Exhibit 99.1
CAYSON ACQUISITION CORP
INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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| Balance Sheet as of September 23, 2024 | F-3 |
| Notes to the Financial Statement | F-4 |
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
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BALANCE SHEET
As of September 23, 2024 | ||||
| ASSETS | ||||
| Current assets: | ||||
| Cash | $ | 839,225 | ||
| Prepaid expenses | 25,600 | |||
| Due from related party | 25,000 | |||
| Total current assets | 889,825 | |||
| Cash held in trust account | ||||
| Total Assets | $ | 60,889,825 | ||
| LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ | ||||
| Current Liabilities: | ||||
| Accrued offering costs | 131,988 | |||
| Accrued expenses | 45,600 | |||
| Total Current Liabilities | 177,588 | |||
| Deferred | 2,100,000 | |||
| Total Liabilities | 2,277, 588 | |||
| Commitments and contingencies | ||||
| Ordinary shares subject to possible redemption (6,000,000 shares at | 60,000,000 | |||
| Shareholders’ Deficit: | ||||
| Preferred shares, $0.0001 par value; 2,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding | - | |||
| Ordinary shares, $0.0001
par value; 200,000,000 shares authorized; | 206 | |||
| Additional paid-in capital | - | |||
| Accumulated deficit | (1,387,969 | ) | ||
| Total Shareholders’ | (1,387,763 | ) | ||
| Total
Liabilities and Shareholders’ | $ | 60,889,825 | ||
| (1) | Includes
an aggregate of up to 225,000 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statement.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT
NOTE 1 — DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS
Organizational and General
Cayson Acquisition Corp (the “Company”) was incorporated in the Cayman Islands on May 27, 2024. The Company was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses (the “Business Combination”).
The Company is not limited to a particular industry or sector for purposes of consummating a Business Combination. The Company is an early stage and emerging growth company and, as such, the Company is subject to all of the risks associated with early stage and emerging growth companies.
The
Company’s sponsors are Yawei Cao and Cayson Holding LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Sponsors”). As of September
23, 2024, the Company had not commenced any operations. All activity for the period from May 27, 2024 (inception) through September 23,
2024 relates to the Company’s formation and the
The Company will have until 12 months from the closing of this offering (or up to 21 months, if we extend the time to complete a business combination as described in this prospectus), 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 on the funds held in the trust account and not previously released to us to pay our taxes (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.
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The Trust Account
As of September 23, 2024, a total of $60,000,000 of the net proceeds from the Initial Public Offering, including proceeds of the sale of the Private Placement Units, was deposited in a trust account (the “Trust Account”) and will be invested 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.
Going Concern Consideration
As of September 23, 2024, the date of the IPO, the Company had $839,225 in its operating bank account, and working capital of $712,237. Further, the Company has incurred and expects to continue to incur significant costs in pursuit of its financing and acquisition plans in pursuit of a Business Combination.
NOTE 2 — SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying financial statement has been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”).
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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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 the financial statement in conformity with US GAAP requires the Company’s management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statement.
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 statement, 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.
Cash and cash equivalents
The
Company considers all short-term investments with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents.
The Company had a cash balance of $839,225
Cash held in Trust Account
Concentration of Credit Risk
Financial
instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist of cash account in a financial institution,
which, at times, may exceed the Federal Depository Insurance Coverage of $250,000.
Offering Costs associated with the IPO
The
Company complies with the requirements of Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 340-10-S99-1 and SEC Staff Accounting
Bulletin (“SAB”) Topic 5A — “Expenses of Offering” to allocate offering costs between public shares and
public rights based on the estimated fair value of public shares and public rights at the date of issuance. Offering costs of
Ordinary shares subject to possible redemption
The
Company accounts for its ordinary shares subject to possible redemption in accordance with the guidance enumerated in ASC 480 “Distinguishing
Liabilities from Equity”. Common stock subject to mandatory redemption is classified as a liability instrument and is measured
at fair value. Conditionally redeemable common stock (including common stock that feature redemption rights that are either within the
control of the holder or subject to redemption upon the occurrence of uncertain events not solely within the Company’s control)
are classified as temporary equity. At all other times, common stock is classified as stockholders’ equity. The Company’s
ordinary shares feature certain redemption rights that are considered by the Company to be outside of the Company’s control and
subject to the occurrence of uncertain future events. Accordingly,
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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 recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits
as income tax expense. There were no unrecognized tax benefits and no amounts accrued for interest and penalties as
There is currently no taxation imposed on income by the Government of the Cayman Islands. 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 statement.
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.
Any interest payable in respect to US debt obligations held in the Trust Account is intended to qualify for the portfolio interest exemption or otherwise be exempt from U.S. withholding taxes. Furthermore, shareholders of the Company may be subject to tax in their respective jurisdictions based on applicable laws. For instance, U.S. persons may be subject to tax on the amounts deemed received depending on whether the Company is a passive foreign investment company and whether U.S. persons have made any applicable tax elections permitted under applicable law.
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.
Fair value is defined as the price that would be received for sale of an asset or paid to transfer of a liability, in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. US GAAP establishes a three-tier fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). These tiers include:
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1, defined as observable inputs such as quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical instruments in active markets; |
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| ● | Level 2, defined as inputs other than quoted prices in active markets that are either directly or indirectly observable such as quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets or quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active; and |
| ● | Level 3, defined as unobservable inputs in which little or no market data exists, therefore requiring an entity to develop its own assumptions, such as valuations derived from valuation techniques in which one or more significant inputs or significant value drivers are unobservable. |
Recent Accounting Standards
Management
does not believe that any recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect
on the Company’s financial statements.
NOTE 3 — INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING
Pursuant to the IPO, the Company sold 6,000,000 Units at a price of $10.00 per Unit. Each Unit consists of one ordinary share and one right to receive one-tenth (1/10) of one ordinary share upon the consummation of the Company’s initial Business Combination. Ten Public Rights will entitle the holder to one ordinary share (see Note 7). The Company will not issue fractional shares and only whole shares will trade, so unless a holder purchased units in multiples of tens, such holder will not be able to receive or trade the fractional shares underlying the rights. The Company also granted the underwriters a 45-day option to purchase up to an additional 900,000 units to cover over-allotments.
As of September 23, 2024, ordinary shares subject to possible redemption reflected on the balance sheet are reconciled in the following table.
As of September 23, 2024 | ||||
| Gross Proceeds | $ | 60,000,000 | ||
| Less: | ||||
| Proceeds allocated to Public Rights | (720,000 | ) | ||
| Offering costs of Public Shares | (3,974,257 | ) | ||
| Add: | ||||
| Remeasurement of carrying value to redemption value | 4,694,257 | |||
| Ordinary shares subject to possible redemption | 60,000,000 | |||
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NOTE 4 — PRIVATE PLACEMENTS
Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, the Company consummated the private sale of 230,000 Private Placement Units. Each Unit consists of one share of ordinary shares and one right to receive one-tenths (1/10) of one Ordinary Share upon the consummation of the Company’s initial Business Combination. The proceeds from the sale of the Private Placement Units were added to the net proceeds from the IPO 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 (including the 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 May 29, 2024, the Sponsors received 1,725,000 of the Company’s ordinary shares in exchange for $25,000 paid for deferred offering costs borne by the Sponsors. Up to 225,000 of such founder shares are subject to forfeiture to the extent that the underwriters’ over-allotment is not exercised in full.
On May 30, 2024, Cayson Holding LP, one of the Company’s sponsors, transferred an aggregate of 862,500 founder shares to Yawei Cao, the Company’s other sponsor, Chairman and CEO.
On
May 30, 2024, the Company issued to EBC 100,000 EBC founder shares for a purchase price of approximately $0.014 per share and an aggregate
purchase price of $1,450. As of May 31, 2024, the Company had not yet received payment for the purchase of the EBC Founder Shares and
is denoted as an other asset. The Company estimated the fair value of the EBC Founder Shares to be $132,000 or $1.32 per share. Accordingly,
$130,550 (the total $132,000 fair value less $1,450 to be paid by
The
Founder Shares and EBC Founder Shares are identical to the ordinary shares included in the Public Units, and holders of Founder Shares
and EBC Founder Shares have the same shareholder rights as public shareholders, except that (i) the Founder Shares and EBC Founder shares
are subject to certain transfer restrictions, as described below; (ii) the initial shareholders and EBC have agreed (A) to waive their
redemption rights with respect to any Founder Shares and EBC Founder Shares in connection with the completion of the initial Business
Combination, (B) to waive their redemption rights with respect to their Founder Shares and EBC Founder Shares in connection with a shareholder
vote to approve an amendment to the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to (a) 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 12 months from the closing of this
offering (or up to 21 months, if we extend the time to complete an initial business combination as described in the prospectus) from
the closing of the
The Sponsors have 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 date of the consummation of an Initial Business Combination, (B) any time after the 90th day after the consummation of an Initial Business Combination where the volume weighted average price of the ordinary shares equals or exceeds $12.00 (as adjusted for share splits, dividends, combinations or similar actions) for twenty trading days out of any thirty consecutive trading day period or (C) the date on which we complete a liquidation, merger, share exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction after our initial business combination that results in all of our public shareholders having the right to exchange their ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property.
EBC founder shares will not, subject to certain exceptions, be transferred, assignable, or salable (except to permitted transferees as described in the Registration Statement (defined below)) until 30 days after the date of the consummation of our initial business combination.
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Promissory Note — Related Party
On
June 3, 2024, the Sponsors issued an unsecured promissory note to the Company (the “Promissory Note”), pursuant to which
the Company may borrow up to an aggregate principal amount of $300,000. The Promissory Note is non-interest bearing and payable on the
earlier of (i) December 31, 2024, or (ii) the consummation of the
Due to Related Party
The Sponsors paid certain formation, operating or deferred offering costs on behalf of the Company. These amounts were due on demand and non-interest bearing. During the period from May 27, 2024 (inception) through September 23, 2024, the Sponsors had paid $261,317 on behalf of the Company for expenses related to IPO, which was fully repaid upon closing of the IPO on September 23, 2024 out of the offering proceeds held in trust account.
Due from Related Party
Consulting Services Agreement
The
Company engaged TenX Global Capital LP (“TenX”) as a
During
the period from May 27, 2024 (inception) through September 23, 2024, $100,000 has been paid through sponsor as deferred offering costs
for these services. As of September 23, 2024, an additional $50,000 remains outstanding
Administration Fee
Commencing on September 19, 2024, one of the Sponsors will be allowed to charge the Company an allocable share of its overhead, up to $10,000 per month to the close of the Business Combination, to compensate it for the Company’s use of its office, utilities and personnel.
NOTE 6 — COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Registration Rights
The
holders of the Founder Shares, EBC Founder Shares, Private Placement Units and
Underwriting Agreement
The
Company
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The
underwriters
NOTE 7 — SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Preferred Shares — The Company is authorized to issue 2,000,000 shares of preferred 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 September 23, 2024, there were no shares of preferred 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 were entitled to one vote for each share.
As
of September 23, 2024, there were
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 — SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
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