Company: SSEA
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form Type: DRS/A
Source: 0001829126-25-002569
Chunk: 96

Company: STARRY SEA ACQUISITION CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form: DRS/A
Chunk 96
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 under the Investment Company Act. The SPAC Final Rules were published in the Federal Register on February 26, 2024, and have become effective on July 1, 2024 (125 days after publication in the Federal Register).

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Instead of adopting a safe harbor from the “investment company” definition under section 3(a)(1)(A) of the Investment Company Act, the SPAC Final Rules provide that whether a SPAC is an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act is based on particular facts and circumstances. A specific duration period of a SPAC is not the sole determinant, but one of the long-standing factors to consider in determination of a SPAC’s status under the Investment Company Act. A SPAC could be deemed as an investment company at any stage of its operation. The determination of a SPAC’s status as an investment company includes analysis of multiple facts and circumstances, including but not limited to, the nature of SPAC assets and income, the activities of the SPAC’s officers, directors and employees, the duration of a SPAC, the manner a SPAC holding itself out to investors, and the merging with an investment company.

We do not believe that our anticipated principal activities will subject us to the Investment Company Act. The funds in the trust account will be held only in U.S. government securities within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act, with a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds investing solely in United States Treasuries and meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act. Because the investment of the proceeds will be restricted to these instruments, we believe we will meet the requirements for the exemption provided in Rule 3a-1 promulgated under the Investment Company Act. However, it is possible that a claim could be made that we have been operating as an unregistered investment company. See “—To mitigate the risk that we might be deemed to be an investment company for purposes of the Investment Company Act, we may determine, in our discretion, to liquidate the securities held in the trust account and instead hold all funds in the trust account in an interest bearing bank demand deposit account, which may earn less interest than we otherwise would have if the trust account had remained invested in U.S. government securities or money market funds.” If we were deemed to be an investment company under the Investment Company Act, our activities would be severely restricted. In addition