# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001878527
**File Stem:** 0001474506-23-000060
**Filing Date:** 2023-2
**Character Count:** 7375
**Document Hash:** 8f54a3c50dc26d5f592f27ba3f10ef79
**Contains OCR:** False
**Source Format:** 

## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001474506-23-000060.hdr.sgml**: 20230209

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001474506-23-000060

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 3

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 2

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20230209

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230209

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230209

**REPORTING-OWNER**: 

**OWNER DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Chiba Kotaro
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001878527

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 3
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-41607
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23607753

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 643 ILALO STREET
- **CITY:** HONOLULU
- **STATE:** HI
- **ZIP:** 96813
**ISSUER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Pono Capital Three, Inc.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001930021
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** BLANK CHECKS [6770]
- **IRS NUMBER:** 881263511
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 4348 WAIALAE AVE., #632
- **CITY:** HONOLULU
- **STATE:** HI
- **ZIP:** 96816
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 8088926611

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 4348 WAIALAE AVE., #632
- **CITY:** HONOLULU
- **STATE:** HI
- **ZIP:** 96816

## Ex-24

```

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know by all these present, that the undersigned, Kotaro Chiba, having a
business address of 643 Ilalo Street Honolulu, HI 96813 and a business
telephone number of (808) 892-6611, hereby constitutes and appoints Andrew
Tucker, Esq., Brooke Alexander, Esq., and Alexandra Reilly, paralegal, or
either of them singly, and any other
employee of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP ("NMRS"), as the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-
in-fact for the following limited purposes:
(1) to file for and on behalf of the undersigned the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "SEC") Form
ID Application in order to obtain EDGAR filing codes and to file
Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section
16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any and all amendments
thereto and other documents in
connection therewith;

(2) to do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned that may be necessary or desirable to
complete and execute any such Form ID, Form 3, Form 4, or Form 5,
any and all amendments thereto and any
other documents in connection therewith; and

(3) to take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with
the foregoing which, in the opinion of such
attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or
legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on
behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this
Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms
and conditions as such attorney-in-fact
may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and
every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done
in the exercise of any of the rights and
powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present,
with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue of this power of attorney
and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges
that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not
assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities
to comply with the Securities Exchange Act of 1933, as amended
(the "1933 Act") or the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act").

This Power of Attorney will remain in full force and effect until
the undersigned is no longer required by
the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act to file ongoing disclosures with the SEC.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed as of this
8 day of July, 2022.

By: /s/Kotaro Chiba
Kotaro Chiba

```

### UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
**Washington, D.C. 20549**

## FORM 3

### INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

[ ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

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| | | |
|:---|:---|:---|
| **1. Name and Address of Reporting Person**<sup>*</sup><br>Chiba Kotaro<br><sub>(Last) (First) (Middle)</sub><br>643 ILALO STREET #102<br><sub>(Street)</sub><br>HONOLULU, HI 96813<br><sub>(City) (State) (Zip)</sub> | **3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol**<br>Pono Capital Three, Inc. [ PTHR ] | **5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)**<br>  |
| **2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)**<br>2023-02-09 | **4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer**<br>(Check all applicable)<br>[X] Director   [ ] 10% Owner<br>[ ] Officer (give title below)   [ ] Other (specify below)<br>_ _ | **6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)**<br>[X] Form filed by One Reporting Person<br>[ ] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person |

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## Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

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|  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. Title of Security | 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned | 3. Ownership Form | 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership |

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## Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

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|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. Title of Derivative Security | 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities | 3. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities | 4. Conversion or Exercise Price | 5. Ownership Form | 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership |
| 1. Title of Derivative Security | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | 4. Conversion or Exercise Price | 5. Ownership Form | 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership |
| Class B Ordinary Shares | <sup>(1)</sup> | <sup>(1)</sup> | Class A Ordinary Shares | 0 | <sup>(1)</sup> | I | See Footnote 1 |

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### Footnotes:

(1) Class B Ordinary Shares have no expiration date and will automatically convert into Class A Ordinary Shares at the time of the issuer's initial business combination on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment as set forth in the issuer's registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-268283).

**Signature:** /s/ Kotaro Chiba, by Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP with Power of Attorney  
**Date:** 2023-02-09

### Remarks:

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4 (b)(v).

** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.

**Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number.**