Company: APAD
Filing Date: 2025-05-22
Form Type: S-1
Source: 0001213900-25-046705
Chunk: 22

Company: AParadise Acquisition Corp.
Filing Date: 2025-05-22
Form: S-1
Chunk 22
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 U.S. will be prohibited and our securities may be delisted by such exchange. See “ Risk Factors — Risks Associated with Acquiring and Operating a Target Business with its Primary Operation in China — Trading in our securities may be prohibited under the HFCAA if the PCAOB determines that it cannot inspect or fully investigate our auditor. In that case, Nasdaq would delist our securities. The delisting of our securities, or the threat of their being delisted, may materially and adversely affect the value of your investment. Additionally, the inability of the PCAOB to conduct inspections may deprive our investors with the benefits of such inspections” on page 124. We are an “emerging growth company” and a “smaller reporting company” under applicable federal securities laws and will be subject to reduced public company reporting requirements. Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 55 for a discussion of information that should be considered in connection with an investment in our securities. Investors will not be entitled to protections normally afforded to investors in Rule 419 blank check offerings. Neither the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense. No offer or invitation, whether directly or indirectly, is being or may be made to the public in the British Virgin Islands to subscribe for any of our securities.

|                                        |     | Per Unit |       |     | Total |             |
|:---------------------------------------|:----|:---------|------:|:----|:------|------------:|
| Public offering price(1)               |     | $        | 10.00 |     | $     | 200,000,000 |
| Underwriting discounts and commissions |     | $        |  0.60 |     | $     |  12,000,000 |
| Proceeds, before expenses, to us       |     | $        |  9.40 |     | $     | 188,000,000 |

____________ (1)Includes $0.20 per unit sold in the base offering, or $4,000,000 in the aggregate (or up to $4,600,000 if the over -allotmentoption is exercised in full), payable upon the closing of this offering. Also includes up to $0.40 per unit sold in the base offering, or $8,