EDGAR 10-K Filing

Company CIK: 1866547
Filing Year: 2022
Filename: 1866547_10-K_2022_0001493152-22-005643.json

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ITEM 1. BUSINESS
ITEM 1. BUSINESS
Introduction
We are a newly-organized blank check company incorporated in April 2021 as a Delaware corporation whose business purpose is to effect a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses, which we refer to as our initial business combination. To date, our efforts have been limited to organizational activities, activities related to our initial public offering and search for an initial business combination target. Our efforts to identify a prospective target business will not be limited to a particular business, industry or sector or geographical region, although we intend to focus on businesses in the education, training and education technology (“EdTech”) industries, specifically in Asia (excluding China). Our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that we shall not undertake our initial business combination with any entity with its principal business operations in China (including Hong Kong and Macau).
The Registration Statement for our initial public offering was declared effective on December 29, 2021 (the “Initial Public Offering,” or “IPO”). On January 3, 2022, we consummated its Initial Public Offering of 11,500,000 units (the “Units” and each Unit consists of one share of Class A common stock and one redeemable warrant, with respect to the shares of Class A common stock included in the Units, the “Public Shares”), at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $115,000,000, and incurring offering costs of $6,755,007, of which $4,025,000 was for deferred underwriting commissions. We granted the underwriter a 45-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,500,000 Units at the Initial Public Offering price to cover over-allotments, if any. On January 3, 2022, the over-allotment option was exercised in full.
Simultaneously with the consummation of the closing of the Offering, we consummated the private placement of an aggregate of 528,500 units (the “Placement Units”) to the Sponsor at a price of $10.00 per Placement Unit, generating total gross proceeds of $5,285,000 (the “Private Placement”).
Following the closing of the Initial Public Offering on January 3, 2022, an amount of $116,725,000 ($10.15 per Unit) from the net proceeds of the sale of the Units in the Initial Public Offering and a portion of the proceeds from the sale of the Placement Units was placed in a trust account (the “Trust Account”), located in the United States and held as cash items or may be invested in U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act, with a maturity of 185 days or less, or in any open-ended investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund meeting the conditions of Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act, as determined by us, until the earlier of: (i) the consummation of a Business Combination or (ii) the distribution of the funds in the Trust Account to our stockholders.
If we are unable to complete an initial business combination within fifteen (15) months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering, we will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the Public Shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account and not previously released to us to pay our taxes (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public stockholders’ rights as stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining stockholders and our board of directors, dissolve and liquidate, subject in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above to our obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law.
Our Company
We are a newly-organized blank check company incorporated in April 2021 as a Delaware corporation whose business purpose is to effect a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses, which we refer to as our initial business combination. To date, our efforts have been limited to organizational activities as well as activities related to this offering. Our efforts to identify a prospective target business will not be limited to a particular business, industry or sector or geographical region, although we intend to focus on businesses in the education, training and education technology (“EdTech”) industries, specifically in Asia (excluding China). Our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that we shall not undertake our initial business combination with any entity with its principal business operations in China (including Hong Kong and Macau). We have not selected any specific business combination target and we have not, nor has anyone on our behalf, engaged in any substantive discussions, directly or indirectly, with any business combination target with respect to an initial business combination with us.
While we may pursue an initial business combination target in any business, industry or sector or geographical location, we intend to focus on businesses in the education, training and EdTech industries, specifically in Asia (excluding China). Our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that we shall not undertake our initial business combination with any entity with its principal business operations in China (including Hong Kong and Macau). We believe that combining our company with a leading high-growth education, training and EdTech company will fuel organic growth and provide a platform for future acquisitions. We will be focusing our search on companies built on disruptive technologies and business platforms. We believe this is the key for potential to gain competitive advantages. With the application of additional capital through our company, we believe we will be able to fast track technological advancement, employ cutting edge design, and improve processes.
Our Management Team
Our management team is led by Jonathan Chan, our Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, and Alex Lee, our Chief Financial Officer.
Jonathan Chan is the founder and Managing Partner of Vigilant Assets Pte. Ltd., an investment advisory firm. He is also the founder and CEO of Jules Corporation (“JULES”), where over the past 6 years he has devoted his efforts in building his expertise and network in the education and EdTech ecosystem. Driven by the JULES mission “to prepare our children for jobs of the future”, Mr. Chan is credited in leading the creation of the world’s first Digital Literacy curriculum for preschoolers, teaching “Computational Thinking and digital life” skills during the early childhood years. The JULES “School of Fish” curriculum is acknowledged as an innovative and awarded product in its category. JULES efforts as a social enterprise have received global recognition and accolades at the World Economic Forum as well as by education ministries and UNICEF as playing a pioneering and catalytic role in empowering young children with critical digital literacy skills as a foundation for life-long learning. Prior to being a technopreneur, Mr. Chan spent 27 years in banking and corporate finance covering the technology, media and telecom sectors. Mr. Chan has held senior positions as the Asia Head of Technology Investment Banking at Salomon Smith Barney/Citibank and as Head of Investment Banking, Southeast Asia at CLSA Merchant Bankers Limited where he was credited with structuring the most original deal for the listing of the first independent REIT in Singapore. Mr. Chan has been featured in CNBC, The Straits Times, Channel NewsAsia and Education Technology Insights, and spoken at conferences around the world including the Red Herring Global, Edutech Asia, Global Blockchain Foundation, EdTechX, Wall St. Digital Live, Global Education Technology Summit, and the Global EdTech Start-up Awards. Mr. Chan is an acknowledged thought leader in promoting the “blockchain in education” initiatives and a frequent speaker on this subject at numerous conferences. Mr. Chan has also held director roles in M&A at British Telecom and Cable & Wireless. Mr. Chan holds an MBA from Washington University’s Olin School of Business and a B.Sc. in Finance from Indiana University’s Kelly School of Business.
Alex Lee is a managing director of Vigilant Assets Pte. Ltd. and has over 20 years of experience in various hardware and software technology driven sectors, encompassing DNS (Domain Name System) SaaS, digital media/marketing, and most recently blockchain/distributed ledger technology. In addition to holding corporate positions and founding several companies, he has spent more than 15 years advising and creating cross-border business partnerships and investments in Asia and the U.S. Mr. Lee is currently the founder and CEO of Liquidigy.com, a security token issuance and investment platform and an active digital assets portfolio manager and angel investor. He also co-founded BITCV Foundation, a Singapore-based organization focused on the development of blockchain-powered technologies, solutions and applications that facilitates the management of blockchain assets. Prior to this, Mr. Lee worked in China for 13 years serving as Director of International Affairs at China Internet Network Information Center and was co-founder of two start-ups: NameRich.cn, a China-based domain name registrar (acquired 2012) and the Dot Trademark Registry, one of the world’s first Chinese language domain name registries. He was also Director of Strategic Partnerships at BlueFocus International in Silicon Valley where he was responsible for creating and managing synergies between BlueFocus International’s portfolio agencies and BlueFocus Communication Group headquartered in Beijing, China. Active in the blockchain/crypto space since 2017, he is an active investor in several high-profile ventures and numerous early-stage ventures, primarily focused on digital securities, Decentralized Finance and digital art & collectibles NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens). During the internet v1.0 years, Mr. Lee worked at First MediaWorks where he led the company’s flagship account with ABC Radio Networks and spearheaded the launch of over 30 owned-and-operated radio stations’ first websites in 10 markets around the U.S., including WPLJ, KLOS, KSFO, KGO and WMAL. Mr. Lee graduated with a B.A. degree in Cultural Anthropology from Northeastern University and holds FINRA Series 63 and SIE qualifications.
We believe our management team is well positioned to take advantage of the growing set of acquisition opportunities focused on the education, training and EdTech industries and that our contacts and relationships, ranging from owners and management teams of private and public companies, private equity funds, investment bankers, attorneys, to accountants and business brokers will allow us to generate an attractive transaction for our stockholders.
Competition
In identifying, evaluating and selecting a target business for our initial business combination, we may encounter intense competition from other entities having a business objective similar to ours, including other blank check companies, private equity groups and leveraged buyout funds, and operating businesses seeking strategic business combinations. Many of these entities are well established and have extensive experience identifying and effecting business combinations directly or through affiliates. Moreover, many of these competitors possess greater financial, technical, human and other resources than we do. Our ability to acquire larger target businesses will be limited by our available financial resources. This inherent limitation gives others an advantage in pursuing the initial business combination of a target business. Furthermore, our obligation to pay cash in connection with our public stockholders who exercise their redemption rights may reduce the resources available to us for our initial business combination and our outstanding warrants, and the future dilution they potentially represent, may not be viewed favorably by certain target businesses. Either of these factors may place us at a competitive disadvantage in successfully negotiating an initial business combination.
Employees
We currently have two officers. These individuals are not obligated to devote any specific number of hours to our matters but they intend to devote as much of their time as they deem necessary, in the exercise of their respective business judgement, to our affairs until we have completed our initial business combination. The amount of time they will devote in any time period will vary based on whether a target business has been selected for our initial business combination and the stage of the initial business combination process we are in. We do not intend to have any full-time employees prior to the completion of our initial business combination. We do not have an employment agreement with any member of our management team.
For additional discussion of the general development of our business, see our final prospectus on Form 424B4, filed with the SEC on January 3, 2022.

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ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
As a smaller reporting company, we are not required to make disclosures under this Item.

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ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
Not applicable.

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ITEM 2. PROPERTIES
ITEM 2. PROPERTIES
Our executive offices are located at 79B Pemberwick Rd., Greenwich, CT 06831, and our telephone number is (650) 450-6836.
Commencing on the date our securities are first listed on Nasdaq, we have agreed to pay ARC Group Limited, our financial advisor a total of $10,000 per month for office space, utilities and secretarial and administrative support. We consider our current office space adequate for our current operations.

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ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
We may be subject to legal proceedings, investigations and claims incidental to the conduct of our business from time to time. We are not currently a party to any material litigation or other legal proceedings brought against us. We are also not aware of any legal proceeding, investigation or claim, or other legal exposure that has a more than remote possibility of having a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.

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ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURE
ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
Not Applicable.
part II

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ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY
ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
Our units began to trade on The Nasdaq Global Market, or Nasdaq, under the symbol “GMFIU” on or about December 30, 2021. We expect the Class A common stock and warrants comprising the units will begin separate trading on the 52nd day following the date of our prospectus, or February 20, 2022, unless the representative informs us of its decision to allow earlier separate trading, subject to our satisfaction of certain conditions. Once the securities comprising the units begin separate trading, we expect that the Class A common stock and warrants will be listed on Nasdaq under the symbols “GMFI” and “GMFIW,” respectively.
Holders of Record
As of February 23, 2022, there were 12,028,500 of our shares of Class A common stock issued and outstanding held by approximately 2 stockholders of record, and there were 2,875,000 of our shares of Class B common stock issued and outstanding held by approximately 10 stockholders of record. The number of record holders was determined from the records of our transfer agent and does not include beneficial owners of shares of common stock whose shares are held in the names of various security brokers, dealers, and registered clearing agencies.
Dividends
We have not paid any cash dividends on our common stock to date and do not intend to pay cash dividends prior to the completion of an initial business combination. The payment of cash dividends in the future will be dependent upon our revenues and earnings, if any, capital requirements and general financial condition subsequent to completion of a business combination. The payment of any dividends subsequent to a business combination will be within the discretion of our board of directors at such time. It is the present intention of our board of directors to retain all earnings, if any, for use in our business operations and, accordingly, our board of directors does not anticipate declaring any dividends in the foreseeable future. In addition, our board of directors is not currently contemplating and does not anticipate declaring any share dividends in the foreseeable future. Further, if we incur any indebtedness, our ability to declare dividends may be limited by restrictive covenants we may agree to in connection therewith.
Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans
None.
Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
There were no unregistered securities to report which have not been previously included in a Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or a Current Report on Form 8-K.
Use of Proceeds
On January 3, 2022, we completed our Initial Public Offering of 11,500,000 Units, including the issuance of 1,500,000 Units as a result of the underwriter’s full exercise of its over-allotment option. The Units were sold at an offering price of $10.00 per unit, generating gross proceeds of $115,000,000.
Simultaneously with the consummation of the Initial Public Offering, we completed a Private Placement of an aggregate of 528,500 Placement Units at a price of $10.00 per Placement Unit, generating total gross proceeds of $5,285,000. The Placement Units are identical to the Units sold in the IPO. The holders have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of the Placement Units or underlying securities (except in limited circumstances) until 30 days after completion of our initial business combination. The holders were also granted certain demand and piggyback registration rights in connection with the purchase of the Placement Units. The Placement Units were issued pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as the transactions did not involve a public offering.
A total of $116,725,000 of the net proceeds from the IPO and the Private Placement was deposited in a trust account established for the benefit of our public stockholders. Except with respect to interest earned on the funds held in the trust account that may be released to us to pay our tax obligations and up to $100,000 of interest that may be used for our dissolution expenses, the proceeds from the IPO and the sale of the Placement Units will not be released from the trust account until the earliest to occur of: (a) the completion of our initial business combination, (b) the redemption of any public shares properly submitted in connection with a stockholder vote to amend our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (A) to modify the substance or timing of our obligation to allow redemption in connection with our initial business combination or certain amendments to our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation prior thereto or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination within 15 months from the closing of this offering or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to stockholders’ rights or pre-initial business combination activities, and (c) the redemption of our public shares if we are unable to complete our initial business combination within 15 months from the closing of this offering, subject to applicable law.
For a description of the use of the proceeds generated in our Initial Public Offering, see below Item 7 - Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of this Form 10-K.
Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers
None.

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ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
ITEM 6. [RESERVED]

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ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
All statements other than statements of historical fact included in this Form 10-K including, without limitation, statements under “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” regarding the Company’s financial position, business strategy and the plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. When used in this Form 10-K, words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend” and similar expressions, as they relate to us or the Company’s management, identify forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs of management, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, the Company’s management. Actual results could differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors detailed in our filings with the SEC.
The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the notes thereto contained elsewhere in this Report. Certain information contained in the discussion and analysis set forth below includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.
Overview
We are a blank check company formed under the laws of the State of Delaware on April 15, 2021 for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or other similar Business Combination with one or more businesses. We intend to effectuate our Business Combination using cash from the proceeds of the IPO and the sale of the Private Warrants, our capital stock, debt or a combination of cash, stock and debt.
All activity through December 31, 2021 relates to our formation, IPO, and search for a prospective initial business combination target.
We are incurring significant costs in the pursuit of our acquisition plans. We cannot assure you that our plans to complete a Business Combination will be successful.
Results of Operations
We have neither engaged in any operations nor generated any revenues to date. Our only activities from April 15, 2021 (inception) through December 31, 2021 were organizational activities, those necessary to prepare for the IPO, described below, and identifying a target company for a Business Combination. We do not expect to generate any operating revenues until after the completion of our Business Combination. We generate non-operating income in the form of interest income on marketable securities held after the IPO. We incur expenses as a result of being a public company (for legal, financial reporting, accounting and auditing compliance), as well as for due diligence expenses.
For the period from April 15, 2021(inception) through December 31, 2021, we had net loss of $445, which consisted of formation costs.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
As indicated in the accompanying financial statements, at December 31, 2021, the Company had $25,000 of cash in its operating bank account and a working capital deficit of $280,231. Further, we have incurred and expect to continue to incur significant costs in pursuit of our financing and acquisition plans. We cannot assure you that our plans to raise capital or to consummate an initial business combination will be successful.
On January 3, 2022, the Company consummated its Initial Public Offering of 11,500,000 units (the “Units” and, with respect to the shares of Class A common stock included in the Units being offered, the “Public Shares”), at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $115,000,000 (the “Initial Public Offering”), and incurring offering costs of $6,755,007, of which $4,025,000 was for deferred underwriting commissions. The Company granted the underwriter a 45-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,500,000 Units at the Initial Public Offering price to cover over-allotments, if any. On January 3, 2022, the over-allotment option was exercised in full. Simultaneously with the consummation of the closing of the Offering, the Company consummated the private placement of an aggregate of 528,500 units (the “Placement Units”) to the Sponsor at a price of $10.00 per Placement Unit, generating total gross proceeds of $5,285,000 (the “Private Placement”). A total of $116,725,000 of the net proceeds from the Offering and the Private Placement was deposited in a trust account established for the benefit of the Company’s public stockholders. The proceeds held in the trust account were invested only in U.S. government treasury obligations with a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations. A total of $1,451,900 was deposited into the operating account of the Company.
We intend to use substantially all of the funds held in the trust account, including any amounts representing interest earned on the trust account (less deferred underwriting commissions), to complete our initial business combination. We may withdraw interest to pay taxes. We estimate our annual franchise tax obligations, based on the number of shares of our common stock authorized and outstanding after the completion of this offering, to be $200,000, which is the maximum amount of annual franchise taxes payable by us as a Delaware corporation per annum, which we may pay from funds from this offering held outside of the trust account or from interest earned on the funds held in our trust account and released to us for this purpose. Our annual income tax obligations will depend on the amount of interest and other income earned on the amounts held in the trust account. We expect the interest earned on the amount in the trust account will be sufficient to pay our income taxes. To the extent that our capital stock or debt is used, in whole or in part, as consideration to complete our initial business combination, the remaining proceeds held in the trust account will be used as working capital to finance the operations of the target business or businesses, make other acquisitions and pursue our growth strategies.
We expect our primary liquidity requirements for operating our business prior to our initial business combination to include approximately $230,000 for legal, accounting, due diligence, travel and other expenses associated with structuring, negotiating and documenting successful business combinations; $150,000 for legal and accounting fees related to regulatory reporting requirements; $50,000 for Nasdaq continued listing fees; $150,000 for office space, utilities and secretarial and administrative support; and approximately $20,000 for working capital that will be used for miscellaneous expenses and reserves.
These amounts are estimates and may differ materially from our actual expenses. In addition, we could use a portion of the funds not being placed in trust to pay commitment fees for financing, fees to consultants to assist us with our search for a target business or as a down payment or to fund a “no-shop” provision (a provision designed to keep target businesses from “shopping” around for transactions with other companies or investors on terms more favorable to such target businesses) with respect to a particular proposed initial business combination, although we do not have any current intention to do so. If we entered into an agreement where we paid for the right to receive exclusivity from a target business, the amount that would be used as a down payment or to fund a “no-shop” provision would be determined based on the terms of the specific business combination and the amount of our available funds at the time. Our forfeiture of such funds (whether as a result of our breach or otherwise) could result in our not having sufficient funds to continue searching for, or conducting due diligence with respect to, prospective target businesses.
In order to fund working capital deficiencies or finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial business combination, our sponsor or an affiliate of our sponsor or certain of our officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds on a non-interest bearing basis as may be required. If we complete our initial business combination, we would repay such loaned amounts. In the event that our initial business combination does not close, we may use a portion of the working capital held outside the trust account to repay such loaned amounts but no proceeds from our trust account would be used for such repayment. Up to $1,500,000 of such loans may be convertible into units, at a price of $10.00 per unit at the option of the lender, upon consummation of our initial business combination. The units would be identical to the placement units. Other than as described above, the terms of such loans by our officers and directors, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans. We do not expect to seek loans from parties other than our sponsor or an affiliate of our sponsor as we do not believe third parties will be willing to loan such funds and provide a waiver against any and all rights to seek access to funds in our trust account.
Moreover, we may need to obtain additional financing either to complete our initial business combination or because we become obligated to redeem a significant number of our public shares upon completion of our initial business combination, in which case we may issue additional securities or incur debt in connection with such business combination. In addition, we intend to target businesses larger than we could acquire with the net proceeds of this offering and the sale of the placement units, and may as a result be required to seek additional financing to complete such proposed initial business combination. Subject to compliance with applicable securities laws, we would only complete such financing simultaneously with the completion of our initial business combination. If we are unable to complete our initial business combination because we do not have sufficient funds available to us, we will be forced to cease operations and liquidate the trust account. In addition, following our initial business combination, if cash on hand is insufficient, we may need to obtain additional financing in order to meet our obligations.
Related Party Transactions
The Sponsor advanced the Company an aggregate of $122,352 of up to $300,000 to cover expenses related to the IPO. The note is non-interest bearing and payable on the earlier of the consummation of the Initial Public Offering or the date on which the Company determines not to proceed with the Initial Public Offering. Following the IPO of the Company on January 3, 2022, a total of $122,352 under the promissory note was repaid on January 6, 2022.
On May 11, 2021, the Sponsor purchased 2,875,000 founder shares for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000, or approximately $0.009 per share. In June 2021, the Sponsor transferred 20,000 shares each to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and David Kopp, 15,000 shares to the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and 10,000 shares to each of the Company’s independent director nominees. In July 2021, the Sponsor also transferred 431,250 shares to ARC Group Limited. In November 2021, ARC Group Limited transferred 140,400 shares to Max Mark Capital Limited, 140,400 shares to Jonathan Chan, and 10,000 shares to Mei Eng Goy. ARC Group Limited purchased its net 140,450 shares in consideration of services provided by such party as financial advisor to the Company in connection with the Initial Public Offering. Each of the transfers above were completed at the same per share purchase price as the Sponsor paid for the founder shares, or $0.009. The number of founder shares issued was determined based on the expectation that such founder shares would represent 20% of the outstanding shares upon completion of this offering (excluding the placement units and underlying securities). The per share purchase price of the founder shares was determined by dividing the amount of cash contributed to the company by the aggregate number of founder shares issued. As of December 31, 2021, the Sponsor owned 2,358,750 shares of Class B common stock. As the underwriters’ over-allotment option has been exercised in full, 375,000 of such shares held by the Sponsor will not be subject to forfeiture.
The Company’s financial advisor has agreed, commencing from the date that the Company’s securities are first listed on NASDAQ through the earlier of the Company’s consummation of a Business Combination and its liquidation, to make available to the Company certain general and administrative services, including office space, utilities and administrative services, as the Company may require from time to time. The Company has agreed to pay the financial advisor $10,000 per month for these services.
In order to finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor, or the Company’s officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required (“Working Capital Loans”). Such Working Capital Loans would be evidenced by promissory notes. The notes would either be repaid upon consummation of a Business Combination, without interest, or, at the lender’s discretion, up to $1,500,000 of notes may be converted upon consummation of a Business Combination into additional Placement Units at a price of $10.00 per Unit. In the event that a Business Combination does not close, the Company may use a portion of proceeds held outside the Trust Account to repay the Working Capital Loans, but no proceeds held in the Trust Account would be used to repay the Working Capital Loans. As of December 31, 2021, there was no amount outstanding under any Working Capital Loan.
Our sponsor has agreed to purchase an aggregate of 528,500 placement units at a price of $10.00 per unit for an aggregate purchase price of $5,285,000. Each placement unit consists of one share of Class A common stock and one warrant. Each warrant is exercisable to purchase one share of Class A common stock at $11.50 per share. There will be no redemption rights or liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to the founder shares, the placement shares, or the placement warrants, which will expire worthless if we do not consummate a business combination within 15 months from the closing of this offering. The placement units are identical to the units sold in this offering except that the placement units and their component securities (a) will not be transferable, assignable or saleable until 30 days after the consummation of our initial business combination except to permitted transferees and (b) so long as they are held by our sponsor or its permitted transferees, will be entitled to registration rights.
Our initial stockholders have agreed to waive their redemption rights with respect to their founder shares and placement shares (i) in connection with the consummation of a business combination, (ii) in connection with a stockholder vote to amend our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (A) to modify the substance or timing of our obligation to allow redemption in connection with our initial business combination or certain amendments to our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation prior thereto or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination within 15 months from the completion of this offering or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to stockholders’ rights or pre-initial business combination activities and (iii) if we fail to consummate a business combination within 15 months from the completion of this offering or if we liquidate prior to the expiration of the 15-month period. However, our initial stockholders will be entitled to redemption rights with respect to any public shares held by them if we fail to consummate a business combination or liquidate within the 15-month period.
Pursuant to a registration rights agreement we have entered into with our initial stockholders, we may be required to register certain securities for sale under the Securities Act. These holders, and holders of units issued upon conversion of working capital loans, if any, are entitled under the registration rights agreement to make up to three demands that we register certain of our securities held by them for sale under the Securities Act and to have the securities covered thereby registered for resale pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act. In addition, these holders have the right to include their securities in other registration statements filed by us. We will bear the costs and expenses of filing any such registration statements. See the section of this prospectus entitled “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions.”
Off-balance sheet financing arrangements
We did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements as of December 31, 2021.
Critical Accounting Policies
The preparation of financial statements and related disclosures in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and income and expenses during the periods reported. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates. As of December 31, 2021, there was none critical accounting policies.
Recent accounting standards
Management does not believe that any recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting pronouncements, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on our financial statements.

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ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
Not required for smaller reporting companies.

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ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
This information appears following Item 15 of this Report and is included herein by reference.

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ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS
ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
None.

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ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Disclosure controls are procedures that are designed with the objective of ensuring that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed under the Exchange Act, such as this Report, is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time period specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls are also designed with the objective of ensuring that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including the chief executive officer and chief financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Our management evaluated, with the participation of our current chief executive officer and chief financial officer (our “Certifying Officers”), the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2021, pursuant to Rule 13a-15(b) under the Exchange Act. Based upon that evaluation, our Certifying Officers concluded that, as of December 31, 2021, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective.
We do not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures will prevent all errors and all instances of fraud. Disclosure controls and procedures, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the disclosure controls and procedures are met. Further, the design of disclosure controls and procedures must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all disclosure controls and procedures, no evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures can provide absolute assurance that we have detected all our control deficiencies and instances of fraud, if any. The design of disclosure controls and procedures also is based partly on certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions.
Management’s Report on Internal Controls Over Financial Reporting
This Annual Report on Form 10-K does not include a report of management’s assessment regarding internal control over financial reporting or an attestation report of our independent registered public accounting firm due to a transition period established by rules of the SEC for newly public companies.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act) during the most recent fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION
None.

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ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
The following table sets forth information about our directors and executive officers.
Name
Age
Position
Jonathan Chan
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Alex Lee
Chief Financial Officer
Lim How Teck
Director
Mariana Kou
Director
Charles Abelmann
Director
Jonathan Chan is the founder and Managing Partner of Vigilant Assets Pte. Ltd., an investment advisory firm. He is also the founder and CEO of Jules Corporation (“JULES”), where over the past 6 years he has devoted his efforts in building his expertise and network in the education and EdTech ecosystem. Driven by the JULES mission “to prepare our children for jobs of the future”, Mr. Chan is credited in leading the creation of the world’s first Digital Literacy curriculum for preschoolers, teaching “Computational Thinking and digital life” skills during the early childhood years. The JULES “School of Fish” curriculum is acknowledged as an innovative and awarded product in its category. JULES efforts as a social enterprise have received global recognition and accolades at the World Economic Forum as well as by education ministries and UNICEF as playing a pioneering and catalytic role in empowering young children with critical digital literacy skills as a foundation for life-long learning. Prior to being a technopreneur, Mr. Chan spent 27 years in banking and corporate finance covering the technology, media and telecom sectors. Mr. Chan has held senior positions as the Asia Head of Technology Investment Banking at Salomon Smith Barney/Citibank and as Head of Investment Banking, Southeast Asia at CLSA Merchant Bankers Limited where he was credited with structuring the most original deal for the listing of the first independent REIT in Singapore. Mr. Chan has been featured in CNBC, The Straits Times, Channel NewsAsia and Education Technology Insights, and spoken at conferences around the world including the Red Herring Global, Edutech Asia, Global Blockchain Foundation, EdTechX, Wall St. Digital Live, Global Education Technology Summit, and the Global EdTech Start-up Awards. Mr. Chan is an acknowledged thought leader in promoting the “blockchain in education” initiatives and a frequent speaker on this subject at numerous conferences. Mr. Chan has also held director roles in M&A at British Telecom and Cable & Wireless. Mr. Chan holds an MBA from Washington University’s Olin School of Business and a B.Sc. in Finance from Indiana University’s Kelly School of Business. We believe Mr. Chan is well-qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors due to his experience in global finance and the digital education industry, as well as his network of contacts and relationships.
Alex Lee is a managing director of Vigilant Assets Pte. Ltd. and has over 20 years of experience in various hardware and software technology driven sectors, encompassing DNS (Domain Name System) SaaS, digital media/marketing, and most recently blockchain/distributed ledger technology. In addition to holding corporate positions and founding several companies, he has spent more than 15 years advising and creating cross-border business partnerships and investments in Asia and the U.S. Since 2019, Mr. Lee has been the founder and CEO of Liquidigy.com, a security token issuance and investment platform and an active digital assets portfolio manager and angel investor. He has also been a principal at The Shongum Group, a technology consulting company, since 2017. From 2016 to 2017, Mr. Lee was director of strategic partnerships at BlueFocus International, a marketing and brand management services company. Mr. Lee also co-founded BITCV Foundation, a Singapore-based organization focused on the development of blockchain-powered technologies, solutions and applications that facilitates the management of blockchain assets. Prior to this, Mr. Lee worked in China for 13 years serving as Director of International Affairs at China Internet Network Information Center and was co-founder of two start-ups: NameRich.cn, a China-based domain name registrar (acquired 2012) and the Dot Trademark Registry, one of the world’s first Chinese language domain name registries. He was also Director of Strategic Partnerships at BlueFocus International in Silicon Valley where he was responsible for creating and managing synergies between BlueFocus International’s portfolio agencies and BlueFocus Communication Group headquartered in Beijing, China. Active in the blockchain/crypto space since 2017, he is an active investor in several high-profile ventures and numerous early-stage ventures, primarily focused on digital securities, Decentralized Finance and digital art & collectibles NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens). During the internet v1.0 years, Mr. Lee worked at First MediaWorks where he led the company’s flagship account with ABC Radio Networks and spearheaded the launch of over 30 owned-and-operated radio stations’ first websites in 10 markets around the U.S., including WPLJ, KLOS, KSFO, KGO and WMAL. Mr. Lee graduated with a B.A. degree in Cultural Anthropology from Northeastern University and holds FINRA Series 63 and SIE qualifications.
Lim How Teck joined our Board on December 29, 2021. Mr. Lim is currently the Board Chairman of Heliconia Capital Management, a Temasek Holdings wholly-owned private equity investment firm that invests in growth-oriented companies in Asia. Mr. Lim has extensive Board, financial management, M&A, and operating experience in his 45-year career. Mr. Lim was a Senior Advisor to Bain Capital from 2014 to 2019. From 2005, Mr. Lim served as a corporate advisor to Temasek International and has held Board Chairman or Board Director positions in many public and private companies in Singapore, several of which are owned and/or backed by Temasek, including Heliconia Capital Management (2011 - present), Port of Singapore Authority (1994 - 1998), Certis Cisco Security (from 2007 - 2015) and Tuas Power (from 2005 - 2014). He also served as the Chairman of the Audit Committee in several Singapore-listed companies. From 1975 to 2005, Mr. Lim was with the Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) Group, which was the largest container shipping company in Southeast Asia. Mr. Lim served in various C-Suite roles including Group Deputy CEO, Group CFO, Group COO, and Executive Director. He led NOL’s acquisition of American President Lines (APL) for US$825 million in 1997 and also the divestment of American Eagle Tankers for an enterprise value of around US$650 million in 2003. Mr. Lim holds a Bachelor of Accountancy Degree from the University of Singapore. He is currently Chairman of Redwood International (an investment and consultancy firm), and Chairman of publicly listed ARA LOGOS Logistics Trust. Mr. Lim serves as a board director of publicly listed Raffles Education and CSE Global. Other private companies that Mr. Lim is a board director includes ARA Asset Management, The Foundation for Development Cooperation, Mizuho Securities (Singapore), Heliconia Holdings, Yang Kee Logistics (Singapore), Singapore DTT Corporation, and Nexusun International. Mr. Lim is also President of the eSports Federation Singapore. Mr. Lim contributes his time advising many technology focused companies, including: Boogle Group, 3DOM Inc, Titannium, Omni Sharing, KPISOFT, IMCSE (International Monetary Crypto Securities Exchange), Skyfy Technology, SCash Technologies, Pixie Pitch, Singularity, Helicap, 33 Ventures, Propease Technologies, Food United Holdings, TNP Fitness, OnetoOne Interactive, UB Technology, 8 Capital, FTAG (Fintech Alliance Global) and Hreasily. Mr. Lim is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants of UK (FCMA), a Fellow of the Certified Public Accountants of Australia (FCPA Aust.), a Fellow of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore (FCPA ICPAS), a Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Directors (FSID). He is a graduate of the Harvard Graduate School of Business Corporate Financial Management Course and Advanced Management Program in 1983 and 1989, respectively. We believe Mr. Lim is well-qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors due to his extensive and illustrious career experience combined with his deep understanding of corporate governance and accountancy.
Mariana Kou joined our Board on December 29, 2021. Ms. Kou is chairperson and CEO of CTEH Inc. (1620:HK)), an investment holding company that provides travel products and services in Canada and the United States. Prior to this role, from 2019 to 2021, she was CEO of Research Study Education Group, a company that provides overseas education services to students in the Greater Bay Area, and an award-winning equity research analyst specializing in the China education industry and the global luxury goods sector. Ms. Kou started her banking career in New York at JP Morgan, Lehman Brothers, and Smith Barney. Ms. Kou was most recently Head of China Education and HK Consumer Research at brokerage and investment bank CLSA Limited from 2010 to 2019, where she was involved in ten education company IPOs. In 2020, she published her first book “Investing in Dragons: Education Industry and Capital Markets.” She was a board advisor to publicly listed EdTechX (NASDAQ: EDTXU) and advises several education ventures. Ms. Kou has been a keynote speaker at government and industry conferences as well as interviewed regularly by international media. Ms. Kou was appointed Senator for China by the World Business Angels Investment Forum, an affiliated partner of the G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI) in June 2020. She is the founder of the Asia Education Society, a member of Forbes Women Forum, and the founding co-lead of Columbia University Venture Community’s Hong Kong Chapter. Ms. Kou sits on the board of Zonta Club of NTII and was also a founding committee member of Children’s Medical Foundation’s social impact fellowship program in collaboration with Dwight Hall at Yale. Ms. Kou is a current student at the University of Southern California’s global executive Doctor of Education program. She holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and is a graduate of Stanford University’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship program. Ms. Kou received her B.BA. from the University of Notre Dame magna cum laude and received the Raymond P. Kent Award. She is a CFA charter holder and a member of global business honour society Beta Gamma Sigma and economics honour society Omicron Delta Epsilon. We believe Ms. Kou is well-qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors due to her experience in the Asia education industry and capital markets.
Charles Abelmann joined our Board on December 29, 2021. Dr. Abelmann has over 30 years’ experience in education working in policy, research and practice in the U.S. and internationally. He has been involved in every facet of the educational sector, as a teacher, lecturer, senior education specialist, to leading three schools. After completing his Doctorate from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education in Administration, Planning & Social Policy in 1996, Dr. Abelmann spent over a decade at the World Bank leading education investments, analytical work and capacity building efforts across many countries including Uganda, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, China, Indonesia and Mongolia. He developed and supervised education investments in these countries. Dr. Abelmann also served as a special assistant to the Superintendent of D.C. Schools and as a Principal in the District of Columbia Public Schools. In 2009, Dr. Abelmann was asked to help form a new leadership team for the World Bank’s Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness Unit. After leaving the World Bank, Dr. Abelmann was Head of School at Barrie School in Maryland and then Director of the top private school in Chicago (University of Chicago Laboratory Schools) with more than 2,100 students. He was also a lecturer at the University of Chicago. Dr. Abelmann has published many conference papers and presented at universities in China, including at the Beijing Normal University and East Normal University in Shanghai (both prestigious teaching colleges in China). From 2013 to 2019, he conducted annual workshops for teachers, principals and parents on early childhood education, school governance, and parent engagement at the Demay Schools in Nanjing, China. Dr. Abelmann graduated magna cum laude in English and Religion from Duke University in 1987 and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He has received many honors, including being a Luce Scholar from the Henry Luce Foundation, the No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon School Award from the U.S. Department of Education, and the Distinguished Educator Award from the Mongolian Ministry of Education. We believe Dr. Abelmann is well-qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors due to his extensive experience in the U.S. and international education sector.
Number and Terms of Office of Officers and Directors
Our board of directors consists of four directors. In accordance with Nasdaq corporate governance requirements, we are not required to hold an annual meeting until one year after our first fiscal year end following our listing on Nasdaq. The term of office of each of directors will expire at our first annual meeting of stockholders.
Our officers are appointed by the board of directors and serve at the discretion of the board of directors, rather than for specific terms of office. Our board of directors is authorized to appoint persons to the offices set forth in our bylaws as it deems appropriate. Our bylaws provide that the board of directors shall elect one or more Chief Executive Officers, a Chief Financial Officer, a Secretary and such other officers (including without limitation, a Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman of the Board, Presidents, Vice Presidents, Assistant Secretaries and a Treasurer) as the board of directors from time to time may determine. Any Chief Executive Officer or President may also appoint such other officers (including without limitation one or more Vice Presidents and Controllers) as may be necessary or desirable for the conduct of the business of the Company. Such other officers will have such powers and duties and shall hold their offices for such terms as may be provided in the bylaws or as may be prescribed by the board of directors or, if such officer has been appointed by any Chief Executive Officer or President, as may be prescribed by the appointing officer.
Director Independence
Nasdaq listing standards require that a majority of our board of directors be independent. An “independent director” is defined generally as a person other than an officer or employee of the company or its subsidiaries or any other individual having a relationship which in the opinion of the company’s board of directors, would interfere with the director’s exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director. We expect that our board of directors will determine that all of our directors, other than Mr. Chan, are “independent directors” as defined in the Nasdaq listing standards and applicable SEC rules. Our independent directors will have regularly scheduled meetings at which only independent directors are present.
Committees of the Board of Directors
Our board of directors has two standing committees: an audit committee and a compensation committee. Subject to phase-in rules and a limited exception, Nasdaq rules and Rule 10A-3 of the Exchange Act require that the audit committee of a listed company be comprised solely of independent directors, and Nasdaq rules require that the compensation committee of a listed company be comprised solely of independent directors.
Audit Committee
Our audit committee consists of Mr. Lim, Ms. Kou and Mr. Abelmann, and Mr. Lim chairs the audit committee. Under the Nasdaq listing standards and applicable SEC rules, we are required to have at least three members of the audit committee, all of whom must be independent. Each of Mr. Lim, Ms. Kou and Mr. Abelmann meets the independent director standard under Nasdaq listing standards and under Rule 10-A-3(b)(1) of the Exchange Act.
The Audit Committee’s duties, which are specified in our Audit Committee Charter, include, but are not limited to:
● the appointment, compensation, retention, replacement, and oversight of the work of the independent registered public accounting firm engaged by us;
● pre-approving all audit and permitted non-audit services to be provided by the independent registered public accounting firm engaged by us, and establishing pre-approval policies and procedures;
● setting clear hiring policies for employees or former employees of the independent registered public accounting firm, including but not limited to, as required by applicable laws and regulations;
● setting clear policies for audit partner rotation in compliance with applicable laws and regulations;
● discussing and, as appropriate, reviewing with management and the independent registered public accounting firm our financial statements and annual and quarterly reports, discussing with the independent registered public accounting firm any other matters required to be discussed by accounting and auditing standards, and recommending to the Board whether the audited financial statements should be included in our annual report;
● obtaining and reviewing a report, at least annually, from the independent registered public accounting firm describing (i) the independent registered public accounting firm’s internal quality-control procedures, (ii) any material issues raised by the most recent internal quality-control review, or peer review, of the independent registered public accounting firm, or by any inquiry or investigation by governmental or professional authorities, within the preceding five years, respecting one or more independent audits carried out by the independent registered public accounting firm and any steps taken to deal with such issues and (iii) all relationships between the independent registered public accounting firm and us to assess the independent registered public accounting firm’s independence;
● reviewing the adequacy and effectiveness of our internal control policies and procedures on a regular basis;
● reviewing and approving any related party transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC prior to us entering into such transaction; and
● reviewing with management, the independent registered public accounting firm, and our legal advisors, as appropriate, any legal, regulatory or compliance matters, including any correspondence with regulators or government agencies and any employee complaints or published reports that raise material issues regarding our financial statements or accounting policies and any significant changes in accounting standards or rules promulgated by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, the SEC or other regulatory authorities.
Financial Experts on Audit Committee
Pursuant to Nasdaq rules, the audit committee will at all times be composed exclusively of “independent directors” who are able to read and understand fundamental financial statements, including a company’s balance sheet, income statement and cash flow statement.
Each member of the audit committee is financially literate and our board of directors has determined that Mr. Lim qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert” as defined in applicable SEC rules, which generally is any person who has past employment experience in finance or accounting, requisite professional certification in accounting, or other comparable experience or background that results in the individual’s financial sophistication.
Compensation Committee
Our Compensation Committee consists of Mr. Lim, Ms. Kou and Mr. Abelmann each of whom is an independent director under the Nasdaq listing standards. Ms. Kou is the Chairperson of the compensation committee. The compensation committee’s duties, which are specified in our Compensation Committee Charter, include, but are not limited to:
● reviewing and approving on an annual basis the corporate goals and objectives relevant to our Chief Executive Officer’s compensation, evaluating our Chief Executive Officer’s performance in light of such goals and objectives and determining and approving the remuneration (if any) of our Chief Executive Officer’s based on such evaluation;
● reviewing and approving on an annual basis the compensation, if any is paid by us, of all of our other officers;
● reviewing on an annual basis our executive compensation policies and plans;
● implementing and administering our incentive compensation and equity-based remuneration plans;
● assisting management in complying with our proxy statement and annual report disclosure requirements;
● approving all special perquisites, special cash payments and other special compensation and benefit arrangements for our officers and employees;
● retaining the advice of a compensation consultant, legal counsel or other adviser, in the sole discretion of the compensation committee;
● if required, producing a report on executive compensation to be included in our annual proxy statement; and
● reviewing, evaluating and recommending changes, if appropriate, to the remuneration for directors.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, as indicated above, other than the payment to our financial advisor of $10,000 per month, for up to 15 months, for office space, utilities and secretarial and administrative support, no compensation of any kind, including finders, consulting or other similar fees, will be paid to any of our existing stockholders, officers, directors or any of their respective affiliates, prior to, or for any services they render in order to effectuate the consummation of an initial business combination. Accordingly, it is likely that prior to the consummation of an initial business combination, the compensation committee will only be responsible for the review and recommendation of any compensation arrangements entered into in connection with such initial business combination.
The charter also provides that the compensation committee may, in its sole discretion, retain or obtain the advice of a compensation consultant, legal counsel or other adviser and will be directly responsible for the appointment, compensation and oversight of the work of any such adviser. However, before engaging or receiving advice from a compensation consultant, external legal counsel or any other adviser, the compensation committee will consider the independence of each such adviser, including the factors required by Nasdaq and the SEC.
Code of Ethics
We have adopted a Code of Ethics applicable to our directors, officers and employees. We have filed copies of our Code of Ethics and our audit and compensation committee charters as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part. You can review these documents by accessing our public filings at the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov. In addition, a copy of the Code of Ethics will be provided without charge upon request from us. In addition, a copy of our Code of Ethics will be provided without charge upon request from us. We intend to disclose any amendments to or waivers of certain provisions of our Code of Ethics in a Current Report on Form 8-K.
Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, requires our executive officers, directors and persons who beneficially own more than 10% of a registered class of our equity securities to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission initial reports of ownership and reports of changes in ownership of our shares of common stock and other equity securities. These executive officers, directors, and greater than 10% beneficial owners are required by SEC regulation to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) forms filed by such reporting persons.
Based solely on our review of such forms furnished to us and written representations from certain reporting persons, we believe that all filing requirements applicable to our executive officers, directors and greater than 10% beneficial owners were filed in a timely manner.

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ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Employment Agreements
We have not entered into any employment agreements with our executive officers and have not made any agreements to provide benefits upon termination of employment.
Executive Officers and Director Compensation
No executive officer has received any cash compensation for services rendered to us. No compensation of any kind, including any finder’s fee, reimbursement, consulting fee or monies in respect of any payment of a loan, will be paid by us to our Sponsor, officers or directors or any affiliate of our Sponsor, officers or directors, prior to, or in connection with any services rendered in order to effectuate, the consummation of our initial business combination (regardless of the type of transaction that it is). However, these individuals will be reimbursed for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with activities on our behalf such as identifying potential target businesses and performing due diligence on suitable business combinations. Our audit committee will review on a quarterly basis all payments that were made to our Sponsor, officers or directors or our or their affiliates. Any such payments prior to an initial business combination will be made using funds held outside the trust account. Other than quarterly audit committee review of such payments, we do not expect to have any additional controls in place governing our reimbursement payments to our directors and executive officers for their out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with identifying and consummating an initial business combination.
Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation
None of our officers currently serves, or in the past year has served, as a member of the compensation committee of any entity that has one or more officers serving on our board of directors.

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ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS
ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
The following table sets forth as of February 28, 2022 the number of shares of Class A common stock and Class B common stock beneficially owned by (i) each person who is known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of our issued and outstanding shares of Class A common stock and Class B common stock (ii) each of our officers and directors; and (iii) all of our officers and directors as a group. As of February 28, 2022, we had 12,028,500 shares of Class A common stock (not excluding 11,500,000 shares subject to redemption) and 2,875,000 shares of Class B common stock, issued and outstanding. The Class B common stock are convertible into shares of Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment.
Unless otherwise indicated, we believe that all persons named in the table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of common stock beneficially owned by them. The following table does not reflect record of beneficial ownership of any shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants, as the warrants are not exercisable within 60 days of February 28, 2022.
Name and Address of Beneficial Owner(1) Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares
Jonathan Chan(1)(2) 3,047,650 20.4 %
Alex Lee(1) 15,000 *
Lim How Teck(1) 10,000 *
Mariana Kou(1) 10,000 *
Charles Abelmann(1) 10,000 *
All officers and directors as a group 3,092,650 20.8 %
(5 individuals)
Aetherium Capital Holdings LLC(3) 2,887,250 19.4 %
Feis Equities LLC(4) 816,234 5.5 %
* Less than one percent.
(1) Unless otherwise indicated, the business address of each of the entities and individuals is c/o Aetherium Acquisition Corp., 79B Pemberwick Rd., Greenwich, CT 06831.
(2) Includes shares owned by Aetherium Capital Holdings LLC, over which Jonathan Chan, as manager, has voting and dispositive power. Mr. Chan disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares, except to the extent of his respective pecuniary interest therein.
(3) Jonathan Chan, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, as manager, has voting and dispositive power over the shares owned by Aetherium Capital Holdings LLC.
(4) Based on a Schedule 13G filed on January 5, 2022, Lawrence M. Feis is the Managing Member of Feis Equities LLC, and accordingly Mr. Feis may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the 816,234 shares of Class A common stock held by Feis Equities LLC. The address of the holder is 20 North Wacker Drive, Suite 2115, Chicago, Illinois 60606.

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ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE
Founder Shares
On May 11, 2021, the Sponsor purchased 2,875,000 founder shares for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000, or approximately $0.009 per share. In June 2021, the Sponsor transferred 20,000 shares each to our Chief Executive Officer and David Kopp, 15,000 shares to our Chief Financial Officer and 10,000 shares to each of our independent director nominees. In July 2021, the Sponsor also transferred 431,250 shares to ARC Group Limited. In November 2021, ARC Group Limited transferred 140,400 shares to Max Mark Capital Limited, 140,400 shares to Jonathan Chan, and 10,000 shares to Mei Eng Goy. ARC Group Limited purchased its net 140,450 shares in consideration of services provided by such party as our financial advisor in connection with the Initial Public Offering. Each of the transfers above were completed at the same per share purchase price as the Sponsor paid for the founder shares, or $0.009. The number of founder shares issued was determined based on the expectation that such founder shares would represent 20% of the outstanding shares upon completion of the Initial Public Offering (excluding the placement units and underlying securities). The per share purchase price of the founder shares was determined by dividing the amount of cash contributed to us by the aggregate number of founder shares issued. As of December 31, 2021, the Sponsor owned 2,358,750 shares of Class B common stock. Up to 375,000 of such shares held by our sponsor are subject to forfeiture by our sponsor depending on the extent to which the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised. On January 3, 2022, as the underwriters’ over-allotment option has been exercised in full, 375,000 of such shares held by the Sponsor will not be subject to forfeiture.
The initial stockholders have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of the shares of Class B common stock (except to certain permitted transferees) until the earlier to occur of: (A) one year after the completion of our initial business combination and (B) subsequent to our initial business combination, (x) if the reported last sale price of the Class A common stock equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after our initial business combination, or (y) the date on which we complete a liquidation, merger, capital stock exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction that results in all of our stockholders having the right to exchange their shares of Class A common stock for cash, securities or other property.
Promissory Note - Related Party
On May 10, 2021, the Sponsor issued to us an unsecured promissory note, pursuant to which we may borrow up to an aggregate principal amount of $300,000, to be used for payment of costs related to the Initial Public Offering. The note is non-interest bearing and payable on the earlier of the consummation of the Initial Public Offering or the date on which we determine not to proceed with the Initial Public Offering. These amounts will be repaid shortly after completion of the Initial Public Offering out of the $660,000 of offering proceeds that has been allocated for the payment of offering expenses. As of December 31, 2021, we had borrowed $122,352 under the promissory note with the Sponsor. Following the IPO of the Company on January 3, 2022, a total of $122,352 under the promissory note was repaid on January 6, 2022.
Related Party Loans
In order to finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor, or our officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds as may be required (“Working Capital Loans”). Such Working Capital Loans would be evidenced by promissory notes. The notes would either be repaid upon consummation of a Business Combination, without interest, or, at the lender’s discretion, up to $1,500,000 of notes may be converted upon consummation of a Business Combination into additional Placement Units at a price of $10.00 per Unit. In the event that a Business Combination does not close, we may use a portion of proceeds held outside the Trust Account to repay the Working Capital Loans, but no proceeds held in the Trust Account would be used to repay the Working Capital Loans. As of December 31, 2021, there was no amount outstanding under any Working Capital Loan.
Administrative Services Arrangement
Our financial advisor has agreed, commencing from the date that our securities are first listed on NASDAQ through the earlier of our consummation of a Business Combination and its liquidation, to make available to us certain general and administrative services, including office space, utilities and administrative services, as we may require from time to time. We have agreed to pay the financial advisor $10,000 per month for these services.
General
Our Sponsor, officers and directors, or any of their respective affiliates, will be reimbursed for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with activities on our behalf such as identifying potential target businesses and performing due diligence on suitable business combinations. Our audit committee will review on a quarterly basis all payments that were made to our Sponsor, officers or directors or our or their affiliates and will determine which expenses and the amount of expenses that will be reimbursed. There is no cap or ceiling on the reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses incurred by such persons in connection with activities on our behalf.
Other than the payment to our financial advisor of $10,000 per month, for up to 15 months, for office space, utilities and secretarial and administrative support, no compensation of any kind, including finders, consulting or other similar fees, will be paid to any of our existing stockholders, officers, directors or any of their respective affiliates, prior to, or for any services they render in order to effectuate the consummation of an initial business combination.
Related Party Policy
Our Code of Ethics, which we adopted on December 29, 2021, requires us to avoid, wherever possible, all related party transactions that could result in actual or potential conflicts of interests, except under guidelines approved by the board of directors (or the audit committee). Related-party transactions are defined as transactions in which (1) the aggregate amount involved will or may be expected to exceed $120,000 in any calendar year, (2) we or any of our subsidiaries is a participant, and (3) any (a) executive officer, director or nominee for election as a director, (b) greater than 5% beneficial owner of our common stock, or (c) immediate family member, of the persons referred to in clauses (a) and (b), has or will have a direct or indirect material interest (other than solely as a result of being a director or a less than 10% beneficial owner of another entity). A conflict of interest situation can arise when a person takes actions or has interests that may make it difficult to perform his or her work objectively and effectively. Conflicts of interest may also arise if a person, or a member of his or her family, receives improper personal benefits as a result of his or her position.
In addition, our audit committee, pursuant to a written charter that we adopted on December 29, 2021, is responsible for reviewing and approving related party transactions to the extent that we enter into such transactions. An affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the audit committee present at a meeting at which a quorum is present will be required in order to approve a related party transaction. A majority of the members of the entire audit committee will constitute a quorum. Without a meeting, the unanimous written consent of all of the members of the audit committee will be required to approve a related party transaction. A form of the audit committee charter that we adopted on December 29, 2021, is filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part. We also require each of our directors and executive officers to complete a directors’ and officers’ questionnaire that elicits information about related party transactions.
These procedures are intended to determine whether any such related party transaction impairs the independence of a director or presents a conflict of interest on the part of a director, employee or officer.
To further minimize conflicts of interest, we have agreed not to consummate an initial business combination with an entity that is affiliated with any of our Sponsor, officers or directors unless we, or a committee of independent directors, have obtained an opinion from an independent investment banking firm or another independent entity that commonly renders valuation opinions that our initial business combination is fair to our company from a financial point of view. Furthermore, no finder’s fees, reimbursements, consulting fee, monies in respect of any payment of a loan or other compensation will be paid by us to our Sponsor, officers or directors or any affiliate of our Sponsor, officers or directors prior to, for services rendered to us prior to, or in connection with any services rendered in order to effectuate, the consummation of our initial business combination (regardless of the type of transaction that it is). However, the following payments will be made to our Sponsor, officers or directors, or our or their affiliates, none of which will be made from the proceeds of this offering held in the trust account prior to the completion of our initial business combination:
● Repayment of up to an aggregate of $300,000 in loans made to us by our Sponsor to cover offering-related and organizational expenses;
● Payment to our financial advisor of $10,000 per month, for up to 15 months, for office space, utilities and secretarial and administrative support;
● Reimbursement for any out-of-pocket expenses related to identifying, investigating and completing an initial business combination; and
● Repayment of non-interest bearing loans which may be made by our Sponsor or an affiliate of our Sponsor or certain of our officers and directors to finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial business combination, the terms of which (other than as described above) have not been determined nor have any written agreements been executed with respect thereto. Up to $1,500,000 of such loans may be convertible into units, at a price of $10.00 per unit at the option of the lender, upon consummation of our initial business combination. The units would be identical to the placement units.
Our audit committee will review on a quarterly basis all payments that were made to our Sponsor, officers, directors or our or their affiliates.
Director Independence
Nasdaq listing standards require that a majority of our board of directors be independent. For a description of the director independence, see “- Part III, Item 10 - Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance”.

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ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES
ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.
The following is a summary of fees paid or to be paid to MaloneBailey, LLP, or MaloneBailey, 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 MaloneBailey in connection with regulatory filings. The aggregate fees of MaloneBailey for professional services rendered for the audit of our annual financial statements, review of the financial information included in our Forms 8-K for the respective periods and other required filings with the SEC for the period from April 15, 2021 (date of inception) to December 31, 2021 totaled approximately $72,500. The above amounts include interim procedures and audit fees, as well as attendance at audit committee meetings.
Audit-Related Fees. Audit-related fees consist of fees billed for assurance and related services that are reasonably related to performance of the audit or review of our financial statements and are not reported under “Audit Fees.” These services include attest services that are not required by statute or regulation and consultations concerning financial accounting and reporting standards. During the period from April 15, 2021 to December 31, 2021, we did not pay MaloneBailey any audit-related fees.
Tax Fees. We did not pay MaloneBailey for tax return services, planning and tax advice for the period April 15, 2021 to December 31, 2021.
All Other Fees. We did not pay MaloneBailey for any other services for the period from April 15, 2021 to December 31, 2021.
Pre-Approval Policy
Our audit committee was formed upon the consummation of our initial public offering. As a result, the audit committee did not pre-approve all of the foregoing services, although any services rendered prior to the formation of our audit committee were approved by our board of directors. Since the formation of our audit committee, and on a going-forward basis, the audit committee has and will pre-approve all auditing services and permitted non-audit services to be performed for us by our auditors, including the fees and terms thereof (subject to the de minimis exceptions for non-audit services described in the Exchange Act which are approved by the audit committee prior to the completion of the audit).
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ITEM 15. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
ITEM 15. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
(a) The following documents are filed as part of this Form 10-K:
(1) Financial Statements:
Page
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Balance Sheets
Statements of Operations
Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity
Statements of Cash Flows
Notes to Financial Statements
(2) Financial Statement Schedules:
None.
(3) Exhibits
The following exhibits are filed with this report. Exhibits which are incorporated herein by reference can be obtained from the SEC’s website at sec.gov.
Exhibit No.
Description
1.1
Underwriting Agreement, dated December 29, 2021, by and among the Company and EF Hutton, division of Benchmark Investments, LLC, as representative of the several underwriters (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1.1 filed with the Form 8-K filed by the Registrant on January 4, 2022).
3.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 filed with the Form 8-K filed by the Registrant on January 4, 2022).
3.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 filed with the Form 8-K filed by the Registrant on January 4, 2022).
4.1
Specimen Unit Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 filed with the Form S-1/A filed by the Registrant on December 23, 2021).
4.2
Specimen Class A Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 filed with the Form S-1 filed by the Registrant on July 21, 2021).
4.3
Specimen Warrant Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 filed with the Form S-1/A filed by the Registrant on December 23, 2021).
4.4
Warrant Agreement, dated December 29, 2021, by and between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 filed with the Form 8-K filed by the Registrant on January 4, 2022).
4.5*
Description of Securities
10.1
Promissory Note, dated May 10, 2021, issued to Aetherium Capital Holdings LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 filed with the Form S-1 filed by the Registrant on July 21, 2021).
10.2
Subscription Agreement, dated May 11, 2021, between the Registrant and Aetherium Capital Holdings LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 filed with the Form S-1 filed by the Registrant on July 21, 2021).
10.3
Letter Agreement, dated December 29, 2021, by and among the Company, its officers and directors, the Sponsor and certain other stockholders party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed with the Form 8-K filed by the Registrant on January 4, 2022).
10.4
Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated December 29, 2021, by and between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 filed with the Form 8-K filed by the Registrant on January 4, 2022).
10.5
Registration Rights Agreement, dated December 29, 2021, by and among the Company, the Sponsor, and certain other stockholders party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 filed with the Form 8-K filed by the Registrant on January 4, 2022).
10.6
Administrative Support Agreement, dated December 29, 2021, by and between the Company and ARC Group Limited (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 filed with the Form 8-K filed by the Registrant on January 4, 2022).
10.7
Form of Indemnity Agreement, dated December 29, 2021, by and between the Company and each of its officers and directors (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 filed with the Form 8-K filed by the Registrant on January 4, 2022).
10.8
Private Placement Unit Subscription Agreement, dated December 29, 2021, by and between the Company and the Sponsor (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 filed with the Form 8-K filed by the Registrant on January 4, 2022).
14.1
Form of Code of Ethics (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 14.1 filed with the Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed by the Registrant on July 21, 2021)
21.1*
List of Subsidiaries
31.1*
Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2*
Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1*
Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2*
Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101.INS*
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101.SCH*
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.
101.CAL*
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.
101.DEF*
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.
101.LAB*
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.
101.PRE*
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.
104*
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* Filed herewith.