Company: APAD
Filing Date: 2025-07-09
Form Type: S-1/A
Source: 0001213900-25-062242
Chunk: 55

Company: AParadise Acquisition Corp.
Filing Date: 2025-07-09
Form: S-1/A
Chunk 55
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 shareholder of our sponsor. Claudius Tsang is the sole director of A SPAC IV (Holdings) Corp. and holds voting and investment discretion with respect to the ordinary shares held of record by the sponsor. As of the date of this prospectus, other than Claudius Tsang, no other person has voting and investment discretion with respect to the ordinary shares held of record by the sponsor. None of our officers or directors have received any cash compensation for services rendered to us. However, our Sponsor intends to transfer an aggregate of 60,000 of its founder shares, or 20,000 each to our three independent directors, and an aggregate of 25,000 of its founder shares to our advisor, at the consummation of an initial business combination. Additionally, as of the date of this Prospectus, each of Serena Shie and Qiong Ye holds an indirect interest in [•] and [•] founder shares, respectively, through equity interest in our sponsor. Other than Claudius Tsang, none of the other members of our sponsor will have the right to control the sponsor or participate in any decision regarding the disposal of any security held by the sponsor, or otherwise. Additionally, subject to each non -votingsponsor investor purchasing, through the sponsor, the private placement units allocated to it in connection with the closing of this offering, the sponsor will issue non -votingshares at a nominal purchase price to the non -votingsponsor investors reflecting interests in an aggregate of [•] founder shares held by the sponsor. Non -votingsponsor investors will have no right to control the sponsor or participate in any decision regarding the disposal of any security held by the sponsor, or otherwise. 15

The following table sets forth the payments to be received by our sponsor and its affiliates from us prior to or in connection with the completion of our initial business combination and the securities issued and to be issued by us to our sponsor or its affiliates:

| Entity/Individual                                                                                                                                                                              |     | Amount of Compensation to be Received                                                                                                                      
 or Securities Issued or to be Issued                                                                                                                       |     |                                                                                                                                                                               Consideration Paid or to be Paid |
| A SPAC IV (Holdings) Corp.                                                                                                                                                                     |     | 7,666,667 Class B Ordinary Shares(1)(3)                                                                                                                    |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                        $25,000 |
| 400,000 private placement units (430,000 private placement units if the underwriters’ over-allotment is