ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
References to the “Company,” “us,” “our,” or “we” refer to A Paradise Acquisition Corp. References to our “management” or our “management team” refer to our officers, and references to the “Sponsor” refer to A SPAC IV (Holdings) Corp. The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our audited financial statements and related notes herein.
The following discussion and analysis of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our 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, including those set forth under “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements,” “Item 1A. Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Overview
We are a blank check company incorporated on November 9, 2022 as a British Virgin Islands business company with limited liability and formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, amalgamation, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. We intend to effectuate our initial business combination using cash from the proceeds of the initial public offering (the “IPO”) and the private placement of the private placement units, the proceeds of the sale of our securities in connection with our initial business combination (including pursuant to forward purchase agreements or backstop agreements we may enter into following the IPO or otherwise) shares issued to the owners of the target, debt issued to bank or other lenders or the owners of the target, other securities issuances, or a combination of the foregoing.
We expect to continue to incur significant costs in the pursuit of our initial business combination. We cannot assure you that our plans to raise capital or to complete our initial business combination will be successful.
Recent Developments
On July 31, 2025, the Company consummated the IPO of 20,000,000 units (the “Units”). Each Unit consists of one Class A ordinary share (“Public Share”) and one right (“Public Right”) to receive one-eighth of one Class A ordinary share upon the consummation of an initial Business Combination. The Units were sold at an offering price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $200,000,000.
On July 31, 2025 and in connection with the IPO, the Company consummated (i) the purchase by the Sponsor of 400,000 private placement units (the “Sponsor Private Placement Units”) on a private placement basis that occurred simultaneously with the consummation of the IPO, and (ii) the purchase by CCM of 200,000 private placement units (the “Underwriter Private Placement Units” and together with the Sponsor Placement Units, the “Private Placement Units”) on a private placement basis that occurred simultaneously with the consummation of the IPO, at a price of $10.00 per Private Placement Unit, generating total proceeds of $6,000,000. The Company granted the underwriters a 45-day option to purchase up to 3,000,000 additional Units to cover over-allotments, if any, which expired unexercised on September 12, 2025.
Five institutional investors (none of which are affiliated with any member of management, the Sponsor or any other investor) have purchased, indirectly, through the purchase of non-voting interests in our sponsor, an aggregate of 130,000 Non-Voting Private Placement Units at a price of $10.00 per unit ($1,300,000 in the aggregate). In connection with the non-voting sponsor investor indirectly purchasing, through the Sponsor, the Non-Voting Private Placement Units allocated to the non-voting sponsor investors in connection with the closing of the IPO, the Sponsor issued non-voting shares at a nominal purchaser price to the non-voting sponsor investors at the closing of the IPO, reflecting interests in an aggregate of 1,368,421 Founder Shares held by the Sponsor. On December 19, 2025, an affiliate of the Sponsor purchased all of the issued and outstanding Non-Voting Sponsor Shares from the non-voting sponsor investors.
Following the closing of the IPO on July 31, 2025, an amount of $200,000,000 ($10.00 per Unit) from the net proceeds of the sale of the Units in the IPO and the sale of the Private Placement Units was placed in a trust account (the “Trust Account”), with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee. Cash of $1,848,460 was held outside of the Trust Account and is available for the payment of the promissory note, payment of accrued expenses and for working capital purposes.
Transaction costs amounted to $12,645,418 consisting of $4,000,000 of cash underwriting fee which was paid in cash at the closing date of the IPO, $8,000,000 of deferred underwriting fee, and $645,418 of other offering costs.
On September 15, 2025, the Sponsor forfeited 1,000,000 Founder Shares for no consideration as the underwriters of the IPO did not exercise the over-allotment option.
On October 9, 2025, the Company repaid the Note in full. The Note was terminated after the repayment.
On November 26, 2025, the Company entered into a Business Combination Agreement (the “Business Combination Agreement”) with A Paradise Merger Sub I, Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”), and Enhanced Ltd, a Cayman Islands exempted company with limited liability (“Enhanced”). The Business Combination Agreement provides that, among other things and upon the terms and subject to the conditions thereof, the following transactions will occur (together with the other agreements and transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, the “Enhanced Business Combination”), following the Acquiror Domestication (as defined below):
(i) at the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement (the “Closing”), upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Business Combination Agreement and in accordance with the Companies Act (as revised) of the Cayman Islands (“Cayman Companies Act”) and the Texas Business Organizations Code (“TBOC”), (x) Merger Sub will merge with and into Enhanced, the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub will cease and Enhanced will be the surviving company and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (the “First Merger”) and (y) immediately following the First Merger, Enhanced will merge with and into the Company, the separate corporate existence of Enhanced will cease and the Company will be the surviving corporation (together with the First Merger, the “Mergers”); and
(ii) as a result of the Mergers, among other things, all outstanding shares of common stock (inclusive of shares of converted preferred stock and issuable in respect of the SAFE financing described below) of Enhanced immediately prior to the effective time of the First Merger will be cancelled in exchange for the right to receive, except with respect to (i) any shares of common stock of Enhanced subject to options or consultant awards, (ii) any shares of common stock of Enhanced held in the treasury of Enhanced, which treasury shares will be cancelled as part of the First Merger, and (iii) any shares of common stock of Enhanced held by shareholders who have perfected and not withdrawn a demand for appraisal rights pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Cayman Companies Act, a number of shares of A Paradise Domesticated Class A Common Stock (as defined below), as adjusted in accordance with the Business Combination Agreement and as further described therein. In addition, at the First Merger, certain holders designated by Apeiron Investment Group Limited (the “Class B Holders”) will be issued a number of shares of the Company’s Class B ordinary shares such that, immediately after the Closing, the Class B Holders will have at least 95% of the voting power of the capital stock of the surviving corporation on a fully-diluted basis.
The Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) has unanimously (i) approved and declared advisable the Business Combination Agreement, the Enhanced Business Combination and the other transactions contemplated thereby and (ii) resolved to recommend approval of the Business Combination Agreement and related matters by the shareholders of the Company.
Prior to the Closing, subject to the approval of the Company’s shareholders, and in accordance with the TBOC, the BVI Business Companies Act, 2004 (the “BVI Act”), and the Company’s memorandum and articles of association, the Company will effect a deregistration under the BVI Act and a domestication under the TBOC (by means of filing a certificate of conversion and certificate of formation with the Secretary of State of the State of Texas), pursuant to which the Company’s jurisdiction of incorporation will be changed from the British Virgin Islands to the State of Texas (the “Acquiror Domestication”). Upon the effective time of the Acquiror Domestication, the Company will change its name to “Enhanced Group Inc.”.
Immediately prior to the effective time of the Acquiror Domestication, each then issued and outstanding Class B ordinary share of the Company will convert automatically, on a one-for-one basis, into a Class A ordinary share of the Company (the “Converted Acquiror Class A Common Stock”). At the effective time of the Acquiror Domestication, (a) each then issued and outstanding Class A ordinary share of the Company (including the Converted Acquiror Class A Common Stock) will convert automatically, on a one-for-one basis, into a share of the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (after the Acquiror Domestication) (the “Domesticated Acquiror Class A Common Stock” or “Enhanced Group Class A common stock”); (b) the Company will authorize a new class of Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Domesticated Acquiror Class B Common Stock” or “Enhanced Group Class B common stock”), the terms of which will provide, among other things, that each share of Domesticated Acquiror Class B Common Stock will carry ten votes; (c) each then issued and outstanding unit of the Company (the “BVI Acquiror Units”) will convert automatically into a domesticated Acquiror unit representing one share of Domesticated Acquiror Class A Common Stock and a right to receive one-eighth of one share of Domesticated Acquiror Class A Common Stock at the Closing; and (d) each then issued and outstanding right of the Company (the “BVI Acquiror Right”) will convert automatically into a domesticated Acquiror right, with each domesticated Acquiror right representing the right to receive one-eighth of one Domesticated Acquiror Class A Common Stock at the Closing.
The Business Combination Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and covenants of the parties thereto. The consummation of the Enhanced Business Combination is subject to certain conditions as further described in the Business Combination Agreement.
The foregoing description of the Business Combination Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the terms and conditions of the Business Combination Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated November 26, 2025 and is incorporated by reference herein.
In connection with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, the Company entered into an acquiror holder support agreement (the “A Paradise Holders Support Agreement”), dated as of November 26, 2025, between the Company, Enhanced and the Sponsor (the “Major A Paradise Shareholder”). Under the A Paradise Holder Support Agreement, the Major A Paradise Shareholder agrees that, among other things, (i) the Major A Paradise Shareholder will not to sell or transfer their shares until the earlier to occur of the Second Effective Time and the termination of the Business Combination Agreement, and (ii) that at any meeting of the shareholders and in any action by written consent of the shareholders, the Major A Paradise Shareholder will vote all of its shares for the Enhanced Business Combination and related transactions.
In connection with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, the Company entered into the Enhanced holders support agreement (the “Enhanced Holder Support Agreement”), dated as of November 26, 2025, among certain shareholders of Enhanced (the “Major Enhanced Stockholders”). Under the Enhanced Holder Support Agreement, the Major Enhanced Stockholders agree, among other things, not to sell or transfer their shares until the earlier to occur of the Second Effective Time and the termination of the Business Combination Agreement, and that at any meeting of the shareholders and in any action by written consent of the shareholders, such Major Enhanced Stockholders will vote all of their shares for the Enhanced Business Combination and related transactions.
In connection with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, Apeiron Investment Group Limited (“Apeiron”) and the Sponsor entered into a sponsor equity agreement (the “Sponsor Equity Agreement”), dated as of November 26, 2025. Pursuant to the Sponsor Equity Agreement, subject to the closing of the Enhanced Business Combination, (i) Apeiron granted the Sponsor an option to require Apeiron to purchase up to 100%, and the Sponsor granted Apeiron an option to purchase, up to 100%, but no less than 78%, of the equity securities then held by the Sponsor in the surviving company (the “Sponsor Securities”), in each case in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth therein, (ii) Apeiron paid the Sponsor a deposit of $5,500,000, which is generally non-refundable, subject to certain exceptions, and (iii) the parties agreed to certain termination fee arrangements as described below. Under the terms of the Sponsor Equity Agreement, following the closing of the Enhanced Business Combination, and during the 90-day period thereafter, the Sponsor will have the right to sell (the “Put Option”) to Apeiron up to 100%, and Apeiron will have the right to require the Sponsor to sell (the “Call Option”) to Apeiron, up to 100% (and not less than 78%) of the Sponsor Securities, free and clear of liens (other than certain customary restrictions). The purchase price for the Sponsor Securities pursuant to the Put Option or Call Option will be determined based on the percentage of Sponsor Securities delivered, as set forth in the Sponsor Equity Agreement, less the deposit amount previously paid by Apeiron. The maximum purchase price for the Put Option and Call Option are in a range of $6,700,000 to $9,000,000 and in a range of $11,000,000 to $15,500,000, respectively, in each case depending on the number of shares received and, furthermore, in each case less the deposit previously paid by Apeiron. The Put Option and Call Option may only be exercised during the specified option period and are subject to certain procedural and closing conditions set forth in the Sponsor Equity Agreement. Additionally, the Sponsor Equity Agreement provides for the payment by the Sponsor to Apeiron of a termination fee of up to $4,875,000 under certain circumstances if the Business Combination Agreement is terminated due to a willful breach by the Company or its affiliates, including the Sponsor. The amount of the termination fee is subject to specific milestones relating to the preparation and filing of the proxy statement/registration statement for the Enhanced Business Combination. The Sponsor Equity Agreement also contains customary representations, warranties and covenants of the parties, including a lock-up on the transfer of Sponsor Securities during the option period, covenants relating to regulatory approvals and cooperation, and other customary provisions. In connection with its entry into the Sponsor Equity Agreement, on November 26, 2025, Apeiron entered into a Participation Agreement with BBG, an affiliate of Enhanced’s financial advisor, in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, pursuant to which BBG agreed to participate in 33.33% of the economics of the transactions contemplated by the Sponsor Equity Agreement, including the funding of the deposit amount of $5,500,000.
Immediately prior to execution of the Business Combination Agreement, Enhanced entered into simple agreements for future equity (each, a “SAFE”) with certain investors (each, a “SAFE investor”) pursuant to an equity private placement that contemplates that, upon consummation of the Enhanced Business Combination, all outstanding SAFEs issued by Enhanced will automatically convert, immediately prior to the closing of the Enhanced Business Combination, into Enhanced Group Class A common stock in accordance with their terms. The number of shares of Enhanced Group Class A common stock to be issued upon conversion will be determined by dividing each SAFE investor’s purchase amount by Enhanced’s pre-money valuation cap of $1.2 billion, multiplied by the fully diluted capitalization of Enhanced immediately prior to the Enhanced Business Combination. As a result, the SAFE holders will collectively receive a number of shares of Enhanced Group Class A common stock representing their pro rata ownership percentage in Enhanced Group on a fully diluted basis. Concurrently with such conversion, Enhanced Group will also issue to the SAFE investors warrants equal to fifty percent (50%) of the number of shares of Enhanced Group Class A common stock received upon conversion, each exercisable for one share of Class A common stock at a per-share price equal to the conversion price determined under the SAFE. Such warrants will have a two-year exercise period. In addition, the SAFE documents provide for a partial early release from a lock-up applicable to Enhanced securityholders upon completion of the Enhanced Business Combination, as a result of which many SAFE investors are existing Enhanced shareholders, and therefore should not be seen as a third party validation of the valuation of the Enhanced Business Combination.
The Business Combination Agreement provides that, at the Closing, Enhanced Group, certain Enhanced Stockholders, Cohen and Company Capital Markets, a division of Cohen & Company Securities, LLC, and the Sponsor will enter into a registration rights agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”). Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, Enhanced Group will be required to register for resale securities held by the stockholders party thereto. Enhanced Group will have no obligation to facilitate or participate in more than two underwritten offerings in any twelve-month period. In addition, the holders have certain customary “piggyback” registration rights with respect to registrations initiated by Enhanced Group. Enhanced Group will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any registration statements pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement.
A copy of the form of Registration Rights Agreement is filed as Exhibit C to the Business Combination Agreement filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated November 26, 2025.
Results of Operations
We have neither engaged in any operations nor generated any revenues to date. Our only activities from November 9, 2022 (inception) through December 31, 2025 have been limited to organizational activities as well as activities related to the IPO, and subsequent to the IPO, identifying a target company for a Business Combination, entering into the business combination agreement described above, and proceeding toward completion of the Business Combination. We do not expect to generate any operating revenues until after the completion of our business combination.
We expect to generate non-operating income in the form of interest income on marketable securities held in the Trust Account. We expect that we will incur expenses as a result of being a public company (for legal, financial reporting, accounting and auditing compliance), as well as for due diligence expenses in connection with searching for, and completing, a business combination.
For the year ended December 31, 2025, we had net income of $2,568,594 , which consisted of interest income of $3,333,963, and a gain on expiration of over-allotment option liability of $272,989, partially offset by general and administrative expenses of $1,038,358.
For the year ended December 31, 2024, we had net loss of $75,562, all of which consisted of formation and operating expenses.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
As previously disclosed on a Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 29, 2025, on July 31, 2025, the Company consummated the IPO of 20,000,000 Units. Each Unit consists of one Public Share and one Public Right to receive one-eighth of one Class A ordinary share upon the consummation of an initial business combination. The Units were sold at an offering price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $200,000,000. The Company granted the underwriters a 45-day option to purchase up to 3,000,000 additional Units to cover over-allotments, if any, which expired unexercised on September 12, 2025. The total aggregate issuance of the Company of 20,000,000 Units at a price of $10.00 per Unit resulted in a total gross proceeds of $200,000,000. On September 15, 2025, the Sponsor forfeited 1,000,000 Founder Shares for no consideration as the underwriters of the IPO did not exercise the over-allotment option.
As previously disclosed on a Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 29, 2025, on July 31, 2025, simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, the Company consummated the private placement of 600,000 Private Placement Units to the Sponsor and the underwriters at a price of $10.00 per Private Placement Unit, generating total proceeds of $6,000,000.
Five institutional investors (none of which are affiliated with any member of management, the Sponsor or any other investor) have purchased, indirectly, through the purchase of non-voting interests in our sponsor, an aggregate of 130,000 Non-Voting Private Placement Units at a price of $10.00 per unit ($1,300,000 in the aggregate). In connection with the non-voting sponsor investor indirectly purchasing, through the Sponsor, the Non-Voting Private Placement Units allocated to the non-voting sponsor investors in connection with the closing of the IPO, the Sponsor issued non-voting shares at a nominal purchaser price to the non-voting sponsor investors at the closing of the IPO, reflecting interests in an aggregate of 1,368,421 Founder Shares held by the Sponsor. On December 19, 2025, an affiliate of the Sponsor purchased all of the issued and outstanding Non-Voting Sponsor Shares from the non-voting sponsor investors.
The Private Placement Units were issued pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as the transactions did not involve a public offering. The Private Placement Units are identical to the units sold in the IPO except that, so long as they are held by our sponsor, CCM or its permitted transferees, (i) they will not be redeemable by us, and (ii) they (including the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon conversion of the private placement rights) may not, subject to certain limited exceptions, be transferred, assigned or sold by our sponsor or CCM until the completion of our initial business combination.
Upon the closing of the IPO and the private placement on July 31, 2025, a total of $200,000,000 of the net proceeds from the IPO and the Private Placement were deposited in the Trust Account established for the benefit of the Company’s public shareholders. The funds placed in the Trust Account may only be invested in U.S. government treasury obligations with a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act, which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations. We intend to use substantially all of the funds held in the Trust Account, including any amounts representing interest earned on the Trust Account (less income taxes payable), to complete our business combination. To the extent that our share capital or debt is used, in whole or in part, as consideration to complete our business combination, the remaining proceeds held in the Trust Account will be used as working capital to finance the operations of the target business or businesses, make other acquisitions and pursue our growth strategies. Such working capital funds could be used in a variety of ways and could also be used to repay any operating expenses or finders’ fees which we had incurred prior to the completion of our Business Combination or to indemnify any of our officers or directors as required by law if the funds available to us outside of the Trust Account were insufficient to cover such expenses.
As of December 31, 2025, we had cash of $697,629 and a working capital of $364,363. The Company’s liquidity needs prior to the closing of IPO were satisfied through a payment from the Sponsor of $25,000 for the Founder Shares and total advances from the Sponsor of $57,922 to cover certain offering costs, as well as a loan under an unsecured promissory note from the Sponsor of $300,000 (see Note 5). We intend to use the funds held outside the Trust Account primarily to 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 consummate a business combination.
In order to fund working capital deficiencies or finance transaction costs in connection with a business combination, the Sponsor or an affiliate of our Sponsor, or certain of our officers and directors or their affiliates may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds as may be required. If we complete a business combination, we would repay such loaned amounts. In the event that a business combination does not close, we may use a portion of the working capital held outside the Trust Account to repay such loaned amounts but no proceeds from our Trust Account would be used for such repayment. Up to $1,500,000 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 Private Placement Unit at the option of the lender. Such units would be identical to the Private Placement Units issued to our sponsor. The terms of such loans by our officers and directors, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans. We do not expect to seek loans from parties other than our sponsor or an affiliate of our sponsor as we do not believe third parties will be willing to loan such funds and provide a waiver against any and all rights to seek access to funds in our trust account.
We do not believe we will need to raise additional funds in order to meet the expenditures required for operating our business. However, if our estimate of the costs of identifying a target business, undertaking in-depth due diligence and negotiating a business combination are less than the actual amount necessary to do so, we may have insufficient funds available to operate our business prior to our initial business combination. Moreover, we may need to obtain additional financing either to complete our business combination or because we become obligated to redeem a significant number of our public shares upon completion of our business combination, in which case we may issue additional securities or incur debt in connection with such business combination. Subject to compliance with applicable securities laws, we would only complete such financing simultaneously with the completion of our business combination. If we are unable to complete our business combination because we do not have sufficient funds available to us, we will be forced to cease operations and liquidate the Trust Account. In addition, following our business combination, if cash on hand is insufficient, we may need to obtain additional financing in order to meet our obligations.
The Company has incurred and expects to continue to incur significant costs to remain as a publicly traded company and to incur significant transaction costs in pursuit of the consummation of a business combination. 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. The management’s plan to address this uncertainty is through the Working Capital Loans, as defined below (see Note 5). In addition, if the Company is unable to complete a business combination within the completion window, or by July 31, 2027 (assuming no extensions), 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. As a result, management has determined that such additional condition also raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
Off-Balance Sheet Financing Arrangements
We have no obligations, assets or liabilities, which would be considered off-balance sheet arrangements as of December 31, 2025. We do not participate in transactions that create relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, often referred to as variable interest entities, which would have been established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements. We have not entered into any off-balance sheet financing arrangements, established any special purpose entities, guaranteed any debt or commitments of other entities, or purchased any non- financial assets.
Contractual Obligations
We do not have any material long-term debt, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations or long-term liabilities, other than described below.
Registration Rights
The holders of the Founder Shares, Private Placement Units, and units that may be issued on conversion of Working Capital Loans (and in each case holders of their component securities, as applicable) will be entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration rights agreement signed on the effective date of the IPO. The holders of these securities are entitled to make up to three demands, excluding short form demands, that the Company registers such securities. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to the consummation of a Business Combination and rights to require the Company to register for resale such securities pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the underwriters may not exercise its demand and “piggyback” registration rights after five (5) and seven (7) years, respectively, after the effective date of the IPO and may not exercise its demand rights on more than one occasion. However, the registration rights agreement provides that the Company will not permit any registration statement filed under the Securities Act to become effective until termination of the applicable Lock-up period, which occurs (i) in the case of the Founder Shares, on the earlier of (A) six months after the completion of the initial business combination or (B) subsequent to the initial business combination, (x) if the last sale price of Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share splits, share capitalizations, rights issuances, subdivisions, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing after the initial business combination, or (y) the date on which the Company completes a liquidation, merger, share exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction after the completion of the initial business combination that results in all of the Company’s public shareholders having the right to exchange their Class A ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property, and (ii) in the case of the Private Placement Units, including the component securities therein, until the completion of the initial business combination. Notwithstanding the above, the shares to be issued to the underwriters in the IPO will be further subject to the limitations on registration requirements imposed by FINRA Rule 5110(g)(8). The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.
Underwriting Agreement
The underwriters were paid a cash underwriting discount of two percent (2%) of the gross proceeds of the IPO, or $4,000,000, of which $2,000,000 were invested in the purchase of Private Placement Units, upon the closing of the IPO. In addition, the underwriters will be entitled to a deferred fee of up to $0.40 per Unit, or 4% of the gross proceeds of the offering, or up to $8,000,000 in the aggregate (or $9,200,000 in the aggregate if the underwriter’s over-allotment option is exercised in full), payable based on the funds available in the Trust Account after redemptions of Public Shares, solely in the event that the Company completes a Business Combination, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement. The Company recorded the deferred underwriting fee payable in the balance sheet as of July 31, 2025, by referring to ASC 450 that deferred underwriter fees should be recognized upon the close of IPO if the Business Combination is probable of occurring, and the underwriter fee can be reasonably estimated.
Business Combination Agreement
On November 26, 2025, the Company entered into the Business Combination Agreement with Merger Sub and Enhanced. The Business Combination Agreement provides that, among other things and upon the terms and subject to the conditions thereof, the following transactions will occur (together with the other agreements and transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, the “Enhanced Business Combination”), following the Acquiror Domestication (as defined below):
(i) at the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement (the “Closing”), upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Business Combination Agreement and in accordance with the Companies Act (as revised) of the Cayman Islands (“Cayman Companies Act”) and the Texas Business Organizations Code (“TBOC”), (x) Merger Sub will merge with and into Enhanced, the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub will cease and Enhanced will be the surviving company and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (the “First Merger”) and (y) immediately following the First Merger, Enhanced will merge with and into the Company, the separate corporate existence of Enhanced will cease and the Company will be the surviving corporation (together with the First Merger, the “Mergers”); and
(ii) as a result of the Mergers, among other things, all outstanding shares of common stock (inclusive of shares of converted preferred stock and issuable in respect of the SAFE financing described below) of Enhanced immediately prior to the effective time of the First Merger will be cancelled in exchange for the right to receive, except with respect to (i) any shares of common stock of Enhanced subject to options or consultant awards, (ii) any shares of common stock of Enhanced held in the treasury of Enhanced, which treasury shares will be cancelled as part of the First Merger, and (iii) any shares of common stock of Enhanced held by shareholders who have perfected and not withdrawn a demand for appraisal rights pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Cayman Companies Act, a number of shares of A Paradise Domesticated Class A Common Stock (as defined below), as adjusted in accordance with the Business Combination Agreement and as further described therein. In addition, at the First Merger, certain holders designated by Apeiron Investment Group Limited (the “Class B Holders”) will be issued a number of shares of the Company’s Class B ordinary shares such that, immediately after the Closing, the Class B Holders will have at least 95% of the voting power of the capital stock of the surviving corporation on a fully-diluted basis.
Prior to the Closing, subject to the approval of the Company’s shareholders, and in accordance with the TBOC, the BVI Business Companies Act, 2004 (the “BVI Act”), and the Company’s memorandum and articles of association, the Company will effect a deregistration under the BVI Act and a domestication under the TBOC (by means of filing a certificate of conversion and certificate of formation with the Secretary of State of the State of Texas), pursuant to which the Company’s jurisdiction of incorporation will be changed from the British Virgin Islands to the State of Texas (the “Acquiror Domestication”). Upon the effective time of the Acquiror Domestication, the Company will change its name to “Enhanced Group Inc.”.
Immediately prior to the effective time of the Acquiror Domestication, each then issued and outstanding Class B ordinary share of the Company will convert automatically, on a one-for-one basis, into a Class A ordinary share of the Company (the “Converted Acquiror Class A Common Stock”). At the effective time of the Acquiror Domestication, (a) each then issued and outstanding Class A ordinary share of the Company (including the Converted Acquiror Class A Common Stock) will convert automatically, on a one-for-one basis, into a share of the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (after the Acquiror Domestication) (the “Domesticated Acquiror Class A Common Stock” or “Enhanced Group Class A common stock”); (b) the Company will authorize a new class of Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Domesticated Acquiror Class B Common Stock” or “Enhanced Group Class B common stock”), the terms of which will provide, among other things, that each share of Domesticated Acquiror Class B Common Stock will carry ten votes; (c) each then issued and outstanding unit of the Company (the “BVI Acquiror Units”) will convert automatically into a domesticated Acquiror unit representing one share of Domesticated Acquiror Class A Common Stock and a right to receive one-eighth of one share of Domesticated Acquiror Class A Common Stock at the Closing; and (d) each then issued and outstanding right of the Company (the “BVI Acquiror Right”) will convert automatically into a domesticated Acquiror right, with each domesticated Acquiror right representing the right to receive one-eighth of one Domesticated Acquiror Class A Common Stock at the Closing.
The Business Combination Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and covenants of the parties thereto. The consummation of the Enhanced Business Combination is subject to certain conditions as further described in the Business Combination Agreement.
The foregoing description of the Business Combination Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the terms and conditions of the Business Combination Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated November 26, 2025 and is incorporated by reference herein.
A Paradise Holders Support Agreement
In connection with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, the Company entered into an acquiror holder support agreement (the “A Paradise Holders Support Agreement”), dated as of November 26, 2025, between the Company, Enhanced and the Sponsor (the “Major A Paradise Shareholder”). Under the A Paradise Holder Support Agreement, the Major A Paradise Shareholder agrees that, among other things, (i) the Major A Paradise Shareholder will not to sell or transfer their shares until the earlier to occur of the Second Effective Time and the termination of the Business Combination Agreement, and (ii) that at any meeting of the shareholders and in any action by written consent of the shareholders, the Major A Paradise Shareholder will vote all of its shares for the Enhanced Business Combination and related transactions.
Enhanced Holders Support Agreement
In connection with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, the Company entered into the Enhanced holders support agreement (the “Enhanced Holder Support Agreement”), dated as of November 26, 2025, among certain shareholders of Enhanced (the “Major Enhanced Stockholders”). Under the Enhanced Holder Support Agreement, the Major Enhanced Stockholders agree, among other things, not to sell or transfer their shares until the earlier to occur of the Second Effective Time and the termination of the Business Combination Agreement, and that at any meeting of the shareholders and in any action by written consent of the shareholders, such Major Enhanced Stockholders will vote all of their shares for the Enhanced Business Combination and related transactions.
Sponsor Equity Agreement
In connection with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, Apeiron Investment Group Limited (“Apeiron”) and the A SPAC IV (Holdings) Corp. (the “Sponsor”) entered into a sponsor equity agreement (the “Sponsor Equity Agreement”), dated as of November 26, 2025. Pursuant to the Sponsor Equity Agreement, subject to the closing of the Enhanced Business Combination, (i) Apeiron granted the Sponsor an option to require Apeiron to purchase up to 100%, and the Sponsor granted Apeiron an option to purchase, up to 100%, but no less than 78%, of the equity securities then held by the Sponsor in the surviving company (the “Sponsor Securities”), in each case in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth therein, (ii) Apeiron paid the Sponsor a deposit of $5,500,000, which is generally non-refundable, subject to certain exceptions, and (iii) the parties agreed to certain termination fee arrangements as described below.
Under the terms of the Sponsor Equity Agreement, following the closing of the Enhanced Business Combination, and during the 90-day period thereafter, the Sponsor will have the right to sell (the “Put Option”) to Apeiron up to 100%, and Apeiron will have the right to require the Sponsor to sell (the “Call Option”) to Apeiron, up to 100% (and not less than 78%) of the Sponsor Securities, free and clear of liens (other than certain customary restrictions). The purchase price for the Sponsor Securities pursuant to the Put Option or Call Option will be determined based on the percentage of Sponsor Securities delivered, as set forth in the Sponsor Equity Agreement, less the deposit amount previously paid by Apeiron. The maximum purchase price for the Put Option and Call Option are in a range of $6,700,000 to $9,000,000 and in a range of $11,000,000 to $15,500,000, respectively, in each case depending on the number of shares received and, furthermore, in each case less the deposit previously paid by Apeiron. The Put Option and Call Option may only be exercised during the specified option period and are subject to certain procedural and closing conditions set forth in the Sponsor Equity Agreement.
Additionally, the Sponsor Equity Agreement provides for the payment by the Sponsor to Apeiron of a termination fee of up to $4,875,000 under certain circumstances if the Business Combination Agreement is terminated due to a willful breach by the Company or its affiliates, including the Sponsor. The amount of the termination fee is subject to specific milestones relating to the preparation and filing of the proxy statement/registration statement for the Enhanced Business Combination.
The Sponsor Equity Agreement also contains customary representations, warranties and covenants of the parties, including a lock-up on the transfer of Sponsor Securities during the option period, covenants relating to regulatory approvals and cooperation, and other customary provisions.
In connection with its entry into the Sponsor Equity Agreement, on November 26, 2025, Apeiron entered into a Participation Agreement with BBG, an affiliate of Enhanced’s financial advisor, in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, pursuant to which BBG agreed to participate in 33.33% of the economics of the transactions contemplated by the Sponsor Equity Agreement, including the funding of the deposit amount of $5,500,000.
Simple Agreements for Future Equity
Immediately prior to execution of the Business Combination Agreement, Enhanced entered into simple agreements for future equity (each, a “SAFE”) with certain investors (each, a “SAFE investor”) pursuant to an equity private placement that contemplates that, upon consummation of the Enhanced Business Combination, all outstanding SAFEs issued by Enhanced will automatically convert, immediately prior to the closing of the Enhanced Business Combination, into Enhanced Group Class A common stock in accordance with their terms. The number of shares of Enhanced Group Class A common stock to be issued upon conversion will be determined by dividing each SAFE investor’s purchase amount by Enhanced’s pre-money valuation cap of $1.2 billion, multiplied by the fully diluted capitalization of Enhanced immediately prior to the Enhanced Business Combination. As a result, the SAFE holders will collectively receive a number of shares of Enhanced Group Class A common stock representing their pro rata ownership percentage in Enhanced Group on a fully diluted basis. Concurrently with such conversion, Enhanced Group will also issue to the SAFE investors warrants equal to fifty percent (50%) of the number of shares of Enhanced Group Class A common stock received upon conversion, each exercisable for one share of Class A common stock at a per-share price equal to the conversion price determined under the SAFE. Such warrants will have a two-year exercise period. In addition, the SAFE documents provide for a partial early release from a lock-up applicable to Enhanced securityholders upon completion of the Enhanced Business Combination, as a result of which many SAFE investors are existing Enhanced shareholders, and therefore should not be seen as a third party validation of the valuation of the Enhanced Business Combination.
Registration Rights Agreement
At the closing, Enhanced Group, certain Enhanced Stockholders, Cohen and Company Capital Markets, a division of Cohen & Company Securities, LLC, and the Sponsor will enter into a registration rights agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”). Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, Enhanced Group will be required to register for resale securities held by the stockholders party thereto. Enhanced Group will have no obligation to facilitate or participate in more than two underwritten offerings in any twelve-month period. In addition, the holders have certain customary “piggyback” registration rights with respect to registrations initiated by Enhanced Group. Enhanced Group will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any registration statements pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
The preparation of financial statements and related disclosures in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and income and expenses during the periods reported. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates. We have not identified any critical accounting estimates. We have identified the following critical accounting policies:
Class A Ordinary Shares Subject to Possible Redemption
The Company accounts for its Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption in accordance with the guidance in ASC Topic 480, “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity” (ASC 480). Class A ordinary shares subject to mandatory redemption (if any) will be classified as a liability instrument and will be measured at fair value. Conditionally redeemable ordinary shares (including ordinary shares 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) will be classified as temporary equity. At all other times, ordinary shares will be classified as stockholders’ equity. In accordance with ASC 480-10-S99, the Company classifies Class A ordinary shares subject to redemption outside of permanent equity as the redemption provisions are not solely within the control of the Company. Given that the 20,000,000 Class A ordinary shares sold as part of the Units in the Company’s IPO were issued with other freestanding instruments (i.e., rights), the initial carrying value of Class A ordinary shares classified as temporary equity has been allocated to the proceeds determined in accordance with ASC 470-20. If it is probable that the equity instrument will become redeemable, the Company has the option to either (i) accrete changes in the redemption value over the period from the date of issuance (or from the date that it becomes probable that the instrument will become redeemable, if later) to the earliest redemption date of the instrument or (ii) recognize changes in the redemption value immediately as they occur and adjust the carrying amount of the instrument to equal the redemption value at the end of each reporting period. The Company has elected to recognize the changes immediately. Immediately upon the closing of the IPO, the Company recognized the accretion from initial book value to redemption value. The change in the carrying value of redeemable shares will result in charges against additional paid-in capital (to the extent available) and accumulated deficit.
Subsequent to the IPO date, the accretion also includes the dividend and interest income earned in the Trust Account in excess of income and franchise taxes, if any.
Net Income (Loss) per Share
The Company complies with accounting and disclosure requirements of FASB ASC 260, Earnings Per Share. Net income (loss) per share is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the period, excluding ordinary shares subject to forfeiture by the Sponsor.
Recent Accounting Standards
In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU No. 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures, which requires the disclosure of additional segment information. ASU No. 2023-07 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. The Company adopted this guidance on January 1, 2024.
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures (ASU 2023-09), which requires disclosure of incremental income tax information within the rate reconciliation and expanded disclosures of income taxes paid, among other disclosure requirements. ASU 2023-09 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. Early adoption is permitted. The Company adopted ASU 2023-09 on January 1, 2025 and there was no significant impact.
Management does not believe that any recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on our financial statements.
