Company: APAD
Filing Date: 2025-06-30
Form Type: S-1/A
Source: 0001213900-25-059198
Chunk: 249

Company: AParadise Acquisition Corp.
Filing Date: 2025-06-30
Form: S-1/A
Chunk 249
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 combination we may consummate or (ii) that we will be able to identify a suitable candidate for our initial business combination. You should not rely on the historical performance record of our management team, our advisors or their affiliates as indicative of our future performance. Our advisors, officers and directors may have conflicts of interest with other entities to which they owe fiduciary or contractual obligations with respect to initial business combination opportunities. For a list of our advisors, officers and directors and entities for which a conflict of interest may or does exist between such persons and us, please refer to the table and subsequent explanatory paragraph under “Management — Conflicts of Interest.” We believe our management team have the skills and experience to identify, evaluate and consummate a business combination and is positioned to assist businesses we acquire. However, our management team’s network and investing and operating experience do not guarantee a successful initial business combination. The members of our management team and our advisors are not required to devote any amount of time to our business and are concurrently involved with other businesses. There is no guarantee that our current officers and directors will continue in their respective roles, or in any other role, after our initial business combination, and their expertise may only be of benefit to us until our initial business combination is completed. Acquisition Criteria We have identified the following general criteria and guidelines that we believe are important in evaluating prospective targets. We will use these criteria and guidelines in evaluating acquisition opportunities, but we may decide to enter into our initial business combination with a target business that does not meet these criteria and guidelines. Qualities we look for in identifying SPAC merger companies include but are not limited to the following: Strong Management. We are looking for proven management with a track record of executing and growing platforms who can credibly operate within public markets. Advantages to being a public company. We intend to seek companies that would benefit from being part of the public capital markets. Such benefits could include greater, more efficient access to equity or debt capital, a currency to better execute a consolidation or roll -upstrategy and a public stock to better attract and retain employees. Competitive advantage. We intend to look for companies whose products and services are defensible and afford a differentiation solution to customers. These criteria are not intended to be exhaustive. Any evaluation relating to the merits of a particular initial business combination may be based, to the extent relevant, on these general guidelines as well as other considerations, factors and criteria that our management may deem relevant. We may decide to enter into our initial business combination with a target business that does