UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-K

 

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023

 

or

 

TRANSITION REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from           to          

 

Commission file number:  001-41394

 

FEUTUNE LIGHT ACQUISITION CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   87-4620515
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

48 Bridge Street, Building A

Metuchen, New Jersey

  08840
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  909-214-2482

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class   Name of each exchange on which registered
Units, each consisting of one share of Class A Common Stock, one Warrant and one Right   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Warrants, each warrant exercisable for one share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Rights, each right exchangeable for one-tenth (1/10) of one share of Class A Common Stock at the closing of a business combination   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None.

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ☐ No

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act. Yes ☐ No

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

 

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. ☐

 

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

 

Large accelerated filer Accelerated filer
Non-accelerated filer Smaller reporting company
    Emerging Growth Company

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.

 

If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.

 

Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b). ☐ 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes No ☐

 

At June 30, 2023, the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter, the aggregate market value of the common stock of the registrant held by non-affiliates of the registrant was $52,380,820.53.

 

The number of shares of the common stock of the registrant outstanding as of March 4, 2024 was 7,986,118 shares of common stock, including 5,542,368 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001, and 2,443,750 shares of Class B common stock, par value $0.0001.

 

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

 

None.

 

 

 

 

 

FEUTUNE LIGHT ACQUISITION CORPORATION

FORM 10-K

FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2023

 

PART I    
Item 1. Business 1
Item 1A. Risk Factors 15
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments 15
Item 1C. Cybersecurity 15
Item 2. Properties 15
Item 3. Legal Proceedings 15
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures 15
     
PART II    
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities 16
Item 6. [Reserved] 16
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 17
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk 22
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data 22
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosures 22
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures 22
Item 9B. Other Information 23
Item 9C. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections 23
     
PART III    
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance 24
Item 11. Executive Compensation 30
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters 31
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence 32
Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services 35
     
PART IV    
Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules 36
Item 16. Form 10-K Summary 38

 

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FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, or the Securities Act, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or the Exchange Act. The statements contained in this report that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements. Our forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding our or our management’s expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipates,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “would” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Forward-looking statements in this report may include, for example, statements about our:

 

  ability to complete our initial business combination;

 

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

 

  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;

 

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

 

  pool of prospective target businesses;

 

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

 

  potential change in control if we acquire one or more target businesses for stock;

 

  the potential liquidity and trading of our securities;

 

  the lack of a market for our securities;

 

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

 

  financial performance following our initial public offering.

 

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

 

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PART I

 

ITEM 1. BUSINESS

 

In this Annual Report on Form 10-K (the “Form 10-K”), references to the “Company” and to “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to Feutune Light Acquisition Corporation

 

Overview

 

We are a blank check company formed as a Delaware corporation for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses, which we refer to throughout this report as our initial business combination. Our efforts to identify a potential target has not been limited to a particular industry. We will not undertake our initial business combination with an entity being based in or having the majority of the company’s operations in China (including Hong Kong and Macau). Our ability to locate a potential target is subject to the uncertainties discussed in the prospectus relating to our initial public offering (the “IPO”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on June 17, 2022 (File No. 333-264221) (the “Prospectus”).

 

On June 21, 2022, we consummated the “IPO of 9,775,000 units (the “Units”), which included 1,275,000 units issued upon the full exercise of the over-allotment option of the underwriters of the IPO. Each Unit consists of one share of our Class A common stock (the “Class A Common Stock”), $0.0001 par value per share (the “Public Shares”), one redeemable warrant (the “Warrants”), each Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one share of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share, and one right (the “Rights”), each one Right entitling the holder thereof to exchange for one-tenth (1/10) of one Class A Common Stock upon the completion of the Company’s initial business combination, generating gross proceeds of $97,750,000. Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, we completed the private sale (the “Private Placement”) of 498,875 units (the “Private Units”, consisting of one Class A Common Stock, or the “Private Share”, one warrant, or the “Private Warrant”, and one right, or the “Private Right”), including 478,875 units to the Company’s sponsor, Feutune Light Sponsor LLC (the “Sponsor”), and 20,000 units to US Tiger Securities, Inc. (“US Tiger”, together with our Sponsor, directors and officers, the “founders”), the representative of the underwriters of the IPO, at a purchase price of $10.00 per Private Unit, generating gross proceeds of $4,988,750 (including $4,788,750 from Sponsor and $200,000 from US Tiger) (the “Private Placement Proceeds”). The Private Units are identical to the units as part of the Units in the IPO, except that the Private Units are not transferable, assignable or saleable (except to our officers and directors and other persons or entities affiliated with or related to our founders, each of whom will be subject to the same transfer restrictions) until 30 days after the completion of our initial business combination. The proceeds of $99,216,250 ($10.15 per Unit) in the aggregate from the IPO and a portion from the Private Placement (the “Trust Funds”), were placed in a trust account (the “Trust Account”) established for the benefit of the Company’s public stockholders and the underwriters of the IPO with Wilmington Trust, National Association acting as trustee.

 

The Trust Funds include $3,421,250 payable to the underwriters (the “deferred underwriting compensation”) pursuant to the underwriting agreement dated June 15, 2022, entered among us, US Tiger and EF Hutton, division of Benchmark Investments, LLC, the representatives (the “Representatives”) of the underwriters of the IPO.

 

Our management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the proceeds of the Private Placement that are held out of the Trust Account, although substantially all the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally towards consummating an initial business combination and working capital.

 

Since our IPO, our sole business activity has been identifying, evaluating suitable acquisition transaction candidates and preparing for consummation of an initial business combination. We intend to complete our initial business combination using cash from the proceeds of this offering and the private placements of the private units, our capital stock, debt or a combination of cash, stock and debt. We shall not undertake our initial business combination with any company being based in or having the majority of the company’s operations in China (including Hong Kong and Macau). Our certificate of amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated June 19, 2023 and filed on June 20, 2023 (the certificate of amendment, together with the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated June 14, 2022, the “Current Charter”) prohibits us from undertaking our initial business combination with any company being based in or having the majority of the company’s operations in China (including Hong Kong and Macau).

 

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Permission Required from the PRC Authorities for our Business Combination and Relevance of PRC Regulations.

 

We are a Delaware corporation with no operations in China and all of our officers and directors are U.S. citizens or U.S. permanent residents, thus we or any of our officers and directors are not required to obtain permission from any Chinese authorities to operate or conduct a business combination. Since we will not undertake our initial business combination with any company being based in or having the majority of the company’s operations in China (including Hong Kong and Macau), we do not expect that any permission or approval that our officers and directors or us would be required from the Chinese authorities to search for a target company or to consummate our initial business combination.

 

We are a blank check company with no operation of our own except search for a non-China-based target for our initial business combination. We do not have any subsidiaries and all of our officers and directors are located in the United States. Therefore, we do not consider ourselves a China-based issuer, in particular, as specified in the Trial Administrative Measures of the Overseas Securities Offering and Listing by Domestic Companies, or the Trial Measures, and five supporting guidelines promulgated by the China Securities Regulatory Commission (the “CSRC”) on February 17, 2023, which became effective on March 31, 2023. According to the Trial Administration Measures, an issuer is a “domestic [Chinese] company” if the issuer meets both of the following conditions and thus, subject to the requirements for domestic [Chinese] companies seeking to offer or list securities overseas, both directly and indirectly, thereunder: (i) any of the total assets, net assets, revenues or profits of the domestic operating entities of the issuer in the most recent accounting year accounts for more than 50% of the corresponding figure in the issuer’s audited consolidated financial statements for the same period; and (ii) its major operational activities are carried out in China or its main places of business are located in China, or the senior managers in charge of operation and management of the issuer are mostly Chinese citizens or are domiciled in China.

 

Additionally, as of the date of this report, no transfers, dividends, or distributions have been made by us. We have not adopted or maintained any other cash management policies and procedures and need to comply with applicable law or regulations with respect to transfer of funds, dividends and distributions, if any. Given that we are not a China-based issuer or expect to be a China-based issuer upon the consummation of our initial business combination, we are not subject to or will become subject to the foreign exchange control rules of the PRC.

 

Certain Potential Restrictions or Negative Impacts

 

We believe that none of our officers, directors, sponsor and members of our sponsor have significant ties to China except that some of our management members and sponsor members lived in China or Hong Kong more than ten or twenty years ago before they came to the United Stated for advanced education and commenced their professional careers in the United States and certain members of our sponsor including Ms. Sau Fong Yeung (holding approximately 41.3% of equity interest in the sponsor), the manager of the sponsor and Mr. Xianhong Wu (indirectly holding approximately 17.4% of equity interest in the sponsor) are Hong Kong citizens and U.S. permanent residents. As our Certificate of Incorporation prohibits us from undertaking our initial business combination with any company being based in or having the majority of the company’s operations in China (including Hong Kong and Macau), we do not believe the historical path of some of our management and sponsor members will result in a material change in our search for a target company and the value of the securities that we are registering for sale. However, we cannot predict the perception from potential target companies or the market, it is uncertain whether that would make us a less attractive partner to a non-China or non-Hong Kong-based target company and such perception may potentially limit or negatively impact our search for an initial business combination. See “Part I – Item 1A. Risk Factors” on page 15 of this Annual Report.

 

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Controlling or non-controlling investments in U.S. businesses that produce, design, test, manufacture, fabricate or develop one or more critical technologies in one of 27 identified industries – including aviation, defense, semiconductors, telecommunications and biotechnology – are subject to a mandatory filing with the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (“CFIUS”). In addition, CFIUS is an interagency committee authorized to review certain transactions involving foreign investment in the United States by foreign persons in order to determine the effect of such transactions on the national security of the United States. Two members of our sponsor are Hong Kong citizen and US permanent residents, any proposed business combination between us and a U.S. business engaged in a regulated industry or which may affect national security could be subject to such foreign ownership restrictions and/or CFIUS review. The scope of CFIUS was expanded by the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (“FIRRMA”) to include certain non-passive, non-controlling investments in sensitive U.S. businesses and certain acquisitions of real estate even with no underlying U.S. business. FIRRMA, and subsequent implementing regulations that are now in force, also subject certain categories of investments to mandatory filings. If our potential initial business combination with a U.S. business falls within the scope of foreign ownership restrictions, we may be unable to consummate a business combination with such business. In addition, if our potential business combination falls within CFIUS’s jurisdiction, we may be required to make a mandatory filing or determine to submit a voluntary notice to CFIUS, or to proceed with the initial business combination without notifying CFIUS and risk CFIUS intervention, before or after closing the initial business combination. CFIUS may decide to block or delay our initial business combination, impose conditions to mitigate national security concerns with respect to such initial business combination or order us to divest all or a portion of a U.S. business of the combined company if we had proceeded without first obtaining CFIUS clearance. The foreign ownership limitations, and the potential impact of CFIUS, may limit the attractiveness of a transaction with us or prevent us from pursuing certain initial business combination opportunities that we believe would otherwise be beneficial to us and our stockholders. As a result, the pool of potential targets with which we could complete an initial business combination may be limited and we may be adversely affected in terms of competing with other special purpose acquisition companies which do not have similar foreign ownership issues. Moreover, the process of government review, whether by CFIUS or otherwise, could be lengthy. Because we have only a limited time to complete our initial business combination our failure to obtain any required approvals within the requisite time period may require us to liquidate. If we liquidate, our public stockholders may only receive $10.00 per share initially, and our warrants and rights will expire worthless. This will also cause you to lose any potential investment opportunity in a target company and the chance of realizing future gains on your investment through any price appreciation in the combined company. See “Part I – Item 1A. Risk Factors” on page 15 of this Annual Report.

 

Proposed Business Combination with Thunder Power

 

As previously disclosed in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 27, 2023, on October 26, 2023, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (as the same may be amended, restated or supplemented, the “Merger Agreement”) with Thunder Power Holdings Limited, a British Virgin Islands company (“Thunder Power” or “TPH”) and Feutune Light Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Thunder Power will be merged with and into Merger Sub (the “Merger”, together will all transaction contemplated in the Merger Agreement, the “Thunder Power Business Combination”), with the Merger Sub surviving the Merger as a direct wholly owned subsidiary of the Company after the Merger (the Company surviving the Merger shall be referred as “Surviving Co”).

 

At the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”), by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of the Company, Merger Sub, Thunder Power or the shareholders of Thunder Power immediately prior to the Effective Time (collectively, the “Thunder Power Shareholders”), each Thunder Power Shareholder’s ordinary shares of Thunder Power (“Thunder Power Ordinary Shares”) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (excluding dissenting shares and shares held by Thunder Power or any of its direct or indirect subsidiaries as of immediately prior to the Effective Time) will be cancelled and automatically converted into (i) the right to receive, without interest, the applicable portion of the Closing Merger Consideration Shares (as defined in the Merger Agreement) as set forth in the Closing Consideration Spreadsheet (as defined in the Merger Agreement) and (ii) the contingent right to receive the applicable portion of the Earnout Shares (as defined in the Merger Agreement), if, as and when payable in accordance with the earnout provisions described below. For avoidance of any doubt, each Thunder Power Shareholder will cease to have any rights with respect to such Thunder Power Shareholder’s Thunder Power Ordinary Shares, except the right to receive the Closing Per Share Merger Consideration and the Earnout Shares. “Closing Merger Consideration Shares” means 40,000,000 shares of common stock of the Surviving Co, which are equal or equivalent in value to the sum of $400,000,000 divided by $10.00 per share. “Earnout Shares” means 20,000,000 shares of common stock of Surviving Co, which are equal or equivalent in value to the sum of $200,000,000 divided by $10.00 per share, subject to the vesting schedule set forth in the Merger Agreement.

 

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The Thunder Power Business Combination will be submitted to stockholders for approval at a special meeting. The Company has filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-275933) relating to the proposed Thunder Power Business Combination, the Merger Agreement and other relevant matters (as amended from time to time, the “Form S-4”).

 

Thunder Power

 

Thunder Power is a technology innovator and a manufacturer of premium electric vehicles (“EVs”). Thunder Power has developed several proprietary technologies which are the building blocks of the Thunder Power family of EVs. Thunder Power is a company that was incorporated under the laws and regulations of the British Virgin Islands with limited liability on September 30, 2015. Thunder Power is a parent holding company with no operations.

 

Extension of the Period of Time to Consummate Initial Business Combination

 

On March 21, 2023, an aggregate of $977,500 was deposited by the Sponsor into the Trust Account for the public stockholders, representing $0.10 per public share, which enables the Company to extend the period of time it has to consummate its initial business combination by three months from March 21, 2023 to June 21, 2023.

 

On June 16, 2023, the Company held a special meeting of the stockholders (the “2023 Special Meeting”), where the stockholders of the Company approved the amendment of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to allow the Company until June 21, 2023 to consummate an initial business combination and to elect to extend the period to consummate an initial business combination up to nine times, each by an additional one-month period (each, a “Monthly Extension”), for a total of up to nine months to March 21, 2024, by depositing to the Trust Account, the lesser of (i) $100,000 for all public shares and (ii) $0.04 for each public share for each one-month extension (each, a “Monthly Extension Payment”). On June 20, 2023, the Current Charter was filed with the State of Delaware, effective on the same date. In connection with the votes to approve the amendment, 4,791,507 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock were tendered for redemption.

 

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As of the date hereof, nine Monthly Extension Payments, each in the amount of $100,000, were deposited into the Trust Account, among which, five Monthly Extension Payments were made by Thunder Power pursuant to the Merger Agreement, three were made by the Sponsor and one was made by the management from the working capital of the Company. As a result, the Company currently has sought nine Monthly Extensions to have until March 21, 2024 to complete an initial business combination.

 

On March 1, 2024, the Company filed a notice of special meeting of stockholders, according to which a special meeting of stockholders is to be held virtually on March 18, 2024 at 11:30 a.m., Eastern Time, where the Company’s stockholders will vote to approve the amendment of the Current Charter to allow the Company until March 21, 2024 to consummate an initial business combination and to elect to extend the period to consummate an initial business combination up to nine times, each by an additional one-month period, for a total of up to nine months to December 21, 2024.

 

Effecting the Initial Business Combination

 

Our business strategy is to identify and acquire potential targets in which we believe can materially grow revenue and earnings through the efforts of a combined management team followed by the completion of an initial business combination, but we will not undertake our initial business combination with an entity being based in or having the majority of the company’s operations in China (including Hong Kong and Macau).

 

Initial Business Combination

 

Our initial business combination must occur with one or more target businesses that together have an aggregate fair market value of at least 80% of the assets held in the Trust Account (excluding deferred underwriting commissions payable to our underwriters and taxes payable) at the time of our signing a definitive agreement in connection with the initial business combination, but we will not undertake our initial business combination with an entity being based in or having the majority of the company’s operations in China (including Hong Kong and Macau). If our board is not able to independently determine the fair market value of the target business or businesses, we will obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm that is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”), or an independent valuation or accounting firm with respect to the satisfaction of such criteria. Our stockholders may not be provided with a copy of such opinion, nor will they be able to rely on such opinion.

 

The Trust Funds released to us from the Trust Account upon the closing of our initial business combination may be used as consideration to pay the sellers of a target business with which we complete our initial business combination. If our initial business combination is paid for using equity or debt securities, or not all of the funds released from the Trust Account are used for payment of the consideration in connection with our initial business combination or used for redemption of our Public Shares, we may use the balance of the cash released to us from the Trust Account following the closing for general corporate purposes, including for maintenance or expansion of operations of the 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.

 

In addition, we may be required to obtain additional financing in connection with the closing of our initial business combination to be used following the closing for general corporate purposes as described above. There is no limitation on our ability to raise funds through the issuance of equity or equity-linked securities or through loans, advances or other indebtedness in connection with our initial business combination, including pursuant to forward purchase agreements or backstop agreements we may enter into following consummation of the IPO. Subject to compliance with applicable securities laws, we would only complete such financing simultaneously with the completion of our initial business combination. At this time, we are not a party to any arrangement or understanding with any third party with respect to raising any additional funds through the sale of securities or otherwise. None of our founders is required to provide any financing to us in connection with or after our initial business combination. We may also obtain financing prior to the closing of our initial business combination to fund our working capital needs and transaction costs in connection with our search for and completion of our initial business combination. The Current Charter provides that, following the IPO and prior to the consummation of our initial business combination, we are prohibited from issuing 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 any initial business combination, or (b) to approve an amendment to our amended and restated certificate of incorporation to (x) extend the time we have to consummate an initial business combination beyond March 21, 2024 (the “Combination Period”) if we extend the period of time to consummate an initial business combination) or (y) amend the foregoing provisions, unless (in connection with any such amendment to our amended and restated certificate of incorporation) we offer our public stockholders the opportunity to redeem their Public Shares.

 

The existence of financial and personal interests of one or more of our directors results in conflicts of interest on the part of such director(s) between what he, she or they may believe is in the best interests of us and its stockholders and what he, she or they may believe is best for himself, herself or themselves in determining to recommend that stockholders vote for the proposals. In addition, our officers have interests in the business combination that may conflict with your interests as a stockholder. For more information on the foregoing conflicts of interest and the relevant pre-existing fiduciary duties or contractual obligations of our management team, see the section titled “Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance — Conflicts of Interest.”

 

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Status as a Public Company

 

We believe our structure will make us an attractive initial business combination partner to target businesses. As an existing public company, we offer a target business an alternative to the traditional initial public offering through a merger or other initial business combination. In this situation, the owners of the target business would exchange their shares of stock in the target business for shares of our stock or for a combination of shares of our stock and cash, allowing us to tailor the consideration to the specific needs of the sellers. Although there are various costs and obligations associated with being a public company, we believe target businesses will find this method a more certain and cost effective method to becoming a public company than the typical initial public offering. In a typical initial public offering, there are additional expenses incurred in marketing, road show and public reporting efforts that may not be present to the same extent in connection with an initial business combination with us.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

We will remain an emerging growth company until the earlier of (1) the last day of the fiscal year (a) following the fifth anniversary of the completion of the IPO, (b) in which we have total annual gross revenue of at least $1.235 billion, or (c) in which we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer, which means the market value of our Common Stock that is held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the prior June 30th, and (2) the date on which we have issued more than $1.0 billion in non-convertible debt securities during the prior three-year period.

 

Financial Position

 

With funds in the Trust Account available for an initial business combination initially in the amount of $95,795,000, excluding $3,421,250 for the deferred underwriting compensation, before fees and expenses associated with our initial business combination, we offer a target business a variety of options such as creating a liquidity event for its owners, providing capital for the potential growth and expansion of its operations or strengthening its balance sheet by reducing its debt or leverage ratio. Because we are able to complete our initial business combination using our cash, debt or equity securities, or a combination of the foregoing, we have the flexibility to use the most efficient combination that will allow us to tailor the consideration to be paid to the target business to fit its needs and desires. However, we have not taken any steps to secure third-party financing and there can be no assurance it will be available to us.

 

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Lack of Business Diversification

 

For an indefinite period of time after the completion of our initial business combination, the prospects for our success may depend entirely on the future performance of a single business. Unlike other entities that have the resources to complete initial business combinations with multiple entities in one or several industries, it is probable that we will not have the resources to diversify our operations and mitigate the risks of being in a single line of business. In addition, we intend to focus our search for an initial business combination in a single industry. By completing our initial business combination with only a single entity, our lack of diversification may:

 

  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

 

  cause us to depend on the marketing and sale of a single product or limited number of products or services.

 

Limited Ability to Evaluate the Target’s Management Team

 

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

 

Following the initial business combination, to the extent that we deem it necessary, we may seek to recruit additional managers to supplement the incumbent management team of the target business. We cannot assure you that we will have the ability to recruit additional managers, or that additional managers will have the requisite skills, knowledge or experience necessary to enhance the incumbent management.

 

Stockholders May Not Have the Ability to Approve our Initial Business Combination

 

We may conduct redemptions without a stockholder vote pursuant to the tender offer rules of the SEC. However, we will seek stockholder approval if it is required by law or applicable stock exchange rule, or we may decide to seek stockholder approval for business or other legal reasons. Presented in the table below is a graphic explanation of the types of initial business combinations we may consider and whether stockholder approval is currently required under Delaware law for each such transaction.

 

Type of Transaction   Whether
Stockholder
Approval is
Required
Purchase of assets   No
Purchase of stock of target not involving a merger with the company   No
Merger of target into a subsidiary of the company   No
Merger of the company with a target   Yes

 

Under Nasdaq’s listing rules, stockholder approval would be required for our initial business combination if, for example:

 

  we issue shares of Common Stock that will be equal to or in excess of 20% of the number of shares of our Common Stock then outstanding;

 

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

 

  the issuance or potential issuance of Common Stock will result in our undergoing a change of control.

 

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The decision as to whether we will seek stockholder approval of a proposed initial business combination in those instances in which stockholder approval is not required by applicable law or stock exchange listing requirements will be made by us, solely in our discretion, and will be based on business and legal reasons, which include a variety of factors, including, but not limited to: (i) the timing of the transaction, including in the event we determine stockholder approval would require additional time and there is either not enough time to seek stockholder approval or doing so would place the company at a disadvantage in the transaction or result in other additional burdens on the company; (ii) the expected cost of holding a stockholder vote; (iii) the risk that the stockholders would fail to approve a proposed initial business combination; (iv) other time and budget constraints of the company; and (v) additional legal complexities of a proposed initial business combination that would be time-consuming and burdensome to present to stockholders.

 

Permitted Purchases of our Securities

 

In the event we seek stockholder 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 founders, advisors or their affiliates may purchase shares in privately negotiated transactions or in the open market either prior to or following the completion of our initial business combination. 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 in the Trust Account will be used to purchase shares in such transactions. They will not make any such purchases when they are in possession of any material non-public information not disclosed to the seller or if such purchases are prohibited by Regulation M under the Exchange Act. Such a purchase may include a contractual acknowledgement that such stockholder, although still the record holder of our shares is no longer the beneficial owner thereof and therefore agrees not to exercise its redemption rights. In the event that our founders or advisors or their affiliates purchase shares in privately negotiated transactions from public stockholders who have already elected to exercise their redemption rights, such selling stockholders would be required to revoke their prior elections to redeem their shares. We do not currently anticipate that such purchases, if any, would constitute a tender offer subject to the tender offer rules under the Exchange Act or 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.

 

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

 

In addition, if such purchases are made, the public “float” of our Common Stock 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.

 

Our founders or advisors and/or their affiliates anticipate that they may identify the stockholders with whom our founders, advisors or their affiliates may pursue privately negotiated purchases by either the stockholders contacting us directly or by our receipt of redemption requests submitted by stockholders following our mailing of proxy materials in connection with our initial business combination. To the extent that our founders, advisors or their affiliates enter into a private purchase, they would identify and contact only potential selling stockholders who have expressed their election to redeem their shares for a pro rata share of the Trust Account or vote against our initial business combination. Our founders, advisors or their affiliates will only purchase shares if such purchases comply with Regulation M under the Exchange Act and the other federal securities laws.

 

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

 

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Redemption Rights for Public Stockholders upon Completion of the Initial Business Combination

 

We will provide our public stockholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their shares of Common Stock 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 the initial business combination including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to us to pay our taxes, 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 approximately $10.15 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 compensation. Our founders have entered into a letter agreement with us, pursuant to which they have agreed to waive their redemption rights with respect to any Founder Shares and any Private Shares held by them in connection with the completion of our initial business combination. However, if our founders acquire Public Shares in or after the IPO, 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 Combination Period.

 

We will complete our business combination   only if a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock voted are voted in favor of the business combination. A quorum for the special meeting for such a vote will consist of the holders present in person or by proxy of shares of outstanding capital stock of the Company representing a majority of the voting power of all outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company entitled to vote at such meeting. Our founders will count toward this quorum and have agreed to vote their Founder Shares, Private Shares and any Public Shares purchased during or after the IPO in favor of our business combination. For purposes of seeking approval of the majority of our outstanding shares of Common Stock voted, non-votes will have no effect on the approval of our business combination once a quorum is obtained. Our founders collectively own 3,002,625 shares of Common Stock (including 2,443,750 Founder Shares, 498,875 Private Shares and 60,000 Representative Shares). As a result, assuming only a majority of the voting power of all outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company entitled to vote at such meeting are present at such meeting and all Founder Shares, Private Shares and Representative Shares vote in favor of the initial business combination, we do not need any additional shares of Common Stock from the public stockholders to vote in favor in order to have our initial business combination approved. We intend to give approximately 30 days (but not less than 10 days nor more than 60 days) prior written notice of any such meeting, if required, at which a vote shall be taken to approve our business combination.

 

These quorums and voting thresholds, and the voting agreements of our founders, may make it more likely that we will consummate our business combination. Each public stockholder may elect to redeem its Public Shares irrespective of whether they vote, do not vote or abstain, and if they do vote, irrespective of whether they vote for or against the business combination, and irrespective of whether they were a public stockholder on the record date for the general meeting held to approve the business combination.

 

The Current Charter provides that we will only redeem our Public Shares so long as (after such redemption) our net tangible assets will be at least $5,000,001 either immediately prior to or upon consummation of our initial business combination and after payment of underwriters’ fees and commissions (so that we are not subject to the SEC’s “penny stock” rules) or any greater net tangible asset or cash requirement which may be contained in the agreement relating to our initial business combination. For example, the proposed business combination may require: (i) cash consideration to be paid to the target or its owners, (ii) cash to be transferred to the target for working capital or other general corporate purposes or (iii) 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 shares of Common Stock 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 shares of Common Stock submitted for redemption will be returned to the holders thereof.

 

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Limitation on Redemption upon Completion of Initial Business Combination

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if we seek stockholder approval of our business combination and we do not conduct redemptions in connection with our business combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that a public stockholder, together with any affiliate of such stockholder or any other person with whom such stockholder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined under Section 13 of the Exchange Act), will be restricted from seeking redemption rights with respect to more than an aggregate of 20% of the shares sold in the IPO, which we refer to as the “Excess Shares.” We believe this restriction will discourage stockholders from accumulating large blocks of shares, and subsequent attempts by such holders to use their ability to exercise their redemption rights against a proposed business combination as a means to force us or our management to purchase their shares at a significant premium to the then-current market price or on other undesirable terms. Absent this provision, a public stockholder holding more than an aggregate of 20% of the shares sold in the IPO could threaten to exercise its redemption rights if such holder’s shares are not purchased by us or our management at a premium to the then-current market price or on other undesirable terms. By limiting our stockholders’ ability to redeem no more than 20% of the shares sold in the IPO, we believe we will limit the ability of a small group of stockholders to unreasonably attempt to block our ability to complete our 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, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation does not restrict our stockholders’ ability to vote all of their shares (including Excess Shares) for or against, or to abstain from voting on, our business combination.

 

Tendering Stock Certificates in Connection with a Tender Offer or Redemption Rights

 

We may require our public stockholders 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 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 business combination will indicate whether we are requiring public stockholders to satisfy such delivery requirements. Accordingly, a public stockholder would have from the time we send out our tender offer materials until the close of the tender offer period, or up to two days prior to the vote on the business combination if we distribute proxy materials, as applicable, to tender its shares if it wishes to seek to exercise its redemption rights. Given the relatively short exercise period, it is advisable for stockholders to use electronic delivery of their Public Shares.

 

There is a nominal cost associated with the above-referenced tendering process and the act of certificating the shares or delivering them through the DWAC System. The transfer agent will typically charge the tendering broker $100.00 and it would be up to the broker whether or not to pass this cost on to the redeeming holder. However, this fee would be incurred regardless of whether or not we require holders seeking to exercise redemption rights to tender their shares. The need to deliver shares is a requirement of exercising redemption rights regardless of the timing of when such delivery must be effectuated.

 

The foregoing is different from the procedures used by many blank check companies. In order to perfect redemption rights in connection with their initial business combinations, many blank check companies would distribute proxy materials for the stockholders’ vote on an initial business combination, and a holder could simply vote against an initial business combination and check a box on the proxy card indicating such holder was seeking to exercise his or her redemption rights. After an initial business combination was approved, the company would contact such stockholder to arrange for him or her to deliver his or her certificate to verify ownership. As a result, the stockholder then had an “option window” after the completion of the initial business combination during which he or she could monitor the price of the company’s stock in the market. If the price rose above the redemption price, he or she could sell his or her shares in the open market before actually delivering his or her shares to the company for cancellation. As a result, the redemption rights, to which stockholders were aware they needed to commit before the stockholder meeting, would become “option” rights surviving past the completion of the initial business combination until the redeeming holder delivered its certificate. The requirement for physical or electronic delivery prior to the meeting ensures that a redeeming holder’s election to redeem is irrevocable once the initial business combination is approved.

 

Any request to redeem such shares, once made, may be withdrawn at any time up to the date set forth in the tender offer materials or the date of the stockholder meeting set forth in our proxy materials, as applicable. Furthermore, if a holder of a public share delivered its certificate in connection with an election of redemption rights and subsequently decides prior to the applicable date not to elect to exercise such rights, such holder may simply request that the transfer agent return the certificate (physically or electronically). It is anticipated that the funds to be distributed to holders of our Public Shares electing to redeem their shares will be distributed promptly after the completion of initial business combination.

 

If our business combination is not approved or completed for any reason, then our public stockholders who elected to exercise their redemption rights would not be entitled to redeem their shares for the applicable pro rata share of the Trust Account. In such case, we will promptly return any certificates delivered by public holders who elected to redeem their shares.

 

If our initial proposed business combination is not completed, we may continue to try to complete an initial business combination with a different target with the Combination Period.

 

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Redemption of Public Shares and Liquidation if no Initial Business Combination

 

The Current Charter allows the Company until June 21, 2023 to consummate an initial business combination and to elect to extend the period to consummate an initial business combination up to nine times, each by an additional one-month period, for a total of up to nine months to March 21, 2024. If we are unable to complete our initial business combination with the Combination Period, we will: (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, 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 and not previously released to us to pay our taxes (less up to $50,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public stockholders’ rights as stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining stockholders and our board of directors, dissolve and liquidate, subject in each case to our obligations under Delaware 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 Warrants, which will expire worthless if we fail to complete our business combination with the Combination Period.

 

Our founders 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 with the Combination Period. However, if our founders acquire Public Shares in or after the IPO, 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 with the Combination Period.

 

Our founders have agreed, pursuant to a letter agreement with us (filed as an exhibit hereto), that they will not propose any amendment to our amended and restated certificate of incorporation (i) that would modify the substance or timing of our obligation to allow redemption in connection with our initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our Public Shares if we do not complete our initial business combination with the Combination Period, or (ii) with respect to any other material provision relating to stockholders’ rights or pre-initial business combination activity, unless we provide our public stockholders with the opportunity to redeem their shares of Common Stock 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 and not previously released to us to pay our taxes divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares. However, we will only redeem our Public Shares so long as (after such redemption) our net tangible assets will be at least $5,000,001 either immediately prior to or upon consummation of our initial business combination and after payment of underwriters’ fees and commissions (so that we are not subject to the SEC’s “penny stock” rules). If this optional redemption right is exercised with respect to an excessive number of Public Shares such that we cannot satisfy the net tangible asset requirement (described above) we would not proceed with the amendment or the related redemption of our Public Shares.

 

We expect that all costs and expenses associated with implementing our plan of dissolution, as well as payments to any creditors, will be funded from amounts remaining out of the approximately $500,000 of proceeds held outside the Trust Account, although we cannot assure you that there will be sufficient funds for such purpose. However, if those funds are not sufficient to cover the costs and expenses associated with implementing our plan of dissolution, to the extent that there is any interest accrued in the Trust Account not required to pay taxes on interest income earned on the Trust Account balance, we may request the trustee to release to us an additional amount of up to $50,000 of such accrued interest to pay those costs and expenses.

 

If we were to expend all of the net proceeds of the IPO and the sale of the Private Shares, other than the Trust Funds, and without taking into account interest, if any, earned on the Trust Account, the per-share redemption amount received by stockholders upon our dissolution would be approximately $10.15. The Trust Funds could, however, become subject to the claims of our creditors which would have higher priority than the claims of our public stockholders. We cannot assure you that the actual per-share redemption amount received by stockholders will not be substantially less than $10.15. Under Section 281(b) of the DGCL, our plan of dissolution must provide for all claims against us to be paid in full or make provision for payments to be made in full, as applicable, if there are sufficient assets. These claims must be paid or provided for before we make any distribution of our remaining assets to our stockholders. While we intend to pay such amounts, if any, we cannot assure you that we will have funds sufficient to pay or provide for all creditors’ claims.

 

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Although we will seek to have all vendors, service providers, prospective target businesses or other entities with which we do business execute agreements with us waiving any right, title, interest and claim of any kind in or to any monies held in the Trust Account for the benefit of our public stockholders, there is no guarantee that they will execute such agreements or even if they execute such agreements that they would be prevented from bringing claims against the Trust Account including but not limited to fraudulent inducement, breach of fiduciary responsibility or other similar claims, as well as claims challenging the enforceability of the waiver, in each case in order to gain an advantage with respect to a claim against our assets, including the funds held in the Trust Account. If any third party refuses to execute an agreement waiving such claims to the monies held in the Trust Account, our management will perform an analysis of the alternatives available to it and will only enter into an agreement with a third party that has not executed a waiver if management believes that such third party’s engagement would be significantly more beneficial to us than any alternative. Examples of possible instances where we may engage a third party that refuses to execute a waiver include the engagement of a third-party consultant whose particular expertise or skills are believed by management to be significantly superior to those of other consultants that would agree to execute a waiver or in cases where management is unable to find a service provider willing to execute a waiver.

 

In addition, there is no guarantee that such entities will agree to waive any claims they may have in the future as a result of, or arising out of, any negotiations, contracts or agreements with us and will not seek recourse against the Trust Account for any reason. Our Sponsor has agreed that it will be liable to us if and to the extent any claims by a third party for services rendered or products sold to us, or a prospective target business with which we have discussed entering into a transaction agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the Trust Account to below (i) $10.15 per public share or (ii) such lesser amount per public share held in the Trust Account as of the date of the liquidation of the Trust Account, due to reductions in value of the trust assets, in each case net of the amount of interest which may be withdrawn to pay taxes, except as to any claims by a third party who executed a waiver of any and all rights to seek access to the Trust Account and except as to any claims under our indemnity of the underwriters of the IPO against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. In the event that an executed waiver is deemed to be unenforceable against a third party, then the Sponsor will not be responsible to the extent of any liability for such third party claims We have not independently verified whether the Sponsor has sufficient funds to satisfy its indemnity obligations and believe that the Sponsor’s only assets are securities of our company. We have not asked the Sponsor to reserve for such indemnification obligations. Therefore, we cannot assure you that the Sponsor would be able to satisfy those obligations. As a result, if any such claims were successfully made against the Trust Account, the funds available for our initial business combination and redemptions could be reduced to less than $10.15 per public share. In such event, we may not be able to complete our initial business combination, and you would receive such lesser amount per share in connection with any redemption of your Public Shares. None of our officers will indemnify us for claims by third parties including, without limitation, claims by vendors and prospective target businesses.

 

In the event that the Trust Funds are reduced below (i) $10.15 per public share or (ii) such lesser amount per public share held in the Trust Account as of the date of the liquidation of the Trust Account, due to reductions in value of the trust assets, in each case net of the amount of interest which may be withdrawn to pay taxes, and the Sponsor asserts that it is unable to satisfy its indemnification obligations or that it has no indemnification obligations related to a particular claim, our independent directors would determine whether to take legal action against the Sponsor to enforce its indemnification obligations. While we currently expect that our independent directors would take legal action on our behalf against the Sponsor to enforce its indemnification obligations to us, it is possible that our independent directors in exercising their business judgment may choose not to do so if, for example, the cost of such legal action is deemed by the independent directors to be too high relative to the amount recoverable or if the independent directors determine that a favorable outcome is not likely. We have not asked the Sponsor to reserve for such indemnification obligations and we cannot assure you that the Sponsor would be able to satisfy those obligations. Accordingly, we cannot assure you that due to claims of creditors the actual value of the per-share redemption price will not be less than $10.15 per public share.

 

We 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, prospective target businesses or other entities with which we do business execute agreements with us waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to monies held in the Trust Account. The Sponsor will also not be liable as to any claims under our indemnity of the underwriters of the IPO against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. We will have access to up to approximately $700,000 from the proceeds of the IPO with which to pay any such potential claims. In the event that we liquidate and it is subsequently determined that the reserve for claims and liabilities is insufficient, stockholders who received funds from our Trust Account could be liable for claims made by creditors.

 

Under the DGCL, stockholders may be held liable for claims by third parties against a corporation to the extent of distributions received by them in a dissolution. The pro rata portion of our Trust Account distributed to our public stockholders upon the redemption of our Public Shares in the event we do not complete our business combination with the Combination Period may be considered a liquidating distribution under Delaware law. If the corporation complies with certain procedures set forth in Section 280 of the DGCL intended to ensure that it makes reasonable provision for all claims against it, including a 60-day notice period during which any third-party claims can be brought against the corporation, a 90-day period during which the corporation may reject any claims brought, and an additional 150-day waiting period before any liquidating distributions are made to stockholders, any liability of stockholders with respect to a liquidating distribution is limited to the lesser of such stockholder’s pro rata share of the claim or the amount distributed to the stockholder, and any liability of the stockholder would be barred after the third anniversary of the dissolution.

 

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Furthermore, if the pro rata portion of our Trust Account distributed to our public stockholders upon the redemption of our Public Shares in the event we do not complete our business combination within the Combination Period if we extend the period of time to consummate an initial business combination), is not considered a liquidating distribution under Delaware law and such redemption distribution is deemed to be unlawful, then pursuant to Section 174 of the DGCL, the statute of limitations for claims of creditors could then be six years after the unlawful redemption distribution, instead of three years, as in the case of a liquidating distribution. If we are unable to complete our business combination with the Combination Period, we will: (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, 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 and not previously released to us to pay our taxes or for working capital purposes (less up to $50,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public stockholders’ rights as stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining stockholders and our board of directors, dissolve and liquidate, subject in each case to our obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. Accordingly, it is our intention to redeem our Public Shares as soon as reasonably possible following our 18th month and, therefore, we do not intend to comply with those procedures. As such, our stockholders could potentially be liable for any claims to the extent of distributions received by them (but no more) and any liability of our stockholders may extend well beyond the third anniversary of such date.

 

Because we will not be complying with Section 280, Section 281(b) of the DGCL requires us to adopt a plan, based on facts known to us at such time that will provide for our payment of all existing and pending claims or claims that may be potentially brought against us within the subsequent 10 years. However, because we are a blank check company, rather than an operating company, and our operations will be limited to searching for prospective target businesses to acquire, the only likely claims to arise would be from our vendors (such as lawyers, investment bankers, etc.) or prospective target businesses. As described above, pursuant to the obligation contained in our underwriting agreement, we will seek to have all vendors, service providers, prospective target businesses or other entities with which we do business execute agreements with us waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies held in the Trust Account. As a result of this obligation, the claims that could be made against us are significantly limited and the likelihood that any claim that would result in any liability extending to the Trust Account is remote. Further, the Sponsor may be liable only to the extent necessary to ensure that the amounts in the Trust Account are not reduced below (i) $10.15 per public share or (ii) such lesser amount per public share held in the Trust Account as of the date of the liquidation of the Trust Account, due to reductions in value of the trust assets, in each case net of the amount of interest withdrawn to pay taxes and will not be liable as to any claims under our indemnity of the underwriters of the IPO against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. In the event that an executed waiver is deemed to be unenforceable against a third party, the Sponsor will not be responsible to the extent of any liability for such third-party claims.

 

If we file a bankruptcy petition or an involuntary bankruptcy petition is filed against us that is not dismissed, the Trust Funds could be subject to applicable bankruptcy law, and may be included in our bankruptcy estate and subject to the claims of third parties with priority over the claims of our stockholders. To the extent any bankruptcy claims deplete the Trust Account, we cannot assure you we will be able to return $10.15 per share to our public stockholders. Additionally, if we file a bankruptcy petition or an involuntary bankruptcy petition is filed against us that is not dismissed, any distributions received by stockholders could be viewed under applicable debtor/creditor and/or bankruptcy laws as either a “preferential transfer” or a “fraudulent conveyance.” As a result, a bankruptcy court could seek to recover some or all amounts received by our stockholders. Furthermore, our board of directors may be viewed as having breached its fiduciary duty to our creditors and/or may have acted in bad faith, thereby exposing itself and our company to claims of punitive damages, by paying public stockholders from the Trust Account prior to addressing the claims of creditors. We cannot assure you that claims will not be brought against us for these reasons.

 

Our public stockholders will be entitled to receive funds from the Trust Account only (i) in the event of the redemption of our Public Shares if we do not complete an initial business combination with the Combination Period, subject to applicable law, (ii) (a) in connection with a stockholder vote to approve an amendment to our amended and restated certificate of incorporation to modify the substance or timing of our obligation to allow redemption in connection with our initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our Public Shares if we have not consummated an initial business combination with the Combination Period, or (b) with respect to any other provision relating to stockholders’ rights or pre-initial business combination activity or (iii) our completion of an initial business combination, and then only in connection with those Public Shares that such stockholder properly elected to redeem, subject to the limitations described in the S-1. In no other circumstances will a stockholder have any right or interest of any kind to or in the Trust Account. In the event we seek stockholder approval in connection with our business combination, a stockholder’s voting in connection with the business combination alone will not result in a stockholder’s redeeming its shares to us for an applicable pro rata share of the Trust Account. Such stockholder must have also exercised its redemption rights as described above.

 

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Competition

 

In identifying, evaluating and selecting a target business for our initial business combination, we may encounter intense competition from other entities having a business objective similar to ours, including other blank check companies, private equity groups and leveraged buyout funds, and operating businesses seeking strategic acquisitions. Many of these entities are well established and have extensive experience identifying and effecting initial business combinations directly or through affiliates. Moreover, many of these competitors possess greater financial, technical, human and other resources than we do. Our ability to acquire larger target businesses will be limited by our available financial resources. This inherent limitation gives others an advantage in pursuing the acquisition of a target business. Furthermore, our obligation to pay cash in connection with our public stockholders who exercise their redemption rights may reduce the resources available to us for our initial business combination and our outstanding Warrants, and the future dilution they potentially represent, may not be viewed favorably by certain target businesses. Either of these factors may place us at a competitive disadvantage in successfully negotiating an initial business combination.

 

Facilities

 

Our executive offices are located at 48 Bridge Street Building A, Metuchen, New Jersey 08840.

 

Employees

 

We currently have three executive officers including Mr. Xuedong (Tony) Tian, Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Lei Xu, Chairwoman and President, and Ms. Yuanmei Ma, Chief Financial Officer. These individuals are not obligated to devote any specific number of hours to our matters but they intend to devote as much of their time as they deem necessary to our affairs until we have completed our business combination. The amount of time they will devote in any time period will vary based on the stage of the business combination process we are in. We do not intend to have any full-time employees prior to the completion of our business combination.

 

Periodic Reporting and Financial Information

 

We have registered our Units, Class A Common Stock, Warrants and Rights under the Exchange Act and have reporting obligations, including the requirement that we file annual, quarterly and current reports with the SEC. In accordance with the requirements of the Exchange Act, our annual reports will contain financial statements audited and reported on by our independent registered public accountants.

 

We have filed a Registration Statement on Form 8-A with the SEC to voluntarily register our securities under Section 12 of the Exchange Act. As a result, we are subject to the rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act. We have no current intention of filing a Form 15 to suspend our reporting or other obligations under the Exchange Act prior or subsequent to the consummation of our business combination.

 

We will provide stockholders with audited financial statements of the prospective target business as part of the tender offer materials or proxy solicitation materials sent to stockholders to assist them in assessing the target business. In all likelihood, these financial statements will need to be prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. We cannot assure you that any particular target business selected by us as a potential acquisition candidate will have financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP or that the potential target business will be able to prepare its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP. To the extent that this requirement cannot be met, we may not be able to acquire the proposed target business. While this may limit the pool of potential acquisition candidates, we do not believe that this limitation will be material.

 

We will be required to evaluate our internal control procedures for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024   as required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.  Only in the event we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer or an accelerated filer will we be required to have our internal control procedures audited. A target company may not be in compliance with the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act regarding adequacy of their internal controls. The development of the internal controls of any such entity to achieve compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act may increase the time and costs necessary to complete any such acquisition.

 

Legal Proceedings

 

There is no material litigation, arbitration or governmental proceeding currently pending against us or any members of our management team in their capacity as such.

 

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ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS 

 

As a smaller reporting company, we are not required to make disclosures under this Item. Factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those in this Annual Report are any of the risks described in the Prospectus, the quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on August 21, 2023, and the Form S-4. Any of these factors could result in a significant or material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial condition. Additional risk factors not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also impair our business or results of operations. As of the date of this Annual Report, there have been no material changes to the risk factors disclosed in the Prospectus or the Form S-4, except we may disclose changes to such factors or disclose additional factors from time to time in our future filings with the SEC.

 

ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 1C. CYBERSECURITY

 

We are a special purpose acquisition company with no business operations. Since our IPO, our sole business activity has been identifying and evaluating suitable acquisition transaction candidates. Therefore, we do not consider that we face significant cybersecurity risk.

 

We have not adopted any cybersecurity risk management program or formal processes for assessing cybersecurity risk. Our management is generally responsible for assessing and managing any cybersecurity threats. If and when any reportable cybersecurity incident arises, our management shall promptly report such matters to our board of directors for further actions, including regarding the appropriate disclosure, mitigation, or other response or actions that the board deems appropriate to take.

 

As of the date of this report, we have not encountered any cybersecurity incidents since our IPO.

 

ITEM 2. PROPERTIES

 

We do not own any real estate or other physical properties materially important to our operations. We maintain our principal executive offices at 48 Bridge Street, Building A, Metuchen, New Jersey 08840. We consider our current office space, combined with the other office space otherwise available to our executive officers, adequate for our current operations.

 

ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

 

We are not currently a party to any material litigation or other legal proceedings brought against us. We are also not aware of any legal proceeding, investigation or claim, or other legal exposure that has a more than remote possibility of having a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.

 

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

 

Not Applicable.

 

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PART II

 

ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

 

Our Units began to trade on the Nasdaq Capital Market, or Nasdaq, under the symbol “FLFVU” on June 16, 2022. The Class A Common Stock, Warrants and Rights comprising the Units began separate trading on Nasdaq on August 8, 2022, under the symbols “FLFV”, “FLFVW” and “FLFVR”, respectively.

 

Holders of Record 

 

At March 4, 2024, there were 2 holders of record of our Class A Common Stock, 8 holders of record of our Class B Common Stock, 1 holder of record of our public units, 2 holders of record of our private units, 1 holder of record of our separately traded Warrants, and 1 holder of record of our separately traded Rights. The number of record holders was determined from the records of our transfer agent.

 

Dividends

 

We have not paid any cash dividends on our shares of Class A Common Stock to date and do not intend to pay cash dividends prior to the completion of an initial business combination. The payment of cash dividends in the future will be dependent upon our revenues and earnings, if any, capital requirements and general financial condition subsequent to completion of an initial business combination. The payment of any dividends subsequent to an initial business combination will be within the discretion of our board of directors at such time. It is the present intention of our board of directors to retain all earnings, if any, for use in our business operations and, accordingly, our board of directors does not anticipate declaring any dividends in the foreseeable future. In addition, our board of directors is not currently contemplating and does not anticipate declaring any share dividends in the foreseeable future. Further, if we incur any indebtedness, our ability to declare dividends may be limited by restrictive covenants we may agree to in connection therewith.

 

Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans

 

None.

 

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

 

Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, we completed the Private Placement of 498,875 Private Units, including 478,875 Private Units to the Company’s Sponsor, and 20,000 units to US Tiger, the representative of the underwriters of the IPO, at a purchase price of $10.00 per Private Unit, generating gross proceeds of $4,988,750 (including $4,788,750 from Sponsor and $200,000 from US Tiger). The Private Units are identical to the units as part of the Units in the IPO, except that the Private Units are not transferable, assignable or salable (except to our officers and directors and other persons or entities affiliated with or related to our founders, each of whom will be subject to the same transfer restrictions) until 30 days after the completion of our initial business combination.

 

Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers

 

None.

 

ITEM 6. [RESERVED]

 

As a smaller reporting company, we are not required to make disclosures under this Item.

 

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ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS 

 

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the notes thereto contained elsewhere in this report. Certain information contained in the discussion and analysis set forth below includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.

 

We are a blank check company incorporated as a Delaware corporation and formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination (the “initial business combination”) with one or more businesses. We intend to complete our initial business combination using cash from the IPO, our capital stock, debt or a combination of cash, stock and debt.

 

We presently have no revenue, have had losses since inception from incurring formation and operating costs and have had no operations other than identifying and evaluating suitable acquisition transaction candidates. We have relied upon the sale of our securities and loans from the Sponsor to fund our operations.

 

On June 21, 2022, we consummated our initial public offering (the “IPO”) of 9,775,000 units (the “Units”), which included 1,275,000 units issued upon the full exercise of the over-allotment option of the underwriters of the IPO. Each Unit consists of one share of our Class A common stock (the “Class A Common Stock”), $0.0001 par value per share (the “Public Shares”), one redeemable warrant (the “Warrants”), each Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one share of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share, and one right (the “Rights”), each one Right entitling the holder thereof to exchange for one-tenth (1/10) of one Class A Common Stock upon the completion of the Company’s initial business combination, generating gross proceeds of $97,750,000. Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, we completed the private sale (the “Private Placement”) of 498,875 units (the “Private Units”, consisting of one Class A Common Stock, or the “Private Share”, one warrant, or the “Private Warrant”, and one right, or the “Private Right”) , including 478,875 units to the Company’s sponsor, Feutune Light Sponsor LLC (the “Sponsor”), and 20,000 units to US Tiger Securities, Inc. (“US Tiger”, together with our Sponsor, directors and officers, the “founders”), the representative of the underwriters of the IPO, at a purchase price of $10.00 per Private Unit, generating gross proceeds of $4,988,750 (including $4,788,750 from Sponsor and $200,000 from US Tiger) (the “Private Placement Proceeds”). The Private Units are identical to the units as part of the Units in the IPO, except that the Private Units are not transferable, assignable or salable (except to our officers and directors and other persons or entities affiliated with or related to our founders, each of whom will be subject to the same transfer restrictions) until 30 days after the completion of our initial business combination. The proceeds of $99,216,250 ($10.15 per Unit) in the aggregate from the IPO and a portion from the Private Placement (the “Trust Funds”), were placed in a trust account (the “Trust Account”) established for the benefit of the Company’s public stockholders and the underwriters of the IPO with Wilmington Trust, National Association acting as trustee.

 

The Trust Funds include $3,421,250 payable to the underwriters (the “deferred underwriting compensation”) pursuant to the underwriting agreement dated June 15, 2022, entered among us, US Tiger and EF Hutton, division of Benchmark Investments, LLC, the representatives (the “Representatives”) of the underwriters of the IPO.

 

Our management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the proceeds of the Private Placement that are held out of the Trust Account, although substantially all the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally towards consummating an initial business combination and working capital.

 

Extension of the Period of Time to Consummate Initial Business Combination

 

On March 21, 2023, an aggregate of $977,500 (the “Extension Payment”) was deposited by the Sponsor into the Trust Account for the public stockholders, representing $0.10 per public share, which enables the Company to extend the period of time it has to consummate its initial business combination by three months from March 21, 2023 to June 21, 2023 (the “Extension”).

 

Among $977,500 Extension Payment, (i) $600,000 were deposited by the Company’s sponsor, Feutune Light Sponsor LLC (the “Sponsor”), and (ii) $377,500 by the Company from the working capital account of the Company in lieu of the Sponsor, pursuant to a non-interest, short-term loan provided by the Company to the Sponsor (the “Short-Term Loan Note”) to the Company, which provides for repayment of the Short-Term Loan on or before March 31, 2023.

 

From June to September 2023, four $100,000 Monthly Extension Payments were deposited into the Trust Account for the public stockholders, which enabled the Company to extend the period of time it has to consummate its initial business combination by four months from June 21, 2023 to October 21, 2023. Among the four $100,000 Monthly Extension Payments, the $100,000 deposited on July 20, 2023 (the “July Monthly Extension Payment”) was deposited by the Company from its working capital account in lieu of a deposit by the Sponsor. Such advancement was repaid by the Sponsor to the Company in September 2023. From October to February 2024, five Monthly Extension Payments were   deposited into the Trust Account by TPH (as defined below) which enabled the Company to extend the date by which it has to consummate its initial business combination by one month from October 21, 2023 to March   21, 2024.

 

In connection with the Extension Payment, the Company issued four unsecured promissory notes of $100,000 to the Sponsor to evidence the payments made by the Sponsor for the Monthly Extension Payment. In connection with the October to December Monthly Extension Payments, and pursuant to the Merger Agreement (as defined below), the Company issued three unsecured promissory notes of $100,000 each to TPH to evidence the payment made for the October to December Monthly Extension Payments.

 

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The notes bear no interest and are in full upon the earlier to occur of (i) the consummation of the Company’s business combination or (ii) the date of expiry of the term of the Company (the “Maturity Date”). The following shall constitute an event of default: (i) a failure to pay the principal within five business days of the Maturity Date; (ii) the commencement of a voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy action, (iii) the breach of the Company’s obligations thereunder; (iv) any cross defaults; (v) any enforcement proceedings against the Company; and (vi) any unlawfulness and invalidity in connection with the performance of the obligations thereunder, in which case the notes may be accelerated.

 

The payee of the notes, the Sponsor, has the right, but not the obligation, to convert the notes, in whole or in part, respectively, into Private Units of the Company, that are identical to Public Units of the Company, subject to certain exceptions, as described in the Prospectus, by providing the Company with written notice of the intention to convert at least two business days prior to the closing of the business combination. The number of Private Units to be received by the Sponsor in connection with such conversion shall be an amount determined by dividing (x) the sum of the outstanding principal amount payable to the Sponsor by (y) $10.00.

 

Business Combination Agreement with Thunder Power Holdings Limited 

 

On October 26, 2023, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Thunder Power Holdings Limited, a British Virgin Islands company (“TPH” or “Thunder Power”), and Feutune Light Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”).

 

TPH is a technology innovator and manufacturer of premium electric vehicles (“EVs”). TPH is dedicated to creating electric vehicles that deliver a premium driving experience combined with a high degree of personalization and has developed and is planning to manufacture a family of EVs suited to various stages of life and driving environments.

 

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, TPH will be merged with and into Merger Sub (the “Merger”), with the Merger Sub surviving the Merger as a direct wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.

 

At the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”), by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of the Company, Merger Sub, TPH or the shareholders of TPH immediately prior to the Effective Time (collectively, the “TPH Shareholders”), each TPH Shareholder’s ordinary shares of TPH (“TPH Ordinary Shares”) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (excluding dissenting shares and shares held by TPH or any of its direct or indirect subsidiaries as of immediately prior to the Effective Time) will be canceled and automatically converted into (i) the right to receive, without interest, the applicable portion of the Closing Merger Consideration Shares (as defined below) as set forth in the Closing Consideration Spreadsheet (as defined in the Merger Agreement) and (ii) the contingent right to receive the applicable portion of the Earnout Shares (as defined in the Merger Agreement), if, as and when payable in accordance with the earnout provisions described in the Merger Agreement. For avoidance of any doubt, each TPH Shareholder will cease to have any rights with respect to such TPH Shareholder’s TPH Ordinary Shares, except the right to receive the Closing Per Share Merger Consideration and the Earnout Shares. “Closing Merger Consideration Shares” means 40,000,000 shares of common stock of the Company upon and following the Merger (the “PubCo”), which are equal or equivalent in value to the sum of $400,000,000 divided by $10.00 per share.

 

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time, an aggregate of 20,000,000 shares of common stock of PubCo issued to the TPH Shareholders (the “Earnout Shares”) will be deposited with an escrow agent in a segregated escrow account (the “Earnout Escrow Account”) pursuant to an escrow agreement effective as of the Effective Time and will be released from the Earnout Escrow Account and delivered to the TPH Shareholders after the closing of the Merger as follows:

 

(a)an aggregate of 5,000,000 Earnout Shares will be vested, if and only if, on the occurrence that the amount of sales/revenues of PubCo for any of the fiscal years (such fiscal year is referred as “Tranche 1 Fiscal Year”) ending from December 31, 2023 to December 31, 2025 is no less than $42,200,000 as evidenced by the audited financial statements of PubCo prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP for the Tranche 1 Fiscal Year that is contained in an annual report on Form 10-K filed by PubCo with the SEC.

 

(b)an aggregate of 15,000,000 Earnout Shares will be vested, if and only if, on the occurrence that the amount of sales/revenues of PubCo for any of the fiscal years (such fiscal year is referred as “Tranche 2 Fiscal Year”) ending from December 31, 2023 to December 31, 2026 is no less than $415,000,000 as evidenced by the audited financial statements of PubCo prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP for the Tranche 2 Fiscal Year that is contained in an annual report on Form 10-K filed by PubCo with the SEC.

 

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Results of Operations

 

Our entire activity from inception up to date was related to the Company’s formation, the IPO and general and administrative activities. Since the IPO, our activity has been limited to the evaluation of initial business combination candidates, and we will not be generating any operating revenues until the closing and completion of our initial business combination. We generate non-operating income in the form of interest income earned on investment held in the Trust Account. We are incurring expenses as a result of being a public company (for legal, financial reporting, accounting and auditing compliance), as well as for due diligence expenses.

 

For the year ended December 31, 2023 and period from January 19, 2022 (inception) through December 31, 2022, we had a net income of $1,336,935 and $404,616, respectively, from interest income less formation and operating costs and tax expenses.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources and Going Concern

 

The Company’s liquidity needs up to December 31, 2023 had been satisfied through initial payment from the Sponsor of $25,000 for the insider shares and proceeds from the Private Placement.

 

On June 21, 2022, we consummated the IPO of 9,775,000 Public Units at a price of $10.00 per unit (including 1,275,000 units issued upon the full exercise of the over-allotment option), generating gross proceeds of $97,750,000. Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO and full exercise of the over-allotment option by the underwriters, we consummated the sale of 498,875 units as Private Placement Units to the Sponsor (for 478,875 units) and US Tiger (for 20,000 units), one of the representative of the underwriters, with each unit consisting of one share of Class A common stock, one warrant and one right, at a price of $10.00 per unit, generating gross proceeds of $4,988,750. Following the closings of the IPO and the sales of the Private Placement Units on June 21, 2022, a total of $99,216,250 (or $10.15 per share) was placed in the Trust Account.

 

As of December 31, 2023, the Company had cash of $18,330 and a working capital deficit of $2,268,086.

 

We intend to use substantially all of the funds held in the Trust Account, including any amounts representing interest earned on the Trust Account, excluding deferred underwriting commissions, to complete our business combination. We may withdraw interest from the Trust Account to pay taxes, if any. To the extent that our share capital or debt is used, in whole or in part, as consideration to complete a business combination, the remaining proceeds held in the Trust Account will be used as working capital to finance the operations of the target business or businesses, make other acquisitions and pursue our growth strategies.

 

We intend to use the funds held outside the Trust Account primarily to identify and evaluate target businesses, perform business due diligence on prospective target businesses, travel to and from the offices, plants or similar locations of prospective target businesses or their representatives or owners, review corporate documents and material agreements of prospective target businesses, structure, negotiate and complete a business combination.

 

In order to fund working capital deficiencies or finance transaction costs in connection with a business combination, our Sponsor or an affiliate of our Sponsor or certain of our officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds as may be required. If the Company completes the initial business combination, it will repay such loaned amounts. In the event that the 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 the Trust Account would be used for such repayment. Up to $3,000,000 of such loans may be convertible into units, at a price of $10.00 per unit at the option of the lender.

 

If our estimate of the costs of identifying a target business, undertaking in-depth due diligence and negotiating a business combination is less than the actual amount necessary to do so, we may have insufficient funds available to operate our business prior to our initial business combination. Moreover, we may need to obtain additional financing either to complete our business combination or because we become obligated to redeem a significant number of our public shares upon completion of our business combination, in which case we may issue additional securities or incur debt in connection with such business combination, all of which raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.

 

In addition, the Current Charter allows the Company until June 21, 2023 to consummate an initial business combination and to elect to extend the period to consummate an initial business combination up to nine times, each by an additional one-month period, for a total of up to nine months to March 21, 2024. If we are unable to complete our initial business combination by March 21, 2024 upon maximum extension, we may seek approval from our stockholders holding no less than 65% or more of the votes to approve to extend the completion period if we fail to obtain approval from our stockholders for such extension or we do not seek such extension, the Company will cease all operations.

 

As a result, management has determined that there is substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

 

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Off-Balance Sheet Financing Arraignments

 

We have no obligations, assets or liabilities that would be considered off-balance sheet arrangements as of December 31, 2023. We do not participate in transactions that create relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, often referred to as variable interest entities, which would have been established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements. We have not entered into any off-balance sheet financing arrangements, established any special purpose entities, guaranteed any debt or commitments of other entities, or purchased any non-financial assets.

 

Contractual Obligations

 

As of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, we do not have any long-term debt, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations or long-term liabilities.

 

We are obligated to pay the Representatives the deferred underwriting compensation equal to 3.5% of the IPO Proceeds which amounted to $3,421,250. The deferred underwriting compensation will become payable to the Representatives from the amounts held in the Trust Account solely in the event that we complete the business combination.

 

The holders of the Founder Shares, the Private Placement Units, and any units that may be issued upon conversion of working capital loans (and any underlying securities) will be entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration rights agreement entered into in connection with the IPO. The holders of these securities are entitled to make up to three demands, excluding short form demands, that we register such securities. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to our completion of our initial business combination. We will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements. 

 

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

 

Warrants

 

We account for warrants as either equity-classified or liability-classified instruments based on an assessment of the warrant’s specific terms and applicable authoritative guidance in ASC 480, “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity” (“ASC 480”) and ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging (“ASC 815”). The assessment considers whether the warrants are freestanding financial instruments pursuant to ASC 480, whether they meet the definition of a liability pursuant to ASC 480, and whether the warrants meet all of the requirements for equity classification under ASC 815, including whether the warrants are indexed to our own Class A Common Stock and whether the warrant holders could potentially require “net cash settlement” in a circumstance outside of our control, among other conditions for equity classification. This assessment, which requires the use of professional judgment, is conducted at the time of warrant issuance and as of each subsequent quarterly period end date while the warrants are outstanding.

 

For issued or modified warrants that meet all of the criteria for equity classification, the warrants are required to be recorded as a component of equity at the time of issuance. For issued or modified warrants that do not meet all the criteria for equity classification, the warrants are required to be recorded as liabilities at their initial fair value on the date of issuance, and each balance sheet date thereafter. Changes in the estimated fair value of the warrants are recognized as a non-cash gain or loss on the statements of operations. We determined that upon further review of the proposed form of warrant agreement, management concluded that the warrants included in the units issued in the IPO pursuant to the warrant agreement qualify for equity accounting treatment.

 

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Common Stock Subject to Possible Redemption

 

We account for our Class A Common Stock subject to possible redemption in accordance with the guidance in ASC Topic 480, “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” Class A Common Stock subject to mandatory redemption (if any) are classified as a liability instrument and are measured at fair value. Conditionally redeemable Class A Common Stock (including Class A Common Stock that feature redemption rights that are either within the control of the holder or subject to redemption upon the occurrence of uncertain events not solely within our control) are classified as temporary equity. At all other times, Class A Common Stock are classified as stockholders’ equity. Our Public Shares feature certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of our control and subject to occurrence of uncertain future events. Accordingly, as of December 31, 2023, shares of Class A Common Stock subject to possible redemption are presented at redemption value of $10.84 per share as temporary equity, outside of the stockholders’ equity section of our balance sheet. We recognize changes in redemption value immediately as they occur and adjusts the carrying value of redeemable Class A Common Stock to equal the redemption value at the end of each reporting period. Increases or decreases in the carrying amount of shares of redeemable Class A Common Stock are affected by charges against additional paid in capital or accumulated deficit if additional paid in capital equals to zero.

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

The fair value of our assets and liabilities approximates the carrying amounts represented in the accompanying balance sheet, primarily due to their short-term nature.

 

The fair value of our financial assets and liabilities reflects management’s estimate of amounts that we would have received in connection with the sale of the assets or paid in connection with the transfer of the liabilities in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. In connection with measuring the fair value of its assets and liabilities, we seek to maximize the use of observable inputs (market data obtained from independent sources) and to minimize the use of unobservable inputs (internal assumptions about how market participants would price assets and liabilities). The following fair value hierarchy is used to classify assets and liabilities based on the observable inputs and unobservable inputs used in order to value the assets and liabilities:

 

  Level 1 - inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active market.

 

  Level 2 - inputs to the valuation methodology include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, and inputs that are observable for the assets or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the financial instruments.

 

  Level 3 - inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair value.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

Management does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting pronouncements, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the Company’s financial statements.

 

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ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

 

As a smaller reporting company, we are not required to make disclosures under this Item.

 

ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

 

Our financial statements and the notes thereto begin on page F-1 of this Annual Report.

 

ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE 

 

None.

 

ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

Disclosure controls are procedures that are designed with the objective of ensuring that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed under the Exchange Act, such as this Report, is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time period specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls are also designed with the objective of ensuring that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including the chief executive officer and chief financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Our management evaluated, with the participation of our current chief executive officer and chief financial officer (our “Certifying Officers”), the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2023, pursuant to Rule 13a-15(b) under the Exchange Act. Based upon that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officers and Chief Financial Officer concluded that during the period covered by this report, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective.  

 

We do not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures will prevent all errors and all instances of fraud. Disclosure controls and procedures, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the disclosure controls and procedures are met. Further, the design of disclosure controls and procedures must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all disclosure controls and procedures, no evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures can provide absolute assurance that we have detected all our control deficiencies and instances of fraud, if any. The design of disclosure controls and procedures also is based partly on certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions.

 

Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

As required by SEC rules and regulations implementing Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. Our internal control over financial reporting is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of our financial statements for external reporting purposes in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Our internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that:

 

  (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of our company,

 

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  (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP, and that our receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of our management and directors, and
     
  (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of our assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements. 

 

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect errors or misstatements in our financial statements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree or compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. Management assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting at December 31, 2023. In making these assessments, management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal Control — Integrated Framework (2013), which include 1) inadequate segregation of duties within account processes due to limited personnel and 2) insufficient written policies and procedures for accounting, IT and financial reporting and record keeping. Based on our assessments and those criteria, management determined that we do not maintain effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2023. 

 

This Annual Report on Form 10-K does not include an attestation report of internal controls from our independent registered public accounting firm due to our status as an emerging growth company under the JOBS Act.

 

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the year ended December 31, 2023 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION

 

None.

 

ITEM 9C. DISCLOSURE REGARDING FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS THAT PREVENT INSPECTIONS

 

Not applicable.

 

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PART III

 

ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

 

The following table sets forth information about our directors and executive officers as of the date of this annual report.

 

Name  Age  Position
Xuedong (Tony) Tian  52  Chief Executive Officer, Director
Lei Xu  47  Chairwoman and President
Yuanmei Ma  52  Chief Financial Officer
Kevin Vassily  57  Director
David Ping Li  58  Director
Wenbing Chris Wang  52  Director

 

Mr. Xuedong (Tony) Tian, Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Tian has been our Chief Executive Officer since March 2022 and has been our director since June 2022. Furthermore, Mr. Tian has served as Managing Director and Head of Capital Markets at US Tiger Securities, Inc. since October 2020. From May 2012 to October 2020, Mr. Tian was the Founder and President of Weitian Group LLC, a corporate advisory and investor relations consultancy. Prior to that, Mr. Tian was a sell-side equity analyst at various investment banks, including as Managing Director covering China at Merriman Capital, Inc. from June 2013 to January 2016; Executive Director and Lead Analyst covering China Industrials and IT Outsourcing at Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. from May 2011 to May 2012; Vice President and Lead China Analyst at Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. from May 2010 to April 2011; Senior Associate covering Networking, Hardware & IT Supply Chain at Ticonderoga Securities LLC from October 2009 to May 2010; and Associate covering Semiconductor & Semiconductor Capital Equipment at Pacific Crest Securities LLC (now part of KeyBanc) from April 2008 to September 2009. Prior to his Wall Street career, Mr. Tian also worked for Virgin Mobile USA as a Finance Manager – Customer Analytics from June 2006 to March 2008 and for AT&T as a Finance Manager from January 2001 to March 2006. Mr. Tian holds an MBA degree from New York University, a M.A. degree in Economics from the University of Connecticut and a M.S. and B.S. degrees in Land Resources and Management from China Agricultural University. Mr. Tian is a CFA charter holder and currently holds Series 7, 24, 63, and 79 licenses. Mr. Tian has also been the Chief Financial Officer and Director of Inkstone Feibo Acquisition Corporation, a special purpose acquisition company to be listed on Nasdaq, since April 2022, and the Chief Financial Officer and Director of Aimfinity Investment Corp. I, a special purpose acquisition company listed on Nasdaq, since March 2023.

 

Dr. Lei Xu, Chairwoman and President. Dr. Xu has been our Director and President shortly since our inception and has been our Chairwoman since June 2022. Between February 2021 and December 2022, Dr. Xu served as the President and Chairwoman of Fortune Rise Acquisition Corporation, a Nasdaq listed special purpose acquisition company. Dr. Xu has served as the Executive President of Boya Foundation, a non-profit educational charity organization since July 2019. She has served as the Chairwoman of Peking University Alumni Association of Southern California (PUAASC) since January 2020. From January 2016 to December 2019, she served as the President and Director of PUAASC. Since December 2018, Dr. Xu has served as a limited partner at Seraph Group, an established global investment firm investing in early-stage companies in strategic high-growth sectors such as transportation, aerospace, digital media, sensors, social connectivity, advanced medical devices, health science, data analytics, smart mobility, and ecommerce efficiency. Dr. Xu has been a professor in the Department of Geography & the Environment at California State University – Fullerton since August 2006. She received her Ph.D. and M.A. degrees in Geography from McMaster University, and Bachelor’s degree from Peking University with a major in Urban and Environmental Sciences and a minor in Economics.

 

Ms. Yuanmei Ma, Chief Financial Officer. Yuanmei Ma has been our Chief Financial Officer shortly since our inception. Ms. Ma has served as the Chief Financial Officer of Mayrock Automotive Inc., a zero-emission commercial mobility company in California since September 2020. Between February 2021 and December 2022, Ms. Ma served as the Chief Financial Officer of Fortune Rise Acquisition Corporation, a Nasdaq listed special purpose acquisition company. Ms. Ma was the director of investor relation at Highpower International Inc., from August 2016 to November 2019; when it was listed on Nasdaq (Formerly Nasdaq: HPJ). From July 2010 to June 2013, Ms. Ma was the Chief Financial Officer for Baosheng Steel Inc. She was Chief Financial Officer of Yihe Pharmaceutical Company Ltd. between August 2009 to June 2010; and Chief Financial Officer of Zhongpin Inc., (Formerly Nasdaq: HOGS), from September 2005 to October 2008. Ms. Ma holds an Executive MBA degree from both INSEAD Business School and Tsinghua University and a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Arkansas State University.

 

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Mr. Kevin Vassily, Independent Director. Mr. Vassily has extensive working experience as a senior management team member serving private and public companies. Mr. Vassily is a director nominee of Fortune Joy International Acquisition Corporation and of Inkstone Feibo Acquisition Corporation, two special purpose acquisition companies (“SPAC”) seeking Nasdaq listing, and a member of the board of directors of Denali Capital Acquisition Corp. since April 2022, and a member of the board of directors of Aimfinity Investment Corp. I since March 2023, two SPACs listed on Nasdaq. In January 2021, he was appointed Chief Financial Officer, and in March 2021, became a member of the board of directors of iPower Inc. (Nasdaq: IPW), an online hydroponic equipment retailer and supplier. Prior to joining iPower, from 2019 to January 2021, Mr. Vassily served as Vice President of Market Development for Facteus, Inc., a financial analytics company focused on the Asset Management industry. From March 2019 through Janurary 2020, he served as an advisor at Woodseer Global, a financial technology firm providing global dividend forecasts. From October 2018 through its acquisition in March 2020, Mr. Vassily served as an advisor at Go Capture (which was acquired by Deloitte China in 2020), where he was responsible for providing strategic, business development, and product development advisory services for the company’s emerging “Data as a Service” platform. Since February 2020, Mr. Vassily has served as a director of Zhongchao Inc. (Nasdaq: ZCMD), a provider of healthcare information, education and training services to healthcare professionals and the public in China. Since July 2018, Mr. Vassily has also served as an advisor at Prometheus Fund, a Shanghai-based merchant bank/private equity firm focused on the “green” economy. From April 2015 through May 2018, Mr. Vassily served as an associate director of research at Keybanc Capital Markets Inc. From June 2010 to April 2015, he served as the director of research at Pacific Epoch, LLC (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pacific Crest Securities LLC). From May 2007 to May 2010, he served as the Asia Technology business development representative and as a senior analyst at Pacific Crest Securities. From July 2003 to September 2006, he served as senior research analyst in the semiconductor technology group at Susquehanna International Group, LLP. From September 2001 to June 2003, Mr. Vassily served as the vice president and senior research analyst for semiconductor capital equipment at Thomas Weisel Partners Group, Inc. Mr. Vassily began his career on Wall Street in August 1998, as a research associate covering the semiconductor industry at Lehman Brothers. He holds a B.A. in liberal arts from Denison University and an M.B.A. from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.

 

Mr. David Ping LiIndependent Director. Mr. Li has more than 25 years of experience in the finance and investment industries. Mr. Li is vice president of Finance at Anthem & Song Pictures since February 2015 and vice president of International Finance at AGBO Films LLC (part-time from June 2020 to July 2022), both co-founded by the Russo brothers, who directed Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: End Game, Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Captain America: Civil War. From January 2012 to December 2014, Mr. Li was managing director of Strategic Investment, Open Innovation at Koninklijke Phillips N.V. (NYSE: PHG), a global electronics company. From November 2008 to December 2011, Mr. Li was investment director at Intel Capital, the investment division of Intel Corporation with focus on investments in the technology, media, and telecom sector. From January 2004 to October 2008, Mr. Li served as managing director at ChinaVest Inc., a venture capital firm responsible for identifying, evaluating and executing investments to achieve financial returns. From February 2002 to July 2003, Mr. Li served as Chief Financial Officer of Great Wall Technology Co. Ltd., a publicly traded diversified technology company. Mr. Li was senior associate in the Investment Banking Division of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (acquired by Credit Suisse First Boston) from September 1998 to December 2001. From November 2008 to October 2019, Mr. Li served as independent director and chairman of the audit committee of Highpower International, Inc., a lithium battery company listed on NASDAQ (stock ticker: HPJ). Mr. Li graduated from Peking University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biochemistry. He received a master’s degree in Molecular Biology from Columbia University and an MBA in finance from the Wharton School of University of Pennsylvania.

 

Mr. Wenbing Chris Wang, Independent Director. Mr. Wang has extensive experience as a senior management team member serving private and public companies. Since June 2021, Mr. Wang has served as Chief Financial Officer of Phoenix Motor Inc. (Nasdaq: PEV, “PEV”). Mr. Wang was the senior vice president of finance of SPI Energy Co., Ltd (Nasdaq: SPI) and interim CFO of PEV from November 2020 to June 2021. Prior to joining SPI, Mr. Wang served as Chief Executive Officer of Redwood Group International, a Hong Kong-based merchant bank focused on Greater- China growth and venture opportunities, from February 2017 to November 2020, and a partner with SAIF Xinhuihuang Asset Management Co., Ltd. from December 2018 to March 2020. Prior to that, Mr. Wang served as President of Fushi Copperweld, Inc. (previously NasdaqGS: FSIN) from 2009 to 2016 and its Chief Financial Officer from 2005 to 2010. At Fushi Copperweld, Mr. Wang led the company’s public listing on the Nasdaq and the acquisition of Copperweld Bimetallics in 2007, $290 million in total equity and debt financing from 2005 to 2012, and its $345 million privatization transaction in 2012. Prior to that, Mr. Wang worked for Cornerstone China Opportunities Fund, Redwood Capital, Credit Suisse, VCChina from 1999 to 2005 with progressive responsibilities. Mr. Wang obtained a BSc from the University of Science and Technology Beijing and an MBA degree in Finance and Corporate Accounting from the University of Rochester. Mr. Wang is currently a board member of IT Tech Packaging, Inc. (NYSE/Amex: ITP) starting from October 2009.

 

Our directors and officers will play a key role in identifying, evaluating, and selecting target businesses, and structuring, negotiating and consummating our initial acquisition transaction. Except as described below and under “Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate GovernanceConflicts of Interest,” none of these individuals is currently a principal of or affiliated with a public company or blank check company that executed a business plan similar to our business plan. We believe that the skills and experience of these individuals, their collective access to acquisition opportunities and ideas, their contacts, and their transaction expertise should enable them to identify successfully and effect an acquisition transaction, although we cannot assure you that they will, in fact, be able to do so.

 

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Director Independence

 

NASDAQ listing standards require that a majority of our board of directors be independent as long as we are not a controlled company. An “independent director” is defined under the Nasdaq rules generally as a person other than an officer or employee of the company or its subsidiaries or any other individual having a relationship which in the opinion of the company’s board of directors, would interfere with the director’s exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director. Our board of directors has determined that each of Mr. Vassily, Mr. Li and Mr. Wang is an “independent director” as defined in the NASDAQ listing standards and applicable SEC rules. Our independent directors have regularly scheduled meetings at which only independent directors are present.

 

Audit Committee

 

Since our IPO, we have an audit committee of the board of directors. Mr. Vassily, Mr. Li and Mr. Wang serve as members of our audit committee. Mr. Li serves as chairman of the audit committee. Under the Nasdaq listing standards and applicable SEC rules, we are required to have three members of the audit committee all of whom must be independent. Mr. Vassily, Mr. Li and Mr. Wang are independent.

 

Each member of the audit committee is financially literate and our board of directors has determined that Mr. Li qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert” as defined in applicable SEC rules.

 

We have adopted an audit committee charter, which details the principal functions of the audit committee, including:

 

the appointment, compensation, retention, replacement, and oversight of the work of the independent auditors and any other independent registered public accounting firm engaged by us;

 

  pre-approving all audit and non-audit services to be provided by the independent auditors or any other registered public accounting firm engaged by us, and establishing pre-approval policies and procedures;

 

  reviewing and discussing with the independent auditors all relationships the auditors have with us in order to evaluate their continued independence;

 

  setting clear hiring policies for employees or former employees of the independent auditors;

 

  setting clear policies for audit partner rotation in compliance with applicable laws and regulations;

 

  obtaining and reviewing a report, at least annually, from the independent auditors describing (1) the independent auditor’s internal quality-control procedures and (2) any material issues raised by the most recent internal quality-control review, or peer review, of the audit 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;

 

  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

 

  reviewing with management, the independent auditors, 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.

 

Compensation Committee

 

Since our IPO, we have a compensation committee of the board of directors. The members of our Compensation Committee are Mr. Vassily, Mr. Li and Mr. Wang. Mr. Vassily serves as chairwoman of the compensation committee. We have adopted a compensation committee charter, which details the principal functions of the compensation committee, including:

 

reviewing and approving on an annual basis the corporate goals and objectives relevant to our Chief Executive Officer’s compensation, evaluating our Chief Executive Officer’s performance in light of such goals and objectives, and determining and approving the remuneration (if any) of our Chief Executive Officer’s based on such evaluation in executive session at which the Chief Executive Officer is not present;

 

reviewing and approving the compensation of all of our other executive officers;

 

reviewing our executive compensation policies and plans;

 

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implementing and administering our incentive compensation equity-based remuneration plans;

 

assisting management in complying with our proxy statement and annual report disclosure requirements;

 

approving all special perquisites, special cash payments, and other special compensation and benefit arrangements for our executive officers and employees;

 

producing a report on executive compensation to be included in our annual proxy statement; and

 

reviewing, evaluating, and recommending changes, if appropriate, to the remuneration for directors.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, as indicated above, other than reimbursement of expenses and the business combination fee that we have agreed to pay to the Representatives, in connection with our business combination, no compensation of any kind, including finders, consulting or other similar fees, will be paid to any of our existing stockholders, officers, directors or any of their respective affiliates, prior to, or for any services they render in order to complete the consummation of the business combination although we may consider cash or other compensation to officers or advisors we may hire subsequent to the IPO to be paid either prior to or in connection with our business combination. Accordingly, it is likely that prior to the consummation of the business combination, the compensation committee will only be responsible for the review and recommendation of any compensation arrangements to be entered into in connection with such business combination.

 

The current charter of the Compensation Committee also provides that the compensation committee may, in its sole discretion, retain, or obtain the advice of a compensation consultant, legal counsel, or other adviser and will be directly responsible for the appointment, compensation, and oversight of the work of any such adviser. Before engaging or receiving advice from a compensation consultant, external legal counsel, or any other adviser, however, the compensation committee will consider the independence of each such adviser, including the factors required by Nasdaq and the SEC.

 

Director Nominations

 

We do not have a standing nominating committee. In accordance with Rule 5605(e)(2) of the Nasdaq Rules, a majority of the independent directors may recommend a director nominee for selection by the board of directors. The board of directors believes that the independent directors can satisfactorily carry out the responsibility of properly selecting or approving director nominees without the formation of a standing nominating committee. As there is no standing nominating committee, we do not have a nominating committee charter in place.

 

The board of directors will also consider director candidates recommended for nomination by our stockholders during such times as they are seeking proposed nominees to stand for election at the next annual meeting of stockholders (or, if applicable, a special meeting of stockholders). Our stockholders that wish to nominate a director for election to our board of directors should follow the procedures set forth in our bylaws.

 

We have not formally established any specific, minimum qualifications that must be met or skills that are necessary for directors to possess. In general, in identifying and evaluating nominees for director, our board of directors considers educational background, diversity of professional experience, knowledge of our business, integrity, professional reputation, independence, wisdom, and the ability to represent the best interests of our stockholders.

 

Code of Ethics

 

We have adopted a code of ethics that applies to all of our executive officers, directors and employees. The code of ethics codifies the business and ethical principles that govern all aspects of our business.

 

Clawback Policy

 

We adopted a clawback policy on November 29, 2023 that applies to our executive officers (the “Policy”) in order to comply with Nasdaq rules, which were approved by the SEC in June of 2023. The Policy took effect on November 29, 2023.

 

The policy gives the Compensation Committee the discretion to require executive officers to reimburse us for any Erroneously Awarded Compensation (as defined in the Policy) that was based on financial results that were subsequently restated as a result of that person’s misconduct.

 

Conflicts of Interest

 

Although we do not believe any conflict currently exists between us and the founders, affiliates of our founders may compete with us for acquisition opportunities. If such entities decide to pursue an opportunity, we may be precluded from procuring such opportunity. In addition, investment ideas generated within our founders may be suitable for both of us and for an affiliate of founders and may be directed to such entity rather than to us. Neither our founders nor members of our management team who are also employed by or affiliated with our founders will have any obligation to present us with any opportunity for a potential initial business combination of which they become aware, unless presented to such member specifically in his or her capacity as an officer or director of the company. Our founders and/or our management team, in their capacities as employees or affiliates of our founders or in their other endeavors, may be required to present potential business combinations to future founders’ affiliates or third parties, before they present such opportunities to us.

 

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Each of our officers and directors presently has, and any of them in the future may have additional, fiduciary or contractual obligations to other entities pursuant to which such officer or director is or will be required to present initial business combination opportunities to such entity. Accordingly, in the future, if any of our officers or directors becomes aware of an initial business combination opportunity which is suitable for an entity to which he or she has then-current fiduciary or contractual obligations, he or she will honor his or her fiduciary or contractual obligations to present such opportunity to such entity. We do not believe, however, that any fiduciary duties or contractual obligations of our officers arising in the future would materially undermine our ability to complete our business combination. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that we renounce our interest in any corporate opportunity offered to any director or officer unless such opportunity is expressly offered to such person solely in his or her capacity as a director or officer of our company and such opportunity is one we are legally and contractually permitted to undertake and would otherwise be reasonable for us to pursue.

 

Our officers or directors may become an officer or director of any other special purpose acquisition company with a class of securities registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, even before we enter into a definitive agreement regarding our initial business combination or we have failed to complete our initial business combination by March 21, 2023 (or up to March 21, 2024   if we extend the period of time to consummate an initial business combination).

 

In the event that we submit our business combination to our stockholders for a vote, our founders have agreed to vote any Founder Shares and Private Shares held by them and any Public Shares purchased during or after the offering in favor of our business combination and our officers and directors have also agreed to vote any Public Shares purchased during or after the offering in favor of our business combination.

 

Additionally, as a general matter, officers and directors of a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware are required to present business opportunities to a corporation if:

 

the corporation could financially undertake the opportunity;

 

the opportunity is within the corporation’s line of business; and

 

it would not be fair to our company and its stockholders for the opportunity not to be brought to the attention of the corporation.

 

Accordingly, as a result of multiple business affiliations, our officers and directors may have similar legal obligations relating to presenting business opportunities meeting the above-listed criteria to multiple entities. Furthermore, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that we renounce our interest in any corporate opportunity offered to any director or officer unless such opportunity is expressly offered to such person solely in his or her capacity as a director or officer of our company and such opportunity is one we are legally and contractually permitted to undertake and would otherwise be reasonable for us to pursue, and to the extent the director or officer is permitted to refer that opportunity to us without violating another legal obligation.

 

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Below is a table summarizing the entities to which our executive officers, and directors currently have fiduciary duties or contractual obligations: 

 

Individual   Entity   Entity’s Business   Affiliation
Xuedong (Tony) Tian   US Tiger Securities, Inc.   Broker/Dealer   Managing Director, Head of Capital Markets
    Inkstone Feibo Acquisition Corporation   SPAC   Chief Financial Officer and Director
    Aimfinity Investment Corp. I   SPAC   Chief Financial Officer and Director
             
Lei Xu   Boya Foundation
Peking University Alumni Association of Southern California
Seraph Group
California State University, Fullerton
  Non-profit
Non-profit
 
Investment Firm
Education
  Executive President
Chairwoman
Limited Partner
Professor
             
Yuanmei Ma   Mayrock Automotive Inc.   Commercial mobility
company
  Chief Financial Officer
             
Kevin Vassily   iPower Inc.
Zhongchao Inc.
Prometheus Fund
Denali Capital Acquisition Corp.
  Manufacturing
Healthcare
Investment Fund
SPAC
  Chief Financial Officer
Director
Advisor
Director
    Inkstone Feibo Acquisition Corporation   SPAC   Director Nominee
    Aimfinity Investment Corp. I   SPAC   Director
             
David Ping Li   AGBO Films LLC
Anthem & Song LLC
  Entertainment
Entertainment
  Vice President, International Finance
Vice President, International Finance
             
Wenbing Chris Wang   Phoenix Motor Inc.   Commercial vehicle company   Chief Financial Officer

 

Our stockholders shall be aware that Mr. Xuedong (Tony) Tian, one of our founders and Chief Executive Officer and Director, is also the Managing Director and Head of Capital Markets of US Tiger Securities, Inc., a representative of the underwriters in the IPO. In connection with such engagement, we would pay fees in an amount that constitutes a market rate for comparable transactions. The payment of such fee would likely be conditioned upon the completion of the initial business combination. US Tiger is an investment banking and advisory firm which provides advice on mergers and acquisitions, financial restructurings, valuation and capital structure to companies, institutions and governments. US Tiger is continuously made aware of potential business opportunities, one or more of which we may desire to pursue for an initial business combination. While US Tiger may become aware of a potential transaction that is an attractive opportunity for us, US Tiger will not have any duty or other obligation to offer acquisition opportunities to us. In addition, our officers and directors may have a duty to offer acquisition opportunities to clients of US Tiger or our other affiliates or other entities to which they owe duties. As a result, our affiliates and their respective clients may compete with us for initial business combination opportunities in the same industries and sectors as we may target for our initial business combination. If any of them decide to pursue any such opportunity, we may be precluded from procuring such opportunities.

 

Conflicts may arise from US Tiger’s affiliation with us, its provision of services both to us and to third-party clients, as well as from actions undertaken by US Tiger for its own account. US Tiger is often engaged as a financial advisor, or placement agent, to corporations and other entities and their directors and managers in connection with the sale of those entities, their assets or their subsidiaries. Clients generally require US Tiger to act exclusively on their behalf and as a result and/or for other reasons, we may be precluded from attempting to acquire securities of the business being sold or otherwise participating as a buyer in the transaction. Alternatively, US Tiger may be a financial advisor to a target business that we pursue an initial business combination with and US Tiger may receive fees from the target business in connection with an initial business combination. US Tiger also represents potential buyer’s businesses and may be incentivized or obligated to direct an opportunity to one of these buyers in lieu of us, thereby eliminating or reducing the investment opportunity available to us.

 

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In the event that we submit our initial business combination to our stockholders for a vote, our founders, officers and directors have agreed to vote any Founder Shares and Private Shares held by them and any public shares purchased during or after the offering (excluding public shares purchased by the anchor investors in the offering, if any) in favor of our initial business combination and our officers and directors have also agreed to vote any public shares purchased during or after the offering in favor of our initial business combination.

 

Change of Director

 

On October 2, 2023, Mr. Michael Davidov resigned from his position as an independent director, and a member of the Audit Committee and Compensation Committee of the of Board of Directors of the Company, effective immediately after the appointment of his successor. Mr. Michael Davidov’s resignation is not a result of any disagreement with the Company on any matter related to the operations, policies, or practices of the Company.

 

The same day, the Board of Directors appointed Mr. Wenbing Chris Wang to serve as an independent director of the Company, effectively immediately.

 

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

 

Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, requires our executive officers, directors and persons who beneficially own more than 10% of a registered class of our equity securities to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission initial reports of ownership and reports of changes in ownership of our shares of Common Stock and other equity securities. These executive officers, directors, and greater than 10% beneficial owners are required by SEC regulation to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) forms filed by such reporting persons.

 

Based solely upon a review of such forms furnished to us during the most recent fiscal year, or written representations that no Forms 5 were required, we believe that that all such forms required to be filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act were timely filed by the officers, directors, and security holders required to file the same during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023.

 

ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

 

Employment Agreements

 

We have not entered into any employment agreements with our executive officers and have not made any agreements to provide benefits upon termination of employment.

 

Executive Officers and Director Compensation 

 

None of our officers or directors has received any cash compensation for services rendered to us, except that our Sponsor agreed to transfer an aggregated amount of 505,000 Founder Shares to our officers, directors, secretary and their designees prior to the closing of the IPO, among which, (i) 141,000 Founder Shares were transferred to Mr. Xuedong (Tony) Tian, our Chief Executive Officer and Director, (ii) 153,000 Founder Shares were transferred to Dr. Lei Xu, our Chairwoman and President, (iii) 141,000 Founder Shares were transferred to Ms. Yuanmei Ma, our Chief Financial Officer, (iv) 10,000 Founder Shares were transferred to Ms. De Mi, our secretary, and (v) each 20,000 Founder Shares were transferred to each of Messrs. Kevin Vassily, David Ping Li, Michael Davidov, our independent directors (Michael Davidov resigned from his position as an independent director on October 2, 2023). Other than as set forth elsewhere in the Prospectus, no compensation of any kind, including finder’s and consulting fees, will be paid to our founders or any of their respective affiliates, for services rendered prior to or in connection with the completion of our initial business combination although we may consider cash or other compensation to officers or advisors we may hire subsequent to the IPO to be paid either prior to or in connection with our initial business combination. In addition, our officers, directors or any of their respective affiliates will be reimbursed for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with activities on our behalf such as identifying potential target businesses and performing due diligence on suitable initial business combinations. Our audit committee will review on a quarterly basis all payments that were made to our founders or their affiliates.

 

After the completion of our business combination, directors or members of our management team who remain with us may be paid consulting or management fees from the combined company. All of these fees will be fully disclosed to stockholders, to the extent then known, in the tender offer materials or proxy solicitation materials furnished to our stockholders in connection with a proposed business combination. We have not established any limit on the amount of such fees that may be paid by the combined company to our directors or members of management. It is unlikely the amount of such compensation will be known at the time of the proposed business combination, because the directors of the post-combination business will be responsible for determining officer and director compensation. Any compensation to be paid to our officers will be determined, or recommended to the board of directors for determination, either by a compensation committee constituted solely by independent directors or by a majority of the independent directors on our board of directors.

 

Following the business combination, to the extent we deem it necessary, we may seek to recruit additional managers to supplement the incumbent management team of the target business. We cannot assure you that we will have the ability to recruit additional managers, or that additional managers will have the requisite skills, knowledge or experience necessary to enhance the incumbent management.

 

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ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS 

 

The following table sets forth information regarding the beneficial ownership of our Common Stock as of the date of this annual report, by:

 

each person known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of the shares of our outstanding Common Stock;

 

each of our officers and directors; and

 

all of our officers and directors as a group.

 

Unless otherwise indicated, we believe that all persons named in the table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by them. The following table does not reflect record of beneficial ownership of the Warrants or Rights included in the Units sold in the IPO as Warrants are not exercisable until the later of 30 days after the completion of our initial business combination, or 12 months from the closing of the IPO. As of the date hereof, there are 5,542,368 shares of Class A Common Stock issued and outstanding and 2,443,750 shares of Class B common stock issued and outstanding.

 

Name and Address of
Beneficial Owner(1)
  Amount and
Nature of
Beneficial
Ownership
of Class A
Common
Stock
   Approximate
Percentage of
outstanding
Class A
Common
Stock
   Amount and
Nature of
Beneficial
Ownership
of Class B
Common
Stock
   Approximate
Percentage of
Outstanding
Class B
Common
Stock
   Approximate
Percentage of
Outstanding All
Common Stock
(as converted) (Total)
 
Feutune Light Sponsor LLC(2)(3)   478,875    8.64%   2,014,400    82.43%   31.22%
Sau Fong Yeung(2)   478,875    8.64%   2,014,400    82.43%   31.22%
Sam Yu(3)   198,158    3.58%   833,558    34.11%   12.92%
Verakin JX (U.S.) Inc.(4)   82,558    1.49%   347,282    14.21%   5.38%
Xuedong (Tony) Tian           117,030    4.79%   1.47%
Lei Xu           126,990    5.20%   1.59%
Yuanmei Ma           117,030    4.79%   1.47%
Kevin Vassily           20,000    *    * 
David Ping Li           20,000    *    * 
De Mi           8,300    *    * 
All executive officers, directors, and secretary as a group (6 individuals)           409,350    16.75%   5.13%

 

 

*Less than 1%.

 

(1)Unless otherwise noted, the business address of each of the following entities or individuals is c/o Feutune Light Acquisition Corporation, 48 Bridge Street Building A, Metuchen, New Jersey 08840.

(2)Our Sponsor is the record holder of Founder Shares reported herein. Ms. Sau Fong Yeung, a U.S. permanent resident, is the sole manager of our Sponsor, and as such may be deemed to have sole voting and investment discretion with respect to the Founder Shares and Private Shares held by our Sponsor.

(3)Our Sponsor is the record holder of Founder Shares reported herein. Mr. Sam Yu is a member of our Sponsor with 41.38% of ownership interests, and as such may be deemed to hold 41.38% of the beneficial ownership of the Founder Shares and Private Shares held by the Sponsor. Mr. Sam Yu is a U.S. citizen.

(4)Our Sponsor is the record holder of Founder Shares reported herein. Verakin JX (U.S.) Inc., a Delaware corporation, is a member of our Sponsor with 17.24% of ownership interests, and as such may be deemed to hold 17.24% of the beneficial ownership of the Founder Shares and Private Shares held by the Sponsor.

 

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The Founder Shares and Private Shares are subject to transfer restrictions pursuant to lock-up provisions in a letter agreement with us entered into by our founders. Those lock-up provisions provide that such securities are not transferable or salable (i) in the case of the Founder Shares, 50% of Founder Shares may not be transferred, assigned or sold until the earlier to occur of: (a) six months after the date of the consummation of our initial business combination, or (b) the date on which the closing price of our Common Stock equals or exceeds $12.50 per share (as adjusted for share splits, share dividends, reorganizations and recapitalizations) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing after our initial business combination and the remaining 50% of the Founder Shares may not be transferred, assigned or sold until six months after the date of the consummation of our initial business combination, or earlier, in either case, if, subsequent to our initial business combination, we consummate a subsequent liquidation, merger, stock exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of our stockholders having the right to exchange their shares for cash, securities or other property, and (ii) in the case of the Private Shares, until 30 days after the completion of our initial business combination, except in each case (a) to our founders, any affiliates or family members of any of our founders, direct and indirect equity holders, (b) in the case of an individual, by gift to a member of the individual’s immediate family, to a trust, the beneficiary of which is a member of the individual’s immediate family or an affiliate of such person, or to a charitable organization; (c) in the case of an individual, by virtue of laws of descent and distribution upon death of the individual; (d) in the case of an individual, pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order; (e) by private sales or transfers made in connection with the consummation of a business combination at prices no greater than the price at which the securities were originally purchased; (f) in the event of our liquidation prior to the completion of our initial business combination; or (g) by virtue of the laws of Delaware or our founders’ limited liability company agreement upon dissolution of our founders, provided, however, that in the case of clauses (a) through (e), or (g) these permitted transferees must enter into a written agreement agreeing to be bound by these transfer restrictions.

 

In addition, in order to finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial business combination, our founders or an affiliate of our founders may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds as may be required. If we complete an initial business combination, we would repay such loaned amounts. In the event that the 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 Trust Funds would be used for such repayment. Up to $3,000,000 of such loans may be convertible into Private Shares at $10.00 per share at the option of the lender. The terms of such loans by our officers and directors, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans. We do not expect to seek loans from parties other than our founders or an affiliate of our founders as we do not believe third parties will be willing to loan such funds and provide a waiver against any and all rights to seek access to funds in the Trust Account.

 

ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE 

 

Founder Shares and Private Units

 

On February 2, 2022, the Sponsor acquired 2,443,750 Founder Shares of for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000, or approximately $0.01 per share.

 

Our Sponsor also agreed to transfer an aggregated amount of 505,000 Founder Shares to our officers, directors, secretary and their designees prior to the closing of the IPO, among which, (i) 141,000 Founder Shares were transferred to Mr. Xuedong (Tony) Tian, our Chief Executive Officer and Director, (ii) 153,000 Founder Shares were transferred to Dr. Lei Xu, our Chairwoman and President, (iii) 141,000 Founder Shares were transferred to Ms. Yuanmei Ma, our Chief Financial Officer, (iv) 10,000 Founder Shares were transferred to Ms. De Mi, our secretary, and (v) each 20,000 Founder Shares were transferred to each of Messrs. Kevin Vassily, David Ping Li, Michael Davidov, our independent directors (Michael Davidov resigned from his position as an independent director on October 2, 2023). The transfer agreements were executed immediately prior to the closing of the IPO on June 21, 2022.

 

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The sale of the Founders Shares to the Company’s management and directors is in the scope of FASB ASC Topic 718, “Compensation-Stock Compensation” (“ASC 718”). Under ASC 718, stock-based compensation associated with equity-classified awards is measured at fair value upon the grant date. The fair value of the 505,000 shares granted to the Company’s management and directors less estimated forfeitures of 75,650 shares was $107,712 for a total of 429,350 shares or $0.25 per share. The Founders Shares were granted subject to a performance condition (i.e., the occurrence of a business combination). Compensation expense related to the Founders Shares is recognized only when the business combination is consummated under ASC 718. As such no stock-based compensation expense has been recognized. Stock-based compensation would be recognized at the date a business combination is consummated in an amount equal to the number of Founders Shares with estimated forfeiture times the grant date fair value per share (unless subsequently modified) less the amount initially received for the purchase of the Founders Shares.

 

Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, we completed the Private Placement of 498,875 Private Units, including 478,875 Private Units to the Company’s Sponsor, and 20,000 units to US Tiger, the representative of the underwriters of the IPO, at a purchase price of $10.00 per Private Unit, generating gross proceeds of $4,988,750 (including $4,788,750 from Sponsor and $200,000 from US Tiger). The Private Units are identical to the units as part of the Units in the IPO, except that the Private Units are not transferable, assignable or salable (except to our officers and directors and other persons or entities affiliated with or related to our founders, each of whom will be subject to the same transfer restrictions) until 30 days after the completion of our initial business combination.

 

The founders have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell 50% of its Founder Shares until the earlier to occur of: (A) six months after the date of the consummation of the Company’s initial business combination, or (B) the date on which the closing price of the Company’s Common Stock equals or exceeds $12.50 per share (as adjusted for share splits, share dividends, reorganizations and recapitalizations) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing after the Company’s initial business combination and the remaining 50% of the Founder Shares may not be transferred, assigned or sold until six months after the date of the consummation of the Company’s initial business combination, or earlier, in either case, if, subsequent to the Company’s initial business combination, the Company consummates a subsequent liquidation, merger, stock exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of the Company’s stockholders having the right to exchange their shares for cash, securities or other property.

 

As more fully discussed in the section of this report entitled “Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance — Conflicts of Interest,” if any of our officers or directors becomes aware of an initial business combination opportunity that falls within the line of business of any entity to which he or she has then-current fiduciary or contractual obligations, including our founders, he or she will honor his or her fiduciary or contractual obligations to present such opportunity to such entity. Our officers and directors currently have certain relevant fiduciary duties or contractual obligations to other entities that may take priority over their duties to us. Other than as set forth elsewhere in this report, no compensation of any kind, including finder’s and consulting fees, will be paid to our founders, or any of their respective affiliates, for services rendered prior to or in connection with the completion of an initial business combination although we may consider cash or other compensation to officers or advisors we may hire subsequent to the IPO to be paid either prior to or in connection with our initial business combination. In addition, these individuals will be reimbursed for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with activities on our behalf such as identifying potential target businesses and performing due diligence on suitable initial business combination. Our audit committee will review on a quarterly basis all payments that were made to our founders, advisors or our or their affiliates and will determine which expenses and the amount of expenses that will be reimbursed. There is no cap or ceiling on the reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses incurred by such persons in connection with activities on our behalf.

 

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Promissory Note

 

On March 21, 2023, the Extension Payment was deposited by the Sponsor into the Trust Account for the public stockholders, representing $0.10 per public share, which enables the Company to extend the period of time it has to consummate its initial business combination by three months from March 21, 2023 to June 21, 2023.

 

In connection with the Extension Payment, the Company issued a promissory note to the Sponsor (the “Note”). The Note is non-interest bearing and payable (subject to the waiver against trust provisions) upon the date on which the Company consummates its initial business combination. The principal balance may be prepaid at any time, at the election of the Company. The holder of the Note has the right, but not the obligation, to convert the Note, in whole or in part, into Private Units of the Company, as described in the Prospectus, by providing the Company with written notice of its intention to convert the Note at least two business days prior to the closing of the Company’s initial business combination. The number of Private Units to be received by the holder of the Note in connection with such conversion shall be an amount determined by dividing (x) the sum of the outstanding principal amount payable to the holder, by (y) $10.00. $600,000 of the Extension Payment was deposited by the Company’s Sponsor and $377,500 was deposited by the Company from its working capital account in lieu of the Sponsor, pursuant to the Short-Term Loan to the Company, which provides for repayment on or before March 31, 2023. The Short-Term Loan was repaid in full on March 24, 2023.

 

Following the Special Meeting, as of the date hereof, nine Monthly Extension Payments, each in the amount of $100,000, were deposited into the Trust Account, among which, five Monthly Extension Payments were made by Thunder Power pursuant to the Merger Agreement, three were made by the Sponsor and one was made by the management from the working capital of the Company. As a result, the Company currently has sought nine Monthly Extensions to have until March 21, 2024 to complete an initial business combination.

 

Working Capital Loans

 

In addition, in order to finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial business combination, our founders or an affiliate of our founders may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds as may be required. If we complete an initial business combination, we would repay such loaned amounts. In the event that the 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 Trust Funds would be used for such repayment. Up to $3,000,000 of such loans may be convertible into Private Shares at $10.00 per share at the option of the lender. The terms of such loans by our officers and directors, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans. We do not expect to seek loans from parties other than our founders or an affiliate of our founders as we do not believe third parties will be willing to loan such funds and provide a waiver against any and all rights to seek access to funds in our Trust Account.

 

As of December 31, 2023, the Company had $485,000 of borrowings under the working capital loans.

 

Others

 

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

 

We have entered into a registration rights agreement with respect to the Private Shares sold in the Private Placement, the Private Shares issuable upon conversion of working capital loans (if any), and the Founder Shares.

 

RELATED PARTY POLICY

 

We have not yet adopted a formal policy for the review, approval or ratification of related party transactions. Accordingly, the transactions discussed above were not reviewed, approved or ratified in accordance with any such policy.

 

We have adopted a code of ethics requiring us to avoid, wherever possible, all conflicts of interests, except under guidelines or resolutions approved by our board of directors (or the appropriate committee of our board) or as disclosed in our public filings with the SEC. Under our code of ethics, conflict of interest situations will include any financial transaction, arrangement or relationship (including any indebtedness or guarantee of indebtedness) involving the company. We have adopted code of ethics.

 

In addition, our audit committee is responsible for reviewing and approving related party transactions to the extent that we enter into such transactions. An affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the audit committee present at a meeting at which a quorum is present will be required in order to approve a related party transaction. A majority of the members of the entire audit committee will constitute a quorum. Without a meeting, the unanimous written consent of all of the members of the audit committee will be required to approve a related party transaction. We also require each of our directors and executive officers to complete a directors’ and officers’ questionnaire that elicits information about related party transactions.

 

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

 

To further minimize conflicts of interest, we have agreed not to consummate an initial business combination with an entity that is affiliated with any of our founders unless we, or a committee of independent directors, have obtained an opinion from an independent investment banking firm which is a member of FINRA or an independent accounting firm that our initial business combination is fair to our company from a financial point of view. Furthermore, other than as set forth elsewhere in this report and the S-1, no finder’s fees, reimbursements or cash payments will be made to our founders, existing advisors, or our or their affiliates, for services rendered to us prior to or in connection with the completion of our initial business combination although we may consider cash or other compensation to officers or advisors we may hire subsequent to the IPO to be paid either prior to or in connection with our initial business combination. In addition, the following payments will be made to our founders or their affiliates, none of which will be made from the Trust Funds prior to the completion of our initial business combination:

 

Reimbursement for any out-of-pocket expenses related to identifying, investigating and completing an initial business combination; and

 

Repayment of loans which may be made by our founders or an affiliate of our founders 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 $3,000,000 of such loans may be convertible into working capital shares, at a price of $10.00 per share at the option of the lender.

 

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

 

ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES 

 

Public Accounting Fees

 

The following chart sets forth public accounting fees in connection with services rendered by MaloneBailey, LLP, Marcum LLP and Friedman LLP for the years ended December 31, 2023  and 2022.

 

MaloneBailey, LLP  

 

   2023   2022 
Audit Fees  $100,940    $25,750  
Audit-Related Fees          
Tax Fees          
All Other Fees          

 

Marcum LLP

 

   2023   2022 
Audit Fees  $37,000   $12,000 
Audit-Related Fees          
Tax Fees          
All Other Fees          

 

Friedman LLP

 

   2023   2022 
Audit Fees  $-   $54,000 
Audit-Related Fees                 
Tax Fees          
All Other Fees          

 

Audit fees were for professional services rendered by MaloneBailey, LLP or Marcum LLP for the audit of our annual financial statements, and services that are normally provided by MaloneBailey, LLP   or Marcum LLP in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for that fiscal year, including professional services in connection with our IPO. “Audit-related fees” are fees for assurance and related services by our principal accountant that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of our financial statements and are not reported under “audit fees.”

 

Pre-Approval of Services

 

Because our audit committee was not formed until June 16, 2022, the audit committee did not pre-approve all of the foregoing services, although any services rendered prior to the formation of our audit committee were approved by our board of directors. All services subsequent to the formation of the audit committee have been approved by the audit committee.

 

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PART IV

 

ITEM 15. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES 

 

(a) Financial Statements:

 

  (1) The financial statements required to be included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K are included in Item 8 therein.
     
  (2) All supplemental schedules have been omitted since the information is either included in the financial statements or the notes thereto or they are not required or are not applicable.
     
  (3) See attached Exhibit Index of this Annual Report on Form 10-K

 

(b) Exhibits

 

Exhibit  No.   Description
1.1   Underwriting Agreement, dated June 15, 2022, among the Registrant, US Tiger and EF Hutton, division of Benchmark Investments, LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on June 21, 2022)
     
3.1   Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated June 14, 2022 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on March 31, 2023)
     
3.2   Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated June 19, 2023 and filed on June 20, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on June 20, 2023)
     
3.3   Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on June 14, 2022)
     
4.1   Specimen Unit Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on June 14, 2022)
     
4.2   Specimen Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on June 14, 2022)
     
4.3   Specimen Warrant Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on June 14, 2022)
     
4.4   Specimen Right Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on June 14, 2022)
     
4.5   Warrant Agreement, dated June 15, 2022, between the Registrant and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, as warrant agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on June 21, 2022)
     
4.6   Right Agreement, dated June 15, 2022, between the Registrant and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, as right agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on June 21, 2022)
     
4.7   Description of Securities of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.7 to Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on March 31, 2023).
     
10.1   Letter Agreement, dated June 15, 2022, among the Registrant and certain stockholders (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on June 21, 2022)
     
10.2   Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated June 15, 2022, by and between the Registrant and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, as trustee. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on June 21, 2022)
     
10.3   Registration Rights Agreement, dated June 15, 2022, among the Registrant, certain security holders. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on June 21, 2022)
     
10.4   Private Placement Units Purchase Agreement, dated June 15, 2022, by and between the Registrant and Sponsor (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on June 21, 2022)

 

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10.5   Private Placement Units Purchase Agreement, dated June 15, 2022, by and between the Registrant and US Tiger (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on June 21, 2022)
     
10.6   Form of Indemnity Agreements, dated June 15, 2022, by and between the Registrant and each of its directors and officers (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on June 21, 2022)
     
10.7   Securities Transfer Agreement, dated June 15, 2022, among the Registrant and certain directors and officers of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on June 21, 2022)
     
10.8   Promissory  Note, dated March 20, 2023, issued by Feutune Light Acquisition Corporation to Feutune Light Sponsor LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on March 22, 2023)
     
10.9   Short-Term Loan Note, dated March 20, 2023, issued by Feutune Light Acquisition Corporation to Feutune Light Sponsor LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on March 22, 2023)
     
10.10   Promissory Note, dated June 20, 2023, issued by Feutune Light Acquisition Corporation to Feutune Light Sponsor LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on June 20, 2023)
     
10.11   Promissory Note, dated August 21, 2023, issued by Feutune Light Acquisition Corporation to Feutune Light Sponsor LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on August 21, 2023)
     
10.12   Promissory Note, dated September 21, 2023, issued by Feutune Light Acquisition Corporation to Feutune Light Sponsor LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on September 21, 2023)
     
10.13   Promissory Note, dated October 26, 2023, issued by Feutune Light Acquisition Corporation to Thunder Power Holdings Limited (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 27, 2023)
     
10.14   Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 26, 2023, by and among Feutune Light Acquisition Corporation, Feutune Light Merger Sub, Inc., and Thunder Power Holdings Limited (attached as Annex A to the proxy statement/prospectus contained in this registration statement) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 27, 2023, File No. 001-41424)
     
10.15   Parent Support Agreement, dated as of October 26, 2023, by and among Feutune Light Acquisition Corporation, Thunder Power Holdings Limited and certain stockholders of Feutune Light Acquisition Corporation signatory thereto (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 27, 2023)
     
10.16   Promissory Note, dated November 20, 2023, issued by Feutune Light Acquisition Corporation to Thunder Power Holdings Limited (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 21, 2023)
     
10.17   Promissory Note, dated December 20, 2023, issued by Feutune Light Acquisition Corporation to Thunder Power Holdings Limited (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 21, 2023)
     
10.18   Promissory Note, dated January 19, 2024, issued by Feutune Light Acquisition Corporation to Thunder Power Holdings Limited (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 19, 2024)
     
10.19   Promissory Note, dated February 21, 2024, issued by Feutune Light Acquisition Corporation to Thunder Power Holdings Limited (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 21, 2024)
     
14.1   Code of Ethics (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 14.1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on June 14, 2022)

 

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21.1   List of Subsidiaries
     
31.1   Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14(a) under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
     
31.2   Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14(a) under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended., as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
     
32.1   Certifications of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
     
32.2   Certifications of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
     
97.1   Policy Relating to Recovery of Erroneously Awarded Compensation
     
99.1   Audit Committee Charter (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on June 14, 2022)
     
99.2   Compensation Committee Charter (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on June 14, 2022)
     
101.INS   Inline XBRL Instance Document.
     
101.SCH   Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.
     
101.CAL   Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.
     
101.DEF   Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.
     
101.LAB   Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.
     
101.PRE   Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.
     
104   Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101).

 

ITEM 16. FORM 10-K SUMMARY

 

None.

 

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SIGNATURES 

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

  FEUTUNE LIGHT ACQUISITION CORPORATION
     
Dated: March 6, 2024 By: /s/ Yuanmei Ma
  Name: Yuanmei Ma
  Title: CFO

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Name   Position   Date
         
/s/ Xuedong (Tony) Tian   Chief Executive Officer (Principal executive officer)   March 6, 2024
Xuedong (Tony) Tian   and Director    
         
/s/ Lei Xu   President and Chairwoman   March 6, 2024
Lei Xu        
         
/s/ Yuanmei Ma   Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and   March 6, 2024
Yuanmei Ma   Accounting Officer)    
         
/s/ Kevin Vassily   Independent Director   March 6, 2024
Kevin Vassily        
         
/s/ David Ping Li   Independent Director   March 6, 2024
David Ping Li        
         
/s/ Wenbing Chris Wang   Independent Director   March 6, 2024
Wenbing Chris Wang        

 

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FEUTUNE LIGHT ACQUISITION CORPORATION

INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (PCAOB ID: 206) F-2
Consolidated Balance Sheets F-3
Consolidated Statements of Operations F-4
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Deficit F-5
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows F-6
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements F-7

 

F-1

 

 

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of

Feutune Light Acquisition Corporation

 

Opinion on the Financial Statements

 

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Feutune Light Acquisition Corporation and its subsidiary (collectively, the “Company”) as of December 31, 2023 and 2022 and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ deficit, and cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2023, and for the period from January 19, 2022 (inception) through December 31, 2022, 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 December 31, 2023 and 2022, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2023 and for the period from January 19, 2022 (inception) through December 31 2022, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

Going Concern Matter

 

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’s business plan is dependent on the completion of a business combination within a prescribed period of time and if not completed will cease all operations except for the purpose of liquidating. Liquidity concern and mandatary liquidation raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Management's plans in regard to these matters are also described in Note 1. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

 

Basis for Opinion

 

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) ("PCAOB") and are required to be independent with respect to the Company 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 audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

 

Our audits 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 audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

/s/ MaloneBailey, LLP

www.malonebailey.com

We have served as the Company's auditor since 2023.

Houston, Texas

March 6, 2024 

 

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FEUTUNE LIGHT ACQUISITION CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

 

   December 31,
2023
   December 31,
2022
 
         
Assets    
Cash  $18,330   $546,632 
Prepaid expenses   45,726    168,491 
Total current assets   64,056    715,123 
           
Cash and Marketable securities held in Trust Account   54,075,630    100,525,498 
Total Assets  $54,139,686   $101,240,621 
           
Liabilities, Temporary Equity, and Stockholders’ Deficit          
Current liabilities:          
Accrued expenses  $97,513   $91,776 
Franchise tax payable   36,381    56,918 
Income taxes payable   35,748    396,253 
Excise tax payable   502,251    
-
 
Loan from related parties   2,162,500    
-
 
Total Current Liabilities   2,834,393    544,947 
           
Deferred underwriters’ discount   3,421,250    3,421,250 
Total Liabilities   6,255,643    3,966,197 
           
Commitments and Contingencies   
 
    
 
 
           
Class A common stock subject to possible redemption, 4,983,493 shares and 9,775,000 shares at conversion value of $10.84 and $10.24 per share as of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively   54,003,501    100,072,326 
Stockholders’ Deficit:          
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value, 500,000 shares authorized, none issued and outstanding   
-
    
-
 
Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value, 25,000,000 shares authorized, 558,875 issued and outstanding (excluding 4,983,493 and 9,775,000 shares subject to possible redemption as of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively)   56    56 
Class B common stock, $0.0001 par value, 4,500,000 shares authorized, 2,443,750 shares issued and outstanding   244    244 
Additional paid-in capital   
-
    
-
 
Accumulated deficit   (6,119,758)   (2,798,202)
Total Stockholders’ Deficit   (6,119,458)   (2,797,902)
Total Liabilities, Temporary Equity and Stockholders’ Deficit  $54,139,686   $101,240,621 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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FEUTUNE LIGHT ACQUISITION CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

 

   For the
Year Ended
   For the
Period from
January 19,
2022
(inception)
through
 
   December 31,
2023
   December 31,
2022
 
Formation and operating costs  $1,167,531   $451,461 
Franchise tax expenses   82,046    56,918 
Loss from Operations  $(1,249,577)  $(508,379)
           
Other income          
Interest earned on investment held in Trust Account   3,664,204    1,309,248 
           
Income before income taxes   2,414,627    800,869 
           
Income taxes provision   1,077,692    396,253 
           
Net Income  $1,336,935   $404,616 
           
Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding, common stock subject to possible redemption
   7,240,883    5,452,529 
Basic and diluted net income per share, common stock subject to possible redemption
  $0.30   $0.67 
Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding, common stock attributable to Feutune Light Acquisition Corporation
   3,002,625    2,614,542 
Basic and diluted net loss per share, common stock attributable to Feutune Light Acquisition Corporation
  $(0.28 )  $(1.25 )

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

F-4

 

 

FEUTUNE LIGHT ACQUISITION CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT

 

   Common Stock   Additional       Total 
   Class A   Class B   Paid-in   Accumulated   Stockholders’ 
   Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount   Capital   Deficit   Deficit 
Balance as of December 31, 2022   558,875   $56    2,443,750   $244   $
-
   $(2,798,202)  $(2,797,902)
Remeasurement of carrying value to redemption value   -    
            -
    -    
-
    
            -
    (2,478,740)   (2,478,740)
Additional amount deposited into trust for extensions   -    
-
    -    
-
    
-
    (1,677,500)   (1,677,500)
Excise tax payable attributable to redemption   -    
-
    -    
-
    -    (502,251)   (502,251)
Net Income   -    
-
    -    
-
    
-
    1,336,935    1,336,935 
Balance as of December 31, 2023   558,875   $56    2,443,750   $244   $
-
   $(6,119,758)  $(6,119,458)

 

 

   Common Stock   Additional       Total 
   Class A   Class B   Paid-in   Accumulated   Stockholders’ 
   Shares   Amount   Shares   Amount   Capital   Deficit   Deficit 
Balance as of January 19, 2022 (inception)   
-
   $
-
    
-
   $
-
   $
-
   $
-
   $
-
 
Founder shares issued to initial stockholder   
-
    
-
    2,443,750    244    24,756    
-
    25,000 
Sale of public units through public offering   9,775,000    978    
-
    
-
    97,749,022    
-
    97,750,000 
Sale of private placement shares   498,875    50    
-
    
-
    4,988,700    
-
    4,988,750 
Issuance of representative shares   60,000    6    
-
    
-
    72,169    
-
    72,175 
Offering costs   -    
-
    -    
-
    (5,966,117)   
-
    (5,966,117)
Reclassification of common stock subject to redemption   (9,775,000)   (978)   
-
    
-
    (95,422,572)   
-
    (95,423,550)
Allocation of offering costs to common stock subject to redemption   -    
-
    -    
-
    5,824,123    
-
    5,824,123 
Accretion of carrying value to redemption value   -    
-
    -    
-
    (7,270,081)   (3,202,818)   (10,472,899)
Net income   -    
-
    -    
-
    
-
    404,616   404,616 
Balance as of December 31, 2022   558,875   $56    2,443,750   $244   $
-
   $(2,798,202 )  $(2,797,902 )

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

F-5

 

 

FEUTUNE LIGHT ACQUISITION CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

 

       For the
Period from
 
       January 19,
2022
 
   For the
Year Ended
December 31,
2023
   (inception)
through
December 31,
2022
 
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:        
Net Income  $1,336,935   $404,616 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash used in operating activities:          
Interest earned on investment held in Trust Account   (3,664,204)   (1,309,248)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:          
Prepaid expenses   122,765    (168,491)
Accrued expenses   5,737    91,776 
Franchise tax payable   (20,537)   56,918 
Income taxes payable   (360,505)   396,253 
Net Cash Used in Operating Activities   (2,579,809)   (528,176)
           
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:          
Purchase of investment held in trust account   (1,453)   (99,216,250)
Investment of cash in Trust Account for extension loans   (1,677,500)   - 
Cash withdrawn from trust to pay taxes   1,567,960    
-
 
Cash withdrawn from Trust Account in connection with redemption   50,225,065    
-
 
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Investing Activities   50,114,072    (99,216,250)
           
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:          
Proceeds from issuance of founder shares   
-
    25,000 
Proceeds from issuance of promissory note to related parties   -    280,000 
Proceeds from extension loans   1,677,500    - 
Proceeds from working capital loans   485,000    - 
Payment of promissory note to related party   
-
    (280,000)
Proceed from public offering   
-
    97,750,000 
Proceeds from private placement   
-
    4,988,750 
Payment of underwriter discount   
-
    (1,955,000)
Payment of deferred offering costs   
-
    (517,692)
Redemption of Class A Common Stock   (50,225,065)   
-
 
Net Cash (Used in) Provided by Financing Activities   (48,062,565)   100,291,058 
           
Net Change in Cash   (528,302)   546,632 
           
Cash at Beginning of Period   546,632    
-
 
Cash at End of Period  $18,330   $546,632 
           
Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information:          
Cash paid for income taxes  $1,463,923   $
-
 
Cash paid for interest  $
-
   $
-
 
           
Non-cash Financing Activities:          
Deferred underwriters’ marketing fees  $
-
   $3,421,250 
Issuance of representative shares  $
-
   $72,175 
Change in value of common stock subject to redemption  $
-
   $95,423,550 
Allocation of offering costs to common stock subject to redemption  $
-
   $5,824,123 
Remeasurement of carrying value to redemption value  $2,478,740   $10,472,899 
Additional amount deposited into trust for extensions  $1,677,500   $- 
Excise tax payable attributable to redemption  $502,251   $- 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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FEUTUNE LIGHT ACQUISITION CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

December 31, 2023

 

Note 1 — Organization and Business Operation

 

Feutune Light Acquisition Corporation (the “Company”) is a newly organized blank check company incorporated as a Delaware company on January 19, 2022. The Company was formed for the purpose of entering into a merger, stock exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses (the “Business Combination”). The Company has entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) as discussed below. The Company has selected December 31 as its fiscal year end.

 

On July 3, 2023, the Company incorporated Feutune Light Merger Sub, Inc, (“Merger Sub”), a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.   As of December 31, 2023, there has been no activity in Merger Sub.

 

As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company had not commenced any operations. For the period from January 19, 2022 (inception) through December 31, 2023, the Company’s efforts have been limited to organizational activities, as activities related to the initial public offering (“IPO”)  and Business Combination. The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of a Business Combination, at the earliest. The Company generates non-operating income in the form of interest income from the proceeds derived from the IPO.

 

The registration statement for the Company’s IPO became effective on June 15, 2022. On June 21, 2022, the Company consummated the IPO of 9,775,000 units (including 1,275,000 units issued upon the full exercise of the over-allotment option, the “Public Units”). Each Public Unit consists of one share of Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value per share (the “Public Shares”), and one redeemable warrant (the “Warrants”) and one right (the “Rights”) to receive one-tenth (1/10) of one share of Class A common stock (the “Class A Common Stock”). Each Warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one share of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share. The Public Units were sold at an offering price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $97,750,000.

 

Substantially concurrently with the closing of the IPO, the Company completed the sale in a private placement (the “Private Placement”) of 498,875 units (the “Private Placement Units”) including 478,875 units to the Company’s sponsor, Feutune Light Sponsor LLC (the “Sponsor”) and 20,000 shares to U.S. Tiger Securities, Inc. (“US Tiger”) at a purchase price of $10.00 per Private Placement Unit, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $4,988,750. Each Private Placement Unit consists of one share of Class A common stock (the “Private Shares”), one Warrant, and one Right.

 

The Company also issued 60,000 representative shares (the “Representative Shares”) to US Tiger, a representative of the underwriters of the IPO, as part of representative compensation. The Representative Shares are identical to the Public Shares included in the IPO except that the representative has agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any such Representative Shares until the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination. In addition, US Tiger agreed (i) to waive its redemption rights with respect to the Representative Shares and Private Shares it owns in connection with the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination and (ii) to waive its rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account (as defined below) with respect to the Representative Shares and Private Shares if the Company fails to complete its initial Business Combination within the Combination Period (as defined below).

 

Transaction costs amounted to $5,966,117, consisting of $5,376,250 of underwriting fees, $517,692 of other offering cost and of $72,175 fair value of the 60,000 Representative Shares as part of the transaction costs. Following the consummation of the IPO, cash of $1,029,523 were held outside of the Trust Account (as defined below) and is available for working capital purposes.

 

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FEUTUNE LIGHT ACQUISITION CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

December 31, 2023

 

The Company’s initial Business Combination must occur with one or more target businesses that together have an aggregate fair market value of at least 80% of the assets held in the Trust Account (as defined below) (excluding the deferred underwriting discounts and commissions and taxes payable on the income earned on the Trust Account) at the time of the agreement to enter into the initial Business Combination. However, the Company will only complete a Business Combination if the post-transaction company owns or acquires 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target sufficient for the post-transaction company not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”). There is no assurance that the Company will be able to complete a Business Combination successfully.

 

Following the closing of the IPO, $99,216,250 ($10.15 per Public Unit) from the proceed of the IPO and the proceeds from the sale of the Private Placement Units was held in a U.S.-based trust account (the “Trust Account”) with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee. The funds held in the Trust Account invested only in U.S. government treasury bills, bonds or notes with a maturity of 185 days or less, or in money market funds meeting the applicable conditions of Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act which invest solely in direct U.S. government treasury, so that the Company are not deemed to be an investment company under the Investment Company Act. Except with respect to interest earned on the funds held in the trust account that may be released to the Company to pay the Company’s tax obligation, the proceeds from the IPO and the sale of the Private Placement Units that are deposited and held in the Trust Account will not be released from the Trust Account until the earliest to occur of (a) the completion of the initial Business Combination, (b) the redemption of any Public Shares properly submitted in connection with a stockholder vote to amend then current amended and restated Company’s certificate of incorporation (i) to modify the substance or timing of its obligation to allow redemption in connection with its initial Business Combination or to redeem 100% of the Company’s Public Shares if it does not complete the initial Business Combination within the Combination Period (as defined below) the IPO or (ii) with respect to any other provision relating to stockholders’ rights or pre-initial Business Combination activity and (c) the redemption of 100% of the Company’s Public Shares if it is unable to complete the Business Combination within the required time frame, subject to applicable law. The proceeds deposited in the Trust Account could become subject to the claims of the Company’s creditors which could have higher priority than the claims of the Company’s public stockholders. Under the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation, if the Company has not consummated its initial Business Combination by March 21, 2023 (within nine (9) months from the consummation of the IPO), it may extend the period of time to consummate a Business Combination up to three (3) times by an additional three-month period each time for a total of up to an additional nine (9) months, affording the Company up to December 21, 2023 (up to eighteen (18) months from the consummation of the IPO) to complete its initial Business Combination. Anticipating that it would not be able to consummate such initial Business Combination, the Company sought its first extension on March 21, 2023 (described below). The Company may extend the period of time to consummate a Business Combination for up to two (2) additional three-month periods from the current deadline of June 21, 2023, and the public stockholders will not be offered the opportunity to vote on or redeem their shares if the Company chooses to make any such paid extension. Pursuant to the terms of the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation and the trust agreement entered into between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee, the Sponsor or its affiliates or designees, upon five days advance notice prior to the applicable deadline, must deposit into the Trust Account for each three-month extension $977,500 ($0.10 per share), on or prior to the date of the applicable deadline. Any such payments would be made in the form of a loan. If the Company completes its initial Business Combination, the Company would repay such loaned amounts out of the proceeds of the Trust Account. In addition, such extension funding loans may be convertible into Private Placement Units upon the closing of the Company’s initial Business Combination at $10.00 per unit at the option of the lender.

 

On March 21, 2023, an aggregate of $977,500 (the “Extension Payment”) was deposited by the Sponsor into the Trust Account for the public stockholders, representing $0.10 per public share, which enables the Company to extend the period of time it has to consummate its initial Business Combination by three months from March 21, 2023 to June 21, 2023 (the “Extension”).

 

F-8

 

 

FEUTUNE LIGHT ACQUISITION CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

December 31, 2023

 

In connection with the Extension Payment, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note (the “Note”) to the Sponsor. The Note is non-interest bearing and payable (subject to the waiver against trust provisions) upon the date on which the Company consummates its initial Business Combination. The principal balance may be prepaid at any time, at the election of the Company. The holder of the Note has the right, but not the obligation, to convert the Note, in whole or in part, into Private Units of the Company, as described in the final prospectus dated June 17, 2022 filed by the Company with the SEC (the “Prospectus”), by providing the Company with written notice of its intention to convert the Note at least two business days prior to the closing of the Company’s initial Business Combination. The number of Private Units to be received by the holder of the Note in connection with such conversion shall be an amount determined by dividing (x) the sum of the outstanding principal amount payable to the holder, by (y) $10.00. $600,000 of the Extension Payment was deposited by the Company’s Sponsor and $377,500 was deposited by the Company from its working capital account in lieu of the Sponsor, pursuant to a non-interest bearing, short-term loan provided by the Company to the Sponsor (the “Short-Term Loan”) to the Company, which provides for repayment on or before March 31, 2023. The Short-Term Loan was repaid in full on March 24, 2023.

 

On June 16, 2023, the Company held a special meeting of the stockholders (the “Special Meeting”), where the stockholders of the Company approved the amendment of the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Charter”) to allow the Company until June 21, 2023 to consummate an initial Business Combination and to elect to extend the period to consummate an initial Business Combination up to nine times, each by an additional one-month period (each, a “Monthly Extension”), for a total of up to nine months to March 21, 2024, by depositing to the Company’s Trust Account, the lesser of (i) $100,000 for all Public Shares and (ii) $0.04 for each Public Share for each one-month extension. On June 20, 2023, a certificate of amendment to the Charter (the “Charter Amendment”) was filed with the State of Delaware, effective on the same date. In connection with the votes to approve the Charter Amendment, 4,791,507 shares of Class A Common Stock of the Company were rendered for redemption.

 

From June to September 2023, four $100,000 Monthly Extension Payment were deposited into the Trust Account for the public stockholders, which enabled the Company to extend the period of time it has to consummate its initial Business Combination by four months from June 21, 2023 to October 21, 2023. Among the four $100,000 Monthly Extension Payments, the $100,000 deposited on July 20, 2023 (the “July Monthly Extension Payment”) was deposited by the Company from its working capital account in lieu of a deposit by the Sponsor. Such advancement was repaid by the Sponsor to the Company in September 2023. From October to December 2023, three Monthly Extension Payments was deposited into the Trust Account by TPH (as defined below) which enabled the Company to extend the date by which it has to consummate its initial Business Combination by three months from October 21, 2023 to January 21, 2024.

 

In connection with the four Monthly Extension Payments, the Company issued four unsecured promissory notes of $100,000 to the Sponsor to evidence the payments made by the Sponsor for the Monthly Extension Payment. In connection with the October to December Monthly Extension Payments, and pursuant to the Merger Agreement (as defined below), the Company issued three unsecured promissory notes of $100,000 each to TPH to evidence the payment made for the October to December Monthly Extension Payments.

 

The notes bear no interest and are payable in full upon the earlier to occur of (i) the consummation of the Company’s Business Combination or (ii) the date of expiry of the term of the Company (the “Maturity Date”). The following shall constitute an event of default: (i) a failure to pay the principal within five business days of the Maturity Date; (ii) the commencement of a voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy action, (iii) the breach of the Company’s obligations thereunder; (iv) any cross defaults; (v) any enforcement proceedings against the Company; and (vi) any unlawfulness and invalidity in connection with the performance of the obligations thereunder, in which case the notes may be accelerated.

 

The payee of the notes, the Sponsor, has the right, but not the obligation, to convert the notes, in whole or in part, respectively, into Private Units of the Company, that are identical to Public Units of the Company, subject to certain exceptions, as described in the Prospectus, by providing the Company with written notice of the intention to convert at least two business days prior to the closing of the Business Combination. The number of Private Units to be received by the Sponsor in connection with such conversion shall be an amount determined by dividing (x) the sum of the outstanding principal amount payable to the Sponsor by (y) $10.00.

 

F-9

 

 

FEUTUNE LIGHT ACQUISITION CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

December 31, 2023

 

As of December 31, 2023, the Company has until January 21, 2024 to consummate its initial Business Combination. However, if the Company anticipates that it may not be able to consummate its initial Business Combination by January 21, 2024, the Company may, but is not obligated to, extend the period of time to consummate its initial Business Combination for up to four more times by an additional one-month each time and may have until March 21, 2024 to consummate its initial Business Combination. See Note 10 Subsequent events for further extensions in 2024.

 

The shares of Class A Common Stock subject to redemption will be recorded at a redemption value and classified as temporary equity upon the completion of the IPO, in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” In such case, the Company will consummate a Business Combination and, solely if the Company has net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 upon such consummation of a Business Combination and, if the Company seeks stockholder approval, a majority of the issued and outstanding shares voted are voted in favor of the Business Combination. The Company currently has until December 21, 2024 which is the current maximum extension to complete the initial Business Combination (the “Combination Period”).

 

If the Company is unable to complete the initial Business Combination within the Combination Period, the Company will: (i) cease all operations except for 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 and not previously released to the Company to pay the Company’s taxes (less up to $50,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public stockholders’ rights as stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the Company’s remaining stockholders and its board of directors, dissolve and liquidate, subject in each case to the Company’s obligations under Delaware 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 and Rights, which will expire worthless if the Company fails to complete the Business Combination within the Combination Period. The Sponsor, directors and officers (the “founders”) have entered into a letter agreement with the Company, pursuant to which they have agreed (i) to waive their redemption rights with respect to any Founder Shares (as defined in Note 5), Private Shares, and any Public Shares held by them in connection with the completion of the initial Business Combination, (ii) waive their redemption rights with respect to their Founder Shares, Private Shares and Public Shares in connection with a stockholder vote to approve an amendment to the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation (A) to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to allow redemption in connection with the initial Business Combination or to redeem 100% of the Company’s Public Shares if the Company does not complete its initial Business Combination within the Combination Period or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to stockholders’ rights or pre-initial Business Combination activity and (iii) to waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to any Founder Shares and Private Shares held by them if the Company fails to complete the initial Business Combination within the Combination Period, although they will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to any Public Shares they hold if the Company fails to complete the initial Business Combination within the Combination Period. If the Company submits it initial Business Combination to its stockholders for a vote, the Company will complete its initial Business Combination only if a majority of the outstanding shares of common stock voted are voted in favor of the initial Business Combination. In no event will the Company redeem its Public Shares in an amount that would cause its net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001. In such case, the Company would not proceed with the redemption of Public Shares and the related Business Combination, and instead may search for an alternate Business Combination.

 

F-10

 

 

FEUTUNE LIGHT ACQUISITION CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

December 31, 2023

 

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 by a prospective target business with which the Company has discussed entering into a transaction agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the Trust Account to below (i) $10.15 per Public Share or (ii) such lesser amount per Public Share held in the Trust Account as of the date of the liquidation of the Trust Account due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, in each case net of the interest which may be withdrawn to pay taxes. This liability will not apply with respect to any claims by a third party who executed a waiver of any and all rights to seek access to the Trust Account and except as to any claims under the Company’s indemnity of the underwriters of the IPO against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. Moreover, in the event that an executed waiver is deemed to be unenforceable against a third party, then the Company’s Sponsor will not be responsible to the extent of any liability for such third party claims.

 

However, the Company has not asked the Sponsor to reserve for such indemnification obligations, nor has the Company independently verified whether the Sponsor has sufficient funds to satisfy their indemnity obligations and believe that the Sponsor’s only assets are securities of the Company. Therefore, the Company cannot assure that its Sponsor would be able to satisfy those obligations. None of the officers or directors will indemnify the Company for claims by third parties including, without limitation, claims by vendors and prospective target businesses.

 

Merger Agreement

 

On October 26, 2023, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Thunder Power Holdings Limited, a British Virgin Islands company (“TPH”), and Feutune Light Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”).

 

TPH is a technology innovator and manufacturer of premium electric vehicles (“EVs”). TPH is dedicated to creating electric vehicles that deliver a premium driving experience combined with a high degree of personalization and has developed and is planning to manufacture a family of EVs suited to various stages of life and driving environments.

 

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, TPH will be merged with and into Merger Sub (the “Merger”), with the Merger Sub surviving the Merger as a direct wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources and Going Concern

 

As of December 31, 2023, the Company had cash of $18,330 and a working capital deficit of $2,268,086.

 

The Company intends to use substantially all of the funds held in the Trust Account, including any amounts representing interest earned on the Trust Account, excluding deferred underwriting commissions, to complete its Business Combination. The Company may withdraw interest from the Trust Account to pay taxes, if any. To the extent that the Company’s share capital or debt is used, in whole or in part, as consideration to complete a Business Combination, the remaining proceeds held in the Trust Account will be used as working capital to finance the operations of the target business or businesses, make other acquisitions and pursue our growth strategies.

 

The Company intends to use the funds held outside the Trust Account primarily to identify and evaluate target businesses, perform business due diligence on prospective target businesses, travel to and from the offices, plants or similar locations of prospective target businesses or their representatives or owners, review corporate documents and material agreements of prospective target businesses, structure, negotiate and complete a Business Combination.

 

In order to fund working capital deficiencies or finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Company’s Sponsor or an affiliate of the Company Sponsor or certain of the Company’s officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required. If the Company completes the initial Business Combination, it would repay such loaned amounts. In the event that the initial Business Combination does not close, the Company may use a portion of the working capital held outside the Trust Account to repay such loaned amounts but no proceeds from the Trust Account would be used for such repayment. Up to $3,000,000 of such loans may be convertible into units, at a price of $10.00 per unit at the option of the lender.

 

F-11

 

 

FEUTUNE LIGHT ACQUISITION CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

December 31, 2023

  

If the estimate of the costs of identifying a target business, undertaking in-depth due diligence and negotiating a Business Combination are less than the actual amount necessary to do so, the Company may have insufficient funds available to operate our business prior to our initial Business Combination. Moreover, the Company may need to obtain additional financing either to complete our Business Combination or because the Company become obligated to redeem a significant number of our public shares upon completion of our Business Combination, in which case the Company may issue additional securities or incur debt in connection with such Business Combination, all of which raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.

 

In addition, under the Company’s currently effective amended and restated certificate of incorporation, as of December 31, 2023, the Company has until January 21, 2024, or December 21, 2024 upon maximum extension, to complete the initial Business Combination. The Company may seek approval from its stockholders holding no less than 65% or more of the votes to approve to extend the completion period. If the Company fails to obtain approval from the stockholders for such extension or the Company does not seek such extension, the Company will cease all operations.

 

There is no assurance that the Company’s plans to consummate a Business Combination will be successful within the Combination Period and that the Company will obtain enough votes to extend the Combination Period. In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with the Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-15 of the Financial Accounting Standard Board (FASB), “Disclosures of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern,” management has determined that the liquidity concern and mandatary liquidation mentioned above raised substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

 

Note 2 — Significant accounting policies

 

Basis of Presentation

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements are presented in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC and include all normal and recurring adjustments that management of the Company considers necessary for a fair presentation of its financial position and operation results.

 

Principles of consolidation

 

The consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiary Merger Sub, over which the Company exercises control. All transactions and balances among the Company and its subsidiary have been eliminated upon consolidation.

 

F-12

 

 

FEUTUNE LIGHT ACQUISITION CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

December 31, 2023

 

Emerging Growth Company Status

 

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 stockholder 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 a company can elect to opt out of the extended transition period and comply with the requirements that apply to non-emerging growth companies but any such an election to opt out is irrevocable. 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 consolidated 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.

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with US GAAP requires 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 consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Cash

 

The Company considers all short-term investments with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. The Company had $18,330 and $546,632 of cash held in bank accounts as of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively.

 

Cash and Marketable securities held in Trust Account

 

At December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, $54,075,630 and $100,525,498, respectively of the assets held in the Trust Account were held in money market funds, which are invested in short term U.S. Treasury securities.

 

All of the Company’s investments held in the Trust Account are classified as trading securities. Trading securities are presented on the balance sheet at fair value at the end of each reporting period. Gains and losses resulting from the change in fair value of investments held in Trust Account are accounted as interest income in the accompanying statement of operations. Interest income for the year ended December 31, 2023 and the period from January 19, 2022 (inception) through December 31, 2022 amounted to $3,664,204 and $1,309,248, respectively.

 

F-13

 

 

FEUTUNE LIGHT ACQUISITION CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

December 31, 2023

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

ASC Topic 820 “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures” defines fair value, the methods used to measure fair value and the expanded disclosures about fair value measurements. Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between the buyer and the seller at the measurement date. In determining fair value, the valuation techniques consistent with the market approach, income approach and cost approach shall be used to measure fair value. ASC Topic 820 establishes a fair value hierarchy for inputs, which represent the assumptions used by the buyer and seller in pricing the asset or liability. These inputs are further defined as observable and unobservable inputs. Observable inputs are those that buyer and seller would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Company. Unobservable inputs reflect the Company’s assumptions about the inputs that the buyer and seller would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances.

 

The fair value hierarchy is categorized into three levels based on the inputs as follows:

 

Level 1 - Valuations based on unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Company has the ability to access. Valuation adjustments and block discounts are not being applied. Since valuations are based on quoted prices that are readily and regularly available in an active market, valuation of these securities does not entail a significant degree of judgment.

 

Level 2 - Valuations based on (i) quoted prices in active markets for similar assets and liabilities, (ii) quoted prices in markets that are not active for identical or similar assets, (iii) inputs other than quoted prices for the assets or liabilities, or (iv) inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by market through correlation or other means.

 

Level 3 - Valuations based on inputs that are unobservable and significant to the overall fair value measurement.

 

The fair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under ASC Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures,” approximates the carrying amounts represented in the accompanying balance sheet, primarily due to their short-term nature. 

 

Warrants

 

The Company accounts for Warrants as either equity-classified or liability-classified instruments based on an assessment of the Warrant’s specific terms and applicable authoritative guidance in FASB ASC 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity (“ASC 480”) and ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging (“ASC 815”). The assessment considers whether the Warrants are freestanding financial instruments pursuant to ASC 480, meet the definition of a liability pursuant to ASC 480, and whether the Warrants meet all of the requirements for equity classification under ASC 815, including whether the Warrants are indexed to the Company’s own shares of Class A Common Stock and whether the Warrant holders could potentially require “net cash settlement” in a circumstance outside of the Company’s control, among other conditions for equity classification. This assessment, which requires the use of professional judgment, is conducted at the time of warrant issuance and as of each subsequent quarterly period end date while the Warrants are outstanding.

 

For issued or modified Warrants that meet all of the criteria for equity classification, the Warrants are required to be recorded as a component of equity at the time of issuance. For issued or modified Warrants that do not meet all the criteria for equity classification, the Warrants are required to be recorded as liabilities at their initial fair value on the date of issuance, and each balance sheet date thereafter. Changes in the estimated fair value of the Warrants are recognized as a non-cash gain or loss on the statements of operations.

 

F-14

 

 

FEUTUNE LIGHT ACQUISITION CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

December 31, 2023

 

Common Stock Subject to Possible Redemption

 

The Company accounts for its common stock subject to possible redemption in accordance with the guidance in ASC Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” Common stock subject to mandatory redemption (if any) are classified as a liability instrument and are measured at fair value. Conditionally redeemable common stock (including common stock that feature redemption rights that are either within the control of the holder or subject to redemption upon the occurrence of uncertain events not solely within the Company’s control) are classified as temporary equity. At all other times, common stock is classified as stockholders’ equity. The Company’s Public Shares feature certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of the Company’s control and subject to occurrence of uncertain future events. Accordingly, as of December 31, 2023, common stock subject to possible redemption are presented at redemption value of $10.84 per share as temporary equity, outside of the shareholders’ equity section of the Company’s balance sheet. The Company recognizes changes in redemption value immediately as they occur and adjusts the carrying value of redeemable common stock to equal the redemption value at the end of each reporting period. Increases or decreases in the carrying amount of redeemable common stock are affected by charges against additional paid in capital or accumulated deficit if additional paid in capital equals to zero.

 

As discussed in Note 1, in connection with the votes to approve the Charter Amendment, 4,791,507 shares of Class A Common Stock of the Company were rendered for redemption resulting in $50,225,065 paid from the Trust Account to redeeming stockholders. As a result of the redemption, as of December 31, 2023, the Company has 4,983,493 shares of Class A common stock subject to possible redemption at the redemption amount were presented at redemption value as temporary equity, outside of the stockholders’ deficit section of the Company’s balance sheet that are subject to redemption. See Note 4 for further details.

 

Offering Costs

 

The Company complies with the requirements of FASB ASC Topic 340-10-S99-1, “Other Assets and Deferred Costs – SEC Materials” (“ASC 340-10-S99”) and SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic 5A, “Expenses of Offering”. Offering costs were $5,966,117 consisting principally of underwriting, legal, accounting and other expenses that are directly related to the IPO and charged to stockholders’ equity upon the completion of the IPO.

  

Net Income (Loss) Per Common Share

 

The Company complies with accounting and disclosure requirements of FASB ASC 260, Earnings Per Share. In order to determine the net income (loss) attributable to both the redeemable shares and non-redeemable shares, the Company first considered the undistributed income (loss) allocable to both the redeemable common stock and non-redeemable common stock and the undistributed income (loss) is calculated using the total net loss less any dividends paid. The Company then allocated the undistributed income (loss) ratably based on the weighted average number of shares outstanding between the redeemable and non-redeemable common stock. Any remeasurement of the accretion to redemption value of the common stock subject to possible redemption was considered to be dividends paid to the public stockholders. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company has not considered the effect of the Warrants sold in the IPO and the Private Placement in the calculation of diluted net income (loss) per share, since the exercise of the Warrants is contingent upon the occurrence of future events and the inclusion of such Warrants would be anti-dilutive and the Company did not have any other dilutive securities and other contracts that could, potentially, be exercised or converted into common stock and then share in the earnings of the Company. As a result, diluted income (loss) per share is the same as basic (income) loss per share for the periods presented. 

 

F-15

 

 

FEUTUNE LIGHT ACQUISITION CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

December 31, 2023

 

The net income (loss) per share presented in the statement of operations is based on the following:

 

   For the Year
Ended
December 31,
2023
   For the
Period from
January 7,
2022
(inception)
through
December 31,
2022
 
         
Net income  $1,336,935   $404,616 
Accretion of carrying value to redemption value   (4,156,240)   (10,472,899)
Net loss including accretion of carrying value to redemption value  $(2,819,305)  $(10,068,283)

  

   For the  Year Ended
December 31, 2023
   For the Period From
January 7, 2022
(inception) through
December 31, 2022
 
       Non-           Non-     
   Redeemable   Redeemable       Redeemable   Redeemable     
   Common   Common       Common   Common     
   Stock   Stock   Total   Stock   Stock   Total 
Basic and diluted net income/(loss) per share:                        
Numerators:                        
Allocation of net loss including carrying value to redemption value  $(1,992,897)  $(826,408)  $(2,819,305)  $(6,805,147)  $(3,263,136)  $(10,068,283)
Accretion of carrying value to redemption value   4,156,240        4,156,240    10,472,899        10,472,899 
Allocation of net income (loss)  $2,163,343   $(826,408)  $1,336,935   $3,667,752   $(3,263,136)  $404,616 
Denominators:                              
Weighted-average shares outstanding   7,240,883    3,002,625         5,452,529    2,614,542      
Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share  $0.30   $(0.28)       $0.67   $(1.25)     

 

Concentration of Credit Risk

 

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentration of credit risk consist of a cash account in a financial institution. The Company has not experienced losses on this account and management believes the Company is not exposed to significant risks on such account. As of December 31, 2023, the balance in this account was fully covered by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) limit.  

 

Income Taxes

 

The Company accounts for income taxes under ASC 740 Income Taxes (“ASC 740”). ASC 740 requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for both the expected impact of differences between the financial statement and tax basis of assets and liabilities and for the expected future tax benefit to be derived from tax loss and tax credit carry forwards. ASC 740 additionally requires a valuation allowance to be established when it is more likely than not that all or a portion of deferred tax assets will not be realized.

 

ASC 740 also clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s consolidated financial statements and prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement process for financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. For those benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be more-likely-than-not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. ASC 740 also provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim period, disclosure and transition.

 

F-16

 

 

FEUTUNE LIGHT ACQUISITION CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

December 31, 2023

 

The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense. There were no unrecognized tax benefits and no amounts accrued for interest and penalties as of December 31, 2023. The Company is currently not aware of any issues under review that could result in significant payments, accruals or material deviation from its position.

 

The Company has identified the United States as its only major tax jurisdiction.

 

The Company may be subject to potential examination by federal and state taxing authorities in the areas of income taxes. These potential examinations may include questioning the timing and amount of deductions, the nexus of income among various tax jurisdictions and compliance with federal and state tax laws. The Company’s management does not expect that the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits will materially change over the next twelve months.

 

The Company is incorporated in the State of Delaware and is required to pay franchise taxes to the State of Delaware on an annual basis. The Company is also registered as a foreign corporation with the State of New Jersey Department of the Treasury and is subject to New Jersey state tax laws.

 

On August 16, 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IRA”) was signed into federal law. The IRA provides for, among other things, a new U.S. federal 1% excise tax on certain repurchases (including redemptions) of stock by publicly traded domestic (i.e., U.S.) corporations and certain domestic subsidiaries of publicly traded foreign corporations. The excise tax is imposed on the repurchasing corporation itself, not its shareholders from which shares are repurchased. The amount of the excise tax is generally 1% of the fair market value of the shares repurchased at the time of the repurchase. However, for purposes of calculating the excise tax, repurchasing corporations are permitted to net the fair market value of certain new stock issuances against the fair market value of stock repurchases during the same taxable year. In addition, certain exceptions apply to the excise tax. The U.S. Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) has been given authority to provide regulations and other guidance to carry out and prevent the abuse or avoidance of the excise tax. The IRA applies only to repurchases that occur after December 31, 2022.

 

Any redemption or other repurchase that occurs after December 31, 2022, in connection with a Business Combination, extension vote or otherwise, may be subject to the excise tax. Whether and to what extent the Company would be subject to the excise tax in connection with a Business Combination, extension vote or otherwise would depend on a number of factors, including (i) the fair market value of the redemptions and repurchases in connection with the Company’s initial Business Combination, extension or otherwise, (ii) the structure of the Company’s initial Business Combination, (iii) the nature and amount of any “PIPE” or other equity issuances in connection with the Company’s initial Business Combination (or otherwise issued not in connection with the Company’s initial Business Combination but issued within the same taxable year of the Company’s initial Business Combination) and (iv) the content of regulations and other guidance from the Treasury. In addition, because the excise tax would be payable by the Company and not by the redeeming holder, the mechanics of any required payment of the excise tax have not been determined. The foregoing could cause a reduction in the cash available on hand to complete the Company’s initial Business Combination and in the Company’s ability to complete its initial Business Combination. As a result of the 4,791,507 shares of Class A common stock redeemed in June 2023, the Company accrued the 1% excise tax in the amount of $502,251 as a reduction of retained deficit since additional paid in capital was not available.

 

Because the Company did not complete a Business Combination by December 31, 2023, any additional redemption or other repurchase that occurs in connection with an initial Business Combination may be subject to the excise tax. Whether and to what extent the Company would be subject to the excise tax would depend on a number of factors, including (i) the fair market value of the redemptions and repurchases in connection with the Business Combination, (ii) the nature and amount of the equity issued in connection with the Business Combination (or otherwise issued not in connection with the Business Combination but issued within the same taxable year of the Business Combination), and (iii) the content of regulations and other guidance from the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

 

Stock-Based Compensation

 

The sale of the Founders Shares to the Company’s management and directors is in the scope of FASB ASC Topic 718, “Compensation-Stock Compensation” (“ASC 718”). Under ASC 718, stock-based compensation associated with equity-classified awards is measured at fair value upon the grant date. The fair value of the 505,000 shares granted to the Company’s management and directors less estimated forfeitures of 75,650 shares was $107,712 for a total of 429,350 shares or $0.25 per share. The Founders Shares were granted subject to a performance condition (i.e., the occurrence of a Business Combination). Compensation expense related to the Founders Shares is recognized only when the Business Combination is consummated under ASC 718. As such no stock-based compensation expense has been recognized. Stock-based compensation would be recognized at the date a Business Combination is consummated in an amount equal to the number of Founders Shares with estimated forfeiture times the grant date fair value per share (unless subsequently modified) less the amount initially received for the purchase of the Founders Shares.

 

Related parties

 

Parties, which can be a corporation or individual, are considered to be related if the Company has the ability, directly or indirectly, to control the other party or exercise significant influence over the other party in making financial and operational decisions. Companies are also considered to be related if they are subject to common control or common significant influence.

 

F-17

 

 

FEUTUNE LIGHT ACQUISITION CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

December 31, 2023

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

Management does not believe that any recently issued, but not effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

Note 3 — Investments Held in Trust Account

 

As of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, assets held in the Trust Account were comprised of $54,075,630 and $100,525,498, respectively, in money market funds which are invested in short term U.S. Treasury Securities. Interest income for the year ended December 31, 2023 and the period from January 19, 2022 (inception) through December 31, 2022 amounted to $3,664,204 and $1,309,248, respectively.

 

The following table presents information about the Company’s assets that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis at December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation inputs the Company utilized to determine such fair value:

 

Description  Level   December 31,
2023
 
Assets:        
Trust Account - U.S. Treasury Securities Money Market Fund   1   $54,075,630 

 

Description  Level   December 31,
2022
 
Assets:        
Trust Account - U.S. Treasury Securities Money Market Fund   1   $100,525,498 

 

Note 4 — Initial Public Offering

 

Pursuant to the IPO, the Company sold 9,775,000 Public Units at $10.00 per Public Unit (with the underwriters’ over-allotment option exercised in full) on June 21, 2022, generating gross proceeds of $97,750,000. Each Public Unit has an offering price of $10.00 and consists of one share of the Class A Common Stock, one Warrant and one Right. The Warrants will become exercisable on the later of 30 days after the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination or 12 months from the closing of the IPO, and will expire five years after the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.

 

All of the 9,775,000 Public Shares sold as part of the Public Units in the IPO contain a redemption feature which allows for the redemption of such Public Shares if there is a stockholder vote or tender offer in connection with the Business Combination and in connection with certain amendments to the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation, or in connection with the Company’s liquidation. In accordance with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and its staff’s guidance on redeemable equity instruments, which has been codified in ASC 480-10-S99, redemption provisions not solely within the control of the Company require common stock subject to redemption to be classified outside of permanent equity.

 

F-18

 

 

FEUTUNE LIGHT ACQUISITION CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

December 31, 2023

 

The Company’s redeemable common stock is subject to SEC and its staff’s guidance on redeemable equity instruments, which has been codified in ASC 480-10-S99. If it is probable that the equity instrument will become redeemable, the Company has the option to either 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 to 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 accretion or remeasurement is treated as a deemed dividend (i.e., a reduction to retained earnings, or in absence of retained earnings, additional paid-in capital).

 

As of December 31, 2023, and December 31, 2022, the common stock reflected on the balance sheet is reconciled in the following table.

 

   As of
December 31,
2023
   As of
December 31,
2022
 
Gross proceeds  $97,750,000   $97,750,000 
Less:          
Proceeds allocated to Warrants issued in IPO   (1,055,700)   (1,055,700)
Proceeds allocated to Rights issued in IPO   (1,270,750)   (1,270,750)
Offering costs of Public Units   (5,824,123)   (5,824,123)
Redemption   (50,225,065)   - 
Plus:          
Accretion of carrying value to redemption value   14,629,139    10,472,899 
Common stock subject to possible redemption  $54,003,501   $100,072,326 

 

Note 5 — Private Placement

 

Substantially concurrently with the closing of the IPO, the Company completed the sale of 498,875 Private Placement Units at a price of $10.00 per unit including 478,875 units to the Company’s Sponsor, and 20,000 units to US Tiger for aggregate proceeds to the Company of $4,988,750. Each Private Placement Units consists of one share of Class A Common Stock, one Warrant, and one Right. The Sponsor will be permitted to transfer the Private Placement Units held by them to certain permitted transferees, including the Company’s officers and directors and other persons or entities affiliated with or related to it or them, but the transferees receiving such securities will be subject to the same agreements with respect to such securities as the founders.

 

The Founder Shares and Private Shares are identical to the Public Shares. However, the Company’s founders have agreed (A) to vote their Founder Shares and Private Shares in favor of any proposed Business Combination, (B) not to propose, or vote in favor of, prior to and unrelated to an initial Business Combination, an amendment to the Company’s certificate of incorporation that would affect the substance or timing of the Company’s redemption obligation to redeem all Public Shares if the Company cannot complete an initial Business Combination within the Combination Period, unless the Company provides public stockholders an opportunity to redeem their Public Shares in conjunction with any such amendment, (C) not to redeem any shares, including Founder Shares, Private Shares and Public Shares into the right to receive cash from the Trust Account in connection with a stockholder vote to approve a proposed initial Business Combination or sell any shares to the Company in any tender offer in connection with the Company’s proposed initial Business Combination, and (D) that the Founder Shares and Private Shares shall not participate in any liquidating distribution upon winding up if a Business Combination is not consummated. 

 

The Private Placement Units sold in the Private Placement including the underlying securities and the Working Capital Units (defined below) that may be issued upon conversion of working capital loans (including extension notes) may not, subject to certain limited exceptions, be transferred, assigned or sold by the holder until 30 days following the closing of the Business Combination, subject to certain exceptions.

 

F-19

 

 

FEUTUNE LIGHT ACQUISITION CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

December 31, 2023

 

Note 6 — Related Party Transactions

 

Founder Shares

 

On February 2, 2022, the Sponsor acquired 2,443,750 Class B common stock (“Founder Shares”) of for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000, or approximately $0.01 per share. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, there were 2,443,750 Founder Shares issued and outstanding.

 

The number of Founder Shares issued was determined based on the expectation that such Founder Shares would represent 20% of the number of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock (defined below in Note 7) issued and outstanding upon completion of the IPO.

 

The founders have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell 50% its Founder Shares until the earlier to occur of: (A) six months after the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination, or (B) the date on which the closing price of the Company’s Class A Common Stock equals or exceeds $12.50 per share (as adjusted for share splits, share dividends, reorganizations and recapitalizations) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing after the Company’s initial Business Combination and the remaining 50% of the Founder Shares may not be transferred, assigned or sold until six months after the date of the consummation of the Company’s initial Business Combination, or earlier, in either case, if, subsequent to the Company’s initial Business Combination, the Company consummates a liquidation, merger, stock exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of the stockholders having the right to exchange their shares of Class A Common Stock for cash, securities or other property. Any permitted transferees will be subject to the same restrictions and other agreements of the Company’s initial stockholders with respect to any Founder Shares. The Sponsor has transferred an aggregate amount of 505,000 Founder Shares to the Company’s management and directors.

 

Substantially concurrently with the closing of the IPO, the Company completed the sale of 498,875 Private Placement Units at a price of $10.00 per unit including 478,875 shares to the Company’s Sponsor, and 20,000 shares to US Tiger for an aggregate proceeds to the Company of $4,988,750.

 

The sale of the Founder Shares to the Company’s management and directors is within the scope of FASB ASC Topic 718, “Compensation-Stock Compensation” (“ASC 718”). Under ASC 718, stock-based compensation associated with equity-classified awards is measured at fair value upon the grant date. The fair value of the 505,000 Founder Shares granted to the Company’s management and directors less the estimated forfeiture of 75,650 Founder Shares was $107,712 for a total of 429,350 Founder Shares or $0.25 per share. The Founder Shares were granted subject to a performance condition (i.e., the occurrence of a Business Combination). Compensation expense related to the Founder Shares is recognized only when the Business Combination is consummated under ASC 718. As such no stock-based compensation expense has been recognized. Stock-based compensation would be recognized at the date a Business Combination is consummated in an amount equal to the number of Founder Shares less the number of Founder Shares forfeited times the grant date fair value per share (unless subsequently modified) less the amount initially received for the purchase of the Founder Shares.

 

Representative Shares

 

The Company also issued 60,000 Representative Shares to US Tiger as part of representative compensation. The Representative Shares are identical to the Public Shares except that US Tiger has agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any such Representative Shares until the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination. In addition, US Tiger has agreed (i) to waive its redemption rights with respect to such shares in connection with the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination and (ii) to waive its rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to such shares if the Company fails to complete its initial Business Combination within the Combination Period.

 

F-20

 

 

FEUTUNE LIGHT ACQUISITION CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

December 31, 2023

  

Promissory Note — Related Parties

 

On February 2, 2022, the Sponsor agreed to loan the Company up to $500,000 to be used for a portion of the expenses of the IPO. This loan is non-interest bearing, unsecured and is due at the earlier of (1) January 31, 2023 or (2) the date on which the Company consummates an initial public offering of its securities. Prior to the IPO, the Company had $280,000 outstanding loan balance. The loan was repaid on June 21, 2022.

 

On March 21, 2023, the Extension Payment was deposited by the Sponsor into the Trust Account for the public stockholders, representing $0.10 per public share, which enables the Company to extend the period of time it has to consummate its initial Business Combination by three months from March 21, 2023 to June 21, 2023.

 

In connection with the Extension Payment, the Company issued the Note to the Sponsor. The Note is non-interest bearing and payable (subject to the waiver against trust provisions) upon the date on which the Company consummates its initial Business Combination. The principal balance may be prepaid at any time, at the election of the Company. The holder of the Note has the right, but not the obligation, to convert the Note, in whole or in part, into Private Units of the Company, as described in the Prospectus, by providing the Company with written notice of its intention to convert the Note at least two business days prior to the closing of the Company’s initial Business Combination. The number of Private Units to be received by the holder of the Note in connection with such conversion shall be an amount determined by dividing (x) the sum of the outstanding principal amount payable to the holder, by (y) $10.00. $600,000 of the Extension Payment was deposited by the Company’s Sponsor and $377,500 was deposited by the Company from its working capital account in lieu of the Sponsor, pursuant to the Short-Term Loan to the Company, which provides for repayment on or before March 31, 2023. The Short-Term Loan was repaid in full on March 24, 2023.

 

Following the Special Meeting, as of December 31, 2023, four Monthly Extension Payments were deposited into the Trust Account for the public stockholders as of December 31, 2023 by the Sponsor, which enabled the Company to extend the period of time it has to consummate its initial Business Combination by four months from June 21, 2023 to October 21, 2023. In connection with the four Monthly Extension Payments, the Company issued four notes to the Sponsor.

 

From October to December 2023, three Monthly Extension Payments was deposited into the Trust Account by TPH which enabled the Company to extend the date by which it has to consummate its initial Business Combination by three months from October 21, 2023 to January 21, 2024. In connection with the October to December Monthly Extension Payments, the Company issued three unsecured promissory notes of $100,000 each to TPH to evidence the payment made for the October to December Monthly Extension Payments.

 

 The notes bear no interest and are payable in full upon the earlier to occur of (i) the consummation of the Company’s Business Combination or (ii) the date of expiry of the term of the Company (the “Maturity Date”). The following shall constitute an event of default: (i) a failure to pay the principal within five business days of the Maturity Date; (ii) the commencement of a voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy action, (iii) the breach of the Company’s obligations thereunder; (iv) any cross defaults; (v) any enforcement proceedings against the Company; and (vi) any unlawfulness and invalidity in connection with the performance of the obligations thereunder, in which case the notes may be accelerated.

 

The payee of the notes, has the right, but not the obligation, to convert the notes, in whole or in part, respectively, into Private Units of the Company, that are identical to Public Units of the Company, subject to certain exceptions, as described in the Prospectus, by providing the Company with written notice of the intention to convert at least two business days prior to the closing of the Business Combination. The number of Private Units to be received by the Sponsor in connection with such conversion shall be an amount determined by dividing (x) the sum of the outstanding principal amount payable to the Sponsor by (y) $10.00.

 

As of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company had total of $1,377,500 and nil, respectively, of promissory notes for extension from the Sponsor. As of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company had total of $300,000 and nil, respectively, of promissory notes for extension from TPH.

 

Related Party Loans

 

In addition, in order to finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial Business Combination, the Sponsor, or an affiliate of the Sponsor or certain of the Company’s officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required. If the Company completes the initial Business Combination, it would repay such loaned amounts. In the event that the initial Business Combination does not close, the Company may use a portion of the working capital held outside the Trust Account to repay such loaned amounts but no proceeds from the Trust Account would be used for such repayment. Up to $3,000,000 of such loans may be converted upon consummation of the Business Combination into Private Placement Units at a price of $10.00 per unit (the “Working Capital Units”). If the Company does not complete a Business Combination, the loans would be repaid out of funds not held in the Trust Account, and only to the extent available. Such Working Capital Units converted from loan would be identical to the Private Placement Units sold in the Private Placement.

 

In addition to the promissory notes in relation to the Monthly Extension Payments, the Company also borrowed $485,000 from the Sponsor for working capital purposes.  

 

As of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company had total loan from related parties amounted to $2,162,500 and nil, respectively.

 

F-21

 

 

FEUTUNE LIGHT ACQUISITION CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

December 31, 2023

 

Note 7 — Commitments & Contingencies

 

Risks and Uncertainties

 

Management continuously evaluates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the industry and has concluded that while it is reasonably possible that the virus could have a negative effect on the Company’s 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 consolidated financial statements. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

 

Registration Rights

 

The holders of the Founder Shares and Private Placement Units, Working Capital Units issuable upon the conversion of certain working capital loans and any underlying securities will be entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration rights agreement signed on June 15, 2022, requiring the Company to register such securities for resale. The holders of these securities are entitled to make up to three demands, excluding short form demands, that the Company register such securities. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination and rights to require the Company to register for resale such securities pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.

 

Underwriting Agreement

 

The underwriters of the IPO (the “underwriters”) exercised the option to purchase an additional 1,275,000 units in the IPO.

 

The Company paid an underwriting discount of 2.0% of the gross proceeds of the IPO, or $1,955,000 to the underwriters at the closing of the IPO. In addition, the underwriters will be entitled to a deferred fee of 3.5% of the gross proceeds of the IPO, or $3,421,250 until the closing of the Business Combination. In addition, the Company issued 60,000 Representative Shares to US Tiger upon the closing of the IPO.

 

Note 8 — Stockholders’ Equity

 

Preferred Stock — Pursuant to the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation, the Company is authorized to issue 500,000 shares of preference stock, $0.0001 par value, with such designations, voting and other rights and preferences as may be determined from time to time by the Company’s board of directors. As of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, there was no preferred stock issued or outstanding.

 

Class A Common Stock — Pursuant to the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation, the Company is authorized to issue 25,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share. As of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, there were 558,875 shares of Class A Common Stock issued and outstanding, excluding 4,983,493 and 9,775,000 shares subject to possible redemption, respectively. 

 

F-22

 

 

FEUTUNE LIGHT ACQUISITION CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

December 31, 2023

 

Class B Common Stock — Pursuant to the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation, the Company is authorized to issue 4,500,000 shares of Class B common stock (the “Class B Common Stock”) with a par value of $0.0001 per share. As of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company issued 2,443,750 shares of Class B common stock.

 

Common stockholders of record are entitled to one vote for each share held on all matters to be voted on by stockholders. Holders of the Class A common stock and holders of the Class B Common Stock will vote together as a single class on all matters submitted to a vote of the Company’s stockholders, except as required by law.

 

The Class B Common Stock will automatically convert into shares of the Class A Common Stock at the time of the initial Business Combination, or at any time prior thereto at the option of the holder, on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment pursuant to certain anti-dilution right.

 

Rights — On June 21, 2022, the Company issued 9,775,000 Rights in connection with the IPO. Substantially concurrently with the closing of the IPO, the Company issued 478,875 Rights to the Company’s Sponsor and 20,000 rights to US Tiger. Except in cases where the Company is not the surviving company in a Business Combination, each holder of a Right will automatically receive one-tenth (1/10) of common stock upon consummation of the initial Business Combination. In the event the Company will not be the surviving company upon completion of the initial Business Combination, each holder of a Right will automatically receive the kind and amount of securities or properties of the surviving entity that each one-tenth (1/10) of one share of Class A Common Stock of the Company is entitled to receive upon consummation of the Business Combination. The Company will not issue fractional shares upon conversion of the Rights. As a result, holder must convert Rights in multiples of 10 in order to receive shares upon closing of a Business Combination. If the Company is unable to complete an initial Business Combination within the Combination Period and the Company redeems 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.

 

As of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, 10,273,875 Rights were outstanding.

 

Warrants — On June 21, 2022, the Company issued 9,775,000 Warrants in connection with the IPO. Substantially concurrently with the closing of the IPO, the Company issued 478,875 Warrants to the Company’s Sponsor and 20,000 Warrants to US Tiger. Each Warrant entitles the registered holder to purchase one share of the Company’s Class A Common Stock at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment as discussed below, at any time commencing on the later of 12 months from the closing of the IPO or 30 days after the completion of the initial Business Combination. The Warrants will expire five years after the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination, at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.

 

The Company has agreed that as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 30 business days, after the closing of the initial Business Combination, it will use its reasonable best efforts to file, and within 60 business days following its initial Business Combination to have declared effective, a registration statement for the registration, under the Securities Act, of the shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement, and a current prospectus relating thereto, until the expiration of the Warrants in accordance with the provisions of the warrant agreement signed on June 15, 2022 (the “warrant agreement”). No Warrants will be exercisable for cash unless the Company has an effective and current registration statement covering the Class A Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants and a current prospectus relating to such shares of Class A Common Stock. Notwithstanding the above, if the Company’s Class A Common Stock is at the time of any exercise of a Warrant not listed on a national securities exchange such that it satisfies the definition of a “covered security” under Section 18(b)(1) of the Securities Act, the Company may, at its option, require holders of Warrants who exercise their Warrants to do so on a “cashless basis” in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act and, in the event it so elect, it will not be required to file or maintain in effect a registration statement, but it will be required to use its reasonable best efforts to register or qualify the shares under applicable blue sky laws to the extent an exemption is not available.  

 

F-23

 

 

FEUTUNE LIGHT ACQUISITION CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

December 31, 2023

 

In addition, if (x) the Company issues additional shares of Class A Common Stock or equity-linked securities for capital raising purposes in connection with the closing of the Company’s initial Business Combination at an issue price or effective issue price (the “Newly Issued Price”)  of less than $9.20 per share (with such issue price or effective issue price to be determined in good faith by the Company’s board of directors and, in the case of any such issuance to the Company’s founders or their affiliates, without taking into account any shares held by the Company’s founders or such affiliates, as applicable, prior to such issuance), (y) the aggregate gross proceeds from such issuances represent more than 60% of the total equity proceeds, and interest thereon, available for the funding of the Company’s initial Business Combination on the date of the consummation of the Company’s initial Business Combination (net of redemptions), and (z) the volume weighted average reported trading price of Class A Common Stock for the twenty (20) trading days starting on the trading day prior to the date of the consummation of the Business Combination (the “Fair Market Value”) is below $9.20 per share, the exercise price of the Warrants will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 115% of the higher of the Fair Market Value and the Newly Issued Price, and the $16.50 per share redemption trigger price described below will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 180% of the higher of the Fair Market Value and the Newly Issued Price.

 

The Company may call the Warrants for redemption, in whole and not in part, at a price of $0.01 per Warrant:

 

in whole and not in part;

 

upon not less than 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption (the “30-day redemption period”) to each warrant holder; and

 

if, and only if, the reported last sale price of the Class A Common Stock equals or exceeds $16.50 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period ending three business days before the Company sends the notice of redemption to the warrant holders.

 

The Company accounted for the 9,775,000 Warrants issued in the IPO as equity instruments in accordance with ASC 480, “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity” and ASC 815-40, “Derivatives and Hedging: Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity”.  The Company accounted for the Warrant as an expense of the IPO resulting in a charge directly to stockholders’ equity. The Company estimates that the fair value of the Warrants is approximately $1.1 million, or $0.108 per Unit, using the Monte Carlo Model. The fair value of the Warrants is estimated as of the date of grant using the following assumptions: (1) expected volatility of 10.3%, (2) risk-free interest rate of 2.92%, (3) expected life of 1.38 years, (4) exercise price of $11.50 and (5) stock price of $9.76.

 

The Company accounted for the 498,875 Warrants issued in the Private Placement as equity instruments in accordance with ASC 480, “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity” and ASC 815-40, “Derivatives and Hedging: Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity”.  The Company accounted for the Warrant as an expense of the sale of the Private Placement Units resulting in a charge directly to stockholders’ equity. The Company estimates that the fair value of the Warrants was approximately $0.05 million, or $0.108 per Unit, using the Monte Carlo Model. The fair value of the Warrants is estimated as of the date of grant using the following assumptions: (1) expected volatility of 10.3%, (2) risk-free interest rate of 2.92%, (3) expected life of 1.38 years, (4) exercise price of $11.50 and (5) stock price of $9.76.

 

As of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, 10,273,875 Warrants were outstanding. 

 

Note 9 — Income Taxes

 

The Company’s taxable income primarily consists of interest earned on investments held in the Trust Account.

 

The income tax provision (benefit) for the year ended December 31, 2023 and for the period from January 19, 2022 (inception) through December 31, 2022 were as follows:

 

   For the Year
Ended
   For the
Period from
January 19,
2022
(inception)
through
 
   December 31,
2023
   December 31,
2022
 
Current        
Federal  $665,744   $233,530 
State   411,948    162,723 
Deferred          
Federal   (238,881)   (69,606)
State   (102,378)   (29,831)
Change in valuation allowance   341,259    99,437 
Income tax provision  $1,077,692   $396,253 

 

F-24

 

 

FEUTUNE LIGHT ACQUISITION CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

December 31, 2023

 

A reconciliation of the statutory federal income tax rate to the Company’s effective tax rate is as follows:

 

       For the Period from 
       January 19,
2022
 
   For the year ended   (inception) through 
   December 31,
2023
   December 31,
2022
 
         
U.S. statutory rate   21.0%   21.0%
State income tax, net of federal benefit   9.2%   11.5%
Permanent difference   0.3%   4.5%
Change in valuation allowance   14.1%   12.5%
Effective tax rate   44.6%   49.5%

 

The Company’s net deferred tax assets at December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 were as follows:

 

   December 31,
2023
   December 31,
2022
 
         
Deferred tax assets(liability):        
Start up cost  $440,696   $99,437 
Valuation allowance   (440,696)   (99,437)
Deferred tax assets, net  $-   $- 

 

In assessing the realization of deferred tax assets, management considers whether it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income during the periods in which temporary differences representing net future deductible amounts become deductible. Management considers the scheduled reversal of deferred tax assets, projected future taxable income and tax planning strategies in making this assessment. After consideration of all of the information available, management believes that significant uncertainty exists with respect to future realization of the deferred tax assets and has therefore established a full valuation allowance.

 

Note 10 — Subsequent Events

 

The Company evaluated subsequent events and transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date through the date the financial statement is issued. Other than the events below, the Company did not identify any subsequent events that would have required adjustment or disclosure in the financial statements.

 

On January 19, 2024 and February 21, 2024, two Monthly Extension Payments of $100,000 were deposited into the Trust Account which enabled the Company to extend the date by which it has to consummate its initial Business Combination from January 21, 2024 to March 21, 2024. In connection with the Monthly Extension Payments, and pursuant to the Merger Agreement, on October 26, 2023, the Company issued two unsecured promissory notes of $100,000 each to TPH to evidence the payment made for the January and February Monthly Extension Payments.

 

On March 1, 2024, the Company filed a notice of special meeting of stockholders, according to which a special meeting of stockholders is to be held virtually on March 18, 2024 at 11:30 a.m., Eastern Time, where the Company’s stockholders will vote to approve the amendment of the Current Charter to allow the Company until March 21, 2024 to consummate an initial business combination and to elect to extend the period to consummate an initial business combination up to nine times, each by an additional one-month period, for a total of up to nine months to December 21, 2024.

 

 

 

F-25

 

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Exhibit 21.1

 

FEUTUNE LIGHT ACQUISITION CORPORATION

 

List of Subsidiaries

 

Subsidiaries   Place of Incorporation
     
Feutune Light Merger Sub, Inc.   Delaware

 

Exhibit 31.1

 

CERTIFICATION

 

I, Xuedong (Tony) Tian, certify that:

 

1.I have reviewed this report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, of Feutune Light Acquisition Corporation;

 

2.Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4.The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

a)Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

b)Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

c)Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

d)Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

5.The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):

 

a)all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

b)Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

  Date: March 6, 2024
   
  By: /s/ Xuedong (Tony) Tian
    Xuedong (Tony) Tian
    Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)

 

Exhibit 31.2

 

CERTIFICATION

 

I, Yuanmei Ma, certify that:

 

1.I have reviewed this report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, of Feutune Light Acquisition Corporation;

 

2.Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4.The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

a)Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

b)Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

c)Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

d)Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

5.The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):

 

a)all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

b)Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

  Date: March 6, 2024
   
  By: /s/ Yuanmei Ma
    Yuanmei Ma
    Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

Exhibit 32.1

 

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

The undersigned hereby certifies, in his capacity as an officer of Feutune Light Acquisition Corporation (the “Company”), for the purposes of 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to the best of his knowledge:

 

(1)The Annual Report of the Company on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

 

(2)The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

  Date: March 6, 2024
   
  By: /s/ Xuedong (Tony) Tian
    Xuedong (Tony) Tian
    Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)

 

Exhibit 32.2

 

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

The undersigned hereby certifies, in his capacity as an officer of Feutune Light Acquisition Corporation (the “Company”), for the purposes of 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to the best of her knowledge:

 

(1)The Annual Report of the Company on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

 

(2)The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

  Date: March 6, 2024
   
  By: /s/ Yuanmei Ma
    Yuanmei Ma
    Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

Exhibit 97.1

 

FEUTUNE LIGHT ACQUISITION CORPORATION

 

CLAWBACK POLICY

 

OVERVIEW

 

In accordance with the applicable rules (the “Nasdaq Rules”) of The Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”), Section 10D and Rule 10D-1 (“Rule 10D-1”) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Feutune Light Acquisition Corporation (the “Company”) has adopted this Policy (the “Policy”) to provide for the recovery of Erroneously Awarded Incentive-based Compensation (as defined herein) from Executive Officers (as defined herein).

 

RECOVERY OF ERRONEOUSLY AWARDED COMPENSATION

 

Recovery Process

 

In the event of an Accounting Restatement (as defined herein), the Company will reasonably promptly recover the Erroneously Awarded Compensation Received in accordance with Nasdaq Rules and Rule 10D-1 as follows:

 

1.After an Accounting Restatement, the Compensation Committee (if composed entirely of independent directors, or in the absence of such a committee, a majority of independent directors serving on the Board) (the “Committee”) shall determine the amount of any Erroneously Awarded Compensation Received by each Executive Officer and shall promptly notify each Executive Officer with a written notice containing the amount of any Erroneously Awarded Compensation and a demand for repayment or return of such compensation, as applicable.

 

(a)For Incentive-based Compensation based on (or derived from) the Company’s stock price or total shareholder return, where the amount of Erroneously Awarded Compensation is not subject to mathematical recalculation directly from the information in the applicable Accounting Restatement:

 

i.The amount to be repaid or returned shall be determined by the Committee based on a reasonable estimate of the effect of the Accounting Restatement on the Company’s stock price or total shareholder return upon which the Incentive-based Compensation was Received; and

 

ii.The Company shall maintain documentation of the determination of such reasonable estimate and provide the relevant documentation as required to Nasdaq.

 

2.The Committee shall have discretion to determine the appropriate means of recovering Erroneously Awarded Compensation based on the particular facts and circumstances. Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as set forth in “Limited Exception” below, in no event may the Company accept an amount that is less than the amount of Erroneously Awarded Compensation in satisfaction of an Executive Officer’s obligations hereunder.

 

3.To the extent that the Executive Officer has already reimbursed the Company for any Erroneously Awarded Compensation Received under any duplicative recovery obligations established by the Company or applicable law, it shall be appropriate for any such reimbursed amount to be credited to the amount of Erroneously Awarded Compensation that is subject to recovery under this Policy.

 

4.To the extent that an Executive Officer fails to repay all Erroneously Awarded Compensation to the Company when due, the Company shall take all actions reasonable and appropriate to recover such Erroneously Awarded Compensation from the applicable Executive Officer. The applicable Executive Officer shall be required to reimburse the Company for any and all expenses reasonably incurred (including legal fees) by the Company in recovering such Erroneously Awarded Compensation in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence.

 

 

 

Limited Exception

 

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company shall not be required to take the actions as set forth in “Recovery Process” above if the Committee determines that recovery would be impracticable and any of the following three conditions are met:

 

1.The Committee has determined that the direct expenses paid to a third party to assist in enforcing the Policy would exceed the amount to be recovered. Before making this determination, the Company must make a reasonable attempt to recover the Erroneously Awarded Compensation, documented such attempt(s) and provided such documentation to Nasdaq;

 

2.Recovery would violate home country law where that law was adopted prior to November 28, 2022, provided that, before determining that it would be impracticable to recover any amount of Erroneously Awarded Compensation based on violation of home country law, the Company has obtained an opinion of home country counsel, acceptable to Nasdaq, that recovery would result in such a violation and a copy of the opinion is provided to Nasdaq; or

 

3.Recovery would likely cause an otherwise tax-qualified retirement plan, under which benefits are broadly available to employees of the Company, to fail to meet the requirements of Section 401(a)(13) or Section 411(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations thereunder.

 

DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS

 

The Company shall file all disclosures with respect to this Policy required by applicable U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filings and rules.

 

PROHIBITION OF INDEMNIFICATION

 

The Company shall not be permitted to insure or indemnify any Executive Officer against (i) the loss of any Erroneously Awarded Compensation that is repaid, returned or recovered pursuant to the terms of this Policy, or (ii) any claims relating to the Company’s enforcement of its rights under this Policy. Further, the Company shall not enter into any agreement that exempts any Incentive-based Compensation that is granted, paid or awarded to an Executive Officer from the application of this Policy or that waives the Company’s right to recovery of any Erroneously Awarded Compensation, and this Policy shall supersede any such agreement (whether entered into before, on or after the Effective Date of this Policy).

 

ADMINISTRATION AND INTERPRETATION

 

This Policy shall be administered by the Committee, and any determinations made by the Committee shall be final and binding on all affected individuals.

 

The Committee is authorized to interpret and construe this Policy and to make all determinations necessary, appropriate, or advisable for the administration of this Policy and for the Company’s compliance with Nasdaq Rules, Section 10D, Rule 10D-1 and any other applicable law, regulation, rule or interpretation of the SEC or Nasdaq promulgated or issued in connection therewith.

 

2

 

 

AMENDMENT; TERMINATION

 

The Committee may amend this Policy from time to time in its discretion and shall amend this Policy as it deems necessary. Notwithstanding anything in this paragraph to the contrary, no amendment or termination of this Policy shall be effective if such amendment or termination would (after taking into account any actions taken by the Company contemporaneously with such amendment or termination) cause the Company to violate any federal securities laws, SEC rule or Nasdaq rule.

 

OTHER RECOVERY RIGHTS

 

This Policy shall be binding and enforceable against all Executive Officers and, to the extent required by applicable law or guidance from the SEC or Nasdaq, their beneficiaries, heirs, executors, administrators or other legal representatives. The Committee intends that this Policy will be applied to the fullest extent required by applicable law. Any employment agreement, equity award agreement, compensatory plan or any other agreement or arrangement with an Executive Officer shall be deemed to include, as a condition to the grant of any benefit thereunder, an agreement by the Executive Officer to abide by the terms of this Policy. Any right of recovery under this Policy is in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other remedies or rights of recovery that may be available to the Company under applicable law, regulation or rule or pursuant to the terms of any policy of the Company or any provision in any employment agreement, equity award agreement, compensatory plan, agreement or other arrangement.

 

DEFINITIONS

 

For purposes of this Policy, the following capitalized terms shall have the meanings set forth below.

 

Accounting Restatement” means an accounting restatement due to the material noncompliance of the Company with any financial reporting requirement under the securities laws, including any required accounting restatement to correct an error in previously issued financial statements that is material to the previously issued financial statements (a “Big R” restatement), or to correct errors that are not material to previously issued financial statements but would result in a material misstatement if (a) the errors were left uncorrected in the current report or (b) the error correction was recognized in the current period (a “little r” restatement). For the avoidance of doubt, an out-of-period of adjustment (i.e., when the error is immaterial to the previously issued financial statements and the correction of the error is also immaterial to the current period) does not trigger a compensation recovery under this Policy because it is not an “accounting restatement.”

 

Clawback Eligible Incentive Compensation” means all Incentive-based Compensation Received by an Executive Officer (i) on or after October 2, 2023, the effective date of the applicable Nasdaq Rules, (ii) after beginning service as an Executive Officer, (iii) who served as an Executive Officer at any time during the applicable performance period relating to any Incentive-based Compensation (whether or not such Executive Officer is serving at the time the Erroneously Awarded Compensation is required to be repaid to the Company), (iv) while the Company has a class of securities listed on a national securities exchange or a national securities association, and (v) during the applicable Clawback Period (as defined herein).

 

Clawback Period” means, with respect to any Accounting Restatement, the three completed fiscal years of the Company immediately preceding the Restatement Date (as defined herein), and if the Company changes its fiscal year, any transition period of less than nine months within or immediately following those three completed fiscal years.

 

Erroneously Awarded Compensation” means, with respect to each Executive Officer in connection with an Accounting Restatement, the amount of Clawback Eligible Incentive Compensation that exceeds the amount of Incentive-based Compensation that otherwise would have been Received had it been determined based on the restated amounts, computed without regard to any taxes paid. For an example of the calculation, see Footnotes 235 and 237 of SEC Release No. 33- 11126 (https://www.sec.gov/rules/final/2022/33-11126.pdf). For further guidance on the calculation, see text accompanying Footnotes 243 and 244 of SEC Release No. 33-11126 regarding cash awards, pool plans and equity awards.

 

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Executive Officer” means each individual who is currently or was previously designated as an “officer” of the Company as defined in Rule 16a-1(f) under the Exchange Act. For the avoidance of doubt, the identification of an Executive Officer for purposes of this Policy shall include each executive officer who is or was identified pursuant to Item 401(b) of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act or Item 6.A of Form 20-F, as applicable, as well as the principal financial officer and principal accounting officer (or, if there is no principal accounting officer, the controller).

 

Financial Reporting Measures” means measures that are determined and presented in accordance with the accounting principles used in preparing the Company’s financial statements, and all other measures that are derived wholly or in part from such measures. Stock price and total shareholder return (and any measures that are derived wholly or in part from stock price or total shareholder return) shall, for purposes of this Policy, be considered Financial Reporting Measures. For the avoidance of doubt, a Financial Reporting Measure need not be presented in the Company’s financial statements or included in a periodic or other filing with the SEC.

 

Incentive-based Compensation” means any compensation that is granted, earned or vested based wholly or in part upon the attainment of a Financial Reporting Measure.

 

Received” means, with respect to any Incentive-based Compensation, actual or deemed receipt, and Incentive-based Compensation shall be deemed received in the Company’s fiscal period during which the Financial Reporting Measure specified in the Incentive-based Compensation award is attained, even if the payment or grant of the Incentive-based Compensation to the Executive Officer occurs after the end of that period.

 

Restatement Date” means the earlier to occur of (i) the date the Board, a committee of the Board or the officers of the Company authorized to take such action if Board action is not required, conclude(s), or reasonably should have concluded, that the Company is required to prepare an Accounting Restatement, or (ii) the date a court, regulator or other legally authorized body directs the Company to prepare an Accounting Restatement.

 

Effective as of November 29, 2023.

 

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Exhibit A

 

ATTESTATION AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF CLAWBACK POLICY

 

By my signature below, I acknowledge and agree that:

 

I have received and read the attached Clawback Policy (the “Policy”).
   
I hereby agree to abide by all of the terms of this Policy both during and after my employment with Feutune Light Acquisition Corporation (the “Company”), including, without limitation, by promptly repaying or returning any Erroneously Awarded Compensation (as defined in the Policy) to the Company as determined in accordance with the Policy.

 

  Signature: _____________________________
     
  Printed Name: _____________________________
     
  Date: _____________________________

 

 

 

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Cover - USD ($)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Mar. 04, 2024
Jun. 30, 2023
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Document Transition Report false    
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Entity Interactive Data Current Yes    
ICFR Auditor Attestation Flag false    
Amendment Flag false    
Document Period End Date Dec. 31, 2023    
Document Fiscal Year Focus 2023    
Document Fiscal Period Focus FY    
Documents Incorporated by Reference [Text Block] None    
Entity Information [Line Items]      
Entity Registrant Name FEUTUNE LIGHT ACQUISITION CORPORATION    
Entity Central Index Key 0001912582    
Entity File Number 001-41394    
Entity Tax Identification Number 87-4620515    
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code DE    
Current Fiscal Year End Date --12-31    
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer No    
Entity Voluntary Filers No    
Entity Current Reporting Status Yes    
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Entity Filer Category Non-accelerated Filer    
Entity Small Business true    
Entity Emerging Growth Company true    
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Entity Public Float     $ 52,380,820.53
Entity Contact Personnel [Line Items]      
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Entity Address, Postal Zip Code 08840    
Entity Phone Fax Numbers [Line Items]      
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Entity Listings [Line Items]      
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Audit Information
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Auditor [Table]  
Auditor Name MaloneBailey, LLP
Auditor Firm ID 206
Auditor Location Houston, Texas
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Consolidated Balance Sheets - USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Assets    
Cash $ 18,330 $ 546,632
Prepaid expenses 45,726 168,491
Total current assets 64,056 715,123
Cash and Marketable securities held in Trust Account 54,075,630 100,525,498
Total Assets 54,139,686 101,240,621
Current liabilities:    
Accrued expenses 97,513 91,776
Franchise tax payable 36,381 56,918
Income taxes payable 35,748 396,253
Excise tax payable 502,251
Total Current Liabilities 2,834,393 544,947
Deferred underwriters’ discount 3,421,250 3,421,250
Total Liabilities 6,255,643 3,966,197
Commitments and Contingencies
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Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value, 500,000 shares authorized, none issued and outstanding
Additional paid-in capital
Accumulated deficit (6,119,758) (2,798,202)
Total Stockholders’ Deficit (6,119,458) (2,797,902)
Total Liabilities, Temporary Equity and Stockholders’ Deficit 54,139,686 101,240,621
Class A Common Stock    
Current liabilities:    
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Class B Common Stock    
Current liabilities:    
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Related Party    
Current liabilities:    
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Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parentheticals) - $ / shares
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Preferred stock par value (in Dollars per share) $ 0.0001 $ 0.0001
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Preferred stock, shares issued
Preferred stock, shares outstanding
Class A Common Stock    
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Common stock par value (in Dollars per share) $ 0.0001 $ 0.0001
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Common stock, shares outstanding 558,875 558,875
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Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($)
11 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Dec. 31, 2023
Formation and operating costs $ 451,461 $ 1,167,531
Franchise tax expenses 56,918 82,046
Loss from Operations (508,379) (1,249,577)
Other income    
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Income before income taxes 800,869 2,414,627
Income taxes provision 396,253 1,077,692
Net Income $ 404,616 $ 1,336,935
Basic weighted average shares outstanding (in Shares) 5,452,529 7,240,883
Basic net loss per share (in Dollars per share) $ 0.67 $ 0.3
Feutune Light Acquisition Corporation    
Other income    
Basic weighted average shares outstanding (in Shares) 2,614,542 3,002,625
Basic net loss per share (in Dollars per share) $ (1.25) $ (0.28)
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Consolidated Statements of Operations (Parentheticals) - $ / shares
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Dec. 31, 2022
Dec. 31, 2023
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Diluted net income (loss) per share $ 0.67 $ 0.30
Feutune Light Acquisition Corporation    
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Diluted net income (loss) per share $ (1.25) $ (0.28)
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Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Deficit - USD ($)
Class A
Common Stock
Class B
Common Stock
Additional Paid-in Capital
Accumulated Deficit
Total
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Remeasurement of carrying value to redemption value (7,270,081) (3,202,818) (10,472,899)
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Additional amount deposited into trust for extensions (1,677,500) (1,677,500)
Excise tax payable attributable to redemption   (502,251) (502,251)
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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - USD ($)
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Dec. 31, 2022
Dec. 31, 2023
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Proceeds from issuance of promissory note to related parties 280,000  
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Proceeds from working capital loans   485,000
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Payment of underwriter discount (1,955,000)
Payment of deferred offering costs (517,692)
Redemption of Class A Common Stock (50,225,065)
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Cash at End of Period 546,632 18,330
Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information:    
Cash paid for income taxes 1,463,923
Cash paid for interest
Non-cash Financing Activities:    
Deferred underwriters’ marketing fees 3,421,250
Issuance of representative shares 72,175
Change in value of common stock subject to redemption 95,423,550
Allocation of offering costs to common stock subject to redemption 5,824,123
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Additional amount deposited into trust for extensions   1,677,500
Excise tax payable attributable to redemption   $ 502,251
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Organization and Business Operation
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Organization and Business Operation [Abstract]  
Organization and Business Operation

Note 1 — Organization and Business Operation

 

Feutune Light Acquisition Corporation (the “Company”) is a newly organized blank check company incorporated as a Delaware company on January 19, 2022. The Company was formed for the purpose of entering into a merger, stock exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses (the “Business Combination”). The Company has entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) as discussed below. The Company has selected December 31 as its fiscal year end.

 

On July 3, 2023, the Company incorporated Feutune Light Merger Sub, Inc, (“Merger Sub”), a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.   As of December 31, 2023, there has been no activity in Merger Sub.

 

As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company had not commenced any operations. For the period from January 19, 2022 (inception) through December 31, 2023, the Company’s efforts have been limited to organizational activities, as activities related to the initial public offering (“IPO”)  and Business Combination. The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of a Business Combination, at the earliest. The Company generates non-operating income in the form of interest income from the proceeds derived from the IPO.

 

The registration statement for the Company’s IPO became effective on June 15, 2022. On June 21, 2022, the Company consummated the IPO of 9,775,000 units (including 1,275,000 units issued upon the full exercise of the over-allotment option, the “Public Units”). Each Public Unit consists of one share of Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value per share (the “Public Shares”), and one redeemable warrant (the “Warrants”) and one right (the “Rights”) to receive one-tenth (1/10) of one share of Class A common stock (the “Class A Common Stock”). Each Warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one share of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share. The Public Units were sold at an offering price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $97,750,000.

 

Substantially concurrently with the closing of the IPO, the Company completed the sale in a private placement (the “Private Placement”) of 498,875 units (the “Private Placement Units”) including 478,875 units to the Company’s sponsor, Feutune Light Sponsor LLC (the “Sponsor”) and 20,000 shares to U.S. Tiger Securities, Inc. (“US Tiger”) at a purchase price of $10.00 per Private Placement Unit, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $4,988,750. Each Private Placement Unit consists of one share of Class A common stock (the “Private Shares”), one Warrant, and one Right.

 

The Company also issued 60,000 representative shares (the “Representative Shares”) to US Tiger, a representative of the underwriters of the IPO, as part of representative compensation. The Representative Shares are identical to the Public Shares included in the IPO except that the representative has agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any such Representative Shares until the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination. In addition, US Tiger agreed (i) to waive its redemption rights with respect to the Representative Shares and Private Shares it owns in connection with the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination and (ii) to waive its rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account (as defined below) with respect to the Representative Shares and Private Shares if the Company fails to complete its initial Business Combination within the Combination Period (as defined below).

 

Transaction costs amounted to $5,966,117, consisting of $5,376,250 of underwriting fees, $517,692 of other offering cost and of $72,175 fair value of the 60,000 Representative Shares as part of the transaction costs. Following the consummation of the IPO, cash of $1,029,523 were held outside of the Trust Account (as defined below) and is available for working capital purposes.

 

The Company’s initial Business Combination must occur with one or more target businesses that together have an aggregate fair market value of at least 80% of the assets held in the Trust Account (as defined below) (excluding the deferred underwriting discounts and commissions and taxes payable on the income earned on the Trust Account) at the time of the agreement to enter into the initial Business Combination. However, the Company will only complete a Business Combination if the post-transaction company owns or acquires 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target sufficient for the post-transaction company not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”). There is no assurance that the Company will be able to complete a Business Combination successfully.

 

Following the closing of the IPO, $99,216,250 ($10.15 per Public Unit) from the proceed of the IPO and the proceeds from the sale of the Private Placement Units was held in a U.S.-based trust account (the “Trust Account”) with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee. The funds held in the Trust Account invested only in U.S. government treasury bills, bonds or notes with a maturity of 185 days or less, or in money market funds meeting the applicable conditions of Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act which invest solely in direct U.S. government treasury, so that the Company are not deemed to be an investment company under the Investment Company Act. Except with respect to interest earned on the funds held in the trust account that may be released to the Company to pay the Company’s tax obligation, the proceeds from the IPO and the sale of the Private Placement Units that are deposited and held in the Trust Account will not be released from the Trust Account until the earliest to occur of (a) the completion of the initial Business Combination, (b) the redemption of any Public Shares properly submitted in connection with a stockholder vote to amend then current amended and restated Company’s certificate of incorporation (i) to modify the substance or timing of its obligation to allow redemption in connection with its initial Business Combination or to redeem 100% of the Company’s Public Shares if it does not complete the initial Business Combination within the Combination Period (as defined below) the IPO or (ii) with respect to any other provision relating to stockholders’ rights or pre-initial Business Combination activity and (c) the redemption of 100% of the Company’s Public Shares if it is unable to complete the Business Combination within the required time frame, subject to applicable law. The proceeds deposited in the Trust Account could become subject to the claims of the Company’s creditors which could have higher priority than the claims of the Company’s public stockholders. Under the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation, if the Company has not consummated its initial Business Combination by March 21, 2023 (within nine (9) months from the consummation of the IPO), it may extend the period of time to consummate a Business Combination up to three (3) times by an additional three-month period each time for a total of up to an additional nine (9) months, affording the Company up to December 21, 2023 (up to eighteen (18) months from the consummation of the IPO) to complete its initial Business Combination. Anticipating that it would not be able to consummate such initial Business Combination, the Company sought its first extension on March 21, 2023 (described below). The Company may extend the period of time to consummate a Business Combination for up to two (2) additional three-month periods from the current deadline of June 21, 2023, and the public stockholders will not be offered the opportunity to vote on or redeem their shares if the Company chooses to make any such paid extension. Pursuant to the terms of the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation and the trust agreement entered into between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee, the Sponsor or its affiliates or designees, upon five days advance notice prior to the applicable deadline, must deposit into the Trust Account for each three-month extension $977,500 ($0.10 per share), on or prior to the date of the applicable deadline. Any such payments would be made in the form of a loan. If the Company completes its initial Business Combination, the Company would repay such loaned amounts out of the proceeds of the Trust Account. In addition, such extension funding loans may be convertible into Private Placement Units upon the closing of the Company’s initial Business Combination at $10.00 per unit at the option of the lender.

 

On March 21, 2023, an aggregate of $977,500 (the “Extension Payment”) was deposited by the Sponsor into the Trust Account for the public stockholders, representing $0.10 per public share, which enables the Company to extend the period of time it has to consummate its initial Business Combination by three months from March 21, 2023 to June 21, 2023 (the “Extension”).

 

In connection with the Extension Payment, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note (the “Note”) to the Sponsor. The Note is non-interest bearing and payable (subject to the waiver against trust provisions) upon the date on which the Company consummates its initial Business Combination. The principal balance may be prepaid at any time, at the election of the Company. The holder of the Note has the right, but not the obligation, to convert the Note, in whole or in part, into Private Units of the Company, as described in the final prospectus dated June 17, 2022 filed by the Company with the SEC (the “Prospectus”), by providing the Company with written notice of its intention to convert the Note at least two business days prior to the closing of the Company’s initial Business Combination. The number of Private Units to be received by the holder of the Note in connection with such conversion shall be an amount determined by dividing (x) the sum of the outstanding principal amount payable to the holder, by (y) $10.00. $600,000 of the Extension Payment was deposited by the Company’s Sponsor and $377,500 was deposited by the Company from its working capital account in lieu of the Sponsor, pursuant to a non-interest bearing, short-term loan provided by the Company to the Sponsor (the “Short-Term Loan”) to the Company, which provides for repayment on or before March 31, 2023. The Short-Term Loan was repaid in full on March 24, 2023.

 

On June 16, 2023, the Company held a special meeting of the stockholders (the “Special Meeting”), where the stockholders of the Company approved the amendment of the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Charter”) to allow the Company until June 21, 2023 to consummate an initial Business Combination and to elect to extend the period to consummate an initial Business Combination up to nine times, each by an additional one-month period (each, a “Monthly Extension”), for a total of up to nine months to March 21, 2024, by depositing to the Company’s Trust Account, the lesser of (i) $100,000 for all Public Shares and (ii) $0.04 for each Public Share for each one-month extension. On June 20, 2023, a certificate of amendment to the Charter (the “Charter Amendment”) was filed with the State of Delaware, effective on the same date. In connection with the votes to approve the Charter Amendment, 4,791,507 shares of Class A Common Stock of the Company were rendered for redemption.

 

From June to September 2023, four $100,000 Monthly Extension Payment were deposited into the Trust Account for the public stockholders, which enabled the Company to extend the period of time it has to consummate its initial Business Combination by four months from June 21, 2023 to October 21, 2023. Among the four $100,000 Monthly Extension Payments, the $100,000 deposited on July 20, 2023 (the “July Monthly Extension Payment”) was deposited by the Company from its working capital account in lieu of a deposit by the Sponsor. Such advancement was repaid by the Sponsor to the Company in September 2023. From October to December 2023, three Monthly Extension Payments was deposited into the Trust Account by TPH (as defined below) which enabled the Company to extend the date by which it has to consummate its initial Business Combination by three months from October 21, 2023 to January 21, 2024.

 

In connection with the four Monthly Extension Payments, the Company issued four unsecured promissory notes of $100,000 to the Sponsor to evidence the payments made by the Sponsor for the Monthly Extension Payment. In connection with the October to December Monthly Extension Payments, and pursuant to the Merger Agreement (as defined below), the Company issued three unsecured promissory notes of $100,000 each to TPH to evidence the payment made for the October to December Monthly Extension Payments.

 

The notes bear no interest and are payable in full upon the earlier to occur of (i) the consummation of the Company’s Business Combination or (ii) the date of expiry of the term of the Company (the “Maturity Date”). The following shall constitute an event of default: (i) a failure to pay the principal within five business days of the Maturity Date; (ii) the commencement of a voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy action, (iii) the breach of the Company’s obligations thereunder; (iv) any cross defaults; (v) any enforcement proceedings against the Company; and (vi) any unlawfulness and invalidity in connection with the performance of the obligations thereunder, in which case the notes may be accelerated.

 

The payee of the notes, the Sponsor, has the right, but not the obligation, to convert the notes, in whole or in part, respectively, into Private Units of the Company, that are identical to Public Units of the Company, subject to certain exceptions, as described in the Prospectus, by providing the Company with written notice of the intention to convert at least two business days prior to the closing of the Business Combination. The number of Private Units to be received by the Sponsor in connection with such conversion shall be an amount determined by dividing (x) the sum of the outstanding principal amount payable to the Sponsor by (y) $10.00.

 

As of December 31, 2023, the Company has until January 21, 2024 to consummate its initial Business Combination. However, if the Company anticipates that it may not be able to consummate its initial Business Combination by January 21, 2024, the Company may, but is not obligated to, extend the period of time to consummate its initial Business Combination for up to four more times by an additional one-month each time and may have until March 21, 2024 to consummate its initial Business Combination. See Note 10 Subsequent events for further extensions in 2024.

 

The shares of Class A Common Stock subject to redemption will be recorded at a redemption value and classified as temporary equity upon the completion of the IPO, in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” In such case, the Company will consummate a Business Combination and, solely if the Company has net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 upon such consummation of a Business Combination and, if the Company seeks stockholder approval, a majority of the issued and outstanding shares voted are voted in favor of the Business Combination. The Company currently has until December 21, 2024 which is the current maximum extension to complete the initial Business Combination (the “Combination Period”).

 

If the Company is unable to complete the initial Business Combination within the Combination Period, the Company will: (i) cease all operations except for 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 and not previously released to the Company to pay the Company’s taxes (less up to $50,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public stockholders’ rights as stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the Company’s remaining stockholders and its board of directors, dissolve and liquidate, subject in each case to the Company’s obligations under Delaware 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 and Rights, which will expire worthless if the Company fails to complete the Business Combination within the Combination Period. The Sponsor, directors and officers (the “founders”) have entered into a letter agreement with the Company, pursuant to which they have agreed (i) to waive their redemption rights with respect to any Founder Shares (as defined in Note 5), Private Shares, and any Public Shares held by them in connection with the completion of the initial Business Combination, (ii) waive their redemption rights with respect to their Founder Shares, Private Shares and Public Shares in connection with a stockholder vote to approve an amendment to the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation (A) to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to allow redemption in connection with the initial Business Combination or to redeem 100% of the Company’s Public Shares if the Company does not complete its initial Business Combination within the Combination Period or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to stockholders’ rights or pre-initial Business Combination activity and (iii) to waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to any Founder Shares and Private Shares held by them if the Company fails to complete the initial Business Combination within the Combination Period, although they will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to any Public Shares they hold if the Company fails to complete the initial Business Combination within the Combination Period. If the Company submits it initial Business Combination to its stockholders for a vote, the Company will complete its initial Business Combination only if a majority of the outstanding shares of common stock voted are voted in favor of the initial Business Combination. In no event will the Company redeem its Public Shares in an amount that would cause its net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001. In such case, the Company would not proceed with the redemption of Public Shares and the related Business Combination, and instead may search for an alternate Business Combination.

 

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 by a prospective target business with which the Company has discussed entering into a transaction agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the Trust Account to below (i) $10.15 per Public Share or (ii) such lesser amount per Public Share held in the Trust Account as of the date of the liquidation of the Trust Account due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, in each case net of the interest which may be withdrawn to pay taxes. This liability will not apply with respect to any claims by a third party who executed a waiver of any and all rights to seek access to the Trust Account and except as to any claims under the Company’s indemnity of the underwriters of the IPO against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. Moreover, in the event that an executed waiver is deemed to be unenforceable against a third party, then the Company’s Sponsor will not be responsible to the extent of any liability for such third party claims.

 

However, the Company has not asked the Sponsor to reserve for such indemnification obligations, nor has the Company independently verified whether the Sponsor has sufficient funds to satisfy their indemnity obligations and believe that the Sponsor’s only assets are securities of the Company. Therefore, the Company cannot assure that its Sponsor would be able to satisfy those obligations. None of the officers or directors will indemnify the Company for claims by third parties including, without limitation, claims by vendors and prospective target businesses.

 

Merger Agreement

 

On October 26, 2023, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Thunder Power Holdings Limited, a British Virgin Islands company (“TPH”), and Feutune Light Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”).

 

TPH is a technology innovator and manufacturer of premium electric vehicles (“EVs”). TPH is dedicated to creating electric vehicles that deliver a premium driving experience combined with a high degree of personalization and has developed and is planning to manufacture a family of EVs suited to various stages of life and driving environments.

 

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, TPH will be merged with and into Merger Sub (the “Merger”), with the Merger Sub surviving the Merger as a direct wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources and Going Concern

 

As of December 31, 2023, the Company had cash of $18,330 and a working capital deficit of $2,268,086.

 

The Company intends to use substantially all of the funds held in the Trust Account, including any amounts representing interest earned on the Trust Account, excluding deferred underwriting commissions, to complete its Business Combination. The Company may withdraw interest from the Trust Account to pay taxes, if any. To the extent that the Company’s share capital or debt is used, in whole or in part, as consideration to complete a Business Combination, the remaining proceeds held in the Trust Account will be used as working capital to finance the operations of the target business or businesses, make other acquisitions and pursue our growth strategies.

 

The Company intends to use the funds held outside the Trust Account primarily to identify and evaluate target businesses, perform business due diligence on prospective target businesses, travel to and from the offices, plants or similar locations of prospective target businesses or their representatives or owners, review corporate documents and material agreements of prospective target businesses, structure, negotiate and complete a Business Combination.

 

In order to fund working capital deficiencies or finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Company’s Sponsor or an affiliate of the Company Sponsor or certain of the Company’s officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required. If the Company completes the initial Business Combination, it would repay such loaned amounts. In the event that the initial Business Combination does not close, the Company may use a portion of the working capital held outside the Trust Account to repay such loaned amounts but no proceeds from the Trust Account would be used for such repayment. Up to $3,000,000 of such loans may be convertible into units, at a price of $10.00 per unit at the option of the lender.

 

If the estimate of the costs of identifying a target business, undertaking in-depth due diligence and negotiating a Business Combination are less than the actual amount necessary to do so, the Company may have insufficient funds available to operate our business prior to our initial Business Combination. Moreover, the Company may need to obtain additional financing either to complete our Business Combination or because the Company become obligated to redeem a significant number of our public shares upon completion of our Business Combination, in which case the Company may issue additional securities or incur debt in connection with such Business Combination, all of which raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.

 

In addition, under the Company’s currently effective amended and restated certificate of incorporation, as of December 31, 2023, the Company has until January 21, 2024, or December 21, 2024 upon maximum extension, to complete the initial Business Combination. The Company may seek approval from its stockholders holding no less than 65% or more of the votes to approve to extend the completion period. If the Company fails to obtain approval from the stockholders for such extension or the Company does not seek such extension, the Company will cease all operations.

 

There is no assurance that the Company’s plans to consummate a Business Combination will be successful within the Combination Period and that the Company will obtain enough votes to extend the Combination Period. In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with the Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-15 of the Financial Accounting Standard Board (FASB), “Disclosures of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern,” management has determined that the liquidity concern and mandatary liquidation mentioned above raised substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

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Significant Accounting Policies
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Significant accounting policies

Note 2 — Significant accounting policies

 

Basis of Presentation

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements are presented in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC and include all normal and recurring adjustments that management of the Company considers necessary for a fair presentation of its financial position and operation results.

 

Principles of consolidation

 

The consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiary Merger Sub, over which the Company exercises control. All transactions and balances among the Company and its subsidiary have been eliminated upon consolidation.

 

Emerging Growth Company Status

 

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 stockholder 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 a company can elect to opt out of the extended transition period and comply with the requirements that apply to non-emerging growth companies but any such an election to opt out is irrevocable. 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 consolidated 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.

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with US GAAP requires 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 consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Cash

 

The Company considers all short-term investments with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. The Company had $18,330 and $546,632 of cash held in bank accounts as of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively.

 

Cash and Marketable securities held in Trust Account

 

At December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, $54,075,630 and $100,525,498, respectively of the assets held in the Trust Account were held in money market funds, which are invested in short term U.S. Treasury securities.

 

All of the Company’s investments held in the Trust Account are classified as trading securities. Trading securities are presented on the balance sheet at fair value at the end of each reporting period. Gains and losses resulting from the change in fair value of investments held in Trust Account are accounted as interest income in the accompanying statement of operations. Interest income for the year ended December 31, 2023 and the period from January 19, 2022 (inception) through December 31, 2022 amounted to $3,664,204 and $1,309,248, respectively.

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

ASC Topic 820 “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures” defines fair value, the methods used to measure fair value and the expanded disclosures about fair value measurements. Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between the buyer and the seller at the measurement date. In determining fair value, the valuation techniques consistent with the market approach, income approach and cost approach shall be used to measure fair value. ASC Topic 820 establishes a fair value hierarchy for inputs, which represent the assumptions used by the buyer and seller in pricing the asset or liability. These inputs are further defined as observable and unobservable inputs. Observable inputs are those that buyer and seller would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Company. Unobservable inputs reflect the Company’s assumptions about the inputs that the buyer and seller would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances.

 

The fair value hierarchy is categorized into three levels based on the inputs as follows:

 

Level 1 - Valuations based on unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Company has the ability to access. Valuation adjustments and block discounts are not being applied. Since valuations are based on quoted prices that are readily and regularly available in an active market, valuation of these securities does not entail a significant degree of judgment.

 

Level 2 - Valuations based on (i) quoted prices in active markets for similar assets and liabilities, (ii) quoted prices in markets that are not active for identical or similar assets, (iii) inputs other than quoted prices for the assets or liabilities, or (iv) inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by market through correlation or other means.

 

Level 3 - Valuations based on inputs that are unobservable and significant to the overall fair value measurement.

 

The fair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under ASC Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures,” approximates the carrying amounts represented in the accompanying balance sheet, primarily due to their short-term nature. 

 

Warrants

 

The Company accounts for Warrants as either equity-classified or liability-classified instruments based on an assessment of the Warrant’s specific terms and applicable authoritative guidance in FASB ASC 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity (“ASC 480”) and ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging (“ASC 815”). The assessment considers whether the Warrants are freestanding financial instruments pursuant to ASC 480, meet the definition of a liability pursuant to ASC 480, and whether the Warrants meet all of the requirements for equity classification under ASC 815, including whether the Warrants are indexed to the Company’s own shares of Class A Common Stock and whether the Warrant holders could potentially require “net cash settlement” in a circumstance outside of the Company’s control, among other conditions for equity classification. This assessment, which requires the use of professional judgment, is conducted at the time of warrant issuance and as of each subsequent quarterly period end date while the Warrants are outstanding.

 

For issued or modified Warrants that meet all of the criteria for equity classification, the Warrants are required to be recorded as a component of equity at the time of issuance. For issued or modified Warrants that do not meet all the criteria for equity classification, the Warrants are required to be recorded as liabilities at their initial fair value on the date of issuance, and each balance sheet date thereafter. Changes in the estimated fair value of the Warrants are recognized as a non-cash gain or loss on the statements of operations.

 

Common Stock Subject to Possible Redemption

 

The Company accounts for its common stock subject to possible redemption in accordance with the guidance in ASC Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” Common stock subject to mandatory redemption (if any) are classified as a liability instrument and are measured at fair value. Conditionally redeemable common stock (including common stock that feature redemption rights that are either within the control of the holder or subject to redemption upon the occurrence of uncertain events not solely within the Company’s control) are classified as temporary equity. At all other times, common stock is classified as stockholders’ equity. The Company’s Public Shares feature certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of the Company’s control and subject to occurrence of uncertain future events. Accordingly, as of December 31, 2023, common stock subject to possible redemption are presented at redemption value of $10.84 per share as temporary equity, outside of the shareholders’ equity section of the Company’s balance sheet. The Company recognizes changes in redemption value immediately as they occur and adjusts the carrying value of redeemable common stock to equal the redemption value at the end of each reporting period. Increases or decreases in the carrying amount of redeemable common stock are affected by charges against additional paid in capital or accumulated deficit if additional paid in capital equals to zero.

 

As discussed in Note 1, in connection with the votes to approve the Charter Amendment, 4,791,507 shares of Class A Common Stock of the Company were rendered for redemption resulting in $50,225,065 paid from the Trust Account to redeeming stockholders. As a result of the redemption, as of December 31, 2023, the Company has 4,983,493 shares of Class A common stock subject to possible redemption at the redemption amount were presented at redemption value as temporary equity, outside of the stockholders’ deficit section of the Company’s balance sheet that are subject to redemption. See Note 4 for further details.

 

Offering Costs

 

The Company complies with the requirements of FASB ASC Topic 340-10-S99-1, “Other Assets and Deferred Costs – SEC Materials” (“ASC 340-10-S99”) and SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic 5A, “Expenses of Offering”. Offering costs were $5,966,117 consisting principally of underwriting, legal, accounting and other expenses that are directly related to the IPO and charged to stockholders’ equity upon the completion of the IPO.

  

Net Income (Loss) Per Common Share

 

The Company complies with accounting and disclosure requirements of FASB ASC 260, Earnings Per Share. In order to determine the net income (loss) attributable to both the redeemable shares and non-redeemable shares, the Company first considered the undistributed income (loss) allocable to both the redeemable common stock and non-redeemable common stock and the undistributed income (loss) is calculated using the total net loss less any dividends paid. The Company then allocated the undistributed income (loss) ratably based on the weighted average number of shares outstanding between the redeemable and non-redeemable common stock. Any remeasurement of the accretion to redemption value of the common stock subject to possible redemption was considered to be dividends paid to the public stockholders. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company has not considered the effect of the Warrants sold in the IPO and the Private Placement in the calculation of diluted net income (loss) per share, since the exercise of the Warrants is contingent upon the occurrence of future events and the inclusion of such Warrants would be anti-dilutive and the Company did not have any other dilutive securities and other contracts that could, potentially, be exercised or converted into common stock and then share in the earnings of the Company. As a result, diluted income (loss) per share is the same as basic (income) loss per share for the periods presented. 

 

The net income (loss) per share presented in the statement of operations is based on the following:

 

   For the Year
Ended
December 31,
2023
   For the
Period from
January 7,
2022
(inception)
through
December 31,
2022
 
         
Net income  $1,336,935   $404,616 
Accretion of carrying value to redemption value   (4,156,240)   (10,472,899)
Net loss including accretion of carrying value to redemption value  $(2,819,305)  $(10,068,283)

  

   For the  Year Ended
December 31, 2023
   For the Period From
January 7, 2022
(inception) through
December 31, 2022
 
       Non-           Non-     
   Redeemable   Redeemable       Redeemable   Redeemable     
   Common   Common       Common   Common     
   Stock   Stock   Total   Stock   Stock   Total 
Basic and diluted net income/(loss) per share:                        
Numerators:                        
Allocation of net loss including carrying value to redemption value  $(1,992,897)  $(826,408)  $(2,819,305)  $(6,805,147)  $(3,263,136)  $(10,068,283)
Accretion of carrying value to redemption value   4,156,240        4,156,240    10,472,899        10,472,899 
Allocation of net income (loss)  $2,163,343   $(826,408)  $1,336,935   $3,667,752   $(3,263,136)  $404,616 
Denominators:                              
Weighted-average shares outstanding   7,240,883    3,002,625         5,452,529    2,614,542      
Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share  $0.30   $(0.28)       $0.67   $(1.25)     

 

Concentration of Credit Risk

 

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentration of credit risk consist of a cash account in a financial institution. The Company has not experienced losses on this account and management believes the Company is not exposed to significant risks on such account. As of December 31, 2023, the balance in this account was fully covered by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) limit.  

 

Income Taxes

 

The Company accounts for income taxes under ASC 740 Income Taxes (“ASC 740”). ASC 740 requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for both the expected impact of differences between the financial statement and tax basis of assets and liabilities and for the expected future tax benefit to be derived from tax loss and tax credit carry forwards. ASC 740 additionally requires a valuation allowance to be established when it is more likely than not that all or a portion of deferred tax assets will not be realized.

 

ASC 740 also clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s consolidated financial statements and prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement process for financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. For those benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be more-likely-than-not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. ASC 740 also provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim period, disclosure and transition.

 

The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense. There were no unrecognized tax benefits and no amounts accrued for interest and penalties as of December 31, 2023. The Company is currently not aware of any issues under review that could result in significant payments, accruals or material deviation from its position.

 

The Company has identified the United States as its only major tax jurisdiction.

 

The Company may be subject to potential examination by federal and state taxing authorities in the areas of income taxes. These potential examinations may include questioning the timing and amount of deductions, the nexus of income among various tax jurisdictions and compliance with federal and state tax laws. The Company’s management does not expect that the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits will materially change over the next twelve months.

 

The Company is incorporated in the State of Delaware and is required to pay franchise taxes to the State of Delaware on an annual basis. The Company is also registered as a foreign corporation with the State of New Jersey Department of the Treasury and is subject to New Jersey state tax laws.

 

On August 16, 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IRA”) was signed into federal law. The IRA provides for, among other things, a new U.S. federal 1% excise tax on certain repurchases (including redemptions) of stock by publicly traded domestic (i.e., U.S.) corporations and certain domestic subsidiaries of publicly traded foreign corporations. The excise tax is imposed on the repurchasing corporation itself, not its shareholders from which shares are repurchased. The amount of the excise tax is generally 1% of the fair market value of the shares repurchased at the time of the repurchase. However, for purposes of calculating the excise tax, repurchasing corporations are permitted to net the fair market value of certain new stock issuances against the fair market value of stock repurchases during the same taxable year. In addition, certain exceptions apply to the excise tax. The U.S. Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) has been given authority to provide regulations and other guidance to carry out and prevent the abuse or avoidance of the excise tax. The IRA applies only to repurchases that occur after December 31, 2022.

 

Any redemption or other repurchase that occurs after December 31, 2022, in connection with a Business Combination, extension vote or otherwise, may be subject to the excise tax. Whether and to what extent the Company would be subject to the excise tax in connection with a Business Combination, extension vote or otherwise would depend on a number of factors, including (i) the fair market value of the redemptions and repurchases in connection with the Company’s initial Business Combination, extension or otherwise, (ii) the structure of the Company’s initial Business Combination, (iii) the nature and amount of any “PIPE” or other equity issuances in connection with the Company’s initial Business Combination (or otherwise issued not in connection with the Company’s initial Business Combination but issued within the same taxable year of the Company’s initial Business Combination) and (iv) the content of regulations and other guidance from the Treasury. In addition, because the excise tax would be payable by the Company and not by the redeeming holder, the mechanics of any required payment of the excise tax have not been determined. The foregoing could cause a reduction in the cash available on hand to complete the Company’s initial Business Combination and in the Company’s ability to complete its initial Business Combination. As a result of the 4,791,507 shares of Class A common stock redeemed in June 2023, the Company accrued the 1% excise tax in the amount of $502,251 as a reduction of retained deficit since additional paid in capital was not available.

 

Stock-Based Compensation

 

The sale of the Founders Shares to the Company’s management and directors is in the scope of FASB ASC Topic 718, “Compensation-Stock Compensation” (“ASC 718”). Under ASC 718, stock-based compensation associated with equity-classified awards is measured at fair value upon the grant date. The fair value of the 505,000 shares granted to the Company’s management and directors less estimated forfeitures of 75,650 shares was $107,712 for a total of 429,350 shares or $0.25 per share. The Founders Shares were granted subject to a performance condition (i.e., the occurrence of a Business Combination). Compensation expense related to the Founders Shares is recognized only when the Business Combination is consummated under ASC 718. As such no stock-based compensation expense has been recognized. Stock-based compensation would be recognized at the date a Business Combination is consummated in an amount equal to the number of Founders Shares with estimated forfeiture times the grant date fair value per share (unless subsequently modified) less the amount initially received for the purchase of the Founders Shares.

 

Related parties

 

Parties, which can be a corporation or individual, are considered to be related if the Company has the ability, directly or indirectly, to control the other party or exercise significant influence over the other party in making financial and operational decisions. Companies are also considered to be related if they are subject to common control or common significant influence.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

Management does not believe that any recently issued, but not effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

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12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Investments Held in Trust Account [Abstract]  
Investments Held in Trust Account

Note 3 — Investments Held in Trust Account

 

As of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, assets held in the Trust Account were comprised of $54,075,630 and $100,525,498, respectively, in money market funds which are invested in short term U.S. Treasury Securities. Interest income for the year ended December 31, 2023 and the period from January 19, 2022 (inception) through December 31, 2022 amounted to $3,664,204 and $1,309,248, respectively.

 

The following table presents information about the Company’s assets that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis at December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation inputs the Company utilized to determine such fair value:

 

Description  Level   December 31,
2023
 
Assets:        
Trust Account - U.S. Treasury Securities Money Market Fund   1   $54,075,630 

 

Description  Level   December 31,
2022
 
Assets:        
Trust Account - U.S. Treasury Securities Money Market Fund   1   $100,525,498 
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12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Initial Public Offering [Abstract]  
Initial Public Offering

Note 4 — Initial Public Offering

 

Pursuant to the IPO, the Company sold 9,775,000 Public Units at $10.00 per Public Unit (with the underwriters’ over-allotment option exercised in full) on June 21, 2022, generating gross proceeds of $97,750,000. Each Public Unit has an offering price of $10.00 and consists of one share of the Class A Common Stock, one Warrant and one Right. The Warrants will become exercisable on the later of 30 days after the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination or 12 months from the closing of the IPO, and will expire five years after the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.

 

All of the 9,775,000 Public Shares sold as part of the Public Units in the IPO contain a redemption feature which allows for the redemption of such Public Shares if there is a stockholder vote or tender offer in connection with the Business Combination and in connection with certain amendments to the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation, or in connection with the Company’s liquidation. In accordance with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and its staff’s guidance on redeemable equity instruments, which has been codified in ASC 480-10-S99, redemption provisions not solely within the control of the Company require common stock subject to redemption to be classified outside of permanent equity.

 

The Company’s redeemable common stock is subject to SEC and its staff’s guidance on redeemable equity instruments, which has been codified in ASC 480-10-S99. If it is probable that the equity instrument will become redeemable, the Company has the option to either 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 to 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 accretion or remeasurement is treated as a deemed dividend (i.e., a reduction to retained earnings, or in absence of retained earnings, additional paid-in capital).

 

As of December 31, 2023, and December 31, 2022, the common stock reflected on the balance sheet is reconciled in the following table.

 

   As of
December 31,
2023
   As of
December 31,
2022
 
Gross proceeds  $97,750,000   $97,750,000 
Less:          
Proceeds allocated to Warrants issued in IPO   (1,055,700)   (1,055,700)
Proceeds allocated to Rights issued in IPO   (1,270,750)   (1,270,750)
Offering costs of Public Units   (5,824,123)   (5,824,123)
Redemption   (50,225,065)   - 
Plus:          
Accretion of carrying value to redemption value   14,629,139    10,472,899 
Common stock subject to possible redemption  $54,003,501   $100,072,326 
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Private Placement
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Private Placement [Abstract]  
Private Placement

Note 5 — Private Placement

 

Substantially concurrently with the closing of the IPO, the Company completed the sale of 498,875 Private Placement Units at a price of $10.00 per unit including 478,875 units to the Company’s Sponsor, and 20,000 units to US Tiger for aggregate proceeds to the Company of $4,988,750. Each Private Placement Units consists of one share of Class A Common Stock, one Warrant, and one Right. The Sponsor will be permitted to transfer the Private Placement Units held by them to certain permitted transferees, including the Company’s officers and directors and other persons or entities affiliated with or related to it or them, but the transferees receiving such securities will be subject to the same agreements with respect to such securities as the founders.

 

The Founder Shares and Private Shares are identical to the Public Shares. However, the Company’s founders have agreed (A) to vote their Founder Shares and Private Shares in favor of any proposed Business Combination, (B) not to propose, or vote in favor of, prior to and unrelated to an initial Business Combination, an amendment to the Company’s certificate of incorporation that would affect the substance or timing of the Company’s redemption obligation to redeem all Public Shares if the Company cannot complete an initial Business Combination within the Combination Period, unless the Company provides public stockholders an opportunity to redeem their Public Shares in conjunction with any such amendment, (C) not to redeem any shares, including Founder Shares, Private Shares and Public Shares into the right to receive cash from the Trust Account in connection with a stockholder vote to approve a proposed initial Business Combination or sell any shares to the Company in any tender offer in connection with the Company’s proposed initial Business Combination, and (D) that the Founder Shares and Private Shares shall not participate in any liquidating distribution upon winding up if a Business Combination is not consummated. 

 

The Private Placement Units sold in the Private Placement including the underlying securities and the Working Capital Units (defined below) that may be issued upon conversion of working capital loans (including extension notes) may not, subject to certain limited exceptions, be transferred, assigned or sold by the holder until 30 days following the closing of the Business Combination, subject to certain exceptions.

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Related Party Transactions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions

Note 6 — Related Party Transactions

 

Founder Shares

 

On February 2, 2022, the Sponsor acquired 2,443,750 Class B common stock (“Founder Shares”) of for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000, or approximately $0.01 per share. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, there were 2,443,750 Founder Shares issued and outstanding.

 

The number of Founder Shares issued was determined based on the expectation that such Founder Shares would represent 20% of the number of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock (defined below in Note 7) issued and outstanding upon completion of the IPO.

 

The founders have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell 50% its Founder Shares until the earlier to occur of: (A) six months after the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination, or (B) the date on which the closing price of the Company’s Class A Common Stock equals or exceeds $12.50 per share (as adjusted for share splits, share dividends, reorganizations and recapitalizations) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing after the Company’s initial Business Combination and the remaining 50% of the Founder Shares may not be transferred, assigned or sold until six months after the date of the consummation of the Company’s initial Business Combination, or earlier, in either case, if, subsequent to the Company’s initial Business Combination, the Company consummates a liquidation, merger, stock exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of the stockholders having the right to exchange their shares of Class A Common Stock for cash, securities or other property. Any permitted transferees will be subject to the same restrictions and other agreements of the Company’s initial stockholders with respect to any Founder Shares. The Sponsor has transferred an aggregate amount of 505,000 Founder Shares to the Company’s management and directors.

 

Substantially concurrently with the closing of the IPO, the Company completed the sale of 498,875 Private Placement Units at a price of $10.00 per unit including 478,875 shares to the Company’s Sponsor, and 20,000 shares to US Tiger for an aggregate proceeds to the Company of $4,988,750.

 

The sale of the Founder Shares to the Company’s management and directors is within the scope of FASB ASC Topic 718, “Compensation-Stock Compensation” (“ASC 718”). Under ASC 718, stock-based compensation associated with equity-classified awards is measured at fair value upon the grant date. The fair value of the 505,000 Founder Shares granted to the Company’s management and directors less the estimated forfeiture of 75,650 Founder Shares was $107,712 for a total of 429,350 Founder Shares or $0.25 per share. The Founder Shares were granted subject to a performance condition (i.e., the occurrence of a Business Combination). Compensation expense related to the Founder Shares is recognized only when the Business Combination is consummated under ASC 718. As such no stock-based compensation expense has been recognized. Stock-based compensation would be recognized at the date a Business Combination is consummated in an amount equal to the number of Founder Shares less the number of Founder Shares forfeited times the grant date fair value per share (unless subsequently modified) less the amount initially received for the purchase of the Founder Shares.

 

Representative Shares

 

The Company also issued 60,000 Representative Shares to US Tiger as part of representative compensation. The Representative Shares are identical to the Public Shares except that US Tiger has agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any such Representative Shares until the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination. In addition, US Tiger has agreed (i) to waive its redemption rights with respect to such shares in connection with the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination and (ii) to waive its rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to such shares if the Company fails to complete its initial Business Combination within the Combination Period.

 

Promissory Note — Related Parties

 

On February 2, 2022, the Sponsor agreed to loan the Company up to $500,000 to be used for a portion of the expenses of the IPO. This loan is non-interest bearing, unsecured and is due at the earlier of (1) January 31, 2023 or (2) the date on which the Company consummates an initial public offering of its securities. Prior to the IPO, the Company had $280,000 outstanding loan balance. The loan was repaid on June 21, 2022.

 

On March 21, 2023, the Extension Payment was deposited by the Sponsor into the Trust Account for the public stockholders, representing $0.10 per public share, which enables the Company to extend the period of time it has to consummate its initial Business Combination by three months from March 21, 2023 to June 21, 2023.

 

In connection with the Extension Payment, the Company issued the Note to the Sponsor. The Note is non-interest bearing and payable (subject to the waiver against trust provisions) upon the date on which the Company consummates its initial Business Combination. The principal balance may be prepaid at any time, at the election of the Company. The holder of the Note has the right, but not the obligation, to convert the Note, in whole or in part, into Private Units of the Company, as described in the Prospectus, by providing the Company with written notice of its intention to convert the Note at least two business days prior to the closing of the Company’s initial Business Combination. The number of Private Units to be received by the holder of the Note in connection with such conversion shall be an amount determined by dividing (x) the sum of the outstanding principal amount payable to the holder, by (y) $10.00. $600,000 of the Extension Payment was deposited by the Company’s Sponsor and $377,500 was deposited by the Company from its working capital account in lieu of the Sponsor, pursuant to the Short-Term Loan to the Company, which provides for repayment on or before March 31, 2023. The Short-Term Loan was repaid in full on March 24, 2023.

 

Following the Special Meeting, as of December 31, 2023, four Monthly Extension Payments were deposited into the Trust Account for the public stockholders as of December 31, 2023 by the Sponsor, which enabled the Company to extend the period of time it has to consummate its initial Business Combination by four months from June 21, 2023 to October 21, 2023. In connection with the four Monthly Extension Payments, the Company issued four notes to the Sponsor.

 

From October to December 2023, three Monthly Extension Payments was deposited into the Trust Account by TPH which enabled the Company to extend the date by which it has to consummate its initial Business Combination by three months from October 21, 2023 to January 21, 2024. In connection with the October to December Monthly Extension Payments, the Company issued three unsecured promissory notes of $100,000 each to TPH to evidence the payment made for the October to December Monthly Extension Payments.

 

 The notes bear no interest and are payable in full upon the earlier to occur of (i) the consummation of the Company’s Business Combination or (ii) the date of expiry of the term of the Company (the “Maturity Date”). The following shall constitute an event of default: (i) a failure to pay the principal within five business days of the Maturity Date; (ii) the commencement of a voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy action, (iii) the breach of the Company’s obligations thereunder; (iv) any cross defaults; (v) any enforcement proceedings against the Company; and (vi) any unlawfulness and invalidity in connection with the performance of the obligations thereunder, in which case the notes may be accelerated.

 

The payee of the notes, has the right, but not the obligation, to convert the notes, in whole or in part, respectively, into Private Units of the Company, that are identical to Public Units of the Company, subject to certain exceptions, as described in the Prospectus, by providing the Company with written notice of the intention to convert at least two business days prior to the closing of the Business Combination. The number of Private Units to be received by the Sponsor in connection with such conversion shall be an amount determined by dividing (x) the sum of the outstanding principal amount payable to the Sponsor by (y) $10.00.

 

As of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company had total of $1,377,500 and nil, respectively, of promissory notes for extension from the Sponsor. As of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company had total of $300,000 and nil, respectively, of promissory notes for extension from TPH.

 

Related Party Loans

 

In addition, in order to finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial Business Combination, the Sponsor, or an affiliate of the Sponsor or certain of the Company’s officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required. If the Company completes the initial Business Combination, it would repay such loaned amounts. In the event that the initial Business Combination does not close, the Company may use a portion of the working capital held outside the Trust Account to repay such loaned amounts but no proceeds from the Trust Account would be used for such repayment. Up to $3,000,000 of such loans may be converted upon consummation of the Business Combination into Private Placement Units at a price of $10.00 per unit (the “Working Capital Units”). If the Company does not complete a Business Combination, the loans would be repaid out of funds not held in the Trust Account, and only to the extent available. Such Working Capital Units converted from loan would be identical to the Private Placement Units sold in the Private Placement.

 

In addition to the promissory notes in relation to the Monthly Extension Payments, the Company also borrowed $485,000 from the Sponsor for working capital purposes.  

 

As of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company had total loan from related parties amounted to $2,162,500 and nil, respectively.

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Commitments & Contingencies
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Commitments & Contingencies [Abstract]  
Commitments & Contingencies

Note 7 — Commitments & Contingencies

 

Risks and Uncertainties

 

Management continuously evaluates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the industry and has concluded that while it is reasonably possible that the virus could have a negative effect on the Company’s 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 consolidated financial statements. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

 

Registration Rights

 

The holders of the Founder Shares and Private Placement Units, Working Capital Units issuable upon the conversion of certain working capital loans and any underlying securities will be entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration rights agreement signed on June 15, 2022, requiring the Company to register such securities for resale. The holders of these securities are entitled to make up to three demands, excluding short form demands, that the Company register such securities. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination and rights to require the Company to register for resale such securities pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.

 

Underwriting Agreement

 

The underwriters of the IPO (the “underwriters”) exercised the option to purchase an additional 1,275,000 units in the IPO.

 

The Company paid an underwriting discount of 2.0% of the gross proceeds of the IPO, or $1,955,000 to the underwriters at the closing of the IPO. In addition, the underwriters will be entitled to a deferred fee of 3.5% of the gross proceeds of the IPO, or $3,421,250 until the closing of the Business Combination. In addition, the Company issued 60,000 Representative Shares to US Tiger upon the closing of the IPO.

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Stockholders’ Equity
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Stockholders’ Equity [Abstract]  
Stockholders’ Equity

Note 8 — Stockholders’ Equity

 

Preferred Stock — Pursuant to the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation, the Company is authorized to issue 500,000 shares of preference stock, $0.0001 par value, with such designations, voting and other rights and preferences as may be determined from time to time by the Company’s board of directors. As of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, there was no preferred stock issued or outstanding.

 

Class A Common Stock — Pursuant to the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation, the Company is authorized to issue 25,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share. As of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, there were 558,875 shares of Class A Common Stock issued and outstanding, excluding 4,983,493 and 9,775,000 shares subject to possible redemption, respectively. 

 

Class B Common Stock — Pursuant to the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation, the Company is authorized to issue 4,500,000 shares of Class B common stock (the “Class B Common Stock”) with a par value of $0.0001 per share. As of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company issued 2,443,750 shares of Class B common stock.

 

Common stockholders of record are entitled to one vote for each share held on all matters to be voted on by stockholders. Holders of the Class A common stock and holders of the Class B Common Stock will vote together as a single class on all matters submitted to a vote of the Company’s stockholders, except as required by law.

 

The Class B Common Stock will automatically convert into shares of the Class A Common Stock at the time of the initial Business Combination, or at any time prior thereto at the option of the holder, on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment pursuant to certain anti-dilution right.

 

Rights — On June 21, 2022, the Company issued 9,775,000 Rights in connection with the IPO. Substantially concurrently with the closing of the IPO, the Company issued 478,875 Rights to the Company’s Sponsor and 20,000 rights to US Tiger. Except in cases where the Company is not the surviving company in a Business Combination, each holder of a Right will automatically receive one-tenth (1/10) of common stock upon consummation of the initial Business Combination. In the event the Company will not be the surviving company upon completion of the initial Business Combination, each holder of a Right will automatically receive the kind and amount of securities or properties of the surviving entity that each one-tenth (1/10) of one share of Class A Common Stock of the Company is entitled to receive upon consummation of the Business Combination. The Company will not issue fractional shares upon conversion of the Rights. As a result, holder must convert Rights in multiples of 10 in order to receive shares upon closing of a Business Combination. If the Company is unable to complete an initial Business Combination within the Combination Period and the Company redeems 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.

 

As of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, 10,273,875 Rights were outstanding.

 

Warrants — On June 21, 2022, the Company issued 9,775,000 Warrants in connection with the IPO. Substantially concurrently with the closing of the IPO, the Company issued 478,875 Warrants to the Company’s Sponsor and 20,000 Warrants to US Tiger. Each Warrant entitles the registered holder to purchase one share of the Company’s Class A Common Stock at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment as discussed below, at any time commencing on the later of 12 months from the closing of the IPO or 30 days after the completion of the initial Business Combination. The Warrants will expire five years after the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination, at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.

 

The Company has agreed that as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 30 business days, after the closing of the initial Business Combination, it will use its reasonable best efforts to file, and within 60 business days following its initial Business Combination to have declared effective, a registration statement for the registration, under the Securities Act, of the shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement, and a current prospectus relating thereto, until the expiration of the Warrants in accordance with the provisions of the warrant agreement signed on June 15, 2022 (the “warrant agreement”). No Warrants will be exercisable for cash unless the Company has an effective and current registration statement covering the Class A Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants and a current prospectus relating to such shares of Class A Common Stock. Notwithstanding the above, if the Company’s Class A Common Stock is at the time of any exercise of a Warrant not listed on a national securities exchange such that it satisfies the definition of a “covered security” under Section 18(b)(1) of the Securities Act, the Company may, at its option, require holders of Warrants who exercise their Warrants to do so on a “cashless basis” in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act and, in the event it so elect, it will not be required to file or maintain in effect a registration statement, but it will be required to use its reasonable best efforts to register or qualify the shares under applicable blue sky laws to the extent an exemption is not available.  

 

In addition, if (x) the Company issues additional shares of Class A Common Stock or equity-linked securities for capital raising purposes in connection with the closing of the Company’s initial Business Combination at an issue price or effective issue price (the “Newly Issued Price”)  of less than $9.20 per share (with such issue price or effective issue price to be determined in good faith by the Company’s board of directors and, in the case of any such issuance to the Company’s founders or their affiliates, without taking into account any shares held by the Company’s founders or such affiliates, as applicable, prior to such issuance), (y) the aggregate gross proceeds from such issuances represent more than 60% of the total equity proceeds, and interest thereon, available for the funding of the Company’s initial Business Combination on the date of the consummation of the Company’s initial Business Combination (net of redemptions), and (z) the volume weighted average reported trading price of Class A Common Stock for the twenty (20) trading days starting on the trading day prior to the date of the consummation of the Business Combination (the “Fair Market Value”) is below $9.20 per share, the exercise price of the Warrants will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 115% of the higher of the Fair Market Value and the Newly Issued Price, and the $16.50 per share redemption trigger price described below will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 180% of the higher of the Fair Market Value and the Newly Issued Price.

 

The Company may call the Warrants for redemption, in whole and not in part, at a price of $0.01 per Warrant:

 

in whole and not in part;

 

upon not less than 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption (the “30-day redemption period”) to each warrant holder; and

 

if, and only if, the reported last sale price of the Class A Common Stock equals or exceeds $16.50 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period ending three business days before the Company sends the notice of redemption to the warrant holders.

 

The Company accounted for the 9,775,000 Warrants issued in the IPO as equity instruments in accordance with ASC 480, “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity” and ASC 815-40, “Derivatives and Hedging: Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity”.  The Company accounted for the Warrant as an expense of the IPO resulting in a charge directly to stockholders’ equity. The Company estimates that the fair value of the Warrants is approximately $1.1 million, or $0.108 per Unit, using the Monte Carlo Model. The fair value of the Warrants is estimated as of the date of grant using the following assumptions: (1) expected volatility of 10.3%, (2) risk-free interest rate of 2.92%, (3) expected life of 1.38 years, (4) exercise price of $11.50 and (5) stock price of $9.76.

 

The Company accounted for the 498,875 Warrants issued in the Private Placement as equity instruments in accordance with ASC 480, “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity” and ASC 815-40, “Derivatives and Hedging: Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity”.  The Company accounted for the Warrant as an expense of the sale of the Private Placement Units resulting in a charge directly to stockholders’ equity. The Company estimates that the fair value of the Warrants was approximately $0.05 million, or $0.108 per Unit, using the Monte Carlo Model. The fair value of the Warrants is estimated as of the date of grant using the following assumptions: (1) expected volatility of 10.3%, (2) risk-free interest rate of 2.92%, (3) expected life of 1.38 years, (4) exercise price of $11.50 and (5) stock price of $9.76.

 

As of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, 10,273,875 Warrants were outstanding. 

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Income Taxes
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Income Taxes [Abstract]  
Income Taxes

Note 9 — Income Taxes

 

The Company’s taxable income primarily consists of interest earned on investments held in the Trust Account.

 

The income tax provision (benefit) for the year ended December 31, 2023 and for the period from January 19, 2022 (inception) through December 31, 2022 were as follows:

 

   For the Year
Ended
   For the
Period from
January 19,
2022
(inception)
through
 
   December 31,
2023
   December 31,
2022
 
Current        
Federal  $665,744   $233,530 
State   411,948    162,723 
Deferred          
Federal   (238,881)   (69,606)
State   (102,378)   (29,831)
Change in valuation allowance   341,259    99,437 
Income tax provision  $1,077,692   $396,253 

 

A reconciliation of the statutory federal income tax rate to the Company’s effective tax rate is as follows:

 

       For the Period from 
       January 19,
2022
 
   For the year ended   (inception) through 
   December 31,
2023
   December 31,
2022
 
         
U.S. statutory rate   21.0%   21.0%
State income tax, net of federal benefit   9.2%   11.5%
Permanent difference   0.3%   4.5%
Change in valuation allowance   14.1%   12.5%
Effective tax rate   44.6%   49.5%

 

The Company’s net deferred tax assets at December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 were as follows:

 

   December 31,
2023
   December 31,
2022
 
         
Deferred tax assets(liability):        
Start up cost  $440,696   $99,437 
Valuation allowance   (440,696)   (99,437)
Deferred tax assets, net  $-   $- 

 

In assessing the realization of deferred tax assets, management considers whether it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income during the periods in which temporary differences representing net future deductible amounts become deductible. Management considers the scheduled reversal of deferred tax assets, projected future taxable income and tax planning strategies in making this assessment. After consideration of all of the information available, management believes that significant uncertainty exists with respect to future realization of the deferred tax assets and has therefore established a full valuation allowance.

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Subsequent Events
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Subsequent Events [Abstract]  
Subsequent Events

Note 10 — Subsequent Events

 

The Company evaluated subsequent events and transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date through the date the financial statement is issued. Other than the events below, the Company did not identify any subsequent events that would have required adjustment or disclosure in the financial statements.

 

On January 19, 2024 and February 21, 2024, two Monthly Extension Payments of $100,000 were deposited into the Trust Account which enabled the Company to extend the date by which it has to consummate its initial Business Combination from January 21, 2024 to March 21, 2024. In connection with the Monthly Extension Payments, and pursuant to the Merger Agreement, on October 26, 2023, the Company issued two unsecured promissory notes of $100,000 each to TPH to evidence the payment made for the January and February Monthly Extension Payments.

 

On March 1, 2024, the Company filed a notice of special meeting of stockholders, according to which a special meeting of stockholders is to be held virtually on March 18, 2024 at 11:30 a.m., Eastern Time, where the Company’s stockholders will vote to approve the amendment of the Current Charter to allow the Company until March 21, 2024 to consummate an initial business combination and to elect to extend the period to consummate an initial business combination up to nine times, each by an additional one-month period, for a total of up to nine months to December 21, 2024.

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Pay vs Performance Disclosure - USD ($)
11 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Pay vs Performance Disclosure      
Net Income (Loss) $ 404,616 $ 1,336,935 $ 404,616
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Insider Trading Arrangements
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Trading Arrangements, by Individual  
Rule 10b5-1 Arrangement Adopted false
Non-Rule 10b5-1 Arrangement Adopted false
Rule 10b5-1 Arrangement Terminated false
Non-Rule 10b5-1 Arrangement Terminated false
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Accounting Policies, by Policy (Policies)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Basis of Presentation

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying consolidated financial statements are presented in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC and include all normal and recurring adjustments that management of the Company considers necessary for a fair presentation of its financial position and operation results.

Principles of consolidation

Principles of consolidation

The consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiary Merger Sub, over which the Company exercises control. All transactions and balances among the Company and its subsidiary have been eliminated upon consolidation.

 

Emerging Growth Company Status

Emerging Growth Company Status

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 stockholder 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 a company can elect to opt out of the extended transition period and comply with the requirements that apply to non-emerging growth companies but any such an election to opt out is irrevocable. 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 consolidated 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.

Use of Estimates

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with US GAAP requires 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 consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Cash

Cash

The Company considers all short-term investments with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. The Company had $18,330 and $546,632 of cash held in bank accounts as of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively.

Cash and Marketable securities held in Trust Account

Cash and Marketable securities held in Trust Account

At December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, $54,075,630 and $100,525,498, respectively of the assets held in the Trust Account were held in money market funds, which are invested in short term U.S. Treasury securities.

All of the Company’s investments held in the Trust Account are classified as trading securities. Trading securities are presented on the balance sheet at fair value at the end of each reporting period. Gains and losses resulting from the change in fair value of investments held in Trust Account are accounted as interest income in the accompanying statement of operations. Interest income for the year ended December 31, 2023 and the period from January 19, 2022 (inception) through December 31, 2022 amounted to $3,664,204 and $1,309,248, respectively.

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

ASC Topic 820 “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures” defines fair value, the methods used to measure fair value and the expanded disclosures about fair value measurements. Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between the buyer and the seller at the measurement date. In determining fair value, the valuation techniques consistent with the market approach, income approach and cost approach shall be used to measure fair value. ASC Topic 820 establishes a fair value hierarchy for inputs, which represent the assumptions used by the buyer and seller in pricing the asset or liability. These inputs are further defined as observable and unobservable inputs. Observable inputs are those that buyer and seller would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Company. Unobservable inputs reflect the Company’s assumptions about the inputs that the buyer and seller would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances.

The fair value hierarchy is categorized into three levels based on the inputs as follows:

Level 1 - Valuations based on unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Company has the ability to access. Valuation adjustments and block discounts are not being applied. Since valuations are based on quoted prices that are readily and regularly available in an active market, valuation of these securities does not entail a significant degree of judgment.
Level 2 - Valuations based on (i) quoted prices in active markets for similar assets and liabilities, (ii) quoted prices in markets that are not active for identical or similar assets, (iii) inputs other than quoted prices for the assets or liabilities, or (iv) inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by market through correlation or other means.
Level 3 - Valuations based on inputs that are unobservable and significant to the overall fair value measurement.

The fair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under ASC Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures,” approximates the carrying amounts represented in the accompanying balance sheet, primarily due to their short-term nature. 

Warrants

Warrants

The Company accounts for Warrants as either equity-classified or liability-classified instruments based on an assessment of the Warrant’s specific terms and applicable authoritative guidance in FASB ASC 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity (“ASC 480”) and ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging (“ASC 815”). The assessment considers whether the Warrants are freestanding financial instruments pursuant to ASC 480, meet the definition of a liability pursuant to ASC 480, and whether the Warrants meet all of the requirements for equity classification under ASC 815, including whether the Warrants are indexed to the Company’s own shares of Class A Common Stock and whether the Warrant holders could potentially require “net cash settlement” in a circumstance outside of the Company’s control, among other conditions for equity classification. This assessment, which requires the use of professional judgment, is conducted at the time of warrant issuance and as of each subsequent quarterly period end date while the Warrants are outstanding.

For issued or modified Warrants that meet all of the criteria for equity classification, the Warrants are required to be recorded as a component of equity at the time of issuance. For issued or modified Warrants that do not meet all the criteria for equity classification, the Warrants are required to be recorded as liabilities at their initial fair value on the date of issuance, and each balance sheet date thereafter. Changes in the estimated fair value of the Warrants are recognized as a non-cash gain or loss on the statements of operations.

 

Common Stock Subject to Possible Redemption

Common Stock Subject to Possible Redemption

The Company accounts for its common stock subject to possible redemption in accordance with the guidance in ASC Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” Common stock subject to mandatory redemption (if any) are classified as a liability instrument and are measured at fair value. Conditionally redeemable common stock (including common stock that feature redemption rights that are either within the control of the holder or subject to redemption upon the occurrence of uncertain events not solely within the Company’s control) are classified as temporary equity. At all other times, common stock is classified as stockholders’ equity. The Company’s Public Shares feature certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of the Company’s control and subject to occurrence of uncertain future events. Accordingly, as of December 31, 2023, common stock subject to possible redemption are presented at redemption value of $10.84 per share as temporary equity, outside of the shareholders’ equity section of the Company’s balance sheet. The Company recognizes changes in redemption value immediately as they occur and adjusts the carrying value of redeemable common stock to equal the redemption value at the end of each reporting period. Increases or decreases in the carrying amount of redeemable common stock are affected by charges against additional paid in capital or accumulated deficit if additional paid in capital equals to zero.

As discussed in Note 1, in connection with the votes to approve the Charter Amendment, 4,791,507 shares of Class A Common Stock of the Company were rendered for redemption resulting in $50,225,065 paid from the Trust Account to redeeming stockholders. As a result of the redemption, as of December 31, 2023, the Company has 4,983,493 shares of Class A common stock subject to possible redemption at the redemption amount were presented at redemption value as temporary equity, outside of the stockholders’ deficit section of the Company’s balance sheet that are subject to redemption. See Note 4 for further details.

Offering Costs

Offering Costs

The Company complies with the requirements of FASB ASC Topic 340-10-S99-1, “Other Assets and Deferred Costs – SEC Materials” (“ASC 340-10-S99”) and SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic 5A, “Expenses of Offering”. Offering costs were $5,966,117 consisting principally of underwriting, legal, accounting and other expenses that are directly related to the IPO and charged to stockholders’ equity upon the completion of the IPO.

Net Income (Loss) Per Common Share

Net Income (Loss) Per Common Share

The Company complies with accounting and disclosure requirements of FASB ASC 260, Earnings Per Share. In order to determine the net income (loss) attributable to both the redeemable shares and non-redeemable shares, the Company first considered the undistributed income (loss) allocable to both the redeemable common stock and non-redeemable common stock and the undistributed income (loss) is calculated using the total net loss less any dividends paid. The Company then allocated the undistributed income (loss) ratably based on the weighted average number of shares outstanding between the redeemable and non-redeemable common stock. Any remeasurement of the accretion to redemption value of the common stock subject to possible redemption was considered to be dividends paid to the public stockholders. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company has not considered the effect of the Warrants sold in the IPO and the Private Placement in the calculation of diluted net income (loss) per share, since the exercise of the Warrants is contingent upon the occurrence of future events and the inclusion of such Warrants would be anti-dilutive and the Company did not have any other dilutive securities and other contracts that could, potentially, be exercised or converted into common stock and then share in the earnings of the Company. As a result, diluted income (loss) per share is the same as basic (income) loss per share for the periods presented. 

 

The net income (loss) per share presented in the statement of operations is based on the following:

   For the Year
Ended
December 31,
2023
   For the
Period from
January 7,
2022
(inception)
through
December 31,
2022
 
         
Net income  $1,336,935   $404,616 
Accretion of carrying value to redemption value   (4,156,240)   (10,472,899)
Net loss including accretion of carrying value to redemption value  $(2,819,305)  $(10,068,283)
   For the  Year Ended
December 31, 2023
   For the Period From
January 7, 2022
(inception) through
December 31, 2022
 
       Non-           Non-     
   Redeemable   Redeemable       Redeemable   Redeemable     
   Common   Common       Common   Common     
   Stock   Stock   Total   Stock   Stock   Total 
Basic and diluted net income/(loss) per share:                        
Numerators:                        
Allocation of net loss including carrying value to redemption value  $(1,992,897)  $(826,408)  $(2,819,305)  $(6,805,147)  $(3,263,136)  $(10,068,283)
Accretion of carrying value to redemption value   4,156,240        4,156,240    10,472,899        10,472,899 
Allocation of net income (loss)  $2,163,343   $(826,408)  $1,336,935   $3,667,752   $(3,263,136)  $404,616 
Denominators:                              
Weighted-average shares outstanding   7,240,883    3,002,625         5,452,529    2,614,542      
Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share  $0.30   $(0.28)       $0.67   $(1.25)     
Concentration of Credit Risk

Concentration of Credit Risk

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentration of credit risk consist of a cash account in a financial institution. The Company has not experienced losses on this account and management believes the Company is not exposed to significant risks on such account. As of December 31, 2023, the balance in this account was fully covered by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) limit.  

Income Taxes

Income Taxes

The Company accounts for income taxes under ASC 740 Income Taxes (“ASC 740”). ASC 740 requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for both the expected impact of differences between the financial statement and tax basis of assets and liabilities and for the expected future tax benefit to be derived from tax loss and tax credit carry forwards. ASC 740 additionally requires a valuation allowance to be established when it is more likely than not that all or a portion of deferred tax assets will not be realized.

ASC 740 also clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s consolidated financial statements and prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement process for financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. For those benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be more-likely-than-not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. ASC 740 also provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim period, disclosure and transition.

 

The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense. There were no unrecognized tax benefits and no amounts accrued for interest and penalties as of December 31, 2023. The Company is currently not aware of any issues under review that could result in significant payments, accruals or material deviation from its position.

The Company has identified the United States as its only major tax jurisdiction.

The Company may be subject to potential examination by federal and state taxing authorities in the areas of income taxes. These potential examinations may include questioning the timing and amount of deductions, the nexus of income among various tax jurisdictions and compliance with federal and state tax laws. The Company’s management does not expect that the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits will materially change over the next twelve months.

The Company is incorporated in the State of Delaware and is required to pay franchise taxes to the State of Delaware on an annual basis. The Company is also registered as a foreign corporation with the State of New Jersey Department of the Treasury and is subject to New Jersey state tax laws.

On August 16, 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IRA”) was signed into federal law. The IRA provides for, among other things, a new U.S. federal 1% excise tax on certain repurchases (including redemptions) of stock by publicly traded domestic (i.e., U.S.) corporations and certain domestic subsidiaries of publicly traded foreign corporations. The excise tax is imposed on the repurchasing corporation itself, not its shareholders from which shares are repurchased. The amount of the excise tax is generally 1% of the fair market value of the shares repurchased at the time of the repurchase. However, for purposes of calculating the excise tax, repurchasing corporations are permitted to net the fair market value of certain new stock issuances against the fair market value of stock repurchases during the same taxable year. In addition, certain exceptions apply to the excise tax. The U.S. Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”) has been given authority to provide regulations and other guidance to carry out and prevent the abuse or avoidance of the excise tax. The IRA applies only to repurchases that occur after December 31, 2022.

Any redemption or other repurchase that occurs after December 31, 2022, in connection with a Business Combination, extension vote or otherwise, may be subject to the excise tax. Whether and to what extent the Company would be subject to the excise tax in connection with a Business Combination, extension vote or otherwise would depend on a number of factors, including (i) the fair market value of the redemptions and repurchases in connection with the Company’s initial Business Combination, extension or otherwise, (ii) the structure of the Company’s initial Business Combination, (iii) the nature and amount of any “PIPE” or other equity issuances in connection with the Company’s initial Business Combination (or otherwise issued not in connection with the Company’s initial Business Combination but issued within the same taxable year of the Company’s initial Business Combination) and (iv) the content of regulations and other guidance from the Treasury. In addition, because the excise tax would be payable by the Company and not by the redeeming holder, the mechanics of any required payment of the excise tax have not been determined. The foregoing could cause a reduction in the cash available on hand to complete the Company’s initial Business Combination and in the Company’s ability to complete its initial Business Combination. As a result of the 4,791,507 shares of Class A common stock redeemed in June 2023, the Company accrued the 1% excise tax in the amount of $502,251 as a reduction of retained deficit since additional paid in capital was not available.

 

Stock-Based Compensation

Stock-Based Compensation

The sale of the Founders Shares to the Company’s management and directors is in the scope of FASB ASC Topic 718, “Compensation-Stock Compensation” (“ASC 718”). Under ASC 718, stock-based compensation associated with equity-classified awards is measured at fair value upon the grant date. The fair value of the 505,000 shares granted to the Company’s management and directors less estimated forfeitures of 75,650 shares was $107,712 for a total of 429,350 shares or $0.25 per share. The Founders Shares were granted subject to a performance condition (i.e., the occurrence of a Business Combination). Compensation expense related to the Founders Shares is recognized only when the Business Combination is consummated under ASC 718. As such no stock-based compensation expense has been recognized. Stock-based compensation would be recognized at the date a Business Combination is consummated in an amount equal to the number of Founders Shares with estimated forfeiture times the grant date fair value per share (unless subsequently modified) less the amount initially received for the purchase of the Founders Shares.

Related parties

Related parties

Parties, which can be a corporation or individual, are considered to be related if the Company has the ability, directly or indirectly, to control the other party or exercise significant influence over the other party in making financial and operational decisions. Companies are also considered to be related if they are subject to common control or common significant influence.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Management does not believe that any recently issued, but not effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

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Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Schedule of Net Income (Loss) Per Share The net income (loss) per share presented in the statement of operations is based on the following:
   For the Year
Ended
December 31,
2023
   For the
Period from
January 7,
2022
(inception)
through
December 31,
2022
 
         
Net income  $1,336,935   $404,616 
Accretion of carrying value to redemption value   (4,156,240)   (10,472,899)
Net loss including accretion of carrying value to redemption value  $(2,819,305)  $(10,068,283)
Schedule of Basic and Diluted Net Income/(loss) Per Share
   For the  Year Ended
December 31, 2023
   For the Period From
January 7, 2022
(inception) through
December 31, 2022
 
       Non-           Non-     
   Redeemable   Redeemable       Redeemable   Redeemable     
   Common   Common       Common   Common     
   Stock   Stock   Total   Stock   Stock   Total 
Basic and diluted net income/(loss) per share:                        
Numerators:                        
Allocation of net loss including carrying value to redemption value  $(1,992,897)  $(826,408)  $(2,819,305)  $(6,805,147)  $(3,263,136)  $(10,068,283)
Accretion of carrying value to redemption value   4,156,240        4,156,240    10,472,899        10,472,899 
Allocation of net income (loss)  $2,163,343   $(826,408)  $1,336,935   $3,667,752   $(3,263,136)  $404,616 
Denominators:                              
Weighted-average shares outstanding   7,240,883    3,002,625         5,452,529    2,614,542      
Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share  $0.30   $(0.28)       $0.67   $(1.25)     
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Investments Held in Trust Account (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Investments Held in Trust Account [Abstract]  
Schedule of Assets that are Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis The following table presents information about the Company’s assets that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis at December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation inputs the Company utilized to determine such fair value:
Description  Level   December 31,
2023
 
Assets:        
Trust Account - U.S. Treasury Securities Money Market Fund   1   $54,075,630 
Description  Level   December 31,
2022
 
Assets:        
Trust Account - U.S. Treasury Securities Money Market Fund   1   $100,525,498 
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Initial Public Offering (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Initial Public Offering [Abstract]  
Schedule of Common Stock Reflected on the Balance Sheet As of December 31, 2023, and December 31, 2022, the common stock reflected on the balance sheet is reconciled in the following table.
   As of
December 31,
2023
   As of
December 31,
2022
 
Gross proceeds  $97,750,000   $97,750,000 
Less:          
Proceeds allocated to Warrants issued in IPO   (1,055,700)   (1,055,700)
Proceeds allocated to Rights issued in IPO   (1,270,750)   (1,270,750)
Offering costs of Public Units   (5,824,123)   (5,824,123)
Redemption   (50,225,065)   - 
Plus:          
Accretion of carrying value to redemption value   14,629,139    10,472,899 
Common stock subject to possible redemption  $54,003,501   $100,072,326 
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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Income Taxes [Abstract]  
Schedule of Income Tax Provision (Benefit) The income tax provision (benefit) for the year ended December 31, 2023 and for the period from January 19, 2022 (inception) through December 31, 2022 were as follows:
   For the Year
Ended
   For the
Period from
January 19,
2022
(inception)
through
 
   December 31,
2023
   December 31,
2022
 
Current        
Federal  $665,744   $233,530 
State   411,948    162,723 
Deferred          
Federal   (238,881)   (69,606)
State   (102,378)   (29,831)
Change in valuation allowance   341,259    99,437 
Income tax provision  $1,077,692   $396,253 

 

Schedule of Income Tax Rate A reconciliation of the statutory federal income tax rate to the Company’s effective tax rate is as follows:
       For the Period from 
       January 19,
2022
 
   For the year ended   (inception) through 
   December 31,
2023
   December 31,
2022
 
         
U.S. statutory rate   21.0%   21.0%
State income tax, net of federal benefit   9.2%   11.5%
Permanent difference   0.3%   4.5%
Change in valuation allowance   14.1%   12.5%
Effective tax rate   44.6%   49.5%
Schedule of Net Deferred Tax Assets The Company’s net deferred tax assets at December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 were as follows:
   December 31,
2023
   December 31,
2022
 
         
Deferred tax assets(liability):        
Start up cost  $440,696   $99,437 
Valuation allowance   (440,696)   (99,437)
Deferred tax assets, net  $-   $- 
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Organization and Business Operation (Details) - USD ($)
1 Months Ended 11 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Jun. 16, 2023
Mar. 21, 2023
Jun. 21, 2022
Jun. 30, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Dec. 31, 2023
Jul. 20, 2023
Organization and Business Operation [Line Items]              
Sale of units (in Shares)           478,875  
Generating gross proceeds         $ 4,988,750  
Transaction costs           5,966,117  
Underwriting fees           5,376,250  
Other offering cost           517,692  
Fair value           72,175  
Cash         546,632 $ 18,330  
Percentage of fair market value           80.00%  
Trust account for deposit amount   $ 977,500       $ 977,500  
Deposit into the trust account per share (in Dollars per share)           $ 0.1  
Outstanding Principal Amount Payable           $ 10  
Extension Payment Deposited           600,000  
Working capital deficit           $ 377,500  
Public shares $ 100,000            
Trust account per share (in Dollars per share) $ 0.04            
Common stock redemption (in Shares)           4,791,507  
Extension payment           $ 100,000  
Tangible assets           5,000,001  
Interest to pay dissolution expenses           $ 50,000  
Business combination redemption percentage           100.00%  
Public share (in Dollars per share)           $ 10.15  
Repayment of loan         $ 300,000  
Stockholders holding percentage           65.00%  
IPO [Member]              
Organization and Business Operation [Line Items]              
Consummated units (in Shares)     9,775,000        
Additional units (in Shares)           1,275,000  
Representative shares (in Shares)           60,000  
Cash           $ 1,029,523  
Closing initial public offering           $ 99,216,250  
Public units price per share (in Dollars per share)           $ 10.15  
Over-Allotment Option [Member]              
Organization and Business Operation [Line Items]              
Additional units (in Shares)     1,275,000        
Private Placement [Member]              
Organization and Business Operation [Line Items]              
Sale of units (in Shares)           498,875  
Price per share (in Dollars per share)           $ 10  
Generating gross proceeds           $ 4,988,750  
Common stock, description           Each Private Placement Unit consists of one share of Class A common stock (the “Private Shares”), one Warrant, and one Right.  
Initial business combination per share (in Dollars per share)           $ 10  
Public price per share (in Dollars per share)           10  
Outstanding principal amount payable (in Dollars per share)           9.76  
Class A Common Stock [Member]              
Organization and Business Operation [Line Items]              
Consummated units (in Shares)       4,791,507      
Price per share (in Dollars per share)         $ 0.0001 0.0001  
Exercise price (in Dollars per share)           11.5  
Offering price (in Dollars per share)           $ 10  
Gross proceeds           $ 97,750,000  
Price per share (in Dollars per share)     $ 11.5        
Monthly Extension Payment [Member]              
Organization and Business Operation [Line Items]              
Deposited into the trust account           100,000  
Deposits carrying value             $ 100,000
Unsecured promissory note           100,000  
Liquidity and Capital Resources and Going Concern [Member]              
Organization and Business Operation [Line Items]              
Working capital deficit           $ 2,268,086  
Business Combination [Member]              
Organization and Business Operation [Line Items]              
Price per share (in Dollars per share)           $ 10  
Outstanding voting securities percentage           50.00%  
Business combination redemption percentage           100.00%  
Public price per share (in Dollars per share)   $ 0.1          
Tangible assets           $ 5,000,001  
Repayment of loan           $ 3,000,000  
Business Combination [Member] | IPO [Member]              
Organization and Business Operation [Line Items]              
Business combination redemption percentage           100.00%  
Private Placement [Member]              
Organization and Business Operation [Line Items]              
Sale of units (in Shares)           478,875  
U.S. Tiger Securities, Inc [Member]              
Organization and Business Operation [Line Items]              
Sponsor shares (in Shares)           20,000  
Representative shares (in Shares)           60,000  
Sponsor [Member]              
Organization and Business Operation [Line Items]              
Public price per share (in Dollars per share)           $ 10  
Unsecured promissory note           $ 100,000  
Outstanding principal amount payable (in Dollars per share)           $ 10  
Repayment of loan         $ 1,377,500  
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Significant Accounting Policies (Details) - USD ($)
1 Months Ended 11 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Aug. 16, 2022
Jun. 30, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Dec. 31, 2023
Significant Accounting Policies (Details) [Line Items]        
Cash and Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value     $ 546,632 $ 18,330
Assets held in trust account     100,525,498 54,075,630
Interest income     1,309,248 3,664,204
Additional paid in capital       $ 0
Common stock redemption (in Shares)       4,791,507
Cash withdrawn from trust     $ 50,225,065
Offering costs       $ 5,966,117
U.S. federal excise tax     21.00% 21.00%
Excise tax rate   1.00%    
Reduction of retained deficit   $ 502,251    
Founder shares (in Shares)       505,000
Class A Common Stock [Member]        
Significant Accounting Policies (Details) [Line Items]        
Redemption price per share (in Dollars per share)     $ 10.24 $ 10.84
Common stock subject to possible redemption, shares (in Shares)     9,775,000 4,983,493
Redeemed shares (in Shares)   4,791,507    
IRA [Member]        
Significant Accounting Policies (Details) [Line Items]        
U.S. federal excise tax 1.00%      
Fair Market [Member]        
Significant Accounting Policies (Details) [Line Items]        
U.S. federal excise tax 1.00%      
Founder Shares [Member]        
Significant Accounting Policies (Details) [Line Items]        
Fair value of granted founder shares (in Shares)       505,000
Forfeiture shares (in Shares)       75,650
Estimated forfeiture value       $ 107,712
Founder shares (in Shares)       429,350
Price oer share (in Dollars per share)       $ 0.25
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Significant Accounting Policies (Details) - Schedule of Net Income (Loss) Per Share - USD ($)
11 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Schedule of Net Income (Loss) Per Share [Line Items]      
Net income $ 404,616 $ 1,336,935 $ 404,616
Accretion of carrying value to redemption value   (4,156,240) (10,472,899)
Net loss including accretion of carrying value to redemption value   $ (2,819,305) $ (10,068,283)
v3.24.0.1
Significant Accounting Policies (Details) - Schedule of Basic and Diluted Net Income/(loss) Per Share - USD ($)
11 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Numerators:      
Allocation of net loss including carrying value to redemption value   $ (2,819,305) $ (10,068,283)
Accretion of carrying value to redemption value   4,156,240 10,472,899
Allocation of net income (loss)   $ 1,336,935 404,616
Denominators:      
Weighted-average shares outstanding (in Shares) 5,452,529 7,240,883  
Basic net income (loss) per share (in Dollars per share) $ 0.67 $ 0.3  
Redeemable Common Stock [Member]      
Numerators:      
Allocation of net loss including carrying value to redemption value   $ (1,992,897) (6,805,147)
Accretion of carrying value to redemption value   4,156,240 10,472,899
Allocation of net income (loss)   $ 2,163,343 $ 3,667,752
Denominators:      
Weighted-average shares outstanding (in Shares)   7,240,883 5,452,529
Basic net income (loss) per share (in Dollars per share)   $ 0.3 $ 0.67
Non-Redeemable Common Stock [Member]      
Numerators:      
Allocation of net loss including carrying value to redemption value   $ (826,408) $ (3,263,136)
Accretion of carrying value to redemption value  
Allocation of net income (loss)   $ (826,408) $ (3,263,136)
Denominators:      
Weighted-average shares outstanding (in Shares)   3,002,625 2,614,542
Basic net income (loss) per share (in Dollars per share)   $ (0.28) $ (1.25)
v3.24.0.1
Significant Accounting Policies (Details) - Schedule of Basic and Diluted Net Income/(loss) Per Share (Parentheticals) - $ / shares
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Redeemable Common Stock [Member]    
Significant Accounting Policies (Details) - Schedule of Basic and Diluted Net Income/(loss) Per Share (Parentheticals) [Line Items]    
Diluted net income (loss) per share $ 0.30 $ 0.67
Non-Redeemable Common Stock [Member]    
Significant Accounting Policies (Details) - Schedule of Basic and Diluted Net Income/(loss) Per Share (Parentheticals) [Line Items]    
Diluted net income (loss) per share $ (0.28) $ (1.25)
v3.24.0.1
Investments Held in Trust Account (Details) - USD ($)
11 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Dec. 31, 2023
Investments Held in Trust Account [Line Items]    
Assets held in the trust account $ 100,525,498 $ 54,075,630
Interest income $ 1,309,248 $ 3,664,204
v3.24.0.1
Investments Held in Trust Account (Details) - Schedule of Assets that are Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis - USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Level 1 [Member]    
Assets:    
Trust Account - U.S. Treasury Securities Money Market Fund $ 54,075,630 $ 100,525,498
v3.24.0.1
Initial Public Offering (Details) - IPO [Member] - USD ($)
12 Months Ended
Jun. 21, 2022
Dec. 31, 2023
Initial Public Offering (Details) [Line Items]    
Public shares sold 9,775,000 9,775,000
Public units per share $ 10  
Generating gross proceeds $ 97,750,000  
Initial business combination year   5 years
Class A Common Stock [Member]    
Initial Public Offering (Details) [Line Items]    
Public units per share   $ 10
v3.24.0.1
Initial Public Offering (Details) - Schedule of Common Stock Reflected on the Balance Sheet - USD ($)
11 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Dec. 31, 2023
Schedule of Common Stock Reflected on the Balance Sheet [Abstract]    
Gross proceeds $ 97,750,000 $ 97,750,000
Less:    
Proceeds allocated to Warrants issued in IPO (1,055,700) (1,055,700)
Proceeds allocated to Rights issued in IPO (1,270,750) (1,270,750)
Offering costs of Public Units (5,824,123) (5,824,123)
Redemption (50,225,065)
Plus:    
Accretion of carrying value to redemption value 10,472,899 14,629,139
Common stock subject to possible redemption $ 100,072,326 $ 54,003,501
v3.24.0.1
Private Placement (Details) - USD ($)
11 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Dec. 31, 2023
Private Placement [Line Items]    
Aggregate proceeds (in Dollars) $ 4,988,750
Private Placement [Member]    
Private Placement [Line Items]    
Private placement units   498,875
Shares issued price per share (in Dollars per share)   $ 10
Aggregate proceeds (in Dollars)   $ 4,988,750
U.S. Tiger [Member]    
Private Placement [Line Items]    
Sponsor shares   20,000
Sponsor [Member]    
Private Placement [Line Items]    
Private placement units   478,875
Shares issued price per share (in Dollars per share)   $ 10
v3.24.0.1
Related Party Transactions (Details) - USD ($)
11 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Feb. 02, 2022
Dec. 31, 2022
Dec. 31, 2023
Mar. 21, 2023
Related Party Transactions (Details) [Line Items]        
Aggregate purchase price   $ 25,000    
Founder shares percentage     50.00%  
Founder shares (in Shares)     505,000  
Sale of units (in Shares)     478,875  
Aggregate proceeds   4,988,750  
Outstanding loan balance $ 280,000      
price per share (in Dollars per share)     $ 10  
Extension Payment deposited     $ 600,000  
Deposited     377,500  
Unsecured promissory notes     100,000  
Promissory notes   300,000  
Loan from shareholders   $ 2,162,500  
Private Placement [Member]        
Related Party Transactions (Details) [Line Items]        
Price per share (in Dollars per share)     $ 10  
Sale of units (in Shares)     498,875  
Aggregate proceeds     $ 4,988,750  
Price per share (in Dollars per share)     $ 10  
IPO [Member]        
Related Party Transactions (Details) [Line Items]        
Representative shares (in Shares)     60,000  
Loan issued $ 500,000      
Class B common stock [Member]        
Related Party Transactions (Details) [Line Items]        
Shares issued (in Shares) 2,443,750      
Aggregate purchase price $ 25,000      
Price per share (in Dollars per share) $ 0.01      
Founder shares issued (in Shares)   2,443,750 2,443,750  
Founder shares outstanding (in Shares)   2,443,750 2,443,750  
Founder shares percentage     20.00%  
Business Combination [Member]        
Related Party Transactions (Details) [Line Items]        
Price per share (in Dollars per share)       $ 0.1
Business combination per share (in Dollars per share)     $ 12.5  
Price per share (in Dollars per share)     $ 10  
Promissory notes     $ 3,000,000  
Converted loans     $ 3,000,000  
Founder Shares [Member]        
Related Party Transactions (Details) [Line Items]        
Founder shares percentage     50.00%  
Founder shares (in Shares)     429,350  
Fair value of granted founder shares (in Shares)     505,000  
Forfeiture shares (in Shares)     75,650  
Estimated forfeiture value     $ 107,712  
Price per share (in Dollars per share)     $ 0.25  
US Tiger [Member]        
Related Party Transactions (Details) [Line Items]        
Sponsor shares (in Shares)     20,000  
Representative shares (in Shares)     60,000  
Sponsor [Member]        
Related Party Transactions (Details) [Line Items]        
Price per share (in Dollars per share)     $ 10  
Promissory notes   $ 1,377,500  
Sponsor for working capital     $ 485,000  
v3.24.0.1
Commitments & Contingencies (Details)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
USD ($)
shares
IPO [Member]  
Commitments & Contingencies [Line Items]  
Purchase of additional units 1,275,000
Underwriting discount percentage 2.00%
Gross proceeds | $ $ 1,955,000
Deferred underwriting fee percentage 3.50%
Representative shares 60,000
US Tiger [Member]  
Commitments & Contingencies [Line Items]  
Representative shares 60,000
Business Combination [Member] | IPO [Member]  
Commitments & Contingencies [Line Items]  
Gross proceeds | $ $ 3,421,250
v3.24.0.1
Stockholders’ Equity (Details) - USD ($)
$ / shares in Units, $ in Millions
12 Months Ended
Jun. 21, 2022
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Stockholders’ Equity (Details) [Line Items]      
Preferred stock, shares authorized   500,000 500,000
Preferred stock par value (in Dollars per share)   $ 0.0001 $ 0.0001
Preferred stock, shares issued  
Preferred stock, shares outstanding  
Voting rights   one  
Warrants outstanding   10,273,875 10,273,875
Warrants expire 5 years    
Warrants redemption, description   The Company may call the Warrants for redemption, in whole and not in part, at a price of $0.01 per Warrant: ●in whole and not in part; ●upon not less than 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption (the “30-day redemption period”) to each warrant holder; and ●if, and only if, the reported last sale price of the Class A Common Stock equals or exceeds $16.50 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period ending three business days before the Company sends the notice of redemption to the warrant holders.  
IPO [Member]      
Stockholders’ Equity (Details) [Line Items]      
Company issued rights 9,775,000    
Private Placement [Member]      
Stockholders’ Equity (Details) [Line Items]      
Company issued rights   498,875  
Price per share (in Dollars per share)   $ 10  
Fair value of warrants (in Dollars)   $ 50  
Warrants per units (in Dollars per share)   $ 0.108  
Expected volatility   10.30%  
Risk-free interest rate   2.92%  
Expected life   1 year 4 months 17 days  
Exercise price (in Dollars per share)   $ 11.5  
Stock price (in Dollars per share)   $ 9.76  
Class A Common Stock [Member]      
Stockholders’ Equity (Details) [Line Items]      
Common stock, shares authorized   25,000,000 25,000,000
Common stock par value (in Dollars per share)   $ 0.0001 $ 0.0001
Common stock, shares issued   558,875 558,875
Common stock, shares outstanding   558,875 558,875
Subject to possible redemption   4,983,493 9,775,000
Price per share (in Dollars per share) $ 11.5    
Class B common stock [Member]      
Stockholders’ Equity (Details) [Line Items]      
Common stock, shares authorized   4,500,000 4,500,000
Common stock par value (in Dollars per share)   $ 0.0001 $ 0.0001
Common stock, shares issued   2,443,750 2,443,750
Common stock, shares outstanding   2,443,750 2,443,750
Warrant [Member]      
Stockholders’ Equity (Details) [Line Items]      
Warrants outstanding   10,273,875 10,273,875
Fair value of warrants (in Dollars)   $ 1,100  
Warrants per units (in Dollars per share)   $ 0.108  
Expected volatility   10.30%  
Risk-free interest rate   2.92%  
Expected life   1 year 4 months 17 days  
Exercise price (in Dollars per share)   $ 11.5  
Stock price (in Dollars per share)   $ 9.76  
Warrant [Member] | IPO [Member]      
Stockholders’ Equity (Details) [Line Items]      
Company issued rights 9,775,000 9,775,000  
Business Combination [Member]      
Stockholders’ Equity (Details) [Line Items]      
Price per share (in Dollars per share)   $ 10  
Business combination, description   In addition, if (x) the Company issues additional shares of Class A Common Stock or equity-linked securities for capital raising purposes in connection with the closing of the Company’s initial Business Combination at an issue price or effective issue price (the “Newly Issued Price”)  of less than $9.20 per share (with such issue price or effective issue price to be determined in good faith by the Company’s board of directors and, in the case of any such issuance to the Company’s founders or their affiliates, without taking into account any shares held by the Company’s founders or such affiliates, as applicable, prior to such issuance), (y) the aggregate gross proceeds from such issuances represent more than 60% of the total equity proceeds, and interest thereon, available for the funding of the Company’s initial Business Combination on the date of the consummation of the Company’s initial Business Combination (net of redemptions), and (z) the volume weighted average reported trading price of Class A Common Stock for the twenty (20) trading days starting on the trading day prior to the date of the consummation of the Business Combination (the “Fair Market Value”) is below $9.20 per share, the exercise price of the Warrants will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 115% of the higher of the Fair Market Value and the Newly Issued Price, and the $16.50 per share redemption trigger price described below will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 180% of the higher of the Fair Market Value and the Newly Issued Price.  
Sponsor [Member]      
Stockholders’ Equity (Details) [Line Items]      
Company issued rights 478,875    
Stock price (in Dollars per share)   $ 10  
Sponsor [Member] | Warrant [Member]      
Stockholders’ Equity (Details) [Line Items]      
Company issued rights 478,875    
Sponsor shares amount 20,000    
US Tiger [Member]      
Stockholders’ Equity (Details) [Line Items]      
Sponsor shares amount 20,000    
v3.24.0.1
Income Taxes (Details) - Schedule of Income Tax Provision (Benefit) - USD ($)
11 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Dec. 31, 2023
Current    
Federal $ 233,530 $ 665,744
State 162,723 411,948
Deferred    
Federal (69,606) (238,881)
State (29,831) (102,378)
Change in valuation allowance 99,437 341,259
Income tax provision $ 396,253 $ 1,077,692
v3.24.0.1
Income Taxes (Details) - Schedule of Income Tax Rate
11 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Dec. 31, 2023
Schedule of Income Tax Rate [Abstract]    
U.S. statutory rate 21.00% 21.00%
State income tax, net of federal benefit 11.50% 9.20%
Permanent difference 4.50% 0.30%
Change in valuation allowance 12.50% 14.10%
Effective tax rate 49.50% 44.60%
v3.24.0.1
Income Taxes (Details) - Schedule of Net Deferred Tax Assets - USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Deferred tax assets(liability):    
Start up cost $ 440,696 $ 99,437
Valuation allowance (440,696) (99,437)
Deferred tax assets, net
v3.24.0.1
Subsequent Events (Details) - USD ($)
Feb. 21, 2024
Jan. 19, 2024
Oct. 26, 2023
Subsequent Events (Details) [Line Items]      
Unsecured promissory note     $ 100,000
Subsequent Event [Member]      
Subsequent Events (Details) [Line Items]      
Trust account $ 100,000 $ 100,000  

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