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Risk Factors (Item 1A)
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Item 1A. Risk Factors.
As a smaller reporting company, we are not required to include risk factors in this Report. However, below is a partial list of material risks, uncertainties and other factors that could have a material effect on us and our operations:
We are a blank check company incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company with no operating history and no revenues, and you have no basis on which to evaluate our ability to achieve our business objective.
Our independent registered public accounting firm’s report contains an explanatory paragraph that expresses substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a “going concern.”
Our public shareholders may not be afforded an opportunity to vote on our proposed business combination, which means we may complete our initial business combination even though a majority of our public shareholders do not support such a combination.
If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination, our initial shareholders have agreed to vote in favor of such initial business combination, regardless of how our public shareholders vote.
Your only opportunity to affect the investment decision regarding a potential business combination will be limited to the exercise of your right to redeem your shares from us for cash, unless we seek shareholder approval of the initial business combination.
The ability of our public shareholders to redeem their shares for cash may make our financial condition unattractive to potential business combination targets, which may make it difficult for us to enter into a business combination with a target.
The ability of our 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.
The ability of our shareholders to exercise redemption rights with respect to a large number of our shares could increase the probability that our initial business combination would be unsuccessful and that you would have to wait for liquidation in order to redeem your shares.
The requirement that we complete our initial business combination within the prescribed time frame 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, which could undermine our ability to complete our business combination on terms that would produce value for our shareholders.
We may not be able to complete our initial business combination within the prescribed time frame, in which case we would cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up and we would redeem our public shares and liquidate, in which case our public shareholders may only receive $10.20 per share, or less than such amount in certain circumstances, and our warrants will expire worthless.
If the net proceeds of the IPO and the sale of the Private Placement Units not being held in the Trust Account are insufficient to allow us to operate until January 28, 2025 or such later deadline, if the Charter Amendment is approved, it could limit the amount available to fund our search for a target business or businesses and our ability to complete our initial business combination, and we will depend on loans from our sponsor, its affiliates or members of our management team to fund our search and to complete our initial business combination.
As the number of special purpose acquisition companies evaluating targets increases, attractive targets may become scarcer and there may be more competition for attractive targets. This could increase the cost of our initial business combination and could even result in our inability to find a target or to consummate an initial business combination.
If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination, our sponsor, directors, executive officers, advisors and their affiliates may elect to purchase shares from public shareholders, which may influence a vote on a proposed business combination and reduce the public “float” of our Class A ordinary shares or Public Warrants.
If a public shareholder fails to receive notice of our offer to redeem our public shares in connection with our business combination, or fails to comply with the procedures for tendering its shares, such shares may not be redeemed.
Nasdaq may delist our securities from trading on its exchange, which could limit investors’ ability to make transactions in our securities and subject us to additional trading restrictions.
Our shareholders will not be entitled to protections normally afforded to investors of many other blank check companies.
We may not have sufficient funds to satisfy indemnification claims of our directors and executive officers.
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 warrants, potentially at a loss.
We may be a passive foreign investment company, or “PFIC,” which could result in adverse U.S. federal income tax consequences to U.S. investors.
We may reincorporate in another jurisdiction in connection with our initial business combination and such reincorporation may result in taxes imposed on shareholders.
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” or “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.
The current economic downturn may lead to increased difficulty in completing our business combination.
Recent volatility in capital markets may affect our ability to obtain financing for our business combination through sales of our ordinary shares or issuance of indebtedness.
Military conflict in Ukraine or elsewhere may lead to increased and price volatility for public traded securities, which could make it difficult for us to consummate the initial business combination.
For the complete list of risks relating to our operations, see the section titled “Risk Factors” contained in our registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-263874) filed in connection with our IPO, our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 as filed with the SEC on April 17, 2023, our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 as filed with the SEC on April 12, 2024 (as amended), and in the proxy statement/prospectus in connection with the Docter Business Combination on the Form F-4 filed with the SEC on February 3, 2025 (File No. 333-284658, the “F-4”).
MD&A (Item 7)
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Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
References to the “Company,” “our,” “us,” “Aimfinity,” or “we” refer to Aimfinity Investment Corp. I. The following discussion and analysis of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and the notes related thereto which are included in “Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Certain information contained in the discussion and analysis set forth below includes forward-looking statements. Our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of many factors. Certain information contained in the discussion and analysis set forth below includes forward-looking statements. Our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of many factors, including those set forth under “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements,” “Item 1A. Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Overview
Aimfinity Investment Corp. I is a blank check company incorporated on July 26, 2021 (inception) as a Cayman Islands exempted company for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities (the “initial business combination”). Aimfinity intends to effectuate our initial business combination using cash from the proceeds of Aimfinity’s initial public offering (the “IPO”) and the sale of its shares, debt or a combination of cash, equity and debt. Aimfinity expects to continue to incur significant costs in the pursuit of its acquisition plans. Aimfinity cannot you that its plans to complete an initial business combination will be .
On April 28, 2022, Aimfinity consummated its IPO of 8,050,000 units, which included 1,050,000 Public Units issued pursuant to the full exercise by the underwriters of their over-allotment option, with each Public Unit consisting of one AIMA Class A Ordinary Share, one AIMA Class 1 Warrants and one-half of one AIMA Class 2 Warrants, with each whole AIMA Class 1 or Class 2 Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one AIMA Class A Ordinary Share for $11.50 per share. The Public Units were sold at a price of $10.00 per Unit, and the IPO generated gross proceeds of $80,500,000. Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, Aimfinity consummated a Private Placement with the Sponsor of an aggregate of 492,000 Private Placement Units (including 42,000 Private Placement Units purchased pursuant to the full exercise by the underwriters of their over-allotment option) at a price of $10.00 per Private Placement Unit, generating gross proceeds to Aimfinity of $4,920,000. Each Private Placement Unit consists of one AIMA Class A Ordinary Share, one AIMA Class 1 Warrant, and one-half of one AIMA Class 2 Warrant. The terms and provisions of the Private Placement Warrants are identical to the Public Warrants, except that, subject to certain limited exceptions, they are subject to transfer restrictions until 30 days following the consummation of the Company’s initial business combination. On April 28, 2022, a total of $82,110,000 of the net proceeds from the IPO and the Private Placement was deposited in the Trust Account established for the benefit of Aimfinity’s Public Shareholders at a U.S. based Trust Account, with U.S. Bank, National Association, acting as trustee.
The AIMA Class 1 Warrants and AIMA Class 2 Warrants have similar terms, except that the AIMA Class 1 Warrants separated and began separate trading on June 16, 2022 (the 52 nd day following the effective date of the IPO). Holders have the option to continue to hold the Public Units or separate the AIMA Class 1 Warrants from the Public Units. Separation of the Class 1 Warrants from the Public Units will result in new units consisting of one AIMA Class A Ordinary Share and one-half of one AIMA Class 2 Warrant. Holders will need to have their brokers contact the Company’s transfer agent in order to separate the Public Units into AIMA Class 1 Warrants and AIMA New Units consisting of one AIMA Class A Ordinary Share and one-half of one AIMA Class 2 Warrant. Additionally, the Public Units and the AIMA New Units will automatically separate into their component parts and will not be traded after completion of the initial business combination.
Since Aimfinity’s IPO, its sole business activity has been identifying, evaluating suitable acquisition transaction candidates and preparing for consummation of an initial business combination. It presently has no revenue and have had losses since inception from incurring formation and operating costs. It has relied upon the sale of Aimfinity securities and loans from the Sponsor and other parties to fund its operations.
Business Combination with Docter Inc.
On October 13, 2023, Aimfinity entered into that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger (as may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), by and between Aimfinity, Docter Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Target”), Aimfinity Investment Merger Sub I, a Cayman Islands exempted company and a newly formed wholly-owned subsidiary of Aimfinity (“PubCo”), and Aimfinity Investment Merger Sub II, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of PubCo (“Merger Sub”), pursuant to which (a) Aimfinity will be merged with and into PubCo (the “Reincorporation Merger”), with PubCo surviving the Reincorporation Merger, and (b) Merger Sub will be merged with and into the Docter (the “Acquisition Merger”), with Docter surviving the Acquisition Merger as a direct wholly owned subsidiary of PubCo (all transactions contemplated under the Merger Agreement, collectively, the “Business Combination”). Following the consummation of the Business Combination (the “Closing”), PubCo will be a publicly traded company.
At the effective time of the Reincorporation Merger (the “Reincorporation Merger Effective Time”), (i) each of the issued and outstanding AIMA Units will automatically separate into one AIMA Class 1 Warrant and one AIMA New Unit, (ii) upon separation of the AIMA Units, each of the issued and outstanding AIMA New Unit (except the AIMA New Units containing the redeemed AIMA Class A Ordinary Share and corresponding forfeited AIMA Class 2 Warrant) will automatically separate into one AIMA Class A Ordinary Share and one-half of one AIMA Class 2 Warrant, (iii) each of the issued and outstanding AIMA Ordinary Share will be converted automatically into one PubCo Ordinary Share, and (iv) each of the issued and outstanding AIMA Warrant shall be converted automatically into one PubCo Warrant. Each of the issued and outstanding security will automatically be cancelled and cease in existence and trading with respect to Aimfinity’s security and converted into applicable security of PubCo except as provided in the Merger Agreement or under operation of law.
At the effective time of the Acquisition Merger (the “Effective Time”), which shall take place one business after the Reincorporation Merger Effective Time, by virtue of the Acquisition Merger and without any action on the part of us, PubCo, Merger Sub, Docter or the Docter Stockholders immediately prior to the Effective Time, each Docter Stockholder’s shares of Docter Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (except certain excluded shares) will be cancelled and automatically converted into the right to receive, without interest, the applicable portion of the Closing Payment Shares as set forth in the Closing Consideration Spreadsheet (as defined in the Merger Agreement) on a pro rata basis based on the number of Target Shares held by them as of immediately prior to the Effective Time.
Up to an additional 2,500,000 PubCo Ordinary Shares may be issued to the Docter Stockholders as contingent post-closing earnout consideration. The Earnout Shares will not be issued until as below:
1,000,000 Earnout Shares will be issued to each Docter Stockholder on a pro rata basis if and only if PubCo completes sales of at least 30,000 Devices (as defined in the Merger Agreement) during fiscal year 2024 as reflected in its audited consolidated annual financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024 prepared in accordance with the U.S. GAAP as filed with the SEC;
1,500,000 Earnout Shares will be issued to each Docter Stockholder on a pro rata basis if and only if PubCo completes sales of at least 40,000 Devices during fiscal year 2025 as reflected in its audited consolidated annual financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025 prepared in accordance with the U.S. GAAP as filed with the SEC.
On June 5, 2024, Aimfinity, Purchaser, Merger Sub and Docter entered into an amendment to the Merger Agreement (the “Amendment No. 1”) to modify the composition of PubCo ’s board of directors upon and immediately following the completion of the Business Combination.
Before Amendment No. 1 was adopted, the Merger Agreement provided that, upon and immediately following the closing of the Business Combination, PubCo’s board of directors shall consist of five (5) directors, among which four (4) directors will be designated by Aimfinity Investment LLC, the sponsor of the AIMA’s initial public offering (the “Sponsor”), until the second general meeting of shareholders of PubCo, and one (1) director will be designated by Docter until the first general meeting of shareholders of PubCo
Pursuant to the Amendment No. 1, upon and immediately following the closing of the Business Combination, PubCo’s board of directors shall consist of five (5) directors, among which three (3) directors will be designated by Docter until the first general meeting of shareholders of PubCo, and two (2) directors will be designated by the Sponsor until the second general meeting of shareholders of PubCo.
On January 29, 2025, Aimfinity, Purchaser, Merger Sub and Docter entered into an amendment to the Merger Agreement (the “Amendment No. 2”) to modify the earnout arrangement as follows:
1,000,000 Earnout Shares will be issued to each Docter Stockholder on a pro rata basis if and only if PubCo completes sales of at least 30,000 Devices (as defined in the Merger Agreement) during fiscal year 2025 as reflected in its audited consolidated annual financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025 prepared in accordance with the U.S. GAAP as filed with the SEC;
1,500,000 Earnout Shares will be issued to each Docter Stockholder on a pro rata basis if and only if PubCo completes sales of at least 40,000 Devices during fiscal year 2026 as reflected in its audited consolidated annual financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026 prepared in accordance with the U.S. GAAP as filed with the SEC.
Extensions
Following the closing of the IPO, under the Company’s then-effective amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, the Company would have until July 28, 2023 (or January 28, 2024 if the Company extends the period of time to consummate an initial business combination) to consummate an initial business combination. On July 27, 2023, the Company held an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders (the “First EGM”). At the First EGM, the shareholders of the Company, by special resolution, approved the proposal to amend the Company’s then effective amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (the “First Charter Amendment”) to (i) allow the Company until July 28, 2023 to consummate an initial business combination, and to (ii) elect to extend the period (the “Combination Deadline”) to consummate an initial business combination up to nine times, each by an additional one-month period, for a total of up to nine months to April 28, 2024, by depositing to the Company’s Trust Account the amount lesser of (i) $85,000 for each one-month extension or (ii) $0.04 for each Public Share for each one-month extension (the “First Charter Amendment Proposal”). Under Cayman Islands law, the First Charter Amendment took effect upon approval of the First Charter Amendment Proposal by the shareholders at the First EGM. Pursuant to the First Charter Amendment, a total of 9 one-month extensions, each in the amount of $85,000 (each, a “First Charter Amendment Monthly Extension”), were sought by the Company, with a total of $765,000 deposited by the Sponsor or its designee to the Trust Account, extending the Combination Deadline from July 28, 2023 to April 28, 2024.
In connection with the First EGM, the AIMA Public Shareholders were afforded with an opportunity to redeem their AIMA Public Shares. In connection with the redemptions, 4,076,118 AIMA New Units, or about 50.9% of the AIMA New Units issued and outstanding at the time, were submitted for redemption and the components thereof, including the Public Shares and the AIMA Class 2 Warrants thereof, were cancelled.
On April 23, 2024, the Company held a second extraordinary general meeting of shareholders (the “Second EGM”). At the Second EGM, the shareholders of the Company, by special resolution, approved the proposal to amend the Company’s then-effective amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (the “Second Charter Amendment”) to (i) allow the Company until April 28, 2024 to consummate an initial business combination, and to (ii) elect to extend the Combination Deadline up to nine times, each by an additional one-month period (each a “Second Charter Amendment Monthly Extension”), for a total of up to nine months to January 28, 2025, by depositing to the Company’s Trust Account the amount lesser of (i) $60,000 for each one-month extension or (ii) $0.035 for each Public Share for each one-month extension (the “Second Charter Amendment Monthly Extension”). Under Cayman Islands law, the Second Charter Amendment took effect upon approval of the Second Charter Amendment Proposal by the shareholders at the Second EGM. Pursuant to the Second Charter Amendment, a total of 9 one-month extensions, each in the amount of $60,000 (each, a “First Charter Amendment Monthly Extension”), were sought by the Company, with a total of $540,000 deposited by the Sponsor or its designee to the Trust Account, extending the Combination Deadline from April 28, 2025 to January 28, 2025.
In connection with the Second EGM, the AIMA Public Shareholders were afforded with an additional opportunity to redeem their AIMA Public Shares. 860,884 AIMA New Units, or about 21.7% of the AIMA New Units issued and outstanding at the time, were submitted for redemption and the components thereof, including the Public Shares and the AIMA Class 2 Warrants thereof, were cancelled. As a result, an aggregate of approximately $9,684,945 were distributed from the Trust Account to the redeeming Public Shareholders.
On January 9, 2025, the Company held a third extraordinary general meeting of shareholders (the “Third EGM”). At the Third EGM, the shareholders of the Company, by special resolution, approved the proposal to amend the Company’s then-effective amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (the “Third Charter Amendment”) to (i) allow the Company until January 28, 2025 to consummate an initial business combination, and to (ii) elect to extend the Combination Deadline up to nine times, each by an additional one-month period (each a “Third Charter Amendment Monthly Extension”), for a total of up to nine months to October 28, 2025, by depositing to the Company’s Trust Account the amount of $0.05 for each Public Share for each one-month extension (the “Third Charter Amendment Monthly Extension”). Under Cayman Islands law, the Third Charter Amendment took effect upon approval of the Third Charter Amendment Proposal by the shareholders at the Third EGM. No Third Charter Amendment Monthly Extension has been sought as of the date hereof.
In connection with the Third EGM, the AIMA Public Shareholders were afforded with an additional opportunity to redeem their AIMA Public Shares. As a result, 1,996,522 AIMA New Units, or about 64.2% of the public AIMA New Units issued and outstanding at the time, were submitted for redemption and the components thereof, including the Public Shares and the AIMA Class 2 Warrants thereof, were cancelled. As a result, an aggregate of approximately $23,778,577 were distributed from the Trust Account to the redeeming Public Shareholders. In connection with the Current Monthly Extensions, as of the date hereof, three Current Monthly Extension Payment in the aggregate amount of $167,471 have been deposited into the Trust Account, allowing Aimfinity to extend the Combination Period until April 28, 2025.
As of the date hereof, the Company made nine payments for First Charter Amendment Monthly Extensions, nine payments for Second Charter Amendment Monthly Extensions, and three payment for the Current Monthly Extension Payment into Trust Account for the Public Shareholders, resulting in an extension of the Combination Deadline to April 28, 2025.
For each payment in connection with the First Charter Amendment Monthly Extension or the Second Charter Amendment Monthly Extension, on the date such payment was deposited to the Company’s Trust Account, we issued an unsecured promissory note to I-Fa Chang to evidence the payments made by him for the deposit of such payment (in the amount of $85,000 or $60,000), as the case may be (in each case, a “Monthly Extension Note”).
Each of such Monthly Extension Notes have the same terms, except with regard to the amount. Each note bears no interest and is payable in full upon the earlier to occur of (i) the consummation of the Company’s Initial Business Combination or (ii) the date of expiry of the term of the Company (the “Maturity Date”). The following shall constitute an event of default: (i) a failure to pay the principal within five business days of the Maturity Date; (ii) the commencement of a voluntary or involuntarybankruptcy action, (iii) the breach of the Company’s obligations thereunder; (iv) any cross defaults; (v) an enforcement proceedings against the Company; and (vi) any unlawfulness and invalidity in connection with the performance of the obligations thereunder, in which case such Monthly Extension Note may be accelerated.
The payee of each Monthly Extension Note, I-Fa Chang, has the right, but not the obligation, to convert each Monthly Extension Note, in whole or in part, respectively, into Private Placement Units of the Company, that are identical to the Private Placement Units issued by the Company in the Private Placement consummated simultaneously with the Company’s IPO, subject to certain exceptions, as described in the Prospectus, by providing the Company with written notice of the intention to convert at least two business days prior to the closing of the Initial Business Combination. The number of Private Placement Units to be received by I-Fa Chang in connection with such conversion shall be an amount determined by dividing (x) the sum of the outstanding principal amount payable to the Sponsor by (y) $10.00.
The issuance of the Monthly Extension Notes were made pursuant to the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Backstop Agreement
On October 16, 2024, the Company, Purchaser, and Family Inheritance Consulting (H.K.) Limited (“Backstop Investor”), entered into a certain backstop agreement, under which the Backstop Investor agrees to purchase, and the Investor agrees to purchase, at the request of the Company, Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company, at a price of $10.00 per share in the aggregated purchase price (the “Purchase Price”) no less than the minimum amount of cash (the “Commitment”) resulting in the net tangible assets of the Purchaser upon the closing of the Business Combination being no less than $5,000,001 in accordance with the requests of the redemption that it has received in connection with the Business Combination immediately prior to the cut-off time to accept redemption request as set forth in its amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (the “Redemption Requests”), if and only if the Company reasonably believes that redemptions by public shareholders of the Company in connection with the Business Combination will result in the net tangible assets of the Purchaser upon the closing of the Business Combination being less than $5,000,001 based on the Redemption Requests. In connection with such purchase, the Investor waives redemption rights associated with the purchased shares, and shall receive the same numbers of ordinary shares of the Purchaser, par value $0.0001 per share, upon the closing of the Business Combination.
Extraordinary General Meeting for the Approval of the Docter Business Combination
On March 6, 2025, the Registration Statement on Form F-4 (File No. 333-284658), filed publicly by the Purchaser on February 3, 2025, was declared effective by the SEC (the “F-4”).
On March 27, 2025, the Company held an extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders (the “Business Combination EGM”) in connection with the Docter Business Combination. 3,079,628 Ordinary Shares, or approximately 85%, were represented in person or by proxy at the Business Combination EGM.
At the Business Combination EGM, the shareholders approved each of the proposals presented in connection with the Docter Business Combination.
Exchange Agreement and Conversion of Promissory Notes
On April 8, 2025, we entered into an Exchange Agreement with Docter Inc., its merger subsidiaries, and Mr. I-Fa Chang, manager of our Sponsor, in connection with its previously announced business combination with Docter. Under the agreement, we agreed to convert an aggregate of approximately $1.5 million of outstanding promissory notes, consisting of $1,472,471.40 in extension-related loans and $27,528.60 in working capital loans, into 150,000 private units.
Results of Operations
Aimfinity has neither engaged in any operations nor generated any revenues to date. Its only activities from July 26, 2021 (inception) to December 31, 2024 were organizational activities, those necessary to prepare for the IPO, described below, and, after the IPO, identifying a target company for an initial business combination. Aimfinity does not expect to generate any operating revenues until after the completion of our initial business combination. It may generate non-operating income in the form of interest income on marketable securities held in the Trust Account. Aimfinity incurs expenses as a result of being a public company (for legal, financial reporting, accounting and auditing compliance), as well as for due diligence expenses in connection with completing an initial business combination.
For the year ended December 31, 2024, we had a net income of $1,216,885 which consisted of interest income of $2,035,510 on cash and investments held in Trust Account which was offset by operating cost of $818,625.
For the year ended December 31, 2023, we had a net income of $1,915,114 which consisted of interest income of $3,266,717 on cash and investments held in Trust Account which was offset by operating cost of $1,351,603.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Until the consummation of the IPO, our only source of liquidity was an initial purchase of ordinary shares by the Sponsor and loans from our Sponsor.
On April 28, 2022, we consummated the IPO of 8,050,000 units (“Public Units”), inclusive of 1,050,000 Public Units sold to the underwriters upon the underwriters’ election to partially exercise their over-allotment option. Each Public Unit consists of one Class A ordinary share, $0.0001 par value per share (such shares included in the Public Units, the “Public Shares”), one Class 1 redeemable warrant (the “Class 1 Warrant”) and one-half of one Class 2 redeemable warrant (the “Class 2 Warrant”, together with the Class 1 Warrant, the “Public Warrants”), each whole Public Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one Public Share at an exercise price of $11.50 per share. The Public Units were sold at a price of $10.00 per Public Unit, generating gross proceeds of $80,500,000. Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, we consummated the sale of 492,000 Private Placement Units to the Sponsor at a price of $10.00 per Private Placement Unit, generating gross proceeds of $4,920,000.
Following the closing of the IPO and sale of the Private Placement Units on April 28, 2022, a total of $82,110,000 was placed in a U.S.-based trust account maintained by U.S. Bank, National Association, acting as trustee (the “Trust Account”), and we had $1,495,650 of cash held outside of the Trust Account, after payment of costs related to the IPO, and available for working capital purposes. In connection with the IPO, we incurred $5,117,607 in transaction costs, consisting of $1,610,000 of underwriting fees, $2,817,500 of deferred underwriting fees and $690,107 of other offering costs.
In July 2023, in connection with the votes to approve the Charter Amendment Proposal, the holders of 4,076,118 of Public Shares of the Company exercised their right to redeem their shares for cash at a redemption price of approximately $10.48 per share, for an aggregate redemption amount of approximately $42,717,716.
As of December 31, 2024, $36,940,228 was held in the Trust Account in money market funds, which are invested in U.S. Treasury Securities. Aimfinity intends to use substantially all of the funds held in the Trust Account, including any amounts representing interest earned on the Trust Account, excluding deferred underwriting commissions, to complete our Business Combination. It may withdraw interest from the Trust Account to pay taxes, if any. To the extent that our share capital or debt is used, in whole or in part, as consideration to complete an initial business combination, the remaining proceeds held in the Trust Account will be used as working capital to finance the operations of the target business or businesses, make other acquisitions and pursue Aimfinity’s growth strategies.
Aimfinity intends to use the funds held outside the Trust Account to primarily identify and evaluate target businesses, perform business due diligence on prospective target businesses, travel to and from the offices, plants or similar locations of prospective target businesses or their representatives or owners, review corporate documents and material agreements of prospective target businesses, structure, negotiate and complete an initial business combination.
In order to fund working capital deficiencies or finance transaction costs in connection with an initial business combination, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor or certain of Aimfinity’s officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds as may be required.
On December 8, 2023, the Company issued a promissory note to I-Fa Chang, as the designee, sole member and manager of the Sponsor, under which I-Fa Chang agreed to loan the Company up to $500,000 to be used for a portion of the working capital. This loan is non-interest bearing, unsecured and is due at the earlier of (1) the date on which the Company consummates its initial business combination or (2) the date on which the Company liquidates and dissolves. I-Fa Chang, as the payee, has the right, but not the obligation, to convert the note, in whole or in part, into Private Placement Units of the Company, that are identical to the Private Placement Units issued by the Company in the Private Placement consummated simultaneously with the Company’s IPO, subject to certain exceptions, as described in the IPO Prospectus, by providing the Company with written notice of the intention to convert at least two business days prior to the closing of the Initial Business Combination. The number of Private Placement Units to be received by I-Fa Chang in connection with such conversion shall be an amount determined by dividing (x) the sum of the outstanding principal amount payable to I-Fa Chang by (y) $10.00.
As of December 31, 2024 the Company, had $1,202,852 borrowings under the working capital loans.
As of December 31, 2024, Aimfinity had cash of $4,895 and a working capital deficiency of $3,270,570. In addition, in order to finance transaction costs in connection with an initial business combination, the Company’s Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor or certain of the Aimfinity’s officers and directors have been provided the Company working capital loans (the “Working Capital Loans”). As of December 31, 2024, there were $1,202,852 under Working Capital Loans.
In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with Financial Accounting Standard Board’s Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-15, “Disclosures of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern,” management has determined that these conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. In addition, if the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period, the Company’s board of directors would proceed to commence a voluntary liquidation and thereby a formal dissolution of the Company. There is no assurance that the Company’s plans to consummate a Business Combination will be successful within the Combination Period. As a result, management has determined that such additional conditions also raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The financial statement does not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
Off-Balance Sheet Financing Arrangements
Aimfinity has no obligations, assets or liabilities, which would be considered off-balance sheet arrangements as of December 31, 2024. We do not participate in transactions that create relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, often referred to as variable interest entities, which would have been established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements. We have not entered into any off-balance sheet financing arrangements, established any special purpose entities, guaranteed any debt or commitments of other entities, or purchased any non-financial assets.
Contractual Obligations
Registration Rights
The holders of the Founder Shares, AIMA Private Placement Units and AIMA Private Placement Warrants, including any of those issued upon conversion of Working Capital Loans (and any AIMA Private Placement Units issuable upon the exercise of the Private Warrants that may be issued upon conversion of Working Capital Loans) will be entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration and shareholder rights agreement signed on April 25, 2022. The holders of these securities are entitled to make up to three demands, excluding short form demands, that Aimfinity register such securities. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed after the completion of the initial business combination and rights to require Aimfinity to register for resale such securities pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act. Aimfinity will bear the costs and expenses of filing any such registration statements.
Underwriting Agreement
Aimfinity granted the underwriters a 45-day option from the date of the IPO to purchase up to 1,050,000 additional Public Units to cover over-allotments, if any, at the IPO price less the underwriting discounts and commissions. The underwriters exercised the over-allotment option in full on April 27, 2022.
The underwriters received a cash underwriting discount of $0.20 per Public Unit, or $1,610,000 in the aggregate and paid at the closing of the IPO. In addition, the underwriters will be entitled to a deferred fee of $0.35 per Public Unit, or approximately $2,817,500 in the aggregate upon the consummation of an initial business combination. The deferred fee will become payable to the underwriters from the amounts held in the Trust Account solely in the event that Aimfinity completes its initial business combination, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement.
Critical Accounting Estimate
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”) requires 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. Actual results could differ from those estimates. 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. We did not identify any critical accounting estimates.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures. The amendments in this ASU require disclosures, on an annual and interim basis, of significant segment expenses that are regularly provided to the chief operating officer decision maker (“CODM”), as well as the aggregate amount of other segment items included in the reported measure of segment profit or loss. The ASU requires that a public entity disclose the title and position of the CODM and an explanation of how the CODM uses the reported measure(s) of segment profit or loss in assessing segment performance and deciding how to allocate resources. Public entities will be required to provide all annual disclosures currently required by Topic 280 in interim periods, and entities with a single reportable segment are required to provide all the disclosures required by the amendments in this ASU and existing segment disclosures in Topic 280. This ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted. The Company adopted this ASU for the year ended December 31, 2024 and there was no material effect on the Company’s financial statements.
Management does not believe that any recently issued, but not effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the Company’s financial statements.
Emerging Growth Company Status
Aimfinity is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act, as modified by 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 auditor 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.
Further, Section 102(b)(1) of the Jumpstart The Company’s Business Startups Act of 2012 (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 an election to opt out is irrevocable. Aimfinity 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, Aimfinity, 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 Aimfinity’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.
