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| Alan Annex Jason Simon Greenberg Traurig, LLP 1750 Tysons Boulevard Suite 1000 McLean, Virginia 22102 Tel: (703) 749-1300 |
Alexandra Low Appleby (Cayman) Ltd. 9th Floor, 60 Nexus Way Camana Bay Grand Cayman, KY1-1104 Cayman Islands Telephone: (345) 949-4900 |
Derek Dostal Manuel Garciadiaz Davis Polk &Wardwell LLP 450 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10017 Tel: (212) 450-4322 |
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| (1) | The underwriters have received and will receive compensation in addition to the underwriting discount, including an aggregate of 250,000 ordinary shares, which we refer to as the “EBC founder shares.” See the section of this prospectus entitled “Underwriting” for a description of compensation and other items of value payable to the underwriters. |
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We are responsible for the information contained in this prospectus. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with different information, and we take no responsibility for any other information others may give to you. We are not, and the underwriters are not, making an offer to sell securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted. You should not assume that the information contained in this prospectus is accurate as of any date other than the date on the front of this prospectus.
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| • | “amended and restated memorandum and articles of association” are to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to be in effect upon completion of this offering; |
| • | “Companies Act” are to the Companies Act (As Revised) of the Cayman Islands as the same may be amended from time to time; |
| • | “company,” “our company” “we,” “us” or “our” are to West Enclave Merger Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company; |
| • | “EBC” are to EarlyBirdCapital, Inc., the representative of the underwriters in this offering; |
| • | “EBC founder shares” are to 250,000 ordinary shares that we issued to EBC for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $1,630 in a private placement prior to this offering (for the avoidance of doubt, such ordinary shares will not be “public shares”); |
| • | “EBC loan” are to the non-interest bearing loan in the amount of $250,000 (or up to $287,500 if the over-allotment option is exercised) EBC will be making to us simultaneously with the closing of this offering; |
| • | “equity-linked securities” are to any securities of our company which are convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for ordinary shares of our company, including but not limited to equity or debt securities issued in a private placement; |
| • | “forfeiture shares” are to the up to 500,000 founder shares that may be forfeited to the extent that the underwriters’ over-allotment option is not exercised in full; |
| • | “founder shares” are to the 3,833,333 ordinary shares (up to 500,000 of such shares are subject to forfeiture depending on the extent to which the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised) that we issued to our sponsor for an aggregate price of $25,000 in a private placement prior to this offering (for the avoidance of doubt, such ordinary shares will not be “public shares”); |
| • | “initial shareholders” are to our sponsor and the other holders of our founder shares prior to this offering, but excluding the holders of the EBC founder shares; |
| • | “management” or our “management team” are to our officers and directors; |
| • | “ordinary shares” are to our ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share; |
| • | “permitted withdrawals” are to amounts withdrawn from interest earned on the trust account (and not from the principal held in the trust account) to pay our taxes, if any, excluding excise taxes; |
| • | “private rights” are to the rights included in the private units, which are identical to the public rights, subject to certain exceptions; |
| • | “private shares” are to our ordinary shares included in the private units, which are identical to the public shares, subject to certain exceptions; |
| • | “private units” are to the units that are being issued to our sponsor, EBC and/or their designees in a private placement simultaneously with the closing of this offering, as well as any units that may be issued upon conversion of the working capital loans, which are identical to the public units, subject to certain exceptions; |
| • | “public rights” are to the rights to receive 1/10 th of one ordinary share upon the consummation of a business combination that are being sold as part of the units in this offering; |
| • | “public shares” are to our ordinary shares that are being sold as part of the units in this offering; |
| • | “public shareholders” are to the holders of our public shares, including our initial shareholders and/or members of our management team to the extent any of them purchase public shares, provided that each holder’s status as a “public shareholder” shall only exist with respect to such public shares; |
| • | “public units” are to the units that are being sold in this offering, each consisting of one public share and one public right; |
| • | “rights” are to the public rights and the private rights; |
| • | “sponsor” refers to West Enclave Sponsor LLC, a Delaware limited liability company; and |
| • | “units” are to the public units and the private units. |
| • | an economically additive commercial and financial relationship with the U.S.; |
| • | ongoing shifts in supply-chain configuration; |
| • | continued digitization of financial services, commerce and logistics; |
| • | increasing consumer demand and household formation; |
| • | attractiveness of tourism and tourism-related services throughout the region; and |
| • | continued development of infrastructure, energy and other real assets. |
| • | implementation of public-company reporting, governance and controls; |
| • | growth and market expansion initiatives, including cross-border opportunities; |
| • | margin enhancement and operational improvements; |
| • | disciplined capital allocation and financing strategies; and |
| • | potential bolt-on acquisitions or platform consolidation. |
| Entity/Individual |
Amount of Compensation to be Received or Securities Issued or to be Issued |
Consideration Paid or to be Paid | ||
Sponsor |
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Sponsor |
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Sponsor or an affiliate thereof |
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Office space and administrative services provided to us. | ||
Sponsor |
Repayment in cash |
Up to $ non-interest-bearing promissory note. | ||
Sponsor and our officers or directors, or affiliates thereof |
out-of-pocket |
Expenses incurred in connection with identifying, investigating and completing a business combination. | ||
Sponsor and our officers or directors, or affiliates thereof |
Up to 150,000 private units upon conversion of up to $ |
Working capital loans to finance transaction costs in connection with a business combination | ||
Sponsor and our officers or directors, or affiliates thereof |
Payment in cash or securities |
Payment of customary consulting, success or finder fees in connection with the consummation of a business combination | ||
| Subject Securities |
Expiration Date |
Persons Subject to Restrictions |
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| Founder Shares | ||||||
| Private Placement Units (and Underlying Securities) | ||||||
| Securities offered | 10,000,000 units, at $10.00 per unit (or 11,500,000 units if the underwriters’ option to purchase additional units is exercised in full), each unit consisting of: • one ordinary share; and • one right | |
| Proposed NYSE symbols | Units: “WENC.U” Ordinary Shares: “WENC” Rights: “WENC.RT” | |
| Trading commencement and separation of ordinary shares and rights | The units will begin trading on or promptly after the date of this prospectus. The ordinary shares and rights comprising the units will begin separate trading on the 90 th day following the date of this prospectus unless the representative informs us of its decision to allow earlier separate trading, subject to our having filed the Current Report on Form 8-K described below and having issued a press release announcing when such separate trading will begin. Once the ordinary shares and rights commence separate trading, holders will have the option to continue to hold units or separate their units into the component securities. Holders will need to have their brokers contact our transfer agent in order to separate the units into ordinary shares and rights. No fractional shares will be issued upon separation of the units and only whole shares will trade. Accordingly, unless you purchase rights in multiples of ten, you will not be able to receive or trade a whole share underlying the right. Additionally, the units will automatically separate into their component parts and will not be traded after completion of our business combination. | |
| Separate trading of ordinary shares and rights is prohibited until we have filed a Current Report on Form 8-K |
In no event will the ordinary shares and rights be traded separately until we have filed a Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC containing an audited balance sheet reflecting our receipt of the gross proceeds at the closing of this offering. We will file the Current Report on Form 8-K promptly after the closing of this offering. If the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised following the initial filing of such Current Report on Form 8-K, a second or amended Current Report on Form 8-K will be filed to provide updated financial information to reflect the exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option. | |
Units: |
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Number outstanding before this offering |
0 units | |
Number outstanding after this offering and private placement |
10, 425 ,000 units(1)(2) | |
Ordinary Shares: |
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Number outstanding before this offering |
4,083,333 shares (3) | |
Number outstanding after this offering and private placement |
1 4,008 ,333(1)(4) | |
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0 rights | |
Number outstanding after this offering and private placement |
10, 425 ,000 rights(1)(5) | |
Term of rights |
Except in cases where we are not the surviving company in a business combination, each holder of a right will automatically receive one-tenth (1/10th ) of one ordinary share upon consummation of our business combination. In the event we will not be the surviving company upon completion of our business combination, each holder of a right will be required to affirmatively convert his, her or its rights in order to receive the one-tenth (1/10th ) of an ordinary share of the new entity underlying each right upon consummation of the business combination. We will not issue fractional shares in connection with an exchange of rights. Fractional shares will either be rounded down to the nearest whole share or otherwise determined by the board of directors as provided by Cayman Islands laws. As a result, you must hold rights in multiples of ten in order to receive shares for all of your rights upon closing of a business combination. If we are unable to complete a business combination within the required time period and we redeem the public shares for the funds held in the trust account, holders of rights will not receive any of such funds for their rights and the rights will expire worthless. | |
| (1) | Assumes no exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option. |
(2) |
Represents 10,000,000 public units and 425,000 private units. |
| (3) | Represents 3,833,333 founder shares and 250,000 EBC founder shares. The founder shares include up to an aggregate of 500,000 shares that are subject to forfeiture depending on the extent to which the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised. |
(4) |
Represents 3,333,333 founder shares, 250,000 EBC founder shares, 10,000,000 public shares and 425,000 private shares. |
(5) |
Represents 10,000,000 public rights and 425,000 private rights. |
Founder shares and EBC founder shares |
On December 17, 2025, our sponsor acquired an aggregate of 3,833,333 ordinary shares for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000 (or approximately $0.007 per share). Prior to the initial investment in the company by our sponsor, the company had no assets, tangible or intangible. The number of founder shares issued was determined based on the expectation that the founder shares would represent 25% of our issued and outstanding shares after this offering (excluding the private shares and the EBC founder shares). Up to 500,000 of the founder shares are subject to forfeiture depending on the extent to which the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised. Third party designees of the sponsor have agreed to purchase an aggregate of 147,500 of the private units the sponsor has agreed to purchase, and two of our independent director nominees (or affiliated entities) have agreed to purchase an aggregate of 25,000 of the private units the sponsor has agreed to purchase, in each case at $10.00 per private unit. Subject to these designees purchasing the private units, our sponsor intends to transfer an aggregate of 1,380,000 founder shares on the clo s ing of this offering for an aggregate consideration of approximately $9,000, or approximately $0.0065 per founder share (including an aggregate of 200,000 founder shares to two of our independent director nominees or affiliated entities).We also issued to EBC 250,000 EBC founder shares for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $1,630 (or approximately $0.007 per share) on December 17, 2025. The founder shares and EBC founder shares are identical to the ordinary shares included in the public units, except that: • the founder shares and EBC founder shares are subject to certain transfer restrictions, as described in more detail below; • the holders of the founder shares (but not the holders of the EBC founder shares) have agreed to vote any founder shares and private shares held by them and, subject to applicable securities laws, any public shares purchased in or after this offering in favor of our business combination. As a result, in addition to our initial shareholders’ founder shares, we would need (i) 2,995,384 or 30.0%, of the 10,000,000 public shares sold in this offering to be voted in favor of a business combination in order to have our business combination approved (assuming all outstanding shares are voted, the EBC founder shares and private shares held by EBC are voted in favor of the proposed business combination (although the holders are not required to do so) and the over-allotment option is not exercised), or (ii) none of the 10,000,000 public shares sold in this offering to be voted in favor of a business combination in order to have our business combination approved (assuming that only the minimum number of shares representing a quorum are voted and the over-allotment option is not exercised); • the holders of the founder shares and EBC founder shares have entered into a letter agreement with us, pursuant to which they have agreed (i) to waive their redemption rights with respect to any founder shares, EBC founder shares, private shares and any public shares held by them in connection with the completion of our business combination, (ii) waive their redemption rights with respect to their founder shares, EBC founder shares, private shares and, in the case of our initial shareholders, any public shares, in connection with a shareholder vote to approve certain amendments to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (A) to modify the substance or timing of our obligation to allow redemption in connection with our business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our business combination within 21 months from the closing of this offering or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-business combination activity and (iii) to waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to any |
| founder shares, EBC founder shares and private shares held by them if we fail to complete our business combination within 21 months from the closing of this offering, although they will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to any public shares they hold if we fail to complete our business combination within the prescribed time frame. If we submit our business combination to our shareholders for a vote, we will complete our business combination only if a simple majority of the outstanding ordinary shares voted are voted in favor of the business combination; and • the holders of the founder shares and EBC founder shares have certain registration rights. | ||
Transfer restrictions on founder shares and EBC founder shares |
On the date of closing of this offering, the founder shares will be placed into an escrow account maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as escrow agent. The founder shares may not be transferred, assigned, sold or released from escrow until six months after the date of the consummation of our business combination (except as described herein under the section of this prospectus entitled “Principal Shareholders — Restrictions on Transfers of Founder Shares, EBC Founder Shares, and Private Units”), or earlier, if, subsequent to our business combination, we consummate a subsequent liquidation, merger, stock exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of our shareholders having the right to exchange their shares for cash, securities or other property. The EBC founder shares will not be transferred, assigned or sold (except to the same permitted transferees as the founder shares and provided the transferees agree to the same terms and restrictions as the permitted transferees of the founder shares must agree to, each as described herein) until the consummation of a business combination. We refer to such transfer restrictions throughout this prospectus as the lock-up. | |
Private Units |
Our sponsor and EBC have agreed that they and/or their designees will purchase from us an aggregate of 425,000 private units (300,000 private units to be purchased by our sponsor and 125,000 private units to be purchased by EBC and/or its designees) at a price of $10.00 per unit for a total purchase price of $4,250,000 in a private placement that will close simultaneously with the closing of this offering. Our sponsor and EBC have also agreed that if the over-allotment option is exercised by the underwriters in full or in part, they and/or their designees will purchase from us up to an additional 41,250 private units (22,500 private units to be purchased by our sponsor and 18,750 private units to be purchased by EBC and/or its designees), based on the portion of the over-allotment option exercised. Third party designees of the sponsor have agreed to purchase an aggregate of 147,500 private units, and two of our independent director nominees (or affiliated entities) have agreed to purchase an aggregate of 25,000 private units, in each case at $10.00 per private unit out of the 300,000 private placement units to be purchased by the sponsor. The private units are identical to the units sold in this offering, subject to limited exceptions. | |
The purchase price of the private units will be added to the net proceeds from this offering to be held in the trust account. If we do not complete our business combination within 21 months from the closing of this offering, the funds held in the trust account will be used to fund the redemption of our public shares (subject to the requirements of applicable law). | ||
EBC loan |
EBC has agreed to lend us $250,000 (or up to $287,500 if the over-allotment option is exercised) as of the closing date of this offering at no interest. The proceeds of the EBC loan will be added to the trust account in order to ensure that the amount initially deposited in the trust account is $10. 1 0 per unit sold to the public in this offering. If we do not complete an initial business combination, we will not repay the EBC loan from amounts held in the trust account, and its proceeds will be used to fund the redemption of our public shares (subject to the requirements of applicable law). | |
Transfer restrictions on private units |
The private units (including private shares and private rights included in the private units, and the ordinary shares underlying the private rights) may not be transferred, assigned or sold until the completion of our business combination, except as described under the section of this prospectus entitled “Principal Shareholders — Restrictions on Transfers of Founder Shares, EBC Founder Shares, and Private Units.” | |
Proceeds to be held in trust account |
The rules of the NYSE provide that at least 90% of the gross proceeds from this offering and the sale of the private units be deposited in a trust account. Of the net proceeds of this offering, the sale of the private units and the EBC loan, $101,000,000 or $116,150,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full ($10.10 per unit in either case) will be placed into a U.S.-based trust account with 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 us pursuant to permitted withdrawals, the proceeds from this offering and the sale of the private units that are deposited in the trust account will not be released from the trust account until the earliest of (a) the completion of our business combination, (b) the redemption of any public shares properly submitted in connection with a shareholder vote to approve certain amendments to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (i) to modify the substance or timing of our obligation to allow redemption in connection with our business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our business combination within 21 months from the closing of this offering or (ii) with respect to any other provision relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-business combination activity and (c) the redemption of our public shares if we are unable to complete our business combination within 21 months from the closing of this offering, subject to applicable law. The proceeds deposited in the trust account could become subject to the claims of our creditors, if any, which could have priority over the claims of our public shareholders. | |
Anticipated expenses and funding sources |
Except as described above with respect to the withdrawal of interest pursuant to permitted withdrawals, unless and until we complete our business combination, no proceeds held in the trust account will be available for our use. The proceeds held in the trust account will be held in demand deposit or cash accounts or invested only in U.S. government securities 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 will disclose in each quarterly and annual report filed with the SEC prior to our business combination whether the proceeds deposited in the trust account are | |
| invested in U.S. government treasury obligations or money market funds or a combination thereof. Based upon an assumed interest rate of 3.5%, we expect the trust account to generate approximately $3,500,000 of interest annually. Unless and until we complete our business combination, we may pay our expenses only from: • the net proceeds of this offering, the sale of the private units and the EBC loan not held in the trust account, which will be approximately $750,000 in working capital after the payment of approximately $750,000 in expenses (excluding underwriting commissions) relating to this offering; • permitted withdrawals; and • any loans or additional investments from our initial shareholders or their affiliates, although they are under no obligation to advance funds or invest in us, and provided that any such loans will not have any claim on the proceeds held in the trust account unless such proceeds are released to us upon completion of our business combination. In order to consummate a business combination (especially with a target business that has an enterprise value in excess of the net proceeds available to us from this offering and the private placement of units), we may issue additional ordinary shares or preference shares to supplement the necessary payments to a target business. Any such issuances would dilute the interest of our shareholders and likely present other risks. | ||
| Conditions to completing our business combination | 2 period, while we do not currently intend to seek shareholder approval to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to 1 -monthpre-business combination activity). As described herein, our initial shareholders, officers, directors and director nominees have agreed that they will not propose any such | |
| amendment unless we provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their public shares upon approval of any such amendment at a per share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account (net of permitted withdrawals), divided by the number of then-outstanding public shares, subject to the limitations described herein. Our business combination must occur with one or more target businesses that together have an aggregate fair market value of at least 80% of our assets held in the trust account (excluding interest income earned on the trust account that is released to pay taxes) at the time of the agreement to enter into the business combination. The fair market value of such business must be determined by our board of directors based upon standards generally accepted by the financial community, such as actual and potential sales, earnings, cash flow and book value. We anticipate structuring our business combination so that the post-transaction company in which our public shareholders own shares will own or acquire 100% of the equity interests or assets of the target business or businesses. We may, however, structure our business combination such that the post-transaction company owns or acquires less than 100% of such interests or assets of the target business in order to meet certain objectives of the target management team or shareholders or for other reasons. However, we will only complete such business combination if the post- transaction company owns or acquires 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires an interest in the target sufficient for the post-transaction company not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act. Even if the post-transaction company owns or acquires 50% or more of the voting securities of the target, our initial shareholders may collectively own a minority interest in the post business combination company, depending on valuations ascribed to the target and us in the business combination transaction. | ||
| If less than 100% of the equity interests or assets of a target business or businesses are owned or acquired by the post-transaction company, the portion of such business or businesses that is owned or acquired is what will be valued for purposes of the 80% fair market value test, provided that in the event that the business combination involves more than one target business, the 80% fair market value test will be based on the aggregate value of all of the target businesses and we will treat the target businesses together as the business combination for purposes of a tender offer or for seeking shareholder approval, as applicable. | ||
Permitted purchases of public shares by our affiliates |
If we seek shareholder approval of our business combination and we do not conduct redemptions in connection with our business combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, our initial shareholders or their affiliates may purchase shares in privately negotiated transactions or in the open market either prior to or following the completion of our business combination. There is no limit on the number of shares our initial shareholders or their affiliates may purchase in such transactions, subject to compliance with applicable law and the rules of the NYSE. However, they have no current commitments, plans or intentions to engage in such transactions and have not formulated any terms or conditions for any such transactions. If they engage in such transactions, they will not make any such purchases when they are in possession of any material non-public information not disclosed to the seller or if such purchases are prohibited by Regulation M under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act. We do not currently anticipate that such purchases, if any, would constitute a tender offer subject to the tender offer rules under the Exchange Act or a going-private transaction subject to the going-private rules under the Exchange Act; however, if the purchasers determine at the time of any such purchases that the purchases are subject to such rules, the purchasers will comply with such rules. | |
Redemption rights for public shareholders upon completion of our business combination |
We will provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their public shares upon the completion of our business combination at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account as of two business days prior to the consummation of our business combination, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account and not previously released to us pursuant to permitted withdrawals, divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, subject to the limitations described herein. The amount in the trust account is initially anticipated to be $10.10 per public share. There will be no redemption rights upon the completion of our business combination with respect to our rights. Our initial shareholders and EBC have agreed to waive their redemption rights with respect to any founder shares, EBC founder shares and private shares held by them and, in the case of our initial shareholders, any public shares our initial shareholders may acquire in or after this offering in connection with the completion of our business combination or otherwise and to waive their redemption rights with respect to their founder shares, EBC founder shares, private shares and, in the case of our initial shareholders, public shares in connection with a shareholder vote to approve an amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (A) to modify the substance or timing of our obligation to allow redemption in connection with our business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our business combination within 21 months from the closing of this offering or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-business combination activity. | |
| Manner of conducting redemptions | We will provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their public shares upon the completion of our business combination either (i) in connection with a shareholder meeting called to approve the business combination or (ii) by means of a tender offer. The decision as to whether we will seek shareholder approval of a proposed business combination or conduct a tender offer will be made by us, solely in our discretion, and will be based on a variety of factors such as the timing of the transaction and whether the terms of the transaction would require us to seek shareholder approval under applicable law or stock exchange listing requirements. Asset acquisitions and stock purchases would not typically require shareholder approval, while direct mergers with our company and any transactions where we issue more than 20% of our outstanding ordinary shares or seek to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association would require shareholder approval. If a shareholder vote is not required and we do not decide to hold a shareholder vote for business or other legal reasons, we will, pursuant to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association: • conduct the redemptions pursuant to Rule 13e-4 and Regulation 14E under the Exchange Act, which regulate issuer tender offers, and• file tender offer documents with the SEC prior to completing our business combination which contain substantially the same financial and other information about the business combination and the redemption rights as is required under Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act, which regulates the solicitation of proxies. If, alternatively, our company holds a general meeting to approve the business combination, our company will conduct any redemptions in conjunction with a proxy solicitation pursuant to Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act, and not pursuant to the tender offer rules, and file proxy materials with the SEC. | |
Upon the public announcement of our business combination, if we elect to conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules, we or our initial shareholders will terminate any plan established in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act to purchase our ordinary shares in the open market, in order to comply with Rule 14e-5 under the Exchange Act.In the event that we conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules, our offer to redeem will remain open for at least 20 business days, in accordance with Rule 14e-1(a) under the Exchange Act, and we will not be permitted to complete our business combination until the expiration of the tender offer period. If public shareholders tender more shares than we have offered to purchase, we will withdraw the tender offer and not complete the business combination. | ||
If, however, shareholder approval of the transaction is required by law or stock exchange listing requirements, or we decide to obtain shareholder approval for business or other legal reasons, we will: • conduct the redemptions in conjunction with a proxy solicitation pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act, which regulates the solicitation of proxies, and not pursuant to the tender offer rules, and • file proxy materials with the SEC If we seek shareholder approval, we will complete our business combination only if a simple majority of the outstanding ordinary shares voted are voted in favor of the business combination. Each ordinary share will have one vote on all matters submitted to shareholders. A quorum for such meeting will consist of the holders present in person or by proxy of issued and outstanding shares of the company representing a simple majority of the voting power of all issued and outstanding shares of the company entitled to vote at such meeting. Our initial shareholders will count towards this quorum and have agreed, subject to applicable securities laws, to vote their founder shares, private shares and any public shares purchased in or after this offering in favor of our business combination. For purposes of seeking approval of the simple majority of our outstanding ordinary shares voted, non-votes will have no effect on the approval of our business combination once a quorum is obtained. As a result, in addition to our initial shareholders’ founder shares, we would need (i) 2,995,834, or 30.0%, of the 10,000,000 public shares sold in this offering to be voted in favor of a business combination in order to have our business combination approved (assuming all outstanding shares are voted, the EBC founder shares and private shares held by EBC are voted in favor of the proposed business combination (although the holders are not required to do so) and the over-allotment option is not exercised), or (ii) none of the 10,000,000 public shares sold in this offering to be voted in favor of a business combination in order to have our business combination approved (assuming that only the minimum number of shares representing a quorum are voted and the over-allotment option is not exercised). | ||
We will give at least 20 days prior written notice of any such meeting, if required, at which a vote shall be taken to approve our business combination. The quorum and voting thresholds, and the voting agreements of our initial shareholders, may make it more likely that we will consummate our business combination. Each public shareholder may elect to redeem its public shares irrespective of whether it votes for or against the proposed transaction, and irrespective of whether it does not vote or abstains from voting its shares. We may require our public shareholders seeking to exercise their redemption rights, whether they are record holders or hold their shares in “street name,” to either tender their certificates to our transfer agent prior to the date set forth in the tender offer documents mailed to such holders, or up to two business days prior | ||
to the vote on the proposal to approve the business combination in the event we distribute proxy materials, or to deliver their shares to the transfer agent electronically. We believe that this will allow our transfer agent to efficiently process any redemptions without the need for further communication or action from the redeeming public shareholders, which could delay redemptions and result in additional administrative cost. If the proposed business combination is not approved and we continue to search for a target company, we will promptly return any certificates delivered, or shares tendered electronically, by public shareholders who elected to redeem their shares. In the event the aggregate cash consideration we would be required to pay for all ordinary shares that are validly submitted for redemption plus any amount required to satisfy cash conditions pursuant to the terms of the proposed business combination exceed the aggregate amount of cash available to us, we will not complete the business combination or redeem any shares, and all ordinary shares submitted for redemption will be returned to the holders thereof. | ||
| Limitation on redemption rights of shareholders holding 15% or more of the shares sold in this offering if we hold shareholder vote | Notwithstanding the foregoing redemption rights, if we seek shareholder approval of our business combination and we do not conduct redemptions in connection with our business combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provides that a public shareholder, together with any affiliate of such shareholder or any other person with whom such shareholder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined under Section 13 of the Exchange Act), will be restricted from redeeming its shares with respect to more than an aggregate of 15% of the shares sold in this offering. We believe the restriction described above will discourage shareholders from accumulating large blocks of shares, and subsequent attempts by such holders to use their ability to redeem their shares as a means to force us or our management to purchase their shares at a significant premium to the then-current market price or on other undesirable terms. However, we would not be restricting our shareholders’ ability to vote all of their shares (including all shares held by those shareholders that hold more than 15% of the shares sold in this offering) for or against our business combination. | |
| Redemption rights in connection with proposed amendments to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association | Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provides that any of its provisions (including without limitation, the provisions related to pre-business combination activity (including the requirement to deposit proceeds of this offering and the private placement of units into the trust account and not release such amounts except in specified circumstances, and to provide | |
| redemption rights to public shareholders as described herein)) may be amended by way of a special resolution, if approved either by at least the holders of two-thirds of our ordinary shares entitled to attend and vote at a general meeting for which notice specifying the intention to propose the resolutions as a special resolution has been given, or by a unanimous written resolution of all of our shareholders, subject to applicable provisions of Cayman Islands law, or the Companies Act, or applicable stock exchange rules, and corresponding provisions of the trust agreement governing the release of funds from our trust account may be amended by way of special resolution, if approved either by at least the holders of a majority of our ordinary shares entitled to attend and vote at a general meeting for which notice specifying the intention to propose the resolutions as a special resolution has been given, or by a unanimous written resolution of all of our shareholders. We may not issue additional securities that can vote on amendments to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association or on our business combination or that would entitle holders to receive funds from the trust account. Our initial shareholders, who will collectively beneficially own 25% of our ordinary shares upon the closing of this offering (excluding the private shares and EBC founder shares and assuming they do not purchase any units in this offering), will participate in any vote to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association and/or trust agreement and will have the discretion to vote in any manner they choose. Our initial shareholders have agreed, pursuant to a letter agreement with us (filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part), that they will not propose any amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (i) that would modify the substance or timing of our obligation to allow redemption in connection with our business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our business combination within 21 months from the closing of this offering or (ii) with respect to any other material provision relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-business combination activity, unless we provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their ordinary shares upon approval of any such amendment at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest (which interest shall be net of taxes payable) divided by the number of then outstanding public shares. They have also agreed to waive their redemption rights with respect to any founder shares, private shares and any public shares held by them in connection with the completion of our business combination and to waive their redemption rights with respect to their founder shares, private shares and public shares in connection with a shareholder vote to approve certain amendments to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association described above. | ||
| Release of funds in trust account on closing of our business combination | On the completion of our business combination, all amounts held in the trust account will be released to us. We will use these funds to pay amounts due to any public shareholders who exercise their redemption rights as described above under “Redemption rights for public shareholders upon completion of our business combination,” | |
| to pay all or a portion of the consideration payable to the target or owners of the target of our business combination and to pay other expenses associated with our business combination. If our business combination is paid for using equity or debt instruments, or not all of the funds released from the trust account are used for payment of the consideration in connection with our business combination, we may apply the balance of the cash released to us from the trust account for general corporate purposes, including for maintenance or expansion of operations of post-transaction businesses, the payment of principal or interest due on indebtedness, to fund the purchase of other assets, companies or for working capital. | ||
| Redemption of public shares and distribution and liquidation if no business combination | Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provides that we will have only 21 months from the closing of this offering to complete our business combination. If we are unable to complete our business combination within such time period, we will: (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the public shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account and not previously released to us pursuant to permitted withdrawals (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay liquidation and dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining shareholders and our board of directors, dissolve and liquidate, subject in each case to our obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. There will be no redemption rights or liquidating distributions with respect to our rights, which will expire worthless if we fail to complete our business combination within the 21-month time period.Our initial shareholders have waived their rights to liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to any founder shares or private shares held by them if we fail to complete our business combination within 21 months from the closing of this offering. However, if our initial shareholders acquire public shares in or after this offering, they will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to such public shares if we fail to complete our business combination within the allotted time period. | |
| Limited payments to insiders | We are not prohibited from paying any fees (including consulting or advisory fees), reimbursements or cash payments to our initial shareholders or their affiliates, for services rendered to us prior to or in connection with the completion of our business combination, including the following payments, all of which, if made prior to the completion of our business combination, will be paid from funds held outside the trust account: | |
| • Repayment of an aggregate of $150,000 in loans made to us by our sponsor. • Reimbursement for any out-of-pocket • Payment of customary consulting, success or finder fees in connection with the consummation of our business combination. • Repayment of non-interest bearing loans which may be made by our initial shareholders or their affiliates to finance transaction or other costs in connection with an intended business combination. Up to $1,500,000 of such loans may be convertible into working capital units at a price of $10.00 per unit at the option of the lender. The working capital units would be identical to the private units sold in the private placement. Other than as described above, no terms have been determined with respect to such loans and no written agreements have been entered into with respect to any such loans.• Payment to Sponsor or an affiliate thereof of $10,000 per month for office space, secretarial and administrative services. • Repayment of the EBC loan. | ||
| Audit Committee | We will establish and maintain an audit committee, which will be composed entirely of independent directors to, among other things, monitor compliance, on a quarterly basis, with the terms described above and the other terms relating to this offering. If any noncompliance is identified, then the audit committee will be charged with the responsibility to promptly take all action necessary to rectify such noncompliance or otherwise to cause compliance with the terms of this offering. For more information, see the section of this prospectus entitled “ Management — Committees of the Board of Directors — Audit Committee. | |
| Conflicts of Interest | pre-existing contractual or fiduciary obligations they may have. As described in “Management — Conflicts of Interest,” and “Risk Factors,” pre-existing fiduciary or contractual obligations, he or she may need to honor these fiduciary or contractual obligations to present such business combination opportunity to | |
| such entity, or in the case of a non-compete restriction, may not present such opportunity to us at all, subject to his or her fiduciary duties under Cayman Islands law. See “Management — Conflicts of Interest, Management — Other SPAC Experience Risk Factors Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provide that, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law: (i) no individual serving as a director or an officer shall have any duty, except and to the extent expressly assumed by contract, to refrain from engaging directly or indirectly in the same or similar business activities or lines of business as us; and (ii) we renounce any interest or expectancy in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, any potential transaction or matter which (a) may be a corporate opportunity for any director or officer, on the one hand, and us, on the other, or (b) the presentation of which would breach an existing legal obligation of a director or officer to any other entity. In addition, our sponsor, members of our management team and our board of directors will directly or indirectly own founder shares and/or private units following this offering, as set forth in “Principal Shareholders,” and, accordingly, may have a conflict of interest in determining whether a particular target business is an appropriate business with which to effectuate our business combination, including the fact that they may lose their entire investment in us if our business combination is not completed, except to the extent they receive liquidating distributions from assets outside the trust account. Upon the closing of this offering, our sponsor and management team will have invested in us an aggregate of $2,525,000, comprised of the $25,000 purchase price for the founder shares (or approximately $0.007 per share) and the $2,500,000 purchase price for the private units. Accordingly, our management team may be more willing to pursue a business combination with a riskier or less-established target business than would be the case if our sponsor had paid the same per share price for the founder shares as our public shareholders paid for their public shares in this offering, as our sponsor and members of our management team would likely not receive any financial benefit unless we consummated such business combination. These interests of our executive officers and directors may affect the consideration paid, terms, conditions and timing relating to a business combination in a way that conflicts with the interests of our public shareholders. | ||
| Additionally, the personal and financial interests of our directors and executive officers may influence their motivation in timely identifying and pursuing a business combination or completing our business combination. We will also reimburse our sponsor $10,000 per month for office space and administrative services made available to us, each as described elsewhere in this prospectus. See “— The Offering — Our Sponsor” above for further discussion on our sponsor’s and our affiliates’ shares and compensation. | ||
| The different timelines of competing business combinations could cause our directors and executive officers to prioritize a different business combination over finding a suitable acquisition target for our business combination. For example, if two targets are being evaluated by our management team, and one is more stable and has a better risk or stability profile for our public shareholders, but may take a longer time to diligence and go through the business combination process, while the other has a less favorable risk or stability profile for our public shareholders, but would be easier, quicker and more certain to guide through the business combination process, our management team may decide to choose what they believe to be the quicker and more certain path despite its less favorable risk or stability profile for our public shareholders, as our management team would likely not receive any financial benefit unless we consummated a business combination. Additionally, if members of our management team form other special purpose acquisition companies similar to ours or pursue other business or investment ventures during the period in which we are seeking a business combination, the consideration paid, terms, conditions and timing relating to the business combinations of such other special purpose acquisition companies or ventures, and the level of attention paid by members of our management team to them versus the level of attention paid to us may conflict in a way that is unfavorable to us. Consequently, our directors’ and executive officers’ discretion in identifying and selecting a suitable target business may result in a conflict of interest when determining whether the terms, conditions and timing of a particular business combination are appropriate and in our shareholders’ best interest, which could negatively impact the timing for a business combination. For more information on our officers’ and directors’ business affiliations and the potential conflicts of interest that you should be aware of, see the sections entitled “Management — Officers, Directors and Director Nominees” and “Management — Conflicts of Interest.” Furthermore, our officers and directors are not required to commit any specified amount of time to our affairs, and, accordingly, may have conflicts of interest in allocating management time among various business activities, including selecting a business combination target and monitoring the related due diligence. See “Risk Factors — Our officers and directors may allocate their time to other businesses and may become officers or directors of any other special purpose acquisition companies, thereby causing conflicts of interest in their determination as to how much time to devote to our affairs and whether to present potential target to us instead of to our competitors. This conflict of interest could have a negative impact on our ability to complete our business combination.” | ||
Our sponsor and executive officers and directors have agreed to waive their redemption rights with respect to any founder shares, private shares and any public shares held by them in connection with the consummation of our business combination. Further, our sponsor and executive officers and directors have agreed to waive their redemption rights with respect to any founder shares and private shares held by them if we are unable to complete our business combination within 2 1 months from the closing of this offering or by such earlier liquidation date as our board of directors may approve. If we do not complete our business combination within | ||
| such applicable time period, the proceeds of the sale of the private placement units held in the trust account will be used to fund the redemption of our public shares, and the private placement units will be worthless. With certain limited exceptions, the founder shares purchased by our sponsor and director nominees for an aggregate of $25,000 may not be transferred, assigned or sold by our sponsor, director nominees or their permitted transferees until six months after the completion of our business combination. With certain limited exceptions, the private units and the securities underlying the private placement units may not be transferred, assigned or sold by our sponsor or its permitted transferees until the completion of our business combination. Since our sponsor and executive officers and directors may directly or indirectly own ordinary shares and rights following this offering, our executive officers and directors may have a conflict of interest in determining whether a particular target business is an appropriate business with which to effectuate our business combination because of their financial interest in completing a business combination within 2 1 months from the closing of this offering or by such earlier liquidation date as our board of directors may approve.In the event our sponsor or members of our management team provide loans to us to finance transaction costs and/or incur expenses on our behalf in connection with a business combination, such persons may have a conflict of interest in determining whether a particular target business is an appropriate business with which to effectuate our business combination as such loans may not be repaid and/or such expenses may not be reimbursed unless we consummate such business combination. We have agreed with EBC that, regardless of the type of business combination we seek to consummate, and unless our board of directors believes that our directors have the financial skills and background to conclude that is business combination is fair from a financial perspective (other than one with a target that is affiliated with a member of our management team as described below), we will obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm or another independent entity that commonly renders valuation opinions, stating that the consideration to be paid by us in such a business combination is fair to our company from a financial point of view. We are not prohibited from pursuing a business combination with a company that is affiliated with our sponsor, officers or directors, or completing the business combination through a joint venture or other form of shared ownership with our sponsor, officers or directors; accordingly, such affiliated person(s) may have a conflict of interest in determining whether a particular target business is an appropriate business with which to effectuate our business combination as such affiliated person(s) would have interests different from our public shareholders and would likely not receive any financial benefit unless we consummated such business combination. In such a circumstance, |
our underwriting agreement with EBC and our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provide that we or a committee of our independent directors will obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm or another independent entity that commonly renders valuation opinions that our initial business combination is fair to our company from a financial point of view. | ||
| The potential conflicts described above may limit our ability to enter into a business combination or other transactions. These circumstances could give rise to numerous situations where interests may conflict. There can be no assurance that these or other conflicts of interest with the potential for adverse effects on the Company and investors will not arise. For more information, see the section entitled “Management — Conflicts of Interest.” Our initial shareholders or their affiliates may compete with us for acquisition opportunities. If they decide to pursue an opportunity, we may be precluded from procuring such opportunity. None of our initial shareholders or their respective affiliates will have any obligation to present us with any opportunity for a potential business combination of which they become aware, unless presented to such member specifically in his or her capacity as an officer or director of the Company. Our management team, in their capacities as employees or affiliates of our initial shareholders or in their other endeavors, may be required to present potential business combinations to future initial shareholders’ affiliates or third parties, before they present such opportunities to us. | ||
Indemnity |
Our sponsor has agreed that it will be liable to us if and to the extent any claims by a third party for services rendered or products sold to us, or by a prospective target business with which we have discussed entering into a transaction agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the trust account to below (i) $10.10 per public share or (ii) such lesser amount per public share held in the trust account as of the date of the liquidation of the trust account due to reductions in the value of the trust assets. This liability will not apply with respect to any claims by a third party who executed a waiver of any and all rights to seek access to the trust account and except as to any claims under our indemnity of the underwriters of this offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. Moreover, in the event that an executed waiver is deemed to be unenforceable against a third party, then our sponsor will not be responsible to the extent of any liability for such third-party claims. We have not independently verified whether our sponsor has sufficient funds to satisfy its indemnity obligations and believe that our sponsor’s only assets are securities of our company. We have not asked our sponsor to reserve for such indemnification obligations. Accordingly, we believe it is unlikely that our sponsor will be able to satisfy any indemnification obligations that may arise. None of our officers or directors are required to indemnify us for claims by third parties including, without limitation, claims by vendors and prospective target businesses. | |
| • | Our public shareholders may not be afforded an opportunity to vote on our proposed business combination, which means we may complete our business combination even though a majority of our public shareholders do not support such a combination. |
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| • | Your only opportunity to affect the investment decision regarding a potential business combination may be limited to the exercise of your right to redeem your shares for cash, unless we seek shareholder approval of the business combination. |
| • | The ability of our public shareholders to exercise redemption rights with respect to a large number of our shares may not allow us to complete the most desirable business combination or optimize our capital structure. |
| • | Our search for a business combination, and any target business with which we ultimately consummate a business combination, may be materially adversely affected by new outbreaks, or continuation of any existing outbreaks, of any infectious disease (such as COVID-19) and other events, and the status of debt and equity markets. |
| • | The requirement that we complete our business combination within 2 1 months from the closing of our IPO may give potential target businesses leverage over us in negotiating a business combination and may decrease our ability to conduct due diligence on potential business combination targets as we approach our dissolution deadline. |
| • | We may not be able to complete our business combination within the prescribed time frame, in which case we would cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up. |
| • | You will not have any rights or interests in funds from the trust account, except under certain limited circumstances. To liquidate your investment, therefore, you may be forced to sell your public shares or rights potentially at a loss. |
| • | If we seek shareholder approval of our business combination and we do not conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules, and if you or a “group” of shareholders are deemed to hold in excess of 15% of our ordinary shares, you will lose the ability to redeem all such shares in excess of 15% of our ordinary shares. |
| • | Because of our limited resources and the significant competition for business combination opportunities, it may be more difficult for us to complete our business combination and our rights will expire worthless if we do not. |
| • | We may seek acquisition opportunities in industries or sectors which may be outside of our management’s area of expertise. |
| • | Although we have identified general criteria and guidelines that we believe are important in evaluating prospective target businesses, we may enter into our business combination with a target that does not meet such criteria and guidelines. |
| • | Because we are not limited to a particular industry, sector, or any specific target businesses with which to pursue our business combination, you will be unable to ascertain the merits or risks of any particular target business’s operations. |
| • | If our business combination involves a company organized under the laws of a state of the United States, it is possible a 1% U.S. federal excise tax will be imposed on us in connection with redemptions of our ordinary shares after or in connection with such business combination. |
| • | We may issue additional ordinary shares or preference shares to complete our business combination or under an employee incentive plan after completion of our business combination, which would dilute the interest of our shareholders and likely present other risks. |
| • | The grant of registration rights to our initial shareholders and EBC may make it more difficult to complete our business combination, and the future exercise of such rights may adversely affect the market price of our ordinary shares. |
| • | Our officers and directors may allocate their time to other businesses and may become officers or directors of other special purpose acquisition companies, thereby causing conflicts of interest in their determination as to how much time to devote to our affairs and whether to present potential target to us instead of to our competitors. This conflict of interest could have a negative impact on our ability to complete our business combination. |
| • | Our initial shareholders and their respective affiliates may have competitive pecuniary interests that conflict with our interests. |
| • | We are an emerging growth company and a smaller reporting company within the meaning of the Securities Act, and if we take advantage of certain exemptions from disclosure requirements available to emerging growth companies and smaller reporting companies, this could make our securities less attractive to investors and may make it more difficult to compare our performance with other public companies. |
| • | Our management will most likely not maintain control of a target business after our business combination. We cannot provide assurance that, upon loss of control of a target business, new management will possess the skills, qualifications, or abilities necessary to profitably operate such business. |
| • | We may seek acquisition opportunities with an early-stage company, a financially unstable business or an entity lacking an established record of revenue or earnings. |
December 31, 2025 |
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Actual |
As Adjusted |
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| Balance Sheet Data: |
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| Working capital (deficit) (1) |
$ | (37,580 | ) | $ | 619,950 | |||
| Total assets (2) |
$ | 454,470 | $ | 102,153,520 | ||||
| Total liabilities (3) |
$ | 52,580 | $ | 344,400 | ||||
| Value of ordinary share subject to possible redemption (4) |
$ | — | $ | 101,000,000 | ||||
| Shareholders’ equity (5) |
$ | 401,890 | $ | 809,120 | ||||
| (1) | The “as adjusted” calculation includes $750,000 of cash held outside the trust account l ess $37,580 of actual wo rking capital deficit on December 31, 2025, less over-allotment liability of $94,400. |
(2) |
The “as adjusted” calculation equals $101,000,000 of cash held in trust from the proceeds of this offering, the sale of the private placement units and the EBC loan, plus $750,000 in cash held outside the trust account less $403,520 of shareholders’ equity assuming the receipt of the EBC receivable, on December 31, 2025. |
| (3) | The “as adjusted” calculation equals $94,400 for the over-allotment liability and $250,000 for the EBC loan. The over-allotment liability represents the value of the 45-day over-allotment option granted to the underwriter to purchase up to 1,500,000 additional units at the initial public offering price, less the underwriting commissions. This over-allotment option is considered a freestanding financial instrument, indexed on the contingently redeemable shares, and is accounted for as a liability in accordance with ASC 480. |
(4) |
Equals 10,000,000 ordinary shares at $10.10 per share. |
(5) |
Excludes 10,000,000 ordinary shares purchased in this offering which are subject to conversion in connection with our business combination. The “as adjusted” calculation equals the “as adjusted” total assets, less the “as adjusted” total liabilities, less the value of ordinary shares that may be converted in connection with our business combination ($10.10 per share with aggregate value of $101,000,000). |
| • | solely dependent upon the performance of a single business, property, or asset, or |
| • | dependent upon the development or market acceptance of a single or limited number of products, processes, or services. |
| • | a limited availability of market quotations for our securities; |
| • | reduced liquidity for our securities; |
| • | a determination that our ordinary shares is a “penny stock” which will require brokers trading in our ordinary shares to adhere to more stringent rules and possibly result in a reduced level of trading activity in the secondary trading market for our securities; |
| • | a limited amount of news and analyst coverage; and |
| • | a decreased ability to issue additional securities or obtain additional financing in the future. |
| • | may significantly dilute the equity interest of investors in this offering; |
| • | may subordinate the rights of holders of ordinary shares if preference shares are issued with rights senior to those afforded our ordinary shares; |
| • | could cause a change of control if a substantial number of our ordinary shares are issued, which may affect, among other things, our ability to use our net operating loss carry forwards, if any, and could result in the resignation or removal of our present officers and directors; and |
| • | may adversely affect prevailing market prices for our units, ordinary shares and/or rights. |
| • | default and foreclosure on our assets if our operating revenues after a business combination are insufficient to repay our debt obligations; |
| • | acceleration of our obligations to repay the indebtedness even if we make all principal and interest payments when due if we breach certain covenants that require the maintenance of certain financial ratios or reserves without a waiver or renegotiation of that covenant; |
| • | our immediate payment of all principal and accrued interest, if any, if the debt security is payable on demand; |
| • | our inability to obtain necessary additional financing if the debt security contains covenants restricting our ability to obtain such financing while the debt security is outstanding; |
| • | our inability to pay dividends on our ordinary shares; |
| • | using a substantial portion of our cash flow to pay principal and interest on our debt, which will reduce the funds available for dividends on our ordinary shares if declared, our ability to pay expenses, make capital expenditures and acquisitions, and fund other general corporate purposes; |
| • | limitations on our flexibility in planning for and reacting to changes in our business and in the industry in which we operate; |
| • | increased vulnerability to adverse changes in general economic, industry and competitive conditions and adverse changes in government regulation; and |
| • | other disadvantages compared to our competitors who have less debt. |
| • | the history and prospects of companies whose principal business is the acquisition of other companies; |
| • | prior offerings of those companies; |
| • | our prospects for acquiring an operating business; |
| • | an assessment of our management and their experience in identifying operating companies; |
| • | general conditions of the securities markets at the time of this offering; and |
| • | other factors as were deemed relevant. |
| • | If we are unable to keep pace with evolving technology and changes in the technology services industry, our revenues and future prospects may decline; |
| • | Any business or company we acquire could be vulnerable to cyberattack or theft of individual identities or personal data; |
| • | Difficulties with any products or services we provide could damage our reputation and business; |
| • | A failure to comply with privacy regulations could adversely affect relations with customers and have a negative impact on business; and |
| • | We may not be able to protect our intellectual property and we may be subject to infringement claims. |
| • | rules and regulations or currency redemption or corporate withholding taxes on individuals; |
| • | tariffs and trade barriers; |
| • | regulations related to customs and import/export matters; |
| • | longer payment cycles than in the United States; |
| • | inflation; |
| • | economic policies and market conditions; |
| • | unexpected changes in regulatory requirements; |
| • | challenges in managing and staffing international operations; |
| • | tax issues, such as tax law changes and variations in tax laws as compared to the United States; |
| • | currency fluctuations; |
| • | challenges in collecting accounts receivable; |
| • | cultural and language differences; |
| • | protection of intellectual property; and |
| • | employment regulations. |
| • | restrictions on the nature of our investments; and |
| • | restrictions on the issuance of securities, each of which may make it difficult for us to complete our business combination. |
| • | registration as an investment company; |
| • | adoption of a specific form of corporate structure; and |
| • | reporting, record keeping, voting, proxy and disclosure requirements and other rules and regulations. |
| • | our ability to select an appropriate target business to acquire; |
| • | our ability to complete our business combination; |
| • | our expectations around the performance of the prospective target business or businesses; |
| • | our success in retaining or recruiting, or changes required in, our officers, key employees or directors following our business combination; |
| • | our officers and directors allocating their time to other businesses and potentially having conflicts of interest with our business or in approving our business combination, as a result of which they would then receive expense reimbursements; |
| • | our potential ability to obtain additional financing to complete our business combination; |
| • | our pool of prospective target businesses; |
| • | the ability of our officers and directors to generate a number of potential acquisition opportunities; |
| • | our public securities’ potential liquidity and trading; |
| • | the lack of a market for our securities; |
| • | the use of proceeds not held in the trust account or available to us from interest income on the trust account balance; |
| • | the trust account not being subject to claims of third parties; or |
| • | our financial performance following this offering. |
Without Over-Allotment Option |
Over-Allotment Option Fully Exercised |
|||||||
Gross proceeds |
||||||||
Gross proceeds from units offered to public (1) |
$ |
100,000,000 |
$ |
115,000,000 |
||||
Gross proceeds from private units offered in the private placement |
4,250,000 |
4,662,500 |
||||||
Gross proceeds from EBC loan |
250,000 |
287,500 |
||||||
Total gross proceeds |
$ |
104,500,000 |
$ |
119,950,000 |
||||
Offering expenses (2) |
||||||||
Underwriting commissions (2.0% of gross proceeds from units offered to public) |
$ |
2,000,000 |
$ |
2,300,000 |
||||
Legal fees and expenses |
250,000 |
250,000 |
||||||
Accounting fees and expenses |
75,000 |
75,000 |
||||||
SEC/FINRA Expenses |
34,426 |
34,426 |
||||||
NYSE listing and filing fees |
85,000 |
85,000 |
||||||
Printing and engraving expenses |
40,000 |
40,000 |
||||||
Miscellaneous |
265,574 |
265,574 |
||||||
Total offering expenses (excluding underwriting commissions) |
$ |
750,000 |
$ |
750,000 |
||||
Proceeds after offering expenses |
$ |
101,750,000 |
$ |
116,900,000 |
||||
Held in trust account |
$ |
101,000,000 |
$ |
116,150,000 |
||||
% of public offering size |
101.0 |
% |
101.0 |
% | ||||
Not held in trust account |
$ |
750,000 |
$ |
750,000 |
||||
Amount |
% of Total |
|||||||
Legal, accounting, due diligence, travel, and other expenses in connection with any business combination |
$ | 100,000 | 13.3 | % | ||||
NYSE continued listing fees |
85,000 | 11.3 | % | |||||
Legal and accounting fees related to regulatory reporting obligations |
125,000 | 16.7 | % | |||||
Administrative fee |
210,000 | 28.0 | % | |||||
Working capital to cover miscellaneous expenses, including general corporate purposes and director and officer insurance premiums |
230,000 | 30.7 | % | |||||
Total (3) |
$ | 750,000 | 100.0 | % (4) | ||||
| (1) | Includes amounts payable to public shareholders who properly redeem their shares in connection with our successful completion of our business combination. |
| (2) | A portion of the offering expenses will be paid from the proceeds of loans from our sponsor and/or its affiliates of $150,000 as described in this prospectus. This amount will be repaid upon completion of this offering out of the $750,000 of offering proceeds that has been allocated for the payment of offering expenses (other than underwriting commissions) and amounts not to be held in the trust account. In the event that offering expenses are less than set forth in this table, any such amounts will be used for post-closing working capital expenses. In the event that the offering expenses are more than as set forth in this table, we may fund such excess with funds not held in the trust account. |
| (3) | These expenses are estimates only. Our actual expenditures for some or all of these items may differ from the estimates set forth herein. For example, we may incur greater legal and accounting expenses than our current estimates in connection with negotiating and structuring our business combination based upon the level of complexity of such business combination. In the event we identify a business combination target in a specific industry subject to specific regulations, we may incur additional expenses associated with legal due diligence and the engagement of special legal counsel. In addition, our staffing needs may vary and as a result, we may engage a number of consultants to assist with legal and financial due diligence. We do not anticipate any change in our intended use of proceeds, other than fluctuations among the current categories of allocated expenses. |
| (4) | Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding. |
As of December 31, 2025 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Offering Price of $10.00 per Unit |
25% of Maximum Redemption |
50% of Maximum Redemption |
75% of Maximum Redemption |
Maximum Redemption |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NTBV |
NTBV |
Difference between NTBV and Offering Price |
NTBV |
Difference between NTBV and Offering Price |
NTBV |
Difference between NTBV and Offering Price |
NTBV |
Difference between NTBV and Offering Price |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assuming Full Exercise of Over-Allotment Option |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
$ |
7.29 |
$ |
6.68 |
$ |
3.32 |
$ |
5.72 |
$ |
4.28 |
$ |
4.03 |
$ |
5.97 |
$ |
0.19 |
$ |
9.81 |
|||||||||||||||||
Assuming No Exercise of Over-Allotment Option |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
$ |
7.27 |
$ |
6.65 |
$ |
3.35 |
$ |
5.70 |
$ |
4.30 |
$ |
4.00 |
$ |
6.00 |
$ |
0.20 |
$ |
9.80 |
|||||||||||||||||
No Redemptions |
25% of Maximum Redemptions |
50% of Maximum Redemptions |
75% of Maximum Redemptions |
Maximum Redemptions |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Without Over- Allotment |
With Over- Allotment |
Without Over- Allotment |
With Over- Allotment |
Without Over- Allotment |
With Over- Allotment |
Without Over- Allotment |
With Over- Allotment |
Without Over- Allotment |
With Over- Allotment |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Public offering price |
$ |
$ |
10.00 |
$ |
10.00 |
$ |
10.00 |
$ |
10.00 |
$ |
10.00 |
$ |
10.00 |
$ |
10.00 |
$ |
$ |
10.00 |
||||||||||||||||||||||
Net tangible book deficit before this offering |
( |
) |
(0.01 |
) |
(0.01 |
) |
(0.01 |
) |
(0.01 |
) |
(0.01 |
) |
(0.01 |
) |
(0.01 |
) |
( |
) |
(0.01 |
) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Increase attributable to public shareholders |
7.28 |
7.30 |
6.66 |
6.69 |
5.71 |
5.73 |
4.01 |
4.04 |
0.21 |
0.20 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pro forms net tangible book value after this offering and the sale of the placement shares |
7.2 9 |
6.65 |
6.6 8 |
5.70 |
5.7 2 |
4. 00 |
4.0 3 |
0.19 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dilution to public shareholders |
$ |
$ |
2.7 1 |
$ |
3.35 |
$ |
3.3 2 |
$ |
4.30 |
$ |
4.2 8 |
$ |
6.00 |
$ |
5.9 7 |
$ |
$ |
9.81 |
||||||||||||||||||||||
Percentage of dilution to public shareholders |
27.30 |
% |
27.10 |
% |
33.50 |
% |
33.20 |
% |
43.00 |
% |
42.80 |
% |
60.00 |
% |
59.70 |
% |
98.00 |
% |
98.10 |
% | ||||||||||||||||||||
No Redemptions |
25% of Maximum Redemptions |
50% of Maximum Redemptions |
75% of Maximum Redemptions |
Maximum Redemptions |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Without Over- Allotment |
With Over- Allotment |
Without Over- Allotment |
With Over- Allotment |
Without Over- Allotment |
With Over- Allotment |
Without Over- Allotment |
With Over- Allotment |
Without Over- Allotment |
With Over- Allotment |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Numerator: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net tangible book deficit before this offering |
$ |
( |
) |
$ |
(35,950 |
) |
$ |
(35,950 |
) |
$ |
(35,950 |
) |
$ |
(35,950 |
) |
$ |
(35,950 |
) |
$ |
(35,950 |
) |
$ |
(35,950 |
) |
$ |
( |
) |
$ |
(35,950 |
) | ||||||||||
Net proceeds from this offering and the sale of the placement shares (1) |
116,900,000 |
101,750,000 |
116,900,000 |
101,750,000 |
116,900,000 |
101,750,000 |
116,900,000 |
116,900,000 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Plus: Offering costs accrued for or paid in advance, excluded from tangible book value |
439,470 |
439,470 |
439,470 |
439,470 |
439,470 |
439,470 |
439,470 |
439,470 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Less: Overallotment liability |
( |
) |
— |
(94,400 |
) |
— |
(94,400 |
) |
— |
(94,400 |
) |
— |
( |
) |
— |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Less: EBC Loan |
( |
) |
(287,500 |
) |
(250,000 |
) |
(287,500 |
) |
(250,000 |
) |
(287,500 |
) |
(250,000 |
) |
(287,500 |
) |
( |
) |
(287,500 |
) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Less: Amounts paid for redemptions (2)(3) |
— |
(25,250,000 |
) |
(29,037,500 |
) |
(50,500,000 |
) |
(58,075,000 |
) |
(75,750,000 |
) |
(87,112,500 |
) |
( |
) |
(116,150,000 |
) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
$ |
$ |
117,016,020 |
$ |
76,559,120 |
$ |
87,978,520 |
$ |
51,309,120 |
$ |
58,941,020 |
$ |
26,059,120 |
$ |
29,903,520 |
$ |
$ |
866,020 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Denominator: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ordinary shares outstanding prior to this offering |
3,833,333 |
3,833,333 |
3,833,333 |
3,833,333 |
3,833,333 |
3,833,333 |
3,833,333 |
3,833,333 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ordinary shares forfeited if over-allotment is not exercised |
( |
) |
— |
(500,000 |
) |
— |
(500,000 |
) |
— |
(500,000 |
) |
— |
( |
) |
— |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ordinary shares offered and sale of placement shares |
11,500,000 |
10,000,000 |
11,500,000 |
10,000,000 |
11,500,000 |
10,000,000 |
11,500,000 |
11,500,000 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
EBC founder shares |
250,000 |
250,000 |
250,000 |
250,000 |
250,000 |
250,000 |
250,000 |
250,000 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Less: Ordinary shares redeemed |
— |
(2,500,000 |
) |
(2,875,000 |
) | (5,000,000 |
) |
(5,750,000 |
) |
(7,500,000 |
) |
(8,625,000 |
) |
( |
) |
(11,500,000 |
) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Placement shares |
466,250 |
425,000 |
466,250 |
425,000 |
466,250 |
425,000 |
466,250 |
466,250 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16,049,583 |
11,508,333 |
13,174,583 |
9,008,333 |
10,299,583 |
6,508,333 |
7,424,583 |
4,549,583 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (1) | Expenses applied against gross proceeds include offering expenses of approximately $500,000 and underwriting commissions of $0.20 per unit, equal to 2.0% of the gross proceeds of this offering, or $2,000,000 in the aggregate (or up to $2,300,000 to the extent the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), payable to the underwriters upon the closing of this offering. See “Use of Proceeds.” |
| (2) | Upon consummation of the Company’s initial business combination, a fee equal to 3.5% of the gross proceeds of this offering will be payable to the underwriters; provided that we may, in our sole discretion, allocate up to half of the fee to other FINRA members who assist in the business combination, provided that EBC’s fee shall be at least $2,000,000. See the section of this prospectus entitled “Underwriting” for a description of compensation and other items of value payable to the underwriters. |
| (3) | If we seek shareholder approval of our business combination and we do not conduct redemptions in connection with our business combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, our initial shareholders or their affiliates may purchase shares in privately negotiated transactions or in the open market either prior to or following the completion of our business combination. In the event of any such purchases of our shares prior to the completion of our initial business combination, the number of ordinary shares subject to redemption will be reduced by the amount of any such purchases, increasing the pro forma net tangible book value per share. See “Proposed Business — Effecting Our Initial Business Combination — Permitted Purchases of our Securities.” |
December 31, 2025 |
||||||||
Actual |
As Adjusted |
|||||||
Notes payable to related party (1) |
$ |
2,420 |
$ |
— |
||||
Ordinary shares, subject to redemption, 0 and 10,000,000 shares which are subject to possible redemption, actual and as adjusted, respectively (2) |
— |
101,000,000 |
||||||
Over-allotment liability |
— |
94,400 |
||||||
EBC loan (4) |
— |
250,000 |
||||||
Preference shares, $0.0001 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding, actual and as adjusted, respectively |
— |
— |
||||||
Ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value, 200,000,000 shares authorized, 4,083,333 and 4,008,333 shares issued and outstanding, (excluding 0 and 10,000,000 shares subject to possible redemption), actual and as adjusted, respectively (3) |
408 |
401 |
||||||
Additional paid-in capital |
420,842 |
826,449 |
||||||
Subscription receivable |
(1,630 |
) |
— |
|||||
Accumulated deficit |
(17,730 |
) |
(17,730 |
) | ||||
Total shareholders’ equity |
$ |
401,890 |
$ |
809,120 |
||||
Total capitalization |
$ |
404,310 |
$ |
102,153,520 |
||||
| (1) | Our sponsor may loan us up to $150,000 under an unsecured promissory note to be used for a portion of the expenses of this offering. The “as adjusted” information gives effect to the repayment of any loans received from our sponsor out of the proceeds from this offering and the sale of the private placement units. As of December 31, 2025, we had borrowed $2,420 under the promissory note with our sponsor. |
| (2) | Upon the completion of our initial business combination, we will provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their public shares, regardless of whether they abstain, vote for, or vote against, our initial business combination, for cash at a per share price equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account calculated as of two business days prior to the consummation of our initial business combination, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account (less taxes, if any, payable), divided by the number of then outstanding public shares. |
| (3) | Actual share amount is prior to any forfeiture of founder shares and as adjusted amount assumes no exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option and surrender of an aggregate of 500,000 founder shares. |
(4) |
EBC has agreed to lend us $250,000 (or up to $287,500 if the over-allotment option is exercised) as of the closing date of this offering at no interest. The proceeds of the EBC loan will be added to the trust account in order to ensure that the amount initially deposited in the trust account is $10.10 per unit sold to the public in this offering. If we do not complete an initial business combination, we will not repay the EBC loan from amounts held in the trust account, and its proceeds will be used to fund the redemption of our public shares (subject to the requirements of applicable law). |
| • | may significantly dilute the equity interest of investors in this offering; |
| • | may subordinate the rights of holders of ordinary shares if preference shares are issued with rights senior to those afforded our ordinary shares; |
| • | could cause a change of control if a substantial number of our ordinary shares are issued, which may affect, among other things, our ability to use our net operating loss carry forwards, if any, and could result in the resignation or removal of our present officers and directors; |
| • | may have the effect of delaying or preventing a change of control of us by diluting the share ownership or voting rights of a person seeking to obtain control of us; and |
| • | may adversely affect prevailing market prices for our units, ordinary shares, and/or rights. |
| • | default and foreclosure on our assets if our operating revenues after a business combination are insufficient to repay our debt obligations; |
| • | acceleration of our obligations to repay the indebtedness even if we make all principal and interest payments when due if we breach certain covenants that require the maintenance of certain financial ratios or reserves without a waiver or renegotiation of that covenant; |
| • | our immediate payment of all principal and accrued interest, if any, if the debt security is payable on demand; |
| • | our inability to obtain necessary additional financing if the debt security contains covenants restricting our ability to obtain such financing while the debt security is outstanding; |
| • | our inability to pay dividends on our ordinary shares; |
| • | using a substantial portion of our cash flow to pay principal and interest on our debt, which will reduce the funds available for dividends on our ordinary shares if declared, expenses, capital expenditures, acquisitions and other general corporate purposes; |
| • | limitations on our flexibility in planning for and reacting to changes in our business and in the industry in which we operate; |
| • | increased vulnerability to adverse changes in general economic, industry and competitive conditions and adverse changes in government regulation; and |
| • | limitations on our ability to borrow additional amounts for expenses, capital expenditures, acquisitions, debt service requirements, execution of our strategy and other purposes and other disadvantages compared to our competitors who have less debt. |
| • | staffing for financial, accounting and external reporting areas, including segregation of duties; |
| • | reconciliation of accounts; |
| • | proper recording of expenses and liabilities in the period to which they relate; |
| • | evidence of internal review and approval of accounting transactions; |
| • | documentation of processes, assumptions and conclusions underlying significant estimates; and |
| • | documentation of accounting policies and procedures. |
| • | an economically additive commercial and financial relationship with the U.S.; |
| • | ongoing shifts in supply-chain configuration; |
| • | continued digitization of financial services, commerce and logistics; |
| • | increasing consumer demand and household formation; |
| • | attractiveness of tourism and tourism-related services throughout the region; and |
| • | continued development of infrastructure, energy and other real assets. |
| • | implementation of public-company reporting, governance and controls; |
| • | growth and market expansion initiatives, including cross-border opportunities; |
| • | margin enhancement and operational improvements; |
| • | disciplined capital allocation and financing strategies; and |
| • | potential bolt-on acquisitions or platform consolidation. |
| • | subject us to negative economic, competitive, and regulatory developments, any or all of which may have a substantial adverse impact on the particular industry in which we operate after our business combination, and |
| • | cause us to depend on the marketing and sale of a single product or limited number of products or services. |
| • | we issue ordinary shares that will be equal to or in excess of 20% of the number of our ordinary shares then outstanding, or that will have voting power equal to or in excess of 20% of our voting power outstanding before the issuance; |
| • | any of our directors, officers or substantial shareholders (as defined by the NYSE rules) has a 5% or greater interest (or such persons collectively have a 10% or greater interest), directly or indirectly, in the target business or assets to be acquired or otherwise and the present or potential issuance of ordinary shares could result in an increase in outstanding common shares or voting power of 5% or more; or |
| • | the issuance or potential issuance of ordinary shares will result in our undergoing a change of control. |
| • | our registration statement/proxy statement filed for our business combination transaction would disclose the possibility that our sponsor, directors, executive officers or any of their affiliates may purchase shares or rights from public holders outside the redemption process, along with the purpose of such purchases; |
| • | if our sponsor, directors, executive officers or any of their affiliates were to purchase shares from public shareholders, they would do so at a price no higher than the price offered through our redemption process; |
| • | our registration statement/proxy statement filed for our business combination transaction would include a representation that any of our securities purchased by our sponsor, directors, executive officers or any of their affiliates would not be voted in favor of approving the business combination transaction; |
| • | our sponsor, directors, executive officers or any of their affiliates would not possess any redemption rights with respect to our securities or, if they do acquire and possess redemption rights, they would waive such rights; and |
| • | we would disclose in a Form 8-K, before our security holder meeting to approve the business combination transaction, the material terms of the purchases. |
| • | conduct the redemptions pursuant to Rule 13e-4 and Regulation 14E under the Exchange Act, which regulate issuer tender offers, and |
| • | file tender offer documents with the SEC prior to completing our business combination which contain substantially the same financial and other information about the business combination and the redemption rights as is required under Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act, which regulates the solicitation of proxies. |
| • | conduct the redemptions in conjunction with a proxy solicitation pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act, which regulates the solicitation of proxies, and not pursuant to the tender offer rules, and |
| • | file proxy materials with the SEC. |
Redemptions in Connection with our Initial Business Combination |
Other Permitted Purchases of Public Shares by us or our Affiliates |
Redemptions if we fail to Complete an Initial Business Combination | ||||
Calculation of redemption price |
Redemptions at the time of our business combination may be made pursuant to a tender offer or in connection with a shareholder vote. The redemption price will be the same whether we conduct redemptions pursuant to a tender offer or in connection with a shareholder vote. In either case, our public shareholders may redeem their public shares for cash equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account as of two business days prior to the consummation of the business combination (which is initially anticipated to be $10.10 per public share), including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account and not previously released to us pursuant to permitted withdrawals, divided by the number of then outstanding public shares. |
If we seek shareholder approval of our business combination, our initial shareholders, or their affiliates may purchase shares in privately negotiated transactions or in the open market prior to or following completion of our business combination. However, they would only do so at prices no higher than the price offered through our redemption process |
If we are unable to complete our business combination within 21 months from the closing of this offering, we will redeem all public shares at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount, then on deposit in the trust account (which is initially anticipated to be $10.10 per public share), including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account and not previously released to us pursuant to permitted withdrawals (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay liquidation and dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then outstanding public shares. |
Impact to remaining shareholders |
The redemptions in connection with our business combination will reduce the book value per share for our remaining shareholders. | If the permitted purchases described above are made, there would be no impact to our remaining shareholders because the purchase price would not be paid by us. | The redemption of our public shares if we fail to complete our business combination will reduce the book value per share for the shares held by our initial shareholders, who will be our only remaining shareholders after such redemptions. | |||
Terms of Our Offering |
Terms Under a Rule 419 Offering | |||
Escrow of offering proceeds |
$101,000,000 of the net proceeds of this offering, the sale of the private units and the EBC loan will be deposited into a U.S.-based trust account with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, acting as trustee. |
At least $88,200,000 of the offering proceeds would be deposited into either an escrow account with an insured depositary institution or in a separate bank account established by a broker-dealer in which the broker-dealer acts as trustee for persons having the beneficial interests in the account. | ||
Investment of net proceeds |
$101,000,000 of the net offering proceeds, the sale of the private units and the EBC loan held in trust will be held in demand deposit or cash accounts or invested only in U.S. government treasury bills 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. |
Proceeds could be invested only in specified securities such as a money market fund meeting conditions of the Investment Company Act or in securities that are direct obligations of, or obligations guaranteed as to principal or interest by, the United States. | ||
Receipt of interest on escrowed funds |
Interest on proceeds from the trust account to be paid to shareholders is reduced by (i) permitted withdrawals and (ii) in the event of our liquidation for failure to complete our business combination within the allotted time, up to $100,000 of net interest that may be released to us should we have no or insufficient working capital to fund the costs and expenses of our dissolution and liquidation. |
Interest on funds in escrow account would be held for the sole benefit of investors, unless and only after the funds held in escrow were released to us in connection with our completion of a business combination. | ||
Limitation on fair value or net assets of target business |
Our business combination must occur with one or more target businesses that together have an aggregate fair market value of at least 80% of our assets held in the trust account (excluding interest income earned on the trust account released to us to pay taxes) at the time of the agreement to enter into the business combination. |
The fair value or net assets of a target business must represent at least 80% of the maximum offering proceeds. | ||
Terms of Our Offering |
Terms Under a Rule 419 Offering | |||
Trading of securities issued |
The units will begin trading on or promptly after the date of this prospectus. The ordinary shares and rights comprising the units will begin separate trading on the 90 th day following the date of this prospectus unless the representative informs us of its decision to allow earlier separate trading, subject to our having filed the Current Report on Form 8-K described below and having issued a press release announcing when such separate trading will begin. We will file the Current Report on Form 8-K promptly after the closing of this offering, which is anticipated to take place three business days from the date of this prospectus. If the over-allotment option is exercised following the initial filing of such Current Report on Form 8-K, an additional Current Report on Form 8-K will be filed to provide updated financial information to reflect the exercise of the over-allotment option. |
No trading of the units or the underlying ordinary shares and rights would be permitted until the completion of a business combination. During this period, the securities would be held in the escrow or trust account. | ||
Election to remain an investor |
We will provide our public 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 as of two business days prior to the consummation of our business combination, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account and not previously released to us pursuant to permitted withdrawals, upon the completion of our business combination, subject to the limitations described herein. We may not be required by law to hold a shareholder vote. If we are not required by law and do not otherwise decide to hold a shareholder vote, we will, pursuant to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, conduct the redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules of the SEC and file tender offer documents with the SEC which will contain substantially the same financial and other information about the business combination and the redemption rights as is required under the SEC’s proxy rules. |
A prospectus containing information pertaining to the business combination required by the SEC would be sent to each investor. Each investor would be given the opportunity to notify the company in writing, within a period of no less than 20 business days and no more than 45 business days from the effective date of a post-effective amendment to the company’s registration statement, to decide if it elects to remain a shareholder of the company or require the return of its investment. If the company has not received the notification by the end of the 45 th business day, funds and interest or dividends, if any, held in the trust or escrow account are automatically returned to the shareholder. Unless a sufficient number of investors elect to remain investors, all funds on deposit in the escrow account must be returned to all of the investors and none of the securities are issued. | ||
Terms of Our Offering |
Terms Under a Rule 419 Offering | |||
| If, however, we hold a shareholder vote, we will, like many blank check companies, offer to redeem shares in conjunction with a proxy solicitation pursuant to the tender offer rules. If we seek shareholder approval, we will complete our business combination only if a majority of the outstanding ordinary shares voted are voted in favor of the business combination. Additionally, each public shareholder may elect to redeem its public shares irrespective of whether it votes for or against the proposed transaction, and irrespective of whether it does not vote or abstains from voting its shares. A quorum for such meeting will consist of the holders present in person or by proxy of issued and outstanding shares of the company representing a simple majority of the voting power of all issued and outstanding shares of the company entitled to vote at such meeting. | ||||
Business combination deadline |
If we are unable to complete a business combination within 21 months from the closing of this offering, we will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days. | If an acquisition has not been completed within 21 months after the effective date of the company’s registration statement, funds held in the trust or escrow account are returned to investors. | ||
Release of funds |
Except with respect to interest earned on the funds held in the trust account that may be released to pursuant to permitted withdrawals, the proceeds from this offering and the sale of the private units that are deposited and held in the trust account will not be released from the trust account until the earliest to occur of: (i) the completion of our business combination, (ii) the redemption of any public shares properly submitted in connection with a shareholder vote to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (a) to modify the substance or timing of our obligation to allow redemption in connection with our business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our business combination within 21 months from the closing of this offering or (b) with respect to any other provision relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-business combination activity and (iii) the redemption of 100% of our public shares if we are unable to complete a business combination within the required time frame (subject to the requirements of applicable law). |
The proceeds held in the escrow account are not released until the earlier of the completion of a business combination or the failure to effect a business combination within the allotted time. | ||
Name |
Age |
Position | ||
Emilio Mahuad Quijano |
50 |
Co-Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer, Principal Financial Officer | ||
Adrian Otero Rosiles |
50 |
Co-Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer | ||
Alberto Fasja Cohen |
63 |
Director | ||
Jean-Michel Enríquez Dahlhaus |
56 |
Director Nominee | ||
Hector Madero Rivero |
60 |
Director Nominee |
| • | the appointment, compensation, retention, replacement, and oversight of the work of the independent auditors and any other independent registered public accounting firm engaged by us; |
| • | pre-approving all audit and permitted non-audit services to be provided by the independent auditors or any other registered public accounting firm engaged by us, and establishing pre-approval policies and procedures; |
| • | reviewing and discussing with the independent auditors all relationships the auditors have with us in order to evaluate their continued independence; |
| • | setting clear hiring policies for employees or former employees of the independent auditors; |
| • | setting clear policies for audit partner rotation in compliance with applicable laws and regulations; |
| • | obtaining and reviewing a report, at least annually, from the independent auditors describing (i) the independent auditor’s internal quality-control procedures and (ii) any material issues raised by the most recent internal quality-control review, or peer review, of the audit firm, or by any inquiry or investigation by governmental or professional authorities within the preceding five years respecting one or more independent audits carried out by the firm and any steps taken to deal with such issues; |
| • | reviewing and approving any related party transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC prior to us entering into such transaction; and |
| • | reviewing with management, the independent auditors, and our legal advisors, as appropriate, any legal, regulatory or compliance matters, including any correspondence with regulators or government agencies and any employee complaints or published reports that raise material issues regarding our financial statements or accounting policies and any significant changes in accounting standards or rules promulgated by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, the SEC or other regulatory authorities. |
| • | reviewing and approving on an annual basis the corporate goals and objectives relevant to our Chief Executive Officer’s compensation, evaluating our Chief Executive Officer’s performance in light of such goals and objectives and determining and approving the remuneration (if any) of our Chief Executive Officer based on such evaluation; |
| • | reviewing and approving on an annual basis the compensation of all of our other officers; |
| • | reviewing on an annual basis our executive compensation policies and plans; |
| • | implementing and administering our incentive compensation equity-based remuneration plans; |
| • | assisting management in complying with our proxy statement and annual report disclosure requirements; |
| • | approving all special perquisites, special cash payments and other special compensation and benefit arrangements for our officers and employees; |
| • | if required, producing a report on executive compensation to be included in our annual proxy statement; and |
| • | reviewing, evaluating, and recommending changes, if appropriate, to the remuneration for directors. |
| • | identifying, screening and reviewing individuals qualified to serve as directors, consistent with criteria approved by the board of directors, and recommending to the board of directors candidates for nomination for election at the annual general meeting or to fill vacancies on the board of directors; |
| • | developing and recommending to the board of directors and overseeing implementation of our corporate governance guidelines; |
| • | coordinating and overseeing the annual self-evaluation of the board of directors, its committees, individual directors and management in the governance of our company; and |
| • | reviewing on a regular basis our overall corporate governance and recommending improvements as and when necessary. |
| • | Members of our management team directly or indirectly own founder shares and, accordingly may have a conflict of interest in determining whether a particular target business is an appropriate business with which to effectuate our business combination. |
| • | The per share price that the members of management team paid for the founder shares creates an incentive whereby our officers and directors could potentially make a substantial profit even if the Company selects an acquisition target that subsequently declines in value and is unprofitable for public investors. |
| • | In the event we do not consummate a business combination within the completion window, the founder shares, the rights, the private units, and their underlying securities will expire worthless, which could create an incentive for our officers and directors to complete any transaction, regardless of its ultimate value. |
| • | None of our officers or directors is required to commit his or her full time to our affairs and, accordingly, may have conflicts of interest in allocating his or her time among various business activities. |
| • | In the course of their other business activities, our officers and directors may become aware of investment and business opportunities which may be appropriate for presentation to us as well as the other entities with which they are affiliated. |
| • | Our initial shareholders have agreed to waive their redemption rights with respect to any founder shares, EBC founder shares, private shares and any public shares held by them in connection with the consummation of our business combination. Additionally, they have agreed to waive their redemption rights with respect to any founder shares, EBC founder shares and private shares held by them if we fail to consummate our business combination within 21 months from the closing of this offering. If we do not complete our business combination within such applicable time period, the funds held in the trust account will be used to fund the redemption of only our public shares, and the private units and underlying securities will not be redeemed. The founder shares will not, subject to certain exceptions, be transferred, assigned, sold or released from escrow until six months after the date of the consummation of the business combination, or earlier, if, subsequent to our business combination, we consummate a subsequent liquidation, merger, stock exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of our shareholders having the right to exchange their shares for cash, securities or other property. Since members of our management may directly or indirectly own ordinary shares and rights following this offering, our officers and directors may have a conflict of interest in determining whether a particular target business is an appropriate business with which to complete our business combination. |
| • | Our officers and directors may have a conflict of interest with respect to evaluating a particular business combination if the retention or resignation of any such officers and directors was included by a target business as a condition to any agreement with respect to our business combination. |
| • | Our initial shareholders may have a conflict of interest with respect to evaluating a business combination and financing arrangements as we may obtain loans from our initial shareholders, officers, directors or their affiliates to finance transaction costs in connection with an intended business combination. Up to $1,500,000 of such loans may be convertible into working capital units at a price of $10.00 per unit at the option of the lender. Such working capital units would be identical to the private units sold in the private placement. |
| • | We will reimburse our sponsor or an affiliate thereof in an amount equal to $10,000 per month for office space and administrative support made available to us, as described elsewhere in this prospectus. |
| • | Upon consummation of this offering, we will repay $150,000 in loans made to us by our sponsor to cover a portion of the expenses of this offering. Additionally, members of our management team will be entitled to reimbursement for any out-of-pocket |
| • | the corporation could financially undertake the opportunity; |
| • | the opportunity is within the corporation’s line of business; and |
| • | it would not be fair to our company and its shareholders for the opportunity not to be brought to the attention of the corporation. |
| • | each person known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our outstanding ordinary shares; |
| • | each of our executive officers and directors; and |
| • | all our executive officers and directors as a group. |
Before Offering |
After Offering |
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Name and Address of Beneficial Owner (1) |
Number of Shares Beneficially Owned |
Approximate Percentage of Outstanding Ordinary shares |
Number of Shares Beneficially Owned |
Approximate Percentage of Outstanding Ordinary shares |
||||||||||||
West Enclave Sponsor LLC (3) |
3,833,333 |
(2) |
93.9 |
% |
3,633,333 |
(4) |
25.9 |
% | ||||||||
Emilio Mahuad Quijano (3) |
3,833,333 |
(2) |
93.9 |
% |
3,633,333 |
(4) |
25.9 |
% | ||||||||
Adrian Otero (3) |
3,833,333 |
(2) |
93.9 |
% |
3,633,333 |
(4) |
25.9 |
% | ||||||||
Alberto Fasja Cohen (5) |
— |
— |
— |
— |
||||||||||||
Jean-Michel Enríquez Dahlhaus (6) |
— |
— |
— |
— |
||||||||||||
Hector Madero Rivero (7) |
— |
— |
— |
— |
||||||||||||
All executive officers, directors and director nominees as a group (5 individuals) |
3,833,333 |
(2) |
93.9 |
% |
3,633,333 |
25.9 |
% | |||||||||
EarlyBirdCapital, Inc. (8) |
250,000 |
6.1 |
% |
375,000 |
(9) |
2.7 |
% | |||||||||
| * | Indicates less than 1%. |
| (1) | Unless otherwise noted, the business address of each of the following entities or individuals is c/o West Enclave Merger Corp., C. Calderón de la Barca 22, Ciudad de Mexico, 11540 México. |
(2) |
Includes up to 500,000 forfeiture shares that will be surrendered for no consideration depending on the extent to which the underwriter’s over-allotment option is exercised. Also includes an aggregate of 1,380,000 founder shares our sponsor intends to transfer on the closing of this offering to designees of the sponsor. |
| (3) | West Enclave Sponsor LLC is the record holder of the shares reported herein. Mr. Mahuad and Mr. Otero control the management of the sponsor, including the exercise of voting and investment discretion with respect to the ordinary shares held of record by the sponsor. Each of Mr. Mahuad and Mr. Otero disclaims any beneficial ownership of any shares held by the sponsor except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein. |
(4) |
Consists of 3,333,333 founder shares, including 1,380,000 founder shares our sponsor intends to transfer on the closing of this offering to designees of the sponsor, and 300,000 private shares, including 172,500 private shares included within private units that designees of the sponsor have agreed to purchase. |
| (5) | Does not include certain shares indirectly owned by this individual as a result of his membership interest in the sponsor. |
(6) |
Does not include 5,000 private shares and 40,000 founder shares this individual may acquire as a designee of the sponsor. |
(7) |
Does not include 20,000 private shares and 160,000 founder shares an entity affiliated with this individual may acquire as a designee of the sponsor. |
(8) |
The address of EarlyBirdCapital, Inc. is 366 Madison Avenue, 8 th Floor, New York, NY 10017. |
(9) |
Consists of 250,000 EBC founder shares and 125,000 private shares to be purchased by EBC and/or its designees. |
| • | Repayment of an aggregate of $150,000 in loans made to us by our sponsor. |
| • | Reimbursement for any out-of-pocket |
| • | Payment of customary consulting, success or finder fees in connection with the consummation of our business combination. |
| • | Repayment of non-interest bearing loans which may be made by our initial shareholders or their affiliates to finance transaction or other costs in connection with an intended business combination. Up to $1,500,000 of such loans may be convertible into working capital units at a price of $10.00 per unit at the option of the lender. The working capital units would be identical to the private units sold in the private placement. Other than as described above, no terms have been determined with respect to such loans and no written agreements have been entered into with respect to any such loans. |
| • | Payment to Sponsor or an affiliate thereof of $10,000 per month for office space, secretarial and administrative services. |
| • | Repayment of the EBC loan. |
| • | 10,000,000 ordinary shares underlying the public units; |
• |
425,000 ordinary shares underlying the private units; |
| • | 3,333,333 founder shares held by our initial shareholders; and |
| • | 250,000 EBC founder shares held by EBC and its designees. |
| • | the names and addresses of the members, a statement of the shares held by each member (which shall distinguish each share by its number (so long as the share has a number); confirm the amount paid or agreed to be considered as paid, confirm the number and category of each member and the voting rights of such shares (and whether such voting rights are conditional); |
| • | the date on which the name of any person was entered on the register as a member; and |
| • | the date on which any person ceased to be a member. |
| • | we are not proposing to act illegally or beyond the scope of our corporate authority and the statutory provisions as to majority vote have been complied with; |
| • | the shareholders have been fairly represented at the meeting in question; |
| • | the arrangement is such as a businessman would reasonably approve; and |
| • | the arrangement is not one that would more properly be sanctioned under some other provision of the Companies Act or that would amount to a “fraud on the minority.” |
| • | an act which is illegal or ultra vires with respect to the company and is therefore incapable of ratification by the shareholders; |
| • | an act which, although not ultra vires, requires authorization by a qualified (or special) majority (that is, more than a simple majority) which has not been obtained; and |
| • | an act which constitutes a “fraud on the minority” where the wrongdoers are themselves in control of the company. |
| • | annual reporting requirements are minimal and consist mainly of a statement that the company has conducted its operations mainly outside of the Cayman Islands and has complied with the provisions of the Companies Act; |
| • | an exempted company’s register of members is not open to inspection; |
| • | an exempted company does not have to hold an annual general meeting; |
| • | an exempted company may not issue negotiable or bearer shares, but may issue shares with no par value; |
| • | an exempted company may obtain an undertaking against the imposition of any future taxation (such undertakings are usually given for 20 years in the first instance); |
| • | an exempted company may register by way of continuation in another jurisdiction and be deregistered in the Cayman Islands; |
| • | an exempted company may register as a limited duration company; and |
| • | an exempted company may register as a segregated portfolio company. |
| • | If we are unable to complete our business combination within 21 months from the closing of this offering, we will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter subject to lawfully available funds therefor, redeem 100% of the public shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account and not previously released to us pursuant to permitted withdrawals (which interest shall be net of taxes payable and less up to $100,000 of interest to pay liquidation and dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining shareholders and our board of directors, dissolve and liquidate; |
| • | Prior to our business combination, we may not issue additional shares that would entitle the holders thereof to: (i) receive funds from the trust account; or (ii) vote on any business combination; |
| • | Although we do not intend to enter into a business combination with a target business that is affiliated with our initial shareholders, our directors or our officers, we are not prohibited from doing so. In such a circumstance our underwriting agreement with EBC and our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provide that we will obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm or another independent entity that commonly renders valuation opinions that our initial business combination is fair to our company from a financial point of view; |
| • | If a shareholder vote on our business combination is not required by law and we do not decide to hold a shareholder vote for business or other legal reasons, we will offer to redeem our public shares pursuant to Rule 13e-4 and Regulation 14E under the Exchange Act, and will file tender offer documents with the SEC prior to completing our business combination which contain substantially the same financial and other information about our business combination and the redemption rights as is required under Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act; |
| • | So long as we obtain and maintain listing for our securities on the NYSE, our business combination must occur with one or more target businesses that together have an aggregate fair market value of at least 80% of our assets held in the trust account (excluding interest income earned on the trust account that is released to us to pay taxes) at the time of the agreement to enter into the business combination; |
| • | If our shareholders approve an amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (i) to modify the substance or timing of our obligation to allow redemption in connection with our business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our business combination within 21 months from the closing of this offering or (ii) with respect to any other provision relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-business combination activity, we will provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their ordinary shares upon such approval at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account and not previously released to us pursuant to permitted withdrawals, divided by the number of then outstanding public shares; and |
| • | We will not complete our business combination solely with another blank check company or a similar company with nominal operations. |
| (a) | the subscriber makes the payment for their investment from an account held in the subscriber’s name at a recognized financial institution; |
| (b) | the subscriber is regulated by a recognized overseas regulatory authority and where such authority is based or incorporated in, or formed under the law of, a recognized jurisdiction; or |
| (c) | the application is made through an intermediary which is regulated by a recognized overseas regulatory authority and where such authority is based in or incorporated in, or formed under the law of a recognized jurisdiction and an assurance is provided in relation to the procedures undertaken on the underlying investors. |
• |
1% of the total number of ordinary shares then outstanding, which will equal 140,083 shares immediately after this offering (or 160,496 if the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option in full); or |
| • | the average weekly reported trading volume of ordinary shares during the four calendar weeks preceding the filing of a notice on Form 144 with respect to the sale. |
| • | the issuer of the securities that was formerly a shell company has ceased to be a shell company; |
| • | the issuer of the securities is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act; |
| • | the issuer of the securities has filed all Exchange Act reports and materials required to be filed, as applicable, during the preceding 12 months (or such shorter period that the issuer was required to file such reports and materials), other than Current Reports on Form 8-K; and |
| • | at least one year has elapsed from the time that the issuer filed current Form 10 type information with the SEC reflecting its status as an entity that is not a shell company. |
| • | Our initial shareholders or holders of our private rights; |
| • | banks, financial institutions, or financial services entities; |
| • | broker-dealers; |
| • | taxpayers that are subject to the mark-to-market |
| • | tax-exempt entities; |
| • | partnerships, S-corporations or other pass-through entities, and any beneficial owners thereof; |
| • | Governments or agencies or instrumentalities thereof; |
| • | Insurance companies; |
| • | Regulated investment companies; |
| • | Real estate investment trusts; |
| • | Expatriates or former long-term residents of the United States; |
| • | Persons that actually or constructively own five percent or more (by vote or value) of our shares; |
| • | Persons that acquired our securities pursuant to an exercise of employee share options, in connection with employee share incentive plans or otherwise as compensation or in connection with services; |
| • | persons that hold our securities as part of a straddle, constructive sale, hedging, conversion or other integrated or similar transaction; or |
| • | U.S. Holders (as defined below) whose functional currency is not the U.S. dollar. |
| • | the U.S. Holder’s gain or excess distribution will be allocated ratably over the U.S. Holder’s holding period for the ordinary shares or rights; |
| • | the amount allocated to the U.S. Holder’s taxable year in which the U.S. Holder recognized the gain or received the excess distribution, or to the period in the U.S. Holder’s holding period before the first day of our first taxable year in which we are a PFIC, will be taxed as ordinary income; |
| • | an additional tax equal to the interest charge generally applicable to underpayments of tax will be imposed on the U.S. Holder with respect to the tax attributable to each such other taxable year of the U.S. Holder. |
| • | a non-resident alien individual (other than certain former citizens and residents of the United States subject to U.S. tax as expatriates); |
| • | a foreign corporation or |
| • | an estate or trust that is not a U.S. Holder; |
Underwriter |
Number of Units |
|||
EarlyBirdCapital, Inc. |
||||
Total |
10,000,000 | |||
Payable by West Enclave Merger Corp. |
||||||||
No Exercise |
Full Exercise |
|||||||
Per Unit |
$ | 0.20 | $ | 0.20 | ||||
Total |
$ | 2,000,000 | $ | 2,300,000 | ||||
| • | Short sales involve secondary market sales by the underwriters of a greater number of units than it is required to purchase in the offering. |
| • | “Covered” short sales are sales of units in an amount up to the number of units represented by the underwriters’ over-allotment option. |
| • | “Naked” short sales are sales of units in an amount in excess of the number of units represented by the underwriters’ over-allotment option. |
| • | Covering transactions involve purchases of units either pursuant to the over-allotment option or in the open market after the distribution has been completed in order to cover short positions. |
| • | To close a naked short position, the underwriters must purchase units in the open market after the distribution has been completed. A naked short position is more likely to be created if the underwriters are concerned that there may be downward pressure on the price of the units in the open market after pricing that could adversely affect investors who purchase in the offering. |
| • | To close a covered short position, the underwriters must purchase units in the open market after the distribution has been completed or must exercise the over-allotment option. In determining the source of units to close the covered short position, the underwriters will consider, among other things, the price of units available for purchase in the open market as compared to the price at which they may purchase units through the over-allotment option. |
| • | Stabilizing transactions involve bids to purchase units so long as the stabilizing bids do not exceed a specified maximum. |
| • | the purchaser is entitled under applicable provincial securities laws to purchase our securities without the benefit of a prospectus qualified under those securities laws; |
| • | where required by law, that the purchaser is purchasing as principal and not as agent; |
| • | the purchaser has reviewed the text above under Resale Restrictions; and |
| • | the purchaser acknowledges and consents to the provision of specified information concerning its purchase of our securities to the regulatory authority that by law is entitled to collect the information. |
| • | to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Directive; |
| • | to fewer than 100, or, if the relevant member state has implemented the relevant provisions of the 2010 PD Amending Directive, 150, natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus Directive), as permitted under the Prospectus Directive, subject to obtaining the prior consent of the relevant Dealer or Dealers nominated by the issuer for any such offer; or natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined below) subject to obtaining the prior consent of the underwriter for any such offer; or |
| • | in any other circumstances that do not require the publication by us of a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive. |
| • | released, issued, distributed or caused to be released, issued or distributed to the public in France; or |
| • | used in connection with any offer for subscription or sale of the units to the public in France. Such offers, sales and distributions will be made in France only: |
| • | to qualified investors (investisseurs qualifiés) and/or to a restricted circle of investors (cercle restreint d’investisseurs), in each case investing for their own account, all as defined in, and in accordance with, Article L.411-2, D.411-1, D.411-2, D.734-1, D.744-1, D.754-1 and D.764-1 of the French Code monètaire et financier; |
| • | to investment services providers authorized to engage in portfolio management on behalf of third parties; or |
| • | in a transaction that, in accordance with article L.411-2-II-1° -or-2° -or 3° of the French Code monétaire et financier and article 211-2 of the General Regulations (Règlement Général) of the Autorité des Marchés Financiers, does not constitute a public offer (appel public à l’épargne). |
| • | a corporation (which is not an accredited investor (as defined in Section 4A of the SFA)) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom is an accredited investor; or |
| • | a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each beneficiary is an accredited investor, |
| • | shares, debentures and units of shares and debentures of that corporation or the beneficiaries’ rights and interest (howsoever described) in that trust shall not be transferred within six months after that corporation or that trust has acquired the shares pursuant to an offer made under Section 275 of the SFA except: |
| • | to an institutional investor (for corporations, under Section 274 of the SFA) or to a relevant person defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA, or to any person pursuant to an offer that is made on terms that such shares, debentures and units of shares and debentures of that corporation or such rights and interest in that trust are acquired at a consideration of not less than $10.00 (or its equivalent in a foreign currency) for each transaction, whether such amount is to be paid for in cash or by exchange of securities or other assets, and further for corporations, in accordance with the conditions specified in Section 275 of the SFA; |
| • | where no consideration is or will be given for the transfer; or |
| • | where the transfer is by operation of law. |
WEST ENCLAVE MERGER CORP.
INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of
West Enclave Merger Corp.
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of West Enclave Merger Corp. (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2025, the related statements of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for the period from December 9, 2025 (inception) through December 31, 2025, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2025, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the period from December 9, 2025 (inception) through December 31, 2025, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Explanatory Paragraph – Going Concern
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As more fully described in Note 1 to the financial statements, the Company is a Special Purpose Acquisition Company that was formed for the purpose of completing a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses within an expected period of 21 months. The Company lacks the capital resources it needs to fund its operations for a reasonable period of time, which is generally considered to be one year from the issuance date of the financial statements. These matters raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans regarding to these matters are also described in Note 1 to the financial statements. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“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 statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audit, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/ CBIZ CPAs P.C.
CBIZ CPAs P.C.
We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2026.
New York, New York
January 16, 2026
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West Enclave Merger Corp.
BALANCE SHEET
DECEMBER 31, 2025
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| Current Assets: |
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| Prepaid expenses |
$ | 15,000 | ||
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| Total Current Assets |
15,000 | |||
| Deferred offering costs |
439,470 | |||
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| Total Assets |
$ | 454,470 | ||
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| LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY |
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| Current Liabilities: |
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| Accrued expenses |
$ | 5,310 | ||
| Accrued offering costs |
44,850 | |||
| Promissory note – related party |
2,420 | |||
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| Total Current Liabilities |
52,580 | |||
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| Shareholders’ Equity: |
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| Preference shares, $0.0001 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2025 |
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| Ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value; 200,000,000 shares authorized; 4,083,333 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2025(1) |
408 | |||
| Subscription receivable |
(1,630 | ) | ||
| Additional paid-in capital |
420,842 | |||
| Accumulated deficit |
(17,730 | ) | ||
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| Total Shareholders’ Equity |
401,890 | |||
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| Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity |
$ | 454,470 | ||
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| (1) | Includes an aggregate of up to 500,000 ordinary shares subject to forfeiture if the over-allotment is not exercised in full or in part by the underwriters (See Notes 5 and 7). |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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West Enclave Merger Corp.
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE PERIOD FROM DECEMBER 9, 2025 (INCEPTION) THROUGH
DECEMBER 31, 2025
| Formation, general and administrative costs |
$ | 17,730 | ||
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$ | (17,730 | ) | |
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| Basic and diluted weighted average ordinary shares outstanding(1) |
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| Basic and diluted net loss per ordinary share |
$ | (0.00 | ) | |
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| (1) | Excludes an aggregate of up to 500,000 ordinary shares subject to forfeiture if the over-allotment is not exercised in full or in part by the underwriters (See Notes 5 and 7). |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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West Enclave Merger Corp.
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
FOR THE PERIOD FROM DECEMBER 9, 2025 (INCEPTION) THROUGH
DECEMBER 31, 2025
| Ordinary shares | Additional Paid-In Capital |
Subscription Receivable |
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| Issuance of ordinary shares to Sponsor(1) |
3,833,333 | 383 | 24,617 | — | — | 25,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Issuance of EBC Founder Shares |
250,000 | 25 | 396,225 | (1,630 | ) | — | 394,620 | |||||||||||||||||
| Net loss |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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West Enclave Merger Corp.
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE PERIOD FROM DECEMBER 9, 2025 (INCEPTION) THROUGH
DECEMBER 31, 2025
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| Net loss |
$ | (17,730 | ) | |
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(15,000 | ) | ||
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5,310 | |||
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| Net cash used in operating activities |
(27,420 | ) | ||
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| Proceeds from issuance of ordinary shares to Sponsor |
25,000 | |||
| Proceeds from promissory note – related party |
2,420 | |||
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27,420 | |||
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| Deferred offering costs included in accrued offering costs |
$ | 44,850 | ||
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| Fair value of EBC Founder Shares charged to deferred offering costs |
$ | 394,620 | ||
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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West Enclave Merger Corp.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 1 — ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS
West Enclave Merger Corp. (the “Company”) is a Cayman Islands exempted company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses (a “Business Combination”). The Company intends to pursue a Business Combination with a target in any industry or geographic region that can benefit from the expertise and capabilities of the Company’s management team.
As of December 31, 2025, the Company had not commenced any operations. All activity for the period from December 9, 2025 (inception) through December 31, 2025 relates to the Company’s formation and the proposed initial public offering (“Proposed Public Offering”), which is described below. The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of an 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 Proposed Public Offering. The Company has selected December 31 as its fiscal year end.
The Company’s ability to commence operations is contingent upon obtaining adequate financial resources through the Proposed Public Offering of 10,000,000 units (the “Units” and, with respect to the ordinary share included in the Units being offered, the “Public Shares”) at $10.00 per Unit (or 11,500,000 Units if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), which is discussed in Note 3, and the sale of an aggregate of 425,000 Units (or 466,250 Units if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised on full) (the “Private Placement Units”) at a price of $10.00 per Private Placement Unit in a private placement to West Enclave Sponsor LLC (the “Sponsor”) and EarlyBirdCapital, Inc., the representative of the underwriters in the Proposed Public Offering (“EBC”), or their designees, that will close simultaneously with the Proposed Public Offering.
The Company’s management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the Proposed Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Units, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally toward consummating a Business Combination. Pursuant to applicable stock exchange listing rules, the Company’s initial Business Combination must be with one or more businesses or assets with a fair market value equal to at least 80% of the assets held in the Trust Account (as defined below) (excluding the amount of deferred underwriting commissions and taxes payable on the income earned on the Trust Account). The Company intends to only complete a Business Combination if the post-Business Combination company owns or acquires 50% or more of the issued and outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target business sufficient for it not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”). There is no assurance that the Company will be able to successfully effect a Business Combination.
Upon the closing of the Proposed Public Offering, management has agreed that $10.10 per Unit sold in the Proposed Public Offering, including proceeds of the sale of the Private Placement Units and of the EBC Loan (as defined below), will be held in a trust account (the “Trust Account”) and held in demand deposit or cash accounts or invested only in U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act, with a maturity of 185 days or less, or in any open-ended investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund investing solely in U.S. Treasuries and meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act, as determined by the Company, until the earlier of (i) the completion of a Business Combination and (ii) the distribution of the funds in the Trust Account to the Company’s shareholders, as described below.
The Company will provide the holders of the outstanding Public Shares (the “Public Shareholders”) with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Public Shares either (i) in connection with a shareholder meeting called to approve the Business Combination or (ii) by means of a tender offer in connection with the Business Combination. The decision as to whether the Company will seek shareholder approval of a Business Combination or conduct a tender offer will be made by the Company in its sole discretion subject to requirements of corporate law. The Public Shareholders will be entitled to redeem their Public Shares for a pro rata portion of the amount then
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West Enclave Merger Corp.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 1 — ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS (cont.)
in the Trust Account (initially anticipated to be $10.10 per Public Share, plus any pro rata interest then in the Trust Account, net of taxes payable). The Public Shares subject to redemption will be recorded at a redemption value and classified as temporary equity upon the completion of the Proposed Public Offering in accordance with the Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.”
If the Company seeks shareholder approval of the Business Combination, the Company will proceed with a Business Combination only if the Company receives an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law approving a Business Combination, which requires the affirmative vote of a simple majority of the shareholders who attend and vote at a general meeting of the Company, or such other vote as required by law or stock exchange rule. If a shareholder vote is not required and the Company does not decide to hold a shareholder vote for business or other legal reasons, the Company will, pursuant to its Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, conduct the redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), and file tender offer documents containing substantially the same information as would be included in a proxy statement with the SEC prior to completing a Business Combination. If the Company seeks shareholder approval in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor has agreed to vote its Founder Shares (but not the holders of the EBC founder shares) (as defined in Note 5), Private Shares (as defined in Note 4) and, subject to applicable securities laws, any Public Shares purchased during or after the Proposed Public Offering (including in open market and privately negotiated transactions) in favor of approving a Business Combination. Additionally, each Public Shareholder may elect to redeem their Public Shares, without voting, and if they do vote, irrespective of whether they vote for or against a proposed Business Combination.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company seeks shareholder approval of the Business Combination and the Company does not conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules, a Public Shareholder, together with any affiliate of such shareholder or any other person with whom such shareholder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined under Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), will be restricted from redeeming its shares with respect to more than an aggregate of 15% of the Public Shares without the Company’s prior written consent.
The Sponsor and EBC have agreed (a) to waive their redemption rights with respect to any Founder Shares, EBC Founder Shares (as defined in Note 5), Private Shares and Public Shares held by them in connection with the completion of a Business Combination, (b) to waive their redemption rights with respect to their Founder Shares, EBC Founder Shares, Private Shares and Public Shares in connection with a shareholder vote to approve an amendment to the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to (1) modify the substance or timing of the obligation to provide for the redemption of the public shares in connection with an initial Business Combination or to redeem 100% of the public shares if the Company does not complete the initial Business Combination within 21 months from the closing of the Proposed Public Offering or (2) with respect to any other provisions relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-initial Business Combination activity, and (c) to waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to any Founder Shares, EBC Founder Shares and Private Shares held by them if the Company fails to complete the initial Business Combination within 21 months from the closing of the Proposed Public Offering. However, if the Sponsor or any of its affiliates acquires Public Shares, such Public Shares will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period.
The Company will have until 21 months from the closing of the Proposed Public Offering to consummate a Business Combination (the “Combination Period”). However, if the Company has not completed a Business Combination within the Combination Period and the Combination Period is not extended by shareholders pursuant to an amendment to the Company’s amended and restated articles of association, the Company will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem 100% of 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 and not previously released to the Company to pay its taxes, if any (less $100,000 to pay liquidation and dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then issued and outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish the rights of the Public
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West Enclave Merger Corp.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 1 — ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS (cont.)
Shareholders as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any), and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the Company’s remaining Public Shareholders and its 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.
In order to protect the amounts held in the Trust Account, the Sponsor has agreed that it will be liable to the Company if and to the extent any claims by a third party for services rendered or products sold to the Company, or a prospective target business with which the Company has discussed entering into a transaction agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the Trust Account to below the lesser of (1) $10.10 per Public Share and (2) the actual amount per Public Share held in the Trust Account as of the date of the liquidation of the Trust Account, if less than $10.10 per Public Share, due to reductions in the value of trust assets, in each case net of the interest that may be withdrawn to pay taxes. This liability will not apply to any claims by a third party who executed a waiver of any and all rights to seek access to the Trust Account and as to any claims by the Company’s auditors or under the Company’s indemnity of the underwriters of the Proposed Public Offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). In the event that an executed waiver is deemed to be unenforceable against a third party, the Sponsor will not be responsible to the extent of any liability for such third-party claims. The Company will seek to reduce the possibility that the Sponsor will have to indemnify the Trust Account due to claims of creditors by endeavoring to have all vendors, service providers, prospective target businesses or other entities with which the Company does business, execute agreements with the Company waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to monies held in the Trust Account.
Going Concern Consideration
As of December 31, 2025, the Company had no cash and a working capital deficit of $37,580. Further, the Company expects to continue to incur significant costs in pursuit of its financing and acquisition plans. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The Company plans to address this uncertainty through a Proposed Public Offering as discussed in Note 3 and the sale of Private Placement Units as discussed in Note 4. There is no assurance that the Company’s plans to raise capital or to consummate a Business Combination will be successful or successful within the target business acquisition period. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
NOTE 2 — SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC.
Emerging Growth Company
The Company is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), as modified by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, as amended (the “JOBS Act”), and it may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the independent registered public accounting firm attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in its periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved.
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West Enclave Merger Corp.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 2 — SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (cont.)
Further, Section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or revised financial accounting standards until private companies (that is, those that have not had a Securities Act registration statement declared effective or do not have a class of securities registered under the Exchange Act) are required to comply with the new or revised financial accounting standards. The JOBS Act provides that a company can elect to opt out of the extended transition period and comply with the requirements that apply to non-emerging growth companies but any such election to opt out is irrevocable. The Company has elected not to opt out of such extended transition period which means that when a standard is issued or revised and it has different application dates for public or private companies, the Company, as an emerging growth company, can adopt the new or revised standard at the time private companies adopt the new or revised standard. This may make comparison of the Company’s financial statements with another public company which is neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging growth company which has opted out of using the extended transition period difficult or impossible because of the potential differences in accounting standards used.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with 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 statements and the reported amounts of expenses during the reporting period.
Making estimates requires management to exercise significant judgment. It is at least reasonably possible that the estimate of the effect of a condition, situation or set of circumstances that existed at the date of the financial statements, which management considered in formulating its estimate, could change in the near term due to one or more future confirming events. Accordingly, the actual results could differ significantly from those estimates.
Deferred Offering Costs
The Company complies with the requirements of the ASC 340-10-S99 and SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) Topic 5A — “Expenses of Offering”. Deferred offering costs consist of underwriting, legal, and other expenses incurred through the balance sheet date that are directly related to the Proposed Public Offering and that will be charged to shareholder’s equity upon the completion of the Proposed Public Offering. Should the Proposed Public Offering prove to be unsuccessful, these deferred costs, as well as additional expenses to be incurred, will be charged to operations.
Income Taxes
The Company follows the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes under ASC 740, “Income Taxes.” Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the estimated future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statements carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that included the enactment date. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized.
ASC 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. There were
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West Enclave Merger Corp.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 2 — SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (cont.)
no unrecognized tax benefits and no amounts accrued for interest and penalties as of December 31, 2025. 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 may be subject to potential examination by foreign taxing authorities in the area of income taxes. These potential examinations may include questioning the timing and amount of deductions, the nexus of income among various tax jurisdictions and compliance with foreign tax laws. The Company’s management does not expect that the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits will materially change over the next twelve months.
The Company is considered to be an exempted Cayman Islands company and is presently not subject to income taxes or income tax filing requirements in the Cayman Islands or the United States. In accordance with Cayman income tax regulations, income taxes are not levied on the Company. Consequently, income taxes are not reflected in the Company’s financial statements.
Net Loss per Ordinary Share
Net loss per share is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the period, excluding ordinary shares subject to forfeiture. Weighted average shares were reduced for the effect of an aggregate of 500,000 ordinary shares that are subject to forfeiture if the over-allotment option is not exercised by the underwriters (see Notes 5 and 7). For the period from December 9, 2025 (inception) through December 31, 2025, the Company did not have any dilutive securities and other contracts that could, potentially, be exercised or converted into ordinary shares and then share in the earnings of the Company. As a result, diluted loss per share is the same as basic loss per share for the period presented.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The fair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurement,” approximates the carrying amounts represented in the balance sheet, primarily due to their short-term nature.
Recent Accounting Standards
In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07, “Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures”. The amendments in this ASU require disclosures, on an annual and interim basis, of significant segment expenses that are regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker (“CODM”), as well as the aggregate amount of other segment items included in the reported measure of segment profit or loss. The ASU requires that a public entity disclose the title and position of the CODM and an explanation of how the CODM uses the reported measure(s) of segment profit or loss in assessing segment performance and deciding how to allocate resources. Public entities 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 December 9, 2025, date of incorporation.
Management does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the Company’s financial statements.
NOTE 3 — PROPOSED PUBLIC OFFERING
Pursuant to the Proposed Public Offering, the Company intends to offer for sale 10,000,000 Units (or 11,500,000 Units if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full) at a price of $10.00 per Unit. Each Unit will consist of one Public Share and one right (“Public Right”), with each Public Right entitling the holder to receive one-tenth of one ordinary share.
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West Enclave Merger Corp.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 4 — PRIVATE PLACEMENTS
The Sponsor and EBC have agreed that they and/or their designees will purchase an aggregate of 425,000 Private Placement Units (300,000 Private Placement Units to be purchased by the Sponsor and 125,000 Private Placement Units to be purchased by EBC and its designees). Additionally, the Sponsor and EBC have agreed that if the over-allotment option is exercised by the underwriters in full or in part, they and/or their designees will purchase from the Company up to an additional 41,250 Private Placement Units (22,500 Private Placement Units to be purchased by the Sponsor and 18,750 Private Placement Units to be purchased by EBC or its designees) at a price of $10.00 per unit, based on the portion of the over-allotment option exercised. Each Unit will consist of one ordinary share (each, a “Private Share”), and one right (each, a “Private Right”), with each Private Right entitling the holder to receive one-tenth of one ordinary share. The proceeds from the sale of the Private Placement Units will be added to the net proceeds from the Proposed Public Offering held in the Trust Account. If the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period, the proceeds from the sale of the Private Placement Units held in the Trust Account will be used to fund the redemption of the Public Shares (subject to the requirements of applicable law). The Private Placement Units and underlying securities will not be transferable, assignable, or salable until the completion of a Business Combination, subject to certain exceptions.
NOTE 5 — RELATED PARTIES
Founder Shares and EBC Founder Shares
On December 17 2025, the Company issued an aggregate 3,833,333 ordinary shares to the Sponsor for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000, or approximately $0.007 per share. Up to 500,000 of such Founder Shares are subject to forfeiture to the extent that the underwriters’ over-allotment is not exercised in full.
On December 17, 2025, the Company issued to EBC 250,000 ordinary shares (“EBC Founder Shares”) for a purchase price of $0.007 per share and an aggregate purchase price of $1,630. As of December 31, 2025, the Company had not yet received payment for the purchase of the EBC Founder Shares and is denoted as a subscription receivable. The Company estimated the fair value of the EBC Founder Shares to be $396,250 or $1.585 per share. Accordingly, $394,620 (the total $396,250 fair value less $1,630 to be paid by EBC) has been recorded as offering costs which will be closed to additional paid-in capital at the closing of the Proposed Public Offering. The Company established the initial fair value for the EBC Founder Shares on December 17, 2025, the date of the issuance, using a valuation model which takes into consideration the following market assumptions; (i) implied share price of $9.92, (ii) expected term to initial public offering of 0.247 years, (iii) risk-free rate of 3.73% and (iv) market adjustment of 16.1%. The EBC Founder Shares are classified as Level 3 at the measurement date due to the use of unobservable inputs and other risk factors.
The Sponsor has agreed, subject to limited exceptions, not to transfer, assign or sell any of the Founder Shares until the earlier to occur of: (A) six months after the completion of the initial Business Combination and (B) the date on which the Company completes a liquidation, merger, share exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction after the initial Business Combination that results in all public shareholders having the right to exchange their ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property.
Promissory Note — Related Party
On December 17, 2025, the Sponsor has agreed to loan the Company an aggregate of up to $150,000 to be used for a portion of the expenses of the Proposed Public Offering. The loan is non-interest bearing, payable at the earlier of March 31, 2026 or the closing of the Proposed Offering. As of December 31, 2025, the Company had borrowed $2,420 under the promissory note.
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West Enclave Merger Corp.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 5 — RELATED PARTIES (cont.)
Administration Fee
Commencing on the effective date of the registration statement relating to the Proposed Public Offering, through the earlier of the consummation of the Company’s Business Combination or the liquidation of the Trust Account, the Company will pay the Sponsor or its affiliate a total of $10,000 per month for office space, administrative and support services.
Related Party Loans
In order to finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor or certain of the Company’s officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required (the “Working Capital Loans”). If the Company completes a Business Combination, the Company would repay the Working Capital Loans. In the event that a Business Combination does not close, the Company may use a portion of the working capital held outside the Trust Account to repay the Working Capital Loans but no proceeds from the Trust Account would be used to repay the Working Capital Loans. Up to $1,500,000 of such Working Capital Loans may be convertible into private placement units of the post Business Combination entity at a price of $10.00 per unit at the option of the lender. The units would be identical to the Private Placement Units. As of December 31, 2025, no such Working Capital Loans were outstanding.
EBC has agreed to lend the Company $250,000 (or up to $287,500 if the over-allotment option is exercised) as of the closing date of the Proposed Public Offering (the “EBC Loan”). The proceeds of the EBC Loan will be added to the Trust Account in order to ensure that the amount initially deposited in the Trust Account is $10.10 per unit sold to the public in the Proposed Public Offering. If the Company does not complete an initial Business Combination, the Company will not repay the EBC Loan from amounts held in the Trust Account, and its proceeds will be used to fund the redemption of the Public Shares (subject to the requirements of applicable law).
NOTE 6 — COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Registration Rights
The holders of the Founder Shares, EBC Founder Shares, Private Placement Units and any units that may be issued upon conversion of Working Capital Loans (and all underlying securities) will be entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration rights agreement to be signed prior to or on the effective date of Proposed Public Offering requiring the Company to register such securities for resale. The holders of these securities will be entitled to make up to three demands, excluding short form registration demands, that the Company register such securities. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to completion of a Business Combination and rights to require the Company to register for resale such securities pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act. In compliance with FINRA Rule 5110(f)(2)(G), the registration rights granted to EBC are limited to demand and “piggyback” rights for periods of five and seven years, respectively, from the effective date of the Proposed Public Offering and EBC may only exercise its demand rights on one occasion. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.
Underwriting Agreement
The Company will grant the underwriters a 45-day option from the date of Proposed Public Offering to purchase up to 1,500,000 additional Units to cover over-allotments, if any, at the Proposed Public Offering price less the underwriting discounts and commissions.
The underwriters will be entitled to a cash underwriting discount of $0.20 per Unit, or $2,000,000 in the aggregate (or $2,300,000 in the aggregate if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), payable upon the closing of the Proposed Public Offering.
Business Combination Marketing Agreement
Pursuant to a Business Combination Marketing Agreement, the Company will engaged EBC as an advisor in connection with the initial Business Combination to assist in holding meetings with shareholders to discuss the potential business combination and the target business’ attributes, introduce the Company to potential investors that are interested in purchasing its securities in connection with the initial Business Combination and assist with press releases and public filings in connection with the Business Combination. The Company will pay EBC a cash fee for such services upon the consummation of the initial Business Combination in an amount equal to 3.5% of the gross proceeds of the Proposed Public Offering, provided that the Company may, in its sole discretion, allocate up to half of the fee to other FINRA members who assist in the Business Combination, provided that EBC’s fee shall be at least $2,000,000.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 7 — SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
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 December 31, 2025, there were no preference shares issued or outstanding.
Ordinary Shares — The Company is authorized to issue 200,000,000 ordinary shares with a par value of $0.0001 per share. Holders of ordinary shares are entitled to one vote for each share. As of December 31, 2025, there were 4,083,333 ordinary shares issued and outstanding which includes (i) 3,833,333 Founder Shares, of which an aggregate of up to 500,000 ordinary shares are subject to forfeiture to the extent that the underwriters’ over-allotment option is not exercised in full or in part so that the number of Founder Shares will equal, in the aggregate, 25% of the Company’s issued and outstanding ordinary shares after the Proposed Public Offering (excluding Private Shares) (ii) 250,000 EBC Founder Shares.
Rights — Except in cases where the Company is not the surviving company in a business combination, each holder of a right will automatically receive one-tenth (1/10) of one ordinary share upon consummation of the initial Business Combination. The Company will not issue fractional shares in connection with an exchange of rights. Fractional shares will either be rounded down to the nearest whole share or otherwise addressed in accordance with the applicable provisions of Cayman law. In the event the Company is not the surviving company upon completion of the initial Business Combination, each holder of a right will be required to affirmatively convert his, her or its rights in order to receive the one-tenth (1/10) of one ordinary share underlying each right upon consummation of the Business Combination. If the Company is unable to complete the initial Business Combination within the required time period and the Company will redeem the public shares for the funds held in the Trust Account, holders of rights will not receive any of such funds for their rights and the rights will expire worthless.
NOTE 8 — SEGMENT INFORMATION
ASC Topic 280, “Segment Reporting,” establishes standards for companies to report in their financial statement information about operating segments, products, services, geographic areas, and major customers. Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise that engage in business activities from which it may recognize revenues and incur expenses, and for which separate financial information is available that is regularly evaluated by the Company’s 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 CODM assesses performance for the single segment and decides how to allocate resources based on net income or loss that also is reported on the statement of operations as net income or loss. The CODM reviews the position of total assets available with the company to assess if the Company has sufficient resources available to discharge its liabilities. The CODM is provided with details of cash and liquid resources available with the Company. Additionally, the CODM regularly reviews the status of deferred costs incurred to assess if these are in line with the planned use of proceeds to be raised from the public offering. When evaluating the Company’s performance and making key decisions regarding resource allocation the CODM reviews several key metrics, which include the following:
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The key measures of segment profit or loss reviewed by the CODM are formation and operating costs. Formation and operating costs are reviewed and monitored by the CODM to manage and forecast cash to ensure enough capital is available to complete a Proposed Public Offering and eventually a Business Combination within the business combination period. The CODM also reviews formation and operating costs to manage, maintain and enforce all contractual agreements to ensure costs are aligned with all agreements and budget.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 9 — SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
The Company evaluated subsequent events and transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date and through the date that the financial statements are issued. Based upon this review, the Company did not identify any subsequent events that would have required adjustment or disclosure in the financial statements.
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$100,000,000
10,000,000 Units
WEST ENCLAVE MERGER CORP.
PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS
Sole Book-Running Manager
EarlyBirdCapital, Inc.
, 2026
Until , 2026 (25 days after the date of this prospectus), all dealers that buy, sell or trade our ordinary shares, whether or not participating in this offering, may be required to deliver a prospectus. This is in addition to the dealers’ obligation to deliver a prospectus when acting as underwriters and with respect to their unsold allotments or subscriptions.
PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item 13. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.
The estimated expenses payable by us in connection with the offering described in this registration statement (other than the underwriting discounts and commissions) will be as follows:
| Legal fees and expenses |
$ | 250,000 | ||
| Accounting fees and expenses |
$ | 75,000 | ||
| SEC/FINRA expenses |
$ | 34,426 | ||
| NYSE listing and filing fees |
$ | 85,000 | ||
| Printing and engraving expenses |
$ | 40,000 | ||
| Miscellaneous expenses |
$ | 265,574 | ||
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| Total offering expenses (excluding underwriting discounts and commissions) |
$ | 750,000 | ||
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Item 14. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Cayman Islands law does not limit the extent to which a company’s memorandum and articles of association may provide for indemnification of officers and directors, except to the extent any such provision may be held by the Cayman Islands courts to be contrary to public policy, such as to provide indemnification against willful default, willful neglect, civil fraud or the consequences of committing a crime. Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will provide for indemnification of our officers and directors to the maximum extent permitted by law, including for any liability incurred in their capacities as such, except through their own actual fraud, willful default or willful neglect. We expect to purchase a policy of directors’ and officers’ liability insurance that insures our officers and directors against the cost of defense, settlement or payment of a judgment in some circumstances and insures us against our obligations to indemnify our officers and directors.
Our officers and directors have agreed to waive any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies in the trust account, and have agreed to waive any right, title, interest or claim of any kind they may have in the future as a result of, or arising out of, any services provided to us and will not seek recourse against the trust account for any reason whatsoever (except to the extent they are entitled to funds from the trust account due to their ownership of public shares). Accordingly, any indemnification provided will only be able to be satisfied by us if (i) we have sufficient funds outside of the trust account or (ii) we consummate a business combination.
We believe that these provisions, the insurance and the indemnity agreements are necessary to attract and retain talented and experienced officers and directors.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling us pursuant to the foregoing provisions, we have been informed that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.
We will enter into indemnity agreements with each of our officers and directors to provide contractual indemnification in addition to the indemnification provided for in our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, a form of which is to be filed as an exhibit to this Registration Statement. These agreements will require us to indemnify these individuals to the fullest extent permitted under Cayman Islands law and to advance expenses incurred as a result of any proceeding against them as to which they could be indemnified.
Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Registration Statement, we have agreed to indemnify the underwriters and the underwriters have agreed to indemnify us against certain civil liabilities that may be incurred in connection with this offering, including certain liabilities under the Securities Act.
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Item 15. Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities.
On December 17, 2025, West Enclave Sponsor, LLC, our sponsor, acquired an aggregate of 3,833,333 ordinary shares (“founder shares”) in exchange for a total capital contribution of $25,000 (or approximately $0.007 per share). Up to 500,000 founder shares are subject to forfeiture if the underwriters’ over-allotment is not exercised in full or in part. On December 17, 2025 we also issued to EarlyBirdCapital, Inc. and its designees an aggregate of 250,000 ordinary shares for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $1,630, or approximately $0.007 per share. Such securities were issued pursuant to the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act.
In addition, our sponsor and EBC have agreed that they and/or their designees will purchase from us an aggregate of 425,000 private units (300,000 private units to be purchased by our sponsor and 125,000 private units to be purchased by EBC and its designees) at a price of $10.00 per unit for a total purchase price of $4,250,000 in a private placement that will close simultaneously with the closing of this offering. Our sponsor and EBC have also agreed that if the over-allotment option is exercised by the underwriters in full or in part, they and/or their designees will purchase from us up to an additional 41,250 private units (22,500 private units to be purchased by our sponsor and 18,750 private units to be purchased by EBC and its designees) at a price of $10.00 per unit, based on the portion of the over-allotment option exercised. These purchases will take place on a private placement basis simultaneously this offering. The issuance will be made pursuant to the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act.
No underwriting discounts or commissions were paid with respect to such sales.
Item 16. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
| (a) | Exhibits. The list of exhibits immediately preceding the signature page of this registration statement is incorporated herein by reference. |
| (b) | Financial Statements. See page F-1 for an index to the financial statements and schedules included in the registration statement. |
Item 17. Undertakings.
| (a) | The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to provide to the underwriters at the closing specified in the underwriting agreement, certificates in such denominations and registered in such names as required by the underwriters to permit prompt delivery to each purchaser. |
| (b) | Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. |
| (c) | The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that: |
| (1) | For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective. |
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| (2) | For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. |
| (3) | For the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act to any purchaser, if the registrant is subject to Rule 430C, each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use. |
| (4) | For the purpose of determining liability of a registrant under the Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of an undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser. |
| i. | Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424; |
| ii. | Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by an undersigned registrant; |
| iii. | The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and |
| iv. | Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser. |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
| * | Filed herewith. |
| ** | Previously filed. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Cayman Islands, on the 20th day of April, 2026.
| West Enclave Merger Corp. | ||
| By: | /s/ Emilio Mahuad | |
| Name: | Emilio Mahuad | |
| Title: | Co-Chief Executive Officer | |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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| /s/ Emilio Mahuad Emilio Mahuad |
Co-Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer (Co-Principal Executive Officer, Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
April 20, 2026 | ||
| /s/ Adrian Otero Adrian Otero |
Co-Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer (Co-Principal Executive Officer) |
April 20, 2026 | ||
| /s/ Alberto Fasja Cohen Alberto Fasja Cohen |
Director |
April 20, 2026 | ||
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