10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

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

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2023

or

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

For the Transition Period from            to            

Commission file number 001-40940

ACCRETION ACQUISITION CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	86-2332228
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

240 Saint Paul, Suite 502 Denver, Colorado	80206
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

(720) 328-5070

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Units, each consisting of one share of common stock, one right entitling the holder to receive one-tenth of one share of common stock upon the consummation of an initial business combination, and one-half of one redeemable warrant	ENERU	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share	ENER	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Rights, each right entitling the holder to receive one-tenth of one share of common stock upon the consummation of an initial business combination	ENERR	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Redeemable warrants, exercisable for shares of common stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share	ENERW	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed 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 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 is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☒  No ☐

As of November 14, 2023, 10,599,296 shares of common stock of the registrant were outstanding.

CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This quarterly report, including, without limitation, statements under the heading “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”). These forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, including the words “believes,” “estimates,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “may,” “will,” “potential,” “projects,” “predicts,” “continue,” or “should,” or, in each case, their negative or other variations or comparable terminology. There can be no assurance that actual results will not materially differ from expectations. Such statements include, but are not limited to, any statements relating to our ability to consummate any acquisition or other business combination and any other statements that are not statements of current or historical facts. These statements are based on management’s current expectations, but actual results may differ materially due to various factors, including, but not limited to:

● our ability to complete our initial business combination;

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

● our officers and directors allocating their time to other businesses and potentially having conflicts of interest with our business or in approving our initial business combination, as a result of which they could then receive expense reimbursements and other benefits;

● our potential ability to obtain additional financing to complete a business combination;

● our pool of prospective target businesses;

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

● potential changes in control of us if we acquire one or more target businesses for stock;

● our public securities’ potential liquidity and trading;

● the lack of a market for our securities;

● our expectations regarding the time during which we will be an “emerging growth company” under the JOBS Act;

● our use of proceeds not held in the trust account; or

● our financial performance following our initial public offering (“IPO”) or following our initial business combination.

The forward-looking statements contained in this quarterly report are based on our current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effects on us. Future developments affecting us may not be those that we have anticipated. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties (some of which are beyond our control) and 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. You should not place undue reliance on any 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 securities laws. These risks and others described under “Risk Factors” may not be exhaustive.

By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that may or may not occur in the future. We caution you that forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and that our actual results of operations, financial condition and liquidity, and developments in the industry in which we operate may differ materially from those made in or suggested by the forward-looking statements contained in this quarterly report. In addition, even if our results or operations, financial condition and liquidity, and developments in the industry in which we operate are consistent with the forward-looking statements contained in this quarterly report, those results or developments may not be indicative of results or developments in subsequent periods.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements
Condensed Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2023 (unaudited) and December 31, 2022	4
Condensed Statements of Operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 (unaudited)	5
Condensed Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Deficit for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 (unaudited)	6
Condensed Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 (unaudited)	7
Notes to Condensed Financial Statements (unaudited)	8
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	27
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	31
Item 4. Controls and Procedures	31
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings	33
Item 1A. Risk Factors	33
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	33
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities	33
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures	33
Item 5. Other Information	33
Item 6. Exhibits	34

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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

ACCRETION ACQUISITION CORP.

CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS

	September 30, 2023		December 31, 2022
	(Unaudited)
Assets
Cash	$	409	$	106,226
Prepaid expenses - current		17,238		241,314
Income tax receivable		230,236		—
Total Current Assets		247,883		347,540
Cash held in Trust Account		55,675,344		212,089,872
Total Assets	$	55,923,227	$	212,437,412
Liabilities, Common Stock Subject to Possible Redemption and Stockholders’ Deficit
Current Liabilities
Promissory note - related party	$	950,676	$	—
Accrued expenses		496,265		543,025
Related party payable		309,220		142,318
Income tax payable		—		584,234
Franchise tax payable		49,920		72,412
Excise duty payable		1,590,376		—
Total Current Liabilities		3,396,457		1,341,989
Deferred underwriting commission		7,245,000		7,245,000
Total Liabilities		10,641,457		8,586,989
Commitments and Contingencies (Note 6)
Common stock subject to possible redemption, $0.001 par value; 5,304,296 shares at $10.14 per share redemption value as of September 30, 2023 and 20,700,000 shares at $10.25 per share redemption value as of December 31, 2022		53,772,370		212,089,872
Stockholders’ Deficit
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized; none issued or outstanding		—		—
Common stock, $0.001 par value; 50,000,000 shares authorized; 5,295,000 shares issued and outstanding		5,295		5,295
Additional paid-in capital		—		—
Accumulated deficit		(8,495,895)		(8,244,744)
Total Stockholders’ Deficit		(8,490,600)		(8,239,449)
Total Liabilities, Common Stock Subject to Possible Redemption and Stockholders’ Deficit	$	55,923,227	$	212,437,412

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the unaudited condensed financial statements.

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ACCRETION ACQUISITION CORP.

CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(UNAUDITED)

	For The Three		For The Three		For The Nine		For The Nine
	Months Ended		Months Ended		Months Ended		Months Ended
	September 30, 2023		September 30, 2022		September 30, 2023		September 30, 2022
Operating costs	$	255,075	$	232,400	$	920,559	$	1,068,370
Franchise tax expense		50,000		50,000		150,000		150,000
Loss on operations		(305,075)		(282,400)		(1,070,559)		(1,218,370)
Other income:
Dividend received		580,426		945,302		3,932,565		1,259,472
Profit before provision for income taxes		275,351		662,902		2,862,006		41,102
Income tax expense		(111,390)		(188,013)		(794,339)		(208,777)
Net profit (loss)	$	163,961	$	474,889	$	2,067,667	$	(167,675)
Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding of redeemable common stock		1,478,571		20,700,000		7,838,603		20,700,000
Basic and diluted net profit (loss) per share, redeemable common stock	$	0.02	$	0.02	$	0.16	$	(0.01)
Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding of non-redeemable common stock		5,295,000		5,295,000		5,295,000		5,295,000
Basic and diluted net profit (loss) per share, non-redeemable common stock	$	0.02	$	0.02	$	0.16	$	(0.01)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the unaudited condensed financial statements.

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ACCRETION ACQUISITION CORP.

CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT

(UNAUDITED)

Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023

				Additional				Total
	Common Stock			Paid-in		Accumulated		Stockholders’
	Shares	Amount		Capital		Deficit		Deficit
Balance – January 1, 2023	5,295,000	$	5,295	$	—	$	(8,244,744)	$	(8,239,449)
Remeasurement of common stock subject to possible redemption to redemption value	—		—		—		(1,678,896)		(1,678,896)
Net profit	—		—		—		1,371,589		1,371,589
Balance - March 31, 2023	5,295,000		5,295		—		(8,552,051)		(8,546,756)
Remeasurement of common stock subject to possible redemption to redemption value	—		—		—		306,736		306,736
Excise duty in connection with redemption of redeemable shares	—		—		—		(1,590,376)		(1,590,376)
Net profit	—		—		—		532,117		532,117
Balance - June 30, 2023	5,295,000		5,295		—		(9,303,574)		(9,298,279)
Remeasurement of common stock subject to possible redemption to redemption value	—		—		—		643,718		643,718
Net profit	—		—		—		163,961		163,961
Balance - September 30, 2023	5,295,000	$	5,295	$	—	$	(8,495,895)	$	(8,490,600)

Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022

				Additional				Total
	Common Stock			Paid-in		Accumulated		Stockholders’
	Shares	Amount		Capital		Deficit		Deficit
Balance – January 1, 2022	5,295,000	$	5,295	$	—	$	(6,268,241)	$	(6,262,946)
Net loss	—		—		—		(540,145)		(540,145)
Balance - March 31, 2022	5,295,000		5,295		—		(6,808,386)		(6,803,091)
Remeasurement of common stock to redemption amount	—		—		—		(317,051)		(317,051)
Net loss	—		—		—		(102,419)		(102,419)
Balance - June 30, 2022	5,295,000		5,295		—		(7,227,856)		(7,222,561)
Remeasurement of common stock to redemption amount	—		—		—		(921,743)		(921,743)
Net profit	—		—		—		474,889		474,889
Balance - September 30, 2022	5,295,000	$	5,295	$	—	$	(7,674,710)	$	(7,669,415)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the unaudited condensed financial statements.

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ACCRETION ACQUISITION CORP.

CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(UNAUDITED)

	Nine Months Ended		Nine Months Ended
	September 30, 2023		September 30, 2022
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
Net profit (loss)	$	2,067,667	$	(167,675)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Dividend earned from Trust Account		(3,932,565)		(1,259,472)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Prepaid expenses - current		224,076		15,423
Prepaid expenses - non-current		—		224,076
Income tax receivable		(230,236)		—
Accrued expenses		(46,761)		498,429
Related party payable		166,902		90,060
Income tax payable		(584,234)		208,777
Franchise tax payable		(22,492)		(39,002)
Net cash used in operating activities		(2,357,642)		(429,384)
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
Proceeds in connection with extension loan		(480,000)		—
Transfer from Trust Account		1,781,149		23,559
Redemption of Public Shares		159,045,944		—
Net cash provided by investing activities		160,347,093		23,559
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
Proceeds from promissory note - related party		950,676		—
Redemption of Public Shares		(159,045,944)		—
Net cash provided by financing activities		(158,095,268)		—
Net change in cash:		(105,817)		(405,825)
Cash - Beginning		106,226		661,776
Cash - Ending	$	409	$	255,951
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash financing activities:
Remeasurement of common stock subject to possible redemption to redemption value	$	728,442	$	1,238,794
Excise tax payable	$	1,590,376	$	—

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the unaudited condensed financial statements.

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ACCRETION ACQUISITION CORP.

NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

NOTE 1 ─ ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS

Accretion Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) was incorporated in Delaware on February 26, 2021. The Company was formed for the purpose of entering into a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses (the “Business Combination”).

The Company is not limited to a particular industry or geographic region for purposes of consummating a Business Combination, however, the Company intends to concentrate its efforts to focus identifying businesses in the upstream energy industry or in related businesses in the midstream, services, software or commodity risk management sectors. The Company is an early stage and emerging growth company and, as such, the Company is subject to all of the risks associated with early stage and emerging growth companies.

As of September 30, 2023 the Company had not commenced any operations. All activity for the period from February 26, 2021 (inception) through September 30, 2023, relates to the Company’s formation and the initial public offering (“Initial Public Offering”), which is described below, and since the offering identifying and evaluating prospective acquisition targets for a Business Combination. The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of a Business Combination, at the earliest. The Company will generate non-operating income in the form of interest income or dividend income from the proceeds derived from the Initial Public Offering. The Company has selected December 31 as its fiscal year end.

On October 25, 2021, the Company closed its Initial Public Offering of 18,000,000 units at $10.00 per unit (the “Units” and, with respect to the shares of common stock included in the Units, the “Public Shares”) which is discussed in Note 3 and the sale of 7,300,000 warrants (each, a “Private Warrant” and collectively, the “Private Warrants”) at a price of $1.00 per Private Warrant in a private placement to its sponsor, Accretion Acquisition Sponsor, LLC (the “Sponsor”) and its underwriters that closed simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering (as described in Note 4). The Company has listed the Units on the Nasdaq Capital Market (“Nasdaq”).

Transaction costs amounted to $11.94 million consisting of $4.14 million in cash of underwriting commissions, $7.25 million of deferred underwriting commissions and $0.55 million of other offering costs.

The Company’s management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Warrants, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally toward consummating a Business Combination. There is no assurance that the Company will be able to complete a Business Combination successfully. The Company must complete a Business Combination with one or more operating businesses or assets that together have an aggregate fair market value equal to at least 80% of the net assets held in the Trust Account (as defined below, net of amounts disbursed to management for working capital purposes, if permitted, and excluding the amount of any deferred underwriting commissions) at the time of the Company’s signing a definitive agreement in connection with its initial Business Combination. 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 an interest in the target business or assets sufficient for it not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”).

Upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering on October 25, 2021, the Company deposited $181.80 million ($10.10 per Unit) from the proceeds of the Initial Public Offering in the trust account (“Trust Account”), located in the United States and invested only in U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act, with a maturity of 185 days or less or in any open-ended investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund selected by the Company meeting certain conditions of Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act, as determined by the Company, until the earlier of: (i) the completion of a Business Combination and (ii) the distribution of the funds held in the Trust Account, as described below.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

NOTE 1 ─ ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS (Continued)

On October 27, 2021, the underwriters exercised their over-allotment option in full (see Note 6), according to which, on October 28, 2021, the Company consummated the sale of an additional 2,700,000 Units, at $10.00 per Unit, and the sale of an additional 810,000 Private Warrants, at $1.00 per Private Warrant, generating total gross proceeds of $27.81 million, and incurring additional cash underwriting commissions of approximately $0.54 million and deferred underwriting discount of approximately $0.95 million. The proceeds from the sale of the additional Units were deposited into the Trust Account, bringing the aggregate proceeds held in the Trust Account to $209.07 million.

The Company will provide its holders of the outstanding Public Shares (the “public stockholders”) with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Public Shares upon the completion of a Business Combination either (i) in connection with a stockholder meeting called to approve the Business Combination or (ii) by means of a tender offer. The decision as to whether the Company will seek stockholder approval of a Business Combination or conduct a tender offer will be made by the Company, solely in its discretion. The public stockholders will be entitled to redeem their Public Shares for a pro rata portion of the amount then in the Trust Account (initially anticipated to be $10.10 per Public Share, plus any pro rata income earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company to pay its tax obligations). There will be no redemption rights upon the completion of a Business Combination with respect to the Company’s warrants. The Public Shares subject to redemption will be recorded at redemption value and classified as temporary equity upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering in accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480, “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.”

The Company will only proceed with a Business Combination if the Company has net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 either prior to or upon such consummation of a Business Combination and, if the Company seeks stockholder approval, a majority of the shares voted are voted in favor of the Business Combination. If a stockholder vote is not required by applicable law or stock exchange rules and the Company does not decide to hold a stockholder vote for business or other reasons, the Company will, pursuant to its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation”), conduct the redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and file tender offer documents with the SEC prior to completing a Business Combination. If, however, stockholder approval of the transaction is required by applicable law or stock exchange rules, or the Company decides to obtain stockholder approval for business or other reasons, the Company will offer to redeem shares in conjunction with a proxy solicitation pursuant to the proxy rules and not pursuant to the tender offer rules. If the Company seeks stockholder approval in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor has agreed to vote its Founder Shares (as defined in Note 5), and any Public Shares purchased during or after the Initial Public Offering in favor of approving a Business Combination. Additionally, each public stockholder may elect to redeem their Public Shares irrespective of whether they vote for or against the proposed transaction or do not vote at all.

Notwithstanding the above, if the Company seeks shareholder approval of a Business Combination and it does not conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules, the Certificate of Incorporation provides that a public shareholder, together with any affiliate of such shareholder or any other person with whom such shareholder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined under Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), will be restricted from redeeming its shares with respect to more than an aggregate of 20% or more of the Public Shares, without the prior consent of the Company.

The Sponsor has agreed (a) to waive its redemption rights with respect to its Founder Shares (as defined in Note 5) and Public Shares held by it in connection with the completion of a Business Combination and (b) not to propose an amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (i) to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to allow redemption in connection with the Company’s initial Business Combination or to redeem 100% of its Public Shares if the Company does not complete a Business Combination or (ii) with respect to any other provision relating to stockholders’ rights or pre-initial Business Combination activity, unless the Company provides the public stockholders with the opportunity to redeem their Public Shares in conjunction with any such amendment.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

NOTE 1 ─ ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS (Continued)

The Company initially had until April 25, 2023 to complete a Business Combination, which was extended by the Charter Amendment (as defined below). Following the Charter Amendment, the Company has until the Termination Date (as defined below) (the “Combination Period”) to complete a Business Combination. If the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period, the Company will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the Public Shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account including income earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company to pay its tax obligations (less up to $100,000 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), and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the Company’s remaining stockholders and the Company’s 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, which will expire worthless if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period.

The Sponsor has agreed to waive its liquidation rights with respect to the Founder Shares (as defined in Note 5) if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period. However, if the Sponsor acquires Public Shares in or after the Initial Public Offering, such Public Shares will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period. The underwriters have agreed to waive their rights to their deferred underwriting commission (see Note 6) held in the Trust Account in the event the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period, and, in such event, such amounts will be included with the other funds held in the Trust Account that will be available to fund the redemption of the Public Shares. In the event of such distribution, it is possible that the per share value of the assets remaining available for distribution will be less than the Initial Public Offering price per Unit of $10.10.

In order to protect the amounts held in the Trust Account, the Sponsor has agreed to be liable to the Company if and to the extent any claims by a third party for services rendered or products sold to the Company, or a prospective target business with which the Company has discussed entering into a transaction agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the Trust Account to below the lesser of (1) $10.10 per Public Share and (2) the actual amount per Public Share held in the Trust Account as of the date of the liquidation of the Trust Account due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, less taxes payable, provided that such liability will not apply to claims by a third party or prospective target business who executed a waiver of any and all rights to the monies held in the Trust Account nor will it apply to any claims under the Company’s indemnity of the underwriters of the Initial Public Offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Moreover, in the event that an executed waiver is deemed to be unenforceable against a third party, the Sponsor will not be responsible to the extent of any liability for such third-party claims. The Company will seek to reduce the possibility that the Sponsor will have to indemnify the Trust Account due to claims of creditors by endeavoring to have all vendors, service providers (except the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm), prospective target businesses and other entities with which the Company does business, execute agreements with the Company waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to monies held in the Trust Account.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

NOTE 1 ─ ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS (Continued)

On March 28, 2023, the Company filed a definitive proxy statement for a stockholder meeting on April 14, 2023 (the “Stockholder Meeting”) to seek approval from its stockholders to extend the date (the “Termination Date”) by which the Company has to consummate a Business Combination (as defined below) (the “Charter Extension”) from April 25, 2023 (the “Original Termination Date”) to July 25, 2023 (the “Charter Extension Date”) and to allow the Company, without another stockholder vote, to elect to extend the Termination Date to consummate a Business Combination on a monthly basis up to five times by an additional one month each time after the Charter Extension Date, by resolution of the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”), if requested by the Sponsor, and upon five days’ advance notice prior to the applicable Termination Date, until December 25, 2023 (each, an “Additional Charter Extension Date”) or a total of up to eight months after the Original Termination Date, unless the closing of a Business Combination shall have occurred prior thereto (the “Extension Amendment Proposal”) and (ii) an adjournment proposal to adjourn the Stockholder Meeting to a later date or dates, if necessary, to permit further solicitation and vote of proxies if, based upon the tabulated vote at the time of the Stockholder Meeting, there are insufficient shares of the Company’s common stock represented (either in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct business at the Stockholder Meeting or at the time of the Stockholder Meeting to approve the Extension Amendment Proposal (the “Adjournment Proposal”) (unless the Company determines that it is not necessary to hold the Stockholder Meeting as described in the accompanying proxy statement).

Additionally, if the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved and the Charter Extension becomes effective, within five business days of the date of the Stockholder Meeting , the Sponsor (or one or more of its affiliates, members or third-party designees) (the “Lender”) shall make a deposit into the Trust Account in an amount equal to the lesser of (a) an aggregate of $240,000 or (b) $0.12 for each share of Public Stock that is not redeemed in connection with the Extension Amendment Proposal, in exchange for a non-interest bearing, unsecured promissory note issued by the Company to the Lender. In addition, if the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved and the Charter Extension becomes effective, in the event that the Company has not consummated a Business Combination by July 25, 2023, without approval of the Company’s stockholders, the Company may, by resolution of the Board, if requested by the Sponsor, and upon five days’ advance notice prior to the applicable Termination Date, extend the Termination Date up to five times, each by one additional month (for a total of up to eight additional months to complete a Business Combination), provided that the Lender will deposit an amount equal to the lesser of (a) an aggregate of $80,000 per month or (b) $0.04 per month for each share of Public Stock that is not redeemed in connection with the Extension Amendment Proposal for each subsequent calendar month (commencing on July 25, 2023 and on the 25th day of each subsequent month), for an aggregate deposit of up to $400,000 (if all five additional monthly extensions are exercised), in exchange for a non-interest bearing, unsecured promissory note issued by the Company to the Lender. If the Company completes a Business Combination, it will repay the amounts loaned under the promissory note. If the Company does not complete a Business Combination by the applicable Termination Date, such promissory note will be repaid only from funds held outside of the Trust Account or will be forfeited, eliminated, or otherwise forgiven.

On April 14, 2023, the Company filed an amendment to its amended and restated certificate of incorporation (the “Charter Amendment”) in connection with the approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal. On April 21, 2023, the Company filed the Charter Amendment with the Delaware Secretary of State.

On April 14, 2023, at the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders in connection with the Extension, the holders of 15,395,704 Class A ordinary shares of the Company properly exercised their right to redeem their shares for cash at a redemption price of approximately $10.33 per share, for an aggregate redemption amount of approximately $159.0 million, leaving approximately $53 million in the Trust Account. On June 28, 2023, the Company moved the remaining funds in an interest bearing demand deposit account until the earlier of the consummation of the Business Combination or liquidation.

In connection with the Extension Amendment Proposal, $240,000 was deposited in the Trust Account on April 21, 2023.

Liquidity and Going Concern

As of September 30, 2023, the Company had $409 in its operating bank account, and $55.68 million of cash held in the Trust Account to be used for a Business Combination or to repurchase or redeem its common stock in connection therewith and a working capital deficiency of $3.15 million.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

NOTE 1 ─ ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS (Continued)

Liquidity and Going Concern (Continued)

Until the consummation of a Business Combination, the Company will be using the funds not held in the Trust Account for identifying and evaluating prospective acquisition candidates, performing due diligence on prospective target businesses, paying for travel expenditures, selecting the target business to acquire, and structuring, negotiating and consummating the Business Combination.

The Company will need to raise additional capital through loans or additional investments through December 25, 2023, from its Sponsor, stockholders, officers, directors, or third parties. The Company’s officers, directors and Sponsor may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds, from time to time or at any time, in whatever amount they deem reasonable in their sole discretion, to meet the Company’s working capital needs. Accordingly, the Company may not be able to obtain additional financing. If the Company is unable to raise additional capital, it may be required to take additional measures to conserve liquidity, which could include, but not necessarily be limited to, curtailing operations, suspending the pursuit of a potential transaction, and reducing overhead expenses. The Company cannot provide any assurance that new financing will be available to it on commercially acceptable terms, if at all.

In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with ASC Topic 205-40 Presentation of Financial Statements – Going Concern, the Company has until the Extended Date to consummate a Business Combination. If a Business Combination is not consummated by this date and an extension not requested by the sponsor, there will be a mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution of the Company. Although the Company intends to consummate a Business Combination on or before the Additional Charter Extension Date, it is uncertain that the Company will be able to consummate a Business Combination by this time. Management has determined that the liquidity condition, coupled with the mandatory liquidation, should a Business Combination not occur, and an extension is not requested by the sponsor, and potential subsequent dissolution raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Further to the approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Company’s plan is to complete a Business Combination on or prior to December 25, 2023, however it is uncertain that the Company will be able to consummate a Business Combination or obtain an extension by this time. No adjustments have been made to the carrying amounts of assets or liabilities should the Company be required to liquidate after December 25, 2023.

Risks and Uncertainties

Management continues to evaluate 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 financial statements. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

Additionally, as a result of the military action commenced in February 2022 by the Russian Federation in the country of Ukraine and related economic sanctions, the Company’s ability to consummate a Business Combination, or the operations of a target business with which the Company ultimately consummates a Business Combination, may be materially and adversely affected. The recent military conflict between Israel and militant groups led by Hamas has also caused uncertainty in the global markets. Further, the impact of these actions and related sanctions on the world economy are not determinable as of the date of these financial statements. In addition, the Company’s ability to consummate a transaction may be dependent on the ability to raise equity and debt financing which may be impacted by these events, including as a result of increased market volatility, or decreased market liquidity in third-party financing being unavailable on terms acceptable to the Company or at all. The impact of this action and related sanctions on the world economy and the specific impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations and/or ability to consummate a Business Combination are not yet determinable. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

NOTE 1 ─ ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS (Continued)

Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

On August 16, 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IR Act”) was signed into federal law. The IR Act provides for, among other things, a new U.S. federal 1% excise tax on certain repurchases of stock by publicly traded U.S. domestic corporations and certain U.S. domestic subsidiaries of publicly traded foreign corporations occurring on or after January 1, 2023. 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 other exceptions may 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.

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 Business Combination, extension or otherwise, (ii) the structure of a Business Combination, (iii) the nature and amount of any “PIPE” or other equity issuances in connection with a Business Combination (or otherwise issued not in connection with a Business Combination but issued within the same taxable year of a 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 a Business Combination and in the Company’s ability to complete a Business Combination.

As of September 30, 2023, $1.6 million was incurred by the Company as excise tax expense in connection with the redemption of 15,395,704 shares of common stock previously held by public stockholders.

NOTE 2 ─ SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 8 of Regulation S-X of the SEC. Certain information or footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC for interim financial reporting. Accordingly, they do not include all the information and footnotes necessary for a complete presentation of financial position, results of operations, or cash flows. In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements include all adjustments, consisting of a normal recurring nature, which are necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position, operating results and cash flows for the periods presented.

The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2022, as filed with the SEC on April 3, 2023. The interim results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2023 or for any future periods.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

NOTE 2 ─ SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)

Emerging Growth Company

The Company is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act, as amended 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 an emerging growth company can elect to opt out of the extended transition period and comply with the requirements that apply to non-emerging growth companies but any such election to opt out is irrevocable. The Company has elected not to opt out of such extended transition period which means that when a standard is issued or revised and it has different application dates for public or private companies, the Company, as an emerging growth company, can adopt the new or revised standard at the time private companies adopt the new or revised standard.

This may make comparison of the Company’s financial statements with another public company which is neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging growth company which has opted out of using the extended transition period difficult or impossible because of the potential differences in accounting standards used.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires the Company’s management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of expenses during the reporting period. Making estimates requires management to exercise significant judgment. It is at least reasonably possible that the estimate of the effect of a condition, situation or set of circumstances that existed at the date of the financial statements, which management considered in formulating its estimate, could change in the near term due to one or more future confirming events. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

The Company had $409 in cash as of September 30, 2023. The Company considers all short-term investments with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. The Company did not have any cash equivalents as of September 30, 2023.

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(UNAUDITED)

NOTE 2 ─ SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)

Cash Held in Trust Account

At September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company had approximately $55.68 million and $212.09 million, respectively, of assets held in the Trust Account in an interest-bearing demand deposit account and in trading securities, respectively.

On April 14, 2023, stockholders of the Company holding 15,395,704 shares of the Company’s common stock exercised their right to redeem such shares for a pro rate portion of the funds in the Trust Account. As a result, approximately $159.0 million (or approximately $10.33 per share) was removed from the Trust Account to pay such holders on April 24, 2023. The Company has recorded a liability for estimated associated excise tax duty of to the amount of $1.59 million as of balance sheet date.

On June 28, 2023, the Company moved the remaining funds in an interest bearing demand deposit account until the earlier of the consummation of the Business Combination or liquidation.

Offering Costs Associated with the Initial Public Offering

The Company complies with the requirements of the ASC 340-10-S99-1. Offering costs are charged against the carrying value of common stock or stockholders’ deficit based on the relative value of the shares of common stock, the warrants and the rights, to the proceeds received from the Units sold upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering. Offering costs consisted of legal, accounting, underwriting fees and other costs incurred through the Initial Public Offering that were directly related to the Initial Public Offering. The Company incurred offering costs amounting to $11.94 million as a result of the Initial Public Offering consisting of $4.14 million of underwriting commissions paid in cash, $7.25 million of deferred underwriting commissions, and $0.55 million of other offering costs. As such, the Company recorded $10.77 million of offering costs as a reduction of temporary equity and $1.17 million of offering costs as a reduction of permanent equity.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

NOTE 2 ─ SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)

Common Stock Subject to Possible Redemption

All of the 20,700,000 shares of common stock sold as part of the Units in the Initial Public Offering contain a redemption feature. In accordance with the Accounting Standards Codification 480-10-S99-3A “Classification and Measurement of Redeemable Securities”, redemption provisions not solely within the control of the Company require the security to be classified outside of permanent equity. Ordinary liquidation events, which involve the redemption and liquidation of all of the entity’s equity instruments, are excluded from the provisions of ASC 480.

The change in the carrying value of redeemable shares of common stock resulted in charges against accumulated deficit and additional paid-in capital.

As of September 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022, shares of common stock sold as part of the Units reflected on the balance sheets are reconciled in the following table:

Gross proceeds	$	207,000,000
Less:
Proceeds allocated to public warrants		(3,321,653)
Proceeds allocated to rights issue		(16,892,298)
Issuance cost of redeemable common stock		(10,763,962)
Plus:
Remeasurement of common stock subject to possible redemption to redemption value		36,067,785
Contingently redeemable common stock, December 31, 2022		212,089,872
Less:
Stockholders redemption		(159,045,944)
Plus:
Remeasurement of common stock subject to possible redemption to redemption value		728,442
Contingently redeemable common stock, September 30, 2023	$	53,772,370

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NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

NOTE 2 ─ SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)

Net Profit (Loss) Per Share of Common Stock

The Company applies the two-class method in calculating earnings per share. The contractual formula utilized to calculate the redemption amount approximates fair value. The Class feature to redeem at fair value means that there is effectively only one class of stock. Changes in fair value are not considered a dividend of the purposes of the numerator in the earnings per share calculation. Net loss per common stock is computed by dividing the pro rata net loss between the redeemable common stock and the non-redeemable common stock by the weighted average number of common stock outstanding for the period. The calculation of diluted loss per common stock does not consider the effect of the warrants issued in connection with the Initial Public Offering since the exercise of the warrants is contingent upon the occurrence of future events and the inclusion of such warrants would be anti-dilutive.

	For the Three		For the Three		For the Nine		For the Nine
	Months Ended		Months Ended		Months Ended		Months Ended
	September 30, 2023		September 30, 2022		September 30, 2023		September 30, 2022
Redeemable common stock
Numerator:
Net profit (loss) allocable to common stock subject to possible redemption	$	35,790	$	378,157	$	1,234,057	$	(133,521)
Denominator:
Weighted average shares outstanding, redeemable common stock		1,478,571		20,700,000		7,838,603		20,700,000
Basic and diluted net profit (loss) per share, redeemable common stock	$	0.02	$	0.02	$	0.16	$	(0.01)
Non-redeemable common stock
Numerator:
Net profit (loss) allocable to non-redeemable common stock	$	128,171	$	96,732	$	833,609	$	(34,154)
Denominator:
Weighted average shares outstanding, non-redeemable common stock		5,295,000		5,295,000		5,295,000		5,295,000
Basic and diluted net profit (loss) per share, non-redeemable common stock	$	0.02	$	0.02	$	0.16	$	(0.01)

Concentration of Credit Risk

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentration of credit risk consist of cash accounts in a financial institution which, at times, may exceed the federal depository insurance coverage corporation limit of $250,000. The Company has not experienced losses on these accounts and management believes the Company is not exposed to significant risks on such accounts.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

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

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NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

NOTE 2 ─ SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)

Income Taxes

The Company accounts for income taxes under the asset and liability method, which requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been included in the financial statements. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined on the basis of the differences between the financial statements and tax basis of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which the differences are expected to reverse. The effect of a change in tax rates on deferred tax assets and liabilities is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date.

The Company recorded income tax expense of $794,339 based on activities through September 30, 2023.

Our effective tax rate (ETR) from continuing operations was 40.45% and 27.75% for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2023.

On August 16, 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act (the IRA) was signed into law in the U.S. Among other changes, the IRA introduced a corporate minimum tax on certain corporations with average adjusted financial statement income over a three-tax year period in excess of $1.0 billion, an excise tax on certain stock repurchases by certain covered corporations for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2022, and several tax incentives to promote clean energy. Based on our current analysis and pending future guidance to be issued by Treasury, we believe the excise tax could apply to the Company after the effective date whether or not a Business Combination is completed; however, we do not believe any other provisions of the IRA will apply to the Company absent a Business Combination.

The Company recognizes deferred tax assets to the extent that it believes these assets are more likely than not to be realized. In making such a determination, the Company considers all available positive and negative evidence, including future reversals of existing taxable temporary differences, projected future taxable income, tax-planning strategies, and results of recent operations. If the Company determines that it would be able to realize its deferred tax assets in the future in excess of their net recorded amount, the Company would make an adjustment to the deferred tax asset valuation allowance, which would reduce the provision for income taxes.

The Company records uncertain tax positions in accordance with ASC 740 on the basis of a two-step process whereby (1) it determines whether it is more likely than not that the tax positions will be sustained on the basis of the technical merits of the position and (2) for those tax positions that meet the more-likely-than-not recognition threshold, the Company recognizes the largest amount of tax benefit that is more than 50 percent likely to be realized upon ultimate settlement with the related tax authority.

The Company recognizes interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits within the income tax expense line in the accompanying statement of operations.

Warrants

ASC 480 requires a reporting entity to classify certain freestanding financial instruments as liabilities (or in some cases as assets). ASC 480-10-S99 addresses concerns raised by the SEC regarding the financial statements’ classification and measurement of securities subject to mandatory redemption requirements or whose redemption is outside the control of the issuer. If the stock subject to mandatory redemption provisions represents the only shares in the reporting entity, it must report instruments in the liabilities section of its statement of financial position. The stock subject must then describe them as shares subject to mandatory redemption, so as to distinguish the instruments from other financial statements liabilities. The Company concludes that the Public Warrants (defined in Note 3) do not exhibit any of the above characteristics and, therefore, are outside the scope of ASC 480.

In addition to the 16,300,000 warrants (representing 9,000,000 Public Warrants (as defined at Note 3) included in the units and 7,300,000 Private Warrants) issued by the Company at the close of the Initial Public Offering, a further 2,160,000 warrants (representing 1,350,000 Public Warrants (as defined at Note 3) included in the units and 810,000 Private Warrants) were issued as a result of the underwriters’ full exercise of the over-allotment option. All warrants were issued in accordance with the guidance contained in ASC 815-40, Derivatives and Hedging — Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity. Such guidance provides that because the warrants meet the criteria for equity treatment.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

NOTE 2 ─ SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)

Recent Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

In June 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued ASU No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326) Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments (ASU 2016-13), which requires an entity to utilize a new impairment model known as the current expected credit loss (CECL) model to estimate its lifetime “expected credit loss” and record an allowance that, when deducted from the amortized cost basis of the financial assets and certain other instruments, including but not limited to available-for-sale debt securities. Credit losses relating to available-for-sale debt securities will be recorded through an allowance for credit losses rather than as a direct write-down to the security. ASU 2016-13 requires a cumulative effect adjustment to the balance sheet as of the beginning of the first reporting period in which the guidance is effective. In November 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-10, Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326), Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815) and Leases (Topic 842): Effective Dates, which defers the effective date of ASU 2016-13 to fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022 for all entities except SEC reporting companies that are not smaller reporting companies. ASU 2016-13 will be effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2023. The accounting pronouncement was adopted effective January 1, 2023 with no impact to its financial statements.

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

NOTE 3 ─ INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING

Pursuant to the Initial Public Offering, the Company sold 18,000,000 Units at a purchase price of $10.00 per Unit. Each Unit consists of one share of common stock, one right (“Right”) and one-half of one warrant (“Public Warrant”). Each Right will convert to one-tenth (1/10) share of common stock upon consummation of Business Combination (see Note 7). Each whole Public Warrant will entitle the holder to purchase one share of common stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment (see Note 7).

On October 27, 2021, the underwriters fully exercised their over-allotment option and, on October 28, 2021, purchased an additional 2,700,000 Units, generating additional gross proceeds of approximately $27.00 million, and incurring additional cash underwriting commissions of approximately $0.54 million and deferred underwriting discount of approximately $0.95 million. In connection with the sale of Units pursuant to the over-allotment option, the Company sold an additional 810,000 Private Warrants to the Sponsor and the underwriters generating additional gross proceeds of approximately $0.81 million. A total of approximately $27.27 million of the net proceeds was deposited into the Trust Account, bringing the aggregate proceeds held in the Trust Account to approximately $209.07 million.

In connection with the Initial Public Offering, the Company granted the underwriters an option to purchase 2,700,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at the Initial Public Offering price, or $10.00 per share, for 45 days commencing on October 25, 2021 (grant date). Since this option extended beyond the closing of the Initial Public Offering, this option feature represented a call option that was accounted for under ASC 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity. Accordingly, the call option has been separately accounted for at a fair value with the change in fair value between the grant date and October 27, 2021 recorded as other income. The Company used the Black-Scholes valuation model to determine the fair value of the call option at the grant date and again at October 27, 2021 (refer to Note 9 for fair value information).

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NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

NOTE 4 ─ PRIVATE WARRANTS

Concurrently with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Sponsor and the underwriters purchased an aggregate of 7,300,000 Private Warrants, generating gross proceeds of $7.30 million in aggregate in a private placement. Each Private Warrant is exercisable for one share of common stock at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment (see Note 7).

As a result of the underwriters’ election to fully exercise their over-allotment option on October 27, 2021, the Sponsor and the underwriters and its designees purchased an additional 810,000 Private Warrants, at a purchase price of $1.00 per Private Warrant.

If the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period, the proceeds from the sale of the Private Warrants held in the Trust Account will be used to fund the redemption of the Public Shares (subject to the requirements of applicable law) and the Private Warrants will expire worthless.

NOTE 5 ─ RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Founder Shares

On April 7, 2021, the Sponsor purchased 4,312,500 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Founder Shares”) for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000.

In September 2021, the Sponsor subsequently transferred an aggregate of 250,000 Founder Shares to the Company’s independent director nominees at the same price originally paid for such shares.

The sale of the Founder Shares to the Company’s independent director nominees 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 Company has assessed the fair value associated with the Founder Shares granted. The fair value of the 250,000 Founder Shares granted to the Company’s independent director nominees was $1.70 million or $6.80 per share. The Founder Shares granted to the Company’s independent director nominees will be offered back to the Sponsor at the same purchase price, in the event a person(s) no longer remained in such designated position upon the consummation of a Business Combination. The Sponsor will have 30 days from the offer date to acquire back these Founder Shares at the same purchase price.

In October 2021, the Company effected a dividend of 862,500 of the Company’s Founder Shares, which resulted in an aggregate of 5,175,000 Founder Shares outstanding. All share and associated amounts have been retroactively restated to reflect the share dividend.

The Founder Shares include an aggregate of up to 675,000 shares of common stock subject to forfeiture by the Sponsors to the extent that the underwriters’ over-allotment is not exercised in full or in part, so that the number of Founder Shares will collectively represent 20% of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering. On October 27, 2021, the underwriters fully exercised the over-allotment option. Thus, no share of common stock remains subject to forfeiture.

Founder Shares are subject to lock-up until the earlier of (A) 180 days after the completion of its initial Business Combination or (B) the date on which the Company completes a liquidation, merger, stock exchange or other similar transaction after its initial Business Combination that results in all of its public stockholders having the right to exchange their shares of common stock for cash, securities or other property.

Promissory Note — Related Party

In January 2023, the Company issued a promissory note with a principal amount of $0.07 million (the “Note”) to the Sponsor. The Note is non-interest bearing and the principal balance of the Note is payable on the date on which the Company consummates its initial business combination. This Note will be forgiven, except to the extent that the Company has funds available to it, outside of the Trust Account established in connection with the Initial Public Offering.

On April 14, 2023, the Company filed the Charter Amendment in connection with the approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal. On April 21, 2023, the Company filed the Charter Amendment with the Delaware Secretary of State.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

NOTE 5 ─ RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Continued)

Promissory Note — Related Party (Continued)

On April 21, 2023, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note (the “Note 1”) to the Sponsor in the principal amount of $0.24 million in connection with the Charter Amendment.

Note 1 bears no interest and is due and payable upon the earlier of (a) the liquidation of the Company and (b) the closing date of the Business Combination. If the Business Combination is not consummated, Note 1 will not be repaid and all amounts owed thereunder will be forgiven except to the extent that the Company has funds available to it outside of its Trust Account established in connection with its Initial Public Offering.

On May 25, 2023, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note (the “Note 2”) to the Sponsor in the principal amount of $0.36 million.

Note 2 bears no interest and is due and payable upon the earlier of (a) the liquidation of the Company and (b) the closing date of the Business Combination. If the Business Combination is not consummated, Note 2 will not be repaid and all amounts owed thereunder will be forgiven except to the extent that the Company has funds available to it outside of its Trust Account established in connection with its Initial Public Offering.

On July 24, 2023, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note (the "Note 3") to the Sponsor in the principal amount of $0.08 million in connection with the Extension.

Note 3 bears no interest and is due and payable upon the earlier of (a) the liquidation of the Company and (b) the closing date of the Business Combination. If the Business Combination is not consummated, Note 3 will not be repaid and all amounts owed thereunder will be forgiven except to the extent that the Company has funds available to it outside of its Trust Account established in connection with its Initial Public Offering.

In August 2023, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note (the “Note 4”) to the Sponsor in the principal amount of $0.08 million in connection with the Extension, in addition of $0.04 million for the purposes of working capital.

Note 4 bears no interest and is due and payable upon the earlier of (a) the liquidation of the Company and (b) the closing date of the Business Combination. If the Business Combination is not consummated, Note 4 will not be repaid and all amounts owed thereunder will be forgiven except to the extent that the Company has funds available to it outside of its Trust Account established in connection with its Initial Public Offering.

On September 15, 2023, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note (the “Note 5”) to the Sponsor in the principal amount of $0.08 million in connection with the Extension.

Note 5 bears no interest and is due and payable upon the earlier of (a) the liquidation of the Company and (b) the closing date of the Business Combination. If the Business Combination is not consummated, Note 5 will not be repaid and all amounts owed thereunder will be forgiven except to the extent that the Company has funds available to it outside of its Trust Account established in connection with its Initial Public Offering.

As of September 30, 2023, $0.95 million was outstanding under promissory note - related party.

Related Party Loans

In addition, in order to finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor, an affiliate of the Sponsor, or certain of the Company’s officers and directors or their affiliates may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required (“Working Capital Loans”). If the Company completes a Business Combination, the Company would repay the Working Capital Loans out of the proceeds of the Trust Account released to the Company. Otherwise, the Working Capital Loans would be repaid only out of funds held outside the Trust Account. In the event that a Business Combination does not close, the Company may use a portion of proceeds held outside the Trust Account to repay the Working Capital Loans but no proceeds held in the Trust Account would be used to repay the Working Capital Loans.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

NOTE 5 ─ RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Continued)

The Working Capital Loans would either be repaid upon consummation of a Business Combination, without interest, or, at the lender’s discretion, up to $1.5 million of such Working Capital Loans may be convertible into warrants of the post Business Combination entity. The warrants would be identical to the Private Warrants. Except for the foregoing, the terms of such Working Capital Loans, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans. As of September 30, 2023, no Working Capital Loans were outstanding.

Related Party Payable

As of September 30, 2023, an amount of $0.31 million was payable to the Sponsor, audit fees of $0.02 million, and professional fees of $0.02 million, paid on behalf of the Company and unpaid administrative support fees of $0.23 million.

As of December 31, 2022, an amount of $0.14 million was payable to the Sponsor, consisting of filing fee of $60, paid on behalf of the Company and unpaid administrative support fees of $0.14 million.

Administrative Support Agreement

Commencing on the effective date of the Initial Public Offering, the Company agreed to pay the Sponsor a total of up to $10,000 per month in the aggregate for up to 18 months for office space, utilities and secretarial and administrative support. Upon completion of the initial Business Combination or the Company’s liquidation, the Company will cease paying these monthly fees. For the three months ended September 30, 2023, the Company accrued $0.03 million for these services, and for the nine months ended September 30, 2023, the Company has accrued $0.09 million. For the three months ended September 30, 2022, the Company accrued $0.03 million for these services, and for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company has accrued $0.09 million. These amounts are included in the operating costs on accompanying condensed statements of operations.

NOTE 6 ─ COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Registration Rights

The holders of the Founder Shares, EBC Founder Shares (as defined in Note 7), and any warrants that may be issued in payment of Working Capital Loans made to Company (and underlying securities) are entitled to registration rights pursuant to an agreement entered into on October 20, 2021. The holders of a majority of these securities are entitled to make up to two demands that the Company register such securities. The holders of the majority of the Founder Shares can elect to exercise these registration rights at any time commencing three months prior to the date on which these shares of common stock are to be released from escrow. The holders of a majority of the EBC Founder Shares (as defined in Note 7) and units issued to the Sponsor, officers, directors or their affiliates in payment of Working Capital Loans made to the Company (or underlying securities) can elect to exercise these registration rights at any time after the consummation of a Business Combination. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to the consummation of a Business Combination. The registration rights agreement does not contain liquidated damages or other cash settlement provisions resulting from delays in registering its securities. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.

Underwriting Agreement

The Company had granted the underwriters a 45-day option from the date of Initial Public Offering to purchase up to 2,700,000 additional Units to cover over-allotments, if any, at the Initial Public Offering price less the underwriting discounts and commissions.

The underwriters were entitled to an underwriting discount of $0.20 per unit, or $3.60 million in the aggregate payable upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering. $0.35 per unit, or $6.30 million in the aggregate will be payable to the underwriters for deferred underwriting commissions. The deferred fee will become payable to the underwriters from the amounts held in the Trust Account solely in the event that the Company completes a Business Combination, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement.

On October 27, 2021, the underwriters fully exercised the over-allotment option. As a result, they were entitled to an additional underwriting discount of $0.54 million in cash, and a further deferred underwriting discount of $0.95 million.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

NOTE 6 ─ COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Continued)

Advisory Agreement

Through September 30, 2023, the Company entered into an agreement with the M&A advisors (who also served as the Company’s underwriters during the Initial Public Offering) in connection with the evaluation, pursuit and conduct of one or more proposed transactions for a potential Business Combination (the “Advisory Agreement”). At balance sheet date, fees for the services performed were contingent upon the closing of a Business Combination and therefore not included as liabilities on the accompanying balance sheets.

Engagement for Legal Services

The Company has a contingent fee arrangement with their legal counsel pursuant to which a flat fee of $3.00 million is payable to the Company’s legal counsel in the event that the Company completes a Business Combination. In the event the Company does not complete a Business Combination, the Company’s legal counsel will bill the Company the lesser of the actual time incurred or $0.10 million.

NOTE 7 ─ STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT

Common Stock

The Company is authorized to issue 50,000,000 shares of common stock with a par value of $0.001 per share.

Of the 5,295,000 shares of common stock outstanding, an aggregate of up to 675,000 shares were subject to forfeiture, to the extent that the underwriters’ over-allotment option is not exercised in full or in part, so that the Sponsor will collectively own 20% of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock after the Initial Public Offering (assuming Sponsor does not purchase any Public Shares in the Initial Public Offering).

As of October 27, 2021, as a result of the underwriters’ full exercise of the over-allotment option, no share of common stock was available for forfeiture. As of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, there were shares of 5,304,296 common stock issued and outstanding, excluding 20,700,000 shares of common stock that are subject to possible redemption at the option of the holders which accordingly are classified as temporary equity in the accompanying condensed balance sheets.

Preferred Stock

The Company is authorized to issue 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, 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 September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, no share of preferred stock was issued or outstanding.

Rights

Each holder of a Right will receive one-tenth (1/10) share of common stock upon consummation of a Business Combination, even if the holder of such Right redeemed all shares held by it in connection with a Business Combination. No fractional shares will be issued upon exchange of the rights. No additional consideration will be required to be paid by a holder of rights in order to receive its additional shares upon consummation of a Business Combination as the consideration related thereto has been included in the Unit purchase price paid for by investors in the Initial Public Offering. If the Company enters into a definitive agreement for a Business Combination in which the Company will not be the surviving entity, the definitive agreement will provide for the holders of rights to receive the same per share consideration the holders of the common stock will receive in the transaction on an as-converted into common stock basis and each holder of a right will be required to affirmatively covert its rights in order to receive one-tenth (1/10) share underlying each right (without paying additional consideration). The shares issuable upon exchange of the rights will be freely tradable (except to the extent held by affiliates of the Company).

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NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

NOTE 7 ─ STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT (Continued)

Rights (Continued)

If the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period and the Company liquidates the funds held in the Trust Account, holders of rights will not receive any of such funds with respect to their rights, nor will they receive any distribution from the Company’s assets held outside of the Trust Account with respect to such rights, and the rights will expire worthless. Further, there are no contractual penalties for failure to deliver securities to the holders of the rights upon consummation of a Business Combination. Additionally, in no event will the Company be required to net cash settle the rights. Accordingly, the rights may expire worthless.

Warrants

The Public Warrants will become exercisable at any time commencing 30 days after the completion of a Business Combination. No warrants will be exercisable for cash unless the Company has an effective and current registration statement covering the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants and a current prospectus relating to such shares of common stock. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a registration statement covering the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Public Warrants is not effective within a specified period following the consummation of a Business Combination, warrant holders may, until such time as there is an effective registration statement and during any period when the Company shall have failed to maintain an effective registration statement, exercise warrants on a cashless basis pursuant to the exemption provided by Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act, provided that such exemption is available. If that exemption, or another exemption, is not available, holders will not be able to exercise their warrants on a cashless basis. The Public Warrants will expire five years after the completion of a Business Combination or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.

The Company may redeem the Public Warrants (excluding the Private Warrants and any warrants underlying units issued upon conversion of the Working Capital Loans):

● in whole and not in part;

● at a price of $0.01 per warrant;

● at any time after the warrants become exercisable;

● upon not less than 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption to each warrant holder;

● if, and only if, the reported last sale price of the shares of common stock equals or exceeds $18.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations and recapitalizations), for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period commencing at any time after the warrants become exercisable and ending on the third business day prior to the notice of redemption to warrant holders; and

● if, and only if, there is a current registration statement in effect with respect to the shares of common stock underlying the warrants.

If the Company calls the Public Warrants for redemption, management will have the option to require all holders that wish to exercise the Public Warrants to do so on a “cashless basis,” as described in the warrant agreement. The exercise price and number of shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants may be adjusted in certain circumstances including in the event of a stock dividend, or recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation. However, except as described below, the warrants will not be adjusted for issuance of common stock at a price below its exercise price. Additionally, in no event will the Company be required to net cash settle the warrants. If the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period and the Company liquidates the funds held in the Trust Account, holders of warrants will not receive any of such funds with respect to their warrants, nor will they receive any distribution from the Company’s assets held outside of the Trust Account with the respect to such warrants. Accordingly, the warrants may expire worthless.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

NOTE 7 ─ STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT (Continued)

Warrants (Continued)

In addition, if (x) the Company issues additional common stock or equity-linked securities for capital raising purposes in connection with the closing of a Business Combination at an issue price or effective issue price of less than $9.20 per common stock (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 Sponsor or its affiliates, without taking into account any Founder Shares held by the Sponsor 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 a Business Combination on the date of the consummation of a Business Combination (net of redemptions), and (z) the volume weighted average trading price of its common stock during the 20 trading day period starting on the trading day prior to the day on which the Company consummates its Business Combination (such price, the “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 greater of (i) Market Value or (ii) the price at which the Company issue the additional shares of common stock or equity-linked securities.

The Private Warrants are identical to the Public Warrants underlying the Units sold in the Initial Public Offering.

EBC Founder Shares

In April 2021, the Company issued to EarlyBirdCapital and its designees 100,000 shares of common stock (the “EBC Founder Shares”) at $0.001 per share. The Company accounted for the EBC Founder Shares as an offering cost of the Initial Public Offering, with a corresponding credit to stockholders’ equity. The Company estimated the fair value of EBC Founder Shares to be $580 based upon the price of the Founder Shares issued to the Sponsor. In October 2021, the Company effected a dividend of 20,000 of the Company’s EBC Founder Shares, which resulted in an aggregate of 120,000 EBC Founder Shares outstanding. All share and associated amounts have been retroactively restated to reflect the share dividend. The holders of the EBC Founder Shares have agreed not to transfer, assign, or sell any such shares until the completion of a Business Combination. In addition, the holders have agreed (i) to waive their redemption rights with respect to such shares in connection with the completion of a Business Combination and (ii) to waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to such shares if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period.

The EBC Founder Shares have been deemed compensation by FINRA and are therefore subject to a lock-up for a period of 180 days immediately following the effective date of the registration statement related to the Initial Public Offering pursuant to Rule 5110(g)(1) of FINRA’s NASD Conduct Rules. Pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110(g)(1), these securities will not be sold during the Initial Public Offering, or sold, transferred, assigned, pledged, or hypothecated, or be the subject of any hedging, short sale, derivative, put or call transaction that would result in the economic disposition of the securities by any person for a period of 180 days immediately following the effective date of the Initial Public Offering, except to any underwriter and selected dealer participating in the Initial Public Offering and their bona fide officers or partners, provided that all securities so transferred remain subject to the lockup restriction above for the remainder of the time period.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

NOTE 8 ─ FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

The fair value of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities reflects management’s estimate of amounts that the Company 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, the Company seeks 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 – Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. An active market for an asset or liability is a market in which transactions for the asset or liability occur with sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis.

● Level 2 – Observable inputs other than Level 1 inputs. Examples of Level 2 inputs include quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities and quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in markets that are not active.

● Level 3 – Unobservable inputs based on the Company’s assessment of the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability.

The following table presents information about the Company’s financial assets that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2023 by level within the fair value hierarchy:

Description	Level 1	September 30, 2023		December 31, 2022
Assets:
U.S Treasury securities	1	$	—	$	212,089,872
		$	—	$	212,089,872

NOTE 9 ─ SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

The Company evaluated subsequent events and transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date up to the date that the financial statements were issued. Other than as described herein, the Company did not identify any other subsequent events that would have required adjustment or disclosure in the financial statements.

On October 5, 2023, New Era Helium Corp. ("NEH") and the Company announced they have entered into a non-binding letter of intent (the "Letter of Intent") for a proposed business combination. NEH is expected to hold a majority interest in the equity, on a fully diluted basis, of the combined company at the closing of the Business Combination. NEH and the Company expect to announce additional details regarding the proposed Business Combination if a definitive business combination agreement is executed.

On October 19, 2023, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note (the “Note”) to the Sponsor in the principal amount of $80,000 in connection with the Extension.

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

References in this report (the “Quarterly Report”) to “we,” “us” or the “Company” refer to Accretion Acquisition Corp. References to our “management” or our “management team” refer to our officers and directors, and references to the “Sponsor” refer to Accretion Acquisition Sponsor, LLC. The following discussion and analysis of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the notes thereto contained elsewhere in this Quarterly Report. Certain information contained in the discussion and analysis set forth below includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.

Overview

We are a blank check company formed under the laws of the State of Delaware on February 26, 2021 for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or other similar business combination with one or more businesses. We intend to effectuate our business combination using cash from the proceeds of the IPO and the sale of the private warrants, our capital stock, debt or a combination of cash, stock and debt.

All activity through September 30, 2023 relates to our formation, the IPO, and search for a prospective business combination target.

Results of Operations

We have neither engaged in any operations nor generated any revenues to date. Our only activities from inception through September 30, 2023, were organizational activities and those necessary to prepare for the IPO, described below. We do not expect to generate any operating revenues until after the completion of our business combination. We expect to generate non-operating income in the form of interest income or dividend income on cash held in the trust account after the IPO. We incur 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 three months ended September 30, 2023, we had a net profit of $0.16 million, which consisted of dividend income of $0.58 million, franchise tax expense of $0.05 million, income tax expense of $0.11 million and operating costs of $0.26 million.

For the three months ended September 30, 2022, we had a net profit of $0.48 million, which consisted of dividend income of $0.95 million, offset by franchise tax expense of $0.05 million, income tax expense of $0.19 million and operating costs of $0.23 million.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, we had a net profit of $2.07 million, which consisted of dividend income of $3.93 million, franchise tax expense of $0.15 million, income tax expense of $0.79 million and operating costs of $0.92 million.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2022, we had a net loss of $0.17 million, which consisted of dividend income of $1.26 million, offset by franchise tax expense of $0.15 million, income tax expense of $0.21 million and operating costs of $1.07 million.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Until the consummation of the IPO, our only source of liquidity was an initial purchase of common stock by the Sponsor and loans from the Sponsor.

On October 25, 2021, the Company consummated the IPO of 18,000,000 units, at a price of $10.00 per unit, generating gross proceeds of $180.00 million. Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, we consummated the sale of 7,300,000 private warrants at a price of $1.00 per warrant in a private placement to Sponsor, generating gross proceeds of $7.30 million. On October 27, 2021, the underwriters exercised the over-allotment option in full and on October 28, 2021, purchased an additional 2,700,000 units, generating gross proceeds of approximately $27.00 million. In connection with the underwriters’ full exercise of the over-allotment option, the Company issued an additional 810,000 private warrants at a price of $1.00 per warrant in a private placement to Sponsor generating gross proceeds of $0.81 million.

Following the IPO and the private placement, a total of $209.07 million was placed in the trust account (at $10.10 per Unit). We incurred $11.94 million in transaction costs, including $4.14 million of underwriting fees, $7.25 million of deferred underwriting fees and $0.55 million of other offering costs.

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As of September 30, 2023, we had cash of $409 outside of the trust account. 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, and 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 we complete a business combination, we may repay such loaned amounts out of the proceeds of the trust account released to us. In the event that a business combination does not close, we may use a portion of the working capital held outside the trust account to repay such loaned amounts, but no proceeds from our trust account would be used for such repayment. Up to $1.50 million of such loans may be convertible into warrants at the option of the lender. The warrants would be identical to the private warrants.

In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with ASC Topic 205-40 Presentation of Financial Statements – Going Concern, the Company has until the Extended Date to consummate a Business Combination. If a Business Combination is not consummated by this date and an extension not requested by the sponsor, there will be a mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution of the Company. Although the Company intends to consummate a Business Combination on or before the Additional Charter Extension Date, it is uncertain that the Company will be able to consummate a Business Combination by this time. Management has determined that the liquidity condition, coupled with the mandatory liquidation, should a Business Combination not occur, and an extension is not requested by the sponsor, and potential subsequent dissolution raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Further to the approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Company’s plan is to complete a Business Combination on or prior to December 25, 2023, however it is uncertain that the Company will be able to consummate a Business Combination or obtain an extension by this time. No adjustments have been made to the carrying amounts of assets or liabilities should the Company be required to liquidate after December 25, 2023.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We have no obligations, assets or liabilities, which would be considered off-balance sheet arrangements as of September 30, 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

We do not have any long-term debt, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations or long-term liabilities, other than as described below.

Registration Rights

The holders of the founders’ shares, EBC founder shares, the private warrants, and any warrants that may be issued upon conversion of working capital loans will be entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration rights agreement. These holders will be entitled to certain demand and “piggyback” registration rights. We will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.

Underwriting Agreement

The underwriters were entitled to an underwriting discount of $0.20 per unit, or $3.60 million in the aggregate payable upon the closing of the IPO and the over-allotment option. $0.35 per unit, or $6.30 million in the aggregate will be payable to the underwriters for deferred underwriting commissions. The deferred fee will become payable to the underwriters from the amounts held in the trust account solely in the event that the Company completes a business combination, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement.

On October 27, 2021, the underwriters fully exercised the over-allotment option. As a result, they were entitled to an additional underwriting discount of $0.54 million in cash, and a further deferred underwriting discount of $0.95 million.

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Administrative Support Agreement

Commencing on the effective date of the IPO, we have agreed to pay the Sponsor a total of up to $10,000 per month in the aggregate for up to 18 months for office space, utilities and secretarial and administrative support. Upon completion of the initial business combination or the Company’s liquidation, we will cease paying these monthly fees. For the three months ended September 30, 2023, the Company accrued $0.03 million for these services, and for the nine months ended September 30, 2023, the Company has accrued $0.06 million. For the three months ended September 30, 2022, the Company accrued $0.03 million for these services, and for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company has accrued $0.09 million. These amounts are included in the operating costs on accompanying condensed statements of operations.

Advisory Agreement

Through September 30, 2023, the Company entered into an agreement with the M&A advisors (who also served as the Company’s underwriters during the Initial Public Offering) in connection with the evaluation, pursuit and conduct of one or more proposed transactions for a potential Business Combination (the “Advisory Agreement”). At balance sheet date, fees for the services performed were contingent upon the closing of a Business Combination and therefore not included as liabilities on the accompanying condensed balance sheets.

Engagement for Legal Services

The Company has a contingent fee arrangement with their legal counsel pursuant to which a flat fee of $3.00 million is payable to the Company’s legal counsel in the event that the Company completes a Business Combination. In the event the Company does not complete a Business Combination, the Company’s legal counsel will bill the Company the lesser of the actual time incurred or $100,000.

Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

On August 16, 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IR Act”) was signed into federal law. The IR Act provides for, among other things, a new U.S. federal 1% excise tax on certain repurchases of stock by publicly traded U.S. domestic corporations and certain U.S. domestic subsidiaries of publicly traded foreign corporations occurring on or after January 1, 2023. 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 other exceptions may 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.

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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 Business Combination, extension or otherwise, (ii) the structure of a Business Combination, (iii) the nature and amount of any “PIPE” or other equity issuances in connection with a Business Combination (or otherwise issued not in connection with a Business Combination but issued within the same taxable year of a 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 a Business Combination and in the Company’s ability to complete a Business Combination.

On April 14, 2023, the Company’s stockholders redeemed 15,395,704 Common Stock shares for a total of $159 million (or $10.33 per share). The Company evaluated the current status and probability of completing a Business Combination and determined that a contingent liability should be calculated and recorded. As of September 30, 2023, the Company recorded $1.59 million of excise tax liability calculated as 1% of shares redeemed.

Critical Accounting Policies

Management does not believe that any recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on our condensed financial statements.

The preparation of financial statements and related disclosures in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and income and expenses during the periods reported. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates. The Company has identified the following as its critical accounting policies:

Warrants

We do not use derivative instruments to hedge exposures to cash flow, market, or foreign currency risks. We evaluate all of our financial instruments, including issued stock purchase warrants, to determine if such instruments are derivatives or contain features that qualify as embedded derivatives, pursuant to ASC 480 and ASC 815-15.

We account for the public warrants and private warrants collectively (“Warrants”), as either equity or liability-classified instruments based on an assessment of the specific terms of the Warrants and the applicable authoritative guidance in Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 815, Derivatives and Hedging (“ASC 815”). The assessment considers whether the Warrants meet all of the requirements for equity classification under ASC 815, including whether the Warrants are indexed to our own common stocks 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 issuance of the Warrants 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, such warrants are required to be recorded as a component of additional paid-in capital at the time of issuance. For issued or modified warrants that do not meet all the criteria for equity classification, such warrants are required to be recorded at their initial fair value on the date of issuance, and each balance sheet date thereafter. Changes in the estimated fair value of liability-classified warrants are recognized as a non-cash gain or loss on the statements of operations.

We evaluated the public warrants and private warrants in accordance with ASC 815-40, “Derivatives and Hedging — Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity,” and concluded that they met the criteria for equity classification and are required to be recorded as part a component of additional paid-in capital at the time of issuance.

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Common Stock Subject to Possible Redemption

We account for the common stock subject to possible redemption in accordance with the guidance in ASC 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity. Common stock subject to mandatory redemption 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 our control) are classified as temporary equity. At all other times, common stock are classified as stockholders’ equity. The Company’s common stock features certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of our control and subject to occurrence of uncertain future events.

Net Profit (Loss) Per Share of Common Stock

We comply with accounting and disclosure requirements of Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standard Codification, or FASB ASC, Topic 260, “Earnings Per Share.” Net loss per share of common stock is computed by dividing net loss attributable to common stockholders by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period, excluding common stock subject to forfeiture. The Company applies the two-class method in calculating earnings per share. The calculation of diluted loss per share of common stock does not consider the effect of the warrants issued in connection with the IPO since the exercise of the warrants are contingent upon the occurrence of future events and the inclusion of such warrants would be anti-dilutive.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In June 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued ASU No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326) Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments (ASU 2016-13), which requires an entity to utilize a new impairment model known as the current expected credit loss (CECL) model to estimate its lifetime “expected credit loss” and record an allowance that, when deducted from the amortized cost basis of the financial assets and certain other instruments, including but not limited to available-for-sale debt securities. Credit losses relating to available-for-sale debt securities will be recorded through an allowance for credit losses rather than as a direct write-down to the security. ASU 2016-13 requires a cumulative effect adjustment to the balance sheet as of the beginning of the first reporting period in which the guidance is effective. In November 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-10, Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326), Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815) and Leases (Topic 842): Effective Dates, which defers the effective date of ASU 2016-13 to fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022 for all entities except SEC reporting companies that are not smaller reporting companies. ASU 2016-13 will be effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2023. The accounting pronouncement was adopted effective January 1, 2023 with no impact to its financial statements.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

Not required for smaller reporting companies.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Disclosure controls and procedures are controls and other procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in company reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer (together, the “Certifying Officers”), to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Our Certifying Officers carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2023. Based upon their evaluation, our Certifying Officers concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective, due solely to the material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting related to the Company’s accounting for complex financial instruments and accrued expenses. As a result, we performed additional analysis as deemed necessary to ensure that our financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP. Accordingly, management believes that the financial statements included in this Report present fairly in all material respects our financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the period presented.

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In light of this material weakness, we have enhanced our processes to identify and appropriately apply applicable accounting requirements to better evaluate and understand the nuances of the complex accounting standards that apply to our financial statements including making greater use of third-party professionals with whom we consult regarding complex accounting applications. The elements of our remediation plan can only be accomplished over time, and we can offer no assurance that these initiatives will ultimately have the intended effects. We believe our efforts will enhance our controls relating to accounting for complex financial transactions, but we can offer no assurance that our controls will not require additional review and modification in the future as industry accounting practice may evolve over time.

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.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2023, that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

None.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

As of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, there have been no material changes to the risk factors disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on April 4, 2023, and our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on August 14, 2023. We may disclose changes to such factors or disclose additional factors from time to time in our future filings with the SEC.

In February 2022, the Russian Federation and Belarus commenced a military action with the country of Ukraine. As a result of this action, various nations, including the United States, have instituted economic sanctions against the Russian Federation and Belarus. The recent military conflict between Israel and militant groups led by Hamas has also caused uncertainty in the global markets. Further, the impact of these actions and related sanctions on the world economy are not determinable as of the date of these financial statements.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

None.

Item 3. Default Upon Senior Securities

None.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable.

Item 5. Other Information

None.

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Item 6. Exhibits

Exhibit Number	Description of Document
10.1	Promissory Note dated July 24, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 24, 2023).
10.2	Promissory Note dated August 21, 2023 (Extension Note) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 22, 2023).
10.3	Promissory Note dated August 21, 2023 (Working Capital Note) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 22, 2023).
10.4	Promissory Note dated September 15, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed with the SEC on September 19, 2023).
31.1	Certification of Principal Executive Officer, pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2	Certification of Principal Financial Officer, pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1*	Certification of Principal 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*	Certification of Principal Financial Officer, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
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	Inline XBRL for the cover page of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, included in the Exhibit 101 Inline XBRL Document Set.

* Furnished herewith.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

Date: November 14, 2023	ACCRETION ACQUISITION CORP.
	(Registrant)
	By:	/s/ Brad Morse
	Name:	Brad Morse
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer

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EX-31.1

EXHIBIT 31.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

RULES 13a-14(a) AND 15d-14(a) UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Brad Morse, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Accretion Acquisition Corp. (the “registrant”);

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 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; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer 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 the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control 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: November 14, 2023

/s/ Brad Morse

Brad Morse

Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

EX-31.2

EXHIBIT 31.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

RULES 13a-14(a) AND 15d-14(a) UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, M. Grant Farn, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Accretion Acquisition Corp. (the “registrant”);

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 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; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer 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 the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control 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: November 14, 2023

/s/ M. Grant Farn

M. Grant Farn

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer)

EX-32.1

EXHIBIT 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. 1350

(SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002)

I, Brad Morse, Chief Executive Officer of Accretion Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”), certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to my knowledge:

(1) the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the period ended September 30, 2023 (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

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

This certificate is being furnished solely for the purposes of 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 and is not being filed as part of the Report or as a separate disclosure document.

Date: November 14, 2023

/s/ Brad Morse

Brad Morse

Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

EX-32.2

EXHIBIT 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. 1350

(SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002)

I, M. Grant Farn, Chief Financial Officer of Accretion Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”), certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to my knowledge:

(1) the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the period ended September 30, 2023 (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

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

This certificate is being furnished solely for the purposes of 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 and is not being filed as part of the Report or as a separate disclosure document.

Date: November 14, 2023

/s/ M. Grant Farn

M. Grant Farn

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer)

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Remeasurement of common stock subject to possible redemption to redemption value	$ 0	0	306,736	306,736
Excise duty in connection with redemption of redeemable shares	0	0	(1,590,376)	(1,590,376)
Net profit (loss)	0	0	532,117	532,117
Balance - ending at Jun. 30, 2023	$ 5,295	0	(9,303,574)	(9,298,279)
Balance - ending (in shares) at Jun. 30, 2023	5,295,000
CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT
Remeasurement of common stock subject to possible redemption to redemption value	$ 0	0	643,718	643,718
Net profit (loss)	0	0	163,961	163,961
Balance - ending at Sep. 30, 2023	$ 5,295	$ 0	$ (8,495,895)	$ (8,490,600)
Balance - ending (in shares) at Sep. 30, 2023	5,295,000

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CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
Net profit (loss)			$ 2,067,667	$ (167,675)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Dividend earned from Trust Account	$ (580,426)	$ (945,302)	(3,932,565)	(1,259,472)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Prepaid expenses - current			224,076	15,423
Prepaid expenses - non-current				224,076
Income tax receivable			(230,236)
Accrued expenses			(46,761)	498,429
Related party payable			166,902	90,060
Income tax payable			(584,234)	208,777
Franchise tax payable			(22,492)	(39,002)
Net cash used in operating activities			(2,357,642)	(429,384)
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
Proceeds in connection with extension loan			(480,000)
Transfer from Trust Account			1,781,149	23,559
Redemption of Public Shares			159,045,944
Net cash provided by investing activities			160,347,093	23,559
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
Proceeds from promissory note - related party			950,676
Redemption of Public Shares			(159,045,944)
Net cash provided by financing activities			(158,095,268)
Net change in cash:			(105,817)	(405,825)
Cash - Beginning			106,226	661,776
Cash - Ending	409	255,951	409	255,951
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash financing activities:
Remeasurement of common stock subject to possible redemption to redemption value	$ (643,718)	$ 921,743	728,442	$ 1,238,794
Excise tax payable			$ 1,590,376

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ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS

ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS

NOTE 1 ─ ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS

Accretion Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) was incorporated in Delaware on February 26, 2021. The Company was formed for the purpose of entering into a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses (the “Business Combination”).

The Company is not limited to a particular industry or geographic region for purposes of consummating a Business Combination, however, the Company intends to concentrate its efforts to focus identifying businesses in the upstream energy industry or in related businesses in the midstream, services, software or commodity risk management sectors. The Company is an early stage and emerging growth company and, as such, the Company is subject to all of the risks associated with early stage and emerging growth companies.

As of September 30, 2023 the Company had not commenced any operations. All activity for the period from February 26, 2021 (inception) through September 30, 2023, relates to the Company’s formation and the initial public offering (“Initial Public Offering”), which is described below, and since the offering identifying and evaluating prospective acquisition targets for a Business Combination. The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of a Business Combination, at the earliest. The Company will generate non-operating income in the form of interest income or dividend income from the proceeds derived from the Initial Public Offering. The Company has selected December 31 as its fiscal year end.

On October 25, 2021, the Company closed its Initial Public Offering of 18,000,000 units at $10.00 per unit (the “Units” and, with respect to the shares of common stock included in the Units, the “Public Shares”) which is discussed in Note 3 and the sale of 7,300,000 warrants (each, a “Private Warrant” and collectively, the “Private Warrants”) at a price of $1.00 per Private Warrant in a private placement to its sponsor, Accretion Acquisition Sponsor, LLC (the “Sponsor”) and its underwriters that closed simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering (as described in Note 4). The Company has listed the Units on the Nasdaq Capital Market (“Nasdaq”).

Transaction costs amounted to $11.94 million consisting of $4.14 million in cash of underwriting commissions, $7.25 million of deferred underwriting commissions and $0.55 million of other offering costs.

The Company’s management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Warrants, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally toward consummating a Business Combination. There is no assurance that the Company will be able to complete a Business Combination successfully. The Company must complete a Business Combination with one or more operating businesses or assets that together have an aggregate fair market value equal to at least 80% of the net assets held in the Trust Account (as defined below, net of amounts disbursed to management for working capital purposes, if permitted, and excluding the amount of any deferred underwriting commissions) at the time of the Company’s signing a definitive agreement in connection with its initial Business Combination. 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 an interest in the target business or assets sufficient for it not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”).

Upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering on October 25, 2021, the Company deposited $181.80 million ($10.10 per Unit) from the proceeds of the Initial Public Offering in the trust account (“Trust Account”), located in the United States and invested only in U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act, with a maturity of 185 days or less or in any open-ended investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund selected by the Company meeting certain conditions of Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act, as determined by the Company, until the earlier of: (i) the completion of a Business Combination and (ii) the distribution of the funds held in the Trust Account, as described below.

NOTE 1 ─ ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS (Continued)

On October 27, 2021, the underwriters exercised their over-allotment option in full (see Note 6), according to which, on October 28, 2021, the Company consummated the sale of an additional 2,700,000 Units, at $10.00 per Unit, and the sale of an additional 810,000 Private Warrants, at $1.00 per Private Warrant, generating total gross proceeds of $27.81 million, and incurring additional cash underwriting commissions of approximately $0.54 million and deferred underwriting discount of approximately $0.95 million. The proceeds from the sale of the additional Units were deposited into the Trust Account, bringing the aggregate proceeds held in the Trust Account to $209.07 million.

The Company will provide its holders of the outstanding Public Shares (the “public stockholders”) with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Public Shares upon the completion of a Business Combination either (i) in connection with a stockholder meeting called to approve the Business Combination or (ii) by means of a tender offer. The decision as to whether the Company will seek stockholder approval of a Business Combination or conduct a tender offer will be made by the Company, solely in its discretion. The public stockholders will be entitled to redeem their Public Shares for a pro rata portion of the amount then in the Trust Account (initially anticipated to be $10.10 per Public Share, plus any pro rata income earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company to pay its tax obligations). There will be no redemption rights upon the completion of a Business Combination with respect to the Company’s warrants. The Public Shares subject to redemption will be recorded at redemption value and classified as temporary equity upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering in accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480, “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.”

The Company will only proceed with a Business Combination if the Company has net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 either prior to or upon such consummation of a Business Combination and, if the Company seeks stockholder approval, a majority of the shares voted are voted in favor of the Business Combination. If a stockholder vote is not required by applicable law or stock exchange rules and the Company does not decide to hold a stockholder vote for business or other reasons, the Company will, pursuant to its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation”), conduct the redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and file tender offer documents with the SEC prior to completing a Business Combination. If, however, stockholder approval of the transaction is required by applicable law or stock exchange rules, or the Company decides to obtain stockholder approval for business or other reasons, the Company will offer to redeem shares in conjunction with a proxy solicitation pursuant to the proxy rules and not pursuant to the tender offer rules. If the Company seeks stockholder approval in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor has agreed to vote its Founder Shares (as defined in Note 5), and any Public Shares purchased during or after the Initial Public Offering in favor of approving a Business Combination. Additionally, each public stockholder may elect to redeem their Public Shares irrespective of whether they vote for or against the proposed transaction or do not vote at all.

Notwithstanding the above, if the Company seeks shareholder approval of a Business Combination and it does not conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules, the Certificate of Incorporation provides that a public shareholder, together with any affiliate of such shareholder or any other person with whom such shareholder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined under Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), will be restricted from redeeming its shares with respect to more than an aggregate of 20% or more of the Public Shares, without the prior consent of the Company.

The Sponsor has agreed (a) to waive its redemption rights with respect to its Founder Shares (as defined in Note 5) and Public Shares held by it in connection with the completion of a Business Combination and (b) not to propose an amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (i) to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to allow redemption in connection with the Company’s initial Business Combination or to redeem 100% of its Public Shares if the Company does not complete a Business Combination or (ii) with respect to any other provision relating to stockholders’ rights or pre-initial Business Combination activity, unless the Company provides the public stockholders with the opportunity to redeem their Public Shares in conjunction with any such amendment.

NOTE 1 ─ ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS (Continued)

The Company initially had until April 25, 2023 to complete a Business Combination, which was extended by the Charter Amendment (as defined below). Following the Charter Amendment, the Company has until the Termination Date (as defined below) (the “Combination Period”) to complete a Business Combination. If the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period, the Company will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the Public Shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account including income earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company to pay its tax obligations (less up to $100,000 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), and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the Company’s remaining stockholders and the Company’s 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, which will expire worthless if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period.

The Sponsor has agreed to waive its liquidation rights with respect to the Founder Shares (as defined in Note 5) if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period. However, if the Sponsor acquires Public Shares in or after the Initial Public Offering, such Public Shares will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period. The underwriters have agreed to waive their rights to their deferred underwriting commission (see Note 6) held in the Trust Account in the event the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period, and, in such event, such amounts will be included with the other funds held in the Trust Account that will be available to fund the redemption of the Public Shares. In the event of such distribution, it is possible that the per share value of the assets remaining available for distribution will be less than the Initial Public Offering price per Unit of $10.10.

In order to protect the amounts held in the Trust Account, the Sponsor has agreed to be liable to the Company if and to the extent any claims by a third party for services rendered or products sold to the Company, or a prospective target business with which the Company has discussed entering into a transaction agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the Trust Account to below the lesser of (1) $10.10 per Public Share and (2) the actual amount per Public Share held in the Trust Account as of the date of the liquidation of the Trust Account due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, less taxes payable, provided that such liability will not apply to claims by a third party or prospective target business who executed a waiver of any and all rights to the monies held in the Trust Account nor will it apply to any claims under the Company’s indemnity of the underwriters of the Initial Public Offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Moreover, in the event that an executed waiver is deemed to be unenforceable against a third party, the Sponsor will not be responsible to the extent of any liability for such third-party claims. The Company will seek to reduce the possibility that the Sponsor will have to indemnify the Trust Account due to claims of creditors by endeavoring to have all vendors, service providers (except the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm), prospective target businesses and other entities with which the Company does business, execute agreements with the Company waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to monies held in the Trust Account.

NOTE 1 ─ ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS (Continued)

On March 28, 2023, the Company filed a definitive proxy statement for a stockholder meeting on April 14, 2023 (the “Stockholder Meeting”) to seek approval from its stockholders to extend the date (the “Termination Date”) by which the Company has to consummate a Business Combination (as defined below) (the “Charter Extension”) from April 25, 2023 (the “Original Termination Date”) to July 25, 2023 (the “Charter Extension Date”) and to allow the Company, without another stockholder vote, to elect to extend the Termination Date to consummate a Business Combination on a monthly basis up to five times by an additional one month each time after the Charter Extension Date, by resolution of the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”), if requested by the Sponsor, and upon five days’ advance notice prior to the applicable Termination Date, until December 25, 2023 (each, an “Additional Charter Extension Date”) or a total of up to eight months after the Original Termination Date, unless the closing of a Business Combination shall have occurred prior thereto (the “Extension Amendment Proposal”) and (ii) an adjournment proposal to adjourn the Stockholder Meeting to a later date or dates, if necessary, to permit further solicitation and vote of proxies if, based upon the tabulated vote at the time of the Stockholder Meeting, there are insufficient shares of the Company’s common stock represented (either in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct business at the Stockholder Meeting or at the time of the Stockholder Meeting to approve the Extension Amendment Proposal (the “Adjournment Proposal”) (unless the Company determines that it is not necessary to hold the Stockholder Meeting as described in the accompanying proxy statement).

Additionally, if the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved and the Charter Extension becomes effective, within five business days of the date of the Stockholder Meeting , the Sponsor (or one or more of its affiliates, members or third-party designees) (the “Lender”) shall make a deposit into the Trust Account in an amount equal to the lesser of (a) an aggregate of $240,000 or (b) $0.12 for each share of Public Stock that is not redeemed in connection with the Extension Amendment Proposal, in exchange for a non-interest bearing, unsecured promissory note issued by the Company to the Lender. In addition, if the Extension Amendment Proposal is approved and the Charter Extension becomes effective, in the event that the Company has not consummated a Business Combination by July 25, 2023, without approval of the Company’s stockholders, the Company may, by resolution of the Board, if requested by the Sponsor, and upon five days’ advance notice prior to the applicable Termination Date, extend the Termination Date up to five times, each by one additional month (for a total of up to eight additional months to complete a Business Combination), provided that the Lender will deposit an amount equal to the lesser of (a) an aggregate of $80,000 per month or (b) $0.04 per month for each share of Public Stock that is not redeemed in connection with the Extension Amendment Proposal for each subsequent calendar month (commencing on July 25, 2023 and on the 25th day of each subsequent month), for an aggregate deposit of up to $400,000 (if all five additional monthly extensions are exercised), in exchange for a non-interest bearing, unsecured promissory note issued by the Company to the Lender. If the Company completes a Business Combination, it will repay the amounts loaned under the promissory note. If the Company does not complete a Business Combination by the applicable Termination Date, such promissory note will be repaid only from funds held outside of the Trust Account or will be forfeited, eliminated, or otherwise forgiven.

On April 14, 2023, the Company filed an amendment to its amended and restated certificate of incorporation (the “Charter Amendment”) in connection with the approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal. On April 21, 2023, the Company filed the Charter Amendment with the Delaware Secretary of State.

On April 14, 2023, at the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders in connection with the Extension, the holders of 15,395,704 Class A ordinary shares of the Company properly exercised their right to redeem their shares for cash at a redemption price of approximately $10.33 per share, for an aggregate redemption amount of approximately $159.0 million, leaving approximately $53 million in the Trust Account. On June 28, 2023, the Company moved the remaining funds in an interest bearing demand deposit account until the earlier of the consummation of the Business Combination or liquidation.

In connection with the Extension Amendment Proposal, $240,000 was deposited in the Trust Account on April 21, 2023.

Liquidity and Going Concern

As of September 30, 2023, the Company had $409 in its operating bank account, and $55.68 million of cash held in the Trust Account to be used for a Business Combination or to repurchase or redeem its common stock in connection therewith and a working capital deficiency of $3.15 million.

NOTE 1 ─ ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS (Continued)

Liquidity and Going Concern (Continued)

Until the consummation of a Business Combination, the Company will be using the funds not held in the Trust Account for identifying and evaluating prospective acquisition candidates, performing due diligence on prospective target businesses, paying for travel expenditures, selecting the target business to acquire, and structuring, negotiating and consummating the Business Combination.

The Company will need to raise additional capital through loans or additional investments through December 25, 2023, from its Sponsor, stockholders, officers, directors, or third parties. The Company’s officers, directors and Sponsor may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds, from time to time or at any time, in whatever amount they deem reasonable in their sole discretion, to meet the Company’s working capital needs. Accordingly, the Company may not be able to obtain additional financing. If the Company is unable to raise additional capital, it may be required to take additional measures to conserve liquidity, which could include, but not necessarily be limited to, curtailing operations, suspending the pursuit of a potential transaction, and reducing overhead expenses. The Company cannot provide any assurance that new financing will be available to it on commercially acceptable terms, if at all.

In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with ASC Topic 205-40 Presentation of Financial Statements – Going Concern, the Company has until the Extended Date to consummate a Business Combination. If a Business Combination is not consummated by this date and an extension not requested by the sponsor, there will be a mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution of the Company. Although the Company intends to consummate a Business Combination on or before the Additional Charter Extension Date, it is uncertain that the Company will be able to consummate a Business Combination by this time. Management has determined that the liquidity condition, coupled with the mandatory liquidation, should a Business Combination not occur, and an extension is not requested by the sponsor, and potential subsequent dissolution raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Further to the approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal, the Company’s plan is to complete a Business Combination on or prior to December 25, 2023, however it is uncertain that the Company will be able to consummate a Business Combination or obtain an extension by this time. No adjustments have been made to the carrying amounts of assets or liabilities should the Company be required to liquidate after December 25, 2023.

Risks and Uncertainties

Management continues to evaluate 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 financial statements. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

Additionally, as a result of the military action commenced in February 2022 by the Russian Federation in the country of Ukraine and related economic sanctions, the Company’s ability to consummate a Business Combination, or the operations of a target business with which the Company ultimately consummates a Business Combination, may be materially and adversely affected. The recent military conflict between Israel and militant groups led by Hamas has also caused uncertainty in the global markets. Further, the impact of these actions and related sanctions on the world economy are not determinable as of the date of these financial statements. In addition, the Company’s ability to consummate a transaction may be dependent on the ability to raise equity and debt financing which may be impacted by these events, including as a result of increased market volatility, or decreased market liquidity in third-party financing being unavailable on terms acceptable to the Company or at all. The impact of this action and related sanctions on the world economy and the specific impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations and/or ability to consummate a Business Combination are not yet determinable. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

NOTE 1 ─ ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS (Continued)

Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

On August 16, 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IR Act”) was signed into federal law. The IR Act provides for, among other things, a new U.S. federal 1% excise tax on certain repurchases of stock by publicly traded U.S. domestic corporations and certain U.S. domestic subsidiaries of publicly traded foreign corporations occurring on or after January 1, 2023. 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 other exceptions may 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.

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 Business Combination, extension or otherwise, (ii) the structure of a Business Combination, (iii) the nature and amount of any “PIPE” or other equity issuances in connection with a Business Combination (or otherwise issued not in connection with a Business Combination but issued within the same taxable year of a 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 a Business Combination and in the Company’s ability to complete a Business Combination.

As of September 30, 2023, $1.6 million was incurred by the Company as excise tax expense in connection with the redemption of 15,395,704 shares of common stock previously held by public stockholders.

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SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

NOTE 2 ─ SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 8 of Regulation S-X of the SEC. Certain information or footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC for interim financial reporting. Accordingly, they do not include all the information and footnotes necessary for a complete presentation of financial position, results of operations, or cash flows. In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements include all adjustments, consisting of a normal recurring nature, which are necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position, operating results and cash flows for the periods presented.

The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2022, as filed with the SEC on April 3, 2023. The interim results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2023 or for any future periods.

NOTE 2 ─ SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)

Emerging Growth Company

The Company is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act, as amended 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 an emerging growth company can elect to opt out of the extended transition period and comply with the requirements that apply to non-emerging growth companies but any such election to opt out is irrevocable. The Company has elected not to opt out of such extended transition period which means that when a standard is issued or revised and it has different application dates for public or private companies, the Company, as an emerging growth company, can adopt the new or revised standard at the time private companies adopt the new or revised standard.

This may make comparison of the Company’s financial statements with another public company which is neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging growth company which has opted out of using the extended transition period difficult or impossible because of the potential differences in accounting standards used.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires the Company’s management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of expenses during the reporting period. Making estimates requires management to exercise significant judgment. It is at least reasonably possible that the estimate of the effect of a condition, situation or set of circumstances that existed at the date of the financial statements, which management considered in formulating its estimate, could change in the near term due to one or more future confirming events. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

The Company had $409 in cash as of September 30, 2023. The Company considers all short-term investments with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. The Company did not have any cash equivalents as of September 30, 2023.

NOTE 2 ─ SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)

Cash Held in Trust Account

At September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company had approximately $55.68 million and $212.09 million, respectively, of assets held in the Trust Account in an interest-bearing demand deposit account and in trading securities, respectively.

On April 14, 2023, stockholders of the Company holding 15,395,704 shares of the Company’s common stock exercised their right to redeem such shares for a pro rate portion of the funds in the Trust Account. As a result, approximately $159.0 million (or approximately $10.33 per share) was removed from the Trust Account to pay such holders on April 24, 2023. The Company has recorded a liability for estimated associated excise tax duty of to the amount of $1.59 million as of balance sheet date.

On June 28, 2023, the Company moved the remaining funds in an interest bearing demand deposit account until the earlier of the consummation of the Business Combination or liquidation.

Offering Costs Associated with the Initial Public Offering

The Company complies with the requirements of the ASC 340-10-S99-1. Offering costs are charged against the carrying value of common stock or stockholders’ deficit based on the relative value of the shares of common stock, the warrants and the rights, to the proceeds received from the Units sold upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering. Offering costs consisted of legal, accounting, underwriting fees and other costs incurred through the Initial Public Offering that were directly related to the Initial Public Offering. The Company incurred offering costs amounting to $11.94 million as a result of the Initial Public Offering consisting of $4.14 million of underwriting commissions paid in cash, $7.25 million of deferred underwriting commissions, and $0.55 million of other offering costs. As such, the Company recorded $10.77 million of offering costs as a reduction of temporary equity and $1.17 million of offering costs as a reduction of permanent equity.

NOTE 2 ─ SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)

Common Stock Subject to Possible Redemption

All of the 20,700,000 shares of common stock sold as part of the Units in the Initial Public Offering contain a redemption feature. In accordance with the Accounting Standards Codification 480-10-S99-3A “Classification and Measurement of Redeemable Securities”, redemption provisions not solely within the control of the Company require the security to be classified outside of permanent equity. Ordinary liquidation events, which involve the redemption and liquidation of all of the entity’s equity instruments, are excluded from the provisions of ASC 480.

The change in the carrying value of redeemable shares of common stock resulted in charges against accumulated deficit and additional paid-in capital.

As of September 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022, shares of common stock sold as part of the Units reflected on the balance sheets are reconciled in the following table:

Gross proceeds	$	207,000,000
Less:
Proceeds allocated to public warrants		(3,321,653)
Proceeds allocated to rights issue		(16,892,298)
Issuance cost of redeemable common stock		(10,763,962)
Plus:
Remeasurement of common stock subject to possible redemption to redemption value		36,067,785
Contingently redeemable common stock, December 31, 2022		212,089,872
Less:
Stockholders redemption		(159,045,944)
Plus:
Remeasurement of common stock subject to possible redemption to redemption value		728,442
Contingently redeemable common stock, September 30, 2023	$	53,772,370

NOTE 2 ─ SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)

Net Profit (Loss) Per Share of Common Stock

The Company applies the two-class method in calculating earnings per share. The contractual formula utilized to calculate the redemption amount approximates fair value. The Class feature to redeem at fair value means that there is effectively only one class of stock. Changes in fair value are not considered a dividend of the purposes of the numerator in the earnings per share calculation. Net loss per common stock is computed by dividing the pro rata net loss between the redeemable common stock and the non-redeemable common stock by the weighted average number of common stock outstanding for the period. The calculation of diluted loss per common stock does not consider the effect of the warrants issued in connection with the Initial Public Offering since the exercise of the warrants is contingent upon the occurrence of future events and the inclusion of such warrants would be anti-dilutive.

	For the Three		For the Three		For the Nine		For the Nine
	Months Ended		Months Ended		Months Ended		Months Ended
	September 30, 2023		September 30, 2022		September 30, 2023		September 30, 2022
Redeemable common stock
Numerator:
Net profit (loss) allocable to common stock subject to possible redemption	$	35,790	$	378,157	$	1,234,057	$	(133,521)
Denominator:
Weighted average shares outstanding, redeemable common stock		1,478,571		20,700,000		7,838,603		20,700,000
Basic and diluted net profit (loss) per share, redeemable common stock	$	0.02	$	0.02	$	0.16	$	(0.01)
Non-redeemable common stock
Numerator:
Net profit (loss) allocable to non-redeemable common stock	$	128,171	$	96,732	$	833,609	$	(34,154)
Denominator:
Weighted average shares outstanding, non-redeemable common stock		5,295,000		5,295,000		5,295,000		5,295,000
Basic and diluted net profit (loss) per share, non-redeemable common stock	$	0.02	$	0.02	$	0.16	$	(0.01)

Concentration of Credit Risk

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentration of credit risk consist of cash accounts in a financial institution which, at times, may exceed the federal depository insurance coverage corporation limit of $250,000. The Company has not experienced losses on these accounts and management believes the Company is not exposed to significant risks on such accounts.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

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

NOTE 2 ─ SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)

Income Taxes

The Company accounts for income taxes under the asset and liability method, which requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been included in the financial statements. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined on the basis of the differences between the financial statements and tax basis of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which the differences are expected to reverse. The effect of a change in tax rates on deferred tax assets and liabilities is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date.

The Company recorded income tax expense of $794,339 based on activities through September 30, 2023.

Our effective tax rate (ETR) from continuing operations was 40.45% and 27.75% for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2023.

On August 16, 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act (the IRA) was signed into law in the U.S. Among other changes, the IRA introduced a corporate minimum tax on certain corporations with average adjusted financial statement income over a three-tax year period in excess of $1.0 billion, an excise tax on certain stock repurchases by certain covered corporations for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2022, and several tax incentives to promote clean energy. Based on our current analysis and pending future guidance to be issued by Treasury, we believe the excise tax could apply to the Company after the effective date whether or not a Business Combination is completed; however, we do not believe any other provisions of the IRA will apply to the Company absent a Business Combination.

The Company recognizes deferred tax assets to the extent that it believes these assets are more likely than not to be realized. In making such a determination, the Company considers all available positive and negative evidence, including future reversals of existing taxable temporary differences, projected future taxable income, tax-planning strategies, and results of recent operations. If the Company determines that it would be able to realize its deferred tax assets in the future in excess of their net recorded amount, the Company would make an adjustment to the deferred tax asset valuation allowance, which would reduce the provision for income taxes.

The Company records uncertain tax positions in accordance with ASC 740 on the basis of a two-step process whereby (1) it determines whether it is more likely than not that the tax positions will be sustained on the basis of the technical merits of the position and (2) for those tax positions that meet the more-likely-than-not recognition threshold, the Company recognizes the largest amount of tax benefit that is more than 50 percent likely to be realized upon ultimate settlement with the related tax authority.

The Company recognizes interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits within the income tax expense line in the accompanying statement of operations.

Warrants

ASC 480 requires a reporting entity to classify certain freestanding financial instruments as liabilities (or in some cases as assets). ASC 480-10-S99 addresses concerns raised by the SEC regarding the financial statements’ classification and measurement of securities subject to mandatory redemption requirements or whose redemption is outside the control of the issuer. If the stock subject to mandatory redemption provisions represents the only shares in the reporting entity, it must report instruments in the liabilities section of its statement of financial position. The stock subject must then describe them as shares subject to mandatory redemption, so as to distinguish the instruments from other financial statements liabilities. The Company concludes that the Public Warrants (defined in Note 3) do not exhibit any of the above characteristics and, therefore, are outside the scope of ASC 480.

In addition to the 16,300,000 warrants (representing 9,000,000 Public Warrants (as defined at Note 3) included in the units and 7,300,000 Private Warrants) issued by the Company at the close of the Initial Public Offering, a further 2,160,000 warrants (representing 1,350,000 Public Warrants (as defined at Note 3) included in the units and 810,000 Private Warrants) were issued as a result of the underwriters’ full exercise of the over-allotment option. All warrants were issued in accordance with the guidance contained in ASC 815-40, Derivatives and Hedging — Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity. Such guidance provides that because the warrants meet the criteria for equity treatment.

NOTE 2 ─ SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)

Recent Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

In June 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued ASU No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326) Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments (ASU 2016-13), which requires an entity to utilize a new impairment model known as the current expected credit loss (CECL) model to estimate its lifetime “expected credit loss” and record an allowance that, when deducted from the amortized cost basis of the financial assets and certain other instruments, including but not limited to available-for-sale debt securities. Credit losses relating to available-for-sale debt securities will be recorded through an allowance for credit losses rather than as a direct write-down to the security. ASU 2016-13 requires a cumulative effect adjustment to the balance sheet as of the beginning of the first reporting period in which the guidance is effective. In November 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-10, Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326), Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815) and Leases (Topic 842): Effective Dates, which defers the effective date of ASU 2016-13 to fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022 for all entities except SEC reporting companies that are not smaller reporting companies. ASU 2016-13 will be effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2023. The accounting pronouncement was adopted effective January 1, 2023 with no impact to its financial statements.

Management does not believe that any 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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INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING

INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING

NOTE 3 ─ INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING

Pursuant to the Initial Public Offering, the Company sold 18,000,000 Units at a purchase price of $10.00 per Unit. Each Unit consists of one share of common stock, one right (“Right”) and one-half of one warrant (“Public Warrant”). Each Right will convert to one-tenth (1/10) share of common stock upon consummation of Business Combination (see Note 7). Each whole Public Warrant will entitle the holder to purchase one share of common stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment (see Note 7).

On October 27, 2021, the underwriters fully exercised their over-allotment option and, on October 28, 2021, purchased an additional 2,700,000 Units, generating additional gross proceeds of approximately $27.00 million, and incurring additional cash underwriting commissions of approximately $0.54 million and deferred underwriting discount of approximately $0.95 million. In connection with the sale of Units pursuant to the over-allotment option, the Company sold an additional 810,000 Private Warrants to the Sponsor and the underwriters generating additional gross proceeds of approximately $0.81 million. A total of approximately $27.27 million of the net proceeds was deposited into the Trust Account, bringing the aggregate proceeds held in the Trust Account to approximately $209.07 million.

In connection with the Initial Public Offering, the Company granted the underwriters an option to purchase 2,700,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at the Initial Public Offering price, or $10.00 per share, for 45 days commencing on October 25, 2021 (grant date). Since this option extended beyond the closing of the Initial Public Offering, this option feature represented a call option that was accounted for under ASC 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity. Accordingly, the call option has been separately accounted for at a fair value with the change in fair value between the grant date and October 27, 2021 recorded as other income. The Company used the Black-Scholes valuation model to determine the fair value of the call option at the grant date and again at October 27, 2021 (refer to Note 9 for fair value information).

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PRIVATE WARRANTS

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

PRIVATE WARRANTS

PRIVATE WARRANTS

NOTE 4 ─ PRIVATE WARRANTS

Concurrently with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Sponsor and the underwriters purchased an aggregate of 7,300,000 Private Warrants, generating gross proceeds of $7.30 million in aggregate in a private placement. Each Private Warrant is exercisable for one share of common stock at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment (see Note 7).

As a result of the underwriters’ election to fully exercise their over-allotment option on October 27, 2021, the Sponsor and the underwriters and its designees purchased an additional 810,000 Private Warrants, at a purchase price of $1.00 per Private Warrant.

If the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period, the proceeds from the sale of the Private Warrants held in the Trust Account will be used to fund the redemption of the Public Shares (subject to the requirements of applicable law) and the Private Warrants will expire worthless.

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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

NOTE 5 ─ RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Founder Shares

On April 7, 2021, the Sponsor purchased 4,312,500 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Founder Shares”) for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000.

In September 2021, the Sponsor subsequently transferred an aggregate of 250,000 Founder Shares to the Company’s independent director nominees at the same price originally paid for such shares.

The sale of the Founder Shares to the Company’s independent director nominees 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 Company has assessed the fair value associated with the Founder Shares granted. The fair value of the 250,000 Founder Shares granted to the Company’s independent director nominees was $1.70 million or $6.80 per share. The Founder Shares granted to the Company’s independent director nominees will be offered back to the Sponsor at the same purchase price, in the event a person(s) no longer remained in such designated position upon the consummation of a Business Combination. The Sponsor will have 30 days from the offer date to acquire back these Founder Shares at the same purchase price.

In October 2021, the Company effected a dividend of 862,500 of the Company’s Founder Shares, which resulted in an aggregate of 5,175,000 Founder Shares outstanding. All share and associated amounts have been retroactively restated to reflect the share dividend.

The Founder Shares include an aggregate of up to 675,000 shares of common stock subject to forfeiture by the Sponsors to the extent that the underwriters’ over-allotment is not exercised in full or in part, so that the number of Founder Shares will collectively represent 20% of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering. On October 27, 2021, the underwriters fully exercised the over-allotment option. Thus, no share of common stock remains subject to forfeiture.

Founder Shares are subject to lock-up until the earlier of (A) 180 days after the completion of its initial Business Combination or (B) the date on which the Company completes a liquidation, merger, stock exchange or other similar transaction after its initial Business Combination that results in all of its public stockholders having the right to exchange their shares of common stock for cash, securities or other property.

Promissory Note — Related Party

In January 2023, the Company issued a promissory note with a principal amount of $0.07 million (the “Note”) to the Sponsor. The Note is non-interest bearing and the principal balance of the Note is payable on the date on which the Company consummates its initial business combination. This Note will be forgiven, except to the extent that the Company has funds available to it, outside of the Trust Account established in connection with the Initial Public Offering.

On April 14, 2023, the Company filed the Charter Amendment in connection with the approval of the Extension Amendment Proposal. On April 21, 2023, the Company filed the Charter Amendment with the Delaware Secretary of State.

NOTE 5 ─ RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Continued)

Promissory Note — Related Party (Continued)

On April 21, 2023, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note (the “Note 1”) to the Sponsor in the principal amount of $0.24 million in connection with the Charter Amendment.

Note 1 bears no interest and is due and payable upon the earlier of (a) the liquidation of the Company and (b) the closing date of the Business Combination. If the Business Combination is not consummated, Note 1 will not be repaid and all amounts owed thereunder will be forgiven except to the extent that the Company has funds available to it outside of its Trust Account established in connection with its Initial Public Offering.

On May 25, 2023, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note (the “Note 2”) to the Sponsor in the principal amount of $0.36 million.

Note 2 bears no interest and is due and payable upon the earlier of (a) the liquidation of the Company and (b) the closing date of the Business Combination. If the Business Combination is not consummated, Note 2 will not be repaid and all amounts owed thereunder will be forgiven except to the extent that the Company has funds available to it outside of its Trust Account established in connection with its Initial Public Offering.

On July 24, 2023, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note (the "Note 3") to the Sponsor in the principal amount of $0.08 million in connection with the Extension.

Note 3 bears no interest and is due and payable upon the earlier of (a) the liquidation of the Company and (b) the closing date of the Business Combination. If the Business Combination is not consummated, Note 3 will not be repaid and all amounts owed thereunder will be forgiven except to the extent that the Company has funds available to it outside of its Trust Account established in connection with its Initial Public Offering.

In August 2023, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note (the “Note 4”) to the Sponsor in the principal amount of $0.08 million in connection with the Extension, in addition of $0.04 million for the purposes of working capital.

Note 4 bears no interest and is due and payable upon the earlier of (a) the liquidation of the Company and (b) the closing date of the Business Combination. If the Business Combination is not consummated, Note 4 will not be repaid and all amounts owed thereunder will be forgiven except to the extent that the Company has funds available to it outside of its Trust Account established in connection with its Initial Public Offering.

On September 15, 2023, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note (the “Note 5”) to the Sponsor in the principal amount of $0.08 million in connection with the Extension.

Note 5 bears no interest and is due and payable upon the earlier of (a) the liquidation of the Company and (b) the closing date of the Business Combination. If the Business Combination is not consummated, Note 5 will not be repaid and all amounts owed thereunder will be forgiven except to the extent that the Company has funds available to it outside of its Trust Account established in connection with its Initial Public Offering.

As of September 30, 2023, $0.95 million was outstanding under promissory note - related party.

Related Party Loans

In addition, in order to finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor, an affiliate of the Sponsor, or certain of the Company’s officers and directors or their affiliates may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required (“Working Capital Loans”). If the Company completes a Business Combination, the Company would repay the Working Capital Loans out of the proceeds of the Trust Account released to the Company. Otherwise, the Working Capital Loans would be repaid only out of funds held outside the Trust Account. In the event that a Business Combination does not close, the Company may use a portion of proceeds held outside the Trust Account to repay the Working Capital Loans but no proceeds held in the Trust Account would be used to repay the Working Capital Loans.

NOTE 5 ─ RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Continued)

The Working Capital Loans would either be repaid upon consummation of a Business Combination, without interest, or, at the lender’s discretion, up to $1.5 million of such Working Capital Loans may be convertible into warrants of the post Business Combination entity. The warrants would be identical to the Private Warrants. Except for the foregoing, the terms of such Working Capital Loans, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans. As of September 30, 2023, no Working Capital Loans were outstanding.

Related Party Payable

As of September 30, 2023, an amount of $0.31 million was payable to the Sponsor, audit fees of $0.02 million, and professional fees of $0.02 million, paid on behalf of the Company and unpaid administrative support fees of $0.23 million.

As of December 31, 2022, an amount of $0.14 million was payable to the Sponsor, consisting of filing fee of $60, paid on behalf of the Company and unpaid administrative support fees of $0.14 million.

Administrative Support Agreement

Commencing on the effective date of the Initial Public Offering, the Company agreed to pay the Sponsor a total of up to $10,000 per month in the aggregate for up to 18 months for office space, utilities and secretarial and administrative support. Upon completion of the initial Business Combination or the Company’s liquidation, the Company will cease paying these monthly fees. For the three months ended September 30, 2023, the Company accrued $0.03 million for these services, and for the nine months ended September 30, 2023, the Company has accrued $0.09 million. For the three months ended September 30, 2022, the Company accrued $0.03 million for these services, and for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company has accrued $0.09 million. These amounts are included in the operating costs on accompanying condensed statements of operations.

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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

NOTE 6 ─ COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Registration Rights

The holders of the Founder Shares, EBC Founder Shares (as defined in Note 7), and any warrants that may be issued in payment of Working Capital Loans made to Company (and underlying securities) are entitled to registration rights pursuant to an agreement entered into on October 20, 2021. The holders of a majority of these securities are entitled to make up to two demands that the Company register such securities. The holders of the majority of the Founder Shares can elect to exercise these registration rights at any time commencing three months prior to the date on which these shares of common stock are to be released from escrow. The holders of a majority of the EBC Founder Shares (as defined in Note 7) and units issued to the Sponsor, officers, directors or their affiliates in payment of Working Capital Loans made to the Company (or underlying securities) can elect to exercise these registration rights at any time after the consummation of a Business Combination. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to the consummation of a Business Combination. The registration rights agreement does not contain liquidated damages or other cash settlement provisions resulting from delays in registering its securities. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.

Underwriting Agreement

The Company had granted the underwriters a 45-day option from the date of Initial Public Offering to purchase up to 2,700,000 additional Units to cover over-allotments, if any, at the Initial Public Offering price less the underwriting discounts and commissions.

The underwriters were entitled to an underwriting discount of $0.20 per unit, or $3.60 million in the aggregate payable upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering. $0.35 per unit, or $6.30 million in the aggregate will be payable to the underwriters for deferred underwriting commissions. The deferred fee will become payable to the underwriters from the amounts held in the Trust Account solely in the event that the Company completes a Business Combination, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement.

On October 27, 2021, the underwriters fully exercised the over-allotment option. As a result, they were entitled to an additional underwriting discount of $0.54 million in cash, and a further deferred underwriting discount of $0.95 million.

NOTE 6 ─ COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Continued)

Advisory Agreement

Through September 30, 2023, the Company entered into an agreement with the M&A advisors (who also served as the Company’s underwriters during the Initial Public Offering) in connection with the evaluation, pursuit and conduct of one or more proposed transactions for a potential Business Combination (the “Advisory Agreement”). At balance sheet date, fees for the services performed were contingent upon the closing of a Business Combination and therefore not included as liabilities on the accompanying balance sheets.

Engagement for Legal Services

The Company has a contingent fee arrangement with their legal counsel pursuant to which a flat fee of $3.00 million is payable to the Company’s legal counsel in the event that the Company completes a Business Combination. In the event the Company does not complete a Business Combination, the Company’s legal counsel will bill the Company the lesser of the actual time incurred or $0.10 million.

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STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT

STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT

NOTE 7 ─ STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT

Common Stock

The Company is authorized to issue 50,000,000 shares of common stock with a par value of $0.001 per share.

Of the 5,295,000 shares of common stock outstanding, an aggregate of up to 675,000 shares were subject to forfeiture, to the extent that the underwriters’ over-allotment option is not exercised in full or in part, so that the Sponsor will collectively own 20% of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock after the Initial Public Offering (assuming Sponsor does not purchase any Public Shares in the Initial Public Offering).

As of October 27, 2021, as a result of the underwriters’ full exercise of the over-allotment option, no share of common stock was available for forfeiture. As of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, there were shares of 5,304,296 common stock issued and outstanding, excluding 20,700,000 shares of common stock that are subject to possible redemption at the option of the holders which accordingly are classified as temporary equity in the accompanying condensed balance sheets.

Preferred Stock

The Company is authorized to issue 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, 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 September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, no share of preferred stock was issued or outstanding.

Rights

Each holder of a Right will receive one-tenth (1/10) share of common stock upon consummation of a Business Combination, even if the holder of such Right redeemed all shares held by it in connection with a Business Combination. No fractional shares will be issued upon exchange of the rights. No additional consideration will be required to be paid by a holder of rights in order to receive its additional shares upon consummation of a Business Combination as the consideration related thereto has been included in the Unit purchase price paid for by investors in the Initial Public Offering. If the Company enters into a definitive agreement for a Business Combination in which the Company will not be the surviving entity, the definitive agreement will provide for the holders of rights to receive the same per share consideration the holders of the common stock will receive in the transaction on an as-converted into common stock basis and each holder of a right will be required to affirmatively covert its rights in order to receive one-tenth (1/10) share underlying each right (without paying additional consideration). The shares issuable upon exchange of the rights will be freely tradable (except to the extent held by affiliates of the Company).

NOTE 7 ─ STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT (Continued)

Rights (Continued)

If the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period and the Company liquidates the funds held in the Trust Account, holders of rights will not receive any of such funds with respect to their rights, nor will they receive any distribution from the Company’s assets held outside of the Trust Account with respect to such rights, and the rights will expire worthless. Further, there are no contractual penalties for failure to deliver securities to the holders of the rights upon consummation of a Business Combination. Additionally, in no event will the Company be required to net cash settle the rights. Accordingly, the rights may expire worthless.

Warrants

The Public Warrants will become exercisable at any time commencing 30 days after the completion of a Business Combination. No warrants will be exercisable for cash unless the Company has an effective and current registration statement covering the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants and a current prospectus relating to such shares of common stock. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a registration statement covering the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Public Warrants is not effective within a specified period following the consummation of a Business Combination, warrant holders may, until such time as there is an effective registration statement and during any period when the Company shall have failed to maintain an effective registration statement, exercise warrants on a cashless basis pursuant to the exemption provided by Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act, provided that such exemption is available. If that exemption, or another exemption, is not available, holders will not be able to exercise their warrants on a cashless basis. The Public Warrants will expire five years after the completion of a Business Combination or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.

The Company may redeem the Public Warrants (excluding the Private Warrants and any warrants underlying units issued upon conversion of the Working Capital Loans):

● in whole and not in part;

● at a price of $0.01 per warrant;

● at any time after the warrants become exercisable;

● upon not less than 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption to each warrant holder;

● if, and only if, the reported last sale price of the shares of common stock equals or exceeds $18.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations and recapitalizations), for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period commencing at any time after the warrants become exercisable and ending on the third business day prior to the notice of redemption to warrant holders; and

● if, and only if, there is a current registration statement in effect with respect to the shares of common stock underlying the warrants.

If the Company calls the Public Warrants for redemption, management will have the option to require all holders that wish to exercise the Public Warrants to do so on a “cashless basis,” as described in the warrant agreement. The exercise price and number of shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants may be adjusted in certain circumstances including in the event of a stock dividend, or recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation. However, except as described below, the warrants will not be adjusted for issuance of common stock at a price below its exercise price. Additionally, in no event will the Company be required to net cash settle the warrants. If the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period and the Company liquidates the funds held in the Trust Account, holders of warrants will not receive any of such funds with respect to their warrants, nor will they receive any distribution from the Company’s assets held outside of the Trust Account with the respect to such warrants. Accordingly, the warrants may expire worthless.

NOTE 7 ─ STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT (Continued)

Warrants (Continued)

In addition, if (x) the Company issues additional common stock or equity-linked securities for capital raising purposes in connection with the closing of a Business Combination at an issue price or effective issue price of less than $9.20 per common stock (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 Sponsor or its affiliates, without taking into account any Founder Shares held by the Sponsor 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 a Business Combination on the date of the consummation of a Business Combination (net of redemptions), and (z) the volume weighted average trading price of its common stock during the 20 trading day period starting on the trading day prior to the day on which the Company consummates its Business Combination (such price, the “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 greater of (i) Market Value or (ii) the price at which the Company issue the additional shares of common stock or equity-linked securities.

The Private Warrants are identical to the Public Warrants underlying the Units sold in the Initial Public Offering.

EBC Founder Shares

In April 2021, the Company issued to EarlyBirdCapital and its designees 100,000 shares of common stock (the “EBC Founder Shares”) at $0.001 per share. The Company accounted for the EBC Founder Shares as an offering cost of the Initial Public Offering, with a corresponding credit to stockholders’ equity. The Company estimated the fair value of EBC Founder Shares to be $580 based upon the price of the Founder Shares issued to the Sponsor. In October 2021, the Company effected a dividend of 20,000 of the Company’s EBC Founder Shares, which resulted in an aggregate of 120,000 EBC Founder Shares outstanding. All share and associated amounts have been retroactively restated to reflect the share dividend. The holders of the EBC Founder Shares have agreed not to transfer, assign, or sell any such shares until the completion of a Business Combination. In addition, the holders have agreed (i) to waive their redemption rights with respect to such shares in connection with the completion of a Business Combination and (ii) to waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to such shares if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period.

The EBC Founder Shares have been deemed compensation by FINRA and are therefore subject to a lock-up for a period of 180 days immediately following the effective date of the registration statement related to the Initial Public Offering pursuant to Rule 5110(g)(1) of FINRA’s NASD Conduct Rules. Pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110(g)(1), these securities will not be sold during the Initial Public Offering, or sold, transferred, assigned, pledged, or hypothecated, or be the subject of any hedging, short sale, derivative, put or call transaction that would result in the economic disposition of the securities by any person for a period of 180 days immediately following the effective date of the Initial Public Offering, except to any underwriter and selected dealer participating in the Initial Public Offering and their bona fide officers or partners, provided that all securities so transferred remain subject to the lockup restriction above for the remainder of the time period.

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FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

NOTE 8 ─ FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

The fair value of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities reflects management’s estimate of amounts that the Company 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, the Company seeks 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 – Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. An active market for an asset or liability is a market in which transactions for the asset or liability occur with sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis.

● Level 2 – Observable inputs other than Level 1 inputs. Examples of Level 2 inputs include quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities and quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in markets that are not active.

● Level 3 – Unobservable inputs based on the Company’s assessment of the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability.

The following table presents information about the Company’s financial assets that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2023 by level within the fair value hierarchy:

Description	Level 1	September 30, 2023		December 31, 2022
Assets:
U.S Treasury securities	1	$	—	$	212,089,872
		$	—	$	212,089,872

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SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

NOTE 9 ─ SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

The Company evaluated subsequent events and transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date up to the date that the financial statements were issued. Other than as described herein, the Company did not identify any other subsequent events that would have required adjustment or disclosure in the financial statements.

On October 5, 2023, New Era Helium Corp. ("NEH") and the Company announced they have entered into a non-binding letter of intent (the "Letter of Intent") for a proposed business combination. NEH is expected to hold a majority interest in the equity, on a fully diluted basis, of the combined company at the closing of the Business Combination. NEH and the Company expect to announce additional details regarding the proposed Business Combination if a definitive business combination agreement is executed.

On October 19, 2023, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note (the “Note”) to the Sponsor in the principal amount of $80,000 in connection with the Extension.

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SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Policies)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of Presentation

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 8 of Regulation S-X of the SEC. Certain information or footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC for interim financial reporting. Accordingly, they do not include all the information and footnotes necessary for a complete presentation of financial position, results of operations, or cash flows. In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements include all adjustments, consisting of a normal recurring nature, which are necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position, operating results and cash flows for the periods presented.

The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2022, as filed with the SEC on April 3, 2023. The interim results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2023 or for any future periods.

Emerging Growth Company

Emerging Growth Company

The Company is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act, as amended 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 an emerging growth company can elect to opt out of the extended transition period and comply with the requirements that apply to non-emerging growth companies but any such election to opt out is irrevocable. The Company has elected not to opt out of such extended transition period which means that when a standard is issued or revised and it has different application dates for public or private companies, the Company, as an emerging growth company, can adopt the new or revised standard at the time private companies adopt the new or revised standard.

This may make comparison of the Company’s financial statements with another public company which is neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging growth company which has opted out of using the extended transition period difficult or impossible because of the potential differences in accounting standards used.

Use of Estimates

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires the Company’s management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of expenses during the reporting period. Making estimates requires management to exercise significant judgment. It is at least reasonably possible that the estimate of the effect of a condition, situation or set of circumstances that existed at the date of the financial statements, which management considered in formulating its estimate, could change in the near term due to one or more future confirming events. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash and Cash Equivalents

The Company had $409 in cash as of September 30, 2023. The Company considers all short-term investments with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. The Company did not have any cash equivalents as of September 30, 2023.

Cash Held in Trust Account

Cash Held in Trust Account

At September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company had approximately $55.68 million and $212.09 million, respectively, of assets held in the Trust Account in an interest-bearing demand deposit account and in trading securities, respectively.

On April 14, 2023, stockholders of the Company holding 15,395,704 shares of the Company’s common stock exercised their right to redeem such shares for a pro rate portion of the funds in the Trust Account. As a result, approximately $159.0 million (or approximately $10.33 per share) was removed from the Trust Account to pay such holders on April 24, 2023. The Company has recorded a liability for estimated associated excise tax duty of to the amount of $1.59 million as of balance sheet date.

On June 28, 2023, the Company moved the remaining funds in an interest bearing demand deposit account until the earlier of the consummation of the Business Combination or liquidation.

Offering Costs Associated with the Initial Public Offering

Offering Costs Associated with the Initial Public Offering

The Company complies with the requirements of the ASC 340-10-S99-1. Offering costs are charged against the carrying value of common stock or stockholders’ deficit based on the relative value of the shares of common stock, the warrants and the rights, to the proceeds received from the Units sold upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering. Offering costs consisted of legal, accounting, underwriting fees and other costs incurred through the Initial Public Offering that were directly related to the Initial Public Offering. The Company incurred offering costs amounting to $11.94 million as a result of the Initial Public Offering consisting of $4.14 million of underwriting commissions paid in cash, $7.25 million of deferred underwriting commissions, and $0.55 million of other offering costs. As such, the Company recorded $10.77 million of offering costs as a reduction of temporary equity and $1.17 million of offering costs as a reduction of permanent equity.

Common Stock Subject to Possible Redemption

Common Stock Subject to Possible Redemption

All of the 20,700,000 shares of common stock sold as part of the Units in the Initial Public Offering contain a redemption feature. In accordance with the Accounting Standards Codification 480-10-S99-3A “Classification and Measurement of Redeemable Securities”, redemption provisions not solely within the control of the Company require the security to be classified outside of permanent equity. Ordinary liquidation events, which involve the redemption and liquidation of all of the entity’s equity instruments, are excluded from the provisions of ASC 480.

The change in the carrying value of redeemable shares of common stock resulted in charges against accumulated deficit and additional paid-in capital.

As of September 30, 2023, and December 31, 2022, shares of common stock sold as part of the Units reflected on the balance sheets are reconciled in the following table:

Gross proceeds	$	207,000,000
Less:
Proceeds allocated to public warrants		(3,321,653)
Proceeds allocated to rights issue		(16,892,298)
Issuance cost of redeemable common stock		(10,763,962)
Plus:
Remeasurement of common stock subject to possible redemption to redemption value		36,067,785
Contingently redeemable common stock, December 31, 2022		212,089,872
Less:
Stockholders redemption		(159,045,944)
Plus:
Remeasurement of common stock subject to possible redemption to redemption value		728,442
Contingently redeemable common stock, September 30, 2023	$	53,772,370

Net Profit (Loss) Per Share of Common Stock

Net Profit (Loss) Per Share of Common Stock

The Company applies the two-class method in calculating earnings per share. The contractual formula utilized to calculate the redemption amount approximates fair value. The Class feature to redeem at fair value means that there is effectively only one class of stock. Changes in fair value are not considered a dividend of the purposes of the numerator in the earnings per share calculation. Net loss per common stock is computed by dividing the pro rata net loss between the redeemable common stock and the non-redeemable common stock by the weighted average number of common stock outstanding for the period. The calculation of diluted loss per common stock does not consider the effect of the warrants issued in connection with the Initial Public Offering since the exercise of the warrants is contingent upon the occurrence of future events and the inclusion of such warrants would be anti-dilutive.

	For the Three		For the Three		For the Nine		For the Nine
	Months Ended		Months Ended		Months Ended		Months Ended
	September 30, 2023		September 30, 2022		September 30, 2023		September 30, 2022
Redeemable common stock
Numerator:
Net profit (loss) allocable to common stock subject to possible redemption	$	35,790	$	378,157	$	1,234,057	$	(133,521)
Denominator:
Weighted average shares outstanding, redeemable common stock		1,478,571		20,700,000		7,838,603		20,700,000
Basic and diluted net profit (loss) per share, redeemable common stock	$	0.02	$	0.02	$	0.16	$	(0.01)
Non-redeemable common stock
Numerator:
Net profit (loss) allocable to non-redeemable common stock	$	128,171	$	96,732	$	833,609	$	(34,154)
Denominator:
Weighted average shares outstanding, non-redeemable common stock		5,295,000		5,295,000		5,295,000		5,295,000
Basic and diluted net profit (loss) per share, non-redeemable common stock	$	0.02	$	0.02	$	0.16	$	(0.01)

Concentration of Credit Risk

Concentration of Credit Risk

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentration of credit risk consist of cash accounts in a financial institution which, at times, may exceed the federal depository insurance coverage corporation limit of $250,000. The Company has not experienced losses on these accounts and management believes the Company is not exposed to significant risks on such accounts.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

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

Income Taxes

Income Taxes

The Company accounts for income taxes under the asset and liability method, which requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been included in the financial statements. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined on the basis of the differences between the financial statements and tax basis of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which the differences are expected to reverse. The effect of a change in tax rates on deferred tax assets and liabilities is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date.

The Company recorded income tax expense of $794,339 based on activities through September 30, 2023.

Our effective tax rate (ETR) from continuing operations was 40.45% and 27.75% for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2023.

On August 16, 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act (the IRA) was signed into law in the U.S. Among other changes, the IRA introduced a corporate minimum tax on certain corporations with average adjusted financial statement income over a three-tax year period in excess of $1.0 billion, an excise tax on certain stock repurchases by certain covered corporations for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2022, and several tax incentives to promote clean energy. Based on our current analysis and pending future guidance to be issued by Treasury, we believe the excise tax could apply to the Company after the effective date whether or not a Business Combination is completed; however, we do not believe any other provisions of the IRA will apply to the Company absent a Business Combination.

The Company recognizes deferred tax assets to the extent that it believes these assets are more likely than not to be realized. In making such a determination, the Company considers all available positive and negative evidence, including future reversals of existing taxable temporary differences, projected future taxable income, tax-planning strategies, and results of recent operations. If the Company determines that it would be able to realize its deferred tax assets in the future in excess of their net recorded amount, the Company would make an adjustment to the deferred tax asset valuation allowance, which would reduce the provision for income taxes.

The Company records uncertain tax positions in accordance with ASC 740 on the basis of a two-step process whereby (1) it determines whether it is more likely than not that the tax positions will be sustained on the basis of the technical merits of the position and (2) for those tax positions that meet the more-likely-than-not recognition threshold, the Company recognizes the largest amount of tax benefit that is more than 50 percent likely to be realized upon ultimate settlement with the related tax authority.

The Company recognizes interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits within the income tax expense line in the accompanying statement of operations.

Warrants

Warrants

ASC 480 requires a reporting entity to classify certain freestanding financial instruments as liabilities (or in some cases as assets). ASC 480-10-S99 addresses concerns raised by the SEC regarding the financial statements’ classification and measurement of securities subject to mandatory redemption requirements or whose redemption is outside the control of the issuer. If the stock subject to mandatory redemption provisions represents the only shares in the reporting entity, it must report instruments in the liabilities section of its statement of financial position. The stock subject must then describe them as shares subject to mandatory redemption, so as to distinguish the instruments from other financial statements liabilities. The Company concludes that the Public Warrants (defined in Note 3) do not exhibit any of the above characteristics and, therefore, are outside the scope of ASC 480.

In addition to the 16,300,000 warrants (representing 9,000,000 Public Warrants (as defined at Note 3) included in the units and 7,300,000 Private Warrants) issued by the Company at the close of the Initial Public Offering, a further 2,160,000 warrants (representing 1,350,000 Public Warrants (as defined at Note 3) included in the units and 810,000 Private Warrants) were issued as a result of the underwriters’ full exercise of the over-allotment option. All warrants were issued in accordance with the guidance contained in ASC 815-40, Derivatives and Hedging — Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity. Such guidance provides that because the warrants meet the criteria for equity treatment.

Recent Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

Recent Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

In June 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued ASU No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326) Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments (ASU 2016-13), which requires an entity to utilize a new impairment model known as the current expected credit loss (CECL) model to estimate its lifetime “expected credit loss” and record an allowance that, when deducted from the amortized cost basis of the financial assets and certain other instruments, including but not limited to available-for-sale debt securities. Credit losses relating to available-for-sale debt securities will be recorded through an allowance for credit losses rather than as a direct write-down to the security. ASU 2016-13 requires a cumulative effect adjustment to the balance sheet as of the beginning of the first reporting period in which the guidance is effective. In November 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-10, Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326), Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815) and Leases (Topic 842): Effective Dates, which defers the effective date of ASU 2016-13 to fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022 for all entities except SEC reporting companies that are not smaller reporting companies. ASU 2016-13 will be effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2023. The accounting pronouncement was adopted effective January 1, 2023 with no impact to its financial statements.

Management does not believe that any 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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SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Schedule of common stock subject to possible redemption

Gross proceeds	$	207,000,000
Less:
Proceeds allocated to public warrants		(3,321,653)
Proceeds allocated to rights issue		(16,892,298)
Issuance cost of redeemable common stock		(10,763,962)
Plus:
Remeasurement of common stock subject to possible redemption to redemption value		36,067,785
Contingently redeemable common stock, December 31, 2022		212,089,872
Less:
Stockholders redemption		(159,045,944)
Plus:
Remeasurement of common stock subject to possible redemption to redemption value		728,442
Contingently redeemable common stock, September 30, 2023	$	53,772,370

Schedule of net profit (loss) per share of common stock

	For the Three		For the Three		For the Nine		For the Nine
	Months Ended		Months Ended		Months Ended		Months Ended
	September 30, 2023		September 30, 2022		September 30, 2023		September 30, 2022
Redeemable common stock
Numerator:
Net profit (loss) allocable to common stock subject to possible redemption	$	35,790	$	378,157	$	1,234,057	$	(133,521)
Denominator:
Weighted average shares outstanding, redeemable common stock		1,478,571		20,700,000		7,838,603		20,700,000
Basic and diluted net profit (loss) per share, redeemable common stock	$	0.02	$	0.02	$	0.16	$	(0.01)
Non-redeemable common stock
Numerator:
Net profit (loss) allocable to non-redeemable common stock	$	128,171	$	96,732	$	833,609	$	(34,154)
Denominator:
Weighted average shares outstanding, non-redeemable common stock		5,295,000		5,295,000		5,295,000		5,295,000
Basic and diluted net profit (loss) per share, non-redeemable common stock	$	0.02	$	0.02	$	0.16	$	(0.01)

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FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Schedule of company's financial assets that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis

Description	Level 1	September 30, 2023		December 31, 2022
Assets:
U.S Treasury securities	1	$	—	$	212,089,872
		$	—	$	212,089,872

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ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS (Details)						9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Apr. 21, 2023 USD ($)	Apr. 14, 2023 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Mar. 28, 2023 USD ($) D item $ / shares	Oct. 28, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Oct. 25, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Sep. 30, 2023 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Aug. 16, 2022	Oct. 27, 2021 $ / shares shares
ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS
Price per Unit | $ / shares						$ 10.10
Transaction costs						$ 11,940,000
Underwriting commissions						4,140,000
Deferred underwriting commissions						7,250,000
Other offering costs						550,000
Deferred underwriting commission						$ 7,245,000	$ 7,245,000
Threshold minimum aggregate fair market value as a percentage of the net assets held in the Trust Account						80.00%
Threshold percentage of outstanding voting securities of the target to be acquired by post-transaction company to complete business combination						50.00%
Deposit of cash in the trust account					$ 181,800,000
Gross proceeds from issuance of warrants				$ 27,810,000
Cash held in the Trust Account				$ 209,070,000.00		$ 55,680,000	$ 212,090,000.00
Condition for future business combination threshold net tangible assets						$ 5,000,001
Obligation to redeem Public Shares if entity does not complete a Business Combination (as a percent)						100.00%
Redemption period upon closure						10 days
Maximum allowed dissolution expenses						$ 100,000
Maximum number of times that the Company is allowed to extend the Termination Date to consummate a Business Combination | item			5
Number of additional months each time to extend the Termination Date to consummate a Business Combination			1 month
Number of days advance notice to extend the Termination Date to consummate a Business Combination | D			5
Maximum extension period to consummate a Business Combination			8 months
Number of business days within which the Charter Extension should become effective, to make a deposit into the Trust Account | D			5
Deposit in trust account			$ 400,000
Number of shares redeemed | shares		15,395,704				15,395,704
Amount removed from the Trust Account to pay for redemption of shares		$ 159,000,000.0				$ (159,045,944)
Amount per share removed from the Trust Account to pay for redemption of shares | $ / shares		$ 10.33
Estimated excise tax duty on redemption of shares		$ 1,590,000
Proceeds in connection with extension loan	$ 240,000					(480,000)
Public stock (per share) | $ / shares			$ 0.04
Aggregate deposit in trust account per month			$ 80,000
Operating bank account						409
Working capital deficiency						3,150,000
Federal excise tax (in percent)								1.00%
Excise tax on fair market value (in percent)								1.00%
Excise tax expense						1,590,376
Cash held in Trust Account		$ 53,000,000
Unsecured Promissory Notes
ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS
Deposit in trust account			$ 240,000
Public stock (per share) | $ / shares			$ 0.12
Private Warrants
ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS
Number of warrants sold | shares					7,300,000				810,000
Price of warrant | $ / shares					$ 1.00
Exercise price of warrants (in dollars per share) | $ / shares									$ 1.00
Initial Public Offering
ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS
Number of units sold | shares					18,000,000
Price per Unit | $ / shares					$ 10.00
Other offering costs						550,000
Cash underwriting commissions						4,140,000
Deferred underwriting commission						$ 7,250,000
Share price | $ / shares					10.10
Private Placement
ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS
Price of warrant | $ / shares					$ 11.50
Private Placement | Private Warrants
ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS
Number of warrants sold | shares					7,300,000
Gross proceeds from issuance of warrants					$ 7,300,000
Over-allotment option
ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS
Number of units sold | shares				2,700,000		2,700,000
Price per Unit | $ / shares				$ 10.00
Number of warrants sold | shares				810,000
Cash underwriting commissions				$ 540,000
Deferred underwriting commission				$ 950,000
Exercise price of warrants (in dollars per share) | $ / shares				$ 1.00	$ 10.00

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SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Details) - USD ($)			3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Apr. 14, 2023	Oct. 28, 2021	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022	Dec. 31, 2022
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Cash equivalents			$ 409		$ 409
Number of shares redeemed	15,395,704				15,395,704
Amount removed from the Trust Account to pay for redemption of shares	$ 159,000,000.0				$ (159,045,944)
Amount per share removed from the Trust Account to pay for redemption of shares	$ 10.33
Estimated excise tax duty on redemption of shares	$ 1,590,000
Cash held in the Trust Account		$ 209,070,000.00			55,680,000		$ 212,090,000.00
Deferred underwriting commission			7,245,000		7,245,000		$ 7,245,000
Other offering costs			$ 550,000		$ 550,000
Common shares, shares issued (in shares)			5,295,000		5,295,000		5,295,000
Effective tax rate			40.45%		27.75%
Federal depository insurance coverage corporation limit			$ 250,000		$ 250,000
Income tax expense			111,390	$ 188,013	794,339	$ 208,777
Initial Public Offering
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Offering costs					11,940,000
Cash underwriting commissions					4,140,000
Deferred underwriting commission			7,250,000		7,250,000
Other offering costs			$ 550,000		550,000
Reduction in offering due to temporary equity					10,770,000
Reduction in offering due to permanent equity					$ 1,170,000
Common shares, shares issued (in shares)			20,700,000		20,700,000
Warrants issued			16,300,000		16,300,000
Over-allotment option
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Cash underwriting commissions		540,000
Deferred underwriting commission		$ 950,000
Warrants issued			2,160,000		2,160,000
Private Warrants | Initial Public Offering
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Warrants issued			7,300,000		7,300,000
Private Warrants | Over-allotment option
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Warrants issued			810,000		810,000
Public warrants | Initial Public Offering
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Warrants issued			9,000,000		9,000,000
Public warrants | Over-allotment option
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Warrants issued			1,350,000		1,350,000

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SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - Common Stock Subject to Possible Redemption (Details) - USD ($)	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Gross proceeds		$ 207,000,000
Proceeds allocated to public warrants		(3,321,653)
Proceeds allocated to rights issue		(16,892,298)
Issuance cost of redeemable common stock		(10,763,962)
Stockholders redemption	$ (159,045,944)
Remeasurement of common stock subject to possible redemption to redemption value	728,442	36,067,785
Contingently redeemable common stock	$ 53,772,370	$ 212,089,872

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SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - Net Loss Per Share of Common Stock (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022
Redeemable common stock
Numerator:
Net profit (loss) allocable to common stock subject to possible redemption	$ 35,790	$ 378,157	$ 1,234,057	$ (133,521)
Denominator:
Basic weighted average shares outstanding of redeemable common stock	1,478,571	20,700,000	7,838,603	20,700,000
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding of redeemable common stock	1,478,571	20,700,000	7,838,603	20,700,000
Basic net profit (loss) per share	$ 0.02	$ 0.02	$ 0.16	$ (0.01)
Diluted net profit (loss) per share	$ 0.02	$ 0.02	$ 0.16	$ (0.01)
Non-redeemable common stock
Numerator:
Net profit (loss) allocable to common stock subject to possible redemption	$ 128,171	$ 96,732	$ 833,609	$ (34,154)
Denominator:
Basic weighted average shares outstanding of redeemable common stock	5,295,000	5,295,000	5,295,000	5,295,000
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding of redeemable common stock	5,295,000	5,295,000	5,295,000	5,295,000
Basic net profit (loss) per share	$ 0.02	$ 0.02	$ 0.16	$ (0.01)
Diluted net profit (loss) per share	$ 0.02	$ 0.02	$ 0.16	$ (0.01)

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INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING (Details)			9 Months Ended
	Oct. 28, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Oct. 25, 2021 $ / shares shares	Sep. 30, 2023 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)
INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING
Price per Unit | $ / shares			$ 10.10
Number of shares converted for each right			0.1
Deferred underwriting commission			$ 7,245,000	$ 7,245,000
Proceeds from sale of Private Warrants	$ 27,810,000
Aggregate proceeds held in the trust account	209,070,000.00
Net proceeds was deposited into the trust account	$ 27,270,000
Initial Public Offering
INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING
Number of units sold | shares		18,000,000
Price per Unit | $ / shares		$ 10.00
Number of shares converted for each right		0.1
Cash underwriting commissions			4,140,000
Deferred underwriting commission			$ 7,250,000
Number of shares issued | shares		2,700,000
Initial Public Offering | Public warrants
INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING
Number of shares in a unit | shares		1
Number of warrants in a unit | shares		0.5
Number of shares issuable per warrant | shares		1
Exercise price of warrants (in dollars per share) | $ / shares		$ 11.50
Over-allotment option
INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING
Number of units sold | shares	2,700,000		2,700,000
Price per Unit | $ / shares	$ 10.00
Exercise price of warrants (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 1.00	$ 10.00
Proceeds from sale of units	$ 27,000,000.00
Cash underwriting commissions	540,000
Deferred underwriting commission	$ 950,000
Number of warrants sold | shares	810,000
Over-allotment option | Private Warrants
INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING
Proceeds from sale of Private Warrants	$ 810,000

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PRIVATE WARRANTS (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	Oct. 28, 2021	Oct. 25, 2021	Oct. 27, 2021
PRIVATE WARRANTS
Gross proceeds from issuance of warrants	$ 27,810
Private Warrants
PRIVATE WARRANTS
Number of warrants to purchase shares issued		7,300,000	810,000
Number of shares per warrant		1
Price of warrants (in dollars per share)		$ 1.00
Exercise price of warrants (in dollars per share)			$ 1.00
Private Placement
PRIVATE WARRANTS
Price of warrants (in dollars per share)		$ 11.50
Private Placement | Private Warrants
PRIVATE WARRANTS
Number of warrants to purchase shares issued		7,300,000
Gross proceeds from issuance of warrants		$ 7,300

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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS - Founder Shares (Details) - USD ($)		1 Months Ended
	Apr. 07, 2021	Oct. 31, 2021	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Oct. 27, 2021
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Common shares, shares outstanding (in shares)				5,295,000	5,295,000
Sponsor
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Share dividend		862,500
Fair value of shares granted			$ 1,700,000
Fair value for shares granted (per share)			$ 6.80
Common shares, shares outstanding (in shares)		5,175,000
Shares subject to forfeiture		675,000				0
Percentage of issued and outstanding shares after the Initial Public Offering collectively held by initial stockholders		20.00%
Lock-up period		180 days
Founder Shares | Sponsor
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Number of shares issued	4,312,500
Aggregate purchase price	$ 25,000
Share dividend			250,000
Number of fair value shares transferred			250,000
Restrictions on transfer period of time after business combination completion			30 days

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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022	Dec. 31, 2022	Sep. 15, 2023	Aug. 31, 2023	Jul. 24, 2023	May 25, 2023	Apr. 21, 2023	Jan. 31, 2023
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Promissory note - related party	$ 950,676		$ 950,676
Sponsor
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Accounting fees			20,000.00
Professional fees			20,000.00
Unsecured promissory note to Sponsor
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Promissory note - related party									$ 360,000	$ 240,000
Working capital loans							$ 40,000.00
Principal amount						$ 80,000.00	$ 80,000.00	$ 80,000.00
Unsecured promissory note to Sponsor | Sponsor
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Notes payable	950,000		950,000
Administrative Support Agreement
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Expenses accrued	30,000.00	$ 30,000.00	90,000.00	$ 90,000.00
Expenses per month			$ 10,000
Maximum number of months for payment			18 months
Related Party Loans
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Loan conversion agreement warrant	1,500,000		$ 1,500,000
Working capital loans	0		0
Related Party Payable
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Expenses accrued					$ 60
Related Party Payable | Sponsor
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Expenses paid to Sponsor	310,000		310,000		140,000
Related Party Payable | Administrative support fee
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Expenses paid to Sponsor	$ 230,000		$ 230,000		$ 140,000
Non-interest bearing note to Sponsor
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Principal amount											$ 70,000.00

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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Details)				3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Apr. 14, 2023 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Oct. 28, 2021 shares	Oct. 27, 2021 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2023 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2023 USD ($) item $ / shares shares
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Maximum number of demands for registration of securities | item					2
Cash underwriting discount | $ / shares					$ 0.20
Underwriting discount			$ 540,000		$ 3,600,000
Deferred underwriting fees per unit | $ / shares					$ 0.35
Deferred underwriting commissions					$ 6,300,000
Additional deferred underwriting discount			$ 950,000
Flat fee payable					3,000,000.00
Business combination does not complete legal arrangements					$ 100,000
Number of shares redeemed | shares	15,395,704				15,395,704
Amount removed from the Trust Account to pay for redemption of shares	$ 159,000,000.0				$ (159,045,944)
Amount per share removed from the Trust Account to pay for redemption of shares | $ / shares	$ 10.33
Estimated excise tax duty on redemption of shares	$ 1,590,000
Excise tax payable attributable to redemption of common stock				$ 1,590,376
Excise tax liability					$ 1,590,376
Over-allotment option
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Number of days granted options to purchase underwriter					45 days
Number of units sold | shares		2,700,000			2,700,000

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STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT - Common Stock and Preferred Stock (Details) - $ / shares		9 Months Ended
	Oct. 27, 2021	Sep. 30, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT
Common stock, shares authorized		50,000,000	50,000,000
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)		$ 0.001	$ 0.001
Common stock, shares issued		5,295,000	5,295,000
Common stock, shares outstanding		5,295,000	5,295,000
Number of common stock subject to forfeiture	0	675,000
Percentage of ownership of issue and outstanding common stock after initial public Offering held by sponsor		20.00%
Common stock subject to possible redemption outstanding		5,304,296	20,700,000
Preferred stock, shares authorized		1,000,000	1,000,000
Preferred stock, par value (in dollars per share)		$ 0.001	$ 0.001
Preferred stock, shares issued		0	0
Preferred stock, shares outstanding		0	0
Common stock subject to possible redemption
STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT
Common stock subject to possible redemption outstanding		20,700,000	20,700,000
Common stock not subject to possible redemption
STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT
Common stock, shares issued		5,304,296	5,304,296
Common stock, shares outstanding		5,304,296	5,304,296

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STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT - Rights (Details)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2023
STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT
Number of shares converted for each right	0.1

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STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT - Warrants (Details) - Public warrants	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2023 D $ / shares
STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT
Public Warrants exercisable term after the completion of a business combination	30 days
Public Warrants expiration term	5 years
Redemption price per public warrant (in dollars per share)	$ 0.01
Minimum threshold written notice period for redemption of public warrants	30 days
Issue price or effective issue price	$ 9.20
Percentage of gross proceeds on total equity proceeds	60.00%
Threshold consecutive trading days for redemption of public warrants | D	20
Adjustment of exercise price of warrants based on market value and newly issued price (as a percent)	115.00%
Redemption of warrants when price per common stock equals or exceeds $18.00
STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT
Warrant redemption condition minimum share price	$ 18.00
Trading days for redemption of public warrants	20 days
Redemption period	30 days
Threshold business days before sending notice of redemption to warrant holders | D	3

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STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT - EBC Founder Shares (Details) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2021	Apr. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT
Issue price per share			$ 10.10
Common shares, shares outstanding (in shares)			5,295,000	5,295,000
Early Bird Capital
STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT
Number of EBC founder shares		100,000
Issue price per share		$ 0.001
Fair value of shares issued		$ 580
Number of shares issued as dividend	20,000
Common shares, shares outstanding (in shares)	120,000
Lock-up period			180 days

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FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS - Assets measured at fair value - recurring basis (Details) - USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
Cash held in Trust Account	$ 55,675,344	$ 212,089,872
Assets:
Total financial assets		212,089,872
Level 1 | Recurring | U.S Treasury securities
Assets:
Total financial assets		$ 212,089,872

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SUBSEQUENT EVENTS (Details)	Oct. 19, 2023 USD ($)
Subsequent Event | Sponsor
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
Principal amount	$ 80,000