effect on our operations and financial results.

 

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CAUTIONARYNOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

Thestatements contained in this prospectus that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements. Our forward-looking statementsinclude, but are not limited to, statements regarding our or our management’s expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategiesregarding the future. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events orcircumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipates,” “believe,”“continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intends,” “may,”“might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predicts,” “project,”“should,” “would” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these wordsdoes not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Forward-looking statements in this prospectus may include, for example, statementsabout our:

 

  ability to identify or complete an initial business combination;
     
  limited operating history;
     
  success in retaining or recruiting, or changes required in, our officers, key employees or directors following our initial business combination;
     
  potential ability to obtain additional financing to complete a business combination;
     
  pool of prospective target businesses;
     
  the ability of our officers and directors to generate potential investment opportunities;
     
  potential change in control if we acquire one or more target businesses for shares;
     
  our public securities’ potential liquidity and trading;
     
  regulatory or operational risks associated with acquiring a target business;
     
  use of proceeds not held in the trust account;
     
  financial performance following this offering; or
     
  listing or delisting of our securities from NASDAQ or the ability to have our securities listed on NASDAQ following our initial business combination.

 

Theforward-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 our control) or other assumptionsthat 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 factors described 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 mayvary in material respects from those projected in these forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to update or revise anyforward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicablesecurities laws.

 

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NOTEREGARDING OUR CHOICE OF BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS AND
THE ENFORCEABILITY OF CIVIL LIABILITIES

 

Reasonsfor our Choice of Incorporating in the British Virgin Islands

 

Weare incorporated in the British Virgin Islands because of the following benefits we believe are found there:

 

  political and economic stability;
     
  an effective and sophisticated judicial system with a dedicated Commercial Court;
     
  tax neutral treatment, with no tax levied against companies incorporated in the British Virgin Islands by the local tax authorities;
     
  the absence of exchange control or currency restrictions;
     
  the availability of professional and support services;
     
  commitment of the British Virgin Islands to implement best international practice and to comply with the requirements of the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the Financial Action Taskforce (FATF);
     
  the adoption of the English law concept of corporate separateness to mitigate the risk of the assets of a shareholder being used to satisfy the liabilities of the company; and
     
  confidentiality for shareholders.

 

However,the British Virgin Islands has a less developed body of securities laws as compared to the United States and provides significantly lessprotection to investors, and British Virgin Islands companies may not have standing to sue before the federal courts of the United States.

 

Webelieve the disadvantages of incorporating in the British Virgin Islands are outweighed by the benefits to us and our investors of suchincorporation.

 

Enforceabilityof Civil Liabilities

 

Weare a company incorporated under the laws of the British Virgin Islands and therefore, located and administered from outside of the UnitedStates. The proceeds we receive from this offering will be held in U.S. Dollars and deposited in a trust account at Bank of AmericaMerrill Lynch in the United States maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as trustee. The trust accountwill be governed by an Investment Management Trust Agreement between us and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company. OurU.S. agent for service of process is National Corp. However, it may be difficult for investors to effect service of process on us orour officers or directors within the United States in a way that will permit a U.S. court to have jurisdiction over us. The majorityof our assets may be located outside the United States after we consummate our first business combination.

 

Ourcorporate 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) or the common law of the British Virgin Islands. The rights of shareholders to takeaction against the directors, actions by minority shareholders and the fiduciary responsibilities of our directors to us under BritishVirgin Islands law are to a large extent governed by the Companies Act and common law of the British Virgin Islands. The common law ofthe British Virgin Islands is derived in part from comparatively limited judicial precedent in the British Virgin Islands as well asfrom English common law, and whilst the decisions of the English courts are of persuasive authority, they are not binding on a courtin the British Virgin Islands. The rights of our shareholders and the fiduciary responsibilities of our directors under British VirginIslands law are different from statutes or judicial precedent in some jurisdictions in the United States. In particular, the BritishVirgin Islands has a less developed body of securities laws as compared to the United States, and some states, such as Delaware, havemore fully developed and judicially interpreted bodies of corporate law. In addition, while statutory provisions do exist in BritishVirgin Islands law for derivative actions to be brought in certain circumstances, shareholders in the British Virgin Islands companiesmay not have standing to initiate a shareholder derivative action in a federal court of the United States. The circumstances in whichany such action may be brought, and the procedures and defenses that may be available in respect to any such action, may result in therights of shareholders of a British Virgin Islands company being more limited than those of shareholders of a company organized in theUnited States. Accordingly, shareholders may have fewer alternatives available to them if they believe that corporate wrongdoing hasoccurred.

 

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UnderBritish Virgin Islands law, the directors owe fiduciary duties at both common law and under statute, including a statutory duty to acthonestly, in good faith and with a view to what the directors believe are our best interests. When exercising powers or performing dutiesas a director, the director is required to exercise the care, diligence and skill that a reasonable director would exercise in the circumstancestaking into account, without limitation the nature of the company, the nature of the decision and the position of the director and thenature of the responsibilities undertaken by him. In exercising the powers of a director, the directors must exercise their powers fora proper purpose and shall not act or agree to the company acting in a manner that contravenes our memorandum and articles of associationor the Companies Act.

 

Incertain limited circumstances, a shareholder has the right to seek various remedies against the company in the event the directors arein breach of their duties under the Companies Act. Pursuant to Section 184B of the Companies Act, if a company or director of a companyengages in, proposes to engage in or has engaged in, conduct that contravenes the provisions of the Companies Act or the memorandum orarticles of association of the company, the courts of the British Virgin Islands may, on application of a shareholder or director ofthe company, make an order directing the company or director to comply with, or restraining the company or director from engaging inconduct that contravenes the Companies Act or the memorandum or articles. Furthermore, pursuant to section 184I(1) of the Companies Acta shareholder of a company who considers that the affairs of the company have been, are being or likely to be, conducted in a mannerthat is, or any acts of the company have been, or are likely to be oppressive, unfairly discriminatory, or unfairly prejudicial to himin that capacity, may apply to the courts of the British Virgin Islands for an order which, inter alia, can require the company or anyother person to pay compensation to the shareholders.

 

Ifwe are deemed insolvent for the purposes of the Insolvency Act (i.e. (i) it fails to comply with the requirements of a statutory demandthat has not been set aside under section 157 of the Insolvency Act; (ii) the execution or other process issued on a judgment, decreeor order of a British Virgin Islands Court in favor of a creditor of the company is returned wholly or partly unsatisfied; or (iii) eitherthe value of the company’s liabilities exceeds its assets, or the company is unable to pay its debts as they fall due), there arevery limited circumstances where prior payments made to shareholders or other parties may be deemed to be a “voidable transaction”for the purposes of the Insolvency Act. A voidable transaction would include, for these purposes, payments made as “unfair preferences”or “transactions at an undervalue”. A liquidator appointed over an insolvent company who considers that a particular transactionor payment is a voidable transaction under the Insolvency Act could apply to the British Virgin Islands Courts for an order setting asidethat payment or transaction in whole or in part.

 

Wehave been advised by our British Virgin Islands legal counsel that the courts of the British Virgin Islands are unlikely:

 

  to recognize or enforce against us judgments of courts of the United States based on certain civil liability provisions of U.S. securities laws where that liability is in respect of penalties, taxes, fines or similar fiscal or revenue obligations of the company; and
     
  to impose liabilities against us, in original actions brought in the British Virgin Islands, based on certain civil liability provisions of U.S. securities laws that are penal in nature.

 

Thecourts of the British Virgin Islands will not necessarily enter judgments in original actions brought in those courts predicated on U.S.federal or state securities laws. Additionally, we have been advised by British Virgin Islands Counsel that there is no statutory enforcementin the British Virgin Islands of judgments obtained in the United States, however, the courts of the British Virgin Islands will in certaincircumstances recognize such a foreign judgment and treat it as a cause of action in itself which may be sued upon as a debt at commonlaw so that no retrial of the issues would be necessary provided that: (i) the U.S. court issuing the judgment had jurisdiction in thematter and the company either submitted to such jurisdiction or was resident or carrying on business within such jurisdiction and wasduly served with process; (ii) the U.S. judgment is final and for a liquidated sum; (iii) the judgment given by the U.S. court was notin respect of penalties, taxes, fines or similar fiscal or revenue obligations of the company; (iv) in obtaining judgment there was nofraud on the part of the person in whose favor judgment was given or on the part of the court; (v) recognition or enforcement of thejudgment would not be contrary to public policy in the British Virgin Islands; and (vi) the proceedings pursuant to which judgment wasobtained were not contrary to natural justice.

 

Inappropriate circumstances, a British Virgin Islands Court may give effect in the British Virgin Islands to other kinds of final foreignjudgments such as declaratory orders, orders for performance of contracts and injunctions.

 

Asa 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.

 

Inaddition, our directors and officers are nationals or residents of Canada, United Kingdom and Hong Kong and all or a substantial portionof their assets are located in the aforementioned locations, and following our initial business combination, the majority of our assetsmay be located outside the United States.

 

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USEOF PROCEEDS

 

Weestimate that the net proceeds of this offering, in addition to the funds we will receive from the sale of the private units (all ofwhich will be deposited into the trust account), will be as set forth in the following table:

 

   Without
Over-Allotment Option
   Over-Allotment Option Exercised 
Gross proceeds          
From offering  $60,000,000   $69,000,000 
From private placement   2,800,000    2,980,000 
Total gross proceeds  $62,800,000   $71,980,000 
           
Offering expenses(1)          
Non-contingent underwriting discount (2.0% of gross proceeds from offering, which excludes the deferred underwriting discounts and commissions of up to 1.0% of gross proceeds from offering)  $1,200,000(2)  $1,380,000(2)
Initial trustee fee   6,500    6,500 
Legal fees and expenses   200,000    200,000 
NASDAQ listing fee   45,000    45,000 
Printing and engraving expenses   30,000    30,000 
Accounting fees and expenses   45,000    45,000 
FINRA filing fee   11,885    11,885 
SEC registration fee   7,036    7,036 
Miscellaneous expenses   254,579    254,579 
Total offering expenses (not including deferred underwriting discounts and commissions)  $1,800,000   $1,980,000 
           
Net proceeds of the offering and private placement          
Held in trust  $60,000,000(3)  $69,000,000(3)
Not held in trust   1,000,000    1,000,000 
Total net proceeds (including deferred underwriting discounts and commissions)  $61,000,000   $70,000,000 
           
Use of net proceeds not held in trust(4)(5)          
Legal, accounting and other third-party expenses attendant to the search for target businesses and to the due diligence investigation, structuring and negotiation of a business combination  $100,000    10.00%
Due diligence of prospective target businesses by officers, directors and initial shareholders   50,000    5.00%
Miscellaneous expenses   400,000    40.00%
Legal and accounting fees relating to SEC reporting obligations   50,000    5.00%
Working capital to cover miscellaneous expenses, D&O insurance, general corporate purposes, liquidation obligations and reserves(6)   400,000    40.00%
Total  $1,000,000    100.00%

 

 

 

(1) A portion of the offering expenses, including the SEC registration fee, the FINRA filing fee, the non-refundable portion of the NASDAQ listing fee and a portion of the legal and accounting fees, have been paid from the funds we borrowed from our sponsor, described below. These funds will be repaid out of the proceeds of this offering available to us. If we determine not to proceed with the offering, such amounts would not be repaid.
(2) No discounts or commissions will be paid with respect to the purchase of the private units.
(3) The funds held in the trust account may, but need not, be used to pay our expenses relating to completing our initial business combination, including deferred underwriting discounts and commissions payable to the underwriters in an amount of up to 1.0% of the total gross proceeds raised in the offering described below.
(4) The amount of proceeds not held in trust will remain constant at $1,000,000 even if the over-allotment is exercised.
(5) These are estimates only. Our actual expenditures for some or all of these items may differ from the estimates 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 that business combination. We do not anticipate any change in our intended use of proceeds, other than fluctuations among the current categories of allocated expenses, which fluctuations, to the extent they exceed current estimates for any specific category of expenses, would be deducted from our excess working capital.
(6) Includes payment of administrative fee to SB Capital Holding Corporation ($10,000 per month for up to nine months), subject to deferral as described herein.

 

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Oursponsor has agreed to purchase an aggregate of 280,000 private units at a price of $10.00 per private unit ($2,800,000 in the aggregate)in a private placement that will occur simultaneously with the closing of this offering. Our sponsor has further agreed that if the over-allotmentoption is exercised by the underwriters, it will purchase from us at a price of $10.00 per private unit an additional number of privateunits (up to a maximum of 18,000 private units) pro rata with the amount of the over-allotment option exercised so that at least$10.00 per share sold to the public in this offering is held in trust regardless of whether the over-allotment option is exercised infull or part. These additional private units will be purchased in a private placement that will occur simultaneously with the purchaseof units resulting from the exercise of the over-allotment option. All of the proceeds we receive from these purchases will be placedin the trust account described below.

 

$60,000,000,or $69,000,000 if the over-allotment option is exercised in full, of the net proceeds of this offering and the sale of the private unitswill be placed in an account at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in the United States, maintained by Continental Stock Transfer& Trust Company, New York, New York, as trustee. Pursuant to the investment management trust agreement that will govern the investmentof such funds, the trustee, upon our written instructions, will direct Bank of America Merrill Lynch to invest the funds as setforth in such written instructions and to custody the funds while invested and until otherwise instructed in accordance with the investmentmanagement trust agreement. The funds held in trust will be invested only in United States government treasury bills, bonds or noteshaving a maturity of 180 days or less, or in money market funds meeting the applicable conditions under Rule 2a-7 promulgated under theInvestment Company Act of 1940 and that invest solely in United States government treasuries, so that we are not deemed to be an investmentcompany under the Investment Company Act. Except with respect to interest earned on the funds held in the trust account that may be releasedto us to pay our income or other tax obligations, the proceeds will not be released from the trust account until the earlier of the completionof a business combination or our liquidation. The proceeds held in the trust account may be used as consideration to pay the sellersof a target business with which we complete a business combination to the extent not used to pay converting shareholders. Any amountsnot paid as consideration to the sellers of the target business may be used to finance operations of the target business.

 

Thepayment to an affiliate of our sponsor of a monthly fee of $10,000 is for general and administrative services including office space,utilities and secretarial and administrative support. However, pursuant to the terms of such agreement, we may delay payment of suchmonthly fee upon a determination by our audit committee that we lack sufficient funds held outside the trust to pay actual or anticipatedexpenses in connection with our initial business combination. Any such unpaid amount will accrue without interest and be due and payableno later than the date of the consummation of our initial business combination. We believe that the fee charged by an affiliate of oursponsor is at least as favorable as we could have obtained from an unaffiliated person. This arrangement will terminate upon. completionof our initial business combination or the distribution of the trust account to our public shareholders. Other than the $10,000 per monthfee, no compensation of any kind (including finder’s,consulting or other similar fees) will be paid to any of our existing officers, directors, shareholders, or any of their affiliates,prior to, or for any services they render in order to effectuate, the consummation of the business combination (regardless of the typeof transaction that it is). However, such individuals will receive reimbursement for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred by them in connectionwith activities on our behalf, such as identifying potential target businesses, performing business due diligence on suitable targetbusinesses and business combinations as well as traveling to and from the offices, plants or similar locations of prospective targetbusinesses to examine their operations. Since the role of present management after a business combination is uncertain, we have no abilityto determine what remuneration, if any, will be paid to those persons after a business combination.

 

Regardlessof whether the over-allotment option is exercised in full, the net proceeds from this offering available to us out of trust for our workingcapital requirements in searching for a business combination will be approximately $1,000,000. We intend to use the excess working capitalavailable for miscellaneous expenses such as paying fees to consultants to assist us with our search for a target business and for directorand officer liability insurance premiums, with the balance being held in reserve in the event due diligence, legal, accounting and otherexpenses of structuring and negotiating business combinations exceed our estimates, as well as for reimbursement of any out-of-pocketexpenses incurred by our initial shareholders, officers and directors in connection with activities on our behalf as described above.We will also be entitled to have interest earned on the funds held in the trust account released to us to pay any tax obligations thatwe may owe.

 

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Theallocation of the net proceeds available to us outside of the trust account, along with the interest earned on the funds held in thetrust account available to us (excluding taxes payable on the interest earned on the trust account), represents our best estimate ofthe intended uses of these funds. In the event that our assumptions prove to be inaccurate, we may reallocate some of such proceeds withinthe above-described categories. If our estimate of the costs of undertaking in-depth due diligence and negotiating our initial businesscombination is less than the actual amount necessary to do so, or the amount of interest available from the trust account is insufficientas a result of the current low interest rate environment, we may be required to raise additional capital, the amount, availability andcost of which is currently unascertainable. In this event, we could seek such additional capital through loans or additional investmentsfrom members of our management team, but such members of our management team are not under any obligation to advance funds to, or investin, us.

 

Wewill likely use a substantial portion of the net proceeds of this offering, including the funds held in the trust account, to acquirea target business, to pay holders who wish to convert or sell their shares to us for a portion of the funds held in the trust accountand to pay our expenses relating thereto. If the payment of our liabilities, including the deferred underwriting discounts and commissionspayable to the underwriters in an amount up to 1.0% of the total gross proceeds raised in the offering, were to reduce the amount availableto us in trust necessary to pay all holders who wish to convert or sell their shares to us for a portion of the funds held in the trustaccount, we would not be able to consummate such transaction. To the extent that our share capital is used in whole or in part as considerationto effect a business combination, the proceeds held in the trust account which are not used to consummate a business combination, topay holders who wish to convert their shares into a portion of the funds held in the trust account or pay our expenses relating theretowill be disbursed to the combined company and will, along with any other net proceeds not expended, be used as working capital to financethe operations of the target business. Such working capital funds could be used in a variety of ways including continuing or expandingthe target business’ operations, for strategic acquisitions and for marketing, research and development of existing or new products.

 

Tothe extent we are unable to consummate a business combination, we will pay the costs of liquidating our trust account from our remainingassets outside of the trust account. If such funds are insufficient, SB Capital Holding Corporation, has agreed to advance us the fundsnecessary to complete such liquidation (currently anticipated to be no more than $18,500) and has agreed not to seek repayment of suchexpenses.

 

Asof March 31, 2022, SB Capital Holding Corporation, had loaned to us an aggregate of $27,342 to be used to pay formation and a portionof the expenses of this offering. The loan is payable without interest on the date on which we consummate our initial public offering.If we determine not to proceed with the offering, such amounts would not be repaid.

 

Inorder to meet our working capital needs following the consummation of this offering, our initial shareholders, officers and directorsor their affiliates may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required (“Working Capital Loans”), fromtime to time or at any time, in whatever amount they deem reasonable in their sole discretion. Each loan would be evidenced by a promissorynote. The notes would either be paid upon consummation of our initial business combination, without interest, or, at the lender’sdiscretion, up to $600,000 of the notes may be converted upon consummation of our business combination into private units at a priceof $10.00 per unit. Our shareholders have approved the issuance of the units and underlying securities upon conversion of such notes,to the extent the holder wishes to so convert them at the time of the consummation of our initial business combination. If we do notcomplete a business combination, the loans would be repaid out of funds not held in the trust account, and only to the extent available.These notes would be in addition to any notes we issued in exchange for the funds necessary to extend our life.

 

Apublic shareholder will be entitled to receive funds from the trust account (including interest earned on his, her or its portion ofthe trust account to the extent not previously released to us to pay our tax obligations) only in the event of (i) the redemption ofour public shares if we are unable to consummate our initial business combination within the required time period or (ii) if that publicshareholder converts such public shares or sells them to us in a tender offer in each case in connection with a business combinationwhich we consummate or (iii) in connection with an amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association priorto the consummation of an initial business combination. In no other circumstances will a public shareholder have any right or interestof any kind to or in the trust account.

 

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DIVIDENDPOLICY

 

Wehave not paid any cash dividends on our ordinary shares to date and do not intend to pay cash dividends prior to the completion of aninitial business combination. The payment of cash dividends in the future will be dependent upon our revenues and earnings, if any, capitalrequirements and general financial condition subsequent to completion of a business combination. The payment of any dividends subsequentto a business combination will be within the discretion of our board of directors at such time. It is the present intention of our boardof directors to retain all earnings, if any, for use in our business operations and, accordingly, our board of directors does not anticipatedeclaring any dividends in the foreseeable future. In addition, our board of directors is not currently contemplating and does not anticipatedeclaring any share capitalizations in the foreseeable future, except if we increase the size of the offering pursuant to Rule 462(b)under the Securities Act, in which case we will effect a share capitalizations immediately prior to the consummation of the offeringin such amount as to maintain our initial shareholders’ ownership at 20% of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares upon theconsummation of this offering (excluding ownership of the private units). Further, if we incur any indebtedness, our ability to declaredividends may be limited by restrictive covenants we may agree to in connection therewith.

 

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DILUTION

 

Thedifference between the public offering price per share, assuming no value is attributed to the redeemable warrants included in the unitswe are offering by this prospectus and included in the private units, and the pro forma net tangible book value per share after thisoffering constitutes the dilution to investors in this offering. Such calculation does not reflect any dilution associated with the saleand exercise of warrants, including the private warrants. Net tangible book value per share is determined by dividing our net tangiblebook value, which is our total tangible assets less total liabilities by the number of issued and outstanding ordinary shares.

 

AtMarch 31, 2022, our net tangible book value was a deficit of $52,342 or approximately $(0.04)   per share. For the purposesof the dilution calculation, in order to present the maximum estimated dilution as a result of this offering, we have assumed the issuanceof 0.10 of a share for each right outstanding, as such issuance will occur upon a business combination without the payment of additionalconsideration. After giving effect to the sale of 6,000,000 (or 6,900,000 if the underwriters exercise their over-allotment optionin full) ordinary shares included in the units we are offering by this prospectus, the 600,000 ordinary shares issuable upon conversionof 6,000,000 rights, the sale of the private placement units, including the 28,000 ordinary shares issuable upon conversion of 380,000private placement rights, and the deduction of underwriting discounts and estimated expenses of this offering, and the saleof the private units, our pro forma net tangible book value at March 31, 2022 would have been $392,158 (or 302,158 if the underwritersexercise their over-allotment option in full) or $0.16 (or $0.11) per share, representing an immediate increase in net tangible bookvalue of $0.20 (or $0.14) per share to our insiders and an immediate dilution of 98.21 % (or 98.79%) per share or $8.93 (or $8.98) tonew investors not exercising their redemption rights. For purposes of presentation, our pro forma net tangible book value after thisoffering is $60,000,000 (or $69,000,000 if the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option in full) less than it otherwise wouldhave been because if we effect our initial business combination, the redemption rights of the public shareholders (but not our insiders)may result in the conversion or tender of up to 6,000,000 shares (or 6,900,000 shares if the underwriters exercise their over-allotmentoption in full) sold in this offering.

 

Thefollowing table illustrates the dilution to the new investors on a per-share basis, assuming no value is attributed to the redeemablewarrants, including the private warrants:

 

   No exercise of over-allotment option   Exercise of over-allotment option in full 
Public offering price(1)  $9.09   $9.09 
Net tangible book value before this offering  $(0.04)  $(0.03)
Increase attributable to public shareholders and sale of the private placement units(2)  $0.20   $0.14 
Pro forma net tangible book value after this offering  $0.16   $0.11 
Dilution to public stockholders  $8.93   $8.98 
Percentage of dilution to public shareholders   98.21%   98.79%

 

 

 

(1) The offering price is calculated as the total consideration received of $60,000,000 divided by the total number of shares of 6,600,000assuming the issuance of additional shares underlying the rights contained in the units (or $69,900,000 divided by the total number ofshares of 7,590,000 assuming the issuance of additional shares underlying the rights contained in the units.

 

(2) Calculation also accounts for decrease attributable to publicshares subject to redemption.

 

Forpurposes 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 $60,000,000 because holders of up to 100% of our public shares may redeem their shares for a pro rata shareof the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account at a per share redemption price equal to the amount in the trust accountas set forth in our tender offer or proxy materials (initially anticipated to be the aggregate amount held in trust two days prior tothe commencement of our tender offer or stockholders meeting, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account and notpreviously released to us to pay our taxes), divided by the number of shares of ordinary shares sold in this offering.

 

Thefollowing table sets forth information with respect to our initial shareholders and the new investors:

 

   Shares Purchased   Total Consideration   Average
Price
 
   Number   Percentage   Amount   Percentage   PerShare 
Initial shareholders(1)   1,500,000    17.84%  $25,000    0.04%  $0.01 
Shares underlying private unit(2)   308,000    3.66%  $2,800,000    4.46%  $9.09 
New investors(3)   6,600,000    78.50%  $60,000,000    95.50%  $9.09 
    8,408,000    100.00%  $62,825,000    100.00%     

 

 

 

(1)Assumes the over-allotment option has not been exercised and an aggregate of 225,000 ordinary shares held by our sponsor have been forfeited as a result thereof.
(2)Assumes the issuance of an additional 28,000 ordinary shares underlying the private placement rights.
(3)Assumes the issuance of an additional 600,000 ordinary shares underlying the public rights.

 

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Thepro forma net tangible book value after the offering is calculated as follows:

 

   Without Over-allotment   With Over-allotment 
Numerator:        
Net tangible book deficit before this offering  $(52,342)   (52,342)
Net proceeds from this offering and sale of the private placement warrants, net of expenses   61,000,000    70,000,000 
Plus: Offering costs paid in advance, excluded from tangible book value   44,500    44,500 
Less: Deferred underwriters’ commissions payable   (600,000)   (690,000)
Less: Proceeds held in trust subject to redemption   (60,000,000)   (69,000,000)
    392,158    302,158 
Denominator:          
Shares of ordinary shares outstanding prior to this offering   1,725,000    1,725,000 
Less: Shares of ordinary shares forfeited if over-allotment is not exercised   (225,000)   - 
Shares of ordinary shares included in the units offered   6,000,000    6,900,000 
Shares underlying the rights to be included in the public units   600,000    690,000 
Shares of ordinary shares issued to private units   280,000    298,000 
Shares underlying the rights to be included in the private units   28,000    29,800 
Less: Shares subject to redemption   (6,000,000)   (6,900,000)
    2,408,000    2,742,800 

 

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CAPITALIZATION

 

Thefollowing table sets forth our capitalization at March 31, 2022 and as adjusted to give effect to the sale of our units and the privateunits and the application of the estimated net proceeds derived from the sale of such securities:

 

   As at March 31, 2022 
   Actual   As Adjusted 
       (Unaudited) 
Promissory Note – related party(1)  $27,342   $- 
Deferred underwriting discounts and commissions payable   -    600,000 
Ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value; 0 and 6,000,000 shares are subject to possible redemption, actual and as adjusted, respectively(2)   -    60,000,000 
Ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value, 500,000,000 shares authorized, 1,725,000 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2022; 1,780,000(3) shares issued and outstanding (excluding 6,000,000 shares subject to possible conversion/tender), as adjusted   173    178 
Additional paid-in capital   24,827    424,822 
Accumulated deficit   (32,842)   (32,842)
Total shareholders’ equity (deficit)   (7,842)   392,158 
Total capitalization  $19,500   $60,992,158 

 

 

 

(1) As of March 31, 2022, SB Capital Holding Corporation had loaned to us an aggregate of $27,342 to be used to pay formation and a portion of the expenses of this offering. The loan is payable without interest on the date on which we consummate our initial public offering.
(2) Represents net proceeds allocated to the public shares less the allocated transaction costs related to this offering. The ordinary shares offered to the public contains redemption rights that make them redeemable by our public shareholders. Accordingly, they are classified within temporary equity in accordance with the guidance provided in ASC 480-10-S99-3A and will be accredited at redemption value immediately.
(3) Actual share amount is prior to any forfeiture of insider shares by our sponsor and as adjusted amount assumes no exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option and, consequently, forfeiture of an aggregate of 225,000 insider shares by our sponsor. The as adjusted amount also includes 280,000 ordinary shares underlying the private units to be issued in the private placement.

 

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MANAGEMENT’SDISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

Weare a blank check company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands on August 20, 2021 with limited liability (meaning our public shareholdershave no liability, as shareholders of the Company, for the liabilities of the Company over and above the amount paid for their shares)to serve as a vehicle to effect a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or similarbusiness combination with one or more target businesses. Our efforts to identify a prospective target business will not be limited toa particular industry or geographic location. We intend to utilize cash derived from the proceeds of this offering, our securities, debtor a combination of cash, securities and debt, in effecting a business combination. The issuance of additional ordinary shares or preferredshares:

 

  may significantly reduce the equity interest of our shareholders;
     
  may subordinate the rights of holders of ordinary shares if we issue preferred shares with rights senior to those afforded to our ordinary shares;
     
  will likely cause a change in control if a substantial number of our ordinary shares are issued, which may affect, among other things, our ability to use our net operating loss carry forwards, if any, and most likely will also result in the resignation or removal of our present officers and directors;
     
  may have the effect of delaying or preventing a change of control of us by diluting the share ownership or voting rights of a person seeking to obtain control of us; and
     
  may adversely affect prevailing market prices for our securities.

 

Similarly,if we issue debt securities, it could result in:

 

  default and foreclosure on our assets if our operating revenues after a business combination are insufficient to pay our debt obligations;
     
  acceleration of our obligations to repay the indebtedness even if we have made all principal and interest payments when due if the debt security contains covenants that required the maintenance of certain financial ratios or reserves and we breach any such covenant without a waiver or renegotiation of that covenant;
     
  our immediate payment of all principal and accrued interest, if any, if the debt security is payable on demand;
     
  our inability to obtain additional financing, if necessary, if the debt security contains covenants restricting our ability to obtain additional financing while such security is outstanding;
     
  our inability to pay dividends on our ordinary shares;
     
  using a substantial portion of our cash flow to pay principal and interest on our debt, which will reduce the funds available for dividends on our 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 in which we operate;
     
  Increased vulnerability to adverse changes in general economic, industry and competitive conditions and adverse changes in government regulation; and
     
  limitations on our ability to borrow additional amounts for expenses, capital expenditures, acquisitions, debt service requirements, execution of our strategy and other purposes and other disadvantages compared to our competitors who have less debt.

 

Liquidityand Capital Resources

 

Asindicated in the accompanying financial statements, at March 31, 2022, we had $nil in cash and a working capital deficit of $7,842    .Further, we have incurred and expect to continue to incur significant costs in pursuit of our financing and acquisition plans. Management’splans to address this uncertainty through this offering as discussed above. Our plans to raise capital or to consummate our initial businesscombination may not be successful. These factors, among others, raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.

 

Ourliquidity needs have been satisfied to date through receipt of $25,000 from the sale of the insider shares and a loan from our sponsor,in an aggregate amount of $27,342 that is more fully described below. We estimate that the net proceeds from (1) the sale of the unitsin this offering, after deducting offering expenses of approximately $600,000 and underwriting discounts and commissions of $1,200,000(or $1,380,000 if the over-allotment option is exercised in full) (not including the deferred underwriting discounts and commissions)and (2) the sale of the private units for a purchase price of up to $2,800,000 (or $2,980,000 if the over-allotment option is exercisedin full), will be $61,000,000 (or $70,000,000 if the over-allotment option is exercised in full) (including the deferred underwritingdiscounts and commissions). Of this amount, $60,000,000 (or $69,000,000 if the over-allotment option is exercised in full) will be heldin the trust account. The remaining $1,000,000 (whether or not the over-allotment option is exercised in full) will not be held in thetrust account.

 

Weintend to use substantially all of the net proceeds of this offering, including the funds held in the trust account, to acquire a targetbusiness or businesses and to pay our expenses relating thereto, including deferred underwriting discounts and commissions payable tothe underwriters in an amount up to 1.0% of the total gross proceeds raised in the offering upon consummation of our initial businesscombination. To the extent that our share capital is used in whole or in part as consideration to effect our initial business combination,the remaining proceeds held in the trust account as well as any other net proceeds not expended will be used as working capital to financethe operations of the target business. Such working capital funds could be used in a variety of ways including continuing or expandingthe target business’ operations, for strategic acquisitions and for marketing, research and development of existing or new products.Such funds could also be used to repay any operating expenses or finders’ fees which we had incurred prior to the completion ofour initial business combination if the funds available to us outside of the trust account were insufficient to cover such expenses.

 

Overthe next nine months (or up to 21 months if we have extended the period of time as described in this prospectus) (assuming a businesscombination is not consummated prior thereto), we will be using the funds held outside of the trust account for identifying and evaluatingprospective acquisition candidates, performing business due diligence on prospective target businesses, traveling to and from the offices,plants or similar locations of prospective target businesses, reviewing corporate documents and material agreements of prospective targetbusinesses, selecting the target business to acquire and structuring, negotiating and consummating the business combination. Out of thefunds available outside the trust account, we anticipate that we will incur approximately:

 

  $100,000 of expenses for the search for target businesses and for the legal, accounting and other third-party expenses attendant to the due diligence investigations, structuring and negotiating of a business combination;
     
  $50,000 of expenses for the due diligence and investigation of a target business by our officers, directors and initial shareholders;
     
  $50,000 of expenses in legal and accounting fees relating to our SEC reporting obligations;
     
  $400,000 for general working capital that will be used for miscellaneous expenses, including general corporate purposes, liquidation obligations and reserves;
     
  $190,000 of expenses for director and officer liability insurance premiums; and
     
  $210,000 for payment of office space, administrative and supporting fee.

 

Ifour estimates of the costs of undertaking in-depth due diligence and negotiating our initial business combination is less than the actualamount necessary to do so, or the amount of interest available to us from the trust account is less than we expect as a result of thecurrent interest rate environment, we may have insufficient funds available to operate our business prior to our initial business combination.Moreover, we may need to obtain additional financing either to consummate our initial business combination or because we become obligatedto redeem a significant number of our public shares upon consummation of our initial business combination, in which case we may issueadditional securities or incur debt in connection with such business combination. Subject to compliance with applicable securities laws,we would only consummate such financing simultaneously with the consummation of our initial business combination. Following our initialbusiness combination, if cash on hand is insufficient, we may need to obtain additional financing in order to meet our obligations.

 

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RelatedParty Transactions

 

In August 2021, 1,000,000 insider shares wereissued to our initial subscriber of the Company. In March 2022, the initial subscriber transferred the insider shares that it holds toour sponsor, and the Company issued an additional 725,000 shares to the sponsor, resulting in an aggregate of 1,725,000 ordinary sharesoutstanding to our sponsor, for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000, or approximately $0.01 per share. Further, in March 2022, thesponsor transferred an aggregate of 50,000 insider shares to certain directors and officers of the Company.

 

The 1,725,000 insider shares held by our initialshareholders including an aggregate of up to 225,000 shares subject to forfeiture by our sponsor to the extent that the underwriters’over-allotment is not exercised in full or in part, so that the initial shareholders will collectively own 20% of the Company’sissued and outstanding shares after the Proposed Public Offering (assuming the initial shareholders do not purchase any Public Unitsin the Proposed Public Offering and excluding ordinary shares contained with the Private Units). The sponsor paid an aggregatepurchase price of $25,000 for the issuance of 1,725,000 of the Company’s ordinary shares.

 

Asof March 31, 2022, SB Capital Holding Corporation loaned to us an aggregate amount of $27,342, on a non-interest-bearing basis for paymentof offering expenses on our behalf. The loans will be repaid out of the proceeds of this offering not being placed in the trust account.

 

Oursponsor has committed to purchase from us an aggregate of 280,000 private units at $10.00 per private unit (for a total purchase priceof $2,800,000). Our sponsor has also agreed that if the over-allotment option is exercised by the underwriters, it will purchase fromus at a price of $10.00 per private unit an additional number of private units (up to a maximum of 18,000 private units) pro ratawith the amount of the over-allotment option exercised so that at least $10.00 per share sold to the public in this offering is heldin trust regardless of whether the over-allotment option is exercised in full or part. These additional private units will be purchasedin a private placement that will occur simultaneously with the purchase of units resulting from the exercise of the over-allotment option.

 

Ifneeded to finance transaction costs in connection with searching for a target business or consummating an intended initial business combination,our initial shareholders, officers, directors or their affiliates may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds as may be required. Inthe event that the initial business combination does not close, we may use a portion of the working capital held outside the trust accountto repay such loaned amounts, but no proceeds from our trust account would be used for such repayment. Such loans would be evidencedby promissory notes. The notes would either be paid upon consummation of our initial business combination, without interest, or, at thelender’s discretion, up to $600,000 of the notes may be converted upon consummation of our business combination into private unitsat a price of $10.00 per unit. We believe the purchase price of these units will approximate the fair value of such units when issued.However, if it is determined, at the time of issuance, that the fair value of such units exceeds the purchase price, we would recordcompensation expense for the excess of the fair value of the units on the day of issuance over the purchase price in accordance withAccounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 718 — Compensation — Stock Compensation.

 

TheCompany will have until nine months from the closing of the Proposed Public Offering. However, if the Company anticipates thatit may not be able to consummate a Business Combination within nine months, the Company may, but is not obligated to, extend theperiod of time to consummate a Business Combination month by month (for a total of up to 21 months to complete a Business Combination)(the “Combination Period”). In order to extend the time available for the Company to consummate a Business Combination, theinitial shareholders or their affiliates or designees must deposit into the Trust Account $198,000 or, $227,700 if the underwriters’over-allotment option is exercised in full ($0.033 per share in either case), on or prior to the applicable deadline.

 

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Controlsand Procedures

 

Weare not currently required to maintain an effective system of internal controls as defined by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.We will be required to comply with the internal control requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024.As of the date of this prospectus, we have not completed an assessment, nor have our auditors tested our systems, of internal controls.We expect to assess the internal controls of our target business or businesses prior to the completion of our initial business combinationand, if necessary, to implement and test additional controls as we may determine are necessary in order to state that we maintain aneffective system of internal controls. A target business may not be in compliance with the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act regardingthe adequacy of internal controls. Target businesses we may consider for our initial business combination may have internal controlsthat need improvement 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.

 

Becauseit will take time, management involvement and perhaps outside resources to determine what internal control improvements are necessaryfor us to meet regulatory requirements and market expectations for our operation of a target business, we may incur significant expensein meeting our public reporting responsibilities, particularly in the areas of designing, enhancing, or remediating internal and disclosurecontrols. Doing so effectively may also take longer than we expect, thus increasing our exposure to financial fraud or erroneous financingreporting.

 

Onceour management’s report on internal controls is complete, we will retain our independent auditors to audit and render an opinionon such report when, or if, required by Section 404. The independent auditors may identify additional issues concerning a target business’sinternal controls while performing their audit of internal control over financial reporting.

 

Quantitativeand Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

 

Thenet proceeds of this offering, including amounts in the trust account, will be invested in United States government treasury bills, bondsor notes having a maturity of 180 days or less, or in money market funds meeting the applicable conditions under Rule 2a-7 promulgatedunder the Investment Company Act of 1940 and that invest solely in U.S. treasuries. Due to the short-term nature of these investments,we believe there will be no associated material exposure to interest rate risk.

 

Off-BalanceSheet Arrangements; Commitments and Contractual Obligations; Quarterly Results

 

Asof the date of this prospectus, we did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements as defined in Item 303(a)(4)(ii) of Regulation S-Kand did not have any commitments or contractual obligations. No unaudited quarterly operating data is included in this prospectus aswe have conducted no operations to date.

 

JOBSAct

 

OnApril 5, 2012, the JOBS Act was signed into law. The JOBS Act contains provisions that, among other things, relax certain reporting requirementsfor qualifying public companies. We will qualify as an “emerging growth company” and under the JOBS Act will be allowed tocomply with new or revised accounting pronouncements based on the effective date for private (not publicly traded) companies. We areelecting to delay the adoption of new or revised accounting standards, and as a result, we may not comply with new or revised accountingstandards on the relevant dates on which adoption of such standards is required for non-emerging growth companies. As such, our financialstatements may not be comparable to companies that comply with public company effective dates.

 

Additionally,we are in the process of evaluating the benefits of relying on the other reduced reporting requirements provided by the JOBS Act. Subjectto certain conditions set forth in the JOBS Act, if, as an “emerging growth company”, we choose to rely on such exemptionswe may not be required to, among other things, (i) provide an independent registered public accounting firm’s attestation reporton our system of internal controls over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404, (ii) provide all of the compensation disclosurethat 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 be adopted by the PCAOB regarding mandatory audit firm rotation or a supplement to the auditor’sreport providing additional information about the audit and the financial statements(auditor discussion and analysis), and (iv) disclosecertain executive compensation related items such as the correlation between executive compensation and performance and comparisons ofthe CEO’s compensation to median employee compensation. These exemptions will apply for a period of five years following the completionof this offering or until we are no longer an “emerging growth company,” whichever is earlier.

 

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PROPOSEDBUSINESS [SEE COMMENTS IN SUMMARY]

 

Weare a newly incorporated blank check company in the British Virgin Islands as a business company with limited liability (meaning thatour public shareholders have no liability, as shareholders of our company, for the liabilities of our company over and above the amountpaid for their shares). We were formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, recapitalization,reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities, which we refer to as a “target business.”

 

Ourefforts to identify a prospective target business will not be limited to a particular industry or geographic location. Currently, wedo not have any specific business combination under consideration or contemplation, and we have not, nor has anyone on our behalf, contactedany prospective target business or had any discussions, formal or otherwise, with respect to such a transaction. We do not have any specificbusiness combination under consideration and we have not (nor has anyone on our behalf), directly or indirectly, contacted any prospectivetarget business or had any substantive discussions, formal or otherwise, with respect to such a transaction. Additionally, we have notengaged or retained any agent or other representative to identify or locate any suitable acquisition candidate, to conduct any researchor take any measures, directly or indirectly, to locate or contact a target business. We are confident that we will be able to find atarget business that will meet expectations. We intend to capitalize on the strengths and experiences of our management team to select,acquire and form a business combination that has a competitive advantage in their core business and is positioned to bring in high returnsand long-term sustainable growth.

 

Market

 

Althoughwe have not selected any specific business combination target, we believe the market has sufficient opportunities to complete an initialbusiness combination. The capital market is still active despite the outbreak of COVID-19. According to McKinsey Global Private MarketsReview 2022, private equity fundraising activities rebounded globally in 2021, reaching approximately $680 billion, representing an increaseof approximately 22% year-over-year. Private equity deal volume in 2021 was up approximately 48.6% year-over-year to reach approximately$2.04 trillion globally, and the number of deals exceeded 14,000 for the first time. Healthcare and IT have been the fastest-growingsectors globally in terms of global private equity deal volume for the period 2016-2021, with a CAGR of approximately 14.3% and 13.3%,respectively.

 

CompetitiveStrengths

 

Ourmanagement team is led by Mr. Hin Wing (Simon) Wong who has over three decades of combined operational, deal-making and investmentexperience. Our mission is to unlock value for our shareholders by identifying an acquisition target in any sectors with growth potential.Given the diversified experience of our management team, we believe we have significant resources to identify, diligence, and structuretransactions that would benefit all shareholders. We could also get deal sources from our sponsor, or affiliates of our sponsor. Ourcompetitive strengths include the following:

 

DeepExperience of Operating Partners

 

Webelieve that our ability to leverage the experience of the management team, which comprise executives of different companies across multiplesectors and industries, will provide us a distinct advantage in being able to source, evaluate and consummate an attractive transaction.

 

ProprietarySourcing Channels and Leading Industry Relationships

 

Webelieve the capabilities and connections associated with our management team, in combination with our sponsor and our strategic and operatingpartners, will provide us with a differentiated pipeline of acquisition opportunities. We expect these sourcing capabilities will befurther bolstered by our reputation and deep industry relationships.

 

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TrackRecord of Investment Experience

 

Webelieve that our management’s track record of identifying and sourcing transactions positions us well to appropriately evaluatepotential business combinations and select one that will be well received by the public markets.

 

Executionand Structuring Capability.

 

Ourcombined expertise and reputation will allow us to source and complete transactions possessing structural attributes that create an attractiveinvestment thesis. These types of transactions are typically complex and require creativity, industry knowledge and expertise, rigorousdue diligence, and extensive negotiations and documentation. We believe that by focusing our investment activities on these types oftransactions, we are able to generate investment opportunities that have attractive risk/reward profiles based on their valuations andstructural characteristics.

 

AcquisitionStrategy and Investment Criteria

 

Ouracquisition strategy is to:

 

leverage our management team’s operational expertise, successful deal experience, and extensive knowledge in a broad sector horizon to effectively and efficiently seek acquisition opportunities and may pursue de-SPAC Targets in, any industry or geography.
   
leverage the unique combination of proven deal execution capabilities, extensive relationship networks and professional investment track record of our sponsor and management team’s extensive experience with listed companies, capital market transactions and investing in companies across a wide range of sectors.
   
focus our search for a target company that has compelling economics, potential for high recurring revenue, a defensible market position, and successful management teams that are seeking access to the public capital markets.
   
generate attractive returns and create value for our shareholders by applying a disciplined strategy of identifying attractive investment opportunities that could benefit from the addition of capital, management expertise and strategic insights.
   
identify an opportunity where our management team’s expertise could effect a positive transformation of the existing business to improve the overall value propositions while maximizing shareholder value.
   
identify companies that are under-performing their potential due to a temporary period of dislocation in the markets.
   
source initial business combination opportunities through the extensive networks of our management team, sponsor and their affiliates, including seasoned executives and operators, private equity investors, lenders, attorneys and family offices, that we believe will provide our management team with a robust flow of acquisition opportunities.

 

Ourmanagement team has decades of combined experience setting and implementing strategies to grow revenues and improve profitability, including:helping to develop growth initiatives; developing capital allocation strategies; reducing expenses to increase earnings or to redeploycapital into more beneficial initiatives; pursuing add on acquisitions and divestitures; engaging in capital markets and other financingor restructuring activities; evaluating, changing or enhancing management when appropriate; and crafting other initiatives.

 

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Toexecute our business strategy, we intend to:

 

utilize our management team’s extensive network of company owners, management teams, financial intermediaries and others to identify appropriate candidates for a possible business combination;
   
conduct rigorous research and analysis of various industries and companies to identify promising potential targets;
   
conduct a rigorous and thorough due diligence review of one or more targets, including an analysis of overall industry and competitive conditions and of company specific information, meetings with incumbent management and employees, document reviews, interviews of customers and suppliers, inspections of facilities, competitor analysis and reviews of operational, financial and business and other information, among others, in the evaluating process to ensure a high-quality potential target;
   
utilize our established deal execution experiences to better understand the competing priorities among stakeholders and creatively structure transaction terms to reach a transaction agreement beneficial to all parties;
   
identify under-exploited expansion opportunities overlooked by other companies where complexity or urgency mask hidden value and complete a business combination at an attractive price in terms of intrinsic value and future potential;
   
implement a business plan that we believe will accelerate growth and provide the company with flexibility in financially and operationally; and
   
seek further strategic opportunity of acquisitions, divestitures or other transactions in order to enhance shareholder value.

 

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

 

Established Businesses: We will seek to acquire one or more businesses or assets that have a history of, or potential for, strong, stable cash flow generation, with predictable and recurring revenue streams.
   
Generates Stable Free Cash-Flow: We will seek to acquire a business that has historically generated, or has the near-term potential to generate, strong and sustainable free cash flow.
   
Growth opportunities through capital investment: We intend to seek candidates who will benefit from additional capital investment through a business combination.
   
Strong management teams with a proven track record: We intend to seek candidates who have strong management teams with a proven track record of driving revenue growth, enhancing profitability and generating strong free cash flow. We will seek to partner with potential target’s management team and expect that the operating and financial abilities of our management and board will help potential target company to unlock opportunities for future growth and enhanced profitability.

 

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Benefit from Being a Public Company: We intend to pursue a business combination with a company that we believe will benefit from being publicly traded and can effectively utilize the broader access to capital and public profile that are associated with being a publicly traded company.
   
Would Benefit Uniquely from our Capabilities: We will seek to acquire a business where the collective capabilities of our management and sponsor can be leveraged to tangibly improve the operations and market position of the target.
   
Risk-Adjusted Return: We intend to acquire one or more companies that we believe can offer attractive risk-adjusted return on investments for our shareholders.

 

OurCompetitive Advantages

 

Statusas a Publicly Listed Company

 

Webelieve our structure will make us an attractive business combination partner to prospective target businesses. As a publicly listedcompany, we will offer a target business an alternative to the traditional initial public offering. We believe that target businesseswill favor this alternative, which we believe is less expensive, while offering greater certainty of execution than the traditional initialpublic offering. During an initial public offering, there are typically expenses incurred in marketing, which would be costlier thana business combination with us. Furthermore, once a proposed business combination is approved by our shareholders (if applicable) andthe transaction is consummated, the target business will have effectively become public, whereas an initial public offering is alwayssubject to the underwriters’ ability to complete the offering, as well as general market conditions that could prevent the offeringfrom occurring. Once public, we believe the target business would have greater access to capital and additional means of creating managementincentives that are better aligned with shareholders’ interests than it would as a private company. It can offer further benefitsby augmenting a company’s profile among potential new customers and vendors and aid in attracting talented management.

 

StrongFinancial Position and Flexibility

 

Withthe funds held in our trust account, 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 targetbusiness to fit its needs and desires. However, we have not taken any steps to secure third party financing and there can be no assuranceit will be available to us.

 

Effectinga Business Combination

 

General

 

Weare not presently engaged in, and we will not engage in, any substantive commercial business for an indefinite period of time followingthis offering. We intend to utilize cash derived from the proceeds of this offering and the private placement of private units, our sharecapital, debt or a combination of these in effecting a business combination. Although substantially all of the net proceeds of this offeringand the private placement of private units are intended to be applied generally toward effecting a business combination as describedin this prospectus, the proceeds are not otherwise being designated for any more specific purposes. Accordingly, investors in this offeringare investing without first having an opportunity to evaluate the specific merits or risks of any one or more business combinations.A business combination may involve the acquisition of, or merger with, a company which does not need substantial additional capital butwhich desires to establish a public trading market for its shares, while avoiding what it may deem to be adverse consequences of undertakinga public offering itself. These include time delays, significant expense, loss of voting control and compliance with various U.S. Federaland state securities laws. In the alternative, we may seek to consummate a business combination with a company that may be in its earlystages of development or growth. While we may seek to effect simultaneous business combinations with more than one target business, wewill probably have the ability, as a result of our limited resources, to effect only a single business combination.

 

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WeHave Not Identified a Target Business

 

Todate, we have not selected any target business on which to concentrate our search for a business combination. None of our officers, directors,initial shareholders and other affiliates has engaged in discussions on our behalf with representatives of other companies regardingthe possibility of a potential merger, share exchange, asset acquisition or other similar business combination with us, nor have we,nor any of our agents or affiliates, been approached by any candidates (or representatives of any candidates) with respect to a possiblebusiness combination with our company.

 

Subjectto the limitations that a target business have a fair market value of at least 80% of the balance in the trust account (excluding anydeferred underwriting discounts and commissions and taxes payable on the income earned on the trust account) at the time of the executionof a definitive agreement for our initial business combination, as described below in more detail, we will have virtually unrestrictedflexibility in identifying and selecting a prospective acquisition candidate. We have not established any other specific attributes orcriteria (financial or otherwise) for prospective target businesses. Accordingly, there is no basis for investors in this offering toevaluate the possible merits or risks of the target business with which we may ultimately complete a business combination. To the extentwe effect a business combination with a company or an entity in its early stage of development or growth, including entities withoutestablished records of sales or earnings, we may be affected by numerous risks inherent in the business and operations of early stageor potential emerging growth companies. 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.

 

Sourcesof Target Businesses

 

Weanticipate that target business candidates will be brought to our attention from various unaffiliated sources, including investment bankers,venture capital funds, private equity funds, leveraged buyout funds, management buyout funds and other members of the financial community.Target businesses may be brought to our attention by such unaffiliated sources as a result of being solicited by us through calls ormailings which will not commence until after the completion of this offering. These sources may also introduce us to target businessesthey think we may be interested in on an unsolicited basis, since many of these sources will have read this prospectus and know whattypes of businesses we are targeting. Our officers and directors, as well as their respective affiliates, may also bring to our attentiontarget business candidates that they become aware of through their business contacts as a result of formal or informal inquiries or discussionsthey may have, as well as attending trade shows or conventions. While we do not presently anticipate engaging the services of professionalfirms or other individuals that specialize in business acquisitions on any formal basis, we may engage these firms or other individualsin the future, in which event we may pay a finder’s fee, consulting fee or other compensation to be determined in an arm’slength negotiation based on the terms of the transaction. In no event, however, will any of our existing officers, directors, specialadvisors or initial shareholders, or any entity with which they are affiliated, be paid any finder’s fee, consulting fee or othercompensation prior to, or for any services they render in order to effectuate, the consummation of a business combination (regardlessof the type of transaction). If we decide to enter into a business combination with a target business that is affiliated with our officers,directors or initial shareholders, we will do so only if we have obtained an opinion from an independent investment banking firm thatthe business combination is fair to our unaffiliated shareholders from a financial point of view. However, as of the date of this prospectus,there is no affiliated entity that we consider a business combination target.

 

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Selectionof a Target Business and Structuring of a Business Combination

 

Subjectto the limitations that a target business have a fair market value of at least 80% of the balance in the trust account (excluding anydeferred underwriting discounts and commissions and taxes payable on the income earned on the trust account) at the time of the executionof a definitive agreement for our initial business combination, as described below in more detail, our management will have virtuallyunrestricted flexibility in identifying and selecting a prospective target business. We have not established any other specific attributesor criteria (financial or otherwise) for prospective target businesses.

 

Webelieve such factors will be important in evaluating prospective target businesses, regardless of the location or industry in which suchtarget business operates. However, this list is not intended to be exhaustive. Furthermore, we may decide to enter into a business combinationwith a target business that does not meet these criteria and guidelines.

 

Anyevaluation relating to the merits of a particular business combination will be based, to the extent relevant, on the above factors aswell as other considerations deemed relevant by our management in effecting a business combination consistent with our business objective.In evaluating a prospective target business, we will conduct an extensive due diligence review which will encompass, among other things,meetings with incumbent management and inspection of facilities, as well as review of financial and other information which is made availableto us. This due diligence review will be conducted either by our management or by unaffiliated third parties we may engage, althoughwe have no current intention to engage any such third parties.

 

Thetime and costs required to select and evaluate a target business and to structure and complete the business combination cannot presentlybe ascertained with any degree of certainty. Any costs incurred with respect to the identification and evaluation of a prospective targetbusiness with which a business combination is not ultimately completed will result in a loss to us and reduce the amount of capital availableto otherwise complete a business combination.

 

FairMarket Value of Target Business

 

Pursuantto NASDAQ listing rules, the target business or businesses that we acquire must collectively have a fair market value equal to at least80% of the balance of the funds in the trust account (excluding any deferred underwriting discounts and commissions and taxes payableon the income earned on the trust account) at the time of the execution of a definitive agreement for our initial business combination,although we may acquire a target business whose fair market value significantly exceeds 80% of the trust account balance. We currentlyanticipate structuring a business combination to acquire 100% of the equity interests or assets of the target business or businesses.We may, however, structure a business combination where we merge directly with the target business or where we acquire less than 100%of such interests or assets of the target business in order to meet certain objectives of the target management team or shareholdersor for other reasons, but we will only complete such business combination if the post-transaction company owns or acquires 50% or moreof the outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target sufficient for it not tobe required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act. Even if the post-transaction company owns or acquires50% or more of the voting securities of the target, our shareholders prior to the business combination may collectively own a minorityinterest in the post-transaction company, depending on valuations ascribed to the target and us in the business combination transaction.For example, we could pursue a transaction in which we issue a substantial number of new shares in exchange for all of the outstandingcapital of a target. In this case, we could acquire a 100% controlling interest in the target. However, as a result of the issuance ofa substantial number of new shares, our shareholders immediately prior to our initial business combination could own less than a majorityof our issued and outstanding shares subsequent to our initial business combination. If less than 100% of the equity interests or assetsof a target business or businesses are owned or acquired by the post-transaction company, only the portion of such business or businessesthat is owned or acquired is what will be valued for purposes of the 80% of net assets test, assuming that we obtain and maintain a listingfor our securities on NASDAQ. In order to consummate such an acquisition, we may issue a significant amount of our debt or equity securitiesto the sellers of such businesses and/or seek to raise additional funds through a private offering of debt or equity securities. Sincewe have no specific business combination under consideration, we have not entered into any such fund-raising arrangement and have nocurrent intention of doing so. The fair market value of the target business will be determined by our board of directors based upon oneor more standards generally accepted by the financial community (such as actual and potential sales, earnings, cash flow and/or bookvalue). If our board is not able to independently determine that the target business has a sufficient fair market value, we will obtainan opinion from an unaffiliated, independent investment banking firm, or another independent entity that commonly renders valuation opinionson the type of target business we are seeking to acquire, with respect to the satisfaction of such criteria. We will not be requiredto obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm, or another independent entity that commonly renders valuation opinionson the type of target business we are seeking to acquire, as to the fair market value if our board of directors independently determinesthat the target business complies with the 80% threshold.

 

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Wewill not be required to comply with the 80% fair market value requirement if we are delisted from NASDAQ. If NASDAQ delists our securitiesfrom trading on its exchange after this offering, we would not be required to satisfy the fair market value requirement described aboveand could complete a business combination with a target business having a fair market value substantially below 80% of the balance inthe trust account.

 

Lackof Business Diversification

 

Ourbusiness combination must be with a target business or businesses that collectively satisfy the minimum valuation standard at the timeof such acquisition, as discussed above, although this process may entail the simultaneous acquisitions of several operating businessesat the same time. Therefore, at least initially, the prospects for our success may be entirely dependent upon the future performanceof a single business. Unlike other entities which may have the resources to complete several business combinations of entities operatingin multiple industries or multiple areas of a single industry, it is probable that we will not have the resources to diversify our operationsor benefit from the possible spreading of risks or offsetting of losses. By consummating a business combination with only a single entity,our lack of diversification may:

 

  subject us to numerous economic, competitive and regulatory developments, any or all of which may have a substantial adverse impact upon the particular industry in which we may operate subsequent to a business combination, and
     
  result in our dependency upon the performance of a single operating business or the development or market acceptance of a single or limited number of products, processes or services.

 

Ifwe determine to simultaneously acquire several businesses and such businesses are owned by different sellers, we will need for each ofsuch sellers to agree that our purchase of its business is contingent on the simultaneous closings of the other acquisitions, which maymake it more difficult for us, and delay our ability, to complete the business combination. With multiple acquisitions, we could alsoface additional risks, including additional burdens and costs with respect to 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 orproducts of the acquired companies in a single operating business.

 

LimitedAbility to Evaluate the Target Business’ Management

 

Althoughwe intend to scrutinize the management of a prospective target business when evaluating the desirability of effecting a business combination,we cannot assure you that our assessment of the target business’ management will prove to be correct. In addition, we cannot assureyou that the future management will have the necessary skills, qualifications or abilities to manage a public company. Furthermore, thefuture role of our officers and directors, if any, in the target business following a business combination cannot presently be statedwith any certainty. While it is possible that some of our key personnel will remain associated in senior management or advisory positionswith us following a business combination, it is unlikely that they will devote their full-time efforts to our affairs subsequent to abusiness combination. Moreover, they would only be able to remain with the company after the consummation of a business combination ifthey are able to negotiate employment or consulting agreements in connection with the business combination. Such negotiations would takeplace simultaneously with the negotiation of the business combination and could provide for them to receive compensation in the formof cash payments and/or our securities for services they would render to the company after the consummation of the business combination.While the personal and financial interests of our key personnel may influence their motivation in identifying and selecting a targetbusiness, their ability to remain with the company after the consummation of a business combination will not be the determining factorin our decision as to whether or not we will proceed with any potential business combination. Additionally, our officers and directorsmay not have significant experience or knowledge relating to the operations of the particular target business.

 

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Followinga 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 any such additional managers we do recruit willhave the requisite skills, knowledge or experience necessary to enhance the incumbent management.

 

ShareholdersMay Not Have the Ability to Approve an Initial Business Combination

 

Inconnection with any proposed business combination, we will either (1) seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination ata meeting called for such purpose at which public shareholders may seek to convert their public shares, regardless of whether they votefor or against the proposed business combination, into their pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trustaccount (net of taxes payable) or (2) provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to sell their public shares to us by meansof a tender offer (and thereby avoid the need for a shareholder vote) for an amount equal to their pro rata share of the aggregateamount then on deposit in the trust account (net of taxes payable), in each case subject to the limitations described herein. Notwithstandingthe foregoing, our initial shareholders have agreed, pursuant to written letter agreements with us, not to convert any public sharesheld by them into their pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account. If we determine to engagein a tender offer, such tender offer will be structured so that each shareholder may tender any or all of his, her or its public sharesrather than some pro rata portion of his, her or its shares. The decision as to whether we will seek shareholder approval of aproposed business combination or will allow shareholders to sell their shares to us in a tender offer will be made by us based on a varietyof factors such as the timing of the transaction, or whether the terms of the transaction would otherwise require us to seek shareholderapproval. If we so choose and we are legally permitted to do so, we have the flexibility to avoid a shareholder vote and allow our shareholdersto sell their shares pursuant to Rule 13e-4 and Regulation 14E of the Exchange Act which regulate issuer tender offers. In that case,we will file tender offer documents with the SEC which will contain substantially the same financial and other information about theinitial business combination as is required under the SEC’s proxy rules. We will consummate our initial business combination onlyif we have net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 upon such consummation and, solely if we seek shareholder approval, a majorityof the issued and outstanding ordinary shares voted are voted in favor of the business combination.

 

Wechose our net tangible asset threshold of $5,000,001 to ensure that we would avoid being subject to Rule 419 promulgated under the SecuritiesAct. However, if we seek to consummate an initial business combination with a target business that imposes any type of working capitalclosing condition or requires us to have a minimum amount of funds available from the trust account upon consummation of such initialbusiness combination, our net tangible asset threshold may limit our ability to consummate such initial business combination (as we maybe required to have a lesser number of shares converted or sold to us) and may force us to seek third party financing which may not beavailable on terms acceptable to us or at all. As a result, we may not be able to consummate such initial business combination and wemay not be able to locate another suitable target within the applicable time period, if at all. Public shareholders may therefore haveto wait nine months from the closing of this offering (or up to 21 months if we have extended the period of time as describedin this prospectus) in order to be able to receive a pro rata share of the trust account.

 

Ourinitial shareholders and our officers and directors have agreed (1) to vote any ordinary shares owned by them in favor of any proposedbusiness combination, (2) not to convert any ordinary shares in connection with a shareholder vote to approve a proposed initial businesscombination and (3) not sell any ordinary shares in any tender in connection with a proposed initial business combination. As a result,if we sought shareholder approval of a proposed transaction we could need as little as 165,001 of our public shares (or approximately2.75% of our public shares) to be voted in favor of the transaction in order to have such transaction approved (assuming that only aquorum was present at the meeting, that the over-allotment option is not exercised, and that the insiders do not purchase any units inthis offering or units or shares in the after-market).

 

Noneof our officers, directors, initial shareholders or their affiliates has indicated any intention to purchase units or ordinary sharesin this offering or from persons in the open market or in private transactions (other than the private units). However, if we hold ameeting to approve a proposed business combination and a significant number of shareholders vote, or indicate an intention to vote, againstsuch proposed business combination, our officers, directors, initial shareholders or their affiliates could make such purchases in theopen market or in private transactions in order to influence the vote. Notwithstanding the foregoing, our officers, directors, initialshareholders and their affiliates will not make purchases of ordinary shares if the purchases would violate Section 9(a)(2) or Rule 10b-5promulgated under the Exchange Act, which are rules designed to stop potential manipulation of a company’s stock.

 

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Abilityto Extend Time to Complete Business Combination

 

Ifwe anticipate that we may not be able to consummate our initial business combination within nine months, we may, but are not obligatedto, extend the period of time to consummate a business combination 12 times by an additional one month each time (for a total of up to21 months to complete a business combination). Public shareholders will not be offered the opportunity to vote on or redeem their sharesin connection with any such extension. Pursuant to the terms of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association and thetrust agreement to be entered into between us and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company on the date of this prospectus,in order to extend the time available for us to consummate our initial business combination, our insiders or their affiliates or designees,upon five days advance notice prior to the applicable deadline, must deposit into the trust account for each one month extension $198,000,or $227,700 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full ($0.033 per share in either case), on or prior to thedate of the applicable deadline. The insiders will receive a non-interest bearing, unsecured promissory note equal to the amount of anysuch deposit that will not be repaid in the event that we are unable to close a business combination unless there are funds availableoutside 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 units at a price of $10.00per unit. Our shareholders have approved the issuance of the private units upon conversion of such notes, to the extent the holder wishesto so convert such notes at the time of the consummation of our initial business combination. In the event that we receive notice fromour insiders five days prior to the applicable deadline of their intent to effect an extension, we intend to issue a press release announcingsuch intention at least three days prior to the applicable deadline. In addition, we intend to issue a press release the day after theapplicable deadline announcing whether or not the funds had been timely deposited. Our insiders and their affiliates or designees arenot obligated to fund the trust account to extend the time for us to complete our initial business combination. To the extent that some,but not all, of our insiders, decide to extend the period of time to consummate our initial business combination, such insiders (or theiraffiliates or designees) may deposit the entire amount required. Any notes issued pursuant to these loans would be in addition to anynotes issued pursuant to working capital loans made to us.

 

Conversion/TenderRights

 

Atany meeting called to approve an initial business combination, public shareholders may seek to convert their public shares, regardlessof whether they vote for or against the proposed business combination, into their pro rata share of the aggregate amount thenon deposit in the trust account, less any taxes then due but not yet paid. Notwithstanding the foregoing, our initial shareholders haveagreed, pursuant to written letter agreements with us, not to convert any public shares held by them into their pro rata shareof the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account. The redemption rights will be effected under our amended and restated memorandumand articles of association and British Virgin Islands law as redemptions. If we hold a meeting to approve an initial business combination,a holder will always have the ability to vote against a proposed business combination and not seek conversion of his shares.

 

Alternatively,if we engage in a tender offer, each public shareholder will be provided the opportunity to sell his public shares to us in such tenderoffer. The tender offer rules require us to hold the tender offer open for at least 20 business days. Accordingly, this is the minimumamount of time we would need to provide holders to determine whether they want to sell their public shares to us in the tender offeror remain an investor in our company.

 

Ourinitial shareholders, officers and directors will not have redemption rights with respect to any ordinary shares owned by them, directlyor indirectly, whether acquired prior to this offering or purchased by them in this offering or in the aftermarket.

 

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Wemay also require public shareholders, whether they are a record holder or hold their shares in “street name,” to either tendertheir certificates (if any) to our transfer agent or to deliver their shares to the transfer agent electronically using Depository TrustCompany’s DWAC (Deposit/Withdrawal At Custodian) System, at the holder’s option, at any time at or prior to the vote on thebusiness combination. Once the shares are converted by the holder, and effectively redeemed by us under British Virgin Islands law, thetransfer agent will then update our Register of Members to reflect all conversions. The proxy solicitation materials that we will furnishto shareholders in connection with the vote for any proposed business combination will indicate whether we are requiring shareholdersto satisfy such delivery requirements. Accordingly, a shareholder would have from the time our proxy statement is mailed through thevote on the business combination to deliver his shares if he wishes to seek to exercise his redemption rights. Under our amended andrestated memorandum and articles of association, we are required to provide at least 10 days’ advance notice of any shareholdermeeting, which would be the minimum amount of time a shareholder would have to determine whether to exercise redemption rights. As aresult, if we require public shareholders who wish to convert their ordinary shares into the right to receive a pro rata portionof the funds in the trust account to comply with the foregoing delivery requirements, holders may not have sufficient time to receivethe notice and deliver their shares for conversion. Accordingly, investors may not be able to exercise their redemption rights and maybe forced to retain our securities when they otherwise would not want to.

 

Thereis a nominal cost associated with this tendering process and the act of certificating the shares or delivering them through the DWACSystem. The transfer agent will typically charge the tendering broker $45 and it would be up to the broker whether or not to pass thiscost on to the converting holder. However, this fee would be incurred regardless of whether or not we require holders seeking to exerciseredemption rights. The need to deliver shares is a requirement of exercising redemption rights regardless of the timing of when suchdelivery must be effectuated. However, in the event we require shareholders seeking to exercise redemption rights to deliver their sharesprior to the consummation of the proposed business combination and the proposed business combination is not consummated, this may resultin an increased cost to shareholders.

 

Anyrequest to convert or tender such shares once made, may be withdrawn at any time up to the vote on the proposed business combinationor expiration of the tender offer. Furthermore, if a holder of a public share delivered his certificate in connection with an electionof their conversion or tender and subsequently decides prior to the vote on the business combination or the expiration of the tenderoffer not to elect to exercise such rights, he may simply request that the transfer agent return the certificate (physically or electronically).

 

Ifthe initial business combination is not approved or completed for any reason, then our public shareholders who elected to exercise theirconversion or tender rights would not be entitled to convert their shares for the applicable pro rata share of the trust account.In such case, we will promptly return any shares delivered by public holders.

 

AutomaticLiquidation of Trust Account if No Business Combination

 

Ifwe do not complete a business combination within nine months (or up to 21 months, if we extend the time to complete a businesscombination as described in this prospectus) from the consummation of this offering, it will trigger our automatic winding up, liquidationand subsequent dissolution pursuant to the terms of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association. As a result, thishas the same effect as if we had formally gone through a voluntary liquidation procedure under the Companies Act. Accordingly, no votewould be required from our shareholders to commence such a voluntary winding up, liquidation and subsequent dissolution. However, ifwe anticipate that we may not be able to consummate our initial business combination within nine months, we may, but are not obligatedto, extend the period of time to consummate a business combination 12 times by an additional one month each time (for a total of up to21 months to complete a business combination). Public shareholders will not be offered the opportunity to vote on or redeem their sharesin connection with any such extension. Pursuant to the terms of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association and thetrust agreement to be entered into between us and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company on the date of this prospectus,in order to extend the time available for us to consummate our initial business combination, our insiders or their affiliates or designees,upon five days advance notice prior to the applicable deadline, must deposit into the trust account for each one month extension $198,000,or $227,700 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full ($0.033 per share in either case), on or prior to thedate of the applicable deadline. The insiders will receive a non-interest bearing, unsecured promissory note equal to the amount of anysuch deposit that will not be repaid in the event that we are unable to close a business combination unless there are funds availableoutside 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 units at a price of $10.00per unit. Our shareholders have approved the issuance of the private units upon conversion of such notes, to the extent the holder wishesto so convert such notes at the time of the consummation of our initial business combination. In the event that we receive notice fromour insiders five days prior to the applicable deadline of their intent to effect an extension, we intend to issue a press release announcingsuch intention at least three days prior to the applicable deadline. In addition, we intend to issue a press release the day after theapplicable deadline announcing whether or not the funds had been timely deposited. Our insiders and their affiliates or designees arenot obligated to fund the trust account to extend the time for us to complete our initial business combination. To the extent that some,but not all, of our insiders, decide to extend the period of time to consummate our initial business combination, such insiders (or theiraffiliates or designees) may deposit the entire amount required. If we are unable to consummate our initial business combination withinsuch time period, we will, as promptly as possible but not more than ten (10) business days thereafter, redeem 100% of our outstandingpublic shares for a pro rata portion of the funds held in the trust account, including a pro rata portion of any interest earned on thefunds held in the trust account and not necessary to pay our taxes, then seek to liquidate and dissolve. However, we may not be ableto distribute such amounts as a result of claims of creditors which may take priority over the claims of our public shareholders. Inthe event of our liquidation and subsequent dissolution, the public warrants and rights will expire and will be worthless.

 

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Theamount in the trust account will be treated as funds distributable under the Companies Act provided that immediately following the dateon which the proposed distribution is proposed to be made, we are able to pay our debts as they fall due in the ordinary course of business.If we are forced to liquidate the trust account, we anticipate that we would distribute to our public shareholders the amount in thetrust account calculated as of the date that is two (2) days prior to the distribution date (including any accrued interest net of taxespayable). Prior to such distribution, we would be required to assess all claims that may be potentially brought against us by our creditorsfor amounts they are actually owed and make provision for such amounts, as creditors take priority over our public shareholders withrespect to amounts that are owed to them. We cannot assure you that we will properly assess all claims that may be potentially broughtagainst us. As such, our shareholders could potentially be liable for any claims of creditors to the extent of distributions receivedby them as an unlawful payment in the event we enter an insolvent liquidation. Furthermore, while we will seek to have all vendors andservice providers (which would include any third parties we engaged to assist us in any way in connection with our search for a targetbusiness) and prospective target businesses execute agreements with us waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind they mayhave in or to any monies held in the trust account, there is no guarantee that they will execute such agreements. Nor is there any guaranteethat, even if such entities execute such agreements with us, they will not seek recourse against the trust account or that a court wouldconclude that such agreements are legally enforceable.

 

Eachof our initial shareholders and our officers and directors have agreed to waive its rights to participate in any liquidation of our trustaccount or other assets with respect to the insider shares and private units and to vote their insider shares, private shares in favorof any dissolution and plan of distribution which we submit to a vote of shareholders. There will be no distribution from the trust accountwith respect to our warrants and rights, which will expire worthless.

 

Ifwe are unable to complete an initial business combination and expend all of the net proceeds of this offering, other than the proceedsdeposited in the trust account, and without taking into account interest, if any, earned on the trust account, the initial per-shareredemption price from the trust account would be $10.00.

 

Theproceeds deposited in the trust account could, however, become subject to the claims of our creditors which would be prior to the claimsof our public shareholders. Although we will seek to have all vendors, including lenders for money borrowed, prospective target businessesor other entities we engage execute agreements with us waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies heldin the trust account for the benefit of our public shareholders, there is no guarantee that they will execute such agreements or evenif they execute such agreements that they would be prevented from bringing claims against the trust account, including but not limitedto, fraudulent inducement, breach of fiduciary responsibility or other similar claims, as well as claims challenging the enforceabilityof the waiver, in each case in order to gain an advantage with a claim against our assets, including the funds held in the trust account.If any third party refused to execute an agreement waiving such claims to the monies held in the trust account, we would perform an analysisof the alternatives available to us if we chose not to engage such third party and evaluate if such engagement would be in the best interestof our shareholders if such third party refused to waive such claims. Examples of possible instances where we may engage a third partythat refused to execute a waiver include the engagement of a third party consultant whose particular expertise or skills are believedby management to be significantly superior to those of other consultants that would agree to execute a waiver or in cases where managementis unable to find a provider of required services willing to provide the waiver. In any event, our management would perform an analysisof the alternatives available to it and would only enter into an agreement with a third party that did not execute a waiver if managementbelieved that such third party’s engagement would be significantly more beneficial to us than any alternative. In addition, thereis 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, anynegotiations, contracts or agreements with us and will not seek recourse against the trust account for any reason.

 

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SBCapital Holding Corporation, has agreed that, if we liquidate the trust account prior to the consummation of a business combination,it will be liable to pay debts and obligations to target businesses or vendors or other entities that are owed money by us for servicesrendered or contracted for or products sold to us in excess of the net proceeds of this offering not held in the trust account, but onlyto the extent necessary to ensure that such debts or obligations do not reduce the amounts in the trust account and only if such partieshave not executed a waiver agreement. However, we cannot assure you that it will be able to satisfy those obligations if it is requiredto do so. Accordingly, the actual per-share redemption price could be less than $10.00 due to claims of creditors. Additionally, if weare forced to file a bankruptcy case or an involuntary bankruptcy case is filed against us which is not dismissed, the proceeds heldin the trust account could be subject to applicable bankruptcy law, and may be included in our bankruptcy estate and subject to the claimsof third parties with priority over the claims of our shareholders. To the extent any bankruptcy claims deplete the trust account, wecannot assure you we will be able to return to our public shareholders at least $10.00 per share.

 

Competition

 

Inidentifying, evaluating and selecting a target business, we may encounter intense competition from other entities having a business objectivesimilar to ours. Many of these entities are well established and have extensive experience identifying and effecting business combinationsdirectly or through affiliates. Many of these competitors possess greater technical, human and other resources than us and our financialresources will be relatively limited when contrasted with those of many of these competitors. While we believe there may be numerouspotential target businesses that we could acquire with the net proceeds of this offering, our ability to compete in acquiring certainsizable target businesses may be limited by our available financial resources.

 

Thefollowing also may not be viewed favorably by certain target businesses:

 

  our obligation to seek shareholder approval of a business combination or obtain the necessary financial information to be sent to shareholders in connection with such business combination may delay or prevent the completion of a transaction;
     
  our obligation to redeem public shares held by our public shareholders may reduce the resources available to us for a business combination;
     
  NASDAQ may require us to file a new listing application and meet its initial listing requirements to maintain the listing of our securities following a business combination;
     
  our outstanding warrants and rights and the potential future dilution they represent;
     
  our obligation to pay the deferred underwriting discounts and commissions to the underwriters upon consummation of our initial business combination;
     
  our obligation to either repay or issue units upon conversion of up to $600,000 of working capital loans that may be made to us by our initial shareholders, officers, directors or their affiliates;
     
  our obligation to register the resale of the insider shares, as well as the private units (and underlying securities) and any securities issued to our initial shareholders, officers, directors or their affiliates upon conversion of working capital loans; and
     
  the impact on the target business’ assets as a result of unknown liabilities under the securities laws or otherwise depending on developments involving us prior to the consummation of a business combination.

 

Anyof these factors may place us at a competitive disadvantage in successfully negotiating a business combination. Our management believes,however, that our status as a public entity and potential access to the United States public equity markets may give us a competitiveadvantage over privately-held entities having a similar business objective as ours in acquiring a target business with significant growthpotential on favorable terms.

 

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Ifwe succeed in effecting a business combination, there will be, in all likelihood, intense competition from competitors of the targetbusiness. We cannot assure you that, subsequent to a business combination, we will have the resources or ability to compete effectively.

 

Facilities

 

Wemaintain our principal executive office at 3 Ocean Way, Sentosa Cove, Singapore 098368.

 

Employees

 

Wehave two executive officers. These individuals are not obligated to devote any specific number of hours to our matters and intend todevote only as much time as they deem necessary to our affairs. The amount of time they will devote in any time period will vary basedon whether a target business has been selected for the business combination and the stage of the business combination process the companyis in. Accordingly, once management locates a suitable target business to acquire, they will spend more time investigating such targetbusiness and negotiating and processing the business combination (and consequently spend more time to our affairs) than they would priorto locating a suitable target business. We presently expect our executive officers to devote such amount of time as they reasonably believeis necessary to our business (which could range from only a few hours a week while we are trying to locate a potential target businessto a majority of their time as we move into serious negotiations with a target business for a business combination). We do not intendto have any full-time employees prior to the consummation of a business combination.

 

PeriodicReporting and Audited Financial Statements

 

Wewill register our units, ordinary shares, warrants, and rights under the Exchange Act and have reporting obligations, including the requirementthat we file annual, quarterly and current reports with the SEC. In accordance with the requirements of the Exchange Act, our annualreport will contain financial statements audited and reported on by our independent registered public accountants.

 

Wewill provide shareholders with audited financial statements of the prospective target business as part of any proxy solicitation sentto shareholders to assist them in assessing the target business. In all likelihood, the financial information included in the proxy solicitationmaterials will need to be prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP or IFRS, depending on the circumstances, and the historical financialstatements may be required to be audited in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. The financial statements may also be requiredto be prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP for the Form 8-K announcing the closing of an initial business combination, which would needto be filed within four business days thereafter. We cannot assure you that any particular target business identified by us as a potentialacquisition candidate will have the necessary financial information. To the extent that this requirement cannot be met, we may not beable to acquire the proposed target business.

 

Wewill be required to comply with the internal control requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act beginning for the fiscal year ending March31, 2024.    A target company may not be in compliance with the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act regarding adequacyof their internal controls. The development of the internal controls of any such entity to achieve compliance with the Sarbanes-OxleyAct may increase the time and costs necessary to complete any such acquisition.

 

Weare an emerging growth company as defined in in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act, as modified by the JOBS Act. As such, we are eligibleto 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 independent registered publicaccounting firm attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executivecompensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a non-binding advisory voteon 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 securitiesmay be more volatile. We will remain such for up to five years. However, we issue our non-convertible debt within a three-year periodor our total revenues exceed $1.07 billion or the market value of our ordinary shares that are held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 millionon the last day of the second fiscal quarter of any given fiscal year, we would cease to be an emerging growth company as of the followingfiscal year. As an emerging growth company, we have elected, under Section 107(b) of the JOBS Act, to 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.

 

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LegalProceedings

 

Thereis no material litigation, arbitration or governmental proceeding currently pending against us or any of our officers or directors intheir capacity as such, and we and our officers and directors have not been subject to any such proceeding in the 12 months precedingthe date of this prospectus.

 

Comparisonto Offerings of Blank Check Companies Subject to Rule 419

 

Thefollowing table compares and contrasts the terms of our offering and the terms of an offering of blank check companies under Rule 419promulgated by the SEC assuming that the gross proceeds, underwriting discounts and underwriting expenses for the Rule 419 offering arethe same as this offering and that the underwriters will not exercise their over-allotment option. None of the terms of a Rule 419 offeringwill apply to this offering because we will be listed on a national securities exchange, we will have net tangible assets in excess of$5,000,001 upon the successful consummation of this offering and will file a Current Report on Form 8-K, including an audited balancesheet demonstrating this fact.

 

    Terms of the Offering   Terms Under a Rule 419 Offering
Escrow of offering proceeds   $60,000,000 (or $69,000,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full) of the net offering proceeds and proceeds from the sale of the private units will be deposited into a trust account in the United States, maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, acting as trustee.   $52,920,000 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 the broker-dealer acts as trustee for persons having the beneficial interests in the account.
         
Investment of net proceeds   The $60,000,000 (or $69,000,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full) of the net offering proceeds and proceeds from the sale of the private units held in trust will only be invested in United States government treasury bills, bonds or notes with a maturity of 180 days or less or in money market funds meeting the applicable conditions under Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and that invest solely in United States government treasuries.   Proceeds could be invested only in specified securities such as a money market fund meeting conditions of the Investment Company Act of 1940 or in securities that are direct obligations of, or obligations guaranteed as to principal or interest by, the United States.

 

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    Terms of the Offering   Terms Under a Rule 419 Offering
Limitation on fair value or net assets of target business   The initial target business that we acquire must have a fair market value equal to at least 80% of the balance in our trust account (excluding any deferred underwriting discounts and commissions and taxes payable on the income earned on the trust account) at the time of the execution of a definitive agreement for our initial business combination. We will not be required to comply with the 80% fair market value requirement if we are delisted from NASDAQ.   We would be restricted from acquiring a target business unless the fair value of such business or net assets to be acquired represent at least 80% of the maximum offering proceeds.
         
Trading of securities issued   The units may commence trading on or promptly after the date of this prospectus. The ordinary shares, warrants and rights comprising the units will begin to trade separately on the 52nd day after the date of this prospectus unless the underwriters inform us of its decision to allow earlier separate trading (based upon its assessment of the relative strengths of the securities markets and small capitalization and blank check companies in general, and the trading pattern of, and demand for, our securities in particular), provided we have filed with the SEC a Current Report on Form 8-K, which includes an audited balance sheet reflecting our receipt of the proceeds of this offering.   No trading of the units or the underlying securities would be permitted until the completion of a business combination. During this period, the securities would be held in the escrow or trust account.
         
Exercise of the warrants   The warrants cannot be exercised until the completion of a business combination and, accordingly, will be exercised only after the trust account has been terminated and distributed.   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 either (1) give our shareholders the opportunity to vote on the business combination or (2) provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to sell their public shares to us in a tender offer for cash equal to their pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account less taxes payable. If we hold a meeting to approve a proposed business combination, we will send each shareholder a proxy statement containing information required by the SEC. Under our amended and memorandum and articles of association, we must   A prospectus containing information 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 45 business days from the effective date of the post-effective amendment, to decide whether he or she elects to remain a shareholder of the company or require the return of his or her investment. If the company has not received the notification by the end of the 45th business day, funds and interest or

 

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    Terms of the Offering   Terms Under a Rule 419 Offering
    provide at least 10 days advance notice of any meeting of shareholders. Accordingly, this is the minimum amount of time we would need to provide holders to determine whether to exercise their rights to convert their shares into cash at such a meeting or to remain an investor in our company. Alternatively, if we do not hold a meeting and instead conduct a tender offer, we will conduct such tender offer in accordance with the tender offer rules of the SEC and file tender offer documents with the SEC which will contain substantially the same financial and other information about the initial business combination as we would have included in a proxy statement. The tender offer rules require us to hold the tender offer open for at least 20 business days. Accordingly, this is the minimum amount of time we would need to provide holders to determine whether they want to sell their shares to us in the tender offer or remain an investor in our company.   dividends, if any, held in the trust or escrow account would automatically be returned to the shareholder. Unless a sufficient number of investors elect to remain investors, all of the deposited funds in the escrow account must be returned to all investors and none of the securities will be issued.
         
Business combination deadline   Pursuant to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, if we do not complete an initial business combination within nine months from the consummation of this offering (or up to 21 months as described elsewhere herein), it will trigger our automatic winding up, liquidation and subsequent dissolution.   If an acquisition has not been consummated within 18 months after the effective date of the initial registration statement, funds held in the trust or escrow account would be returned to investors.
         
Interest earned on the funds in the trust account   There can be released to us, from time to time any interest earned on the funds in the trust account that we may need to pay our tax obligations. The remaining interest earned on the funds in the trust account will not be released until the earlier of the completion of a business combination and our entry into liquidation upon failure to effect a business combination within the allotted time.   All interest earned on the funds in the trust account will be held in trust for the benefit of public shareholders until the earlier of the completion of a business combination and our liquidation upon failure to effect a business combination within the allotted time.

 

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    Terms of the Offering   Terms Under a Rule 419 Offering
Release of funds   Except for interest earned on the funds held in the trust account that may be released to us to pay our tax obligations, the proceeds held in the trust account will not be released until the earlier of the completion of a business combination (in which case, the proceeds released to us will be net of the funds used to pay converting or tendering shareholders, as the trustee will directly send the appropriate portion of the amount held in trust to the converting or tendering shareholders at the time of the business combination) and the liquidation of our trust account upon failure to effect a business combination within the allotted time.   The proceeds held in the escrow account would not be released until the earlier of the completion of a business combination or the failure to effect a business combination within the allotted time.

 

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MANAGEMENT

 

Directorsand Executive Officers

 

Ourcurrent directors and executive officers, their ages and positions are as follows:

 

 

Name   Age   Position
Hin Wing (Simon) Wong   59   Chairman, Director, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Executive Officer

Man Kai (Anthony) Ho

  70   Chief Operating Officer and Director

Pok Yu (Augustine) Chow

  69   Independent Director
Hiu Man (Elliott) Cheng   45   Independent Director
Francis Chiu   59   Independent Director

 

Belowis a summary of the business experience of each our executive officers and directors:

 

HinWing (Simon) Wong. Mr. Wong is ourChief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chairman of the Board of Directors, and Director. Since March 2020, Mr. Wong hasbeen the managing partner and the responsible officer of Hermitage Capital HK Limited, a private equity firm licensed under theSecurities and Futures Ordinance. Currently, Mr. Wong is an independent non-executive director of: (i) CRCC High-Tech EquipmentCorporation Limited (HKEx: 01786) since November 2015, a company principally engaged in the research, development, manufacture andsales of large railway track maintenance machines; (ii) Guangzhou Baiyunshan Pharmaceutical Holdings Company Limited (SHA: 600332and HKEx: 00874) since June 2017, a company principally engaged in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry; (iii) Inner MongoliaYitai Coal Co., Ltd. (SHB: 900948 and HKEx: 03948) since May 2017, a company principally engaged in the production, transportationand sale of coal, as well as the distribution of petroleum products; (iv) Wine’s Link International Holdings Limited (HKEx:08509) since December 2017, a company primarily engaged in the wholesale and retail of wine products; (v) Jiangxi Bank Co., Ltd.(HKEx: 01916) since February 2018, the only provincial city commercial bank in Jiangxi Province, China; and (vi) ZhaokeOphthalmology Limited (HKex: 06622) since April 2021, an ophthalmic pharmaceutical company. From June 1997 to February 2020, Mr.Wong served as the executive director and responsible officer of Silk Road International Capital Limited (formerly known as LegendCapital Partners Inc), a licensed corporation under the Securities and Futures Ordinance. From December 2016 to November 2018,Mr. Wong served as an independent non-executive director of China Agri-Products Exchange Limited (HKEx: 0149), a company whichprovides real estate services. From June 2014 to December 2020, Mr. Wong served as an independent non-executive director ofDongjiang Environmental Company Limited (SZA: 002672 and HKEx: 0895), a company which operates industrial waste treatment business.From October 2004 to June 2020, Mr. Wong served as an independent non-executive director of Aeon Credit Service (Asia) Co., Ltd(HKEx: 0900), a company which provides a range of consumer credit finance services. Mr. Wong earned a Master’s degree inexecutive business administration from The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1996. Mr. Wong is a fellow member of the Hong KongInstitute of Certified Public Accountants, the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales, the Association ofChartered Certified Accountants, the Hong Kong Institute of Directors, and the Chartered Governance Institute since 1995,2015, 1992, 2002 and 1995, respectively. Mr. Wong is also a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and achartered member of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment since 1991 and 2011, respectively. We believe that Mr.Wong is qualified to serve on our board of directors based on his over three decades of solid experience in corporate management andgovernance, investment management and advisory, accounting and finance.

 

Dr.Man Kai (Anthony) Ho. Dr. Ho is our Chief Operating Officer and Director. From May 2015 to January 2019, Dr. Howas the vice president of Altai Technologies Ltd, a company principally engaged in the provision of carrier-grade WiFi products and technologies.From September 2004 to May 2015, Dr. Ho was an independent non-executive director of Harmony Asset Limited (now known as Cocoon HoldingsLimited) (HKEX: 0428), a company principally engaged in the provision of financial services. Dr. Ho is a Fellow Member of theInstitute of Certified Management Accountants in Australia since 2015, a Fellow Member of the Institute of Public Accountants in Australiasince 2001, a Fellow Member of the Association of International Accountants in the United Kingdom since 2005, a Fellow Member of CharteredManagement Institute in the United Kingdom since 2005, and, a Fellow member of the Taxation Institute and Chartered Tax Advisor in HongKong since 2005. Dr. Ho received his Bachelor of Business Administration degree, a Master of Professional Accounting degree and a Doctorof Philosophy degree from The Chinese University of Hong Kong, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and The Bulacan State University,Philippines in 1991, 2006 and 2010, respectively.

 

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Dr.Pok Yu (Augustine) Chow. Dr. Chow is one of our independent directors. Since August 2021, Dr. Chow has been servingas a director of Delphinium Female Leadership Fund Ltd, an investment fund. Since February 1998, Dr. Chow has been serving as thechairman of Harmony Asset Management Limited, an asset management company that specializes in private equity and venture capital investment.Since March 2007, Dr. Chow has been serving as a director of Celsion Corporation (Nasdaq: CLSN), a fully integrated, clinical-stagebiotechnology company. Dr. Chow earned a Master of Science degree in Management from London Business School, a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Business and Managementfrom the University of South Australia, a Doctor of Philosophy degree in engineering from the City University of Hong Kong, and a Doctorof Philosophy degree in biology from the City University of Hong Kong in 1995, 1998, 2005 and 2012, respectively. We believe that Dr.Chow is qualified to serve on our board of directors based on his extensive experience in managing publicly-listed companies that areinvolved in manufacturing, marketing and financial services.

 

Dr.Hiu Man (Elliott) Cheng. Dr. Cheng is one of our independent directors. Since April 2020, Dr. Cheng has been serving as the generalmanager and an executive director of Top Success Investment (Hong Kong) Limited, a company principally engaged in the provision of financingsolutions to high-net-worth individuals in the Greater China, Taiwan and the Southeast Asian countries. Since May 2020, Dr. Cheng hasbeen serving as a senior vice president in Infinity Asset Management Limited, an asset management and investment advisory services company.Since January 2017, Dr. Cheng has been serving as an executive director of Epower Finance Group Ltd, a company engaged in yachtleasing. Dr. Cheng earned a Bachelor of business administration degree from Lingnan University, a Master of business administration degreefrom The University of Southern Queensland, and a Doctor of business administration degree from The University of Newcastle Australia,in 1999, 2006 and 2013, respectively. Dr. Cheng is a fellow member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a fellowmember of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants since 2012 and 2012, respectively. Dr. Cheng is also a licensed representativeby Hong Kong Securities Institution on Regulated Activities in Hong Kong since 1999. We believe that Dr. Cheng is qualified to serveon our board of directors based on his extensive experience in the finance and accounting field.

 

FrancisChiu. Mr. Chiu is one of our independent directors. Since April 2021, Mr. Chiu has been serving as the co-chair and the managingdirector of Sloane International Education Group (Asia & China) Ltd., an education company. Since April 2021, Mr. Chiu has beenserving as the co-chair and the managing director of and the co-chair and the managing director of The Cambridge Group Ltd., an educationcompany. Since January 2019, Mr. Chiu has been serving as a manager director and the co-chair of Anchors Commercial Surveyors(Asia) Ltd., Anchors Private Equity Real Estate Advisory Services (Asia) Ltd., Anchors Hotels Management (Asia) Ltd. and Anchors HospitalityValuation and Advisory (Asia) Ltd. Since November 2015, Mr. Chiu has been serving as a manager director and the co-chair of Anchors HospitalityGroup, a commercial real estate and hospitality services group. From November 2016 to November 2018, Mr. Chiu served as a managing directorof Lerthai Commercial Real Estate Holdings Ltd, a commercial real estate group. From December 2018 to March 2022, Mr. Chiu served asthe responsible officer of Hentech Global Management Ltd. From June 2017 to November 2018, Mr. Chiu served as the responsible officerof Lerthai Asset Management Ltd. and Lerthai Securities (HK) Ltd. Mr. Chiu is a Chartered Surveyor under The Royal Institution ofChartered Surveyors (UK), a Certified Public Accountant in Australia and a Chartered Management Accountant since 2010, 2010and 2005, respectively. Mr. Chiu is also a fellow of Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (UK), a member of The Hong KongInstitute of Surveyors, and a Registered Professional Surveyor of The Surveyors Registration Board in Hong Kong since 2010, 2014and 2017, respectively. Mr. Chiu earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in business and finance from Portsmouth University in the United Kingdom,a Master of Science degree in real estate management and development from Heriot-Watt University in the United Kingdom, and a Master’sdegree in interdisciplinary design for the built environment from Cambridge University in the United Kingdom in 2003, 2013 and 2014,respectively. Mr. Chiu also studied at Cornell University in the United States and ESSEC Business School in France for a two-yearmaster’s program in international hospitality management between 1989 and 1991.

 

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ExecutiveOfficer and Director Compensation

 

Noneof our officers or directors have received any cash compensation for services rendered to us. Commencing on the date that our securitiesare first listed on Nasdaq through the earlier of consummation of our initial business combination and our liquidation, we will pay toan affiliate of our sponsor $10,000 per month for office space, utilities, secretarial and administrative support services providedto members of our management team. In addition, our sponsor, officers and directors, or any of their respective affiliates will be reimbursedfor 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. There is no limit on the amount of these out-of-pocket expenses and therewill be no review of the reasonableness of the expenses by anyone other than our board of directors and audit committee, which includespersons who may seek reimbursement, or a court of competent jurisdiction if such reimbursement is challenged.

 

Afterthe completion of our initial business combination, directors or members of our management team who remain with us may be paid consulting,management or other fees from the combined company. All 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 connection with a proposed business combination.It is unlikely the amount of such compensation will be known at the time, because the directors of the post-combination business willbe responsible for determining executive officer and director compensation. Any compensation to be paid to our executive officers willbe determined by a compensation committee constituted solely of Independent Directors.

 

Wedo not intend to take any action to ensure that members of our management team maintain their positions with us after the consummationof our initial business combination, although it is possible that some or all of our executive officers and directors may negotiate employmentor consulting arrangements to remain with us after the initial business combination. The existence or terms of any such employment orconsulting arrangements to retain their positions with us may influence our management’s motivation in identifying or selectinga target business but we do not believe that the ability of our management to remain with us after the consummation of our initial businesscombination will be a determining factor in our decision to proceed with any potential business combination. We are not party to anyagreements with our executive officers and directors that provide for benefits upon termination of employment.

 

DirectorIndependence

 

NASDAQrequires that a majority of our board must be composed of “Independent Directors.” Currently, Dr. Pok Yu (Augustine) Chow,Dr. Hiu Man (Elliott) Cheng, and Mr. Francis Chiu would each be considered an “Independent Director” under the NASDAQlisting rules, which is defined generally as a person other than an officer or employee of the company or its subsidiaries or any otherindividual having a relationship, which, in the opinion of the company’s board of directors would interfere with the director’sexercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director. Our Independent Directors will have regularly scheduledmeetings at which only Independent Directors are present.

 

Wewill only enter into a business combination if it is approved by a majority of our Independent Directors. Additionally, we will onlyenter into transactions with our officers and directors and their respective affiliates that are on terms no less favorable to us thancould be obtained from independent parties. Any related-party transactions must also be approved by our audit committee and a majorityof disinterested Independent Directors.

 

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AuditCommittee

 

Underthe NASDAQ listing standards and applicable SEC rules, we are required to have three members of the audit committee all of whom mustbe independent. Effective as of the date of this prospectus, we have established an audit committee of the board of directors, whichwill consist of Dr. Pok Yu (Augustine) Chow, Dr. Hiu Man (Elliott) Cheng, and Mr. Francis Chiu, each of whom is an independentdirector under NASDAQ’s listing standards. Dr. Hiu Man (Elliott) Cheng is the Chairperson of the audit committee. The audit committee’sduties, which are specified in our Audit Committee Charter, include, but are not limited to:

 

  reviewing and discussing with management and the independent auditor the annual audited financial statements, and recommending to the board whether the audited financial statements should be included in our Form 10-K;
     
  discussing with management and the independent auditor significant financial reporting issues and judgments made in connection with the preparation of our financial statements;
     
  discussing with management major risk assessment and risk management policies;
     
  monitoring the independence of the independent auditor;
     
  verifying the rotation of the lead (or coordinating) audit partner having primary responsibility for the audit and the audit partner responsible for reviewing the audit as required by law;
     
  reviewing and approving all related-party transactions;
     
  inquiring and discussing with management our compliance with applicable laws and regulations;
     
  pre-approving all audit services and permitted non-audit services to be performed by our independent auditor, including the fees and terms of the services to be performed;
     
  appointing or replacing the independent auditor;
     
  determining the compensation and oversight of the work of the independent auditor (including resolution of disagreements between management and the independent auditor regarding financial reporting) for the purpose of preparing or issuing an audit report or related work;
  establishing procedures for the receipt, retention and treatment of complaints received by us regarding accounting, internal accounting controls or reports which raise material issues regarding our financial statements or accounting policies; and
     
  approving reimbursement of expenses incurred by our management team in identifying potential target businesses.

 

FinancialExperts on Audit Committee

 

Theaudit committee will at all times be composed exclusively of Independent Directors” who are “financially literate”as defined under NASDAQ listing standards. NASDAQ listing standards define “financially literate” as being able to read andunderstand fundamental financial statements, including a company’s balance sheet, income statement and cash flow statement.

 

Inaddition, we must certify to NASDAQ that the committee has, and will continue to have, at least one member who has past employment experiencein finance or accounting, requisite professional certification in accounting, or other comparable experience or background that resultsin the individual’s financial sophistication. The board of directors has determined that Dr. Hiu Man (Elliott) Cheng is qualifiedas an “audit committee financial expert,” as defined under rules and regulations of the SEC.

 

CorporateGovernance and Nominating Committee

 

Effectiveas of the date of this prospectus, we have established a corporate governance and nominating committee of the board of directors, whichwill consist of Dr. Pok Yu (Augustine) Chow, Dr. Hiu Man (Elliott) Cheng, and Mr. Francis Chiu, each of whom is an independentdirector under NASDAQ’s listing standards. Dr. Pok Yu (Augustine) Chow is the Chairperson of the corporate governance andnominating committee. The corporate governance and nominating committee is responsible for overseeing the selection of persons to benominated to serve on our board of directors. The corporate governance and nominating committee considers persons identified by its members,management, shareholders, investment bankers and others.

 

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Guidelinesfor Selecting Director Nominees

 

Theguidelines for selecting nominees, which are specified in the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee Charter, generally providethat persons to be nominated:

 

  should have demonstrated notable or significant achievements in business, education or public service;
     
  should possess the requisite intelligence, education and experience to make a significant contribution to the board of directors and bring a range of skills, diverse perspectives and backgrounds to its deliberations; and
     
  should have the highest ethical standards, a strong sense of professionalism and intense dedication to serving the interests of the shareholders.

 

Thecorporate governance and nominating committee will consider a number of qualifications relating to management and leadership experience,background and integrity and professionalism in evaluating a person’s candidacy for membership on the board of directors. The corporategovernance and nominating committee may require certain skills or attributes, such as financial or accounting experience, to meet specificboard needs that arise from time to time and will also consider the overall experience and makeup of its members to obtain a broad anddiverse mix of board members. The board of directors will also consider director candidates recommended for nomination by our shareholdersduring such times as they are seeking proposed nominees to stand for election at the next annual meeting of shareholders (or, if applicable,a special meeting of shareholders). Our shareholders that wish to nominate a director for election to the Board should follow the proceduresset forth in our memorandum and articles of association. The corporate governance and nominating committee does not distinguish amongnominees recommended by shareholders and other persons.

 

CompensationCommittee

 

Effectiveas of the date of this prospectus, we will establish a compensation committee of the board of directors, which will consist of Dr. PokYu (Augustine) Chow, Dr. Hiu Man (Elliott) Cheng, and Mr. Francis Chiu, each of whom is an independent director under NASDAQ’slisting standards. Mr. Francis Chiu is the Chairperson of the compensation committee. The compensation committee’s duties, whichare specified in our Compensation Committee Charter, include, but are not limited to:

 

  reviewing and approving on an annual basis the corporate goals and objectives relevant to our Chief Executive Officer’s compensation, evaluating our Chief Executive Officer’s performance in light of such goals and objectives and determining and approving the remuneration (if any) of our Chief Executive Officer’s based on such evaluation;
     
  reviewing and approving the compensation of all of our other executive officers;
     
  reviewing our executive compensation policies and plans;
     
  implementing and administering our incentive compensation equity-based remuneration plans;
     
  assisting management in complying with our proxy statement and annual report disclosure requirements;
     
  approving all special perquisites, special cash payments and other special compensation and benefit arrangements for our executive officers and employees;
     
  if required, producing a report on executive compensation to be included in our annual proxy statement; and
     
  reviewing, evaluating and recommending changes, if appropriate, to the remuneration for directors.

 

Notwithstandingthe foregoing, as indicated above, no compensation of any kind, including finders, consulting or other similar fees, will be paid toany of our existing shareholders, including our directors or any of their respective affiliates, prior to, or for any services they renderin order to effectuate, the consummation of a business combination. Accordingly, it is likely that prior to the consummation of an initialbusiness combination, the compensation committee will only be responsible for the review and recommendation of any compensation arrangementsto be entered into in connection with such initial business combination.

 

Codeof Ethics

 

Uponconsummation of this offering, we will adopt a code of ethics that applies to all of our executive officers, directors and employees.The code of ethics codifies the business and ethical principles that govern all aspects of our business.

 

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Conflictsof Interest

 

Potentialinvestors should be aware of the following potential conflicts of interest:

 

  None of our officers and directors is required to commit their full time to our affairs and, accordingly, they may have conflicts of interest in allocating their time among various business activities.
     
  In the course of their other business activities, our officers and directors may become aware of investment and business opportunities which may be appropriate for presentation to our company as well as the other entities with which they are affiliated. Our management has pre-existing fiduciary duties and contractual obligations and may have conflicts of interest in determining to which entity a particular business opportunity should be presented.
     
  Our officers and directors may in the future become affiliated with entities, including other blank check companies, engaged in business activities similar to those intended to be conducted by our company.
     
  The insider shares owned by our officers and directors will be released from escrow only if a business combination is successfully completed and subject to certain other limitations. Additionally, our officers and directors will not receive distributions from the trust account with respect to any of their insider shares if we do not complete a business combination. Furthermore, our initial shareholders have agreed that the private units will not be sold or transferred by them until after we have completed our initial business combination. In addition, our officers and directors may loan funds to us after this offering and may be owed reimbursement for expenses incurred in connection with certain activities on our behalf which would only be repaid if we complete an initial business combination. For the foregoing reasons, the personal and financial interests of our directors and executive officers may influence their motivation in identifying and selecting a target business, completing a business combination in a timely manner and securing the release of their shares.

 

UnderBritish Virgin Islands law, directors owe the following fiduciary duties:

 

  (i) duty to act in good faith in what the director believes to be in the best interests of the company as a whole;
     
  (ii) duty to exercise powers for the purposes for which those powers were conferred and not for a collateral purpose and directors shall not act, or agree to act, in a matter that contravenes the Companies Act or the memorandum and articles of association;
     
  (iii) Duty to exercise the care, diligence and skill that a reasonable director would exercise in the circumstances taking into account, without limitation:
       
    (a) the nature of the company;
       
    (b) the nature of the decision; and
       
    (c) the position of the director and the nature of the responsibilities undertaken by him;
       
  (iv) directors should not improperly fetter the exercise of future discretion;
     
  (v) duty not to put themselves in a position in which there is a conflict between their duty to the company and their personal interests; and
     
  (vi) duty to exercise independent judgment.

 

Inaddition to the above, directors also owe a duty of care which is not fiduciary in nature. This duty has been defined as a requirementto act as a reasonably diligent person having both the general knowledge, skill and experience that may reasonably be expected of a personcarrying out the same functions as are carried out by that director in relation to the company and the general knowledge skill and experiencewhich that director has.

 

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Asset out above, directors have a duty not to put themselves in a position of conflict and 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 beforgiven and/or authorized in advance by the shareholders provided that there is full disclosure by the directors. This can be done byway of permission granted in the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association or alternatively by shareholder approvalat general meetings.

 

Accordingly,as a result of multiple business affiliations, our officers and directors may have similar legal obligations relating to presenting businessopportunities meeting the above-listed criteria to multiple entities. In addition, conflicts of interest may arise when our board evaluatesa particular business opportunity with respect to the above-listed criteria. We cannot assure you that any of the above-mentioned conflictswill be resolved in our favor. Furthermore, most of our officers and directors have pre-existing fiduciary obligations to other businessesof which they are officers or directors. To the extent they identify business opportunities which may be suitable for the entities towhich they owe pre-existing fiduciary obligations, our officers and directors will honor those fiduciary obligations. Accordingly, itis possible they may not present opportunities to us that otherwise may be attractive to us unless the entities to which they owe pre-existingfiduciary obligations and any successors to such entities have declined to accept such opportunities.

 

Inorder to minimize potential conflicts of interest which may arise from multiple corporate affiliations, each of our officers and directorshas contractually agreed, pursuant to a written agreement with us, until the earliest of a business combination, our liquidation or suchtime as he ceases to be an officer or director, to present to our company for our consideration, prior to presentation to any other entity,any suitable business opportunity which may reasonably be required to be presented to us, subject to any pre-existing fiduciary or contractualobligations he might have.

 

Thefollowing table summarizes the other relevant pre-existing fiduciary or contractual obligations of our officers and directors:

Name of Individual   Name of Affiliated Company   Affiliation
Mr. Hin Wing (Simon) Wong   Hermitage Capital HK Limited   Managing Partner and Responsible Officer
    CRCC High-Tech Equipment Corporation Limited   Independent Non-executive Director
    Guangzhou Baiyunshan Pharmaceutical Holdings Company Limited   Independent Non-executive Director
    Inner Mongolia Yitai Coal Co., Ltd   Independent Non-executive Director
    Wine’s Link International Holdings Limited   Independent Non-executive Director
    Jiangxi Bank Co., Ltd   Independent Non-executive Director
   

Zhaoke Ophthalmology Limited

  Independent Non-executive Director
         
Dr. Man Kai (Anthony) Ho   N/A   N/A
Dr. Pok Yu (Augustine) Chow   Harmony Asset Management Limited   Chairman
    Celsion Corporation  

Director

    Delphinium Female Leadership Fund Ltd.   Director
         
Dr. Hiu Man (Elliott) Cheng   Success Investment Group Holding Limited   General Manager and Executive Director
   

Infinity Asset Management Limited

  Senior Vice President
         
    Epower Finance Group Ltd   Managing Director
Mr. Francis Chiu   Anchors Hospitality Group Ltd   Managing Director and Co-Chair
    Anchors Commercial Surveyors (Asia) Ltd.   Managing Director
    Anchors Private Equity Real Estate Advisory Services (Asia) Ltd.   Managing Director
    Anchors Hotels Management (Asia) Ltd   Managing Director
    Anchors Hospitality Valuation and Advisory (Asia) Ltd.   Managing Director
    The Cambridge Group Ltd.   Managing Director and Co-Chair
    Sloane International Education Group (Asia & China) Ltd.   Managing Director and Co-Chair

 

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Inconnection with the vote required for any business combination, all of our existing shareholders, including all of our officers and directors,have agreed to vote their respective insider shares and private shares in favor of any proposed business combination. In addition, theyhave agreed to waive their respective rights to participate in any liquidation distribution with respect to those ordinary shares acquiredby them prior to this offering. If they purchase ordinary shares in this offering or in the open market, however, they would be entitledto participate in any liquidation distribution in respect of such shares but have agreed not to convert such shares (or sell their sharesin any tender offer) in connection with the consummation of our initial business combination or an amendment to our amended and restatedmemorandum and articles of association relating to pre-business combination activity.

 

Allongoing and future transactions between us and any of our officers and directors or their respective affiliates will be on terms believedby us to be no less favorable to us than are available from unaffiliated third parties. Such transactions will require prior approvalby our audit committee and a majority of our uninterested “independent” directors, or the members of our board who do nothave an interest in the transaction, in either case who had access, at our expense, to our attorneys or independent legal counsel. Wewill not enter into any such transaction unless our audit committee and a majority of our disinterested “independent” directorsdetermine that the terms of such transaction are no less favorable to us than those that would be available to us with respect to sucha transaction from unaffiliated third parties.

 

Tofurther minimize conflicts of interest, we have agreed not to consummate our initial business combination with an entity that is affiliatedwith any of our officers, directors or initial shareholders, unless we have obtained (i) an opinion from an independent investment bankingfirm that the business combination is fair to our unaffiliated shareholders from a financial point of view and (ii) the approval of amajority of our disinterested and Independent Directors (if we have any at that time). Furthermore, in no event will any of our initialshareholders, officers, directors, special advisors or their respective affiliates be paid any finder’s fee, consulting fee orother similar compensation prior to, or for any services they render in order to effectuate, the consummation of our initial businesscombination.

 

Limitationon Liability and Indemnification of Officers and Directors.

 

Ourmemorandum and articles of association provide that, subject to certain limitations, the company shall indemnify its directors and officersagainst all expenses, including legal fees, and against all judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement and reasonably incurred inconnection with legal, administrative or investigative proceedings. Such indemnity only applies if the person acted honestly and in goodfaith with a view to what the person believes is in the best interests of the company and, in the case of criminal proceedings, the personhad no reasonable cause to believe that their conduct was unlawful. The decision of the directors as to whether the person acted honestlyand in good faith and with a view to the best interests of the company and as to whether the person had no reasonable cause to believethat his conduct was unlawful and is, in the absence of fraud, sufficient for the purposes of the memorandum and articles of association,unless a question of law is involved. The termination of any proceedings by any judgment, order, settlement, conviction or the enteringof a nolle prosequi does not, by itself, create a presumption that the person did not act honestly and in good faith and with a viewto the best interests of the company or that the person had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.

 

Wewill enter into agreements with our officers and directors to provide contractual indemnification in addition to the indemnificationprovided for in our memorandum and articles of association. Our memorandum and articles of association also will permit us to purchaseand maintain insurance on behalf of any officer or director who at the request of the Company is or was serving as a director or officerof, or in any other capacity is or was acting for, another company or a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, againstany liability asserted against the person and incurred by the person in that capacity, whether or not the company has or would have hadthe power to indemnify the person against the liability as provided in the memorandum and articles of association. We will purchase apolicy 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 and insures us against our obligations to indemnify our officers and directors.

 

Theseprovisions may discourage shareholders from bringing a lawsuit against our directors for breach of their fiduciary duty. These provisionsalso may have the effect of reducing the likelihood of derivative litigation against 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 affectedto the extent we pay the costs of settlement and damage awards against officers and directors pursuant to these indemnification provisions.

 

Webelieve that these provisions, the insurance and the indemnity agreements are necessary to attract and retain talented and experiencedofficers and directors.

 

Insofaras indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling uspursuant to the foregoing provisions, we have been informed that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policyas expressed in the Securities Act and is theretofore unenforceable.

 

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PRINCIPALSHAREHOLDERS

 

Thefollowing table sets forth information regarding the beneficial ownership of our ordinary shares as of the date of this prospectus andas adjusted to reflect the sale of our ordinary shares included in the units offered by this prospectus (assuming none of the individualslisted purchase units in this offering), by:

 

  each person known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares;
     
  each of our officers and directors; and
     
  all of our officers and directors as a group.

 

Unlessotherwise indicated, we believe that all persons named in the table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all ordinaryshares beneficially owned by them. The following table does not reflect record of beneficial ownership of any ordinary shares issuableupon exercise of the warrants or conversion of rights as the rights are not convertible within sixty days of the date of this prospectusand the warrants are not exercisable within 60 days of the date of this prospectus and the rights are not convertible within sixty daysof the date of this prospectus.

 

   Prior to Offering   After Offering(2) 
Name and Address of Beneficial Owner(1)  Amount
and Nature
of Beneficial
Ownership
   Approximate
Percentage of
Outstanding
Ordinary
Shares
   Amount and
Nature of
Beneficial
Ownership
   Approximate
Percentage of
Outstanding
Ordinary
Shares
 
SB Capital Holding Corporation(3)   1,680,000    97.39%   1,735,000    22.30%

Hin Wing (Simon) Wong

   30,000    1.74%   30,000    * 

Man Kai (Anthony) Ho

   5,000    *    5,000    * 

Pok Yu (Augustine) Chow

   5,000    *    5,000    * 

Hiu Man (Elliott) Cheng

   5,000    *    5,000    * 
Francis Chiu   5,000    *    5,000    * 
All directors and executive officers (five individuals) as a group                    
All initial shareholders (six individuals) as a group   1,725,000    100.00%   1,780,000    22.88%

 

 

 

*Less than 1%.

 

(1) Unless otherwise indicated, the business address of each of the individuals is c/o Ocean Capital Acquisition Corporation, 3 Ocean Way, Sentosa Cove, Singapore 098368.
   
(2) Assumes no exercise of the over-allotment option and includes 280,000 ordinary shares in the private placement, therefore, an aggregate of 225,000 ordinary shares held by our sponsor are forfeited.
   
(3) Represents shares held by SB Capital Holding Corporation, our sponsor. Our sponsor is owned by Poseidon Ocean Corporation and Open Capital Limited which hold 40% and 60%, respectively, of the outstanding shares of our sponsor.

 

Immediatelyafter this offering, our initial shareholders will beneficially own approximately 26.00% of the then issued and outstanding ordinaryshares (assuming none of them purchase any units offered by this prospectus). None of our initial shareholders, officers and directorshas indicated to us that he intends to purchase securities in this offering. Because of the ownership block held by our initial shareholders,such individuals may be able to effectively exercise control over all matters requiring approval by our shareholders, including the electionof directors and approval of significant corporate transactions other than approval of our initial business combination.

 

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Ifthe underwriters do not exercise all or a portion of the over-allotment option, our sponsor will have up to an aggregate of 225,000ordinary shares subject to forfeiture as required by British Virgin Islands law. Our initial shareholders will be required to have redeemedby us only a number of shares necessary to maintain their collective 20% ownership interest in our ordinary shares (excluding the privateunits) after giving effect to the offering and the exercise, if any, of the underwriters’ over-allotment option.

 

Allof the insider shares issued and outstanding prior to the date of this prospectus will be placed in escrow with Continental StockTransfer & Trust Company, as escrow agent, until (1) with respect to 50% ofthe insider shares, the earlier of six months after the date of the consummation of our initial business combination and the date onwhich the closing price of our ordinary shares equals or exceeds $12.50 per whole share (as adjusted for share splits, sharecapitalizations, reorganizations and recapitalizations) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing afterour initial business combination and (2) with respect to the remaining 50% of the insider shares, six months after the date of theconsummation of our initial business combination, or earlier, in either case, if, subsequent to our initial business combination, weconsummate a liquidation, merger, share exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of our shareholders having theright to exchange their shares for cash, securities or other property. Up to 225,000 of the insider shares may also be released fromescrow earlier than this date for forfeiture and cancellation if the over-allotment option is not exercised in full as describedabove.

 

Duringthe escrow period, the holders of these shares will not be able to sell or transfer their securities except (i) for transfers to ourofficers, directors or their respective affiliates (including for transfers to an entity’s members upon its liquidation), (ii)to relatives and trusts for estate planning purposes, (iii) by virtue of the laws of descent and distribution upon death, (iv) pursuantto a qualified domestic relations order, (v) by certain pledges to secure obligations incurred in connection with purchases of our securities,(vi) by private sales made at or prior to the consummation of a business combination at prices no greater than the price at which theshares were originally purchased or (vii) to us for no value for cancellation in connection with the consummation of our initial businesscombination, in each case (except for clause (vii)) where the transferee agrees to the terms of the escrow agreement, but will retainall other rights as our shareholders, including, without limitation, the right to vote their ordinary shares and the right to receivecash dividends, if declared. If dividends are declared and payable in ordinary shares, such dividends will also be placed in escrow.If we are unable to effect a business combination and liquidate the trust account, none of our initial shareholders will receive anyportion of the liquidation proceeds with respect to their insider shares.

 

Oursponsor has committed to purchase from us an aggregate of 280,000 private units at $10.00 per private unit (for a total purchase priceof $2,800,000). These purchases will take place on a private placement basis simultaneously with the consummation of this offering. Allof the proceeds we receive from these purchases will be placed in the trust account described below. Our sponsor has also agreed thatif the over-allotment option is exercised by the underwriters, they will purchase from us at a price of $10.00 per private unit an additionalnumber of private units (up to a maximum of 18,000 private units) pro rata with the amount of the over-allotment option exercisedso that at least $10.00 per share sold to the public in this offering is held in trust regardless of whether the over-allotment optionis exercised in full or part. These additional private units will be purchased in a private placement that will occur simultaneouslywith the purchase of units resulting from the exercise of the over-allotment option. The private units are identical to the units soldin this offering except the private warrants will be non-redeemable and may be exercised on a cashless basis, in each case so long asthey continue to be held by the initial purchasers or their permitted transferees. Additionally, because the private units will be issuedin a private transaction, the holders of the private warrants and their transferees will be allowed to exercise such warrants on acash basis even if a registration statement covering the ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of such warrants is not effectiveand receive unregistered ordinary shares. Furthermore, our sponsor has agreed (A) to vote the ordinary shares underlying the privateunits, or “private shares,” in favor of any proposed business combination, (B) not to propose, or vote in favor of, an amendmentto our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association that would stop our public shareholders from converting or sellingtheir shares to us in connection with a business combination or affect the substance or timing of our obligation to redeem 100% of ourpublic shares if we do not complete a business combination within nine months (as such period may be extended up to 21 monthsat the election of the Company, either in lieu of a shareholder vote or if a shareholder vote has been unsuccessful, subject to the satisfactionof certain conditions or by the Company’s shareholders in accordance with our memorandum and articles of association) from theclosing of this offering unless we provide public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their public shares from the trust accountin connection with any such vote, (C) not to convert any private shares for cash from the trust account in connection with a shareholdervote to approve our proposed initial business combination or a vote to amend the provisions of our amended and restated memorandum andarticles of association relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-business combination activity and (D) that the private shares shallnot participate in any liquidating distribution upon winding up if a business combination is not consummated. The purchasers of the privateunits have also agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of the private units or underlying securities (except to the same permittedtransferees as the insider shares) until 30 calendar days after the completion of our initial business combination.

 

Inorder to meet our working capital needs following the consummation of this offering, our initial shareholders, officers and directorsor their affiliates may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds (“Working Capital Loans”), from time to time or at any time,in whatever amount they deem reasonable in their sole discretion. Each loan would be evidenced by a promissory note. The notes wouldeither be paid upon consummation of our initial business combination, without interest, or, at the lender’s discretion, up to $600,000of the notes may be converted upon consummation of our business combination into private units at a price of $10.00 per unit. Our shareholdershave approved the issuance of the units and underlying securities upon conversion of such notes, to the extent the holder wishes to soconvert them at the time of the consummation of our initial business combination. If we do not complete a business combination, the loanswould be repaid out of funds not held in the trust account, and only to the extent available.

 

Oursponsor and our executive officers and directors are deemed to be our “promoters,” as that term is defined under the Federalsecurities laws.

 

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CERTAINTRANSACTIONS

 

In August 2021, 1,000,000 insider shares wereissued to our initial subscriber of the Company. In March 2022, the initial subscriber transferred the insider shares that it holds toour sponsor, and the Company issued an additional 725,000 shares to the sponsor, resulting in an aggregate of 1,725,000 ordinary sharesoutstanding to our sponsor, for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000, or approximately $0.01 per share. Further, in March 2022, thesponsor transferred an aggregate of 50,000 insider shares to certain directors and officers of the Company.

 

Ifthe underwriters do not exercise all or a portion of their over-allotment option, our sponsor has agreed that up to an aggregateof 225,000 ordinary shares in proportion to the portion of the over-allotment option that was not exercised are subject to forfeitureand would be immediately cancelled.

 

Ifthe underwriters determine the size of the offering should be increased (including pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act)or decreased, a share capitalization or a contribution back to capital, as applicable, would be effectuated in order to maintain ourinitial shareholder’s ownership at a percentage of the number of shares to be sold in this offering.

 

Oursponsor has committed to purchase from us an aggregate of 280,000 private units at $10.00 per private unit (for a total purchase priceof $2,800,000). These purchases will take place on a private placement basis simultaneously with the consummation of this offering. Allof the proceeds we receive from these purchases will be placed in the trust account described below. Our sponsor has also agreed thatif the over-allotment option is exercised by the underwriters, they will purchase from us at a price of $10.00 per private unit an additionalnumber of private units (up to a maximum of 18,000 private units) pro rata with the amount of the over-allotment option exercisedso that at least $10.00 per share sold to the public in this offering is held in trust regardless of whether the over-allotment optionis exercised in full or part. These additional private units will be purchased in a private placement that will occur simultaneouslywith the purchase of units resulting from the exercise of the over-allotment option. The purchase price for the private units being purchasedby our sponsor will be delivered to Loeb & Loeb LLP, our counsel in connection with this offering, who will also be acting solelyas escrow agent in connection with the private sale of such units, at least 24 hours prior to the date of this prospectus to hold ina non-interest-bearing account until we consummate this offering. Loeb & Loeb LLP will deposit the purchase price into the trustaccount simultaneously with the consummation of the offering. The private units are identical to the units sold in this offering exceptas otherwise described in this prospectus. The purchasers have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of the private units or theunderlying securities (except to the same permitted transferees as the insider shares) until 30 calendar days after the completion ofour initial business combination.

 

Inorder to meet our working capital needs following the consummation of this offering, our initial shareholders, officers and directorsand their respective affiliates may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds, from time to time or at any time, in whatever amount theydeem reasonable in their sole discretion. Each loan would be evidenced by a promissory note. The notes would either be paid upon consummationof our initial business combination, without interest, or, at the lender’s discretion, up to $600,000 of the notes may be convertedupon consummation of our business combination into private units at a price of $10.00 per unit. Our shareholders have approved the issuanceof the units and underlying securities upon conversion of such notes, to the extent the holder wishes to so convert them at the timeof the consummation of our initial business combination. If we do not complete a business combination, the loans would be repaid outof funds not held in the trust account, and only to the extent available.

 

Theholders of our insider shares issued and outstanding on the date of this prospectus, as well as the holders of the private units (andall underlying securities) and any securities our initial shareholders, officers, directors or their affiliates may be issued in paymentof working capital loans or loans to extend the time available for us to consummate our initial business combination, will be entitledto registration rights pursuant to an agreement to be signed prior to or on the effective date of this offering. The holders of a majorityof these securities are entitled to make up to two demands that we register such securities. The holders of the majority of the insidershares can elect to exercise these registration rights at any time commencing three months prior to the date on which these ordinaryshares are to be released from escrow. The holders of a majority of the private units or securities issued in payment of working capitalloans or loans to extend our life made to us can elect to exercise these registration rights at any time after we consummate a businesscombination. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statementsfiled subsequent to our consummation of a business combination. We will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of anysuch registration statements.

 

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Asof March 31, 2022, our sponsor had loaned us an aggregate of $27,342 to be used to pay formation expenses and a portion of the expensesof this offering. The loan is payable without interest on the date on which we consummate our initial public offering. We intend to repaythis loan from the proceeds of this offering not being placed in the trust account. If we determine not to proceed with the offering,such amounts would not be repaid.

 

Otherthan the fees described above, no compensation or fees of any kind, including finder’s fees, consulting fees or other similar compensation,will be paid to any of our initial shareholders, officers or directors who owned our ordinary shares prior to this offering, or to anyof their respective affiliates, prior to or with respect to the business combination (regardless of the type of transaction that it is).

 

Wewill reimburse our officers and directors for any reasonable out-of-pocket business expenses incurred by them in connection with certainactivities on our behalf such as identifying and investigating possible target businesses and business combinations. There is no limiton the amount of out-of-pocket expenses reimbursable by us; provided, however, that to the extent such expenses exceed the availableproceeds not deposited in the trust account, such expenses would not be reimbursed by us unless we consummate an initial business combination.Our audit committee will review and approve all reimbursements and payments made to any initial shareholder or member of our managementteam, or our or their respective affiliates, and any reimbursements and payments made to members of our audit committee will be reviewedand approved by our board of directors, with any interested director abstaining from such review and approval.

 

Allongoing and future transactions between us and any of our officers and directors or their respective affiliates will be on terms believedby us to be no less favorable to us than are available from unaffiliated third parties. Such transactions, including the payment of anycompensation, will require prior approval by a majority of our uninterested “independent” directors (to the extent we haveany) or the members of our board who do not have an interest in the transaction, in either case who had access, at our expense, to ourattorneys or independent legal counsel. We will not enter into any such transaction unless our disinterested “independent”directors (or, if there are no “independent” directors, our disinterested directors) determine that the terms of such transactionare no less favorable to us than those that would be available to us with respect to such a transaction from unaffiliated third parties.

 

RelatedParty Policy

 

OurCode of Ethics, which we will adopt upon consummation of this offering, will require us to avoid, wherever possible, all related partytransactions that could result in actual or potential conflicts of interests, except under guidelines approved by the board of directors(or the audit committee). Related-party transactions are defined as transactions in which (1) the aggregate amount involved will or maybe expected to exceed $120,000 in any calendar year, (2) we or any of our subsidiaries is a participant, and (3) any (a) executive officer,director or nominee for election as a director, (b) greater than 5% beneficial owner of our ordinary shares, or (c) immediate familymember, of the persons referred to in clauses (a) and (b), has or will have a direct or indirect material interest (other than solelyas a result of being a director or a less than 10% beneficial owner of another entity). A conflict of interest situation can arise whena person takes actions or has interests that may make it difficult to perform his or her work objectively and effectively. Conflictsof interest may also arise if a person, or a member of his or her family, receives improper personal benefits as a result of his or herposition.

 

Wealso require each of our directors and executive officers to annually complete a directors’ and officers’ questionnaire thatelicits information about related party transactions.

 

Ouraudit committee, pursuant to its written charter, will be responsible for reviewing and approving related-party transactions to the extentwe enter into such transactions. All ongoing and future transactions between us and any of our officers and directors or their respectiveaffiliates will be on terms believed by us to be no less favorable to us than are available from unaffiliated third parties. Such transactionswill require prior approval by our audit committee and a majority of our uninterested “independent” directors, or the membersof our board who do not have an interest in the transaction, in either case who had access, at our expense, to our attorneys or independentlegal counsel. We will not enter into any such transaction unless our audit committee and a majority of our disinterested “independent”directors determine that the terms of such transaction are no less favorable to us than those that would be available to us with respectto such a transaction from unaffiliated third parties. Additionally, we require each of our directors and executive officers to completea directors’ and officers’ questionnaire that elicits information about related party transactions.

 

Theseprocedures are intended to determine whether any such related party transaction impairs the independence of a director or presents aconflict of interest on the part of a director, employee or officer.

 

Tofurther minimize potential conflicts of interest, we have agreed not to consummate a business combination with an entity which is affiliatedwith any of our initial shareholders unless we obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm that the business combinationis fair to our unaffiliated shareholders from a financial point of view. Furthermore, in no event will any of our existing officers,directors or initial shareholders, or any entity with which they are affiliated, be paid any finder’s fee, consulting fee or othercompensation prior to, or for any services they render in order to effectuate, the consummation of a business combination.

 

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DESCRIPTIONOF SECURITIES

 

General

 

Weare a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands as a BVI business company (company number 2073312) and our affairs aregoverned by our memorandum and articles of association, the Companies Act and the common law of the British Virgin Islands. We are currentlyauthorized to issue a maximum of 500,000,000 shares of a single class, each with par value of $0.0001. As of the date of this prospectus,1,725,000 ordinary shares are issued and outstanding, held by our initial shareholders. No preferred shares are issued or outstanding.The following description summarizes certain terms of our shares as set out more particularly in our memorandum and articles of association.Because it is only a summary, it may not contain all the information that is important to you.

 

Units

 

Eachunit consists of one ordinary share, one-half of one redeemable warrant, and one right to receive one-tenth (1/10) of one ordinary shareupon the consummation of an initial business combination. Each whole redeemable warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one ordinaryshare. Each whole redeemable warrant has an exercise price $11.50 per whole share and will become exercisable on the later of 30 daysafter the completion of an initial business combination or 12 months from the date of this prospectus is declared effective by the SEC,and shall expire on the five-year anniversary of the consummation of the initial business combination. Pursuant to the warrant agreement,a warrant holder may exercise its warrants only for a whole number of shares. This means that only a whole warrant may be exercised atany given time by a warrant holder. No fractional 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. No fractionalrights will be issued upon separation of the units and only whole rights will trade. Accordingly, unless you purchase at least ten units,you will not be able to receive a whole right.

 

Theordinary shares, warrants, and rights will begin to trade separately on the 52nd day after the date of this prospectus unlessthe underwriters determine that an earlier date is acceptable (based upon, among other things, its assessment of the relative strengthsof the securities markets and small capitalization companies in general, and the trading pattern of, and demand for, our securities inparticular). In no event will the underwriters allow separate trading of the ordinary shares, warrants and rights until we file an auditedbalance sheet reflecting our receipt of the gross proceeds of this offering. No fractional warrants will be issued upon separation ofthe units and only whole warrants will trade. Accordingly, unless you purchase at least two units, you will not be able to receiveor trade a whole warrant. No fractional rights will be issued upon separation of the units and only whole rights will trade. Accordingly,unless you purchase at least ten units, you will not be able to receive a whole right.

 

Wewill file a Current Report on Form 8-K which includes an audited balance sheet promptly upon the consummation of this offering. The auditedbalance sheet will reflect proceeds we receive from the exercise of the over-allotment option, if the over-allotment option is exercisedon the date of this prospectus. If the over-allotment option is exercised after the date of this prospectus, we will file an amendmentto the Form 8-K, or a new Form 8-K, to provide updated financial information to reflect the exercise of the over-allotment option. Wewill also include in this Form 8-K, an amendment thereto, or in a subsequent Form 8-K information indicating when separate trading ofthe ordinary shares, warrants and rights has commenced.

 

OrdinaryShares

 

Ourshareholders of record are entitled to one vote for each share held on all matters to be voted on by shareholders. In connection withany vote held to approve our initial business combination, all of our initial shareholders, as well as all of our officers and directors,have agreed to vote their respective ordinary shares owned by them immediately prior to this offering and any shares purchased in thisoffering or following this offering in the open market in favor of the proposed business combination.

 

Wewill proceed with the business combination only if we have net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 upon consummation of such businesscombination and a majority of the ordinary shares voted are voted in favor of the business combination. At least ten (10) days’notice must be given for each general meeting (although we will provide whatever minimum number of days are required under Federal securitieslaws). Shareholders may vote at meetings in person or by proxy.

 

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Themembers of our board of directors serve until the next annual general meeting. There is no cumulative voting with respect to the electionof directors, with the result that the holders of more than 50% of the shares eligible to vote for the election of directors can electall of the directors.

 

Pursuantto our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, if we do not consummate a business combination by nine months(as such period may be extended up to 21 months at the election of the Company, either in lieu of a shareholder vote or if a shareholdervote has been unsuccessful, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions or by the Company’s shareholders in accordance withour memorandum and articles of association) from the consummation of this offering, we will, as promptly as reasonably possible but notmore than ten business days thereafter, distribute the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest (netof taxes payable), pro rata to our public shareholders by way of redemption of their shares and cease all operations except for the purposesof winding up of our affairs. This redemption of public shareholders from the trust account shall be effected as required by functionof our memorandum and articles of association and prior to commencing any voluntary liquidation. Our initial shareholders have agreedto waive their rights to share in any distribution from the trust account with respect to their insider shares upon our winding up, liquidationand subsequent dissolution.

 

Ourshareholders have no conversion, preemptive or other subscription rights and there are no sinking fund or redemption provisions applicableto the ordinary shares, except that public shareholders have the right to have their public shares converted to cash equal to their prorata share of the trust account if they vote on the proposed business combination and the business combination is completed. Publicshareholders who convert their public shares into their portion of the trust account still have the right to exercise the redeemablewarrants that they received as part of the units.

 

Registerof Members

 

Underthe Companies Act, the ordinary shares are deemed to be issued when the name of the shareholder is entered in our register ofmembers. Our register of members will be maintained by our transfer agent Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, which will enter the name of Cede & Co in our register of members on the closing ofthis offering as nominee for each of the respective public shareholders. If (a) information that is required to be entered in theregister of members is omitted from the register or is inaccurately entered in the register, or (b) there is unreasonable delay inentering information in the register, a shareholder of the company, or any person who is aggrieved by the omission, inaccuracy ordelay, may apply to the British Virgin Islands courts for an order that the register be rectified, and the court may either refusethe application or order the rectification of the register, and may direct the company to pay all costs of the application and anydamages the applicant may have sustained.

 

RedeemableWarrants

 

Nowarrants are currently outstanding. Each whole redeemable warrant entitles the registered holder to purchase one ordinary share at aprice of $11.50 per whole share, subject to adjustment as discussed below, at any time commencing on the later of 30 days after the consummationof our initial business combination or 12 months from the date of this prospectus is declared effective by the SEC. Pursuant to the warrantagreement, a warrant holder may exercise its warrants only for a whole number of warrant. This means that only a whole warrant may beexercised at any given time by a warrant holder. No fractional warrants will be issued upon separation of the units and only whole warrantswill trade. As a result, you must exercise warrants in multiples of at least four warrants, at a price of $11.50 per whole share, subjectto adjustment as described in this prospectus, to validly exercise your warrants. However, except as set forth below, no warrants willbe exercisable on a cash basis unless we have an effective and current registration statement covering the ordinary shares issuableupon exercise of the warrants and a current prospectus relating to such ordinary shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a registrationstatement covering the ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants is not effective within 90 days from the consummation ofour initial business combination, warrant holders may, until such time as there is an effective registration statement and during anyperiod when we shall have failed to maintain an effective registration statement, exercise warrants on a cashless basis pursuant to theexemption from registration provided by Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act provided that such exemption is available. If an exemptionfrom registration is not available, holders will not be able to exercise their warrants on a cashless basis. The warrants will expirefive years from the effective date of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part at 5:00 p.m., Eastern StandardTime.

 

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Wemay call the warrants for redemption, in whole and not in part, at a price of $0.01 per warrant:

 

  at any time while the warrants are exercisable,
     
  upon not less than 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption to each warrant holder,
     
  if, and only if, the reported last sale price of the ordinary shares equals or exceeds $18.00 per share, as adjusted for share splits, share capitalizations, rights, issuances, subdivisions, reorganizations, recapitalizations, and the like, for any 20 trading days within a 30 trading days period ending on the third business day prior to the notice of redemption to warrant holders, and
     
  if, and only if, there is a current registration statement in effect with respect to the ordinary shares underlying such warrants at the time of redemption and for the entire 30-days trading period referred to above and continuing each day thereafter until the date of redemption.

 

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

 

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

 

Ifwe call the warrants for redemption as described above, our management will have the option to require all holders that wish to exercisewarrants to do so on a “cashless basis.” In such event, each holder would pay the exercise price by surrendering the wholewarrants for that number of ordinary shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the product of the number of ordinary sharesunderlying the warrants, multiplied by the excess of the “fair market value” (defined below) over the exercise price of thewarrants by (y) the fair market value. The “fair market value” shall mean the average reported closing price of the ordinaryshares for the 10 trading days ending on the third trading day prior to the date of exercise on which the notice of redemption is sentto the holders of warrants. Whether we will exercise our option to require all holders to exercise their warrants on a “cashlessbasis” will depend on a variety of factors including the price of our ordinary shares at the time the warrants are called for redemption,our cash needs at such time and concerns regarding dilutive share issuances.

 

Inaddition, if (x) we issue additional ordinary shares or equity-linked securities for capital raising purposes in connection with theclosing of our initial business combination at an issue price or effective issue price of less than $9.20 per share (with such issueprice or effective issue price to be determined in good faith by our board of directors), (y) the aggregate gross proceeds from suchissuances represent more than 60% of the total equity proceeds, and interest thereon, available for the funding of our initial businesscombination, and (z) the volume weighted average trading price of our ordinary shares during the 20 trading day period starting on thetrading day prior to the day on which we consummate our initial business combination (such price, the “Market Price”) isbelow $9.20 per share, the exercise price of the redeemable warrants will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 115% of themarket value, and the $18.00 per share redemption trigger price described above will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to180% of the market value.

 

Thewarrants will be issued in registered form under a warrant agreement between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as warrant agent, and us. The warrant agreement provides that the terms of thewarrants may be amended without the consent of any holder to cure any ambiguity or correct any defective provision, but requires theapproval, by written consent or vote, of the holders of a majority of the then outstanding warrants in order to make any change thatadversely affects the interests of the registered holders.

 

Theexercise price and number of ordinary shares issuable on exercise of the warrants may be adjusted in certain circumstances includingin the event of a share capitalizations, extraordinary dividend or our recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation. However,the warrants will not be adjusted for issuances of ordinary shares at a price below their respective exercise prices.

 

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

 

Exceptas described above, no warrants will be exercisable and we will not be obligated to issue ordinary shares unless at the time a holderseeks to exercise such warrant, a prospectus relating to the ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants is current and theordinary shares have been registered or qualified or deemed to be exempt under the securities laws of the state of residence of the holderof the warrants. Under the terms of the warrant agreement, we have agreed to use our best efforts to meet these conditions and to maintaina current prospectus relating to the ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants until the expiration of the warrants. However,we cannot assure you that we will be able to do so and, if we do not maintain a current prospectus relating to the ordinary shares issuableupon exercise of the warrants, holders will be unable to exercise their warrants and we will not be required to settle any such warrantexercise. If the prospectus relating to the ordinary shares issuable upon the exercise of the warrants is not current or if the ordinaryshares is not qualified or exempt from qualification in the jurisdictions in which the holders of the warrants reside, we will not berequired to net cash settle or cash settle the warrant exercise, the warrants may have no value, the market for the warrants may be limitedand the warrants may expire worthless.

 

Warrantholders may elect to be subject to a restriction on the exercise of their warrants such that an electing warrant holder (and his, heror its affiliates) would not be able to exercise their warrants to the extent that, after giving effect to such exercise, such holder(and his, her or its affiliates) would beneficially own in excess of 9.8% of the ordinary shares issued and outstanding. Notwithstandingthe foregoing, any person who acquires a warrant with the purpose or effect of changing or influencing the control of our company, orin connection with or as a participant in any transaction having such purpose or effect, immediately upon such acquisition will be deemedto be the beneficial owner of the underlying ordinary shares and not be able to take advantage of this provision.

 

Nofractional shares will be issued upon exercise of the warrants. If, upon exercise of the warrants, a holder would be entitled to receivea fractional interest in a share (as a result of a subsequent share capitalizations payable in ordinary shares, or by a split up of theordinary shares or other similar event), we will, upon exercise, round up or down to the nearest whole number the number of ordinaryshares to be issued to the warrant holder.

 

Wehave agreed that, subject to applicable law, any action, proceeding or claim against us arising out of or relating in any way to thewarrant agreement will be brought and enforced in the courts of the State of New York or the United States District Court for the SouthernDistrict of New York, and we irrevocably submit to such jurisdiction, which jurisdiction will be the exclusive forum for any such action,proceeding or claim. See “Risk Factors — General Risk Factors — Our warrant agreement will designate the courts ofthe State of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, as the sole and exclusive forum forcertain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by holders of our warrants, which could limit the ability of warrant holdersto obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with our company.” This provision applies to claims under the Securities Actbut does not apply to claims under the Exchange Act or any claim for which the federal district courts of the United States of Americaare the sole and exclusive forum.

 

PrivateWarrants

 

Theprivate warrants have terms and provisions that are identical to those of the warrants being sold as part of the units in this offering.The private warrants (including the ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the private warrants) will not be transferable, assignableor saleable until 30 days after the completion of our initial business combination (except for permitted transferees and as describedherein). The permitted transferees shall mean (i) among the initial shareholders or to the initial shareholders’ or our officers,directors or their respective affiliates (including for transfers to an entity’s members upon its liquidation), (ii) to a holder’sshareholders or members upon the holder’s liquidation, in each case if the holder is an entity, (iii) by bona fide gift to a memberof the holder’s immediate family or to a trust, the beneficiary of which is the holder or a member of the holder’s immediatefamily, in each case for estate planning purposes, (iv) by virtue of the laws of descent and distribution upon death, (v) pursuant toa qualified domestic relations order, (vi) to us for no value for cancellation in connection with the consummation of our initial businesscombination, (vii) in connection with the consummation of a business combination at prices no greater than the price at which the shareswere originally purchased, (viii) in the event of our liquidation prior to its consummation of an initial business combination or (ix)in the event that, subsequent to the consummation of an initial Business Combination, the Company completes a liquidation, merger, shareexchange or other similar transaction which results in all of our shareholders having the right to exchange their ordinary shares forcash, securities or other property, in each case (except for clauses (vi), (viii) or (ix) or with our prior written consent) on the conditionthat prior to such registration for transfer, the warrant agent shall be presented with written documentation pursuant to which eachtransferee or the trustee or legal guardian for such transferee agrees to be bound by the transfer restrictions contained in this paragraphand any other applicable agreement the transferor is bound by.

 

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Rights

 

Exceptin cases where we are not the surviving company in a business combination, each holder of a right will automatically receive one ordinaryshare upon consummation of our initial business combination, even if the holder of a public right converted all ordinary shares heldby him, her or it in connection with the initial business combination or an amendment to our certificate of incorporation with respectto our pre-business combination activities. In the event we will not be the surviving company upon completion of our initial businesscombination, each holder of ten rights will be required to affirmatively convert his, her or its rights in order to receive the one shareunderlying each right upon consummation of the business combination. No additional consideration will be required to be paid by a holderof rights in order to receive his, her or its additional shares of common stock upon consummation of an initial business combination.The shares issuable upon exchange of the rights will be freely tradable (except to the extent held by affiliates of ours). If we enterinto a definitive agreement for a business combination in which we will not be the surviving entity, the definitive agreement will providefor the holders of rights to receive the same per share consideration the holders of the ordinary shares will receive in the transactionon an as-converted into ordinary share basis.

 

Wewill not issue fractional shares in connection with an exchange of rights. Fractional shares will either be rounded down to the nearestwhole share or otherwise addressed in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Company’s amended and restated memorandumand articles of association. As a result, you must hold rights in multiples of ten in order to receive shares for all of your rightsupon closing of a business combination. If we are unable to complete an initial business combination within the required time periodand we liquidate the funds held in the trust account, holders of rights will not receive any of such funds with respect to their rights,nor will they receive any distribution from our assets held outside of the trust account with respect to such rights, and the rightswill expire worthless. Further, there are no contractual penalties for failure to deliver securities to the holders of the rights uponconsummation of an initial business combination. Additionally, in no event will we be required to net cash settle the rights. Accordingly,the rights may expire worthless.

 

Dividends

 

Wehave not paid any cash dividends on our ordinary shares to date and do not intend to pay cash dividends prior to the completion of abusiness combination. The payment of cash dividends in the future will be dependent upon our revenues and earnings, if any, capital requirementsand general financial condition subsequent to completion of a business combination. The payment of any dividends subsequent to a businesscombination will be within the discretion of our then board of directors. It is the present intention of our board of directors to retainall earnings, if any, for use in our business operations and, accordingly, our board does not anticipate declaring any dividends in theforeseeable future.

 

OurTransfer Agent, Warrant Agent, and Rights Agent

 

Thetransfer agent for our ordinary shares and warrant agent for our warrants is Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, 1 StateStreet 30th Floor, New York, NY 10004-1561.

 

Listingof our Securities

 

Thereis presently no public market for our units, ordinary shares or warrants. We have applied to have the units, and the ordinary sharesand warrants once they begin separate trading, listed on NASDAQ under the symbols “[     ]U,” “[    ],”“[           ]W,” and “[     ]R”respectively. Although, after giving effect to this offering, we meet on a pro forma basis the minimum initial listing standards of NASDAQ,which generally only requires that we meet certain requirements relating to shareholders’ equity, market capitalization, aggregatemarket value of publicly held shares and distribution requirements, we cannot assure you that our securities will continue to be listedon NASDAQ as we might not meet certain continued listing standards.

 

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BRITISHVIRGIN ISLANDS COMPANY CONSIDERATIONS

 

Ourcorporate affairs are governed by our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association and the provisions of applicable BritishVirgin Islands law, including the Companies Act. The Companies Act differs from laws applicable to United States corporations and theirshareholders. Set forth below is a summary of some significant differences between the provisions of the Companies Act applicable tous and the laws applicable to companies incorporated in the United States and their shareholders. A brief discussion of the procedurefor mergers and similar arrangements in the British Virgin Islands also follows.

 

Wecannot predict whether British Virgin Islands courts would reach the same conclusions based on a particular set of facts as U.S. courtswould be expected to reach. Therefore, you may have more difficulty in protecting your interests in the face of actions by the management,directors or controlling shareholders than would shareholders of a corporation incorporated in a U.S. jurisdiction, which has developeda substantial body of case law. The following table provides a comparison between the statutory provisions of the Companies Act togetherwith the provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, and the Delaware General Corporation Law relatingto shareholders’ rights.

 

British Virgin Islands   Delaware
Shareholder Meetings
 
Held at a time and place as designated in the articles of association. Our amended and restated articles of association provide that our board may designate such time and place.   Held at such time or place as designated in the certificate of incorporation or the by-laws, or if not so designated, as determined by the board of directors
         
May be held within or without the British Virgin Islands   May be held within or without Delaware
         
Notice   Notice
         
  Whenever shareholders are required to take action at a meeting, written notice shall state the place, date and hour of the meeting and indicate that it is being issued by or at the direction of the person calling the meeting.     Whenever shareholders are required to take any action at a meeting, a written notice of the meeting shall be given which shall state the place, if any, date and hour of the meeting, and the means of remote communication, if any.
             
  A copy of the notice of any meeting shall be given personally or sent by mail or electronic form as designated in our amended and restated articles of association.     Written notice shall be given not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the meeting.
             
  Our amended and restated articles of association provide for notice of not less than 10 days before the meeting.        
             
Shareholders’ Voting Rights
         
Any action required to be taken by meeting of shareholders may be taken without meeting if consent is in writing and is signed by a majority of the shareholders entitled to vote if permitted by the articles of association. Our amended and restated articles of association provide for such consent in writing   Any action required to be taken by meeting of shareholders may be taken without meeting if consent is in writing and is signed by all the shareholders entitled to vote
Any person authorized to vote may authorize another person or persons to act for him by proxy if permitted by the articles of association. Our amended and restated articles of association permit such proxies.   Any person authorized to vote may authorize another person or persons to act for him by proxy.

 

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British Virgin Islands   Delaware
Quorum is as designated in the articles of association. Quorum in our amended and restated articles of association is shareholders representing not less than one-half of the votes of the shares entitled to vote on resolutions of members to be considered at the meeting.   For stock corporations, certificate of incorporation or by-laws may specify the number to constitute a quorum but in no event shall a quorum consist of less than one-third of shares entitled to vote at a meeting. In the absence of such specifications, a majority of shares entitled to vote shall constitute a quorum.
         
The memorandum and articles of association may provide for cumulative voting in the election of directors. Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association do not provide for cumulative voting.   The certificate of incorporation may provide for cumulative voting.
         
Under our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, subject to any rights or restrictions attached to any shares, at any general meeting on a show of hands every shareholder who is present in person (or, in the case of a shareholder being a corporation, by its duly authorized representative) or by proxy shall have one vote and on a poll every shareholder present in person (or, in the case of a shareholder being a corporation, by its duly appointed representative) or by proxy shall have one vote for each share which such shareholder is the holder. Voting at any meeting of the shareholders is by show of hands unless a poll is demanded. A poll may be demanded by shareholders present in person or by proxy if the shareholder disputes the outcome of the vote on a proposed resolution and the chairman shall cause a poll to be taken.      
Changes in the rights of shareholders as set forth in our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association require approval of at least 50% of the shareholders.      
         
Directors
 
Board must consist of at least one director. Our articles of association provide that there shall be no less than two directors.   Board must consist of at least one member.
         
Maximum number of directors can be changed by an amendment to the articles of association. Our amended and restated articles of association do not provide for a maximum number.   Number of board members shall be fixed by the by-laws, unless the certificate of incorporation fixes the number of directors, in which case a change in the number shall be made only by amendment of the certificate.
         
If the board is authorized to change the number of directors actually appointed, provided that the number still falls within the maximum and the minimum number of directors as set out in the articles of association, it can do so provided that it complies with the procedure set out in the articles of association. Our amended and restated articles of association permit our board to appoint additional directors.      

 

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British Virgin Islands   Delaware
Fiduciary Duties
 
In summary, directors and officers owe the following fiduciary duties:   Directors and officers must act in good faith, with the care of a prudent person, and in the best interest of the corporation as a whole.
  Duty to act honestly and in good faith in what the directors believe to be in the best interests of the company as a whole;   Directors and officers must refrain from self-dealing, usurping corporate opportunities and receiving improper personal benefits.
           
  Duty to exercise powers for a proper purpose for which those powers were conferred and not for a collateral purpose and directors shall not act, or agree to act, in a matter that contravenes the Companies Act or the memorandum and articles of association;   Decisions made by directors and officers on an informed basis, in good faith and in the honest belief that the action was taken in the best interest of the corporation will be protected by the “business judgment rule.”
           
  Duty to exercise the care, diligence and skill that a reasonable director would exercise in the circumstances taking into account, without limitation:      
           
    (a)

the nature of the company;

     
             
    (b) the nature of the decision; and      
             
    (c) the position of the director and the nature of the responsibilities undertaken by him.      
             
  Directors should not improperly fetter the exercise of future discretion;      
           
  Duty to exercise powers fairly as between different groups of shareholders;      
           
  Duty not to put himself in a position of conflict between their duty to the company and their personal interests; and      
           
  Duty to exercise independent judgment.      
           
The Companies Act provides that, a director of a company shall, immediately after becoming aware of the fact that he is interested in a transaction entered into, or to be entered into, by the company, disclose the interest to the board of the company. However, the failure of a director to disclose that interest does not affect the validity of a transaction entered into by the director or the company, so long as the transaction was not required to be disclosed because the transaction is between the company and the director himself and is in the ordinary course of business and on usual terms and conditions. Additionally, the failure of a director to disclose an interest does not affect the validity of the transaction entered into by the company if (a) the material facts of the interest of the director in the transaction are known by the shareholders and the transaction is approved or ratified by a resolution of shareholders entitled to vote at a meeting of shareholders or (b) the company received fair value for the transaction.      

 

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British Virgin Islands     Delaware
       
Pursuant to the Companies Act and the company’s memorandum and articles of association, so long as a director has disclosed any interests in a transaction entered into or to be entered into by the company to the board he/she may:      
         
  (a) vote on a matter relating to the transaction;      
           
  (b) attend a meeting of directors at which a matter relating to the transaction arises and be included among the directors present at the meeting for the purposes of a quorum; and      
           
  (c) sign a document on behalf of the company, or do any other thing in his capacity as a director, that relates to the transaction.      
           
As set out above, directors have a duty not to put themselves in a position of conflict and this includes a duty not to engage in self-dealing, or to otherwise benefit as a result of his position. However, in some instances a breach of this duty can be forgiven and/or authorized in advance by the shareholders provided that there is full disclosure by the directors. This can be done by way of permission granted in the articles of association or alternatively by shareholder approval at general meetings.      
         
Shareholders’ Derivative Actions
 
 Generally speaking, the company is the proper plaintiff in any action. A shareholder may, with the permission of the British Virgin Islands Court, bring an action or intervene in a matter in the name of the company, in certain circumstances. Such actions are known as derivative actions. The British Virgin Islands Court may only grant permission to bring a derivative action where the following circumstances apply:   In any derivative suit instituted by a shareholder of a corporation, it shall be averred in the complaint that the plaintiff was a shareholder of the corporation at the time of the transaction of which he complains or that such shareholder’s stock thereafter devolved upon such shareholder by operation of law.
         
  the company does not intend to bring, diligently continue or defend or discontinue the proceedings; and     Complaint shall set forth with particularity the efforts of the plaintiff to obtain the action by the board or the reasons for not making such effort.
           
  it is in the interests of the company that the conduct of the proceedings are not left to the directors or to the determination of the shareholders as a whole.   Such action shall not be dismissed or compromised without the approval of the Chancery Court.
           
When considering whether to grant leave, the British Virgin Islands Court is also required to have regard to the following matters:      
         
  (a) whether the shareholder is acting in good faith;   Shareholders of a Delaware corporation that redeemed their shares, or whose shares were cancelled in connection with dissolution, would not be able to bring a derivative action against the corporation after the shares have been redeemed or cancelled.
           
  (b) whether a derivative action is in the interests of the company, taking into account the directors’ views on commercial matters;      

 

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  (c) whether the action is likely to succeed;    
         
  (d) the costs of the proceedings in relation to the relief likely to be obtained; and    
         
  (e) whether another alternative remedy to the derivative action is available.    

 

MaterialDifferences in British Virgin Islands and Delaware Law

 

CertainDifferences in Corporate Law

 

Ourcorporate affairs are governed by our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association and the provisions of applicable BritishVirgin Islands law, including the Companies Act. The Companies Act differs from laws applicable to United States corporations and theirshareholders. Set forth below is a summary of the material differences between the provisions of the Companies Act applicable to us andthe laws applicable to companies incorporated in the United States and their shareholders.

 

Mergersand Similar Arrangements. The Companies Act provides for mergers as that expression is understood under United States corporate law.Under the Companies Act, two or more companies may either merge into one of such existing companies (the “surviving company”)or consolidate with both existing companies ceasing to exist and forming a new company (the “consolidated company”). Theprocedure for a merger or consolidation between the company and another company (which need not be a British Virgin Islands company,and which may be the company’s parent or subsidiary, but need not be) is set out in the Companies Act. The directors of the BritishVirgin Islands company or British Virgin Islands companies which are to merge or consolidate must approve a written plan of merger orconsolidation which, with the exception of a merger between a parent company and its subsidiary, must also be approved by a resolutionof a majority of the shareholders who are entitled to vote and actually vote at a quorate meeting of shareholders or by written resolutionof the shareholders of the British Virgin Islands company or British Virgin Islands companies which are to merge. A foreign company whichis able under the laws of its foreign jurisdiction to participate in the merger or consolidation is required by the Companies Act tocomply with the laws of that foreign jurisdiction in relation to the merger or consolidation. The company must then execute articlesof merger or consolidation, containing certain prescribed details. The plan and articles of merger or consolidation are then filed withthe Registrar of Corporate Affairs in the British Virgin Islands. The Registrar then registers the articles of merger or consolidationand any amendment to the memorandum and articles of the surviving company in a merger or the memorandum and articles of association ofthe new consolidated company in a consolidation and issue a certificate of merger or consolidation (which is conclusive evidence of compliancewith all requirements of the Companies Act in respect of the merger or consolidation). The merger is effective on the date that the articlesof merger are registered with the Registrar or on such subsequent date, not exceeding thirty days, as is stated in the articles of mergeror consolidation.

 

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Assoon as a merger becomes effective: (a) the surviving company or consolidated company (so far as is consistent with its memorandum andarticles of association, as amended or established by the articles of merger or consolidation) has all rights, privileges, immunities,powers, objects and purposes of each of the constituent companies; (b) in the case of a merger, the memorandum and articles of associationof any surviving company are automatically amended to the extent, if any, that changes to its amended memorandum and articles of associationare contained in the articles of merger or, in the case of a consolidation, the memorandum and articles of association filed with thearticles of consolidation are the memorandum and articles of the consolidated company; (c) assets of every description, including choses-in-actionand the business of each of the constituent companies, immediately vest in the surviving company or consolidated company; (d) the survivingcompany or consolidated company is liable for all claims, debts, liabilities and obligations of each of the constituent companies; (e)no conviction, judgment, ruling, order, claim, debt, liability or obligation due or to become due, and no cause existing, against a constituentcompany or against any member, director, officer or agent thereof, is released or impaired by the merger or consolidation; and (f) noproceedings, whether civil or criminal, pending at the time of a merger by or against a constituent company, or against any member, director,officer or agent thereof, are abated or discontinued by the merger or consolidation; but: (i) the proceedings may be enforced, prosecuted,settled or compromised by or against the surviving company or consolidated company or against the member, director, officer or agentthereof; as the case may be; or (ii) the surviving company or consolidated company may be substituted in the proceedings for a constituentcompany. The Registrar shall strike off the register of companies each constituent company that is not the surviving company in the caseof a merger and all constituent companies in the case of a consolidation.

 

Ifthe directors determine it to be in the best interests of the company, it is also possible for a merger to be approved as a Court approvedplan of arrangement or scheme of arrangement in accordance with the Companies Act. However, we do not anticipate the use of such statutoryprovisions because we expect the required terms of the initial business combination will be capable of being achieved through other means,such as a merger or consolidation (as described above), a share exchange, asset acquisition or control, through contractual arrangements,of an operating business.

 

PoisonPill Defenses. Under the Companies Act there are no provisions, which specifically prevent the issuance of preferred shares or anysuch other ‘poison pill’ measures. The amended and restated memorandum and articles of association of the Company also donot contain any express prohibitions on the issuance of any preferred shares. Therefore, the directors without the approval of the holdersof ordinary shares may issue preferred shares (if such shares have been created and authorized for issue by the Company) that have characteristicsthat may be deemed to be anti-takeover. Additionally, such a designation of shares may be used in connection with plans that are poisonpill plans. However, as noted above under the Companies Act, a director in the exercise of his powers and performance of his duties isrequired to act honestly and in good faith in what the director believes to be the best interests of the Company.

 

Directors.Our directors are appointed by our shareholders. However, the directors may by resolution appoint a replacement director to filla casual vacancy arising on the resignation, disqualification or death of a director. The replacement director will then hold officeuntil the next annual general meeting at which the director he replaces would have been subject to retirement. Under our amended andrestated memorandum and articles of association, a director may not be removed from office by a resolution of our shareholders priorto the consummation of our business combination. There is nothing under the laws of the British Virgin Islands, which specifically prohibitsor restricts the creation of cumulative voting rights for the election of our directors. Our amended and restated memorandum and articlesof association do not provide for cumulative voting for such elections.

 

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Thereare no share ownership qualifications for directors. Meetings of our board of directors may be convened at any time by any of our directors.

 

Ameeting of our board of directors will be quorate if at least a majority of the directors are present. At any meeting of our directors,each director, by his or her presence, is entitled to one vote. Questions arising at a meeting of our board of directors are requiredto be decided by simple majority votes of the directors present or represented at the meeting. In the case of an equality of votes, thechairman of the meeting shall have a second or deciding vote. Our board of directors also may pass resolutions without a meeting by unanimouswritten consent.

 

Agents.Our board of directors has the power to appoint any person (whether or not a director or other officer of the company) to be an agentof the company except that, as stated in our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association and the Companies Act, no agentshall be given any power or authority to amend the memorandum or the articles of association in place of the directors or members; todesignate committees of directors; to delegate powers to a committee of directors; to appoint directors; to appoint an agent; to approvea plan of merger, consolidation or arrangement; or to make a declaration of solvency or to approve a liquidation plan. The resolutionof directors appointing the agent may authorize the agent to appoint one or more substitutes or delegates to exercise some or all ofthe powers conferred on the agent. Our directors may remove an agent and may revoke or vary a power conferred on the agent.

 

Indemnificationof Directors. Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provide that, subject to certain limitations, the companyshall indemnify its directors and officers against all expenses, including legal fees, and against all judgments, fines and amounts paidin settlement and reasonably incurred in connection with legal, administrative or investigative proceedings. Such indemnity only appliesif the person acted honestly and in good faith with a view to what the person believed were in the best interests of the company and,in the case of criminal proceedings, the person had no reasonable cause to believe that their conduct was unlawful. The decision of thedirectors as to whether the person acted honestly and in good faith and with a view to the best interests of the company and as to whetherthe person had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful is, in the absence of fraud, sufficient for the purposesof the memorandum and articles of association, unless a question of law is involved. The termination of any proceedings by any judgment,order, settlement, conviction or the entering of a nolle prosequi does not, by itself, create a presumption that the person did not acthonestly and in good faith and with a view to the best interests of the company or that the person had reasonable cause to believe thathis conduct was unlawful.

 

Directorsand Conflicts of Interest. As noted in the table above, pursuant to the Companies Act and the company’s amended and restatedmemorandum and articles of association, a director of a company who has an interest in a transaction and who has declared such interestto the other directors, may:

 

  (a) vote on a matter relating to the transaction;
     
  (b) attend a meeting of directors at which a matter relating to the transaction arises and be included among the directors present at the meeting for the purposes of a quorum; and
     
  (c) sign a document on behalf of the Company, or do any other thing in his capacity as a director, that relates to the transaction.

 

Shareholders’Suits. Our British Virgin Islands counsel is not aware of any reported class action having been brought in a British Virgin Islandscourt. The enforcement of the company’s rights will ordinarily be a matter for its directors.

 

Incertain limited circumstances, a shareholder has the right to seek various remedies against the company in the event the directors arein breach of their duties under the Companies Act. Pursuant to Section 184B of the Companies Act, if a company or director of a companyengages in, or proposes to engage in or has engaged in, conduct that contravenes the provisions of the Companies Act or the memorandumor articles of association of the company, the British Virgin Islands Court may, on application of a shareholder or director of the company,make an order directing the company or director to comply with, or restraining the company or director from engaging in conduct thatcontravenes the Companies Act or the memorandum or articles. Furthermore, pursuant to section 184I(1) of the Companies Act a shareholderof a company who considers that the affairs of the company have been, are being or likely to be, conducted in a manner that is, or anyacts of the company have been, or are likely to be oppressive, unfairly discriminatory, or unfairly prejudicial to him in that capacity,may apply to the British Virgin Islands Court for an order which, inter alia, can require the company or any other person to pay compensationto the shareholders.

 

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TheCompanies Act provides for a series of remedies available to shareholders. Where a company incorporated under the Companies Act conductssome activity, which breaches the Act or the company’s memorandum and articles of association, the court can issue a restrainingor compliance order. Under the Companies Act, a shareholder of a company may bring an action against the company for breach of a dutyowed by the company to him as a member. A shareholder also may, with the permission of the British Virgin Islands Court, bring an actionor intervene in a matter in the name of the company, in certain circumstances. Such actions are known as derivative actions. As notedabove, the British Virgin Islands Court may only grant permission to bring a derivative action where the following circumstances apply:

 

  the company does not intend to bring, diligently continue or defend or discontinue proceedings; and
     
  it is in the interests of the company that the conduct of the proceedings not be left to the directors or to the determination of the shareholders as a whole.
     
  when considering whether to grant leave, the British Virgin Islands Court is also required to have regard to the following matters:
       
    whether the shareholder is acting in good faith;
       
    whether a derivative action is in the company’s best interests, taking into account the directors’ views on commercial matters;
       
    whether the action is likely to proceed;
       
    the costs of the proceedings; and
       
    whether an alternative remedy is available.

 

Anymember of a company may apply to the British Virgin Islands Court under the Insolvency Act for the appointment of a liquidator to liquidatethe company and the court may appoint a liquidator for the company if it is of the opinion that it is just and equitable to do so.

 

TheCompanies Act provides that any shareholder of a company is entitled to payment of the fair value of his shares upon dissenting fromany of the following: (a) a merger if the company is a constituent company, unless the company is the surviving company and the membercontinues to hold the same or similar shares; (b) a consolidation if the company is a constituent company; (c) any sale, transfer, lease,exchange or other disposition of more than 50 per cent in value of the assets or business of the company if not made in the usual orregular course of the business carried on by the company but not including: (i) a disposition pursuant to an order of the court havingjurisdiction in the matter, (ii) a disposition for money on terms requiring all or substantially all net proceeds to be distributed tothe members in accordance with their respective interest within one year after the date of disposition, or (iii) a transfer pursuantto the power of the directors to transfer assets for the protection thereof; (d) a compulsory redemption of 10 per cent, or fewer ofthe issued shares of the company required by the holders of 90 percent, or more of the shares of the company pursuant to the terms ofthe Act; and (e) a plan of arrangement, if permitted by the British Virgin Islands Court.

 

Generallyany other claims against a company by its shareholders must be based on the general laws of contract or tort applicable in the BritishVirgin Islands or their individual rights as shareholders as established by the company’s memorandum and articles of association.There are common law rights for the protection of shareholders that may be invoked, largely derived from English common law. Under thegeneral English company law known as the rule in Foss v. Harbottle, a court will generally refuse to interfere with the managementof a company at the insistence of a minority of its shareholders who express dissatisfaction with the conduct of the company’saffairs by the majority or the board of directors. However, every shareholder is entitled to seek to have the affairs of the companyconducted properly according to law and the constituent documents of the corporation. As such, if those who control the company havepersistently disregarded the requirements of company law or the provisions of the company’s memorandum and articles of association,then the courts may grant relief. Generally, the areas in which the courts will intervene are the following:

 

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  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 only be effected if duly authorized by more than the number of votes which have actually been obtained;
     
  the individual rights of the plaintiff shareholder have been infringed or are about to be infringed; or
     
  those who control the company are perpetrating a “fraud on the minority.”

 

Underthe law of Delaware, the rights of minority shareholders are similar to that which will be applicable to the shareholders of the company.

 

CompulsoryAcquisition. Under the Companies Act, subject to any limitations in a company’s memorandum or articles, members holding 90%of the votes of the outstanding shares entitled to vote, and members holding 90% of the votes of the outstanding shares of each classof shares entitled to vote, may give a written instruction to the company directing the company to redeem the shares held by the remainingmembers. Upon receipt of such written instruction, the company shall redeem the shares specified in the written instruction, irrespectiveof whether or not the shares are by their terms redeemable. The company shall give written notice to each member whose shares are tobe redeemed stating the redemption price and the manner in which the redemption is to be effected. A member whose shares are to be soredeemed is entitled to dissent from such redemption, and to be paid the fair value of his shares, as described under “Shareholders’Suits” above.

 

ShareRepurchases and Redemptions. As permitted by the Companies Act and our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association,shares may be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired by us. Depending on the circumstances of the redemption or repurchase, ourdirectors may need to determine that immediately following the redemption or repurchase we will be able to satisfy our debts as theyfall due and the value of our assets exceeds our liabilities. Our directors may only exercise this power on our behalf, subject to theCompanies Act, our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association and to any applicable requirements imposed from time totime by the SEC, the Nasdaq Global Market or any other stock exchange on which our securities are listed.

 

Dividends.Subject to the Companies Act and our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, our directors may declare dividendsat a time and amount they think fit if they are satisfied, on reasonable grounds, that, immediately after distribution of the dividend,the value of our assets will exceed our liabilities and we will be able to pay our debts as they fall due. No dividend shall carry interestagainst us.

 

Rightsof Non-resident or Foreign Shareholders and Disclosure of Substantial Shareholdings. There are no limitations imposed by our amendedand restated memorandum and articles of association on the rights of non-resident or foreign shareholders to hold or exercise votingrights on our shares. In addition, there are no provisions in our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association governingthe ownership threshold above which shareholder ownership must be disclosed.

 

UntraceableShareholders. Under our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, we are entitled to sell any shares of a shareholderwho is untraceable, as long as: (a) all checks, not being less than three in total number, for any sums payable in cash to the holderof such shares have remained uncashed for a period of 12 years; (b) we have not during that time or before the expiry of the three-monthperiod referred to in (c) below received any indication of the existence of the shareholder or person entitled to such shares by death,bankruptcy or operation of law; and (c) upon expiration of the 12-year period, we have caused an advertisement to be published in newspapers,giving notice of our intention to sell these shares, and a period of three months or such shorter period has elapsed since the date ofsuch advertisement. The net proceeds of any such sale shall belong to us, and when we receive these net proceeds we shall become indebtedto the former shareholder for an amount equal to such net proceeds.

 

Transferof Shares. Subject to any applicable restrictions set forth in our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association orcontractually agreed, any of our shareholders may transfer all or any of his or her shares by an instrument of transfer in the usualor common form, in the case of listed shares, in any manner permitted y and in accordance with the rules of the relevant exchange, orin any other form which our directors may approve.

 

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Inspectionof Books and Records. Under the Companies Act, members of the general public, on payment of a nominal fee, can obtain copies of thepublic records of a company available at the office of the Registrar which will include the company’s certificate of incorporation,its memorandum and articles of association (with any amendments) and records of license fees paid to date and will also disclose anycertificates of dissolution, articles of merger and a register of charges if the company has elected to file such a register. A memberof a company is entitled, on giving written notice to the company, to inspect: (a) the memorandum and articles; (b) the register of members;(c) the register of directors; and (d) the minutes of meetings and resolutions of members and of those classes of members of which heis a member; and to make copies of or take extracts from the documents and records referred to in (a) to (d) above.

 

Subjectto the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, the directors may, if they are satisfied that it would be contraryto the company’s interests to allow a member to inspect any document, or part of a document, specified in (b), (c) or (d) above,refuse to permit the member to inspect the document or limit the inspection of the document, including limiting the making of copiesor the taking of extracts from the records.

 

Wherea company fails or refuses to permit a member to inspect a document or permits a member to inspect a document subject to limitations,that member may apply to the British Virgin Islands Court for an order that he should be permitted to inspect the document or to inspectthe document without limitation.

 

Dissolution;Winding Up. As permitted by the Companies Act and our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, we may be voluntarilyliquidated under Part XII of the Companies Act by resolution of directors and resolution of shareholders if we have no liabilities orwe are able to pay our debts as they fall due.

 

Wealso may be wound up in circumstances where we are insolvent in accordance with the terms of the Insolvency Act.

 

Memorandumand Articles of Association

 

Asset forth in our amended and restated memorandum of association, the objects for which we are established are unrestricted and we shallhave full power and authority to carry out any object not prohibited by the Companies Act or as the same may be revised from time totime, or any other law of the British Virgin Islands.

 

Ouramended and restated memorandum and articles of association contains provisions designed to provide certain rights and protections toour ordinary shareholders prior to the consummation of our initial business combination. These provisions cannot be amended without theapproval of 50% of our outstanding ordinary shares attending and voting on such amendment. Our initial shareholders, who will beneficiallyown 22.88% of our ordinary shares upon the closing of this offering (assuming they do not purchase any units in this offering), willparticipate in any vote to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association and will have the discretion to votein any manner they choose. Prior to our initial business combination, if we seek to amend any provisions of our amended and restatedmemorandum and articles of association relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-business combination activity, we will provide dissentingpublic shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their public shares in connection with any such vote on any proposed amendments toour amended and restated memorandum and articles of association. We and our directors and officers have agreed not to propose any amendmentto our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association that would affect the substance and timing of our obligation to redeemour public shares if we are unable to consummate our initial business combination within 21 months from the closing of this offering.Our initial shareholders have agreed to waive any redemption rights with respect to any insider shares and any public shares they mayhold in connection with any vote to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association prior to our initial businesscombination.

 

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Specifically,our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provide, among other things, that:

 

  if we are unable to consummate our initial business combination within nine months (or up to 21 months as applicable) from the closing of this offering, we will, as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten (10) business days thereafter, distribute the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest (net of taxes payable), pro rata to our public shareholders by way of redemption and cease all operations except for the purposes of winding up of our affairs. This redemption of public shareholders from the trust account shall be effected as required by function of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association and prior to commencing any voluntary liquidation; and
     
  except in connection with the consummation of our initial business combination, 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 on any initial business combination; and
     
  we must (1) seek shareholder approval of such initial business combination at a meeting called for such purpose pursuant to a proxy statement meeting the requirements of Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act, or (2) provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to sell their public shares to us by means of a tender offer, the documents for which will contain substantially the same financial and other information about the initial business combination as is required under Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act; and
     
  although we do not intend to enter into our initial business combination with a target business that is affiliated with our sponsor, our directors or officers, we are not prohibited from doing so. In the event we enter into such a transaction, we, or a committee of independent directors, will obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm that is a member of FINRA that such our initial business combination is fair to our shareholders from a financial point of view; and
     
  we will not effectuate our initial business combination with another blank check company or a similar company with nominal operations.

 

Inaddition, our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provide that under no circumstances will we redeem our publicshares in an amount that would cause our net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001.

 

Anti-MoneyLaundering — British Virgin Islands

 

Inorder to comply with legislation or regulations aimed at the prevention of money laundering we are required to adopt and maintain anti-moneylaundering procedures, and may require subscribers to provide evidence to verify their identity. Where permitted, and subject to certainconditions, we also may delegate the maintenance of our anti-money laundering procedures (including the acquisition of due diligenceinformation) to a suitable person.

 

Wereserve the right to request such information as is necessary to verify the identity of a subscriber. In the event of delay or failureon the part of the subscriber in producing any information required for verification purposes, we may refuse to accept the application,in which case any funds received will be returned without interest to the account from which they were originally debited.

 

Ifany person resident in the British Virgin Islands knows or suspects that another person is engaged in money laundering or terrorist financingand the information for that knowledge or suspicion came to their attention in the course of their business the person will be requiredto report his belief or suspicion to the Financial Investigation Agency of the British Virgin Islands, pursuant to the Proceeds of CriminalConduct Act 1997 (as amended). Such a report shall not be treated as a breach of confidence or of any restriction upon the disclosureof information imposed by any enactment or otherwise.

 

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SHARESELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE

 

Immediatelyafter this offering, we will have 7,780,000 ordinary shares issued and outstanding, or 8,923,000 shares if the over-allotment optionis exercised in full. Of these shares, the 6,000,000 shares sold in this offering, or 6,900,000 shares if the over-allotment option isexercised in full, will be freely tradable without restriction or further registration under the Securities Act, except for any sharespurchased by one of our affiliates within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act. All of the remaining shares are restrictedsecurities under Rule 144, in that they were issued in private transactions not involving a public offering. All of those shares willnot be transferable except in limited circumstances described elsewhere in this prospectus.

 

Rule144

 

Pursuantto Rule 144, a person who has beneficially owned restricted ordinary shares or warrants for at least six months would be entitled tosell 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 duringthe three months preceding, a sale and (ii) we are subject to the Exchange Act periodic reporting requirements for at least three monthsbefore the sale. Persons who have beneficially owned restricted ordinary shares for at least six months but who are our affiliates atthe time of, or any time during the three months preceding, a sale, would be subject to additional restrictions, by which such personwould be entitled to sell within any three-month period a number of shares that does not exceed the greater of:

 

  1% of the number of ordinary shares then issued and outstanding, which will equal 77,800 shares immediately after this offering (or 89,230 if the over-allotment option is exercised in full); and
     
  the average weekly trading volume of the ordinary shares during the four calendar weeks preceding the filing of a notice on Form 144 with respect to the sale.

 

Salesunder Rule 144 are also limited by manner of sale provisions and notice requirements and to the availability of current public informationabout us.

 

Restrictionson the Use of Rule 144 by Shell Companies or Former Shell Companies

 

Historically,the SEC staff had taken the position that Rule 144 is not available for the resale of securities initially issued by companies that are,or previously were, blank check companies, like us. The SEC has codified and expanded this position in the amendments discussed aboveby prohibiting the use of Rule 144 for resale of securities issued by any shell companies (other than business combination related shellcompanies) or any issuer that has been at any time previously a shell company.

 

TheSEC has provided an important exception to this prohibition, however, 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 the Exchange 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 the SEC reflecting its status as an entity that is not a shell company.

 

Asa result, it is likely that pursuant to Rule 144, our initial shareholders will be able to sell their insider shares freely without registrationone year after we have completed our initial business combination assuming they are not an affiliate of ours at that time.

 

RegistrationRights

 

Theholders of our insider shares issued and outstanding on the date of this prospectus, as well as the holders of the private units (andunderlying securities) and any securities issued to our initial shareholders, officers, directors or their affiliates in payment of workingcapital loans made to us, will be entitled to registration rights pursuant to an agreement to be signed prior to or on the effectivedate of this offering. The holders of a majority of these securities are entitled to make up to two demands that we register such securities.The holders of the majority of the insider shares can elect to exercise these registration rights at any time commencing three monthsprior to the date on which these ordinary shares are to be released from escrow. The holders of a majority of the private units (andunderlying securities) and securities issued in payment of working capital loans (or underlying securities) or loans to extend our life(or underlying securities) can elect to exercise these registration rights at any time after we consummate a business combination. Inaddition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequentto our consummation of a business combination. We will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registrationstatements.

 

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TAXATION

 

Thefollowing summary of the material British Virgin Islands and U.S. federal income tax consequences of an investment in our units, ordinaryshares, warrants, and rights to acquire our ordinary shares, sometimes referred to, individually or collectively, in this summary asour “securities,” is based upon laws and relevant interpretations thereof in effect as of the date of this prospectus, allof which are subject to change. This summary does not deal with all possible tax consequences relating to an investment in our securities,such as the tax consequences under state, local and other tax laws.

 

BritishVirgin Islands Taxation

 

TheGovernment of the British Virgin Islands does not, under existing legislation, impose any income, corporate or capital gains tax, estateduty, inheritance tax, gift tax or withholding tax upon our Company or our security holders who are not tax resident in the British VirginIslands.

 

Ourcompany and all distributions, interest and other amounts paid by our company to persons who are not tax resident in the British VirginIslands will not be subject to any income, withholding or capital gains taxes in the British Virgin Islands, with respect to the sharesin our company owned by them and dividends received on such shares, nor will they be subject to any estate or inheritance taxes in theBritish Virgin Islands.

 

Noestate, inheritance, succession or gift tax, rate, duty, levy or other charge is payable by persons who are not tax resident in the BritishVirgin Islands with respect to any shares, debt obligations or other securities of our company.

 

Exceptto the extent that we have any interest in real property in the British Virgin Islands, all instruments relating to transactions in respectof the shares, debt obligations or other securities of our company and all instruments relating to other transactions relating to thebusiness of our company are exempt from the payment of stamp duty in the British Virgin Islands.

 

Thereare currently no withholding taxes or exchange control regulations in the British Virgin Islands applicable to our company or our securityholders.

 

UnitedStates Federal Income Taxation

 

General

 

Thissection is a general summary of the material U.S. federal income tax provisions relating to the acquisition, ownership and dispositionof our securities (each consisting of one ordinary share, one-half of one redeemable warrant, and one right to receive one-tenth (1/10)of one ordinary share upon the consummation of an initial business combination) issued pursuant to this offering by U.S. Holders (asdefined below) and Non-U.S. Holders (as defined below). This section does not address any aspect of U.S. federal gift or estate tax,Medicare contribution tax laws, or the state, local or non-U.S. tax consequences of an investment in our securities, nor does it provideany actual representations as to any tax consequences of the acquisition, ownership or disposition of our securities.

 

Becausethe components of a unit are separable at the option of the holder within a short period of time after the date of this prospectus, theholder of a unit generally should be treated, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, as the owner of the underlying ordinary share, warrant,and right components of the unit, as the case may be. As a result, the discussion below of the U.S. federal income tax consequences withrespect to actual holders of ordinary shares, warrants, and rights should also apply to holders of units (as the deemed owners of theunderlying ordinary shares, warrants, and rights that comprise the units).

 

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Thediscussion below of the U.S. federal income tax consequences to “U.S. Holders” will apply to a beneficial owner of our securitiesthat is for U.S. federal income tax purposes:

 

  an individual citizen or resident of the United States as determined for United States federal income tax purposes;
     
  a corporation (or other entity treated as a corporation) that is created or organized (or treated as created or organized) in or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia;
     
  an estate whose income is includible in gross income for U.S. federal income tax purposes regardless of its source; or
     
  a trust if (i) a U.S. court can exercise primary supervision over the trust’s administration and one or more U.S. persons are authorized to control all substantial decisions of the trust, or (ii) it has a valid election in effect under applicable U.S. Treasury regulations to be treated as a U.S. person.

 

Ifa beneficial owner of our securities is not described as a U.S. Holder and is not an entity treated as a partnership or other pass-throughentity for U.S. federal income tax purposes, such owner will be considered a “Non-U.S. Holder.” The material U.S. federalincome tax consequences of the acquisition ownership and disposition of our securities applicable specifically to Non-U.S. Holders aredescribed below under the heading “Non-U.S. Holders.”

 

Thisdiscussion is based on the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), its legislative history, Treasury regulationspromulgated thereunder, published rulings and court decisions, and administrative and judicial interpretations thereof, all as currentlyin effect. These authorities are subject to change or differing interpretations, possibly on a retroactive basis.

 

Thisdiscussion assumes that the ordinary shares, warrants, and rights will trade separately and does not address all aspects of U.S. federalincome taxation that may be relevant to any particular holder based on such holder’s individual circumstances. In particular, thisdiscussion considers only holders that purchase units pursuant to this offering and that own and hold our securities as capital assetswithin the meaning of Section 1221 of the Code, and does not address the potential application of the alternative minimum tax. In addition,this discussion does not address the U.S. federal income tax consequences to holders that are subject to special rules, including:

 

  financial institutions or financial services entities;
     
  broker-dealers;
     
  taxpayers that are subject to the mark-to-market accounting rules under Section 475 of the Code;
     
  tax-exempt entities;
     
  governments or agencies or instrumentalities thereof;
     
  insurance companies;
     
  regulated investment companies;
     
  real estate investment trusts;
     
  persons liable for alternative minimum tax;
     
  expatriates or former long-term residents of the United States;
     
  persons that actually or constructively own 5 percent or more of our voting shares;
     
  persons that acquired our securities pursuant to an exercise of employee share options, in connection with employee share incentive plans or otherwise as compensation;
     
  persons that hold our securities as part of a straddle, constructive sale, hedging, conversion or other integrated transaction;
     
  persons whose functional currency is not the U.S. dollar;
     
  controlled foreign corporations; or
     
  passive foreign investment companies.

 

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Thisdiscussion does not address any aspect of U.S. federal non-income tax laws, such as gift or estate tax laws, Medicare contribution taxlaws, state, local or non-U.S. tax laws or, except as discussed herein, any tax reporting obligations of a holder of our securities.Additionally, this discussion does not consider the tax treatment of partnerships or other pass-through entities or persons who holdour securities through such entities. If a partnership (or other entity classified as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes)is the beneficial owner of our securities, the U.S. federal income tax treatment of a partner in the partnership generally will dependon the status of the partner and the activities of the partnership. This discussion also assumes that any distributions made (or deemedmade) by us on our securities and any consideration received (or deemed received) by a holder in consideration for the sale or otherdisposition of our securities will be in U.S. dollars. In addition, this discussion assumes that a holder will own a sufficient numberof warrants or rights such that upon conversion of the warrants or rights into ordinary shares, the holder will acquire only a wholenumber of ordinary shares and will not forfeit any fractional securities.

 

Wehave not sought, and will not seek, a ruling from the IRS or an opinion of counsel as to any U.S. federal income tax consequence describedherein. The IRS may disagree with the descriptions herein, and its determination may be upheld by a court. Moreover, there can be noassurance that future legislation, regulations, administrative rulings or court decisions will not adversely affect the accuracy of thestatements in this discussion.

 

THISDISCUSSION IS ONLY A SUMMARY OF THE MATERIAL U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE ACQUISITION, OWNERSHIP AND DISPOSITION OF OURSECURITIES. IT DOES NOT PROVIDE ANY ACTUAL REPRESENTATIONS AS TO ANY TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE ACQUISITION, OWNERSHIP AND DISPOSITION OFOUR SECURITIES AND WE HAVE NOT OBTAINED ANY OPINION OF COUNSEL WITH RESPECT TO SUCH TAX CONSEQUENCES. AS A RESULT, EACH PROSPECTIVE INVESTORIN OUR SECURITIES IS URGED TO CONSULT ITS OWN TAX ADVISOR WITH RESPECT TO THE PARTICULAR TAX CONSEQUENCES TO SUCH INVESTOR OF THE ACQUISITION,OWNERSHIP AND DISPOSITION OF OUR SECURITIES, INCLUDING THE APPLICABILITY AND EFFECT OF ANY STATE, LOCAL, AND NON-U.S. TAX LAWS, AS WELLAS U.S. FEDERAL TAX LAWS (INCLUDING ANY NON-INCOME TAX LAWS) AND ANY APPLICABLE TAX TREATIES.

 

Allocationof Purchase Price and Characterization of a Unit

 

Thereis no authority addressing the treatment, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, of securities with terms substantially the same as theunits, and, therefore, that treatment is not entirely clear. Each unit should be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as an investmentunit consisting of one ordinary share, one-half of one redeemable warrant, and one right to receive one-tenth (1/10) of one ordinaryshare upon the consummation of an initial business combination. For U.S. federal income tax purposes, each holder of a unit generallymust allocate the purchase price of a unit among the ordinary share, one-half of one warrant, and one right to receive one-tenth (1/10)of one ordinary share based on the relative fair market value of each at the time of issuance. The price allocated to each ordinaryshare, warrant, and rights generally will be the holder’s tax basis in such share, warrant, or rights as the case may be.

 

Theforegoing treatment of our ordinary shares, warrants, rights and a holder’s purchase price allocation are not binding on the IRSor the courts. Because there are no authorities that directly address instruments that are similar to the units, no assurance can begiven that the IRS or the courts will agree with the characterization described above or the discussion below. Accordingly, each holderis advised to consult its own tax advisor regarding the risks associated with an investment in a unit (including alternative characterizationsof a unit or the components thereof) and regarding an allocation of the purchase price among the components of a unit. The balance ofthis discussion assumes that the characterization of the units (and the components thereof) and any allocations of the purchase priceof a unit as described above is respected for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

U.S.Holders

 

TaxReporting Transfers of Property

 

CertainU.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 a transferof property (including cash) to us. Substantial penalties may be imposed on a U.S. Holder that fails to comply with this reporting requirementand the period of limitations on assessment and collection of United States federal income taxes will be extended in the event of a failureto comply. Each U.S. Holder is urged to consult with its own tax advisor regarding this reporting obligation.

 

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Taxationof Distributions Paid on Ordinary Shares

 

Subjectto the passive foreign investment company (“PFIC”) rules discussed below, a U.S. Holder generally will be required to includein gross income as dividends the amount of any distribution of cash or other property (other than certain distributions of the Company’sshares or rights to acquire the Company’s shares) paid on our ordinary shares to the extent the distribution is paid out of ourcurrent or accumulated earnings and profits (as determined under U.S. federal income tax principles). Distributions in excess of suchearnings and profits generally will be applied against and reduce the U.S. Holder’s basis in its ordinary shares (but not belowzero) and, to the extent in excess of such basis, will be treated as gain from the sale or exchange of such ordinary shares. Dividendspaid by us will be taxable to a corporate U.S. holder at regular rates and will not be eligible for the dividends-received deductiongenerally allowed to domestic corporations in respect of dividends received from other domestic corporations. Notwithstanding the foregoing,in the case of a U.S. Holder that is a corporation owning at least 10 percent of our shares by vote and value, a dividend received bysuch a U.S. Holder on a share of our stock may be eligible for a dividends-received deduction with respect to the U.S. source portionof such dividends, if any. Such corporate U.S. Holders must have owned such shares for over 46 days during the 91-day period beginningon the date which is 45 days before the ex-dividend date. The Code also provides a dividends-received deduction for a dividend receivedfrom a “specified 10-percent owned foreign corporation” by a U.S. corporation that is a 10% U.S. Shareholder (i.e., any U.S.person that owns directly or indirectly, 10% or more of the voting power of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company or 10% ormore of the total value of shares of all classes of stock of the Company) with respect to the foreign-source portion of such dividend.However, the deduction for the foreign-source portion of dividends received by specified 10-percent owned foreign corporations is generallydisallowed in its entirety if the common share with respect to which the dividend is paid is owned by such corporate U.S. Holder forless than 366 days during the 731-day period beginning on the date which is 365 days before the date on which the common share becomesex-dividend with respect to such dividend. With respect to non-corporate U.S. Holders, dividends may be subject to the lower applicablelong-term capital gains tax rate (see “— Taxation on the Disposition of Securities” below) if our ordinary shares arereadily tradeable on an established securities market in the United States, we are not a PFIC at the time the dividend was paid or inthe previous year, and certain other requirements are met. U.S. Holders should consult their own tax advisors regarding the availabilityof the lower rate for any cash dividends paid with respect to our ordinary shares.

 

PossibleConstructive Distributions

 

Theterms of each warrant provide for an adjustment to the number of shares for which the warrant may be exercised or to the exercise priceof the warrant in certain events. An adjustment which has the effect of preventing dilution generally is not taxable. However, the U.S.Holders of the warrants would be treated as receiving a constructive distribution from us if, for example, the adjustment increases thewarrant holders’ proportionate interest in our assets or earnings and profits (e.g., through an increase in the number of ordinaryshares that would be obtained upon exercise) as a result of a distribution of cash to the holders of our ordinary shares which is taxableto the U.S. Holders of such ordinary shares as described under “— Taxation of Distributions Paid on Ordinary Shares”above. Such constructive distribution would be subject to tax as described under that section and treated as if the U.S. Holders of thewarrants received a cash distribution from us equal to the fair market value of such increased interest. For certain information reportingpurposes, we are required to determine the date and amount of any such constructive distributions. Proposed Treasury regulations, whichwe may rely on prior to the issuance of final regulations, specify how the date and amount of constructive distributions are determined.

 

Taxationon the Disposition of Securities

 

Upona sale or other taxable disposition of our securities (which, in general, would include a redemption of ordinary shares, as discussedbelow, and our liquidation and subsequent dissolution in the event we do not consummate an initial business combination within the requiredtime), and subject to the PFIC rules discussed below, a U.S. Holder generally will recognize capital gain or loss in an amount equalto the difference between (i) sum of the amount realized of cash and the fair market value of any property received in such disposition(or, if the ordinary securities, warrants, or rights are held as part of the units at the time of disposition, the portion of the amountrealized on such disposition that is allocated to the ordinary shares, warrants, or rights based on the then fair market values of theordinary shares, warrants, and rights constituting the units) and (ii) the U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis in the securities sodisposed.

 

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AU.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis in its securities generally will equal the U.S. Holder’s acquisition cost (that is, theportion of the purchase price of a unit allocated the holder’s ordinary shares, warrants, and/or rights as described above under“— Allocation of Purchase Price and Characterization of a Unit”) reduced, in the case of an ordinary share, by anyprior distributions treated as a return of capital.

 

Theregular U.S. federal income tax rate on capital gains recognized by U.S. Holders generally is the same as the regular U.S. federal incometax rate on ordinary income, except that under tax law currently in effect long-term capital gains recognized by non-corporate U.S. Holdersare generally subject to U.S. federal income tax at reduced rates. Capital gain or loss will constitute long-term capital gain or lossif the U.S. Holder’s holding period for the securities exceeds one year. It is unclear, however, whether certain redemption rightsdescribed in this prospectus may suspend the running of the applicable holding period of the ordinary shares for this purpose. The deductibilityof capital losses is subject to various limitations. U.S. Holders who recognize losses with respect to a disposition of our securitiesshould consult their own tax advisors regarding the tax treatment of such losses.

 

Redemptionof Ordinary Shares

 

Subjectto the PFIC rules described below, if a U.S. Holder converts ordinary shares into the right to receive cash pursuant to a redemptiontransaction or sells its ordinary shares to us pursuant to a tender offer or other open market transaction, for U.S. federal income taxpurposes, such, redemption or sale generally will be treated as a redemption and will be subject to the following rules. If the redemptionor sale qualifies as a sale of the ordinary shares under Section 302 of the Code, the tax treatment of such redemption will be as describedunder “— Taxation on the Disposition of Securities” above. If the redemption or sale does not qualify as a sale ofordinary shares under Section 302 of the Code, a U.S. Holder will be treated as receiving a distribution with the tax consequences describedunder “Taxation of Distributions Paid on Ordinary Shares” above. Whether redemption of our shares qualifies for sale treatmentwill depend largely on the total number of our ordinary shares treated as held by such U.S. Holder (including any shares constructivelyowned by the U.S. Holder as a result of owning warrants) relative to all of our shares outstanding both before and after such redemptionor sale. The redemption of ordinary shares generally will be treated as a sale or exchange of the ordinary shares (rather than as a distribution)if the receipt of cash upon the redemption (i) is “substantially disproportionate” with respect to a U.S. Holder, (ii) resultsin a “complete termination” of such holder’s interest in us or (iii) is “not essentially equivalent to a dividend”with respect to such holder. These tests are explained more fully below.

 

Indetermining whether any of the foregoing tests are satisfied, a U.S. Holder must take into account not only our ordinary shares actuallyowned by such holder, but also our ordinary shares that are constructively owned by such holder. A U.S. Holder may constructively own,in addition to our ordinary shares owned directly, ordinary shares owned by related individuals and entities in which such holder hasan interest or that have an interest in such holder, as well as any ordinary shares such holder has a right to acquire by exercise ofan option, which would generally include ordinary shares which could be acquired pursuant to the exercise of warrants or conversion ofrights. In order to meet the substantially disproportionate test, the percentage of our issued and outstanding voting shares actuallyand constructively owned by a U.S. Holder immediately following the redemption of our ordinary shares must, among other requirements,be less than 80% of the percentage of our issued and outstanding voting and ordinary shares actually and constructively owned by suchholder immediately before the redemption. Prior to our initial business combination, the ordinary shares may not be treated as votingshares for this purpose and, consequently, this substantially disproportionate test may not be applicable. There will be a complete terminationof a U.S. Holder’s interest if either (i) all of our ordinary shares actually and constructively owned by such U.S. Holder areredeemed or (ii) all of our ordinary shares actually owned by such U.S. Holder are redeemed and such holder is eligible to waive, andeffectively waives, in accordance with specific rules, the attribution of shares owned by certain family members and such holder doesnot constructively own any other shares. The redemption of the 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 redemptionwill result in a meaningful reduction in a U.S. Holder’s proportionate interest in us will depend on the particular 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 shareholderin a publicly held corporation who exercises no control over corporate affairs may constitute such a “meaningful reduction.”U.S. Holders should consult with their own tax advisors as to the tax consequences of any such redemption or sale of any ordinary shares.

 

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Ifnone of the foregoing tests are satisfied, then the redemption may be treated as a distribution and the tax effects will be as describedunder “— Taxation of Distributions Paid on Ordinary Shares,” above. After the application of those rules, any remainingtax basis a U.S. Holder has in the redeemed ordinary shares will be added to the adjusted tax basis in such holder’s remainingordinary shares. If there are no remaining ordinary shares, a U.S. Holder should consult its own tax advisors as to the allocation ofany remaining basis. U.S. Holders should also be aware that substantially contemporaneous dispositions or acquisitions of our sharesthat are part of a plan viewed as an integrated transaction with the redemption may be taken into account in determining whether anyof the tests described above are satisfied.

 

CertainU.S. Holders who actually or constructively own five percent (or if our ordinary shares are not then publicly traded, one percent) ormore of our shares (by vote or value) may be subject to special reporting requirements with respect to a redemption of ordinary shares,and such holders should consult with their own tax advisors with respect to their reporting requirements.

 

Exerciseor Lapse of a Warrant

 

Subjectto the PFIC rules discussed below and except as discussed below with respect to the cashless exercise of a warrant, a U.S. Holder generallywill not recognize gain or loss upon the acquisition of an ordinary share from the exercise of one warrant on a cash basis. Anordinary share acquired pursuant to the exercise of one warrant on a cash basis generally will have a tax basis equal to the U.S.Holder’s initial investment in the warrant (that is, the portion of the U.S. Holder’s purchase price for the units that isallocated to the warrant, as described above under “Allocation of Purchase Price and Characterization of a Unit”), increasedby the exercise price of the warrant. It is unclear whether a U.S. Holder’s holding period for the ordinary share received willcommence on the date of exercise of the warrant or the day following the date of exercise of the warrant; in either case the holdingperiod 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.

 

Thetax consequences of a cashless exercise of warrants are not clear under current tax law. A cashless exercise may be tax-free, eitherbecause the exercise is not a realization event (i.e., not a transaction in which gain or loss is realized) or because the exercise istreated as a recapitalization for U.S. federal income tax purposes. In either tax-free situation, a U.S. Holder’s basis in theordinary shares received would equal the holder’s basis in the warrants. If the cashless exercise were treated as not being a realizationevent, it is unclear whether a U.S. Holder’s holding period for the ordinary shares received would be treated as commencing onthe date of exercise of the warrant or the day following the date of exercise of the warrants. If the cashless exercise were treatedas a recapitalization, the holding period of the ordinary shares received would include the holding period of the warrants. It is alsopossible that a cashless exercise could be treated as a taxable exchange in which gain or loss would be recognized. In such event, aU.S. Holder could be deemed to have surrendered a number of warrants with a fair market value equal to the exercise price for the numberof warrants deemed exercised. For this purpose, the number of warrants deemed exercised would be equal to the amount needed to receiveon exercise the number of ordinary shares issued pursuant to the cashless exercise. In this situation, the U.S. Holder would recognizecapital gain or loss in an amount equal to the difference between the fair market value of the ordinary shares received in respect ofthe warrants deemed surrendered to pay the exercise price and the U.S. Holder’s tax basis in the warrants deemed surrendered. Suchgain or loss would be long-term or short-term depending on the U.S. Holder’s holding period in the warrants. In this case, a U.S.Holder’s tax basis in the ordinary shares received would equal the sum of the fair market value of the ordinary shares receivedin respect of the warrants deemed surrendered and the U.S. Holder’s tax basis in the warrants deemed exercised. It is unclear whethera U.S. Holder’s holding period for the ordinary shares would commence on the date of exercise of the warrants or the day followingthe date of exercise of the warrants, in either case, the holding period will not include the period during which the U.S. Holder heldthe warrant. There may also be alternative characterizations of any such taxable exchange that would result in similar tax consequences,except that a U.S. Holder’s gain or loss would be short-term. Due to the absence of authority on the U.S. federal income tax treatmentof a cashless exercise, including when a U.S. Holder’s holding period would commence with respect to an ordinary share received,there can be no assurance which, if any, of the alternative tax consequences and holding periods described above would be adopted bythe IRS or a court of law. Accordingly, U.S. Holders should consult their tax advisors regarding the tax consequences of a cashless exerciseof the warrants.

 

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Conversionor Lapse of Rights

 

Subjectto the PFIC rules discussed below, a U.S. Holder generally should not recognize gain or loss upon the acquisition of ordinary shareson the conversion of the rights, such ordinary shares should have a tax basis equal to such holder’s tax basis in the rights, andthe holding period of such shares should begin on the day after such conversion. In addition, a U.S. Holder generally should recognizea capital loss on the lapse of the rights equal to such holder’s tax basis in the rights.

 

UnearnedIncome Medicare Tax

 

Undercurrent tax law, U.S. Holders that are individual, estates or trusts and whose income exceeds certain thresholds generally will be subjectto a 3.8% Medicare contribution tax on unearned income, including, among other things, dividends on, and gains from the sale or otherdisposition of, our securities, subject to certain limitations and exceptions. Under current regulations, in the absence of a specialelection, such unearned income generally would not include income inclusions under the qualified election fund (“QEF”) rulesdiscussed below under “Passive Foreign Investment Company Rules,” but would include distributions of earnings and profitsfrom a QEF. U.S. Holders should consult their own tax advisors regarding the effect, if any, of such tax on their ownership and dispositionor our securities.

 

PassiveForeign Investment Company Rules

 

Aforeign (i.e., non-U.S.) corporation will be a PFIC for U.S. federal income tax purposes if at least 75% of its gross income in a taxableyear of such foreign corporation, including its pro rata share of the gross income of any corporation in which it is consideredto own at least 25% of the shares by value, is passive income. In addition, a foreign corporation will be a PFIC if at least 50% of itsassets in a taxable year of the foreign corporation, ordinarily determined based on fair market value and averaged quarterly over theyear, including its pro rata share of the assets of any corporation in which it is considered to own at least 25% of the sharesby value, are held for the production of, or produce, passive income. Passive income generally includes, among other items, dividends,interest, rents and royalties (other than certain rents or royalties derived from the active conduct of a trade or business) and gainsfrom the disposition of assets giving rise to passive income.

 

Becausewe 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. However, pursuant to a start-up exception, a corporation will not be a PFIC for the first taxableyear the corporation has gross income, if (1) no predecessor of the corporation was a PFIC; (2) the corporation satisfies the IRS thatit 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 aPFIC for either of those years. The applicability of the start-up exception to us is uncertain. After the acquisition of a company orassets in a business combination, we may still meet one of the PFIC tests depending on the timing of the acquisition and the amount ofour passive income and assets as well as the passive income and assets of the acquired business. If the company that we acquire in abusiness combination is a PFIC, then we will likely not qualify for the start-up exception and will be a PFIC for our current taxableyear. Our actual PFIC status for our current taxable year or any subsequent taxable year, however, will not be determinable until afterthe end of such taxable year (and, in the case of the startup exception to our current taxable year, perhaps until after the end of ourtwo taxable years following our startup year). Accordingly, there can be no assurance with respect to our status as a PFIC for our currenttaxable year or any future taxable year.

 

Ifwe are determined to be a PFIC for any taxable year (or portion thereof) that is included in the holding period of a U.S. Holder of oursecurities and, in the case of our ordinary shares, the U.S. Holder did not make a timely QEF election for our first taxable year asa PFIC in which the U.S. Holder held (or was deemed to hold) such ordinary shares, a QEF election along with a deemed sale (or purging)election, or a “mark-to-market” election, each as described below, such holder generally will be subject to special rulesfor regular U.S. federal income tax purposes with respect to:

 

  any gain recognized by the U.S. Holder on the sale or other disposition of our securities; and
     
  any “excess distribution” made to the U.S. Holder (generally, any distributions 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 our securities during the three preceding taxable years of such U.S. Holder or, if shorter, such U.S. Holder’s holding period for our securities).

 

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Underthese rules,

 

  the U.S. Holder’s gain or excess distribution will be allocated ratably over the U.S. Holder’s holding period for our securities;
     
  the amount allocated to the U.S. Holder’s taxable year in which the U.S. Holder recognized the gain or received 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 holding period 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 tax attributable to each such other taxable year of the U.S. Holder.

 

Ingeneral, if we are determined to be a PFIC, a U.S. Holder may avoid the PFIC tax consequences described above in respect to our ordinaryshares (but not our warrants and likely not our rights) by making a timely QEF election (or a QEF election along with a purgingelection). Pursuant to the QEF election, a U.S. Holder generally will be required to include in income its pro rata share of ournet capital gains (as long-term capital gain) and other earnings and profits (as ordinary income), on a current basis, in each case whetheror not distributed, in the taxable year of the U.S. Holder in which or with which our taxable year ends if we are treated as a PFIC forthat taxable year. A U.S. Holder may make a separate election to defer the payment of taxes on undistributed income inclusions underthe QEF rules, but if deferred, any such taxes will be subject to an interest charge.

 

It is not entirely clear how various aspectsof the PFIC rules apply to the unexercised warrants. However, a U.S. Holder may not make a QEF election with respect to its warrants.As a result, if a U.S. Holder sells or otherwise disposes of such warrants (other than upon exercise of such warrants), any gain recognizedgenerally 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 PFIC at any time during the period the U.S. Holder held the warrants. If a U.S. Holder that exercises such warrants properlymakes a QEF election with respect to the newly acquired ordinary shares (or has previously made a QEF election with respect to our ordinaryshares), the QEF election will apply to the newly acquired ordinary shares, but the adverse tax consequences relating to PFIC shares,adjusted to take into account the current income inclusions resulting from the QEF election, will continue to apply with respect to suchnewly acquired ordinary shares (which generally will be deemed to have a holding period for purposes of the PFIC rules that includesthe period the U.S. Holder held the warrants), unless the U.S. Holder makes a purging election under the PFIC rules. The purging electioncreates a deemed sale of such shares at their fair market value. The gain recognized by the purging election will be subject to the specialtax and interest charge rules treating the gain as an excess distribution, as described above. As a result of the purging election, theU.S. Holder will have a new basis in its ordinary shares acquired upon the exercise of the warrants and will also have a new holdingperiod in such ordinary shares for purposes of the PFIC rules.

 

It is also likely that a U.S. Holder of rightswould not be able to make a QEF or mark-to-market election (discussed below) with respect to such U.S. Holder’s rights. Due tothe uncertainty of the application of the PFIC rules to the rights, all potential investors are strongly urged to consult with theirown tax advisors regarding an investment in the rights offered hereunder as part of the units offering and the subsequent consequencesto holders of such rights in any initial business combination.

 

TheQEF election is made on a shareholder-by-shareholder basis and, once made, can be revoked only with the consent of the IRS. A U.S. Holdergenerally makes a QEF election by attaching a completed IRS Form 8621 (Information Return by a Shareholder of a Passive Foreign investmentCompany or Qualified Electing Fund), including the information provided in a PFIC annual information statement, to a timely filed U.S.federal income tax return for the tax year to which the election relates. Retroactive QEF elections generally may be made only by filinga 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.

 

Inorder 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, includinga PFIC annual information statement, in order to enable the U.S. Holder to make and maintain a QEF election, but there is no assurancethat we will timely provide such required information. Additionally, there is no assurance that we will have timely knowledge of ourstatus as a PFIC in the future or of the required information to be provided.

 

Ifa U.S. Holder has made a QEF election with respect to our ordinary shares, and the special tax and interest charge rules do not applyto 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 tohold) such shares or a purge of the PFIC taint pursuant to a purging election, as described above), any gain recognized on the sale ofour ordinary shares generally will be taxable as capital gain and no interest charge will be imposed. As discussed above, for U.S. federalincome tax purposes, U.S. Holders of a QEF generally are currently taxed on their pro rata shares of its earnings and profits,whether or not distributed. In such case, a subsequent distribution of such earnings and profits that were previously included in incomegenerally should not be taxable as a dividend to such U.S. Holders. The adjusted tax basis of a U.S. Holder’s shares in a QEF willbe increased by amounts that are included in income, and decreased by amounts distributed but not taxed as dividends, under the aboverules. Similar basis adjustments apply to property if by reason of holding such property the U.S. Holder is treated under the applicableattribution rules as owning shares in a QEF.

 

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Althougha determination as to our PFIC status will be made annually, an initial determination that we are a PFIC will generally apply for subsequentyears to a U.S. Holder who held our securities while we were a PFIC, whether or not we meet the test for PFIC status in those subsequentyears. 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 (oris deemed to hold) our ordinary shares, however, will not be subject to the PFIC tax and interest charge rules discussed above in respectto such shares. In addition, such U.S. Holder will not be subject to the QEF inclusion regime with respect to such shares for any ofour taxable years that end within or with a taxable year of the U.S. Holder and in which we are not a PFIC. On the other hand, if theQEF election is not effective for each of our taxable years in which we are a PFIC and the U.S. Holder holds (or is deemed to hold) ourordinary shares, the PFIC rules discussed above will continue to apply to such shares unless the holder files on a timely filed U.S.federal income tax return (including extensions) a QEF election and a purging election to recognize under the rules of Section 1291 ofthe Code any gain that the U.S. Holder would otherwise recognize if the U.S. Holder had sold our shares for their fair market value onthe “qualification date.” The qualification date is the first day of our tax year in which we qualify as a QEF with respectto such U.S. Holder. The purging election can only be made if such U.S. Holder held our shares on the qualification date. The gain recognizedby the purging election will be subject to the special tax and interest charge rules treating the gain as an excess distribution, asdescribed above. As a result of the purging election, the U.S. Holder will increase the adjusted tax basis in our shares by the amountof the gain recognized and will also have a new holding period in the shares for purposes of the PFIC rules.

 

Alternatively,if a U.S. Holder, at the close of its taxable year, owns (or is deemed to own) shares in a PFIC that are treated as marketable shares,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 validmark-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) our ordinaryshares and for which we are determined to be a PFIC, such holder generally will not be subject to the PFIC rules described above in respectto its ordinary shares as long as such shares continue to be treated as marketable shares. Instead, in general, the U.S. Holder willinclude as ordinary income for each year that we are treated as a PFIC the excess, if any, of the fair market value of its ordinary sharesat the end of its taxable year over the adjusted basis in its ordinary shares. These amounts of ordinary income would not be eligiblefor the favorable tax rates applicable to qualified dividend income or long-term capital gains. The U.S. Holder also will be allowedto take an ordinary loss in respect of the excess, if any, of the adjusted basis of its ordinary shares over the fair market value ofits ordinary shares at the end of its taxable year (but only to the extent of the net amount of previously included income as a resultof the mark-to-market election). The U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis in its ordinary shares will be adjusted to reflect any suchincome or loss amounts, and any further gain recognized on a sale or other taxable disposition of the ordinary shares in a taxable yearin which we are treated as a PFIC will be treated as ordinary income. Special tax rules may also apply if a U.S. Holder makes a mark-to-marketelection for a taxable year after the first taxable year in which the U.S. Holder holds (or is deemed to hold) its ordinary shares andfor which we are treated as a PFIC. Currently, a mark-to-market election may not be made with respect to our rights or warrants.

 

Themark-to-market election is available only for stock that is regularly traded on a national securities exchange that is registered withthe Securities and Exchange Commission, including the NASDAQ Global Market, or on a foreign exchange or market that the IRS determineshas rules sufficient to ensure that the market price represents a legitimate and sound fair market value. If made, a mark-to-market electionwould be effective for the taxable year for which the election was made and for all subsequent taxable years unless the ordinary sharesceased 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 advisors regarding the availability and tax consequences of a mark-to-market election in respectto our ordinary shares under their particular circumstances.

 

Ifwe are a PFIC and, at any time, have a foreign subsidiary that is classified as a PFIC, U.S. Holders of our shares generally would bedeemed to own a portion of the shares of such lower-tier PFIC, and generally could incur liability for the deferred tax and interestcharge described above if we receive a distribution from, or dispose of all or part of our interest in, the lower-tier PFIC or the U.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 toprovide to a U.S. Holder the information that may be required to make or maintain a QEF election with respect to 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 nothold a controlling interest in any such lower-tier PFIC and thus there can be no assurance we will be able to cause the lower-tier PFICto provide the required information. A mark-to-market election generally would not be available with respect to such lower-tier PFIC.U.S. Holders are urged to consult their own tax advisors regarding the tax issues raised by lower-tier PFICs.

 

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AU.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 Form8621 (whether or not a QEF or mark-to-market election is or has been made) with such U.S. Holder’s U.S. federal income tax returnand provide such other information as may be required by the U.S. Treasury Department. Failure to do so, if required, will extend thestatute of limitations until such required information is furnished to the IRS.

 

Therules dealing with PFICs and with the QEF and mark-to-market elections are very complex and are affected by various factors in additionto those described above. Accordingly, U.S. Holders of our securities should consult their own tax advisors concerning the applicationof the PFIC rules to our securities under their particular circumstances.

 

Non-U.S.Holders

 

Thissection applies to you if you are a “Non-U.S. Holder.” As used herein, the term “Non-U.S. Holder” means a beneficialowner of our units, ordinary shares, warrants, or rights that is for United States federal income tax purposes”

 

  a non-resident alien individual (other than certain former citizens and residents of the United States subject to U.S. tax as expatriates)
     
  a foreign corporation; or
     
  an estate or trust that is not a U.S. Holder;

 

butgenerally does not include an individual who is present in the United States for 183 days or more in the taxable year of disposition.If you are such an individual, you should consult your tax advisor regarding the United States federal income tax consequences of thesale or other disposition of our securities.

 

Dividends(including constructive dividends) paid or deemed paid to a Non-U.S. Holder in respect to our securities generally will not be subjectto U.S. federal income tax, unless the dividends are effectively connected with the Non-U.S. Holder’s conduct of a trade or businesswithin the United States (and, if required by an applicable income tax treaty, are attributable to a permanent establishment or fixedbase that such holder maintains or maintained in the United States).

 

Inaddition, 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 dispositionof our securities unless such gain is effectively connected with its conduct of a trade or business in the United States (and, if requiredby an applicable income tax treaty, is attributable to a permanent establishment or fixed base that such holder maintains or maintainedin 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 taxableyear of sale or other disposition and certain other conditions are met (in which case, such gain from United States sources generallyis subject to tax at a 30% rate or a lower applicable tax treaty rate).

 

Dividends(including constructive distributions) and gains that are effectively connected with the Non-U.S. Holder’s conduct of a trade orbusiness in the United States (and, if required by an applicable income tax treaty, are attributable to a permanent establishment orfixed base that such holder maintains or maintained in the United States) generally will be subject to regular U.S. federal income taxat 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 isa corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, may also be subject to an additional branch profits tax at a 30% rate or a lowerapplicable tax treaty rate.

 

BackupWithholding and Information Reporting

 

Ingeneral, information reporting for U.S. federal income tax purposes should apply to distributions made on our ordinary shares withinthe United States to a U.S. Holder (other than an exempt recipient) and to the proceeds from sales and other dispositions of our securitiesby a U.S. Holder (other than an exempt recipient) to or through a U.S. office of a broker. Payments made (and sales and other dispositionseffected at an office) outside the United States will be subject to information reporting in limited circumstances. In addition, certaininformation concerning a U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis in its securities and whether any gain or loss with respect to such securitiesis long-term or short-term may be required to be reported to the IRS, and certain holders may be required to file an IRS Form 8938 (Statementof Specified Foreign Financial Assets) to report their interest in our securities.

 

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U.S.Holders who are individuals and certain entities will be required to report information with respect to such U.S. Holder’s investmentin “specified foreign financial assets” on IRS Form 8938 (Statement of Specified Foreign Financial Assets), subject to certainexceptions. Specified foreign financial assets generally include any financial account maintained with a non-U.S. financial institutionand should also include the ordinary shares, warrants, and rights if they are not held in an account maintained with a U.S. financialinstitution. Persons who are required to report specified foreign financial assets and fail to do so may be subject to substantial penalties,and the period of limitations on assessment and collection of United States federal income taxes may be extended in the event of a failureto comply. Potential investors are urged to consult their tax advisors regarding the foreign financial asset and other reporting obligationsand their application to an investment in our ordinary shares, warrants, and rights.

 

Moreover,backup withholding of U.S. federal income tax, currently at a rate of 24%, generally will apply to dividends paid on our securities toa U.S. Holder (other than an exempt recipient) and the proceeds from sales and other dispositions of our securities by a U.S. Holder(other than an exempt recipient), in each case who:

 

  fails to provide an accurate taxpayer identification number;
     
  is notified by the IRS that backup withholding is required; or
     
  fails to comply with applicable certification requirements.

 

ANon-U.S. Holder generally may eliminate the requirement for information reporting and backup withholding by providing certification ofits foreign status, under penalties of perjury, on a duly executed applicable IRS Form W-8 or by otherwise establishing an exemption.

 

Wewill withhold all taxes required to be withheld by law from any amounts otherwise payable to any holder of our securities, includingtax withholding required by the backup withholding rules. Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Rather, the amount of any backupwithholding will be allowed as a credit against a U.S. Holder’s or a Non-U.S. Holder’s U.S. federal income tax liabilityand may entitle such holder to a refund, provided that the requisite information is timely furnished to the IRS. Holders are urged toconsult their own tax advisors regarding the application of backup withholding and the availability of and procedure for obtaining anexemption from backup withholding in their particular circumstances.

 

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UNDERWRITING

 

Underthe terms and subject to the conditions contained in an underwriting agreement, we have agreed to sell to the underwriters named below,for whom Ladenburg Thalmann is acting as representative, the following respective numbers of units:

 

Underwriter  Number of
Units
 
Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc.     
Total   6,000,000 

 

Theunderwriting agreement provides that the underwriters are obligated to purchase all the units in the offering if any are purchased, otherthan those units covered by the over-allotment option described below.

 

Wehave granted to the underwriters a 45-day option to purchase on a pro rata basis up to 900,000 additional units at the initial publicoffering price, less the underwriting discounts and commissions. The option may be exercised only to cover any over-allotments of units.

 

Theunderwriters propose to offer the units initially at the public offering price on the cover page of this prospectus and to selling groupmembers at that price less a selling concession of $__ per unit. The underwriters and the selling group members may allow a discountof $__ per unit on sales to other broker/dealers. After the initial public offering the underwriters may change the public offering priceand concession and discount to broker/dealers.

 

Thefollowing table shows the public offering price, underwriting discount to be paid by us to the underwriters and the proceeds, beforeexpenses, to us. This information assumes either no exercise or full exercise by the underwriters of their over-allotment option.

 

   Per Unit   Without
Over-allotment
   With
Over-allotment
 
Public offering price  $10.00   $60,000,000   $69,000,000 
Discount(1)  $0.30   $1,800,000   $2,070,000 
Proceeds before expenses(2)  $9.70   $58,200,000   $66,930,000 

 

 

 

(1) Such amount includes up to $600,000, or $0.10 per unit sold in this offering and not redeemed right before our initial business combination, payable to the underwriters for deferred underwriting discounts and commissions upon completion of a business combination.
   
(2) The offering expenses are estimated at approximately $600,000.

 

Wehave agreed to reimburse the underwriters up to $75,000 (the “Expense Cap”) for certain of the underwriters’ expensesrelating to the offering, including filing fees (including SEC filing fees), costs and expenses (including third party expenses and disbursements)incurred in registering the offering, transfer taxes, all fees related to transfer and warrant agent, rights agent and registrarfees, cost of the underwriters’ counsel, background checks and other expenses incurred by the underwriters related to the offering.We have paid the underwriters $30,000 of the Expense Cap to be used to pay a retainer for the underwriters’ counsel and the costof the background checks, which will be reimbursed to us to the extent not actually incurred in compliance with FINRA Rule 5110(g).

 

Nodiscounts or commissions will be paid on the sale of the private units.

 

Therepresentative has informed us that the underwriters do not intend to make sales to discretionary accounts.

 

We,our sponsor and our officers and directors have agreed that we will not offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of,directly or indirectly, without the prior written consent of Ladenburg Thalmann for a period of 180 days after the date of this prospectus,any units, warrants, rights, ordinary shares or any other securities convertible into, or exercisable, or exchangeable for, ordinaryshares; provided, however, that we may (1) issue and sell the private placement units, (2) issue and sell the additional units to coverour underwriters’ over-allotment option (if any), (3) register with the SEC pursuant to an agreement to be entered into concurrentlywith the issuance and sale of the securities in this offering, the resale of the private placement units and the underlying securitiesand the insider shares, and (4) issue securities in connection with our initial business combination. Ladenburg Thalmann, in its solediscretion, may release any of the securities subject to these lock-up agreements at any time without notice.

 

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Ourinitial shareholders have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell 50% of its insider shares until the earlier of (i) six months afterthe date of the consummation of our initial business combination or (ii) the date on which the closing price of our ordinary shares equalsor exceeds $12.50 per share (as adjusted for share splits, share dividends, reorganizations and recapitalizations) for any 20 tradingdays within any 30-trading day period commencing after our initial business combination and the remaining 50% of the insider shares maynot be transferred, assigned or sold until six months after the date of the consummation of our initial business combination, or earlier,in either case, if, subsequent to our initial business combination, we consummate a subsequent liquidation, merger, stock exchange orother similar transaction which results in all of our shareholders having the right to exchange their ordinary shares for cash, securitiesor other property (except as described herein under “Principal Shareholders”). Any permitted transferees would be subjectto the same restrictions and other agreements of our sponsor with respect to any insider shares.

 

Wehave agreed to indemnify the underwriters against certain liabilities under the Securities Act, or contribute to payments that the underwritersmay be required to make in that respect.

 

Weexpect our units to be listed on the NASDAQ, under the symbol “[  ]U” and, once the ordinary shares, warrants,and rights begin separate trading, to have our ordinary shares, warrants, and rights listed on the NASDAQ under the symbols “[  ],”“[  ]W,” and “[  ]R” respectively.

 

Priorto this offering, there has been no public market for our securities. Consequently, the initial public offering price for the units wasdetermined by negotiations between us and the representative.

 

Thedetermination 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 businessis the acquisition of other companies, prior offerings of those companies, our management, our capital structure, and currently prevailinggeneral conditions in equity securities markets, including current market valuations of publicly traded companies considered comparableto our company. We cannot assure you, however, that the price at which the units, ordinary shares, warrants, or rights will sell in thepublic market after this offering will not be lower than the initial public offering price or that an active trading market in our units,ordinary shares, warrants, or rights will develop and continue after this offering.

 

Ifwe do not complete our initial business combination within nine months (or up to 21 months if we extend the period of time toconsummate a business combination, as described in more detail in this prospectus) from the closing of this offering, the trustee andthe underwriters have agreed that: (i) they will forfeit any rights or claims to their deferred underwriting discounts and commissions,including any accrued interest net of taxes payable thereon, then in the trust account; and (ii) that the deferred underwriters’discounts and commissions will be distributed on a pro rata basis, together with any accrued interest thereon (which interest shall benet of taxes payable) to the public shareholders.

 

Inconnection with the offering, the underwriters may engage in stabilizing transactions, over-allotment transactions, syndicate coveringtransactions and penalty bids in accordance with Regulation M under the Exchange Act:

 

  Stabilizing transactions permit bids to purchase the underlying security so long as the stabilizing bids do not exceed a specified maximum.
     
  Over-allotment involves sales by the underwriters of units in excess of the number of units the underwriters are obligated to purchase, which creates a syndicate short position. The short position may be either a covered short position or a naked short position. In a covered short position, the number of units over-allotted by the underwriters is not greater than the number of units that they may purchase in the over-allotment option. In a naked short position, the number of units involved is greater than the number of units in the over-allotment option. The underwriters may close out any covered short position by either exercising their over-allotment option and/or purchasing units in the open market.

 

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  Syndicate covering transactions involve purchases of the units in the open market after the distribution has been completed in order to cover syndicate short positions. In determining the source of units to close out the short position, the underwriters will consider, among other things, the price of units available for purchase in the open market as compared to the price at which they may purchase units through the over-allotment option. If the underwriters sell more units than could be covered by the over-allotment option, a naked short position, the position can only be closed out by buying units in the open market. A naked short position is more likely to be created if the underwriters are concerned that there could be downward pressure on the price of the units in the open market after pricing that could adversely affect investors who purchase in the offering.
     
  Penalty bids permit the representative to reclaim a selling concession from a syndicate member when the units originally sold by the syndicate member are purchased in a stabilizing or syndicate covering transaction to cover syndicate short positions.

 

Thesestabilizing transactions, syndicate covering transactions and penalty bids may have the effect of raising or maintaining the market priceof our units or preventing or retarding a decline in the market price of the units. As a result, the price of our units may be higherthan the price that might otherwise exist in the open market. These transactions may be effected on the NASDAQ or otherwise and, if commenced,may be discontinued at any time.

 

Weare not under any contractual obligation to engage any of the underwriters to provide any services for us after this offering, and haveno present intent to do so. However, any of the underwriters may introduce us to potential target businesses or assist us in raisingadditional capital in the future. If any of the underwriters provide services to us after this offering, we may pay such underwriterfair and reasonable fees that would be determined at that time in an arm’s length negotiation; provided that no agreement willbe entered into with any of the underwriters and no fees for such services will be paid to any of the underwriters prior to the datethat is 90 days from the date of this prospectus, unless FINRA determines that such payment would not be deemed underwriters’ compensationin connection with this offering and we may pay the underwriters of this offering or any entity with which they are affiliated a finder’sfee or other compensation for services rendered to us in connection with the completion of a business combination.

 

Someof the underwriters and their affiliates have engaged in, and may in the future engage in, investment banking and other commercial dealingsin the ordinary course of business with us or our affiliates, including in connection with acting in an advisory capacity or as a potentialfinancing source in conjunction with our potential acquisition of a company. They have received, or may in the future receive, customaryfees and commissions for these transactions.

 

Inaddition, 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 bankloans) for their own account and for the accounts of their customers. Such investments and securities activities may involve securitiesand/or instruments of ours or our affiliates. The underwriters and their affiliates may also make investment recommendations and/or publishor express independent research views in respect of such securities or financial instruments and may hold, or recommend to clients thatthey acquire, long and/or short positions in such securities and instruments.

 

Aprospectus in electronic format may be made available on the web sites maintained by one or more of the underwriters, or selling groupmembers, if any, participating in this offering and one or more of the underwriters participating in this offering may distribute prospectuseselectronically. The representative may agree to allocate a number of units to underwriters and selling group members for sale to theironline brokerage account holders. Internet distributions will be allocated by the underwriters and selling group members that will makeinternet distributions on the same basis as other allocations.

 

Theunits are offered for sale in those jurisdictions in the United States, Europe, Asia and elsewhere where it is lawful to make such offers.

 

Eachof the underwriters has represented and agreed that it has not offered, sold or delivered and will not offer, sell or deliver any ofthe units directly or indirectly, or distribute this prospectus or any other offering material relating to the units, in or from anyjurisdiction except under circumstances that will result in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations thereof and that willnot impose any obligations on us except as set forth in the underwriting agreement.

 

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Wedo not currently intend to register as a broker/dealer, merge with or acquire a registered broker/dealer, or otherwise become a memberof FINRA. However, in the event that we acquire a FINRA member or an entity affiliated with a FINRA member in the future, we have confirmedfor the underwriters that FINRA Rule 5121 would apply.

 

EuropeanEconomic Area

 

Inrelation to each Member State of the European Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a “Relevant MemberState”), each Underwriter represents and agrees that with effect from and including the date on which the Prospectus Directiveis implemented in that Relevant Member State (the “Relevant Implementation Date”) it has not made and will not make an offerof units to the public in that Relevant Member State prior to the publication of a prospectus in relation to the units which has beenapproved by the competent authority in that Relevant Member State or, where appropriate, approved in another Relevant Member State andnotified to the competent authority in that Relevant Member State, all in accordance with the Prospectus Directive, except that it may,with effect from and including the Relevant Implementation Date, make an offer of units to the public in that Relevant Member State atany time,

 

  (a) to legal entities which are authorized or regulated to operate in the financial markets or, if not so authorized or regulated, whose corporate purpose is solely to invest in securities;
     
  (b) to any legal entity which has two or more of (1) an average of at least 250 employees during the last financial year; (2) a total balance sheet of more than €43,000,000 and (3) an annual net turnover of more than €50,000,000, as shown in its last annual or consolidated accounts;
     
  (c) to fewer than 100 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus Directive) subject to obtaining the prior consent of the manager for any such offer; or
     
  (d) in any other circumstances which do not require the publication by the Issuer of a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive.

 

Forthe purposes of this provision, the expression an “offer of units to the public” in relation to any units in any RelevantMember State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the units tobe offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the units, as the same may be varied in that Member State byany measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State and the expression Prospectus Directive means Directive 2003/71/ECand includes any relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member State;

 

Noticeto Investors in the United Kingdom

 

Eachof the underwriters severally represents, warrants and agrees as follows:

 

  (a) it has only communicated or caused to be communicated and will only communicate or cause to be communicated an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of section 21 of FSMA) to persons who have professional experience in matters relating to investments falling with Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 or in circumstances in which section 21 of FSMA does not apply to the company; and
     
  (b) it has complied with, and will comply with all applicable provisions of FSMA with respect to anything done by it in relation to the units in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom;

 

Noticeto Residents of Japan

 

Theunderwriters will not offer or sell any of our units directly or indirectly in Japan or to, or for the benefit of any Japanese personor to others, for re-offering or re-sale directly or indirectly in Japan or to any Japanese person, except in each case pursuant to anexemption from the registration requirements of, and otherwise in compliance with, the Securities and Exchange Law of Japan and any otherapplicable laws and regulations of Japan. For purposes of this paragraph, “Japanese person” means any person resident inJapan, including any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of Japan;

 

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Noticeto Residents of Hong Kong

 

Theunderwriters and each of their affiliates have not (i) offered or sold, and will not offer or sell, in Hong Kong, by means of any document,our units other than (a) to “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap.571) of HongKong 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 ofthat Ordinance or (ii) issued or had in its possession for the purposes of issue, and will not issue or have in its possession for thepurposes of issue, whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere any advertisement, invitation or document relating to our units which is directedat, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public in Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the securitieslaws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to our securities which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside HongKong or only to “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance and any rules made under thatOrdinance. The contents of this document have not been reviewed by any regulatory authority in Hong Kong. You are advised to exercisecaution in relation to the offer. If you are in any doubt about any of the contents of this document, you should obtain independent professionaladvice;

 

Noticeto Residents of Singapore

 

Thisprospectus or any other offering material relating to our units has not been and will not be registered as a prospectus with the MonetaryAuthority of Singapore, and the units will be offered in Singapore pursuant to exemptions under Section 274 and Section 275 of the Securitiesand Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore (the “Securities and Futures Act”). Accordingly our units may not be offered orsold, or be the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, nor may this prospectus or any other offering material relatingto our units be circulated or distributed, whether directly or indirectly, to the public or any member of the public in Singapore otherthan (a) to an institutional investor or other person specified in Section 274 of the Securities and Futures Act, (b) to a sophisticatedinvestor, and in accordance with the conditions specified in Section 275 of the Securities and Futures Act or (c) otherwise pursuantto, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the Securities and Futures Act;

 

Noticeto Residents of Germany

 

Eachperson who is in possession of this prospectus is aware of the fact that no German sales prospectus (Verkaufsprospekt) within the meaningof the Securities Sales Prospectus Act (Wertpapier-Verkaufsprospektgesetz, the “Act”) of the Federal Republic of Germanyhas been or will be published with respect to our units. In particular, each underwriter has represented that it has not engaged andhas agreed that it will not engage in a public offering in (offentliches Angebot) within the meaning of the Act with respect to any ofour units otherwise than in accordance with the Act and all other applicable legal and regulatory requirements;

 

Noticeto Residents of France

 

Theunits 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 distributedand will not distribute or cause to be distributed to the public in the Republic of France this prospectus or any other offering materialrelating to the units, and that such offers, sales and distributions have been and will be made in the Republic of France only to qualifiedinvestors (investisseurs qualifiés) in accordance with Article L.411-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code and decrét no.98-880 dated 1st October, 1998; and

 

Noticeto Residents of the Netherlands

 

Ourunits may not be offered, sold, transferred or delivered in or from the Netherlands as part of their initial distribution or at any timethereafter, directly or indirectly, other than to, individuals or legal entities situated in The Netherlands who or which trade or investin securities in the conduct of a business or profession (which includes banks, securities intermediaries (including dealers and brokers),insurance companies, pension funds, collective investment institution, central governments, large international and supranational organizations,other institutional investors and other parties, including treasury departments of commercial enterprises, which as an ancillary activityregularly invest in securities; hereinafter, “Professional Investors”), provided that in the offer, prospectus and in anyother documents or advertisements in which a forthcoming offering of our units is publicly announced (whether electronically or otherwise)in The Netherlands it is stated that such offer is and will be exclusively made to such Professional Investors. Individual or legal entitieswho are not Professional Investors may not participate in the offering of our units, and this prospectus or any other offering materialrelating to our units may not be considered an offer or the prospect of an offer to sell or exchange our units.

 

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Noticeto Prospective Investors in the Cayman Islands

 

Noinvitation, whether directly or indirectly may be made to the public in the Cayman Islands to subscribe for our shares.

 

Noticeto Canadian Residents

 

ResaleRestrictions

 

Thedistribution of units in Canada is being made only in the provinces of Ontario, Quebec, Alberta and British Columbia on a private placementbasis exempt from the requirement that we prepare and file a prospectus with the securities regulatory authorities in each province wheretrades of these securities are made. Any resale of the units in Canada must be made under applicable securities laws which may vary dependingon the relevant jurisdiction, and which may require resales to be made under available statutory exemptions or under a discretionaryexemption granted by the applicable Canadian securities regulatory authority. Purchasers are advised to seek legal advice prior to anyresale of the securities.

 

Representationsof Canadian Purchasers

 

Bypurchasing units in Canada and accepting delivery of a purchase confirmation, a purchaser is representing to us and the dealer from whomthe purchase confirmation is received that:

 

  the purchaser is entitled under applicable provincial securities laws to purchase the units without the benefit of a prospectus qualified under those securities laws as it is an “accredited investor” as defined under National Instrument 45-106 — Prospectus Exemptions,
     
  the purchaser is a “permitted client” as defined in National Instrument 31-103 — Registration 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.

 

Conflictsof Interest

 

Canadianpurchasers are hereby notified that the underwriters are relying on the exemption set out in section 3A.3 or 3A.4, if applicable, ofNational Instrument 33-105 — Underwriting Conflicts from having to provide certain conflict of interest disclosure in thisdocument.

 

StatutoryRights of Action

 

Securitieslegislation in certain provinces or territories of Canada may provide a purchaser with remedies for rescission or damages if the prospectus(including any amendment thereto) such as this document contains a misrepresentation, provided that the remedies for rescission or damagesare exercised by the purchaser within the time limit prescribed by the securities legislation of the purchaser’s province or territory.The purchaser of these securities in Canada should refer to any applicable provisions of the securities legislation of the purchaser’sprovince or territory for particulars of these rights or consult with a legal advisor.

 

Enforcementof Legal Rights

 

Allof our directors and officers as well as the experts named herein may be located outside of Canada and, as a result, it may not be possiblefor Canadian purchasers to effect service of process within Canada upon us or those persons. All or a substantial portion of our assetsand the assets of those persons may be located outside of Canada and, as a result, it may not be possible to satisfy a judgment againstus or those persons in Canada or to enforce a judgment obtained in Canadian courts against us or those persons outside of Canada.

 

Taxationand 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 unitsin their particular circumstances and about the eligibility of the units for investment by the purchaser under relevant Canadian legislation.

 

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LEGALMATTERS

 

Loeb& Loeb LLP is acting as United States counsel in connection with the registration of our securities under the Securities Act andwill pass on the validity of the warrants and rights offered in the prospectus. Legal matters as to British Virgin Islands’ law,as well as the validity of the issuance of the ordinary shares offered in this prospectus, will be passed upon for us by Ogier. BlankRome LLP is acting as counsel for the underwriters in this offering.

 

EXPERTS

 

Thefinancial statements of Ocean Capital Acquisition Corporation as of March 31, 2022 and for the period from August 20, 2021 (inception)through March 31, 2022 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 relating to substantial doubt about the ability of OceanCapital Acquisition Corporation to continue as a going concern as described in Note 1 to the financial statements), appearingelsewhere in this prospectus, and are included in reliance on such report given on the authority of such firm as an experts in auditingand accounting.

 

WHEREYOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

 

Wehave filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-1, which includes exhibits, schedules and amendments, under the SecuritiesAct, with respect to this offering of our securities. Although this prospectus, which forms a part of the registration statement, containsall material information included in the registration statement, parts of the registration statement have been omitted as permitted byrules and regulations of the SEC. We refer you to the registration statement and its exhibits for further information about us, our securitiesand this offering. The registration statement and its exhibits, as well as our other reports filed with the SEC, can be inspected andcopied at the SEC’s public reference room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. The public may obtain information aboutthe operation of the public reference room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. In addition, the SEC maintains a web site at http://www.sec.govwhich contains the Form S-1 and other reports, proxy and information statements and information regarding issuers that file electronicallywith the SEC.

 

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INDEXTO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

  Page
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm F-2
Balance Sheet F-3
Statement of Operations F-4
Statement of Changes in Shareholders’ Deficit F-5
Statement of Cash Flows F-6
Notes to Financial Statements F-7 – F-14

 

F-1

 

 

REPORTOF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

Tothe Board of Directors and Shareholders of

OceanCapital Acquisition Corporation

 

Opinionon the Financial Statements

 

Wehave audited the accompanying balance sheet of Ocean Capital Acquisition Corporation (the “Company”) as of March 31, 2022and the related statements of operations, changes in shareholders’ deficit and cash flows for the period from August 20, 2021 (inception)through March 31, 2022 and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, thefinancial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of March 31, 2022 and the resultsof its operations and its cash flows for the period from August 20, 2021 (inception) through March 31, 2022, in conformity with accountingprinciples generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

ExplanatoryParagraph — Going Concern

 

Theaccompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note1 to the financial statements, its business plan is dependent on the completion of a financing and the Company’s cash and workingcapital as of March 31, 2022 are not sufficient to complete its planned activities. These conditions raise substantial doubt about theCompany’s ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans in regard to these matters are also described in Notes1 and 3. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty. 

 

Basisfor Opinion

 

Thesefinancial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’sfinancial statements based on our audit. 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 in accordance with the U.S. federalsecurities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

 

Weconducted our audit 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 Companyis not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our auditwe are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinionon the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

 

Ouraudit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error orfraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regardingthe amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significantestimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audit providesa reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

/s/FriedmanLLP

 

Wehave served as the Company’s auditor since 2022.

 

NewYork, NY

June21, 2022

 

 

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OCEANCAPITAL ACQUISITION CORPORATION

BALANCESHEET

ASOF MARCH 31, 2022

(Currencyexpressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of shares)

 

ASSETS     
Deferred offering costs  $44,500 
      
TOTAL ASSETS  $44,500 
      
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT     
Current liabilities:     
Accrued expense   25,000 
Advances from a related party  $27,342 
      
Total Current Liabilities   52,342 
      
TOTAL LIABILITIES   52,342 
      
Commitments and Contingencies     
      
Shareholders’ Deficit:     
Ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value; 500,000,000 shares authorized; 1,725,000 shares issued and outstanding (1)   173 
Additional paid-in capital   24,827 
Accumulated deficit   (32,842)
      
Total Shareholders’ Deficit   (7,842)
      
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT  $44,500 

 

(1)Includes up to an aggregate of 225,000 ordinary shares subject to forfeiture to the extent that the underwriters’ over-allotment option is not exercised in full or in part.

 

Seeaccompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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FORTHE PERIOD FROM AUGUST 20, 2021 (INCEPTION) TO MARCH 31, 2022

STATEMENTOF OPERATIONS

(Currencyexpressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of shares)

 

Formation and operating costs  $(32,842)
      
NET LOSS  $(32,842)
      
Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding (1)   1,140,625 
      
Basic and diluted net loss per share  $(0.03)

 

(1)Excludes up to an aggregate of 225,000 ordinary shares subject to forfeiture to the extent that the underwriters’ over-allotment option is not exercised in full or in part.

 

Seeaccompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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STATEMENTOF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT

FORTHE PERIOD FROM AUGUST 20, 2021 (INCEPTION) TO MARCH 31, 2022

(Currencyexpressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of shares)

 

   Ordinary shares             
   No. of shares   Amount   Additional
paid-in capital
   Accumulated
deficit
   Total
shareholders’
deficit
 
                     
Issuance of ordinary shares to founders (1)   1,725,000,   $173   $24,827   $-   $25,000 
                          
Net loss for the period   -    -         (32,842)   (32,842)
                          
Balance as of March 31, 2022   1,725,000   $173   $24,827   $(32,842)  $(7,842)

 

(1)Includes up to an aggregate of 225,000 ordinary shares subject to forfeiture to the extent that the underwriters’ over-allotment option is not exercised in full or in part.

 

Seeaccompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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STATEMENTOF CASH FLOWS FOR THE PERIOD

FROMAUGUST 20, 2021 (INCEPTION) TO MARCH 31, 2022

(Currencyexpressed in United States Dollars (“US$”))

 

Cash flows from operating activities:     
Net loss  $(32,842)
      
Change in operating assets and liabilities:     
      
Decrease in accrued liabilities   25,000 
Net cash used in operating activities   (7,842)
Cash flows from financing activities:     
Payment of deferred offering cost   (44,500)
Advance from a related party   27,342 
Proceeds from private placement   25,000 
Net cash provided by financing activities   7,842 
      
NET CHANGE IN CASH   - 
      
CASH, BEGINNING OF PERIOD   - 
      
CASH, END OF PERIOD  $- 
      
Non-cash investing and financing activities     
Deferred offering costs paid by a related party  $44,500 

 

Seeaccompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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NOTESTO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Currencyexpressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of shares)

 

NOTE1 - ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS BACKGROUND

 

OceanCapital Acquisition Corporation (the “Company” or “we”, “us” and “our”) is a newly organizedblank check company incorporated on August 20, 2021, under the laws of the British Virgin Islands for the purpose of acquiring, engagingin a share exchange, share reconstruction and amalgamation, purchasing all or substantially all of the assets of, entering into contractualarrangements, or engaging in any other similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities (the “Business Combination”).Although the Company is not limited to a particular industry or geographic region for purposes of consummating a Business Combination.

 

Asof March 31, 2022, the Company had not commenced any operations. All activity through March 31, 2022 related to the Company’s formationand the proposed public offering as described below. The Company has selected March 31 as its fiscal year end.

 

TheCompany’s ability to commence operations is contingent upon obtaining adequate financial resources through a proposed public offeringof 6,000,000 units (“Units”) (or 6,900,000 Units if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full),at $10.00 per Unit, which is discussed in Note 3 (the “Proposed Public Offering”), and the sale of 280,000 Units at a priceof $10.00 per Unit in a private placement to SB Capital Holding Corporation (the “Sponsor”) (or 298,000 Units if the overallotmentis exercised in full) to the Sponsors (the “Private Units”).

 

TheCompany intends to list the Units on the Nasdaq Global Market (“NASDAQ”). The Company’s management has broad discretionwith respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the Proposed Public Offering and sale of the Private Units, althoughsubstantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally toward consummating a Business Combination. NASDAQ rules providethat the Business Combination must be with one or more target businesses that together have a fair market value equal to at least 80%of the balance in the Trust Account (as defined below) (less any deferred underwriting commissions and taxes payable on interest earned)at the time of the signing of an agreement to enter into a Business Combination. The Company will only complete a Business Combinationif the post-Business Combination company owns or acquires 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwiseacquires a controlling interest in the target sufficient for it not to be required to register as an investment company under the InvestmentCompany Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”). There is no assurance that the Company will be able to successfullyeffect a Business Combination. Upon the closing of the Proposed Public Offering, management has agreed that $10.00 per Unit sold in theProposed Public Offering, including the proceeds of the sale of the Private Units, will be held in a trust account (“Trust Account”)and invested in U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act, with a maturityof 180 days or less, or in any open-ended investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund meeting the conditions of Rule2a-7 of the Investment Company Act, as determined by the Company, until the earlier of: (i) the consummation of a Business Combinationor (ii) the distribution of the funds in the Trust Account to the Company’s shareholders, as described below.

 

TheCompany will provide its shareholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Public Shares upon the completion of aBusiness Combination either (i) in connection with a shareholder meeting called to approve the Business Combination or (ii) by meansof a tender offer. The decision as to whether the Company will seek shareholder approval of a Business Combination or conduct a tenderoffer will be made by the Company, solely in its discretion. The shareholders will be entitled to redeem their Public Shares for a prorata portion of the amount then on deposit in the Trust Account (initially $10.00 per share, plus any pro rata interest earned on thefunds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company to pay its tax obligations). The per-share amount to be distributedto shareholders who redeem their shares will not be reduced by the deferred underwriting commissions the Company will pay to the underwriters(as discussed in Note 6). There will be no redemption rights upon the completion of a Business Combination with respect to the Company’swarrants. The ordinary shares subject to redemption will be recorded at a redemption value and classified as temporary equity upon thecompletion of the Proposed Public Offering, in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480 “DistinguishingLiabilities from Equity.

 

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NOTESTO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Currencyexpressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of shares)

 

TheCompany will proceed with a Business Combination if the Company has net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 upon such consummationof a Business Combination and, if the Company seeks shareholder approval, a majority of the outstanding shares voted are voted in favorof the Business Combination. If a shareholder vote is not required and the Company does not decide to hold a shareholder vote for businessor other legal reasons, the Company will, pursuant to its Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, offer such redemptionpursuant to the tender offer rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), and file tender offer documents containingsubstantially the same information as would be included in a proxy statement with the SEC prior to completing a Business Combination.

 

TheCompany’s initial shareholders (the “initial shareholders”) have agreed (a) to vote their insider shares, the ordinaryshares included in the Private Units (the “Private Shares”) and any Public Shares purchased during or after the ProposedPublic Offering in favor of a Business Combination, (b) not to propose, or vote in favor of, an amendment to the Company’s Amendedand Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association that would stop the public shareholders from converting or selling their shares tothe Company in connection with a Business Combination or affect the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to redeem 100%of the Public Shares if the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period (as defined below) unlessthe Company provides dissenting public shareholders with the opportunity to convert their Public Shares into the right to receive cashfrom the Trust Account in connection with any such vote; (c) not to convert any insider shares and Private Units (including underlyingsecurities) (as well as any Public Shares purchased during or after the Proposed Public Offering) into the right to receive cash fromthe Trust Account in connection with a shareholder vote to approve a Business Combination (or sell any shares in a tender offer in connectionwith a Business Combination) or a vote to amend the provisions of the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association relatingto shareholders’ rights of pre-Business Combination activity and (d) that the insider shares and Private Units (including underlyingsecurities) shall not participate in any liquidating distributions upon winding up if a Business Combination is not consummated. However,the initial shareholders will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to any Public Shares purchasedduring or after the Proposed Public Offering if the Company fails to complete its Business Combination.

 

TheCompany will have until nine months from the closing of the Proposed Public Offering. However, if the Company anticipates thatit may not be able to consummate a Business Combination within nine months, the Company may, but is not obligated to, extend theperiod of time to consummate a Business Combination month by month (for a total of up to 21 months to complete a Business Combination)(the “Combination Period”). In order to extend the time available for the Company to consummate a Business Combination, theinitial shareholders or their affiliates or designees must deposit into the Trust Account $198,000 or, $227,700 if the underwriters’over-allotment option is exercised in full ($0.033 per share in either case), on or prior to the applicable deadline.

 

Ifthe Company is unable to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period, the Company will (i) cease all operations exceptfor the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but no more than ten business days thereafter, redeem 100% ofthe outstanding Public Shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account,including interest earned (net of taxes payable), which redemption will completely extinguish public shareholders’ rights as shareholders(including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonablypossible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the remaining shareholders and the Company’s board of directors,proceed to commence a voluntary liquidation and thereby a formal dissolution of the Company, subject in each case to its obligationsto provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of applicable law. The underwriters have agreed to waive its rights to the deferredunderwriting commission held in the Trust Account in the event the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the CombinationPeriod and, in such event, such amounts will be included with the funds held in the Trust Account that will be available to fund theredemption of the Public Shares. In the event of such distribution, it is possible that the per share value of the assets remaining availablefor distribution will be less than $10.00.

 

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NOTESTO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Currencyexpressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of shares)

 

Thesponsor has agreed that it will be liable to the Company, if and to the extent any claims by a vendor for services rendered or productssold to the Company, or a prospective target business with which the Company has discussed entering into a transaction agreement, reducethe amounts in the Trust Account to below $10.00 per share (whether or not the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercisedin full), except as to any claims by a third party who executed a waiver of any and all rights to seek access to the Trust Account andexcept as to any claims under the Company’s indemnity of the underwriters of the Proposed Public Offering against certain liabilities,including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). In the event that an executedwaiver is deemed to be unenforceable against a third party, the sponsor will not be responsible to the extent of any liability for suchthird party claims. The Company will seek to reduce the possibility that the sponsor will have to indemnify the Trust Account due toclaims of creditors by endeavoring to have all vendors, service providers, prospective target businesses or other entities with whichthe Company does business, execute agreements with the Company waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to moniesheld in the Trust Account.

 

GoingConcern Consideration

 

AtMarch 31, 2022, the Company had a working capital deficit of $7,842   and a net loss of $32,842 and an operating cash outflowsof $7,842   for the period from August 20, 2021 (inception) to March 31, 2022. The Company has incurred and expects to continueto incur significant costs in pursuit of its financing and acquisition plans. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’sability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date that the financial statements are issued. Management plans to addressthis uncertainty through a Proposed Public Offering as discussed in Note 3. There is no assurance that the Company’s plans to raisecapital or to consummate a Business Combination will be successful or successful within the Combination Period.

 

NOTE2 – SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

Basis of presentation

 

Theseaccompanying financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United Statesof America (“U.S. GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).

 

Emerging growth company

 

TheCompany is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act, as modified by the Jumpstart OurBusiness Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”), and it may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirementsthat are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies including, but not limited to, not being requiredto comply with the independent registered public accounting firm attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduceddisclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in its periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirementsof holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previouslyapproved.

 

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NOTESTO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Currencyexpressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of shares)

 

Further,Section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or revised financial accountingstandards until private companies (that is, those that have not had a Securities Act registration statement declared effective or donot have a class of securities registered under the Exchange Act) are required to comply with the new or revised financial accountingstandards. The JOBS Act provides that a company can elect to opt out of the extended transition period and comply with the requirementsthat apply to non-emerging growth companies but any such election to opt out is irrevocable. The Company has elected not to opt out ofsuch extended transition period which means that when a standard is issued or revised and it has different application dates for publicor private companies, the Company, as an emerging growth company, can adopt the new or revised standard at the time private companiesadopt the new or revised standard. This may make comparison of the Company’s financial statements with another public company whichis neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging growth company which has opted out of using the extended transition period difficultor impossible because of the potential differences in accounting standards used.

 

Use of estimates

 

Inpreparing these financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP, management makes estimates and assumptions that affect the reportedamounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and thereported expenses during the reporting period.

 

Makingestimates requires management to exercise significant judgment. It is at least reasonably possible that the estimate of the effect ofa condition, situation or set of circumstances that existed at the date of the financial statements, which management considered in formulatingits estimate, could change in the near term due to one or more future confirming events. Accordingly, Actual results may differ fromthese estimates.

 

Deferred offering costs

 

Deferredoffering costs consist of underwriting, legal, and other expenses incurred through the balance sheet date that are directly related tothe 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 as additional expenses incurred, will becharged to operations.

 

Income taxes

 

Incometaxes are determined in accordance with the provisions of ASC Topic 740, “Income Taxes” (“ASC 740”). Underthis method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between thefinancial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax basis. Deferred tax assets and liabilitiesare measured using enacted income tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences areexpected to be recovered or settled. Any effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in incomein the period that includes the enactment date.

 

ASC740 prescribes a comprehensive model for how companies should recognize, measure, present, and disclose in their financial statementsuncertain tax positions taken or expected to be taken on a tax return. Under ASC 740, tax positions must initially be recognized in thefinancial statements when it is more likely than not the position will be sustained upon examination by the tax authorities. The Company’smanagement determined that the Cayman Islands is the Company’s major tax jurisdiction. The Company recognizes accrued interestand penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits, if any, as income tax expense. There were no unrecognized tax benefits and no amountsaccrued for interest and penalties as of March 31, 2022. The Company is currently not aware of any issues under review that could resultin significant payments, accruals or material deviation from its position.

 

TheCompany may be subject to potential examination by foreign taxing authorities in the area of income taxes. These potential examinationsmay include questioning the timing and amount of deductions, the nexus of income among various tax jurisdictions and compliance withforeign tax laws. The Company’s management does not expect that the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits will materially changeover the next twelve months.

 

TheCompany is considered to be an exempted British Virgin Islands company with no connection to any other taxable jurisdiction and is presentlynot subject to income taxes or income tax filing requirements in the British Virgin Islands or the United States. As such, the Company’stax provision was zero for the periods presented.

 

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OCEANCAPITAL ACQUISITION CORPORATION

NOTESTO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Currencyexpressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of shares)

 

Warrants

 

TheCompany accounts for warrants as either equity-classified or liability-classified instruments based on an assessment of the warrant’sspecific terms and applicable authoritative guidance in Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting StandardsCodification (“ASC”) 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity (“ASC 480”) and ASC Topic 815, Derivativesand Hedging (“ASC 815”). The assessment considers whether the warrants are freestanding financial instruments pursuantto ASC 480, meet the definition of a liability pursuant to ASC 480, and whether the warrants meet all of the requirements for equityclassification under ASC 815, including whether the warrants are indexed to the Company’s own ordinary shares and whether the warrantholders could potentially require “net cash settlement” in a circumstance outside of the Company’s control, among otherconditions for equity classification. This assessment, which requires the use of professional judgment, is conducted at the time of warrantissuance and as of each subsequent quarterly period end date while the warrants are outstanding.

 

Forissued or modified warrants that meet all of the criteria for equity classification, the warrants are required to be recorded as a componentof equity at the time of issuance. For issued or modified warrants that do not meet all the criteria for equity classification, the warrantsare required to be recorded as liabilities at their initial fair value on the date of issuance, 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.

 

Net loss per share

 

Netloss per share is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the period, excludingordinary shares subject to forfeiture. Weighted average shares were reduced for the effect of an aggregate of 225,000 ordinary sharesthat are subject to forfeiture if the over-allotment option is not exercised by the underwriters (see Note 6). At March 31, 2022, theCompany did not have any dilutive securities and other contracts that could, potentially, be exercised or converted into ordinary sharesand then share in the earnings of the Company. As a result, diluted loss per share is the same as basic loss per share for the periodspresented.

 

Related parties

 

Parties,which can be a corporation or individual, are considered to be related if the Company has the ability, directly or indirectly, to controlthe other party or exercise significant influence over the other party in making financial and operational decisions. Companies are alsoconsidered to be related if they are subject to common control or common significant influence.

 

Concentration of credit risk

 

Financialinstruments that potentially subject the Company to concentration of credit risk consist of a cash account in a financial institution.The Company has not experienced losses on this account and management believes the Company is not exposed to significant risks on suchaccount.

 

Fair value of financial instruments

 

Thefair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under ASC Topic 820, “FairValue Measurement,” approximates the carrying amounts represented in the accompanying balance sheets, primarily due to theirshort-term nature.

 

Recent accounting pronouncements

 

Managementdoes not believe that any recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting pronouncements, if currently adopted, would have a materialeffect on the Company’s financial statements.

 

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OCEANCAPITAL ACQUISITION CORPORATION

NOTESTO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Currencyexpressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of shares)

 

NOTE3 – PROPOSED PUBLIC OFFERING

 

TheProposed Public Offering calls for the Company to offer for sale up to 6,000,000 Units at a proposed public offering price of $10.00per Unit (and up to an additional 900,000 units to cover over-allotments, if any). Each Unit will consist of one ordinary share, onehalf (1/2) of one warrant (“Public Warrant”) and one right (“Public Right”). Each whole Public Warrant will entitlethe holder to purchase one ordinary share at an exercise price of $11.50 per whole share. Each whole Public Right will entitle the holderto received one-tenth (1/10) of one ordinary share upon consummation of initial Business Combination.

 

NOTE4 – PRIVATE PLACEMENT

 

TheSponsor will agree to purchase an aggregate of 280,000 private units (or 298,000 Private Units if the underwriters’ over-allotmentis exercised in full) at $10.00 per Private Unit (for a total purchase price of $2,800,000 or $2,980,000 in the aggregate if the underwriters’over-allotment is exercised in full), in each case, in a private placement that will occur simultaneously with the closing of the ProposedPublic Offering). Each Unit will consist of one ordinary share, one half (1/2) of one warrant (“Private Warrant”) and oneright (“Private Right”). Each whole Private Warrant will entitle the holder to purchase one ordinary share at an exerciseprice of $11.50 per whole share. Each whole Private Right will entitle the holder to received one-tenth (1/10) of one ordinary shareupon consummation of initial business combination.

 

NOTE5 – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

InsiderShares

 

In August 2021, 1,000,000 insider shares wereissued to our initial subscriber of the Company. In March 2022, the initial subscriber transferred the insider shares that it holds toour sponsor, and the Company issued an additional 725,000 shares to the sponsor, resulting in an aggregate of 1,725,000 ordinary sharesoutstanding to our sponsor, for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000, or approximately $0.01 per share. Further, in March 2022, thesponsor transferred an aggregate of 50,000 insider shares to certain directors and officers of the Company.

 

The 1,725,000 insider shares held by our initialshareholders including an aggregate of up to 225,000 shares subject to forfeiture to the extent that the underwriters’ over-allotmentis not exercised in full or in part, so that the initial shareholders will collectively own 20% of the Company’s issuedand outstanding shares after the Proposed Public Offering (assuming the initial shareholders do not purchase any Public Units in theProposed Public Offering and excluding ordinary shares contained with the Private Units) (see Note 6). The sponsor paid an aggregatepurchase price of $25,000 for the issuance of 1,725,000 of the Company’s ordinary shares.

 

PromissoryNote — Related Party

 

OnMarch 31, 2022, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note to the Sponsor, pursuant to which the Company may borrow up to an aggregateprincipal amount of $600,000 (the “Promissory Note”). The Promissory Note is non-interest bearing and payable on the earlierof December 31, 2022 or consummate an initial public offering of its securities.

 

Asof March 31, 2022, the principal amount due and owing under the Promissory Note was $27,342.

 

AdministrativeServices Arrangement

 

Anaffiliate of the Sponsor will agree that, commencing from the date that the Company’s securities are first listed on NASDAQ throughthe earlier of the Company’s consummation of a Business Combination and its liquidation, to make available to the Company certaingeneral and administrative services, including office space, administrative and support services, as the Company may require from timeto time. The Company has agreed to pay the affiliate of the Sponsor $10,000 per month for these services.

 

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OCEANCAPITAL ACQUISITION CORPORATION

NOTESTO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Currencyexpressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of shares)

 

RelatedParty Loans

 

Inorder to finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor or certain ofthe Company’s directors and officers may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required (“Working CapitalLoans”). If the Company completes a Business Combination, the Company would repay the Working Capital Loans out of the proceedsof the Trust Account released to the Company. Otherwise, the Working Capital Loans would be repaid only out of funds held outside theTrust Account. In the event that a Business Combination does not close, the Company may use a portion of proceeds held outside the TrustAccount to repay the Working Capital Loans, but no proceeds held in the Trust Account would be used to repay the Working Capital Loans.Except for the foregoing, the terms of such Working Capital Loans, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist withrespect to such loans. The Working Capital Loans would either be repaid upon consummation of a Business Combination, without interest,or, at the lender’s discretion, up to $600,000 converted upon consummation of our business combination into additional privateunits at a price of $10.00 per unit.

 

NOTE6 – SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

Ordinaryshares

 

TheCompany is authorized to issue 500,000,000 ordinary shares at par $0.0001. Holders of the Company’s ordinary shares are entitledto one vote for each share.

 

Asof March 31, 2022, 1,725,000 Ordinary Shares were issued and outstanding, of which 225,000 ordinary shares are subject to forfeitureto the extent that the underwriters’ over-allotment option is not exercised in full, so that the initial shareholders will own20% of the issued and outstanding shares after the Proposed Public Offering (excluding the sale of the Private Units and assuming theinitial shareholders do not purchase any Units in the Proposed Public Offering).

 

Warrants— Each holder of a warrant shall entitle to purchase one half (1/2) share ordinary share at a price of $11.50. Public Warrantsmay only be exercised for a whole number of shares. No fractional shares will be issued upon exercise of the Public Warrants. The PublicWarrants will become exercisable on the later of (a) 30 days after the consummation of a Business Combination or (b) 12 months from theeffective date of the registration statement relating to the Proposed Public Offering. No Public Warrants will be exercisable on acash basis unless the Company has an effective and current registration statement covering the ordinary shares issuable upon exerciseof the Public Warrants and a current prospectus relating to such ordinary shares. The Company has agreed that as soon as practicable,but in no event later than 15 business days after the closing of a Business Combination, the Company will use its best efforts to file,and within 60 business days following a Business Combination to have declared effective, a registration statement covering the ordinaryshares issuable upon exercise of the warrants. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a registration statement covering the ordinary sharesissuable upon the exercise of the Public Warrants is not effective within 60 days, the holders may, until such time as there is an effectiveregistration statement and during any period when the Company shall have failed to maintain an effective registration statement, exercisethe Public Warrants on a cashless basis pursuant to an available exemption from registration under the Securities Act. If an exemptionfrom registration is not available, holders will not be able to exercise their Public Warrants on a cashless basis. The Public Warrantswill expire five years from the consummation of a Business Combination or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.

 

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OCEANCAPITAL ACQUISITION CORPORATION

NOTESTO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Currencyexpressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of shares)

 

TheCompany may call the warrants for redemption:

 

in whole and not in part,
   
at a price of $0.01 per warrant,
   
upon not less than 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption to each Public Warrant holder, and
   
if, and only if, the reported last sale price of the ordinary shares equal or exceed $18.00 per share, (as adjusted for share splits,share capitalizations, rights issuances, subdivisions, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days withina 30 trading day period ending on the third trading day prior to the notice of redemption to Public Warrant holders.

 

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

 

ThePrivate Warrants are identical to the Public Warrants underlying the Units being sold in the Proposed Public Offering.

 

TheCompany assessed the key terms applicable to the Public Warrants as well as the Private Warrants and believes the Public Warrants andPrivate Warrants, if were issued, should be classified as equity in accordance with ASC 480 and ASC 815.

 

NOTE7 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

Risksand Uncertainties

 

Managementcontinues to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and has concluded that while it is reasonably possible that the virus couldhave a negative effect on the Company’s financial position, results of its operations and/or search for a target company, the specificimpact is not readily determinable as of the date of these financial statements. The financial statements do not include any adjustmentsthat might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

 

RegistrationRights

 

Theholders of the Insider Shares, Private Warrant sold in a private placement (and their underlying securities) and any Units that may beissued upon conversion of the Working Capital Loans (and underlying securities) will be entitled to registration rights pursuant to aregistration rights agreement to be signed prior to or on the effective date of the Proposed Public Offering requiring the Company toregister such securities for resale. The holders of these securities are entitled to make up to three demands, excluding short form demands,that the Company register such securities. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respectto registration statements filed subsequent to the completion of a Business Combination and rights to require the Company to registerfor resale such securities pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection withthe filing of any such registration statements.

 

UnderwriterAgreement

 

TheCompany will grant the underwriters a 45-day option to purchase up to 900,000 Units (over and above 6,000,000 units referred to above)solely to cover over-allotments at the Proposed Public Offering price, less the underwriting discounts and commissions.

 

Theunderwriters will be entitled to a cash underwriting discount of 3% of the gross proceeds of the Proposed Public Offering, of which 2%will be paid at the closing of the Proposed Public Offering and the balance will be deferred until the closing of the initial businesscombination.

 

NOTE8 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

TheCompany evaluated subsequent events and transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date up to June 21, 2022 the date thatthe financial statements were available to be issued. Other than as described in these financial statements, the Company did not identifyany subsequent events that would have required adjustment or disclosure in the financial statements.

 

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Until____, 2022, all dealers that effect transactions in these securities, whether or not participating in this offering, may be requiredto deliver a prospectus. This is in addition to the dealers’ obligation to deliver a prospectus when acting as underwriters andwith respect to their unsold allotments or subscriptions.

 

Nodealer, salesperson or any other person is authorized to give any information or make any representations in connection with this offeringother than those contained in this prospectus and, if given or made, the information or representations must not be relied upon as havingbeen authorized by us. This prospectus does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any security other thanthe securities offered by this prospectus, or an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities by anyone in any jurisdictionin which the offer or solicitation is not authorized or is unlawful.

 

$60,000,000

 

OceanCapital Acquisition Corporation

 

6,000,000Units

 

 

 

PROSPECTUS

 

 

 

LadenburgThalmann

 

________,2022

 

 

 

PARTII

 

INFORMATIONNOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

 

Item13. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.

 

Theestimated expenses payable by us in connection with the offering described in this registration statement (other than the underwritingdiscount and commissions) will be as follows:

 

Initial trustee fee  $6,500 
SEC Registration Fee   7,036 
FINRA filing fee   11,885 
Accounting fees and expenses   45,000 
NASDAQ listing fees   45,000 
Printing and engraving expenses   30,000 
Legal fees and expenses   200,000 
Miscellaneous   254,579(1)
Total  $600,000 

 

 

(1) This amount represents additional expenses that may be incurred by the Company in connection with the offering over and above those specificallylisted above, including distribution and mailing costs.

 

Item14. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

 

BritishVirgin Islands law does not limit the extent to which a company’s memorandum and articles of association may provide for indemnificationof officers and directors, except to the extent any such provision may be held by the British Virgin Islands courts to be contrary topublic policy, such as to provide indemnification against civil fraud or the consequences of committing a crime. Our memorandum and articlesof association will provide for indemnification of our officers and directors to the maximum extent permitted by law, including for anyliability incurred in their capacities as such, except through their own actual fraud, willful default or willful neglect.

 

Insofaras indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling uspursuant to the foregoing provisions, we have been informed that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policyas expressed in the Securities Act and is theretofore unenforceable.

 

Item15. Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities.

 

Duringthe past three years, we sold the following ordinary shares without registration under the Securities Act:

 

  As of March 31, 2022, an aggregate of 1,725,000 shares were sold to certain of our initial shareholders, which we refer to throughoutthis prospectus as the “insider shares,” for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000, or approximately $0.01 per share, inconnection with the Company’s organization pursuant to the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(a)(2) of the SecuritiesAct.
     
  In addition, our sponsor has committed to purchase an aggregate of 280,000 private units from the Company on a private placement basissimultaneously with the consummation of this offering. Our sponsor has also agreed that if the over-allotment option is exercised bythe underwriters in full or in part, they will purchase from the Company at a price of $10.00 per private unit up to an additional 18,000private units. These issuances will be made pursuant to the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(a)(2) of the SecuritiesAct.

 

Nounderwriting discounts or commissions were paid with respect to such sales.

 

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Item16. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.

 

(a)The following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement:

 

Exhibit No.   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 Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and the Registrant.*
4.5   Specimen Rights Certificate.*
4.6   Formof Rights Agreement between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and the Registrant.*
5.1   Opinion of Ogier**
5.2   Opinion of Loeb & Loeb LLP.**
10.1   Form of Letter Agreement among the Registrant, Underwriters and the Company’s officers, directors and shareholders.*
10.2   Form of Investment Management Trust Agreement between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and the Registrant.*
10.3   Form of Escrow Agreement between the Registrant, Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and the Initial Shareholders.*
10.4   Form of Registration Rights Agreement among the Registrant and the Initial Shareholders.*
10.5   Form of Subscription Agreement between the Registrant and the Sponsor.*
10.6   Form of Indemnification Agreement.*
10.7   Form of Administration Service Agreement between the Registrant and the Sponsor.*
14   Form of Code of Ethics.*
23.1   Consent of Friedman LLP.*
23.2   Consent of Ogier (included in Exhibit 5.1).**
23.3   Consent of Loeb & Loeb LLP (included in Exhibit 5.2).**
24   Power of Attorney (included on signature page).
99.1   Form of Audit Committee Charter.*
99.2   Form of Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee Charter.*
99.3   Form of Compensation Committee Charter.*
107   Filing fee table.*

 

 

 

*Filed herein.

 

**To be filed with an amendment.

 

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Item17. Undertakings.

 

  (a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

 

  (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

 

  i. To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
     
  ii. To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effectiveamendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registrationstatement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securitiesoffered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering rangemay be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volumeand price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of RegistrationFee” table in the effective registration statement;
     
  iii. To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement orany material change to such information in the registration statement.

 

  (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemedto be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shallbe deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
     
  (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at thetermination of the offering.
     
  (4) That for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933 in a primary offering of securities of the undersignedregistrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser,if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant willbe a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:

 

  i. Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule424;
     
  ii. Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to bythe undersigned registrant;
     
  iii. The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrantor its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and
     
  iv. Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.

 

  (5) That for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser, if the registrant is subject to Rule430C, each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registrationstatements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and includedin the registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registrationstatement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by referenceinto the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contractof sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that waspart of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use.

 

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  (b) The undersigned hereby undertakes to provide to the underwriter at the closing specified in the underwriting agreements, certificatesin such denominations and registered in such names as required by the underwriter to permit prompt delivery to each purchaser.
     
  (c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controllingpersons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion ofthe Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy 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 incurredor paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) isasserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unlessin the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction thequestion whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudicationof such issue.
     
  (d) 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 of prospectus filedas part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuantto Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the timeit was declared effective.
     
  (2) For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment that contains a form ofprospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securitiesat that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuantto the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalfby the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Singapore, on the 21st day of June, 2022.

 

  OCEAN CAPITAL ACQUISITION CORPORATION
   
  By: /s/ Hin Wing (Simon) Wong
  Name:

Hin Wing (Simon) Wong

  Title: Chief Executive Officer            

 

Pursuantto the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacitiesand on the dates indicated.

 

Name   Position   Date
/s/ Hin Wing (Simon) Wong   Chief Executive Officer   June 21, 2022

Hin Wing (Simon) Wong

  (Principal executive officer), Chief Financial Officer (Principal financial and accounting officer) and Director    
         
/s/ Man Kai (Anthony) Ho   Chief Operating Officer   June 21, 2022

Man Kai (Anthony) Ho

  (Principal financial and accounting officer) and Director    
         
/s/ Pok Yu (Augustine) Chow   Independent Director   June 21, 2022

Pok Yu (Augustine) Chow

       
         
/s/ Hiu Man (Elliott) Cheng   Independent Director   June 21, 2022
Hiu Man (Elliott) Cheng        
         
/s/ Francis Chiu   Independent Director   June 21, 2022
Francis Chiu        

 

AUTHORIZEDU.S. REPRESENTATIVE

 

Pursuantto the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned, the duly authorized representative in the United States of Ocean CapitalAcquisition Corporation has signed this registration statement in the City of New York, on June 21, 2022.

 

  AUTHORIZED U.S. REPRESENTATIVE
   
  Cogency Global Inc.
   
  By:  /s/ Colleen A. De Vries
  Name: Colleen A. De Vries
  Title: Sr. Vice President of Cogency

 

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