EX-FILING FEES 15 ex107.htm CALCULATION OF FILING FEE TABLE

 

Exhibit 107

 

Calculation of Filing Fee Table

 

Form S-4

(Form Type)

 

PowerUp Acquisition Corp.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Table 1: Newly Registered Securities

 

   Security Type  Security Class Title  Fee Calculation Rule  Amount Registered   Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Unit   Maximum Aggregate Offering Price   Fee Rate   Amount of Registration Fee   Carry Forward Form Type   Carry Forward File Number   Filing Fee Previously Paid in Connection with Unsold Securities to be Carried Forward 
             
Newly Registered Securities            
             
Fees to Be Paid  Equity  Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share  457(f)(1)   45,937,500(1) (2)  $11.23(3)  $515,878,125(2)   0.00014760   $76,143.61                               
   Equity  Warrants to purchase Common Stock  Other   14,375,000(4)   -    -    -    -                
Fees Previously Paid  -  -  -   -    -    -    -    -                
Carry Forward Securities  
Carry Forward Securities  -  -  -   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    - 
  Total Offering Amounts                      $76,143.61                
  Total Fees Previously Paid                       -                
  Total Fee Offsets                      $19,311.00                
  Net Fee Due                      $56,832.61                

 

(1) Upon the closing of the business combination (the “Business Combination”) described in the proxy statement/prospectus which forms a part of the Registration Statement on Form S-4 with which these Calculation of Filing Fee Tables are filed as Exhibit 107, the name of the registrant will be changed to “Aspire Biopharma Holdings, Inc.”

 

(2) The number of shares of common stock of being registered represents: (i) the number of PowerUp Class A ordinary shares issued in May 2023 upon conversion of outstanding Class B ordinary shares of PowerUp; (ii) the maximum number of shares of the registrant’s Common Stock that are expected to be issued to Aspire’s stockholders in connection with the Business Combination; and (iii) the maximum number of Working Capital Loan shares that may be issued in connection with the Business Combination. Pursuant to Rule 416(a), there are also being registered an indeterminable number of additional securities as may be issued to prevent dilution resulting from share splits, share dividends or similar transactions.

 

(3) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, based on the average of the high and low prices of the Class A ordinary shares on The Nasdaq Global Market on August 30, 2024 in accordance with Rule 457(f)(1).

 

(4) Represents the number of redeemable warrants issued by PowerUp Acquisition Corp in its initial public offering registered on Form S-1 (SEC File No. 333-261941) (including redeemable warrants included in units), which, as a result of the Business Combination, will become warrants to acquire the same number of shares of the registrant at the same price and on the same terms. No registration fee is required pursuant to Rule 457(g) under the Securities Act.

 

Table 2: Fee Offset Claims and Sources

 

   Registrant
or Filer
Name
  Form or
Filing
Type
  File
Number
  Initial
Filing
Date
  Filing
Date
   Fee
Offset
Claimed
   Security
Type
Associated
with Fee
Offset
Claimed
  Security
Title
Associated
with Fee
Offset
Claimed
  Unsold
Securities
Associated
with Fee
Offset
Claimed
  Unsold
Aggregate
Offering
Amount
Associated
with Fee
Offset
Claimed
  Fee Paid
with Fee
Offset
Source
 
Rule 457(p) 
Fee Offset Claims  PowerUp Acquisition Corp.  Form S-4  333-276727  January 26, 2024      $19,311.00   Equity  Common Stock, par value $0.0001  N/A(1)  N/A(1)    
Fee Offset Source  PowerUp Acquisition Corp.  Form S-4  333-276727      January 26, 2024                    $19,311.00 

 

(1) A filing fee of $19,311.00 was previously paid in connection with the registration statement on Form S-4 (No. 333-276727) filed by the registrant on January 26, 2024. The registrant withdrew the registration statement on Form S-4 (No. 333-276727) by filing a Form RW on August 2, 2024. As the registration statement was not declared effective, no securities were sold thereunder. In accordance with Rule 457(p) of the Securities Act, such previously paid filing fee will offset the filing fee of $76,143.61 currently due pursuant to this registration statement.