PLMJF 10-Q
Plum Acquisition Corp. III (PLMJF)
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PLUM ACQUISITION CORP. III
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CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS
| September 30, 2025 (Unaudited) | December 31, 2024 | |||||||
| ASSETS | ||||||||
| Current assets: | ||||||||
| Cash | $ | $ | ||||||
| Prepaid expenses | ||||||||
| Due from Tactical | ||||||||
| Due from Merger Co | ||||||||
| Total current assets | ||||||||
| Investments held in Trust Account | ||||||||
| Total Assets | $ | $ | ||||||
| LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT | ||||||||
| Current liabilities: | ||||||||
| Accounts payable | $ | $ | ||||||
| Accounts payable - related party | ||||||||
| Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | ||||||||
| Promissory note - related party | ||||||||
| Total current liabilities | ||||||||
| Warrant liabilities | ||||||||
| Total Liabilities | ||||||||
| Commitments (Note 6) | ||||||||
| Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption, | ||||||||
| Shareholders’ Deficit | ||||||||
| Preference shares, $ | ||||||||
| Class A ordinary shares, $ | ||||||||
| Class B ordinary shares, $ | ||||||||
| Accumulated deficit | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Total Shareholders’ Deficit | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Deficit | $ | $ | ||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the unaudited condensed financial statements.
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CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(UNAUDITED)
| Three Months Ended September 30, 2025 | Three Months Ended September 30, 2024 | Nine Months Ended September 30, 2025 | Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024 | |||||||||||||
| Operating and formation costs | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| Loss from operations | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||
| Other income (expense): | ||||||||||||||||
| Interest and dividend income on investments held in Trust Account | ||||||||||||||||
| Gain (loss) on change in fair value of warrant liabilities | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||
| Net loss | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||||
| Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding, Class A ordinary shares | ||||||||||||||||
| Basic and diluted net loss per share, Class A ordinary shares | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||||
| Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding, Class B ordinary shares | ||||||||||||||||
| Basic and diluted net loss per share, Class B ordinary shares | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the unaudited condensed financial statements.
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CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’
DEFICIT
(UNAUDITED)
FOR THE THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2025
| Class A Ordinary Shares | Class B Ordinary Shares | Additional Paid-in | Accumulated | Total Shareholders’ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | Capital | Deficit | Deficit | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance as of January 1, 2025 | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Remeasurement of Class A ordinary shares to redemption amount as of March 31, 2025 | — | — | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net loss | — | — | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance as of March 31, 2025 | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Remeasurement of Class A ordinary shares to redemption amount as of June 30, 2025 | — | — | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net loss | — | — | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance as of June 30, 2025 | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Remeasurement of Class A ordinary shares to redemption amount as of September 30, 2025 | — | — | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net loss | — | — | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance as of September 30, 2025 | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
FOR THE THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2024
| Class A Ordinary Shares | Class B Ordinary Shares | Additional Paid-in | Accumulated | Total Shareholders’ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | Capital | Deficit | Deficit | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance as of January 1, 2024 | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Remeasurement of Class A ordinary shares to redemption amount as of March 31, 2024 | — | — | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Deemed contribution for extension deposit from the Sponsor | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Share based compensation | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reversal of deemed contribution for extension deposit from the Sponsor | — | — | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net loss | — | — | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Contribution from the Sponsor of shares to be issued under non-redemption agreements | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Finance cost of shares to be issued under non-redemption agreements | — | — | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance as of March 31, 2024 | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Remeasurement of Class A ordinary shares to redemption amount as of June 30, 2024 | — | — | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Share based compensation | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance as of June 30, 2024 | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Remeasurement of Class A ordinary shares to redemption amount as of September 30, 2024 | — | — | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Share based compensation | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net loss | — | — | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance as of September 30, 2024 | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the unaudited condensed financial statements.
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CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(UNAUDITED)
| Nine Months Ended September 30, 2025 | Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024 | |||||||
| Cash Flows from Operating Activities: | ||||||||
| Net loss | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||
| Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities: | ||||||||
| Interest and dividend income on investments held in Trust Account | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Stock-based Compensation | ||||||||
| (Gain) loss on change in fair value of warrant liabilities | ( | ) | ||||||
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | ||||||||
| Prepaid expenses | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Accounts payable | ( | ) | ||||||
| Accounts payable - related party | ( | ) | ||||||
| Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | ||||||||
| Net cash used in operating activities | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Cash Flows from Investing Activities: | ||||||||
| Cash transferred into Trust Account | ( | ) | ||||||
| Due from Merger Co | ( | ) | ||||||
| Due from Tactical | ||||||||
| Cash transferred from Trust Account to pay redeeming shareholders | ||||||||
| Net cash provided by investing activities | ||||||||
| Cash Flows from Financing Activities: | ||||||||
| Proceeds from promissory note - related party | ||||||||
| Proceeds for extension payments from the Original Sponsor | ||||||||
| Proceeds from convertible promissory note - related party | ||||||||
| Payment of cash to redeeming shareholders | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Net cash used in financing activities | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Net Change in Cash | ||||||||
| Cash - Beginning of period | ||||||||
| Cash - End of period | $ | $ | ||||||
| Non-cash investing and financing activities | ||||||||
| Reclassification of Sponsor Extension Payment to Promissory Note - Related Party | $ | $ | ||||||
| Remeasurement of Class A ordinary shares subject to redemption to redemption value | $ | $ | ||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the unaudited condensed financial statements.
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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2025
NOTE 1. DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS AND LIQUIDITY
Plum Acquisition Corp. III (fka Alpha Partners
Technology Merger Corp.) (the “Company”) is a blank check company incorporated in the Cayman Islands on February 5, 2021.
The Company was formed for the purpose of entering into a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or
similar business combination with one or more businesses (an “Initial Business Combination”). The Company is not limited to
a particular industry or geographic region for purposes of consummating a Initial Business Combination. The Company is an early stage
and emerging growth company and, as such, the Company is subject to all of the risks associated with early stage and emerging growth companies.
On December 27, 2023, the Company, the Original Sponsor (as defined below) and Mercury Capital, LLC (the “Sponsor”) entered
into a purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which, at a closing on December 28, 2023 (the “Closing”),
the Sponsor (i) purchased
The Original Sponsor and the Sponsor each agreed
to pay $
Following the Closing, the Original Sponsor has no further obligations with respect to the Company and the Sponsor assumed all obligations relating to the Company, including, (i) to cause the Company to file a proxy statement providing public investors of the Company with the option to accept a revised trust extension arrangement or redeem their Class A ordinary shares and receive their pro rata share of the Company’s Trust Account (as defined below), (ii) to cause the Company to satisfy all of its public reporting requirements as well as taking all action to cause the Company to remain listed on Nasdaq, (iii) the payment of all extension contributions after January 2024 and working capital of the Company, at the discretion of the Sponsor, and (iv) all other obligations of the Original Sponsor related to the Company.
As of September 30, 2025, the Company had not commenced any operations. All activity from inception through September 30, 2025, relates to the search for a prospective Initial Business Combination, entering into a definitive business combination agreement, and steps to complete an Initial Business Combination. The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of an Initial Business Combination, at the earliest. The Company generates non-operating income in the form of interest and dividend income from the proceeds derived from the Initial Public Offering. The Company has selected December 31 as its fiscal year end.
The registration statement for the Company’s
Initial Public Offering was declared effective on July 27, 2021. On July 30, 2021, the Company consummated the Initial Public
Offering of
Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial
Public Offering, the Company consummated the sale of
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2025
The Company had granted the underwriters in the
Initial Public Offering a
Simultaneously with the closing of the exercise
of the over-allotment option, the Company consummated the sale of
Upon closing of the Initial Public Offering, the
sale of the Private Placement Units, the sale of the Over-Allotment Units, and the sale of the Over-Allotment Private Placement Units,
a total of $
The Company will provide the holders of its outstanding
Public Shares (the “Public Shareholders”) with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Public Shares upon the
completion of an Initial Business Combination either (i) in connection with a shareholder meeting called to approve the Initial Business
Combination or (ii) by means of a tender offer. The decision as to whether the Company will seek shareholder approval of a 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 Public Shares for a pro rata portion of the amount then in the Trust Account (initially $
If the Company seeks shareholder approval, the Company will proceed with an Initial Business Combination if a majority of the shares voted are voted in favor of the Initial Business Combination. If a shareholder vote is not required by law and the Company does not decide to hold a shareholder vote for business or other reasons, the Company will, pursuant to its third amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (the “Third Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association”), conduct the redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and file tender offer documents with the SEC prior to completing a Initial Business Combination. If, however, shareholder approval of the transaction is required by law, or the Company decides to obtain shareholder approval for business or other reasons, the Company will offer to redeem shares in conjunction with a proxy solicitation pursuant to the proxy rules and not pursuant to the tender offer rules. If the Company seeks shareholder approval in connection with a Business Combination, the Original Sponsor has agreed to vote its Founder Shares (as defined in Note 5) and any Public Shares purchased during or after the Initial Public Offering in favor of approving an Initial Business Combination. Additionally, each public shareholder may elect to redeem their Public Shares irrespective of whether they vote for or against the proposed transaction or don’t vote at all.
Notwithstanding the above, if the Company seeks
shareholder approval of an Initial Business Combination and it does not conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules, the Third
Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association provides that a public shareholder, together with any affiliate of such shareholder
or any other person with whom such shareholder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined under Section 13 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), will be restricted from redeeming its shares with respect to more
than an aggregate of
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2025
The Company’s Original Sponsor, officers
and directors have agreed to waive (i) redemption rights with respect to their Founder Shares and Public Shares held by them in connection
with the completion of an Initial Business Combination, (ii) redemption rights with respect to any Founder Shares and Public Shares held
by them in connection with a shareholder vote to approve an amendment to the Third Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association
that would modify the substance or timing of the obligation to provide holders of the Class A ordinary shares the right to have their
shares redeemed in connection with an Initial Business Combination or to redeem
The Company previously had until 24 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering to complete an Initial Business Combination. On July 27, 2023, the Company’s shareholders approved a proposal to amend the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to extend the date by which the Company must consummate an Initial Business Combination from July 30, 2023 to July 30, 2024. On February 1, 2024, the Company’s shareholders approved a proposal to further amend the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to extend the date by which the Company must consummate an Initial Business Combination from July 30, 2024 to January 30, 2025.
On January 16, 2025, as approved by its shareholders
at the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders, the Company filed an amendment to its Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and
Articles of Association on January 17, 2025, which (i) extended the date by which the Company has to consummate a business combination
to July 30, 2025, or such earlier date as shall be determined by the Company’s board of directors and (ii) amended Article 49.4
to remove language stating, in relevant part, that the Company shall not consummate a business combination unless the Company has net
tangible assets of at least $
On July 15, 2025, as approved by its shareholders at the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders, the Company filed an amendment to its Third Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association on July 16, 2025, which extended the date by which the Company has to consummate a business combination to July 30, 2026 (the “Second Combination Period”), or such earlier date as shall be determined by the Company’s board of directors.
If the Company is unable to complete an Initial
Business Combination within the Second Combination Period (as defined below), the Company will (i) cease all operations except for the
purpose of winding up; (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible, but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the Public Shares,
at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned on
the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company to pay the income taxes, if any (less up to $
On August 22, 2024, the Company entered into a business combination agreement (the “Original Business Combination Agreement”) with a corporation formed under the Laws of the Province of British Columbia (“PubCo”) and Tactical Resources Corp., a corporation formed under the Laws of the Province of British Columbia (“Tactical”), pursuant to which the Company will amalgamate pursuant to a Plan of Arrangement under the Business Corporations Act of British Columbia (“BCBCA”) to form one corporate entity, except that the legal existence of Pubco will not cease and Pubco will survive the amalgamation, following its redomicile into the Province of British Columbia, Canada.
On December 10, 2024, the Company, and Tactical entered into an amendment (the “Amendment No. 1”) to the Original Business Combination Agreement, Amendment No. 1 provides that, among other things, upon a delisting from The Nasdaq Stock Market, the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to list its securities on the OTC Markets Group. As a condition to closing the Business Combination, the Company must relist its securities on The Nasdaq Stock Market.
On January 28, 2025, the Company and Tactical entered into Amendment No. 2 (the “Amendment No. 2”) to the Original Business Combination Agreement. Amendment No. 2 provides that certain recently issued convertible debentures of Tactical (and future issuances of convertible debentures by Tactical, if any, to the extent permitted under the Business Combination Agreement) shall be subject to the same terms under the Business Combination Agreement, and shall be subject to the same treatment upon closing of the business combination contemplated by the Original Business Combination Agreement, as certain existing convertible debentures issued by Tactical and already subject to the terms of the Business Combination Agreement.
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2025
The underwriters have agreed to waive their rights to their deferred underwriting commission (see Note 6) held in the Trust Account.
On July 30, 2025, the Company and Tactical entered
into Amendment No. 3 (the “Amendment No. 3”) to the Original Business Combination Agreement. Amendment No. 3 provides for
(a) an acknowledgement that Tactical may effect a reverse stock split prior to the closing at a ratio not to exceed 25 to 1; (b) an extension
of the Agreement End Date (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) to July 30, 2026; and (c) a lock-up of certain PubCo shares
to be issued in the Business Combination. Specifically, Amendment No. 3 provides that
On September 5, 2025, the Company, Tactical, Pubco, the Sponsor, and the Original Sponsor and certain shareholders of Plum entered into an amendment (the “Sponsor Support Agreement Amendment”) to the Sponsor Support Agreement, dated as of August 22, 2024 (as amended, the “Sponsor Support Agreement”).
The Sponsor Support Agreement Amendment provides that, immediately prior to the Closing of the Business Combination, to the extent that any Sponsor Incentive Units (as defined in the Sponsor Support Agreement) have not been transferred by the Sponsor to PIPE Investors, Plum shareholders or other third parties as provided for in the Sponsor Support Agreement, such remaining Sponsor Incentive Units will be retained by the Sponsor subject to vesting based on the achievement of certain trading prices of the Pubco Common Shares after the Closing, as described in more detail in the Sponsor Support Agreement Amendment. In the event that such trading prices have not been achieved on or before the tenth anniversary of the Closing, such Sponsor Incentive Units shall be surrendered to Pubco for cancellation for no consideration and shall cease to represent any interest in Pubco, effective as of such date.
On January 15, 2025, and with immediate effect, Mr. Michael Dinsdale resigned his position as a member of the board of directors (the “Board”) of Plum Acquisition Corp. III (the “Company”). Mr. Dinsdale was a member of the Board’s audit committee and chairman of the Board’s nominating committee. Mr. Dinsdale’s resignation was not the result of any disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to its operation, policies or practices.
On January 15, 2025 and with immediate effect, the Board appointed Mr. Hume Kyle to fill the vacancy resulting from Mr. Dinsdale’s resignation, to serve the remainder of Mr. Dinsdale’s term and to hold office until a successor is appointed or Mr. Kyle’s appointment is ratified. Mr. Kyle was also appointed as a member of the audit committee and as chairman of the nominating committee.
On January 16, 2025, as approved by its shareholders
at the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders, the Company filed an amendment to its amended and restated memorandum and articles
of association on January 17, 2025, which (i) extended the date by which the Company has to consummate a business combination to July
30, 2025 (the “Combination Period”), or such earlier date as shall be determined by the Company’s board of directors
(the “Second Extension Proposal”) and (ii) amended Article 49.4 to remove language stating, in relevant part, that the Company
shall not consummate a business combination unless the Company has net tangible assets of at least $
On February 21, 2025, Plum III Merger Corp. (“Merger Co.”) filed Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form F-4 pursuant to which the Company will solicit approval of the Business Combination from the Company’s shareholders. On March 28, 2025, Merger Co. filed Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form F-4. On May 22, 2025, Merger Co. filed Amendment No. 3 to the Registration Statement on Form F-4. On June 27, 2025, Merger Co. filed Amendment No. 4 to the Registration Statement on Form F-4. On September 8, 2025, Merger Co. filed Amendment No. 5 to the Registration Statement on Form F-4. On October 17, 2025, Merger Co. filed Amendment No. 6 to the Registration Statement on Form F-4 (as amended, the “Form F-4”).
In order to protect the amounts held in the Trust
Account, the Original Sponsor has 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 partner business with which the Company has discussed entering into a transaction
agreement, reduce the amounts in the Trust Account to below the lesser of (i) $
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2025
Extraordinary General Meeting
On July 27, 2023, the Company held an Extraordinary
General Meeting (the “July Extraordinary General Meeting”) whereby the shareholders approved an amendment to the amended and
restated memorandum and articles of association (the “Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association”). The Amended
and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association extended the date by which the Company has to consummate a business combination from
July 30, 2023 to July 30, 2024, or such earlier date as shall be determined by the Company’s board of directors. In connection with
the July Extraordinary General Meeting, the holders of
On January 29, 2024, the Company held an Extraordinary General Meeting (the “Extraordinary General Meeting”) whereby shareholders of the Company approved an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association in order to (i) extend the date by which the Company must consummate its initial business combination, cease its operations and redeem all of its Class A ordinary shares (the “Extension Proposal”) to January 30, 2025, or such earlier date as shall be determined by the Company’s board of directors and (ii) changed the name of the Company from Alpha Partners Technology Merger Corp. to Plum Acquisition Corp. III.
In connection with the Extension Proposal, the
Founder Share Amendment Proposal and the Redemption Limitation Proposal, the holders of
On January 16, 2025, as approved by its shareholders
at the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders, the Company filed an amendment to its Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and
Articles of Association on January 17, 2025, which (i) extended the date by which the Company has to consummate a business combination
to July 30, 2025, or such earlier date as shall be determined by the Company’s board of directors and (ii) amended Article 49.4
to remove language stating, in relevant part, that the Company shall not consummate a business combination unless the Company has net
tangible assets of at least $
On July 15, 2025, as approved by its shareholders
at the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders, the Company filed an amendment to its Third Amended and Restated Memorandum and
Articles of Association on July 16, 2025, which extended the date by which the Company has to consummate a business combination to July
30, 2026, or such earlier date as shall be determined by the Company’s board of directors. The holders of
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2025
Notices from the Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq
On July 30, 2024, the Company received a written notice (the “Notice”) from the Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) indicating that the Company has failed to comply with Nasdaq Listing Rule IM-5101-2, which requires that a special purpose acquisition company must complete one or more business combinations within 36 months of the effectiveness of its IPO registration statement.
Pursuant to the Notice, unless the Company timely requests a hearing before The Nasdaq Hearings Panel (the “Panel”), the Company’s securities will be subject to suspension and delisting from The Nasdaq Capital Market at the opening of business on August 6, 2024, and a Form 25-NSE will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which will remove the Company’s securities from listing and registration on Nasdaq.
The Company timely requested a hearing before the Panel to appeal the Notice and to request sufficient time to complete an initial business combination. A hearing request will stay the suspension of trading on the Company’s securities, and the Company’s securities will continue to trade on The Nasdaq Capital Market until the hearing process concludes and the Panel issues a written decision.
The hearing with the Panel was held on September 5, 2024. On September 23, 2024, the Company received notice from the Nasdaq Office of the General Counsel that the Panel has granted the Company’s request for continued listing on Nasdaq. As disclosed on August 5, 2024, the Company received notice from the Listing Qualifications Department of Nasdaq indicating that the Company has failed to comply with Nasdaq Listing Rule IM-5101-2, which requires that a special purpose acquisition company must complete one or more business combinations within 36 months of the effectiveness of its IPO registration statement. The Panel has granted the Company’s request for continued listing provided that on or before January 27, 2025, the Company will demonstrate compliance with all applicable initial listing standards for the Nasdaq Capital Market.
On August 8, 2024, the Company received a written
notice (the “Second Notice”) from the Listing Qualifications Department of Nasdaq indicating that, for the last
On November 21, 2024, Nasdaq provided the Company with written confirmation that the Company regained compliance with the MVLS Rule.
On November 25, 2024, the Company received a written notice from the Nasdaq indicating that the Company is delinquent in filing its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2024. The Notice has no immediate effect on the listing of the Company’s ordinary share or its public warrants on The Nasdaq Capital Market. Pursuant to the Notice, this matter serves as an additional basis for delisting the Company’s securities from the Nasdaq in light of the Company’s previously reported failure to complete one or more business combinations within 36 months of the effectiveness of its IPO registration statement in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule IM-5101-2.
On January 28, 2025, Plum Class A ordinary shares, warrants and units were listed and began trading on the Pink Current tier of the OTC Markets. Plum’s Class A ordinary shares, warrants and units are listed under the symbols “PLMJF,” “PLMWF,” and “PLMUF,” respectively.
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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2025
Liquidity and Going Concern
As of September 30, 2025, the Company had $
In July 2024, the Company entered into a promissory
note with the Sponsor (the “Sponsor Promissory Note”), pursuant to which the Sponsor may loan up to $
As of September 30, 2025, the Sponsor had entered
into a series of agreements with various undersigned subscribers (the “Subscribers”) which resulted in the raising of $
On January 27, 2025, the Company entered into
a promissory note with the Sponsor (the “Second Sponsor Promissory Note”), pursuant to which the Sponsor loaned $
The Company will have until July 30, 2026 to complete a Business Combination. If a Business Combination is not consummated by July 30, 2026 there will be a mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution of the Company.
In connection with the Company’s assessment
of going concern considerations in accordance with FASB’s Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 205-40 Presentation
of Financial Statements- Going Concern, management has determined the liquidity conditions disclosed above including the July 30,
2026 Combination Period deadline raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern through
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NOTE 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements of the Company are presented in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC. Certain information or footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC for interim financial reporting. Accordingly, they do not include all the information and footnotes necessary for a comprehensive presentation of financial position, results of operations, or cash flows. In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements include all adjustments, consisting of a normal recurring nature, which are necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position, operating results and cash flows for the periods presented. The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Form 10-K as filed with the SEC on March 28, 2025. The interim results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2025 or for any future periods.
Emerging Growth Company
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 independent registered public accounting firm 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. The Company has elected to implement the aforementioned exemptions.
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 condensed financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires the Company’s management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the unaudited condensed financial statements and the reported amounts of expenses during the reporting period.
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2025
Making estimates requires management to exercise significant judgment. It is at least reasonably possible that the estimate of the effect of a condition, situation or set of circumstances that existed at the date of the unaudited condensed financial statements, which management considered in formulating its estimate, could change in the near term due to one or more future confirming events. Accordingly, the actual results could differ from those estimates. The initial valuation of the Public Warrants (as defined in Note 3) and Class A ordinary shares subject to redemption, the initial and the quarterly valuation of the Private Placement Warrants (as defined in Note 4), and the valuations for the convertible Note (as defined in Note 5) required management to exercise significant judgement in its 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. The Company had $
Investments Held in Trust Account
Investments Held in Trust Account are classified
as trading securities which are presented on the balance sheets at fair value at the end of each reporting period. As of September 30,
2025 and December 31, 2024, the investments held in the Trust Account totaled $
Due from Tactical
In accordance with the Business Combination Agreement,
the Company covered certain operating expenses on behalf of Tactical, for which Tactical is responsible for reimbursement. As of September
30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company was owed and $
Due from Merger Co.
The Company covered certain operating expenses
on behalf of Merger Co., for which Merger Co. is responsible for reimbursement. As of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company
was owed $
Warrant Liabilities
The Company accounts for warrants as either equity-classified or liability-classified instruments based on an assessment of the warrant’s specific terms and applicable authoritative guidance in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity (“ASC 480”) and ASC Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging (“ASC 815”). The assessment considers whether the warrants are freestanding financial instruments pursuant to ASC 480, meet the definition of a liability pursuant to ASC 480, and whether the warrants meet all of the requirements for equity classification under ASC 815, including whether the warrants are indexed to the Company’s own ordinary shares, among other conditions for equity classification. This assessment, which requires the use of professional judgment, is conducted at the time of warrant issuance and as of each subsequent quarterly period end date while the warrants are outstanding.
For issued or modified warrants that meet all of the criteria for equity classification, the warrants are required to be recorded as a component of additional paid-in capital at the time of issuance. For issued or modified warrants that do not meet all the criteria for equity classification, the warrants are required to be recorded as a liability at their initial fair value on the date of issuance, and each balance sheet date thereafter. Changes in the estimated fair value of the warrants are recognized as a non-cash gain or loss on the statements of operations. The initial fair value of the Public Warrants (as defined in Note 3) was estimated using a binomial/lattice model and the fair value of the Founder Warrants (as defined in Note 5) and Private Placement Warrants (as defined in Note 4) was estimated using a Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model (see Note 9). As of September 30, 2025, despite lower trading volume on the Class A ordinary share and Public Warrants, the fair value of the Public Warrants was based its traded price as of September 30, 2025. This approach was deemed appropriate as the implied probability of a successful business combination remained within the range observed in comparable publicly traded companies. The valuation of the Private Warrants slightly differed, as it was derived using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. As of December 31, 2024, due to the options pricing model not producing a meaningful volatility for the Founder Warrants and Private Placement Warrants, the fair value of the Founder Warrants and Private Placement Warrants were set equal to the fair value of the Public Warrants.
Class A Ordinary Shares Subject to Possible Redemption
All of the
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2025
On January 29, 2024,
The Company recognizes changes in redemption value immediately as they occur and adjusts the carrying value of redeemable ordinary shares to equal the redemption value at the end of each reporting period. Increases or decreases in the carrying amount of redeemable ordinary shares are affected by charges against additional paid in capital and accumulated deficit.
As of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption reflected in the balance sheets are reconciled in the following table:
| Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption as of December 31, 2024 | $ | |||
| Redemption of Class A ordinary shares subject to redemption | ( | ) | ||
| Remeasurement of Class A ordinary shares subject to redemption to redemption amount | ||||
| Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption as of March 31, 2025 | $ | |||
| Remeasurement of Class A ordinary shares subject to redemption to redemption amount | ||||
| Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption as of June 30, 2025 | $ | |||
| Redemption of Class A ordinary shares subject to redemption | ( | ) | ||
| Remeasurement of Class A ordinary shares subject to redemption to redemption amount | ||||
| Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption as of September 30, 2025 | $ |
Income Taxes
The Company accounts for income taxes under ASC Topic 740, Income Taxes (“ASC 740”). ASC 740 requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for both the expected impact of differences between the financial statement and tax basis of assets and liabilities and for the expected future tax benefit to be derived from tax loss and tax credit carry forwards. ASC 740 additionally requires a valuation allowance to be established when it is more likely than not that all or a portion of deferred tax assets will not be realized.
ASC 740 also clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s unaudited condensed financial statements and prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement process for financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position 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. ASC 740 also provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure and transition. Based on the Company’s evaluation, it has been concluded that there are no significant uncertain tax positions requiring recognition in the Company’s unaudited condensed financial statements.
The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense. There were unrecognized tax benefits and no amounts accrued for interest and penalties as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024. 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 an exempted Cayman Islands Company and is presently not subject to income taxes or income tax filing requirements in the Cayman Islands or the United States. Consequently, income taxes are not reflected in the Company’s unaudited condensed financial statements.
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2025
Net Loss Per Ordinary Share
Net loss per ordinary share is computed by dividing
net loss by the weighted-average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the period. Remeasurement associated with the redeemable
Class A ordinary shares is excluded from net loss per share as the redemption value approximates fair value. Therefore, the loss per share
calculation allocates loss shared pro rata between Class A and Class B ordinary shares. As a result, the calculated net loss per share
is the same for Class A and Class B ordinary shares. The Company has not considered the effect of the Public Warrants (as defined in Note
3), Private Placement Warrants (as defined in Note 4), or the Founder Warrants (as defined in Note 5) to purchase an aggregate of
The following table reflects the calculation of basic and diluted net loss per ordinary share (in dollars, except per share amounts):
| Three Months Ended September 30, 2025 | Three Months Ended September 30, 2024 | Nine Months Ended September 30, 2025 | Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Class A | Class B | Class A | Class B | Class A | Class B | Class A | Class B | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Basic and diluted net loss per share: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Numerator: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net loss | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||||||||
| Denominator: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Basic and diluted net loss per share | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||||||||
Concentration of Credit Risk
Financial instruments that potentially subject
the Company to concentration of credit risk consist of a cash account in a financial institution which, at times may exceed the Federal
depository insurance coverage of $
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The Company applies ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurement (“ASC 820”), which establishes a framework for measuring fair value and clarifies the definition of fair value within that framework. ASC 820 defines fair value as an exit price, which is the price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability in the Company’s principal or most advantageous market in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. The fair value hierarchy established in ASC 820 generally requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability and are developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the entity’s own assumptions based on market data and the entity’s judgments about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability and are to be developed based on the best information available in the circumstances.
The carrying amounts reflected in the balance sheets for current assets and current liabilities approximate fair value due to their short-term nature.
Level 1 — Assets and liabilities with unadjusted, quoted prices listed on active market exchanges. Inputs to the fair value measurement are observable inputs, such as quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
Level 2 — Inputs to the fair value measurement are determined using prices for recently traded assets and liabilities with similar underlying terms, as well as direct or indirect observable inputs, such as interest rates and yield curves that are observable at commonly quoted intervals.
Level 3 — Inputs to the fair value measurement are unobservable inputs, such as estimates, assumptions, and valuation techniques when little or no market data exists for the assets or liabilities.
See Note 9 for additional information on assets and liabilities measured at fair value.
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2025
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
On December 14, 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures (“ASU 2023-09”), which is intended to enhance the transparency and decision usefulness of income tax disclosures. The amendments in ASU 2023-09 address investor requests for enhanced income tax information primarily through changes to the rate reconciliation and income taxes paid information. The update will be effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024, and early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this standard on its unaudited condensed financial statements and related disclosures.
In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures. 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 are 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. This ASU became 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 January 1, 2024. The adoption of ASU 2023-07 has not had a material impact on the Company’s financial statements and disclosures.
NOTE 3. INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING
The registration statement for the Company’s
Initial Public Offering was declared effective on July 27, 2021. On July 30, 2021, the Company completed its Initial Public
Offering of
The Company had granted the underwriters in the
Initial Public Offering a
NOTE 4. PRIVATE PLACEMENT
Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial
Public Offering, the Original Sponsor and certain Anchor Investors purchased an aggregate of
Simultaneously with the closing of the exercise
of the over-allotment option (see Note 6), the Company consummated the sale of
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2025
NOTE 5. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Founder Shares
On February 5, 2021, an affiliate of the Original
Sponsor paid an aggregate of $
The Original Sponsor has agreed, subject to certain
limited exceptions, not to transfer, assign or sell (i) any of their Founder Units or Founder Shares until the earliest of (A)
On December 27, 2023, the Company, the Original
Sponsor, and the Sponsor entered into a purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which, at a closing on
December 28, 2023, the Sponsor (i) purchased
The Company and the Sponsor entered into non-redemption agreements (the “Non-Redemption Agreements”) with certain shareholders of the Company pursuant to which, if such shareholders do not redeem (or validly rescind any redemption requests on) their Class A ordinary shares (the “Non-Redeemed Shares”) in connection with the January 2024 Extraordinary General Meeting, the Sponsor agreed to transfer to such investors ordinary shares of the Company held by the Sponsor immediately following the consummation of an Initial business combination if they continue to hold such Non-Redeemed Shares through the Extraordinary General Meeting.
Administrative Support Agreement
The Company entered into an agreement, commencing
on the effective date of the Initial Public Offering, to pay an affiliate of the Original Sponsor $
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2025
Related Party Loans
In order to finance transaction costs in connection with the Business Combination, the Original Sponsor, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Original Sponsor or the Sponsor or certain of the Company’s directors and officers may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required (“Working Capital Loans”).
On August 15, 2023, the Company entered into a
Working Capital Loan with APTM Sponsor Sub LLC (the “Affiliate”), in the principal sum of $
Reimbursements—Related Party
As of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company had payments to the Sponsor, officers and directors, or any of their respective affiliates as reimbursements for the operating costs of the Company and included within operating and formation costs within the accompanying statement of operations.
Accounts Payable - Related Party
As of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024,
$
Subscription Agreement and Sponsor Promissory Note - Related Party
On January 3, 2024, the Company, the Sponsor,
and Investor entered into a Subscription Agreement, pursuant to which the Sponsor may raise up to $
In July 2024, the Company entered into a promissory
note with Mercury Capital (the “Sponsor Promissory Note”), pursuant to which the Sponsor may loan up to $
On April 24, 2025, the Company and Sponsor entered
an amendment to increase the maximum amount of the Sponsor Promissory Note to $
On March 18, 2025, April 28, 2025, June 4, 2025
and September 29, 2025, the Sponsor loaned $
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2025
On January 27, 2025, the Company entered into
a promissory note with the Sponsor (the “Second Sponsor Promissory Note”), pursuant to which the Sponsor loaned $
The Sponsor Promissory Note and Second Sponsor Promissory Note are reported as promissory note - related party on the accompanying condensed balance sheets.
Non-Redemption Agreements
On each of January 17, 2024, January 23, 2024,
and January 24, 2024, the Company and the Sponsor entered into non-redemption agreements (each, a “Non-Redemption Agreement”)
with one or more unaffiliated third party or parties (the “Investors”) in exchange for each such third party or third parties
agreeing not to redeem certain public Class A ordinary shares, $
Consulting Agreement - Stock Based Compensation
On February 12, 2024, the Sponsor entered into
an independent contractor agreement and securities transfer agreement concurrently with the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, for
services related to due diligence of potential business combination partners and assisting with the negotiation and closing of an initial
business combination. The Chief Financial Officer is entitled to receive a fee for service of $
On June 30, 2024, the Sponsor entered into an
amendment to the independent contractor agreement. In connection with the amendment, the Sponsor will now assign and transfer all
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2025
Securities Transfer Agreement
On May 22, 2024, the Sponsor and a third party
(the “Recipient”) entered into a Securities Transfer Agreement, whereby the Sponsor will transfer
On June 30, 2024, the Sponsor and the Recipient
entered into an amendment to the Securities Transfer Agreement (the “Amended Securities Transfer Agreement”). Pursuant to
the Amended Securities Transfer Agreement, the Sponsor will transfer
NOTE 6. COMMITMENTS
Registration and Shareholder Rights Agreement
The holders of the Founder Units, Private Placement Units, warrants underlying the Founder Units and Private Placement Units and units that may be issued upon conversion of Working Capital Loans (and any Class A ordinary shares issuable upon the exercise of the warrants underlying the Founder Units and Private Placement Units and units issued upon conversion of the Working Capital Loans) have registration and shareholder rights to require the Company to register a sale of any of its securities held by them pursuant to a registration and shareholder rights agreement entered into on the effective date of the Initial Public Offering. The holders of these securities are 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. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.
Underwriting Agreement
The Company granted the underwriters a 45-day
option to purchase up to
The underwriters were paid a cash underwriting
discount of $
Service Agreement
On August 10, 2024, the Sponsor and Freya Advisory,
LLC (the “Consultant”) entered into a services agreement which sets forth certain mutual benefits and obligations of the Consultant
and Mercury Capital LLC with respect to certain services rendered by the Consultant to the Company. The services entail supervising and
performing due diligence on potential business combination transaction in coordination with, and with direction from, the Company’s
senior management. The term of the services agreement shall commence on August 10, 2024 and terminate upon the earlier of: (a) termination
of this engagement at will in accordance with the terms of the Agreement; or (b) the consummation of a business combination. As compensation
for the services rendered by the Consultant both before and during the term, the Company shall pay to the Consultant a success fee in
the amount of $
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2025
NOTE 7. WARRANTS
As of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024,
there were
Public Warrants may only be exercised for a whole
number of shares. No fractional shares will be issued upon exercise of the Public Warrants. The Public Warrants, Private Placement Warrants,
and Founder Warrants will become exercisable
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, subject to satisfying the obligations described below with respect to registration, or a valid exemption from registration is available. 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.
The Company has agreed that as soon as practicable,
but in no event later than
Redemption of warrants when the price per Class
A ordinary share equals or exceeds $
| ● | in whole and not in part; |
| ● | at a price of $ |
| ● | upon not less than |
| ● | if, and only if, the last reported closing price of the Class A ordinary shares for any |
The Company will not redeem the warrants as described
above unless a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the issuance of the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise
of the warrants is then effective and a current prospectus relating to those shares is available throughout the
Redemption of warrants when the price per Class
A ordinary share equals or exceeds $
| ● | in whole and not in part; |
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2025
| ● | at $ |
| ● | if, and only if, the Reference Value equals or exceeds $ |
The value of the Company’s Class A ordinary
shares shall mean the volume weighted average price of the Class A ordinary shares during the
In addition, if (x) the Company issues additional
Class A ordinary shares or equity linked securities for capital raising purposes in connection with the closing of an initial Business
Combination at an issue price or effective issue price of less than $
The Private Placement Units (including the Private
Placement Shares, the Private Placement Warrants and Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of such warrants) will not be transferable,
assignable or salable until
The Company accounts for the
The accounting treatment of derivative financial instruments required that the Company record the warrants as derivative liabilities at fair value at issuance. The Public Warrants were allocated a portion of the proceeds from the issuance of the Units in the Initial Public Offering equal to its fair value. The Private Placement Warrants were allocated a portion of the proceeds from the issuance of the Private Placement Units equal to its fair value. The warrant liabilities are subject to re-measurement at each balance sheet date. With each such re-measurement, the warrant liabilities are adjusted to current fair value, with the change in fair value recognized in the Company’s statements of operations. The Company will reassess the classification at each balance sheet date. If the classification changes as a result of events during the period, the warrants will be reclassified as of the date of the event that causes the reclassification.
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2025
NOTE 8. SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
Preference shares — The Company
is authorized to issue
Class A ordinary shares —
The Company is authorized to issue
Class B ordinary shares —
The Company is authorized to issue
Ordinary shareholders of record are entitled to
The Class B ordinary shares will automatically
convert into Class A ordinary shares on the first business day following the consummation of an initial Business Combination at a ratio
such that the number of Class A ordinary shares issuable upon conversion of all Founder Shares will equal, in the aggregate, on an as-converted
basis,
NOTE 9. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
The following tables present information about the Company’s financial assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 and indicate the fair value hierarchy of the valuation inputs the Company utilized to determine such fair value:
| Description | Amount at Fair Value | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | ||||||||||||
| September 30, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||
| Assets | ||||||||||||||||
| Investments held in Trust Account: | ||||||||||||||||
| Money Market investments | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| Liabilities | ||||||||||||||||
| Warrant liability – Founder Warrants | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| Warrant liability – Private Placement Warrants | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| Warrant liability – Public Warrants | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| December 31, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| Assets | ||||||||||||||||
| Investments held in Trust Account: | ||||||||||||||||
| Money Market investments | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| Liabilities | ||||||||||||||||
| Warrant liability – Founder Warrants | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| Warrant liability – Private Placement Warrants | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| Warrant liability – Public Warrants | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2025
The measurement of the Public Warrants as of September
30, 2025 is classified as Level 2 due to insufficient trading activity. The measurement of the Public Warrants as of December 31, 2024
was classified as Level 1 due to significant trading activity under the ticker PLMWF and PLMJW, respectively. The quoted price representing
the fair value of the Public Warrants was $
In prior periods, the Company utilized a Black-Scholes
Option Pricing model for the initial valuation of the Founder Warrants and Private Placement Warrants and the subsequent measurement of
the Founder Warrants and Private Placement Warrants. Inherent in pricing models are assumptions related to expected share-price volatility,
expected life, risk-free interest rate and dividend yield, which are considered Level 3 inputs. As of September 30, 2025 and December
31, 2024, the Company utilized a Black-Scholes Option Pricing model for the valuation of the Founder Warrants and Private Placement Warrants.
The fair value of the Founder Warrants and Private Placement Warrants was $
For the three and nine months ended September
30, 2025, the Company recognized gains of $
NOTE 10. SEGMENT INFORMATION
ASC Topic 280, “Segment Reporting,” establishes standards for companies to report in their financial statement 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 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.
| September 30, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | |||||||
| Trust Account | $ | $ | ||||||
| Cash | $ | $ | ||||||
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NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2025
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The CODM reviews interest earned on the Trust Account to measure and monitor shareholder value and determine the most effective strategy of investment with the Trust Account funds while maintaining compliance with the Trust Agreement.
Operating and formation costs are reviewed and monitored by the CODM to manage and forecast cash to ensure enough capital is available to complete a business combination or similar transaction within the business combination period. The CODM also reviews general and administrative costs to manage, maintain and enforce all contractual agreements to ensure costs are aligned with all agreements and budget. General and administrative costs, as reported on the statement of operations, are the significant segment expenses provided to the CODM on a regular basis.
All other segment items included in net income or loss are reported on the statement of operations and described within their respective disclosures.
NOTE 11. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
The Company evaluated subsequent events and transactions that occurred after the consolidated balance sheet date up to the date that the unaudited condensed financial statements were issued. Based upon this review, the Company did not identify any subsequent events that would have required adjustment or disclosure in the unaudited condensed financial statements.
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
References in this report (the “Quarterly Report”) to “we,” “us” or the “Company” refer to Plum Acquisition Corp. III. References to our “management” or our “management team” refer to our officers and directors, and references to the “Sponsor” refer to Mercury Capital LLC. The following discussion and analysis of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the unaudited condensed financial statements and the notes thereto contained elsewhere in this Quarterly Report. Certain information contained in the discussion and analysis set forth below includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.
Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This Quarterly Report includes “forward-looking statements” 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 Quarterly Report including, without limitation, statements in this “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. Words such as “expect,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate,” “seek” and variations and similar words and expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements relate to future events or future performance, but reflect management’s current beliefs, based on information currently available. 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. For information identifying important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements, please refer to the Risk Factors section of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 28, 2025. 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.
Overview
We are a blank check company incorporated on February 5, 2021 as a Cayman Island exempted company and formed for the purpose of effectuating a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses, which we refer to throughout this Quarterly Report as our “Initial Business Combination.” We intend to effectuate our Initial Business Combination using cash from the proceeds of the initial public offering (the “Initial Public Offering”), the private placement of the Private Placement Units (as defined below), the proceeds of the sale of our shares in connection with our Initial Business Combination (pursuant to forward purchase agreements or backstop agreements we may enter into following the consummation of the Initial Public Offering or otherwise), shares issued to the owners of the target, debt issued to bank or other lenders or the owners of the target, loans from the Sponsor or a combination of the foregoing.
On July 30, 2021, we consummated our IPO of 25,000,000 Units, at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $250.0 million, and incurring offering costs of approximately $13.75 million, of which $8.75 million was for deferred underwriting commissions. We granted the underwriter a 45-day option to purchase up to an additional 3,750,000 Units at the IPO price to cover over-allotments, if any. On August 3, 2021, the underwriters partially exercised the over-allotment option, and the closing of the issuance and sale of the additional 3,250,000 Over-Allotment Units occurred on August 5, 2021. The issuance by the Company of the Over-Allotment Units at a price of $10.00 per unit resulted in total gross proceeds of approximately $32.5 million.
Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, we consummated the Private Placement of 800,000 units, at a price of $10.00 per Private Placement Unit with Alpha Merger Technology Sponsor LLC (the “Original Sponsor”), generating gross proceeds of $8.0 million. Simultaneously with the issuance and sale of the Over-Allotment Units, the Company consummated the Private Placement with the Original Sponsor of 65,000 Additional Private Placement Units, generating total proceeds of $650,000.
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Upon the closing of the IPO, the Private Placement, the sale of the Over-Allotment Units, and the sale of the Over-Allotment Private Placement Units, approximately $282.5 million of the net proceeds were placed in a Trust Account, located in the United States with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee, and will be invested only in United States “government securities” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act, having a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act which invests only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations, as determined by us, until the earlier of: (i) the completion of a Business Combination and (ii) the distribution of the Trust Account as described below. In addition, a certain anchor investor advanced an aggregate amount of approximately $500,681 to the Company to cover the purchase of Private Placement Units. In April 2021, the Company repaid $681 to the anchor investor. Upon the closing of the IPO, the remaining advance of $500,000 was applied to the purchase of the Private Placement Units which the Company has since repaid.
Our management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the IPO and the sale of Private Placement Units, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally toward consummating a Business Combination. There is no assurance that we will be able to complete a Business Combination successfully.
We must complete one or more Initial Business Combinations having an aggregate fair market value of at least 80% of the net assets held in the Trust Account (excluding the deferred underwriting commissions and taxes payable on the interest earned on the Trust Account) at the time of the signing of the agreement to enter into the Initial Business Combination. However, we will only complete an Initial Business Combination if the post-transaction company owns or acquires 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the prospective partner company or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the prospective party company sufficient for it not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act.
If we are unable to complete an Initial Business Combination within the Second Combination Period, we will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up; (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the Public Shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to us to pay our income taxes, if any (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses) divided by the number of the then-outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any); and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the remaining shareholders and the board of directors, liquidate and dissolve, subject in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), to our obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. There will be no redemption rights or liquidating distributions with respect to our warrants, which will expire worthless if we fail to consummate an Initial Business Combination within the Combination Period.
As of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, we held cash of $107,345 and $27,418, respectively, current liabilities of $4,946,735 and $3,151,832, respectively. Further, we expect to continue to incur significant costs in the pursuit of our Initial Business Combination. We cannot assure you that our plans to complete an Initial Business Combination will be successful.
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Extraordinary General Meeting
On July 27, 2023, the Company held an Extraordinary General Meeting (the “July Extraordinary General Meeting”) whereby the shareholders approved an amendment to the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (the “Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association”). The Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association extended the date by which the Company has to consummate a business combination from July 30, 2023 to July 30, 2024, or such earlier date as shall be determined by the Company’s board of directors. In connection with the July Extraordinary General Meeting, the holders of 13,532,591 Class A ordinary shares, properly exercised their right to redeem their shares for cash at a redemption price of approximately $10.41 per share, for an aggregate redemption amount of approximately $140,838,808. After those redemptions, approximately $153,169,659 remained in the Company’s trust account.
On January 29, 2024, the Company held an Extraordinary General Meeting (the “January Extraordinary General Meeting”) whereby shareholders of the Company approved an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association in order to (i) extend the date by which the Company must consummate its Initial Business Combination, cease its operations and redeem all of its Class A ordinary shares (the “Extension Proposal”) to January 30, 2025, or such earlier date as shall be determined by the Company’s board of directors and (ii) changed the name of the Company from Alpha Partners Technology Merger Corp. to Plum Acquisition Corp. III.
In connection with the Extension Proposal, the Founder Share Amendment Proposal and the Redemption Limitation Proposal, the holders of 12,433,210 Class A ordinary shares, properly exercised their right to redeem their shares for cash at a redemption price of approximately $10.78 per share, for an aggregate redemption amount of $134,059,215. The payments for these redemptions took place on February 27, 2024, after which $24,629,032 remained in the Company’s Trust Account. As a result of the Extension Proposal being approved by the Company’s shareholders, the Original Sponsor, or its designee were no longer required to make monthly payments to the Company equal to the lesser of (a) an aggregate of $225,000 or (b) $0.03 per public share that remains outstanding. On each of August 2, 2023, September 7, 2023, October 10, 2023, November 10, 2023, January 10, 2024, and January 25, 2024 $225,000, or $1,350,000 in the aggregate, was deposited into the Company’s Trust Account.
To cover these monthly payments and other associated operating expenses, on January 3, 2024, the Company, the Sponsor and Palmeira Investment Limited (the “Investor”) entered into a subscription agreement (the “Subscription Agreement”), pursuant to which the Sponsor may raise up to $1,500,000 from the Investor to fund extension payments and working capital for the Company, including $250,000 upon the execution of the Subscription Agreement, $250,000 on February 1, 2024, and as otherwise called by the Sponsor in its discretion. At the closing of the Company’s Initial Business Combination, the Sponsor will forfeit 0.85 Class B shares, and the Company will issue an equal number of shares of its ordinary share to the Investor, for each dollar funded by the Investor pursuant to the Subscription Agreement. If the Company’s Initial Business Combination does not occur, the Sponsor will not forfeit any shares.
On January 16, 2025, as approved by its shareholders at the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders, the Company filed an amendment to its Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association (as amended, the “Third Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association”) on January 17, 2025, which (i) extended the date by which the Company has to consummate a business combination to July 30, 2025 (the “Combination Period”), or such earlier date as shall be determined by the Company’s board of directors (the “Second Extension Proposal”) and (ii) amended Article 49.4 to remove language stating, in relevant part, that the Company shall not consummate a business combination unless the Company has net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 immediately prior to, or upon consummation of, such business combination (the “NTA Proposal”). The holders of 2,132,366 Class A ordinary shares properly exercised their right to redeem their shares for cash at a redemption price of $11.24 per share, for an aggregate redemption amount of $23,975,464. After the redemptions, $1,707,149 remained in the Company’s Trust Account.
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On July 15, 2025, as approved by its shareholders at the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders, the Company filed an amendment to its Third Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association on July 16, 2025, which extended the date by which the Company has to consummate a business combination to July 30, 2026 (the “Second Combination Period”), or such earlier date as shall be determined by the Company’s board of directors. The holders of 109,347 Class A ordinary shares properly exercised their right to redeem their shares for cash at a redemption price of approximately $11.45 per share, for an aggregate redemption amount of $1,252,434.
Purchase Agreement
On December 27, 2023, the Company, the Original Sponsor and the Sponsor entered into a purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which, at a closing on December 28, 2023 (the “Closing”), the Sponsor (i) purchased 3,902,648 founder units of the Company from the Original Sponsor, each unit consisting of one Class B ordinary share and one-third of one redeemable warrant to acquire one Class B share, which Founder Units are subject to forfeiture in certain circumstances, and (ii) became entitled to 70% of 2,030,860 Founder Units that the Original Sponsor placed in escrow at the Closing to the extent such Founder Units are allocated to investors who hold and do not redeem their Class A ordinary shares of the Company at the time of the Company’s Initial Business Combination, for an aggregate purchase price of $1. On January 26, 2024, the Company, the Original Sponsor, and the Sponsor entered into an amended purchase agreement (the “Amended Purchase Agreement”), to correct the number of shares that the Original Sponsor shall retain to be 665,000 Class A private placement units and 1,128,992 Class B founder units.
The Original Sponsor and the Sponsor each agreed to pay $112,500 in extension contributions in each of December 2023 and January 2024. In addition, pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement, the Original Sponsor agreed to pay, or cause its affiliates to pay, certain liabilities of the Company accrued and outstanding as of the Closing and will deliver Founder Units to the Sponsor to the extent such liabilities are unsatisfied or the Original Sponsor’s obligation to make extension contributions is not satisfied.
Following the Closing, the Original Sponsor has no further obligations with respect to the Company and the Sponsor assumed all obligations relating to the Company, including, (i) to cause the Company to file a proxy statement providing public investors of the Company with the option to accept a revised trust extension arrangement or redeem their Class A ordinary shares and receive their pro rata share of the Company’s Trust Account, (ii) to cause the Company to satisfy all of its public reporting requirements as well as taking all action to cause the Company to remain listed on Nasdaq, (iii) the payment of all extension contributions after January 2024 and working capital of the Company, at the discretion of the Sponsor, and (iv) all other obligations of the Original Sponsor related to the Company.
On September 5, 2025, the Company, the Original Sponsor, and the Sponsor entered into Amendment No. 2 to the Purchase Agreement that provides that any Sponsor Incentive Units (as defined in the Sponsor Support Agreement) that have been retained by the Sponsor after the Closing, up to half of such Sponsor Incentive Units may be transferred prior to the Closing to a third party, with any Sponsor Incentive Units remaining after such transfer subject to allocation between the Sponsor and the Original Sponsor as provided for in the Purchase Agreement.
Business Combination Agreement and Ancillary Transaction Documents
On August 22, 2024, the Company entered into a business combination agreement (the “Original Business Combination Agreement”) with Plum III Merger Corp., a corporation formed under the Laws of the Province of British Columbia (“Pubco”), and Tactical Resources Corp., a corporation formed under the Laws of the Province of British Columbia (“Tactical”) and Plum III Amalco Corp., corporation formed under the Laws of the Province of British Columbia (“Amalco”), pursuant to which the Company will amalgamate pursuant to a Plan of Arrangement under the Business Corporations Act of British Columbia (“BCBCA”) to form one corporate entity, except that the legal existence of Pubco will not cease and Pubco will survive the amalgamation, following its redomicile into the Province of British Columbia, Canada. The business combination agreement and related executed agreements included supporting agreements are more fully described and filed with the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 22, 2024.
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On December 10, 2024, the Company and Tactical, entered into an amendment (the “Amendment No. 1”) to the Original Business Combination Agreement, by and between the Company and Tactical. The Amendment No. 1 provides that, among other things, upon a delisting from The Nasdaq Stock Market, the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to list its securities on the OTC Markets Group. As a condition to closing the Business Combination, the Company must relist its securities on The Nasdaq Stock Market.
On January 28, 2025, the Company and Tactical entered into Amendment No. 2 (the “Amendment No. 2” and with Amendment No. 1 and the Original Business Combination Agreement, the “Business Combination Agreement”) to the Original Business Combination Agreement, by and between the Company and Tactical that provides that certain recently issued convertible debentures of Tactical (and future issuances of convertible debentures by Tactical, if any, to the extent permitted under the Business Combination Agreement) shall be subject to the same terms under the Business Combination Agreement, and shall be subject to the same treatment upon closing of the Business Combination, as certain existing convertible debentures issued by Tactical and already subject to the terms of the Business Combination Agreement.
On July 30, 2025, the Company and Tactical entered into Amendment No. 3 (the “Amendment No. 3”) to the Original Business Combination Agreement. Amendment No. 3 provides for (a) an acknowledgement that Tactical may effect a reverse stock split prior to the closing at a ratio not to exceed 25 to 1; (b) an extension of the Agreement End Date (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) to July 30, 2026; and (c) a lock-up of certain PubCo shares to be issued in the Business Combination. Specifically, Amendment No. 3 provides that 80% to 85% of the PubCo shares to be issued to stockholders of Tactical (the “Arrangement Consideration Shares”) shall be subject restrictions on transfer for a period of six months following the. In connection with Amendment No. 3, certain employees and affiliates of Tactical have entered into a Key Company Securityholder Lock-up Agreement whereby each of them has agreed that 100% of the Arrangement Consideration Shares issued to them shall be subject restrictions on transfer for a period of six months following the closing.
On September 5, 2025, the Company, Tactical, Pubco, the Sponsor, and the Original Sponsor and certain shareholders of Plum entered into the Sponsor Support Agreement Amendment. The Sponsor Support Agreement Amendment provides that, immediately prior to the Closing of the Business Combination, to the extent that any Sponsor Incentive Units (as defined in the Sponsor Support Agreement) have not been transferred by the Sponsor to PIPE Investors, Plum shareholders or other third parties as provided for in the Sponsor Support Agreement, such remaining Sponsor Incentive Units will be retained by the Sponsor subject to vesting based on the achievement of certain trading prices of the Pubco Common Shares after the Closing, as described in more detail in the Sponsor Support Agreement Amendment. In the event that such trading prices have not been achieved on or before the tenth anniversary of the Closing, such Sponsor Incentive Units shall be surrendered to Pubco for cancellation for no consideration and shall cease to represent any interest in Pubco, effective as of such date.
OTC Listing
As previously announced, our Class A ordinary shares, warrants and units were subject to delisting under the applicable rules of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) if we did not regain compliance with such rules prior to or on January 27, 2025. As a result, after market close on January 27, 2025, trading in our securities was suspended on Nasdaq with immediate effect. A Form 25-NSE was later filed with the SEC, which terminated the listing of our securities on Nasdaq.
On January 28, 2025, our Class A ordinary shares, warrants and units were listed and began trading on the Pink Current tier of the OTC Markets. Our Class A ordinary shares, warrants and units are listed under the symbols “PLMJF,” “PLMWF,” and “PLMUF,” respectively.
Results of Operations
We have neither engaged in any operations nor generated any operating revenues to date. Our activities for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024 were organizational activities, identifying a target company for a business combination, entering into a definitive business combination agreement, and taking steps to complete an Initial Business Combination. We do not expect to generate any operating revenues until after the completion of our Initial Business Combination. We will generate non-operating income in the form of interest and dividend income on cash and investments held after the Initial Public Offering. We incur expenses as a result of being a public company (for legal, financial reporting, accounting and auditing compliance), as well as for due diligence expenses.
For the three months ended September 30, 2025, we recorded net loss of $275,968, which resulted from operating and formation costs of $521,377, partially offset by interest and dividend income on investments held in the Trust Account of $6,868 and a gain on the changes in fair value of warrant liability of $238,541.
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For the three months ended September 30, 2024, we recorded net loss of $1,120,388, which resulted from interest and dividend income on investments held in the Trust Account of $285,500 offset by a loss on fair value of warrant liability of $120,592 and operating and formation costs of $1,285,296.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2025, we recorded net loss of $1,525,451, which resulted from operating and formation costs of $1,713,139, partially offset by interest and dividend income on investments held in the Trust Account of $88,236 and a gain on the changes in fair value of warrant liability of $99,452.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, we recorded net loss of $861,565, which resulted from interest and dividend income on investments held in the Trust Account of $1,660,800, offset by operating and formation costs of $2,281,181 and a loss on the changes in fair value of warrant liability of $241,184.
Liquidity, Going Concern and Capital Resources
For the nine months ended September 30, 2025, net cash used in operating activities was $740,853. This outflow was primarily due to a net loss of $1,525,451, together with non-cash adjustments of $88,236 in interest and dividend income on the investments held in the Trust Account and a $99,452 gain on the change in fair value of warrant liabilities. These items were partially offset by favorable net changes in operating assets and liabilities of $972,286.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, net cash used in operating activities was $789,823. This outflow was primarily due to a net loss of $861,565, together with non-cash adjustments of $1,660,800 in interest and dividend income on the investments held in the Trust Account, partially offset by a change in fair value of warrant liabilities of $241,184 and stock-based compensation of $158,875. These items were partially offset by favorable net changes in operating assets and liabilities of $1,332,483,
For the nine months ended September 30, 2025, net cash provided by investing activities was $25,228,678, which was primarily due to cash withdrawn from the Trust Account to pay redeeming shareholders of $25,227,898 and due from Tactical of $23,280, partially offset by due from Merger Co. of $22,500.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, net cash provided by investing activities was $133,609,215, which was primarily due to cash withdrawn from the Trust Account to pay redeeming shareholders of $134,059,215, partially offset by cash deposited into the Trust Account of $450,000.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2025, net cash used in financing activities was $24,407,898, which was primarily due to payments of cash to redeeming shareholders of $25,227,898, partially offset by proceeds from Sponsor Promissory Notes (as defined in Note 5) related party of $820,000.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, net cash used in financing activities was $132,704,348, which was due to payments of cash to redeeming shareholders of $134,059,215, partially offset by proceeds for extension payments from the Original Sponsor of $225,000 and proceeds from Sponsor Promissory Notes related party of $1,129,867.
As of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, we had cash of $107,345 and $27,418 held outside the Trust Account, respectively. We will use these funds to primarily take steps to complete an Initial Business Combination.
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We intend to use substantially all of the remaining funds held in the Trust Account, including any amounts representing interest earned on the Trust Account (less taxes payable and deferred underwriting commissions), to complete our Initial Business Combination. We may withdraw interest income (if any) to pay income taxes, if any. Our annual income tax obligations will depend on the amount of interest and other income earned on the amounts held in the Trust Account. We expect the interest income earned on the amount in the Trust Account (if any) 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 prospective partner, make other acquisitions and pursue our growth strategies.
In order to fund working capital deficiencies or 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 us funds as may be required. If we complete our Initial Business Combination, we may repay such loaned amounts. In the event that our Initial Business Combination does not close, we may use a portion of the working capital held outside the Trust Account to repay such loaned amounts but no proceeds from our Trust Account would be used for such repayment. Up to $1,500,000 of such loans may be convertible into units of the post-business combination company at a price of $10.00 per unit at the option of the lender. The units would be identical to the Private Placement Units. The terms of such loans, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans. Prior to the completion of our Initial Business Combination, we do not expect to seek loans from parties other than the Sponsor, members of our management team or any of their affiliates as we do not believe third parties will be willing to loan such funds and provide a waiver against any and all rights to seek access to funds in our Trust Account.
We have incurred and expect to continue to incur significant costs in pursuit of our Initial Business Combination. As such, we may have insufficient funds available to operate our business for the next 12 months from the date of these unaudited condensed financial statements. If we do not complete a business combination, we may have insufficient funds available to operate our business beyond the next 12 months. Moreover, we may need to obtain additional financing either to complete our business combination or because we become obligated to redeem a significant number of Public Shares upon completion of our business combination, in which case we may issue additional securities or incur debt in connection with such business combination. In addition, we intend to target businesses larger than we could acquire with the net proceeds of our IPO and the sale of the private placement warrants and may as a result be required to seek additional financing to complete such proposed Initial Business Combination. Subject to compliance with applicable securities laws, we would only complete such financing simultaneously with the completion of our business combination. If we are unable to complete our Initial Business Combination because we do not have sufficient funds available to us, we will be forced to cease operations and liquidate the Trust Account. In addition, following our business combination, if cash on hand is insufficient, we may need to obtain additional financing in order to meet our obligations.
As of September 30, 2025, we had $107,345 in cash held outside of the Trust Account and a working capital deficit of $4,777,567, which may not be sufficient for us to operate for at least the next 12 months from the issuance of these financial statements. The Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor, or certain of the Company’s officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds as may be required under the Working Capital Loans. There is no assurance that our attempts to find a partner for an Initial Business Combination will be successful or successful within the Combination Period or that the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor, or certain of the Company’s officers and directors will loan the Company funds as may be required under the Working Capital Loans (as defined in Note 5 of the accompanying financial statements).
The Company will have until July 30, 2026 to complete an Initial Business Combination. If an Initial Business Combination is not consummated by July 30, 2026, there will be a mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution of the Company unless our date to consummate an Initial Business Combination is further extended.
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In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with FASB’s Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 205-40 Presentation of Financial Statements- Going Concern, management has determined the factors disclosed above including the July 30, 2026 deadline raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for the next 12 months from the date that these unaudited condensed financial statements are filed. These unaudited condensed financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recovery of the recorded assets or the classification of the liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024.
Contractual Obligations
Registration and Shareholder Rights Agreement
The holders of the Founder Units, Private Placement Units, warrants underlying the Founder Units and Private Placement Units and units that may be issued upon conversion of Working Capital Loans (and any Class A ordinary shares issuable upon the exercise of the warrants underlying the Founder Units and Private Placement Units and units issued upon conversion of the Working Capital Loans) have registration and shareholder rights to require us to register a sale of any of its securities held by them pursuant to a registration and shareholder rights agreement entered into on the effective date of the Initial Public Offering. The holders of these securities are entitled to make up to three demands, excluding re-sale demands, that we 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. We will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.
Underwriting Agreement
We granted the underwriters a 45-day option to purchase up to 3,750,000 additional Units to cover over-allotments at the IPO price, less the underwriting discounts and commissions. On August 5, 2021, the underwriters partially exercised the over-allotment option to purchase an additional 3,250,000 Units at an offering price of $10.00 per Unit for an aggregate purchase price of $32,500,000. On September 11, 2021, the remaining option expired.
The underwriters were paid a cash underwriting discount of $0.20 per Unit, or $5,650,000 in the aggregate, upon the closing of the IPO and partial exercise of the over-allotment option. In addition, $0.35 per unit, or $9,887,500 in the aggregate will be payable to the underwriters for deferred underwriting commissions. On December 27, 2023, the underwriters agreed to waive their rights to their portion of the fee payable by the Company for deferred underwriting commissions, with respect to any potential business combination of the Company. Of the total $9,887,500 waived fee, $9,551,325 was recorded as a reduction to accumulated deficit and $336,175 was recorded as a gain on the waiver of deferred underwriting commissions by underwriters in the statements of operations, following a manner consistent with the original allocation of the deferred underwriting fees.
Subscription and Sponsor Promissory Note Agreement
On January 3, 2024, the Company, the Sponsor and Investor entered into a Subscription Agreement, pursuant to which the Sponsor may raise up to $1,500,000 from the Investor to fund extension payments to the Trust Account and working capital for the Company, including $250,000 upon the execution of the Subscription Agreement and $250,000 on February 20, 2024 and as otherwise called by the Sponsor in its discretion. At the closing of the Company’s Initial Business Combination, the Sponsor will forfeit 0.85 Class B shares, and the Company will issue an equal number of shares of its common stock to the Investor, for each dollar funded by the Investor pursuant to the Subscription Agreement. If the Company’s Initial Business Combination does not occur, the Sponsor will not forfeit any shares.
In July 2024, the Company entered into a promissory note with Sponsor (the “Sponsor Promissory Note”), pursuant to which the Sponsor may loan up to $1,500,000 to the Company. The funds that will be loaned to the Company under the Sponsor Promissory Note consist of a portion of the up to $1,500,000 that was loan to the Sponsor by the Investor pursuant to the Subscription Agreement. If the Company completes a Business Combination, the Company would repay the Sponsor Promissory Note. In the event that a Business Combination does not close, the Company may use a portion of proceeds held outside the Trust Account to repay the Sponsor Promissory Note, but no proceeds held in the Trust Account would be used to repay the Sponsor Promissory Note. Up to $1,500,000 of such loans may be convertible into warrants of the Company at a price of $1.50 per warrant at the option of the Sponsor. The warrants would be identical to the Private Placement Warrants. The Company accounts for the Sponsor Promissory Note within the scope of ASC 815 and has elected to bifurcate the embedded derivative within the convertible promissory note. The fair value of the embedded conversion feature upon the issuance of the Sponsor Promissory Note is de minimis.
On April 24, 2025, the Company and Sponsor entered an amendment to increase the maximum amount of the Sponsor Promissory Note to $2,200,000 and up to $2,200,000 may be converted into Private Placement Warrants at a price of $1.50 per warrant at the option of the Sponsor.
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On March 18, 2025, April 28, 2025, June 4, 2025 and September 29, 2025, the Sponsor loaned $250,000, $100,000, $270,000 and $100,000, respectively, to the Company pursuant to the Sponsor Promissory Note. The outstanding balance under the Sponsor Promissory Note as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 was $1,924,867 and $1,204,867, respectively. This balance includes deposits made into the Trust Account by the Sponsor of $112,500 each on January 9, 2024 and January 24, 2024, payments made by the Sponsor on behalf of the Company totaling $243,867, and total draw of $1,456,000.
On January 27, 2025, the Company entered into a promissory note with the Sponsor (the “Second Sponsor Promissory Note”), pursuant to which the Sponsor loaned $100,000 to the Company. The Second Sponsor Promissory Note bears no interest. The principal amount is to be repaid at the earlier of (i) the consummation of the Business Combination, (ii) the date of liquidation, or (iii) 90 calendar days after entering into the promissory note. On May 6, 2025, the Second Sponsor Promissory Note was amended to extend the maturity date by an additional 180 calendar days, resulting in a new expiration date 270 calendar days from the original issuance or October 20, 2025. If the Company does not consummate the Business Combination or there is a liquidation, the Second Sponsor Promissory Note will not be repaid and the principal amount will be forgiven, except to the extent there are funds available to the Company outside of the Trust Account to make repayment. As of September 30, 2025, the total outstanding balance of the Sponsor Promissory Note and Second Sponsor Promissory Note is $2,024,867.
Non-Redemption Agreements
On each of January 17, 2024, January 23, 2024, and January 24, 2024, the Company and the Sponsor entered into non-redemption agreements (each, a “Non-Redemption Agreement”) with one or more unaffiliated third party or parties (the “Investors”) in exchange for each such third party or third parties agreeing not to redeem certain public Class A ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value per share of the Company sold in its initial public offering (the “Non-Redeemed Shares”) at the Adjourned Meeting. In exchange for the foregoing commitments not to redeem such Non-Redeemed Shares, the Sponsor will assign an economic interest in certain of its Founder Shares to the Investor at the rate of 1 Founder Share for each 4 Non-Redeemed Shares. The Company estimated the aggregate fair value of 331,180 Founder Shares transferrable to the Non-Redeeming Shareholders pursuant to the Non-Redemption Agreement to be $367,610 or $1.11 per share. The fair value was determined using a discount for the probability of an Initial Business Combination of 10.95% and a discount of 5% for the lack of redemption rights and the value per Founder Shares as of the valuation date of $10.71. The excess of the fair value of such Founder Shares was determined to be an offering cost in accordance with Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic 5A. Accordingly, in substance, the indirect economic interest in the Founder Shares was recognized by the Company as a capital contribution in accordance with Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic 5T by the Sponsor to induce these Non-Redeeming Shareholders not to redeem the Non-Redeemed Shares, with a corresponding charge to additional paid-in capital to recognize the fair value of the Founder Shares subject to transfer as an offering cost.
Consulting Agreement - Stock Based Compensation
On February 12, 2024, the Sponsor entered into an independent contractor agreement and securities transfer agreement concurrently with the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, for services related to due diligence of potential business combination partners and assisting with the negotiation and closing of an Initial Business Combination for the Company. The Chief Financial Officer is entitled to receive a fee for service of $12,500 paid in amounts of $6,250 semi-monthly until the Company completes its Initial Business Combination. These payments will be recorded as operating expenses of the Company. Additionally, the Sponsor has agreed to transfer 365,000 Founder Shares and 175,000 Founder Warrants of the Company to the Chief Financial Officer. At the earlier of the termination of the agreement and an Initial Business Combination, the Chief Financial Officer has agreed to surrender a portion of the Class B ordinary shares based on the cash compensation paid multiplied by 1.5, up to a maximum of 165,000 Founder Shares. Lastly, the Chief Financial Officer shall be paid a success fee of $50,000 that is contingent upon the closing of the Initial Business Combination. The compensation expense related to the Founder Share transfer will be amortized on a straight-line basis from the grant date of February 12, 2024 (the date at which the independent contractor agreement was signed, and the date at which all parties reached a mutual understanding of the key terms and conditions of the share-based payment) to November 1, 2024 (vesting period of 8 months). Such Investment Advisory Agreement was accounted for under ASC 718.
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On June 30, 2024, the Sponsor entered into an amendment to the independent contractor agreement. In connection with the amendment, the Sponsor will now assign and transfer all 365,000 Founder Shares and 175,000 Founder Warrants only upon the closing of an Initial Business Combination, and the 165,000 Founder Shares are no longer subject to forfeiture based upon cash compensation paid. As such, the Company determined that this was a modification to the original agreement. As such, as of September 30, 2025, no additional compensation will be recorded for the transfer of the shares until an Initial Business Combination has been consummated. The compensation that has been recorded for year ended December 31, 2024, will remain within the Company’s Statements of Operations for those periods.
Critical Accounting Policies
The preparation of unaudited condensed 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 identified the following critical accounting policies:
Net Loss Per Ordinary Share
Net loss per ordinary share is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted-average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the period. Accretion associated with the redeemable Class A ordinary shares is excluded from net loss per share as the redemption value approximates fair value. Therefore, the loss per share calculation allocates loss shared pro rata between Class A and Class B ordinary shares. As a result, the calculated net loss per share is the same for Class A and Class B ordinary shares. We have not considered the effect of the warrants sold in the IPO, Private Placement, warrants included in the founder units issued to our Original Sponsor to purchase an aggregate of 12,059,165 shares, or the effects of the 1,216,578 warrants that would be issuable upon conversion of the Subscription Agreement (as defined in Note 5 of the accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements) in the calculation of diluted loss per share, because the exercise of the warrants are contingent upon the occurrence of future events. The Private Placement Shares (as defined in Note 4 of the accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements) that may be issued upon conversion of the Working Capital Loan are issuable at the option of the holder.
Class A Ordinary Shares Subject to Possible Redemption
All of the 28,250,000 Class A ordinary shares sold as part of the units in the IPO contain a redemption feature which allows for the redemption of such Public Shares in connection with our liquidation, if there is a shareholder vote or tender offer in connection with the Business Combination and in connection with certain amendments to the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association. In accordance with SEC and its staff’s guidance on redeemable equity instruments, which has been codified in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity (“ASC 480”), redemption provisions not solely within our control require ordinary shares subject to redemption to be classified outside of permanent equity. Therefore, all Public Shares have been classified outside of permanent equity. In connection with the July Extraordinary General Meeting, the holders of 13,532,591 Class A ordinary shares, properly exercised their right to redeem their shares for cash at a redemption price of approximately $10.41 per share, for an aggregate redemption amount of approximately $140,838,808. After those redemptions, approximately $153,169,659 remained in the Company’s trust account. On January 29, 2024, 12,433,210 Class A ordinary shares were tendered for redemption by shareholders for a total value of $134,059,215. The payments for these redemptions took place on February 27, 2024, after which $24,629,032 remained in the Company’s Trust Account. On January 16, 2025, the holders of 2,132,366 Class A ordinary shares elected to redeem at approximately $11.24 per share, for an aggregate redemption amount of $23,975,464. After redemptions, $1,707,149 remained in the Trust Account, and there are 151,833 Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption remaining outstanding. On July 15, 2025, 109,347 Class A ordinary shares were tendered for redemption by shareholders for a total value of $1,252,434. The payment of these shares took place on July 21, 2025, after which 42,486 Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption remained outstanding.
We recognize changes in redemption value immediately as they occur and adjusts the carrying value of redeemable ordinary shares to equal the redemption value at the end of each reporting period. Increases or decreases in the carrying amount of redeemable ordinary shares are affected by charges against additional paid in capital and accumulated deficit.
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Promissory Note - Related Party
We account for the Working Capital Loan (as defined in Note 5) under ASC Topic 815, “Derivatives and Hedging” (“ASC 815”). We have made the election under ASC 815-15-25 to account for the Working Capital Loan under the fair value option. As of December 31, 2024, there was no principal amount outstanding under the Working Capital Loan, as the Working Capital Loan was forgiven by the Sponsor. The aggregate fair value of the Working Capital Loan upon issuance was $219,441. The aggregate fair value of the Working Capital Loan was $123,500 upon forgiveness. The Working Capital Loan was forgiven by the Sponsor on December 27, 2023. We account for the Sponsor Promissory Note and Second Sponsor Promissory Note (as defined in Note 5) within the scope of ASC 815 and has elected to bifurcate the embedded derivative within the convertible promissory note. The fair value of the embedded conversion feature upon the issuance of the Sponsor Promissory Note and Second Sponsor Promissory Note is de minimis. The outstanding balance under the Sponsor Promissory Note and Second Sponsor Promissory Note as of September 30, 2025 was $1,924,867 and $100,000, respectively.
Warrant Liabilities
We account for warrants as either equity-classified or liability-classified instruments based on an assessment of the warrant’s specific terms and applicable authoritative guidance in ASC 480 and ASC 815. The assessment considers whether the warrants are freestanding financial instruments pursuant to ASC 480, meet the definition of a liability pursuant to ASC 480, and whether the warrants meet all of the requirements for equity classification under ASC 815, including whether the warrants are indexed to the Company’s own ordinary shares, among other conditions for equity classification. This assessment, which requires the use of professional judgment, is conducted at the time of warrant issuance and as of each subsequent quarterly period end date while the warrants are outstanding.
For issued or modified warrants that meet all of the criteria for equity classification, the warrants are required to be recorded as a component of additional paid-in capital at the time of issuance. For issued or modified warrants that do not meet all the criteria for equity classification, the warrants are required to be recorded at their initial fair value on the date of issuance, and each balance sheet date thereafter. Changes in the estimated fair value of the warrants are recognized as a non-cash gain or loss on the statements of operations. The initial fair value of the Public Warrants (as defined in Note 3) was estimated using a binomial/lattice model and the initial and subsequent fair value of the Founder Warrants (as defined in Note 5) and Private Placement Warrants (as defined in Note 4) was estimated using a Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model (see Note 9). Due to the options pricing model not producing a meaningful volatility for the Founder Warrants and Private Placement Warrants as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the fair value of the Founder Warrants and Private Placement Warrants were set equal to the fair value of the Public Warrants.
Critical Accounting Estimates
Our unaudited condensed financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), which requires us to make estimates, assumptions and judgments that affect the reported amount of assets, liabilities, costs and expenses and related disclosures. Our critical accounting estimates are those estimates that involve a significant level of uncertainty at the time the estimate was made, and changes in them have had or are reasonably likely to have a material effect on our financial condition or results of operations. Accordingly, actual results could differ materially from our estimates. We base our estimates on past experience and other assumptions that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances, and we evaluate these estimates on an ongoing basis. Our most critical accounting estimate includes determining the accruals associated with third party providers, the valuation of the Public and Private Placement Warrants, and the valuation of Founder Shares that will be issued in relation to the Non-Redemption Agreements and the consulting agreement.
Recent Accounting Standards
On December 14, 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures (“ASU 2023-09”), which is intended to enhance the transparency and decision usefulness of income tax disclosures. The amendments in ASU 2023-09 address investor requests for enhanced income tax information primarily through changes to the rate reconciliation and income taxes paid information. The update will be effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024, and early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this standard on its financial statements and related disclosures.
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In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures. 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 officer 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. This 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 January 1, 2024. The adoption of ASU 2023-07 has not had a material impact on the Company’s financial statements and disclosures.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
We are a smaller reporting company as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act and are not required to provide the information required under this item.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures.
Disclosure controls and procedures are controls and other procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The Company identified a material weakness in internal controls related to the compliance with an agreement we entered during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, and the recording of necessary accruals in relation to that agreement. Additionally, the Company identified a material weakness in internal controls in relation to proper recording of accruals and stock-based compensation during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024.
As a result, we performed additional analysis as deemed necessary to ensure that the financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q were prepared in accordance with GAAP. Accordingly, management believes that the financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q fairly present, in all material respects, the Company’s financial position, results of operations, and cash flows as of the dates, and for the periods presented, in conformity with GAAP.
Disclosure controls and procedures are controls and other procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to management, including our Certifying Officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
As required by Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Exchange Act, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2025. Based upon their evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) were not effective, as of September 30, 2025, due to the existence of the material weakness noted above.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
During the most recently completed fiscal quarter, there has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. We will expand and improve our review process for complex agreements and the corresponding complex accounting requirements. We plan to further improve our processes by enhancing access to accounting literature, identification of third-party professionals to consult regarding complex accounting applications and consideration of additional staff with the requisite experience and training to supplement the existing accounting professionals. We additionally plan to enhance our communication with vendors around necessary accruals.
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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
None.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
As of the date of this Quarterly Report, there have been no material changes to the risk factors disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 28, 2025. 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. We may disclose changes to such risk factors or disclose additional risk factors from time to time in our future filings with the SEC.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
None.
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
None.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosure
Not applicable.
Item 5. Other Information
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Item 6. Exhibits
The following exhibits are filed as part of, or incorporated by reference into, this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
| * | Filed herewith. |
| ** | Furnished. |
| (1) | Incorporated by reference to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 23, 2024. |
| (2) | Incorporated by reference to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 11, 2024. |
| (3) | Incorporated by reference to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 30, 2025. |
| (4) | Incorporated by reference to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 31, 2025. |
| (5) | Incorporated by reference to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on September 8, 2025. |
| (6) | Incorporated by reference to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on September 8, 2025. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| Plum Acquisition Corp. III | ||
| Date: October 31, 2025 | By: | /s/ Kanishka Roy |
| Kanishka Roy | ||
| Chief Executive Officer | ||
| Plum Acquisition Corp. III | ||
| Date: October 31, 2025 | By: | /s/ Steven Handwerker |
| Steven Handwerker | ||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||
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