8-K
Viking Acquisition Corp I (VACI)
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d)
of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Dateof Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 3, 2025
VikingAcquisition Corp. I
(Exactname of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Cayman Islands | 001-42927 | 86-1872510 |
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| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporationor Organization) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
| 900 Third Avenue, 18th Floor<br><br> <br>NewYork**, NY** | 10022 | |
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| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
(917)
423-7931
(Registrant’sTelephone Number, Including Area Code)
Not
Applicable
(FormerName or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instructions A.2. below):
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | TradingSymbol(s) | Nameof each exchange on which registered |
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| Units, each consisting of one Class A ordinary share, $0.0001 par value, and one-third of one redeemable warrant | VACI.U | The New York Stock Exchange |
| Class A ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value | VACI | The New York Stock Exchange |
| Redeemable warrants, each full warrant exercisable for one Class A ordinary share at an exercise price of $11.50 per share | VACI WS | The New York Stock Exchange |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ☒
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
| Item 8.01 | Other Events |
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As previously disclosed by the Company in its Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on November 5, 2025 (the “IPO Closing 8-K”), the Company consummated its initial public offering (the “IPO”) on November 3, 2025, resulting in the issuance of an aggregate 23,000,000 units (the “Units”). Each Unit consists of one Class A ordinary share of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share (each, an “Ordinary Share”), and one-third of one redeemable warrant of the Company (a “PublicWarrant”), with each whole Public Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one Ordinary Share at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment. The Units were sold at a price of $10.00 per Unit, and the IPO generated gross proceeds to the Company of $230,000,000.
Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, the Company completed the private sale and issuance of an aggregate of 660,000 private placement units (the “Private Placement Units”), consisting of the sale and issuance of (i) 350,000 Private Placement Units to Viking Acquisition Sponsor I, LLC (the “Sponsor”) at a price of $10.00 per unit under the Private Placement Units Purchase Agreement, by and between the Company and the Sponsor, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $3,500,000 and (ii) 310,000 Private Placement Units to Cohen & Company Capital Markets, a Division of Cohen & Company Securities, LLC (“Cohen”) at a price of $10.00 per unit under the Underwriter Private Placement Units Purchase Agreement, by and between the Company and Cohen, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $3,100,000, for aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of $6,600,000. Each Private Placement Unit consisted of one Ordinary Share and one-third of one redeemable warrant of the Company (a “Private Placement Warrant”), with each whole Private Placement Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one Ordinary Share at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment. The Private Placement Units (and underlying securities) are identical to the Units sold in the IPO, except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement. No underwriting discounts or commissions were paid with respect to such sale. The issuance of the Private Placement Units was made pursuant to the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
A total of $230,000,000, consisting of the entirety of the proceeds received by the Company after deduction for commissions from the IPO and some proceeds from the sale of the Private Placement Units, were placed in a U.S.-based trust account at JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, acting as trustee. Except with respect to interest earned on the funds held in the trust account that may be released to the Company to pay its taxes, the funds in the trust account will not be released from the trust account until the earliest to occur of: (a) the completion of our initial business combination (including the release of funds to pay any amounts due to any public shareholders who properly exercise their redemption rights in connection therewith), (b) the redemption of any public shares properly submitted in connection with a shareholder vote to approve an amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (A) in a manner that would affect the substance or timing of our obligation to redeem 100% of the Company’s public shares if the Company does not complete an initial business combination within the completion window or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to the rights of holders of Ordinary Shares or pre-initial business combination activity, or (c) the redemption of the Company’s public shares if the Company is unable to complete its initial business combination within the completion window, subject to applicable law.
An audited balance sheet as of November 3, 2025, reflecting receipt of the proceeds upon consummation of the IPO and the Private Placement Units has been issued by the Company and is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
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| (d) | Exhibits |
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| ExhibitNo. | Description |
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| 99.1 | Audited Balance Sheet of Viking Acquisition Corp. I as of November 3, 2025 |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
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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 hereunto duly authorized.
| VIKING ACQUISITION CORP. I | ||
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| Dated:<br> November 7, 2025 | By: | /s/<br> Håkan Wohlin |
| Håkan<br> Wohlin | ||
| Chief<br> Executive Officer |
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Exhibit 99.1
VIKING ACQUISITION CORP. I
INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENT
| Page | |
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| Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | F-2 |
| Balance Sheet as of November 3, 2025 | F-3 |
| Notes to Financial Statement | F-4 |
F-1
Reportof Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Shareholders and the Board of Directors of
Viking Acquisition Corp. I:
Opinion on the Financial Statement
We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of Viking Acquisition Corp. I (the “Company”) as of November 3, 2025, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statement”). In our opinion, the financial statement presents fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of November 3, 2025, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
The financial statement is the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statement based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (the “PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statement is free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audit, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statement, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statement. Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statement. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2025.
/s/ WithumSmith+Brown, PC
New York, New York
November 7, 2025
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VIKING ACQUISITION CORP. IBALANCE SHEETNOVEMBER 3, 2025
| Assets: | ||
|---|---|---|
| Current assets | ||
| Cash | 1,478,456 | |
| Due from sponsor | 29,570 | |
| Prepaid expenses | 25,475 | |
| Total current assets | 1,533,501 | |
| Cash held in Trust Account | 230,000,000 | |
| Total Assets | 231,533,501 | |
| Liabilities, Class A Ordinary Shares Subject to Possible Redemption, and Shareholders’ Deficit | ||
| Liabilities: | ||
| Current liabilities | ||
| Accrued offering costs | 119,090 | |
| Accrued expenses | 20,000 | |
| Total current liabilities | 139,090 | |
| Deferred underwriting fee | 9,200,000 | |
| Total Liabilities | 9,339,090 | |
| Commitments and Contingencies (Note 6) | ||
| Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption, 0.0001 par value; 23,000,000 shares at redemption value of 10.00 per share | 230,000,000 | |
| Shareholders’ Deficit | ||
| Preference shares, 0.0001 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized; none issued or outstanding | — | |
| Class A ordinary shares, 0.0001 par value; 200,000,000 shares authorized; 660,000 issued and outstanding (excluding 23,000,000 shares subject to possible redemption) | 66 | |
| Class B ordinary shares, 0.0001 par value; 20,000,000 shares authorized; 7,666,667 shares issued and outstanding | 767 | |
| Additional paid-in capital | — | |
| Accumulated deficit | (7,806,422 | ) |
| Total Shareholders’ Deficit | (7,805,589 | ) |
| Total Liabilities, Class A Ordinary Shares Subject to Possible Redemption, and Shareholders’ Deficit | 231,533,501 |
All values are in US Dollars.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statement.
F-3
VIKING ACQUISITION CORP. INOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENT
NOVEMBER 3, 2025
Note 1 — Description of Organization and BusinessOperations
Organization and General
Viking Acquisition Corp. I (the “Company”) was incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company on July 24, 2025. The Company was incorporated for the purpose of effecting a merger, amalgamation, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses that the Company has not yet identified (the “Initial Business Combination”). The Company has not selected any business combination target and has not, nor has anyone on the Company’s behalf, initiated any substantive discussions, directly or indirectly, with any business combination target. The Company may pursue an Initial Business Combination target in any business or industry. The Company is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the “Securities Act”, as modified by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”).
As of November 3, 2025, the Company had not yet commenced operations. All activity for the period from July 24, 2025 (inception) through November 3, 2025 relates to the Company’s formation and the Initial Public Offering, which is described below. The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of its Initial Business Combination, at the earliest. The Company will generate non-operating income in the form of interest income from the proceeds derived from the Initial Public Offering. The Company has selected December 31 as its fiscal year end.
Sponsor and Financing
The Company’s Sponsor is Viking Acquisition Sponsor I, LLC (the “Sponsor”). The registration statement for the Company’s Initial Public Offering was declared effective on October 30, 2025. On November 3, 2025, the Company consummated the Initial Public Offering of 23,000,000 units (the “Units”), which includes the full exercise by the underwriters of their over-allotment option of 3,000,000 Units, at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $230,000,000. Each Unit consists of one Class A ordinary share and one-third of one redeemable warrant (each “Public Warrant” and collectively, the “Public Warrants”). Each whole Public Warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one Class A ordinary share at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment.
Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the sale of an aggregate of 660,000 private placement units (each “Private Placement Unit”, collectively the “Private Placement Units”) at a price of $10.00 per Private Placement Unit, generating gross proceeds of $6,600,000. Each Private Placement Unit consists of one Class A ordinary share and one-third of one redeemable warrant (each “Private Placement Warrant” and collectively, the “Private Placement Warrants”). Of those 660,000 Private Placement Units, the Sponsor purchased 350,000 Private Placement Units, and Cohen & Company Capital Markets, a division of Cohen & Company Securities, LLC (“Cohen”), the representative of the underwriters purchased 310,000 Private Placement Units.
Transaction costs amounted to $14,339,392, consisting of $5,175,000 of cash underwriting fee (net of $575,000 underwriters’ reimbursement), $9,200,000 of deferred underwriting fee, and $539,392 of other offering costs.
The Trust Account
Following the closing of the Initial Public Offering, on November 3, 2025, an amount of $230,000,000 ($10.00 per Unit) from the net proceeds of the sale of the Units and the Private Placement Units was placed in the trust account (the “Trust Account”), with U.S.-based trust account, Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, acting as trustee. The proceeds held in the Trust Account will initially be invested only in U.S. government treasury bills with a maturity of one hundred eighty-five (185) days or less or in money market funds that meet certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and that invest only in direct U.S. government obligations and, may at any time be held as cash or cash items, including in demand deposit accounts at a bank. Funds will remain in the Trust Account until the earlier of (i) the consummation of the Initial Business Combination or (ii) the distribution of the Trust Account proceeds as described below. The remaining proceeds outside the Trust Account may be used to pay for business, legal and accounting due diligence on prospective acquisitions and continuing general and administrative expenses.
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VIKING ACQUISITION CORP. INOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENT
NOVEMBER 3, 2025
Note 1 — Description of Organizationand Business Operations (cont.)
The Company’s first amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provides that, other than the taxes payable (as defined below), if any, none of the funds held in the Trust Account will be released until the earlier of (i) the completion of the Initial Business Combination; (ii) the redemption of any Class A ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value, of the Company (the “Public Shares”), that have been properly submitted in connection with a shareholder vote to approve an amendment to the Company’s first amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (A) in a manner that would affect the substance or timing of its obligation to redeem 100% of the Public Shares if it does not complete an Initial Business Combination within 24 months from the closing of the Public Offering or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to the rights of holders of the Public Shares or pre-Initial Business Combination activity; and (iii) the redemption of 100% of the Public Shares if the Company is unable to complete an Initial Business Combination within 24 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering (subject to the requirements of law). The proceeds deposited in the Trust Account could become subject to the claims of the Company’s creditors, if any, which could have priority over the claims of the Company’s public shareholders.
Initial Business Combination
The Company’s management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering, although substantially all of the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering are intended to be generally applied toward consummating an Initial Business Combination. The Initial Business Combination must occur with one or more target businesses that together have an aggregate fair market value of at least 80% of the assets held in the Trust Account (excluding the deferred underwriting discounts and commissions and taxes payable on income earned on the Trust Account) at the time of the agreement to enter into the Initial Business Combination. Furthermore, there is no assurance that the Company will be able to successfully effect an Initial Business Combination.
The Company, after signing a definitive agreement for an Initial Business Combination, will either (i) seek shareholder approval of the Initial Business Combination at a meeting called for such purpose in connection with which shareholders may seek to redeem their shares, regardless of whether they vote for or against the Initial Business Combination, for cash equal to their pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account as of two business days prior to the consummation of the Initial Business Combination, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account (net of amounts withdrawn to pay taxes (“taxes payable”)), (ii) provide shareholders with the opportunity to sell their Public Shares to the Company by means of a tender offer (and thereby avoid the need for a shareholder vote) for an amount in cash equal to their pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account as of two business days prior to the consummation of the Initial Business Combination, including interest less taxes payable. The decision as to whether the Company will seek shareholder approval of the Initial Business Combination or will allow shareholders to sell their Public Shares in a tender offer will be made by the Company, solely in its discretion, and will be based on a variety of factors such as the timing of the transaction and whether the terms of the transaction would otherwise require the Company to seek shareholder approval, unless a vote is required by law or under NYSE rules.
Pursuant to the Company’s first amended and restated memorandum and articles of association if the Company is unable to complete the Initial Business Combination within 24 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but no more than ten business days thereafter subject to lawfully available funds therefor, 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 (which interest shall be net of taxes payable and up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish the holders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the Company’s remaining shareholders and the Company’s board of directors, dissolve and liquidate, subject in each case to the Company’s obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. The Sponsor, officers and directors will not be entitled to rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to any Founder Shares (as defined below) and Private Placement Units (and any securities underlying the Private Placement Units) held by them if the Company fails to complete the Initial Business Combination within 24 months of the closing of the Initial Public Offering. However, if the Sponsor and management team acquires Public Shares in or after the Initial Public Offering, they will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to such shares if the Company fails to complete the Initial Business Combination within the prescribed time period.
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VIKING ACQUISITION CORP. INOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENT
NOVEMBER 3, 2025
Note 1 — Description of Organizationand Business Operations (cont.)
In the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company after an Initial Business Combination, the Company’s shareholders are entitled to share ratably in all assets remaining available for distribution after payment of liabilities and after provision is made for each class of shares, if any, having preference over the ordinary shares. The Company’s shareholders have no preemptive or other subscription rights. There are no sinking fund provisions applicable to the ordinary shares, except that the Company will provide its shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their Public Shares for cash equal to their pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, upon the completion of the Initial Business Combination, subject to the limitations described herein.
Risks and Uncertainties
The Company’s ability to complete an initial Business Combination may be adversely affected by various factors, many of which are beyond the Company’s control. The Company’s ability to consummate an initial Business Combination could be impacted by, among other things, changes in laws or regulations, downturns in the financial markets or in economic conditions, inflation, fluctuations in interest rates, increases in tariffs, supply chain disruptions, declines in consumer confidence and spending, public health considerations, and geopolitical instability, such as the military conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East. The Company cannot at this time predict the likelihood of one or more of the above events, their duration or magnitude or the extent to which they may negatively impact the Company’s ability to complete an initial Business Combination.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 205-40, “Presentation of Financial Statements - Going Concern”, the Company does not believe it will need to raise additional funds in order to meet the expenditures required to operate its business. However, if the estimate of the costs of identifying a target business, undertaking in-depth due diligence and negotiating a Business Combination are less than the actual amount necessary to do so, the Company may have insufficient funds available to operate its business prior to the Initial Business Combination. Management has determined that upon the consummation of the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Units, the Company has sufficient funds to finance the working capital needs of the Company within one year from the date of issuance of the financial statement. At November 3, 2025, the Company had $1,478,456 cash and a working capital of $1,394,411.
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VIKING ACQUISITION CORP. INOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENT
NOVEMBER 3, 2025
Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying financial statement is presented in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).
Emerging Growth Company
As an emerging growth company, the Company may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in its periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved.
Section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or revised financial accounting standards until private companies (that is, those that have not had a Securities Act registration statement declared effective or do not have a class of securities registered under the Exchange Act) are required to comply with the new or revised financial accounting standards. The JOBS Act provides that an emerging growth company can elect to opt out of the extended transition period and comply with the requirements that apply to non-emerging growth companies but any such election to opt out is irrevocable. The Company has elected not to opt out of such extended transition period which means that when a standard is issued or revised and it has different application dates for public or private companies, the Company, as an emerging growth company, can adopt the new or revised standard at the time private companies adopt the new or revised standard. This may make comparison of the Company’s financial statement 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 the financial statement in conformity with GAAP requires the Company’s management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statement.
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 cash of $1,478,456 and did not have any cash equivalent as of November 3, 2025.
Cash Held in Trust Account
As of November 3, 2025, the assets held in the Trust Account, amounting to $230,000,000, were held in cash.
Concentration of Credit Risk
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist of a cash account in a financial institution, which, at times, may exceed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation coverage limit of $250,000. Any loss incurred or a lack of access to such funds could have a significant adverse impact on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows.
Financial Instruments
The fair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under the FASB ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurement,” approximates the carrying amounts represented in the balance sheet, primarily due to their short-term nature.
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VIKING ACQUISITION CORP. INOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENT
NOVEMBER 3, 2025
Note 2 — Summary of SignificantAccounting Policies (cont.)
Offering Costs
The Company complies with the requirements of the FASB ASC 340-10-S99 and SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic 5A, — “Expenses of Offering.” Deferred Offering costs consist principally of professional and registration fees that are related to the Initial Public Offering. FASB ASC 470-20, “Debt with Conversion and Other Options,” addresses the allocation of proceeds from the issuance of convertible debt into its equity and debt components. The Company applies this guidance to allocate Initial Public Offering proceeds from the Units between Class A ordinary shares and warrants, using the residual method by allocating Initial Public Offering proceeds first to assigned value of the warrants and then to the Class A ordinary shares. Offering costs allocated to the Public Shares are charged to temporary equity. Offering costs allocated to the Public Warrants and Private Placement Warrants included in the Private Placement Units are charged to shareholders’ deficit as, after management’s evaluation, these are accounted for under equity treatment.
Income Taxes
The Company accounts for income taxes under FASB ASC Topic 740, “Income Taxes,” which requires an asset and liability approach to financial accounting and reporting for income taxes. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are computed for differences between the financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities that will result in future taxable or deductible amounts, based on enacted tax laws and rates applicable to the periods in which the differences are expected to affect taxable income. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized.
FASB ASC Topic 740 prescribes a recognition threshold and a measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. For those benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be more likely than not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. The Company’s management determined that the Cayman Islands is the Company’s major tax jurisdiction. The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense. As of November 3, 2025, there were no unrecognized tax benefits and no amounts accrued for interest and penalties. The Company is currently not aware of any issues under review that could result in significant payments, accruals or material deviation from its position.
The Company is considered to be an exempted Cayman Islands company with no connection to any other taxable jurisdiction and is presently not subject to income taxes or income tax filing requirements in the Cayman Islands or the United States. As such, the Company’s tax provision was zero for the period presented.
Derivative Financial Instruments
The Company evaluates its financial instruments to determine if such instruments are derivatives or contain features that qualify as embedded derivatives in accordance with FASB ASC 815. For derivative financial instruments that are accounted for as liabilities, the derivative instrument is initially recorded at its fair value on the grant date and is then re-valued at each reporting date, with changes in the fair value reported in the statement of operations. The classification of derivative instruments, including whether such instruments should be recorded as liabilities or as equity, is evaluated at the end of each reporting period. Derivative liabilities are classified in the balance sheet as current or non-current based on whether or not net cash settlement or conversion of the instrument could be required within 12 months of the balance sheet date. The underwriters’ over-allotment option is deemed to be a freestanding financial instrument indexed on the contingently redeemable shares and are accounted for as a liability pursuant to FASB ASC 480 if not fully exercised at the time of the Initial Public Offering. On November 3, 2025, the underwriters exercised their over-allotment option in full in the amount of 3,000,000 Units as part of the closing of the Initial Public Offering. As such, as of November 3, 2025, no over-allotment option liability is recognized in the Company’s balance sheet.
Warrant Instruments
The Company accounted for the Public Warrants and Private Placement Warrants issued in connection with the Initial Public Offering and the private placement in accordance with the guidance contained in FASB ASC Topic 815, “Derivatives and Hedging”. Accordingly, the Company evaluated and classified the warrant instruments under equity treatment at their assigned value.
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VIKING ACQUISITION CORP. INOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENT
NOVEMBER 3, 2025
Note 2 — Summary of SignificantAccounting Policies (cont.)
Share-Based Payment Arrangements
The Company accounts for share awards in accordance with FASB ASC 718, “Compensation—Stock Compensation,” which requires that all equity awards be accounted for at their “fair value.” Fair value is measured on the grant date and is equal to the underlying value of the share.
Costs equal to these fair values are recognized ratably over the requisite service period based on the number of awards that are expected to vest, in the period of grant for awards that vest immediately and have no future service condition, or in the period the awards vest immediately after meeting a performance condition becomes probable (i.e., the occurrence of a Business Combination). For awards that vest over time, cumulative adjustments in later periods are recorded to the extent actual forfeitures differ from the Company’s initial estimates; previously recognized compensation cost is reversed if the service or performance conditions are not satisfied and the award is forfeited.
Class A Ordinary Shares Subject to PossibleRedemption
The Public Shares contain a redemption feature which allows for the redemption of such Public Shares in connection with the Company’s liquidation, or if there is a shareholder vote or tender offer in connection with the Company’s initial Business Combination. In accordance with FASB ASC 480-10-S99, the Company classifies Public Shares subject to possible redemption outside of permanent equity as the redemption provisions are not solely within the control of the Company. The Company recognizes changes in redemption value immediately as they occur and will adjust the carrying value of redeemable shares to equal the redemption value at the end of each reporting period. Immediately upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company recognized the accretion from initial book value to redemption value. The change in the carrying value of redeemable shares will result in charges against additional paid-in capital (to the extent available) and accumulated deficit. Accordingly, as of November 3, 2025, Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption are presented at redemption value as temporary equity, outside of the shareholders’ deficit section of the Company’s balance sheet. As of November 3, 2025, the Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption reflected in the balance sheet are reconciled in the following table:
| Gross proceeds | $ | 230,000,000 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Less: | |||
| Proceeds allocated to Public Warrants | (4,830,000 | ) | |
| Public Shares issuance costs | (14,023,535 | ) | |
| Plus: | |||
| Remeasurement of carrying value to redemption value | 18,853,535 | ||
| Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption, November 3, 2025 | $ | 230,000,000 |
Recent Accounting Standards
In November 2023, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“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 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 July 24, 2025 (inception).
Management does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting pronouncements, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the Company’s financial statement.
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VIKING ACQUISITION CORP. INOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENT
NOVEMBER 3, 2025
Note 3 — Initial Public Offering
Pursuant to the Initial Public Offering on November 3, 2025, the Company sold 23,000,000 Units, which includes the full exercise by the underwriters of their over-allotment option in the amount of 3,000,000 Units at a purchase price of $10.00 per Unit. Each Unit consists of one Public Share and one-third of one Public Warrant. Each Public Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one Class A ordinary share at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustments (see Note 7).
Note 4 — Private Placement
Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the sale of an aggregate of 660,000 Private Placement Units at a price of $10.00 per Private Placement Unit, generating gross proceeds of $6,600,000. Each Private Placement Unit consists of one Class A ordinary share and one-third of one Private Placement Warrant. Of those 660,000 Private Placement Units, the Sponsor purchased 350,000 Private Placement Units, and Cohen purchased 310,000 Private Placement Units.
The Private Placement Warrants included in the Private Placement Units are identical to the Public Warrants sold in the Initial Public Offering except that, so long as they are held by the Sponsor, underwriters, or their permitted transferees, the Private Placement Warrants (i) may not (including the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of these Private Placement Warrants), subject to certain limited exceptions, be transferred, assigned or sold by the holders until 30 days after the completion of the Initial Business Combination, (ii) will be entitled to registration rights and (iii) with respect to Private Placement Warrants held by the underwriters and/or their designees, will not be exercisable more than five years from the commencement of sales in this offering in accordance with Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Rule 5110(g)(8).
Note 5 — Related Party Transactions
Founder Shares
On July 24, 2025, the Company issued an aggregate of 7,666,667 Class B ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value (the “Founder Shares”), in exchange for a $25,000 payment (approximately $0.00326 per share) from the Sponsor to cover certain expenses on behalf of the Company. As used herein, unless the context otherwise requires, Founder Shares shall be deemed to include the Public Shares issuable upon conversion thereof. The Founder Shares are identical to the Public Shares included in the Units being sold in the Initial Public Offering except that the Founder Shares automatically convert into Public Shares at the time of the Initial Business Combination (with such conversion taking place immediately prior to, simultaneously with, or immediately following the time of the Initial Business Combination, as may be determined by the directors of the Company) or earlier at the option of the holder and are subject to certain transfer restrictions, as described in more detail below. The Sponsor has agreed to forfeit up to an aggregate of 1,000,000 Founder Shares to the extent that the over-allotment option is not exercised in full by the underwriters so that the Founder Shares will represent 25% of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares after the Initial Public Offering. The Sponsor, officers, and directors will not be entitled to redemption rights with respect to any Founder Shares and any Public Shares held by them in connection with the completion of the Initial Business Combination. If the Initial Business Combination is not completed within 24 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Sponsor, officers, and directors will not be entitled to rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to any Founder Shares and Private Placement Units (and any securities underlying the Private Placement Units) held by them. On November 3, 2025, the underwriters exercised their over-allotment option in full as part of the closing of the Initial Public Offering. As such, the 1,000,000 Founder Shares are no longer subject to forfeiture.
Certain of the Strategic Partners and Senior Advisors invested in KingsRock Viking Acquisition, LLC, and through it, indirectly in the Sponsor, thereby sharing in the appreciation of Founder Shares and Private Placement Units held by the Sponsor, provided that the Company successfully complete a Business Combination. However, such parties will have no right to control KingsRock Viking Acquisition, LLC or the Sponsor or participate in any decision regarding the disposal of any security held by the Sponsor prior to the consummation of a Business Combination. In addition, each of the Company’s four independent directors have purchased membership interests in KingsRock Viking Acquisition, LLC for $187 which will provide them with an indirect interest in 50,000 Founder Shares. In addition, one of the independent directors has purchased two other membership interests in KingsRock Viking Acquisition, LLC — one that he purchased for $250 which will provide him with an indirect interest in 66,666 Founder Shares, and the other that he purchased for $50,000 which will provide him with an indirect interest in 5,000 Private Placement Units. None of the independent directors will have a right to control either KingsRock Viking Acquisition, LLC or the Sponsor or participate in any decision regarding the disposal of any security held by the Sponsor, or otherwise, prior to the consummation of a Business Combination.
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VIKING ACQUISITION CORP. INOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENT
NOVEMBER 3, 2025
Note 5 — Related Party Transactions(cont.)
The third-party valuation firm valued the Founder Shares as of September 15, 2025. The probability of De-SPAC and instrument specific market adjustment was assumed to be 45.0%; the implied Class A share price was $9.82; volatility of 6.0%; and a discount for lack of marketability of 13.0%. The transferred interests to the directors are classified as Level 3 at the measurement date due to the use of unobservable inputs including the probability of a business combination, and other risk factors. The valuation has identified the fair value of the Founder Shares to be $3.84 per share as of grant date. The total fair value of the 200,000 Founder Shares purchased by the four independent directors and the additional 66,666 Founder Shares purchased by one of the directors is $1,023,997 or $3.84 per share.
The Sponsor, officers, and directors agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of their Founder Shares until the earlier to occur of (A) six months after the completion of the Initial Business Combination or (B) subsequent to the Initial Business Combination, the date on which the Company consummates a transaction which results in the shareholders having the right to exchange their shares for cash, securities, or other property subject to certain limited exceptions.
Registration Rights
The holders of Founder Shares, Private Placement Units (and their underlying securities) and Units that may be issued upon conversion of working capital loans (and their underlying securities), if any, and any Class A ordinary shares issuable upon conversion of the Founder Shares and any Class A ordinary shares held by the Sponsor, officers, and directors at the completion of the Initial Public Offering or acquired prior to or in connection with the initial Business Combination, will be entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration rights agreement to be signed with the initial shareholders and the representative of the underwriters prior to or on the effective date of the registration statement for the Initial Public Offering. These holders will be entitled to make up to three demands and have “piggyback” registration rights. The representative of the underwriters may not exercise its demand and “piggyback” registration rights after five and seven years, respectively, after the effective date of the registration statement of which the prospectus for the Initial Public Offering forms a part and may not exercise its demand rights on more than one occasion. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.
Administrative Support Agreement
Commencing on October 31, 2025, the date that the Company’s securities are first listed in New York Stock Exchange, the Company agreed to reimburse an affiliate of the managers of the Sponsor, KingsRock, in an amount equal to up to $30,000 per month for office space, utilities and secretarial and administrative support. Upon completion of the Initial Business Combination or the Company’s liquidation, the Company will cease paying these monthly fees. As of November 3, 2025, no amount has been accrued for these services in the Company’s balance sheet.
Promissory Note
On July 24, 2025, the Company and the Sponsor entered into a loan agreement, whereby the Sponsor agreed to loan the Company an aggregate of up to $100,000 to cover expenses related to the Initial Public Offering pursuant to a promissory note (the “Note”). This loan is non-interest bearing and payable on the earlier of December 31, 2025, or the date on which the Company consummates the Initial Public Offering. As of November 3, 2025, the Company had borrowed $98,194, which has been paid in full by the Company at the closing of the Initial Public Offering and the borrowings under the promissory note are no longer available.
Working Capital Loans
In addition, in order to finance transaction costs in connection with its Initial Business Combination, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor, or the Company’s officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required (“Working Capital Loans”). If the Company completes its Initial Business Combination, the Company would repay the Working Capital Loans. In the event that the Initial Business Combination does not close, the Company may use a portion of proceeds held outside the Trust Account to repay the Working Capital Loans but no proceeds held in the Trust Account would be used to repay the Working Capital Loans. If the Sponsor makes any Working Capital Loans, up to $1,500,000 of such loans may be convertible into units of the post business combination entity at a price of $10.00 per unit at the option of the lender. The units and their underlying securities would be identical to the Private Placement Units. As of November 3, 2025, the Company had no borrowings under the Working Capital Loans.
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VIKING ACQUISITION CORP. INOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENT
NOVEMBER 3, 2025
Note 5 — Related Party Transactions(cont.)
Due from Sponsor
On November 3, 2025, the Company paid $29,570 in excess of the outstanding borrowings under the Note. On November 6, 2025, the Sponsor returned $29,570 to the Company (Note 10).
Note 6 — Commitments and Contingencies
Underwriting Agreement
The Company granted the underwriters a 45-day option from the date of the Initial Public Offering to purchase up to 3,000,000 additional Units to cover over-allotments, if any, at the Initial Public Offering price less the underwriting discounts and commissions. On November 3, 2025, the underwriters elected to fully exercise their over-allotment option to purchase an additional 3,000,000 Units at a price of $10.00 per Unit.
The underwriters were entitled to a cash underwriting discount of $5,175,000 (2.25% of the gross proceeds of the Units sold in the Initial Public Offering). The underwriters reimbursed certain of the Company’s offering expenses amounting to $575,000.
Additionally, the underwriters were entitled to a deferred underwriting discount of 4.00% of the gross proceeds of the Initial Public Offering held in the Trust Account, $9,200,000 in the aggregate upon the completion of the Company’s Initial Business Combination subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement.
Note 7 — Shareholders’ Deficit
Preference Shares
The Company is authorized to issue 1,000,000 preference shares with a par value of $0.0001 per share with such designations, voting and other rights and preferences as may be determined from time to time by the Company’s board of directors. As of November 3, 2025, there were no preference shares issued or outstanding.
Ordinary Shares
The authorized ordinary shares of the Company includes up to 200,000,000 Class A ordinary shares with a par value of $0.0001 per share and 20,000,000 Class B ordinary shares with a par value of $0.0001 per share. If the Company enters into an Initial Business Combination, it may (depending on the terms of such an Initial Business Combination) be required to increase the number of Class A ordinary shares which the Company is authorized to issue at the same time as the Company’s shareholders vote on the Initial Business Combination to the extent the Company seeks shareholder approval in connection with the Initial Business Combination. Holders of the Company’s ordinary shares are entitled to one vote for each ordinary share (except as otherwise expressed in the Company’s first amended and restated memorandum and articles of association). As of November 3, 2025, there are 660,000 Class A ordinary shares issued and outstanding, excluding 23,000,000 shares subject to possible redemption.
As of November 3, 2025, there were 7,666,667 Class B ordinary shares issued and outstanding.
Warrants
As of November 3, 2025, there were 7,886,665 Warrants outstanding, including 7,666,666 Public Warrants and 219,999 Private Placement Warrants. Each whole warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one whole Class A ordinary share at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment as described herein, at any time commencing on the later of (a) 30 days after the completion of an Initial Business Combination, or (b) 12 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering, provided that the Company has an effective registration statement under the Securities Act covering the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants and a current prospectus relating to them is available (or the Company permits holders to exercise their warrants on a “cashless basis” under the circumstances specified in the warrant agreement) and such shares are registered, qualified or exempt from registration under the securities, or blue sky, laws of the state of residence of the holder. Pursuant to the warrant agreement, a warrant holder may exercise its warrants only for a whole number of Class A ordinary shares. This means that only a whole warrant may be exercised at any given time by a warrant holder.
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VIKING ACQUISITION CORP. INOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENT
NOVEMBER 3, 2025
Note 7 — Shareholders'Deficit (cont.)
No fractional warrants will be issued upon separation of the units and only whole warrants will trade. The warrants will expire five years after the completion of the initial Business Combination, at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.
The Company is not registering Public Shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants at this time. However, following the consummation of the Initial Business Combination, under the terms of the warrant agreement, the Company has agreed that as soon as practicable, but in no event later than fifteen (15) business days, after the closing of the Initial Business Combination, the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to file with the SEC a registration statement for the registration under the Securities Act of the Public Shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants and thereafter use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the registration statement to become effective and to maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement until the expiration or redemption of the warrants in accordance with the provisions of the warrant agreement. No warrants will be exercisable for cash unless the Company has an effective and current registration statement covering the issuance of the Public Shares issuable upon exercise of the warrant and a current prospectus relating thereto. Notwithstanding the above, if Public Shares are at the time of any exercise of a warrant not listed on a national securities exchange such that they satisfy the definition of a “covered security” under Section 18(b)(1) of the Securities Act, the Company may, at its option, require holders of warrants who exercise their warrants to do so on a “cashless basis” in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act and, in the event the Company so elects, it will not be required to file or maintain in effect a registration statement, but the Company will be required to use its best efforts to register or qualify the shares under applicable blue sky laws to the extent an exemption is not available.
Redemption of warrants for cash when the price per Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $18.00. Beginning once the warrants become exercisable, the Company may redeem the outstanding Public Warrants for cash:
| ● | In whole and not in part; |
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| ● | At a price of $0.01 per warrant; |
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| ● | Upon not less than 30 days’ prior written notice<br>of redemption (the “30-day redemption period”); and |
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| ● | if, and only if, the last sale price of the Class A<br>ordinary shares equals or exceeds $18.00 per share (as adjusted for share subdivisions, share dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations<br>and the like) for any 20 trading days within a 30 trading day period ending on the third trading day prior to the date<br>on which the Company sends the notice of redemption to the warrant holders. The Company will not redeem the warrants as described above<br>unless a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants<br>is effective and a current prospectus relating to those Class A ordinary shares is available throughout such 30 trading day<br>period and the 30-day redemption period. |
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The Private Placement Warrants contained in the Private Placement Units will be non-redeemable. The Private Placement Warrants may also be exercised for cash or on a “cashless basis.” The Private Placement Warrants will not expire except upon liquidation.
Note 8 — Fair Value Measurements
Fair value is defined as the price that would be received for sale of an asset or paid for transfer of a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. GAAP establishes a three-tier fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). These tiers include:
| ● | Level 1, defined as observable inputs such as quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical instruments in active markets; |
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| ● | Level 2, defined as inputs other than quoted prices in active markets that are either directly or indirectly observable such as quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets or quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active; and |
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NOVEMBER 3, 2025
Note 8 — Fair Value Measurements(cont.)
| ● | Level 3, defined as unobservable inputs in which little or no market data exists, therefore requiring an entity to develop its own assumptions, such as valuations derived from valuation techniques in which one or more significant inputs or significant value drivers are unobservable. In some circumstances, the inputs used to measure fair value might be categorized within different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In those instances, the fair value measurement is categorized in its entirety in the fair value hierarchy based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement. |
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The fair value of the Public Warrants is $4,830,000, or $0.63 per Public Warrant. The fair value of Public Warrants was determined using Monte Carlo Simulation Model. The Public Warrants have been classified within shareholders’ deficit and will not require remeasurement after issuance. The following table presents the quantitative information regarding market assumptions used in the Level 3 valuation of the Public Warrants:
| November 3,<br> 2025 | |||
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| Underlying stock price | $ | 9.79 | |
| Exercise price | $ | 11.50 | |
| Volatility | 6.50 | % | |
| Probability of De-SPAC and market adjustment | 50.00 | % | |
| Risk-free rate | 3.86 | % | |
| Expected term to De-SPAC (years) | 2.00 | ||
| Warrant term (years) | 7.00 |
Note 9 — Segment Information
FASB 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 CODM, or group, in deciding how to allocate resources and assess performance.
The Company’s CODM has been identified as the Chief Executive Officer, who reviews the operating results for the Company as a whole to make decisions about allocating resources and assessing financial performance. Accordingly, management has determined that the Company only has one reportable segment.
The measure of segment assets is reported on the balance sheet as total assets. When evaluating the Company’s performance and making key decisions regarding resource allocation, CODM reviews several key metrics, which include the following:
| November 3,<br> 2025 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cash | $ | 1,478,456 |
| Cash held in Trust Account | $ | 230,000,000 |
The CODM reviews the position of total assets to assess if the Company has sufficient resources available to discharge its liabilities. The CODM is provided with details of cash and liquid resources available with the Company. The CODM will review the interest that will be earned and accrued on cash held in 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.
Note 10 — Subsequent Events
The Company evaluated subsequent events and transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date, up to November 7 2025, the date the financial statement was issued. Based upon this review, other than as described below, the Company did not identify any subsequent events that would have required adjustments or disclosure in the financial statement.
On November 6, 2025, the Sponsor returned $29,570 to the Company.
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