Company: SAC-UN
Filing Date: 2025-11-06
Form Type: S-1
Source: 0001213900-25-106802
Chunk: 162

Company: Safeguard Acquisition Corp.
Filing Date: 2025-11-06
Form: S-1
Chunk 162
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 an “emerging growth company,” whichever is earlier. 105 PROPOSED BUSINESS General We are a newly organized blank check company incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company and formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities, which we refer to throughout this prospectus as our initial business combination. We have not selected any potential business combination target and we have not, nor has anyone on our behalf, initiated any substantive discussions, directly or indirectly, with any potential target regarding entering into a business combination with us. We have generated no operating revenues to date and we do not expect that we will generate operating revenues until we consummate our initial business combination. While we may pursue an initial business combination target in any industry or geographic location, we intend to focus our search on companies in the aerospace & defense, government services & national security, and space sectors. Our Management Team Our team is led by Mark Gottfredson, Frank Bachinsky and Robert M. Tarola who together bring significant operating, investment, and corporate leadership experience. We believe that the diverse background of our team provides us with an opportunity to source, evaluate, and transact with a differentiated business within our sectors of focus. Mark Gottfredson has served as our Chairman since June 2025 and our Chief Executive Officer since September 2025. Mr. Gottfredson has also served in several senior leadership positions over more than 40 years at Bain & Company (“Bain”) including as a member of the board of directors of the parent company. Mr. Gottfredson has founded and served as the head of numerous practices at Bain, leading them to become large, significant businesses within the firm. This includes the Global Performance Improvement practice, Complexity Management practice and the Americas Automotive and Mobility practice. In addition, he was the founder of the Dallas Office and the Energy practice at Bain. Over his four decades at Bain, Mr. Gottfredson has advised Chief Executives and boards across a wide range of industries, including companies in our sectors of focus as well as companies in the industrial and consumer industries. Outside of his work at Bain, Mr. Gottfredson was also an active board member for several companies including Vista Outdoors (formerly NYSE: VSTO), TBM Consulting, and Emerge Energy Services. Mr. Gottfredson is also the co -authorof “The Breakthrough Imperative” and has written extensively for publications including the Harvard Business