BLACW Bellevue Life Sciences Acquisition Corporation

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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 by Bellevue Life Sciences Acquisition Corp. References to our “management” or our “management team” refer to our officers and directors, and references to the “Sponsor” refer to Bellevue Global Life Sciences Investors LLC, a Delaware limited liability company. The following discussion and analysis of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the 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 on Form 10-Q includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations and projections about future events. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions about us that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “continue,” or the negative of such terms or other similar expressions. Factors that might cause or contribute to such a discrepancy include, but are not limited to, those described in our other filings made with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).

Overview

We are a blank check company incorporated as a Delaware corporation and formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities. We intend to effectuate our initial business combination using cash from the proceeds of our initial public offering (“IPO”) and the private placement units, the proceeds of the sale of our capital stock in connection with our initial business combination, shares issued to the owners of the target, debt issued to banks or other lenders or the owners of the target, or a combination of the foregoing.

The issuance of additional shares in connection with an initial business combination:

Similarly, if we issue debt securities or otherwise incur significant indebtedness, it could result in:

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Recent Developments

Extension of Termination Date

November Special Meeting

On November 9, 2023, the Company held a special meeting of its stockholders (the “Special Meeting”). At the Special Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved the proposal (the “First Extension Amendment Proposal”) to amend the Company’s Charter to extend the date by which the Company must consummate a business combination from November 14, 2023 to February 14, 2024 (the “First Extended Date”) and approved a proposal to give the Board of Directors (the “Board”) the authority in its discretion to amend the Charter to extend the date by which the Company must consummate a business combination from the First Extended Date to May 14, 2024 (the “Second Extended Date”). Additionally, the stockholders approved the First Amendment to the Trust Agreement (the “First Trust Agreement Amendment”) that extends the date by which the Company must liquidate the Trust Account established in connection with the Company’s IPO, from November 14, 2023 to the First Extended Date by depositing into the Trust Account $180,000 if the Company has not completed its initial business combination, and, upon the Board exercising its discretion to further extend the date by which the Company must liquidate the Trust Account if the Company has not completed its initial business combination, to the Second Extended Date, by depositing into the Trust Account by no later than each of February 14, 2024, March 14, 2024, and April 15, 2024, the lesser of (i) $60,000 or (ii) $0.026 per share for each public share that was not redeemed in connection with the First Extension Amendment Proposal. Following such approval by the Company’s stockholders, the Company entered into the First Trust Agreement Amendment with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company on November 10, 2023 and has subsequently amended the Charter to extend the date by which the Company must consummate a business combination to the First Extended Date. The Company also deposited $180,000 into the Trust Account on November 13, 2023.

In connection with the Special Meeting, 3,432,046 shares of common stock of the Company were tendered for redemption at a redemption price of approximately $10.49 per share for an aggregate redemption amount of $35,995,727.58, leaving $36,372,335 in the Trust Account immediately after the redemptions and a tax withdrawal by the Company of $561,957. Additionally, in February 2024, the Board authorized and approved a second Certificate of Amendment to the Charter. The second Certificate of Amendment to the Charter was filed with the Delaware Secretary of State, with an effective date of February 9, 2024, and extended the date by which the Company must consummate a business combination to the Second Extended Date. In connection with the extension by which the Company must consummate a business combination to the Second Extended Date, the Company deposited $60,000 into the Trust Account on each of February 9, 2024, March 12, 2024 and April 9, 2024. In

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connection with the $60,000 deposited into the Trust Account on February 9, 2024, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note in the principal amount of $75,000 to Jun Chul Whang, a member of the Board. In connection with the $60,000 deposited into the Trust Account on March 12, 2024, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note in the principal amount of $60,000 to Josh Pan, an individual member of Bellevue Capital Management, LLC, which wholly owns the Sponsor.

May Special Meeting

On May 10, 2024, the Company convened a special meeting of its stockholders (the “May Special Meeting”) as scheduled and adjourned the May Special Meeting without any business being conducted. As announced at the May Special Meeting, it was reconvened on May 14, 2024. At the May Special Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved the proposal to amend the Company’s Charter to extend the date by which the Company must consummate a business combination from May 14, 2024 to November 14, 2024. Following such approval by the Company’s stockholders, the Company has subsequently amended the Charter to extend the date by which the Company must consummate a business combination to November 14, 2024. The Company also deposited $50,000 into the Trust Account on May 14, 2024. In connection with the Special Meeting, 1,581,733 shares of common stock of the Company were tendered for redemption.

Proposed Business Combination

On November 16, 2023, the Company and OSR Holdings Co. Ltd., a corporation organized under the laws of the Republic of Korea, entered into a Business Combination Agreement (the “Business Combination Agreement”). Prior to the Closing, each Participating Company Stockholder and each Non-Participating Company Stockholder will be joined as parties to the Business Combination Agreement. At the effective time of the Closing (i) the Company shall issue to the Participating Company Stockholders shares of common stock equal to the Aggregate Participating Consideration and the Participating Company Stockholders will transfer their respective shares of OSR Holdings Common Stock to the Company, and (ii) the Non-Participating Company Stockholders will continue to hold their shares of OSR Holdings Common Stock subject to their Non-Participating Stockholder Joinders entered into with the Company on or before the date of the Closing. Upon consummation of the Share Exchange, the Company will directly own at least 75% of the shares of OSR Holdings Common Stock, with all of the remaining shares of OSR Holdings Common Stock held by the Non-Participating Company Stockholders. Pursuant to the terms of the Non-Participating Stockholder Joinders, the Company will have rights to acquire the shares of the Non-Participating Company Stockholders. The Non-Participating Stockholder Joinder contains put and call rights for the Non-Participating Company Stockholder and the Company, respectively, whereby the Non-Participating Company Stockholder shall have the right to cause the Company to purchase and the Company shall have the right to cause the Non-Participating Company Stockholder to sell to the Company or its designee all of the shares of OSR Holdings Common Stock owned and held of record by such Non-Participating Company Stockholder. Capitalized terms used in this section but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to them in the Business Combination Agreement which is included as an exhibit to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on April 17, 2024.

Pursuant to the Share Exchange: (i) the Participating Company Stockholders shall transfer and convey all of the shares of OSR Holdings Common Stock held by the Participating Company Stockholders to the Company, in each case, free and clear of any claims or interest of any person previously entitled thereto; (ii) the Company shall effect the transfer and conveyance of the Aggregate Participating Consideration to the Participating Company Stockholders, in each case, free and clear of any claims or interest of any person previously entitled thereto; (iii) any fractional share of the Company’s common stock that would otherwise be issuable to a Participating Company Stockholder following such exchange shall be rounded up or down to the nearest whole share of the Company’s Common Stock; (iv) all OSR Holdings Common Stock held by each Non-Participating Company Stockholder as of Closing will not be exchanged for shares of the Company’s common stock at Closing, and such OSR Holdings Common Stock will be subject to the terms of the Non-Participating Stockholder Joinder between such Non-Participating Company Stockholder and the Company; and (v) all other OSR Holdings Common Stock will remain outstanding.

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Conditions to Closing

The Closing is subject to customary closing conditions for special purpose acquisition companies, including, among others: (i) approval by the Company’s stockholders of the BLAC Proposals; (ii) no Governmental Authority shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any law, rule, regulation, judgment, decree, executive order, or award which is then in effect and has the effect of making the Transactions, including the Business Combination, illegal or otherwise prohibiting consummation of the Transactions, including the Business Combination; (iii) all required regulatory filings and approvals in the United States and outside the United States, shall have been completed and any applicable waiting period (and any extension thereof) applicable to the consummation of the Transactions shall have expired or been terminated, and any pre-Closing approvals or clearances reasonably required thereunder shall have been obtained; (iv) all required consents, approvals and authorizations shall have been obtained from and made with all Governmental Authorities; (v) the shares of the Company’s common stock shall be listed on Nasdaq as of the Closing Date; (vi) no material adverse effects on the Company or OSR Holdings shall have occurred between the date of the Business Combination Agreement and the Closing Date; (vii) the Lock-Up Agreements shall have been duly executed by the Company and certain holders of OSR Holdings Common Stock; (viii) OSR Holdings shall have delivered to the Company (a) Participating Stockholder Joinders duly executed by Participating Company Stockholders holding at least 75% of the OSR Holdings Fully Diluted Share Amount, and (b) Non-Participating Stockholder Joinders executed by the Non-Participating Company Stockholders; (ix) the Company’s M&A Committee shall have received an opinion from an advisor engaged by the Company’s M&A Committee that the Transactions are fair, from a financial point of view, to the Company and its stockholders; (x) a supplemental listing shall have been filed with Nasdaq as of the Closing Date to list the shares constituting the Aggregate Participating Consideration; (xi) on or prior to the Closing, OSR Holdings shall deliver to the Company a properly executed certification that shares of OSR Holdings Common Stock are not “U.S. real property interests” in accordance with the Treasury Regulations under Sections 897 and 1445 of the Code, together with a notice to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service in accordance with the provisions of Section 1.897-2(h)(2) of the Treasury Regulations; and (xii) customary bringdown conditions.

Additionally, the obligations of OSR Holdings and the OSR Holdings Stockholders to consummate the Transactions are conditioned upon, among other things, a minimum available cash condition such that the (a) amount of cash and cash equivalents available in the Trust Account immediately prior to the Closing, plus (b) all other cash and cash equivalents of BLAC, plus (c) the aggregate amount of cash proceeds received from the PIPE Financing prior to or substantially concurrently with the Closing (without, for the avoidance of doubt, taking into consideration any transaction fees, costs and expenses paid or required to be paid by the Company prior to the Closing), shall be equal to or greater than $5,000,001 (the “Minimum Available Cash Condition”).

Exclusivity

The Business Combination Agreement contains exclusivity provisions restricting the parties from engaging in any Alternative Transaction (as defined below) for a period ending on the earlier of (i) the Closing and/or (ii) the termination of the Business Combination Agreement. An “Alternative Transaction” includes (A) any sale of assets of OSR Holdings equal to 5% or more of OSR Holdings’ assets or to which 5% or more of OSR Holdings’ revenues or earnings are attributable, (B) the issuance or acquisition of 5% or more of the outstanding capital stock (on an as converted to OSR Holdings Common Stock basis) or other voting securities representing 5% or more of the combined voting power of the OSR Holdings, or (3) any conversion, consolidation, merger, liquidation, dissolution or similar transaction which, if consummated, would result in any person or other entity or group beneficially owning 5% or more of the combined voting power of OSR Holdings, other than with the Company and certain of its affiliates.

Representations, Warranties and Covenants

The Business Combination Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and covenants of (a) OSR Holdings, (b) the Company and (c) OSR Holdings Stockholders relating to, among other things, their ability to enter into the Business Combination Agreement and the Joinders, as applicable.

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Termination

The Business Combination Agreement may be terminated, and the Business Combination and the other Transactions may be abandoned at any time prior to the Effective Time, notwithstanding any requisite approval and adoption of the Business Combination Agreement and the Transactions by the stockholders of OSR Holdings or BLAC, as follows: (i) by mutual written consent of BLAC and OSR Holdings; (ii) by either BLAC or OSR Holdings if the Effective Time shall not have occurred prior to May 14, 2024 subject to certain exemptions; (iii) by either BLAC or OSR Holdings if any Governmental Authority, including in the United States or the Republic of Korea, shall have taken action to prevent or prohibit the Business Combination; (iv) by either BLAC or OSR Holdings if any of the BLAC Proposals shall fail to receive the requisite vote for approval at the BLAC Stockholders’ Meeting; (v) by BLAC upon a material breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement on the part of OSR Holdings set forth in the Business Combination Agreement; or (vi) by OSR Holdings upon a material breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement on the part of BLAC set forth in the Business Combination Agreement.

Nasdaq Listing Rules Compliance

As previously reported by the Company on Form 8-K filed on June 14, 2023, due to the resignation of a director effective on June 21, 2023, the Company notified the Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) on June 27, 2023 that the Company was not currently in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5605(c)(2)(A) (the “Listing Rule”), but that it intends to regain compliance within the cure period provided by section (c)(4)(B) of the Listing Rule. The Company has until the earlier of its next annual shareholders’ meeting or June 21, 2024 to regain compliance.

The Listing Rule requires the Audit Committee (the “Audit Committee”) of the Board be composed of at least three members, each of whom must meet independence requirements under the Nasdaq Listing Rules and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Upon the effective date of the director’s resignation from the Company’s Board and Audit Committee, the Company’s Audit Committee has been comprised of two independent directors and one vacancy and, therefore, does not currently comply with Nasdaq’s audit committee requirements as set forth in the Listing Rule. Pursuant to the Listing Rule’s section (c)(4)(B), the Company is entitled to a cure period to regain compliance with the Listing Rule. The Company is evaluating the appropriate membership and composition of its Board and Board committees and intends to regain compliance with Listing Rule prior to the expiration of the applicable cure period.

On February 15, 2024, the Company received a notification from the Listing Qualifications Department of Nasdaq notifying the Company that the Company no longer meets the minimum 300 public holders requirement for The Nasdaq Capital Market pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(3) (the “Minimum Public Holders Requirement”). The notice is only a notification of deficiency, not of imminent delisting, and has no current effect on the listing or trading of our securities on the Nasdaq Capital Market. The Company submitted a plan to regain compliance with the Minimum Public Holders Rule to Nasdaq on April 1, 2024. On April 17, 2024, the Company received written notice from Nasdaq indicating that the staff of Nasdaq (the “Staff”) determined, based on its review of the Company’s compliance plan, to grant the Company an extension of time to regain compliance with the Minimum Public Holders Requirement. The terms of the extension are as follows: on or before August 13, 2024, the Company must file with Nasdaq documentation from its transfer agent, or an independent source, demonstrating that its common stock has a minimum of 300 public holders. In the event the Company does not satisfy the terms, the Staff will provide written notification that the Company’s securities will be delisted. At that time, the Company may appeal the Staff’s determination to a Listing Qualifications Panel.

Recent Promissory Notes

On April 8, 2024, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note (the “April Sponsor Note”) in the principal amount of $1,200,000 to Sponsor for its receipt of $1,200,000 to fund working capital and other expenses of the Company. The April Sponsor Note is not interest bearing and is payable in full on the earlier of (i) December 31, 2024 or (ii) the date on which the Company consummates an initial business combination (the “April Sponsor Note Maturity Date”). In the event that the Company does not consummate a business combination on or prior to the time provided in the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (as subject to extension), the Sponsor agrees to forgive the principal balance of the April Sponsor Note, except to the extent of any funds remaining outside of the Company’s trust account, if any. The following shall constitute an event of default: (i) a failure to pay the principal within five business days of the April Sponsor Note Maturity Date and (ii) the commencement of a voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy action.

On April 17, 2024, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note (the “Second April Sponsor Note”) in the principal amount of $50,000 to the Sponsor. The Second April Sponsor Note is not interest bearing and is payable in full on the earlier of: (i) December 31, 2024 or (ii) the date on which the Company consummates an

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initial business combination (the “Second April Sponsor Notes Maturity Date”). In the event that the Company does not consummate a business combination on or prior to the time provided in the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (as subject to extension), the Sponsor agrees to forgive the principal balance of the Second April Sponsor Note, except to the extent of any funds remaining outside of the Company’s trust account, if any. The following shall constitute an event of default: (i) a failure to pay the principal within five business days of the Second April Sponsor Note Maturity Date and (ii) the commencement of a voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy action.

On May 14, 2024, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note (the “May Sponsor Note”) in the principal amount of $140,000 to the Sponsor. The May Sponsor Note is not interest bearing and is payable in full on the earlier of: (i) December 31, 2024 or (ii) the date on which the Company consummates an initial business combination (the “May Sponsor Note Maturity Date”). In the event that the Company does not consummate a business combination on or prior to the time provided in the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (as subject to extension), the Sponsor agrees to forgive the principal balance of the May Sponsor Note, except to the extent of any funds remaining outside of the Company’s trust account, if any. The following shall constitute an event of default: (i) a failure to pay the principal within five business days of the May Sponsor Note Maturity Date and (ii) the commencement of a voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy.

Results of Operations

Our entire activity since inception through March 31, 2024 related to our formation and IPO. We do not expect to generate any operating revenues until after the completion of an initial business combination. We generated non-operating income in the form of interest income on investments held after our IPO. We will incur increased expenses as a result of being a public company (for legal, financial reporting, accounting and auditing compliance), as well as for due diligence expenses in connection with searching for, and completing, an initial business combination.

For the three months ended March 31, 2024, we had net loss of $60,430 which consisted of income from investments held in the Trust Account of $480,824, offset by general and administrative expenses of $450,781 and provision for income taxes of $90,473. For the three months ended March 31, 2023, we had net income of $110,305, which consisted of income from investments held in the Trust Account of $417,728, offset by general and administrative expenses of $278,102 and provision for income taxes of $29,321.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Our liquidity needs had been satisfied prior to the completion of our IPO through a capital contribution from our Sponsor of $25,000 for the founder shares and an aggregate of $1,200,000 in loans from our Sponsor under unsecured promissory notes. Upon the closing of our IPO, the promissory notes were be deemed to be repaid and settled in connection with the private placement. Further, we have incurred and expect to continue to incur significant costs in pursuit of our financing and acquisition plans.

The net proceeds from (i) the sale of the Units in our IPO (including the Units sold in the exercise of the Over-Allotment Option), after deducting offering expenses of approximately $1,310,000, underwriting commissions of $1,380,000 and excluding deferred underwriting commissions of $2,070,000, and (ii) the sale of the Private Placement Units for an aggregate purchase price of $4,300,000 was $70,610,000. Of this amount, $70,207,500 was placed in the Trust Account, including $2,070,000 of deferred underwriting commissions. The proceeds held in the Trust Account will be invested only in U.S. government treasury obligations with a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations.

We intend to use substantially all of the funds held in the Trust Account, including any amounts representing interest earned on the Trust Account (less deferred underwriting commissions), to complete our initial business combination. We may withdraw interest to pay taxes. We estimate our annual franchise tax obligations, based on the number of authorized shares of our common stock, to be $200,000, which is the maximum amount of annual franchise taxes payable by us as a Delaware corporation per annum, which we may pay from funds held outside of the Trust Account or from interest earned on the funds held in our Trust Account and released to us for this purpose. 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 earned on the amount in the Trust Account will be sufficient to pay our income taxes. To the extent that our capital stock or debt is used, in whole or in part, as consideration to complete our initial business combination, the remaining proceeds held in the Trust Account will be used as working capital to finance the operations of the target business or businesses, make other acquisitions and pursue our growth strategies.

As of March 31, 2024, the Company had $3,637 in its operating bank account and a working capital deficit of $2,676,899. The Company’s liquidity needs prior to the consummation of our IPO had been satisfied through proceeds from advances from related party and from the issuance of common stock. Subsequent to the consummation of our IPO, the Company’s liquidity was satisfied through the net proceeds from the consummation of the IPO, the proceeds from the Private Placement Units held outside of the Trust Account and loans from the Sponsor, officers and directors and their affiliates.

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In order to fund working capital deficiencies or finance transaction costs in connection with an initial business combination, our Sponsor, officers and directors or their affiliates may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds as may be required. If we complete our initial business combination, we would 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 $1,000,000 of such loans may be convertible into Units, at a price of $10.00 per unit at the option of the lender, upon consummation of our initial business combination. The Units would be identical to the Private Placement Units. The terms of such loans by our Sponsor, officers and directors or their affiliates, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans. We do not expect to seek loans from parties other than our Sponsor, officers and directors or 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. Loans made by Chardan or any of its related persons, if any, will not be convertible into any of our securities and Chardan and its related persons will have no recourse with respect to their ability to convert their loans into any of our securities.

Based on the foregoing and the limited amount of working capital that the Company received into the operating account from the private placement, management believes that the Company will not have sufficient working capital to meet its working capital needs through the earlier of the consummation of an initial business combination or 21 months from the IPO (subject to extension by approval of the Company’s stockholders). These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Over this time period, the Company will be using the remaining funds held outside of the Trust Account for paying existing accounts payable, identifying and evaluating prospective initial business combination candidates, performing due diligence on prospective target businesses, paying for travel expenditures, selecting the target business to merge with or acquire, and structuring, negotiating and consummating the initial business combination. Further needs for operating capital beyond the Company’s current operating cash balance may need to be funded through loans from the Company’s Sponsor, officers and directors and their affiliates. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

If the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination by November 14, 2024 (subject to extension by approval of the Company’s stockholders), the Company will cease all operations except for the purpose of liquidating. This date for mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution combined with uncertainty as to whether the Company has sufficient liquidity to fund operations through the liquidation date or thereafter should a deferral occur raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Management intends to complete a business combination.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We have no obligations, assets or liabilities which would be considered off-balance sheet arrangements as of March 31, 2024. We do not participate in transactions that create relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, often referred to as variable interest entities, which would have been established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements. We have not entered into any off-balance sheet financing arrangements, established any special purpose entities, guaranteed any debt or commitments of other entities, or purchased any non-financial assets.

Contractual Obligations

We do not have any long-term debt, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations, purchase obligations or long-term liabilities, other than an agreement to pay an affiliate of our Sponsor a monthly fee of $7,500, for office space, utilities and secretarial and administrative support. We began incurring these fees on March 1, 2023 and will continue to incur these fees monthly until the earlier of the completion of our initial business combination or our liquidation.

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Chardan is entitled to a deferred underwriting commission of $2,070,000. The deferred fee will be waived by Chardan in the event that we do not complete an initial business combination, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement. Also, we have incurred deferred legal fees payable upon consummation of our initial business combination of approximately $635,000. These fees will only become due and payable upon the consummation of a business combination.

The holders of the founder shares, equity participation shares, placement units, and units that may be issued upon conversion of working capital loans (and in each case holders of their component securities, as applicable) are entitled to registration rights pursuant to the registration rights agreement. These holders are entitled to make up to two demands, excluding short form registration demands, that we register such securities for sale under the Securities Act. In addition, these holders will have “piggyback” registration rights to include their securities in other registration statements filed by us. We will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements. Chardan may not exercise its demand and “piggyback” registration rights after five and seven years, respectively, after the date of our prospectus issued in connection with our IPO and may not exercise its demand rights on more than one occasion.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

The preparation of financial statements and related disclosures in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and income and expenses during the periods reported. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates. We have not identified any critical accounting estimates.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

We are a smaller reporting company as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act and are not required to provide the information otherwise required under this item.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

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 Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

As required by Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Exchange Act, our management carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures under the supervision of our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer and concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of March 31, 2024 because of the identification of material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting with respect to the use by the Company of funds withdrawn for the payment of franchise tax and income tax liabilities for the payment of general corporate expenses, failure of the Company to timely receive Audit Committee approval for of related party transactions, failure to timely and properly document certain related party financing transactions and insufficient personnel in its accounting and finance reporting group.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act) during the three months ended March 31, 2024 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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Item 6. Exhibits

The following exhibits are being filed herewith, or incorporated by reference into, this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and are numbered in accordance with Item 601 of Regulation S-K:

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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.

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