CSLM Digital Asset Acquisition Corp III, Ltd 10-K for FY2025
CSLM Digital Asset Acquisition Corp III, Ltd (KOYN)
About this 10-K
CSLM Digital Asset Acquisition Corp III, Ltd filed this 10-K on March 19, 2026, covering the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 (FY2025).
Headline figures
Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, as reported in this filing, compared with the same period a year earlier where the filing states it.
- Net income
- $1.85M
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CSLM Digital Asset Acquisition Corp III, Ltd
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2025
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FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, or the Securities Act, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or the Exchange Act. The statements contained in this report that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements. Our forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding our or our management’s expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipates,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “would” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Forward-looking statements in this report may include, for example, statements about:
| ● | our ability to select an appropriate target business or businesses; |
| ● | our ability to complete our initial business combination; |
| ● | our expectations around the performance of a prospective target business or businesses; |
| ● | 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 would then receive expense reimbursements; |
| ● | our potential ability to obtain additional financing to complete our initial business combination; |
| ● | our pool of prospective target businesses; |
| ● | the adverse impacts of certain events (such as terrorist attacks, natural disasters or a significant outbreak of infectious diseases) on our ability to consummate an initial business combination; |
| ● | the ability of our officers and directors to generate a number of potential investment opportunities; |
| ● | the potential liquidity and trading of our securities; |
| ● | the lack of a market for our securities; |
| ● | use of proceeds not held in the trust account or available to us from interest income on the trust account balance; |
| ● | the trust account not being subject to claims of third parties; or |
| ● | financial performance following our initial public offering. |
The forward-looking statements contained in this report are based on our current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effects on us. There can be no assurance that future developments affecting us will be those that we have anticipated. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties (some of which are beyond our control) or 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. 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 and/or if and when management knows or has a reasonable basis on which to conclude that previously disclosed projections are no longer reasonably attainable.
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PART I
ITEM 1. BUSINESS
Introduction
CSLM Digital Asset Acquisition Corp III, Ltd (“we”, “us”, “our” and the “Company”) is a blank check company incorporated in the Cayman Islands as an exempted company on July 26, 2024 for the purpose of effecting a merger, amalgamation, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses, which we refer to throughout this Annual Report as our initial business combination. While we may pursue an initial business combination in any business or industry, we expect to focus on sectors aligned with the ongoing digitization of financial infrastructure. These include digital assets, Web3 technologies, financial services infrastructure, and other blockchain-driven business models. Additionally, we will maintain a strong emphasis on companies based in or focused on emerging and frontier markets.
Initial Public Offering and Private Placement
On August 28, 2025, the Company consummated the initial public offering (“IPO”) of 23,000,000 units (the “Units”), including 3,000,000 Units issued pursuant to the full exercise by the underwriters of their over-allotment option. Each Unit consists of one Class A ordinary share, $0.0001 par value (“Class A Ordinary Share”) and one-half of one redeemable warrant of the Company (each, a “Warrant”), with each whole Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one Class A Ordinary Share for $11.50 per share (subject to adjustment). The Units were sold at an offering price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $230,000,000.
Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, the Company consummated a private placement (the “Private Placement”) of an aggregate of 891,250 units (the “Private Units”) to our sponsor, CSLM Acquisition Sponsor II, Ltd (the “Sponsor”) and Cohen & Company Capital Markets, a division of Cohen & Company Securities, LLC, the representative of the underwriters of the IPO (“CCM”), at a price of $10.00 per Private Unit, generating total proceeds of $8,912,500. Each Private Unit consists of one Class A Ordinary Share and one-half of one redeemable Warrant, with each whole Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one Class A Ordinary Share for $11.50 per share (subject to adjustment). Of those 891,250 Private Units, the Sponsor purchased 575,000 Private Units and CCM purchased 316,250 Private Units. The Private Units are identical to the Units sold in the IPO except with respect to certain registration rights and transfer restrictions. Additionally, such holders agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of the Private Units or underlying securities (except in limited circumstances) until 30 days after the completion of the Company’s initial business combination. The holders were granted certain demand and piggyback registration rights in connection with the purchase of the Private Units and the underlying securities.
On August 28, 2025, a total of $230,000,000 of the net proceeds from the IPO and the Private Placement, which amount included $9,200,000 in deferred underwriting commissions, were deposited in a trust account established for the benefit of the Company’s public shareholders (the “Trust Account”).
As of December 31, 2025, the Company had not commenced any operations. All activities for the period from July 26, 2024 (inception) through December 31, 2025 were organizational activities and those necessary to prepare for the IPO, and, following our IPO, searching for a business combination target and the negotiation with potential targets for an initial business combination. The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of its initial business combination, at the earliest. The Company will generate non-operating income in the form of interest income on cash and cash equivalents from the proceeds derived from the IPO.
On September 16, 2025, the Company announced that the holders of the Units may elect to trade Class A Ordinary Shares and the Warrants comprising the Units separately commencing on September 19, 2025. The Class A Ordinary Shares and Warrants are currently trading on the Nasdaq Global Market (“Nasdaq”) under the symbols “KOYN” and “KOYNW,” respectively. Units not separated will continue to trade on Nasdaq under the symbol “KOYNU”.
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Business Agreements Subject to Definitive Agreements
On December 2, 2025, Company and First Digital Group Ltd., a leading stablecoin and digital asset infrastructure provider (“First Digital”), issued a joint press release announcing that they have entered into a non-binding letter of intent for a potential business combination.
No assurances can be made that the Company and First Digital will successfully negotiate and enter into a definitive agreement, or that the proposed business combination will be consummated on the terms or timeframe currently contemplated, or at all. No assurances can be provided as to the entry into or timing of any definitive agreement or the consummation of any transaction. Any transaction would be subject to the completion of due diligence, the negotiation of a definitive agreement providing for the proposed business combination, satisfaction of the conditions negotiated therein, board and equity holder approval, regulatory approvals, and other customary conditions.
Our Sponsor
Our Sponsor is CSLM Acquisition Sponsor II, Ltd, a Cayman Islands exempted company, which was incorporated on July 26, 2024 to invest in our Company. Although our Sponsor is permitted to undertake any activities permitted under the Companies Act (As Revised) of the Cayman Islands and other applicable law, our Sponsor’s business is focused on investing in our Company. Our Sponsor is managed by its two directors, Charles T. Cassel III and Vikas Mittal and is beneficially owned (i) 51% by Samara CSLM LLC and (ii) 49% by Consilium Investment Capital Inc. Consilium Investment Capital Inc., a Florida corporation, is legally and beneficially owned 50% by Charles T. Cassel III and 50% by Jonathan Binder. Samara CSLM LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, is legally and beneficially owned solely by Vikas Mittal and his immediate family. The economic interests of our Sponsor are currently 100% owned by Samara CSLM LLC, Consilium Investment Capital Inc., and certain non-managing Sponsor investors.
Our Sponsor is an affiliate of Consilium Investment Management LLC (“CIM”), an SEC-registered investment management firm headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Charles T. Cassel III, our director, and Jonathan Binder, who served as our director from March 2025 to November 2025, are principals of CIM. Given our affiliation with CIM, we intend to capitalize on its global platform and investment expertise which we believe, together with the extensive experience of our management team, well positions our Company to be the partner of choice for quality Frontier Growth companies seeking public sponsorship. CIM will assist with general diligence, administrative, and advisory support we require in the sourcing of potential targets for our initial business combination or in its general role as advisor. However, we have not entered into a formal agreement with CIM and we will not compensate CIM for such services. The founders of CIM have over six decades of experience in Emerging Markets and Frontier Growth Markets. They have deep relationships with companies, management teams, policy makers, and advisors in the space. CIM and its founders have participated in private equity and mezzanine financing transactions and will rely on their broad network in Frontier Growth Markets in order to identify target acquisitions that have the desire to list in the United States and have the infrastructure necessary to comply with regulatory requirements.
Our Sponsor is an also affiliate of Meteora, an investment adviser specializing in SPAC-related investments. Vikas Mittal, our Chairman and Chief Financial Officer, is the Managing Member and Chief Investment Officer of Meteora. Meteora had acted as an advisor to the Company in connection with the IPO and, in such capacity, will provide general diligence, administrative, and advisory support, but has not entered into any formal agreement with the Company and we will not compensate Meteora for such services. Meteora’s principals have previous experience across the full lifecycle of SPACs, from the initial public offering to the de-SPAC business combination process. Meteora will provide resources including a network of relationships, extensive SPAC knowledge base and a standardized SPAC operating system to streamline the business combination process. Meteora’s ability to invest across the entire SPAC capital structure (risk capital, primary market, secondary market, PIPEs, convertible notes and other special situations) has created an end-to-end platform and partner to SPAC sponsors. Furthermore, Meteora has diverse sector experience across digital assets, technology, media & telecommunications, fintech, energy, consumer and retail, business and distribution services, healthcare, aerospace and defense. Meteora believes that its access to numerous private equity and venture capital backed private companies provides a robust pipeline for potential acquisition candidates.
Pursuant to an agreement of all members of the Sponsor, the management and control of the Sponsor is vested exclusively with Vikas Mittal and Charles T. Cassel III, the directors of the Sponsor, without any voting, veto, consent or other participation rights by any non-managing shareholders regardless of their unit ownership. All matters submitted to a vote by the directors will require the affirmative vote of the class C ordinary shares of the Sponsor which are held only by Samara CSLM LLC and Consilium Investment Capital Inc., without regard to any ordinary shares held by any non-managing members. As a result, non-managing Sponsor investors will have no right to control the Sponsor, or participate in any decision regarding the disposal of any security held by the Sponsor, or otherwise.
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Our Business Strategy
Our business strategy consists of identifying and completing a business combination with one or more businesses or entities within Frontier Growth Markets, underpinned by an ESG mandate to create long-term value for our shareholders. We believe our management team and directors’ experience and local contacts are differentiated and will enable us to successfully identify and execute an initial business combination. We plan to leverage CIM and our management team and directors’ extensive network of relationships, ranging from senior management teams at public and private companies and advisors with connections to Frontier Growth Markets, to assist in the sourcing of potential targets for our initial business combination. Neither Meteora nor CIM is being compensated by us for the general diligence, administrative, and advisory support it will provide in the sourcing of potential targets for our initial business combination or in its general role as advisor.
We believe our team’s strong network and differentiated expertise will help us execute on our business strategy:
Local knowledge and connections:
Our management team has more than 80 years of combined experience investing in Frontier Growth Markets.
At various times some members of our management team have lived and worked in certain markets we are targeting, which has enabled them to create professional and social networks. These relationships span the financial, corporate, legal, and political sectors. We believe their relationships and local knowledge will give our company credibility with businesses within Frontier Growth Markets and help aid in thorough company vetting and due diligence processes.
Global platform and resources:
Our management team will leverage CIM’s international investment platform to help identify, evaluate and perform comprehensive due diligence on companies in connection with the business combination. In addition, Consilium’s network of portfolio companies and advisors may be able to help a potential target expand and grow within Frontier Growth Markets.
Experience with complex and unique situations:
Our team has experience executing complex transactions and navigating complicated regulatory environments. We believe this expertise will enable our management team to structure and execute an attractive cross-border transaction. We expect to be a long-term partner to the post-merger entity and to work together with the management team to assist in the transition to a U.S.-listed company and drive long-term growth. We believe our global investment platform, deep local relationships within Frontier Growth Markets, and commitment to ESG initiatives differentiate us as a value-add partner for a leading Frontier Growth Markets company.
Focus on ESG investing:
CIM is a signatory to the UN Principles of Responsible Investing, the Intentional Endowments Network, and a member of the Emerging Market Investors Alliance, an industry group for responsible investing in Emerging Markets. Our management will be guided by ESG principles when evaluating potential targets and will seek to enhance them in the chosen company.
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Our Investment Criteria
Consistent with our strategy, we have identified the following characteristics and guidelines that we believe are important in evaluating potential target businesses or entities. We intend to use these criteria and guidelines in assessing acquisition opportunities, but we may decide to enter into our initial business combination with one or more businesses or entities that does not meet these criteria and guidelines. We intend to pursue an initial business combination with companies that have the following attributes:
| ● | Operations in the new economy sectors across our target markets. We believe that disruptive new economy companies benefit from highly favorable macroeconomic trends in our target markets. These trends are in their infancy, and we believe they have headroom for expansion and growth which makes investing in these sectors attractive. |
| ● | Established business models. Most of our target businesses will have models that we believe are well established in their home and core markets with relevant localization by market and established paths to profitable growth. In addition, we will seek a business that we believe has a sustainable competitive advantage as a result of differentiated de-risked business model, strong technology component, brand recognition and marketing capabilities or any other characteristics that are difficult to replicate. | |
| ● | Sector leading KPIs and unit economics. We will seek to merge with a company with critical mass that enjoys sustainable unit economics in its sector. We believe that healthy growth must be supported by strong sector KPIs steering the Company in the right direction to drive profitability and free cash flow generation. |
| ● | Scalability. We seek to invest in a business with a scalable platform and operations to take advantage of growth opportunities, including through geographical expansion and synergistic acquisitions. We intend to leverage our experience in scaling businesses in order to help accelerate growth. |
| ● | Underpenetrated and growing total addressable market. Based on our prior research and personal experience, we believe Frontier Growth Markets present a significant opportunity to invest in companies which serve an underpenetrated total addressable market. These countries hold significant potential due to their geographical size, favorable population trends and the emergence of a middle-class in certain countries. |
| ● | Strong management team and culture. We will look to partner with a passionate, experienced management team that is capable of scaling a business. We will also evaluate ways to support the team in its transition to becoming a U.S.-listed company and beyond. |
| ● | Market leadership. We will seek to combine with a company with a leading position in its geography, market share, volume, technology, product capabilities, or other attributes across an industry or segment, significant barriers to entry and a sustainable competitive advantage. |
| ● | Attractive valuation. We believe that valuations of some companies in Frontier Growth Markets are discounted relative to U.S. peers. We look to seek an acquisition of a company that has potential to grow valuation levels in line with its global peers. |
| ● | Focus on ESG and social empowerment. We will look for companies focused on making a positive impact across a variety of ESG themes within Frontier Growth Markets, as well as on a larger scale. |
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Initial Business Combination
We are not presently engaged in, and we will not engage in, any operations for an indefinite period of time following the IPO. We intend to effectuate our initial business combination using cash from the proceeds of the IPO and the private placement of the Private Units, the proceeds of the sale of our securities in connection with our initial business combination (including pursuant to forward purchase agreements or backstop agreements we may enter into), shares issued to the owners of the target, debt issued to bank or other lenders or the owners of the target, other securities issuances, or a combination of the foregoing. We may seek to complete our initial business combination with a company or business that may be financially unstable or in its early stages of development or growth, which would subject us to the numerous risks inherent in such companies and businesses.
We will either (1) seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination at a meeting called for such purpose at which shareholders may seek to convert their shares, regardless of whether they vote for or against the proposed business combination, into their pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest earned thereon (which interest shall be net of taxes payable), or (2) provide our shareholders with the opportunity to sell their shares to us by means of a tender offer (and thereby avoid the need for a shareholder vote) for an amount equal to their pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account (net of taxes payable, if any), in each case subject to the limitations described herein. The decision as to whether we will seek shareholder approval of our proposed business combination or allow shareholders to sell their shares to us in a tender offer will be made by us, solely in our discretion, and will be based on a variety of factors such as the timing of the transaction and whether the terms of the transaction would otherwise require us to seek shareholder approval. Unlike other blank check companies which require shareholder votes and conduct proxy solicitations in conjunction with their initial business combinations and related conversions of public shares for cash upon consummation of such initial business combinations even when a vote is not required by law, we will have the flexibility to avoid such shareholder vote and allow our shareholders to sell their shares pursuant to the tender offer rules of the SEC. In that case, we will file tender offer documents with the SEC, which will contain substantially the same financial and other information about the initial business combination as is required under the SEC’s proxy rules. We will consummate our initial business combination only, if we seek shareholder approval, the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of Class A ordinary shares that are voted at a shareholder meeting held to consider the initial business combination.
We will have until 24 months from the closing of the IPO or until such earlier liquidation date as our board of directors may approve to consummate an initial business combination. If we anticipate that we may be unable to consummate our initial business combination within such 24-month period, we may seek shareholder approval to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to extend the date by which we must consummate our initial business combination. Subject to shareholder approval, there are no limitations as to the duration of an extension or the number of times the completion window may be extended by shareholders via an amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association. If we seek shareholder approval for an extension, holders of public shares will be offered an opportunity to redeem their shares at a per share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest earned thereon (less income taxes payable), divided by the number of then issued and outstanding public shares, subject to applicable law.
If we are unable to consummate an initial business combination within such time period, and do not hold a shareholder vote to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to extend the amount of time we will have to consummate an initial business combination, or by such earlier liquidation date as our board of directors may approve, from the closing of the IPO, we will, as promptly as reasonably possible but not 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 any interest earned on the funds held in the trust account and net of interest that may be used by us to cover permitted withdrawals and up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses, divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish the public shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any), subject to applicable law and as further described herein, and then seek to dissolve and liquidate. We expect the pro rata redemption price to be approximately $10.00 per Class A ordinary share (regardless of whether or not the underwriter exercises its over-allotment option), without taking into account any interest earned on such funds. However, we cannot assure you that we will in fact be able to distribute such amounts as a result of claims of creditors, which may take priority over the claims of our public shareholders.
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If we do not complete our initial business combination within the completion window, while we do not currently intend to seek shareholder approval to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to extend the amount of time we will have to consummate an initial business combination, we may elect to do so in the future. There is no limit on the number of extensions that we may seek; however, we do not expect that it will be necessary to extend the time period to consummate our initial business combination beyond 36 months from the closing of the IPO. If we determine not to or are unable to extend the time period to consummate our initial business combination or fail to obtain shareholder approval to extend the completion window, our Sponsor’s investment in our founder shares and our private units will be worthless.
Our initial business combination must occur with one or more target businesses that together have a fair market value of at least 80% of the assets held in the trust account (excluding any taxes payable on interest earned) at the time of the agreement to enter into the initial business combination. The fair market value of the target or targets will be determined by our Board of Directors based upon one or more standards generally accepted by the financial community (such as actual and potential sales, earnings, cash flow and/or book value). Even though our Board of Directors will rely on generally accepted standards, our Board of Directors will have discretion to select the standards employed. In addition, the application of the standards generally involves a substantial degree of judgment. Accordingly, investors will be relying on the business judgment of the Board of Directors in evaluating the fair market value of the target or targets. The proxy solicitation materials or tender offer documents used by us in connection with any proposed transaction will provide public shareholders with our analysis of the fair market value of the target business, as well as the basis for our determinations. If our Board of Directors is not able independently to determine the fair market value of the target business or businesses, we may, in our sole discretion, obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm, or another independent entity that commonly renders valuation opinions on the type of target business we are seeking to acquire, with respect to the satisfaction of such criteria. While we consider it likely that our board of directors will be able to make an independent determination of the fair market value of our initial business combination, it may be unable to do so if it is less familiar or experienced with the business of a particular target or if there is a significant amount of uncertainty as to the value of the target’s assets or prospects. Additionally, pursuant to Nasdaq rules, any initial business combination must be approved by a majority of our independent directors. However, unless we consummate our initial business combination with an affiliated entity, our Board of Directors is not required to obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm or another independent entity that the price we are paying is fair to our shareholders from a financial point of view.
We currently anticipate structuring a business combination to acquire 100% of the equity interests or assets of the target business or businesses. We may, however, structure our initial business combination where we merge directly with the target business or where we acquire less than 100% of such interests or assets of the target business in order to meet certain objectives of the target management team or shareholders or for other reasons, but we will only complete such business combination if the post-transaction company owns or acquires 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target 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”). Even if the post-transaction company owns or acquires 50% or more of the voting securities of the target, our shareholders prior to the business combination may collectively own a minority interest in the post-transaction company, depending on valuations ascribed to the target and us in the business combination transaction. For example, we could pursue a transaction in which we issue a substantial number of new shares in exchange for all of the outstanding capital stock of a target. In this case, we could acquire a 100% controlling interest in the target; however, as a result of the issuance of a substantial number of new shares, our shareholders immediately prior to our initial business combination could own less than a majority of our outstanding shares subsequent to our initial business combination. If less than 100% of the equity interests or assets of a target business or businesses are owned or acquired by the post-transaction company, the portion of such business or businesses that is owned or acquired is what will be valued for purposes of the 80% fair market value test, as described above.
We are not prohibited from pursuing an initial business combination with a company that is affiliated with our Sponsor, officers or directors or non-managing Sponsor investors, or completing the business combination through a joint venture or other form of shared ownership with our Sponsor, officers or directors or non-managing Sponsor investors. In the event we seek to complete our initial business combination with a company that is affiliated (as defined in our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association) with our Sponsor (including its members), officers or directors, we, or a committee of independent directors, will obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm or another independent entity that commonly renders valuation opinions, stating that the consideration to be paid by us in such an initial business combination is fair to our Company from a financial point of view. We are not required to obtain such an opinion in any other context.
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Members of our management team and our independent directors directly or indirectly own founder shares and/or private units following the IPO and, accordingly, may have a conflict of interest in determining whether a particular target business is an appropriate business with which to effectuate our initial business combination. The low price that our Sponsor, executive officers and directors (directly or indirectly) paid for the founder shares creates an incentive whereby our officers and directors could potentially make a substantial profit even if we select an acquisition target that subsequently declines in value and is unprofitable for public shareholders. If we are unable to complete our initial business combination within 24 months from the closing of the IPO (as may be extended by shareholder approval to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to extend the date by which we must consummate our initial business combination), or by such earlier liquidation date as our board of directors may approve, the founder shares and private units may expire worthless, except to the extent they receive liquidating distributions from assets outside the trust account, which could create an incentive for our Sponsor, executive officers and directors to complete a transaction even if we select an acquisition target that subsequently declines in value and is unprofitable for public shareholders. Further, each of our officers and directors may have a conflict of interest with respect to evaluating a particular business combination if the retention or resignation of any such officers and directors was included by a target business as a condition to any agreement with respect to our initial business combination.
Each of our officers and directors presently has, and any of them in the future may have additional, fiduciary, contractual or other obligations or duties to one or more other entities pursuant to which such officer or director is or will be required to present a business combination opportunity to such entities. Accordingly, if any of our officers or directors becomes aware of a business combination opportunity which is suitable for an entity to which he or she has then current fiduciary or contractual obligations, he or she will honor his or her fiduciary or contractual obligations to present such business combination opportunity to such other entity, subject to their fiduciary duties under Cayman Islands law. Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provided that, to the fullest extent permitted by law: (i) no individual serving as a director or an officer, among other persons, shall have any duty, except and to the extent expressly assumed by contract, to refrain from engaging directly or indirectly in the same or similar business activities or lines of business as us, and (ii) we renounce any interest or expectancy in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, any potential transaction or matter which (a) may be a corporate opportunity for any director or officer, on the one hand, and us, on the other or (b) the presentation of which would breach an existing legal obligation of a director or officer to any other entity. As a result, the fiduciary duties or contractual obligations of our officers or directors could materially affect our ability to complete our initial business combination.
In addition, our Sponsor and our officers and directors may Sponsor or form other special purpose acquisition companies similar to ours or may pursue other business or investment ventures during the period in which we are seeking an initial business combination. As a result, our Sponsor, officers and directors could have conflicts of interest in determining whether to present business combination opportunities to us or to any other special purpose acquisition company with which they may become involved. Any such companies, businesses or investments may present additional conflicts of interest in pursuing an initial business combination target, which could materially affect our ability to complete our initial business combination.
Enforceability of Civil Liability
We are an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands and administered from outside the United States, and a majority of our assets will be located within the United States. Our corporate affairs will be governed by our memorandum and articles of association, the Companies Act, and the common law of the Cayman Islands. The rights of shareholders to take action against the directors, actions by minority shareholders and the fiduciary responsibilities of our directors to us under Cayman Islands law are to a large extent governed by the common law of the Cayman Islands. The common law of the Cayman Islands is derived in part from comparatively limited judicial precedent in the Cayman Islands, as well as from English common law, the decisions of whose courts are considered persuasive authority but are not binding on a court in the Cayman Islands. The rights of our shareholders and the fiduciary responsibilities of our directors under Cayman Islands law are not as clearly established as they would be under statutes or judicial precedent in some jurisdictions in the United States. In particular, the Cayman Islands has a different body of securities laws as compared to the United States, and some states, such as Delaware, have more fully developed and judicially interpreted bodies of corporate law. In addition, Cayman Islands companies may not have standing to initiate a shareholder derivative action in a federal court of the United States.
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There is uncertainty as to whether the Cayman Islands courts would:
| ● | recognize or enforce against us judgments of U.S. courts based on certain civil liability provisions of U.S. securities laws; and |
| ● | entertain original actions brought in the Cayman Islands against us or our directors or officers predicated upon the securities laws of the U.S. or any state in the U.S. |
There is uncertainty with regard to Cayman Islands law related to whether a judgment obtained from the U.S. courts under civil liability provisions of U.S. securities laws will be determined by the courts of the Cayman Islands as penal or punitive in nature. If such determination is made, the courts of the Cayman Islands may not recognize or enforce the judgment against a Cayman Islands company, such as our company. As the courts of the Cayman Islands have yet to rule on making a determination in relation to judgments obtained from U.S. courts under civil liability provisions of U.S. securities laws, it is uncertain whether such judgments would be enforceable in the Cayman Islands. We have been further advised that although there is no statutory enforcement in the Cayman Islands of judgments obtained in the United States, a judgment obtained in such jurisdiction will be recognized and enforced in the courts of the Cayman Islands at common law, without any re-examination of the merits of the underlying dispute, by an action commenced on the foreign judgment debt in the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands, provided such judgment:
| (a) | is given by a foreign court of competent jurisdiction; |
| (b) | imposes on the judgment debtor a liability to pay a liquidated sum for which the judgment has been given; |
| (c) | is final; |
| (d) | is not in respect of taxes, a fine or a penalty; |
| (e) | was not obtained by fraud; and |
| (f) | is not of a kind the enforcement of which is contrary to natural justice or the public policy of the Cayman Islands (awards of punitive or multiple damages may well be held to be contrary to public policy). |
Subject to the above limitations, in appropriate circumstances, a Cayman Islands court may give effect in the Cayman Islands to other kinds of final foreign judgments such as declaratory orders, orders for performance of contracts and injunctions.
Emerging Growth Company Status and Other Information
We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act, as modified by the JOBS Act. As such, we are eligible to 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, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. If some investors find our securities less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our securities and the prices of our securities may be more volatile.
In addition, Section 107 of the JOBS Act also provides that an “emerging growth company” can take advantage of the extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act for complying with new or revised accounting standards. In other words, an “emerging growth company” can delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. We intend to take advantage of the benefits of this extended transition period.
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We will remain an emerging growth company until the earlier of (1) the last day of the fiscal year (a) following the fifth anniversary of the completion of the IPO, (b) in which we have total annual gross revenue of at least $1.235 billion, or (c) in which we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer, which means the market value of our ordinary shares that are held by non-affiliates equals or exceeds $700 million as of the end of that year’s second fiscal quarter, and (2) the date on which we have issued more than $1.0 billion in non-convertible debt securities during the prior three-year period. References herein to “emerging growth company” will have the meaning associated with it in the JOBS Act.
Additionally, we are a “smaller reporting company” as defined in Item 10(f)(1) of Regulation S-K. Smaller reporting companies may take advantage of certain reduced disclosure obligations, including, among other things, providing only two years of audited financial statements. We will remain a smaller reporting company for each fiscal year in which (1) the market value of our ordinary shares held by non-affiliates is less than $250 million as of the end of the previous year’s second fiscal quarter, or (2) our annual revenues are less than $100 million during the previous completed fiscal year and the market value of our ordinary shares held by non-affiliates is less than $700 million as of the end of the previous year’s second fiscal quarter.
Competition
In identifying, evaluating and selecting a target business for our initial business combination, we may encounter significant competition from other entities having a business objective similar to ours (including other special purpose acquisition companies, private equity groups and leveraged buyout funds, public companies and operating businesses seeking strategic acquisitions), which competition may impact the attractiveness of the acquisition terms that we will be able to negotiate. Many of these entities are well-established and have extensive experience identifying and effecting business combinations directly or through affiliates. Moreover, many of these competitors possess financial, technical, human and other resources that are similar to or greater than us. Our ability to acquire larger target businesses will be limited by our available financial resources. This inherent limitation gives others an advantage in pursuing the acquisition of a target business. Furthermore, our obligation to pay cash in connection with the exercise of redemption rights by our public shareholders may reduce the resources available to us for our initial business combination and our issued and outstanding warrants, and the future dilution they potentially represent, may not be viewed favorably by certain target businesses. Either or both of these factors may place us at a competitive disadvantage in successfully negotiating an initial business combination.
Facilities
We currently maintain our executive offices at 2400 E. Commercial Boulevard, Suite 900, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33308. The cost for this space is included in the $30,000 per month fee that we will pay our Sponsor for company administration, office space, utilities, and secretarial and administrative support. We consider our current office space adequate for our current operations.
Employees
We currently have three officers and do not intend to have any full-time employees prior to the completion of our initial business combination. Members of our team are not obligated to devote any specific number of hours to our matters but they intend to devote as much of their time as they deem necessary to our affairs until we have completed our initial business combination. The amount of time that any such person will devote in any time period will vary based on whether a target business has been selected for our initial business combination and the current stage of the business combination process.
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ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
As a smaller reporting company, we are not required to include risk factors in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those in this Annual Report on Form 10-K are any of the risks described in the final prospectus of the Company filed with the SEC on August 27, 2025 (File No. 333-288156) (the “Prospectus”). Any of these factors could result in a significant or material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial condition. Additional risk factors not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also impair our business or results of operations. As of the date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, there have been no material changes to the risk factors disclosed in the Prospectus, except we may disclose changes to such factors or disclose additional factors from time to time in our future filings with the SEC.
ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
None.
ITEM 1C. CYBERSECURITY
ITEM 2. PROPERTIES
We currently maintain our executive offices at 2400 E. Commercial Boulevard, Suite 900, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33308. The cost for this space is included in the $30,000 per month fee that we will pay our Sponsor for company administration, office space, utilities, and secretarial and administrative support. We consider our current office space adequate for our current operations.
ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
We may be subject to legal proceedings, investigations and claims incidental to the conduct of our business from time to time. We are not currently a party to any material litigation or other legal proceedings brought against us. We are also not aware of any legal proceeding, investigation or claim, or other legal exposure that has a more than remote possibility of having a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.
ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
Not Applicable.
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PART II
ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED SHAREHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
Our Units began to trade on the Nasdaq Global Market, or Nasdaq, under the symbol “KOYNU” on August 27, 2025. The Ordinary Shares and Warrants comprising the Units began separate trading on Nasdaq on September 19, 2025, under the symbols “KOYN” and “KOYNW,” respectively.
Holders of Record
At December 31, 2025, there were 20,077,710 of our Class A Ordinary Shares held by 1 shareholder of record, 7,666,667 Class B Ordinary Shares held by 6 shareholders of record, and 4,931,035 of Units held by 3 holders of record. The number of record holders was determined from the records of our transfer agent and does not include beneficial owners of ordinary shares whose shares are held in the names of various security brokers, dealers, and registered clearing agencies.
Dividends
We have not paid any cash dividends on our ordinary shares to date and do not intend to pay cash dividends prior to the completion of an initial business combination. The payment of cash dividends in the future will be dependent upon our revenues and earnings, if any, capital requirements and general financial condition subsequent to completion of a business combination. The payment of any dividends subsequent to a business combination will be within the discretion of our board of directors at such time. It is the present intention of our board of directors to retain all earnings, if any, for use in our business operations and, accordingly, our board of directors does not anticipate declaring any dividends in the foreseeable future. In addition, our board of directors is not currently contemplating and does not anticipate declaring any share dividends in the foreseeable future. Further, if we incur any indebtedness, our ability to declare dividends may be limited by restrictive covenants we may agree to in connection therewith.
Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans
None.
Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
On January 23, 2025, our Sponsor paid $25,000, or approximately $0.004 per share, to cover certain of our offering costs of the IPO in exchange for 5,750,000 Class B ordinary shares. On March 28, 2025, through a share capitalization, the Company issued an additional 1,916,667 Class B ordinary shares to the Sponsor, resulting in the Sponsor holding an aggregate of 7,666,667 Class B ordinary shares in a price per share of approximately $0.003 per share. Pursuant to a Securities Transfer Agreement, our Sponsor has transferred 20,000 founder shares (or 100,000 in the aggregate), to each of the Company’s directors, Christopher Bradley, Brian Rudick, Mathew August, Danel Calvillo Armendariz and Dr. Jim Kyung Soo Liew, for the sum of $0.003 per share, following which transfer our Sponsor holds an aggregate of 7,566,667 founder shares.
On August 28, 2025, the Company consummated IPO of 23,000,000 Units, including 3,000,000 Units issued pursuant to the full exercise by the underwriters of their over-allotment option. Each Unit consists of one Class A Ordinary Share and one-half of one redeemable Warrant, with each whole Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one Class A Ordinary Share for $11.50 per share (subject to adjustment). The Units were sold at an offering price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $230,000,000.
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Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, the Company the Private Placement of an aggregate of 891,250 Private Units to the Sponsor and CCM, at a price of $10.00 per Private Unit, generating total proceeds of $8,912,500. Each Private Unit consists of one Class A Ordinary Share and one-half of one redeemable Warrant, with each whole Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one Class A Ordinary Share for $11.50 per share (subject to adjustment). Of those 891,250 Private Units, the Sponsor purchased 575,000 Private Units and CCM purchased 316,250 Private Units. The Private Units are identical to the Units sold in the IPO except with respect to certain registration rights and transfer restrictions. Additionally, such holders agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of the Private Units or underlying securities (except in limited circumstances) until 30 days after the completion of the Company’s initial business combination. The holders were granted certain demand and piggyback registration rights in connection with the purchase of the Private Units and the underlying securities. The Private Units were issued pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act, as the transaction did not involve a public offering.
On August 28, 2025, a total of $230,000,000 of the net proceeds from the IPO and the Private Placement, which amount included $9,200,000 in deferred underwriting commissions, were deposited into the Trust Account.
At December 31, 2025, the Company had $233,253,391 held in the Trust Account, which primarily consists of investments in mutual funds that invest in U.S. government securities, U.S. treasury securities, cash, or a combination thereof.
Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers
None.
Item 6. Reserved.
Item 7. Management’s Discussion And Analysis Of Financial Condition And Results Of Operations
Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This Report includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and Section 21E of the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) that are not historical facts, and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expected and projected. All statements, other than statements of historical fact included in this Report including, without limitation, statements under “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” regarding the Company’s financial position, business strategy and the plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. When used in this Report, words such as “expect,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate,” “seek” and variations and similar words and expressions, as they relate to us or the Company’s management, identify forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs of management, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to the Company’s management. A number of factors could cause actual events, performance or results to differ materially from the events, performance and results discussed in the forward-looking statements. The Company’s securities filings can be accessed on the EDGAR section of the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Except as expressly required by applicable securities law, the Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
The following discussion and analysis of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our audited financial statements and the notes related thereto which are included in “Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Certain information contained in the discussion and analysis set forth below includes forward-looking statements. Our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of many factors, including those set forth under “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements,” “Item 1A. Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
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Overview
We are a blank check company, incorporated on July 26, 2024 as a Cayman Islands exempted company for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities. We have not selected any specific business combination target, and we have not, nor has anyone on our behalf, engaged in any substantive discussions, directly or indirectly, with any business combination target with respect to a business combination with us. We intend to effectuate our initial business combination using cash from the proceeds of the IPO and the sale of the private units, our shares, debt or a combination of cash, shares and debt. We intend to effectuate our initial business combination using cash from the proceeds of the IPO and the sale of the private units, our common equity or any preferred equity that we may create in accordance with the terms of our charter documents, debt, or a combination of cash, common or preferred equity and debt.
The issuance of additional ordinary shares or the creation of one or more classes of preference shares during our initial business combination:
| ● | may significantly dilute the equity interest of investors in the IPO who would not have pre-emption rights in respect of any such issue; |
| ● | may subordinate the rights of holders of ordinary shares if the rights, preferences, designations and limitations attaching to the preference shares are senior to those afforded our ordinary shares; |
| ● | could cause a change in control if a substantial number of ordinary shares are issued, which may affect, among other things, our ability to use our net operating loss carry forwards, if any, and could result in the resignation or removal of our present officers and directors; |
| ● | may have the effect of delaying or preventing a change of control of us by diluting the share ownership or voting rights of a person seeking to obtain control of us; and |
| ● | may adversely affect prevailing market prices for our public shares. |
Similarly, if we issue debt securities or otherwise incur significant indebtedness, it could result in:
| ● | default and foreclosure on our assets if our operating revenues after our initial business combination are insufficient to repay our debt obligations; |
| ● | acceleration of our obligations to repay the indebtedness even if we make all principal and interest payments when due if we breach certain covenants that require the maintenance of certain financial ratios or reserves without a waiver or renegotiation of that covenant; |
| ● | our immediate payment of all principal and accrued interest, if any, if the debt is payable on demand; |
| ● | our inability to obtain necessary additional financing if any document governing such debt contains covenants restricting our ability to obtain such financing while the debt security is outstanding; |
| ● | our inability to pay dividends on our ordinary shares; |
| ● | using a substantial portion of our cash flow to pay principal and interest on our debt, which will reduce the funds available for dividends on our ordinary shares if declared, expenses, capital expenditures, acquisitions and other general corporate purposes; |
| ● | limitations on our flexibility in planning for and reacting to changes in our business and in the industry in which we operate; |
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| ● | increased vulnerability to adverse changes in general economic, industry and competitive conditions and adverse changes in government regulation; and |
| ● | limitations on our ability to borrow additional amounts for expenses, capital expenditures, acquisitions, debt service requirements, execution of our strategy and other purposes and other disadvantages compared to our competitors who have less debt. |
As indicated in the accompanying financial statements as of December 31, 2025, we had $3,108,288 in cash and cash equivalents, $233,253,391 of treasury securities held in the Trust Account, and working capital of $2,973,730. Further, we expect to incur significant costs in the pursuit of our acquisition plans. We cannot assure you that our plans to raise capital or to complete our initial business combination will be successful. These factors, among others, raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.
Results of Operations and Known Trends or Future Events
We have neither engaged in any operations nor generated any revenues to date. Our only activities since inception have been organizational activities and those necessary to prepare for the IPO that closed on August 28, 2025. Following the IPO, we will not generate any operating revenues until after completion of our initial business combination. We will generate non-operating income in the form of interest income on cash, cash equivalents, and treasury securities held in the Trust Account and dividend income on marketable securities held in the Trust Account after the IPO. After the IPO, we expect to incur increased 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 year ended December 31, 2025, we had net income of $1,847,947. Net income was comprised of $3,253,391 of interest income on Trust Account and $14,607 of interest income on money market mutual fund, offset by $799,744 of formation, general and administrative expenses, $25,890 of insurance expense, $35,417 of listing fees, and $559,000 of share based compensation expense.
For the period from July 26, 2024 (inception) through December 31, 2024, we had net loss of $22,820. Net loss was comprised of $22,820 of formation, general and administrative expenses.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Our liquidity needs have been satisfied prior to the completion of IPO through $25,000 paid by the Sponsor to cover certain of our offering and formation costs in exchange for the issuance of the founder shares to our Sponsor and $300,000 in loans from our Sponsor.
On August 28, 2025, the Company consummated the IPO of 23,000,000 Units, including the full exercise by the underwriters of their over-allotment option in the amount of 3,000,000 Units, at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $230,000,000. Each Unit consists of one Class A Ordinary Share and one-half of one Warrant, with each whole Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one Class A Ordinary Share for $11.50 per share (subject to adjustment).
Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, the Company consummated the sale of 891,250 Private Units at a price of $10.00 per Private Unit, in a private placement to the Sponsor and CCM, the representative of the underwriter in the IPO, generating gross proceeds of $8,912,500. Each Private Unit consists of one Class A ordinary share and one-half of one Private Placement. Each whole Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one Class A ordinary share at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment.
Transaction costs amounted to $14,245,395, consisting of $4,600,000 of cash underwriting fee, up to $9,200,000 of deferred underwriting fee (based on the percentage of funds remaining in the Trust Account after redemptions of public shares in accordance with the Underwriting Agreement between the Company and CCM), and $445,395 of other offering costs.
The Company’s management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the IPO and the Private Placement Units, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be generally applied toward consummating a Business Combination (less deferred underwriting commissions).
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The Company’s Business Combination must be with one or more target businesses that together have a fair market value equal to at least 80% of the net balance in the Trust Account (as defined below) (excluding the amount of deferred underwriting discounts held and taxes payable on the income earned on the Trust Account) at the time of the signing an agreement to enter into a Business Combination. However, the Company will only complete a Business Combination if the post-Business Combination company owns or acquires 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target 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.
Following the closing of the IPO, an aggregate of $10.00 per Unit sold in the IPO, or $230,000,000, from the net proceeds of the sale of the Units and the Private Units, was placed in a Trust Account and is initially invested only in U.S. government treasury obligations with a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations; the holding of these assets in this form is intended to be temporary and for the sole purpose of facilitating the intended Business Combination. To mitigate the risk that the Company might be deemed to be an investment company for purposes of the Investment Company Act, which risk increases the longer that the Company holds investments in the Trust Account, the Company may, at any time (based on the management team’s ongoing assessment of all factors related to the Company’s potential status under the Investment Company Act), instruct the trustee to liquidate the investments held in the Trust Account and instead to hold the funds in the Trust Account in cash or in an interest bearing demand deposit account at a bank. Except with respect to interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account that may be released to the Company to pay its taxes, if any, the proceeds from the IPO and the sale of the Private Units will not be released from the Trust Account until the earliest of (i) the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination, (ii) the redemption of the Company’s public shares if the Company is unable to complete the initial Business Combination within 24 months from the closing of the IPO or by such earlier liquidation date as the Company’s board of directors may approve (the “Completion Window”), subject to applicable law, or (iii) the redemption of the Company’s public shares properly submitted in connection with a shareholder vote to amend the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to (A) modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to allow redemption in connection with the initial Business Combination or to redeem 100% of the Company’s public shares if the Company has not consummated an initial Business Combination within the Completion Window or (B) with respect to any other material provisions relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-initial Business Combination activity. The proceeds deposited in the Trust Account could become subject to the claims of the Company’s creditors, if any, which could have priority over the claims of the Company’s public shareholders.
We may withdraw interest to pay our taxes, if any. We expect the interest earned on the amount in the Trust Account will be sufficient to pay our income taxes. To the extent that our equity or debt is used, in whole or in part, as consideration to complete our initial business combination, the remaining proceeds held in the Trust Account will be used as working capital to finance the operations of the target business or businesses, make other acquisitions and pursue our growth strategies.
We believe that the amount cash not held in the Trust Account raised in connection with the consummation of the IPO and the private placement will be sufficient to allow us to operate for at least the next 24 months, assuming that a business combination is not consummated during that time. Over this time period, we will be using these funds for identifying and evaluating prospective acquisition candidates, performing business due diligence on prospective target businesses, traveling to and from the offices, plants or similar locations of prospective target businesses, reviewing corporate documents and material agreements of prospective target businesses, selecting the target business to acquire and structuring, negotiating and consummating the business combination. We anticipate that we will incur the following approximate expenses to be paid from the amounts not held in the Trust Account:
| ● | $400,000 of expenses for the legal, accounting and other third-party expenses attendant to the structuring and negotiating of our initial business combination; |
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| ● | $150,000 of expenses for SEC filing and other legal and accounting fees related to regulatory reporting obligations; |
| ● | $720,000 (equal to $30,000 per month for up to 24 months) for company administration, office space, utilities, and secretarial and administrative support made available to us; |
| ● | $250,000 for directors and officers insurance; and |
| ● | $1,368,324 for working capital to cover miscellaneous expenses and general corporate purposes. |
These amounts are estimates and may differ materially from our actual expenses. In addition, we could use a portion of the funds not being placed in trust to pay commitment fees for financing, fees to consultants to assist us with our search for a target business or as a down payment or to fund a “no-shop” provision (a provision designed to keep target businesses from “shopping” around for transactions with other companies or investors on terms more favorable to such target businesses) with respect to a particular proposed business combination, although we do not have any current intention to do so. If we entered into an agreement where we paid for the right to receive exclusivity from a target business, the amount that would be used as a down payment or to fund a “no-shop” provision would be determined based on the terms of the specific business combination and the amount of our available funds at the time. Our forfeiture of such funds (whether as a result of our breach or otherwise) could result in our not having sufficient funds to continue searching for, or conducting due diligence with respect to, prospective target businesses.
If our estimates of the costs of undertaking in-depth due diligence and negotiating our initial business combination is less than the actual amount necessary to do so, we may have insufficient funds available to operate our business prior to our initial business combination. Moreover, we may need to obtain additional financing either to consummate our initial business combination or because we become obligated to redeem a significant number of our public shares upon consummation of our initial business combination, in which case we may issue additional securities or incur debt in connection with such business combination. Subject to compliance with applicable securities laws, we would only consummate such financing simultaneously with the consummation of our initial business combination. Following our initial business combination, if cash on hand is insufficient, we may need to obtain additional financing in order to meet our obligations.
As of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, we had $3,108,288 and $0 in cash and cash equivalents, respectively, and working capital (deficit) of $2,973,730 and $(58,300), respectively. We have incurred and expect to continue to incur significant costs in pursuit of our acquisition plans. Our plans to raise capital and to consummate our initial business combination may not be successful. These factors among others raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.
Related Party Transactions
Founder Shares
On January 23, 2025 the Sponsor made capital contributions of $25,000, or approximately $0.004 per share, to cover certain of the Company’s expenses, for which the Company issued 5,750,000 Class B ordinary shares (“founder shares”) to the Sponsor. In March 2025, the Company effected a share capitalization pursuant to which the Company issued an additional 1,916,667 founder shares resulting in an aggregate of 7,666,667 founder shares outstanding to the Sponsor, resulting in a price per share of approximately $0.003 per share. Our Sponsor transferred, pursuant to a Securities Transfer Agreement that closed immediately prior to effectiveness of the IPO, 20,000 founder shares (or 100,000 in the aggregate) to each of the Company’s directors, Christopher Bradley, Brian Rudick, Mathew August, Danel Calvillo Armendariz and Dr. Jim Kyung Soo Liew, for the sum of $0.003 per share. The Company accounted for the transfer of founder shares to the directors in accordance with ASC 718, “Stock Based Compensation” and recognized the grant date fair value of the 100,000 founder shares as compensation costs upon the consummation of the IPO. The fair value of the founder shares at their grant date, July 25, 2025, was $5.59 per founder share, or an aggregate value of $559,000 for the 100,000 transferred founder shares.
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The Company’s initial shareholders have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of their founder shares and any Class A ordinary shares issued upon conversion thereof until the earlier of (i) six months after the completion of a Business Combination and (ii) subsequent to a Business Combination, the date on which the Company consummates a subsequent liquidation, merger, share exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of the Company’s shareholders having the right to exchange their Class A Ordinary Shares for cash, securities or other property. Any permitted transferees will be subject to the same restrictions and other agreements of the Company’s initial shareholders with respect to any founder shares (the “Lock-up”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company consummates a transaction after the initial Business Combination which results in the Company’s shareholders having the right to exchange their shares for cash, securities or other property, the founder shares will be released from the Lock-up.
Promissory Note — Related Party
The Sponsor agreed to loan the Company an aggregate of up to $300,000 to be used for a portion of the expenses of the IPO (the “Promissory Note”). The Promissory Note was non-interest bearing, unsecured and due at the earlier of (i) the closing of the IPO or (ii) the date which the Company determines not to proceed with the IPO. The Promissory Note was repaid in full on August 28, 2025 from the proceeds of the IPO and private placement. Prior to repayment, the Company had borrowed $270,394, under the Promissory Note. The Company paid $272,716 to the Sponsor, resulting in an overpayment of $2,322 that is recorded as a related party receivable. As such, as of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company had $0 and $11,394 outstanding under the Promissory Note, respectively. The Promissory note is no longer available for drawdown subsequent to the close of the IPO.
Administrative Services Agreement
Commencing on the effective date of the IPO Registration Statement, the Company entered into an agreement with our Sponsor to pay an aggregate of $30,000 per month for company administration, office space, utilities, and secretarial and administrative support. Upon completion of the initial Business Combination or the liquidation, the Company will cease paying the $30,000 per month fee. The Company has recorded $123,871 for the year ended December 31, 2025 and has paid $123,871 under the agreement as of December 31, 2025. No amounts were accrued as of December 31, 2024 as the agreement was not yet in effect.
Consulting Agreements
On November 10, 2025, the Company entered into consulting agreements with Ryan Gentry and Vikas Mittal (the “Consulting Agreements”) pursuant to which Mr. Gentry and Mr. Mittal agreed to provide the Company with consulting services, which may include but are not limited to, assisting with analysis and advice regarding the potential investment opportunities for special purpose acquisition companies, accounting and bookkeeping, and administrative support. Pursuant to the terms of the Consulting Agreements, Mr. Gentry is entitled to a consulting fee of $12,500 per month and Mr. Mittal is entitled to a consulting fee of $17,500 per month, payable at the end of each monthly period. The Consulting Agreements will terminate automatically upon completion of a business combination by the Company, unless sooner terminated by either party subject to the terms and conditions therein. For the year ended December 31, 2025 and for the period from July 26, 2024 (inception) through December 31, 2024, the company incurred $49,950 and $0, respectively, and has paid $49,950 and $0 as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
Related Party Loans
In order to finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial Business Combination, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor or certain of our officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required on a non-interest basis (the “Working Capital Loans”). If we complete an initial Business Combination, the Company would repay such loaned amounts. In the event that the initial Business Combination does not close, the Company may use amounts held outside the Trust Account to repay such loaned amounts but no proceeds from the Trust Account would be used for such repayment. Up to $1,500,000 of such loans may be convertible into units of the post business combination entity at a price of $10.00 per unit at the option of the lender. Such units would be identical to the Private Units. Except as set forth above, the terms of such loans, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans. As of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, no such Working Capital Loans were outstanding.
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Contractual Obligations
We do not have any long-term debt, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations or long-term liabilities. No unaudited Annual operating data is included in this Annual Report as we have not conducted any operations to date.
Critical Accounting Estimates
The preparation of financial statements and related disclosures in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America 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. We have not identified any critical accounting estimates as of December 31, 2025.
Recent Accounting Standards
Refer to Note 2 – Significant Accounting Policies in the Notes to the Financial Statements.
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
As of December 31, 2025, we were not subject to any market or interest rate risk. The net proceeds of our IPO, including amounts in the Trust Account, have been invested in U.S. government treasury obligations with a maturity of 180 days or less or in certain money market funds that invest solely in U.S. treasuries. Due to the short-term nature of these investments, we believe there will be no associated material exposure to interest rate risk.
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
This information appears following Item 15 of this Report and is included herein by reference.
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
None.
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures.
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Disclosure controls are procedures that are designed with the objective of ensuring that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed under the Exchange Act, such as this Report, is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time period specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls are also designed with the objective of ensuring that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including the chief executive officer and chief financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Our management evaluated, with the participation of our current chief executive officer and chief financial officer (our “Certifying Officers”), the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2025, pursuant to Rule 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act. Based upon that evaluation, our Certifying Officers concluded that, as of December 31, 2025, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective due to a lack properly designed, implemented and effectively operating controls.
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.
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Management’s Report on Internal Controls Over Financial Reporting
As required by SEC rules and regulations implementing Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. Our internal control over financial reporting is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of our financial statements for external reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP. Our internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that:
| (1) | pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of our company, |
| (2) | provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP, and that our receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of our management and directors, and |
| (3) | provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of our assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements. |
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect errors or misstatements in our financial statements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree or compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. Management assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting at December 31, 2025. In making these assessments, management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013). Based on our assessments and those criteria, management determined that our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2025 was not effective, due to a material weakness related to a lack of properly designed, implemented, and effectively operating controls.
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.
This Annual Report on Form 10-K does not include an attestation report of our independent registered public accounting firm due to our status as an emerging growth company under the JOBS Act.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act) during the most recent fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Item 9B. Other Information.
Item 9C. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections.
Not applicable.
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PART III
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.
The following table sets forth information about our directors and executive officers as of December 31, 2025.
| Name | Age | Title | ||
| Vikas Mittal | 46 | Chairman, Co-Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Financial Officer | ||
| Ryan Gentry | 34 | Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer | ||
| Charles T. Cassel III | 62 | Director | ||
| Christopher Bradley | 49 | Director | ||
| Brian Rudick | 45 | Director | ||
| Mathew August | 38 | Director | ||
| Danel Calvillo Armendariz | 28 | Director | ||
| Dr. Jim Kyung-Soo Liew | 57 | Director |
Below is a summary of the business experience of each our executive officers and directors:
Vikas Mittal has been our director since July 2024, our Chief Financial Officer since March 2025, our Chairman since April 2025, and our Co-Chief Executive Officer since November 2025. Mr. Mittal has served as the Managing Member and Chief Investment Officer of Meteora since January 2022. Over Mr. Mittal’s 20 years on the buy-side as a principal investor, he has deployed capital across event-driven investment strategies. Mr. Mittal has also served as Chief Financial Officer of Berto Acquisition Corp. since June 2025. Prior to Meteora, Mr. Mittal was an investment professional and member GCM, having joined GCM in 2005. Before transitioning to the buy-side, Mr. Mittal was part of the founding team that launched Raymond James’ TMT investment banking practice in Palo Alto, California, in 2002 focusing on mid-market mergers and acquisitions and private placements. Mr. Mittal earned a B.S. in Finance from University of Florida in 2002, summa cum laude, and earned an MBA from NYU Stern School of Business in 2012. Mr. Mittal is also a CFA holder.
Ryan Gentry has been our Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer since November 2025. Mr. Gentry brings over a decade of experience spanning engineering, venture capital, and financial technology, with a focus on innovation at the intersection of finance and the Internet. Ryan Gentry serves as Chief Executive Officer of Bitcoin Infrastructure Acquisition Corp Ltd, a position he has held since its inception in June 2025. From 2020 to 2025, he led Business Development at Lightning Labs, where he helped scale the company’s Bitcoin and stablecoins payments infrastructure to support tens of billions of dollars in annualized volume on the Lightning Network. Prior to that, Mr. Gentry served as Lead Analyst at Multicoin Capital from 2018 to 2020, where he conducted diligence on early-stage investments in decentralized protocols and digital asset infrastructure. He began his career as a controls engineer at Intel Corporation, supporting automation systems in high-volume semiconductor manufacturing. Mr. Gentry holds a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin and an M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Charles T. Cassel III has been our director since November 2025. Mr. Cassel served as our Chief Executive Officer from March 2025 to November 2025. Mr. Cassel is the co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of CIM. Mr. Cassel is responsible for the risk management for CIM’s investment strategies, the day-to-day operations of CIM and all non-equity portfolio management initiatives and also serves as the Chief Compliance Officer of CIM. Before co-founding Consilium in 2004, Mr. Cassel held the position as Head of Emerging Markets Portfolio Management at Standard Asset Management from 1999 to 2004. Prior to that, from 1997 to 1999, Mr. Cassel was at Americas Trust Bank as an Emerging Market debt portfolio manager and was earlier the Chief Financial Officer for the US subsidiary of Banco Cafetero de Colombia from 1992 to 1997, where, among other responsibilities, he ran the bank’s international treasury book. Earlier from 1985 to 1991, he was a Portfolio Manager of mortgage-backed securities at Bank Atlantic, a federally chartered savings bank. From 2014 to 2017, Mr. Cassel served as a director of Panache Beverages, Inc. Since January 2022, Mr. Cassel has served as CEO, CFO and Director of CSLM Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: CSLM), a special purpose acquisition company focused on new economy sectors and CEO of Edgewater Spirits LLC since January 2023. Mr. Cassel holds a B.A. in Economics from Washington & Lee University (1985) and a Masters in Accounting from Nova Southeastern University (1996). Additionally, he is a CFA charter holder and a member of the CFA Institute.
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Christopher Bradley has been our director since August 2025. Mr. Bradley is a Managing Director at Mistral Equity Partners, which he joined in 2008. Mr. Bradley brings over 20 years of experience in identifying acquisition candidates, board service, due diligence experience including accounting and financial modeling acumen, and a background in deal structuring. He currently serves as the Chief Financial Officer and Secretary (since 2023) and Chief Executive Officer and Chairman (since 2024) of Haymaker Acquisition Corp. 4 and previously served as the Chief Financial Officer of Haymaker Acquisition Corp. III until it completed its business combination in May 2022 with Biote, Corp., and has since been retained by Biote as an advisor. Mr. Bradley served as the Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of Haymaker Acquisition Corp. II from 2019 until its merger with ARKO (Nasdaq: ARKO) in December 2020. He served as the Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of Haymaker Acquisition Corp. I from 2017 until its business combination with OneSpaWorld (Nasdaq: OSW) in 2019. Since 2016, Mr. Bradley has served as Co-Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors of The Beacon Consumer Incubator Fund, a venture capital fund that invests in consumer technology companies. Mr. Bradley also previously served on the board of directors of Creminelli Fine Meats, LLC, a privately held premium-priced charcuterie wholesaler from 2016 to January 2020, The Lovesac Company, Inc. (Nasdaq: LOVE) from 2010 to 2019, Roth CH Acquisition Corp. since 2023, and Carnegie Park Capital since 2024. Mr. Bradley also served as Chief Financial Officer of Tastemaker Acquisition Corp. from 2021 to 2023 and AF Acquisition Corp. from 2021 to 2022. Mr. Bradley has also guided Mistral portfolio companies in an operational role and, through Mistral, served on the board of Jamba, Inc. (Nasdaq: JMBA) from 2009 to 2013. Prior to Mistral, Mr. Bradley served as an investment banker at Banc of America Securities from 2005 to 2006, a Manager in Burger King’s strategy group in 2004, and a Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers management consulting practice from 1999 to 2004. He is also currently serving on the advisory board of Carnegie Park Capital, a private investment fund. Mr. Bradley earned an A.B. from the University of Chicago and an M.B.A. from The Harvard Business School.
Mathew August has been our director since August 2025. Mr. August is the Managing Director and Executive Chairman of Atlas Capital Partners, a New York–based single family office investment firm and merchant bank, and its related entity, ACP Animus Capital Partners, positions he has held since 2016. He has over 15 years of experience in long-term investing, advising, and building companies across the venture capital, private equity, and public markets. His investment and advisory focus spans a broad range of industries, including infrastructure, technology, digital assets, defense, consumer products, and strategic critical resources. Prior to founding Atlas, Mr. August was the Founder and Vice Chairman of a Canadian-based merchant bank, where he advised on and led transactions totaling in the billions across multiple sectors. Earlier in his career, he served as an FX desk trader at Olympia Trust Company (TSX: OLY). Mr. August currently incubates, invests in, and advises a number of public and private companies, and serves on both advisory boards and formal boards of directors. His current and past affiliations include Laconic Infrastructure Partners Inc.; GSR III Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ); Colonial Energy Capital Inc.; Critical Metals Corp. (Nasdaq: CRML); Edge Total IQ (TSX); Volt Lithium Ltd. (TSX); Onefluent Media Inc.; Funny Water Beverages LLC; NexMetals Mining Corp. (TSX); BIOSG; and Streamex Commodities Exchange Corp. (Nasdaq: BSGM), among others.
Brian Rudick has been our director since August 2025. Brian Rudick is a seasoned finance and digital assets executive with a broad track record spanning traditional banking, crypto markets, and strategic advisory roles. He currently serves as Chief Strategy Officer at Upexi Inc. (Nasdaq: UPXI), where he oversees the company’s cryptocurrency strategy, investor relations, marketing, and go-to-market planning. Immediately prior, Mr. Rudick was Head of Research at GSR, the world’s largest digital-asset market-maker, where he generated key thought leadership and guided GSR’s investment into Upexi’s $100 million private placement. Before transitioning to digital assets, he spent over a decade on Wall Street, primarily managing long short portfolios of bank stocks at Citadel, Balyasny, and Millennium. Mr. Rudick began his career at the Federal Reserve, conducting research central to the monetary-policy process. He holds a Bachelor of Science from Duke University, an MBA from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and is a CFA Charterholder. Mr. Rudick’s experience spans traditional asset management, digital markets, and macroeconomic research.
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Danel Calvillo Armendariz has been our director since August 2025. Danel Calvillo Armendariz is an experienced financial executive with deep expertise in banking, financial regulation, and digital assets. Since January 2022, he has served as Managing Partner of Inertia Advisory LLC, where he advises financial institutions, family offices, and regulated funds on investment structuring, digital asset licensing, and regulatory compliance. He has led engagements with the Roatán Financial Services Authority and secured VASP licenses from the Bank of Spain for institutional clients, including oversight of stablecoin-based remittance operations. Mr. Calvillo Armendariz is also the legal representative of Motus LLC and Motus Wyoming LLC, subsidiaries of Inertia Advisory, where he oversees financial services licenses, digital asset operations, and stablecoin distribution, including direct minting and redemption capabilities with Tether. He serves as Director of Inertia Funds Ltd., where he led the launch of a MiFID II-regulated crypto index fund listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Previously, Mr. Calvillo Armendariz worked in the Blockchain and Digital Assets division of BBVA, contributing to the bank’s digital asset offerings in Switzerland and global strategy development. He holds board roles at Espresso Americano España and Goldsmith Investments SL. Mr. Calvillo Armendariz earned his Master’s in Banking and Financial Regulation from Universidad de Navarra, where his thesis focused on the role of CBDCs in commercial banking. His experience spans global finance, digital infrastructure, and regulatory innovation.
Dr. Jim Kyung-Soo Liew has been our director since August 2025. Dr. Jim Kyung-Soo Liew is the Founder and President of SoKat Consulting LLC, a premier artificial intelligence solutions firm delivering cutting-edge machine learning and data science applications to U.S. federal agencies and top-tier financial institutions. He also serves as an Associate Professor of Finance at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, where he teaches AI Essentials for Business, Cryptos and Blockchain, and Entrepreneurial Finance. A recognized thought leader at the intersection of finance and technology, Dr. Liew has received multiple Dean’s Awards for Faculty Excellence. He currently serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Portfolio Management, Journal of Alternative Investments, Journal of Financial Data Science, and the Journal of the British Blockchain Association. Before founding SoKat, Dr. Liew was Vice President at Carlyle Asset Management Group, Senior Researcher at Campbell & Company—a multi-billion dollar quantitative hedge fund—and began his career at Morgan Stanley as a Quantitative Strategist, building models for trading and risk management. Dr. Liew earned a Ph.D. in Finance from Columbia University and a B.A. in Mathematics from the University of Chicago. His work bridges academia, FinTech innovation, and real-world impact in the rapidly evolving AI and financial technology landscape.
Number, Terms of Office and Election of Officers and Directors
Our board of directors consists of seven members. Prior to our initial business combination, holders of our founder shares will have the right to appoint all of our directors and remove members of the board of directors for any reason, and holders of our public shares will not have the right to vote on the appointment of directors during such time. These provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association may only be amended by a special resolution passed by the holders of a majority of at least 90% of our ordinary shares attending and voting in person or by proxy in a general meeting. Each of our directors will hold office for a two-year term. Subject to any other special rights applicable to the shareholders, any vacancies on our board of directors may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present and voting at the meeting of our board of directors or by a majority of the holders of our ordinary shares (or, prior to our initial business combination, holders of our founder shares). Our executive officers are elected by the Board of Directors and serve at the discretion of the Board of Directors, rather than for specific terms of office. Our Board of Directors is authorized to appoint persons to the offices set forth in our bylaws as it deems appropriate. Our bylaws provide that our executive officers may consist of a Chairman, a Chief Executive Officer, a President, a Chief Financial Officer, Vice Presidents, a Secretary, Assistant Secretaries, a Treasurer and such other offices as may be determined by the Board of Directors.
Board Committees
Our Board of Directors has two standing committees: an audit committee and a compensation committee. Each of our audit committee and our compensation committee is composed solely of independent directors. Each committee operates under a charter that has been approved by our Board of Directors and has the composition and responsibilities described below
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Audit Committee
The Audit Committee, which is established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Exchange Act, engages Company’s independent accountants, reviewing their independence and performance; reviews the Company’s accounting and financial reporting processes and the integrity of its financial statements; the audits of the Company’s financial statements and the appointment, compensation, qualifications, independence and performance of the Company’s independent auditors; the Company’s compliance with legal and regulatory requirements; and the performance of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. The Audit Committee held a formal meeting on November 12, 2025 to discuss the Company’s third quarter financial results and the filing of the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. The Audit Committee did not hold additional formal meetings during 2025, as the Company does not have any underlying business or employees and relied on quarterly reports and written approvals as required.
The members of the Audit Committee are Christopher Bradley, Dr. Jim Liew and Danel Calvillo Armendariz. Christopher Bradley serves as chair of the audit committee. The Board has determined that Christopher Bradley qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert,” as defined under the rules and regulations of the SEC.
Compensation Committee
The Compensation Committee reviews annually the Company’s corporate goals and objectives relevant to the officers’ compensation, evaluates the officers’ performance in light of such goals and objectives, determines and approves the officers’ compensation level based on this evaluation; makes recommendations to the Board regarding approval, disapproval, modification, or termination of existing or proposed employee benefit plans, makes recommendations to the Board with respect to non-CEO and non-CFO compensation and administers the Company’s incentive-compensation plans and equity-based plans. The Compensation Committee has the authority to delegate any of its responsibilities to subcommittees as it may deem appropriate in its sole discretion. The chief executive officer of the Company may not be present during voting or deliberations of the Compensation Committee with respect to his compensation. The Company’s executive officers do not play a role in suggesting their own salaries. Neither the Company nor the Compensation Committee has engaged any compensation consultant who has a role in determining or recommending the amount or form of executive or director compensation. The Compensation Committee did not meet during 2025.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, as indicated above, no compensation of any kind, including finders, consulting or other similar fees, will be paid to any of our existing shareholders, including our directors, or any of their respective affiliates, prior to, or for any services they render in order to effectuate, the consummation of a business combination. Accordingly, it is likely that prior to the consummation of an initial business combination, the compensation committee will only be responsible for the review and recommendation of any compensation arrangements to be entered into in connection with such initial business combination.
The members of the Compensation Committee are Christopher Bradley, Mathew August and Dr. Jim Kyung Soo Liew, each of whom is an independent director under the Nasdaq listing standards. Christopher Bradley serves as chair of the compensation committee.
Director Nominations
We do not have a standing nominating committee. In accordance with Rule 5605(e)of the Nasdaq rules, a majority of the independent directors may recommend a director nominee for selection by our board of directors. Our board of directors believes that the independent directors can satisfactorily carry out the responsibility of properly selecting or approving director nominees without the formation of a standing nominating committee. The directors who will participate in the consideration and recommendation of director nominees are Christopher Bradley, Dr. Jim Kyung-Soo Liew and Danel Calvillo Armendariz. In accordance with Rule 5605(e)(1)(A) of the Nasdaq rules, all such directors are independent. As there is no standing nominating committee, we do not have a nominating committee charter in place.
The board of directors will also consider director candidates recommended for nomination by our shareholders during such times as they are seeking proposed nominees to stand for appointment at the next annual general meeting (or, if applicable, an extraordinary general meeting). Our shareholders that wish to nominate a director for appointment to our board of directors should follow the procedures set forth in our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association.
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We have not formally established any specific, minimum qualifications that must be met or skills that are necessary for directors to possess. In general, in identifying and evaluating nominees for director, our board of directors considers educational background, diversity of professional experience, knowledge of our business, integrity, professional reputation, independence, wisdom, and the ability to represent the best interests of our shareholders. Prior to our initial business combination, holders of our public shares will not have the right to recommend director candidates for nomination to our board of directors.
Clawback Policy
We have adopted a compensation recovery policy that is compliant with Nasdaq listing rules as required by the Dodd-Frank Act.
Code Of Conduct
We have adopted a code of conduct, or our Code of Conduct, applicable to our directors, officers and employees. You can review this document by accessing our public filings at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and on our website. In addition, a copy of our Code of Conduct will be provided without charge upon request from us. We intend to disclose any amendments to or waivers of certain provisions of our Code of Conduct in a Current Report on Form 8-K. See “Where You Can Find Additional Information.”
Conflicts Of Interest
Under Cayman Islands law, directors and officers owe fiduciary duties to the Company including the following:
| ● | duty to act in good faith in what the director or officer believes to be in the best interests of the Company as a whole; |
| ● | duty to exercise authority for the purpose for which it is conferred; |
| ● | duty to not improperly fetter the exercise of future discretion; |
| ● | duty to exercise powers fairly as between different classes of shareholders; |
| ● | duty not to put themselves in a position in which there is a conflict between their duty to the Company and their personal interests; and |
| ● | duty to exercise independent judgment. |
In addition to the above, directors also owe a duty of care and skill, which is not fiduciary in nature. This duty has been defined as a requirement to act as a reasonably diligent person having both the general knowledge, skill and experience that may reasonably be expected of a person carrying out the same functions as are carried out by that director in relation to the Company and the general knowledge, skill and experience which that director has.
As set out above, directors have a duty not to put themselves in a position of conflict and this includes a duty not to engage in self-dealing, or to otherwise benefit as a result of their position at the expense of the Company. However, in some instances what would otherwise be a breach of this duty can be forgiven and/or authorized in advance by the shareholders; provided that there is full disclosure by the directors. This can be done by way of permission granted in the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association or alternatively by shareholder approval at general meetings.
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Our team, in their capacities as directors, officers or employees of our Sponsor or its affiliates or in their other endeavors, may choose to present potential business combinations to the related entities described above, current or future entities affiliated with or managed by our Sponsor, or third parties, before they present such opportunities to us, subject to his or her fiduciary duties under Cayman Islands law and any other applicable fiduciary duties.
Certain members of our team have fiduciary and contractual duties to Consilium and to certain companies in which Consilium has invested. These entities may compete with us for acquisition opportunities. If these entities decide to pursue any such opportunity, we may be precluded from pursuing such opportunities. None of the members of our team who are also employed by our Sponsor or its affiliates have any obligation to present us with any opportunity for a potential business combination of which they become aware, subject to his or her fiduciary duties under Cayman Islands law. Our Sponsor and members of our team are also not prohibited from Sponsoring, investing or otherwise becoming involved with, any other blank check companies, including in connection with their initial business combinations, prior to us completing our initial business combination, and certain of them expect to do so in the future. Any such involvement may result in conflicts of interests as described above.
Our directors and officers presently have, and any of them in the future may have, additional, fiduciary or contractual obligations to other entities pursuant to which such officer or director is or will be required to present a business combination opportunity to such entity. Accordingly, if any of our directors or officers becomes aware of a business combination opportunity that is suitable for an entity to which he or she has then-current fiduciary or contractual obligations, he or she may need to honor these fiduciary or contractual obligations to present such business combination opportunity to such entity, or in the case of a non-compete restriction, may not present such opportunity to us at all. Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provide that, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law: (i) no individual serving as a director or an officer shall have any duty, except and to the extent expressly assumed by contract, to refrain from engaging directly or indirectly in the same or similar business activities or lines of business as us; and (ii) we renounce any interest or expectancy in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, any potential transaction or matter which may be a corporate opportunity for any director or officer, on the one hand, and us, on the other. In addition, our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association contain provisions to exculpate and indemnify, to the maximum extent permitted by law, such persons in respect of any liability, obligation or duty to the Company that may arise as a consequence of such persons becoming aware of any business opportunity or failing to present such business opportunity. Our directors and officers are also not required to commit any specified amount of time to our affairs, and, accordingly, will have conflicts of interest in allocating management time among various business activities, including identifying potential business combinations and monitoring the related due diligence.
In addition, our Sponsor, its members, our officers or our directors or their respective affiliates may be investors, or have other direct or indirect interests, in a business with which we may enter into a business combination agreement and/or in certain funds or other persons that may purchase shares in the IPO or that may otherwise purchase our Class A ordinary shares in the public market.
We do not believe, however, based on the other companies with which our directors and officers are affiliated and their respective businesses, that the fiduciary duties or contractual obligations of our directors or officers will materially affect our ability to identify and pursue business combination opportunities or complete our initial business combination.
Investors should be aware of the following potential conflicts of interest:
| ● | Our officers and directors are not required to, and will not, commit their full time to our affairs, which may result in a conflict of interest in allocating their time between our operations and our search for a business combination and their other businesses. We do not intend to have any full-time employees prior to the completion of our initial business combination. Each of our officers is engaged in several other business endeavors for which he may be entitled to substantial compensation, and our officers are not obligated to contribute any specific number of hours per week to our affairs. |
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| ● | Our initial shareholders purchased founder shares for a nominal purchase price and private units in a transaction that closed simultaneously with the IPO. Our sponsor, officers and directors have entered into a letter agreement with us, pursuant to which they have agreed to waive their redemption rights with respect to their founder shares, private placement shares and public shares in connection with the completion of our initial business combination. Additionally, our sponsor, officers and directors have agreed to waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to their founder shares and private placement shares if we fail to complete our initial business combination within the prescribed time frame, although they will be entitled to liquidating distributions from assets outside the trust account. If we do not complete our initial business combination within the prescribed time frame, the Private Units will expire worthless. Furthermore, our sponsor, officers and directors have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of their founder shares and any Class A ordinary shares issuable upon conversion thereof until the earlier to occur of: (A) six months after the completion of our initial business combination; or (B) the date following the completion of our initial business combination on which we complete a liquidation, merger, share exchange or other similar transaction that results in all of our shareholders having the right to exchange their ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property. The Private Units (including the Class A Ordinary Shares comprising part of the Private Units and the Class A Ordinary Shares underlying the Private Warrants) will not be transferable until 30 days following the completion of our initial business combination. Because each of our officers and directors will own ordinary shares or warrants directly or indirectly, they may have a conflict of interest in determining whether a particular target business is an appropriate business with which to effectuate our initial business combination. |
| ● | The personal and financial interests of our directors and executive officers may influence their motivation in timely identifying and pursuing an initial business combination or completing our initial business combination. The different timelines of competing business combinations could cause our directors and executive officers to prioritize a different business combination over finding a suitable acquisition target for our business combination. For example, if two targets are being evaluated by our management team, and one is more stable and has a better risk or stability profile for our public shareholders, but may take a longer time to diligence and go through the business combination process, while the other has a less favorable risk or stability profile for our public shareholders, but would be easier, quicker and more certain to guide through the business combination process, our management team may decide to choose what they believe to be the quicker and more certain path despite its less favorable risk or stability profile for our public shareholders, as our management team would likely not receive any financial benefit unless we consummated a business combination. Additionally, if members of our management team form other special purpose acquisition companies similar to ours or pursue other business or investment ventures during the period in which we are seeking an initial business combination, the consideration paid, terms, conditions and timing relating to the business combinations of such other special purpose acquisition companies or ventures, and the level of attention paid to by members of our management team to them versus the level of attention paid to us may conflict in a way that is unfavorable to us. Consequently, our directors’ and executive officers’ discretion in identifying and selecting a suitable target business may result in a conflict of interest when determining whether the terms, conditions and timing of a particular business combination are appropriate and in our shareholders’ best interest, which could negatively impact the timing for a business combination. |
| ● | Our sponsor and members of our management team directly or indirectly own our securities, and accordingly, they may have a conflict of interest in determining whether a particular target business is an appropriate business with which to effectuate our initial business combination, including the fact that they may lose their entire investment in us if our initial business combination is not completed, except to the extent they receive liquidating distributions from assets outside the trust account. Our Sponsor have invested in us an aggregate of $5,025,000, comprised of the $25,000 purchase price for the founder shares (or approximately $0.003 per share) and the $5,000,000 purchase price for the private units (or $10.00 per unit), assuming the underwriters do not exercise their over-allotment option. Accordingly, our management team may be more willing to pursue a business combination with a riskier or less-established target business than would be the case if our sponsor had paid the same per share price for the founder shares as our public shareholders paid for their public shares and if our sponsor were required to pay cash to exercise the private units, as our sponsor and members of our management team would likely not receive any financial benefit unless we consummated such business combination. These interests of our executive officers and directors may affect the consideration paid, terms, conditions and timing relating to a business combination in a way that conflicts with the interests of our public shareholders. |
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| ● | Certain members of our management team may receive compensation upon consummation of our initial business combination, and accordingly, they may have a conflict of interest in determining whether a particular target business is an appropriate business with which to effectuate our initial business combination as such compensation will not be received unless we consummate such business combination. |
| ● | Our officers and directors may have a conflict of interest with respect to evaluating a particular business combination if the retention or resignation of any such officers and directors was included by a target business as a condition to any agreement with respect to our initial business combination. |
| ● | In the event our sponsor or members of our management team provide loans to us to finance transaction costs and/or incur expenses on our behalf in connection with an initial business combination, such persons may have a conflict of interest in determining whether a particular target business is an appropriate business with which to effectuate our initial business combination as such loans may not be repaid and/or such expenses may not be reimbursed unless we consummate such business combination. |
| ● | Similarly, if we agree to pay our sponsor or a member of our management team or one of their affiliates a finder’s fee, advisory fee, consulting fee or success fee in order to effectuate the completion of our initial business combination, such persons may have a conflict of interest in determining whether a particular target business is an appropriate business with which to effectuate our initial business combination as any such fee may not be paid unless we consummate such business combination, which, if made prior to the completion of our initial business combination, will be paid from working capital. |
| ● | We are not prohibited from pursuing an initial business combination with a company that is affiliated with our sponsor, officers, directors or the non-managing sponsor investors, or completing the business combination through a joint venture or other form of shared ownership with our sponsor, officers or directors or the non-managing sponsor investors; accordingly, such affiliated person(s) may have a conflict of interest in determining whether a particular target business is an appropriate business with which to effectuate our initial business combination as such affiliated person(s) would have interests different from our public shareholders and would likely not receive any financial benefit unless we consummated such business combination. |
In the event we seek to complete our initial business combination with a company that is affiliated (as defined in our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association) with our sponsor, officers or directors, we, or a committee of independent directors, will obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm or another independent entity that commonly renders valuation opinions, stating that the consideration to be paid by us in such an initial business combination is fair to our company from a financial point of view. We are not required to obtain such an opinion in any other context.
We cannot assure you that any of the above mentioned conflicts will be resolved in our favor.
For the foregoing reasons, our Board of Directors may have a conflict of interest in determining whether a particular target business is appropriate to effect a business combination with the Company.
In general, executive officers and directors of a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands are required to present business opportunities to a corporation if:
| ● | the corporation could financially undertake the opportunity; |
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| ● | the opportunity is within the corporation’s line of business; and |
| ● | it would not be fair to the corporation and its shareholders for the opportunity not to be brought to the attention of the corporation. |
Accordingly, as a result of multiple business affiliations, our officers and directors may have similar legal obligations relating to presenting business opportunities meeting the above-listed criteria to multiple entities. In addition, conflicts of interest may arise when our Board of Directors evaluates a particular business opportunity with respect to the above-listed criteria. We cannot assure you that any of the above-mentioned conflicts will be resolved in our favor.
In order to minimize potential conflicts of interest which may arise from multiple corporate affiliations, each of our officers and directors has contractually agreed, pursuant to a written agreement with us, until the earliest of our execution of a definitive agreement for a business combination, our liquidation or such time as he or she ceases to be an officer or director, to present to our Company for our consideration, prior to presentation to any other entity, any suitable business opportunity which may reasonably be required to be presented to us, subject to any fiduciary or contractual obligations he or she might have in the event their respective business combinations are not consummated. Accordingly, our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will provide that the doctrine of corporate opportunity will not apply with respect to any of our executive officers or directors in circumstances where the application of the doctrine would conflict with any fiduciary duties or contractual obligations they may have.
Below is a table summarizing the entities to which our executive officers and directors currently have fiduciary duties or contractual obligations.
| Individual | Entity | Entity’s Business | Affiliation | |||
| Vikas Mittal |
Samara CSLM LLC |
Holding company |
Managing Member | |||
| Meteora Capital | Investment management company | Managing Member and Chief Investment Officer | ||||
| Investcorp Europe Acquisition Corp I | Special Purpose Acquisition Company | Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer | ||||
| Ryan Gentry | Bitcoin Infrastructure Acquisition Corp Ltd. | Special Purpose Acquisition Company | Chief Executive Officer | |||
| Charles T. Cassel III |
Consilium Investment Management, LLC(1) |
Investment management company |
Co-Founder | |||
| CSLM Acquisition Corp. | Special Purpose Acquisition Company | Director, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer | ||||
| Christopher Bradley |
Mistral Equity Partners |
Investment firm |
Managing Director | |||
| Haymaker Acquisition Corp 4 | Special Purpose Acquisition Company | Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer | ||||
| Roth CH Acquisition Co. | Former Special Purpose Acquisition Company and current blank check company | Director |
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| Individual | Entity | Entity’s Business | Affiliation | |||
| Brian Rudick | Upexi Inc. | Treasury operations | Chief Strategy Officer | |||
| Danel Calvillo Armendariz |
Inertia Advisory LLC (Motus LLC and Motus Wyoming LLC) |
Advisory |
Managing Partner | |||
| Inertia Funds Ltd. | Investments | Director | ||||
| Goldsmith Capital | Director | |||||
| Dr. Jim Kyung Soo Liew | SoKat Consulting LLC | AI solutions firm | Founder and President | |||
| Mathew August | Atlas Capital Partners | Investment firm | Managing Director and Executive Chairman | |||
| ACP Animus Capital Partners | Investment firm | Managing Director and Executive Chairman |
| (1) | Includes certain other affiliates and portfolio companies |
If we submit our initial business combination to our public shareholders for a vote, our initial shareholders have agreed to vote any shares held by them in favor of our initial business combination. In addition, they have agreed to waive their respective rights to participate in any liquidation distribution with respect to their founder shares, insider shares or private shares. If they purchase Class A ordinary shares as part of the IPO or in the open market, however, they would be entitled to participate in any liquidation distribution in respect of such shares but have agreed not to convert or sell such shares to us in connection with the consummation of an initial business combination.
All ongoing and future transactions between us and any of our Sponsor, executive officers and directors or their respective affiliates will be on terms believed by us to be no less favorable to us than are available from unaffiliated third parties. Such transactions will require prior approval by a majority of our uninterested “independent” directors or the members of our Board of Directors who do not have an interest in the transaction, in either case who had access, at our expense, to our attorneys or independent legal counsel. We will not enter into any such transaction unless our disinterested “independent” directors determine that the terms of such transaction are no less favorable to us than those that would be available to us with respect to such a transaction from unaffiliated third parties.
Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, requires our executive officers, directors and persons who beneficially own more than 10% of a registered class of our equity securities to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission initial reports of ownership and reports of changes in ownership of our ordinary shares and other equity securities. These executive officers, directors, and greater than 10% beneficial owners are required by SEC regulation to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) forms filed by such reporting persons.
Based solely on our review of such forms furnished to us and written representations from certain reporting persons, we believe that all filing requirements applicable to our executive officers, directors and greater than 10% beneficial owners were filed in a timely manner, except that Mathew August was late in filing a Form 3 related to his appointment as a director.
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Item 11. Executive Compensation.
Employment Agreements
We have not entered into any employment agreements with our executive officers and have not made any agreements to provide benefits upon termination of employment.
On November 10, 2025, the Company entered into a Consulting Agreement with Ryan Gentry (the “Gentry Consulting Agreement”) pursuant to which Mr. Gentry agreed to provide the Company with consulting services, which may include but are not limited to, assisting with analysis and advice regarding the potential investment opportunities for special purpose acquisition companies, accounting and bookkeeping, and administrative support. Pursuant to the terms of the Consulting Agreement, Mr. Gentry is entitled to a consulting fee of $12,500 per month, payable at the end of each monthly period. The Consulting Agreement will terminate automatically upon completion of a business combination by the Company, unless sooner terminated by either party subject to the terms and conditions therein.
On November 10, 2025, the Company entered into a Consulting Agreement with Vikas Mittal (the “Mittal Consulting Agreement”) pursuant to which Mr. Mittal agreed to provide the Company with consulting services, which may include but are not limited to, assisting with analysis and advice regarding the potential investment opportunities for special purpose acquisition companies, accounting and bookkeeping, and administrative support. Pursuant to the terms of the Consulting Agreement, Mr. Mittal is entitled to a consulting fee of $17,500 per month, payable at the end of each monthly period. The Consulting Agreement will terminate automatically upon completion of a business combination by the Company, unless sooner terminated by either party subject to the terms and conditions therein.
Executive Officers and Director Compensation
Except for the consulting fees as provided in the Gentry Consulting Agreement and the Mittal Consulting Agreement, none of our officers or directors has received any cash compensation for services rendered to us, except that on has transferred 20,000 founder shares (or 100,000 in the aggregate), to each of the Company’s directors, Christopher Bradley, Brian Rudick, Mathew August, Danel Calvillo Armendariz and Dr. Jim Kyung Soo Liew, for the sum of $0.003 per share. Other than as set forth elsewhere, compensation of any kind, including finders, consulting or other similar fees, will be paid to any of our existing shareholders, including our directors, or any of their respective affiliates, prior to, or for any services they render in order to effectuate, the consummation of a business combination. Our Sponsor, officers and directors, or any of their respective affiliates, will be reimbursed for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with activities on our behalf such as identifying potential target businesses and performing due diligence on suitable business combinations. There is no limit on the amount of these out-of-pocket expenses and there will be no review of the reasonableness of the expenses by anyone other than our board of directors and audit committee, which includes persons who may seek reimbursement, or a court of competent jurisdiction if such reimbursement is challenged.
After the completion of our initial business combination, directors or members of our management team who remain with us may be paid consulting, management or other fees from the combined company. All of these fees will be fully disclosed to shareholders, to the extent then known, in the tender offer materials or proxy solicitation materials furnished to our shareholders in connection with a proposed business combination.
We do not intend to take any action to ensure that members of our management team maintain their positions with us after the consummation of our initial business combination, although it is possible that some or all of our officers and directors may negotiate employment or consulting arrangements to remain with us after the initial business combination. The existence or terms of any such employment or consulting arrangements to retain their positions with us may influence our management’s motivation in identifying or selecting a target business but we do not believe that the ability of our management to remain with us after the consummation of our initial business combination will be a determining factor in our decision to proceed with any potential business combination. We are not party to any agreements with our officers and directors that provide for benefits upon termination of employment.
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Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Shareholder Matters.
The following table sets forth information regarding the beneficial ownership of our ordinary as of the date hereof by:
| ● | each person known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our outstanding Ordinary Shares; |
| ● | each of our officers and directors; and |
| ● | all of our officers and directors as a group. |
Unless otherwise indicated, we believe that all persons named in the table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by them. The following table does not reflect record or beneficial ownership of any shares issuable upon exercise of warrants as these warrants are not exercisable within 60 days of the date of this Annual Report.
The beneficial ownership of our Ordinary Shares is based on an aggregate of 23,891,250 Class A Ordinary Shares and 7,666,667 Class B Ordinary Shares and outstanding as of the date hereof and the record of beneficial ownership as indicated in the statements filed with the SEC pursuant section 13(d) or 13(g) as of the date hereof.
| Class A Ordinary Shares | Class B Ordinary Shares | All Ordinary Shares | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name and Address of Beneficial Owner(1) | Number of Shares Beneficially Owned |
Approximate Percentage of Class |
Number of Shares Beneficially Owned |
Approximate Percentage of Class |
Number of Shares Beneficially Owned |
Approximate Percentage of Outstanding Ordinary Shares |
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| CSLM Acquisition Sponsor II, Ltd (our Sponsor)(2)(3) | 575,000 | 2.4 | % | 7,566,667 | 98.7 | % | 8,141,667 | 25.8 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Vikas Mittal(2) | 575,000 | 2.4 | % | 7,566,667 | 98.7 | % | 8,141,667 | 25.8 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Charles T. Cassel III(2) | 575,000 | 2.4 | % | 7,566,667 | 98.7 | % | 8,141,667 | 25.8 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Jonathan Binder(2) | 575,000 | 2.4 | % | 7,566,667 | 98.7 | % | 8,141,667 | 25.8 | % | |||||||||||||||
| Ryan Gentry | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||
| Christopher Bradley(4) | - | - | 20,000 | * | 20,000 | * | ||||||||||||||||||
| Brian Rudick(4) | - | - | 20,000 | * | 20,000 | * | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mathew August(4) | - | - | 20,000 | * | 20,000 | * | ||||||||||||||||||
| Danel Calvillo Armendariz(4) | - | - | 20,000 | * | 20,000 | * | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dr. Jim Kyung-Soo Liew(4) | - | - | 20,000 | * | 20,000 | * | ||||||||||||||||||
| All executive officers and directors (eight individuals) as a group | 575,000 | 2.4 | % | 7,666,667 | 100 | % | 8,241,667 | 26.1 | % | |||||||||||||||
| 5% Holders | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CSLM Acquisition Sponsor II, Ltd (our Sponsor)(2)(3) | 575,000 | 2.4 | % | 7,566,667 | 98.7 | % | 8,141,667 | 25.8 | % | |||||||||||||||
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.(5) | 1,384,698 | 5.8 | % | - | - | 1,384,698 | 4.4 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| AQR Capital Management, LLC(6) | 1,213,440 | 5.1 | % | - | - | 1,213,440 | 3.8 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Glazer Capital, LLC(7) | 1,200,000 | 5.0 | % | - | - | 1,200,000 | 3.8 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Verition Fund Management LLC(8) | 1,222,466 | 5.1 | % | - | - | 1,222,466 | 3.9 | % | ||||||||||||||||
| * | Less than one percent |
| (1) | Unless otherwise noted, the business address of each of the following entities or individuals is c/o CSLM Acquisition Corp II, Ltd., 2400 E. Commercial Boulevard, Suite 900, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33308. |
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| (2) | CSLM Acquisition Sponsor II, Ltd our Sponsor, is the record holder of the ordinary shares reported herein. The legal and beneficial owners of our Sponsor are: (i) Consilium Investment Capital, Inc., which is owned and controlled by Charles T Cassel III and Jonathan M. Binder and (ii) Samara CSLM, LLC which is owned and controlled by Vikas Mittal. By virtue of their shared control over the manager of our Sponsor, Mr. Cassel, Mr. Binder, and Mr. Vittal may be deemed to beneficially own shares held by our Sponsor. The Class B ordinary shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares concurrently with or immediately following the consummation of the Issuer’s initial business combination, or earlier at the option of the holders thereof on a one-for-one basis, subject to the adjustments. The Class B ordinary shares have no expiration date. |
| (3) | Six (6) institutional investors (none of which are affiliated with any member of our management, our Sponsor or any other investor), which we refer to as the “non-managing Sponsor investors” throughout this Annual Report, have purchased, through the purchase of securities in our Sponsor, an aggregate of 180,000 private units ($1,800,000 in the aggregate) at a price of $10.00 per unit in a private placement that closed simultaneously with the IPO. The Sponsor issued its securities at a nominal purchase price to the non-managing Sponsor investors reflecting interests in an aggregate of 900,000 founder shares held by the Sponsor. The Sponsor will continue holding founder shares and private units until the completion of our initial business combination, and as such, until that time, it will control the voting by these shares and will have the sole discretion as to when to convert the founder shares and private shares into Class A ordinary Shares. |
| (4) | Represents 20,000 founder shares (or 100,000 in the aggregate) shares transferred by the Sponsor, pursuant to a Securities Transfer Agreement, to each of the Company’s directors, Christopher Bradley, Brian Rudick, Mathew August, Danel Calvillo Armendariz and Dr. Jim Kyung Soo Liew, for the sum of $0.003 per share. |
| (5) |
Based on a Schedule 13G filed on October 31, 2025, by JPMORGAN CHASE & CO., A parent holding company or control person in accordance with § 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G). The principal business address for JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. is 383 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10179. |
| (6) |
Based on a Schedule 13G filed on November 13, 2025 by AQR Capital Management, LLC, AQR Capital Management Holdings, LLC, and AQR Arbitrage, LLC. AQR Capital Management, LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of AQR Capital Management Holdings, LLC. AQR Arbitrage, LLC is deemed to be controlled by AQR Capital Management, LLC. The principal business address for the reporting persons is ONE GREENWICH PLAZA, SUITE 130, Greenwich, Connecticut, 06830. |
| (7) |
Based on a Schedule 13G filed on February12, 2026 by (i) Glazer Capital, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Glazer Capital”), with respect to the shares held by certain funds and managed accounts to which Glazer Capital serves as investment manager (collectively, the “Glazer Funds”); and (ii) Mr. Paul J. Glazer, who serves as the Managing Member of Glazer Capital, with respect to the shares held by the Glazer Funds. The principal business address for the reporting persons is 250 West 55th Street, Suite 30A, New York, New York 10019. |
| (8) |
Based on a Schedule 13G filed on February 13, 2026 by Verition Fund Management LLC and Nicholas Maounis. Verition Fund Management LLC serves as the investment manager to Verition Multi-Strategy Master Fund Ltd. Mr. Nicholas Maounis is the managing member of Verition Fund Management LLC. In such capacities, each of the Reporting Persons may be deemed to have voting and dispositive power over the securities held for Verition Multi-Strategy Master Fund Ltd. The principal business address of the reporting persons is One American Lane, Greenwich, CT 06831. |
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.
Founder Shares
On January 23, 2025 the Sponsor made capital contributions of $25,000, or approximately $0.004 per share, to cover certain of the Company’s expenses, for which the Company issued 5,750,000 Class B ordinary shares (“founder shares”) to the Sponsor. In March 2025, the Company effected a share capitalization pursuant to which the Company issued an additional 1,916,667 founder shares resulting in an aggregate of 7,666,667 founder shares outstanding to the Sponsor, resulting in a price per share of approximately $0.003 per share. Our Sponsor transferred, pursuant to a Securities Transfer Agreement that closed immediately prior to effectiveness of the IPO, 20,000 founder shares (or 100,000 in the aggregate) to each of the Company’s directors, Christopher Bradley, Brian Rudick, Mathew August, Danel Calvillo Armendariz and Dr. Jim Kyung Soo Liew, for the sum of $0.003 per share. The Company accounted for the transfer of founder shares to the directors in accordance with ASC 718, “Stock Based Compensation” and recognized the grant date fair value of the 100,000 founder shares as compensation costs upon the consummation of the IPO. The fair value of the founder shares at their grant date, July 25, 2025, was $5.59 per founder share, or an aggregate value of $559,000 for the 100,000 transferred founder shares.
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The Company’s initial shareholders have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of their founder shares and any Class A ordinary shares issued upon conversion thereof until the earlier of (i) six months after the completion of a Business Combination and (ii) subsequent to a Business Combination, the date on which the Company consummates a subsequent liquidation, merger, share exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of the Company’s shareholders having the right to exchange their Class A Ordinary Shares for cash, securities or other property. Any permitted transferees will be subject to the same restrictions and other agreements of the Company’s initial shareholders with respect to any founder shares (the “Lock-up”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company consummates a transaction after the initial Business Combination which results in the Company’s shareholders having the right to exchange their shares for cash, securities or other property, the founder shares will be released from the Lock-up.
Promissory Note — Related Party
The Sponsor agreed to loan the Company an aggregate of up to $300,000 to be used for a portion of the expenses of the IPO (the “Promissory Note”). The Promissory Note was non-interest bearing, unsecured and due at the earlier of (i) the closing of the IPO or (ii) the date which the Company determines not to proceed with the IPO. The Promissory Note was repaid in full on August 28, 2025 from the proceeds of the IPO and private placement. Prior to repayment, the Company had borrowed $270,394, under the Promissory Note. The Company paid $272,716 to the Sponsor, resulting in an overpayment of $2,322 that was recorded as a related party receivable and repaid in full as of December 31, 2025. The Promissory note is no longer available for drawdown subsequent to the close of the IPO. Accordingly the balance under the Promissory Note as of December 31, 2025 and 2024 was $0 and $11,394, respectively.
Administrative Services Agreement
Commencing on the effective date of the Registration Statement of the Company’s IPO, the Company entered into an agreement with our Sponsor to pay an aggregate of $30,000 per month for company administration, office space, utilities, and secretarial and administrative support. Upon completion of the initial Business Combination or the liquidation, the Company will cease paying the $30,000 per month fee. The Company has recorded $123,871 for the year ended December 31, 2025 and has paid $123,871 under the agreement as of December 31, 2025, resulting in a no amounts outstanding as of December 31, 2025. No amounts were accrued as of December 31, 2024 as the agreement was not yet in effect.
Consulting Agreements
On November 10, 2025, the Company entered into consulting agreements with Ryan Gentry and Vikas Mittal (the “Consulting Agreements”) pursuant to which Mr. Gentry and Mr. Mittal agreed to provide the Company with consulting services, which may include but are not limited to, assisting with analysis and advice regarding the potential investment opportunities for special purpose acquisition companies, accounting and bookkeeping, and administrative support. Pursuant to the terms of the Consulting Agreements, Mr. Gentry is entitled to a consulting fee of $12,500 per month and Mr. Mittal is entitled to a consulting fee of $17,500 per month, payable at the end of each monthly period. The Consulting Agreements will terminate automatically upon completion of a business combination by the Company, unless sooner terminated by either party subject to the terms and conditions therein. For the year ended December 31, 2025 and for the period from July 26, 2024 (inception) through December 31, 2024, the company incurred $49,950 and $0, respectively, and has paid $49,950 and $0 as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
Related Party Loans
In order to finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial Business Combination, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor or certain of our officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required on a non-interest basis (the “Working Capital Loans”). If we complete an initial Business Combination, the Company would repay such loaned amounts. In the event that the initial Business Combination does not close, the Company may use amounts held outside the Trust Account to repay such loaned amounts but no proceeds from the Trust Account would be used for such repayment. Up to $1,500,000 of such loans may be convertible into units of the post business combination entity at a price of $10.00 per unit at the option of the lender. Such units would be identical to the Private Units. Except as set forth above, the terms of such loans, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans. As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, no such Working Capital Loans were outstanding.
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Related Party Policy
Our Code of Business Conduct requires us to avoid, wherever possible, all related party transactions that could result in actual or potential conflicts of interests, except under guidelines approved by the board of directors (or the audit committee). Related-party transactions are defined as transactions in which (1) the aggregate amount involved will or may be expected to exceed $120,000 in any calendar year, (2) we or any of our subsidiaries is a participant, and (3) any (a) executive officer, director or nominee for election as a director, (b) greater than 5% beneficial owner of our ordinary shares, or (c) immediate family member, of the persons referred to in clauses (a) and (b), has or will have a direct or indirect material interest (other than solely as a result of being a director or a less than 10% beneficial owner of another entity). A conflict of interest situation can arise when a person takes actions or has interests that may make it difficult to perform his or her work objectively and effectively. Conflicts of interest may also arise if a person, or a member of his or her family, receives improper personal benefits as a result of his or her position.
Our audit committee, pursuant to its written charter, will be responsible for reviewing and approving related-party transactions to the extent we enter into such transactions. All ongoing and future transactions between us and any of our officers and directors or their respective affiliates will be on terms believed by us to be no less favorable to us than are available from unaffiliated third parties. Such transactions will require prior approval by our audit committee and a majority of our uninterested “independent” directors, or the members of our board who do not have an interest in the transaction, in either case who had access, at our expense, to our attorneys or independent legal counsel. We will not enter into any such transaction unless our audit committee and a majority of our disinterested “independent” directors determine that the terms of such transaction are no less favorable to us than those that would be available to us with respect to such a transaction from unaffiliated third parties. Additionally, we require each of our directors and executive officers to complete a directors’ and officers’ questionnaire that elicits information about related party transactions.
These procedures are intended to determine whether any such related party transaction impairs the independence of a director or presents a conflict of interest on the part of a director, employee or officer. To further minimize potential conflicts of interest, we have agreed not to consummate a business combination with an entity which is affiliated with any of our initial shareholders unless we obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm that the business combination is fair to our unaffiliated shareholders from a financial point of view. Furthermore, in no event will any of our existing officers, directors or initial shareholders, or any entity with which they are affiliated, be paid any finder’s fee, consulting fee or other compensation prior to, or for any services they render in order to effectuate, the consummation of a business combination.
Director Independence
The Nasdaq listing rules require that a majority of our board of directors be independent within one year of our IPO. An “independent director” is defined generally as a person that, in the opinion of the company’s board of directors, has no material relationship with the listed company (either directly or as a partner, shareholder or officer of an organization that has a relationship with the company). We have five “independent directors” as defined in the Nasdaq rules and applicable SEC rules. Our board has determined that each of Christopher Bradley, Mathew August, Brian Rudick, Danel Calvillo Armendariz, and Dr. Jim Kyung-Soo Liew is an independent director under applicable SEC and Nasdaq rules. Our independent directors will have regularly scheduled meetings at which only independent directors are present.
Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
During the period July 26, 2024 (Inception) through December 31, 2025, the firm of Elliott Davis, PLLC, has acted as our principal independent registered public accounting firm. The following is a summary of fees paid or to be paid to Elliott Davis, PLLC for services rendered.
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Audit Fees. Audit fees consist of fees billed for professional services rendered for the audit of our year-end financial statements and services that are normally provided by Elliott Davis, PLLC in connection with regulatory filings. The aggregate fees billed by Elliott Davis, PLLC for professional services rendered for the audit of our annual financial statements, review of the financial information included in our other required filings with the SEC for the year ended December 31, 2025 and for the period July 26, 2024 (inception) through December 31, 2024 totaled $180,295 and $4,488, respectively. The above amounts include interim procedures and audit fees.
Audit-Related Fees. Audit-related services consist of fees billed for assurance and related services that are reasonably related to performance of the audit or review of our financial statements and are not reported under “Audit Fees.” We did not pay Elliott Davis, PLLC for professional services rendered for audit related fees for the year ended December 31, 2025 and for the period from July 26, 2024 (inception) through December 31, 2024.
Tax Fees. We did not pay Elliott Davis, PLLC for tax planning and tax advice for the year ended December 31, 2025 and for the period from July 26, 2024 (inception) through December 31, 2024.
All Other Fees. We did not pay Elliott Davis, PLLC for other services for the year ended December 31, 2025 and for the period July 26, 2024 (inception) through December 31, 2024.
Pre-Approval Policy
Our audit committee was formed upon the consummation of our IPO. As a result, the audit committee did not pre-approve all of the foregoing services, although any services rendered prior to the formation of our audit committee were approved by our board of directors. Since the formation of our audit committee, and on a going-forward basis, the audit committee has and will pre-approve all auditing services and permitted non-audit services to be performed for us by our auditors, including the fees and terms thereof (subject to the de minimis exceptions for non-audit services described in the Exchange Act which are approved by the audit committee prior to the completion of the audit).
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PART IV
Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules
| (a) | The following documents are filed as part of this Form 10-K: |
| (1) |
Financial Statements: |
| (2) | Financial Statement Schedules: |
None.
| (3) | Exhibits |
We hereby file as part of this Report the exhibits listed in the attached Exhibit Index. Exhibits which are incorporated herein by reference can be inspected on the SEC website at www.sec.gov.
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 10.6 | ||
| 10.7 | ||
| 10.8 | ||
| 10.9 | ||
| 10.10 | ||
| 10.11 | ||
| 10.12 | ||
| 10.13 | ||
| 10.14 | ||
| 10.15 | ||
| 14 | Code of Conduct (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 14 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 4, 2025) | |
| 19* | Insider Trading Policy | |
| 31.1* | Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14 and Rule 15d-14(a), promulgated under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. |
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| * | Filed herewith. |
| ** | Furnished herewith. This certification is being furnished solely to accompany this report pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, and is not being filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and is not to be incorporated by reference into any filings of the Company, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing. |
Item 16. Form 10-K Summary
Not Applicable.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| CSLM Digital Asset Acquisition Corp III, Ltd | |||
| March 19, 2026 | By: | /s/ Vikas Mittal | |
| Name: | Vikas Mittal | ||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer and Co-Chief Executive Officer | ||
| March 19, 2026 | By: | /s/ Ryan Gentry | |
| Name: | Ryan Gentry | ||
| Title: | Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer | ||
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this Annual Report on Form 10-K has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
| Name | Position | Date | ||
| /s/ Vikas Mittal | Chief Financial Officer and Co-Chief Executive Officer | March 19, 2026 | ||
| Vikas Mittal | (Principal Accounting and Financial Officer), Chairman | |||
| /s/ Ryan Gentry | Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer | March 19, 2026 | ||
| Ryan Gentry | (Principle Executive Officer), | |||
| /s/ Charles T. Cassel III | Director | March 19, 2026 | ||
| Charles T. Cassel III | ||||
| /s/ Christopher Bradley | Director | March 19, 2026 | ||
| Christopher Bradley | ||||
| /s/ Brian Rudick | Director | March 19, 2026 | ||
| Brian Rudick | ||||
| /s/ Mathew August | Director | March 19, 2026 | ||
| Mathew August | ||||
| /s/ Danel Calvillo Armendariz | Director | March 19, 2026 | ||
| Danel Calvillo Armendariz | ||||
| /s/ Dr. Jim Kyung-Soo Liew | Director | March 19, 2026 | ||
| Dr. Jim Kyung-Soo Liew |
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CSLM Digital Asset Acquisition Corp III, Ltd
INDEX TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
F-1
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of
CSLM Digital Asset Acquisition Corp III, Ltd.
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of CSLM Digital Asset Acquisition Corp III, Ltd. (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2025, and December 31, 2024, the related statements of operations, changes in shareholder’s deficit, and cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2025, and the period from July 26, 2024 (inception) through December 31, 2024, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2025, and December 31, 2024, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2025, and the period from July 26, 2024 (inception) through December 31, 2024, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Substantial Doubt about the Company’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 1 to the financial statements, the Company expects to incur significant costs in pursuit of its acquisition plans, and has stated that substantial doubt exists about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans regarding these matters are also described in Note 1. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (the “PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB and in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audit, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/
We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2024.
March 19, 2026
F-2
CSLM Digital Asset Acquisition Corp III, Ltd
BALANCE SHEETS
| December 31, | ||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| Assets: | ||||||||
| Current assets | ||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | $ | ||||||
| Prepaid expenses – current | ||||||||
| Total current assets | ||||||||
| Non-current assets | ||||||||
| Treasury Securities held in Trust Account | ||||||||
| Prepaid expenses – non-current | ||||||||
| Deferred offering costs | ||||||||
| Total non-current assets | ||||||||
| Total Assets | $ | $ | ||||||
| Liabilities, Class A Ordinary Shares Subject to Redemption, and Shareholders’ Deficit: | ||||||||
| Current liabilities | ||||||||
| Accounts payable | $ | $ | ||||||
| Accrued expenses | ||||||||
| Accrued offering costs | ||||||||
| Promissory note – related party | ||||||||
| Total current liabilities | ||||||||
| Non-current liabilities | ||||||||
| Deferred underwriting commissions | ||||||||
| Total non-current liabilities | ||||||||
| Total Liabilities | ||||||||
| Commitments and Contingencies (Note 7) | ||||||||
| Class A ordinary shares, $ par value; shares authorized, and shares subject to possible redemption issued and outstanding at redemption value as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively | ||||||||
| Shareholders’ Deficit | ||||||||
| Preference shares, $ par value; shares authorized; issued or outstanding as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively | ||||||||
| Class A ordinary shares, $ par value; shares authorized; and shares issued and outstanding (excluding 23,000,000 and 0 shares subject to possible redemption) as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively | ||||||||
| Class B ordinary shares, $ par value; shares authorized; and shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively | ||||||||
| Additional paid-in capital | ||||||||
| Accumulated deficit | ( |
) | ( |
) | ||||
| Total Shareholders’ Deficit | ( |
) | ( |
) | ||||
| Total Liabilities, Class A Ordinary Shares Subject to Redemption, and Shareholders’ Deficit | $ | $ | ||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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CSLM Digital Asset Acquisition Corp III, Ltd
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
| For the Year Ended December 31, 2025 |
For the Period from July 26, 2024 (Inception) through December 31, 2024 |
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| Loss from operations: | ||||||||
| Formation, general and administrative expenses | $ | $ | ||||||
| Insurance expense | ||||||||
| Listing fees | ||||||||
| Net loss from operations | ( |
) | ( |
) | ||||
| Other income (expense): | ||||||||
| Interest income on Trust Account | ||||||||
| Interest income on money market mutual fund | ||||||||
| Share based compensation expense | ( |
) | ||||||
| Net other income | ||||||||
| Net income (loss) | $ | $ | ( |
) | ||||
| Basic and diluted weighted average Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption outstanding | ||||||||
| Basic and diluted net income (loss) per Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption | $ | $ | ||||||
| Basic and diluted weighted average Class A & Class B ordinary shares not subject to possible redemption outstanding | ||||||||
| Basic and diluted net loss per Class A & Class B ordinary shares not subject to possible redemption | $ | ) | $ | |||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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CSLM Digital Asset Acquisition Corp III, Ltd
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2025
| Class A ordinary shares |
Class B ordinary shares |
Additional Paid-In |
Accumulated | Total Shareholder’s |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | Capital | Deficit | Deficit | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance as of January 1, 2025 | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( |
) | $ | ( |
) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Class B ordinary shares issued to Sponsor | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sale of Units in IPO | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sale of Private Placement Units | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Allocated value of transaction costs to Warrants | - | - | ( |
) | ( |
) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Transfer of Class B ordinary shares to Directors | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Remeasurement of temporary equity to redemption value | - | - | ( |
) | ( |
) | ( |
) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance as of December 31, 2025 | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( |
) | $ | ( |
) | |||||||||||||||||||
FOR THE PERIOD FROM JULY 26, 2024 (INCEPTION) THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2024
| Class A ordinary shares |
Class B ordinary shares |
Additional Paid-In |
Accumulated | Total Shareholder’s |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | Capital | Deficit | Deficit | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance as of July 26, 2024 (Inception) | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net loss | - | - | ( |
) | ( |
) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance as of December 31, 2024 | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( |
) | $ | ( |
) | |||||||||||||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
F-5
CSLM Digital Asset Acquisition Corp III, Ltd
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
| For the Year Ended December 31, 2025 |
For the Period from July 26, 2024 (Inception) through December 31, 2024 |
|||||||
| Cash Flows from Operating Activities: | ||||||||
| Net income (loss) | $ | $ | ( |
) | ||||
| Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash used in operating activities: | ||||||||
| Formation, general and administrative expenses paid by Sponsor under promissory note – related party | ||||||||
| Interest income on Trust Account | ( |
) | ||||||
| Share based compensation expense | ||||||||
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | ||||||||
| Prepaid expenses | ( |
) | ||||||
| Accounts payable | ||||||||
| Accrued expenses | ||||||||
| Due from related party | ||||||||
| Net cash used in operating activities | ( |
) | ||||||
| Cash Flows from Investing Activities: | ||||||||
| Investment in Trust Account | ( |
) | ||||||
| Net cash used in investing activities | ( |
) | ||||||
| Cash Flows from Financing Activities: | ||||||||
| Proceeds from sale of Units | ||||||||
| Proceeds from sale of Private Placement Units | ||||||||
| Payment of underwriter fees and commissions | ( |
) | ||||||
| Proceeds from issuance of Class B ordinary shares | ||||||||
| Proceeds from promissory note – related party | ||||||||
| Payment of promissory note – related party | ( |
) | ||||||
| Payment of offering costs | ( |
) | ||||||
| Net cash provided by financing activities | ||||||||
| Net change in cash and cash equivalents | ||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents – beginning of period | ||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents – end of period | $ | $ | ||||||
| Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities: | ||||||||
| Initial fair value of Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption | $ | $ | ||||||
| Remeasurement of Class A ordinary shares to redemption value | $ | $ | ||||||
| Deferred offering costs included in accrued offering costs | $ | $ | ||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
F-6
CSLM Digital Asset Acquisition Corp III, Ltd
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2025
Note 1 — Organization and Business Operations
CSLM Digital Asset Acquisition Corp III, Ltd (formerly known as, CSLM Acquisition Corporation II, Ltd) (the “Company”) is a blank check company incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company on July 26, 2024. The Company was incorporated for the purpose of entering into a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses (the “Business Combination”). The Company has not selected any specific Business Combination target, and the Company has not, nor has anyone on its behalf, engaged in any substantive discussions, directly or indirectly, with any Business Combination target with respect to an initial Business Combination with the Company.
As of December 31, 2025, the Company has not commenced any operations. All activity for the period from July 26, 2024 (inception) through December 31, 2025 relates to the Company’s formation and the Initial Public Offering (as defined below). The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of its initial Business Combination, at the earliest. The Company may generate non-operating income in the form of interest income on cash, cash equivalents, and United States Treasury Securities and dividend income from marketable securities purchased from the proceeds derived from the Initial Public Offering (as defined below). The Company has selected December 31 as its fiscal year end.
On August 28, 2025, the Company consummated the initial public offering (the “Initial Public Offering”) of units (the “Units”), including the full exercise by the underwriters of their over-allotment option in the amount of Units, at $ per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $
Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the sale of units (the “Private Units” and, with respect to the Class A ordinary shares included in the Private Units being offered, the “Private Placement Shares”) at a price of $ per Private Placement Unit, in a private placement to the Company’s sponsor, CSLM Acquisition Sponsor II, Ltd (the “Sponsor”), and Cohen & Company Capital Markets, a division of Cohen & Company Securities, LLC (“CCM”), the representative of the underwriter in the Initial Public Offering, generating gross proceeds of $8,912,500. Each Private Unit consists of one Class A ordinary share and one-half of one redeemable warrant (the “Private Placement Warrants” and together with the Public Warrants, the “Warrants”). Each whole Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one Class A ordinary share at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment.
Transaction costs amounted to $
The Company’s management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement Units, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be generally applied toward consummating a Business Combination (less deferred underwriting commissions).
The Company’s Business Combination must be with one or more target businesses that together have a fair market value equal to at least
F-7
Following the closing of the Initial Public Offering, an aggregate of $ per Unit sold in the Initial Public Offering, or $
The Company will provide the Company’s public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Public Shares, regardless of whether they abstain, vote for, or vote against, our initial Business Combination upon completion of our initial Business Combination either (i) in connection with a general meeting called to approve the initial Business Combination or (ii) without a shareholder vote by means of a tender offer. The decision as to whether the Company will seek shareholder approval of a proposed initial Business Combination or conduct a tender offer will be made by the Company, solely in its discretion. The public shareholders will be entitled to redeem their shares at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account calculated as of two business days prior to the consummation of the initial Business Combination, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account (less taxes payable), divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares, subject to the limitations. The amount in the Trust Account is initially anticipated to be $ per Public Share. The ordinary 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 Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480, “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.”
The Company will have only the duration of the Completion Window to complete the initial Business Combination. However, if the Company is unable to complete its initial Business Combination within the Completion Window, the Company will 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 interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account (net of amounts withdrawn to pay our taxes and up to $
F-8
The Sponsor, officers and directors have entered into a letter agreement with the Company, pursuant to which they agreed to waive their redemption rights with respect to any shares held by them in connection with the completion of our initial Business Combination. Additionally, the Sponsor, officers and directors agreed to waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to their founder shares and Private Placement Shares if we fail to complete our initial business combination within the prescribed time frame, although they will be entitled to liquidating distributions from assets outside the Trust Account. If we do not complete the initial Business Combination within the prescribed time frame, the Private Units (and the securities comprising such units) will be worthless. Furthermore, the Sponsor, officers and directors agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of their founder shares and any Class A ordinary shares issuable upon conversion thereof until the earlier to occur of: (i) six months after the completion of a Business Combination and (ii) subsequent to a Business Combination, the date on which the Company consummates a subsequent liquidation, merger, share exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of the Company’s shareholders having the right to exchange their Class A Ordinary Shares for cash, securities or other property. Any permitted transferees will be subject to the same restrictions and other agreements of the Company’s initial shareholders with respect to any founder shares (the “Lock-up”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company consummates a transaction after the initial Business Combination which results in the Company’s shareholders having the right to exchange their shares for cash, securities or other property, the founder shares will be released from the Lock-up.
The Company’s Sponsor agreed that it will 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 entered into a written letter of intent, confidentiality or other similar agreement or Business Combination agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the Trust Account to below the lesser of (i) $10.00 per Public Share and (ii) the actual amount per Public Share held in the Trust Account as of the date of the liquidation of the Trust Account, if less than $10.00 per share due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, less taxes payable, provided that such liability will not apply to any 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 (whether or not such waiver is enforceable) nor will it apply 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”). However, the Company has not asked the Sponsor to reserve for such indemnification obligations, nor has the Company independently verified whether the Sponsor has sufficient funds to satisfy its indemnity obligations and the Company believes that the Sponsor’s only assets are securities of the Company. Therefore, the Company cannot assure that the Sponsor would be able to satisfy those obligations.
Liquidity, Capital Resources and Going Concern
As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company had $
The Company’s liquidity needs through December 31, 2025 had been satisfied through a payment from the Sponsor of $
The Company has incurred and expects to continue to incur significant costs in pursuit of its financing and acquisition plans. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern one year from the issuance date of the financial statements. Management plans to address this uncertainty through an initial Business Combination or through Working Capital Loans (defined in Note 6). There is no assurance that the Company’s plans to raise capital or to consummate an initial Business Combination will be successful within the Completion Window.
These factors, among others, raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern one year from the date these financial statements are issued. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
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Note 2 — Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying financial statements are presented in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). In the opinion of Management, the accompanying financial statements include all adjustments, consisting of a normal recurring nature, which are necessary for a fair statement of the financial position, operating results and cash flows for the periods presented.
Emerging Growth Company Status
The Company is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act, as modified 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, 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 shareholder 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 a 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 U.S. GAAP requires 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. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company considers all short-term investments with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company had $
Treasury Securities Held in Trust Account
As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, the assets held in Trust Account, amounting to $
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Concentration of Credit Risk
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist of a cash account in a financial institution, which, at times, may exceed the Federal Depository Insurance Coverage of $
Offering Costs Associated with the Initial Public Offering
The Company complies with the requirements of the ASC 340-10-S99 and SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic 5A, “Expenses of Offering.” Offering costs consist principally of professional and registration fees that are related to the Initial Public Offering. FASB ASC 470-20, “Debt with Conversion and Other Options,” addresses the allocation of proceeds from the issuance of convertible debt into its equity and debt components. The Company applies this guidance to allocate Initial Public Offering proceeds from the Units between Class A ordinary shares and Warrants, using the residual method by allocating Initial Public Offering proceeds first to assigned value of the Warrants and then to the Class A ordinary shares. Offering costs allocated to the Class A ordinary shares were charged to temporary equity, and offering costs allocated to the Public Warrants and Private Placement Units were charged to shareholders’ deficit as Public Warrants and Private Placement Warrants after management’s evaluation were accounted for under equity treatment.
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,” approximate the carrying amounts represented in the balance sheet, primarily due to their short-term nature.
Fair value is defined as the price that would be received for sale of an asset or paid to transfer a liability, in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. GAAP establishes a three-tier fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). These tiers include:
| ● | Level 1, defined as observable inputs such as quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical instruments in active markets; | |
| ● | Level 2, defined as inputs other than quoted prices in active markets that are either directly or indirectly observable such as quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets or quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active; and | |
| ● | Level 3, defined as unobservable inputs in which little or no market data exists, therefore requiring an entity to develop its own assumptions, such as valuations derived from valuation techniques in which one or more significant inputs or significant value drivers are unobservable. |
Income Taxes
The Company accounts for income taxes under ASC Topic 740, “Income Taxes,” which requires an asset and liability approach to financial accounting and reporting for income taxes. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are computed for differences between the financial statements and tax bases of assets and liabilities that will result in future taxable or deductible amounts, based on enacted tax laws and rates applicable to the periods in which the differences are expected to affect taxable income. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized.
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ASC Topic 740 prescribes a recognition threshold and a measurement attribute for the financial statements recognition and measurement of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. For those benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be more likely than not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. The Company’s management determined that the Cayman Islands is the Company’s major tax jurisdiction. The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense. As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, there were no unrecognized tax benefits and no amounts accrued for interest and penalties. The Company is currently not aware of any issues under review that could result in significant payments, accruals or material deviation from its position.
The Company is considered to be a Cayman Islands exempted company with no connection to any other taxable jurisdiction and is presently not subject to income taxes or income tax filing requirements in the Cayman Islands or the United States. As such, the Company’s tax provision was zero for the periods presented.
Warrant Instruments
The Company accounts for the Public Warrants and Private Placement Warrants to be issued in connection with the Initial Public Offering and the private placement in accordance with the guidance contained in FASB ASC Topic 815, “Derivatives and Hedging”. Accordingly, the Company evaluated and classifies the warrant instruments under equity treatment at their relative fair values. There were
The Public Shares contain a redemption feature which allows for the redemption of such Public Shares in connection with the Company’s liquidation, or if there is a shareholder vote or tender offer in connection with the Company’s initial Business Combination. In accordance with ASC 480-10-S99, the Company classifies Public Shares subject to possible redemption outside of permanent equity as the redemption provisions are not solely within the control of the Company. The Company recognizes changes in redemption value immediately as they occur and will adjust the carrying value of redeemable shares to equal the redemption value at the end of each reporting period. Immediately upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company recognized the accretion from initial book value to redemption value. The change in the carrying value of redeemable shares will result in charges against additional paid-in capital (to the extent available) and accumulated deficit. Accordingly, as of December 31, 2025, Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption are presented at redemption value as temporary equity, outside of the shareholders’ deficit section of the Company’s balance sheet. As of December 31, 2025, the Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption reflected in the balance sheet are reconciled in the following table:
| Schedule of Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption | ||||
| Gross proceeds from Initial Public Offering | $ | |||
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| Proceeds allocated to public warrants | ( |
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| Offering costs allocated to Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption | ( |
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| Offering costs allocated to Public Warrants | ( |
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| Accretion of Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption | ||||
| Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption at December 31, 2025 | $ |
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The statements of operations include a presentation of income (loss) per Class A redeemable ordinary shares and income (loss) per non-redeemable Class A and Class B ordinary shares following the two-class method of income per common stock. In order to determine the net income (loss) attributable to both the Class A redeemable ordinary shares and non-redeemable Class A and Class B ordinary shares, the Company first considered the total income (loss) allocable to both sets of stock. This is calculated using the total net income (loss) less any dividends paid. For purposes of calculating net income (loss) per share, any remeasurement of the Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption was treated as dividends paid to the public shareholders. Subsequent to calculating the total income (loss) allocable to both sets of shares, the Company split the amount to be allocated using the total number of shares outstanding for each share class at each respective period, before and after redemptions and conversions, for the year ended December 31, 2025, reflective of the respective participation rights. There were no redeemable Class A ordinary shares or non-redeemable Class A and Class B ordinary shares outstanding as of December 31, 2024.
The following tables reflect the calculation of basic and diluted net income (loss) per ordinary shares for year ended December 31, 2025 (in dollars, except per share amounts):
| Schedule of basic and diluted net income (loss) per ordinary shares | ||||
| For the Year Ended December 31, 2025 |
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| Net income | $ | |||
| Remeasurement of temporary equity to redemption value | ( |
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| Net loss including remeasurement of temporary equity to redemption value | $ | ( |
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| For the Year Ended December 31, 2025 |
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| Class A & B Non-Redeemable |
Class A Redeemable |
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| Allocation of net loss including remeasurement of temporary equity to redemption value based on ownership percentage | $ | ( |
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| Deemed dividend for remeasurement of temporary equity to redemption value | ||||||||
| Total net loss allocated by class | $ | ( |
) | $ | ) | |||
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| Basic and diluted net (loss) income per share | $ | ) | $ | |||||
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Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07, “Segment reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures” (“ASU 2023-07”). The amendments in this ASU require disclosures, on an annual and interim basis, of significant segment expenses that are regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker (“CODM”), as well as the aggregate amount of other segment items included in the reported measure of segment profit or loss. The ASU requires that a public entity disclose the title and position of the CODM and an explanation of how the CODM uses the reported measure(s) of segment profit or loss in assessing segment performance and deciding how to allocate resources. Public entities will be required to provide all annual disclosures currently required by Topic 280 in interim periods, and entities with a single reportable segment are required to provide all the disclosures required by the amendments in this ASU and existing segment disclosures in Topic 280. The ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted. The Company adopted ASU 2023-07 on July 26, 2024, the date of its incorporation.
In December 2023, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2023-09, “Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures” (“ASU 2023-09”), which provides for additional disclosures primarily related to the income tax rate reconciliations and income taxes paid. ASU 2023-09 requires entities to annually disclose the income tax rate reconciliation using both amounts and percentages, considering several categories of reconciling items, including state and local income taxes, foreign tax effects, tax credits and nontaxable or nondeductible items, among others. Disclosure of the reconciling items is subject to a quantitative threshold and disaggregation by nature and jurisdiction. ASU 2023-09 also requires entities to disclose net income taxes paid or received to federal, state and foreign jurisdictions, as well as by individual jurisdiction, subject to a five percent quantitative threshold. ASU 2023-09 may be adopted on a prospective or retrospective basis and is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, and for interim periods for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2025, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently assessing the impact, if any, that ASU 2023-09 would have on its financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBA”). ASC 740, “Income Taxes”, requires the effects of changes in tax laws to be recognized in the period in which the legislation is enacted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the new law. However, none of the tax provisions are expected to have a significant impact on the Company’s financial statements.
Management does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting pronouncements, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the Company’s financial statement.
Note 3 — Initial Public Offering
Pursuant to the Initial Public Offering on August 28, 2025, the Company sold Units (inclusive of Units sold pursuant to the underwriter’s over-allotment option exercised in full) at a purchase price of $ per Unit. Each Unit that the Company consists of one Public Share and Public Warrant. Each whole Public Warrant will entitle the holder to purchase one Class A ordinary share at a price of $ per share, subject to adjustment. Each Public Warrant will become exercisable 30 days after the completion of the initial Business Combination and will expire five years after the completion of the initial Business Combination, or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.
Public Warrants — As of December 31, 2025, there were
The Company will not be obligated to deliver any Class A ordinary shares pursuant to the exercise of a Warrant and will have no obligation to settle such Warrant exercise unless a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to the Class A ordinary shares underlying the Warrants is then effective and a prospectus relating thereto is current. No Warrant will be exercisable and the Company will not be obligated to issue a Class A ordinary share upon exercise of a Warrant unless the Class A ordinary share issuable upon such Warrant exercise has been registered, qualified or deemed to be exempt under the securities laws of the state of residence of the registered holder of the Warrants. In the event that the conditions in the two immediately preceding sentences are not satisfied with respect to a Warrant, the holder of such Warrant will not be entitled to exercise such Warrant and such Warrant may have no value and expire worthless. In no event will the Company be required to net cash settle any Warrant. In the event that a registration statement is not effective for the exercised Warrants, the purchaser of a Unit containing such Warrant will have paid the full purchase price for the Unit solely for the Class A ordinary share underlying such Unit.
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Under the terms of the warrant agreement, the Company will agree that, as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 20 business days after the closing of its Business Combination, it will use commercially reasonable efforts to file with the SEC a post-effective amendment to the registration statement for the Initial Public Offering or a new registration statement covering the registration under the Securities Act of the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants and thereafter will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the same to become effective within 60 business days following the Company’s initial Business Combination and to maintain a current prospectus relating to the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants until the expiration of the Warrants in accordance with the provisions of the warrant agreement. If a registration statement covering the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants is not effective by the sixtieth (60th) business day after the closing of the initial Business Combination, Warrant holders may, commencing on the 61st day until such time as there is an effective registration statement and during any period when the Company will have failed to maintain an effective registration statement, exercise Warrants on a “cashless basis” in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act or another exemption. Notwithstanding the above, if the Class A ordinary shares are at the time of any exercise of a Warrant not listed on a national securities exchange such that they satisfy the definition of a “covered security” under Section 18(b)(1) of the Securities Act, the Company may, at its option, require holders of Public Warrants who exercise their warrants to do so on a “cashless basis” in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act and, in the event the Company so elects, the Company will not be required to file or maintain in effect a registration statement, and in the event the Company does not so elect, the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify the shares under applicable blue sky laws to the extent an exemption is not available.
If the holders exercise their Public Warrants on a cashless basis, they would pay the warrant exercise price by surrendering the warrants for that number of Class A ordinary shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the product of the number of Class A ordinary shares underlying the warrants, multiplied by the excess of the “fair market value” of the Class A ordinary shares over the exercise price of the warrants by (y) the fair market value. The “fair market value” is the average reported closing price of the Class A ordinary shares for the 10 trading days ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which the notice of exercise is received by the warrant agent or on which the notice of redemption is sent to the holders of warrants, as applicable.
Redemption of Warrants When the Price per Class A Ordinary Share Equals or Exceeds $18.00: The Company may redeem the outstanding Warrants:
| ● | in whole and not in part; |
| ● | at a price of $ |
| ● | upon a minimum of 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption (the “30-day redemption period”); and |
| ● | if, and only if, the closing price of the Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $ per share (as adjusted for adjustments to the number of shares issuable upon exercise or the exercise price of a Warrant) for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period commencing at least 30 days after completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination and ending three business days before the Company sends the notice of redemption to the Warrant holders. |
Additionally, if the number of outstanding Class A ordinary shares is increased by a share capitalization payable in Class A ordinary shares, or by a subdivision of ordinary shares or other similar event, then, on the effective date of such share capitalization, subdivision or similar event, the number of Class A ordinary shares issuable on exercise of each Warrant will be increased in proportion to such increase in the outstanding ordinary shares. A rights offering made to all or substantially all holders of ordinary shares entitling holders to purchase Class A ordinary shares at a price less than the fair market value will be deemed a share capitalization of a number of Class A ordinary shares equal to the product of (i) the number of Class A ordinary shares actually sold in such rights offering (or issuable under any other equity securities sold in such rights offering that are convertible into or exercisable for Class A ordinary shares) and (ii) the quotient of (x) the price per Class A ordinary share paid in such rights offering and (y) the fair market value. For these purposes (i) if the rights offering is for securities convertible into or exercisable for Class A ordinary shares, in determining the price payable for Class A ordinary shares, there will be taken into account any consideration received for such rights, as well as any additional amount payable upon exercise or conversion and (ii) fair market value means the volume weighted average price of Class A ordinary shares as reported during the ten (10) trading day period ending on the trading day prior to the first date on which the Class A ordinary shares trade on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market, regular way, without the right to receive such rights.
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Note 4 — Private Placement
Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Sponsor and CCM purchased an aggregate of Private Units (including Private Units pursuant to the underwriter’s over-allotment option exercised in full), at a price of $10.00 per Private Unit, or $
The Private Placement Warrants are identical to the Public Warrants sold in the Initial Public Offering except that, so long as they are held by the Sponsor, CCM, or their permitted transferees, the Private Placement Warrants (i) may not (including the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of these Private Placement Warrants), subject to certain limited exceptions, be transferred, assigned or sold by the holders until 30 days after the completion of the initial Business Combination, (ii) will be entitled to registration rights and (iii) with respect to Private Placement Warrants held by CCM, LLC and/or its designees, will not be exercisable more than five years from the commencement of sales in the Initial Public Offering in accordance with Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) Rule 5110(g)(8).
The Sponsor, officers and directors entered into a letter agreement with the Company, pursuant to which they agreed to (i) waive their redemption rights with respect to any shares held by them in connection with the completion of the initial Business Combination; (ii) waive their redemption rights with respect to any shares held by them in connection with a shareholder vote to approve an amendment to the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (A) to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to allow redemption in connection with the initial Business Combination or to redeem 100% of the Public Shares if the Company has not consummated an initial Business Combination within the Completion Window or (B) with respect to any other material provisions relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-initial Business Combination activity; (iii) waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to their founder shares and Private Placement Shares if the Company fails to complete an initial Business Combination within the Completion Window, although they will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to any Public Shares they hold if the Company fails to complete an initial Business Combination within the prescribed time frame and to liquidating distributions from assets outside the Trust Account; and (iv) vote any founder shares and Private Placement Shares held by them and any Public Shares purchased during or after the Initial Public Offering (including in open market and privately-negotiated transactions, aside from shares they may purchase in compliance with the requirements of Rule 14e-5 under the Exchange Act, which would not be voted in favor of approving the Business Combination transaction) in favor of the initial Business Combination.
Note 5 — Segment Information
ASC Topic 280, Segment Reporting, establishes standards for companies to report, in their financial statements, information about operating segments, products, services, geographic areas, and major customers. Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise that engage in business activities from which it may recognize revenues and incur expenses, and for which separate financial information is available that is regularly evaluated by the Company’s chief operating decision maker, or group, in deciding how to allocate resources and assess performance.
The Company’s CODM has been identified as the Chief Financial Officer, who reviews the operating results for the Company as a whole to make decisions about allocating resources and assessing financial performance. Accordingly, management has determined that the Company only has one reportable segment.
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The CODM assesses performance for the single segment and decides how to allocate resources based on net income or loss that also is reported on the statement of operations as net income or loss. The measure of segment assets is reported on the balance sheet as total assets. When evaluating the Company’s performance and making key decisions regarding resource allocation, the CODM reviews several key metrics included in net income or loss and total assets, which include the following:
| Schedule of segment information | ||||||||
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| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | $ | ||||||
| Treasury securities held in Trust Account | $ | $ | ||||||
| Total Assets | $ | $ | ||||||
The CODM reviews the position of cash available to the Company to assess if the Company has sufficient resources available to discharge its liabilities. The CODM is provided with details of cash and liquid resources available with the Company. The CODM also reviews the amount of cash, cash equivalents, treasury securities, and marketable securities held in Trust Account to assess the amounts available to the Company to effect an initial Business Combination within the Completion Window.
| Schedule of Business combination segment | ||||||||
| For the Year Ended December 31, 2025 |
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| Loss from operations | $ | ( |
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| Interest income on Trust Account | $ | $ | ||||||
| Interest income on money market mutual funds | $ | $ | ||||||
| Net income (loss) | $ | ) | $ | ( |
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The CODM reviews loss from operations to determine if expenditures are in alignment with budgeted and contractually agreed upon amounts with service providers. Interest income is reviewed to assist in forecasting amounts of cash, cash equivalents, treasury securities, and marketable securities held in the Trust Account to assess amounts available to the Company to effect an initial Business Combination within the Completion Window.
Note 6 — Related Party Transactions
Founder Shares
On January 23, 2025 the Sponsor made capital contributions of $
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The Company’s initial shareholders have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of their founder shares and any Class A ordinary shares issued upon conversion thereof until the earlier of (i) six months after the completion of a Business Combination and (ii) subsequent to a Business Combination, the date on which the Company consummates a subsequent liquidation, merger, share exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of the Company’s shareholders having the right to exchange their Class A Ordinary Shares for cash, securities or other property. Any permitted transferees will be subject to the same restrictions and other agreements of the Company’s initial shareholders with respect to any founder shares (the “Lock-up”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company consummates a transaction after the initial Business Combination which results in the Company’s shareholders having the right to exchange their shares for cash, securities or other property, the founder shares will be released from the Lock-up.
Promissory Note — Related Party
The Sponsor agreed to loan the Company an aggregate of up to $
Administrative Services Agreement
Commencing on the effective date of the Registration Statement, the Company entered into an agreement with our Sponsor to pay an aggregate of $
Consulting Agreements
On November 10, 2025, the Company entered into consulting agreements with Ryan Gentry and Vikas Mittal (the “Consulting Agreements”) pursuant to which Mr. Gentry and Mr. Mittal agreed to provide the Company with consulting services, which may include but are not limited to, assisting with analysis and advice regarding the potential investment opportunities for special purpose acquisition companies, accounting and bookkeeping, and administrative support. Pursuant to the terms of the Consulting Agreements, Mr. Gentry is entitled to a consulting fee of $
Related Party Loans
In order to finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial Business Combination, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor or certain of our officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required on a non-interest basis (the “Working Capital Loans”). If we complete an initial Business Combination, the Company would repay such loaned amounts. In the event that the initial Business Combination does not close, the Company may use amounts held outside the Trust Account to repay such loaned amounts but no proceeds from the Trust Account would be used for such repayment. Up to $
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Note 7 — Commitments and Contingencies
Risks and Uncertainties
The United States and global markets are experiencing volatility and disruption following the geopolitical instability resulting from the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict and the recent escalation of the Israel-Hamas conflict. In response to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (“NATO”) deployed additional military forces to eastern Europe, and the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union and other countries have announced various sanctions and restrictive actions against Russia, Belarus and related individuals and entities, including the removal of certain financial institutions from the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication payment system. Certain countries, including the United States, have also provided and may continue to provide military aid or other assistance to Ukraine and to Israel, increasing geopolitical tensions among a number of nations. The invasion of Ukraine by Russia and the escalation of the Israel-Hamas conflict and the resulting measures that have been taken, and could be taken in the future, by NATO, the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union, Israel and its neighboring states and other countries have created global security concerns that could have a lasting impact on regional and global economies. Although the length and impact of the ongoing conflicts are highly unpredictable, they could lead to market disruptions, including significant volatility in commodity prices, credit and capital markets, as well as supply chain interruptions and increased cyberattacks against U.S. companies. Additionally, any resulting sanctions could adversely affect the global economy and financial markets and lead to instability and lack of liquidity in capital markets.
Any of the above mentioned factors, or any other negative impact on the global economy, capital markets or other geopolitical conditions resulting from the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the escalation of the Israel-Hamas conflict and subsequent sanctions or related actions, could adversely affect the Company’s search for an initial Business Combination and any target business with which the Company may ultimately consummate an initial Business Combination.
Registration Rights
The holders of the (i) founder shares, which were issued in a private placement prior to the closing of the Initial Public Offering, (ii) Private Units (and the securities comprising such units and the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the Private Placement Warrants) which will be issued in a private placement simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering and (iii) Private Units (and the securities comprising such units and the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the Private Placement Warrants) that may be issued upon conversion of Working Capital Loans will have registration rights to require the Company to register a sale of any of the Company’s securities held by them and any other securities of the Company acquired by them prior to the consummation of an initial Business Combination pursuant to a registration rights agreement to be signed prior to or on the effective date of the Initial Public Offering.
The holders of these securities will be entitled to make up to three demands, excluding short form demands, that the Company register such securities. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to the completion of an initial Business Combination. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, CCM may only make a demand on one occasion and only during the five-year period beginning on the effective date of the registration statement of the Initial Public Offering. In addition, CCM may participate in a “piggy-back” registration only during the seven-year period beginning on the effective date of the registration statement of the Initial Public Offering. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.
Underwriting Agreement
The Company granted the underwriter a 45-day option from the date of the Initial Public Offering to purchase up to an additional Units to cover over-allotments. On August 28, 2025, the underwriters fully exercised their over-allotment option to purchase an additional Units.
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The underwriter was paid a cash underwriting discount of 2.00% of the gross proceeds of the units offered in the Initial Public Offering, or $
Note 8 — Shareholder’s Equity
Preference Shares — The Company is authorized to issue a total of preference shares at par value of $ each. At December 31, 2025 and 2024, there were preference shares issued or outstanding.
Class A Ordinary Shares — The Company is authorized to issue a total of Class A ordinary shares at par value of $ each. As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, there were and Class A ordinary shares issued and outstanding, excluding and Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption, respectively.
Class B Ordinary Shares — The Company is authorized to issue a total of Class B ordinary shares at par value of $ each. On January 23, 2025, the Company issued Class B ordinary shares to the Sponsor for $
The founder shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares (which such Class A ordinary shares delivered upon conversion will not have any redemption rights or be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account if the Company fails to consummate an initial Business Combination) concurrently with or immediately following the consummation of an initial Business Combination or earlier at the option of the holder on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment for share sub-divisions, share capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like, and subject to further adjustment as provided herein. In the case that additional Class A ordinary shares, or any other equity-linked securities, are issued or deemed issued in excess of the amounts sold in the Initial Public Offering and related to or in connection with the closing of the initial business combination, the ratio at which Class B ordinary shares convert into Class A ordinary shares will be adjusted (unless the holders of a majority of the outstanding Class B ordinary shares agree to waive such adjustment with respect to any such issuance or deemed issuance) so that the number of Class A ordinary shares issuable upon conversion of all Class B ordinary shares will equal, in the aggregate, 25% of the sum of (i) the total number of all Class A ordinary shares outstanding upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering (including any Class A ordinary shares issued pursuant to the underwriter’s over-allotment option and excluding the Class A ordinary shares comprising part of the Private Units and the Class A ordinary shares underlying the Private Placement Warrants issued to the Sponsor), plus (ii) all Class A ordinary shares and equity-linked securities issued or deemed issued, in connection with the closing of the initial Business Combination (excluding any shares or equity-linked securities issued, or to be issued, to any seller in the initial Business Combination and any private placement-equivalent units issued to our Sponsor or any of its affiliates or to the Company’s officers or directors upon conversion of Working Capital Loans) minus (iii) any redemptions of Class A ordinary shares by public shareholders in connection with an initial Business Combination and any Class A ordinary shares redeemed by public shareholders in connection with any amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association made prior to the consummation of the initial business combination (A) to modify the substance or timing of our obligation to allow redemption in connection with our initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination within the completion window or (B) with respect to any other material provisions relating to the rights of holders of Class A ordinary shares or pre-business combination activity; provided that such conversion of founder shares will never occur on a less than one-for-one basis.
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Holders of record of the Company’s Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares are entitled to one vote for each share held on all matters to be voted on by shareholders. Unless specified in the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association or as required by the Companies Act or stock exchange rules, a special resolution under Cayman Islands law and the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, which requires the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the votes cast by such shareholders as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at the applicable general meeting of the Company is generally required to approve any matter voted on by the Company’s shareholders. Approval of certain actions require a special resolution under Cayman Islands law, which (except as specified below) requires the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the votes cast by such shareholders as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at the applicable general meeting, and pursuant to the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, such actions include amending the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association and approving a statutory merger or consolidation with another company. There is no cumulative voting with respect to the appointment of directors, meaning, following the Company’s initial Business Combination, the holders of more than 50% of the Company’s ordinary shares voted for the appointment of directors can elect all of the directors. Prior to the consummation of an initial Business Combination, only holders of the Company’s Class B ordinary shares will (i) have the right to vote on the appointment and removal of directors and (ii) be entitled to vote on continuing the Company in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands (including any special resolution required to amend our constitutional documents or to adopt new constitutional documents, in each case, as a result of approving a transfer by way of continuation in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands). Holders of the Company’s Class A ordinary shares will not be entitled to vote on these matters during such time. These provisions of the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association may only be amended if approved by a special resolution passed by the affirmative vote of at least 90% (or, where such amendment is proposed in respect of the consummation of an initial Business Combination, two-thirds) of the votes cast by such shareholders as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at the applicable general meeting of the Company.
Note 9 — 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.
Recurring Fair Value Measurements
The following table presents information about the Company’s recurring fair value measurements as of December 31, 2025, and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation inputs the Company utilized to determine such fair value:
| Schedule of Assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis | |||||||
| Level | Fair Value | ||||||
| Assets: | |||||||
| Cash held in money market mutual fund | 1 | $ | |||||
| United States Treasury Bills held in Trust Account | 1 | $ | |||||
There were no recurring fair value measurements as of December 31, 2024.
Non-recurring Fair Value Measurements
The following table presents information about the Company’s non-recurring fair value measurements as of the valuation date, and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation inputs the Company utilized to determine such fair value:
| Level | Fair Value | ||||||
| Equity: | |||||||
| Fair value of Public Warrants for Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption allocation at August 28, 2025 | 3 | $ | |||||
| Class B ordinary shares (per share) at July 25, 2025 | 3 | $ | |||||
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The fair value of the Public Warrants is $
| Schedule of fair value assumptions | ||||
| August 28, 2025 |
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| Implied ordinary share price | $ | |||
| Exercise price | $ | |||
| Simulation term (years) | ||||
| Risk-free rate | % | |||
| Estimated implied volatility | % | |||
| Calculated value per warrant | $ | |||
| Market adjustment | % | |||
The fair value of the Class B ordinary shares is $ per ordinary share on July 25, 2025, the grant date of the Class B ordinary shares transferred to the Company’s directors. The fair value of the Class B ordinary shares was determined by applying a discount for lack of marketability (“DLOM”) to the underlying stock price of a Class A ordinary share, adjusted for the estimated probability of a successful initial Business Combination. The following table presents the quantitative information regarding market assumptions used in the valuation of the Class B ordinary shares:
| Schedule of fair value assumptions | ||||
| July 25, 2025 |
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| Underlying stock price | $ | |||
| Estimated probability of an initial Business Combination | % | |||
| Estimated volatility | % | |||
| Risk-free rate | % | |||
| Time to expiration | ||||
Note 10 — Subsequent Events
The Company evaluated subsequent events and transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date through the date that the financial statements are issued. Based upon this review, the Company did not identify any subsequent events that would have required adjustment or disclosure in the financial statements.
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EXHIBIT 19
CSLM Digital Asset Acquisition Corp III, Ltd
INSIDER TRADING POLICY
| A. | Background/Purpose |
Under federal and state securities laws, it is illegal to purchase or sell securities of CSLM Digital Asset Acquisition Corp III, Ltd (the “Company”) while in possession of material, non-public information related to, affecting or regarding the Company or its subsidiaries (such information, “Inside Information”), or to disclose Inside Information to others who then trade in the securities of the Company. Insider trading violations are pursued vigorously by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and other governmental agencies and can result in severe penalties. While the regulatory authorities usually concentrate their efforts on the individuals who trade, or who tip Inside Information to others who trade, the federal securities laws also impose potential liability on companies and other “controlling persons” if they fail to take reasonable steps to prevent insider trading by company personnel.
The Company has adopted this Policy on Inside Information and Insider Trading (this “Policy”) both to satisfy the Company’s obligation to prevent insider trading and to help the Company’s personnel and its external advisors avoid violating insider trading laws.
| B. | Applicability of Policy |
| 1. | Covered Persons. This Policy applies to the following people (collectively, “Covered Persons”): |
| ● | all officers of the Company; |
| ● | all members of the Board of Directors of the Company (“Directors”); |
| ● | all employees of the Company; and |
| ● | any family members of the foregoing persons. For the purposes of this Policy, the term “family member” means a spouse, parent, stepparent, child, stepchild, sibling, mother and father-in law, son and daughter-in-law, brother and sister-in-law, and anyone (other than a domestic employee or tenant) who shares the director’s home. |
The failure of any person subject to this Policy to observe and strictly adhere to the policies and procedures set forth herein at all times will be grounds for disciplinary action, up to and including dismissal. To ensure that Company confidences are protected to the maximum extent possible, no individuals other than specifically authorized personnel may release material information to the public, or respond to inquiries from the media, analysts or others outside the Company.
All consultants and outside advisors assisting the Company on sensitive matters are expected to abide by the Policy, although the Company assumes no responsibility with respect to the actions of persons who are not under its direct control. However, the failure of consultants and outside advisers to observe the policies and procedures set forth herein will be grounds for termination of the consultant’s or outside adviser’s relationship with the Company.
| 2. | Covered Transactions. |
This Policy applies to all transactions in the Company’s securities, including ordinary shares (including any securities that are exercisable for, or convertible or exchangeable into, ordinary shares) and any other securities the Company may issue from time to time whether or not pursuant to any benefit plan adopted by the Company.
For purposes of this Policy, the Company considers transactions between Covered Persons and the Company with respect to grants under its equity incentive plan (or, to the extent applicable, granted outside such plan) to be exempt from this Policy. Such transactions include, without limitation, the following:
| ● | the exercise of options for cash; |
| ● | the exercise of options on a “net exercise” basis pursuant to which an optionee either (i) delivers outstanding ordinary shares to the Company, or (ii) authorizes the Company to withhold from issuance ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the option, in either case, having a fair market value on the date of exercise equal to the aggregate exercise price; or |
| ● | the forfeiture to the Company of restricted ordinary shares or share units to cover withholding tax obligations. |
Thus, restrictions contained in this Policy would apply to the sale of the Company’s securities in the open market to pay the exercise price of an option and to the “cashless exercise” effected through a broker or “same day sale” of an option. In addition, any sale of the underlying securities acquired upon the exercise of an option is subject to the Policy. This Policy does not apply to the granting of options or other equity awards.
In addition to the other restrictions set forth in this Policy, the following transactions are strictly prohibited at all times:
| ● | trading in call or put options involving the Company’s securities and other derivative securities; |
| ● | engaging in short sales of the Company’s securities (i.e., the sale of a security that the seller does not own); and |
| ● | engaging in hedging or monetization transactions with respect to the Company’s securities, such as prepaid variable forwards, equity swaps, collars and exchange funds. |
If you are unsure whether or not a particular transaction is prohibited under this Policy, you should consult with the Chief Financial Officer, prior to engaging in, or entering into, an agreement, understanding or arrangement to engage in, such transaction.
| C. | General Policy |
No Covered Person who is in possession of Inside Information may, either directly or indirectly (including, without limitation, through a family member, friend or entity in which you or any of your family members is a director, officer or controlling equity holder or beneficiary), (i) purchase or sell the Company’s securities, (ii) engage in any other action to take advantage of Inside Information, or (iii) provide Inside Information to any other person outside of the Company, including family and friends.
In addition, Covered Persons may not purchase or sell any securities of any other company, such as a lender, possible acquisition target or competitor of the Company, when in possession of material non-public information concerning any such other company obtained in the course of his or her employment with, or service to, the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
| D. | Specific Policies |
| 1. | Black-out Periods. |
All Directors and executive officers of the Company and its subsidiaries, as well as all employees of the Company that provide financial or accounting services to the Company and any other persons as may be designated from time to time by the Chief Financial Officer, as well as any family members or other persons that reside in the same household as those persons (all of the foregoing being “Restricted Persons”) are subject to additional restrictions on their ability to engage in purchase or sale transactions involving the Company’s securities. Restricted Persons are more likely to have access to Inside Information regarding the Company because of their positions or affiliations with the Company and, as a result, their trades in the Company’s securities are more likely to be subject to greater scrutiny. Accordingly, Restricted Persons are prohibited from trading in the Company’s securities during the period beginning on the 15th day of the last month of each fiscal quarter and ending two (2) trading days following public disclosure of the financial results for that quarter or the full year, as the case may be. Furthermore, a Restricted Person who is in possession of any material nonpublic information should not trade in the Company’s securities until the information has been made publicly available or is no longer material.
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In addition, from time to time, the Company may impose special black-out periods on Restricted Persons and other employees of the Company if, in the judgment of the Chief Financial Officer, it is likely that such person or persons have become aware of significant corporate developments that have not yet been disclosed to the public, even when trading otherwise may be permitted. In the event that certain Restricted Persons or other employees of the Company become subject to a special black-out period, such persons are prohibited from (i) trading in the Company’s securities, and (ii) disclosing to others the fact they are subject to such special black-out period. These special black-out periods may vary in length and may or may not be broadly communicated to Covered Persons. This restriction does not apply to transactions made under a pre-planned trading program adopted to purchase or sell securities in the future which pre-planned trading program (an “approved Rule 10b5-1 trading plan”) (i) is in compliance with Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and (ii) has been pre-cleared in advance, in writing, by the Chief Financial Officer (or, if the person implementing such program is the Chief Financial Officer, by the Chief Executive Officer). The Company would re-open trading at the beginning of the 3rd trading day following the date of public disclosure of such significant corporate developments.
| 2. | “Tipping” of Information. |
Covered Persons may not disclose, convey or “tip” Inside Information to any person by providing them with Inside Information other than to disclose on a “need to know” basis to officers and employees of the Company or outside advisors in the course of performing their duties for the Company. When sharing Inside Information with other officers and employees of the Company or outside advisors, or other persons involved in the business and affairs of the Company, such information should be confined to as small a group as possible. Unlawful tipping includes passing on Inside Information to friends, family members or acquaintances under circumstances that suggest that persons subject to this Policy were trying to help the recipients of such information to make a profit or avoid a loss by trading in the Company’s securities based on such information.
| 3. | Pre-clearance. |
A Restricted Person must obtain prior clearance from the Chief Financial Officer (or, if the Restricted Person is the Chief Financial Officer, from the Chief Executive Officer) before such Restricted Person makes any purchases or sales of the Company’s securities, regardless of whether or not a black-out period is then in effect. In evaluating each proposed transaction, the Chief Financial Officer (or, if the Restricted Person is the Chief Financial Officer, from the Chief Executive Officer) will consult as necessary with senior management and outside counsel before clearing any proposed trade. Clearance of a transaction is valid for no more than the five (5) business day period immediately following receipt by the Restricted Person of such clearance. If clearance is denied, the fact of such denial must be kept confidential by the person requesting such clearance. Restricted Persons do not need to receive pre-clearance for trades pursuant to an approved Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.
| E. | Compliance |
All Covered Persons must promptly report any trading in the Company’s securities by any Covered Person, or any disclosure of Inside Information or material non-public information concerning other companies by such Covered Person, that such person has reason to believe may violate this Policy or federal or state securities laws.
Persons in possession of Inside Information when their employment or service terminates may not trade in the Company’s securities until that information has become public or is no longer material.
| F. | Additional Information |
| 1. | What is Inside Information? |
“Inside Information” is material information about the Company that is not available to the public. Information generally becomes available to the public when it has been disclosed by the Company or third parties in a press release or other authorized public statement, including any filing with the SEC. In general, information is considered to have been made available to the public on the 2nd trading day after the formal release of the information. In other words, there is a presumption that the public needs approximately one complete trading day to receive and absorb such information.
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| 2. | What is Material Information? |
As a general rule, information about the Company is “material” if it could reasonably be expected to affect someone’s decision to buy, hold or sell the Company’s securities. In particular, information is considered to be material if its disclosure to the public would be reasonably likely to affect (i) an investor’s decision to buy or sell the securities of the company to which the information relates, or (ii) the market price of that company’s securities. While it is not possible to identify in advance all information that will be deemed to be material, some examples of such information would include the following:
| ● | significant changes in financial results and/or financial condition and financial projections; |
| ● | major new contracts or leases, or the possible loss of business; |
| ● | changes in dividend policy, the declaration of a share sub-division or share capitalization or an offering of additional securities; |
| ● | share redemption or repurchase programs; |
| ● | changes in management or control; |
| ● | change in auditors or notification that the auditor’s reports may no longer be relied upon; |
| ● | significant mergers, acquisitions, reorganizations, dispositions of assets or joint ventures; |
| ● | significant litigation, investigations or regulatory developments; |
| ● | significant increases or decreases in the amount of outstanding securities or indebtedness; |
| ● | write-ups or write downs of assets or changes in accounting methods; |
| ● | actual or projected changes in industry circumstances or competitive conditions that could significantly affect the Company’s revenues, earnings, financial position or future prospects; and |
| ● | transactions with Directors, officers or principal security holders. |
It can sometimes be difficult to know whether information would be considered “material.” The determination of whether information is material is almost always clearer after the fact, when the effect of that information on the market can be quantified. Although you may have information about the Company that you do not consider to be material, federal regulators and others may conclude (with the benefit of hindsight) that such information was material. Therefore, trading in the Company’s securities when you possess non-public information about the Company can be risky. When doubt exists, the information should be presumed to be material. If you are unsure whether you are in possession of material non-public information, you should consult with the Chief Financial Officer, prior to engaging in, or entering into an agreement, understanding or arrangement to engage in, a purchase or sale transaction of any of the Company’s securities.
| 3. | What is the Penalty for Insider Trading? |
Trading on Inside Information is a crime. The consequences of insider trading and tipping are severe and may, in some cases, be applied to the Company as well as to the individual who illegally trades or tips. Possible consequences include criminal prosecution with the potential for prison terms and additional fines if convicted, civil penalties, termination of employment and personal embarrassment resulting from adverse publicity.
If you have any questions with regard to this Policy, you should consult with the Chief Financial Officer.
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EXHIBIT 31.1
CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-14(A) UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Ryan Gentry, certify that:
| 1. | I have reviewed this Annual Report of CSLM Digital Asset Acquisition Corp III, Ltd (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025; |
| 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(s) 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)) for the registrant 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 my supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; and |
| b) | (Paragraph omitted pursuant to SEC Release Nos. 33-8238/34-47986 and 33-8392/34-49313); |
| c) | Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report my 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(s) 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: March 19, 2026
| /s/ Ryan Gentry | |
| Ryan Gentry | |
| Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer | |
| (Principal Executive Officer) |
EXHIBIT 31.2
CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-14(A) UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, Vikas Mittal, certify that:
| 1. | I have reviewed this Annual Report of CSLM Digital Asset Acquisition Corp III, Ltd (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025; |
| 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(s) 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)) for the registrant 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 my supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; and |
| b) | (Paragraph omitted pursuant to SEC Release Nos. 33-8238/34-47986 and 33-8392/34-49313); |
| c) | Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report my 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(s) 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: March 19, 2026
| /s/ Vikas Mittal | |
| Vikas Mittal | |
| Chief Financial Officer and Co-Chief Executive Officer | |
| (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
EXHIBIT 32.1
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the Annual Report of CSLM Digital Asset Acquisition Corp III, Ltd (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Report”), I, Ryan Gentry, Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as added by §906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
| 1. | The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and |
| 2. | To my knowledge, the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company as of and for the period covered by the Report. |
Date: March 19, 2026
| /s/ Ryan Gentry | |
| Ryan Gentry | |
| Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer | |
| (Principal Executive Officer) |
EXHIBIT 32.2
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the Annual Report of CSLM Digital Asset Acquisition Corp III, Ltd (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Report”), I, Vikas Mittal, Chief Financial Officer and Co-Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as added by §906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
| 1. | The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and |
| 2. | To my knowledge, the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company as of and for the period covered by the Report. |
Date: March 19, 2026
| /s/ Vikas Mittal | |
| Vikas Mittal | |
| Chief Financial Officer and Co-Chief Executive Officer | |
| (Principal Accounting and Financial Officer) |
EXHIBIT 99.3
CSLM DIGITAL ASSET ACQUISITION CORP III, LTD
CLAWBACK POLICY
Introduction
The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of CSLM Digital Asset Acquisition Corp III, Ltd (the “Company”) believes that it is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders to create and maintain a culture that emphasizes integrity and accountability and that reinforces the Company’s pay-for-performance compensation philosophy. The Board has therefore adopted this policy which provides for the recoupment of certain executive compensation in the event of an accounting restatement resulting from material noncompliance with financial reporting requirements under the federal securities laws (the “Policy”). This Policy is designed to comply with Section 10D of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”).
Administration
This Policy shall be administered by the Board or, if so designated by the Board, the Compensation Committee, in which case references herein to the Board shall be deemed references to the Compensation Committee. Any determinations made by the Board shall be final and binding on all affected individuals.
Covered Executives
This Policy applies to the Company’s current and former executive officers, as determined by the Board in accordance with Section 10D of the Exchange Act and the listing standards of the national securities exchange on which the Company’s securities are listed, and such other senior executives/employees who may from time to time be deemed subject to the Policy by the Board (“Covered Executives”).
Recoupment; Accounting Restatement
In the event the Company is required to prepare an accounting restatement of its financial statements due to the Company’s material noncompliance with any financial reporting requirement under the securities laws, the Board will require reimbursement or forfeiture of any excess Incentive Compensation received by any Covered Executive during the three completed fiscal years immediately preceding the date on which the Company is required to prepare an accounting restatement.
Incentive Compensation
For purposes of this Policy, Incentive Compensation means any of the following; provided that such compensation is granted, earned, or vested based wholly or in part on the attainment of a financial reporting measure:
| ● | Annual cash bonuses and other short- and long-term cash incentives |
| ● | Stock options |
| ● | Stock appreciation rights |
| ● | Restricted stock |
| ● | Restricted stock units |
| ● | Performance shares |
| ● | Performance units |
Financial reporting measures are measures that are determined and presented in accordance with the accounting principles used in preparing the Company’s financial statements, and any measures that are derived wholly or in part from such measures, including:
| ● | Company stock price |
| ● | Total shareholder return |
| ● | Revenues |
| ● | Net income |
| ● | Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) |
| ● | Earnings per share |
| ● | “Non-GAAP financial measures” for purposes of Exchange Act Regulation G and 17CFR 229.10 |
Excess Incentive Compensation: Amount Subject to Recovery
The amount to be recovered will be the excess of the Incentive Compensation paid to the Covered Executive based on the erroneous data over the Incentive Compensation that would have been paid to the Covered Executive had it been based on the restated results, as determined by the Board.
If the Board cannot determine the amount of excess Incentive Compensation received by the Covered Executive directly from the information in the accounting restatement, then it will make its determination based on a reasonable estimate of the effect of the accounting restatement.
Method of Recoupment
The Board will determine, in its sole discretion, the method for recouping Incentive Compensation hereunder which may include, without limitation:
| ● | requiring reimbursement of cash Incentive Compensation previously paid; |
| ● | seeking recovery of any gain realized on the vesting, exercise, settlement, sale, transfer, or other disposition of any equity-based awards; |
| ● | offsetting the recouped amount from any compensation otherwise owed by the Company to the Covered Executive; |
| ● | cancelling outstanding vested or unvested equity awards; and |
| ● | taking any other remedial and recovery action permitted by law, as determined by the Board. |
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No Indemnification
The Company shall not indemnify any Covered Executives against the loss of any incorrectly awarded Incentive Compensation.
Interpretation
The Board is authorized to interpret and construe this Policy and to make all determinations necessary, appropriate, or advisable for the administration of this Policy. It is intended that this Policy be interpreted in a manner that is consistent with the requirements of Section 10D of the Exchange Act and any applicable rules or standards adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission or any national securities exchange on which the Company’s securities are listed.
Effective Date
This Policy shall be effective as of the date it is adopted by the Board (the “Effective Date”) and shall apply to Incentive Compensation that is approved, awarded or granted to Covered Executives on or after August 26, 2025. This Policy shall apply to any excess Incentive Compensation received by Covered Executives during the three immediately completed fiscal years preceding the date on which a company is required to prepare an accounting restatement.
Amendment; Termination
The Board may amend this Policy from time to time in its discretion and shall amend this Policy as it deems necessary to reflect final regulations adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission under Section 10D of the Exchange Act and to comply with any rules or standards adopted by any national securities exchange on which the Company’s securities are listed. The Board may terminate this Policy at any time.
Other Recoupment Rights
The Board intends that this Policy will be applied to the fullest extent of the law. The Board may require that any employment agreement, equity award agreement, or similar agreement entered into on or after the Effective Date shall, as a condition to the grant of any benefit thereunder, require a Covered Executive to agree to abide by the terms of this Policy. Any right of recoupment under this Policy is in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other remedies or rights of recoupment that may be available to the Company pursuant to the terms of any similar policy in any employment agreement, equity award agreement, or similar agreement and any other legal remedies available to the Company.
Impracticability
The Board shall recover any excess Incentive Compensation in accordance with this Policy unless such recovery would be impracticable, as determined by the Board in accordance with Rule 10D-1 of the Exchange Act and the listing standards of any national securities exchange on which the Company’s securities are listed.
Successors
This Policy shall be binding and enforceable against all Covered Executives and their beneficiaries, heirs, executors, administrators or other legal representatives.
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