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Commitments and Contingencies
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Commitments and Contingencies [Abstract]  
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

NOTE 10. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

Registration Rights

 

The holders of the Founder Shares, the Class A ordinary shares that will be issued to Polar at Closing, the Private Placement Warrants and any warrants that may be issued upon conversion of the Working Capital Loans and the Extension Note (and any Class A ordinary shares issuable upon the exercise of the Private Placement Warrants and warrants that may be issued upon conversion of the Working Capital Loans and the Extension Note) will be entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration and shareholder rights agreement. The holders of these securities are entitled to make up to three demands, excluding short form demands, that the Company registers such securities. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to the Company’s completion of its initial Business Combination. However, the registration and shareholder rights agreement provide that the Company will not permit any registration statement filed under the Securities Act to become effective until termination of the applicable lock-up period, which occurs (i) in the case of the Founder Shares, and (ii) in the case of the Private Placement Warrants and the respective Class A ordinary shares underlying such warrants, 30 days after the completion of the initial Business Combination. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.

 

Underwriting Agreement

 

The underwriter of the IPO is entitled to a deferred underwriting fee of 3.5% of the gross proceeds of the IPO, or $10,500,000, held in the Trust Account upon the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement. The deferred underwriting fee was included as a liability on the balance sheet as of December 31, 2022.

 

On August 10, 2023, J.P. Morgan waived its entitlement to the payment of $10,500,000 deferred underwriting fee in connection with its role as underwriter in the Company’s IPO. Furthermore, J.P. Morgan had no role in connection with the Business Combination. As a result, the Company recognized $482,662 of other income attributable to the derecognition of deferred underwriting fees allocated to offering costs previously expensed and $10,017,338 was recorded to accumulated deficit in relation to the waiver of the deferred underwriting fees in the accompanying financial statements. 

 

Advisory Agreements

 

On March 14, 2023, the Company entered into an agreement with Chardan Capital Markets, LLC (“Chardan”) for Chardan to act as exclusive capital markets technical advisor with respect to an event of a stock exchange demand for action by the Company at a time other than the initial closing of a business combination involving the Company and a target or targets. The agreement calls for Chardan to receive a fee of $175,000 at the signing of the agreement, a fee of $175,000 no later than 10 calendar days after Chardan informs the Company of the documented completion of the technical advisory activities and a deferred fee of $275,000 at the earlier of (i) the closing of a Business Combination from the closing flow-of-funds or (ii) upon the liquidation of the Trust Account if the Company has not consummated a Business Combination. For the period ended December 31, 2023, the Company recorded $625,000 of such advisory service fee in the accompanying statement of operations. As of December 31, 2023, the Company had paid $350,000 to Chardan and the total unpaid amounts to Chardan was $275,000, which was included in accounts payable and accrued expenses on the Company’s accompanying balance sheet.

 

On March 26, 2023, the Company entered an agreement with Alumia SARL (“Alumia”) to act as a non-exclusive transactional and strategic capital markets advisor to the Company assisting with introductions and with respect to the Company’s potential Business Combination. The agreement calls for Alumia to receive simultaneously with the Closing of the Business Combination (a) a fee in the amount of $2,500,000 and (b) a fee of 4% multiplied by the dollar amount of any equity financing transactions which may be entered into by third party investors identified and introduced by Alumia prior to the Closing, regardless of whether the counterparty in the Business Combination was a subject target, payable upon the Closing. Alumia is currently not involved in the Company’s Business Combination transaction with Crown, and no fee is currently payable under this agreement.

 

On May 18, 2023, the Company engaged J.V.B. Financial Group, LLC, acting through its Cohen & Company Capital Markets division (“CCM”), to act as its (i) capital markets advisor in connection with the Business Combination with Crown and (ii) placement agent in connection with a private placement of equity, equity-linked, convertible and/or debt securities (the “Securities”) or other capital or debt raising transaction (the “Offering”) in connection with the Business Combination. The Company shall pay CCM (i) an advisor fee in connection with the Business Combination in an amount equal to the sum of (I) $2,000,000 paid in full in U.S. dollars simultaneously with the Closing of the Business Combination and (II) 50,000 shares of common stock or equivalent equity (the “Shares”) of the publicly listed post-business combination company (collectively, the “Advisor Fee”) and (ii) a transaction fee in connection with the Offering of an amount equal to 7.0% of the sum of (A) the gross proceeds raised from investors and received by the Company or Crown simultaneously with or before the closing of the Offering plus (B) proceeds released from the Trust Account with respect to any shareholder of the Company that (x) entered into a non-redemption or other similar agreement or (y) did not redeem the Company’s Class A ordinary shares, in each instance to the extent such investor or shareholder under (A) and (B) above was identified to the Company by CCM, which shall be payable in U.S. dollars by the Company and due to CCM simultaneously with the closing of the Offering. The Shares shall be fully duly authorized, validly issued, paid and non-assessable and shall be registered for resale under the Act, or otherwise freely tradeable, as of the Closing of the Business Combination and will be delivered in book entry form in the name of and delivered to CCM (or its designee) at the Closing of the Business Combination. As of December 31, 2023, no fees are currently payable under the aforementioned arrangement.