RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2024

Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

NOTE 5 — RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Founder Shares

During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Sponsor agreed to purchase 2,300,000 shares of the Company’s Common stock (the “Founder Shares”) for $25,000. On February 14, 2022, the Sponsor received the 2,875,000 shares and paid the Company $25,000 in full satisfaction of the outstanding receivable. The Founder Shares include an aggregate of up to 300,000 shares subject to forfeiture to the extent that the underwriters’ over-allotment is not exercised in full or in part, so that the number of Founder Shares will equal, on an as-converted basis, approximately 20% of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of common stock after the Initial Public Offering (see Note 9).In accordance with ASC 505, “Equity”, all shares, and the associated amounts have been retroactively restated to account for this share issuance. On April 5, 2022, the Sponsor entered into share transfer agreements (collectively, the “Share Transfer Agreements”) for an aggregate of 500,000 founder shares to the Company’s officers and directors (subject to certain performance conditions discussed in Note 8). On July 26, 2022, the Sponsor surrendered 575,000 founder shares to the Company for cancellation, for no consideration. All share amounts have been retroactively restated to reflect this surrender. K Enter purchased 160,000 Founder Shares from the Sponsor pursuant to the Purchase Agreement discussed herein. In accordance with the Purchase Agreement, the Sponsor owns 2,140,000 Founder Shares.

The Sponsor and each Insider agrees that (i) 50% of the Founder Shares (or shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof) will not be transferred, assigned or sold until the earlier of (A) six months after the date of the consummation of the Company’s initial business combination and (B) the date on which the closing price of the Company’s common stock equals or exceeds $12.50 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations and recapitalizations) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing after the Company’s initial business combination and (i) the remaining 50% of the Founder Shares (or shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof) will not be transferred, assigned, sold or released from escrow until six months after the date of the consummation of the Company’s initial business combination.

Due to Related Party

Prior to September 30, 2022, and in connection with the close of the overallotment on October 4, 2022, the Company received $112,250 which should have been deposited into the Sponsor’s bank account. The amount was transferred to the Trust Account prior to December 31, 2022.

At the close of the Initial Public Offering, a related party deposited $25,000 greater than the agreed upon initial investment. The Company repaid this amount in full, and no balance related to this transaction was outstanding as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023.

Due to Sponsor

As of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the outstanding balance due to the Sponsor was $15,094, which represents certain amounts paid by Sponsor on behalf of the Company.

Promissory Notes — Related Party Working Capital Loan

On February 14, 2022, the Sponsor issued an unsecured promissory note to the Company (the “Promissory Note”), pursuant to which the Company may borrow up to an aggregate principal amount of $300,000, which was fully drawn prior to Initial Public Offering. Upon closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company repaid the outstanding balance in full.

In order to finance transaction costs in connection with the Business Combination, our Sponsor extended to us a line of credit of up to $1,600,000 pursuant to a Promissory Note dated July 31, 2023 (“Sponsor Working Capital Loan”). Such Sponsor Working Capital Loan is without interest and is to be repaid on the later of (i) December 31, 2023 or (ii) upon the consummation of a Business Combination. The Sponsor in its sole discretion may elect to convert up to $1,500,000 amount of the Sponsor Working Capital Loan into the Company’s Common Stock at a price of $10.00 per share in lieu of cash repayment. The conversion options embedded in the Sponsor Working Capital Loan are considered related to those of an equity instrument. As a result, this would be considered a contract that would be issued or held by the Company that is (i) indexed to its own stock and (ii) classified in stockholders’ equity the Company’s statement of financial position; therefore, this embedded feature meets the scope exception criteria under ASC 815-10-15-74(a) and is not accounted for as a derivative instrument within the scope of ASC 815.

In the event that a Business Combination does not close, we may use a portion of proceeds held outside the Trust Account to repay the Sponsor Working Capital Loan, but no proceeds held in the Trust Account would be used to repay the Sponsor Working Capital Loans. As of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the amount outstanding under the Sponsor Working Capital Loan was $1,586,000 and $1,590,000, respectively.

Advances From Related Party

The Sponsor paid certain offering costs on behalf of the Company and advanced working capital to the Company. These advances are due on demand and are non-interest bearing. Upon close of the Initial Public Offering, the Company repaid the outstanding balance of $119,720 in full.

Administrative Support Agreement

The Sponsor has agreed to make available, or cause to be made available, to the Company, or any successor location of Global Star Acquisition 1 LLC, certain office space, utilities and secretarial and administrative support as may be reasonably required by the Company. In exchange therefore, the Company shall pay the Sponsor the sum of $10,000 per month on the Initial Public Offering date and continuing monthly thereafter until the Termination Date. For the three months ended The Company incurred $30,000 and $0 of expenses pursuant to this agreement for the three months ended March 31, 2024. For the three months ended March 31, 2023 recorded $30,000, of expenses pursuant to this agreement.