DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION, BUSINESS OPERATIONS AND GOING CONCERN |
NOTE 1 — DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION, BUSINESS OPERATIONS AND GOING CONCERN Capitalworks Emerging Markets Acquisition Corp (the “Company”) was incorporated in the Cayman Islands on April 20, 2021. The Company was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses (the “Business Combination”). The Company is not limited to a particular industry or sector for purposes of consummating a Business Combination. The Company is an early stage and emerging growth company and, as such, the Company is subject to all of the risks associated with early stage and emerging growth companies. As of December 31, 2023, the Company had not commenced any operations. All activity for the period from April 20, 2021 (inception) through December 31, 2023 relates to the Company’s formation, initial public offering consummated on December 3, 2021 (“Initial Public Offering”) and search for a prospective target company, which is described below. The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of an initial Business Combination, at the earliest. The Company generates non-operating income in the form of interest income from the proceeds derived from the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement (as defined below) deposited in the Trust Account (as defined below). The Company has selected March 31 as its fiscal year end. Lexasure Business Combination On March 1, 2023, the Company announced the execution of a definitive business combination agreement (the “Lexasure Business Combination Agreement”) with Lexasure Financial Group Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company limited by shares (together with its successors, “Lexasure”), Lexasure Financial Holdings Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company limited by shares (“Pubco”), CEMAC Merger Sub Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company limited by shares and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pubco, Lexasure Merger Sub Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company limited by shares and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pubco, CEMAC Sponsor LP, a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership (the “Sponsor”), in the capacity as the representative from and after the Effective Time (as defined below) for the shareholders of the Company and Pubco (other than the former Lexasure shareholders), and Ian Lim Teck Soon, an individual, in the capacity as the representative from and after the Effective Time for the former Lexasure shareholders, for a proposed business combination among the parties (the “Lexasure Business Combination”). Pursuant to the Lexasure Business Combination Agreement, Pubco will serve as the parent company of each of the Company and Lexasure following the consummation of the Lexasure Business Combination. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this subsection “Lexasure Business Combination” shall have the respective meanings given to them in the Lexasure Business Combination Agreement. The total consideration to be paid by Pubco to Lexasure’s shareholders at the Closing (the “Merger Consideration”) will be an amount equal to $250,000,000 plus the amount of aggregate net proceeds actually received by Lexasure between signing and Closing of the Lexasure Business Combination Agreement in respect of investments in the Company’s securities. The Merger Consideration will be payable in new Pubco Ordinary Shares, each valued at a price per share equal to the price per share at which the Public Shareholders (as defined below) may redeem their ordinary shares (as defined in Note 7) in connection with the Closing. The Public Shareholders who do not redeem their ordinary shares in connection with the Transactions will receive one Pubco Ordinary Share per ordinary share of the Company. In addition, the Lexasure shareholders will have the contingent right to receive up to an aggregate maximum of 5,000,000 additional Pubco Ordinary Shares (the “Earnout Shares”) as contingent consideration after the Closing based on Pubco, Lexasure and their respective subsidiaries achieving certain adjusted net income milestones for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2023 and June 30, 2024, as follows: | (i) | an aggregate of 2,500,000 Earnout Shares will be issued to the Lexasure shareholders in the event that adjusted net income for the Earnout Year ending June 30, 2023 is at least $18,000,000; and |
| (ii) | an aggregate of 2,500,000 Earnout Shares will be issued to the Lexasure shareholders in the event that the combined adjusted net income for both Earnout Years is at least $41,000,000. |
The Closing is subject to typical conditions. Upon the execution of the Lexasure Business Combination Agreement, the Company received an automatic three-month extension to June 3, 2023 to consummate an initial Business Combination. On May 23, 2023, the Company held an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of the Company, at which the Company’s shareholders approved, among other things, an amendment to the Company's amended and restated memorandum and articles of associates (the "Charter") to extend the date by which the Company must consummate an initial Business Combination to March 3, 2024, and to permit the Board, in its sole discretion, to elect to wind up the Company’s operations on an earlier date than March 3, 2024. In connection with the Lexasure Business Combination Agreement, the Company entered into two side letters with Lexasure; one letter dated April 18, 2023, and the other dated April 19, 2023 (the “First Financials Side Letter”). Pursuant to the First Financials Side Letter, Lexasure agreed to loan the Company reasonable amounts that the Company is obligated to deposit into the Trust Account in connection with the Extension and related expenses such as the filing of an additional Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, up to a maximum of $600,000 (the “First Lexasure Loan”), in the event that the PCAOB audited financial statements of Lexasure and its subsidiaries are not delivered on or before May 1, 2023 and/or the PCAOB reviewed quarterly financial statements of Lexasure and its subsidiaries are not delivered on or before May 7, 2023. The First Lexasure Loan is unsecured and interest free. In connection with the First Lexasure Loan, at the closing of the Lexasure Business Combination (or in the event that the Lexasure Business Combination Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms and the Company consummates another transaction constituting a Business Combination, upon the consummation of such Business Combination (an “Alternative Closing”)), the Sponsor has agreed to transfer a number of ordinary shares to Lexasure or its designee equal to (x) the amount of the First Lexasure Loan that is used by the Company and not returned to Lexasure at or prior to the closing of the Lexasure Business Combination or Alternative Closing (less any amounts applied pursuant to the termination fee provision of the Lexasure Business Combination Agreement), divided by (y) $10.00 per share. The Company will repay the First Lexasure Loan amount directly to Lexasure at the closing of the Lexasure Business Combination, and in the event of the termination of the Lexasure Business Combination Agreement for any reason, the First Lexasure Loan shall be cancelled and no amounts shall be owed by the Company, provided that any amounts advanced by Lexasure pursuant to the First Financials Side Letter shall reduce the amounts payable by Lexasure pursuant to the termination fee provision of the Lexasure Business Combination Agreement. On November 8, 2023, the Company entered into another side letter with Lexasure (the “Second Financials Side Letter”), addressing Lexasure’s expectation of not meeting deadline for the delivery of the PCAOB audited company financials or the PCAOB reviewed quarterly company financials set forth in certain covenants and termination provisions of the Lexasure Business Combination Agreement, as extended by the First Financials Side Letter. Pursuant to the Second Financials Side Letter, the Company has agreed to forbear from enforcing its rights to terminate the Lexasure Business Combination Agreement pursuant to certain termination provisions thereunder, until either December 15, 2023, or December 31, 2023, depending on whether it relates to the PCAOB audited company financials or the PCAOB reviewed quarterly company financials, respectively. In exchange for this forbearance, Lexasure has agreed to loan to the Company reasonable amounts that the Company is obligated to deposit into the Trust Account in connection with extensions and related expenses such as the filing of an additional Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and the renewal of the Company’s D&O insurance, up to a maximum of $400,000 (the “Second Lexasure Loan”). The Second Lexasure Loan is unsecured and interest free. In connection with the Second Lexasure Loan, the Sponsor agreed to transfer a number of Class B ordinary shares to Lexasure or its designee , equal to the amount not returned to Lexasure from the escrow divided by $10.00 per share regardless of whether the closing of the Lexasure Business Combination occurs. The Company agreed to repay the Second Lexasure Loan directly to Lexasure at the closing of the Lexasure Business Combination. In the event of the termination of the Lexasure Business Combination Agreement for any reason, the Second Lexasure Loan shall be cancelled and no amounts shall be owed by the Company, provided that any amounts advanced by Lexasure pursuant to the Second Financials Side Letter shall reduce the amounts payable by Lexasure pursuant to the termination fee provision of the Lexasure Business Combination Agreement. As of December 31, 2023, the Company had borrowed $710,440 under the First Lexasure Loan and the Second Lexasure Loan. Initial Public Offering The registration statement for the Company’s Initial Public Offering was declared effective on November 30, 2021. On December 3, 2021, the Company consummated the Initial Public Offering of 20,000,000 units (“Units” and, with respect to the ordinary shares included in the Units sold, the “Public Shares” and the warrants included in the Units sold, the “Public Warrants”), generating gross proceeds of $200,000,000 (as described in Note 3). Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the private sale (the “Private Placement”) of an aggregate of 10,500,000 warrants (the “Private Placement Warrants” and together with the Public Warrants, the “warrants”) to the Sponsor at a purchase price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant, generating gross proceeds to the Company in the amount of $10,500,000. On December 3, 2021, the underwriters purchased an additional 3,000,000 Units pursuant to the exercise of the over-allotment option in full. The Units were sold at an offering price of $10.00 per Unit, generating additional gross proceeds to the Company of $30,000,000. Also, in connection with the full exercise of the over-allotment option, the Sponsor purchased an additional 1,200,000 Private Placement Warrants at a purchase price of $1.00 per warrant for total gross proceeds of $1,200,000. As of December 3, 2021, transaction costs amounted to $13,428,526 consisting of $4,600,000 of underwriting fees, $8,050,000 of deferred underwriting fees payable (which are held in a trust account with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (“Continental”) acting as trustee (the “Trust Account”) and $778,526 of other offering costs related to the Initial Public Offering. Cash of $121,635 was held outside of the Trust Account on December 31, 2023 and available for working capital purposes. As described in Note 6, the $8,050,000 deferred underwriting fees are contingent upon the consummation of the Business Combination within the Combination Period (as defined below). Following the closing of the Initial Public Offering on December 3, 2021, an amount of $234,600,000 ($10.20 per Unit) from the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement was placed in the Trust Account which may be invested in U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), with a maturity of 185 days or less or in any open-ended investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund selected by the Company meeting the conditions of Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act, as determined by the Company, until the earlier of: (i) the consummation of a Business Combination or (ii) the distribution of the Trust Account, as described below. However, to mitigate the risk of the Company being deemed to have been operating as an unregistered investment company (including under the subjective test of Section 3(a)(1)(A) of the Investment Company Act), the Company intends to, on or prior to the 24-month anniversary of the effective date of the registration statement related to the Initial Public Offering, instruct Continental to liquidate the U.S. government treasury obligations or money market funds held in the Trust Account and thereafter to hold all funds in the Trust Account in cash items until the earlier of consummation of its Business Combination or liquidation. Business Combination The Company’s management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and Private Placement, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be and have been applied generally toward consummating a Business Combination. The stock exchange listing rules require that the Business Combination must be with one or more operating businesses or assets with a fair market value equal to at least 80% of the assets held in the Trust Account (excluding the amount of deferred underwriting commissions and taxes payable on the income earned on the Trust Account). The Company will only complete a Business Combination if the post-Business Combination company owns or acquires 50% or more of the issued and 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. There is no assurance that the Company will be able to successfully effect a Business Combination. The Company will provide the holders of the outstanding Public Shares (the “Public Shareholders”) with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Public Shares either (i) in connection with a shareholder meeting called to approve the Business Combination or (ii) by means of a tender offer in connection with the Business Combination. 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. The Public Shareholders will be entitled to redeem their Public Shares for a pro rata portion of the amount then in the Trust Account. There will be no redemption rights upon the completion of a Business Combination with respect to the Company’s warrants. The Public Shares subject to redemption will be recorded at a redemption value and classified as temporary equity upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering in accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity” (“ASC 480”). All of the Public Shares contain a redemption feature that allows for the redemption of such Public Shares in connection with the Company’s liquidation, if there is a shareholder vote or tender offer in connection with the Company’s Business Combination and in connection with certain amendments to the Charter. In accordance with the rules of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and its guidance on redeemable equity instruments, which has been codified in ASC 480-10-S99, redemption provisions not solely within the control of a company require ordinary shares subject to redemption to be classified outside of permanent equity. Given that the Public Shares will be issued with other freestanding instruments (i.e., the Public Warrants), the initial carrying value of the Class A ordinary shares (as defined in Note 7) classified as temporary equity were allocated proceeds determined in accordance with ASC Topic 470-20, “Debt with Conversion and other Options”. The Class A ordinary shares are subject to ASC 480-10-S99. If it is probable that the equity instrument will become redeemable, the Company has the option to either (i) accrete changes in the redemption value over the period from the date of issuance (or from the date that it becomes probable that the instrument will become redeemable, if later) to the earliest redemption date of the instrument or (ii) recognize changes in the redemption value immediately as they occur and adjust the carrying amount of the instrument to equal the redemption value at the end of each reporting period. The Company has elected to recognize the changes immediately. The Public Shares are redeemable and are classified as such on the Company’s balance sheets until such date that a redemption event takes place. Redemptions of the Public Shares may be subject to the satisfaction of conditions, including minimum cash conditions, pursuant to an agreement relating to the Business Combination. If the Company seeks shareholder approval of the Business Combination, the Company will proceed with a Business Combination only if the Company receives an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law approving a Business Combination, which requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the shareholders who attend and vote at a general meeting of the Company, or such other vote as required by law or stock exchange rule. If a shareholder vote is not required and the Company does not decide to hold a shareholder vote for business or other legal reasons, the Company will, pursuant to its Charter, conduct the redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules of the SEC, and file tender offer documents containing substantially the same information as would be included in a proxy statement with the SEC prior to completing a Business Combination. If the Company seeks shareholder approval in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor has agreed to vote its Founder Shares (as defined in Note 5) and any Public Shares held by it in favor of approving a Business Combination. Additionally, each Public Shareholder may elect to redeem their Public Shares, without voting, and if they do vote, irrespective of whether they vote for or against a proposed Business Combination. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company seeks shareholder approval of the Business Combination and the Company does not conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules, 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% of the Public Shares without the Company’s prior written consent. The Sponsor has agreed (a) to waive its redemption rights with respect to any Founder Shares and Public Shares held by it in connection with the completion of a Business Combination and (b) not to propose an amendment to the Charter (i) to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to allow redemption in connection with the Company’s initial Business Combination or to redeem 100% of the Public Shares if the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period (as defined below) or (ii) with respect to any other provision relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-initial Business Combination activity, unless the Company provides the Public Shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their Public Shares upon approval of any such amendment. The Company has a 27-month period, from the closing of the Initial Public Offering to March 3, 2024 (or such earlier date as determined by the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”)) as extended by the Extension (as defined below), unless further extended pursuant to the Charter, to consummate a Business Combination (the “Combination Period”). If the Company has not completed a Business Combination within the Combination Period, the Company will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem 100% of the 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 and not previously released to the Company to pay its taxes, if any (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then issued and outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish the rights of the Public Shareholders 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 the Company’s remaining Public Shareholders and the Board, 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. There will be no redemption rights or liquidating distributions with respect to the Company’s warrants, which will expire worthless if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period. The Sponsor has agreed to waive its rights to liquidate distributions from the Trust Account with respect to the Founder Shares it will receive if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period. However, if the Sponsor or any of its respective affiliates acquire Public Shares, such Public Shares will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account 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 6) held in the Trust Account in the event the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period, and in such event, such amounts will be included with the other funds held in the Trust Account that will be available to fund the redemption of the Public Shares. In the event of such distribution, it is possible that the per share value of the assets remaining available for distribution will be less than the Initial Public Offering price per Unit ($10.00). 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 (other than the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm) for services rendered or products sold to the Company, or a prospective target business with which the Company has discussed entering into a transaction agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the Trust Account to below the lesser of (1) $10.20 per Public Share and (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 $10.20 per Public Share, due to reductions in the value of trust assets, in each case net of the interest that may be withdrawn to pay taxes. This liability will not apply to any claims by a third party who executed a waiver of any and all rights to seek access to the Trust Account and as to any claims under the Company’s indemnity of the underwriters of the Initial 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 all vendors, service providers (other than 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. Redemption and Extension On May 18, 2023 and May 22, 2023, the Company entered into non-redemption agreements with the Sponsor and certain unaffiliated third parties (individually, an “NRA Holder” and collectively, the “NRA Holders”) in exchange for the NRA Holder or NRA Holders agreeing either not to request redemption, or to reverse any previously submitted redemption demand with respect to an aggregate of 4,399,737 Class A ordinary shares sold in the Initial Public Offering in connection with the 2023 Extraordinary Meeting (as defined below). In consideration of the foregoing agreement, immediately prior to, and substantially concurrently with, the closing of a Business Combination, (i) the Sponsor (or its designees) will surrender and forfeit to the Company, for no consideration, an aggregate of 1,099,935 Class A ordinary shares (the “NRA Forfeited Shares”) and (ii) the Company shall issue to the NRA Holders a number of Class A ordinary shares equal to the NRA Forfeited Shares. On May 23, 2023, the Company held an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of the Company (the “2023 Extraordinary Meeting”), at which the Company’s shareholders approved, among other things, an amendment to the Charter to extend the date by which the Company must consummate an initial Business Combination to March 3, 2024, and to permit the Board, in its sole discretion, to elect to wind up the Company’s operations on an earlier date than March 3, 2024 (the “Extension”). In connection with the vote to approve the Extension, the holders of 18,751,603 Class A ordinary shares properly exercised their right to redeem their shares for cash at a redemption price of approximately $10.51 per share, for an aggregate redemption amount of $197,192,734, in connection with the 2023 Extraordinary Meeting. As a result of the approvals at the 2023 Extraordinary Meeting, the Company will deposit into the Trust Account $50,000 per month, or portion thereof, that is needed to complete a Business Combination, for up to an aggregate of $450,000. On June 6, 2023, the first $50,000 was deposited into the Trust Account. On July 3, 2023, August 3, 2023, September 13, 2023, October 11, 2023, November 1, 2023 and December 11, 2023, respectively, the second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh payments of $50,000 were deposited into the Trust Account. For the information on the subsequent deposits made to the Trust Account, please refer to “Note 10 — Subsequent Events” below. On May 23, 2023, the Company issued an aggregate of 5,749,999 Class A ordinary shares to the Sponsor, upon the conversion of an equal number of Class B ordinary shares held by the Sponsor (the “Founder Conversion”). The 5,749,999 Class A ordinary shares issued in connection with the Founder Conversion are subject to the same restrictions as applied to the Class B ordinary shares before the Founder Conversion, including, among others, certain transfer restrictions, waiver of redemption rights and the obligation to vote in favor of an initial Business Combination as described in the IPO Prospectus. Following the Founder Conversion and the redemptions in connection with the Extension, there were 9,998,396 Class A ordinary shares issued and outstanding and one Class B ordinary share issued and outstanding. Going Concern Consideration As of December 31, 2023, the Company had cash of $121,635 and a working capital deficit of $2,797,741. Further, the Company has incurred and expects to continue to incur significant costs in pursuit of its financing and acquisition plans. In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with FASB Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) Topic 2014-15, “Disclosures of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern,” the Company’s management has determined that these liquidity risks, as well as if the Company is unsuccessful in consummating an initial Business Combination within the Combination Period, the requirement that the Company cease all operations, redeem the Public Shares and thereafter liquidate and dissolve raises substantial doubt about the ability to continue as a going concern. The Company’s management has determined that the Company does not have funds that are sufficient to fund the working capital needs of the Company until the consummation of an initial Business Combination or the winding up of the Company as stipulated in the Charter. The accompanying financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”), which contemplate continuation of the Company as a going concern. The accompanying financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty. Risks and Uncertainties The Company’s management is currently evaluating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and has concluded that while it is reasonably possible that the virus 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 the balance sheet. Additionally, as a result of the military action commenced in February 2022 by the Russian Federation and Belarus in the country of Ukraine and related economic sanctions, the Company’s ability to consummate a Business Combination, or the operations of a target business with which the Company ultimately consummates a Business Combination, may be materially and adversely affected. In addition, the Company’s ability to consummate a transaction may be dependent on the ability to raise equity and debt financing which may be impacted by these events, including as a result of increased market volatility, or decreased market liquidity in third-party financing being unavailable on terms acceptable to the Company or at all. The impact of this action and related sanctions on the world economy and the specific impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations and/or ability to consummate a Business Combination are not yet determinable. The accompanying financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of the above uncertainties.
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