Company: BPAC
Filing Date: 2025-06-26
Form Type: S-1
Source: 0001185185-25-000701
Chunk: 85

Company: Blueport Acquisition Ltd
Filing Date: 2025-06-26
Form: S-1
Chunk 85
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. federal excise tax will be imposed on us in connection with redemptions of our ordinary shares after or in connection with such initial business combination.

On August 16, 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 became law in the United States, which, among other things, imposes a 1% excise tax on the fair market value of certain repurchases of stock by publicly traded domestic corporations, including United States corporations and certain non-U.S. corporations treated as “surrogate foreign corporations”. The excise tax will apply to stock repurchases occurring on or after January 1, 2023. The amount of the excise tax payable is generally 1% of the fair market value of the shares of stock repurchased at the time of the repurchase, subject to certain exceptions and limitations. On April 9, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (the “U.S. Treasury”) issued proposed regulations relating to payment of excise tax, which may generally be relied upon by taxpayers until the regulations are finalized.

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As an entity incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company, the 1% excise tax is not expected to apply to redemptions of our ordinary shares, absent any regulations and other additional guidance that may be issued in the future with retroactive effect.

However, in connection with an initial business combination involving a company organized under the laws of the United States, it is possible that we domesticate and continue as a U.S. corporation, in which case it is possible that we will be subject to the excise tax with respect to any subsequent redemptions, including redemptions in connection with the initial business combination, that are treated as repurchases for this purpose (other than, pursuant to the proposed regulations from the U.S. Treasury, redemptions in complete liquidation of the company). In all cases, the extent of the excise tax that may be incurred will depend on a number of factors, including the fair market value of our stock redeemed, the structure of the initial business combination, the extent to which such redemptions could be treated as dividends and not repurchases, and the content of any final regulations and other additional guidance from the U.S. Treasury that may be issued and applicable to the redemptions. Issuances of stock by a repurchasing corporation in a year in which such corporation repurchases stock may reduce the amount of excise tax imposed with respect to such rep