Company: CDAQF
Filing Date: 2025-03-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001641172-25-000430
Chunk: 73

Company: Compass Digital Acquisition Corp.
Filing Date: 2025-03-25
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 73
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 two-thirds (2/3) of the votes cast by the holders of Ordinary Shares, voting as a single class, who, being entitled to do so, vote in person (including shareholders who vote online) or by proxy at the Meeting, or any adjournment thereof. Only those votes that are actually cast, either “FOR” or “AGAINST”, the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal will be counted for the purposes of determining whether such proposal is approved and any Ordinary Shares that are not voted at the Meeting will have no effect on the outcome of such vote. Abstentions and Broker Non-Votes, while considered present for the purposes of establishing a Quorum, will not count as votes cast and will have no effect on the outcome of the vote.

Recommendation of the Board

THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT OUR SHAREHOLDERS VOTE “FOR” THE REDEMPTION LIMITATION AMENDMENT PROPOSAL.

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<div align='center'>PROPOSAL THREE — THE AUDITOR RATIFICATION PROPOSAL</div>

Overview

Effective as of September 5, 2023, the Board and the Audit Committee authorized the dismissal of Marcum and the engagement of Withum as our new independent registered public accounting firm. For more information on this change in our independent registered public accounting firm, please see our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 15, 2023.

We are asking our shareholders to ratify the Audit Committee’s selection of Withum as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025. Withum has audited our financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2023 and 2024. A representative of Withum is not expected to be present at the Meeting; however, if a representative is present, they will not have the opportunity to make a statement if they desire to do so and are not expected to be available to respond to appropriate questions.

The following is a summary of fees paid or to be paid to Withum and Marcum, as applicable, for services rendered.

Audit Fees

Audit fees consist of fees for professional services rendered for the audit of our year-end financial statements and services that are normally provided by our independent registered public accounting firm in connection with regulatory filings. The aggregate fees of Withum and Marcum for professional services rendered for the audit of our annual financial statements, review of the financial information included in our Forms 10-Q for the respective