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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
Brandon J. Bortner Brian Ashin Paul Hastings LLP 2050 M Street NW Washington, DC 20036 (202) 551-1700 |
Gil Savir Ryan S. Brewer Paul Hastings LLP 200 Park Avenue New York, New York 10166 (212) 318-6000 |
David Slotkin Proskauer Rose LLP 1001 Pennsylvania Ave NW Suite 600 South Washington, DC 20004 (202) 416-6800 |
Large accelerated filer | ☐ | Accelerated filer | ☐ | |||
☒ | Smaller reporting company | |||||
Emerging growth company |
Per Unit |
Total |
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Price to Public |
$ | 10.00 | $ | 200,000,000 | ||||
Underwriting Discounts and Commissions (1) |
$ | 0.60 | $ | 12,000,000 | ||||
Proceeds, before expenses, to us |
$ | 9.40 | $ | 188,000,000 |
(1) | Including (a) $0.20 per unit sold in the offering, or $4,000,000 in the aggregate, payable upon the closing of this offering (or up to $4,600,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), of which (i) $0.10 per unit will be paid to the underwriters in cash, and (ii) $0.10 per unit will be used by the underwriters to purchase private placement units and (b) up to $0.40 per unit sold in the offering, or up to $8,000,000 in the aggregate (or up to $9,200,000 if the underwriters’ overallotment option is exercised in full) payable to the underwriters in this offering based on the percentage of funds remaining in the trust account after redemptions of public shares, for deferred underwriting commissions to be placed in a trust account located in the United States and released to the underwriters only upon the completion of an initial business combination. See “ Underwriting |
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We are responsible for the information contained in this prospectus. We have not, and the underwriters have not, authorized anyone to provide any information or to make any representations other than those contained in this prospectus. We and the underwriters take no responsibility for, and can provide no assurance as to the reliability of, any other information that others may give you. This prospectus is an offer to sell only the units offered hereby, but only under circumstances and in jurisdictions where it is lawful to do so. The information contained in this prospectus is current only as of its date.
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Trademarks
This prospectus contains references to trademarks and service marks belonging to other entities. Solely for convenience, trademarks and trade names referred to in this prospectus may appear without the ® or ™ symbols, but such references are not intended to indicate, in any way, that the applicable licensor will not assert, to the fullest extent under applicable law, its rights to these trademarks and trade names. We do not intend our use or display of other companies’ trade names, trademarks or service marks to imply a relationship with, or endorsement or sponsorship of us by, any other companies.
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• | “amended and restated memorandum and articles of association” are to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to be in effect upon the completion of this offering; |
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“CCM” are to Cohen & Company Capital Markets, a division of Cohen & Company Securities, LLC, as representative of the underwriters in this offering; |
• | “Companies Act” are to the Companies Act (As Revised) of the Cayman Islands as the same may be amended from time to time; |
• | “completion window” is the period following the completion of this offering at the end of which, if we have not completed our initial business combination, we will redeem 100% of the public shares at a per share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest (less taxes payable and up to $100,000 of interest to pay liquidation and dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, subject to applicable law and certain conditions and as further described herein. The completion window ends 24 months from the closing of this offering. In addition, our shareholders can also vote at any time to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to modify the amount of time we will have to complete an initial business combination, in each case as further described herein; |
• | “directors” are to our directors (including our director nominees named in this prospectus); |
• | “equity-linked securities” are to any debt or equity securities that are convertible, exercisable or exchangeable for our Class A ordinary shares issued in a financing transaction in connection with our initial business combination, including but not limited to a private placement of such securities; |
• | “founder shares” are to our Class B ordinary shares and the Class A ordinary shares issued upon the automatic conversion thereof at the time of our initial business combination or at any time prior thereto at the option of the holder thereof, on a one-for-one basis (subject to adjustment as described in this prospectus), as provided herein; |
• | “letter agreement” refers to the letter agreement, the form of which is filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part; |
• | “management” or our “management team” are to our officers and directors; |
• | “New BOA II” refers to BOA Acquisition Corp. II after the initial business combination; |
• | “ordinary resolution” are to a resolution of the company passed by the affirmative vote of a simple majority of the votes cast by such shareholders as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at a general meeting of the company, or a resolution approved in writing by all of the holders of the issued shares entitled to vote on such matter (or such lower threshold as may be allowed under the Companies Act from time to time); |
• | “ordinary shares” are to our Class A ordinary shares and our Class B ordinary shares; |
• | “private shares” are to the Class A ordinary shares sold as part of the private placement units; |
• | “private placement units” are to the 400,000 units issued to our sponsor (whether or not the over-allotment option is exercised), of which 350,000 units would be purchased indirectly by the sponsor non-managing |
members, and the 200,000 units (or 230,000 private placement units if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full) issued to the underwriters, in private placements that will close simultaneously with the closing of this offering; |
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“private placement rights” are to the rights sold as part of the private placement units; |
• | “public rights” are to the rights sold as part of the units in this offering (whether they are subscribed for in this offering or acquired in the open market); |
• | “public shares” are to our Class A ordinary shares sold as part of the units in this offering (whether they are purchased in this offering or thereafter in the open market); |
• | “public shareholders” are to the holders of our public shares, including our sponsor, officers and directors and the sponsor non-managing members to the extent our sponsor, officers, directors or sponsor non-managing members purchase public shares, provided that each of their status as a “public shareholder” shall only exist with respect to such public shares; |
• | “rights” are to our rights, which include the public rights as well as the private placement rights to the extent they are no longer held by the initial purchasers of the private placement units or their permitted transferees; |
• | “SPACs” are to special purpose acquisition companies; |
• | “special resolution” are to a resolution of the company passed by the affirmative vote of at least a two-thirds (2/3) majority (or such higher approval threshold as specified in the company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association) of the votes cast by such shareholders as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at a general meeting of the company of which notice specifying the intention to propose the resolution as a special resolution has been duly given, or a resolution approved in writing by all of the holders of the issued shares entitled to vote on such matter (or such lower threshold as may be allowed under the Companies Act from time to time); |
• | “sponsor” are to Bet on America II Sponsor LLC, a Cayman Islands limited liability company; Bet on America II HoldCo LLC is the managing member of our sponsor; Benjamin A. Friedman, our Chief Executive Officer and a member of our board of directors, controls Bet on America II Sponsor LLC; |
• | “sponsor non-managing members” meanscertain institutional investors (none of which are affiliated with any member of our management or any other investor) that have expressed an interest in purchasing non-managing membership interests in our sponsor reflecting interests in an aggregate of 350,000 of the 400,000 private placement units to be purchased by our sponsor, at a price of $10.00 per unit for each private placement unit ($3,500,000 in the aggregate), in private placements that will close simultaneously with the closing of this offering. Subject to the sponsor non-managing members purchasing, through the sponsor, the private placement units allocated to them simultaneously with the closing of this offering, the sponsor will issue membership interests at a nominal purchase price to the sponsor non-managing members reflecting their interest in an aggregate of 2,800,000 founder shares held by the sponsor;however, the sponsor non-managing members will have no right to vote the founder shares, private placement units or securities underlying the private placement units that they hold indirectly through their membership interests in the sponsor; |
• | “underwriters’ option to purchase additional units” are to the underwriters’ 45 -day option to purchase up to an additional 3,000,000 units to cover over-allotments, if any;and |
• | “we,” “us,” “company” or “our company” are to BOA Acquisition Corp. II, a Cayman Islands exempted company. |
Entity / Individual |
Amount of Compensation to be Received or Securities Issued or to be Issued |
Consideration Paid or to be Paid | ||
Bet on America II Sponsor LLC |
$ |
Office space, administrative and shared personnel support services | ||
(1)(3) Class B Ordinary Shares |
$ | |||
$ | ||||
Up to $300,000 | Repayment of loans made to us to cover offering related and organizational expenses | |||
out-of-pocket |
Expenses incurred in connection with identifying, investigating and completing an initial business combination | |||
Up to $ (2) |
Working capital loans to finance transaction costs in connection with an initial business combination | |||
Brian D. Friedman |
(4) |
Service as Chairman of the Board | ||
Dean Friedman |
(4) |
Service as director | ||
Jason Kahan |
(4) |
Service as independent director | ||
Jared Berlin |
(4) |
Service as independent director | ||
Jonathan Sassover |
(4) |
Service as independent director | ||
Seth Schorr |
(4) |
Service as independent director |
(1) | The Class B ordinary shares and the Class A ordinary shares issuable in connection with the conversion of the Class B ordinary shares may result in material dilution to our public shareholders due to the nominal price of $0.003 per share at which our sponsor purchased the Class B ordinary shares and/or the anti-dilution rights of our Class B ordinary shares that may result in an issuance of Class A ordinary shares on a greater than one-to-one Risk Factors — Risks Relating to our Sponsor and Management Team — The nominal purchase price paid by our sponsor for the founder shares and the purchase price paid by our sponsor for the private placement units may significantly dilute the implied value of your public shares in the event we consummate an initial business combination, and our sponsor is likely to make a substantial profit on its investment in us in the event we consummate an initial business combination, even if the business combination causes the trading price of our ordinary shares to decline materially Risks Relating to our Securities — We may issue additional ordinary shares or preference shares to complete our initial business combination or under an employee incentive plan after completion of our initial business combination. We may also issue |
Class A ordinary shares upon the conversion of the Class B ordinary shares at a ratio greater than one-to-one Our sponsor paid an aggregate of $25,000, or approximately $0.003 per founder share, and, accordingly, you will experience immediate and substantial dilution from the purchase of our Class B ordinary shares” “— Unlike many other similarly structured blank check companies, our sponsor will receive additional Class A ordinary shares if we issue shares to consummate an initial business combination | |
(2) | After the completion of this offering, our board of directors may approve additional working capital loans for the purpose of funding working capital, which loans may be converted into our private placement units, shares or rights. The Class A ordinary shares issuable in connection with the vesting of the private placement rights, as well as any Class A ordinary shares issued in connection with conversion of working capital loans into additional private placement units (as described in this prospectus), may result in material dilution to our public shareholders. See “ Description of Securities —Private placement units Risk Factors — Risks Relating to our Sponsor and Management Team — The nominal purchase price paid by our sponsor for the founder shares, the purchase price paid by our sponsor for the private placement units may significantly dilute the implied value of your public shares in the event we consummate an initial business combination, and our sponsor is likely to make a substantial profit on its investment in us in the event we consummate an initial business combination, even if the business combination causes the trading price of our ordinary shares to decline materially Risks Relating to our Securities — We may issue additional ordinary shares or preference shares to complete our initial business combination or under an employee incentive plan after completion of our initial business combination. We may also issue Class A ordinary shares upon the conversion of the Class B ordinary shares at a ratio greater than one-to-one Our sponsor paid an aggregate of $25,000, or approximately $0.003 per founder share, and, accordingly, you will experience immediate and substantial dilution from the purchase of our Class B ordinary shares Unlike many other similarly structured blank check companies, our sponsor will receive additional Class A ordinary shares if we issue shares to consummate an initial business combination |
(3) | If we increase or decrease the size of this offering we will effect a capitalization or share repurchase or redemption or other appropriate mechanism, as applicable, with respect to our Class B ordinary shares immediately prior to the consummation of the offering in such amount as to maintain the ownership of our sponsor at 25% of the issued and outstanding ordinary shares upon the consummation of this offering. Our public shareholders may incur material dilution due to such anti-dilution adjustments that result in the issuance of Class A ordinary shares on a greater than one-to-one |
(4) | These shares are held directly by certain of our officers and directors. The directors and officers will have the ability to vote and dispose of the shares, subject to applicable transfer restrictions. |
Subject Securities |
Expiration Date |
Persons Subject to Restrictions |
Exceptions to Transfer Restrictions | |||
Founder Shares | sub-divisions, share dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and other similar transactions) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing any time 150 days after completion of our initial business combination |
Subject Securities |
Expiration Date |
Persons Subject to Restrictions |
Exceptions to Transfer Restrictions | |||
Private Placement Units | ||||||
Any units, ordinary shares or any other securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, any units, ordinary shares or founder shares | lock-up agreements at any time without notice, other than in the case of the officers and directors, which shall be with notice. Our sponsor, officers and directors are also subject to separate transfer restrictions on their founder shares and private placement units pursuant to the letter agreement described in the immediately preceding paragraphs. |
• | Depth of Team and Access to Resources best-in class owners, operators, developers, tenants, brokers, service providers and advisors. Furthermore, we have substantive contacts within the technology space as a result of investments made by members of our Sponsor and management team. This network includes deep relationships with blue-chip venture capital and private equity firms and founders of both Real Estate and Infrastructure companies and technology companies. We intend to leverage this network to gain exclusive opportunities to identify attractive business targets in these industries. |
• | Sourcing Channels and Leading Industry Relationships |
• | Prior SPAC Experience |
• | Execution and Structuring Capability |
• | Public Company Experience |
• | Real Estate and Infrastructure Technology: |
• | Growth Potential: |
• | Target Acquisition Size: |
• | Competitive Moat: best-in-class |
• | Highly Recurring Revenue and Proven Unit Economics: |
• | Management Team: |
• | Benefit from Being a Public Company: |
Securities Offered |
20,000,000 units (or 23,000,000 units if the underwriters’ option to purchase additional units is exercised in full), at $10.00 per unit, each unit consisting of: |
• | one Class A ordinary share; and |
• | one right to receive one-eighth (1/8) of one Class A share upon consummation of our initial business combination. No fractional shares will be issued upon exchange of the rights, so you must hold rights in multiples of eight in order to receive shares for all of your rights upon closing of a business combination. |
Proposed Nasdaq symbols |
Units: “THEOU” |
Class A ordinary shares: “THEO” |
Rights: “THEOR” |
Trading commencement and separation of Class A ordinary shares and rights |
The units are expected to begin trading promptly after the date of this prospectus. The Class A ordinary shares and rights constituting the units will begin separate trading on the 52nd day following the date of this prospectus (or, if such date is not a business day, the following business day) unless CCM informs us of its decision to allow earlier separate trading, subject to our having filed the Current Report on Form 8-K described below and having issued a press release announcing when such separate trading will begin. Once the Class A ordinary shares and rights commence separate trading, holders will have the option to continue to hold units or separate their units into the component securities. Holders will need to have their brokers contact our transfer agent in order to separate the units into Class A ordinary shares and rights. |
Additionally, the units will automatically separate into their component parts and will not be traded after completion of our initial business combination. |
In no event will the Class A ordinary shares and rights be traded separately until we have filed with the SEC a Current Report on Form 8-K which includes an audited balance sheet of our company reflecting our receipt of the gross proceeds at the closing of this offering. We will file the Current Report on Form 8-K promptly after the closing of this offering. If the underwriters’ option to purchase additional units is exercised following the initial filing of such Current Report on Form 8-K, a second or amended Current Report on |
Number outstanding before this offering: |
None |
Number outstanding after this offering: |
20,600,000 (1) |
Number outstanding before this offering: |
7,666,667 (2)(4) |
Number outstanding after this offering: |
28,266,667 (1)(3)(4) |
Number outstanding before this offering: |
None |
Number of rights to be outstanding after this offering and the Private Placements: |
20,600,000 (1) |
(1) | Assumes no exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional units and the forfeiture by our sponsor of 1,000,000 founder shares for no consideration and includes an aggregate of 600,000 Class A ordinary shares included in the private placement units. |
(2) | Consists solely of founder shares and includes up to 1,000,000 shares that are subject to forfeiture by our sponsor for no consideration, depending on the extent to which the underwriters’ option to purchase additional units is exercised. |
(3) | Includes 20,000,000 public shares, 7,666,667 founder shares and 600,000 Class A ordinary shares underlying private placement units. |
(4) | Founder shares are classified as Class B ordinary shares, which shares automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares at the time of our initial business combination or at any time prior thereto at the option of the holder thereof, in each case, on a one-for-one |
Terms of the Rights |
Each holder of a right will receive one-eighth (1/8) of a Class A ordinary share upon consummation of our initial business combination. No additional consideration will be required to be paid by a holder of rights in order to receive the additional shares upon consummation of a business combination, as the consideration related thereto has been included in the unit purchase price paid for by investors in this offering. In the event we will not be the survivor 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 1/8 share underlying each right (without paying any additional consideration) upon consummation of the business combination. If we are unable to complete an initial business combination within the required time period and we liquidate the funds held in the trust account, holders of rights will not receive any |
Appointment of directors; voting rights |
Prior to the consummation of our initial business combination, only holders of our Class B ordinary shares will have the right to vote on the appointment or removal of directors. Holders of the Class A ordinary shares will not be entitled to vote on the appointment or removal of directors during such time. These provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association may only be amended if approved by a majority of at least 90% of our ordinary shares voting at a general meeting. With respect to any other matter submitted to a vote of our shareholders, including any vote in connection with our initial business combination, except as required by applicable law or stock exchange rule, holders of our Class A ordinary shares and holders of our Class B ordinary shares will vote together as a single class, with each share entitling the holder to one vote. |
Founder shares |
Our sponsor, Bet on America II Sponsor LLC currently holds an aggregate of 7,666,667 founder shares acquired for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000, or approximately $0.003 per share. |
Subject to the sponsor non-managing members purchasing, through the sponsor, the private placement units allocated to them simultaneously with the closing of this offering, the sponsor will issue membership interests at a nominal purchase price to the sponsor non-managing members reflecting their interest in an aggregate of 2,800,000 founder shares held by the sponsor. |
The number of founder shares issued was determined based on the expectation that the founder shares would represent 25% of the outstanding ordinary shares upon the completion of this offering. The purchase price of the founder shares was determined by dividing the amount of cash contributed to us by the number of founder shares issued. If we increase or decrease the size of this offering we will effect a capitalization or share repurchase or redemption or other appropriate mechanism, as applicable, with respect to our Class B ordinary shares immediately prior to the consummation of the offering in such amount as to maintain the ownership of our sponsor at 25% of the issued and outstanding ordinary shares upon the consummation of this offering. Our public shareholders may incur immediate and substantial dilution upon such adjustment. Up to 1,000,000 founder shares are subject to forfeiture by our sponsor depending on the extent to which the underwriters’ option to purchase additional units is exercised. |
As described below under “ Transfer restrictions on founder shares, lock-up agreement that will release such shares at specified times and share prices. The founder shares are identical to the Class A ordinary shares included in the units being sold in this offering, except that: |
• | prior to the closing of our initial business combination, only holders of our founder shares have the right to vote on the appointment or removal of directors and on continuing the company in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands (as further described herein); |
• | the founder shares are subject to certain transfer restrictions contained in a letter agreement that our sponsor, directors and officers will enter into with us, as described in more detail below; |
• | pursuant to such letter agreement, our sponsor, directors and officers will agree to waive: (1) their redemption rights with respect to any founder shares, private shares and public shares held by them, as applicable, in connection with the completion of our initial business combination; (2) their redemption rights with respect to any founder shares, private shares and public shares held by them in connection with a shareholder vote to approve an amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (A) to modify the substance or timing of our obligation to provide for the redemption of our public shares in connection with an initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we have not consummated our initial business combination within the completion window or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-initial business combination activity; and (3) their rights to liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to any founder shares they hold if we fail to complete our initial business combination within the completion window (although they will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to any public shares they hold if we fail to complete our initial business combination within the completion window). If we submit our initial business combination to our public shareholders for a vote, we will complete our initial business combination only if we receive approval pursuant to an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law, which requires the affirmative vote of a simple majority of the shareholders who attend and vote at a general meeting of the company. In such case, sponsor, officers and directors will agree to vote any founder shares, private placement shares and any public shares held by them in favor of our initial business combination (except any public shares such parties may purchase in compliance with the requirements of Rule 14e-5 under the Exchange Act would not be voted in favor of approving the business combination transaction). As a result, in addition to our sponsor’s founder |
shares, we would need 10,977,778, or 54.9%, of the 20,000,000 public shares sold in this offering to be voted in favor of an initial business combination (assuming all issued and outstanding shares are voted, the underwriters’ option to purchase additional units is not exercised and the parties to the letter agreement do not acquire any Class A ordinary shares) in order to have such initial business combination approved; |
• | the founder shares are automatically convertible into our Class A ordinary shares at the time of our initial business combination or at any time prior thereto at the option of the holder thereof, on a one-for-one |
• | the holders of the founder shares are entitled to registration rights; and |
• | the sponsor non-managing members are not granted any shareholder or other rights in addition to those afforded to our other public shareholders, and will only be issued Class B membership interests in the sponsor representing their interests in the private placement units, with no right to control the sponsor or vote or dispose of any securities held by the sponsor, including the founder shares or the private placement units (including component securities as well as any securities underlying those component securities) held by the sponsor. The sponsor non-managing members are not required to (i) hold any units, Class A ordinary shares or public rights they may purchase in this offering or thereafter for any amount of time, or enter into a lock-up agreement with us or the underwriters with respect to any units, Class A ordinary shares, (ii) vote any Class A ordinary shares they may own at the applicable time in favor of our initial business combination or (iii) refrain from exercising their right to redeem their public shares at the time of our initial business combination. The sponsor non-managing members will have the same rights to the funds held in the trust account with respect to the Class A ordinary shares underlying the units they may purchase in this offering as the rights afforded to our other public shareholders. However, if the sponsor non-managing members purchase any units which they have expressed an interest in purchasing, then the sponsor non-managing members will potentially have different interests than our other public shareholders in approving our initial business combination and otherwise exercising their rights as public shareholders because of their indirect ownership of private placement units and the founder shares as further discussed in this prospectus. The interests of the members of the sponsor are denominated in three classes of membership interest units: (i) Class A membership units representing interests in the founder shares on a one-for-one one-for-one |
managing member of the sponsor, and any sponsor non-managing member that may join the sponsor concurrently with this offering will hold classes of membership units representing their proportional interest in the founder shares and private placement units, respectively. Upon the closing of this offering, the Class A membership units will collectively represent an interest in 7,666,667 founder shares, and the Class B membership units will collectively represent an interest in 400,000 private placement units held by our sponsor. |
Pursuant to an agreement of all members of the sponsor, the management and control of the sponsor is vested exclusively with the managing member, without any voting, veto, consent or other participation rights by any non-managing members regardless of their unit ownership. All matters submitted to a vote by the managing member will require the affirmative vote of the class A membership units held only by the managing member, without regard to any membership interests held by any non-managing members. As a result, sponsor non-managing members will have no right to control the sponsor, or participate in any decision regarding the disposal of any security held by the sponsor or otherwise. |
Transfer restrictions on founder shares |
Except as described herein, pursuant to a letter agreement entered into with us, our sponsor, officers and directors will agree not to assign or sell any founder shares held by it until the earlier to occur of: (A) one year after completion of our initial business combination; or (B) if the closing price of our ordinary shares equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share sub-divisions, share dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and other similar transactions) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing any time 150 days after completion of our initial business combination. Any permitted transferees would be subject to the same restrictions and other agreements of our sponsor with respect to any founder shares. We refer to such transfer restrictions throughout this prospectus as the lock-up. |
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if we complete a liquidation, merger, share exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction after our initial business combination that results in all of our public shareholders having the right to exchange their ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property, the founder shares will be released from the lock-up. |
Except in certain limited circumstances, no member of the sponsor (including the sponsor non-managing members) may sell, transfer, assign, pledge, mortgage, charge, hypothecate, exchange or otherwise dispose, directly or indirectly, (a “Transfer”) all or any portion of its membership interests in the sponsor. For more information, see “Principal Shareholders — Restrictions on Transfers of Founder Shares and Private placement Units |
Founder shares conversion and anti-dilution rights |
The Class B ordinary shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares at the time of our initial business combination on a one-for-one anti-dilution adjustment with respect to any such issuance or deemed issuance) so that the number of Class A ordinary shares issuable upon conversion of all Class B ordinary shares will equal, in the aggregate, on an as-converted basis, 25% of the total number of all ordinary shares outstanding upon completion of this offering plus all Class A ordinary shares and equity-linked securities issued or deemed issued in connection with our initial business combination, excluding any Class A ordinary shares, subject to vesting and any other restrictions, issued or deemed issued to (i) our sponsor (or its members or affiliates) in connection with the consummation of this offering, (ii) any seller in the initial business combination and (iii) any Class A ordinary shares issued to our sponsor (or its members or affiliates) upon conversion of working capital loans. Any conversion of Class B ordinary shares described herein will take effect as a compulsory redemption of Class B ordinary shares and an issuance of Class A ordinary shares as a matter of Cayman Islands law. In no event will the Class B ordinary shares convert into Class A ordinary shares at a rate of less than one-to-one. |
Appointment and removal of directors and continuing the company outside of the Cayman Islands; voting right s |
Except as set forth below, holders of record of our Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares are entitled to one vote for each share held on all matters to be voted on by shareholders. Unless specified in our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association or as required by the Companies Act or stock exchange rules, an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law and our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, which requires the affirmative vote of at least a simple majority of the votes cast by such shareholders as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at the applicable general meeting of the company is generally required to approve any matter voted on by our shareholders. Approval of certain actions requires a special resolution under Cayman Islands law, which (except as specified below) requires the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the votes cast by such shareholders as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at the applicable general meeting, and pursuant to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, such actions include |
amending our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association and approving a statutory merger or consolidation with another company. There is no cumulative voting with respect to the appointment of directors, meaning, following our initial business combination, the holders of more than 50% of our ordinary shares voted for the appointment of directors can appoint all of the directors. Prior to the consummation of our initial business combination, only holders of our Class B ordinary shares will (i) have the right to vote on the appointment and removal of directors and (ii) be entitled to vote on continuing our company in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands (including any special resolution required to adopt new constitutional documents as a result of our approving a transfer by way of continuation in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands). Holders of our Class A ordinary shares will not be entitled to vote on these matters during such time. These provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association may only be amended if approved by a special resolution passed by the affirmative vote of at least 90% (or, where such amendment is proposed in respect of the consummation of our initial business combination, two-thirds) of the votes cast by such shareholders as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at the applicable general meeting of the company. |
With respect to any other matter submitted to a vote of our shareholders prior to or in connection with the completion of our initial business combination, including any vote in connection with our initial business combination, except as required by law, holders of the founder shares and holders of our public shares will vote together as a single class, with each share entitling the holder to one vote. If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination, we will complete our initial business combination only if we receive approval by way of an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law and our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, which requires the affirmative vote of at least a simple majority of the votes cast by such shareholders as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at the applicable general meeting of the company. In such case, our sponsor, officers and directors have agreed to vote their founder shares and any public shares purchased during or after this offering (including in open market and privately-negotiated transactions) in favor of our initial business combination (not including any public shares such parties may purchase in compliance with the requirements of Rule 14e-5 under the Exchange Act would not be voted in favor of approving the business combination transaction). As a result, in addition to our sponsor’s founder shares, we would need 7,666,667, or 54.9%, of the 20,000,000 public shares sold in this offering to be voted in favor of an initial business combination in order to have our initial business combination approved, assuming all outstanding shares are voted, the over-allotment option is not exercised and the parties to the letter agreement do not acquire any Class A ordinary |
shares. Assuming that only the holders of one-third of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares, representing a quorum under our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, vote their shares at a general meeting of the company, we will not need any public shares in addition to our founder shares to be voted in favor of an initial business combination in order to approve an initial business combination. |
Private placement units and underlying securities |
Our sponsor has committed to purchase an aggregate of 400,000 private placement units of our company for an aggregate purchase price of $4,000,000 (whether or not the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full) in separate private placements (referred to herein as the “Private Placement”). The private placement units will be identical to the units sold in this offering except that, so long as they are held by our sponsor or its permitted transferees, the private units (including their component securities as well as any securities underlying those component securities), they (i) are locked-up until thirty (30) days following the completion of our initial business combination, (ii) will be entitled to registration rights and (iii) the Class A ordinary shares included as a component of the private units will not be entitled to redemption rights. |
In addition, the sponsor non-managing members have expressed to us an interest in purchasing, indirectly through the purchase of non-managing sponsor membership interests, an aggregate of 350,000 private placement units (whether or not the over-allotment option is exercised) at a price of $10.00 per unit for an aggregate purchase price of $3,500,000 in a private placement that will close simultaneously with the closing of this offering. Subject to the sponsor non-managing members purchasing, through the sponsor, the private placement units allocated to them simultaneously with the closing of this offering, the sponsor will issue membership interests at a nominal purchase price to the sponsor non-managing members reflecting their interest in an aggregate of 2,800,000 founder shares held by the sponsor. The sponsor non-managing members will have no right to vote the founder shares, private placement units or securities underlying the private placement units that they hold indirectly through their membership interests in the sponsor. |
Transfer restrictions on private placement units |
Subject to certain exceptions, pursuant to a letter agreement entered into with us, our sponsor will agree not to transfer, assign or sell the private placement units (including component securities as well as any securities underlying those component securities) until 30 days after the completion of our initial business combination (except as described under the section of this prospectus entitled “ Principal Shareholders — Restrictions on Transfers of Founder Shares and Private placement Units |
The private placement units (including the underlying private placement shares, the rights and the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon conversion of the rights) to be purchased by the underwriters and/or their permitted designees, are deemed underwriters’ compensation by FINRA and are subject to limitations in accordance with FINRA Rule 5110. |
Proceeds to be held in trust account |
The rules of Nasdaq provide that at least 90% of the gross proceeds from this offering and the sale of the private placement units be deposited in a trust account. Of the net proceeds we will receive from this offering and the sale of the private placement units described in this prospectus, $200,000,000 ($10.00 per unit), or $230,000,000 if the underwriters’ option to purchase additional units is exercised in full, will be deposited into a segregated trust account located in the United States with Odyssey Trust Company acting as trustee and an aggregate of $1,400,000 (or $1,100,00 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is fully exercised) will be used to pay expenses in connection with the closing of this offering and for working capital following this offering. The funds in the trust account will be (i) invested only in U.S. government treasury bills with a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds that meet certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act and that invest only in direct U.S. government obligations and/or (ii) deposited in an interest bearing demand deposit account at a U.S.-chartered commercial bank with consolidated assets of $100 billion or more. |
Except with respect to interest earned on the funds held in the trust account that may be released to us as described below, the funds held in the trust account will not be released from the trust account until the earliest of: (1) the completion of our initial business combination; (2) the redemption of any public shares properly submitted in connection with a shareholder vote to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (i) to modify the substance or timing of our obligation to provide for the redemption of our public shares in connection with an initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we have not consummated our initial business combination within the completion window or (ii) with respect to any other provision relating to shareholders’ rights |
or pre-initial business combination activity; and (3) the redemption of all of our public shares if we are unable to complete our initial business combination within the completion window, subject to applicable law. The proceeds deposited in the trust account could become subject to the claims of our creditors, if any, which could have priority over the claims of our public shareholders. |
The sponsor non-managing members are not granted any shareholder or other rights in addition to those afforded to our other public shareholders, and will only be issued Class B membership interests in the sponsor representing their interests in the private placement units, with no right to control the sponsor or vote or dispose of any securities held by the sponsor, including the founder shares and the private placement units held by the sponsor. Further, the sponsor non-managing members are not required to (i) hold any units, Class A ordinary shares or public rights they may purchase in this offering or thereafter for any amount of time, or enter into a lock-up agreement with us or the underwriters with respect to any units or Class A ordinary shares, (ii) vote any Class A ordinary shares they may own at the applicable time in favor of our initial business combination or (iii) refrain from exercising their right to redeem their public shares at the time of our initial business combination. The sponsor non-managing members will have the same rights to the funds held in the trust account with respect to the Class A ordinary shares underlying the units they may purchase in this offering as the rights afforded to our other public shareholders. |
However, if the sponsor non-managing members purchase any units for which they have expressed an interest in purchasing, then the sponsor non-managing members will potentially have different interests than our other public shareholders in approving our initial business combination and otherwise exercising their rights as public shareholders because of their indirect ownership of private placement units and founder shares as further discussed in this prospectus. Any trading decisions made by any of the foregoing entities will be made by them based on market conditions at the time of the proposed sale or redemption. CCM’s affiliates will not become sponsor non-managing members or receive any economic or other interest in the sponsor. |
Anticipated expenses and funding sources |
Unless and until we complete our initial business combination, no proceeds held in the trust account will be available for our use. The funds in the trust account will be invested only in U.S. government treasury bills with a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds that meet certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act and that invest only in direct U.S. government obligations and/or deposited in an interest bearing demand deposit account at a U.S.-chartered commercial bank with consolidated assets of $100 billion or more. Based upon current interest rates, we expect the trust account to generate approximately $8,500,000 of interest annually (assuming an interest rate of 4.25% per year); however, we can provide no assurances regarding this amount. Unless and until we complete our initial business combination, we may pay our |
expenses only from loans or additional investments from our sponsor, members of our management team or any of their respective affiliates or other third parties, although they are under no obligation or other duty to loan funds to, or invest in, us, and provided that any such loans will not have any claim on the proceeds held in the trust account unless such proceeds are released to us upon completion of our initial business combination. If we complete our initial business combination, we expect to repay such loaned amounts out of the proceeds of the trust account released to us. In the event that our initial business combination does not close, we may use a portion of the working capital held outside the trust account to repay such loaned amounts but no proceeds from our trust account would be used to repay such loaned amounts. Up to $2,500,000 of all loans made to us by our sponsor, an affiliate of our sponsor or our officers and directors may be convertible into private placement units at a price of $10.00 per unit at the option of the lender at the time of the business combination. In addition, after the completion of this offering, our board of directors may approve additional working capital loans from our sponsor or third parties for the purpose of funding working capital, which loans may be converted into our private units, shares or rights. The units and the underlying securities would be identical to the private placement units. Except for the foregoing, the terms of such loans, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans. |
Conditions to completing our initial business combination |
We will have up to 24 months from the closing of this offering to consummate an initial business combination. We may also hold a shareholder vote at any time to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to extend the amount of time we will have to consummate an initial business combination (as well as to modify the substance or timing of our obligation to redeem 100% of our public shares if we have not consummated an initial business combination within the time periods described herein or with respect to any other provisions relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-initial business combination activity) for another two three-month periods. There is no limit on the number of times our shareholders can vote to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to extend the amount of time we will have to complete an initial business combination and any such extension may be for any amount of time. As described herein, our sponsor, executive officers, directors and director nominees have agreed that they will not propose any such amendment unless we provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their public shares upon approval of any such amendment at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account, divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, subject to the limitations described herein. |
If we do not complete our initial business combination within the completion window, we will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not |
more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the public shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account (less taxes payable and up to $100,000 of interest to pay liquidation and dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any), and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining shareholders and our board of directors, liquidate and dissolve, subject, in each case, to our obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. |
There is no limitation on our ability to raise funds privately or through loans in connection with our initial business combination. Nasdaq rules require that we must complete one or more business combinations having an aggregate fair market value of at least 80% of the value of the trust account (excluding any taxes payable on the interest earned on the trust account) at the time of our agreement to enter into our initial business combination. If our board of directors is not able to independently determine the fair market value of the target business or businesses, we will obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm that is a member of FINRA or from an independent registered public accounting firm. 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 business 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 or acquires 50% or more of the voting securities of the target, our shareholders prior to our initial business combination may collectively own a minority interest in the post-transaction company, depending on valuations ascribed to the target and us in our initial business 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 taken into account for purposes of the 80% of net assets test. |
Permitted purchases of public shares and public rights by our affiliates |
If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination and we do not conduct redemptions in connection with our initial business combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, our management team, sponsor or any of their respective affiliates may purchase public shares or rights in privately negotiated transactions or in the open market prior to the completion of our initial business combination, and may purchase public shares and rights following completion of our initial business combination. Additionally, at any time at or prior to our initial business combination, subject to applicable securities laws (including with respect to material nonpublic information), our management team, |
sponsor, the sponsor non-managing members or any of their respective affiliates may enter into transactions with investors and others to provide them with incentives to acquire public shares, vote their public shares in favor of our initial business combination or not redeem their public shares. However, they have no current commitments, plans or intentions to engage in such transactions and have not formulated any terms or conditions for any such transactions. None of the funds held in the trust account will be used to purchase public shares or rights in such transactions. If they engage in such transactions, they will be restricted from making any such purchases when they are in possession of any material nonpublic information not disclosed to the seller or if such purchases are prohibited by Regulation M under the Exchange Act. We do not currently anticipate that such purchases, if any, would constitute a tender offer subject to the tender offer rules under the Exchange Act or a going-private transaction subject to the going-private rules under the Exchange Act; however, if the purchasers determine at the time of any such purchases that the purchases are subject to such rules, the purchasers will comply with such rules. Any such purchases will be reported pursuant to Section 13 and Section 16 of the Exchange Act to the extent such purchasers are subject to such reporting requirements. |
Additionally, in the event our management team, sponsor or any of their respective affiliates were to purchase shares or rights from public shareholders such purchases would be structured in compliance with the requirements of Rule 14e-5 under the Exchange Act including, in pertinent part, through adherence to the following: |
• | our registration statement/proxy statement filed for our business combination transaction would disclose the possibility that our management team, sponsor or any of their respective affiliates may purchase shares or rights from public shareholders outside the redemption process, along with the purpose of such purchases; |
• | if our management team, sponsor or any of their respective affiliates were to purchase shares or rights from public shareholders, they would do so at a price no higher than the price offered through our redemption process; |
• | our registration statement/proxy statement filed for our business combination transaction would include a representation that any of our securities purchased by our management team, sponsor, or any of their respective affiliates would not be voted in favor of approving the business combination transaction; |
• | our management team, sponsor or any of their respective affiliates would not possess any redemption rights with respect to our securities or, if they do acquire and possess redemption rights, they would waive such rights; and |
• | we would disclose in a Form 8-K, before our general meeting to approve the business combination transaction, the following material items: |
• | the amount of our securities purchased outside of the redemption offer by our management team, sponsor or any of their respective affiliates, along with the purchase price; |
• | the purpose of the purchases by our management team, sponsor or any of their respective affiliates; |
• | the impact, if any, of the purchases by our management team, sponsor or any of their respective affiliates on the likelihood that the business combination transaction will be approved; |
• | the identities of our security holders who sold to our management team, sponsor or any of their respective affiliates (if not purchased on the open market) or the nature of our security holders (e.g., 5% security holders) who sold to our management team, sponsor or any of their respective affiliates; and |
• | the number of our securities for which we have received redemption requests pursuant to our redemption offer. |
Please see “ Proposed Business — Permitted Purchases of Our Securities |
The purpose of any such transaction could be to (1) increase the likelihood of obtaining shareholder approval of the business combination, (2) reduce the number of public rights outstanding and/or increase the likelihood of approval on any matters submitted to the public rights holders for approval in connection with our initial business combination or (3) satisfy a closing condition in an agreement with a target that requires us to have a minimum net worth or a certain amount of cash at the closing of our initial business combination, where it appears that such requirement would otherwise not be met. Any such purchases of our securities may result in the completion of our initial business combination that may not otherwise have been possible. In addition, if such purchases are made, the public “float” of our securities may be reduced and the number of beneficial holders of our securities may be reduced, which may make it difficult to maintain or obtain the quotation, listing or trading of our securities on a national securities exchange. Please see “ Risk Factors — If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination, our management team, sponsor, the sponsor non-managing members or any of their respective affiliates may elect to purchase public shares or rights, which may influence a vote on a proposed business combination and reduce the public “float” of our securities. |
Redemption rights for public shareholders upon completion of our initial business combination |
We will provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem, regardless of whether they abstain, vote for, or vote against, our initial business combination, all or a portion of their public shares upon the completion of our initial business combination at a per share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account as of two business days prior to the consummation of our initial business combination, including interest, divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, subject to the limitations described herein. The amount in the trust account is initially anticipated to be $10.00 per public share. The per share amount we will distribute to investors who properly redeem their shares will not be reduced by the deferred underwriting commissions we will pay to the underwriters. The redemption right will include the requirement that any beneficial owner on whose behalf a redemption right is being exercised must identify itself in order to validly redeem its shares. Each public shareholder may elect to redeem its public shares irrespective of whether they vote for or against, or vote at all in connection with, the proposed transaction. There will be no redemption rights upon the completion of our initial business combination with respect to our rights. Our sponsor, officers and directors will enter into a letter agreement with us, pursuant to which they will agree to waive their redemption rights with respect to any founder shares, private shares and any public shares held by them in connection with the completion of our initial business combination. The sponsor non-managing members will have the same rights to the funds held in the trust account with respect to the Class A ordinary shares underlying the units they may purchase in this offering as the rights afforded to our other public shareholders. However, if the sponsor non-managing members purchase any units for which they have expressed an interest in purchasing, then the sponsor non-managing members will potentially have different interests than our other public shareholders in approving our initial business combination and otherwise exercising their rights as public shareholders because of their indirect ownership of private placement units and founder shares as further discussed in this prospectus. |
Manner of conducting redemptions |
We will provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem, regardless of whether they abstain, vote for, or vote against, our initial business combination, all or a portion of their public shares upon the completion of our initial business combination either: (1) in connection with a general meeting called to approve the business combination; or (2) by means of a tender offer. The decision as to whether we will seek shareholder approval of a proposed business combination or conduct a tender offer will be made by us, solely in our discretion, and will be based on a variety of factors such as the timing of the transaction and whether the terms of the transaction would require us to seek shareholder approval under applicable law or stock exchange listing requirement. Under Nasdaq rules, asset |
acquisitions and share purchases would not typically require shareholder approval while direct mergers with our company where we do not survive and any transactions where we issue more than 20% of our outstanding ordinary shares or seek to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association would require shareholder approval. We may conduct redemptions without a shareholder vote pursuant to the tender offer rules of the SEC unless shareholder approval is required by law or stock exchange listing requirements or we choose to seek shareholder approval for business or other legal reasons. So long as we obtain and maintain a listing for our securities on Nasdaq, we will be required to comply with such rules. If our completion window is extended by an amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, holders of our public shares will be entitled to vote on such amendment and to redeem their shares in connection with any such extension, regardless of whether they abstain, vote in favor of or vote against such extension. |
If a shareholder vote is not required and we do not decide to hold a shareholder vote for business or other reasons, we will, pursuant to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association: |
• | conduct the redemptions pursuant to Rule 13e-4 and Regulation 14E of the Exchange Act, which regulate issuer tender offers; and |
• | file tender offer documents with the SEC prior to completing our initial business combination which contain substantially the same financial and other information about the initial business combination and the redemption rights as is required under Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act, which regulates the solicitation of proxies. Whether or not we maintain our registration under the Exchange Act or our listing on Nasdaq, we will provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their public shares by one of the two methods listed above. Upon the public announcement of our initial business combination, if we elect to conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules, we and our sponsor will terminate any plan established in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 to purchase our Class A ordinary shares in the open market, in order to comply with Rule 14e-5 under the Exchange Act. In the event we conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules, our offer to redeem will remain open for at least 20 business days, in accordance with Rule 14e-1(a) under the Exchange Act, and we will not be permitted to complete our initial business combination until the expiration of the tender offer period. In addition, the tender offer will be conditioned on public shareholders not tendering more than a specified number of public shares, which number may be based on a net tangible asset or cash requirement which may be contained in the agreement relating to our initial business combination. If public shareholders tender more shares than we have offered to |
purchase, we will withdraw the tender offer and not complete such initial business combination. If, however, shareholder approval of the transaction is required by applicable law or stock exchange listing requirement, or we decide to obtain shareholder approval for business or other reasons, we will: |
• | conduct the redemptions in conjunction with a proxy solicitation pursuant to Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act, which regulates the solicitation of proxies, and not pursuant to the tender offer rules; and |
• | file proxy materials with the SEC. |
We expect that a final proxy statement would be mailed to public shareholders at least 20 days prior to the shareholder vote. However, we expect that a draft proxy statement would be made available to such shareholders well in advance of such time, providing additional notice of redemption if we conduct redemptions in conjunction with a proxy solicitation. |
Although we are not required to do so, we currently intend to comply with the substantive and procedural requirements of Regulation 14A in connection with any shareholder vote even if we are not able to maintain our Nasdaq listing or Exchange Act registration. |
If we seek shareholder approval, we will complete our initial business combination only if we receive approval pursuant to an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law, which requires the affirmative vote of at least a simple majority of the votes cast by such shareholders as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at the applicable general meeting of the company. A quorum for such general meeting will be present if the holders of at least one-third of issued and outstanding shares entitled to vote at the meeting are represented in person or by proxy. Our sponsor will count toward this quorum and, pursuant to the letter agreement, our sponsor, officers and directors have agreed to vote their founder shares and any public shares purchased during or after this offering (including in open market and privately-negotiated transactions) in favor of our initial business combination (not including any public shares such parties may purchase in compliance with the requirements of Rule 14e-5 under the Exchange Act would not be voted in favor of approving the business combination transaction). For purposes of seeking approval by way of an ordinary resolution, non-votes will have no effect on the approval of our initial business combination once a quorum is obtained. As a result, in addition to our sponsor’s founder shares, we would need 10,977,778, or 54.9%, of the 20,000,000 public shares sold in this offering to be voted in favor of an initial business combination in order to have our initial business combination approved, assuming all outstanding shares are voted, the over-allotment option is not exercised and the parties to the letter agreement do not acquire any Class A ordinary shares. |
Assuming that only the holders of one-third of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares, representing a quorum under our amended |
and restated memorandum and articles of association, vote their shares at a general meeting of the company, we will not need any public shares in addition to our founder shares to be voted in favor of an initial business combination in order to approve an initial business combination. However, if our initial business combination is structured as a statutory merger or consolidation with another company under Cayman Islands law, the approval of our initial business combination will require a special resolution, which requires the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the votes cast by such shareholders as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at the applicable general meeting of the company. In addition, prior to the closing of our initial business combination, only holders of our Class B ordinary shares (i) will have the right to appoint and remove directors prior to or in connection with the completion of our initial business combination and (ii) will be entitled to vote on continuing our company in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands (including any special resolution required to adopt new constitutional documents as a result of our approving a transfer by way of continuation in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands). These quorum and voting thresholds, and the voting agreements of our sponsor and management team, may make it more likely that we will consummate our initial business combination. Each public shareholder may elect to redeem their public shares irrespective of whether they vote for or against the proposed transaction, or whether they do not vote or abstain from voting on the proposed transaction, or whether they were a public shareholder on the record date for the general meeting held to approve the proposed transaction. If our completion window is extended by an amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, holders of our public shares will be entitled to vote on such amendment and to redeem their shares in connection with any such extension, regardless of whether they abstain, vote in favor of or vote against such extension. |
Redemptions of our public shares may be subject to a net tangible asset test or cash requirement pursuant to an agreement relating to our initial business combination. For example, the proposed business combination may require: (1) cash consideration to be paid to the target or its owners; (2) cash to be transferred to the target for working capital or other general corporate purposes; or (3) the retention of cash to satisfy other conditions in accordance with the terms of the proposed business combination. In the event the aggregate cash consideration we would be required to pay for all ordinary shares that are validly submitted for redemption plus any amount required to satisfy cash conditions pursuant to the terms of the proposed business combination exceed the aggregate amount of cash available to us, we will not complete the business combination or redeem any shares, and all ordinary shares submitted for redemption will be returned to the holders thereof. |
Tendering share certificates in connection with a tender offer or redemption rights |
We may require our public shareholders seeking to exercise their redemption rights, whether they are record holders or hold their shares in “street name,” to either tender their certificates to our transfer agent prior to the date set forth in the tender offer documents or proxy materials mailed to such holders, or up to two business days prior to the vote on the proposal to approve our initial business combination in the event we distribute proxy materials, or to deliver their shares to the transfer agent electronically using The Depository Trust Company’s DWAC (Deposit/Withdrawal At Custodian) System, at the holder’s option, rather than simply voting against the initial business combination. The tender offer or proxy materials, as applicable, that we will furnish to holders of our public shares in connection with our initial business combination will indicate whether we are requiring public shareholders to satisfy such delivery requirements, which will include the requirement that any beneficial owner on whose behalf a redemption right is being exercised must identify itself in order to validly redeem its shares. |
Limitation on redemption rights of shareholders holding more than 15% of the shares sold in this offering if we hold a shareholder vote |
Notwithstanding the foregoing redemption rights, if we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination and we do not conduct redemptions in connection with our initial business combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will provide that a public shareholder, together with any affiliate of such shareholder or any other person with whom such shareholder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined under Section 13 of the Exchange Act), is restricted from redeeming its shares with respect to more than an aggregate of 15% of the shares sold in this offering, without our prior consent. We believe the restriction described above will discourage shareholders from accumulating large blocks of shares and subsequent attempts by such holders to use their ability to redeem their shares as a means to force us or our affiliates to purchase their shares at a significant premium to then-current market price or on other undesirable terms. |
Absent this provision, a public shareholder holding more than an aggregate of 15% of the shares sold in this offering could threaten to exercise its redemption rights against a business combination if such holder’s shares are not purchased by us or our affiliates at a premium to then-current market price or on other undesirable terms. By limiting our shareholders’ ability to redeem to no more than 15% of the shares sold in this offering, we believe we will limit the ability of a small group of shareholders to unreasonably attempt to block our ability to complete our initial business combination, particularly in connection with a business combination with a target that requires as |
a closing condition that we have a minimum net worth or a certain amount of cash. However, we would not be restricting our shareholders’ ability to vote all of their shares (including all shares held by those shareholders that hold more than 15% of the shares sold in this offering) for or against our initial business combination. |
Redemption rights in connection with proposed amendments to our memorandum and articles of association |
Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will provide that any of its provisions related to pre-business combination activity (including the requirement to fund the trust account and not release such amounts except in specified circumstances and to provide redemption rights to public shareholders as described herein) may be amended if approved by holders of at least two-thirds of our ordinary shares who attend and vote at a general meeting of the company, and corresponding provisions of the trust agreement governing the release of funds from our trust account may be amended if approved by holders of a majority of our ordinary shares. In all other instances (other than the appointment of directors), our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will provide that it may be amended by holders of at least two-thirds of our ordinary shares who attend and vote thereon at a general meeting of the company, subject to applicable provisions of Cayman Islands law, or applicable stock exchange rules. Prior to an initial business combination, we may not issue additional securities that can vote on amendments to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association or on our initial business combination or that would entitle holders thereof to receive funds from the trust account. Our sponsor, members of our management team and the sponsor non-managing members, who will beneficially own 25% of our ordinary shares upon the closing of this offering (assuming they do not purchase any units in this offering and assuming no exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional units and the corresponding forfeiture of 1,000,000 founder shares by our sponsor), may participate in any vote to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association and/or trust agreement and will have the discretion to vote in any manner they may choose. Our sponsor, officers and directors will agree, pursuant to a letter agreement with us, that they will not propose any amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (A) to modify the substance or timing of our obligation to provide for the redemption of our public shares in connection with an initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we have not consummated our initial business combination within the completion window or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-initial business combination activity, unless we provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their ordinary shares upon approval of any such amendment at a per share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest, divided by the |
number of then outstanding public shares. Our sponsor, officers and directors will enter into a letter agreement with us, pursuant to which they will agree to waive their redemption rights with respect to any founder shares, private shares and any public shares held by them in connection with the completion of our initial business combination. Any permitted transferees would be subject to the same restrictions and other agreements of our sponsor with respect to any founder shares. The sponsor non-managing members are not required to (i) hold any units, Class A ordinary shares or public rights they may purchase in this offering or thereafter for any amount of time, or enter into a lock-up agreement with us or the underwriters with respect to any units, Class A ordinary shares or public rights, (ii) vote any Class A ordinary shares they may own at the applicable time in favor of our initial business combination or (iii) refrain from exercising their right to redeem their public shares at the time of our initial business combination. The sponsor non-managing members will have the same rights to the funds held in the trust account with respect to the Class A ordinary shares underlying the units they may purchase in this offering as the rights afforded to our other public shareholders. However, if the sponsor non-managing members purchase any units for which they have expressed an interest in purchasing, then the sponsor non-managing members will potentially have different interests than our other public shareholders in approving our initial business combination and otherwise exercising their rights as public shareholders because of their indirect ownership of private placement units and founder shares as further discussed in this prospectus. |
Release of funds in trust account on closing of our initial business combination |
On the completion of our initial business combination, the funds held in the trust account will be used to pay amounts due to any public shareholders who exercise their redemption rights as described above under “ Proposed Business — Redemption rights for public shareholders upon completion of our initial business combination post-transaction businesses, the payment of principal or interest due on indebtedness incurred in completing our initial business combination, to fund the purchase of other companies or for working capital. |
Redemption of public shares and distribution and liquidation if no initial business combinatio n |
Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will provide that we will have only the completion window to complete our initial business combination. If we are unable to complete our initial business combination within the completion window, we will: (1) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up; (2) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the public shares, at a per share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest (less taxes payable and up to $100,000 to pay liquidation and dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any), subject to applicable law; and (3) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining shareholders and our board of directors, liquidate and dissolve, subject in each case to our obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. There will be no redemption rights or liquidating distributions with respect to our rights, which will expire worthless if we fail to complete our initial business combination within such completion window. |
Our sponsor, officers and directors will enter into a letter agreement with us, pursuant to which they have waived their rights to liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to any founder shares and private shares held by them if we fail to complete our initial business combination within the completion window. However, if our sponsor or any of our officers, directors or any of their respective affiliates acquires public shares after this offering, they will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to such public shares if we fail to complete our initial business combination within the completion window. |
Our sponsor, officers and directors will agree, pursuant to a letter agreement with us, that they will not propose any amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (A) to modify the substance or timing of our obligation to provide for the redemption of our public shares in connection with an initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we have not consummated our initial business combination within the completion window or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-initial business combination activity, unless we provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their ordinary shares upon approval of any such amendment at a per share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest (less taxes payable and up to $100,000 of interest to pay liquidation and dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then outstanding public shares. |
Limited payments to insiders |
There will be no finder’s fees, reimbursement, consulting fee, monies in respect of any payment of a loan or other compensation paid by us to our sponsor, officers or directors or our or any of their respective affiliates, for services rendered to us prior to or in connection with the completion of our initial business combination (regardless of the type of transaction that it is). However, the following payments may be made to our sponsor, officers or directors, or our or their affiliates, and, if made prior to our initial business combination will be made from funds held outside the trust account: |
• | payment to our sponsor for office space, administrative and shared personnel support services, in an amount equal to $20,000 per month, commencing on the first date on which our securities are listed on Nasdaq; |
• | repayment of an aggregate of up to $300,000 in loans made to us by our sponsor to cover offering-related and organizational expenses; |
• | reimbursement for any out-of-pocket |
• | repayment of loans which may be made by our sponsor, an affiliate of our sponsor or our officers and directors to finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial business combination. Up to $2,500,000 of such loans may be convertible into private units of the post-business combination entity at a price of $10.00 per unit at the option of the lender; and |
• | Any such private units will be identical to the private placement units. Except for the foregoing, the terms of such loans, if any, have not been determined nor have any written agreements been executed with respect thereto. |
Our audit committee will review on a quarterly basis all payments that were made by us to our sponsor, officers or directors or our or any of their respective affiliates. |
Audit committee |
Concurrent with the listing of our units on Nasdaq, we will establish and will maintain an audit committee to, among other things, monitor compliance with the terms described above and the other terms relating to this offering. If any noncompliance is identified, then the audit committee will be charged with the responsibility to immediately take all action necessary to rectify such noncompliance or otherwise to cause compliance with the terms of this offering. Please see “ Management — Committees of the Board of Directors — Audit Committee |
Conflicts of interest |
Members of our management team and board of directors may participate in the formation of, invest in (on behalf of themselves, their affiliates or its and their clients), or become an officer or director of, any other blank check company prior to completion of our initial business combination. |
Proposed Business — Sourcing of Potential Business Combination Targets Management — Conflicts of Interest |
We are not prohibited from pursuing an initial business combination with a company that is affiliated with our sponsor, sponsor non-managing members, directors or members of our management team; accordingly, such affiliated person(s) may have a conflict of interest in determining whether a particular target business is an appropriate business with which to effectuate our initial business combination as such affiliated person(s) would have interests different from our public shareholders and would likely not receive any financial benefit unless we consummated such business combination. |
Our sponsor paid only a nominal aggregate purchase price of $25,000 for the founder shares, or approximately $0.003 per share. Accordingly, our management team, which owns interests in our sponsor, may be more willing to pursue a business combination with a riskier or less-established target business than would be the case if our sponsor had paid the same per share price for the founder shares as our public shareholders paid for their public shares. |
In the event our sponsor or members of our management team provide loans to us to finance transaction costs and/or incur expenses on our behalf in connection with an initial business combination, such persons may have a conflict of interest in determining whether a particular target business is an appropriate business with which to effectuate our initial business combination as such loans may not be repaid and/or such expenses may not be reimbursed unless we consummate such business combination. |
The potential conflicts described above may limit our ability to enter into a business combination or other transactions. These circumstances could give rise to numerous situations where interests may conflict. There can be no assurance that these or other conflicts of interest with the potential for adverse effects on the company and investors will not arise. |
Indemnity |
Our sponsor will agree that it will be liable to us if and to the extent any claims by a third party (other than our independent registered public accounting firm) 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: (1) $10.00 per public share; or (2) 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, except as to any claims by a third party that executed a waiver of any and all rights to the monies held in the trust account (whether any such waiver is enforceable) and except as to any claims under our indemnity of the underwriters of this offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. We have not 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 and, therefore, our sponsor may not be able to satisfy those obligations. We have not asked our sponsor to reserve for such obligations. |
• | There is substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. |
• | We are a newly incorporated Cayman Islands exempted company with no operating history and no revenues, and you have no basis on which to evaluate our ability to achieve our business objective. |
• | Past performance by our management team and their respective affiliates may not be indicative of future performance of an investment in us. |
• | Our shareholders may not be afforded an opportunity to vote on our proposed initial business combination, which means we may complete our initial business combination even though a majority of our shareholders do not support such a combination. |
• | Your only opportunity to affect the investment decision regarding a potential business combination may be limited to the exercise of your right to redeem your shares from us for cash. |
• |
• | If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination, our management team, sponsor, the sponsor non-managing members or any of their respective affiliates may elect to purchase public shares or rights, which may influence a vote on a proposed business combination and reduce the public “float” of our Class A ordinary shares or public rights. |
• | You will not be entitled to protections normally afforded to investors of many other blank check companies. |
• | You will not have any rights or interests in funds from the trust account, except under certain limited circumstances. Therefore, to liquidate your investment, you may be forced to sell your public shares or rights, potentially at a loss. |
• | If the net proceeds of this offering and the sale of the private placement securities not being held in the trust account are insufficient to allow us to operate for the 24 months following the closing of this offering, it could limit the amount available to fund our search for a target business or businesses and our ability to complete our initial business combination, and we will depend on loans from our sponsor, its affiliates or members of our management team to fund our search and to complete our initial business combination. |
• | The ability of our public shareholders to redeem their shares for cash may make our financial condition unattractive to potential business combination targets, which may make it difficult for us to enter into a business combination with a target. |
• | We are not required to obtain an opinion from an independent registered public accounting or investment banking firm, and consequently, you may have no assurance from an independent source that the price we are paying for the business is fair to our shareholders from a financial point of view. |
• | We may not be able to consummate an initial business combination within the prescribed time frame, in which case we would cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up and we would redeem our public shares and liquidate. |
• | We may engage in a business combination with one or more target businesses that have relationships with entities that may be affiliated with, managed by or otherwise associated with, members of our management team, sponsor or sponsor non-managing members. |
• | Since our sponsor will lose its entire investment in us if our initial business combination is not completed, and because our sponsor, officers and directors and any other holder of our founder shares, including our sponsor non-managing members, directly or indirectly may profit substantially from a business combination as a result of their ownership of founder shares even under circumstances where our public shareholders would experience losses in connection with their investment, a conflict of interest may arise in determining whether a particular business combination target is appropriate for our initial business combination, including in connection with the shareholder vote in respect thereto. |
• | Our sponsor controls a substantial interest in us and thus may exert a substantial influence on actions requiring a shareholder vote, potentially in a manner that you do not support. |
• | Our management team, sponsor and their respective affiliates allocate their time to other businesses thereby causing conflicts of interest in their determination as to how much time to devote to our affairs. This conflict of interest could have a negative impact on our ability to complete our initial business combination. |
• | Our management team, sponsor and their respective affiliates may have competitive pecuniary interests that conflict with our interests. |
• | The other risks and uncertainties discussed in “ Risk Factors |
Offering Price of $10.00 per Unit |
25% of Max Redemption |
50% of Max Redemption |
75% of Max Redemption |
Max Redemption |
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Assuming Full Exercise of Over-Allotment Option |
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$7.09 | $ | 2.91 | $ | 6.53 | $ | 3.47 | $ | 5.63 | $ | 4.37 | $ | 4.01 | $ | 5.99 | $ | 0.13 | $ | 9.87 | ||||||||||||||||||
Assuming No Exercise of Over-Allotment Option |
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$7.08 | $ | 2.92 | $ | 6.52 | $ | 3.48 | $ | 5.62 | $ | 4.38 | $ | 4.00 | $ | 6.00 | $ | 0.15 | $ | 9.85 |
No Redemptions |
25% |
50% |
75% |
100% |
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W/O Over- Allotment |
With Over- Allotment |
W/O Over- Allotment |
With Over- Allotment |
W/O Over- Allotment |
With Over- Allotment |
W/O Over- Allotment |
With Over- Allotment |
W/O Over- Allotment |
With Over- Allotment |
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NTBV before offering |
$ | ( |
) | $ | (0.02 | ) | $ | (0.02 | ) | $ | (0.02 | ) | $ | (0.02 | ) | $ | (0.02 | ) | $ | (0.02 | ) | $ | (0.02 | ) | $ | ( |
) | $ | (0.02 | ) | ||||||||||
Increase attributable to public shareholders |
$ | 7.10 |
$ | 7.11 | $ | 6.53 | $ | 6.54 | $ | 5.64 | $ | 5.65 | $ | 4.02 | $ | 4.03 | $ | 0.17 |
$ | 0.15 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Pro forma NTBV after the offering |
$ | $ | 7.09 | $ | 6.52 | $ | 6.53 | $ | 5.62 | $ | 5.63 | $ | 4.00 | $ | 4.01 | $ | $ | 0.13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dilution to public shareholders |
$ | $ | 2.91 | $ | 3.48 | $ | 3.47 | $ | 4.38 | $ | 4.37 | $ | 6.00 | $ | 5.99 | $ | $ | 9.87 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
% of dilution to public shareholders |
29.2 | % | 29.1 | % | 34.8 | % | 34.7 | % | 43.8 | % | 43.7 | % | 60.0 | % | 59.9 | % | 98.5 | % | 98.7 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
Numerator: |
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Net tangible book deficit before this offering |
( |
) | (139,659 | ) | (139,659 | ) | (139,659 | ) | (139,659 | ) | (139,659 | ) | (139,659 | ) | (139,659 | ) | ( |
) | (139,659 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net proceeds from this offering and sale of the private placement units |
231,100,000 | 201,400,000 | 231,100,000 | 201,400,000 | 231,100,000 | 201,400,000 | 231,100,000 | 231,100,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Plus: Offering costs excluded from tangible book value before this offering |
144,350 | 144,350 | 144,350 | 144,350 | 144,350 | 144,350 | 144,350 | 144,350 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Less: Deferred underwriting commissions |
( |
) | (9,200,000 | ) | (6,000,000 | ) | (6,900,000 | ) | (4,000,000 | ) | (4,600,000 | ) | (2,000,000 | ) | (2,300,000 | ) | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Less: over-allotment liability |
( |
) | — | (315,000 | ) | — | (315,000 | ) | — | (315,000 | ) | — | ( |
) | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Less: amounts paid for redemptions |
— | (50,000,000 | ) | (57,500,000 | ) | (100,000,000 | ) | (115,000,000 | ) | (150,000,000 | ) | (172,500,000 | ) | ( |
) | (230,000,000 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
221,904,691 | 145,089,691 | 166,704,691 | 97,089,691 | 111,504,691 | 49,089,691 | 56,304,691 | 1,104,691 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Denominator: |
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Class B common shares outstanding prior to this offering |
7,666,667 | 7,666,667 | 7,666,667 | 7,666,667 | 7,666,667 | 7,666,667 | 7,666,667 | 7,666,667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Class B common shares forfeited if over-allotment is not exercised |
( |
) | — | (1,000,000 | ) | — | (1,000,000 | ) | — | (1,000,000 | ) | — | ( |
) | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Class A common shares included in the units offered |
23,630,000 | 20,600,000 | 23,630,000 | 20,600,000 | 23,630,000 | 20,600,000 | 23,630,000 | 23,630,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Less: ordinary shares redeemed |
— | (5,000,000 | ) | (5,750,000 | ) | (10,000,000 | ) | (11,500,000 | ) | (15,000,000 | ) | (17,250,000 | ) | ( |
) | (23,000,000 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
31,296,667.00 | 22,266,667 | 25,546,667 | 17,266,667 | 19,796,667 | 12,266,667 | 14,046,667 | 8,296,667 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NTBV after offering |
$ | 7.08 | $ | 7.09 | $ | 6.52 | $ | 6.53 | $ | 5.62 | $ | 5.63 | $ | 4.00 | $ | 4.01 | $ | 0.15 | $ | 0.13 | ||||||||||||||||||||
NTBV before offering |
$ | (0.02 | ) | $ | (0.02 | ) | $ | (0.02 | ) | $ | (0.02 | ) | $ | (0.02 | ) | $ | (0.02 | ) | $ | (0.02 | ) | $ | (0.02 | ) | $ | (0.02 | ) | (0.02 | ) | |||||||||||
Difference |
$ | 7.10 | $ | 7.11 | $ | 6.53 | $ | 6.54 | $ | 5.64 | $ | 5.65 | $ | 4.02 | $ | 4.03 | $ | 0.17 | $ | 0.15 |
(1) | Expenses applied against gross proceeds include offering expenses of approximately $600,000 and underwriting discounts of $4,000,000 (or $4,600,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full). See “ Use of Proceeds |
August 8, 2025 |
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Actual |
As Adjusted |
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Balance Sheet Data: |
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Working capital (deficit) (1) |
$ | (139,659 | ) | $ | 1,089,606 | |||
Total assets (2) |
$ | 149,126 | $ | 201,404,606 | ||||
Total liabilities (3) |
$ | 144,435 | $ | 8,315,000 | ||||
Value of ordinary shares subject to possible conversion (4) |
$ | — | $ | 200,000,000 | ||||
Shareholders’ equity (5) |
$ | 4,691 | $ | (6,910,394 | ) |
(1) | The “as adjusted” calculation includes $1,399,915 of cash held outside the trust account plus $4,691 of actual shareholder’s equity on August 8, 2025, less the overallotment liability of $315,000. |
(2) | The “as adjusted” calculation equals $200,000,000 cash held in trust from the proceeds of this offering, plus $1,399,915 in cash held outside the trust account plus $4,691 of actual shareholder’s equity at August 8, 2025. |
(3) | The “as adjusted” calculation includes $315,000 related to the fair value of the over-allotment option and $8,000,000 of deferred underwriting commissions. |
(4) | The “as adjusted” calculation equals the “as adjusted” total assets, less the “as adjusted” total liabilities, less the “as adjusted” shareholder’s equity. |
(5) | Excludes 20,000,000 public shares which are subject to redemption in connection with our initial business combination. The “as adjusted” calculation equals the “as adjusted” total assets, less the “as adjusted” total liabilities, less the value of Class A ordinary shares that may be redeemed in connection with our initial business combination (initially $10.00 per share). |
• | our being a company with no operating history and no revenues; |
• | our ability to select an appropriate target business or businesses; |
• | our expectations around the performance of a prospective target business or businesses; |
• | our success in retaining or recruiting, or changes required in, our officers, key employees or directors following our initial business combination; |
• | our officers and directors allocating their time to other businesses and potentially having conflicts of interest with our business or in approving our initial business combination; |
• | our potential ability to obtain additional financing to complete our initial business combination; |
• | our pool of prospective target businesses; |
• | the ability of our officers and directors to generate a number of potential business combination opportunities; |
• | our public securities’ potential liquidity and trading; |
• | the lack of a market for our securities; |
• | the use of proceeds not held in the trust account or otherwise available to us; |
• | the trust account not being subject to claims of third parties; |
• | our financial performance following this offering; and |
• | the other risks and uncertainties discussed in “ Risk Factors |
• | our registration statement/proxy statement filed for our business combination transaction would disclose the possibility that our management team, sponsor or any of their respective affiliates may purchase public shares or rights from public shareholders outside the redemption process, along with the purpose of such purchases; |
• | if our management team, sponsor or any of their respective affiliates were to purchase public shares or rights from public shareholders, they would do so at a price no higher than the price offered through our redemption process; |
• | our registration statement/proxy statement filed for our business combination transaction would include a representation that any of our securities purchased by our management team, sponsor or any of their respective affiliates would not be voted in favor of approving the business combination transaction; |
• | our management team, sponsor or any of their respective affiliates would not possess any redemption rights with respect to our securities or, if they do acquire and possess redemption rights, they would waive such rights; and |
• | we would disclose in a Form 8-K, before our general meeting to approve the business combination transaction, the following material items: |
• | the amount of our securities purchased outside of the redemption offer by our management team, sponsor or any of their respective affiliates, along with the purchase price; |
• | the purpose of the purchases by our management team, sponsor or any of their respective affiliates; |
• | the impact, if any, of the purchases by our management team, sponsor or any of their respective affiliates on the likelihood that the business combination transaction will be approved; |
• | the identities of our security holders who sold to our sponsor, directors, executive officers or any of their affiliates (if not purchased on the open market) or the nature of our security holders (e.g., 5% security holders) who sold to our management team, sponsor or any of their respective affiliates; and |
• | the number of our securities for which we have received redemption requests pursuant to our redemption offer. |
• | higher costs and difficulties inherent in managing cross-border business operations and complying with different commercial and legal requirements of overseas markets; |
• | rules and regulations regarding currency redemption; |
• | complex corporate withholding taxes on individuals; |
• | laws governing the manner in which future business combinations may be effected; |
• | tariffs and trade barriers; |
• | regulations related to customs and import/export matters; |
• | longer payment cycles and challenges in collecting accounts receivable; |
• | tax issues, including but not limited to tax law changes and variations in tax laws as compared to the United States; |
• | currency fluctuations and exchange controls; |
• | rates of inflation; |
• | cultural and language differences; |
• | employment regulations; |
• | crime, strikes, riots, civil disturbances, terrorist attacks, natural disasters and wars; |
• | deterioration of political relations with the United States; and |
• | government appropriations of assets. |
• | default and foreclosure on our assets if our operating revenues after an initial 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; |
• | 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, our ability to pay expenses, make capital expenditures and acquisitions, and fund 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, and execution of our strategy; and |
• | other disadvantages compared to our competitors who have less debt. |
• | solely dependent upon the performance of a single business, property or asset, or |
• | dependent upon the development or market acceptance of a single or limited number of products, processes or services. |
• | restrictions on the nature of our investments; and |
• | restrictions on the issuance of securities, each of which may make it difficult for us to complete our initial business combination. |
• | registration as an investment company; |
• | adoption of a specific form of corporate structure; and |
• | reporting, record keeping, voting, proxy and disclosure requirements and other rules and regulations. |
• | a limited availability of market quotations for our securities; |
• | reduced liquidity for our securities; |
• | a determination that our Class A ordinary shares are “penny stock” which will require brokers trading in our Class A ordinary shares to adhere to more stringent rules and possibly result in a reduced level of trading activity in the secondary trading market for our securities; |
• | a limited amount of news and analyst coverage; and |
• | a decreased ability to issue additional securities or obtain additional financing in the future. |
• | may significantly dilute the equity interest of investors in this offering; |
• | may subordinate the rights of holders of ordinary shares if preference shares is issued with rights senior to those afforded our ordinary shares; |
• | could cause a change of 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 could result in the resignation or removal of our present officers and directors; and |
• | may adversely affect prevailing market prices for our units, Class A ordinary shares and/or rights. |
• | 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; |
• | our capital structure; |
• | an assessment of our management and their experience in identifying operating companies; |
• | general conditions of the securities markets at the time of this offering; and |
• | other factors as were deemed relevant. |
• | if we do not develop successful new products or improve existing ones, our business will suffer; |
• | we may invest in new lines of business that could fail to attract or retain users or generate revenue; |
• | we will face significant competition and if we are not able to maintain or improve our market share, our business could suffer; |
• | disruption or failure of our networks, systems, platform or technology that frustrate or thwart our users’ ability to access our products and services, may cause our users, advertisers, and partners to cut back on or stop using our products and services altogether, which could seriously harm our business; |
• | mobile malware, viruses, hacking and phishing attacks, spamming, and improper or illegal use of our products could seriously harm our business and reputation; |
• | if we are unable to successfully grow our user base and further monetize our products, our business will suffer; |
• | if we are unable to protect our intellectual property, the value of our brand and other intangible assets may be diminished, and our business may be seriously harmed; |
• | we may be subject to regulatory investigations and proceedings in the future, which could cause us to incur substantial costs or require us to change our business practices in a way that could seriously harm our business; and |
• | components used in our products may fail as a result of a manufacturing, design, or other defect over which we have no control, and render our devices inoperable. |
Gross Proceeds |
Without Option to Purchase Additional Units |
Option to Purchase Additional Units Exercised in Full |
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Gross proceeds from units offered to public (1) |
$ | 200,000,000 | $ | 230,000,000 | ||||
Gross proceeds from private placement units offered to the sponsor in the private placements |
$ | 4,000,000 | $ | 4,000,000 | ||||
Gross proceeds from private placement units offered to CCM in the private placements (2) |
$ | 2,000,000 | $ | 2,300,000 | ||||
Total gross proceeds |
$ | 206,000,000 | $ | 236,300,000 | ||||
Estimated Offering Expenses (3) |
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Underwriting commissions (excluding deferred portion) |
$ | 4,000,000 | $ | 4,600,000 | ||||
Legal fees and expenses |
$ | 300,000 | $ | 300,000 | ||||
Printing and engraving expenses |
$ | 30,000 | $ | 30,000 | ||||
Accounting fees and expenses |
$ | 30,000 | $ | 30,000 | ||||
SEC/FINRA expenses |
$ | 78,927 | $ | 78,927 | ||||
Roadshow expenses |
$ | 50,000 | $ | 50,000 | ||||
Nasdaq listing and filing fees |
$ | 80,000 | $ | 80,000 | ||||
Miscellaneous expenses (5) |
$ | 31,073 | $ | 31,073 | ||||
Total estimated offering expenses (other than underwriting commissions) |
$ | 600,000 | $ | 600,000 | ||||
Proceeds after estimated offering expenses |
$ | 201,400,000 | $ | 231,100,000 | ||||
Held in trust account |
$ | 200,000,000 | $ | 230,000,000 | ||||
Percent of public offering size |
100.0 | % | 100.0 | % | ||||
Not held in trust account |
$ | 1,400,000 | $ | 1,100,000 |
Amount (4) |
% of Total |
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Legal, accounting, due diligence, travel, and other expenses in connection with any business combination |
$ | 230,000 | 16.43 | % | ||||
Legal and accounting fees related to regulatory reporting obligations |
$ | 150,000 | 10.71 | % | ||||
Directors and officers insurance premiums |
$ | 220,000 | 15.71 | % | ||||
Payment for office space, utilities and secretarial and administrative support |
$ | 480,000 | 34.29 | % | ||||
Working capital to cover miscellaneous expenses (including continued listing fees) (3) |
$ | 320,000 | 22.86 | % | ||||
Total (4) |
$ | 1,400,000 | 100 | % |
(1) | Includes amounts payable to public shareholders who properly redeem their shares in connection with our successful completion of our initial business combination. |
(2) | CCM will fund the purchase of the private placement units with $0.10 per unit of its upfront underwriting |
(3) | Our sponsor has agreed to loan us up to $300,000 as described in this prospectus. As of September 2, 2025, we had borrowed $0 under the promissory note. These loans will be repaid upon completion of this offering out of the $1,400,000 (or $1,100,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full) of offering proceeds that has been allocated for the payment of offering expenses (other than underwriting commissions) not held in the trust account. In the event that our offering expenses are more than as set for in this table, we may fund such excess from the funds not to be held in the trust account. In such case, the amount of funds we intend to be held outside the trust account would decrease by a corresponding amount. Conversely, in the event that the offering expenses are less than as set for in this table, the amount of funds we intend to be held outside the trust account would increase by a corresponding amount. |
(4) | These expenses 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 such business combination. In the event we identify a business combination target in a specific industry subject to specific regulations, we may incur additional expenses associated with legal due diligence and the engagement of special legal counsel. In addition, our staffing needs may vary and as a result, we may engage a number of consultants to assist with legal and financial due diligence. We do not anticipate any change in our intended use of proceeds, other than fluctuations among the current categories of allocated expenses, which fluctuations, to the extent they exceed current estimates for any specific category of expenses, would not be available for our expenses. The proceeds held in the trust account will be (i) invested only in U.S. government treasury obligations with a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act, which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations, and/or (ii) deposited in an interest bearing demand deposit account at a U.S.-chartered commercial bank with consolidated assets of $100 billion or more. We estimate the interest earned on the trust account will be approximately $8,500,000 per year, assuming an interest rate of 4.25% per year; however, we can provide no assurances regarding this amount. Additionally, when we determine to hold the funds in the trust account as cash or in demand deposit accounts, the amount of interest we may receive would likely be less than this amount. Includes organizational and administrative expenses and may include amounts related to above-listed expenses in the event actual amounts exceed estimates. |
(5) | Includes organizational and administrative expenses, including advisory fees, and may include amounts related to above-listed expenses in the event actual amounts exceed estimates. |
Offering Price of $10.00 per Unit |
25% of Max Redemption |
50% of Max Redemption |
75% of Max Redemption |
Max Redemption | ||||||||||||||
NTBV |
Difference |
NTBV |
Difference |
NTBV |
Difference |
NTBV |
Difference |
NTBV |
Difference | |||||||||
Assuming Full Exercise of Over-Allotment Option | ||||||||||||||||||
$7.09 |
$2.91 | $6.53 | $3.47 | $5.63 | $4.37 | $4.01 | $5.99 | $0.13 | $9.87 | |||||||||
Assuming No Exercise of Over-Allotment Option | ||||||||||||||||||
$7.08 |
$2.92 | $6.52 | $3.48 | $5.62 | $4.38 | $4.00 | $6.00 | $0.15 | $9.85 |
No Redemptions |
25% |
50% |
75% |
100% |
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W/O Over- Allotment |
With Over- Allotment |
W/O Over- Allotment |
With Over- Allotment |
W/O Over- Allotment |
With Over- Allotment |
W/O Over- Allotment |
With Over- Allotment |
W/O Over- Allotment |
With Over- Allotment |
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NTBV before offering |
$ | (0.02 | ) | $ | (0.02 | ) | $ | (0.02 | ) | $ | (0.02 | ) | $ | (0.02 | ) | $ | (0.02 | ) | $ | (0.02 | ) | $ | (0.02 | ) | $ | (0.02 | ) | $ | (0.02 | ) | ||||||||||
Increase attributable to public shareholders |
$ | 7.10 | $ | 7.11 | $ | 6.53 | $ | 6.54 | $ | 5.64 | $ | 5.65 | $ | 4.02 | $ | 4.03 | $ | 0.17 | $ | 0.15 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Pro forma NTBV after the offering |
$ | 7.08 | $ | 7.09 | $ | 6.52 | $ | 6.53 | $ | 5.62 | $ | 5.63 | $ | 4.00 | $ | 4.01 | $ | 0.15 | $ | 0.13 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Dilution to public shareholders |
$ | 2.92 | $ | 2.91 | $ | 3.48 | $ | 3.47 | $ | 4.38 | $ | 4.37 | $ | 6.00 | $ | 5.99 | $ | 9.85 | $ | 9.87 | ||||||||||||||||||||
% of dilution to public shareholders |
29.2 | % | 29.1 | % | 34.8 | % | 34.7 | % | 43.8 | % | 43.7 | % | 60.0 | % | 59.9 | % | 98.5 | % | 98.7 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
Numerator: |
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Net tangible book deficit before this offering |
(139,659 | ) | (139,659 | ) | (139,659 | ) | (139,659 | ) | (139,659 | ) | (139,659 | ) | (139,659 | ) | (139,659 | ) | (139,659 | ) | (139,659 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net proceeds from this offering and sale of the private placement units |
201,400,000 | 231,100,000 | 201,400,000 | 231,100,000 | 201,400,000 | 231,100,000 | 201,400,000 | 231,100,000 | 201,400,000 | 231,100,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Plus: Offering costs excluded from tangible book value before this offering |
144,350 | 144,350 | 144,350 | 144,350 | 144,350 | 144,350 | 144,350 | 144,350 | 144,350 | 144,350 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Less: Deferred underwriting commissions |
(8,000,000 | ) | (9,200,000 | ) | (6,000,000 | ) | (6,900,000 | ) | (4,000,000 | ) | (4,600,000 | ) | (2,000,000 | ) | (2,300,000 | ) | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Less: over-allotment liability |
(315,000 | ) | — | (315,000 | ) | — | (315,000 | ) | — | (315,000 | ) | — | (315,000 | ) | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Less: amounts paid for redemptions |
— | — | (50,000,000 | ) | (57,500,000 | ) | (100,000,000 | ) | (115,000,000 | ) | (150,000,000 | ) | (172,500,000 | ) | (200,000,000 | ) | (230,000,000 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
193,089,691 | 221,904,691 | 145,089,691 | 166,704,691 | 97,089,691 | 111,504,691 | 49,089,691 | 56,304,691 | 1,089,691 | 1,104,691 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Denominator: |
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Class B common shares outstanding prior to this offering |
7,666,667 | 7,666,667 | 7,666,667 | 7,666,667 | 7,666,667 | 7,666,667 | 7,666,667 | 7,666,667 | 7,666,667 | 7,666,667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Class B common shares forfeited if over-allotment is not exercised |
(1,000,000 | ) | — | (1,000,000 | ) | — | (1,000,000 | ) | — | (1,000,000 | ) | — | (1,000,000 | ) | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Class A common shares included in the units offered |
20,600,000 | 23,630,000 | 20,600,000 | 23,630,000 | 20,600,000 | 23,630,000 | 20,600,000 | 23,630,000 | 20,600,000 | 23,630,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Less: ordinary shares redeemed |
— | — | (5,000,000 | ) | (5,750,000 | ) | (10,000,000 | ) | (11,500,000 | ) | (15,000,000 | ) | (17,250,000 | ) | (20,000,000 | ) | (23,000,000 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
27,266,667 | 31,296,667.00 | 22,266,667 | 25,546,667 | 17,266,667 | 19,796,667 | 12,266,667 | 14,046,667 | 7,266,667 | 8,296,667 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NTBV after offering |
$ | 7.08 | $ | 7.09 | $ | 6.52 | $ | 6.53 | $ | 5.62 | $ | 5.63 | $ | 4.00 | $ | 4.01 | $ | 0.15 | $ | 0.13 | ||||||||||||||||||||
NTBV before offering |
$ | (0.02 | ) | $ | (0.02 | ) | $ | (0.02 | ) | $ | (0.02 | ) | $ | (0.02 | ) | $ | (0.02 | ) | $ | (0.02 | ) | $ | (0.02 | ) | $ | (0.02 | ) | $ | (0.02 | ) | ||||||||||
Difference |
$ | 7.10 | $ | 7.11 | $ | 6.53 | $ | 6.54 | $ | 5.64 | $ | 5.65 | $ | 4.02 | $ | 4.03 | $ | 0.17 | $ | 0.15 |
(1) | Expenses applied against gross proceeds include offering expenses of approximately $600,000 and underwriting discounts of $4,000,000 (or $4,600,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full). See “ Use of Proceeds |
August 8, 2025 |
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Actual |
As Adjusted (1) |
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Note payable to related party (1) |
$ | — | $ | — | ||||
Deferred underwriting commissions |
— | 8,000,000 | ||||||
Over-allotment liability (2) |
— | 315,000 | ||||||
Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption; 0 and 23,000,000 shares, actual and as adjusted, respectively (3) |
— | 200,000,000 | ||||||
Preference shares, $0.0001 par value, 1,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding, actual and as adjusted |
— | — | ||||||
Class A ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value, 200,000,000 shares authorized, none and 394,267 issued and outstanding (excluding 0 and 20,000,000 shares subject to possible redemption), actual and as adjusted, respectively |
— | — | ||||||
Class B ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value, 20,000,000 shares authorized; 7,666,667 and 6,666,667 shares issued and outstanding, actual and as adjusted (4) |
767 | 667 | ||||||
Additional paid-in capital(5) |
24,233 | — | ||||||
Accumulated deficit |
(20,309) | (6,915,752) | ||||||
Total shareholders’ equity |
4,691 | (6,915,085) | ||||||
Total capitalization |
$ | 4,691 | $ | 201,399,915 | ||||
(1) | Our sponsor has agreed to loan us up to an aggregate of $300,000 to be used for a portion of the expenses of this offering and such loan does not bear interest. As of September 2, 2025, we had borrowed $0 under the promissory note. The “as adjusted” information gives effect to the sale of the private placement securities. |
(2) | Represents the fair value of the underwriter’s over-allotment option of 3,000,000 units, assuming no exercise of the underwriter’s over-allotment option. The underwriter’s over-allotment option is deemed to be a freestanding financial instrument indexed on the shares subject to redemption and will be accounted for as a liability pursuant to ASC Topic 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity |
(3) | In connection with seeking the shareholder approval of our initial business combination, we will provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their public shares, regardless of whether they abstain, vote for, or vote against, our initial business combination, for cash equal to their pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account as of two business days prior to the consummation of the initial business combination, including interest, subject to any limitations (including, but not limited to, cash requirements) created by the terms of the proposed business combination. 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 |
(4) | Actual share amount is prior to any forfeiture of founder shares by our sponsor and the “as adjusted” share amount assumes no exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional units and the forfeiture of 1,000,000 founder shares by our sponsor. |
(5) | The “as adjusted” additional paid-in capital calculation is equal to the “as adjusted” total shareholders’ equity of $(6,915,085), less Class A ordinary shares (par value) of $0, less Class B ordinary shares (par value) of $667 less the accumulated deficit of $(6,915,752). |
• | may significantly dilute the equity interest of investors in this offering, which dilution would increase if the anti-dilution provisions in the Class B ordinary shares resulted in the issuance of Class A ordinary shares on a greater than one-to-one |
• | may subordinate the rights of holders of ordinary shares if preference shares are issued with rights senior to those afforded our ordinary shares; |
• | could cause a change of 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 equity ownership or voting rights of a person seeking to obtain control of us; and |
• | may adversely affect prevailing market prices for our Class A ordinary shares and/or rights. |
• | default and foreclosure on our assets if our operating revenues after an initial 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 is payable on demand; |
• | our inability to obtain necessary additional financing if the debt contains covenants restricting our ability to obtain such financing while the debt 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, 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. |
• | 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. |
• | Depth of Team and Access to Resources best-in class owners, operators, developers, tenants, brokers, service providers and advisors. Furthermore, we have substantive contacts within the technology space as a result of investments made by members of our Sponsor and management team. This network includes deep relationships with blue-chip venture capital and private equity firms and founders of both Real Estate and Infrastructure companies and technology companies. We intend to leverage this network to gain exclusive opportunities to identify attractive business targets in these industries. |
• | Sourcing Channels and Leading Industry Relationships |
• | Prior SPAC Experience |
• | Execution and Structuring Capability |
• | Public Company Experience |
Entity / Individual |
Amount of Compensation to be Received or Securities Issued or to be Issued |
Consideration Paid or to be Paid | ||
Bet on America II Sponsor LLC | $20,000 per month, commencing on the first date on which our securities are listed on Nasdaq | Office space, administrative and shared personnel support services | ||
7,666,667 (1)(3) Class B Ordinary Shares |
$25,000 | |||
400,000 private placement units (whether or not the over-allotment option is exercised) | $4,000,000 (whether or not the over-allotment option is exercised) | |||
Up to $300,000 | Repayment of loans made to us to cover offering related and organizational expenses | |||
Reimbursement for any out-of-pocket |
Expenses incurred in connection with identifying, investigating and completing an initial business combination | |||
Up to $2,500,000 in working capital loans, which loans may be convertible into private placement units of the post-business combination entity at the price of $10.00 per unit (2) |
Working capital loans to finance transaction costs in connection with an initial business combination | |||
Brian D. Friedman | 30,000 Class B Ordinary Shares (4) |
Service as Chairman of the Board | ||
Dean Friedman | 30,000 Class B Ordinary Shares (4) |
Service as director | ||
Jason Kahan | 30,000 Class B Ordinary Shares (4) |
Service as independent director | ||
Jared Berlin | 30,000 Class B Ordinary Shares (4) |
Service as independent director | ||
Jonathan Sassover | 30,000 Class B Ordinary Shares (4) |
Service as independent director | ||
Seth Schorr | 30,000 Class B Ordinary Shares (4) |
Service as independent director |
(1) | The Class B ordinary shares and the Class A ordinary shares issuable in connection with the conversion of the Class B ordinary shares may result in material dilution to our public shareholders due to the nominal price of $0.003 per share at which our sponsor purchased the Class B ordinary shares and/or the anti-dilution rights of our Class B ordinary shares that may result in an issuance of Class A ordinary shares on a greater than one-to-one Risk Factors — Risks Relating to our Sponsor and Management Team — The nominal purchase price paid by our sponsor for the founder shares, the purchase price paid by our sponsor for the private placement units may significantly dilute the implied value of your public shares in the event we consummate an initial business combination, and our sponsor is likely to make a substantial profit on its investment in us in the event we consummate an initial business combination, even if the business combination causes the trading |
price of our ordinary shares to decline materially ” on page 78, “— Risks Relating to our Securities — We may issue additional ordinary shares or preference shares to complete our initial business combination or under an employee incentive plan after completion of our initial business combination. We may also issue Class A ordinary shares upon the conversion of the Class B ordinary shares at a ratio greater than ” on page 89, “one-to-one — Our sponsor paid an aggregate of $25,000, or approximately $0.003 per founder share, and, accordingly, you will experience immediate and substantial dilution from the purchase of our Class B ordinary shares ” on page 90 and “— Unlike many other similarly structured blank check companies, our sponsor will receive additional Class A ordinary shares if we issue shares to consummate an initial business combination ” on page 90. |
(2) | After the completion of this offering, our board of directors may approve additional working capital loans for the purpose of funding working capital, which loans may be converted into our private placement units, shares or rights. The Class A ordinary shares issuable in connection with the vesting of private placement rights, as well as any Class A ordinary shares issued in connection with conversion of working capital loans into additional private placement units (as described in this prospectus), may result in material dilution to our public shareholders. See “ Description of Securities — Private placement units ” on page 189; see also “Risk Factors — Risks Relating to our Sponsor and Management Team — The nominal purchase price paid by our sponsor for the founder shares, the purchase price paid by our sponsor for the private placement units may significantly dilute the implied value of your public shares in the event we consummate an initial business combination, and our sponsor is likely to make a substantial profit on its investment in us in the event we consummate an initial business combination, even if the business combination causes the trading price of our ordinary shares to decline materially ” on page 78, “— Risks Relating to our Securities — We may issue additional ordinary shares or preference shares to complete our initial business combination or under an employee incentive plan after completion of our initial business combination. We may also issue Class A ordinary shares upon the conversion of the Class B ordinary shares at a ratio greater than ” on page 89, “— one-to-one Our sponsor paid an aggregate of $25,000, or approximately $0.003 per founder share, and, accordingly, you will experience immediate and substantial dilution from the purchase of our Class B ordinary shares ” on page 90 and “— Unlike many other similarly structured blank check companies, our sponsor will receive additional Class A ordinary shares if we issue shares to consummate an initial business combination ” on page 90. |
(3) | If we increase or decrease the size of this offering we will effect a capitalization or share repurchase or redemption or other appropriate mechanism, as applicable, with respect to our Class B ordinary shares immediately prior to the consummation of the offering in such amount as to maintain the ownership of our sponsor at 25% of the issued and outstanding ordinary shares upon the consummation of this offering. Our public shareholders may incur material dilution due to such anti-dilution adjustments that result in the issuance of Class A ordinary shares on a greater than one-to-one |
(4) | These shares are held directly by certain of our officers and directors. The directors and officers will have the ability to vote and dispose of the shares, subject to applicable transfer restrictions. |
Subject Securities |
Expiration Date |
Persons Subject to Restrictions |
Exceptions to Transfer Restrictions | |||
Founder Shares | Earlier of one year after completion of our initial business combination; or if the closing price of our ordinary shares equals or exceeds $12.00 per Class A ordinary share (as adjusted for share sub-divisions, share dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and other similar transactions) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing any time 150 days after completion of our initial business combination |
Bet on America Sponsor LLC, Benjamin A. Friedman, Brian D. Friedman, Dean Friedman, Jason Kahan, Jared Berlin, Jonathan Sassover and Seth Schorr |
Transfers permitted (i) to any officer, director, or employee of the Company, including to a family member or affiliate of such officer, director, or employee; (ii) by private sales or transfers, in each case, made in connection with the consummation of our initial business combination at prices no greater than the price at which the securities were originally purchased; (iii) in the event of our liquidation prior to the completion of our initial business combination; (iv) by virtue of the laws of the Cayman Islands or our sponsor’s limited liability company agreement upon liquidation and dissolution of our sponsor; and (v) in the event of our completion of a liquidation, merger, share exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction which results in all of our public shareholders having the right to exchange their Class A ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property subsequent to the completion of our initial business combination | |||
Subject Securities |
Expiration Date |
Persons Subject to Restrictions |
Exceptions to Transfer Restrictions | |||
Private Placement Units | 30 days after the completion of our initial business combination | Bet on America Sponsor LLC | Same as above | |||
Any units, ordinary shares, rights or any other securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, any units, ordinary shares or founder shares | 180 days after the date of this prospectus |
Same as above Bet on America Sponsor LLC |
CCM in its sole discretion may release any of the securities subject to these lock-up agreements at any time without notice, other than in the case of the officers and directors, which shall be with notice. Our sponsor, officers and directors are also subject to separate transfer restrictions on their founder shares and private placement units pursuant to the letter agreement described in the immediately preceding paragraphs. |
• | Real Estate and Infrastructure Technology: |
Estate and Infrastructure sector. We plan to prioritize businesses that can benefit from our sponsor and management team’s network and operational expertise. |
• | Growth Potential: |
• | Target Acquisition Size: |
• | Competitive Moat: best-in-class |
• | Highly Recurring Revenue and Proven Unit Economics: |
• | Management Team: |
• | Benefit from Being a Public Company: |
• |
subject us to negative economic, competitive and regulatory developments, any or all of which may have a substantial adverse impact on the particular industry in which we operate after our initial business combination; and |
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cause us to depend on the marketing and sale of a single product or limited number of products or services. |
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We issue Class A ordinary shares that will be equal to or in excess of 20% of the number of our Class A ordinary shares then-outstanding; |
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Any of our directors, officers or substantial security holder (as defined by Nasdaq rules) has a 5% or greater interest, directly or indirectly, in the target business or assets to be acquired or otherwise and the present or potential issuance of ordinary shares could result in an increase in issued and outstanding ordinary shares or voting power of 1% or more (or 5% or more if the related party involved is classified as such solely because such person is a substantial security holder); or |
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The issuance or potential issuance of ordinary shares will result in our undergoing a change of control. |
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the timing of the transaction, including in the event we determine shareholder approval would require additional time and there is either not enough time to seek shareholder approval or doing so would place the company at a disadvantage in the transaction or result in other additional burdens on the company; |
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the expected cost of holding a shareholder vote; |
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the risk that the shareholders would fail to approve the proposed business combination; |
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other time and budget constraints of the company; and |
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additional legal complexities of a proposed business combination that would be time-consuming and burdensome to present to shareholders. |
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our registration statement/proxy statement filed for our business combination transaction would disclose the possibility that our management team, sponsor or any of their respective affiliates may purchase shares or rights from public shareholders outside the redemption process, along with the purpose of such purchases; |
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if our management team, sponsor or any of their respective affiliates were to purchase public shares or rights from public shareholders, they would do so at a price no higher than the price offered through our redemption process; |
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our registration statement/proxy statement filed for our business combination transaction would include a representation that any of our securities purchased by our management team, sponsor or any of their respective affiliates would not be voted in favor of approving the business combination transaction; |
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our management team, sponsor or any of their respective affiliates would not possess any redemption rights with respect to our securities or, if they do acquire and possess redemption rights, they would waive such rights; and |
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we would disclose in a Form 8-K, before our general meeting to approve the business combination transaction, the following material items: |
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the amount of our securities purchased outside of the redemption offer by our management team, sponsor or any of their respective affiliates, along with the purchase price; |
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the purpose of the purchases by our management team, sponsor or any of their respective affiliates; |
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the impact, if any, of the purchases by our management team, sponsor or any of their respective affiliates on the likelihood that the business combination transaction will be approved; |
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the identities of our security holders who sold to our management team, sponsor or any of their respective affiliates (if not purchased on the open market) or the nature of our security holders (e.g., 5% security holders) who sold to our management team, sponsor or any of their respective affiliates; and |
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the number of our securities for which we have received redemption requests pursuant to our redemption offer. |
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conduct the redemptions pursuant to Rule 13e-4 and Regulation 14E of the Exchange Act, which regulate issuer tender offers; and |
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file tender offer documents with the SEC prior to completing our initial business combination which contain substantially the same financial and other information about the initial business combination and the redemption rights as is required under Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act, which regulates the solicitation of proxies. |
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conduct the redemptions in conjunction with a proxy solicitation pursuant to Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act, which regulates the solicitation of proxies, and not pursuant to the tender offer rules; and |
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file proxy materials with the SEC. |
• | prior to the consummation of our initial business combination, we shall either: (1) seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination at a general meeting called for such purpose at which shareholders may seek to redeem their shares, regardless of whether they vote for or against, or abstain from voting on, the proposed business combination, into their pro rata share of the aggregate amount on deposit in the trust account as of two business days prior to the consummation of our initial business combination, including interest; or (2) provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to tender their 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 on deposit in the trust account as of two business days prior to the consummation of our initial business combination, including interest, in each case subject to the limitations described herein; |
• | we will consummate our initial business combination only if, solely if we seek shareholder approval, a majority of the outstanding ordinary shares voted are voted in favor of the business combination at a duly held general meeting; |
• | if our initial business combination is not consummated within the completion window, then our existence will terminate and we will distribute all amounts in the trust account; and |
• | prior to our initial business combination, we may not issue additional ordinary shares that would entitle the holders thereof to (1) receive funds from the trust account or (2) vote on any initial business combination. |
Redemptions in Connection with our Initial Business Combination |
Other Permitted Purchases of Public Shares by our Affiliates |
Redemptions if we fail to Complete an Initial Business Combination | ||||
Calculation of redemption price |
Redemptions at the time of our initial business combination may be made pursuant to a tender offer or in connection with a shareholder vote. The redemption price will be the same whether we conduct redemptions pursuant to a tender offer or in connection with a shareholder vote. In either case, our public shareholders may redeem their public shares for cash equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account as of two business days prior to the consummation of the initial business combination (which is initially anticipated to be $10.00 per share), including interest, divided by the number of then outstanding public shares. | If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination, our management, sponsor or any of their respective affiliates may purchase public shares and public rights in privately negotiated transactions or in the open market either prior to or following completion of our initial business combination. If our management, sponsor or any of their respective affiliates were to purchase public shares or rights from public shareholders they would do so at a price no higher than the price offered through our redemption process. If they engage in such transactions, they will be restricted from making any such purchases when they are in possession of any material nonpublic information not disclosed to the seller or | If we are unable to complete our initial business combination within the completion window, we will redeem all public shares at a per share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest (less taxes payable and up to $100,000 of interest to pay liquidation and dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then outstanding public shares. |
Redemptions in Connection with our Initial Business Combination |
Other Permitted Purchases of Public Shares by our Affiliates |
Redemptions if we fail to Complete an Initial Business Combination | ||||
if such purchases are prohibited by Regulation M under the Exchange Act. We do not currently anticipate that such purchases, if any, would constitute a tender offer subject to the tender offer rules under the Exchange Act or a going-private transaction | ||||||
subject to the going-private rules under the Exchange Act; however, if the purchasers determine at the time of any such purchases that the purchases are subject to such rules, the purchasers will be required to comply with such rules. | ||||||
Impact to remaining shareholders |
The redemptions in connection with our initial business combination will reduce the book value per share for our remaining shareholders. | If the permitted purchases described above are made, there would be no impact to our remaining shareholders because the purchase price would not be paid by us. In the event our management, sponsor, or any of their respective affiliates were to purchase public shares or public rights from public shareholders, such purchases would be structured in compliance with the requirements of Rule 14e-5 under the Exchange Act including, in pertinent part, through disclosing the following in our registration statement/ proxy statement filed for our business combination transaction: the |
The redemption of our public shares if we fail to complete our initial business combination will reduce the book value per share for the shares held by our sponsor, who will be our only remaining shareholders after such redemptions. |
Redemptions in Connection with our Initial Business Combination |
Other Permitted Purchases of Public Shares by our Affiliates |
Redemptions if we fail to Complete an Initial Business Combination | ||||
possibility that our management team, sponsor or any of their respective affiliates may purchase public shares or rights from public shareholders outside the redemption process, along with the purpose of such purchases; a representation that any of our securities purchased by our sponsor, directors, executive officers or any of their affiliates would not be voted in favor of approving the business combination transaction; and our management team, sponsor or any of their respective affiliates would not possess any redemption rights with respect to our securities or, if they do acquire and possess redemption rights, they would waive such rights. Additionally, we would disclose in a Form 8-K, before our general meeting to approve the business combination transaction, the following material items: the amount of our securities purchased outside of the redemption offer by our management team, sponsor or any of their respective affiliates, along with the purchase price; the purpose of the purchases by our management team, sponsor or any of their respective affiliates; the impact, if any, of the |
Redemptions in Connection with our Initial Business Combination |
Other Permitted Purchases of Public Shares by our Affiliates |
Redemptions if we fail to Complete an Initial Business Combination | ||||
purchases by our management team, sponsor or any of their respective affiliates on the likelihood that the business combination transaction will be approved; the identities | ||||||
of our security holders who sold to our management team, sponsor or any of their respective affiliates (if not purchased on the open market) or the nature of our security holders (e.g., 5% security holders) who sold to our management team, sponsor or any of their respective affiliates; and the number of our securities for which the we have received redemption requests pursuant to our redemption offer. |
Terms of Our Offering |
Terms Under a Rule 419 Offering | |||
Escrow of offering proceeds |
$200,000,000 of the net proceeds of this offering and the sale of the private placement securities will be deposited into a trust account located in the United States with Odyssey Trust Company acting as trustee. | At least $180,000,000 of t he offe ring proceeds, representing the gross proceeds of this offering less allowable underwriting commissions, expenses and company deductions under Rule 419, 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. |
Terms of Our Offering |
Terms Under a Rule 419 Offering | |||
Trading of securities issued |
The units will begin trading on or promptly after the date of this prospectus. The Class A ordinary shares and rights constituting the units will begin separate trading | No trading of the units or the underlying ordinary shares and rights would be permitted until the completion of a business combination. During this period, | ||
on the 52nd day following the date of this prospectus (or, if such date is not a business day, the following business day) unless D. Boral Capital informs us of its decision to allow earlier separate trading, subject to our having filed the Current Report on Form 8-K described below and having issued a press release announcing when such separate trading will begin. We will file the Current Report on Form 8-K promptly after the closing of this offering. If the underwriters’ option to purchase additional units is exercised following the initial filing of such Current Report on Form 8-K, a second or amended Current Report on Form 8-K will be filed to provide updated financial information to reflect the exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional units. |
the securities would be held in the escrow or trust account. company deductions under Rule 419, 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 |
$200,000,000 of the net offering proceeds and the sale of the private placement securities held in trust will be (i) invested only in U.S. government treasury bills with a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds that meet certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act and that invest only in direct U.S. government obligations and/or (ii) deposited in an interest bearing demand deposit account at a U.S.-chartered commercial bank with consolidated assets of $100 billion or more. |
Proceeds could be invested only in specified securities such as a money market fund meeting conditions of the Investment Company Act or in securities that are direct obligations of, or obligations guaranteed as to principal or interest by, the United States. | ||
Receipt of interest on escrowed funds |
Interest on proceeds from the trust account to be paid to shareholders is reduced by: (i) taxes paid or payable and (ii) in the event of our liquidation for failure to complete our initial business combination within the allotted time, up to | Interest on funds in escrow account would be held for the sole benefit of investors, unless and only after the funds held in escrow were released to us in connection with our completion of a business combination. |
Terms of Our Offering |
Terms Under a Rule 419 Offering | |||
$100,000 of net interest that may be released to us should we have no or insufficient working capital to fund the costs and expenses of our liquidation and dissolution. | ||||
Limitation on fair value or net assets of target business |
Nasdaq rules require that we must complete one or more business combinations having an aggregate fair market value of at least 80% of the value of the trust account (excluding any taxes payable on the interest earned on the trust account) at the time of our agreement to enter into our initial business combination. | The fair value or net assets of a target business must represent at least 80% of the maximum offering proceeds. | ||
Trading of securities issued |
The units will begin trading on or promptly after the date of this prospectus. The Class A ordinary shares and rights constituting the units will begin separate trading on the 52nd day following the date of this prospectus (or, if such date is not a business day, the following business day) unless D. Boral Capital informs us of its decision to allow earlier separate trading, subject to our having filed the Current Report on Form 8-K described below and having issued a press release announcing when such separate trading will begin. We will file the Current Report on Form 8-K promptly after the closing of this offering. If the underwriters’ option to purchase additional units is exercised following the initial filing of such Current Report on Form 8-K, a second or amended Current Report on Form 8-K will be filed to provide updated financial information to reflect the exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional units. |
No trading of the units or the underlying ordinary shares and rights would be permitted until the completion of a business combination. During this period, the securities would be held in the escrow or trust account. | ||
Election to remain an investor |
We will provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their public shares, regardless of whether they abstain, vote for, or vote against, our initial business combination, for cash equal to their pro rata share of the | A prospectus containing information pertaining to the business combination required by the SEC would be sent to each investor. Each investor would be given the opportunity to notify the company in writing, within a |
Terms of Our Offering |
Terms Under a Rule 419 Offering | |||
aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account as of two business days prior to the consummation of our initial | period of no less than 20 business days and no more than 45 business days from the effective date of a post-effective amendment to the | |||
business combination, including interest, upon the completion of our initial business combination, subject to the limitations described herein. We may not be required by applicable law or stock exchange rules to hold a shareholder vote. If we are not required by applicable law or stock exchange rules and do not otherwise decide to hold a shareholder vote, we will, pursuant to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of conduct the redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules of the SEC and file tender offer documents with the SEC which will contain substantially the same financial and other information about the initial business combination and the redemption rights as is required under the SEC’s proxy rules. If, however, we hold a shareholder vote, we will, like many blank check companies, offer to redeem shares in conjunction with a proxy solicitation pursuant to the proxy rules and not pursuant to the tender offer rules. Pursuant to the tender offer rules, the tender offer period will be not less than 20 business days and, in the case of a shareholder vote, a final proxy statement would be mailed to public shareholders at least 20 days prior to the shareholder vote. |
company’s registration statement, to decide if he, she or it elects to remain a shareholder of the company or require the return of his, her or its investment. If the company has not received the notification by the end of the 45th business day, funds and interest or dividends, if any, held in the trust or escrow account are automatically returned to the shareholder. Unless a sufficient number of investors elect to remain investors, all funds on deposit in the escrow account must be returned to all of the investors and none of the securities are issued. | |||
However, we expect that a draft proxy statement would be made available to such shareholders well in advance of such time, providing additional notice of redemption if we conduct redemptions in conjunction with a proxy solicitation. If we seek shareholder approval, we will complete our initial business |
Terms of Our Offering |
Terms Under a Rule 419 Offering | |||
combination only if we receive approval pursuant to an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands | ||||
law, which requires the affirmative vote of a simple majority of the shareholders who attend and vote at a general meeting of the company. | ||||
Business combination deadline |
If we are unable to complete an initial business combination within the completion window, we will: (1) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up; (2) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem 100% of the public shares, at a per share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest (less taxes payable and up to $100,000 of interest to pay liquidation and dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any), subject to applicable law; and (3) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining shareholders and our board of directors, liquidate and dissolve, subject in each case to our obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. | If an acquisition has not been completed within 24 months after the effective date of the company’s registration statement, funds held in the trust or escrow account are returned to investors. | ||
Release of funds |
The funds held in the trust account will not be released from the trust account until the earliest of: (1) the completion of our initial business combination; (2) the redemption of any public shares properly submitted in connection with a shareholder vote to amend our amended and restated | The proceeds held in the escrow account are not released until the earlier of the completion of a business combination and the failure to effect a business combination within the allotted time. |
Terms of Our Offering |
Terms Under a Rule 419 Offering | |||
memorandum and articles of association (A) to modify the substance or timing of our | ||||
obligation to provide for the redemption of our public shares in connection with an initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we have not consummated our initial business combination within the completion window or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-initial business combination activity; and (3) the redemption of all of our public shares if we are unable to complete our initial business combination within the completion window, subject to applicable law |
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Limitation on redemption rights of shareholders holding more than 15% of the shares sold in this offering if we hold a shareholder vote |
If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination and we do not conduct redemptions in connection with our initial business combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will provide that a public shareholder, together with any affiliate of such shareholder or any other person with whom such shareholder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined under Section 13 of the Exchange Act), is restricted from seeking redemption rights with respect Excess Shares (more than an aggregate of 15% of the shares sold in this offering). Our public shareholders’ inability to redeem Excess Shares will reduce their influence over our ability to complete our initial business combination and they could suffer a material loss on their investment in us if they sell Excess Shares in open market transactions. | Some blank check companies provide no restrictions on the ability of shareholders to redeem shares based on the number of shares held by such shareholders in connection with an initial business combination. |
Terms of Our Offering |
Terms Under a Rule 419 Offering | |||
Tendering share certificates in connection with a tender offer or redemption rights |
We may require our public shareholders seeking to exercise their redemption rights, whether they are record holders or hold their shares in “street name,” to | In order to perfect redemption rights in connection with their business combinations, holders could vote against a proposed business combination and check a | ||
either tender their certificates to our transfer agent prior to the date set forth in the tender offer documents or proxy materials mailed to such holders or up to two business days prior to the vote on the proposal to approve the business combination in the event we distribute proxy materials, or to deliver their shares to the transfer agent electronically using The Depository Trust Company’s DWAC (Deposit/Withdrawal At Custodian) System, at the holder’s option. The tender offer or proxy materials, as applicable, that we will furnish to holders of our public shares in connection with our initial business combination will indicate whether we are requiring public shareholders to satisfy such delivery requirements, which will include the requirement that any beneficial owner on whose behalf a redemption right is being exercised must identify itself in order to validly redeem its shares. Accordingly, a public shareholder would have from the time we send out our tender offer materials until the close of the tender offer period, or up to two business days prior to the vote on the business combination if we distribute proxy materials, as applicable, to tender its shares if it wishes to seek to exercise its redemption rights. |
box on the proxy card indicating such holders were seeking to exercise their redemption rights. After the business combination was approved, the company would contact such shareholders to arrange for them to deliver their certificate to verify ownership. |
Name |
Age |
Title | ||
Benjamin A. Friedman | 36 | Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Director | ||
Brian D. Friedman | 47 | Chairman of the Board | ||
Dean Friedman | 74 | Director Nominee | ||
Jason Kahan | 43 | Director Nominee | ||
Jared Berlin | 50 | Director Nominee | ||
Jonathan Sassover | 36 | Director Nominee | ||
Seth Schorr | 48 | Director Nominee |
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Assisting board oversight of (1) the integrity of our financial statements, (2) our compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, (3) our independent registered public accounting firm’s qualifications and independence, and (4) the performance of our internal audit function and independent registered public accounting firm; |
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Reviewing the appointment, compensation, retention, replacement, and oversight of the work of the independent registered public accounting firm and any other independent registered public accounting firm engaged by us; |
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re-approving all audit and non-audit services to be provided by the independent registered public accounting firm or any other registered public accounting firm engaged by us, and establishing pre-approval policies and procedures; |
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Reviewing and discussing with the independent registered public accounting firm all relationships the auditors have with us in order to evaluate their continued independence; |
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Setting clear hiring policies for employees or former employees of the independent registered public accounting firm; |
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Setting clear policies for audit partner rotation in compliance with applicable laws and regulations; |
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Obtaining and reviewing a report, at least annually, from the independent registered public accounting firm describing (1) the independent registered public accounting firm’s internal quality-control procedures and (2) any material issues raised by the most recent internal quality-control review, or peer review, of the independent registered public accounting firm, or by any inquiry or investigation by governmental or professional authorities, within the preceding five years respecting one or more independent audits carried out by the firm and any steps taken to deal with such issues; |
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Meeting to review and discuss our annual audited financial statements and quarterly financial statements with management and the independent registered public accounting firm, including reviewing our specific disclosures under “ Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations |
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Reviewing and approving any related party transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC prior to us entering into such transaction; and |
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Reviewing with management, the independent registered public accounting firm, and our legal advisors, as appropriate, any legal, regulatory or compliance matters, including any correspondence with regulators or government agencies and any employee complaints or published reports that raise |
material issues regarding our financial statements or accounting policies and any significant changes in accounting standards or rules promulgated by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, the SEC or other regulatory authorities. |
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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 based on such evaluation; |
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Reviewing and making recommendations to our board of directors with respect to (or approving, if such authority is so delegated by our board of directors) the compensation, and any incentive-compensation and equity-based plans that are subject to board approval of all of our other officers; |
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Reviewing our executive compensation policies and plans; |
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Implementing and administering our incentive compensation equity-based remuneration plans; |
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Assisting management in complying with our proxy statement and annual report disclosure requirements; |
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Approving all special perquisites, special cash payments and other special compensation and benefit arrangements for our officers and employees; |
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Producing a report on executive compensation to be included in our annual proxy statement; and |
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Reviewing, evaluating and recommending changes, if appropriate, to the remuneration for directors. |
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Identifying, screening and reviewing individuals qualified to serve as directors and recommending to the board of directors candidates for nomination for appointment at the annual general meeting or to fill vacancies on the board of directors; |
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Developing and recommending to the board of directors and overseeing implementation of our corporate governance guidelines; |
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Coordinating and overseeing the annual self-evaluation of the board of directors, its committees, individual directors and management in the governance of the company; and |
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Reviewing on a regular basis our overall corporate governance and recommending improvements as and when necessary. |
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duty to act in good faith in what the director or officer believes to be in the best interests of the company as a whole; |
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duty to exercise powers for the purposes for which those powers were conferred and not for a collateral purpose; |
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directors should not improperly fetter the exercise of future discretion; |
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duty to exercise powers fairly as between different sections of shareholders; |
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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 |
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duty to exercise independent judgment. |
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none of our officers or directors is required to commit his or her full time to our affairs and, accordingly, may have conflicts of interest in allocating his or her time among various business activities. |
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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 us as well as the other entities with which they are affiliated. Our management may have conflicts of interest in determining to which entity a particular business opportunity should be presented. Please see “ — Directors and Executive Officers |
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our sponsor, officers and directors will agree to waive their redemption rights with respect to any founder shares, private shares and any public shares held by them in connection with the consummation of our initial business combination. Additionally, our sponsor, officers and directors will agree to waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to any founder shares held by them if we fail to consummate our initial business combination within the completion window. However, if our sponsor or any of our officers, directors or affiliates acquire public shares in or after this offering, they will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to such public shares if we fail to consummate our initial business combination within the completion window. If we do not complete our initial business combination within such applicable time period, the proceeds of the sale of the private placement units held in the trust account will be used to fund the redemption of our public shares, and the private placement units will expire worthless. Except as described herein, (1) pursuant to a letter agreement entered into with us, our sponsor, officers and directors will agree not to transfer, assign or sell any founder shares held by them until the earlier to occur of: (A) one year after completion of our initial business combination; or (B) if the closing price of our Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share sub-divisions, share dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and other similar transactions) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing any time 150 days after completion of our initial business combination. Any permitted transferees would be subject to the same restrictions and other agreements of our sponsor with respect to any founder shares, and (2) pursuant to a letter agreement entered into with us, our sponsor will agree not to transfer, assign or sell any private placement units and underlying securities until 180 days after the completion of our initial business combination. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if we complete a liquidation, merger, share exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction after our initial business combination that results in all of our public shareholders having the right to exchange their ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property, the founder shares will be released from the lock-up. Since our sponsor and members of our management team may directly or indirectly own ordinary shares and rights following this offering, our officers and directors may have a conflict of interest in determining whether a particular target business is an appropriate business with which to effectuate our initial business combination. |
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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 our initial business combination and as a result, may cause them to have conflicts of interest in determining whether to proceed with a particular business combination. |
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our key personnel may have a conflict of interest with respect to evaluating a particular business combination if the retention or resignation of any such key personnel was included by a target business as a condition to any agreement with respect to our initial business combination. |
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our sponsor, members of our management team will directly or indirectly own our securities following this offering, and accordingly, they may have a conflict of interest in determining whether a particular target business is an appropriate business with which to effectuate our initial business combination. Upon the closing of this offering, our sponsor will have invested in us an aggregate of $525,000 comprised of the $25,000 purchase price for the founder shares (or approximately $0.003 per share) and the $500,000 purchase price for the private placement units. Accordingly, our management team and our independent directors, which own interests in our sponsor, may be more willing to pursue a business combination with a riskier or less-established target business than would be the case if our sponsor had paid the same per share price for the founder shares as our public shareholders paid for their public shares. |
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in the event our sponsor or members of our management team provide loans to us to finance transaction costs, or out-of-pocket |
target business is an appropriate business with which to effectuate our initial business combination as such loans may not be repaid and/or such expenses may not be reimbursed unless we consummate such business combination. |
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we are not prohibited from pursuing an initial business combination with a company that is affiliated with our sponsor, directors or members of our management team; accordingly, such affiliated person(s) may have a conflict of interest in determining whether a particular target business is an appropriate business with which to effectuate our initial business combination as such affiliated person(s) would have interests different from our public shareholders. |
Individual (1) |
Entity |
Entity’s Business |
Affiliation | |||
Benjamin A. Friedman |
Friedman Capital |
Investments |
Managing Director | |||
Brian D. Friedman |
Foxhall Partners |
Community Organization |
Trustee | |||
Foxhall Partners |
Investments |
Managing Partner | ||||
Friedman Capital |
Investments |
Partner | ||||
KeysourceUSA |
Investments |
Director | ||||
Adams Morgan Youth Leadership Academy |
Community Organization |
Director | ||||
EBD Blukey, L.L.C. |
Water Treatment Services |
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Dean Friedman |
Friedman Capital |
Investments |
Managing Partner | |||
Jason Kahan |
Lightfield Partners |
Investments |
Partner | |||
CERO Energy |
Renewable Energy |
Strategic Advisor | ||||
Jared Berlin |
Thames Capital Management |
Investments |
Partner | |||
Jonathan Sassover |
The Pine Street Group |
Investments |
Managing Partner and Co-Founder | |||
PSHUH, LLC |
Investments |
Managing Partner and Co-Founder | ||||
Prime Providers |
Home and Community Services |
Co-Chairman and Co-Founder | ||||
VTP Holdings |
Investments |
Director | ||||
Seth Schorr |
Fifth Street Gaming |
Gaming and Hospitality |
CEO | |||
Downtown Grand Hotel & Casino |
Hotel and Casino |
Chairman | ||||
GMA Consulting |
Gaming and Hospitality |
Founding Partner | ||||
Evenplay |
Virtual Sports Betting |
Co-founder | ||||
BettorView |
Sports Betting |
Co-founder and chairman | ||||
JefeBet |
Multimedia and Entertainment |
Founder | ||||
Dunbar |
Property Services |
CEO and founder |
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Each of the entities listed in this table may have competitive interests with our company with respect to the performance by each individual listed in this table of his or her obligations. |
• | each person known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our outstanding ordinary shares; |
• | each of our executive officers, directors and director nominees; and |
• | all our executive officers and directors as a group. |
Before Offering |
After Offering |
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Name and Address of Beneficial Owner (1) |
Number of Shares Beneficially Owned (2) |
Approximate Percentage of Outstanding ordinary shares |
Number of Shares Beneficially Owned (2) |
Approximate Percentage of Outstanding ordinary shares |
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Bet on America II Sponsor LLC (3) |
7,486,667 | 97.7 | % | 7,986,667 | 28.3 | % | ||||||||||
Benjamin A. Friedman (3) |
7,486,667 | 97.7 | % | 7,986,667 | 28.3 | % | ||||||||||
Brian D. Friedman (3) |
30,000 | * | 30,000 | * | ||||||||||||
Dean Friedman |
30,000 | * | 30,000 | * | ||||||||||||
Jason Kahan |
30,000 | * | 30,000 | * | ||||||||||||
Jared Berlin |
30,000 | * | 30,000 | * | ||||||||||||
Jonathan Sassover |
30,000 | * | 30,000 | * | ||||||||||||
Seth Schorr |
30,000 | * | 30,000 | * | ||||||||||||
All executive officers and directors as a group (7 individuals) |
7,666,667 | 100 | % | 8,066,667 | 28.5 | % |
* | less than 1%. |
(1) | Unless otherwise noted, the business address of each of the following entities or individuals is c/o BOA Acquisition Corp. II, 2600 Virginia Avenue NW, Suite T23 Management Office, Washington, D.C. 20037. |
(2) | Interests shown consist of 7,666,667 Class B ordinary shares which are referred to herein as founder shares. The Class B ordinary shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares at the time of our initial business combination or at any time prior thereto at the option of the holder thereof, on a one-for-one Description of Securities |
(3) | Bet on America II Sponsor LLC is the record holder of the shares reported herein. Bet on America II HoldCo LLC is the managing member of Bet on America II Sponsor LLC. Mr. Benjamin A. Friedman, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, is the manager of Bet on America II HoldCo LLC. As |
such, Mr. Benjamin A. Friedman may be deemed to have beneficial ownership of the Class B ordinary shares held directly by Bet on America II Sponsor LLC. Such persons disclaim any beneficial ownership of the reported shares other than to the extent of any pecuniary interest they may have therein, directly or indirectly. |
• | payment to our sponsor for office space, administrative and shared personnel support services, in an amount equal to $20,000 per month, commencing on the first date on which our securities are listed on Nasdaq; |
• | repayment of an aggregate of up to $300,000 in loans made to us by our sponsor to cover offering-related and organizational expenses; |
• | reimbursement for any out-of-pocket |
• | repayment of loans which may be made by our sponsor, an affiliate of our sponsor or our officers and directors to finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial business combination, the terms of which have not been determined nor have any written agreements been executed with respect thereto. Up to $2,500,000 of such loans may be convertible into private units of the post-business combination entity at a price of $10.00 per unit at the option of the lender. In addition, after the |
completion of this offering, our board of directors may approve additional working capital loans for the purpose of funding working capital, which loans may be converted into our private units, shares or rights. The units would be identical to the private placement units. Except for the foregoing, the terms of such loans, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans; and |
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600,000 Class A ordinary shares underlying the units being offered in this offering; and |
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6,666,667 Class B ordinary shares held by our sponsor. |
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the names and addresses of the members of the company, a statement of the shares held by each member, which: |
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distinguishes each share by its number (so long as the share has a number); |
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confirms the amount paid, or agreed to be considered as paid, on the shares of each member; confirms the number and category of shares held by each member; and |
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confirms whether each relevant category of shares held by a member carries voting rights under the Articles, and if so, whether such voting rights are conditional; |
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the date on which the name of any person was entered on the register as a member; and |
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the date on which any person ceased to be a member. |
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we are not proposing to act illegally or beyond the scope of our corporate authority and the statutory provisions as to majority vote have been complied with; |
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the shareholders have been fairly represented at the meeting in question; the arrangement is such as a businessman would reasonably approve; and |
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the arrangement is not one that would more properly be sanctioned under some other provision of the Companies Act or that would amount to a “fraud on the minority.” |
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a company is acting, or proposing to act, illegally or ultra vires (beyond the scope of its authority); |
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the act complained of, although not beyond the scope of the authority, could be effected if duly authorized by more than the number of votes which have actually been obtained; or |
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those who control the company are perpetrating a “fraud on the minority.” |
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an exempted company does not have to file an annual return of its shareholders with the Re gistra r of Companies; |
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an exempted company’s register of members is not open to inspection; |
• | an exempted company does not have to hold an annual general meeting; |
• | an exempted company may issue shares with no par value; |
• | an exempted company may obtain an undertaking against the imposition of any future taxation (such undertakings are usually given for 30 years in the first instance); |
• | an exempted company may register by way of continuation in another jurisdiction and be deregistered in the Cayman Islands; |
• | an exempted company may register as a limited duration company; and an exempted company may register as a segregated portfolio company. |
• | if we do not consummate an initial business combination within the completion window, we will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up; (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but no more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the public shares, at a per-share price, payable in |
cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account, if any (less taxes payable and up to $100,000 of interest to pay liquidation and dissolution expenses), divided by the number of the then-outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any); and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining shareholders and our board of directors, liquidate and dissolve, subject in the case to our obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law; |
• | prior to the completion of our initial business combination, we may not issue additional securities that would entitle the holders thereof to (i) receive funds from the trust account or (ii) vote as a class with our public shares (a) on our initial business combination or on any other proposal presented to shareholders prior to or in connection with the completion of an initial business combination or (b) to approve an amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to (x) extend the time we have to consummate a business combination beyond 24 months from the closing of this offering, or (y) amend the foregoing provisions; |
• | although we do not intend to enter into a business combination with a prospective partner business that is affiliated with our sponsor, sponsor non-managing members, our directors or our executive 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 or an independent valuation or accounting firm that such a business combination or transaction is fair to our company from a financial point of view; |
• | prior to our initial business combination, we may not, except in connection with the conversion of Class B ordinary shares into Class A ordinary shares where the holders of such shares have waived any rights to receive funds from the trust account, issue additional shares that would entitle the holders thereof to (i) receive funds from the trust account or (ii) vote as a class with public shares on any initial business combination; |
• | if a shareholder vote on our initial business combination is not required by applicable law or stock exchange rule and we do not decide to hold a shareholder vote for business or other reasons, we will offer to redeem our public shares pursuant to Rule 13e-4 and Regulation 14E of the Exchange Act, and will file tender offer documents with the SEC prior to completing our initial business combination which contain substantially the same financial and other information about our initial business combination and the redemption rights as is required under Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act; |
• | our initial business combination must occur with one or more prospective partner businesses that together have an aggregate fair market value of at least 80% of the fair market value held in the trust account (excluding the taxes payable on the interest earned on the trust account) at the time of signing the agreement to enter into the initial business combination; |
• | if our shareholders approve an amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (A) that would modify the substance or timing of our obligation to provide holders of our Class A ordinary shares the right to have their shares redeemed in connection with our initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination within the completion window, or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to the rights of holders of our Class A ordinary shares or pre-initial business combination activity, we will provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their ordinary shares upon such approval at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account, if any, divided by the number of the then-outstanding public shares, subject to the limitations described herein; |
• | we will not effectuate our initial business combination solely with another blank check company or a similar company with nominal operations; and |
• | only holders of our Class B ordinary shares have the right to vote on appointing or removing directors or continuing our company in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands (as further described herein), prior to the consummation of our initial business combination. |
1. | where this is necessary for the performance of our rights and obligations under any purchase agreements; |
2. | where this is necessary for compliance with a legal and regulatory obligation to which we are subject (such as compliance with anti-money laundering and FATCA/CRS requirements); and/or |
3. | where this is necessary for the purposes of our legitimate interests and such interests are not overridden by your interests, fundamental rights or freedoms. |
• | 1% of the total number of Class A ordinary shares then outstanding, which will equal 270,667 shares immediately after this offering (or 310,667 if the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional units in full); or |
• | the average weekly reported 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. |
• | 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 Current Reports on Form 8-K; 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. |
1. | That no law which is hereafter enacted in the Islands imposing any tax to be levied on profits, income, gains or appreciations shall apply to the Company or its operations; and |
2. | In addition, that no tax to be levied on profits, income, gains or appreciations or which is in the nature of estate duty or inheritance tax shall be payable: |
2.1 | On or in respect of the shares, debentures or other obligations of the Company; or |
2.2 | by way of the withholding in whole or part, of any relevant payment as defined in Section 6(3) of the Tax Concessions Act (As Revised). |
• | entities or arrangements treated as partnerships or pass-through entities for U.S. federal income tax purposes or holders of interests therein; |
• | our founders, sponsor, officers or directors or other holders of our Class B ordinary shares or private placement units; |
• | banks, insurance companies or other financial institutions; |
• | tax-exempt or governmental organizations; |
• | “qualified foreign pension funds” as defined in Section 897(l)(2) of the Code (or any entities all of the interests of which are held by a qualified foreign pension fund); |
• | dealers in securities or foreign currencies; |
• | U.S. Holders (as defined below) whose functional currency is not the U.S. dollar; |
• | traders in securities that use the mark-to-market |
• | “controlled foreign corporations,” PFICs and corporations that accumulate earnings to avoid U.S. federal income tax; |
• | persons deemed to sell our securities under the constructive sale provisions of the Code; |
• | persons that acquired our securities through the exercise of employee share options or otherwise as compensation or through a tax-qualified retirement plan; |
• | persons that actually or constructively own five (5) percent or more (by vote or value) of any class of our shares; |
• | persons that hold our securities as part of a straddle, appreciated financial position, synthetic security, hedge, conversion transaction or other integrated investment or risk reduction transaction; |
• | certain former citizens or long-term residents of the United States; |
• | regulated investment companies; and |
• | real estate investment trusts. |
• | an individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States; |
• | a corporation (or other entity treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes) created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia; |
• | an estate the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income tax regardless of its source; or |
• | a trust (A) the administration of which is subject to the primary supervision of a U.S. court and which has one or more “United States persons” (within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) who have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust or (B) that has made a valid election under applicable U.S. Treasury regulations to be treated as a “United States person” (within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code). |
1. | at least 75% of our gross income for such taxable year, including our pro rata share of the gross income of any corporation in which we are considered to own at least 25% of the shares by value, consists of passive income (which generally includes dividends, interest, rents and royalties (other than rents or royalties derived from the active conduct of a trade or business) and gains from the disposition of passive assets); or |
2. | at least 50% of our assets in a taxable year (ordinarily determined based on fair market value and averaged quarterly over the year), including our pro rata share of the assets of any corporation in which we are considered to own at least 25% of the shares by value, produce or are held for the production of passive income. |
• | the U.S. Holder’s gain or excess distribution will be allocated ratably over the U.S. Holder’s holding period for the Class A ordinary shares or rights; |
• | the amount allocated to the U.S. Holder’s taxable year in which the U.S. Holder realized the gain or received the excess distribution, or to the portion of the U.S. Holder’s holding period prior to the first day of our first taxable year in which we are a PFIC, will be taxed as ordinary income; and |
• | the amount allocated to each of the other taxable years (or portions thereof) of the U.S. Holder will be subject to tax at the highest tax rate in effect for the U.S. Holder in that year (and would not be eligible for the lower long-term capital gains rate), and an interest charge for the deemed deferral benefit will be imposed with respect to the resulting tax attributable to each such other taxable year (or portion thereof). |
Underwriter |
Number of Units |
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Cohen & Company Capital Markets |
20,000,000 | |||
Total |
20,000,000 | |||
Per Unit |
Total |
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Without Over-allotment |
With Over-allotment |
Without Over-allotment |
With Over-allotment |
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Underwriting Discounts and Commissions paid by us (1) |
$ | 0.60 | $ | 0.60 | $ | 12,000,000 | $ | 13,800,000 |
(1) | Includes (a) $0.20 per unit, or $4, 00 0,000 in the aggregate, payable upon the closing of this offering (or $4,600,000 if the overallotment option is exercised in full), of which (i) $0.10 per unit will be paid to the underwriters in cash, and (ii) $0.10 per unit will be used by the underwriters to purchase private placement units and (b) up to $0.40 per unit, or up to $8,000,000 in the aggregate (or up to $9,200,000 if the overallotment option is exercised in full) payable to the underwriters in this offering, for deferred underwriting commissions, to be placed in a trust account located in the United States and released to the underwriters only upon the completion of an initial business combination, but such $0.40 per unit shall be due solely on amounts remaining in the trust account following all properly submitted shareholder redemptions in connection with the consummation of our initial business combination. |
• | 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. |
• | 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 this offering. |
• | Penalty bids permit the representatives 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. |
(a) | to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined under the Prospectus Regulation; |
(b) | to fewer than 150 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined under the Prospectus Regulation), subject to obtaining the prior consent of the underwriters for any such offer; or |
(c) | in any other circumstances falling within Article 1(4) of the Prospectus Regulation, |
(a) | to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined in Article 2 of the U.K. Prospectus Regulation; |
(b) | to fewer than 150 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in Article 2 of the U.K. Prospectus Regulation), subject to obtaining the prior consent of the Representatives for any such offer; or |
(c) | in any other circumstances falling within section 86 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, as amended (the “FSMA”), |
• | 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 or Section 73.3 of the Securities Act (Ontario), as applicable; |
• | 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. |
BOA ACQUISITION CORP. II
INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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Audited Financial Statements of BOA Acquisition Corp. II: |
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (PCAOB ID# 3686). |
F-2 | |||
F-3 | ||||
Statement of Operations for the period from July 24, 2025 (inception) through August 8, 2025 |
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F-5 | ||||
Statement of Cash Flows for the period from July 24, 2025 (inception) through August 8, 2025 |
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F-7 |
F-1
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Board of Directors and
Shareholder of BOA Acquisition Corp. II
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of BOA Acquisition Corp. II (the Company) as of August 08, 2025, and the related statements of operations, changes in shareholder’s equity, and cash flows for the period from July 24, 2025 (inception) through August 08, 2025 and the related notes (collectively referred to as the financial statements). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of August 08, 2025, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the period from July 24, 2025 (inception) through August 08, 2025 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Substantial Doubt about the Company’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 1 to the financial statements, the Company had cash of $0 and working capital deficit of $139,659 and $144,350 of deferred offering costs. The Company has incurred and expects to continue to incur significant costs in pursuit of its financing and acquisition plans. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period of time within one year after the date that the financial statements are issued.
Basis for Opinion
The Company’s management is responsible for these financial statements. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial 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. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud, and whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audit, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audit of the financial statements included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/ Adeptus Partners LLC
Adeptus Partners LLC
We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2025.
Ocean, New Jersey
September 2, 2025
PCAOB #3686
F-2
BOA ACQUISITION CORP. II
BALANCE SHEET
August 8, 2025
Assets: |
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Current asset: |
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Prepaid expenses |
$ | 4,776 | ||
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Total Current Assets |
4,776 | |||
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Deferred offering costs |
144,350 | |||
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Total assets |
$ | 149,126 | ||
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Liabilities and Shareholder’s Equity: |
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Current liabilities: |
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Accounts payable |
$ | 85 | ||
Accrued offering costs |
144,350 | |||
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Total current liabilities |
$ | 144,435 | ||
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Commitments and Contingencies (Note 7) |
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Shareholder’s Equity: |
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Preference shares, $0.0001 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding |
$ | — | ||
Class A ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value; 200,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding |
— | |||
Class B ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value; 20,000,000 shares authorized; 7,666,667 shares issued and outstanding(1) |
767 | |||
Additional paid-in capital |
24,233 | |||
Accumulated deficit |
(20,309 | ) | ||
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Total Shareholder’s Equity |
4,691 | |||
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Total Liabilities and Shareholder’s Equity |
$ | 149,126 | ||
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(1) | This number includes up to 1,000,000 shares of Class B ordinary shares subject to forfeiture if the over-allotment option is not exercised in full or in part by the underwriters. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of this financial statement.
F-3
BOA ACQUISITION CORP. II
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
For the Period from July 24, 2025 (inception) through August 8, 2025
Formation, general and administrative expenses |
$ | 20,309 | ||
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Net loss |
$ | (20,309 | ) | |
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Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted(1) |
416,667 | |||
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Net loss per share, basic and diluted |
$ | (0.05 | ) | |
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(1) | This number excludes an aggregate of up to 1,000,000 Class B ordinary shares subject to forfeiture if the over-allotment option is not exercised in full or in part by the underwriters. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of this financial statement.
F-4
BOA ACQUISITION CORP. II
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDER’S EQUITY
For the Period from July 24, 2025 (inception) through August 8, 2025
Class B Ordinary Shares | Additional Paid-in Capital |
Accumulated Deficit |
Total Shareholder’s Equity |
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Shares | Amount | |||||||||||||||||||
Balance—July 24, 2025 (inception) |
— | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | |||||||||||
Issuance of Class B ordinary shares to Sponsor(1) |
7,666,667 | 767 | 24,233 | — | 25,000 | |||||||||||||||
Net loss |
— | — | — | (20,309 | ) | (20,309 | ) | |||||||||||||
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Balance—August 8, 2025 |
7,666,667 | $ | 767 | $ | 24,233 | $ | (20,309 | ) | $ | 4,691 | ||||||||||
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(1) | This number includes an aggregate of up to 1,000,000 Class B ordinary shares subject to forfeiture if the over-allotment option is not exercised in full or in part by the underwriters. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of this financial statement.
F-5
BOA ACQUISITION CORP. II
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
For the Period from July 24, 2025 (inception) through August 8, 2025
Cash Flows from Operating Activities: |
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Net loss |
$ | (20,309 | ) | |
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: |
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Prepaid expenses |
20,224 | |||
Accounts payable |
85 | |||
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Net cash used in operating activities |
— | |||
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Net change in cash |
— | |||
Cash—beginning of the period |
— | |||
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Cash—ending of the period |
$ | — | ||
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Supplemental disclosure of noncash activities: |
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Prepaid costs paid by Sponsor in exchange for issuance of Class B ordinary shares |
$ | 25,000 | ||
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Deferred offering costs included in accrued offering costs |
$ | 144,350 | ||
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of this financial statement.
F-6
NOTE 1. DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION, BUSINESS OPERATIONS, AND GOING CONCERN
BOA Acquisition Corp. II (the “Company”) is a blank check company incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company on July 24, 2025. The Company was incorporated for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses that the Company has not yet identified (“Business Combination”).
As of August 8, 2025, the Company had not yet commenced operations. All activity for the period from July 24, 2025 (inception) through August 8, 2025 relates to the Company’s formation and the Proposed Public Offering, which is described below. The Company has selected December 31 as its fiscal year end.
The Company’s ability to commence operations is contingent upon obtaining adequate financial resources through a proposed initial public offering of 20,000,000 units at $10.00 per unit (or 23,000,000 units if the underwriters’ option to purchase additional units is exercised in full) (“Units” and, with respect to the Class A ordinary shares included in the Units being offered, the “Public Shares”) which is discussed in Note 3 (the “Proposed Public Offering”) and the sale of 600,000 private placement units (or 630,000 private placement units if the underwriters’ option to purchase additional units is exercised in full) at a price of $10.00 per private placement unit (“Private Placement Units”) in a private placement (the “Private Placement”) to the Company’s sponsor, Bet on America II Sponsor LLC, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Sponsor”), that will close simultaneously with the Proposed Public Offering, as discussed in Note 4.
The Company’s management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of its Proposed Public Offering and the sale of Private Placement Units, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally toward consummating a Business Combination. The Company’s initial Business Combination must be with one or more operating businesses or assets with a fair market value equal to at least 80% of the net assets held in the Trust Account (as defined below) (net of amounts disbursed to management for working capital purposes, if permitted, and excluding the amount of any deferred underwriting fees and taxes payable on the income earned on the Trust Account) at the time the Company signs a definitive agreement in connection with the initial Business Combination. However, the Company will only complete a Business Combination if the post-transaction company owns or acquires 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target sufficient for it not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act 1940, as amended, or the Investment Company Act. Upon the closing of the Proposed Public Offering, management has agreed that an amount equal to at least $10.00 per Unit sold in the Proposed Public Offering, including the proceeds of the Private Placement Units, will be held in a trust account (“Trust Account”) with Odyssey Trust Company acting as trustee and invested in United States “government securities” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act having a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations, as determined by the Company, until the earlier of (i) the completion of a Business Combination and (ii) the distribution of the Trust Account as described below.
The Company will provide its holders of the Public Shares (the “Public Shareholders”) with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Public Shares upon the completion of a Business Combination either (i) in connection with a general meeting called to approve the Business Combination or (ii) by means of a tender offer. The decision as to whether the Company will seek shareholder approval of a Business Combination or conduct a tender offer will be made by the Company, solely in its discretion. The Public Shareholders will be entitled to redeem their Public Shares for a pro rata portion of the amount then in the Trust Account (initially anticipated to be $10.00 per share, plus any pro rata interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company to pay its tax obligations).
The per-share amount to be distributed to Public Shareholders who redeem their Public Shares will not be reduced by the deferred underwriting commissions the Company will pay to the underwriters (as discussed in Note 7). These Public Shares will be recorded at a redemption value and classified as temporary equity upon the
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completion of the Proposed Public Offering, in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity (“ASC 480”). In such case, the Company will proceed with a Business Combination if the Company has net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 upon such consummation of a Business Combination and a majority of the shares voted are voted in favor of the Business Combination. If a shareholder vote is not required by law and the Company does not decide to hold a shareholder vote for business or other legal reasons, the Company will, pursuant to the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association which will be adopted by the Company upon the consummation of the Proposed Public Offering (the “Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association”), conduct the redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), and file tender offer documents with the SEC prior to completing a Business Combination. If, however, a shareholder approval of the transactions is required by law, or the Company decides to obtain shareholder approval for business or legal reasons, the Company will offer to redeem shares in conjunction with a proxy solicitation pursuant to the proxy rules and not pursuant to the tender offer rules. Additionally, each Public Shareholder may elect to redeem their Public Shares irrespective of whether they vote for or against the proposed transaction. If the Company seeks shareholder approval in connection with a Business Combination, the holders of the Founder Shares prior to this Proposed Public Offering (the “Initial Shareholders”) have agreed to vote their Founder Shares (as defined in Note 6) and any Public Shares purchased during or after the Proposed Public Offering in favor of a Business Combination. In addition, the Initial Shareholders have agreed to waive their redemption rights with respect to their Founder Shares and Public Shares in connection with the completion of a Business Combination. In addition, the Company has agreed not to enter into a definitive agreement regarding an initial Business Combination without the prior consent of the Sponsor.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association will provide that a Public Shareholder, together with any affiliate of such shareholder or any other person with whom such shareholder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined under Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), will be restricted from redeeming its shares with respect to more than an aggregate of 15% or more of the Class A ordinary shares sold in the Proposed Public Offering, without the prior consent of the Company.
The Company’s Sponsor, executive officers, directors and director nominees will have agreed not to propose an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association that would affect the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to provide for the redemption of its Public Shares in connection with a Business Combination or to redeem 100% of its Public Shares if the Company does not complete a Business Combination, unless the Company provides the Public Shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their Class A ordinary shares in conjunction with any such amendment.
If the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination within 24 months from the closing of the Proposed Public Offering (the “Combination Period”), the Company will (1) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up; (2) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than 10 business days thereafter, redeem the Public Shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay liquidation and dissolution expenses and which interest shall be net of taxes payable), divided by the number of then issued and outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish Public Shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any); and (3) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the remaining shareholders and the board of directors, liquidate and dissolve, subject in each case to the Company’s obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law.
In connection with the redemption of 100% of the Company’s outstanding Public Shares for a portion of the funds held in the Trust Account, each holder will receive a full pro rata portion of the amount then in the Trust Account, plus any pro rata interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company to pay the Company’s taxes payable (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay liquidation and dissolution expenses).
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The Initial Shareholders have agreed to waive their liquidation rights with respect to the Founder Shares if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period. However, if the Initial Shareholders should acquire Public Shares in or after the Proposed Public Offering, they will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to such Public Shares if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period. The underwriters have agreed to waive their rights to their deferred underwriting commission (see Note 7) held in the Trust Account in the event the Company does not complete a Business Combination within in the Combination Period 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 the Company’s Public Shares. In the event of such distribution, it is possible that the per share value of the residual assets remaining available for distribution (including Trust Account assets) will be only $10.00 per share initially held in the Trust Account. In order to protect the amounts held in the Trust Account, the Sponsor has agreed that it will be liable to the Company if and to the extent any claims by a third party for services rendered or products sold to the Company, or a prospective target business with which the Company has entered into a written letter of intent, confidentiality or other similar agreement or business combination agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the Trust Account to below the lesser of (i) $10.00 per Public Share and (ii) the actual amount per Public Share held in the Trust Account as of the date of the liquidation of the Trust Account, if less than $10.00 per 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 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 executed waiver is deemed to be unenforceable against a third party, the Sponsor will not be responsible to the extent of any liability for such third-party claims. The Company will seek to reduce the possibility that the Sponsor will have to indemnify the Trust Account due to claims of creditors by endeavoring to have vendors, service providers (except the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm), prospective target businesses or other entities with which the Company does business, execute agreements with the Company waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to monies held in the Trust Account.
Going Concern Consideration
As of August 8, 2025, the Company had no cash, a working capital deficit of $139,659, and $144,350 of deferred offering costs. The Company has incurred and expects to continue to incur significant costs in pursuit of its financing and acquisition plans. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern, for a period of time within one year after the date that the financial statements are issued. Management plans to address this uncertainty through a Proposed Public Offering as discussed in Note 3. There is no assurance that the Company’s plans to raise capital or to consummate a Business Combination will be successful within the Combination Period. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
NOTE 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying financial statements are presented in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires the Company’s management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of expenses during the reporting period.
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Making estimates requires management to exercise significant judgment. It is at least reasonably possible that the estimate of the effect of a condition, situation or set of circumstances that existed at the date of the financial statements, which management considered in formulating its estimate, could change in the near term due to one or more future confirming events. Accordingly, the actual results could differ significantly from those estimates.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company considers all short-term investments with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. As of August 8, 2025, the Company had $0 in cash and cash equivalents.
Financial Instruments
The fair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under the ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (“ASC 820”), approximates the carrying amounts represented in the balance sheets, primarily due to its short-term nature.
Derivative Financial Instruments
The Company evaluates its financial instruments to determine if such instruments are derivatives or contain features that qualify as embedded derivatives in accordance with ASC Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging (“ASC 815”). For derivative financial instruments that are accounted for as liabilities, the derivative instrument is initially recorded at its fair value on the grant date and is then re-valued at each reporting date, with changes in the fair value reported in the statement of operations. The classification of derivative instruments, including whether such instruments should be recorded as liabilities or as equity, is evaluated at the end of each reporting period. Derivative liabilities are classified in the balance sheet as current or non-current based on whether or not net cash settlement or conversion of the instrument could be required within 12 months of the balance sheet date.
The Company has granted the underwriters a 45-day option to purchase up to 3,000,000 additional units (the “Over-Allotment Option”) at the initial public offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions. If the underwriters exercise this option in full or in part, the Company will issue additional units at $10.00 per unit. The over-allotment liability represents the Company’s obligation to issue additional units if the option is exercised. The underwriters’ over-allotment option is deemed to be a freestanding financial instrument indexed on the contingently redeemable shares and will be accounted for as a liability at fair value pursuant to ASC 480, if not fully exercised at the time of the Initial Public Offering until the expiration or exercise of the Over-Allotment Option. Changes in fair value will be recorded in the statement of operations. If the Over-Allotment Option expires unexercised, the over-allotment liability will be eliminated with a corresponding gain or loss recognized in the statement of operations. Upon the exercise of the Over-Allotment Option, the liability will be reclassified to additional paid-in capital.
Deferred Offering Costs
The Company complies with the requirements of ASC 340-10-S99-1 and SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic 5A, “Expenses of Offering.” Deferred offering costs consist of legal, registration, and other costs incurred through the balance sheet date that are directly related to the Company’s Proposed Public Offering. Upon the successful completion of the offering, deferred offering costs will be allocated and reclassified as follows:
• | A portion of these costs, proportionate to the amount of the proceeds classified as temporary equity (for example, redeemable shares) will be recorded as a reduction to the temporary equity balance. |
• | The remaining costs will be classified as a reduction of additional paid-in capital within permanent equity. |
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Should the Proposed Public Offering prove to be unsuccessful, these deferred costs, as well as additional expenses to be incurred, will be expensed and charged to operations.
Net Loss Per Ordinary Share
The Company complies with accounting and disclosure requirements of ASC Topic 260, Earnings Per Share. Net loss per ordinary share is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the period. Weighted average shares were reduced for the effect of an aggregate of 1,000,000 Class B ordinary shares that are subject to forfeiture if the over-allotment option is not exercised in full or in part by the underwriters (see Note 7). At August 8, 2025, the Company did not have any dilutive securities and other contracts that could, potentially, be exercised or converted into ordinary shares and then share in the earnings of the Company. As a result, diluted loss per ordinary share is the same as basic loss per ordinary share for the period presented.
Income Taxes
The Company complies with the accounting and reporting requirements of ASC Topic 740, Income Taxes (“ASC 740”), which requires an asset and liability approach to financial accounting and reporting for income taxes. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are computed for differences between the financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities that will result in future taxable or deductible amounts, based on enacted tax laws and rates applicable to the periods in which the differences are expected to affect taxable income. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized.
ASC Topic 740 prescribes a recognition threshold and a measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. For those benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be more likely than not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. The Company’s management determined that the Cayman Islands is the Company’s only major tax jurisdiction. The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense. As of August 8, 2025, there were no unrecognized tax benefits and no amounts accrued for interest and penalties. The Company is currently not aware of any issues under review that could result in significant payments, accruals or material deviation from its position.
There is currently no taxation imposed on income by the government of the Cayman Islands. In accordance with Cayman Islands federal income tax regulations, income taxes are not levied on the Company. Consequently, income taxes are not reflected in the Company’s financial statements. The Company’s management does not expect that the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits will materially change over the next twelve months.
Share Rights
The Company accounts for the Public and Private Placement Rights issued in connection with the Initial Public Offering and the private placement in accordance with the guidance contained in ASC 815. Accordingly, the Company evaluated and will classify the rights under equity treatment at its assigned value once determined upon the closing of the Proposed Public Offering.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In November 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU 2023-07, “Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures” (“ASU 2023-07”). The amendments in this ASU require disclosures, on an annual and interim basis, of significant segment expenses that are regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker (“CODM”), as well as the aggregate amount of other segment items included in the reported measure of segment profit or loss. The ASU requires that a public entity disclose the title and position of the CODM and an explanation of how the CODM uses the reported measure(s)
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of segment profit or loss in assessing segment performance and deciding how to allocate resources. Public entities will be required to provide all annual disclosures currently required by Topic 280 in interim periods, and entities with a single reportable segment are required to provide all the disclosures required by the amendments in this ASU and existing segment disclosures in Topic 280. The ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted. The Company adopted ASU 2023-07 on July 24, 2025, the date of its incorporation.
Management does not believe that any recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the Company’s financial statements.
Emerging Growth Company
The Company is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act, as modified by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”), and it may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in its periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved.
Further, Section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or revised financial accounting standards until private companies (that is, those that have not had a Securities Act registration statement declared effective or do not have a class of securities registered under the Exchange Act) are required to comply with the new or revised financial accounting standards. The JOBS Act provides that an emerging growth company can elect to opt out of the extended transition period and comply with the requirements that apply to non-emerging growth companies but any such election to opt out is irrevocable. The Company has elected not to opt out of such extended transition period which means that when a standard is issued or revised and it has different application dates for public or private companies, the Company, as an emerging growth company, can adopt the new or revised standard at the time private companies adopt the new or revised standard. This may make comparison of the Company’s financial statements with another public company which is neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging growth company which has opted out of using the extended transition period difficult or impossible because of the potential differences in accounting standards used.
NOTE 3. PROPOSED PUBLIC OFFERING
Pursuant to the Proposed Public Offering, the Company will offer for sale up to 20,000,000 Units (or 23,000,000 Units if the underwriters’ option to purchase additional units is exercised in full) at a purchase price of $10.00 per Unit. Each Unit will consist of one Class A ordinary share and one right to receive one-eighth (1/8) of one Class A ordinary share upon consummation of an initial Business Combination.
NOTE 4. PRIVATE PLACEMENT
The Sponsor has committed to purchase an aggregate of 400,000 Private Placement Units (whether or not the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised) at a price of $10.00 per Private Placement Unit, or $4,000,000 in the aggregate in a private placement that will close simultaneously with the Proposed Public Offering. The underwriters have committed to use a portion of their underwriting discount and commission to purchase an aggregate of 200,000 private placement units (or 230,000 private placement units if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full) at a price of $10.00 per unit, or $2,000,000 in the aggregate (or $2,300,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), in a private placement that will close simultaneously with the closing of this offering.)
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The Private Placement Units will be identical to the units sold in this offering except that, so long as they are held by our sponsor or its permitted transferees, the private units (including their component securities as well as any securities underlying those component securities), they (i) are locked-up until thirty (30) days following the completion of our initial business combination, (ii) will be entitled to registration rights and (iii) the Class A ordinary shares included as a component of the private units will not be entitled to redemption rights.
NOTE 5. SEGMENT INFORMATION
ASC Topic 280, Segment Reporting (“ASC 280”), establishes standards for companies to report, in their financial statements, information about operating segments, products, services, geographic areas, and major customers. Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise that engage in business activities from which it may recognize revenues and incur expenses, and for which separate financial information is available that is regularly evaluated by the Company’s chief operating decision maker, or group, in deciding how to allocate resources and assess performance.
The Company’s CODM has been identified as the Chief Financial Officer, who reviews the operating results for the Company as a whole to make decisions about allocating resources and assessing financial performance. Accordingly, management has determined that the Company only has one reportable segment.
The CODM assesses performance for the single segment and decides how to allocate resources based on net income or loss that also is reported on the statement of operations as net income or loss. The measure of segment assets is reported on the balance sheet as total assets. When evaluating the Company’s performance and making key decisions regarding resource allocation, the CODM reviews several key metrics included in net income or loss and total assets, which include the following:
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The CODM reviews Formation, general and administrative expenses to manage and forecast cash to ensure enough capital is available to complete a business combination or similar transaction within the business combination period. The CODM also reviews general and administrative expenses to manage, maintain and enforce all contractual agreements to ensure costs are aligned with all agreements and budget. General and administrative costs, as reported on the statement of operations, are the significant segment information provided to the CODM on a regular basis. All other segment items included in net income or loss are reported on the statement of operations and described within their respective disclosures.
The CODM reviews the position of total assets available with the Company to assess if the Company has sufficient resources available to discharge its liabilities. The CODM is provided with details of cash and liquid resources available with the Company. Additionally, the CODM regularly reviews the status of deferred costs incurred to assess if these are in line with the planned use of proceeds to be raised from the Proposed Public Offering.
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NOTE 6. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Founder Shares
On August 8, 2025, the Sponsor paid $25,000 to cover the Company’s formation costs in exchange for 7,666,667 Class B ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value (the “Founder Shares”). Up to 1,000,000 of the founder shares are subject to complete or partial forfeiture by the Sponsor for no consideration depending on the extent to which the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised.
These ordinary shares will be deemed compensation by FINRA and are therefore subject to a lock-up for a period of 180 days from the date of the commencement of sales in this offering pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110(e)(1). Pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110(e)(1), these securities will not be sold, transferred, assigned, pledged or hypothecated or the subject of any hedging, short sale, derivative, put or call transaction that would result in the economic disposition of the securities by any person for a period of 180 days from the commencement of sales of this offering except to any underwriter and selected dealer participating in the offering and their officers, partners, registered persons or affiliates.
As used herein, unless the context otherwise requires, “Founder Shares” shall be deemed to include the Public Shares issuable upon conversion thereof. The Founder Shares are identical to the Public Shares included in the Units being sold in the Proposed Public Offering except that the Founder Shares automatically convert into Public Shares at the time of the initial Business Combination (with such conversion taking place immediately prior to, simultaneously with, or immediately following the time of the initial Business Combination, as may be determined by the directors of the Company) or earlier at the option of the holder and are subject to certain transfer restrictions, as described in more detail below. The sponsor has agreed to forfeit up to an aggregate of 1,000,000 Founder Shares to the extent that the over-allotment option is not exercised in full by the underwriters so that the Founder Shares will represent approximately 20% of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares after the Proposed Public Offering. If the Company increases or decreases the size of the offering, the Company will effect a share capitalization or share surrender, as applicable, immediately prior to the consummation of the Proposed Public Offering in such amount as to maintain the Founder Share ownership of the Company’s shareholders prior to the Proposed Public Offering at 20% of the Company’s issued and outstanding ordinary shares upon the consummation of the Proposed Public Offering. The Sponsor will not be entitled to redemption rights with respect to any Founder Shares and any Public Shares held by the Sponsor in connection with the completion of the initial Business Combination. If the initial Business Combination is not completed within 24 months from the closing of the Proposed Public Offering, the Sponsor will not be entitled to rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to any Founder Shares held by it.
The Sponsor, officers and directors have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of its Founder Shares until the earlier to occur of (A) one year after the completion of the initial Business Combination or (B) subsequent to the initial Business Combination (x) if the last reported sale price of the Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share sub-divisions, share capitalizations, rights issuances, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after the initial Business Combination or (y) the date on which the Company completes a liquidation, merger, share exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction that results in all of the public shareholders having the right to exchange their ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property.
Related Party Loans
On August 8, 2025, the Company and the Sponsor entered into a loan agreement, whereby the Sponsor agreed to loan the Company an aggregate of up to $300,000 to cover expenses related to the Proposed Public Offering pursuant to a promissory note (the “Note”). This loan is non-interest bearing and payable the date on which the Company consummates the Proposed Public Offering. As of August 8, 2025, the Company has not borrowed under the Note.
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Administrative Agreement
The Company intends to enter into an agreement, commencing on the effective date of the Proposed Public Offering through the earlier of the Company’s consummation of a Business Combination and its liquidation, to pay an affiliate the Sponsor a total of up to $20,000 per month for office space and administrative and support services.
Related Party Loans
In addition, in order to finance transaction costs in connection with its initial Business Combination, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor, or the Company’s officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds, up to $2,500,000, as may be required (“Working Capital Loans”). If the Company completes its initial Business Combination, the Company would repay the Working Capital Loans. In the event that the initial Business Combination does not close, the Company may use a portion of proceeds held outside the Trust Account to repay the Working Capital Loans but no proceeds held in the Trust Account would be used to repay the Working Capital Loans. If the Sponsor makes any Working Capital Loans, such loans may be convertible into private placement-equivalent units of the post-Business Combination entity at a price of $10.00 per unit. As of August 8, 2025, the Company had no borrowings under the Working Capital Loans.
NOTE 7. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Registration Rights
The holders of the Founder Shares, Private Placement Units and the Class A ordinary shares underlying such Private Placement Units and Private Placement Rights and units that may be issued upon conversion of the Working Capital Loans will have registration rights to require the Company to register a sale of any of the Company’s securities held by them and any other securities of the Company acquired by them prior to the consummation of the initial Business Combination pursuant to a registration rights agreement to be signed prior to or on the effective date of the Proposed Public Offering. The holders of these securities are entitled to make up to three demands, excluding short form demands, that the Company registers such securities. In addition, the holders have certain piggyback registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to the completion of the initial Business Combination. The underwriters and/or their permitted designees will have resale registration rights but may not exercise their demand and “piggyback” registration rights beyond five and seven years, respectively, after the commencement of sales of this offering and may not exercise their demand rights on more than one occasion. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.
Underwriting Agreement
The Company will grant the underwriters a 45-day option from the date of this prospectus to purchase up to 3,000,000 additional Units at the Proposed Public Offering price less the underwriting discounts and commissions.
The underwriters will be entitled to a cash underwriting discount of $0.20 per unit, or $4,000,000 in the aggregate, payable upon the closing of this offering (or $4,600,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), of which (i) $0.10 per unit will be paid to the underwriters in cash, and (ii) $0.10 per unit will be used by the underwriters to purchase private placement units. The underwriters have committed to use a portion of their underwriting discount and commission to purchase an aggregate of 200,000 private placement units (or 230,000 private placement units if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full) at a price of $10.00 per unit, or $2,000,000 in the aggregate (or $2,300,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), in a private placement that will close simultaneously with the closing of this offering.) In addition, the underwriters will be entitled to a deferred commission of $0.40 per unit, or $8,000,000 in the aggregate (or $9,200,000 in the aggregate if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full) payable
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to the underwriters in this offering based on the percentage of funds remaining in the Trust Account after redemptions of public shares, for deferred underwriting commissions to be placed in a Trust Account located in the United States and released to the underwriters only upon the completion of an initial Business Combination.
Risks and Uncertainties
Management is currently evaluating the impact of significant global events, such as the Russia / Ukraine and Israel / Palestine conflicts, on the industry and has concluded that while it is reasonably possible that these could have a negative effect on the Company’s financial position, results of its operations and/or search for a target company, the specific impact is not readily determinable as of the date of these financial statements. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
NOTE 8. SHAREHOLDER’S EQUITY
Preference Shares—The Company is authorized to issue 1,000,000 preference shares with a par value of $0.0001 per share. As of August 8, 2025, there were no preference shares issued or outstanding.
Class A Ordinary Shares—The Company is authorized to issue 200,000,000 Class A ordinary shares with a par value of $0.0001 per share. Holders of the Company’s Class A ordinary shares are entitled to one vote for each share. As of August 8, 2025, there were no Class A ordinary shares issued or outstanding.
Class B Ordinary Shares—The Company is authorized to issue 20,000,000 Class B ordinary shares with a par value of $0.0001 per share. As of August 8, 2025, 7,666,667 Class B ordinary shares were issued and outstanding including an aggregate of up to 1,000,000 Class B ordinary shares that are subject to forfeiture if the over-allotment option is not exercised by the underwriters in full or in part, so that the initial shareholders will collectively own 20% of the Company’s issued and outstanding ordinary shares after a Proposed Offering.
The Founder Shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares at the time of a Business Combination or earlier at the option of the holder, on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment. In the case that additional Class A ordinary shares, or equity-linked securities, are issued or deemed issued in excess of the amounts issued in the Proposed Public Offering and related to the closing of a Business Combination, the ratio at which the Class B ordinary shares will convert into Class A ordinary shares will be adjusted (unless the holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding Class B ordinary shares agree to waive such anti-dilution adjustment with respect to any such issuance or deemed issuance) so that the number of Class A ordinary shares issuable upon conversion of all Class B ordinary shares will equal, in the aggregate, on an as-converted basis, 25% of the sum of all ordinary shares issued and outstanding upon the completion of the Proposed Public Offering plus all Class A ordinary shares and equity-linked securities issued or deemed issued in connection with a Business Combination, excluding any shares or equity-linked securities issued, or to be issued, to any seller in a Business Combination.
Except as set forth herein, holders of record of the Company’s Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares are entitled to one vote for each share held on all matters to be voted on by shareholders. Unless specified in the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association or as required by the Companies Act or stock exchange rules, an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law and the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, which requires the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the votes cast by such shareholders as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at the applicable general meeting of the company is generally required to approve any matter voted on by the Company’s shareholders. Approval of certain actions requires a special resolution under Cayman Islands law, which (except as specified below) requires the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the votes cast by such shareholders as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at the applicable general meeting, and pursuant to the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, such actions include amending the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association and approving
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a statutory merger or consolidation with another company. There is no cumulative voting with respect to the appointment of directors, meaning, following the Company’s initial Business Combination, the holders of more than 50% of the ordinary shares voted for the appointment of directors can appoint all of the directors. Prior to the consummation of the initial Business Combination, only holders of the Class B ordinary shares will (i) have the right to vote on the appointment and removal of directors and (ii) be entitled to vote on continuing the Company in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands (including any special resolution required to amend the constitutional documents or to adopt new constitutional documents, in each case, as a result of approving a transfer by way of continuation in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands). Holders of the Class A ordinary shares will not be entitled to vote on these matters during such time. These provisions of the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association may only be amended if approved by a special resolution passed by the affirmative vote of at least 90% (or, where such amendment is proposed in respect of the consummation of the initial Business Combination, two-thirds) of the votes cast by such shareholders as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at the applicable general meeting of the Company.
Rights—Except in cases where the Company is not the surviving company in a business combination, each holder of a right will automatically receive one-eighth (1/8) of one ordinary share upon consummation of the initial Business Combination. The Company 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 Cayman law. In the event the Company is not the surviving company upon completion of the 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-eighth (1/8) of one ordinary share underlying each right upon consummation of the Business Combination. If the Company is unable to complete the initial Business Combination within the required time period and the Company will 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.
NOTE 9. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
The Company evaluated subsequent events and transactions that occurred after August 8, 2025, the balance sheet date, up to the date the financial statements were available to be issued. Based upon this review, the Company did not identify any subsequent events that would have required adjustments or disclosure in the financial statements.
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20,000,000 Units
BOA Acquisition Corp. II
PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS
, 2025
Sole Book-Running Manager
Cohen & Company Capital Markets
Until , 2025 (25 days after the date of this prospectus), all dealers that buy, sell or trade ordinary shares, whether or not participating in this offering, may be required to deliver a prospectus. This is in addition to the dealers’ obligation to deliver a prospectus when acting as underwriters and with respect to their unsold allotments or subscriptions.
You should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus. We have not, and the underwriters have not, authorized anyone to provide you with different information. If anyone provides you with different or inconsistent information, you should not rely on it. We are not, and the underwriters are not, making an offer to sell securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted. You should not assume that the information contained in this prospectus is accurate as of any date other than the date on the front of this prospectus.
No dealer, salesperson or any other person is authorized to give any information or make any representations in connection with this offering other than those contained in this prospectus and, if given or made, the information or representations must not be relied upon as having been authorized by us. This prospectus does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any security other than the securities offered by this prospectus, or an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities by anyone in any jurisdiction in which the offer or solicitation is not authorized or is unlawful.
PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item 13. | Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution. |
The estimated expenses payable by us in connection with the offering described in this registration statement (other than the underwriting discount and commissions) will be as follows:
SEC/FINRA expenses |
$ | 78,927 | ||
Accounting Fees and expenses |
$ | 30,000 | ||
Printing and engraving expenses |
$ | 30,000 | ||
Legal fees and expenses |
$ | 300,000 | ||
Roadshow expenses |
$ | 50,000 | ||
Nasdaq Listing and filing fees |
$ | 80,000 | ||
Miscellaneous |
$ | 31,073 | ||
Total |
$ | 600,000 |
Item 14. | Indemnification of Directors and Officers. |
Cayman Islands law does not limit the extent to which a company’s memorandum and articles of association may provide for indemnification of officers and directors, except to the extent any such provision may be held by the Cayman Islands courts to be contrary to public policy, such as to provide indemnification against willful default, willful neglect, civil fraud or the consequences of committing a crime. Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will provide for indemnification of our officers and directors to the maximum extent permitted by law, including for any liability incurred in their capacities as such, except through their own actual fraud, willful default or willful neglect. We may purchase a policy of directors’ and officers’ liability insurance that insures our officers and directors against the cost of defense, settlement or payment of a judgment in some circumstances and insures us against our obligations to indemnify our officers and directors. We also intend to enter in indemnity agreements with them.
Our officers and directors have agreed to waive any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies in the trust account, and have agreed to waive any right, title, interest or claim of any kind they may have in the future as a result of, or arising out of, any services provided to us and will not seek recourse against the trust account for any reason whatsoever. Accordingly, any indemnification provided will only be able to be satisfied by us if (i) we have sufficient funds outside of the trust account or (ii) we consummate an initial business combination.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling us pursuant to the foregoing provisions, we have been informed that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.
Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement to be filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Registration Statement, we will agree to indemnify the underwriters and the underwriters will agree to indemnify us against certain civil liabilities that may be incurred in connection with this offering, including certain liabilities under the Securities Act.
Item 15. | Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities. |
On August 8, 2025, Bet on America II Sponsor LLC, either directly or indirectly, purchased an aggregate of 7,666,667 founder shares for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000 at an average purchase price of approximately $0.003 per share. The number of founder shares issued was determined based on the expectation that the founder shares would represent 25% of the outstanding ordinary shares upon completion of this offering.
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Such securities were issued in connection with our organization pursuant to the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act. In addition, up to 1,000,000 founder shares are subject to forfeiture by the holders thereof depending on the extent to which the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised.
The founder shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares at the time of our Business Combination or at any time prior thereto at the option of the holder thereof, subject to adjustment, as described in this prospectus. If we increase or decrease the size of this offering, we will effect a capitalization or share repurchase or redemption or other appropriate mechanism, as applicable, with respect to Class B ordinary shares prior to the consummation of this offering in such amount as to maintain the number of founder shares at 25% of the total number of Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares outstanding at such time (assuming the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional units in full). Bet on America II Sponsor LLC is an accredited investor for purposes of Rule 501 of Regulation D.
In addition, our sponsor Bet on America II Sponsor LLC will subscribe to purchase an aggregate of 400,000 private placement units at a price of $10.00 per private placement unit for an aggregate purchase price of $4,000,000 (whether or not the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised) in a private placement that will close simultaneously with the closing of this offering. The underwriters have committed to use a portion of their underwriting discount and commission to purchase an aggregate of 200,000 private placement units (or 230,000 private placement units if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full) at a price of $10.00 per unit, or $2,000,000 in the aggregate (or $2,300,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), in a private placement that will close simultaneously with the closing of this offering. These issuances will be made pursuant to the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act.
No underwriting discounts or commissions were paid with respect to such sales.
Item 16. | Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules. |
(c) | Exhibits. The list of exhibits preceding the signature page of this registration statement is incorporated herein by reference. |
(d) | Financial Statements. See page F-1 for an index to the financial statements and schedules included in the registration statement. |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
* | Filed herewith. |
** | To be filed by amendment |
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Item 17. | Undertakings. |
(a) | The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement: |
(1) | To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; |
(2) | To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; |
(3) | To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement. |
(b) | The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering. |
(c) | The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to provide to the underwriters at the closing specified in the underwriting agreements, certificates in such denominations and registered in such names as required by the underwriters to permit prompt delivery to each purchaser. |
(d) | Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against 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 incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. |
(e) | 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 filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it 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 of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia on the 6th of October, 2025.
BOA Acquisition Corp. II | ||
By: | /s/ Benjamin A. Friedman | |
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Name: Benjamin A. Friedman | |
Title: Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer |
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned constitutes and appoints each of Benjamin A. Friedman and Brian D. Friedman, each acting alone, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign this Registration Statement on Form S-1 (including all pre-effective and post-effective amendments and registration statements filed pursuant to Rule 462 under the Securities Act of 1933), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming that any such attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Name |
Position |
Date | ||
/s/ Benjamin A. Friedman Benjamin A. Friedman |
Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Director (Principal Executive, Financial and Accounting Officer) |
October 6, 2025 | ||
/s/ Brian D. Friedman Brian D. Friedman |
Director, Chairman of the Board | October 6, 2025 |
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