Company: MLAC
Filing Date: 2025-03-19
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001213900-25-025105
Chunk: 259

Company: Mountain Lake Acquisition Corp.
Filing Date: 2025-03-19
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
Chunk 259
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 affected by numerous risks inherent in the business operations with
which we combine. For example, if we combine with a financially unstable business or an entity lacking an established record of sales
or earnings, we may be affected by the risks inherent in the business and operations of a financially unstable or a development stage
entity. In recent years, a number of target businesses have underperformed financially post-business combination, There are
no assurances that the target business with which we consummate our initial business combination will perform as anticipated. Although
our officers and directors will endeavor to evaluate the risks inherent in a particular target business, we cannot assure you that we
will properly ascertain or assess all of the significant risk factors or that we will have adequate time to complete due diligence. Furthermore,
some of these risks may be outside of our control and leave us with no ability to control or reduce the chances that those risks will
adversely impact a target business. We also cannot assure you that an investment in our units will ultimately prove to be more favorable
to investors than a direct investment, if such opportunity were available, in a business combination target.

Accordingly,
any shareholders who choose to remain shareholders following the business combination could suffer a reduction in the value of their
securities. Such shareholders are unlikely to have a remedy for such reduction in value unless they are able to successfully claim that
the reduction was due to the breach by our officers or directors of a duty of care or other fiduciary duty owed to them, or if they are
able to successfully bring a private claim under securities laws that the proxy materials or tender offer documents, as applicable, relating
to the business combination contained an actionable material misstatement or material omission.

Although
we have identified general criteria and guidelines that we believe are important in evaluating prospective target businesses, we may
enter into our initial business combination with a target that does not meet such criteria and guidelines, and as a result, the target
business with which we enter into our initial business combination may not have attributes entirely consistent with our general criteria
and guidelines.

Although
we have identified general criteria and guidelines for evaluating prospective target businesses, it is possible that a target business
with which we enter into our initial business combination will not have all of these positive attributes. If we complete our initial
business combination with a target that does not meet some or all of these guidelines, such combination may not be as successful as a
combination with a business that does meet all of our general criteria and guidelines. In