Company: CDAQF
Filing Date: 2025-03-13
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0001493152-25-010116
Chunk: 45

Company: Compass Digital Acquisition Corp.
Filing Date: 2025-03-13
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 45
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 of the Proposals.

If our initial Business Combination involves a company organized in the United States, it is possible that a 1% U.S. 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 (the “ Excise Tax”) on the fair market value of certain repurchases (including certain redemptions) of stock by publicly traded domestic (i.e., United States) corporations (and certain non-U.S. corporations treated as “surrogate foreign corporations”). The Excise Tax applies to stock repurchases occurring in 2023 and beyond. The amount of the Excise Tax is generally 1% of the fair market value of the shares of stock repurchased at the time of the repurchase. In April 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (the “T reasury Department”) issued proposed regulations providing guidance with respect to the Excise Tax. Under the proposed regulations, liquidating distributions made by publicly traded domestic corporations are exempt from the Excise Tax. In addition, any redemptions that occur in the same taxable year as a liquidation is completed will also be exempt from such tax. Taxpayers may rely on these proposed regulations until final regulations are issued.

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As an entity incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company, the Excise Tax is not expected to apply to redemptions of our Class A Ordinary Shares, including the Third Extension Redemptions (absent any further 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 Delaware corporation prior to certain redemptions and 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, 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 extent such redemptions could be