DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS |
NOTE 1 — DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS Distoken Acquisition Corporation (the “Company”) is a blank check company incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company on July 1, 2020. The Company was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities (“Business Combination”). As of June 30, 2024, the Company had not commenced any operations. All activity for the period from July 1, 2020 (inception) through June 30, 2024 relates to the Company’s formation, the preparation of the initial public offering (“Initial Public Offering”), which closed on February 17, 2023, as described below, and subsequent to the Initial Public Offering, identifying a target company 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 generates non-operating income in the form of interest income and unrealized gains from the proceeds derived from the Initial Public Offering. The Company has selected December 31 as its fiscal year end. The registration statement for the Company’s Initial Public Offering was declared effective on February 13, 2023. On February 17, 2023, the Company consummated the Initial Public Offering of 6,900,000 units (the “Units” and, with respect to the ordinary shares included in the Units sold, the “Public Shares”), which includes the full exercise by the underwriters of their over-allotment option in the amount of 900,000 Units, at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $69,000,000 which is described in Note 3. Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the sale of 545,000 units (the “Private Units”) at a price of $10.00 per Private Unit in a private placement (the “Private Placement”) to the Company’s sponsor, Xiaosen Sponsor LLC (the “Sponsor”), generating gross proceeds of $5,450,000, which is described in Note 4. Transaction costs amounted to $4,366,343 consisting of $2,070,000 of cash underwriting discount, $1,185,493 fair value of representative shares, $12,075 fair value of representative warrants, and $1,098,775 of other offering costs. Following the closing of the Initial Public Offering on February 17, 2023, an amount of $70,380,000 ($10.20 per Unit) from the net proceeds of the sale of the Units in the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Units was placed in a trust account (the “Trust Account”) and invested in U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act, with a maturity of 180 days or less, or in any open-ended investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund meeting the 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 in the Trust Account to the Company’s shareholders, as described below. 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 Units, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally toward consummating a Business Combination. Nasdaq rules provide that the Business Combination must be with one or more target businesses that together have an aggregate fair market value of at least 80% of the assets held in the Trust Account (excluding taxes payable on the income earned on the Trust Account) at the time of the agreement to enter into a Business Combination. The Company will only complete a Business Combination if the post-Business Combination company owns or acquires 50% or more of the issued and outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target business 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”). There is no assurance that the Company will be able to successfully effect a Business Combination. The Company will provide its shareholders 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 shareholder meeting called to approve the Business Combination or (ii) by means of a tender offer. The decision as to whether the Company will seek shareholder approval of a Business Combination or conduct a tender offer will be made by the Company, solely in its discretion. The shareholders will be entitled to redeem their shares for a pro rata portion of the amount held in the Trust Account (initially $10.20 per share) as of two business days prior to the completion of a Business Combination, including any pro rata interest 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 Company will proceed with a Business Combination only if the Company has net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 upon such completion of a Business Combination and, if the Company seeks shareholder approval, it receives an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law approving a Business Combination, which requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the shareholders who attend and vote at a general meeting of the Company. If a shareholder vote is not required and the Company does not decide to hold a shareholder vote for business or other legal reasons, the Company will, pursuant to its Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association (“Memorandum and Articles of Association”), conduct the redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), and file tender offer documents containing substantially the same information as would be included in a proxy statement with the SEC prior to completing a Business Combination. If the Company seeks shareholder approval in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor has agreed to vote its Founder Shares (as defined in Note 5), the ordinary shares included in the Private Units (the “Private Shares”) and any Public Shares purchased in or after the Initial Public Offering in favor of approving a Business Combination and to waive its redemption rights with respect to any such shares in connection with a shareholder vote to approve a Business Combination or seek to sell any shares to the Company in a tender offer in connection with a Business Combination. Additionally, subject to the immediately succeeding paragraph, each public shareholder may elect to redeem their Public Shares, without voting, and if they do vote, irrespective of whether they vote for or against a proposed Business Combination. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company seeks shareholder approval of a Business Combination and it does not conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules, the Company’s Memorandum and Articles of Association 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 15% or more of the Public Shares without the Company’s prior written consent. The Sponsor has agreed (a) to waive its redemption rights with respect to any Founder Shares, Private Shares and Public Shares held by it in connection with the completion of a Business Combination (and not seek to sell its shares to the Company in any tender offer the Company undertakes in connection with a Business Combination) and (b) not to propose an amendment to the Memorandum and Articles of Association (i) that would affect the ability of holders of Public Shares to redeem or sell their shares to the Company in connection with a Business Combination or to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to redeem 100% of the Public Shares if the Company does not complete a Business Combination within 9 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering (or up to 18 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering if the Company extends the period of time to consummate a Business Combination) or (ii) with respect to any other provision relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-initial business combination activity, unless the Company provides the public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their Public Shares in conjunction with any such amendment and (c) that the Founder Shares shall not participate in any liquidating distributions upon winding up if a Business Combination is not consummated. However, the Sponsor will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to any Public Shares purchased during or after the Initial Public Offering if the Company fails to complete its Business Combination. The Company initially had 9 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering, or until November 17, 2023, to consummate a Business Combination. However, if the Company anticipated that it would not be able to consummate a Business Combination within 9 months, it was originally permitted, by resolution of the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) if requested by the Sponsor, to extend the period of time to consummate a Business Combination up to three times, each by an additional three months (for a total of up to 18 months), subject to the Sponsor depositing additional funds into the Trust Account (the “Original Extension”). Pursuant to the terms of the Memorandum and Articles of Association and the Trust Agreement entered into between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company on the date of the prospectus for the Initial Public Offering, in order for the time available to consummate the Initial Business Combination to be extended, the Sponsor or its affiliates or designees, upon five days advance notice prior to the applicable deadline, was originally required to deposit into the Trust Account $690,000 ($0.10 per Unit) for each three month extension, up to an aggregate of $2,070,000 for nine months, on or prior to the date of the applicable deadline. On November 10, 2023, the Company held an extraordinary general meeting (the “Extension Meeting”), at which the Company’s shareholders approved, as a special resolution, an amendment to the Company’s Memorandum and Articles of Association to amend the terms of the Original Extension and to give the Board the right to extend the date by which the Company has to consummate a Business Combination (such date, the “Termination Date”) from November 17, 2023 on a monthly basis up to twelve (12) times until November 18, 2024, or such earlier date as determined by the Board (the “New Extension” or “Extension Amendment”). In connection with the New Extension, shareholders holding 3,018,308 ordinary shares exercised their right to redeem such shares for a pro rata portion of the Trust Account (the “Extension Redemption”). As a result of the Extension Redemption, an aggregate amount of $31.9 million (approximately $10.57 per share) was removed from the Trust Account to pay such holders. On November 10, 2023, the Company issued a promissory note (the “Extension Note”) in the aggregate principal amount of up to $360,000 to the Sponsor (the “Extension Funds”), pursuant to which the Extension Funds will be deposited into the Trust Account in monthly installments for the benefit of each Public Share that was not redeemed in connection with the New Extension. The Sponsor has agreed to pay $30,000 per month (or approximately $0.01 per Public Share not redeemed) that the Company decides to take to complete an initial Business Combination for each calendar month until November 18, 2024, or portion thereof, that is needed to complete an initial Business Combination, for up to an aggregate of $360,000. The Extension Note bears no interest and is repayable in full upon the earlier of (a) the date of the consummation of the initial Business Combination, and (b) the date of the liquidation of the Company. As of June 30, 2024, there was $240,000 of outstanding borrowings under the Extension Note. On May 30, 2024, the Company received a notice from the Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) stating that the Company was not in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5250(c)(1) (the “Rule”) because it has not timely filed its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2024 with the SEC. The Rule requires listed companies to timely file all required periodic financial reports with the SEC. The Company filed its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2024 with the SEC on June 5, 2024, Therefore, the Company regained compliance with the Rule. As of June 30, 2024, the Sponsor made a total of $240,000 of extension deposits into the Trust Account to extend the time the Company has to complete an initial Business Combination to July 18, 2024. On July 29, 2024, the Company advanced $12,000 from the Company’s operating account into the Trust Account on the Sponsor’s behalf as a partial extension deposit. On August 6, 2024, the Chief Executive Officer of the Company advanced $18,000 to the Company to fully pay the required monthly extension deposit into the Trust Account and to extend the time the Company has to complete an initial Business Combination to August 18, 2024. The Company plans on extending the time to complete an initial Business Combination by one month from August 18, 2024 to September 18, 2024 by depositing the $30,000 monthly extension payment into the Trust Account on or before August 25, 2024 (see Note 9). If the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period, by November 18, 2024 (if extended by the full amount of time), the Company will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but no more than 10 business days thereafter, redeem 100% of the outstanding Public Shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned (less up to $50,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses and which interest shall be net of taxes payable), divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any), and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the remaining shareholders and the Company’s board of directors, dissolve and liquidate, subject (in each case) to its obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. The Sponsor has agreed that it will be liable to the Company, if and to the extent any claims by a third party (other than the Company’s independent auditors) 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 (1) $10.20 per Public Share or (2) such lesser amount per Public Share held in the Trust Account as of the date of the liquidation of the Trust Account due to reductions in the value of trust assets, in each case net of the interest which may be withdrawn to pay taxes, except as to any claims by a third party who executed a waiver of any and all rights to seek access to the Trust Account and except as to any claims under the Company’s indemnity of the underwriter of the Initial Public Offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). In the event that an executed waiver is deemed to be unenforceable against a third party, the Sponsor will not be responsible to the extent of any liability for such third-party claims. 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 (other than the Company’s independent auditors), prospective target businesses or 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. Going Concern Consideration The Company’s liquidity needs prior to the consummation of the Initial Public Offering were satisfied through the payment of $25,000 from the Sponsor issuance of Founder Shares, loan proceeds from the Sponsor of $150,000 under a promissory note and advances from related party. Subsequent to the consummation of the Initial Public Offering, the Company’s liquidity has been satisfied through the net proceeds from the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement proceeds that are due from the Sponsor. In order to fund working capital deficiencies or finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor, or certain of the Company’s officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required (“Working Capital Loans”). If the Company completes a Business Combination, it would repay such loaned amounts at that time. Up to $1,500,000 of such Working Capital Loans may be converted upon completion of a Business Combination into units at a price of $10.00 per unit. Such units would be identical to the Private Units. In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with the authoritative guidance in Financial Accounting Standard Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) Topic 2014-15, “Disclosures of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern,” management has determined that the Company currently lacks the liquidity it needs to sustain operations for a reasonable period of time, which is considered to be at least one year from the date that the unaudited condensed financial statements are issued as it expects to continue to incur significant costs in pursuit of its acquisition plans. In addition, the Company may extend the time to consummate a Business Combination on a monthly basis from August 18, 2024 until November 18, 2024, as determined by the board. It is uncertain that the Company will be able to consummate a Business Combination during this time period. The Company plans on extending the time to complete an initial Business Combination by one month from August 18, 2024 to September 18, 2024 by depositing the $30,000 monthly extension payment into the Trust Account on or before August 25, 2024 (see Note 9). If a Business Combination is not consummated by August 18, 2024 or through November 18, 2024 (if extended by the full amount of time), there will be a mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution. Management has determined that mandatory liquidation, should a Business Combination not occur, and potential subsequent dissolution and the liquidity condition raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for one year from the date these financial statements are issued. No adjustments have been made to the carrying amounts of assets or liabilities should the Company be required to liquidate after November 18, 2024. The Company intends to complete a Business Combination before the mandatory liquidation date.
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