As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 25, 2025.

Registration No. 333-284826

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

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Amendment No. 4 to
FORM S-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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Harvard Ave Acquisition Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its constitutional documents)

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Not Applicable
(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)

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Cayman Islands		6770		Not Applicable
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

3rd Floor, 166 Yongsan
Yeongdengpo-gu, Seoul, 07362
+82-10-8781-0823
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
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Sung Hyuk Lee
Chief Executive Officer
3rd Floor, 166 Yongsan
Yeongdengpo-gu, Seoul, 07362, Republic of Korea
+82-10-8781-0823

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

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Copies to:

Arila E. Zhou, Esq.

Ze’-ev D. Eiger, Esq.
Robinson & Cole LLP
Chrysler East Building
666 Third Avenue, 20th Floor
New York, NY 10017
Tel: (212) 451-2908

Michael J. Blankenship, Esq.
Winston & Strawn LLP
800 Capitol Street, Suite 2400
Houston, TX 77002
Tel: (713) 651-2600

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Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after the effective date of this registration statement.

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933 check the following box. ☐

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer	☐	Accelerated filer	☐
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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐

The registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

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The information in this preliminary prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.

PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS

SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED September 25, 2025

$180,000,000

Harvard Ave Acquisition Corporation

18,000,000 Units

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Harvard Ave Acquisition Corporation is a blank check company incorporated in the Cayman Islands as an exempted company with limited liability for the purpose of effecting into a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities. Our efforts to identify a prospective target business will not be limited to a particular industry or geographic region.

This is an initial public offering of our securities. Each unit that we are offering has a price of $10.00 and consists of one Class A ordinary share, of a par value of $0.0001 each, or “Class A ordinary shares”, and one right to receive one-tenth (1/10) of one Class A ordinary share. Each one right entitles the holder thereof to receive one-tenth (1/10) of one Class A ordinary share upon the consummation of our business combination. We will not issue fractional shares upon the conversion of the rights. As a result, you must hold rights in multiples of ten in order to receive shares for all of your rights upon the consummation of a business combination.

We are an “emerging growth company” under applicable federal securities laws and will be subject to reduced public company reporting requirements. No offer or invitation to subscribe for securities may be made to the public in the Cayman Islands.

We have granted D. Boral Capital, or “D. Boral”, the representative of the underwriters of this offering, a 45-day option to purchase up to an additional 2,700,000 units (over and above the 18,000,000 units referred to above) solely to cover over-allotments, if any.

We will provide the holders of our issued and outstanding Class A ordinary shares that were sold in this offering, or the “public shares,” with the opportunity to redeem their public shares upon the consummation of our initial business combination at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in a trust account, maintained in the U.S. by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, as trustee (“Trust Account”), including interest (net of taxes payable and up to $100,000 of interest released to us to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then issued and outstanding public shares that were sold in this offering, no matter if they vote “for”, “against,” or abstain from voting on the business combination proposal. Except for income taxes, the proceeds placed in the trust account and the interest earned thereon are not intended to be used to pay for possible excise tax or any other fees or taxes that may be levied on the Company pursuant to any current, pending or future rules or laws, including without limitation any excise tax due under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 on any redemptions or stock buybacks by the Company. The redemption rights for the public shareholders are subject to certain limitations, including that (i) under our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, a public shareholder, together with any affiliate of such shareholder or any other person with whom such shareholder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined under Section 13 of the Exchange Act), will be restricted from redeeming its shares with respect to more than an aggregate of 15% of the shares sold in this offering; and (ii) as our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provides that we may not consummate an initial business combination if we cannot maintain net tangible assets of $5,000,001 upon such business combination, we may redeem up to such number of public shares that would permit us to maintain net tangible assets of $5,000,001. If our business combination requires us to use substantially all of our cash to pay the purchase price, or requires us to have a minimum amount of cash at closing, the redemption threshold may be further limited. For further information, see “Prospectus Summary — Limitation on redemption rights of shareholders holding 15% or more of the shares sold in this offering if we hold shareholder vote” on page 33 and “Risk Factors — The ability of a large number of our shareholders to exercise redemption rights may not allow us to consummate the most desirable business combination or optimize our capital structure.” on page 69 of this prospectus.

However, if the business combination is not approved or consummated, the redeeming public shares will be returned to the respective holders, brokers or banks. In addition, holders of the units sold in this offering, or the “public units” (except with regard to the public shares underlying the public units), and holders of the rights sold in this offering, or the “public rights,” have not been provided with the opportunity to redeem their public units or public rights in connection with the consummation of our initial business combination.

We have 18 months from the closing of this offering to consummate our initial business combination (or up to 24 months from the closing of this offering if we extend the period of time to consummate a business combination by the full amount of time). In addition, after the closing of this offering, we may also hold a shareholder meeting to seek shareholders’ approval for an

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amendment to the then existing memorandum and articles of association, as amended, to modify the amount of time we have to consummate an initial business combination (as well as to modify timing of our obligation to redeem 100% of our public shares if we have not consummated an initial business combination within the time periods described herein or with respect to any other material provisions relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-initial business combination activity), provided that we provide the holders of public shares the opportunity to redeem their public shares in connection with such amendment. If we are unable to complete our initial business combination within the time period described in this prospectus, unless we extend such period pursuant to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, we will distribute the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest (net of taxes payable and up to $100,000 of interest released to us to pay dissolution expenses), pro rata to our public shareholders, by redeeming 100% of the public shares at a per-share price, payable in cash, as described in this prospectus and thereafter cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up of our affairs, as further described herein.

We have two sponsors, Copley Square LLC and Northlake Partner Ltd. The managing member of Copley Square LLC is Copley Square Sponsor Limited, which is 100% owned and managed by its sole director Mr. Hongbo Xing. However, we expect that three institutional investors, none of which are affiliated with any member of our management or any other investors, to become non-managing members of Copley Square LLC simultaneously with the closing of this offering. Mr. Tian Wang is the sole member and a director of Northlake Partner Ltd., and we currently do not expect there to be any additional members of Northlake Partner Ltd. For more details of our sponsors, see ‘‘‘‘Summary — Sponsors’ Information” on page 4.”

Prior to this offering, our initial shareholders, including our sponsors, Copley Square LLC and Northlake Partners Ltd., either directly or indirectly, collectively own 6,900,000 Class B ordinary shares, of par value $0.0001 each (including the underlying Class A ordinary shares on an as-converted basis, the “insider shares”), including (i) 4,241,454 insider shares owned by Copley Square LLC (up to 900,000 insider shares of which are subject to surrender for no consideration depending on the extent to which the underwriter’s over-allotment option is exercised), (ii) 2,438,546 insider shares owned by Northlake Partners Ltd.; (iii) 100,000 insider shares owned by our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, Mr. Sung Hyuk Lee, (iii) 60,000 insider shares owned by our Chief Financial Officer and Director, Hoon Ji Choi; and (iv) 60,000 insider shares owned by our independent director nominees. The insider shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares at the time of our initial business combination, or at any time prior thereto at the option of the holder thereof, on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment as provided herein. In the case that additional Class A ordinary shares, or equity-linked securities, are issued or deemed issued in excess of the amounts sold in this offering and related to the closing of our initial business combination, the ratio at which Class B ordinary shares shall convert into Class A ordinary shares will be adjusted (unless the holders of a majority of the outstanding Class B ordinary shares agree to waive such anti-dilution adjustment with respect to any such issuance or deemed issuance) so that the number of Class A ordinary shares issuable upon conversion of all Class B ordinary shares will equal, in the aggregate, on an as-converted basis, 25% of the total number of all ordinary shares outstanding upon completion of this offering, plus all Class A ordinary shares and equity-linked securities issued or deemed issued in connection with our initial business combination, excluding any Class A ordinary shares, subject to vesting and any other restrictions, issued or deemed issued to (i) our sponsors (or their members or affiliates) in connection with the consummation of this offering, (ii) any seller in the initial business combination, (iii) the Class A ordinary shares underlying the private placement units, (iv) any Class A ordinary shares issued to our sponsors (or their members or affiliates) upon conversion of working capital loans, and (v) restricted Class A ordinary shares issued to our sponsors. If we increase or decrease the size of this offering we will effect a capitalization or share repurchase or redemption or other appropriate mechanism, as applicable, with respect to our Class B ordinary shares immediately prior to the consummation of the offering in such amount as to maintain the ownership of our initial shareholders at 25% of the issued and outstanding ordinary shares upon the consummation of this offering. Our public shareholders may incur material dilution due to such anti-dilution adjustments that result in the issuance of Class A ordinary shares on a greater than one-to-one basis upon conversion or additional Class B ordinary shares. Prior to the closing of our initial business combination, only holders of our Class B ordinary shares (i) will have the right to vote to appoint and remove directors prior to or in connection with the completion of our initial business combination and (ii) will be entitled to vote on continuing our company in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands (including any special resolution required to adopt new constitutional documents as a result of our approving a transfer by way of continuation in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands). On any other matters submitted to a vote of our shareholders prior to or in connection with the completion of our initial business combination, holders of the Class B ordinary shares and holders of the Class A ordinary shares will vote together as a single class, except as required by law. See “Summary — Sponsors’ Information” on page 4, “Summary — The Offering — Insider Shares” on page 21, “Summary — The Offering — Transfer restrictions on insider shares, private placement units, and restricted Class A ordinary shares” on page 26, “Summary — The Offering — insider shares conversion and anti-dilution

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rights” on page 24, “Summary — The Offering — Appointment and removal of directors and continuing the Company outside of the Cayman Islands; voting rights” on page 24, “Risk Factors — The nominal purchase price paid by our sponsors for the insider shares, the purchase price paid by our sponsors for the private placement units, and the vesting of the restricted Class A ordinary shares may result in significant dilution to the implied value of your public shares prior to or upon the consummation of our initial business combination.” on page 60, “ — We may issue additional ordinary shares or preferred shares to complete our initial business combination or under an employee incentive plan after completion of our initial business combination. Any such issuances would dilute the interest of our shareholders and likely present other risks” on page 45, “— The nominal purchase price paid by our sponsors for the insider shares, the purchase price paid by our sponsors for the private placement units, and the vesting of the restricted Class A ordinary shares may result in significant dilution to the implied value of your public shares prior to or upon the consummation of our initial business combination.” on page 60, “— Unlike many other similarly structured blank check companies, our initial shareholders will receive additional Class A ordinary shares if we issue shares to consummate an initial business combination” on page 61 and “Proposed Business — Sponsors’ Information” on page 97 for more information.

The insider shares are identical to the Class A ordinary shares of the Company issued in this offering, except that (i) they will automatically convert into our Class A ordinary shares at the time of our initial business combination, or at any time prior thereto at the option of the holder thereof, on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment as provided herein; (ii) they are subject to certain transfer restrictions; (iii) prior to our initial business combination, only holders of the insider shares have the right to vote on the appointment or removal of a member of the board of directors for any reason; (iv) our sponsors and each member of our management team have entered into a letter agreement with us to waive their redemption rights, rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Accounts and other shareholder rights enjoyed by holders of the ordinary shares. For further information on the transfer restrictions, see “Principal Shareholders — Restrictions on Transfers of Insider Shares, Private placement Units and Restricted Class A Ordinary Shares” on page 134 of the prospectus; for other information, see “Description of Securities — Insider Shares” on page 143 of the prospectus.

In addition to the insider shares, our sponsors will subscribe to purchase an aggregate of (a) 339,964 private placement units and (b) 1,019,892 restricted Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company, which shares shall be subject to certain restrictions until the consummation of the initial business combination (each, a “restricted Class A ordinary share”) for an aggregate purchase price of $3,399,640 (whether or not the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full) in separate private placements (referred to herein as the “Initial Private Placement”). Among the 339,964 private placement units to be purchased by our sponsors, (i) 273,947 private placement units would be purchased by Copley Square LLC (among which, 116,501 private placement units would be purchased indirectly by the Copley managing member and 157,446 private placement units would be purchased indirectly by the Copley non-managing members), and (ii) 66,017 units would be purchased by Northlake Partners Ltd. Among the 1,019,892 restricted Class A ordinary shares to be purchased by our sponsors, (i) 764,892 restricted Class A ordinary shares would be purchased by Copley Square LLC (among which, 450,000 restricted Class A ordinary shares would be purchased indirectly by the Copley managing member and 314,892 restricted Class A ordinary shares would be purchased indirectly by the Copley non-managing members), and (ii) 255,000 restricted Class A ordinary shares would be purchased by Northlake Partners Ltd. Pursuant to the private placement subscription agreements, the sponsors have contractually agreed to waive certain voting and transfer rights of the restricted Class A ordinary shares until the consummation of the business combination. We refer to the removal of such restrictions as “vesting” throughout this prospectus. We refer collectively to the units included in the private placement securities throughout this prospectus as the “private placement units.” The private placement units are identical to the units sold in this offering, subject to certain limited exceptions as described in this prospectus; each private placement unit consists of one private Class A ordinary share, and one private right to receive one-tenth (1/10) of a Class A ordinary share upon the consummation of an initial business combination. The private placement units shall be subject to the transfer restrictions as described under “Principal Shareholders — Transfers of Insider Shares, Private Placement Units and Restricted Class A Ordinary Shares”.

Certain institutional investors (none of which are affiliated with any member of our management, our sponsors or any other investor), which we refer to as the “Copley non-managing members” throughout this prospectus, have expressed an interest to purchase non-managing membership interests in Copley Square LLC, reflecting interests in an aggregate of (i) 157,446 of the 273,947 private placement units to be purchased by Copley Square LLC, and (ii) 314,892 of the 764,892 restricted Class A ordinary shares to be purchased by Copley Square LLC, at a price of $10.00 per interest for each private placement non-managing security, in the Initial Private Placement that will close simultaneously with the closing of this offering. Subject to each Copley non-managing member purchasing, through Copley Square LLC, the private placement non-managing securities allocated to it in connection with the closing of this offering, Copley Square LLC will issue non-managing membership interests at a nominal purchase price to the Copley non-managing members at the closing of this offering reflecting indirect interests in an aggregate of 1,417,014 insider shares.

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For each $10.00 invested in the Initial Private Placement, through investment in Copley Square LLC, Copley Square Sponsor Limited, which we refer to as the “Copley managing member” throughout this prospectus, will receive indirectly through its membership interests in Copley Square LLC (i) approximately zero point seventy-eight (0.78) private placement units (in aggregate, 116,501 private placement units) and (ii) three (3) restricted Class A ordinary shares (the “private placement Copley managing securities”), and the Copley non-managing member will, indirectly through their membership interests in Copley Square LLC, receive (i) one and one-half (1.5) private placement units and (ii) three (3) restricted Class A ordinary shares (the “private placement Copley non-managing securities”, together with the private placement Copley managing securities, the “private placement Copley securities”). For each $10.00 invested in the Initial Private Placement by Northlake Partners Ltd. will receive directly and its sole member and director Mr. Tian Wang will receive indirectly through his interest in Northlake Partners Ltd, (i) approximately zero point seventy-eight (0.78) private placement units (in aggregate, 66,017 private placement units) and (ii) three (3) restricted Class A ordinary shares (the “private placement Northlake securities,” together with the private placement Copley securities, the “private placement securities”), as compared to a public investor in this offering, who will receive only one unit for each $10.00 invested in this offering and no restricted Class A ordinary shares. These terms were offered to the investors in the Initial Private Placement in order to incentivize participation in the Initial Private Placement, as the private placement units (and underlying securities) and the restricted Class A ordinary shares have no redemption rights and will expire worthless if we fail to complete an initial business combination. A portion of the purchase price of the private placement securities will be added to the proceeds from this offering to be held in the trust account such that at the time of closing, $180,000,000 (or $207,000,000 if the underwriters exercise their overallotment option in full) will be held in the trust account. If we do not complete our initial business combination within the completion window, the private placement securities (and the underlying securities) will expire worthless.

The interests of the members of Copley Square LLC are denominated in three classes of membership interest units: (i) Class A membership units representing interests in the insider shares on a one-for-one basis, (ii) Class B membership units that will represent an interest in the private placement units on a one-for-one basis, and (iii) Class C membership units that will represent an interest in the restricted Class A ordinary shares on a one-for-one basis. The class B membership units are further subdivided into two series: (i) Class B-1 membership units that will represent an interest in the private placement units and which will be subject to forfeiture and amendment to preserve membership interest in Copley Square LLC, and (ii) Class B-2 membership units that will represent an interest in the private placement units and which will not be subject to forfeiture and amendment to reflect the fixed economic terms entered into by holders of Class B-2 membership units. The institutional investors will receive Class B-2 membership units and Copley Square Sponsor Limited, the managing member of Copley Square LLC, will hold Class B-1 membership units. Any Copley non-managing member that may join Copley Square LLC concurrently with this offering will hold certain Class A membership units representing their proportional interest in the insider shares, certain Class B-2 membership units representing their proportional interest in private placement units, and certain Class C membership units representing their proportional interest in the restricted Class A ordinary shares. Upon the closing of this offering, the Class A membership units will collectively represent an interest in 4,241,454, insider shares (assuming full exercise of over-allotment option by the underwriters), the Class B-1 membership units will collectively represent an interest in 116,501 private placement units, the Class B-2 membership units will collectively represent an interest in 157,446 private placement units, and the Class C membership units will collectively represent an interest in 1,019,892 restricted Class A ordinary shares.

Upon the closing of this offering, the Copley non-managing members will hold 1,417,014 Class A membership units collectively representing an interest in 1,417,014 insider shares, 157,446 Class B-2 membership units collectively representing an interest in 157,446 private placement units and 314,892 Class C membership units collectively representing an interest in 314,892 restricted Class A ordinary shares. Upon the closing of this offering, the Copley managing member will hold Class A membership units representing an interest in 2,824,440 insider shares (assuming full exercise of over-allotment option by the underwriters), Class B-1 membership units representing an interest in 116,501 private placement units, and Class C membership units representing an interest in 450,000 restricted Class A ordinary shares.

Prior to the closing of this offering, the Copley managing member has agreed to loan us up to $800,000 to be used to pay formation costs and a portion of the expenses of this offering. As of June 30, 2025, the Company had $395,739 drawn on this promissory note. The loan is payable without interest on the earlier of December 31, 2026, or the date on which we consummate our initial public offering. If we determine not to proceed with the offering, such amounts would not be repaid. Commencing on the effective date of this registration statement through the earlier of consummation of our initial Business Combination and liquidation, an affiliate of our sponsors shall be allowed to charge us up to $10,000 per month for our use of its offices, utilities and personnel. The insiders shall also be entitled to reimbursement from us for their out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with seeking and consummating a business combination. Additionally, in order to meet our working capital needs following the consummation of this offering until completion of an initial business combination, our insiders, officers and directors or their affiliates or designees may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds, from time to time or at any time, in whatever amount they deem reasonable in their sole

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discretion. Each loan would be evidenced by a promissory note. The notes would either be paid upon consummation of our initial business combination, without interest, or, at the lender’s discretion, up to $3,000,000 of the notes may be converted upon consummation of our business combination into working capital units at a price of $10.00 per working capital unit. If we do not complete our initial business combination, the loans would be repaid out of funds not held in the Trust Account, and only to the extent available. Other than the foregoing, our sponsors or their affiliates have not received and will not receive any other form of compensation upon the closing of the offering. For further information about compensation received or to be received by our sponsors, their affiliates or promoters, the amount of securities issued or to be issued to our initial shareholders, see “Prospectus Summary — Sponsors’ Information” on page 4, “Prospectus Summary — The Offering — Limited Payments to Insiders” on page 28, and “Proposed Business — Sponsors’ Information” on page 97 the prospectus. For discussions on actual or potential material conflicts of interest between our sponsors, their affiliates or promoters on the one hand, and the investors in this offering on the other hand, see “Prospectus Summary — The Offering — Conflict of Interest” on page 37, “Management — Sponsors’ Information” on page 117, and “Certain Transactions” starting on page 135” of this prospectus.

Because of the nominal consideration of $25,000 the sponsors paid for the insider shares, upon the closing of this offering, your public shares will be significantly diluted. To illustrate, the table below shows possible sources of dilution and the extent of such dilution that non-redeeming public shareholders could experience in connection with the closing of this offering, which we have assumed the issuance of one-tenth of a share for each right outstanding as such issuance will occur upon a business combination without the payment of additional consideration and the sale of the private placement units in connection with the closing of the offering: Scenario A) 25% of our public shares are redeemed, Scenario B) 50% of our public shares are redeemed, Scenario C) 75% of our public shares are redeemed, and Scenario D) maximum of our public shares are redeemed:

As of June 30, 2025
	Without Over-Allotment Option Exercised
	Scenario A 25% redemptions(1)		Scenario B 50% redemptions(2)		Scenario C 75% redemptions(3)		Scenario D Maximum redemptions(4)
Offering price of $10.00 included in the units (adjusted to include the value of the rights)	$	9.09	$	9.09	$	9.09	$	9.09
Pro forma net tangible book value per share, as adjusted		5.78		4.82		3.29		0.49
Dilution to public shareholders	$	3.31	$	4.27	$	5.80	$	8.60

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(1) The numbers set forth in this column assume that 4,251,167 public shares, or 25%, of 18,000,000 public shares are redeemed, that would permit us to maintain net tangible assets of $5,000,001.

(2) The numbers set forth in this column assume that 8,502,335 public shares, or 50%, of 18,000,000 public shares are redeemed, that would permit us to maintain net tangible assets of $5,000,001.

(3) The numbers set forth in this column assume that 12,753,503 public shares, or 75%, of 18,000,000 public shares are redeemed, that would permit us to maintain net tangible assets of $5,000,001.

(4) The numbers set forth in this column assume that 17,004,671 public shares are redeemed, or the maximum redemptions that would permit us to maintain net tangible assets of $5,000,001.

As of June 30, 2025
	With Over-Allotment Option Exercised
	Scenario A 25% redemptions(5)		Scenario B 50% redemptions(6)		Scenario C 75% redemptions(7)		Scenario D Maximum redemptions(8)
Offering price of $10.00 included in the units (adjusted to include the value of the rights)	$	9.09	$	9.09	$	9.09	$	9.09
Pro forma net tangible book value per share, as adjusted		5.83		4.86		3.31		0.44
Dilution to public shareholders	$	3.26	$	4.23	$	5.78	$	8.65

(5) The numbers set forth in this column assume that 4,911,652 public shares, or 25%, of 18,000,000 public shares are redeemed, that would permit us to maintain net tangible assets of $5,000,001.

(6) The numbers set forth in this column assume that 9,823,305 public shares, or 50%, of 18,000,000 public shares are redeemed, that would permit us to maintain net tangible assets of $5,000,001.

(7) The numbers set forth in this column assume that 14,734,958 public shares, or 75%, of 18,000,000 public shares are redeemed, that would permit us to maintain net tangible assets of $5,000,001.

(8) The numbers set forth in this column assume that 19,646,611 public shares are redeemed, or the maximum redemptions that would permit us to maintain net tangible assets of $5,000,001.

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For further information on the dilutive effect of the insider shares and additional issuances on our public shareholders, see “Private Placement” on page 16, “Dilution” on page 87, “Risk Factor — The conversion of any working capital notes or extension notes into private placement units may result in significant dilution to your public shares.” on page 61, “Risk Factor — The nominal purchase price paid by our sponsors for the insider shares, the purchase price paid by our sponsors for the private placement units, and the vesting of the restricted Class A ordinary shares may result in significant dilution to the implied value of your public shares prior to or upon the consummation of our initial business combination.” on page 60, and “Risk Factor — We may issue additional ordinary shares or preferred shares to complete our initial business combination or under an employee incentive plan after completion of our initial business combination. Any such issuances would dilute the interest of our shareholders and likely present other risks.” on page 45 of this prospectus.

Each of our sponsors, any affiliate of our sponsors, our directors or officers, may have interests that may be different from, in addition to or in conflict with yours. As more fully discussed in “Management — Conflicts of Interest,” starting on page 127 of the prospectus, if any of our initial shareholders become aware of a business combination opportunity that falls within the line of business of any entity to which he or she has pre-existing fiduciary or contractual obligations, he or she may be required to present such business combination opportunity to such entity, subject to his or her fiduciary duties under the Cayman Islands law, prior to presenting such business combination opportunity to us.

One of our sponsors, Copley Square LLC is incorporated in the Cayman Islands and the other sponsor, Northlake Partners Ltd, is incorporated in British Virgin Islands. Some of our insiders, including our sponsors, officers and directors are located outside of the United States and will collectively own 25% of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares following this offering, not including the ordinary shares issuable underlying the private placement units, the restricted Class A ordinary shares, any shares underlying working capital units issued upon conversion of working capital loans, and any ordinary shares or equity-linked securities issued, or to be issued, to any seller in our initial business combination. As a result, we may be considered a “foreign person” under rules promulgated by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), and may not be able to complete an initial business combination with a U.S. target company since such initial business combination may be subject to U.S. foreign investment regulations and review by a U.S. government entity such as CFIUS, or ultimately prohibited. As a result, the pool of potential targets with which we could complete an initial business combination may be limited. See “Risk Factors — We may not be able to complete an initial business combination with a U.S. target company if such initial business combination is subject to U.S. foreign investment regulations and review by a U.S. government entity such as the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), or ultimately prohibited.” on page 81 of this prospectus.

Upon the effectiveness of this prospectus, certain of our executive officers and directors are located outside the United States. For instance, our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, Mr. Sung Hyuk Lee, and our Chief Financial Officer and Director, Mr. Hoon Ji Choi, are both located in South Korea. As a result, it may be difficult for investors to effect service of process within the United States on our company, executive officers and directors, or enforce judgments obtained in the United States courts against our company, executive officers and directors. Our sponsors are incorporated in the Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands, respectively, and Mr. Hongbo Xing, the sole manager and sole director of Copley Square Sponsor Limited which is the managing member of Copley Square LLC, and Mr. Tian Wang, the sole member and a director of Northlake Partners Ltd., are both Chinese nationals located in China. There is uncertainty, however, as to whether after the closing of this offering, we will appoint new management member located outside the United States, or in connection with and following the consummation of our initial business combination, all officers and directors of the post-combination entity will be located in the Unites States. If we or post-combination entity has management members outside the United States either before or after the business combination, it may be difficult, or in some cases not possible, for investors in the United States to enforce their legal rights, to effect service of process upon them and our sponsors, to enforce judgments of United States courts predicated upon civil liabilities and criminal penalties on them under United States securities laws. See “Risk Factors — Upon the effectiveness of this prospectus, all of our executive officers and directors will be located inside the United States, except that our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, Mr. Sung Hyuk Lee, and our Chief Financial Officer and Director, Mr. Hoon Ji Choi, are both located in South Korea. There is also uncertainty as to whether after this offering, we will appoint new management members located outside the United States, or the management of post-combination entity will have members located outside the United States. Our sponsors are incorporated in the Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands, respectively, and Mr. Hongbo Xing, the sole manager and sole director of Copley Square Sponsor Limited which is the managing member of Copley Square LLC, and Mr. Tian Wang, the sole member and a director of Northlake Partners Ltd., are both Chinese nationals located in China. Therefore, investors

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may not be able to enforce federal securities laws or their other legal rights upon our executive officers and directors, our sponsors or its sole member, or future officers and directors located outside the United States appointed after this offering or in connection with the business combination.” starting on page 77 of this prospectus.

Prior to this offering, there has been no public market for our units, Class A ordinary shares, or rights. We have applied to have our units listed on the NASDAQ Global Market, or NASDAQ, under the symbol “HAVAU” on or promptly after the date of this prospectus. The Class A ordinary shares and rights comprising the units will begin separate trading on the 52nd day after the closing of this offering unless D. Boral 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, the Class A ordinary shares and rights will be traded on NASDAQ under the symbols “HAVA” and “HAVAR” respectively. We cannot assure you that our securities will continue to be listed on Nasdaq after this offering.

We are an “emerging growth company” under applicable federal securities laws and will be subject to reduced public company reporting requirements. Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 42 for a discussion of information that should be considered in connection with an investment in our securities. Investors will not be entitled to protections normally afforded to investors in Rule 419 blank check offerings.

Neither the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

No offer or invitation to subscribe for units may be made to the public in the Cayman Islands.

	Price to Public		Underwriting Discounts and Commissions(2)		Proceeds, before Expenses, to us
Per Unit	$	10.00	$	0.40	$	9.60
Total	$	180,000,000	$	7,200,000	$	172,800,000

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(1) Assuming no exercise and full exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option.

(2) Includes $1,800,000 (whether or not the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised). Also includes $0.30 per unit, or $5,400,000 (or $6,210,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full) in the aggregate payable to the underwriters for deferred underwriting commissions to be placed in a trust account located in the United States as described herein. The deferred commissions will be released to the underwriters only on completion of an initial business combination, in an amount equal to $0.30 multiplied by the number of public shares sold as part of the units in this offering, subject to adjustment as described in this prospectus. If no business combination is consummated, such deferred commissions will be forfeited by the underwriters. The underwriters will not be entitled to any interest accrued on the deferred commissions.

Upon consummation of the offering, $10.00 per unit sold to the public in this offering (whether or not the over-allotment option has been exercised in full or part) will be deposited into the Trust Account maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, acting as trustee. Such amount approximately includes $5,400,000, or $6,210,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full, payable to the underwriters as deferred underwriting discounts and commissions. Except as described in this prospectus, these funds will not be released to us until the earlier of the completion of our initial business combination and our liquidation upon our failure to consummate a business combination within the required time period.

The underwriters are offering the units for sale on a firm-commitment basis. Delivery of the units will be made on or about __________, 2025.

_____________________________________

Sole Book-Running Manager

D. Boral Capital

The date of this prospectus is _______________, 2025

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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY		1
SUMMARY FINANCIAL DATA		41
RISK FACTORS		42
CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS		82
USE OF PROCEEDS		83
DIVIDEND POLICY		86
DILUTION		87
CAPITALIZATION		90
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS		91
PROPOSED BUSINESS		96
MANAGEMENT		116
PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDERS		130
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS		135
DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES		139
SECURITIES ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE		155
TAXATION		157
UNDERWRITING		167
LEGAL MATTERS		176
EXPERTS		176
ENFORCEABILITY OF CIVIL LIABILITY		176
WHERE YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION		177
INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS		F-1

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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

This summary highlights certain information appearing elsewhere in this prospectus. For a more complete understanding of this offering, you should read the entire prospectus carefully, including the risk factors and the financial statements. Unless otherwise stated in this prospectus, references to:

• “we,” “us” or “our company” refers to Harvard Ave Acquisition Corporation, a Cayman Islands exempted company;

• “amended and restated memorandum and articles of association” refer to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to be adopted immediately prior to or upon effectiveness of this prospectus;

• “Class A ordinary shares” refers to our class A ordinary shares, of a par value of $0.0001 each;

• “Class B ordinary shares” refers to our class B ordinary shares, of a par value of $0.0001 each;

• “Companies Act” refers to the Companies Act (Revised) of the Cayman Islands as the same may be amended and supplemented from time to time;

• “directors” are to our directors (including our director nominees named in this prospectus);

• “equity-linked securities” are to any securities of our company which are convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for, ordinary shares of our company, including but not limited to a private placement of equity or debt;

• “insider shares” refers to the 6,900,000 Class B ordinary shares or the underlying Class A ordinary shares on as-converted basis held by our insiders prior to this offering, including (a) 4,241,454 insider shares owned by Copley Square LLC (up to 900,000 insider shares of which are subject to surrender for no consideration depending on the extent to which the underwriter’s over-allotment option is exercised), (ii) 2,438,546 insider shares owned by Northlake Partners Ltd.; (iii) 100,000 insider shares owned by our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, Mr. Sung Hyuk Lee, (iv) 60,000 insider shares owned by our Chief Financial Officer and Director, Hoon Ji Choi; and (v) 60,000 insider shares owned by our independent director nominees;

• “initial shareholders” refers to our sponsors and the other holders of our insider shares prior to this offering, including our directors, officers, and their permitted transferee;

• “letter agreements” refer to the agreements to be executed among us, our officers, directors and other insiders on the date that the registration statement is declared effective;

• “management” or our “management team” are to our officers and directors;

• “ordinary shares” refer to our Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares, collectively;

• “Initial Private Placement” refers to the purchase by our sponsors of an aggregate of (a) 339,964 private placement units and (b) 1,019,892 Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company;

• “private placement rights” are to the rights underlying the private placement units;

• “private placement Copley managing securities” refer to the private placement securities received indirectly by the Copley managing member., each consisting of (a) approximately zero point seventy-eight (0.78) private placement units and (b) three (3) restricted Class A ordinary shares, for $10.00 invested in the Initial Private Placement;

• “private placement Copley non-managing securities” refer to the private placement securities received indirectly by the Copley non-managing member, each consisting of (a) one and one-half (1.5) private placement units and (b) three (3) restricted Class A ordinary shares, for each $10.00 invested in the Initial Private Placement;

• “private placement Copley securities” refer to private placement Copley managing securities and private placement Copley non-managing securities collectively, which consist of private placement units and restricted Class A ordinary shares;

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• “private placement Northlake securities” refer to the private placement securities received by Northlake Partners Ltd, each consisting of (a) approximately zero point seventy-eight (0.78) private placement units and (b) three (3) restricted Class A ordinary shares, for $10.00 invested in the Initial Private Placement;

• “private placement securities” refer to private placement Copley securities and private placement Northlake securities collectively, which consist of private placement units and restricted Class A ordinary shares;

• “private placement shares” are to the Class A ordinary shares sold as part of the private placement units;

• “private placement units” refer to the 339,964 private placement units issued (whether or not the over-allotment option is exercised by underwriters), of which (i) 273,947 private placement units would be purchased by Copley Square LLC (among which, 116,501 private placement units would be purchased indirectly by the Copley managing member and 157,446 private placement units would be purchased indirectly by the Copley non-managing member), and (ii) 66,017 units would be purchased by Northlake Partners Ltd., in a private placement simultaneously with the closing of this offering;

• “public rights” are to the rights sold as part of the units in this offering (whether they are subscribed for in this offering or acquired in the open market);

• “public shares” refer to Class A ordinary shares which are being sold as part of the units in this offering (whether they are purchased in this offering or thereafter in the open market);

• “public shareholders” means the holders of the Class A ordinary shares which are being sold as part of the units in this public offering, or “public shares,” whether they are purchased in the public offering or in the aftermarket, including any of our insiders to the extent that they purchase such public shares (except that our insiders will not have conversion or tender rights with respect to any public shares they own).

• “public units” are to units sold in this offering, each consisting of one public share and one right to receive one-tenth (1/10) of one Class A ordinary share;

• “restricted Class A ordinary shares” are to 1,019,892 Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, which would vest only upon the consummation of our initial business combination (whether or not the over-allotment option is exercised by underwriters); of which, (i) 764,892 restricted Class A ordinary shares would be purchased by Copley Square LLC (among which, 450,000 restricted Class A ordinary shares would be purchased indirectly by the Copley managing member and 314,892 restricted Class A ordinary shares would be purchased indirectly by the Copley non-managing members), and (ii) 255,000 restricted Class A ordinary shares would be purchased by Northlake Partners Ltd.

• “rights” are to our rights, which include the public rights as well as the private placement rights to the extent they are no longer held by the initial purchasers of the private placement units or their permitted transferees;

• “Trust Account” are to a trust account maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, as trustee, in the U.S. for the benefits of the public shareholders;

• “US Dollars” and “$” refer to the legal currency of the United States;

• “sponsors” refers to (i) Copley Square LLC, a Cayman Islands limited liability company, with Copley Square Sponsor Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company, being the managing member of Copley Square LLC; Mr. Hongbo Xing is the sole member and sole director of Copley Square Sponsor Limited; and (ii) Northlake Partners Ltd., a British Virgin Island company, with Mr. Tian Wang being its sole member and sole director.

• “Copley managing member” refers to Copley Square Sponsor Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company;

• “Copley non-managing members” refer to three institutional investors (none of which are affiliated with any member of our management or any other investor) that have expressed an interest in purchasing non-managing membership interests in Copley Square LLC reflecting interests in an aggregate of (i) 157,446 of the 273,947 private placement units to be purchased by Copley Square LLC, and

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(ii) 314,892 of the 764,892 restricted Class A ordinary shares to be purchased by Copley Square LLC, at a price of $10.00 per interest for each private placement non-managing security; in private placements that will close simultaneously with the closing of this offering. Subject to each purchasing, through Copley Square LLC, the private placement non-managing securities allocated to it in connection with the closing of this offering, Copley Square LLC will issue non-managing membership interests at a nominal purchase price to the Copley non-managing members at the closing of this offering reflecting indirect interests in an aggregate of 1,417,014 insider shares. While there is no limit on the number of units in this offering that may be purchased by any of the Copley non-managing members, none of the Copley non-managing members have expressed an interest in purchasing more than 9.9% of the units to be sold in this offering;

• “underwriters’ option to purchase additional units” are to the underwriters’ 45-day option to purchase up to an additional units to cover over-allotments, if any; and

• “working capital units” are to units issuable upon conversion of working capital loans, if any, at $10.00 per unit, upon our consummation of the initial business combination.

Except as specifically provided otherwise, the information in this prospectus assumes that the underwriters will not exercise their over-allotment option.

All references in this prospectus to our insider shares being forfeited shall take effect as surrenders for no consideration of such shares as a matter of the Cayman Islands law.

You should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with different information. We are not making an offer of these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer is not permitted.

General

We are a blank check company incorporated in the Cayman Islands on August 15, 2024 as an exempted company with limited liability (meaning that our public shareholders have no liability, as shareholders of our company, for the liabilities of our company over and above the amount paid for their shares). We were formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities, which we refer to as a “target business.” Our efforts to identify a prospective target business will not be limited to a particular industry or geographic location. We do not have any specific business combination under consideration and we have not (nor has anyone on our behalf), directly or indirectly, contacted any prospective target business or had any substantive discussions, formal or otherwise, with respect to such a transaction. Additionally, we have not engaged or retained any agent or other representative to identify or locate any suitable acquisition candidate, to conduct any research or take any measures, directly or indirectly, to locate or contact a target business.

Our Insiders and Management

Our insiders include our sponsors, which are (i) Copley Square LLC, a Cayman Islands limited liability company, which was formed as an investment vehicle holding our securities and sponsoring the offering; The managing member of Copley Square LLC is Copley Square Sponsor Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company of which Mr. Hongbo Xing, a Chinese national located in China, is the sole director and shareholder; and (ii) Northlake Partners Ltd., a British Virgin Islands company, which was formed as an investment vehicle holding our securities and sponsoring the offering, with Mr. Tian Wang, a Chinese national located in China, being its sole member and a director.

The other insiders are officers and directors of the Company. We believe that with their experience and skillsets in sourcing, investing, and value-enhancement, we are well positioned in pursuing opportunities that will offer risk-adjusted returns.

Our officers, directors and director nominees are as follows:

Sung Hyuk Lee, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors, has extensive experience in corporate finance, financial advisory and business consulting. Since May 2021, Mr. Lee has served as CEO of Plutus Partners Co, Ltd. (Seoul office), a private equity and high-value asset brokerage firm. Before that, between June 2016 and March 2021, Mr. Lee served as Senior Managing Director at DTR Partners (Seoul office). Mr. Lee holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from Yonsei University, Korea, and an MBA from Hass School of Business, California.

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Hoon Ji Choi, Chief Financial Officer and Director, has more than a decade of experience in investment management. Since May 2021, Mr. Choi has served as Managing Director of Plutus Partners Co, Ltd. (Seoul office), a private equity and high-value asset brokerage firm. Before that, between October 2014 and December 2020, Mr. Choi served as Managing Director at Qing Shan Investment’s Seoul office. As a senior leader of Qing Shan Investment, Mr. Choi was engaged on various buy-side and sell-side cross-border M&A advisory deals. Prior to joining Qing Shan Investment, Mr. Choi served as Asia Regional Director at Deesse AG (Seoul office), from April 2012 to October 2014, where he was responsible for sales and promotion for Asia market, especially for South Korea. Earlier in his career, Mr. Choi served as an Associate with Colony Capital Inc. from October 2010 to March 2012, where he assisted in analyzing and researching investment strategies and targets. Mr. Choi holds two bachelor’s degrees in Real Estate Finance and Accounting from the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business and the Levanthal School of Accounting, respectively.

Qing Tong, Director Nominee who will become our director upon the effectiveness of this prospectus, is an experienced investor. Currently, Mr. Tong serves a Managing Director of Plutus Partners’ China office. Before that, between October 2014 and December 2020, Mr. Tong served as President at Qing Shan Investment. Prior to joining Qing Shan Investment, Mr. Tong was an Investment Manager at Han Hong Private Equity (China) Mr. Tong holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Finance from the University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business and a Master’s Degree in Finance from University of San Francisco. We believe that Mr. Tong’s experience as a seasoned investor makes him well suited to serve as a member of our board of directors.

Gary Dvorchak, Director Nominee who will become our director upon the effectiveness of this prospectus, is an experienced director and advisor. From 2003 till present, Mr. Dvorchak has served as Founder and Managing Partner of Channel Island Partners, a hedge fund that manages large cap growth and growth-and-income funds. Additionally, since 2015, he has served as the Managing Partner of the Blueshirt Group, a company specializing in capital markets advisory and Investor Relations. Prior to that, from 2010 to 2015, Mr. Dvorchak has served as Senior Vice President of Integrated Corporate Relations, a company that advises on Investor Relations, From 2003 to 2015, Mr. Dvorchak was also a contributing writer to thestreet.com’s Real Money Pro premium subscription service, where the site features leading money managers offering real time commentary to market developments. Mr. Dvorchak also served as Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Aviance Capital Management from 2003 to 2009, Senior Portfolio Manager of EGM Capital in 2002, Senior Vice President of Provident Investment Counsel from 1998 to 2001, and an Analyst of Hambrecht & Quist from 1992 to 1993. Prior to his work in Finance, Mr. Dvorchak was a Software Engineer at Prime Computer from 1986 to 1988. Mr. Dvorchak earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of Iowa and has an MBA from Kellog Graduate School of Management from Northwestern University. We believe that Mr. Dvorchak’s extensive experience serving on boards and working with various investment companies makes him a qualified to serve on our board of directors.

Benjamin Berry, Director Nominee who will become our director upon the effectiveness of this prospectus, is an experienced entrepreneur and business manager with more than 20 years of experience. Since 2010, he has served as the Chief Operating Officer and Partner of Trellis Hospitality group, managing restaurants and consulting contracts for other Minnesota restaurants. Since 2019, he also served as CEO off Synergy Group Management, consulting and providing advisory services to a diverse range of public companies From 2004 to 2010, Mr. Barry was a Regional Director of various restaurants. Mr. Barry has a business management degree from Ramussen College. We believe that Mr. Barry’s broad networks and senior management experience makes him well suited to serve as a member of our board of directors.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, our officers and directors are not required to commit their full time to our affairs and will allocate their time to other businesses, and the collective experience of our officers and directors with blank check companies like ours is not significant. We presently expect each of our employees to devote such amount of time as they reasonably believe is necessary to our business (which could range from only a few hours a week while we are trying to locate a potential target business to a majority of their time as we move into serious negotiations with a target business for a business combination). The past successes of our executive officers and directors do not guarantee that we will successfully consummate an initial business combination. In addition, the members of the management team may not remain with us subsequent to the consummation of a business combination.

Sponsors’ Information

We have two sponsors, Copley Square LLC and Northlake Partner Ltd. Each of our sponsors was formed as an investment vehicle holding our securities and sponsoring the offering and our sponsors’ businesses are focused on investing in our company.

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The managing member of Copley Square LLC is Copley Square Sponsor Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company of which Mr. Hongbo Xing, a Chinese national located in China, is the sole director and shareholder of 100% of its issued and outstanding shareholding. Mr. Hongbo Xing has more than a decade of experience in sales. Since July 1990, Mr. Xing has served as a Sales Manager in Shanxi, China for Shanxi Weiye Technology Development Co. In addition to Mr. Xing, we expect that three institutional investors, none of which are affiliated with any member of our management or any other investors become non-managing members of Copley Square LLC simultaneously with the closing of this offering (the “Copley non-managing members”). Other than Mr. Xing, none of the members of Copley Square LLC will participate in our Company’s activities.

Mr. Tian Wang is the sole member and a director of Northlake Partners Ltd., and therefore holds voting and investment discretion with respect to the insider shares held of record by Northlake Partners Ltd. We do not expect any additional non-managing members of Northlake Partner Ltd. in connection with the offering. Mr. Tian Wang is a Chinese national located in China, who has been specialized in venture capital investment, and in particular, REITs fund data management and disclosure, since 2024.

The Copley non-managing members have expressed an interest to purchase non-managing membership interests in Copley Square LLC, reflecting interests in an aggregate of (i) 157,446 of the 273,947 private placement units to be purchased by Copley Square LLC, and (ii) 314,892 of the 764,892 restricted Class A ordinary shares to be purchased by Copley Square LLC, at a price of $10.00 per interest for each private placement non-managing security; in private placements that will close simultaneously with the closing of this offering. Subject to each Copley non-managing member purchasing, through Copley Square LLC, the private placement non-managing securities allocated to it in connection with the closing of this offering, Copley Square LLC will issue non-managing membership interests at a nominal purchase price to the Copley non-managing members at the closing of this offering reflecting indirect interests in an aggregate of 1,417,014 insider shares.

Because (i) none of the Copley non-managing members or our independent directors will hold voting interests in our sponsor nor have any rights to control our sponsor or to vote or dispose of any securities held by our sponsors, (ii) each of the Copley non-managing members is an institutional investor that is able to bear the complete risk of loss of the proposed investment in our sponsors, and (iii) no individual Copley non-managing member or independent director would indirectly own a significant percentage of any of the securities held by our sponsors, none of the Copley non-managing members or our independent directors will have a direct or indirect material economic interest in our sponsors.

As of the date hereof, other than the Company, Mr. Xing, Mr. Wang, and the sponsors have not been involved in any other special purpose acquisition companies.

Prior to the offering, the insiders collectively hold 6,900,000 insider shares, including (i) 4,241,454 insider shares owned by Copley Square LLC (up to 900,000 insider shares of which are subject to surrender for no consideration depending on the extent to which the underwriter’s over-allotment option is exercised), (ii) 2,438,546 insider shares owned by Northlake Partners Ltd.; (iii) 100,000 insider shares owned by our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, Mr. Sung Hyuk Lee, (iv) 60,000 insider shares owned by our CFO and Director, Hoon Ji Choi; and (v) 60,000 insider shares owned by our independent director nominees. Immediately after the offering, the sponsors are expected to collectively hold 6,680,000 insider shares, or 96.8% of the issued and outstanding insider shares (assuming the underwriter’s over-allotment option is exercised in full). Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provides that, prior to our initial business combination, only holders of a majority of our Class B ordinary shares may remove any director of the Company. Accordingly, from the time hereof to the initial business combination, the sponsors have the exclusive authority to appoint or remove our directors.

In addition, our sponsors have agreed and will enter into a letter agreement with us immediately prior to the effectiveness of this prospectus pursuant to which, (A) to vote their insider shares (as well as any public shares acquired in or after this offering) in favor of any proposed business combination, (B) not to propose, or vote in favor of, an amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association that would stop our public shareholders from converting or selling their shares to us in connection with a business combination or affect the timing of our obligation to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete a business combination within 18 months from the closing of this offering (or up to 24 months from the closing of this offering if we extend the period of time to consummate a business combination by the full amount of time) unless we provide dissenting public shareholders with the opportunity to convert their public shares into the right to receive cash from the Trust Account in connection with any such vote, (C) not to convert any insider shares (as well as any other shares acquired in or after this offering) into

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the right to receive cash from the Trust Account in connection with a shareholder vote to approve our proposed initial business combination (or sell any shares they hold to us in a tender offer in connection with a proposed initial business combination) or a vote to amend the provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-business combination activity and (D) that the insider shares shall not participate in any liquidating distribution upon winding up if a business combination is not consummated.

Additionally, our insiders have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of the insider shares (except to certain permitted transferees) until six months after the date of the consummation of our initial business combination. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the insider shares will be released from the lock-up if (i) the last reported sale price of the Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and other similar transactions) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period after our initial business combination commencing at least 90 days after the initial business combination or (ii) if the post-combination company completes a transaction after the initial Business Combination which results in all of the stockholders having the right to exchange their shares for cash, securities or other property. The private placement units (including the underlying securities) will not be transferable, assignable or saleable until at least 30 days following the completion of our initial business combination (except to certain permitted transferees). We refer to such transfer restrictions on insider shares, private placement units, units issuable upon the conversion of certain working capital loans (including any underlying securities) throughout this prospectus as the lock-up.

We may approve an amendment or waiver of the letter agreement that would allow our sponsors to directly, or member of our sponsors to indirectly, transfer insider shares, private placement units, or membership interests in our sponsors in a transaction in which the sponsors, Mr. Hongbo Xing, or Mr. Tian Wang removes themselves as our sponsors before identifying a business combination. As a result, there is a risk that Mr. Hongbo Xing, Mr. Tian Wang, and our sponsors and their affiliates, may divest their ownership or economic interests in us or in our sponsors, which would likely result in our loss of certain key personnel, including Mr. Xing and Mr. Wang. There can be no assurance that any replacement sponsors or key personnel will successfully identify a business combination target for us, or, even if one is so identified, successfully complete such business combination. See “Risk Factors — The ownership interest of our sponsors may change, and our sponsors may divest their ownership interest in us before identifying a business combination, which could deprive us of key personnel and advisors”, “— We may approve an amendment or waiver of the letter agreement that would allow our sponsors to directly, or member of our sponsors to indirectly, transfer insider shares and private placement units or membership interests in our sponsors in a transaction in which the sponsors remove themselves as our sponsors before identifying a business combination, which may deprive us of key personnel.”, and “— The letter agreement with our sponsors, officers and directors may be amended without shareholder approval” on page 56 of this prospectus.

Our sponsors, officers and directors will directly or indirectly own our securities following this offering, and accordingly, they may have a conflict of interest in determining whether a particular target business is an appropriate business with which to effectuate our initial business combination. Further, each of our sponsors, officers and directors may have a conflict of interest with respect to evaluating a particular business combination if the retention or resignation of any such officers and directors was included by a target business as a condition to any agreement with respect to our initial business combination.

The following table sets forth the payments to be received by our sponsors and their affiliates from us prior to or in connection with the completion of our initial business combination and the securities issued and to be issued by us to our sponsors or their affiliates:

Entity/Individual	Amount of Compensation to be Received or Securities Issued or to be Issued	Consideration Paid or to be Paid
Copley Square LLC(1)	4,241,454 Class B ordinary shares(2)(3)	$15,269.2
	273,947 private placement units and 764,892 restricted Class A ordinary shares(4)(5)	$2,549,640 (whether or not the over-allotment option is exercised)
	Up to $800,000	Repayment of loans made to us to cover offering-related and organizational expenses

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Entity/Individual	Amount of Compensation to be Received or Securities Issued or to be Issued	Consideration Paid or to be Paid
	$10,000 per month (to either Copley Square LLC or Northlake Partners Ltd.) until consummation of a business combination in accordance with the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association	Office space, administrative and support services, until consummation of our business combination
	Up to $3,000,000 (borrowed either from Copley Square LLC or Northlake Partners Ltd.) in working capital loans may be converted into private placement units at a price of $10.00 per unit(6)	Working capital loans to finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial business combination.
	Reimbursement for any out-of-pocket expenses related to identifying, investigating and completing an initial business combination	Services in connection with identifying, investigating and completing an initial business combination.
Northlake Partners Ltd.(7)	2,438,546 Class B ordinary shares(2)(3)	$8,778.8
	66,017 private placement units and 255,000 restricted Class A ordinary shares	$850,000 (whether or not the over-allotment option is exercised)
	$10,000 per month (to either Copley Square LLC or Northlake Partners Ltd.) until consummation of a business combination in accordance with the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association	Office space, administrative and support services, until consummation of our business combination
	Up to $3,000,000 (borrowed either from Copley Square LLC or Northlake Partners Ltd.) in working capital loans may be converted into private placement units at a price of $10.00 per unit(6)	Working capital loans to finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial business combination.
	Reimbursement for any out-of-pocket expenses related to identifying, investigating and completing an initial business combination	Services in connection with identifying, investigating and completing an initial business combination.
Sung Hyuk Lee	100,000 Class B ordinary shares(8)	Service as Chief Executive Officer, Director, and Chairman of the Board of Directors
Hoon Ji Choi	60,000 Class B ordinary shares(8)	Service as CFO and Director
Gary Dvorchak	20,000 Class B ordinary shares(8)	Service as independent director
Benjamin Berry	20,000 Class B ordinary shares(8)	Service as independent director
Qing Tong	20,000 Class B ordinary shares(8)	Service as independent director

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(1) Copley Square Sponsor Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company, is the managing member of Copley Square LLC; Mr. Hongbo Xing is the sole member and sole director of Copley Square Sponsor Limited, which entitles him to have voting, dispositive or investment powers over Copley Square LLC.

(2) The Class B ordinary shares and the Class A ordinary shares issuable in connection with the conversion of the Class B ordinary shares may result in material dilution to our public shareholders due to the nominal price of $0.0036 per share at which our sponsors purchased the Class B ordinary shares and/or the anti-dilution rights of our Class B ordinary shares that may result in an issuance of Class A ordinary shares on a greater than one-to-one basis upon conversion. Our sponsors, directors and

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officers and their affiliates may receive additional compensation and/or may be issued additional securities in connection with our initial business combination, including securities that may result in material dilution to public shareholders. See “Risk Factors — The nominal purchase price paid by our sponsors for the insider shares, the purchase price paid by our sponsors for the private placement units, and the vesting of the restricted Class A ordinary shares may result in significant dilution to the implied value of your public shares prior to or upon the consummation of our initial business combination.” on page 60, “— We may issue additional ordinary shares or preferred shares to complete our initial business combination or under an employee incentive plan after completion of our initial business combination. Any such issuances would dilute the interest of our shareholders and likely present other risks” on page 45, “— The value of the insider shares following completion of our initial business combination is likely to be substantially higher than the nominal price paid for them, even if the trading price of our ordinary at such time is substantially less than $10.00 per share.” on page 60 and “— Unlike many other similarly structured blank check companies, our initial shareholders will receive additional Class A ordinary shares if we issue shares to consummate an initial business combination” on page 61.

(3) If we increase or decrease the size of this offering, we will effect a capitalization or share repurchase or redemption or other appropriate mechanism, as applicable, with respect to our Class B ordinary shares immediately prior to the consummation of the offering in such amount as to maintain the ownership of our initial shareholders at 25% of the issued and outstanding ordinary shares upon the consummation of this offering. Our public shareholders may incur material dilution due to such anti-dilution adjustments that result in the issuance of Class A ordinary shares on a greater than one-to-one basis upon conversion or additional Class B ordinary shares.

(4) The Copley non-managing members have expressed an interest to purchase Copley non-managing membership interests reflecting interests in (i) 157,446 of the 273,947 private placement units to be purchased by Copley Square LLC, and (ii) 314,892 of the 764,892 restricted Class A ordinary shares to be purchased by Copley Square LLC, at a price of $10.00 per interest in each private placement non-managing security, in private placements that will close simultaneously with the closing of this offering (whether or not the over-allotment option is exercised). Subject to each Copley non-managing member purchasing, through Copley Square LLC, the private placement non-managing securities allocated to it in connection with the closing of this offering, Copley Square LLC will issue non-managing membership interests at a nominal purchase price to the Copley non-managing members reflecting interests in an aggregate of 1,417,014 insider shares.

(5) Subject to each Copley non-managing member purchasing the non-managing membership interests in Copley Square LLC reflecting interests in an aggregate of 157,446 private placement non-managing securities.

(6) After the completion of this offering, our board of directors may approve additional working capital loans for the purpose of funding working capital, which loans may be converted into our private placement units, shares, or rights. The Class A ordinary shares issuable in connection with the exercise of the private placement units and rights, as well as any Class A ordinary shares issued in connection with conversion of working capital loans into additional private placement units (as described in this prospectus), may result in material dilution to our public shareholders. See “Description of Securities — Private Placement Units” on page 142; see also “Risk Factors — The nominal purchase price paid by our sponsors for the insider shares, the purchase price paid by our sponsors for the private placement units, and the vesting of the restricted Class A ordinary shares may result in significant dilution to the implied value of your public shares prior to or upon the consummation of our initial business combination.” on page 60, “— We may issue additional ordinary shares or preferred shares to complete our initial business combination or under an employee incentive plan after completion of our initial business combination. Any such issuances would dilute the interest of our shareholders and likely present other risks” on page 45, “— The value of the insider shares following completion of our initial business combination is likely to be substantially higher than the nominal price paid for them, even if the trading price of our ordinary at such time is substantially less than $10.00 per share” on page 60 and “— Unlike many other similarly structured blank check companies, our initial shareholders will receive additional Class A ordinary shares if we issue shares to consummate an initial business combination” on page 61.

(7) Mr. Tian Wang is the sole member and a director of Northlake Partners Ltd., which entitles him to have voting, dispositive or investment powers over Northlake Partners Ltd.

(8) These shares are held directly by certain of our officers and directors. The directors and officers will have the ability to vote and dispose of the shares, subject to applicable transfer restrictions.

The nominal purchase price paid by our sponsors for the insider shares may significantly dilute the implied value of your public shares in the event we consummate an initial business combination, and our sponsors and other initial shareholders are likely to make a substantial profit on their investment in us in the event we consummate an initial business combination, even if the business combination causes the trading price of our Class A ordinary shares to decline materially. Further, our public shareholders may experience material dilution if the $3,000,000 in working capital loans is fully advanced by the sponsors and the sponsors elect to convert the working capital loans into private placement units at $10.00 per unit, resulting in the sponsors receiving an additional 300,000 Class A ordinary shares. Our insiders, officers and directors or their affiliates or designees may also loan us funds in support of our potential extension to allow additional time for us to complete an initial business combination which will be evidenced in extension notes to be repaid in cash or converted into private placement units at $10.00 per unit at the closing of our initial business combination. See the sections titled “Risk Factors — Risks Associated with Our Business — The nominal purchase price

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paid by our sponsors for the insider shares, the purchase price paid by our sponsors for the private placement units, and the vesting of the restricted Class A ordinary shares may result in significant dilution to the implied value of your public shares prior to or upon the consummation of our initial business combination.” on page 60 of this prospectus, “ — The conversion of any working capital notes or extension notes into private placement units may result in significant dilution to your public shares” on page 61 of this prospectus, and “Dilution” on page 87 of this prospectus.

The insider shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares at the time of our initial business combination, or at any time prior thereto at the option of the holder thereof, on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment as provided herein. In the case that additional Class A ordinary shares, or equity-linked securities, are issued or deemed issued in excess of the amounts sold in this offering and related to the closing of our initial business combination, the ratio at which Class B ordinary shares shall convert into Class A ordinary shares will be adjusted (unless the holders of a majority of the outstanding Class B ordinary shares agree to waive such anti-dilution adjustment with respect to any such issuance or deemed issuance) so that the number of Class A ordinary shares issuable upon conversion of all Class B ordinary shares will equal, in the aggregate, on an as-converted basis, 25% of the total number of all ordinary shares outstanding upon completion of this offering, plus all Class A ordinary shares and equity-linked securities issued or deemed issued in connection with our initial business combination, excluding any Class A ordinary shares, subject to vesting and any other restrictions, issued or deemed issued to (i) our sponsors (or their members or affiliates) in connection with the consummation of this offering, (ii) any seller in the initial business combination, (iii) the Class A ordinary shares underlying the private placement units, (iv) any Class A ordinary shares issued to our sponsors (or their members or affiliates) upon conversion of working capital loans, and (v) restricted Class A ordinary shares issued to our sponsors. If we increase or decrease the size of this offering we will effect a capitalization or share repurchase or redemption or other appropriate mechanism, as applicable, with respect to our Class B ordinary shares immediately prior to the consummation of the offering in such amount as to maintain the ownership of our initial shareholders at 25% of the issued and outstanding ordinary shares upon the consummation of this offering. Our public shareholders may incur material dilution due to such anti-dilution adjustments that result in the issuance of Class A ordinary shares on a greater than one-to-one basis upon conversion or additional Class B ordinary shares.

In addition, in order to facilitate our initial business combination, our sponsors may surrender or forfeit, transfer or exchange our insider shares, private placement units or any of our other securities, including for no consideration, as well as subject any such securities to earn-outs or other restrictions, or otherwise amend the terms of any such securities or enter into any other arrangements with respect to any such securities.

While there is no current intention to do so, and the members of our management team and sponsors have not done so with any previously formed special purpose acquisition companies, we may approve an amendment or waiver of the letter agreement that would allow our sponsors to directly, or members of our sponsors to indirectly, transfer insider shares and private placement units or membership interests in our sponsors in a transaction in which the sponsors removes itself as our sponsors before identifying a business combination. As a result, there is a risk that our sponsors and our officers and directors may divest their ownership or economic interests in us or in our sponsors. There can be no assurance that any replacement sponsors or key personnel will successfully identify a business combination target for us, or, even if one is so identified, successfully complete such business combination.

If we raise additional funds through equity or convertible debt issuances, our public shareholders may suffer significant dilution. This dilution would increase to the extent that the anti-dilution provision of the insider shares result in the issuance of Class A ordinary shares on a greater than one-to-one basis upon conversion of the insider shares at the time of our initial business combination or additional Class B ordinary shares.

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Pursuant to a letter agreement to be entered with us, each of our initial shareholders, directors and officers has agreed to restrictions on their ability to transfer, assign, or sell the insider shares and private placement units (and the underlying securities), and restricted Class A ordinary shares as summarized in the table below.

Types of Securities	Expiration Date	Persons Subject to Restrictions	Lock-Up Terms
Insider Shares	Earlier of six months after completion of our initial business combination; or if the closing price of our Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $12.00 per Class A ordinary share (as adjusted for share sub-divisions, share dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and other similar transactions) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 90 days after the initial business combination	Copley Square LLC, Northlake Partners Ltd., non-sponsor investors, Sung Hyuk Lee, Hoon Ji Choi, Gary Dvorchak, Benjamin Berry, Qing Tong	Transfers are permitted: (i) among the insiders or to the Company’s insiders’ members, officers, directors, consultants or their affiliates, (ii) to a holder’s shareholders or members upon the holder’s liquidation, in each case if the holder is an entity, (iii) by bona fide gift to a member of the holder’s immediate family or to a trust, the beneficiary of which is the holder or a member of the holder’s immediate family, in each case for estate planning purposes, (iv) by virtue of the laws of descent and distribution upon death, (v) pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order, (vi) to the Company for no value for cancellation in connection with the consummation of a business combination, (vii) in connection with the consummation of a business combination, (viii) in the event of the Company’s liquidation prior to its consummation of an initial business combination or (ix) in the event that, subsequent to the consummation of an initial business combination, the Company completes a liquidation, merger, capital share exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of the Company’s shareholders having the right to exchange their ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property, in each case (except for clauses (vi), (viii) or (ix) or with the Company’s prior written consent).
Private Placement Units	30 days after the completion of our initial business combination	Copley Square LLC, non-sponsor investors	Same as above
Restricted Class A ordinary shares	90 days after the completion of our initial business combination	Copley Square LLC, non-sponsor investors	Same as above
Any units, ordinary shares or any other securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, any units, ordinary shares, or insider shares	180 days after the completion of our initial business combination	Copley Square LLC, non-sponsor investors	The representative in its sole discretion may release any of the securities subject to these lock-up agreements at any time without notice, other than in the case of the officers and directors, which shall be with notice. Our sponsors, officers and directors are also subject to separate transfer restrictions on their insider shares and private placement units pursuant to the letter agreement described in the immediately preceding paragraphs.

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The insider shares, the private placement units, and the restricted Class A ordinary shares, as applicable, held by the sponsors will only be distributed to the members of the sponsors (including the Copley non-managing members) after consummation of our initial business combination, at which time such Copley non-managing members would become subject to the applicable transfer restrictions with respect to such securities.

In order to meet our working capital needs following the consummation of this offering until completion of an initial business combination, our insiders, officers and directors or their affiliates may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds, from time to time or at any time, in whatever amount they deem reasonable in their sole discretion. The notes would either be paid upon consummation of our initial business combination, without interest, or, at the lender’s discretion, up to $3,000,000 of the notes, or the “working capital notes,” may be converted upon consummation of our business combination into working capital units at a price of $10.00 per unit, or the “working capital units.” If we do not complete our initial business combination, the loans would be repaid out of funds not held in the Trust Account, and only to the extent available. The terms of such loans by our insiders, officers and directors or their affiliates, 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 insiders or an affiliate of our insiders 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, but if we do, we will request such lender to provide a waiver against any and all rights to seek access to funds in our Trust Account.

Other than the foregoing, the sponsors do not have any agreement, arrangement, or understanding with the Company regarding any compensation, reimbursement, or transfer of interests in relation to our initial business combination, nor is there any agreement between the sponsors and any unaffiliated shareholders of the Company regarding redemptions, payments, compensation, reimbursement, or transfer of interests.

One of our sponsors, Copley Square LLC is incorporated in the Cayman Islands and the other sponsor, Northlake Partners Ltd, is incorporated in British Virgin Islands. Some of our insiders, including our sponsors, officers and directors are located outside of the United States and will collectively own approximately 25% of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares following this offering, not including the ordinary shares issuable underlying the private placement units, the restricted Class A ordinary shares, any shares underlying working capital units issued upon conversion of working capital loans, and any ordinary shares or equity-linked securities issued, or to be issued, to any seller in our initial business combination. As a result, we may be considered a “foreign person” under rules promulgated by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), and may not be able to complete an initial business combination with a U.S. target company since such initial business combination may be subject to U.S. foreign investment regulations and review by a U.S. government entity such as CFIUS), or ultimately prohibited. As a result, the pool of potential targets with which we could complete an initial business combination may be limited. See “Risk Factor — We may not be able to complete an initial business combination with a U.S. target company if such initial business combination is subject to U.S. foreign investment regulations and review by a U.S. government entity such as the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), or ultimately prohibited.” on page 81 of this prospectus.

Upon the effectiveness of this prospectus, certain of our executive officers and directors are located outside the United States. Our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, Mr. Sung Hyuk Lee, and our Chief Financial Officer and Director, Mr. Hoon Ji Choi, are both located in South Korea. As a result, it may be difficult for investors to effect service of process within the United States on our company, executive officers and directors, or enforce judgments obtained in the United States courts against our company, executive officers and directors. Our sponsors are incorporated in the Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands, respectively, and Mr. Hongbo Xing, the sole manager and sole director of Copley Square Sponsor Limited which is the managing member of Copley Square LLC, and Mr. Tian Wang, the sole member and a director of Northlake Partners Ltd., are both Chinese nationals located in China. There is uncertainty, however, as to whether after the closing of this offering, we will appoint new management member located outside the United States, or in connection with and following the consummation of our initial business combination, all officers and directors of the post-combination entity will be located in the Unites States. If we or post-combination entity has management members outside the United States either before or after the business combination, it may be difficult, or in some cases not possible, for investors in the United States to enforce their legal rights, to effect service of process upon them and our sponsors, to enforce judgments of United States courts predicated upon civil liabilities and criminal penalties on them under United States securities laws. See “Risk Factors — Upon the effectiveness of this prospectus, all of our executive officers and directors will be located inside the United States, except that our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, Mr. Sung Hyuk Lee, and our Chief Financial Officer and Director, Mr. Hoon Ji Choi, are both located in South Korea. There is uncertainty as to whether after this offering, we will appoint new management members located

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outside the United States, or the management of post-combination entity will have members located outside the United States. Our sponsors are incorporated in the Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands, respectively, and Mr. Hongbo Xing, the sole manager and sole director of Copley Square Sponsor Limited which is the managing member of Copley Square LLC, and Mr. Tian Wang, the sole member and a director of Northlake Partners Ltd., are both Chinese nationals located in China. Therefore, investors may not be able to enforce federal securities laws or their other legal rights upon our executive officers and directors, our sponsors or their members, or future officers and directors located outside the United States appointed after this offering or in connection with the business combination.” starting on page 77 of this prospectus.

As more fully discussed in “Management — Conflicts of Interest,” if any of our officers or directors becomes aware of a business combination opportunity that falls within the line of business of any entity to which he or she has pre-existing fiduciary or contractual obligations, he or she may be required to present such business combination opportunity to such entity, subject to his or her fiduciary duties under the Cayman Islands law, prior to presenting such business combination opportunity to us. Most of our officers and directors currently have certain pre-existing fiduciary duties or contractual obligations.

Background and Competitive Strengths

We will seek to leverage our management team’s proprietary network of relationships with corporate executives, private equity, venture and growth capital funds, investment banking firms and consultants in order to source, acquire, and support the operations of the business combination target. For example, Mr. Sung Hyuk Lee, our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, has extensive experience in private equity, corporate finance, and financial advisory. Mr. Choi, our Chief Financial Officer and Director, is an experienced investment management professional. The background of Mr. Lee and Mr. Choi will be instrumental in guiding our business combination search.

In addition, several members of our management team have extensive track record in corporate finance, with unique perspectives on evaluating and analyzing the financial health, strength, and potential of target companies. Both of our CEO and CFO have extensive experience in advising corporate and capital markets transactions involving valuation, due diligence, transaction structuring and fundraising functions across different sectors and jurisdictions. Mr. Qing Tong, our director nominee, has over ten years of experience in investment management. Mr. Gary Dvorchak, our director nominee, has over 20 years of financial advisory and investment experience, which gives him unique perspective in evaluating financial performance, business projections, and operational strength. Mr. Benjamin Berry, our director nominees, is an experienced entrepreneur and business manager with more than 20 years of experience. They will contribute in providing unique and professional insights with regards to valuation of potential target(s), negotiation of transaction terms, and solicitation of transaction financing.

We believe that this combination of extensive relationships and expertise will make us a preferred partner for and allow us to source high-quality business combination targets. However, none of our management team is obligated to remain with the company after an acquisition transaction, and we cannot provide assurance that the resignation or retention of our current management will be a term or condition in any agreement relating to business combination. Moreover, despite the competitive advantages we believe we have, we remain subject to significant competition with respect to identifying and executing a business combination.

Business Strategy and Acquisition Criteria

The main ambition of our management is to create value for our shareholders by completing a business combination with a target business where we would potentially utilize our experience by working with management of target business to attract market attention and interests, generate access to capital and fund-raising, improve the operating efficiency, implement revenue-driven and/or profit-engagement strategies and increase profit potential through additional acquisitions. Consistent with our strategy, we have identified the following general criteria and guidelines that we believe are essential in evaluating prospective target businesses. While we intend to use these criteria and guidelines in evaluating prospective businesses, we may deviate from these criteria and guidelines should we consider it appropriate to do so:

• Strong Management Team

The strength of the management team will be an important component in our review process. We will seek to partner with a management team that is operationally strong and has demonstrated the ability to scale, but is also well-incentivized and aligned in our future vision for creating long term shareholder value.

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• Long-term Revenue Visibility with Defensible Market Position

In management’s view, the target companies should be close to an anticipated inflection point, such as those companies requiring additional management expertise, those companies able to innovate by developing new products or services, or companies where we believe we have ability to achievement improved profitability performance through an acquisition designed to help facilitate growth.

• Benefits from Being a U.S. Public Company (Value Creation and Marketing Opportunities)

We intend to search target companies that we believe will help offer attractive risk-adjusted equity returns for our shareholders. We intend to seek to acquire a target on terms and in a manner that leverages our experience. Amount other criteria, we expect to evaluate financial returns based on (i) the potential for organic growth in cash flows, (ii) the ability to achieve cost savings, (iii) the ability to accelerate growth, including through the opportunity for follow-on acquisitions, and (iv) the prospects for creating value through other value creation initiatives. We also plan to evaluate potential upside from future growth in the target business’ earnings and an improved capital structure.

• Niche Deal Size with Growth Potential

We intend to seek target companies that have underexploited expansion opportunities. This expansion can be accomplished through a combination of accelerating organic growth and finding attractive add-on acquisition targets. Our management team has significant experience in identifying such targets and in helping target management assess the strategic and financial fit. Similarly, our management has the expertise to assess the likely synergies and to help a target integrate acquisitions.

These criteria are not intended to be exhaustive. Any evaluation relating to the merits of a particular initial business combination may be based, to the extent relevant, on these general guidelines as well as other considerations, factors and criteria that our management may deem relevant.

In the event that we decide to enter into our initial business combination with a target business that does not meet the above criteria and guidelines, we will disclose that the target business does not meet the above criteria and guidelines in our shareholder communications related to our initial business combination, which, as discussed in this prospectus, would be in the form of proxy solicitation or tender offer materials that we would file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).

We will either (i) seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination at a meeting called for such purpose at which public shareholders may seek to convert their public shares, regardless of whether they vote for or against, or abstain from voting on, the proposed business combination, into their pro rata portion of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account (net of taxes payable and up to $100,000 of interest released to us to pay dissolution expenses) or (ii) provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to sell their public shares to us by means of a tender offer (and thereby avoid the need for a shareholder vote) for an amount equal to their pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account (net of taxes payable and up to $100,000 of interest released to us to pay dissolution expenses), in each case subject to the limitations described herein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, our insiders have agreed, pursuant to written letter agreements with us, not to convert any public shares held by them into their pro rata portion of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account. The decision as to whether we will seek shareholder approval of our proposed business combination or allow shareholders to sell their shares to us in a tender offer will be made by us, solely in our discretion, and will be based on a variety of factors such as the timing of the transaction and whether the terms of the transaction would otherwise require us to seek shareholder approval. If we so choose and we are legally permitted to do so, we will have the flexibility to avoid a shareholder vote and allow our shareholders to sell their shares pursuant to the tender offer rules of SEC. In that case, we will file tender offer documents with the SEC which will contain substantially the same financial and other information about the initial business combination as is required under the SEC’s proxy rules. We will consummate our initial business combination only if we have net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 upon such consummation and, solely if we seek shareholder approval, a majority of the issued and outstanding ordinary shares voted are voted in favor of the business combination.

We will have until 18 months from the effective date of this registration statement to consummate our initial business combination. If we anticipate that we may not be able to consummate our initial business combination within 18 months from the effective date of this registration statement, we may, but are not obligated to, extend the period

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of time to consummate a business combination two times by an additional three months each time (for a total of up to 24 months to complete a business combination), provided that our sponsors or their designee must deposit into the Trust Account for each three months extension, $1,800,000, or $2,070,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full ($0.10 per unit in either case), up to an aggregate of $3,600,000 or $4,140,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full, on or prior to the date of the applicable deadline. There is no obligation for us or our sponsors to extend the time for us to complete our initial business combination. In the event that the time to complete an initial business combination is extended and our sponsors or their affiliates or designees make the payments necessary for such extension, they will receive a non-interest bearing, unsecured promissory note in the amount of any such deposit, which will not be repaid in the event that we are unable to close an initial business combination unless there are funds available outside the Trust Account to do so. We intend to issue a press release announcing any intention to extend the time to consummate an initial business combination at least three days prior to the applicable deadline. In addition, we intend to issue a press release or file a Current Report on Form 8-K promptly after the applicable deadline announcing whether or not the necessary funds had been timely deposited. Our public shareholders will not be afforded an opportunity to vote on our extension of time to consummate an initial business combination from 18 months to up to 24 months described above or redeem their shares in connection with such extensions. If we are unable to consummate our initial business combination within such time period, unless we extend such period pursuant to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, we will, as promptly as possible but not more than ten (10) business days thereafter, redeem 100% of our issued and outstanding public shares for a pro rata portion of the funds held in the Trust Account, including a pro rata portion of any interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to us or necessary to pay our taxes, and then seek to liquidate and dissolve. However, we may not be able to distribute such amounts as a result of claims of creditors which may take priority over the claims of our public shareholders. In the event of our liquidation and subsequent dissolution, the public rights will expire and will be worthless.

If we are unable to consummate our initial business combination within this time period, we will liquidate the Trust Account and distribute the proceeds held therein to our public shareholders by way of redeeming their shares and dissolve. If we are forced to liquidate, we anticipate that we would distribute to our public shareholders the amount in the Trust Account calculated as of the date that is two (2) days prior to the distribution date (including any accrued interest net of taxes payable and up to $100,000 of interest released to us to pay dissolution expenses). Prior to such distribution, we would be required to assess all claims that may be potentially brought against us by our creditors for amounts they are actually owed and make provision for such amounts, as creditors take priority over our public shareholders with respect to amounts that are owed to them. We cannot assure you that we will properly assess all claims that may be potentially brought against us. As such, our shareholders could potentially be liable for any claims of creditors to the extent of distributions received by them as an unlawful payment in the event we enter an insolvent liquidation.

Nevertheless, if we are unable to consummate our initial business combination within the period as provided in our governing documents then in effect and we do not seek or complete an extension of such period, we will be forced to liquidate the Trust Account and wind up. As a result, the insider shares, the private placement units, and the restricted Class A ordinary shares held by our initial shareholders including our sponsors will become valueless and will not be entitled to any liquidating distribution from our Trust Account and thereby become valueless, and our sponsors have contractually agreed pursuant to a written agreement with us to be liable to ensure that the proceeds in the Trust Account are not reduced by the claims of target businesses or claims of vendors or other entities that we owe money to. For more information regarding the consequences to our sponsors if we do not complete a business combination timely or fail to extend the period under which we must complete a business combination, see “Proposed Business — Automatic Liquidation of Trust Account if No Business Combination” on page 111 of the prospectus.

Pursuant to the NASDAQ listing rules, our initial business combination must be with a target business or businesses whose collective fair market value is at least equal to 80% of the balance in the Trust Account (excluding any deferred underwriting discounts and commissions and taxes payable on the income earned on the Trust Account) at the time of the execution of a definitive agreement for such business combination, although this may entail simultaneous acquisitions of several target businesses. The fair market value of the target business will be determined by our board of directors based upon one or more standards generally accepted by the financial community (such as actual and potential sales, earnings, cash flow and/or book value). Our board of directors will have broad discretion in choosing the standard used to establish the fair market value of any prospective target business. The target business or businesses that we acquire may have a collective fair market value substantially in excess of 80% of the Trust Account balance. We will not be required to comply with the 80% fair market value requirement if we are delisted from NASDAQ.

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We are not required to obtain an opinion from an unaffiliated third party that the target business we select has a fair market value in excess of at least 80% of the balance of the Trust Account unless our board of directors cannot make such determination on its own. We are also not required to obtain an opinion from an unaffiliated third party indicating that the price we are paying is fair to our shareholders from a financial point of view unless the target is affiliated with our officers, directors, insiders or their affiliates.

We currently anticipate structuring our initial business combination to acquire 100% of the equity interest or assets of the target business or businesses. We may, however, structure our initial business combination where we merge directly with the target business or where we acquire less than 100% of such interests or assets of the target business in order to meet certain objectives of the target management team or shareholders or for other reasons, but we will only complete such business combination if the post-transaction company owns or acquires 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target sufficient for it not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or the Investment Company Act. Even if the post-transaction company owns or acquires 50% or more of the voting securities of the target, our shareholders prior to the business combination may collectively own a minority interest in the post-transaction company, depending on valuations ascribed to the target and us in the business combination transaction. For example, we could pursue a transaction in which we issue a substantial number of new shares in exchange for all of the outstanding capital stock of a target. In this case, we could acquire a 100% controlling interest in the target; however, as a result of the issuance of a substantial number of new shares, our shareholders immediately prior to our initial business combination could own less than a majority of our issued and outstanding shares subsequent to our initial business combination. If less than 100% of the equity interests or assets of a target business or businesses are owned or acquired by the post-transaction company, only the portion of such target business or businesses that is owned or acquired is what will be valued for purposes of the 80% fair market value test.

We have not selected any specific business combination target but intend to target businesses with enterprise values that are greater than we could acquire with the net proceeds of this offering and the sale of the private placement securities. As a result, if the cash portion of the purchase price exceeds the amount available from the Trust Account, net of amounts needed to satisfy any redemption by public shareholders, we may be required to seek additional financing to complete such proposed initial business combination. We cannot assure you that such financing will be available on acceptable terms, if at all. To the extent that additional financing proves to be unavailable when needed to complete our initial business combination, we would be compelled to either restructure the transaction or abandon that particular business combination and seek an alternative target business candidate. Further, we may be required to obtain additional financing in connection with the closing of our initial business combination for general corporate purposes, including for maintenance or expansion of operations of the post-transaction businesses, the payment of principal or interest due on indebtedness incurred in completing our initial business combination, or to fund the purchase of other companies. If we are unable to complete our initial business combination, our public shareholders may only receive their pro rata portion of the funds in the Trust Account that are available for distribution to public shareholders, and our rights will expire worthless. In addition, even if we do not need additional financing to complete our initial business combination, we may require such financing to fund the operations or growth of the target business. The failure to secure additional financing could have a material adverse effect on the continued development or growth of the target business. None of our officers, directors or shareholders is required to provide any financing to us in connection with or after our initial business combination. In addition, the amount of the deferred underwriting commissions payable to the underwriters will not be adjusted for any shares that are redeemed in connection with an initial business combination. The per share amount we will distribute to shareholders who properly exercise their redemption rights will not be reduced by the deferred underwriting commission and after such redemptions, the amount held in trust will continue to reflect our obligation to pay the entire deferred underwriting commissions.

Emerging Growth Company Status and Other Information

We are an emerging growth company as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, as modified by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (which we refer to herein as the JOBS Act). As such, we are eligible to take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a non-binding advisory vote on executive

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compensation and shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. If some investors find our securities less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our securities and the prices of our securities may be more volatile.

In addition, Section 107 of the JOBS Act also provides that an emerging growth company can take advantage of the extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act for complying with new or revised accounting standards. In other words, an emerging growth company can delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. We intend to take advantage of the benefits of this extended transition period.

We will remain an emerging growth company until the earlier of (1) the last day of the fiscal year (a) following the fifth anniversary of the completion of this offering, (b) in which we have total annual gross revenue of at least $1,235,000,000, or (c) in which we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer, which means the market value of our ordinary shares that are held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the end of that year’s second fiscal quarter, and (2) the date on which we have issued more than $1.0 billion in non-convertible debt during the prior three year period.

Additionally, we are a “smaller reporting company” as defined in Item 10(f)(1) of Regulation S-K. Smaller reporting companies may take advantage of certain reduced disclosure obligations, including, among other things, providing only two years of audited financial statements. We will remain a smaller reporting company until the last day of the fiscal year in which (1) the market value of our ordinary shares held by non-affiliates exceeds $250 million as of the end of that year’s second fiscal quarter, or (2) our annual revenues exceeded $100 million during such completed fiscal year and the market value of our ordinary shares held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the end of that year’s second fiscal quarter. To the extent we take advantage of such reduced disclosure obligations, it may also make comparison of our financial statements with other public companies difficult or impossible.

Private Placements

On September 19, 2024, (1) we issued 7,187,500 Class B ordinary shares of a par value of $0.0001 each to Copley Square Sponsor Limited for a purchase price of $25,000, or approximately $0.003 per share, and (2) Copley Square Sponsor Limited surrendered one ordinary shares of a par value of $0.0001 each. On October 18, 2024, Copley Square Sponsor Limited transferred (i) to our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, Mr. Sung Hyuk Lee, 100,000 insider shares, (ii) to our Chief Financial Officer and Director, Mr. Hoon Ji Choi, 60,000 insider shares, and (iii) to each independent director nominee 20,000 insider shares, in the aggregate amount of 60,000 insider shares, and all at the original purchase price when Copley Square Sponsor Limited acquired such shares from us. On July 14, 2025, Copley Square Sponsor Limited surrendered 287,500 Class B ordinary shares it held, and on August 14, 2025 transferred the remaining 6,680,000 Class B ordinary shares to Copley Square LLC in exchange for becoming the managing member of Copley Square LLC. In addition, on September 16, 2025, Copley Square LLC transferred 2,438,546 Class B ordinary shares to Northlake Partners Ltd. at $0.0036 per share. We refer to these Class B ordinary shares throughout this prospectus as the “insider shares.” The insider shares held by our insiders include an aggregate of up to 900,000 insider shares held by Copley Square LLC subject to forfeiture to the extent that the underwriters’ over-allotment option is not exercised in full or in part, so that our insiders will collectively own 25.0% of our issued and outstanding shares after this offering (not including the ordinary shares issuable underlying the private placement units, the restricted Class A ordinary shares, any shares underlying working capital units issued upon conversion of working capital loans, and any ordinary shares or equity-linked securities issued, or to be issued, to any seller in our initial business combination). None of our insiders has indicated any intention to purchase units in this offering.

In addition, our sponsors have committed to purchase from us an aggregate of 339,964 private placement units at $10.00 per private unit (for a total purchase price of $3,399,640, whether or not the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full). The sale of the private placement unit will take place on a private placement basis simultaneously with the consummation of this offering. All of the proceeds we receive from the private placement will be placed in the Trust Account. The proceeds from the private placement of the private placement units will be added to the proceeds of this offering and placed in the Trust Account.

Following this offering, our sponsors will collectively own a total of 6,680,000 insider shares, representing 23.9% of the issued and outstanding shares following this offering, assuming full exercise of over-allotment option. In addition to the insider shares, our sponsors will subscribe to purchase an aggregate of (a) 339,964 private placement units and (b) 1,019,892 restricted Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company, which shares shall be subject to certain restrictions until the consummation of the initial business combination for an aggregate purchase

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price of $3,399,640 (whether or not the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full) in separate private placements. Among the 339,964 private placement units to be purchased by our sponsors, (i) 273,947 private placement units would be purchased by Copley Square LLC (among which, 116,501 private placement units would be purchased indirectly by the Copley managing member and 157,446 private placement units would be purchased indirectly by the Copley non-managing members), and (ii) 66,017 units would be purchased by Northlake Partners Ltd. Among the 1,019,892 restricted Class A ordinary shares to be purchased by our sponsors, (i) 764,892 restricted Class A ordinary shares would be purchased by Copley Square LLC (among which, 450,000 restricted Class A ordinary shares would be purchased indirectly by the Copley managing member and 314,892 restricted Class A ordinary shares would be purchased indirectly by the Copley non-managing members), and (ii) 255,000 restricted Class A ordinary shares would be purchased by Northlake Partners Ltd. However, other than the foregoing, our sponsors or their affiliates have not received or will receive any other form of compensation upon the closing of the offering. For further information about compensation received or to be received by our sponsors, their affiliates or promoters, the amount of securities issued or to be issued to our initial shareholders, see “Proposed Business — Sponsors’ Information” on page 97 of the prospectus.

As of June 30, 2025
	Without Over-Allotment Option Exercised
	Scenario A 25% redemptions(1)		Scenario B 50% redemptions(2)		Scenario C 75% redemptions(3)		Scenario D Maximum redemptions(4)
Offering price of $10.00 included in the units (adjusted to include the value of the rights)	$	9.09	$	9.09	$	9.09	$	9.09
Pro forma net tangible book value per share, as adjusted		5.78		4.82		3.29		0.49
Dilution to public shareholders	$	3.31	$	4.27	$	5.80	$	8.60

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(1) The numbers set forth in this column assume that 4,251,167 public shares, or 25%, of 18,000,000 public shares are redeemed, that would permit us to maintain net tangible assets of $5,000,001.

(2) The numbers set forth in this column assume that 8,502,335 public shares, or 50%, of 18,000,000 public shares are redeemed, that would permit us to maintain net tangible assets of $5,000,001.

(3) The numbers set forth in this column assume that 12,753,503 public shares, or 75%, of 18,000,000 public shares are redeemed, that would permit us to maintain net tangible assets of $5,000,001.

(4) The numbers set forth in this column assume that 17,004,671 public shares are redeemed, or the maximum redemptions that would permit us to maintain net tangible assets of $5,000,001.

As of June 30, 2025
	With Over-Allotment Option Exercised
	Scenario A 25% redemptions(5)		Scenario B 50% redemptions(6)		Scenario C 75% redemptions(7)		Scenario D Maximum redemptions(8)
Offering price of $10.00 included in the units (adjusted to include the value of the rights)	$	9.09	$	9.09	$	9.09	$	9.09
Pro forma net tangible book value per share, as adjusted		5.83		4.86		3.31		0.44
Dilution to public shareholders	$	3.26	$	4.23	$	5.78	$	8.65

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(5) The numbers set forth in this column assume that 4,911,652 public shares, or 25%, of 18,000,000 public shares are redeemed, that would permit us to maintain net tangible assets of $5,000,001.

(6) The numbers set forth in this column assume that 9,823,305 public shares, or 50%, of 18,000,000 public shares are redeemed, that would permit us to maintain net tangible assets of $5,000,001.

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(7) The numbers set forth in this column assume that 14,734,958 public shares, or 75%, of 18,000,000 public shares are redeemed, that would permit us to maintain net tangible assets of $5,000,001.

(8) The numbers set forth in this column assume that 19,646,611 public shares are redeemed, or the maximum redemptions that would permit us to maintain net tangible assets of $5,000,001

We will provide the holders of our issued and outstanding public shares with the opportunity to redeem their public shares upon the consummation of our initial business combination at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in a trust account, maintained in the U.S. by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, as trustee (“Trust Account”), including interest (net of taxes payable and up to $100,000 of interest released to us to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then issued and outstanding public shares.

The proceeds from the private placement units will be added to the proceeds of this offering and placed in a Trust Account in the United States maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, as trustee. If we do not complete our initial business combination within 18 months (or up to 24 months from the closing of this offering if we extend the period of time to consummate a business combination by the full amount of time) from the closing of this offering, the proceeds from the sale of the private placement units will be included in the liquidating distribution to the holders of our public shares.

Additional Financing

We have not selected any specific business combination target but may enter into agreements with a target with enterprise values that are greater than what we could acquire with the net proceeds of this offering and the sale of the private units. As a result, if the cash portion of the purchase price exceeds the amount available from the Trust Account, net of amounts needed to satisfy any redemption by public shareholders, we may be required to seek additional financing to complete such proposed initial business combination. Such additional financing may consist of one or more private investment in public equity (“PIPE”) transactions, whether in the form of equity, debt or convertible debt. These financing transactions would be designed to ensure a return on investment to the investor in exchange for assisting the company in completing the business combination or providing sufficient liquidity to the post-combination company. The price of the shares we issue may therefore be less, and potentially significantly less, than the market price for our shares at such time. Any such issuances of equity securities could dilute the interests of our existing shareholders. These financing transactions may be significantly dilutive to the post-combination company, and represent the type of financing risk that is not associated with traditional initial public offerings. We cannot assure you that financing will be available to us on acceptable terms, if at all. None of our initial shareholders, directors or officers or their affiliates or designees are obligated to provide any such financing to us. To the extent that additional financing proves to be unavailable when needed to complete our initial business combination, we would be compelled to either restructure the transaction or abandon that particular business combination and seek an alternative target.

In addition, even if we do not need additional financing to complete our initial business combination, we may require such financing to fund the operations or growth of the target business. The failure to secure additional financing could have a material adverse effect on the continued development or growth of the target business. None of our directors, officers or shareholders is required to provide any financing to us in connection with or after our initial business combination.

Corporate Information

We are a Cayman Islands exempted company incorporated on August 15, 2024. Our principal executive office is located at 3rd Floor, 166 Yeongsin-ro, Yeongdengpo-gu, Seoul, 07362, Republic of Korea.

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The Offering

In making your decision on whether to invest in our securities, you should take into account not only the backgrounds of the members of our management team, but also the special risks we face as a blank check company and the fact that this offering is not being conducted in compliance with Rule 419 promulgated under the Securities Act. You will not be entitled to protections normally afforded to investors in Rule 419 blank check offerings. You should carefully consider these, and the other risks set forth in the section below entitled “Risk Factors” beginning on page 42 of this prospectus.

Securities offered		18,000,000 units, at $10.00 per unit, each unit consisting of one Class A ordinary share, and one right. Each right entitles the holder to receive one-tenth (1/10) of one Class A ordinary share upon consummation of our initial business combination.
Listing of our securities and proposed symbols		We anticipate the units, and the Class A ordinary shares, and rights, once they begin separate trading, will be listed on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbols “HAVAU,” “HAVA,” and “HAVAR,” respectively.
		Each of the Class A ordinary shares and rights may trade separately on the 52nd day after closing of this offering unless the underwriters determine that an earlier date is acceptable (based upon, among other things, its assessment of the relative strengths of the securities markets and small capitalization and blank check companies in general, and the trading pattern of, and demand for, our securities in particular). In no event will the underwriters allow separate trading of the Class A ordinary shares, and rights until we file an audited balance sheet reflecting our receipt of the gross proceeds of this offering.
		Once the Class A ordinary shares and rights commence separate trading, holders will have the option to continue to hold units or separate their units into the component pieces. Holders will need to have their brokers contact our transfer agent in order to separate the units into separately trading Class A ordinary shares and rights. No fractional rights will be issued upon separation of the units and only whole rights will trade. Unless you purchase ten units, you will not receive an ordinary share underlying the rights upon the consummation of the business combination.
		We will file a Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC, including an audited balance sheet, promptly upon the consummation of this offering, which is anticipated to take place three business days from the date the units commence trading. The audited balance sheet will reflect our receipt of the proceeds from the exercise of the over-allotment option if the over-allotment option is exercised on the date of this prospectus. If the over-allotment option is exercised after the date of this prospectus, we will file an amendment to the Form 8-K or a new Form 8-K to provide updated financial information to reflect the exercise of the over-allotment option. We will also include in the Form 8-K, or amendment thereto, or in a subsequent Form 8-K, information indicating if the underwriters has allowed separate trading of the Class A ordinary shares, and rights prior to the 52nd day after the closing of this offering.

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Units:
Number outstanding before this offering		0 unit
Number outstanding after this offering and private placement		18,339,964 units(1)
Ordinary shares:
Number issued and outstanding before this offering and the private placement		6,900,000 Class B ordinary shares(2)(3)
Number to be issued and outstanding after this offering		18,339,964 Class A ordinary shares and 6,000,000 Class B ordinary shares(1)(3)(4)(5)
Rights:
Number issued and outstanding before this offering		0 rights
Number to be issued and outstanding after this offering		1,833,996 rights(1)(6)
Terms of Rights		Except in cases where we are not the surviving company in a business combination, each holder of a right will automatically receive one-tenth (1/10) of one Class A ordinary share upon consummation of our initial business combination. In the event we will not be the surviving company upon completion of our initial business combination, each right will automatically be converted to receive the kind and amount of securities or properties of the surviving entity that each Class A ordinary share underlying each whole right is entitled to upon consummation of the business combination subject to any dissenter rights under the applicable law. We will not issue fractional shares in connection with a conversion of rights. Fractional shares will either be rounded down to the nearest whole share or otherwise addressed in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Companies Act and any other applicable Cayman Islands law. As a result, you must hold rights in multiples of ten in order to receive shares for all of your Class A ordinary shares underlying the rights upon closing of a business combination. If we are unable to complete an initial business combination within the required time period and we redeem the public shares for the funds held in the Trust Account, holders of rights will not receive any of such funds for their rights and the rights will expire worthless. The Company shall reserve such amount of its profits or share premium in order to pay up the par value of each share issuable in respect of the rights.

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(1) Assumes the over-allotment option has not been exercised.

(2) This number includes an aggregate of up to 6,900,000 Class B ordinary shares held by our initial shareholders that are subject to surrender for no consideration if the over-allotment option is not exercised by the underwriters.

(3) Insider shares are classified as Class B ordinary shares, which shares automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares at the time of our initial business combination or at any time prior thereto at the option of the holder thereof, in each case, on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment as described below adjacent to the caption “Insider shares conversion and anti-dilution rights.”

(4) Includes 18,000,000 public shares, 6,000,000 insider shares, and 339,964 Class A ordinary shares underlying private placement units.

(5) Does not include 1,019,892 restricted Class A ordinary shares, which would vest only upon the consummation of the initial business combination.

(6) Includes 1,800,000 public rights and 33,996 private placement rights underlying the private placement units.

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Insider Shares

Subject to each Copley non-managing member purchasing, through Copley Square LLC, the private placement non-managing securities allocated to it in connection with the closing of this offering, Copley Square LLC will issue non-managing membership interests at a nominal purchase price to the Copley non-managing members reflecting interests in an aggregate of 1,417,014 insider shares, 157,446 private placement unit, and 314,892 restricted Class A ordinary shares held by Copley Square LLC.

The insider shares are identical to the Class A ordinary shares included in the units being sold in this offering, except that (i) they will automatically convert into our Class A ordinary shares at the time of our initial business combination, (ii) they are subject to certain transfer restrictions; (iii) prior to our initial business combination, only holders of the insider shares have the right to vote on the appointment or removal of a member of the board of directors for any reason; and (iv) our sponsors and each member of our management team have entered into a letter agreement with us to waive their redemption rights, rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Accounts and other shareholder rights enjoyed by holders of the Class A ordinary shares (although they will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to any public shares they hold if we fail to complete our initial business combination within the prescribed time frame).

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In addition, our insiders have agreed, pursuant to written letter agreements with us, (A) to vote their insider shares in favor of any proposed business combination, (B) not to propose, or vote in favor of, an amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association that would stop our public shareholders from converting or selling their Class A ordinary shares to us in connection with a business combination or affect the timing of our obligation to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete a business combination within 18 months from the closing of this offering (or up to 24 months from the closing of this offering if we extend the period of time to consummate a business combination by the full amount of time) unless we provide dissenting public shareholders with the opportunity to convert their public shares into the right to receive cash from the Trust Account in connection with any such vote, (C) not to convert any insider shares (as well as any other shares acquired in or after this offering) into the right to receive cash from the Trust Account in connection with a shareholder vote to approve our proposed initial business combination (or sell any shares they hold to us in a tender offer in connection with a proposed initial business combination) or a vote to amend the provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-business combination activity and (D) that the insider shares shall not participate in any liquidating distribution upon winding up if a business combination is not consummated.

The Copley non-managing members are not granted any shareholder or other rights in addition to those afforded to our other public shareholders, and will only be issued membership interests in Copley Square LLC, with no right to control Copley Square LLC or vote or dispose of any securities held Copley Square LLC, including the insider shares, the private placement shares or the restricted Class A ordinary shares held by Copley Square LLC. The Copley non-managing members are not required to (i) hold any units, Class A ordinary shares or, public unit or rights they may purchase in this offering or thereafter for any amount of time, or enter into a lock-up agreement with us or the underwriters with respect to any units or Class A ordinary shares, (ii) vote any Class A ordinary shares they may own at the applicable time in favor of our initial business combination or (iii) refrain from exercising their right to redeem their public shares at the time of our initial business combination. The Copley non-managing members will have the same rights to the funds held in the trust account with respect to the Class A ordinary shares underlying the units they may purchase in this offering as the rights afforded to our other public shareholders. However, if the Copley non-managing members purchase any of the units for which they have expressed to us an interest in purchasing, then the Copley non-managing members will potentially have different interests than our other public shareholders in approving our initial business combination and otherwise exercising their rights as public shareholders because of their indirect ownership of insider shares and private placement securities as further discussed in this prospectus.

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Pursuant to an agreement of all members of Copley Square LLC, the management and control of Copley Square LLC is vested exclusively with the managing member, without any voting, veto, consent or other participation rights by any non-managing members regardless of their unit ownership. All matters submitted to a vote by the managing member will require the affirmative vote of the class A membership units held only by the managing member, without regard to any membership interests held by any non-managing members. As a result, Copley non-managing members will have no right to control Copley Square LLC, or participate in any decision regarding the disposal of any security held by Copley Square LLC, or otherwise.

Private placement at time of offering

Our sponsors have committed, pursuant to a written agreement, to purchase an aggregate of 339,964 private placement units at $10.00 per private placement unit in a private placement that will close simultaneously with this offering, whether or not the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full. The sale of the private placement unit will take place on a private placement basis simultaneously with the consummation of this offering. All of the proceeds we receive from the private placement will be placed in the Trust Account. The proceeds from the private placement of the private placement unit will be added to the proceeds of this offering and placed in an account in the United States maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, as trustee.

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Transfer restrictions on insider shares		Our insiders have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of the insider shares (except to certain permitted transferees) until six months after the date of the consummation of our initial business combination. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the insider shares will be released from the lock-up if (i) the last reported sale price of the Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and other similar transactions) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period after our initial business combination commencing at least 90 days after the initial business combination or (ii) if the post-combination company completes a transaction after the initial Business Combination which results in all of the stockholders having the right to exchange their shares for cash, securities or other property.
Insider shares conversion and anti-dilution rights		The Class B ordinary shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares at the time of our initial business combination on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment as provided herein, or at any time prior thereto at the option of the holder thereof. In the case that additional Class A ordinary shares, or equity-linked securities, are issued or deemed issued in excess of the amounts sold in this offering and related to the closing of our initial business combination, the ratio at which Class B ordinary shares shall convert into Class A ordinary shares will be adjusted (unless the holders of a majority of the outstanding Class B ordinary shares agree to waive such anti-dilution adjustment with respect to any such issuance or deemed issuance) so that the number of Class A ordinary shares issuable upon conversion of all Class B ordinary shares will equal, in the aggregate, on an as-converted basis, 25% of the total number of all ordinary shares outstanding upon completion of this offering plus all Class A ordinary shares and equity-linked securities issued or deemed issued in connection with our initial business combination, excluding any Class A ordinary shares, subject to vesting and any other restrictions, issued or deemed issued to (i) our sponsors (or their members or affiliates) in connection with the consummation of this offering, (ii) any seller in the initial business combination, (iii) the Class A ordinary shares underlying the private placement units, and (iv) any Class A ordinary shares issued to our sponsors (or their members or affiliates) upon conversion of working capital loans, and (v) restricted Class A ordinary shares issued to our sponsors. Any conversion of Class B ordinary shares described herein will take effect as a compulsory redemption of Class B ordinary shares and an issuance of Class A ordinary shares as a matter of Cayman Islands law. In no event will the Class B ordinary shares convert into Class A ordinary shares at a rate of less than one-to-one.
Appointment and removal of directors and continuing the company outside of the Cayman Islands; voting rights		Except as set forth below, holders of record of our Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares are entitled to one vote for each share held on all matters to be voted on by shareholders. Unless specified in our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association or as required by the Companies Act or stock exchange rules, an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law and our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, which requires the affirmative vote of at least a simple majority of the votes cast by such shareholders as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at the applicable general meeting of the company is generally required to approve any matter voted on by our shareholders. Approval of certain actions

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		requires a special resolution under Cayman Islands law, which (except as specified below) requires the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the votes cast by such shareholders as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at the applicable general meeting, and pursuant to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, such actions include amending our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association and approving a statutory merger or consolidation with another company. There is no cumulative voting with respect to the appointment of directors, meaning, following our initial business combination, the holders of more than 50% of our ordinary shares voted for the appointment of directors can appoint all of the directors. Prior to the consummation of our initial business combination, only holders of our Class B ordinary shares will (i) have the right to vote on the appointment and removal of directors and (ii) be entitled to vote on continuing our company in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands (including any special resolution required to adopt new constitutional documents as a result of our approving a transfer by way of continuation in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands). Holders of our Class A ordinary shares will not be entitled to vote on these matters during such time. These provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association may only be amended if approved by a special resolution passed by the affirmative vote of at least 90% (or, where such amendment is proposed in respect of the consummation of our initial business combination, two-thirds) of the votes cast by such shareholders as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at the applicable general meeting of the company.
		With respect to any other matter submitted to a vote of our shareholders prior to or in connection with the completion of our initial business combination, including any vote in connection with our initial business combination, except as required by law, holders of the insider shares and holders of our public shares will vote together as a single class, with each share entitling the holder to one vote. If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination, we will complete our initial business combination only if we receive approval by way of an ordinary resolution under Cayman Islands law and our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, which requires the affirmative vote of at least a simple majority of the votes cast by such shareholders as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at the applicable general meeting of the company. In such case, our sponsors, officers and directors have agreed to vote their insider shares and any public shares purchased during or after this offering (including in open market and privately-negotiated transactions) in favor of our initial business combination (not including restricted Class A ordinary shares, which will not have any voting rights prior to completion of our initial business combination, and excepting any public shares such parties may purchase in compliance with the requirements of Rule 14e-5 under the Exchange Act would not be voted in favor of approving the business combination transaction). As a result, in addition to our initial shareholders’ insider shares, we would need 5,320,073, or 29.6%, of the 18,000,000 public shares sold in this offering to be voted in favor of an initial business combination in order to have our initial business combination approved, assuming all outstanding shares are voted, the over-allotment option is not exercised and the parties to the letter agreement do not acquire any Class A ordinary shares.

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Assuming that only the holders of one-third of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares, representing a quorum under our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, vote their shares at a general meeting of the company, we will not need any public shares in addition to our insider shares to be voted in favor of an initial business combination in order to approve an initial business combination.

Private placement units and underlying securities; restricted Class A ordinary shares

Our sponsors will subscribe to purchase an aggregate of (a) 339,964 private placement units and (b) 1,019,892 restricted Class A ordinary shares at a combined price of $10.00 per private placement security for an aggregate purchase price of $3,399,640 (whether or not the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised) in private placements to that will close simultaneously with the closing of this offering. Among the 339,964 private placement units to be purchased by our sponsors, (i) 273,947 private placement units would be purchased by Copley Square LLC (among which, 116,501 private placement units would be purchased indirectly by the Copley managing member and 157,446 private placement units would be purchased indirectly by the Copley non-managing members), and (ii) 66,017 units would be purchased by Northlake Partners Ltd. Among the 1,019,892 restricted Class A ordinary shares to be purchased by our sponsors, (i) 764,892 restricted Class A ordinary shares would be purchased by Copley Square LLC (among which, 450,000 restricted Class A ordinary shares would be purchased indirectly by the Copley managing member and 314,892 restricted Class A ordinary shares would be purchased indirectly by the Copley non-managing members), and (ii) 255,000 restricted Class A ordinary shares would be purchased by Northlake Partners Ltd.

The private placement units are identical to the public units sold in this offering, except that the private placement units (including the underlying shares) are subject to certain transfer restrictions and the holders thereof are entitled to certain registration rights, as described herein, and will not be redeemable by us. A portion of the purchase price of the private placement units will be added to the proceeds from this offering to be held in the trust account such that at the time of closing $180,000,000 (or $207,000,000 if the underwriters exercise their overallotment option in full) will be held in the trust account. If we do not complete our initial business combination within the completion window, the private placement units (and the underlying securities) will expire worthless.

The Copley non-managing members have expressed an interest to purchase non-managing membership interests in Copley Square LLC reflecting interests in an aggregate of (i) 157,446 of the 273,947 private placement units to be purchased by Copley Square LLC, and (ii) 314,892 of the 764,892 restricted Class A ordinary shares to be purchased by Copley Square LLC, at a price of $10.00 per interest in each private placement non-managing security, in private placements that will close simultaneously with the closing of this offering. Subject to each Copley non-managing member purchasing, through Copley Square LLC, the private placement non-managing securities allocated to it in connection with the closing of this offering, Copley Square LLC will issue non-managing membership interests at a nominal purchase price to the Copley non-managing member reflecting interests in an aggregate of 1,417,014 insider shares.

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The private placement units are identical to the units sold in this offering except that private placement units (including the underlying securities) may not, subject to certain limited exceptions, be transferred, assigned or sold by the holders until 30 days after the completion of our initial business combination and will be entitled to registration rights. The restricted Class A ordinary shares may not, subject to certain limited exceptions, be transferred, assigned or sold by the holders until 90 days after the completion of our initial business combination and will be entitled to registration rights. If we do not complete our initial business combination within 18 months from the closing of this offering (or up to 24 months if the completion window is extended as described herein), the proceeds of the sale of the private placement units and restricted Class A ordinary shares held in the trust account will be used to fund the redemption of our public shares (subject to the requirements of applicable law) and the private placement securities will expire worthless. For more information, see “Principal Shareholders — Restrictions on Transfers of Insider Shares, Private placement Units and Restricted Class A ordinary shares.”

The holders of the Class A restricted shares have contractually agreed that the Class A restricted shares will not have voting rights until the completion of our initial business combination and therefore will not be entitled to vote to approve our initial business combination.

Transfer restrictions on private placement units and restricted Class A ordinary shares

Subject to certain exceptions, pursuant to a letter agreement entered into with us, our initial shareholders will agree not to transfer, assign or sell the private placement units (including the private placement shares, private placement rights, the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the private placement rights) until 30 days after the completion of our initial business combination and the restricted Class A ordinary shares will not be transferable assignable or salable until 90 days after the completion of our initial business combination (except as described under the section of this prospectus entitled “Principal Shareholders — Restrictions on Transfers of Insider Shares, Private placement Units and Restricted Class A ordinary shares”).

Offering proceeds to be held in trust

The rules of NASDAQ provide that at least 90% of the gross proceeds from this offering and the sale of the private placement units be deposited in a Trust Account. An aggregate of $180,000,000 (or an aggregate of $207,000,000 if the over-allotment option is exercised in full) from the proceeds of this offering and the sales of the private placement units, or $10.00 per unit sold to the public in this offering, will be placed in a Trust Account in the United States, maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, acting as trustee pursuant to an agreement to be signed on the date of this prospectus. Such amount includes $5,400,000, or up to $0.30 per unit sold to the public in this offering (or $6,210,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), payable to the underwriters as deferred underwriting discounts and commissions. Pursuant to the investment management trust agreement that will govern the investment of such funds, the trustee, upon our written instructions, will invest the funds as set forth in such written instructions and to custody the funds while invested and until otherwise instructed in accordance with the investment management trust agreement. The remaining $800,000 of net proceeds of this offering will not be held in the Trust Account.

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Except as set forth below, the proceeds in the Trust Account will not be released until the earlier of the completion of an initial business combination within the required time period or our entry into liquidation if we have not completed a business combination in the required time period. Therefore, unless and until an initial business combination is consummated, the proceeds held in the Trust Account will not be available for our use for any expenses related to this offering or expenses which we may incur related to the investigation and selection of a target business and the negotiation of an agreement to acquire a target business.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, there will be released to us from the Trust Account any interest earned on the funds in the Trust Account that we need to pay our income or other tax obligations (other than excise tax). With these exceptions, expenses incurred by us may be paid prior to a business combination only from the net proceeds of this offering not held in the Trust Account (estimated to initially be $800,000); provided, however, that in order to meet our working capital needs following the consummation of this offering if the funds not held in the Trust Account are insufficient, or to extend our life, our insiders, officers and directors or their affiliates/designees may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds, from time to time or at any time, in whatever amount they deem reasonable in their sole discretion. Each loan would be evidenced by a promissory note. The notes would either be paid upon consummation of our initial business combination, without interest, or, at the lender’s discretion, up to $3,000,000 of the notes may be converted upon consummation of our business combination into working capital units at a price of $10.00 per unit. If we do not complete a business combination, the loans would be repaid out of funds not held in the Trust Account, and only to the extent available.

Limited payments to insiders

Prior to the consummation of a business combination, there will be no fees, reimbursements or other cash payments paid to our insiders, officers, directors or their affiliates prior to, or for any services they render in order to effectuate, the consummation of a business combination (regardless of the type of transaction that it is) other than:

• repayment at the closing of this offering of an aggregate of approximately $800,000 of loans made by the Copley managing member;

• payment to an affiliate of our sponsors of a total of $10,000 per month for office space, administrative and support services;

• repayment at the closing of this offering of loans which may be made by our insiders, officers, directors or any of its or their affiliates to finance transaction costs in connection with an initial business combination, the terms of which have not been determined; and

• reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses incurred by them in connection with certain activities on our behalf, such as identifying and investigating possible business targets and business combinations.

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There is no limit on the amount of out-of-pocket expenses reimbursable by us; provided, however, that to the extent such expenses exceed the available proceeds not deposited in the Trust Account, such expenses would not be reimbursed by us unless we consummate an initial business combination. Our audit committee will review and approve all reimbursements and payments made to any initial shareholder or member of our management team, or their respective affiliates, and any reimbursements and payments made to members of our audit committee will be reviewed and approved by our board of directors, with any interested director abstaining from such review and approval.

Conditions to completing our initial business combination

Our initial business combination must occur with one or more target businesses that together have an aggregate fair market value of at least 80% of the assets held in the Trust Account (excluding any deferred underwriters’ fees and taxes payable on the income earned on the Trust Account) at the time of the agreement to enter into the initial business combination. If we are no longer listed on Nasdaq, we will not be required to satisfy the 80% test.

If our board is not able to independently determine the fair market value of the target business or businesses, we may obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking or accounting firm as to the fair market value of the target business. We will complete our initial business combination only if the post-transaction company in which our public shareholders own shares will own or acquire 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target sufficient for it not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act. Even if the post-transaction company owns 50% or more of the voting securities of the target, our shareholders prior to the business combination may collectively own a minority interest in the post business combination company, depending on valuations ascribed to the target and us in the business combination transaction. If less than 100% of the equity interests or assets of a target business or businesses are owned or acquired by the post-transaction company, the portion of such business or businesses that is owned or acquired is what will be valued for purposes of the 80% test, provided that in the event that the business combination involves more than one target business, the 80% test will be based on the aggregate value of all of the target businesses.

Potential revisions to agreements with insiders

We could seek to amend certain agreements made by our management team disclosed in this prospectus without the approval of shareholders, although we have no intention to do so. For example, restrictions on our executives relating to the voting of securities owned by them, the agreement of our management team to remain with us until the closing of a business combination, the obligation of our management team to not propose certain changes to our organizational documents or the obligation of the management team and their affiliates to not receive any compensation in connection with a business combination could be modified without obtaining shareholder approval. Although shareholders would not be given the opportunity to redeem their shares in connection with such changes, in no event would we be able to modify the redemption or liquidation rights of our shareholders without permitting our shareholders the right to redeem their shares in connection with any such change. We will not agree to any such changes unless we believed that such changes were in the best interests of our shareholders (for example, if such a modification were necessary to complete a business combination).

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Shareholder approval of, or tender offer in connection with, initial business combination

In connection with any proposed initial business combination, we will either (1) seek shareholder approval of such initial business combination at a meeting called for such purpose at which public shareholders may seek to convert their public shares, regardless of whether they vote for or against, or abstain from voting on, the proposed business combination, into their pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account (net of taxes payable and up to $100,000 of interest released to us to pay dissolution expenses) or (2) provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to sell their public shares to us by means of a tender offer (and thereby avoid the need for a shareholder vote) for an amount equal to their pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account (net of taxes payable and up to $100,000 of interest released to us to pay dissolution expenses), in each case subject to the limitations described herein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, our initial shareholders have agreed, pursuant to written letter agreements with us, not to convert any public shares held by them into their pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account. If we determine to engage in a tender offer, such tender offer will be structured so that each public shareholder may tender any or all of his, her or its public shares rather than some pro rata portion of his, her or its shares.

If enough shareholders tender their shares so that we are unable to satisfy any applicable closing condition set forth in the definitive agreement related to our initial business combination, or we are unable to maintain net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 upon consummation of the proposed business combination, we will not consummate such initial business combination. The decision as to whether we will seek shareholder approval of a proposed business combination or will allow shareholders to sell their shares to us in a tender offer will be made by us based on a variety of factors such as the timing of the transaction, or whether the terms of the transaction would otherwise require us to seek shareholder approval. If we so choose and we are legally permitted to do so, we will have the flexibility to avoid a shareholder vote and allow our shareholders to sell their shares pursuant to Rule 13e-4 and Regulation 14E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or Exchange Act, which regulate issuer tender offers. In that case, we will file tender offer documents with the SEC which will contain substantially the same financial and other information about the initial business combination as is required under the SEC’s proxy rules. We will consummate our initial business combination only if we have net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 upon such consummation and, solely if we seek shareholder approval, a majority of the issued and outstanding ordinary shares voted are voted in favor of the business combination.

However, if we seek to consummate a business combination with a target business that imposes any type of working capital closing condition or requires us to have a minimum amount of funds available from the Trust Account upon consummation of such business combination, the net tangible asset requirement may limit our ability to consummate such a business combination and may force us to seek third party financing which may not be available on terms acceptable to us or at all. As a result, we may not be able to consummate such business combination and we may not be able to locate another suitable target within the applicable time period, if at all.

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		Our initial shareholders, officers and directors, have agreed (i) to vote their insider shares and any public shares purchased in or after this offering in favor of any proposed business combination and (ii) not to convert any shares (including the insider shares) in connection with a shareholder vote to approve, or sell their shares to us in any tender offer in connection with, a proposed initial business combination. The insider shares held by our insiders include an aggregate of up to 900,000 insider shares held by Copley Square LLC subject to forfeiture to the extent that the underwriters’ over-allotment option is not exercised in full or in part, so that our insiders will collectively own 25.0% of our issued and outstanding shares after this offering (not including the ordinary shares issuable underlying the private placement units, the restricted Class A ordinary shares, any shares underlying working capital units issued upon conversion of working capital loans, and any ordinary shares or equity-linked securities issued, or to be issued, to any seller in our initial business combination). As a result, for purpose of seeking shareholder approval for our initial business combination, in addition to our insider shares, we would need additional 1,093,429 public shares to vote in order to obtain a quorum which will be, pursuant to the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association that we will adopt immediately prior to or upon the effectiveness of this prospectus, one third of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares entitled to vote at the meeting. Once a quorum is obtained, (i) assuming only a quorum is present and voted at such meeting held to vote on our initial business combination, we do not need any additional vote from public shareholders to approve the initial business combination, or (ii) assuming all issued and outstanding shares are present and voted, we need additional 5,320,073, or 29.6%, of the 18,000,000 public shares sold in this offering are needed to be voted in favor of a transaction (none of our officers, directors, initial shareholders or their affiliates has indicated any intention to purchase units in this offering or any units or Class A ordinary shares in the open market or in private transactions (other than the private placement units). Additionally, each public shareholder may elect to redeem its public shares irrespective of whether it votes for or against, or abstain from voting on, the proposed transaction (subject to the limitation described in this prospectus). However, if a significant number of shareholders vote, or indicate an intention to vote, against a proposed business combination, our officers, directors, initial shareholders or their affiliates could make such purchases in the open market or in private transactions in order to influence the vote. There is no limit on the number of shares that may be purchased by the insiders. Any purchases would be made in compliance with federal securities laws, including the fact that all material information will be made public prior to such purchase, and no purchases would be made if such purchases would violate Section 9(a)(2) or Rule 10b-5 of the Exchange Act, which are rules designed to stop potential manipulation of a company’s stock.
Redemption rights		In connection with a business combination, public shareholders will have the right to convert their public shares into an amount equal to (1) the number of public shares being converted by such public holder divided by the total number of public shares multiplied by (2) the amount then in the Trust Account (initially $10.00 per share), which includes the deferred underwriting discounts and commissions plus a pro rata portion of any interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account less any amounts necessary to pay our taxes. At any meeting called to approve an initial business combination, public shareholders may elect to convert their share regardless of whether or not they vote to approve the business combination.

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		Whether we elect to effectuate our initial business combination via shareholder vote or tender offer, we may require public shareholders wishing to exercise redemption rights, whether they are a record holder or hold their shares in “street name,” to either tender the
		certificates they are seeking to convert to our transfer agent or to deliver the shares they are seeking to convert to the transfer agent electronically using The Depository Trust Company’s DWAC (Deposit/Withdrawal At Custodian) System, at the holder’s option, at any time at or prior to the vote on the business combination. There is a nominal cost associated with this tendering process and the act of certificating the shares or delivering them through the DWAC System. The transfer agent will typically charge the tendering broker $120 and it would be up to the broker whether or not to pass this cost on to the converting holder. The foregoing is different from the procedures used by traditional blank check companies. In order to perfect redemption rights in connection with their business combinations, many traditional blank check companies would distribute proxy materials for the shareholders’ vote on an initial business combination, and a holder could simply vote against a proposed business combination and check a box on the proxy card indicating such holder was seeking to exercise its redemption rights. After the business combination was approved, the company would contact such shareholder to arrange for it to deliver its certificate to verify ownership. As a result, the shareholder then had an “option window” after the consummation of the business combination during which it could monitor the price of the company’s stock in the market. If the price rose above the conversion price, it could sell its shares in the open market before actually delivering his shares to the company for cancellation. As a result, the redemption rights, to which shareholders were aware they needed to commit before the shareholder meeting, would become an “option” right surviving past the consummation of the business combination until the converting holder delivered its certificate. The requirement for physical or electronic delivery prior to the closing of the shareholder meeting ensures that a holder’s election to convert is irrevocable once the business combination is completed.
		Pursuant to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, we are required to give a minimum of only five clear days’ notice for each general meeting. As a result, if we require public shareholders who wish to convert their ordinary shares into the right to receive a pro rata portion of the funds in the Trust Account to comply with the foregoing delivery requirements, holders may not have sufficient time to receive the notice and deliver their shares for conversion. Accordingly, investors may not be able to exercise their redemption rights and may be forced to retain our securities when they otherwise would not want to. If we require public shareholders who wish to convert their ordinary shares to comply with specific delivery requirements for conversion described above and such proposed business combination is not consummated, we will promptly return such certificates to the tendering public shareholders.
		Please see the risk factors titled “In connection with any shareholder meeting called to approve a proposed initial business combination, we may require shareholders who wish to convert their public shares to comply with specific requirements for conversion that may make it more difficult for them to exercise their redemption rights prior to the deadline for exercising their rights” and “If we require public shareholders who wish to convert their public shares to comply

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with the delivery requirements for conversion, such converting shareholders may be unable to sell their securities when they wish to in the event that the proposed business combination is not approved.”

Once the shares are converted by the holder, and effectively redeemed by us under the Cayman Islands law, the transfer agent will then update our Register of Members to reflect all conversions.

Limitation on redemption rights of shareholders holding 15% or more of the shares sold in this offering if we hold shareholder vote

Notwithstanding the foregoing redemption rights, if we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination and we do not conduct redemptions in connection with our business combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will provide that a public shareholder, together with any affiliate of such shareholder or any other person with whom such shareholder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined under Section 13 of the Exchange Act), will be restricted from redeeming its shares with respect to more than an aggregate of 15% of the shares sold in this offering. We believe the restriction described above will discourage shareholders from accumulating large blocks of shares, and subsequent attempts by such holders to use their ability to redeem their shares as a means to force us or our management to purchase their shares at a significant premium to the then-current market price or on other undesirable terms. Absent this provision, a public shareholder holding more than an aggregate of 15% of the shares sold in this offering could threaten to exercise its redemption rights against a business combination if such holder’s shares are not purchased by us or our management at a premium to the then-current market price or on other undesirable terms. By limiting our shareholders’ ability to redeem to no more than 15% of the shares sold in this offering, we believe we will limit the ability of a small group of shareholders to unreasonably attempt to block our ability to complete our business combination, particularly in connection with a business combination with a target that requires as a closing condition that we have a minimum net worth or a certain amount of cash. However, we would not be restricting our shareholders’ ability to vote all of their shares (including all shares held by those shareholders that hold more than 15% of the shares sold in this offering) for or against, or abstain from voting on, our business combination.

Redemption rights in connection with proposed amendments to our articles of association

Some other blank check companies have a provision in their charter which prohibits the amendment of certain charter provisions. Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will provide that any of its provisions, including those related to pre-business combination activity (including the requirement to deposit proceeds of this offering into the Trust Account and not release such amounts except in specified circumstances, and to provide redemption rights to public shareholders as described herein) may be amended if approved by holders of at least two thirds of our ordinary shares entitled to vote thereon, subject to applicable provisions of the Cayman Islands law, or the Companies Act, or applicable stock exchange rules. Corresponding provisions of the trust agreement governing the release of funds from our Trust Account may be amended if approved by holders of two thirds of our ordinary shares entitled to vote thereon. We may not issue additional securities that can vote on amendments to our amended and restated articles of association or in our initial business combination

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		or that would entitle holders to receive funds from the Trust Account. Our initial shareholders and their permitted transferees, if any, who will collectively beneficially own approximately 25% of our ordinary shares upon the closing of this offering (not including the private placement shares and restricted Class A ordinary shares, and assuming they do not purchase any units in this offering), will participate in any vote to amend our amended and restated articles of association and/or trust agreement and will have the discretion to vote in any manner they choose. Our initial shareholders have agreed, pursuant to a letter agreement with us (filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part), that they will not propose any amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (i) that would modify the timing of our obligation to allow redemption in connection with our initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination within 18 months from the closing of this offering (or up to 24 months from the closing of this offering if we extend the period of time to consummate a business combination by the full amount of time) or (ii) with respect to any other material provision relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-initial business combination activity, unless we provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their Class A ordinary shares upon approval of any such amendment at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest (which interest shall be net of taxes payable and up to $100,000 of interest released to us to pay dissolution expenses) divided by the number of then issued and outstanding public shares. Our initial shareholders have entered into a letter agreement with us pursuant to which they have agreed to waive their redemption rights with respect to any insider shares and any public shares held by them in connection with the completion of our initial business combination and to waive their redemption rights with respect to their insider shares and public shares in connection with a shareholder vote to approve an amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (A) to modify the timing of our obligation to allow redemption in connection with our initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination within 18 months from the closing of this offering (or up to 24 months from the closing of this offering if we extend the period of time to consummate a business combination by the full amount of time) or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-initial business combination activity.
Release of funds in Trust Account on closing of our initial business combination		On the completion of our initial business combination, all amounts held in the Trust Account will be released to us. We will use these funds to pay amounts due to any public shareholders who exercise their redemption rights as described above under “Redemption rights,” to pay the underwriters their deferred underwriting compensation, to pay all or a portion of the consideration payable to the target or owners of the target of our initial business combination and to pay other expenses associated with our initial business combination. If our initial business combination is paid for using equity or debt instruments, or not all of the funds released from the Trust Account are used for payment of the consideration in connection with our initial business combination, we may apply the balance of the cash released to us from the Trust Account for general corporate purposes, including for maintenance or expansion of operations of post-transaction businesses, the payment of principal or interest due on indebtedness incurred in completing our initial business combination, to fund the purchase of other assets, companies or for working capital.

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Automatic liquidation if no business combination

As described above, if we fail to consummate a business combination within 18 months from the consummation of this offering (or up to 24 months from the closing of this offering if we extend the period of time to consummate a business combination by the full amount of time), it will trigger our automatic winding up, liquidation and subsequent dissolution pursuant to the terms of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association. As a result, this has the same effect as If we had formally gone through a voluntary liquidation procedure under the Companies Act. Accordingly, no vote would be required from our shareholders to commence such a voluntary winding up, liquidation and subsequent dissolution.

The amount in the Trust Account (including the deferred underwriting compensation) under the Companies Act will be available for distribution under the Companies Act provided that immediately following the date on which the proposed distribution is to be made, we are able to pay our debts as they fall due in the ordinary course of business, and the value of the Company’s assets exceed its liabilities. If we are forced to liquidate, we anticipate that we would distribute to our public shareholders the amount in the Trust Account calculated as of the date that is two (2) days prior to the distribution date (including any accrued interest net of taxes payable and up to $100,000 of interest released to us to pay dissolution expenses).

Prior to such distribution, we would be required to assess all claims that may be potentially brought against us by our creditors for amounts they are actually owed and make provision for such amounts, as creditors take priority over our public shareholders with respect to amounts that are owed to them. We cannot assure you that we will properly assess all claims that may be potentially brought against us. As such, our shareholders could potentially be liable for any claims of creditors to the extent of distributions received by them as voidable transaction in the event we enter an insolvent liquidation. Furthermore, while we will seek to have all vendors and service providers (which would include any third parties we engaged to assist us in any way in connection with our search for a target

business) and prospective target businesses execute agreements with us waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind they may have in or to any monies held in the Trust Account, there is no guarantee that they will execute such agreements. Nor is there any guarantee that, even if such entities execute such agreements with us, they will not seek recourse against the Trust Account or that a court would conclude that such agreements are legally enforceable.

The holders of the insider shares will not participate in any liquidation distribution with respect to such securities.

Our sponsors have contractually agreed pursuant to a written agreement with us that, if we liquidate the Trust Account prior to the consummation of a business combination, it will be liable to ensure that the proceeds in the Trust Account are not reduced by the claims of target businesses or claims of vendors or other entities that are owed money by us for services rendered or contracted for or products sold to us. Accordingly, if a claim brought by a target business or vendor did not exceed the amount of funds available to us outside of the Trust Account, our sponsors would not have any obligation to indemnify such claims as they would be paid from such available funds. However, if a claim exceeded such amounts, the only exceptions to our sponsors’ obligations to pay such claim

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would be if the party executed an agreement waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind it has in or to any monies held in the Trust Account. We cannot assure you that our sponsors will be able to satisfy these obligations if it is required to do so. Therefore, we cannot assure you that the per-share redemption price from the Trust Account, if we liquidate the Trust Account because we have not completed a business combination within the required time period, and assuming that we do not extend our life beyond 18 months (or up to 24 months from the closing of this offering if we extend the period of time to consummate a business combination by the full amount of time) prior to a business combination, will not be less than $10.00.

We will pay the costs of liquidating the Trust Account from our remaining assets outside of the Trust Account. If such funds are insufficient, our sponsors have contractually agreed to advance us the funds necessary to complete such liquidation (currently anticipated to be no more than approximately $100,000) and has contractually agreed not to seek repayment for such expenses.

The underwriters have agreed to waive their rights to the deferred underwriting discounts and commissions held in the Trust Account in the event we do not consummate a business combination within 18 months from the closing of this offering (or up to 24 months from the closing of this offering if we extend the period of time to consummate a business combination by the full amount of time) and in such event, such amounts will be included with the funds held in the Trust Account that will be available to fund the redemption of our public shares.

Indemnity

Our sponsors have agreed that it will be liable to us if and to the extent any claims by a third party for services rendered or products sold to us, or a prospective target business with which we have entered into a written letter of intent, confidentiality or similar agreement or business combination agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the Trust Account to below the lesser of (i) $10.00 per public share and (ii) the actual amount per public share held in the Trust Account as of the date of the liquidation of the Trust Account, if less than $10.00 per share due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, less taxes payable, provided that such liability will not apply to any claims by a third party or prospective target business who executed a waiver of any and all rights to the monies held in the Trust Account (whether or not such waiver is enforceable) nor will it apply to any claims under our indemnity of the underwriters of this offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. However, we have not asked our sponsors to reserve for such indemnification obligations, nor have we independently verified whether our sponsor has sufficient funds to satisfy its indemnity obligations and believe that our sponsors’ only assets are securities of our company. Therefore, we cannot assure you that our sponsors would be able to satisfy those obligations. None of our officers or directors will indemnify us for claims by third parties including, without limitation, claims by vendors and prospective target businesses.

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Audit Committee

Subject to phase-in rules, we will establish and maintain an audit committee, which will be composed entirely of independent directors to, among other things, monitor compliance with the terms described above and the other terms relating to this offering. If any noncompliance is identified, then the audit committee will be charged with the responsibility to immediately take all action necessary to rectify such noncompliance or otherwise to cause compliance with the terms of this offering. For more information, see the section of this prospectus entitled “Management — Audit Committee.”

Conflicts of Interest

• Our initial shareholders will directly or indirectly own 6,900,000 insider shares (up to 900,000 insider shares of which are subject to surrender for no consideration depending on the extent to which the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised) and, accordingly, may have a conflict of interest in determining whether a particular target business is an appropriate business with which to effectuate our initial business combination.

• The $0.0036 per share price that our initial shareholders paid for the insider shares creates an incentive whereby our sponsors, directors and officers could potentially make a substantial profit even if the company selects an acquisition target that subsequently declines in value and is unprofitable for public investors.

• In the event we do not consummate a business combination within the proscribed period, the insider shares and their underlying securities, the private placement securities will expire worthless, which could create an incentive our initial shareholders to complete any transaction, regardless of its ultimate value.

• Each of our officers and directors may have a conflict of interest with respect to evaluating a particular business combination if the retention or resignation of any such officers and directors was included by a target business as a condition to any agreement with respect to our initial business combination.

• Each of initial shareholders presently has, and any of them in the future may have additional, fiduciary or contractual obligations to other entities pursuant to which such officer or director is or will be required to present a business combination opportunity to such entity.

• Our sponsors, officers and directors may in the future sponsor or form other special purpose acquisition companies similar to ours or may pursue other business or investment ventures during the period in which we are seeking an initial business combination.

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• Our officers and directors are not required to commit any specified amount of time to our affairs, and, accordingly, may have conflicts of interest in allocating management time among various business activities, including selecting a business combination target and monitoring the related due diligence.

• Our sponsors, officers and directors, or their affiliates may receive certain reimbursement or repayment of loans that may be dependent on the closing of our initial business combination. For more details, see “Prospectus Summary — Limited payments to insiders” on page 28 of this prospectus.

• We are not prohibited from pursuing an initial business combination with a company that is affiliated with our officers, directors, insiders or their affiliates, nor are we prohibited from consummating a business combination where any of our officers, directors, insiders or their affiliates acquire a minority interest in the target business alongside our acquisition. Accordingly, such affiliated person(s) may have a conflict of interest in determining whether a particular target business is an appropriate business with which to effectuate our initial business combination as such affiliated person(s) would have interests different from our public shareholders and would not receive any financial benefit unless we consummated such business combination.

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RISKS FACTORS SUMMARY

We are a blank check company that has conducted no operations and has generated no revenues. Until we complete our initial business combination, we will have no operations and will generate no operating revenues. In making your decision on whether to invest in our securities, you should take into account not only the background of our management team, but also the special risks we face as a blank check company, as well as the fact that this offering is not being conducted in compliance with Rule 419 promulgated under the Securities Act and, therefore, you will not be entitled to protections normally afforded to investors in Rule 419 blank check offerings. For additional information concerning how Rule 419 blank check offerings differ from this offering, please see “Proposed Business — Comparison to offerings of blank check companies subject to Rule 419.” You should carefully consider these, and the other risks set forth in the section entitled “Risk Factors” beginning on page 42 of this prospectus.

Such risks include, but are not limited to:

Risks Associated with Our Business

• If we are unable to consummate a business combination, our public shareholders may be forced to wait more than 18 months (or up to 24 months from the closing of this offering if we extend the period of time to consummate a business combination by the full amount of time) before receiving liquidation distributions.

• We may be unable to obtain additional financing, if required, to complete a business combination or to fund the operations and growth of the target business, which could compel us to restructure or abandon a particular business combination.

• Holders of rights will not have redemption rights if we are unable to complete an initial business combination within the required time period.

• Our officers and directors have pre-existing fiduciary and contractual obligations and accordingly, may have conflicts of interest in determining to which entity a particular business opportunity should be presented.

• Our public shareholders may not be afforded an opportunity to vote on our proposed business combination, which means we may consummate our initial business combination even though a majority of our public shareholders do not support such a combination.

• The value of the insider shares following completion of our initial business combination is likely to be substantially higher than the nominal price paid for them, even if the trading price of our public shares at such time is substantially less than $10.00 per share.

• Our outstanding rights may have an adverse effect on the market price of our ordinary shares and make it more difficult to effect a business combination.

• You will not have any rights or interests in funds from the Trust Account, except under certain limited circumstances. To liquidate your investment, therefore, you may be forced to sell your public shares, potentially at a loss.

• The excise tax included in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 may decrease the value of our securities following our initial business combination, hinder our ability to consummate an initial business combination, and decrease the amount of funds available for distribution in connection with a liquidation.

Risks Associated with Acquiring and Operating a Business Outside of the United States

• Because of the costs and difficulties inherent in managing cross-border business operations, our results of operations may be negatively impacted.

• Many countries have difficult and unpredictable legal systems and underdeveloped laws and regulations that are unclear and subject to corruption and inexperience, which may adversely impact our results of operations and financial condition.

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• If we effect a business combination with a company located outside of the United States, the laws applicable to such company will likely govern all of our material agreements and we may not be able to enforce our legal rights.

• Upon the effectiveness of this prospectus, all of our executive officers and directors will be located inside the United States, except that our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, Mr. Sung Hyuk Lee, and our Chief Financial Officer and Director, Mr. Hoon Ji Choi, are both located in South Korea. There is uncertainty as to whether after this offering, we will appoint new management member located outside the United States, or the management of post-combination entity will have members located outside the United States. Our sponsors are incorporated in the Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands, respectively, and Mr. Hongbo Xing, the sole manager and sole director of Copley Square Sponsor Limited which is the managing member of Copley Square LLC, and Mr. Tian Wang, the sole member and a director of Northlake Partners Ltd., are both Chinese nationals located in China. Therefore, investors may not be able to enforce federal securities laws or their other legal rights upon our executive officers and directors, our sponsors or their members, or future officers and directors located outside the United States appointed after this offering or in connection with the business combination.

• We may not be able to complete an initial business combination with a U.S. target company if such initial business combination is subject to U.S. foreign investment regulations and review by a U.S. government entity such as the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), or ultimately prohibited.

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SUMMARY FINANCIAL DATA

The following table summarizes the relevant financial data for our business and should be read with our financial statements, which are included in this prospectus. We have not had any significant operations to date, and accordingly only balance sheet data is presented.

	June 30, 2025
	Actual			As Adjusted
Working capital (deficiency)(1)	$	(401,789	)	$	446,709
Total assets(2)	$	326,446		$	180,676,109
Total liabilities(3)	$	450,337		$	5,629,400
Value of ordinary shares subject to possible redemption(4)	$	—		$	180,000,000
Shareholders’ (deficit)(5)	$	(123,891	)	$	(4,953,291	)

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(1) The “as adjusted” calculation includes $800,000 of cash held outside the Trust Account, including $250,000 to be used to pay for director and officer liability insurance premiums, less over-allotment liability of $229,400, plus $123,891 of actual shareholders’ deficit on June 30, 2025.

(2) The “as adjusted” calculation equals $180,000,000 of cash held in trust from the proceeds of this offering and the sale of the private units, plus $800,000 in cash held outside the Trust Account, including $250,000 to be used to pay for director and officer liability insurance premiums, plus $123,891 of actual shareholders’ deficit on June 30, 2025.

(3) The “as adjusted” calculation equals $5,400,000 of deferred underwriting commissions, assuming the over-allotment option is not exercised, and $229,400 for the over-allotment liability.

(4) The “as adjusted” calculation equals to 18,000,000 ordinary shares at $10.00 per ordinary share.

(5) Excludes 18,000,000 ordinary shares purchased in the public market which are subject to conversion in connection with our initial business combination. The “as adjusted” calculation equals the “as adjusted” total assets, less the “as adjusted” total liabilities, less the value of ordinary shares that may be converted in connection with our initial business combination ($10.00 per share).

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RISK FACTORS

An investment in our securities involves a high degree of risk. You should consider carefully the material risks described below, which we believe represent the material risks related to the offering, together with the other information contained in this prospectus, before making a decision to invest in our units. This prospectus also contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements as a result of specific factors, including the risks described below.

Risks Associated with Our Business

We are a blank check company with no operating history and no revenues, and, accordingly, you will not have any basis on which to evaluate our ability to achieve our business objective.

We are a blank check company with no operating results to date. Therefore, our ability to commence operations is dependent upon obtaining financing through the public offering of our securities. Since we do not have an operating history, you will have no basis upon which to evaluate our ability to achieve our business objective, which is to acquire an operating business. We have not conducted any discussions and we have no plans, arrangements or understandings with any prospective acquisition candidates. We will not generate any revenues until, at the earliest, after the consummation of a business combination.

There is currently no market for our securities and a market for our securities may not develop, which would adversely affect the liquidity and price of our securities.

There is currently no market for our securities. Shareholders therefore have no access to information about prior market history on which to base their investment decision. Following this offering, the price of our securities may vary significantly due to one or more potential business combinations and general market or economic conditions. Furthermore, an active trading market for our securities may never develop or, if developed, it may not be sustained. You may be unable to sell your securities unless a market can be established and sustained.

Our search for a business combination, and any target business with which we ultimately consummate a business combination, may be materially adversely affected by the continued effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the status of debt and equity markets, as well as protectionist legislation in our target markets.

Since late 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused substantial disruption to global economies and markets and the virus has continued to spread on a global scale. A significant outbreak of the COVID-19 and other infectious diseases, including the resurgence or variants thereof, could result in a widespread health crisis that could adversely affect economies and financial markets worldwide, business operations and the conduct of commerce generally and could have a material adverse effect on the business of any potential target business with which we complete a business combination. Furthermore, we may be unable to complete a business combination if continued concerns relating to COVID-19 continue to restrict travel, limit the ability to have meetings with potential investors or the target company’s personnel, vendors and services providers are unavailable to negotiate and consummate a transaction in a timely manner or even to conduct requisite due diligence. In addition, countries or supranational organizations in our target markets may develop and implement legislation that makes it more difficult or impossible for entities outside such countries or target markets to acquire or otherwise invest in companies or businesses deemed essential or otherwise vital. The extent to which COVID-19 impacts our search for a business combination will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted, including new information which may emerge concerning the severity and new variants of COVID-19 and the actions to contain COVID-19 or treat its impact, among others. While vaccines for COVID-19 have been developed, there is no guarantee that such vaccines will be durable. The treatment or vaccine for COVID-19 and any potentially emerging variants may be ineffective or underutilized. If the disruptions posed by COVID-19 or other matters of global concern continue for an extensive period of time, our ability to consummate a business combination, or the operations of a target business with which we ultimately consummate a business combination, may be materially adversely affected. In addition, our ability to consummate a transaction may be dependent on the ability to raise equity and debt financing which may be impacted by COVID-19 and other events, including as a result of increased market volatility, decreased market liquidity and third-party financing being unavailable on terms acceptable to us or at all. Finally, the outbreak of COVID-19 may also have the effect of heightening many of the other risks described in this “Risk Factors” section.

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Recent increases in inflation in the United States and elsewhere could make it more difficult for us to consummate a business combination.

Recent increases in inflation in the United Stated and elsewhere may be leading to increased price volatility in publicly traded securities, including ours, and may lead to other national, regional and international economic disruptions, any of which could make it more difficult for us to consummate a business combination.

Our independent registered public accounting firm’s report contains an explanatory paragraph that expresses substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a “going concern”.

As of June 30, 2025, we have incurred and expect to continue to incur significant costs in pursuit of this offering as well as our acquisition plans following this offering respectively. Management’s plans to address this need for capital through this offering are discussed in the section of this prospectus titled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.” Our plans to raise capital and to consummate our initial business combination may not be successful. The report of our independent registered public accountants on our financial statements includes an explanatory paragraph stating that our ability to continue as a going concern is dependent on the consummation of this offering. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from our inability to consummate this offering or our ability to continue as a going concern. Moreover, there is no assurance that we will consummate our initial business combination. These factors raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.

If we are unable to complete our initial business combination within prescribed time frame, we may further extend the time period that we need to complete the initial business combination provided that we have sought and obtained an approval from our shareholders for such extension by amending our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association and provided public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their public shares in connection with such extension.

We will have 18 months (or up to 24 months from the closing of this offering if we extend the period of time to consummate a business combination by the full amount of time) from the consummation of this offering in which to complete a business combination. If we cannot complete our initial business combination within prescribed time frame, we may seek to further amend our then existing amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to extend the time period under which we may complete our initial business combination. As provided in our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association may be amended if approved by holders of at least two-thirds of such company’s issued and outstanding ordinary shares who attend and vote at a general meeting or by way of unanimous written resolution, and that our public shareholders shall be provided with the opportunity to redeem their public shares upon the approval of any such amendment, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest (net of taxes payable and up to $100,000 of interest released to us to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then issued and outstanding public shares. We cannot guarantee that we will be able to complete our initial business combination within the time period given by our current amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, and, if not, predict the length of the extended time period that we may seek under the amendment to our then existing charter, as that may depend on the nature and complexity of the initial business combination, the progress we will have made with regard to the initial business combination by the time we seek additional extension, and other factors (including regulatory factors that may delay our initial business combination) beyond our control.

If we are unable to consummate a business combination, our public shareholders may be forced to wait more than 18 months (or up to 24 months from the closing of this offering if we extend the period of time to consummate a business combination by the full amount of time) before receiving liquidation distributions.

We will have 18 months from the consummation of this offering (or up to 24 months from the closing of this offering if we extend the period of time to consummate a business combination by the full amount of time) in which to complete a business combination. We have no obligation to return funds to investors prior to such date unless we consummate a business combination prior thereto and only then in cases where investors have sought to convert their shares. Only after the expiration of this full time period will public shareholders be entitled to liquidation distributions if we are unable to complete a business combination. Accordingly, investors’ funds may be unavailable to them until after such date and to liquidate your investment, you may be forced to sell your securities potentially at a loss.

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We may not be able to complete our initial business combination within the completion window, in which case we would cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up and we would redeem our public shares and liquidate.

We may not be able to find a suitable target business and complete our initial business combination within the completion window. An increasing number of SPACs have liquidated beginning in the second half of 2022 due to an inability to complete an initial business combination within their allotted time period. Our ability to complete our initial business combination may be negatively impacted by general market conditions, volatility in the capital and debt markets and the other risks described herein. If we have not completed our initial business combination within such time period, 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 (which interest shall be net of permitted withdrawals), divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any), and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining shareholders and our board of directors, liquidate and dissolve, subject in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), to our obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. In such case, our public shareholders may only receive $10.00 per share. In certain circumstances, our public shareholders may receive less than $10.00 per share on the redemption of their shares. See “— If third parties bring claims against us, the proceeds held in the Trust Account could be reduced and the per-share redemption amount received by shareholders may be less than $10.00 per share” and other risk factors herein.

The requirement that we complete an initial business combination within a specific period of time may give potential target businesses leverage over us in negotiating our initial business combination and may limit the amount of time we have to conduct due diligence on potential business combination targets as we approach our dissolution deadline, which could undermine our ability to consummate our initial business combination on terms that would produce value for our shareholders.

We have 18 months from the consummation of this offering (or up to 24 months from the closing of this offering if we extend the period of time to consummate a business combination by the full amount of time) to complete an initial business combination. Any potential target business with which we enter into negotiations concerning a business combination will be aware of this requirement. Consequently, such target business may obtain leverage over us in negotiating a business combination, knowing that if we do not complete a business combination with that particular target business, we may be unable to complete a business combination with any other target business. This risk will increase as we get closer to the time limits referenced above. In addition, we may have limited time to conduct due diligence and may enter into our initial business combination on terms that we would have rejected upon a more comprehensive investigation.

You will not be entitled to protections normally afforded to investors of blank check companies.

Since the net proceeds of this offering are intended to be used to complete a business combination with a target business that has not been identified, we may be deemed to be a “blank check” company under the United States securities laws. However, since we will have net tangible assets in excess of $5,000,000 upon the successful consummation of this offering and will file a Current Report on Form 8-K, including an audited balance sheet demonstrating this fact, we are exempt from rules promulgated by the SEC to protect investors of blank check companies such as Rule 419. Accordingly, investors will not be afforded the benefits or protections of those rules which would, for example, completely restrict the transferability of our securities, restrict the use of interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and require us to complete a business combination within 18 months from the closing of the offering (or up to 24 months from the closing of this offering if we extend the period of time to consummate a business combination by the full amount of time). Because we are not subject to Rule 419, our units will be immediately tradable, we will be entitled to withdraw amounts from the funds held in the Trust Account prior to the completion of a business combination and we may have more time to complete an initial business combination. For a more detailed comparison of this offering to offerings that comply with Rule 419, please see “Proposed Business — Comparison to offerings of blank check companies subject to Rule 419.”

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We may issue additional ordinary or preferred shares or debt securities to complete a business combination or under an employee incentive plan after completion of our initial business combination. Any such issuances would dilute the interest of our shareholders and likely present other risks.

Our memorandum and articles of association currently in force authorize the issuance of 400,000,000 Class A ordinary shares, of a par value of $0.0001 each, 90,000,000 Class B ordinary shares, of a par value of $0.0001 each, and 10,000,000 preferred shares, of a par value of $0.0001 each. Pursuant to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association that we will adopt immediately prior to or upon the effectiveness of this prospectus, we will be authorized to issue 400,000,000 Class A ordinary shares, of a par value of $0.0001 each, 90,000,000 Class B ordinary shares, of a par value of $0.0001 each, and 10,000,000 preferred shares, of a par value of $0.0001 each. Immediately after this offering, there will be 19,359,856 Class A ordinary shares and 6,000,000 Class B ordinary shares (assuming, in each case, that the underwriters have not exercised their over-allotment option and 900,000 insider shares have been surrendered for no consideration as a result) issued and outstanding. As a result, there will be 380,640,144 unissued Class A ordinary shares, 84,000,000 unissued Class B ordinary shares, and 10,000,000 unissued preferred shares available for issuance, respectively, which amount does not take into account the Class A ordinary shares reserved for issuance upon conversion of any outstanding rights. Immediately after the consummation of this offering, there will be no preferred shares issued and outstanding.

We have not selected any specific business combination target but may target businesses with enterprise values that are greater than what we could acquire with the net proceeds of this offering and the sale of the private units. We may need additional financing to complete our initial business combination, or to fund the operations or growth of the target business, in the form of equity, debt or convertible debt financing. Although we have no commitment as of the date of this offering, we may issue a substantial number of additional ordinary shares or preferred shares or debt securities, or a combination of thereof, to complete a business combination or under an employee incentive plan after completion of our initial business combination (although our amended and restated articles of association will provide that we may not issue securities that can vote with ordinary shareholders on matters related to our pre-initial business combination activity). However, our insiders have agreed, pursuant to written letter agreements with us, (A) to vote their insider shares in favor of any proposed business combination, (B) not to propose, or vote in favor of, an amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association that would stop our public shareholders from converting or selling their Class A ordinary shares to us in connection with a business combination or affect the timing of our obligation to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete a business combination within 18 months from the closing of this offering (or up to 24 months from the closing of this offering if we extend the period of time to consummate a business combination by the full amount of time) unless we provide dissenting public shareholders with the opportunity to convert their public shares into the right to receive cash from the Trust Account in connection with any such vote, (C) not to convert any insider shares (as well as any other shares acquired in or after this offering) into the right to receive cash from the Trust Account in connection with a shareholder vote to approve our proposed initial business combination (or sell any shares they hold to us in a tender offer in connection with a proposed initial business combination) or a vote to amend the provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-business combination activity and (D) that the insider shares shall not participate in any liquidating distribution upon winding up if a business combination is not consummated.

The issuance of additional ordinary shares or preferred shares may:

• significantly reduce the equity interest of investors in this offering;

• subordinate the rights of holders of ordinary shares if we issue preferred shares with rights senior to those afforded to our ordinary shares;

• cause a change in control if a substantial number of ordinary shares are issued, which may affect, among other things, our ability to use our net operating loss carry forwards, if any, and could result in the resignation or removal of our present officers and directors;

• have the effect of delaying or preventing a change of control of us by diluting the share ownership or voting rights of a person seeking to obtain control of us; and

• adversely affect prevailing market prices for our ordinary shares.

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Similarly, if we issue debt securities, it could result in:

• default and foreclosure on our assets if our operating revenues after a business combination are insufficient to repay our debt obligations;

• acceleration of our obligations to repay the indebtedness even if we make all principal and interest payments when due if we breach certain covenants that require the maintenance of certain financial ratios or reserves without a waiver or renegotiation of that covenant;

• our immediate payment of all principal and accrued interest, if any, if the debt security is payable on demand; and

• our inability to obtain necessary additional financing if the debt security contains covenants restricting our ability to obtain such financing while the debt security is outstanding.

• our inability to pay dividends on our ordinary shares;

• using a substantial portion of our cash flow to pay principal and interest on our debt, which will reduce the funds available for dividends on our ordinary shares if declared, expenses, capital expenditures, acquisitions and other general corporate purposes;

• limitations on our flexibility in planning for and reacting to changes in our business and in the industry in which we operate;

• increased vulnerability to adverse changes in general economic, industry and competitive conditions and adverse changes in government regulation;

• limitations on our ability to borrow additional amounts for expenses, capital expenditures, acquisitions, debt service requirements, execution of our strategy and other purposes; and

• other disadvantages compared to our competitors who have less debt.

We may issue our shares to investors in connection with our initial business combination at a price which is less than the prevailing market price of our shares at that time.

In connection with our initial business combination, we may issue shares to investors in private placement transactions (so-called PIPE transactions) at a price of $10.00 per share or lower, or at a price that approximates the per-share amounts in our Trust Account at such time. While these arrangements result in costs particular to the de-SPAC process that would not be anticipated in a traditional IPO, the purpose of such issuances will be to enable us to provide sufficient liquidity and capital to the post-business combination entity. Such PIPE transactions, if any, would ensure a return on investment to PIPE investors in return for funds facilitating our and our sponsors’ completion of the business combination, as well as providing sufficient liquidity and capital to the post-business combination entity. The price of the shares we issue may therefore be less, and potentially significantly less, than the market price for our shares at such time. Any such issuances of equity securities could dilute the interests of our existing shareholders.

Our rights agreement designates the courts of the State of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by holders of our rights, which could limit the ability of rights holders to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us.

Our rights agreement provides that, subject to applicable law, (i) any action, proceeding or claim against us arising out of or relating in any way to the rights agreement will be brought and enforced in the courts of the State of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and (ii) that we irrevocably submit to such jurisdiction, which jurisdiction shall be the exclusive forum for any such action, proceeding or claim. We will waive any objection to such exclusive jurisdiction and that such courts represent an inconvenient forum.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, these provisions of the rights agreement will not apply to suits brought to enforce any liability or duty created by the Exchange Act or any other claim for which the federal district courts of the United States are the sole and exclusive forum, or any compliant asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act against the Company or any of the Company’s directors, officers, other employees or agents. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in any of our rights shall be deemed to have notice of and to have consented to

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the forum provisions in our rights agreement. If any action, the subject matter of which is within the scope the forum provisions of the rights agreement, is filed in a court other than a court of the State of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (a “foreign action”) in the name of any holder of our rights, such holder shall be deemed to have consented to: (x) the personal jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in the State of New York in connection with any action brought in any such court to enforce the forum provisions (an “enforcement action”), and (y) having service of process made upon such rights holder in any such enforcement action by service upon such rights holder’s counsel in the foreign action as agent for such rights holder.

This choice-of-forum provision may limit a rights holder’s ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it finds favorable for disputes with us, which may discourage such lawsuits. Alternatively, if a court were to find this provision of our rights agreement inapplicable or unenforceable with respect to one or more of the specified types of actions or proceedings, we may incur additional costs associated with resolving such matters in other jurisdictions, which could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations and result in a diversion of the time and resources of our management and board of directors.

Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will designate the courts of the Cayman Islands as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our shareholders, which could limit our shareholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees.

Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provide that unless we consent in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the courts of the Cayman Islands shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any claim or dispute arising out of or in connection with our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association or otherwise related in any way to each shareholder’s shareholding in us, including but not limited to (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on our behalf, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of any fiduciary or other duty owed by any of our current or former directors, officers or other employees to us or our shareholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the Companies Act or our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, or (iv) any action asserting a claim against us governed by the internal affairs doctrine (as such concept is recognized under the laws of the United States) and that each shareholder irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Cayman Islands over all such claims or disputes. The forum selection provision in our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will not apply to actions or suits brought to enforce any liability or duty created by the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or any claim for which the federal district courts of the United States are, as a matter of the laws of the United States, the sole and exclusive forum for determination of such a claim.

Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association also provide that, without prejudice to any other rights or remedies that we may have, each of our shareholders acknowledges that damages alone would not be an adequate remedy for any breach of the selection of the courts of the Cayman Islands as exclusive forum and that accordingly we shall be entitled, without proof of special damages, to the remedies of injunction, specific performance or other equitable relief for any threatened or actual breach of the selection of the courts of the Cayman Islands as exclusive forum.

This choice of forum provision may increase a shareholder’s cost and limit the shareholder’s ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it finds favorable for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees, which may discourage lawsuits against us and our directors, officers and other employees. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any of our shares or other securities, whether by transfer, sale, operation of law or otherwise, shall be deemed to have notice of and have irrevocably agreed and consented to these provisions. There is uncertainty as to whether a court would enforce such provisions, and the enforceability of similar choice of forum provisions in other companies’ memorandum and articles of association or other charter documents has been challenged in legal proceedings. It is possible that a court could find this type of provisions to be inapplicable or unenforceable, and if a court were to find this provision in our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to be inapplicable or unenforceable in an action, we may incur additional costs associated with resolving the dispute in other jurisdictions, which could have an adverse effect on our business and financial performance.

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The provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association that relate to the rights of holders of our Class A ordinary shares (and corresponding provisions of the agreement governing the release of funds from our Trust Account) may be amended with the approval of a special resolution which requires the affirmative vote of a majority of not less than two-thirds of the voting rights held by such shareholders as, being entitled to do so, vote at a general meeting of the Company, which is a lower amendment threshold than that of some other blank check companies. It may be easier for us, therefore, to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to facilitate the completion of an initial business combination that some of our shareholders may not support.

Some other blank check companies have a provision in their charter which prohibits the amendment of certain of its provisions, including those which relate to the rights of a company’s shareholders, without approval by a certain percentage of the company’s shareholders. In those companies, amendment of these provisions typically requires approval by between 90% and 100% of the company’s shareholders. Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provide that any of its provisions related to the rights of holders of our Class A ordinary shares (including the requirement to deposit proceeds of this offering and the sale of private placement units into the Trust Account and not release such amounts except in specified circumstances, and to provide redemption rights to public shareholders as described herein), may be amended if approved by special resolution, meaning a special resolution passed by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the voting rights held by such shareholders as, being entitled to do so, vote at a general meeting of the Company for which notice specifying the intention to propose the resolution as a special resolution has been given, or by a unanimous written resolution of all of our shareholders, and corresponding provisions of the trust agreement governing the release of funds from our Trust Account may be amended if approved by holders of at least 65% of our ordinary shares; provided that the provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association governing the appointment or removal of directors prior to our initial business combination, may only be amended by a special resolution passed by not less than 90% of our shareholders which shall include the affirmative vote of a simple majority of our Class B ordinary shares who attend and vote at a general meeting of the Company for which notice specifying the intention to propose the resolution as a special resolution has been given, or by a unanimous written resolution of all of our shareholders. Our sponsors and their permitted transferees, if any, who will collectively beneficially own, on an as-converted basis, approximately 25% of our Class A ordinary shares upon the closing of this offering (assuming they do not purchase any units in this offering), will participate in any vote to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association and/or trust agreement and will have the discretion to vote in any manner they choose. As a result, we may be able to amend the provisions of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association which govern our pre-business combination behavior more easily than some other blank check companies, and this may increase our ability to complete a business combination with which you do not agree. Our shareholders may pursue remedies against us for any breach of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association.

Our sponsors, executive officers and directors have agreed, pursuant to agreements with us, that they will not propose any amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (A) that would modify the timing of our obligation to provide holders of our Class A ordinary shares the right to have their shares redeemed in connection with our initial business combination or to redeem 100% of our public shares if we do not complete our initial business combination within 18 months from the closing of this offering (or up to 24 months from the closing of this offering if we extend the period of time to consummate a business combination by the full amount of time) or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to the rights of holders of our Class A ordinary shares, unless we provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their Class A ordinary shares upon approval of any such amendment 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 franchise and income taxes, if any, divided by the number of the then-issued and outstanding public shares. Our shareholders are not parties to, or third party beneficiaries of, these agreements and, as a result, will not have the ability to pursue remedies against our sponsors, executive officers or directors for any breach of these agreements. As a result, in the event of a breach, our shareholders would need to pursue a shareholder derivative action, subject to applicable law.

Holders of Class A ordinary shares will not be entitled to vote on any appointment of directors we hold prior to our initial business combination as long as we have Class B ordinary shares issued and outstanding.

Prior to our initial business combination, pursuant to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, only holders of Class B ordinary shares, or insider shares will have the right to vote on the appointment of directors. Holders of our Class A ordinary shares will not be entitled to vote on the appointment of directors as long as we have Class B ordinary shares issued and outstanding. In addition, prior to our initial business combination, only holders of a majority of our Class B ordinary shares may remove any director of the Company. Accordingly, holders of Class A ordinary shares may not have any say in selecting management of our company prior to the consummation of an initial business combination as long as we have Class B ordinary shares issued and outstanding.

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We may be unable to obtain additional financing, if required, to complete a business combination or to fund the operations and growth of the target business, which could compel us to restructure or abandon a particular business combination.

Since we have not yet identified any prospective target business, we cannot ascertain the capital requirements for any particular transaction. If the net proceeds of this offering prove to be insufficient, either because of the size of the business combination, the depletion of the available net proceeds in search of a target business, or the obligation to convert into cash (or purchase in any tender offer) a significant number of shares from dissenting shareholders, we will be required to seek additional financing. Such financing may not be available on acceptable terms, if at all. To the extent that additional financing proves to be unavailable when needed to consummate a particular business combination, we would be compelled to either restructure the transaction or abandon that particular business combination and seek an alternative target business candidate. In addition, if we consummate a business combination, we may require additional financing to fund the operations or growth of the target business. The failure to secure additional financing could have a material adverse effect on the continued development or growth of the target business. None of our officers, directors or shareholders is required to provide any financing to us in connection with or after a business combination.

The redemption of a large number of our shares could increase the probability that our initial business combination would be unsuccessful and that you would have to wait for liquidation in order to redeem your shares.

If our initial business combination agreement requires us to use a portion of the cash in the Trust Account to pay the purchase price, or requires us to have a minimum amount of cash at closing, the probability that our initial business combination would be unsuccessful is increased. If our initial business combination is unsuccessful, you would not receive your pro rata portion of the Trust Account until we liquidate the Trust Account. If you are in need of immediate liquidity, you could attempt to sell your shares in the open market; however, at such time our shares may trade at a discount to the pro rata amount per share in the Trust Account. In either situation, you may suffer a material loss on your investment or lose the benefit of funds expected in connection with your exercise of redemption rights until we liquidate or you are able to sell your shares in the open market.

If third parties bring claims against us, the proceeds held in the Trust Account could be reduced and the per-share redemption price received by shareholders may be less than $10.00.

Our placing of funds in trust may not protect those funds from third party claims against us. Although we will seek to have all vendors and service providers we engage and prospective target businesses we negotiate with execute agreements with us waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies held in the Trust Account for the benefit of our public shareholders, they may not execute such agreements. Furthermore, even if such entities execute such agreements with us, they may seek recourse against the monies held in the Trust Account. A court may not uphold the validity of such agreements. Accordingly, the proceeds held in trust could be subject to claims which could take priority over those of our public shareholders. If we liquidate the Trust Account before the completion of a business combination, our sponsors have agreed that it will be liable to ensure that the proceeds in the Trust Account are not reduced by the claims of target businesses or claims of vendors or other entities that are owed money by us for services rendered or contracted for or products sold to us and which have not executed a waiver agreement. However, it may not be able to meet such obligation. Therefore, the per-share redemption price from the Trust Account in such a situation may be less than $10.00, plus interest, due to such claims.

Additionally, if we are forced to file a bankruptcy case or an involuntary bankruptcy case is filed against us which is not dismissed, or if we otherwise enter compulsory or court supervised liquidation, the proceeds held in the Trust Account could be subject to applicable bankruptcy law, and may be included in our bankruptcy estate and subject to the claims of third parties with priority over the claims of our shareholders. To the extent any bankruptcy claims deplete the Trust Account, we may not be able to return to our public shareholders at least $10.00 per share.

If, after we distribute the proceeds in the Trust Account to our public shareholders, we file a bankruptcy petition or an involuntary bankruptcy petition is filed against us that is not dismissed, a bankruptcy court may seek to recover such proceeds, and the members of our board of directors may be viewed as having breached their fiduciary duties to our creditors, thereby exposing the members of our board of directors and us to claims of punitive damages.

If, after we distribute the proceeds in the Trust Account to our public shareholders, we file a bankruptcy petition or an involuntary bankruptcy petition is filed against us that is not dismissed, any distributions received by shareholders could be viewed under applicable debtor/creditor and/or bankruptcy laws as either a “preferential transfer” or a “fraudulent

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conveyance.” As a result, a bankruptcy court could seek to recover all amounts received by our shareholders. In addition, our board of directors may be viewed as having breached its fiduciary duty to our creditors and/or having acted in bad faith, thereby exposing itself and us to claims of punitive damages, by paying public shareholders from the Trust Account prior to addressing the claims of creditors.

If, before distributing the proceeds in the Trust Account to our public shareholders, we file a bankruptcy petition or an involuntary bankruptcy petition is filed against us that is not dismissed, the claims of creditors in such proceeding may have priority over the claims of our shareholders and the per-share amount that would otherwise be received by our shareholders in connection with our liquidation may be reduced.

If, before distributing the proceeds in the Trust Account to our public shareholders, we file a bankruptcy petition or an involuntary bankruptcy petition is filed against us that is not dismissed, the proceeds held in the Trust Account could be subject to applicable bankruptcy law, and may be included in our bankruptcy estate and subject to the claims of third parties with priority over the claims of our shareholders. To the extent any bankruptcy claims deplete the Trust Account, the per-share amount that would otherwise be received by our shareholders in connection with our liquidation may be reduced.

Our shareholders may be held liable for claims by third parties against us to the extent of distributions received by them upon redemption of their shares.

If we are forced to enter into an insolvent liquidation, any distributions received by shareholders could be viewed as an unlawful payment if it was proved that immediately following the date on which the distribution was made, we were unable to pay our debts as they fall due in the ordinary course of business. As a result, a liquidator could seek to recover some or all amounts received by our shareholders. Furthermore, our directors may be viewed as having breached their fiduciary duties to us or our creditors and/or may have acted in bad faith, thereby exposing themselves and our company to claims, by paying public shareholders from the Trust Account prior to addressing the claims of creditors. We cannot assure you that claims will not be brought against us for these reasons. We and our directors and officers who knowingly and willfully authorized or permitted any distribution to be paid out of our share premium account while we were unable to pay our debts as they fall due in the ordinary course of business would be guilty of an offence and may be liable for a fine of approximately $18,000 and imprisonment for five years in the Cayman Islands.

Holders of rights will not have redemption rights if we are unable to complete an initial business combination within the required time period.

If we are unable to complete an initial business combination within the required time period and we redeem the funds held in the Trust Account, the rights will expire and holders will not receive any of such proceeds with respect to the rights.

We have no obligation to net cash settle the rights.

If we are unable to complete an initial business combination within the required time period and we redeem and distribute the funds held in the Trust Account, the rights will expire and holders will not receive any of such proceeds with respect to the rights.

Because each unit contains one right to receive one-tenth (1/10) of one Class A ordinary share, the units may be worth less than units of other blank check companies.

Each unit contains one Class A ordinary share and one right to receive one-tenth (1/10) of one Class A ordinary share. Accordingly, you must hold rights in multiples of ten in order to receive shares underlying the rights upon the consummation of our initial business combination. This is different from other offerings similar to ours whose units include one ordinary share, and one right to receive one whole share. We have established the components of the units in this way in order to reduce the dilutive effect of the rights upon completion of an initial business combination since the rights will be converted in the aggregate for one-tenth of the number of shares compared to units that each contain one right to receive one whole share, thus making us, we believe, a more attractive merger partner for target businesses. Nevertheless, this unit structure may cause our units to be worth less than if they included a right to receive one whole share.

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Since we have not yet selected a particular industry or target business with which to complete a business combination, we are unable to currently ascertain the merits or risks of the industry or business in which we may ultimately operate.

We are not limited to those locations and may consummate a business combination with a company in any location or industry we choose. Accordingly, there is no current basis for you to evaluate the possible merits or risks of the particular industry in which we may ultimately operate or the target business which we may ultimately acquire. To the extent we complete a business combination with a company in its development stage, we may be affected by numerous risks inherent in the business operations of those entities. If we complete a business combination with an entity in an industry characterized by a high level of risk, we may be affected by the currently unascertainable risks of that industry. Although our management will endeavor to evaluate the risks inherent in a particular industry or target business, we cannot assure you that we will properly ascertain or assess all of the significant risk factors. We also cannot assure you that an investment in our units will not ultimately prove to be less favorable to investors in this offering than a direct investment, if an opportunity were available, in a target business.

The requirement that the target business or businesses that we acquire must collectively have a fair market value equal to at least 80% of the balance of the funds in the Trust Account (less any deferred underwriting commissions and taxes payable on interest earned and less any interest earned thereon that is released to us) at the time of the execution of a definitive agreement for our initial business combination may limit the type and number of companies that we may complete such a business combination with.

Pursuant to the NASDAQ listing rules, the target business or businesses that we acquire must collectively have a fair market value equal to at least 80% of the balance of the funds in the Trust Account (excluding any deferred underwriting discounts and commissions and taxes payable on the income earned on the Trust Account and less any interest earned thereon that is released to us for our taxes) at the time of the execution of a definitive agreement for our initial business combination. This restriction may limit the type and number of companies with which we may complete a business combination. If we are unable to locate a target business or businesses that satisfy this fair market value test, we may be forced to liquidate and you will only be entitled to receive your pro rata portion of the funds in the Trust Account.

If NASDAQ delists our securities from trading on its exchange after this offering, we would not be required to satisfy the fair market value requirement described above and could complete a business combination with a target business having a fair market value substantially below 80% of the balance in the Trust Account.

Our ability to successfully effect a business combination and to be successful thereafter will be totally dependent upon the efforts of our key personnel, some of whom may join us following a business combination. While we intend to closely scrutinize any individuals we engage after a business combination, we cannot assure you that our assessment of these individuals will prove to be correct.

Our ability to successfully effect a business combination is dependent upon the efforts of our key personnel. We believe that our success depends on the continued service of our key personnel, at least until we have consummated our initial business combination. We cannot assure you that any of our key personnel will remain with us for the immediate or foreseeable future. In addition, none of our officers are required to commit any specified amount of time to our affairs and, accordingly, they will have conflicts of interest in allocating management time among various business activities, including identifying potential business combinations and monitoring the related due diligence. We do not have employment agreements with, or key-man insurance on the life of, any of our officers. The unexpected loss of the services of our key personnel could have a detrimental effect on us.

The role of our key personnel in the target business, however, cannot presently be ascertained. Although some of our key personnel may remain with the target business in senior management or advisory positions following a business combination, it is likely that some or all of the management of the target business will remain in place or be hired after consummation of the business combination. While we intend to closely scrutinize any individuals we engage after a business combination, we cannot assure you that our assessment of these individuals will prove to be correct. These individuals may be unfamiliar with the requirements of operating a public company which could cause us to have to expend time and resources helping them become familiar with such requirements. This could be expensive and time-consuming and could lead to various regulatory issues which may adversely affect our operations.

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Our officers and directors may not have significant experience or knowledge regarding the jurisdiction or industry of the target business we may seek to acquire.

As our efforts to identify a prospective target business will not be limited to a particular industry or geographic region, we may consummate a business combination with a target business in any geographic location or industry we choose. We cannot assure you that our officers and directors will have enough experience or have sufficient knowledge relating to the jurisdiction of the target or its industry to make an informed decision regarding a business combination. If we become aware of a potential business combination outside of the geographic location or industry where our officers and directors have the most experience, our management may retain consultants and advisors with experience in such industries to assist in the evaluation of such business combination and in our determination of whether or not to proceed with such a business combination. However, our management is not required to engage consultants or advisors in any situation. If they do not engage any consultants or advisors to assist them in the evaluation of a particular target business or business combination, our management may not properly analyze the risks attendant with such target business or business combination. Even if our management does engage consultants or advisors to assist in the evaluation of a particular target business or business combination, we cannot assure you that such consultants or advisors will properly analyze the risks attendant with such target business or business combination. As a result, we may enter into a business combination that is not in our shareholders’ best interests.

Our key personnel may negotiate employment or consulting agreements with a target business in connection with a particular business combination. These agreements may provide for them to receive compensation following a business combination and as a result, may cause them to have conflicts of interest in determining whether a particular business combination is the most advantageous.

Our key personnel will be able to remain with the company after the consummation of a business combination only if they are able to negotiate employment or consulting agreements or other arrangements in connection with the business combination. Such negotiations would take place simultaneously with the negotiation of the business combination and could provide for such individuals to receive compensation in the form of cash payments and/or our securities for services they would render to the company after the consummation of the business combination. The personal and financial interests of such individuals may influence their motivation in identifying and selecting a target business.

Our officers and directors may allocate their time to other businesses and may become officers or directors of other special purpose acquisition companies, thereby causing conflicts of interest in their determination as to how much time to devote to our affairs and whether to present a target to us instead of our competitors. This conflict of interest could have a negative impact on our ability to complete our initial business combination.

Our officers and directors have fiduciary duties to dedicate substantially all their business time to their respective affairs and their respective portfolio companies. However, this responsibility does not require any of our officers or directors to commit his or her full time to our affairs in particular, which may result in a conflict of interest in allocating their time between our operations and our search for a business combination and their other businesses, including other business endeavors for which he or she may be entitled to substantial compensation. Furthermore, our officer and directors may become an officer or director of another special purpose acquisition company with a class of securities registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act even before we enter a definitive agreement regarding our initial business combination. We do not intend to have any full-time employees prior to the completion of our initial business combination. Our independent directors also serve as officers or board members for other entities. If our officers’ and directors’ other business affairs require them to devote substantial amounts of time to such affairs in excess of their current commitment levels, it could limit their ability to devote time to our affairs; or if they have fiduciary duty to present a target company to our competitor instead of us, which may have a negative impact on our ability to complete our initial business combination. For a complete discussion of our officers’ and directors’ other business affairs, please see the section of this prospectus entitled “Management — Conflicts of Interest.”

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Our officers and directors have pre-existing fiduciary and contractual obligations and accordingly, may have conflicts of interest in determining to which entity a particular business opportunity should be presented.

Our officers and directors have pre-existing fiduciary and contractual obligations to other companies, including other companies that are engaged in business activities similar to those intended to be conducted by us. Accordingly, our officers and directors may participate in transactions and have obligations that may be in conflict or competition with our consummation of our initial business combination. As a result, a potential target business may be presented by our management team to another entity prior to its presentation to us and we may not be afforded the opportunity to engage in a transaction with such target business. For a more detailed description of the pre-existing fiduciary and contractual obligations of our management team, and the potential conflicts of interest that such obligations may present, see the section titled “Management — Conflicts of Interest.”

Our officers’ and directors’ personal and financial interests may influence their motivation in determining whether a particular target business is appropriate for a business combination.

Our officers and directors have waived their right to convert (or sell to us in any tender offer) their insider shares or any other ordinary shares acquired in this offering or thereafter (although none of these insiders have indicated any intention to purchase units in this offering or thereafter), or to receive distributions with respect to their insider shares upon our liquidation if we are unable to consummate our initial business combination. Accordingly, these securities will be worthless if we do not consummate our initial business combination. In addition, our officers and directors may loan funds to us after this offering and may be owed reimbursement for expenses incurred in connection with certain activities on our behalf which would only be repaid if we complete an initial business combination.

The personal and financial interests of our directors and officers may influence their motivation in timely identifying and selecting a target business and completing a business combination. Consequently, our directors’ and officers’ discretion in identifying and selecting a suitable target business may result in a conflict of interest when determining whether the terms, conditions and timing of a particular business combination are appropriate and in our shareholders’ best interest. If this were the case, it would be a breach of their fiduciary duties to us as a matter of Cayman Islands law and we might have a claim against such individuals. However, we might not ultimately be successful in any claim we may make against them for such reason.

Our sponsors, directors, officers, advisors and their affiliates may elect to purchase shares or rights from public holders, which may influence a vote on a proposed initial business combination and reduce the public “float” of our public securities.

Our sponsors, directors, officers, advisors or their affiliates may purchase shares or public rights or a combination thereof, in privately-negotiated transactions or in the open market, either prior to or following the completion of our initial business combination, although they are under no obligation to do so and they have no current commitments, plans or intentions to engage in such transactions and have not formulated any terms or conditions for any such transactions. Moreover, none of the funds in the Trust Account would be used to purchase shares or public rights in such transactions. See “Proposed Business — Permitted Purchases of Our Securities” for a description of how our sponsors, directors, officers or any of their affiliates will select which shareholders to purchase securities from in any private transaction.

Such a purchase may include a contractual acknowledgement that such shareholder, although still the record holder of our shares, is no longer the beneficial owner thereof and therefore agrees not to exercise its redemption rights. In the event that our sponsors, directors, officers, advisors or their affiliates purchase shares in privately-negotiated transactions from public shareholders who have already elected to exercise their redemption rights, such selling shareholders would be required to revoke their prior elections to redeem their shares. The purpose of such purchases could be to satisfy a closing condition in an agreement with a target that requires us to have a minimum net worth or a certain amount of cash at the closing of our initial business combination, where it appears that such requirement would otherwise not be met. The purpose of any such purchases of public rights could be to reduce the number of public rights outstanding. Any such purchases of our securities may result in the completion of our initial business combination that may not otherwise have been possible. Any such purchases will be reported pursuant to Section 13 and Section 16 of the Exchange Act to the extent such purchasers are subject to such reporting requirements.

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In addition, if such purchases are made, the public “float” of our ordinary shares or public rights and the number of beneficial holders of our securities may be reduced, possibly making it difficult to obtain or maintain the quotation, listing or trading of our securities on a national securities exchange. However, in the event our sponsors, directors, officers or their affiliates were to purchase shares or rights from public shareholders, such purchases would by structured in compliance with the requirements of Rule 14e-5 under the Exchange Act including, in pertinent part, through adherence to the following:

• the Company’s registration statement/proxy statement filed for its business combination transaction would disclose the possibility that the Company’s sponsors, directors, officers, advisors or their affiliates may purchase shares or rights from public shareholders outside the redemption process, along with the purpose of such purchases;

• if the Company’s sponsors, directors, officers, advisors or their affiliates were to purchase shares or rights from public shareholders, they would do so at a price no higher than the price offered through the Company’s redemption process;

• the Company’s registration statement/proxy statement filed for its business combination transaction would include a representation that any of the Company’s securities purchased by the Company’s sponsors, directors, officers, advisors or their affiliates would not be voted in favor of approving the business combination transaction;

• the Company’s sponsors, directors, officers or their affiliates would not possess any redemption rights with respect to the Company’s securities or, if they do acquire and possess redemption rights, they would waive such rights; and

• the Company would disclose in its Form 8-K, before to the Company’s security holder meeting to approve the business combination transaction, the following material items:

i. the amount of the Company’s securities purchased outside of the redemption offer by the Company’s sponsors, directors, officers, advisors or their affiliates, along with the purchase price;

ii. the purpose of the purchases by the Company’s sponsors, directors, officers, advisors or their affiliates;

iii. the impact, if any, of the purchases by the Company’s sponsors, directors, officers, advisors or their affiliates on the likelihood that the business combination transaction will be approved;

iv. the identities of Company security holders who sold to the Company’s sponsors, directors, officers, advisors or their affiliates (if not purchased on the open market) or the nature of Company security holders (e.g., 5% security holders) who sold to the Company’s sponsors, directors, officers, advisors or their affiliates; and

v. the number of Company securities for which the Company has received redemption requests pursuant to its redemption offer.

Members of our management team may in the future be involved in governmental investigations and civil litigation relating to the business affairs of companies with which they are, were or may in the future be affiliated with. Any such investigations or litigations may divert our management team’s attention and resources away from searching for an initial business combination, may be detrimental to our reputation, and thus may negatively affect our ability to complete an initial business combination.

We may become involved in litigation that may materially adversely affect us.

From time to time, we may become involved in various legal proceedings relating to matters incidental to the ordinary course of our business, including litigation and claims, and governmental and other regulatory investigations and proceedings. Such matters can be time-consuming, divert management’s attention and resources, cause us to incur significant expenses or liability or require us to change our business practices. Because of the potential risks, expenses

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and uncertainties of litigation, we may, from time to time, settle disputes, even where we believe that we have meritorious claims or defenses. Because litigation is inherently unpredictable, we cannot assure you that the results of any of these actions will not have a material adverse effect on our business.

Our share price may be volatile and, in the past, companies that have experienced volatility in the market price of their stock have been subject to securities litigation, including class action litigation. We may be the target of this type of litigation in the future.

Litigation of this type could result in substantial costs and diversion of management’s attention and resources, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations. Any adverse determination in litigation could also subject us to significant liabilities.

Members of our management team have significant experience as founders, board members, officers, executives or employees of other companies. Certain of those persons have been, are, or may become, involved in litigation, investigations or other proceedings, including related to those companies or otherwise. The defense or prosecution of these matters could be time-consuming and could divert our management’s attention, and may have an adverse effect on us, which may impede our ability to consummate an initial business combination.

During the course of their careers, members of our management team have had significant experience as founders, board members, officers, executives or employees of other companies. As a result of their involvement and positions in these companies, certain of those persons have been, are or may in the future become involved in litigation, investigations or other proceedings, including relating to the business affairs of such companies, transactions entered into by such companies, or otherwise. Individual members of our management team and board of directors also may become involved in litigation, investigations or other proceedings involving claims or allegations related to or as a result of their personal conduct, either in their capacity as a corporate officer or director or otherwise, and may be personally named in such actions and potentially subject to personal liability. Any such liability may or may not be covered by insurance and/or indemnification, depending on the facts and circumstances. The defense or prosecution of these matters could be time-consuming. Any litigation, investigations or other proceedings and the potential outcomes of such actions may divert the attention and resources of our management team and board of directors away from identifying and selecting a target business or businesses for our initial business combination and may negatively affect our reputation, which may impede our ability to complete an initial business combination.

Our insiders and their respective affiliates may have competitive pecuniary interests that conflict with our interests.

We have not adopted a policy that expressly prohibits our insiders or their respective affiliates from having a direct or indirect pecuniary or financial interest in any investment to be acquired or disposed of by us or in any transaction to which we are a party or have an interest. We do not have a policy that expressly prohibits any such persons from engaging for their own account in business activities of the types conducted by us. Accordingly, such persons or entities may have a conflict between their interests and ours.

The ownership interest of our sponsors may change, and our sponsors may divest their ownership interest in us before identifying a business combination, which could deprive us of key personnel.

Our sponsors are (i) Copley Square LLC, a Cayman Islands limited liability company, with Copley Square Sponsor Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company, being the managing member of Copley Square LLC; Mr. Hongbo Xing is the sole member and sole director of Copley Square Sponsor Limited; and (ii) Northlake Partners Ltd., a British Virgin Island company, with Mr. Tian Wang being its sole member and a director. Mr. Xing and Mr. Wang indirectly holds voting and investment discretion with respect to the insider shares held of record by the sponsors. The letter agreement we will enter into with our sponsors, directors and officers restricts transfers of insider shares until six months after the date of the consummation of our initial business combination (the “lock-up”). Consequently, the insider shares will be held by the sponsors until the expiration of the lock-up. We may approve an amendment or waiver of the letter agreement that would allow our sponsors to directly, or member of our sponsors to indirectly, transfer insider shares, private placement units, or membership interests in our sponsors in a transaction in which the sponsors, Mr. Hongbo Xing, or Mr. Tian Wang removes themselves as our sponsors before identifying a business combination. As a result, there is a risk that Mr. Hongbo Xing, Mr. Tian Wang, and our sponsors and their affiliates, may divest their ownership or economic interests in us or in our sponsors, which would likely result in our loss of

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certain key personnel, including Mr. Xing and Mr. Wang. Additionally, there can be no assurance that any replacement of our sponsors or key personnel will successfully identify a business combination target for us, or, even if one is so identified, successfully complete such business combination.

We may approve an amendment or waiver of the letter agreement that would allow our sponsors to directly, or member of our sponsors to indirectly, transfer insider shares and private placement units or membership interests in our sponsors in a transaction in which the sponsors removes itself as our sponsors before identifying a business combination, which may deprive us of key personnel.

We may approve an amendment or waiver of the letter agreement that would allow our sponsors to directly, or members of our sponsors to indirectly, transfer insider shares and private placement units or membership interests in our sponsors in a transaction in which the sponsors removes itself as our sponsors before identifying a business combination (for more information, also see “— The letter agreement with our sponsors, officers and directors may be amended without shareholder approval”). As a result, there is a risk that our sponsors and our officers and directors may divest their ownership or economic interests in us or in our sponsors, which would likely result in our loss of certain key personnel, including Mr. Hongbo Xing and Mr. Tian Wang. There can be no assurance that any replacement of our sponsors or key personnel will successfully identify a business combination target for us, or, even if one is so identified, successfully complete such business combination.

The letter agreement with our sponsors, officers and directors may be amended without shareholder approval.

The letter agreement to be entered into with us by our sponsors, officers and directors, which contains provisions relating to transfer restrictions of our insider shares and private placement units, indemnification of the Trust Account, waiver of redemption rights and participation in liquidating distributions from the Trust Account, may be amended or modified with our written consent as well as the written consent of the sponsors, our directors and officers and the other parties to the letter agreement. While we do not expect our board of directors to approve any amendment to the letter agreement prior to our initial business combination, it may be possible that our board of directors, in exercising its business judgment and subject to its fiduciary duties, chooses to approve one or more amendments to the letter agreement. Any such amendments to the letter agreement would not require approval from our shareholders and may have an adverse effect on the value of an investment in our securities.

NASDAQ may delist our securities from trading on its exchange which could limit investors’ ability to make transactions in our securities and subject us to additional trading restrictions.

We anticipate that our securities will be listed on the NASDAQ Global Market, a national securities exchange, upon consummation of this offering. Although, after giving effect to this offering, we expect to meet on a pro forma basis the minimum initial listing standards of NASDAQ, which generally only requires that we meet certain requirements relating to shareholders’ equity, market capitalization, aggregate market value of publicly held shares and distribution requirements, we cannot assure you that our securities will continue to be listed on NASDAQ in the future or prior to an initial business combination. Additionally, in connection with our initial business combination, it is likely that NASDAQ will require us to file a new initial listing application and meet its initial listing requirements as opposed to its more lenient continued listing requirements. We cannot assure you that we will be able to meet those initial listing requirements at that time.

If NASDAQ delists our securities from trading on its exchange, we could face significant material adverse consequences, including:

• a limited availability of market quotations for our securities;

• reduced liquidity with respect to our securities;

• a determination that our ordinary shares are “penny stock” which will require brokers trading in our ordinary shares to adhere to more stringent rules, possibly resulting in a reduced level of trading activity in the secondary trading market for our ordinary shares;

• a limited amount of news and analyst coverage for our company; and

• a decreased ability to issue additional securities or obtain additional financing in the future.

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We may only be able to complete one business combination with the proceeds of this offering, which will cause us to be solely dependent on a single business which may have a limited number of products or services.

We may only be able to complete one business combination with the proceeds of this offering. By consummating a business combination with only a single entity, our lack of diversification may subject us to numerous economic, competitive and regulatory developments. Further, we would not be able to diversify our operations or benefit from the possible spreading of risks or offsetting of losses, unlike other entities which may have the resources to complete several business combinations in different industries or different areas of a single industry. Accordingly, the prospects for our success may be:

• solely dependent upon the performance of a single business, or

• dependent upon the development or market acceptance of a single or limited number of products, processes or services.

This lack of diversification may subject us to numerous economic, competitive and regulatory developments, any or all of which may have a substantial adverse impact upon the particular industry in which we may operate subsequent to a business combination.

Alternatively, if we determine to simultaneously acquire several businesses and such businesses are owned by different sellers, we will need for each of such sellers to agree that our purchase of its business is contingent on the simultaneous closings of the other business combinations, which may make it more difficult for us, and delay our ability, to complete the business combination. With multiple business combinations, we could also face additional risks, including additional burdens and costs with respect to possible multiple negotiations and due diligence investigations (if there are multiple sellers) and the additional risks associated with the subsequent assimilation of the operations and services or products of the acquired companies in a single operating business. If we are unable to adequately address these risks, it could negatively impact our profitability and results of operations.

The ability of our public shareholders to exercise their redemption rights or sell their public shares to us in a tender offer may not allow us to effectuate the most desirable business combination or optimize our capital structure.

If our business combination requires us to use substantially all of our cash to pay the purchase price, because we will not know how many public shareholders may exercise redemption rights or seek to sell their public shares to us in a tender offer, we may either need to reserve part of the Trust Account for possible payment upon such conversion, or we may need to arrange third party financing to help fund our business transaction. In the event that the business combination involves the issuance of our shares as consideration, we may be required to issue a higher percentage of our shares to make up for a shortfall in funds. Raising additional funds to cover any shortfall may involve dilutive equity financing or incurring indebtedness at higher than desirable levels. This may limit our ability to effectuate the most attractive business combination available to us.

We may be unable to consummate a business combination if a target business requires that we have cash in excess of the minimum amount we are required to have at closing and public shareholders may have to remain shareholders of our company and wait until our liquidation to receive a pro rata share of the Trust Account or attempt to sell their shares in the open market.

A potential target may make it a closing condition to our business combination that we have a certain amount of cash in excess of the $5,000,001 of net tangible assets we are required to have pursuant to our organizational documents available at the time of closing. If the number of our shareholders electing to exercise their redemption rights or sell their shares to us in a tender offer has the effect of reducing the amount of money available to us to consummate a business combination below such minimum amount required by the target business and we are not able to locate an alternative source of funding, we will not be able to consummate such business combination and we may not be able to locate another suitable target within the applicable time period, if at all. In that case, public shareholders may have to remain shareholders of our company and wait the full 18 months (or up to 24 months from the closing of this offering if we extend the period of time to consummate a business combination by the full amount of time) in order to be able to receive a pro rata portion of the Trust Account, or attempt to sell their shares in the open market prior to such time, in which case they may receive less than a pro rata share of the Trust Account for their shares and suffer an entire loss on your investment.

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Our public shareholders may not be afforded an opportunity to vote on our proposed business combination, which means we may consummate our initial business combination even though a majority of our public shareholders do not support such a combination.

We intend to hold a shareholder vote before we consummate our initial business combination. However, if a shareholder vote is not required, for business or legal reasons, we may conduct conversions via a tender offer and not offer our shareholders the opportunity to vote on a proposed business combination. Accordingly, we may consummate our initial business combination even if holders of a majority of our public shares do not approve of the business combination.

In connection with any meeting held to approve an initial business combination, we will offer each public shareholder the option to vote in favor of a proposed business combination and still seek conversion of his, her or its public shares, which may make it more likely that we will consummate a business combination.

In connection with any meeting held to approve an initial business combination, we will offer each public shareholder the right to have his, her or its public shares converted to cash (subject to the limitations described elsewhere in this prospectus) regardless of whether such shareholder votes for or against, or abstain from voting on, such proposed business combination. Furthermore, we will consummate our initial business combination only if we have net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 upon such consummation and a majority of the issued and outstanding shares voted are voted in favor of the business combination. Accordingly, public shareholders owning shares sold in this offering may exercise their redemption rights and we could still consummate a proposed business combination so long as a majority of shares voted at the meeting are voted in favor of the proposed business combination. This is different than other similarly structured blank check companies where shareholders are offered the right to convert their shares only when they vote against a proposed business combination. This is also different than other similarly structured blank check companies where there is a specific number of shares sold in the offering which must not exercise redemption rights for the company to complete a business combination. The lack of such a threshold and the ability to seek conversion while voting in favor of a proposed business combination may make it more likely that we will consummate our initial business combination.

In connection with any shareholder meeting called to approve a proposed initial business combination, we may require shareholders who wish to convert their public shares to comply with specific requirements for conversion that may make it more difficult for them to exercise their redemption rights prior to the deadline for exercising their rights.

In connection with any shareholder meeting called to approve a proposed initial business combination, each public shareholder will have the right, regardless of whether it is voting for or against, or abstain from voting on, such proposed business combination, to demand that we convert its public shares into a share of the Trust Account. Such conversion will be effectuated under Cayman Islands law and our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association as a redemption of the shares, with the redemption price to be paid being the applicable pro rata portion of the monies held in the Trust Account. We may require public shareholders who wish to convert their public shares in connection with a proposed business combination to either tender their certificates (if any) to our transfer agent or to deliver their shares to the transfer agent electronically using the Depository Trust Company’s (“DTC”) DWAC (Deposit/Withdrawal At Custodian) System, at the holder’s option, at any time at or prior to the vote taken at the shareholder meeting relating to such business combination. In order to obtain a physical share certificate, a shareholder’s broker and/or clearing broker, DTC and our transfer agent will need to act to facilitate this request. It is our understanding that shareholders should generally allot at least two weeks to obtain physical certificates from the transfer agent. However, because we do not have any control over this process or over the brokers or DTC, it may take significantly longer than two weeks to obtain a physical share certificate. It is also our understanding that it takes a short time to deliver shares through the DWAC System. However, this too may not be the case. Accordingly, if it takes longer than we anticipate for shareholders to deliver their shares, shareholders who wish to convert may be unable to meet the deadline for exercising their redemption rights and thus may be unable to convert their shares.

Investors may not have sufficient time to comply with the delivery requirements for conversion.

Pursuant to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, we are required to give a minimum of only five clear days’ notice for each general meeting. As a result, if we require public shareholders who wish to convert their public shares into the right to receive a pro rata portion of the funds in the Trust Account to comply with specific delivery requirements for conversion, holders may not have sufficient time to receive the notice and deliver their shares for conversion. Accordingly, investors may not be able to exercise their redemption rights and may be forced to retain our securities when they otherwise would not want to.

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If we require public shareholders who wish to convert their public shares to comply with the delivery requirements for conversion, such converting shareholders may be unable to sell their securities when they wish to in the event that the proposed business combination is not approved.

If we require public shareholders who wish to convert their public shares to comply with specific delivery requirements for conversion described above and such proposed business combination is not consummated, we will promptly return such certificates to the tendering public shareholders. Accordingly, investors who attempted to convert their shares in such a circumstance will be unable to sell their securities after the failed acquisition until we have returned their securities to them. The market price for our shares may decline during this time and you may not be able to sell your securities when you wish to, even while other shareholders that did not seek conversion may be able to sell their securities.

Because of our limited resources and structure, other companies may have a competitive advantage and we may not be able to consummate an attractive business combination.

We expect to encounter intense competition from entities other than blank check companies having a business objective similar to ours, including venture capital funds, leveraged buyout funds and operating businesses competing for acquisitions. Many of these entities are well established and have extensive experience in identifying and effecting business combinations directly or through affiliates. Many of these competitors possess greater technical, human and other resources than we do, and our financial resources will be relatively limited when contrasted with those of many of these competitors. While we believe that there are numerous potential target businesses that we could acquire with the net proceeds of this offering, our ability to compete in acquiring certain sizable target businesses will be limited by our available financial resources. This inherent competitive limitation gives others an advantage in pursuing the acquisition of certain target businesses. Furthermore, seeking shareholder approval of a business combination may delay or prevent the consummation of a transaction, a risk a target business may not be willing to accept. Any of the foregoing may place us at a competitive disadvantage in successfully negotiating a business combination.

Our insiders control a substantial interest in us and thus may influence certain actions requiring a shareholder vote, potentially in a manner that you do not support.

Upon consummation of our offering and the private placement, our insiders will collectively own approximately 25.0% of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares (not including the private placement shares and restricted Class A ordinary shares, and assuming they do not purchase any units in this offering). Accordingly, they may exert a substantial influence on actions requiring a shareholder vote, potentially in a manner that you do not support, including amendments to our memorandum and articles of association. None of our officers, directors, insiders or their affiliates has indicated any intention to purchase units in this offering or any units or ordinary shares from persons in the open market or in private transactions. However, if our initial shareholders purchase any units in this offering or if our officers, directors, initial shareholders or their affiliates determine in the future to make such purchases in the open market or in private transactions, to the extent permitted by law, in order to assist us in consummating our initial business combination, this would increase their control. Factors that would be considered in making such additional purchases would include consideration of the current trading price of our ordinary shares. In connection with any vote for a proposed business combination, all of our initial shareholders, as well as all of our officers and directors, have agreed to vote the ordinary shares owned by them immediately before this offering as well as any ordinary shares acquired in this offering or in the aftermarket in favor of such proposed business combination.

There is no requirement under the Companies Act for us to hold annual or general meetings to elect directors. Accordingly, shareholders would not have the right to such a meeting or election of directors. As a result, it is unlikely that there will be an annual general meeting to elect new directors prior to the consummation of a business combination, in which case all of the current directors will continue in office until at least the consummation of the business combination. Accordingly, you may not be able to exercise your voting rights for up to 18 months (or up to 24 months from the closing of this offering if we extend the period of time to consummate a business combination by the full amount of time). If there is an annual general meeting, as a consequence of our “staggered” board of directors, only a minority of the board of directors will be considered for election and our insiders, because of their ownership position, will have considerable influence regarding the outcome. Accordingly, our insiders will continue to exert control at least until the consummation of a business combination.

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The nominal purchase price paid by our sponsors for the insider shares, the purchase price paid by our sponsors for the private placement units, and the vesting of the restricted Class A ordinary shares may result in significant dilution to the implied value of your public shares prior to or upon the consummation of our initial business combination.

We are offering our units at an offering price of $10.00 per unit and the amount in our Trust Account is initially anticipated to be $10.00 per public share, implying an initial value of $10.00 per public share. However, prior to this offering, our insiders paid a nominal aggregate purchase price of $25,000 for 6,900,000 ordinary shares, or the insider shares, at approximately $0.0036 per share. As a result, your public shares will be significantly diluted. Upon closing of this offering, you and the other public shareholders will incur an immediate and substantial dilution of approximately 94.61% (or $8.60 per share, assuming no exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option), the difference between the pro forma net tangible book value per share after this offering of $0.49 (assuming a maximum redemption scenario) and the effective initial offering price of $9.09 per share included in the units (adjusted to include the value of the rights). For example, the following table shows the dilutive effect of the insider shares on the implied value of the public shares upon fully conversion of the insider shares at the discretion of the holders or the consummation of our initial business combination assuming that our equity value at that time is $174,600,000, which is the amount we would have for our initial business combination in the Trust Account assuming the underwriters’ over-allotment option is not exercised, no interest is earned on the funds held in the Trust Account, and no public shares are redeemed in connection with our initial business combination, and without taking into account any other potential impacts on our valuation at such time, such as the trading price of our public shares, the business combination transaction costs (excluding payment of $5,400,000 of deferred underwriting commissions), any equity issued or cash paid to the target’s sellers or other third parties, or the target’s business itself, including its assets, liabilities, management and prospects. At such valuation, each of our ordinary shares would have an implied value of $6.88 per share upon the conversion of all of our insider shares, which is a 31.2% decrease as compared to the initial implied value per public share of $10.00.

Public shares(1)		18,000,000
Insider shares(2)		7,359,856
Total shares		25,359,856
Total funds in trust available for initial business combination (excluding payment of $5,400,000 of deferred underwriting commissions)	$	174,600,000
Initial implied value per public share	$	10.00
Implied value per share upon the conversion of insider shares	$	6.88

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(1) Includes 1,800,000 Class A ordinary shares underlying the rights issuable upon the consummation of our initial business combination.

(2) Assumes the surrender for no consideration of 900,000 insider shares for the underwriters electing to not exercise their over-allotment option

The value of the insider shares following completion of our initial business combination is likely to be substantially higher than the nominal price paid for them, even if the trading price of our ordinary at such time is substantially less than $10.00 per share.

Upon the closing of this offering, our insiders will have invested in us an aggregate of $3,424,640, comprised of the $25,000 purchase price for the insider shares and the $3,399,640 purchase price for the private placement units. Assuming a trading price of $10.00 per share upon consummation of our initial business combination, the 7,359,856 insider shares (assuming the underwriters’ over-allotment option is not exercised), and 1,800,000 Class A ordinary shares underlying the rights issuable upon the consummation of our initial business combination would have an aggregate implied value of $73,598,560. Even if the trading price of our ordinary shares was as low as $0.47 per share, the value of the insider shares would be equal to the sponsors’ initial investment in us. As a result, our sponsors are likely to be able to make a substantial profit on its investment in us at a time when our public shares have lost significant value. Accordingly, our management team, may be more willing to pursue a business combination with a riskier or less-established target business than would be the case if our sponsors had paid the same per share price for the insider shares as our public shareholders paid for their public shares.

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Unlike many other similarly structured blank check companies, our initial shareholders will receive additional Class A ordinary shares if we issue shares to consummate an initial business combination.

The insider shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares at the time of our initial business combination or at any time prior thereto at the option of the holder thereof on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment as provided herein. In the case that additional Class A ordinary shares, or equity-linked securities, are issued or deemed issued in excess of the amounts sold in this offering and related to the closing of our initial business combination, the ratio at which Class B ordinary shares shall convert into Class A ordinary shares will be adjusted (unless the holders of a majority of the outstanding Class B ordinary shares agree to waive such anti-dilution adjustment with respect to any such issuance or deemed issuance) so that the number of Class A ordinary shares issuable upon conversion of all Class B ordinary shares will equal, in the aggregate, on an as-converted basis, 25% of the total number of all ordinary shares outstanding upon completion of this offering plus all Class A ordinary shares and equity-linked securities issued or deemed issued in connection with our initial business combination, excluding any Class A ordinary shares, subject to vesting and any other restrictions, issued or deemed issued to (i) our sponsors (or their members or affiliates) in connection with the consummation of this offering, (ii) any seller in the initial business combination, (iii) the Class A ordinary shares underlying the private placement units, and (iv) any Class A ordinary shares issued to our sponsor (or their members or affiliates) upon conversion of working capital loans, and (v) restricted Class A ordinary shares issued to our sponsors. Our public shareholders may incur immediate and substantial dilution upon such adjustment. This is different from some other similarly structured blank check companies in which the initial shareholder will only be issued an aggregate of 25% of the total number of shares to be outstanding prior to the initial business combination. Additionally, the aforementioned adjustment will not take into account any Class A ordinary shares redeemed in connection with the business combination. Accordingly, the holders of the insider shares could receive additional Class A ordinary shares even if the additional Class A ordinary shares, or equity-linked securities convertible or exercisable for Class A ordinary shares, are issued or deemed issued solely to replace those shares that were redeemed in connection with the business combination. The foregoing may make it more difficult and expensive for us to consummate an initial business combination.

Our outstanding rights may have an adverse effect on the market price of our ordinary shares and make it more difficult to effect a business combination.

We will be issuing rights that will result in the issuance of up to 1,800,000 Class A ordinary shares as part of the units offered by this prospectus. The potential for the issuance of a substantial number of additional shares upon the conversion of the rights could make us a less attractive acquisition vehicle in the eyes of a target business. Such securities, when converted, will increase the number of issued and outstanding Class A ordinary shares and reduce the value of the shares issued to complete the business combination. Accordingly, our rights may make it more difficult to effectuate a business combination or increase the cost of acquiring the target business. Additionally, the sale, or even the possibility of sale, of the shares underlying the rights could have an adverse effect on the market price for our securities or on our ability to obtain future financing. If and to the extent these rights are converted, you may experience dilution to your holdings.

The conversion of any working capital notes or extension notes into private placement units may result in significant dilution to your public shares.

In order to meet our working capital needs following the consummation of this offering until completion of an initial business combination, our insiders, officers and directors or their affiliates or designees may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds, from time to time or at any time, in whatever amount they deem reasonable in their sole discretion. The notes would either be paid upon consummation of our initial business combination, without interest, or, at the lender’s discretion, up to $3,000,000 of the notes, or the “working capital notes,” may be converted upon consummation of our business combination into working capital units at a price of $10.00 per unit, or the “working capital units.” In addition, our insiders, officers and directors or their affiliates or designees may loan us funds in support of our potential extension to allow additional time for us to complete an initial business combination which will be evidenced in extension convertible notes, or the “extension notes,” to be repaid in cash or $10.00 per unit, or the “extension units,” at the closing of our initial business combination. If we do not complete our initial business combination, the loans would be repaid out of funds not held in the Trust Account, and only to the extent available. Our insiders, officers and directors or their affiliates or designees may but are not required to convert such working capital notes or extension notes into working capital units or extension units.

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The amount of working capital loans or extension loans our insiders, officers and directors or their affiliates or designees may provide to us is uncertainly, and it is even less certain the amount of such loans may be converted into working capital units or extension units by such lender. The conversion of such loans and the issuance of such working capital units or extension units, including the issuance of the ordinary shares and rights underlying such working capital units or extension units may significantly reduce the equity interest of investors in this offering; may cause a change in control if a substantial number of ordinary shares are issued, which may affect, among other things, our ability to use our net operating loss carry forwards, if any, and could result in the resignation or removal of our present officers and directors; may have the effect of delaying or preventing a change of control of us by diluting the share ownership or voting rights of a person seeking to obtain control of us; and may adversely affect prevailing market prices for our ordinary shares.

If our shareholders exercise their registration rights with respect to their securities, it may have an adverse effect on the market price of our ordinary shares and the existence of these rights may make it more difficult to effect a business combination.

Our insiders are entitled to make a demand that we register the resale of their insider shares 6,900,000 Class B ordinary shares, including up to an aggregate of 900,000 Class B ordinary shares subject to surrender for no consideration to the extent that the underwriters’ over-allotment option is not exercised in full or in part) at any time commencing three months prior to the date on which their shares may be released from lock-up. Additionally, our initial shareholders, officers and directors are entitled to demand that we register the resale of any securities our insiders, officers, directors or their affiliates may be issued in payment of working capital loans after we consummate a business combination. The presence of these additional securities trading in the public market may have an adverse effect on the market price of our securities. In addition, the existence of these rights may make it more difficult to effectuate a business combination or increase the cost of acquiring the target business, as the shareholders of the target business may be discouraged from entering into a business combination with us or will request a higher price for their securities because of the potential effect the exercise of such rights may have on the trading market for our ordinary shares.

If we are deemed to be an investment company, we may be required to institute burdensome compliance requirements and our activities may be restricted, which may make it difficult for us to complete a business combination.

There is currently uncertainty concerning the applicability of the Investment Company Act to a special purpose acquisition company such as the Company, and we may in the future be subject to a claim that we have been operating as an unregistered investment company.

On January 24, 2024, the SEC adopted the final rules (the “SPAC Final Rules”), relating to, among the others, the extent to which special purpose acquisition companies (“SPACs”) could become subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act. The SPAC Final Rules provide that whether a SPAC is an investment company subject to the Investment Company Act is a fact specific inquiry. A specific duration period of a SPAC is not the sole determinant, but one of the longstanding factors to consider in determination of a SPAC’s status under the Investment Company Act. A SPAC could be deemed as an investment company at any stage of its operation. The determination of a SPAC’s status as an investment company includes analysis of a SPAC’s activities, depending upon the facts and circumstances, including but not limited to, the nature of SPAC assets and income, the activities of a SPAC’s officers, directors and employees, the duration of a SPAC, the manner a SPAC holding itself out to investors, and the merging with an investment company. The SPAC Final Rules will become effective 125 days after publication in the Federal Register. As of the date hereof, the SPAC Final Rules have not been published in the Federal Register yet.

If we are deemed to be an investment company for the purposes of the Investment Company Act, we might be forced to abandon our efforts to complete an initial business combination and instead be required to liquidate. If we are required to liquidate, our investors would not be able to realize the benefits of owning stock in a successor operating business, including the potential appreciation in the value of our stock and rights following such a transaction, and our rights would expire worthless.

The funds in the Trust Account will be held only 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 money market funds investing solely in United States Treasuries and meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act. However, to mitigate the risk of us being deemed to have been operating as an unregistered investment company (including under the subjective test of Section 3(a)(1)(A) of the Investment Company Act), we may, in our own discretion, instruct Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, the trustee with respect to the Trust

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Account, to liquidate the U.S. government securities or money market funds held in the Trust Account and thereafter, until the earlier of consummation of our initial business combination or liquidation, to hold all funds in the Trust Account in an interest bearing bank demand deposit account, which may earn less interest than we otherwise would have if the Trust Account had remained invested in U.S. government securities or money market funds. This may mean that the amount of funds available for redemption would not increase, or would only minimally increase, thereby reducing the dollar amount our public shareholders would receive upon any redemption or liquidation of the Company.

In addition, the longer that the funds in the Trust Account are held in short-term U.S. government securities or in money market funds invested exclusively in such securities, there is a greater risk that we may be considered an unregistered investment company, in which case we may be required to liquidate. Accordingly, we may determine, in our discretion, to liquidate the securities held in the Trust Account at any time and instead hold all funds in the Trust Account in an interest bearing bank demand deposit account, which may earn less interest than we otherwise would have if the Trust Account had remained invested in U.S. government securities or money market funds. If our facts and circumstances change over time, we will update our disclosure in future filings with the SEC to reflect how those changes impact the risk that we may be considered to be operating as an unregistered investment company.

Changes in laws or regulations, or a failure to comply with any laws and regulations, may adversely affect our business, including our ability to negotiate and complete our initial business combination, and results of operations.

We are subject to laws and regulations enacted by national, regional and local governments. In particular, we are required to comply with certain SEC and other legal requirements. Compliance with, and monitoring of, applicable laws and regulations may be difficult, time-consuming and costly. Those laws and regulations and their interpretation and application may also change from time to time. For example, On January 24, 2024, the SEC adopted the SPAC Final Rules, requiring enhanced disclosure for initial public offerings for SPACs and for business combinations involving SPACs. These and other changes could have a material adverse effect on our business, investments and results of operations. In addition, a failure to comply with applicable laws or regulations, as interpreted and applied, could have a material adverse effect on our business, including our ability to negotiate and complete our initial business combination, and results of operations.

We may not seek an opinion from an unaffiliated third party as to the fair market value of the target business we acquire.

We are not required to obtain an opinion from an unaffiliated third party that the target business we select has a fair market value in excess of at least 80% of the balance of the Trust Account (excluding any deferred underwriting discounts and commissions and taxes payable on the income earned on the Trust Account) unless our board of directors cannot make such determination on its own. We are also not required to obtain an opinion from an unaffiliated third party indicating that the price we are paying is fair to our shareholders from a financial point of view unless the target is affiliated with our officers, directors, insiders or their affiliates. If no opinion is obtained, our shareholders will be relying on the judgment of our board of directors, whose collective experience in business evaluations for blank check companies like ours is not significant. Furthermore, our directors may have a conflict of interest in analyzing the transaction due to their personal and financial interests.

We may acquire a target business that is affiliated with our officers, directors, insiders or their affiliates.

While we do not currently intend to pursue an initial business combination with a company that is affiliated with our officers, directors, insiders or their affiliates, we are not prohibited from pursuing such a transaction, nor are we prohibited from consummating a business combination where any of our officers, directors, insiders or their affiliates acquire a minority interest in the target business alongside our acquisition, provided in each case we obtain an opinion from an unaffiliated third party indicating that the price we are paying is fair to our shareholders from a financial point of view. These affiliations could cause our officers or directors to have a conflict of interest in analyzing such transactions due to their personal and financial interests.

We may seek business combination opportunities with an early-stage company, a financially unstable business or an entity lacking an established record of revenue, cash flow or earnings, which could subject us to volatile revenues, cash flows or earnings or difficulty in retaining key personnel.

To the extent we complete our initial business combination with an early-stage company, a financially unstable business or an entity lacking an established record of sales or earnings, we may be affected by numerous risks inherent in the operations of the business with which we combine. These risks include investing in a business without a proven

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business model and with limited historical financial data, volatile revenues or earnings, intense competition and difficulties in obtaining and retaining key personnel. Although our officers and directors will endeavor to evaluate the risks inherent in a particular target business, we may not be able to properly ascertain or assess all of the significant risk factors and we may not have adequate time to complete due diligence. Furthermore, some of these risks may be outside of our control and leave us with no ability to control or reduce the chances that those risks will adversely impact a target business.

The determination of the offering price of our units is more arbitrary than the pricing of securities for an operating company in a particular industry.

Prior to this offering there has been no public market for any of our securities. The public offering price of the units were negotiated between us and the representative of the underwriters. Factors considered in determining the prices and terms of the units, including the ordinary shares and rights underlying the units, include:

• the history and prospects of companies whose principal business is the acquisition of other companies;

• prior offerings of those companies;

• our prospects for acquiring an operating business at attractive values;

• our capital structure;

• the per share amount of net proceeds being placed in the Trust Account;

• an assessment of our management and their experience in identifying operating companies; and

• general conditions of the securities markets at the time of the offering.

However, although these factors were considered, the determination of our offering price is more arbitrary than the pricing of securities for an operating company in a particular industry since we have no historical operations or financial results to compare them to.

Because we are incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands, you may face difficulties in protecting your interests, and your ability to protect your rights through the U.S. Federal courts may be limited.

We are an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands and certain of our officers and directors are residents of jurisdictions outside the United States. As a result, it may be difficult for investors to effect service of process within the United States upon our directors or executive officers, or seek recognition and/or enforce judgments obtained in the United States courts against our directors or officers.

Our corporate affairs will be governed by our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, as the same may be supplemented or amended from time to time, the Companies Act and the common law of the Cayman Islands. We will also be subject to the federal securities laws of the United States. The rights of shareholders to take action against the directors, actions by minority shareholders and the fiduciary duties of our directors to us under Cayman Islands law are to a large extent governed by the common law of the Cayman Islands. The common law of the Cayman Islands is derived in part from comparatively limited judicial precedent in the Cayman Islands as well as from English common law, the decisions of whose courts are of persuasive authority, but are not binding on a court in the Cayman Islands. The rights of our shareholders and the fiduciary duties of our directors under Cayman Islands law are different from what they would be under statutes or judicial precedent in some jurisdictions in the United States. In particular, the Cayman Islands has a different body of securities laws as compared to the United States, and certain states, may have more fully developed and judicially interpreted bodies of corporate law. In addition, Cayman Islands companies may not have standing to initiate a shareholders derivative action in a federal court of the United States.

Changes in laws or regulations, or a failure to comply with any laws and regulations, may adversely affect our business, investments and results of operations.

We are subject to laws and regulations enacted by national, regional and local governments. In particular, we will be required to comply with certain SEC and other legal requirements. Compliance with, and monitoring of, applicable laws and regulations may be difficult, time consuming and costly. Those laws and regulations and their

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interpretation and application may also change from time to time and those changes could have a material adverse effect on our business, investments and results of operations. In addition, a failure to comply with applicable laws or regulations, as interpreted and applied, could have a material adverse effect on our business, investments and results of operations.

Because we must furnish our shareholders with financial statements of the target business prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP or IFRS as issued by the IASB or reconciled to U.S. GAAP, we may not be able to complete an initial business combination with some prospective target businesses.

We will be required to provide historical and pro forma financial statement disclosure relating to our target business to our shareholders. These financial statements may be required to be prepared in accordance with, or be reconciled to, accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, or GAAP, or international financial reporting standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board, or IFRS, depending on the circumstances, and the historical financial statements may be required to be audited in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), or PCAOB. The financial statements may also be required to be prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP for the Form 8-K announcing the closing of an initial business combination, which would need to be filed within four business days after closing. These financial statement requirements may limit the pool of potential target businesses we may acquire.

Compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 will require substantial financial and management resources and may increase the time and costs of completing an acquisition.

Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 requires that we evaluate and report on our system of internal controls and may require us to have such system audited by an independent registered public accounting firm. If we fail to maintain the adequacy of our internal controls, we could be subject to regulatory scrutiny, civil or criminal penalties and/or shareholder litigation. Any inability to provide reliable financial reports could harm our business. A target business may also not be in compliance with the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act regarding the adequacy of internal controls. The development of the internal controls of any such entity to achieve compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act may increase the time and costs necessary to complete any such acquisition. Furthermore, any failure to implement required new or improved controls, or difficulties encountered in the implementation of adequate controls over our financial processes and reporting in the future, could harm our operating results or cause us to fail to meet our reporting obligations. Inferior internal controls could also cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information, which could have a negative effect on the trading price of our securities.

We are an “emerging growth company” and we cannot be certain if the reduced disclosure requirements applicable to emerging growth companies will make our securities less attractive to investors.

We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in the JOBS Act. We will remain an “emerging growth company” for up to five years. However, if our non-convertible debt issued within a three-year period exceeds $1.0 billion or revenues exceeds $1,235,000,000, or the market value of our ordinary shares that are held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million on the last day of the second fiscal quarter of any given fiscal year, we would cease to be an emerging growth company as of the following fiscal year. As an emerging growth company, we are not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, we have reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements, and we are exempt from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. Additionally, as an emerging growth company, we have elected to delay the adoption of new or revised accounting standards that have different effective dates for public and private companies until those standards apply to private companies. As such, our financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with public company effective dates. We cannot predict if investors will find our shares less attractive because we may rely on these provisions. If some investors find our shares less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our shares and our share price may be more volatile.

Further, Section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or revised financial accounting standards until private companies (that is, those that have not had a Securities Act registration statement declared effective or do not have a class of securities registered under the Exchange Act) are required to comply with the new or revised financial accounting standards. The JOBS Act provides that a company can elect to opt out of the extended transition period and comply with the requirements that apply to non-emerging growth

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companies but any such an election to opt out is irrevocable. We have elected not to opt out of such extended transition period which means that when a standard is issued or revised and it has different application dates for public or private companies, we, as an emerging growth company, will not adopt the new or revised standard until the time private companies are required to adopt the new or revised standard. This may make comparison of our financial statements with another public company which is neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging growth company which has opted out of using the extended transition period difficult or impossible because of the potential differences in accountant standards used.

An investment in this offering may involve adverse U.S. federal income tax consequences.

An investment in this offering may involve adverse U.S. federal income tax consequences. For instance, there is a risk that an investor’s entitlement to receive payments in excess of the investor’s initial tax basis in our ordinary shares upon exercise of the investor’s conversion right or upon our liquidation of the Trust Account will result in constructive income to the investor, which could affect the timing and character of income recognition and result in U.S. federal income tax liability to the investor without the investor’s receipt of cash from us. Furthermore, because there are no authorities that directly address instruments similar to the units we are issuing in this offering, the allocation an investor makes with respect to the purchase price of the unit between the ordinary shares and rights included in the units could be challenged by the IRS or the courts. See the section titled “Taxation United States Federal Income Taxation” for a summary of the material U.S. federal income tax consequences of an investment in our securities. Prospective investors are urged to consult their own tax advisors with respect to these and other tax consequences when purchasing, holding or disposing of our securities.

We have also not sought a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service, or IRS, as to any U.S. federal income tax consequences described in this prospectus. The IRS may disagree with the descriptions of U.S. federal income tax consequences described herein, and its determination may be upheld by a court. Any such determination could subject an investor or our company to adverse U.S. federal income tax consequences that would be different than those described in this prospectus. Accordingly, each prospective investor is urged to consult a tax advisor with respect to the specific tax consequences of the acquisition, ownership and disposition of our securities, including the applicability and effect of state, local, or foreign tax laws, as well as U.S. federal tax laws.

If our initial business combination involves a company organized under the laws of the United States (or any subdivision thereof), a U.S. federal excise tax could be imposed on us in connection with any redemptions of our ordinary shares after or in connection with such initial business combination.

The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, which, among other things, imposes a 1% U.S. federal excise tax on certain repurchases (including redemptions) of stock by publicly traded U.S. corporations after December 31, 2022 (the “Excise Tax”), subject to certain exceptions. If applicable, the amount of the Excise Tax is generally 1% of the aggregate fair market value of any stock repurchased by the corporation during a taxable year, net of the aggregate fair market value of certain new stock issuances by the repurchasing corporation during the same taxable year. The Biden administration has proposed increasing the Excise Tax rate from 1% to 4%; however, it is unclear whether such a change will be enacted and, if enacted, how soon it could take effect.

As a Cayman Islands exempted company, the Excise Tax is currently not expected to apply to redemptions of our ordinary shares (absent any regulations or other additional guidance that may be issued in the future). However, in connection with an initial business combination involving a company organized under the laws of a state of the United States, it is possible that we domesticate and continue as a corporation organized under the laws of a state of the United States prior to certain redemptions. Because we expect that, following such a domestication, our securities would continue to trade on a national securities exchange, in such a case, we could be subject to the Excise Tax with respect to any subsequent redemptions (including redemptions in connection with an extension vote or the initial business combination). Whether and to what extent we would be subject to the Excise Tax in connection with a business combination, extension vote or otherwise would depend on a number of factors, including (i) the fair market value of the redemptions and repurchases in connection with the business combination, extension vote or otherwise, (ii) the structure of a business combination (including the timing of any domestication), (iii) the nature and amount of any “PIPE” or other equity issuances in connection with a business combination (or otherwise issued not in connection with a business combination but issued within the same taxable year of a business combination) and (iv) the content of final regulations and other additional guidance from the U.S. Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”). On June 28, 2024, the Treasury finalized certain of the proposed regulations (those relating to procedures for reporting

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and paying the Excise Tax). The remaining regulations (largely relating to the computation of the Excise Tax) remain in proposed form. The Treasury intends to finalize these proposed regulations at a later date and, until such time, taxpayers may continue to rely on the proposed regulations.

Any Excise Tax that becomes payable as a result of any redemptions of our ordinary shares (or other shares into which such ordinary shares may be converted) would be payable by us and not by the redeeming holder. To the extent the Excise Tax is applicable, the amount of cash available to pay redemptions or to transfer to the target business in connection with our initial business combination may be reduced, which could result in our inability to meet conditions in the agreement relating to our initial business combination related to a minimum cash requirement, if any, or otherwise result in the shareholders of the combined company (including any of our shareholders who do not exercise their redemption rights in connection with the initial business combination) to economically bear the impact of the Excise Tax. Consequently, the Excise Tax may make a transaction with us less appealing to potential business combination targets. Finally, subject to certain exceptions, the Excise Tax should not apply in the event of our complete liquidation.

We may be a passive foreign investment company, or “PFIC,” which could result in adverse United States federal income tax consequences to U.S. investors.

If we are a PFIC for any taxable year (or portion thereof) that is included in the holding period of a U.S. Holder (as defined in the section of this prospectus captioned “Income Tax Considerations — United States Federal Income Taxation”) of our Class A ordinary shares or rights, the U.S. Holder may be subject to adverse U.S. federal income tax consequences and may be subject to additional reporting requirements. Our PFIC status for our current and subsequent taxable years may depend on whether we qualify for the PFIC start-up exception (see the section of this prospectus captioned “Passive Foreign Investment Company Rules”). Depending on the particular circumstances, the application of the start-up exception may be subject to uncertainty, and there cannot be any assurance that we will qualify for the start-up exception. Accordingly, there can be no assurances with respect to our status as a PFIC for our current taxable year or any subsequent taxable year. Our actual PFIC status for any taxable year, moreover, will not be determinable until after the end of such taxable year. If we determine we are a PFIC for any taxable year (of which there can be no assurance), we will endeavor to provide to a U.S. Holder such information as the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) may require, including a PFIC annual information statement, in order to enable the U.S. Holder to make and maintain a “qualified electing fund” election, but there can be no assurance that we will timely provide such required information. We urge U.S. investors to consult their own tax advisors regarding the possible application of the PFIC rules. For a more detailed discussion of the tax consequences of PFIC classification to U.S. Holders, see the section of this prospectus captioned “Passive Foreign Investment Company Rules.”

If our management following a business combination is unfamiliar with United States securities laws, they may have to expend time and resources becoming familiar with such laws which could lead to various regulatory issues.

Following a business combination, our management will likely resign from their positions as officers of the company and the management of the target business at the time of the business combination will remain in place. We cannot assure you that management of the target business will be familiar with United States securities laws. If new management is unfamiliar with our laws, they may have to expend time and resources becoming familiar with such laws. This could be expensive and time-consuming and could lead to various regulatory issues which may adversely affect our operations.

If restrictions on repatriation of earnings from the target business’ home jurisdiction to foreign entities are instituted, our business following a business combination may be materially negatively affected.

It is possible that following an initial business combination, the home jurisdiction of the target business may have restrictions on repatriations of earnings or additional restrictions may be imposed in the future. If they were, it could have a material adverse effect on our operations.

We face risks related to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine and any other conflicts that may arise on a global or regional scale which may adversely affect the business and results of operations of the post-combination entity.

On February 24, 2022, the Russian Federation launched an invasion of Ukraine that has had an immediate impact on the global economy resulting in higher energy prices and higher prices for certain raw materials and goods and services which in turn is contributing to higher inflation in the United States and other countries across the globe with

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significant disruption to financial markets and supply and distribution chains for certain raw materials and goods and services on an unprecedented scale. The impact of the sanctions has also included disruptions to financial markets, an inability to complete financial or banking transactions, restrictions on travel and an inability to service existing or new customers in a timely manner in the affected areas of Europe. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has continued to escalate without any resolution of the invasion foreseeable in the near future with the short and long-term impact on financial and business conditions in Europe remaining highly uncertain.

The U.S. and the European Union responded to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine by imposing various economic sanctions on the Russian Federation to which the Russian Federation has responded in kind. The United Kingdom, Japan, South Korea, Australia and other countries across the globe have imposed their own sanctions on the Russian Federation. The United States, the European Union and such other countries acting together or separately could impose wider sanctions or take further actions against the Russian Federation if the conflict continues to escalate. Multinational corporations and other corporations and businesses with business and financial ties to the Russian Federation have either reduced or eliminated their ties to the Russian Federation in a manner that often exceeds what is required pursuant to sanctions by these countries.

Further, the Russian Federation’s cyberattacks and other action may impact businesses across the United States, the European Union and other nations across the globe including those without any direct business ties to the Russian Federation.

It is uncertain if the post-combination entity’s business, operation, or financial conditions could be materially impacted in the event of a downturn in the worldwide economy resulting from the Russian invasion of Ukraine and other conflicts with a global impact.

Cyber incidents or attacks directed at us could result in information theft, data corruption, operational disruption and/or financial loss.

We depend on digital technologies, including information systems, infrastructure and cloud applications and services, including those of third parties with which we may deal. Sophisticated and deliberate attacks on, or security breaches in, our systems or infrastructure, or the systems or infrastructure of third parties or the cloud, could lead to corruption or misappropriation of our assets, proprietary information and sensitive or confidential data. As an early stage company without significant investments in data security protection, we may not be sufficiently protected against such occurrences. We may not have sufficient resources to adequately protect against, or to investigate and remediate any vulnerability to, cyber incidents. It is possible that any of these occurrences, or a combination of them, could have adverse consequences on our business and lead to financial loss.

Our search for a business combination, and any target business with which we ultimately consummate a business combination, may be materially adversely affected by the occurrence of a natural disaster.

Our business could be adversely affected by severe weather conditions and natural disasters. Any of such occurrences could cause severe disruption to our daily operations, and may even require a temporary closure of our operations across one or more markets. Such closures may disrupt our business operations and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. Our operations could also be disrupted if our third-party service providers, business partners or acquisition targets were affected by such natural disasters. If the disruptions posed by such events continue for an extensive period of time, our ability to consummate a business combination, or the operations of a target business with which we ultimately consummate a business combination, may be materially adversely affected.

Your only opportunity to affect the investment decision regarding a potential business combination may be limited to the exercise of your right to redeem your shares from us for cash.

At the time of your investment in us, you will not be provided with an opportunity to evaluate the specific merits or risks of one or more target businesses. Because our board of directors may consummate our initial business combination without seeking shareholder approval, public shareholders may not have the right or opportunity to vote on the business combination. Accordingly, your only opportunity to affect the investment decision regarding a potential business combination may be limited to exercising your redemption rights within the period of time (which will be at least 20 business days) set forth in our tender offer documents mailed to our public shareholders in which we describe our business combination.

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The ability of our public shareholders to redeem their shares for cash may make our financial condition unattractive to potential business combination targets, which may make it difficult for us to enter into our initial business combination with a target.

We may enter into a transaction agreement with a prospective target that requires as a closing condition that we have a minimum net worth or a certain amount of cash. If too many public shareholders exercise their redemption rights, we may not be able to meet such closing condition, and as a result, would not be able to proceed with the business combination. Furthermore, in no event will we redeem our public shares in connection with our initial business combination in an amount that would cause our net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001. Consequently, if accepting all properly submitted redemption requests would cause our net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001 or such greater amount necessary to satisfy a closing condition as described above, we would not proceed with such redemption and the related business combination and may instead search for an alternate business combination. Prospective targets would be aware of these risks and, thus, may be reluctant to enter into our initial business combination transaction with us.

The ability of our public shareholders to redeem their shares constitutes a capital structure risk that we cannot easily predict or mitigate and as a result such risk may hinder our ability to successfully consummate an initial business combination.

The total amount of our capital that will be recalled as a result of public shareholders opting to redeem their shares is not readily ascertainable and therefore should we need to pay any amount of consideration for the initial business combination in cash or otherwise provide cash as a result of the initial business combination, we would not be able to easily ascertain whether we would have sufficient cash as a result of the unpredictability of capital calls resulting from shareholder redemptions. As a result, we would need to arrange for third-party financing for which there is no guarantee that we would be successful. Moreover, raising additional third-party financing may involve dilutive equity issuances or the incurrence of indebtedness at higher than desirable levels. The above considerations may force us to restructure an otherwise optimal capital structure or limit our ability to complete the most desirable business combination available to us.

Any shareholder redemption would cause cash to be depleted from the trust subject only to the underwriter’s commission but not the subsequent business combination commission. As a result, the proportion of fees payable to the underwriter may increase significantly for those who elect not to redeem their shares prior to the initial business combination. This would increase the total cost of capital and possibly cause your return on investment to be less than it otherwise would have been.

The ability of a large number of our shareholders to exercise redemption rights may not allow us to consummate the most desirable business combination or optimize our capital structure.

In connection with the successful consummation of our business combination, we may redeem up to that number of ordinary shares that would permit us to maintain net tangible assets of $5,000,001. If our business combination requires us to use substantially all of our cash to pay the purchase price, the redemption threshold may be further limited. Alternatively, we may need to arrange third party financing to help fund our business combination in case a larger percentage of shareholders exercise their redemption rights than we expect. If the acquisition involves the issuance of our shares as consideration, we may be required to issue a higher percentage of our shares to the target or its shareholders to make up for the failure to satisfy a minimum cash requirement. Raising additional funds to cover any shortfall may involve dilutive equity financing or incurring indebtedness at higher than desirable levels. This may limit our ability to effectuate the most attractive business combination available to us.

If we seek shareholder approval of our business combination, our sponsors, directors, officers, advisors and their affiliates may elect to purchase shares from shareholders, in which case they may influence a vote in favor of a proposed business combination that you do not support.

If we seek shareholder approval of our business combination and we do not conduct redemptions in connection with our business combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, our sponsors, directors, officers, advisors or their affiliates may purchase shares in privately negotiated transactions either prior to or following the consummation of our initial business combination. Such purchases will not be made if our sponsors, directors, officers, advisors or their affiliates are in possession of any material non-public information that has not been disclosed to the selling shareholder. Such a purchase would include a contractual acknowledgement that such shareholder, although still the record holder of our

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shares is no longer the beneficial owner thereof and therefore agrees not to exercise its redemption rights. In the event that our sponsors, directors, officers, advisors or their affiliates purchase shares in privately negotiated transactions from public shareholders who have already elected to exercise their redemption rights, such selling shareholders would be required to revoke their prior elections to redeem their shares. It is intended that, if Rule 10b-18 would apply to purchases by our sponsors, directors, officers, advisors or their affiliates, then such purchases will comply with Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act, to the extent it applies, which provides a safe harbor for purchases made under certain conditions, including with respect to timing, pricing and volume of purchases.

The purpose of such purchases would be to (1) increase the likelihood of obtaining shareholder approval of the business combination or (2) satisfy a closing condition in an agreement with a target that requires us to have a minimum net worth or a certain amount of cash at the closing of the business combination, where it appears that such requirement would otherwise not be met. This may result in the consummation of an initial business combination that may not otherwise have been possible.

Purchases of Class A ordinary shares in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions by our sponsors, directors, officers, advisors or their affiliates may make it difficult for us to maintain the listing of our shares on a national securities exchange following the consummation of an initial business combination.

If our sponsors, directors, officers, advisors or their affiliates purchase Class A ordinary shares in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions, the public “float” of our Class A ordinary shares and the number of beneficial holders of our securities would both be reduced, possibly making it difficult to maintain the listing or trading of our securities on a national securities exchange following consummation of the business combination.

You will not have any rights or interests in funds from the Trust Account, except under certain limited circumstances. To liquidate your investment, therefore, you may be forced to sell your public shares, potentially at a loss.

Our public shareholders shall be entitled to receive funds from the Trust Account only in the event of a redemption to public shareholders prior to any winding up in the event we do not consummate our initial business combination or our liquidation, if they redeem their shares in connection with an initial business combination that we consummate or if we seek to amend our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to affect the timing of our redemption obligation to redeem all public shares if we cannot complete an initial business combination within 18 months of the closing of this offering (or up to 24 months if extended). In no other circumstances will a shareholder have any right or interest of any kind to the funds in the Trust Account. Accordingly, to liquidate your investment, you may be forced to sell your public shares, potentially at a loss.

Provisions in our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association may inhibit a takeover of us, which could limit the price investors might be willing to pay in the future for our Class A ordinary shares and could entrench management.

Our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association contain provisions that may discourage unsolicited takeover proposals that shareholders may consider to be in their best interests. These provisions include a staggered board of directors and the ability of the board of directors to designate the terms of and issue new series of preferred shares, which may make the removal of management more difficult and may discourage transactions that otherwise could involve payment of a premium over prevailing market prices for our securities.

If the net proceeds of this offering not being held in the Trust Account are insufficient to allow us to operate for at least the next 18 months (or up to 24 months if extended), we may be unable to complete our initial business combination.

The funds available to us outside of the Trust Account may not be sufficient to allow us to operate for at least the next 18 months (or up to 24 months if extended), assuming that our initial business combination is not consummated during that time. Of the funds available to us, we could use a portion of the funds available to us to pay fees to consultants to assist us with our search for a target business. We could also use a portion of the funds as a down payment or to fund a “no-shop” provision (a provision in letters of intent designed to keep target businesses from “shopping” around for transactions with other companies on terms more favorable to such target businesses) with respect to a particular proposed business combination, although we do not have any current intention to do so. If we are unable to fund such down payments or “no shop” provisions, our ability to close a contemplated transaction could be impaired.

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Furthermore, if we entered into a letter of intent where we paid for the right to receive exclusivity from a target business and were subsequently required to forfeit such funds (whether as a result of our breach or otherwise), we might not have sufficient funds to continue searching for, or conduct due diligence with respect to, a target business. If we are unable to complete our initial business combination, our public shareholders may only receive a pro rata portion of the amount then in the Trust Account (which may be less than $10.00 per share) (whether or not the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full) on our redemption.

Subsequent to our consummation of our initial business combination, we may be required to take write-downs or write-offs, restructuring and impairment or other charges.

Even if we conduct thorough due diligence on a target business with which we combine, this diligence may not surface all material issues that may be present inside a particular target business, that it would be possible to uncover all material issues through a customary amount of due diligence, or that factors outside of the target business and outside of our control will not later arise. As a result of these factors, we may be forced to later write-down or write-off assets, restructure our operations, or incur impairment or other charges that could result in our reporting losses. Even if our due diligence successfully identifies certain risks, unexpected risks may arise and previously known risks may materialize in a manner not consistent with our preliminary risk analysis. Even though these charges may be non-cash items and not have an immediate impact on our liquidity, the fact that we report charges of this nature could contribute to negative market perceptions about us or our securities. In addition, charges of this nature may cause us to violate net worth or other covenants to which we may be subject as a result of assuming pre-existing debt held by a target business or by virtue of our obtaining post-combination debt financing.

Our directors may decide not to enforce indemnification obligations against our sponsors, resulting in a reduction in the amount of funds in the Trust Account available for distribution to our public shareholders.

In the event that the proceeds in the Trust Account are reduced below $10.00 per share (whether or not the underwriters’ overallotment option is exercised in full) and our sponsors asserts that it is unable to satisfy its obligations or that it has no indemnification obligations related to a particular claim, our independent directors would determine on our behalf whether to take legal action against our sponsors to enforce its indemnification obligations. While we currently expect that our independent directors would take legal action on our behalf against our sponsors to enforce its indemnification obligations to us, it is possible that our independent directors in exercising their business judgment may choose not to do so in any particular instance. If our independent directors choose not to enforce these indemnification obligations on our behalf, the amount of funds in the Trust Account available for distribution to our public shareholders may be reduced below $10.00 per share.

We may not have sufficient funds to satisfy indemnification claims of our directors and officers.

We have agreed to indemnify our directors and officers to the maximum extent permitted by law and we will purchase directors’ and officers’ liability insurance that insures our directors and officers against the cost of defense, settlement or payment of a judgment in some circumstances, and that insures us against our obligations to indemnify our directors and officers. However, any such insurance may not be available or sufficient. Further, our directors and officers have agreed to waive any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies in the Trust Account and to not seek recourse against the Trust Account for any reason whatsoever. Accordingly, any indemnification provided by us will be able to be satisfied by us only if (i) we have sufficient funds outside of the Trust Account, or (ii) we consummate our initial business combination. Our obligations to indemnify our directors and officers may discourage shareholders from bringing a lawsuit against our directors and officers for breach of their fiduciary duties. These provisions may also have the effect of reducing the likelihood of derivative litigation against our directors and officers even though, such an action, if successful, might otherwise benefit us and our shareholders. Furthermore, a shareholder’s investment may be adversely affected to the extent that we may incur the costs of settlement and damage awards against our directors and officers pursuant to these indemnification provisions.

Changes in the market for directors and officers liability insurance could make it more difficult and more expensive for us to negotiate and complete an initial business combination.

In recent years, the market for directors and officers liability insurance for special purpose acquisition companies has changed in ways adverse to us and our management team. Fewer insurance companies are offering quotes for directors and officers liability coverage, the premiums charged for such policies have generally increased and the terms of such policies have generally become less favorable. These trends may continue into the future.

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The increased cost and decreased availability of directors and officers liability insurance could make it more difficult and more expensive for us to negotiate an initial business combination. In order to obtain directors and officers liability insurance or modify its coverage as a result of becoming a public company, the post-business combination entity might need to incur greater expense, accept less favorable terms or both. However, any failure to obtain adequate directors and officers liability insurance could have an adverse impact on the post-business combination’s ability to attract and retain qualified officers and directors.

In addition, even after we were to complete an initial business combination, our directors and officers could still be subject to potential liability from claims arising from conduct alleged to have occurred prior to the initial business combination. As a result, in order to protect our directors and officers, the post-business combination entity may need to purchase additional insurance with respect to any such claims (“run-off insurance”). The need for run-off insurance would be an added expense for the post-business combination entity, and could interfere with or frustrate our ability to consummate an initial business combination on terms favorable to our investors.

Because we have not selected a particular business or specific geographic location or any specific target businesses with which to pursue our initial business combination, you will be unable to ascertain the merits or risks of any particular target business’ operations.

Although we have a stated focus on certain target businesses as indicated elsewhere in this prospectus, we may pursue acquisition opportunities in any business or geographic region, but may rely upon our management team’s background. While we may pursue an acquisition opportunity in any business industry or sector, we intend to initially focus on those industries or sectors that complement our management team’s background. Except for the limitations that a target business has a fair market value of at least 80% of the assets held in the Trust Account (excluding any taxes payable) and that we are not permitted to effectuate our initial business combination with another blank check company or similar company with nominal operations, we will have virtually unrestricted flexibility in identifying and selecting a prospective acquisition candidate. Because we have not yet identified or approached any specific target business with respect to our initial business combination, there is no basis to evaluate the possible merits or risks of any particular target business’s operations, results of operations, cash flows, liquidity, financial condition or prospects. To the extent we consummate our initial business combination, we may be affected by numerous risks inherent in the business operations with which we combine. For example, if we combine with a financially unstable business or an entity lacking an established record of sales or earnings, we may be affected by the risks inherent in the business and operations of a financially unstable or a development stage entity. Although our officers and directors will endeavor to evaluate the risks inherent in a particular target business, we may not properly ascertain or assess all of the significant risk factors or that we will have adequate time to complete due diligence. Furthermore, some of these risks may be outside of our control and leave us with no ability to control or reduce the chances that those risks will adversely impact a target business. In addition, investors will be relying on the business judgment of our board of directors, which will have significant discretion in choosing the standard used to establish the fair market value of a particular target business. An investment in our shares may not ultimately prove to be more favorable to investors than a direct investment, if such opportunity were available, in an acquisition target.

We may seek investment opportunities outside our management’s area of expertise and our management may not be able to adequately ascertain or assess all significant risks associated with the target company.

There is no limitation on the industry or business sector that we may consider when contemplating our initial business combination. We may therefore be presented with a business combination candidate in an industry unfamiliar to our management team, but determine that such candidate offers an attractive investment opportunity for our company. In the event we elect to pursue an investment outside of our management’s expertise, our management’s experience may not be directly applicable to the target business or their evaluation of its operation.

We may issue our shares to investors in connection with our initial business combination at a price which is less than the prevailing market price of our shares at that time.

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

Although we have identified specific criteria and guidelines for evaluating prospective target businesses, it is possible that a target business with which we enter into our initial business combination will not have all of these positive attributes. If we consummate our initial business combination with a target that does not meet some or all of these guidelines, such combination may not be as successful as a combination with a business that does meet all of our general criteria and guidelines. In addition, if we announce our initial business combination with a target that does not meet our general criteria and guidelines, a greater number of shareholders may exercise their redemption rights, which may make it difficult for us to meet any closing condition with a target business that requires us to have a minimum net worth or a certain amount of cash. In addition, if shareholder approval of the transaction is required by law or Nasdaq, or we decide to obtain shareholder approval for business or other legal reasons, it may be more difficult for us to attain shareholder approval of our initial business combination if the target business does not meet our general criteria and guidelines. If we are unable to complete our initial business combination, our public shareholders may only receive $10.00 per share or even less (whether or not the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full) on our redemption.

Management’s flexibility in identifying and selecting a prospective acquisition candidate, along with our management’s financial interest in consummating our initial business combination, may lead management to enter into an acquisition agreement that is not in the best interest of our shareholders.

Subject to the requirement that our initial business combination must be with one or more target businesses or assets having an aggregate fair market value of at least 80% of the assets held in the Trust Account (excluding any taxes payable) at the time of the agreement to enter into such initial business combination, we will have virtually unrestricted flexibility in identifying and selecting a prospective acquisition candidate. Investors will be relying on management’s ability to identify business combinations, evaluate their merits, conduct or monitor diligence and conduct negotiations. Management’s flexibility in identifying and selecting a prospective acquisition candidate, along with management’s financial interest in consummating our initial business combination, may lead management to enter into an acquisition agreement that is not in the best interest of our shareholders, which would be the case if the trading price of our ordinary shares after giving effect to such business combination was less than the per-share trust liquidation value that our shareholders would have received if we had dissolved without consummating our initial business combination.

Resources could be wasted in researching acquisitions that are not consummated.

We anticipate that the investigation of each specific target business and the negotiation, drafting, and execution of relevant agreements, disclosure documents, and other instruments will require substantial management time and attention and substantial costs for accountants, attorneys and others. If we decide not to complete a specific initial business combination, the costs incurred up to that point for the proposed transaction likely would not be recoverable. Furthermore, if we reach an agreement relating to a specific target business, we may fail to consummate our initial business combination for any number of reasons including those beyond our control. Any such event will result in a loss to us of the related costs incurred, which could materially adversely affect subsequent attempts to locate and acquire or merge with another business. If we are unable to complete our initial business combination, our public shareholders may only receive $10.00 per share or even less (whether or not the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full) on our redemption.

We may attempt to consummate our initial business combination with a private company about which little information is available.

In pursuing our acquisition strategy, we may seek to effectuate our initial business combination with a privately held company. By definition, very little public information exists about private companies, and we could be required to make our decision on whether to pursue a potential initial business combination on the basis of limited information, which may result in our initial business combination with a company that is not as profitable as we suspected, if at all.

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We may not be able to maintain control of a target business after our initial business combination.

We may structure our initial business combination to acquire less than 100% of the equity interests or assets of a target business, but we will only consummate such business combination if we will become the majority shareholder of the target (or control the target through contractual arrangements in limited circumstances for regulatory compliance purposes) or are otherwise not required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act or to the extent permitted by law we may acquire interests in a variable interest entity, in which we may have less than a majority of the voting rights in such entity, but in which we are the primary beneficiary. Even though we may own a majority interest in the target, our shareholders prior to the business combination may collectively own a minority interest in the post business combination company, depending on valuations ascribed to the target and us in the business combination transaction. For example, we could pursue a transaction in which we issue a substantial number of new shares in exchange for all of the outstanding capital stock of a target. In this case, we acquire a 100% controlling interest in the target. However, as a result of the issuance of a substantial number of new shares, our shareholders immediately prior to such transaction could own less than a majority of our issued and outstanding shares subsequent to such transaction. In addition, other minority shareholders may subsequently combine their holdings resulting in a single person or group obtaining a larger share of the company’s shares than we initially acquired. Accordingly, this may make it more likely that we will not be able to maintain our control of the target business.

We may have a limited ability to assess the management of a prospective target business and, as a result, may effect our initial business combination with a target business whose management may not have the skills, qualifications or abilities to manage a public company.

When evaluating the desirability of effecting our initial business combination with a prospective target business, our ability to assess the target business’s management may be limited due to a lack of time, resources or information. Our assessment of the capabilities of the target business’s management, therefore, may prove to be incorrect and such management may lack the skills, qualifications or abilities we suspected. Should the target business’s management not possess the skills, qualifications or abilities necessary to manage a public company, the operations and profitability of the post-combination business may be negatively impacted. Accordingly, any shareholders who choose to remain shareholders following the business combination could suffer a reduction in the value of their securities. Such shareholders are unlikely to have a remedy for such reduction in value unless they are able to successfully claim that the reduction was due to the breach by our officers or directors of a duty of care or other fiduciary duty owed to them, or if they are able to successfully bring a private claim under securities laws that the proxy solicitation or tender offer materials, as applicable, relating to the business combination contained an actionable material misstatement or material omission.

The officers and directors of an acquisition candidate may resign upon completion of our initial business combination. The loss of a business combination target’s key personnel could negatively impact the operations and profitability of our post-combination business.

The role of an acquisition candidate’s key personnel upon the completion of our initial business combination cannot be ascertained at this time. Although we contemplate that certain members of an acquisition candidate’s management team will remain associated with the acquisition candidate following our initial business combination, it is possible that members of the management of an acquisition candidate will not wish to remain in place.

We may reincorporate or transfer by way of continuation in another jurisdiction in connection with our initial business combination, and the laws of such jurisdiction may govern some or all of our future material agreements and we may not be able to enforce our legal rights.

In connection with our initial business combination, we may relocate the home jurisdiction of our business or otherwise transfer by way of continuation from the Cayman Islands to another jurisdiction. If we determine to do this, the laws of such jurisdiction may govern some or all of our future material agreements. The system of laws and the enforcement of existing laws in such jurisdiction may not be as certain in implementation and interpretation as in the United States. The inability to enforce or obtain a remedy under any of our future agreements could result in a significant loss of business, business opportunities or capital.

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We may engage one or more of our underwriters or one of their respective affiliates to provide additional services to us after this offering, which may include acting as financial advisor in connection with an initial business combination or as placement agent in connection with a related financing transaction. Our underwriters are entitled to receive deferred commissions that will released from the trust only on a completion of an initial business combination. These financial incentives may cause them to have potential conflicts of interest in rendering any such additional services to us after this offering, including, for example, in connection with the sourcing and consummation of an initial business combination.

We may engage one or more of our underwriters or one of their respective affiliates to provide additional services to us after this offering, including, for example, identifying potential targets, providing financial advisory services, acting as a placement agent in a private offering or arranging debt financing. We may pay such underwriter or its affiliate fair and reasonable fees or other compensation that would be determined at that time in an arm’s length negotiation; provided that no agreement will be entered into with any of the underwriters or their respective affiliates and no fees or other compensation for such services will be paid to any of the underwriters or their respective affiliates prior to the date that is 60 days from the date of this prospectus, unless such payment would not be deemed underwriters’ compensation in connection with this offering. The underwriters are also entitled to receive deferred commissions that are conditioned on the completion of an initial business combination. The underwriters’ or their respective affiliates’ financial interests tied to the consummation of a business combination transaction may give rise to potential conflicts of interest in providing any such additional services to us, including potential conflicts of interest in connection with the sourcing and consummation of an initial business combination.

We may engage one or more affiliates of our sponsors, officers or directors or their respective affiliates to provide additional services to us after this offering, which may include acting as financial advisor in connection with an initial business combination. These financial incentives may cause them to have potential conflicts of interest in rendering any such additional services to us after this offering, including, for example, in connection with the sourcing and consummation of an initial business combination.

We may engage one or more affiliates of our sponsors, officers or directors or their respective affiliates to provide additional services to us after this offering, including, for example, identifying potential targets or providing financial advisory services. We may pay such affiliates fair and reasonable fees or other compensation that would be determined at that time in an arm’s length negotiation. Any such affiliates’ financial interests tied to the consummation of a business combination transaction may give rise to potential conflicts of interest in providing any such additional services to us, including potential conflicts of interest in connection with advising on, sourcing and consummating of an initial business combination.

If a shareholder fails to receive notice of our offer to redeem the shares of this offering in connection with our initial business combination, or fails to comply with the procedures for tendering its shares, such shares may not be redeemed.

We will comply with the tender offer rules or proxy rules, as applicable, when conducting redemptions in connection with our initial business combination. Nonetheless, if a shareholder does not receive our tender offer or proxy materials, as applicable, such shareholder may not have notice of the opportunity to redeem shares. In addition, the proxy materials or tender offer documents, as applicable, that we will furnish to our public shareholders in connection with our initial business combination will describe the various procedures that must be complied with in order to validly tender or redeem such shares. For example, we may require our public shareholders seeking to exercise their redemption rights, whether they are record holders or hold their shares in “street name,” to either tender their certificates to our transfer agent prior to the date set forth in the tender offer documents mailed to such holders or up to two business days prior to the vote on the proposal to approve our initial business combination in the event we distribute proxy materials, or in the alternative, to deliver their shares to the transfer agent electronically. In the event that a shareholder fails to comply with these or any other procedures, its shares may not be redeemed.

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Risks Associated with Acquiring and Operating a Business Outside of the United States

We may effect a business combination with a company located outside of the United States and if we do, we would be subject to a variety of additional risks that may negatively impact our business operations and financial results.

If we consummate a business combination with a target business located outside of the United States, we would be subject to any special considerations or risks associated with companies operating in the target business’ governing jurisdiction, including any of the following:

• rules and regulations or currency redemption or corporate withholding taxes on individuals;

• tariffs and trade barriers;

• regulations related to customs and import/export matters;

• longer payment cycles than in the United States;

• inflation;

• economic policies and market conditions;

• unexpected changes in regulatory requirements;

• challenges in managing and staffing international operations;

• tax issues, such as tax law changes and variations in tax laws as compared to the United States;

• currency fluctuations;

• challenges in collecting accounts receivable;

• cultural and language differences;

• protection of intellectual property;

• employment regulations;

• deterioration of political relations with the United States.

We cannot assure you that we would be able to adequately address these additional risks. If we were unable to do so, our operations might suffer.

Because of the costs and difficulties inherent in managing cross-border business operations, our results of operations may be negatively impacted.

Managing a business, operations, personnel or assets in another country is challenging and costly. Any management that we may have (whether based abroad or in the U.S.) may be inexperienced in cross-border business practices and unaware of significant differences in accounting rules, legal regimes and labor practices. Even with a seasoned and experienced management team, the costs and difficulties inherent in managing cross-border business operations, personnel and assets can be significant (and much higher than in a purely domestic business) and may negatively impact our financial and operational performance.

If social unrest, acts of terrorism, regime changes, changes in laws and regulations, political upheaval, or policy changes or enactments occur in a country in which we may operate after we effect our initial business combination, it may result in a negative impact on our business.

Political events in another country may significantly affect our business, assets or operations. Social unrest, acts of terrorism, regime changes, changes in laws and regulations, political upheaval, and policy changes or enactments could negatively impact our business in a particular country.

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Many countries have difficult and unpredictable legal systems and underdeveloped laws and regulations that are unclear and subject to corruption and inexperience, which may adversely impact our results of operations and financial condition.

Our ability to seek and enforce legal protections, including with respect to intellectual property and other property rights, or to defend ourselves with regard to legal actions taken against us in a given country, may be difficult or impossible, which could adversely impact our operations, assets or financial condition.

Rules and regulations in many countries are often ambiguous or open to differing interpretation by responsible individuals and agencies at the municipal, state, regional and federal levels. The attitudes and actions of such individuals and agencies are often difficult to predict and inconsistent.

Delay with respect to the enforcement of particular rules and regulations, including those relating to customs, tax, environmental and labor, could cause serious disruption to operations abroad and negatively impact our results.

If we effect a business combination with a company located outside of the United States, the laws applicable to such company will likely govern all of our material agreements and we may not be able to enforce our legal rights.

If we effect a business combination with a company located outside of the United States, the laws of the country in which such company operates will govern almost all of the material agreements relating to its operations. We cannot assure you that the target business will be able to enforce any of its material agreements or that remedies will be available in this new jurisdiction. The system of laws and the enforcement of existing laws in such jurisdiction may not be as certain in implementation and interpretation as in the United States. The inability to enforce or obtain a remedy under any of our future agreements could result in a significant loss of business, business opportunities or capital. Additionally, if we acquire a company located outside of the United States, it is likely that substantially all of our assets would be located outside of the United States and some of our officers and directors might reside outside of the United States. As a result, it may not be possible for investors in the United States to enforce their legal rights, to effect service of process upon our directors or officers or to seek recognition and/or enforce judgments of United States courts predicated upon civil liabilities and criminal penalties of our directors and officers under Federal securities laws.

Upon the effectiveness of this prospectus, all of our executive officers and directors will be located inside the United States, except that our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, Mr. Sung Hyuk Lee, and our Chief Financial Officer and Director, Mr. Hoon Ji Choi, are both located in South Korea. There is uncertainty as to whether after this offering, we will appoint new management member located outside the United States, or the management of post-combination entity will have members located outside the United States. In addition, our sponsors are incorporated in the Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands, respectively, and Mr. Hongbo Xing, the sole manager and sole director of Copley Square Sponsor Limited which is the managing member of Copley Square LLC, and Mr. Tian Wang, the sole member and a director of Northlake Partners Ltd., are both Chinese nationals located in China. Therefore, investors may not be able to enforce federal securities laws or their other legal rights upon our executive officers and directors, our sponsors or their members, or future officers and directors located outside the United States appointed after this offering or in connection with the business combination.

Upon the effectiveness of this prospectus, all of our executive officers and directors will be located inside the United States, except that our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, Mr. Sung Hyuk Lee, and our Chief Financial Officer and Director, Mr. Hoon Ji Choi, are both located in South Korea. There is doubt as to the enforceability in Korean courts, in original actions or in actions for enforcement of judgments of U.S. courts, of civil liabilities predicated solely upon the federal and state securities laws of the United States. There is also uncertainty as to whether after this offering, we will appoint new management members located outside the United States, or the management of post-combination entity will have members located outside the United States; therefore, investors may not be able to enforce federal securities laws or their other legal rights upon our sponsors or its sole member, or future those officers and directors located outside the United States appointed after this offering or in connection with the business combination. As a result, it may be difficult, or in some cases not possible, for investors in the United States to enforce their legal rights, to effect service of process upon those officers and directors (prior to or after the business combination) located outside the United States, to enforce judgments of United States courts predicated upon civil liabilities and criminal penalties on them under United States securities laws.

Our sponsors are incorporated in the Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands, respectively, and Mr. Hongbo Xing, the sole manager and sole director of Copley Square Sponsor Limited which is the managing member of Copley Square LLC, and Mr. Tian Wang, the sole member and a director of Northlake Partners Ltd., are both Chinese nationals located

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in China. China has no arrangement for the reciprocal enforcement of judgments with the United States. As a result, it may be difficult for investors to effect service of process within the United States upon us or such persons, or to enforce against them or against us, including judgments predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the securities laws of the United States or any state thereof. Even with proper service of process, the enforcement of judgments obtained in U.S. courts or foreign courts based on the civil liability provisions of the U.S. federal securities laws would be extremely difficult. Furthermore, there would be added costs and issues with bringing an original action in foreign courts to enforce liabilities based on the U.S. federal securities laws against us or our officers and directors, and they still may be fruitless.

If relations between the United States and foreign governments deteriorate, it could cause potential target businesses or their goods and services to become less attractive.

The relationship between the United States and foreign governments could be subject to sudden fluctuation and periodic tension. For instance, the United States may announce its intention to impose quotas on certain imports. Such import quotas may adversely affect political relations between the two countries and result in retaliatory countermeasures by the foreign government in industries that may affect our ultimate target business. Changes in political conditions in foreign countries and changes in the state of U.S. relations with such countries are difficult to predict and could adversely affect our operations or cause potential target businesses or their goods and services to become less attractive. Because we are not limited to any specific industry, there is no basis for investors in this offering to evaluate the possible extent of any impact on our ultimate operations if relations are strained between the United States and a foreign country in which we acquire a target business or move our principal manufacturing or service operations.

Adverse developments affecting the financial services industry, including events or concerns involving liquidity, defaults or non-performance by financial institutions, could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations, or our prospects.

The funds in our operating account and our Trust Account will be held in banks or other financial institutions and will be 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. To mitigate the risk that we might be deemed to be an investment company for purposes of the Investment Company Act, which risk increases the longer that we hold investments in the Trust Account, we may, at any time (and will no later than 24 months from the closing of this offering) instruct the trustee to liquidate the investments held in the Trust Account and instead to hold the funds in the Trust Account in cash or in an interest bearing demand deposit account. Our cash held in non-interest bearing and interest-bearing accounts may exceed any applicable Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) insurance limits. Should events, including limited liquidity, defaults, non-performance or other adverse developments occur with respect to the banks or other financial institutions that hold our funds, or that affect financial institutions or the financial services industry generally, or concerns or rumors about any events of these kinds or other similar risks, the value of the assets in our Trust Account could be impaired, which could have a material impact on our operating results, liquidity, financial condition and prospects. For example, on March 10, 2023, the FDIC announced that Silicon Valley Bank had been closed by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation. We cannot guarantee that the banks or other financial institutions that will hold our funds will not experience similar issues.

As the number of special purpose acquisition companies evaluating targets increases, attractive targets may become scarcer and there may be more competition for attractive targets or such attractive targets may not be interested to consume a business combination with a SPAC due to a negative public perception of mergers involving SPACs. This could increase the cost of our initial business combination and could even result in our inability to find a target or to consummate an initial business combination.

In recent years, the number of special purpose acquisition companies that have been formed has increased substantially. Many potential targets for special purpose acquisition companies have already entered into an initial business combination, and there are still many special purpose acquisition companies preparing for an initial public offering, as well as many such companies currently in registration. As a result, at times, fewer attractive targets may be available to consummate an initial business combination.

In addition, because there are more special purpose acquisition companies seeking to enter into an initial business combination with available targets, the competition for available targets with attractive fundamentals or business models may increase, which could cause targets companies to demand improved financial terms. Attractive deals

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could also become scarcer for other reasons, such as economic or industry sector downturns (including a negative public perception of mergers involving SPACs), geopolitical tensions, or increases in the cost of additional capital needed to close business combinations or operate targets post-business combination. This could increase the cost of, delay or otherwise complicate or frustrate our ability to find and consummate an initial business combination and may result in our inability to consummate an initial business combination on terms favorable to our investors altogether.

If any dividend is declared in the future and paid in a foreign currency, you may be taxed on a larger amount in U.S.

If you are a U.S. holder of our ordinary shares, you will be taxed on the U.S. dollar value of your dividends, if any, at the time you receive them, even if you actually receive a smaller amount of U.S. dollars when the payment is in fact converted into U.S. dollars. Specifically, if a dividend is declared and paid in a foreign currency, the amount of the dividend distribution that you must include in your income as a U.S. holder will be the U.S. dollar value of the payments made in the foreign currency, determined at the spot rate of the foreign currency to the U.S. dollar on the date the dividend distribution is includible in your income, regardless of whether the payment is in fact converted into U.S. dollars. Thus, if the value of the foreign currency decreases before you actually convert the currency into U.S. dollars, you will be taxed on a larger amount in U.S. dollars than the U.S. dollar amount that you will actually ultimately receive.

Our initial business combination and our structure thereafter may not be tax-efficient to our shareholders. As a result of our business combination, our tax obligations may be more complex, burdensome and uncertain.

Although we will attempt to structure our initial business combination in a tax-efficient manner, tax structuring considerations are complex, the relevant facts and law are uncertain and may change, and we may prioritize commercial and other considerations over tax considerations. For example, in connection with our initial business combination and subject to any requisite shareholder approval, we may structure our business combination in a manner that requires shareholders to recognize gain or income for tax purposes, effect a business combination with a target company in another jurisdiction, or reincorporate in a different jurisdiction (including, but not limited to, the jurisdiction in which the target company or business is located). We do not intend to make any cash distributions to shareholders to pay taxes in connection with our business combination or thereafter. Accordingly, a shareholder may need to satisfy any liability resulting from our initial business combination with cash from its own funds or by selling all or a portion of the shares received. In addition, shareholders may also be subject to additional income, withholding or other taxes with respect to their ownership of us after our initial business combination.

In addition, we may effect a business combination with a target company that has business operations outside of the United States, and possibly, business operations in multiple jurisdictions. If we effect such a business combination, we could be subject to significant income, withholding and other tax obligations in a number of jurisdictions with respect to income, operations and subsidiaries related to those jurisdictions. Due to the complexity of tax obligations and filings in other jurisdictions, we may have a heightened risk related to audits or examinations by U.S. federal, state, local and non-U.S. taxing authorities. This additional complexity and risk could have an adverse effect on our after-tax profitability and financial condition.

After our initial business combination, substantially all of our assets may be located in a foreign country and substantially all of our revenue may be derived from our operations in such country. Accordingly, our results of operations and prospects will be subject, to a significant extent, to the economic, political and legal policies, developments and conditions in the country in which we operate.

The economic, political and social conditions, as well as government policies, of the country in which our operations are located could affect our business. The economy in Asian Countries differs from the economies of most developed countries in many respects. Such economic growth has been uneven, both geographically and among various sectors of the economy and such growth may not be sustained in the future. If in the future such country’s economy experiences a downturn or grows at a slower rate than expected, there may be less demand for spending in certain industries. A decrease in demand for spending in certain industries could materially and adversely affect our ability to find an attractive target business with which to consummate our initial business combination and if we effect our initial business combination, the ability of that target business to become profitable.

Currency policies may cause a target business’ ability to succeed in the international markets to be diminished.

In the event we acquire a non-U.S. target, all revenues and income would likely be received in a foreign currency, the dollar equivalent of our net assets and distributions, if any, could be adversely affected by reductions in the value of the local currency. The value of the currencies in our target regions fluctuate and are affected by, among other things,

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changes in political and economic conditions. Any change in the relative value of such currency against our reporting currency may affect the attractiveness of any target business or, following consummation of our initial business combination, our financial condition and results of operations. Additionally, if a currency appreciates in value against the dollar prior to the consummation of our initial business combination, the cost of a target business as measured in dollars will increase, which may make it less likely that we are able to consummate such transaction.

Many of the economies in Asia are experiencing substantial inflationary pressures which may prompt the governments to take action to control the growth of the economy and inflation that could lead to a significant decrease in our profitability following our initial business combination.

While many of the economies in Asia have experienced rapid growth over the last two decades, they currently are experiencing inflationary pressures. As governments take steps to address the current inflationary pressures, there may be significant changes in the availability of bank credits, interest rates, limitations on loans, restrictions on currency conversions and foreign investment. There also may be imposition of price controls. If prices for the products of our ultimate target business rise at a rate that is insufficient to compensate for the rise in the costs of supplies, it may have an adverse effect on our profitability. If these or other similar restrictions are imposed by a government to influence the economy, it may lead to a slowing of economic growth. Because we are not limited to any specific industry, the ultimate industry that we operate in may be affected more severely by such a slowing of economic growth.

Many industries in Asia are subject to government regulations that limit or prohibit foreign investments in such industries, which may limit the potential number of acquisition candidates.

Governments in many Asian countries have imposed regulations that limit foreign investors’ equity ownership or prohibit foreign investments altogether in companies that operate in certain industries. As a result, the number of potential acquisition candidates available to us may be limited or our ability to grow and sustain the business, which we ultimately acquire will be limited.

If a country in Asia enacts regulations in industry segments that forbid or restrict foreign investment, our ability to consummate our initial business combination could be severely impaired.

Many of the rules and regulations that companies face concerning foreign ownership are not explicitly communicated. If new laws or regulations forbid or limit foreign investment in industries in which we want to complete our initial business combination, they could severely impair our candidate pool of potential target businesses. Additionally, if the relevant central and local authorities find us or the target business with which we ultimately complete our initial business combination to be in violation of any existing or future laws or regulations, they would have broad discretion in dealing with such a violation, including, without limitation:

• levying fines;

• revoking our business and other licenses;

• requiring that we restructure our ownership or operations; and

• requiring that we discontinue any portion or all of our business.

Any of the above could have an adverse effect on our company post-business combination and could materially reduce the value of your investment.

Corporate governance standards in Asia may not be as strict or developed as in the United States and such weakness may hide issues and operational practices that are detrimental to a target business.

General corporate governance standards in some countries are weak in that they do not prevent business practices that cause unfavorable related party transactions, over-leveraging, improper accounting, family company interconnectivity and poor management. Local laws often do not go far enough to prevent improper business practices. Therefore, shareholders may not be treated impartially and equally as a result of poor management practices, asset shifting, conglomerate structures that result in preferential treatment to some parts of the overall company, and cronyism. The lack of transparency and ambiguity in the regulatory process also may result in inadequate credit evaluation and weakness that may precipitate or encourage financial crisis. In our evaluation of a business combination we will have to evaluate the corporate governance of a target and the business environment, and in accordance with United States

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laws for reporting companies take steps to implement practices that will cause compliance with all applicable rules and accounting practices. Notwithstanding these intended efforts, there may be endemic practices and local laws that could add risk to an investment we ultimately make and that result in an adverse effect on our operations and financial results.

We may not be able to complete an initial business combination with a U.S. target company if such initial business combination is subject to U.S. foreign investment regulations and review by a U.S. government entity such as the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), or ultimately prohibited.

Investments that involve the acquisition of, or investment in, a U.S. business by a non-U.S. investor may be subject to U.S. laws that regulate foreign investments in U.S. businesses and access by foreign persons to technology developed and produced in the United States. These laws include Section 721 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended by the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (FIRRMA), and the regulations at 31 C.F.R. Parts 800 and 802, as amended, administered by the CFIUS. In addition, certain federally licensed businesses in the United States, such as broadcasters and airlines, may be subject to rules or regulations that limit foreign ownership.

CFIUS is an interagency committee authorized to review certain transactions involving foreign investment in the United States by foreign persons in order to determine the effect of such transactions on the national security of the United States. Whether CFIUS has jurisdiction to review an acquisition or investment transaction depends on, among other factors, the nature and structure of the transaction, including the level of beneficial ownership interest and the nature of any information or governance rights involved. For example, investments that result in “control” of a “U.S. business” by a “foreign person” (in each case, as such terms are defined in 31 C.F.R. Part 800) that might be considered by CFIUS to be a covered transaction that CFIUS would have authority to review

One of our sponsors, Copley Square LLC is incorporated in the Cayman Islands and the other sponsor, Northlake Partners Ltd, is incorporated in British Virgin Islands. Some of our insiders, including our sponsors, officers and directors are located outside of the United States and will collectively own approximately 25% of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares following this offering, not including the ordinary shares issuable underlying the private placement units, the restricted Class A ordinary shares, any shares underlying working capital units issued upon conversion of working capital loans, and any ordinary shares or equity-linked securities issued, or to be issued, to any seller in our initial business combination. As of the date of this prospectus, our sponsors are “foreign person” as such terms are defined in 31 C.F.R. Part 800. If our sponsors are deemed to have such “control” over us as defined under 31 C.F.R. Section 800.208, among other parts, or we seek or receive investments from a non-U.S. investor, and the terms of such investment may confer such rights, authorities or votes that could result in “control” by such non-U.S. investors as defined therein, we could potentially be subject to such foreign ownership restrictions and/or CFIUS review.

The scope of CFIUS was expanded by FIRRMA to include certain non-passive, non-controlling investments in sensitive U.S. businesses and certain acquisitions of real estate even with no underlying U.S. business. FIRRMA and subsequent implementing regulations that are now in force also subject certain categories of investments to mandatory filings. If our potential initial business combination with a U.S. business falls within the scope of foreign ownership restrictions, we may be unable to consummate a business combination with such business.

If our potential business combination falls within CFIUS’s jurisdiction, we may be required to make a mandatory filing, determine to submit a voluntary notice to CFIUS, or proceed with the initial business combination without notifying CFIUS and then bear the risk of CFIUS intervention, before or after closing the initial business combination. CFIUS may decide to block or delay our initial business combination, impose conditions to mitigate national security concerns with respect to such initial business combination or order us to divest all or a portion of a U.S. business of the combined company if we had proceeded without first obtaining CFIUS clearance. The foreign ownership limitations, and the potential impact of CFIUS, may limit the attractiveness of a transaction with us or prevent us from pursuing certain initial business combination opportunities that we believe would otherwise be beneficial to us and our shareholders. As a result, the pool of potential targets with which we could complete an initial business combination may be limited and we may be adversely affected in terms of competing with other special purpose acquisition companies which do not have similar foreign ownership issues.

Moreover, the process of government review, whether by CFIUS or otherwise, could be lengthy. Because we only have 18 months (or up to 24 months, as applicable) to complete our initial business combination, our failure to obtain any required approvals within the requisite time period may prevent us from completing the transaction and require us to liquidate. If we liquidate, our public shareholders may only receive $10.00 per ordinary share initially, and our rights will expire worthless. Our public shareholders may also lose the potential investment opportunity in a target company and the opportunity of realizing future gains on such investments through any price appreciation in the combined company.

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CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

The statements contained in this prospectus that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements. Our forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding our or our management’s expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipates,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intends,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predicts,” “project,” “should,” “would” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Forward-looking statements in this prospectus may include, for example, statements about our:

• ability to identify or complete an initial business combination;

• limited operating history;

• success in retaining or recruiting, or changes required in, our officers, key employees or directors following our initial business combination;

• potential ability to obtain additional financing to complete a business combination;

• pool of prospective target businesses;

• the ability of our officers and directors to generate potential investment opportunities;

• potential change in control if we acquire one or more target businesses for shares;

• our public securities’ potential liquidity and trading;

• regulatory or operational risks associated with acquiring a target business;

• use of proceeds not held in the Trust Account;

• financial performance following this offering; or

• listing or delisting of our securities from NASDAQ or the ability to have our securities listed on NASDAQ following our initial business combination.

The forward-looking statements contained in this prospectus are based on our current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effects on us. There can be no assurance that future developments affecting us will be those that we have anticipated. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties (some of which are beyond our control) or other assumptions that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those factors described under the heading “Risk Factors.” Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of our assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material respects from those projected in these forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws.

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USE OF PROCEEDS

We are offering 18,000,000 units at an offering price of $10.00 per unit. We estimate that the net proceeds of this offering together with the funds we will receive from the sale of the private placement units will be used as set forth in the following table.

	Without Over- Allotment Option			Over- Allotment Option Exercised
Gross proceeds
Gross proceeds from units offered to public(1)	$	180,000,000		$	207,000,000
Gross proceeds from private placement securities offered in the private placement	$	3,399,640		$	3,399,640
Total gross proceeds	$	183,399,640		$	210,399,640
Offering expenses(2)
Underwriting commissions (1% of gross proceeds from units offered to public, whether or not the over-allotment option is exercised)	$	1,800,000		$	1,800,000
Reimbursement for underwriter expenses		150,000			150,000
Legal fees and expenses		281,500			281,500
Nasdaq listing fee		80,000			80,000
SEC registration fee		49,518			49,518
FINRA Filing Fee		49,016			49,016
Printing and engraving expenses		25,000			25,000
Accounting fees and expenses		60,000			60,000
Miscellaneous(3)		104,606			104,606
Total offering expenses (other than underwriting commissions)	$	799,640		$	799,640
Proceeds after offering expenses	$	180,800,000		$	207,800,000
Held in trust account	$	180,000,000		$	207,000,000
% of public offering size		100.0	%		100.0	%
Not held in trust account	$	800,000		$	800,000

The following table shows the use of the approximately $800,000 of net proceeds not held in the Trust Account(4).

	Amount		% of Total
D&O Insurance	$	250,000	31.3	%
Legal, accounting, due diligence, travel, and other expenses in connection with any business combination		150,000	18.8	%
Legal and accounting fees related to regulatory reporting obligations		80,000	10.0	%
Payment for office space, administrative and support services		180,000	22.5	%
Nasdaq continued listing fees		65,500	8.2	%
Other miscellaneous expense		74,500	9.3	%
Total	$	800,000	100.0	%

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(1) Includes amounts payable to public shareholders who properly redeem their shares in connection with our successful completion of our initial business combination.

(2) A portion of the offering expenses, including the SEC registration fee, the FINRA filing fee, the non-refundable portion of the NASDAQ listing fee and a portion of the legal and audit fees, have been paid from the funds we borrowed from our sponsors, described below. These funds will be repaid out of the proceeds of this offering available to us. If we determine not to proceed with the offering, such amounts would not be repaid.

(3) Includes organizational and administrative expenses and may include amounts related to above-listed expenses in the event actual amounts exceed estimates.

(4) These expenses are estimates only. Our actual expenditures for some or all of these items may differ from the estimates set forth herein. For example, we may incur greater legal and accounting expenses than our current estimates in connection with negotiating and structuring a business combination based upon the level of complexity of such business combination. In the event we identify an acquisition target in a specific industry subject to specific regulations, we may incur additional expenses

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associated with legal due diligence and the engagement of special legal counsel. In addition, our staffing needs may vary and as a result, we may engage a number of consultants to assist with legal and financial due diligence. We do not anticipate any change in our intended use of proceeds, other than fluctuations among the current categories of allocated expenses, which fluctuations, to the extent they exceed current estimates for any specific category of expenses, would not be available for our expenses.

Our sponsors have committed to purchase from us an aggregate of 339,964 private placement securities, whether or not the over-allotment option is exercised, for a total purchase price of $3,399,640. The sale of the private placement securities will take place on a private placement basis simultaneously with the consummation of this offering. All of the proceeds we receive from the private placement will be placed in the Trust Account. The proceeds from the private placement of the private placement unit will be added to the proceeds of this offering and placed in an account in the United States maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, as trustee.

$180,000,000, or $207,000,000 if the over-allotment option is exercised in full, of the net proceeds of this offering and the sale of the private placement units will be placed in an account in the United States, maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, as trustee. Pursuant to the investment management trust agreement that will govern the investment of such funds, the trustee, upon our written instructions, will invest the funds as set forth in such written instructions and to custody the funds while invested and until otherwise instructed in accordance with the investment management trust agreement. The funds held in trust will be invested only in United States government treasury bills, bonds or notes having a maturity of 185 days or less, or in money market funds meeting the applicable conditions under Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and that invest solely in United States government treasuries, so that we are not deemed to be an investment company under the Investment Company Act. Except with respect to interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account that may be released to us to pay our income or other tax obligations (other than excise tax), the proceeds will not be released from the Trust Account until the earlier of the completion of a business combination or our liquidation. The proceeds held in the Trust Account may be used as consideration to pay the sellers of a target business with which we complete a business combination to the extent not used to pay converting shareholders. Any amounts not paid as consideration to the sellers of the target business may be used to finance operations of the target business.

No compensation of any kind (including finder’s, consulting or other similar fees) will be paid to any of our existing officers, directors, shareholders, or any of their affiliates, prior to, or for any services they render in order to effectuate, the consummation of the business combination (regardless of the type of transaction that it is). However, such individuals will receive reimbursement for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred by them in connection with activities on our behalf, such as identifying potential target businesses, performing business due diligence on suitable target businesses and business combinations as well as traveling to and from the offices, plants or similar locations of prospective target businesses to examine their operations. Since the role of present management after a business combination is uncertain, we have no ability to determine what remuneration, if any, will be paid to those persons after a business combination.

Regardless of whether the over-allotment option is exercised in full, the net proceeds from this offering available to us out of trust for our working capital requirements in searching for a business combination will be approximately $800,000. We intend to use the excess working capital available for miscellaneous expenses such as paying fees to consultants to assist us with our search for a target business and for director and officer liability insurance premiums, with the balance being held in reserve in the event due diligence, legal, accounting and other expenses of structuring and negotiating business combinations exceed our estimates, as well as for reimbursement of any out-of-pocket expenses incurred by our insiders, officers and directors in connection with activities on our behalf as described above. We will also be entitled to have interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account released to us to pay any tax obligations that we may owe.

The allocation of the net proceeds available to us outside of the Trust Account, along with the interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account available to us (excluding taxes payable on the interest earned on the Trust Account), represents our best estimate of the intended uses of these funds. In the event that our assumptions prove to be inaccurate, we may reallocate some of such proceeds within the above-described categories. If our estimate of the costs of undertaking in-depth due diligence and negotiating our initial business combination is less than the actual amount necessary to do so, or the amount of interest available from the Trust Account is insufficient as a result of the current low interest rate environment, we may be required to raise additional capital, the amount, availability and cost of which is currently unascertainable. In this event, we could seek such additional capital through loans or additional investments from members of our management team, but such members of our management team are not under any obligation to advance funds to, or invest in, us.

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We will likely use a substantial portion of the net proceeds of this offering, including the funds held in the Trust Account, to acquire a target business, to pay holders who wish to convert or sell their shares to us for a portion of the funds held in the Trust Account and to pay our expenses relating thereto. If the payment of our liabilities, including the deferred underwriting discounts and commissions payable to the underwriters in an amount up to 3.0% of the total gross proceeds raised in the offering, were to reduce the amount available to us in trust necessary to pay all holders who wish to convert or sell their shares to us for a portion of the funds held in the Trust Account, we would not be able to consummate such transaction. To the extent that our share capital is used in whole or in part as consideration to effect a business combination, the proceeds held in the Trust Account which are not used to consummate a business combination, to pay holders who wish to convert their shares into a portion of the funds held in the Trust Account or pay our expenses relating thereto will be disbursed to the combined company and will, along with any other net proceeds not expended, be used as working capital to finance the operations of the target business. Such working capital funds could be used in a variety of ways including continuing or expanding the target business’ operations, for strategic acquisitions and for marketing, research and development of existing or new products.

To the extent we are unable to consummate a business combination, we will pay the costs of liquidating our Trust Account from our remaining assets outside of the Trust Account. If such funds are insufficient, the sponsors have agreed to advance us the funds necessary to complete such liquidation (currently anticipated to be no more than $100,000) and has agreed not to seek repayment of such expenses.

As of June 30, 2025, Copley Square Sponsor Limited had loaned to us an aggregate of $395,739 to be used to pay formation and a portion of the expenses of this offering. The loan is payable without interest on the date on which we consummate our initial public offering. If we determine not to proceed with the offering, such amounts would not be repaid.

In order to meet our working capital needs following the consummation of this offering until completion of an initial business combination, our sponsors, officers and directors or their affiliates or designees may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds, from time to time or at any time, in whatever amount they deem reasonable in their sole discretion. Each loan would be evidenced by a promissory note. The notes would either be paid upon consummation of our initial business combination, without interest, or, at the lender’s discretion, up to $3,000,000 of the notes may be converted upon consummation of our business combination into working capital units at a price of $10.00 per working capital unit. If we do not complete our initial business combination, the loans would be repaid out of funds not held in the Trust Account, and only to the extent available. These notes would be in addition to any notes we issued in exchange for the funds necessary to extend our life. The working capital units would be identical to the private placement units sold in the private placement. The terms of such loans by our insiders, officers and directors or their affiliates, 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 insiders or an affiliate of our insiders 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, but if we do, we will request such lender to provide a waiver against any and all rights to seek access to funds in our Trust Account.

After our initial business combination, members of our management team who remain with us may be paid consulting, management or other fees from the combined company with any and all amounts being fully disclosed to our shareholders, to the extent then known, in the tender offer or proxy solicitation materials, as applicable, furnished to our shareholders. It is unlikely the amount of such compensation will be known at the time of distribution of such tender offer materials or at the time of a shareholder meeting held to consider our initial business combination, as applicable, as it will be up to the directors of the post-combination business to determine executive and director compensation.

A public shareholder will be entitled to receive funds from the Trust Account (including interest earned on his, her or its portion of the Trust Account to the extent not previously released to us to pay our tax obligations) only in the event of (i) the redemption of our public shares if we are unable to consummate our initial business combination within the required time period or (ii) if that public shareholder converts such public shares or sells them to us in a tender offer in each case in connection with a business combination which we consummate or (iii) in connection with an amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association prior to the consummation of an initial business combination. In no other circumstances will a public shareholder have any right or interest of any kind to or in the Trust Account.

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DIVIDEND POLICY

We have not paid any cash dividends on our ordinary shares 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 cash dividends subsequent to our initial business combination will be within the discretion of our board of directors at such time and we will only pay such dividend out of our profits or share premium (subject to solvency requirements) as permitted under Cayman Islands law. Further, if we incur any indebtedness in connection with our business combination, our ability to declare dividends may be limited by restrictive covenants we may agree to in connection therewith.

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DILUTION

The difference between the public offering price per share of ordinary shares, assuming no value is attributed to the units included in the units we are offering pursuant to this prospectus or the private placement units, and the pro forma net tangible book value per share of our ordinary shares after this offering constitutes the dilution to investors in this offering. Net tangible book value per share is determined by dividing our net tangible book value, which is our total tangible assets less total liabilities (including the value of ordinary shares which may be redeemed for cash), by the number of issued and outstanding ordinary shares.

The below calculations (A) assume that (i) no ordinary shares are issued to shareholders of a potential business combination target as consideration or issuable by a post-business combination company, for instance under an equity or employee share purchase plan, (ii) no ordinary shares and convertible equity or debt securities are issued in connection with additional financing that we may seek in connection with an initial business combination, and (iii) no working capital loans are converted into private placement units; and (B) assumes the issuance of 18,000,000 Class A ordinary shares (or 20,700,000 Class A ordinary shares if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), 339,964 private placement units (whether or not the over-allotment option is exercised), and 6,900,000 shares (up to 900,000 of which are assumed to be forfeited in the scenario in which the underwriters’ over-allotment option is not exercised). The 1,019,892 restricted Class A ordinary shares to be sold to the sponsors are included are shares are issued yet held to Business Combination. The issuance of additional ordinary or preference shares may significantly dilute the equity interest of investors in this offering, which dilution would even further increase if the anti-dilution provisions in the Class B ordinary shares resulted in the issuance of Class A ordinary shares on a greater than one-to-one basis upon conversion of the Class B ordinary shares, as further described in this prospectus. Such calculations do not reflect any dilution associated with the exercise of rights as the rights are accounted for as equity and are only exercisable following the consummation of our initial business combination. The exercise of the rights would cause the actual dilution to the public shareholders to be higher.

As of June 30, 2025, our net tangible book deficit was $401,789, or approximately $(0.06) per share of ordinary shares. For purposes of the dilution calculation, in order to present the maximum estimated dilution as a result of this offering, we have assumed (i) the issuance of one share for each whole right outstanding, as such issuance will occur upon a business combination without the payment of additional consideration and (ii) the number of ordinary shares included in the units offered hereby will be deemed to be 19,800,000 ordinary shares (consisting of 18,000,000 Class A ordinary shares included in the units we are offering by this prospectus and 1,800,000 Class A ordinary shares for the outstanding rights), and the price per share in this offering will be deemed to be $9.09. After giving effect to the sale of 18,000,000 ordinary shares included in the units we are offering by this prospectus (or 20,700,000 Class A ordinary shares if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full) and assuming the issuance of 1,800,000 Class A ordinary shares upon the conversion of the rights included in the units (or 2,070,000 Class A ordinary shares if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), the sale of the private placement units and the deduction of underwriting commissions and estimated expenses of this offering, our pro forma net tangible book value at June 30, 2025, would have been $5,000,001 or $0.49 per share (or $5,000,001 or $0.44 per share if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), representing an immediate decrease in net tangible book value of $0.55 per share (or $0.50 per share if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full) to the initial shareholders and an immediate dilution of 94.61% or $8.60 per share or (or 95.16% or $8.65 per share if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full) to new investors not exercising their conversion/tender rights. For purposes of presentation, our pro forma net tangible book value after this offering is $0.49, less than it otherwise would have been because if we effect a business combination, the ability of public shareholders to exercise conversion rights or sell their shares to us in any tender offer may result in the conversion or tender of up to 19,800,000 shares (consisting of 18,000,000 ordinary shares included in the units we are offering by this prospectus and 1,800,000 ordinary shares for the outstanding rights) sold in this offering.

	Without Over-allotment			With Over-allotment
Public offering price	$	9.09		9.09
Net tangible book value before this offering	$	(0.06	)	(0.06	)
Increase attributable to public shareholders and sale of the private placement units	$	0.55		0.50
Pro forma net tangible book value after this offering	$	0.49		0.44
Dilution to public shareholders	$	8.60		8.65
Percentage of dilution to public shareholders		94.61	%	95.16	%

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As of June 30, 2025
	Without Over-Allotment Option Exercised
	Scenario A 25% redemptions(1)		Scenario B 50% redemptions(2)		Scenario C 75% redemptions(3)		Scenario D Maximum redemptions(4)
Offering price of $10.00 included in the units (adjusted to include the value of the rights)	$	9.09	$	9.09	$	9.09	$	9.09
Pro forma net tangible book value per share, as adjusted		5.78		4.82		3.29		0.49
Dilution to public shareholders	$	3.31	$	4.27	$	5.80	$	8.60

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(1) The numbers set forth in this column assume that 4,251,167 public shares, or 25%, of 18,000,000 public shares are redeemed, that would permit us to maintain net tangible assets of $5,000,001.

(2) The numbers set forth in this column assume that 8,502,335 public shares, or 50%, of 18,000,000 public shares are redeemed, that would permit us to maintain net tangible assets of $5,000,001.

(3) The numbers set forth in this column assume that 12,753,503 public shares, or 75%, of 18,000,000 public shares are redeemed, that would permit us to maintain net tangible assets of $5,000,001.

(4) The numbers set forth in this column assume that 17,004,671 public shares are redeemed, or the maximum redemptions that would permit us to maintain net tangible assets of $5,000,001.

As of June 30, 2025
	With Over-Allotment Option Exercised
	Scenario A 25% redemptions(5)		Scenario B 50% redemptions(6)		Scenario C 75% redemptions(7)		Scenario D Maximum redemptions(8)
Offering price of $10.00 included in the units (adjusted to include the value of the rights)	$	9.09	$	9.09	$	9.09	$	9.09
Pro forma net tangible book value per share, as adjusted		5.83		4.86		3.31		0.44
Dilution to public shareholders	$	3.26	$	4.23	$	5.78	$	8.65

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(5) The numbers set forth in this column assume that 4,911,652 public shares, or 25%, of 18,000,000 public shares are redeemed, that would permit us to maintain net tangible assets of $5,000,001.

(6) The numbers set forth in this column assume that 9,823,305 public shares, or 50%, of 18,000,000 public shares are redeemed, that would permit us to maintain net tangible assets of $5,000,001.

(7) The numbers set forth in this column assume that 14,734,958 public shares, or 75%, of 18,000,000 public shares are redeemed, that would permit us to maintain net tangible assets of $5,000,001.

(8) The numbers set forth in this column assume that 19,646,611 public shares are redeemed, or the maximum redemptions that would permit us to maintain net tangible assets of $5,000,001.

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The pro forma net tangible book value per share after the offering is calculated as follows (assuming no exercise and maximum redemptions):

	Without Over-allotment			With Over-allotment
Numerator:
Net tangible book value before this offering	$	(401,789	)	(401,789	)
Net proceeds from this offering and sale of the private placement units, net of expenses(1)		180,800,000		207,800,000
Plus: Offering costs accrued in advance, excluded from tangible book value		277,898		277,898
Less: Deferred underwriting commissions		(5,400,000	)	(6,210,000	)
Less: Proceeds held in trust subject to redemption(2)		(170,046,708	)	(196,466,108	)
Less: Over-allotment liability		(229,400	)	—
	$	5,000,001		5,000,001

Denominator:
Ordinary shares issued and outstanding prior to this offering(2)		6,900,000		6,900,000
Less: Ordinary shares surrendered for no consideration if over-allotment is not exercised		(900,000	)	—
Ordinary shares included in the public units offered		18,000,000		20,700,000
Private Placement shares		339,964		339,964
Ordinary shares underlying the rights to be included in the public units		1,800,000		2,070,000
Restricted Shares		1,019,892		1,019,892
Ordinary shares underlying the rights to be included in the private placement units		33,996		33,996
Less: Shares subject to redemption		(17,004,671	)	(19,646,611	)
		10,189,181		11,417,241

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(1) Expenses applied against gross proceeds include offering expenses of $800,000 and underwriting commissions of $1,800,000 (excluding deferred underwriting fees). See “Use of Proceeds.”

(2) If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination and we do not conduct redemptions in connection with our initial business combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, our sponsors, directors, executive officers, advisors or any of their affiliates may purchase public shares or public units in privately negotiated transactions or in the open market either prior to or following the completion of our initial business combination. In the event of any such purchases of our shares prior to the completion of our initial business combination, the number of ordinary shares subject to redemption will be reduced by the amount of any such purchases, increasing the pro forma net tangible book value per share.

We have not selected any specific business combination target but may enter into agreements with a target with enterprise values that are greater than what we could acquire with the net proceeds of this offering and the sale of the private placement units. As a result, if the cash portion of the purchase price exceeds the amount available from the Trust Account, net of amounts needed to satisfy any redemption by public shareholders, we may be required to seek additional financing to complete such proposed initial business combination. Such additional financing may consist of one or more private investment in public equity (“PIPE”) transactions, whether in the form of equity, debt or convertible debt. These financing transactions would be designed to ensure a return on investment to the investor in exchange for assisting the company in completing the business combination or providing sufficient liquidity to the post-combination company. The price of the shares we issue may therefore be less, and potentially significantly less than the market price for our shares at such time. Any such issuances of equity securities could dilute the interests of our existing shareholders. These financing transactions may be significantly dilutive to the post-combination company, and represent the type of financing risk that is not associated with traditional initial public offerings.

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CAPITALIZATION

The following table sets forth our capitalization as of June 30, 2025, and as adjusted to give effect to the filing of our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, the sale of our units in this offering and the sale of the private placement securities and the application of the estimated net proceeds derived from the sale of such securities, assuming no exercise by the underwriters of their over-allotment option:

	June 30, 2025
	Actual			As Adjusted(1)
Note payable to related party(2)	$	395,739		—
Deferred underwriting commissions		—		5,400,000
Over-allotment option liability		—		229,400
Class A ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value per share, 18,000,000 shares are subject to possible redemption(3)(4)		—		180,000,000
Class A ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value per share, 400,000,000 shares authorized, none actual and 339,964 as adjusted shares issued and outstanding		—		34
Class B ordinary share, $0.0001 par value; 90,000,000 shares authorized; 6,900,000 actual and 6,000,000 as adjusted shares issued and outstanding(5)		690		600
Additional paid in capital		24,310		—
Accumulated deficit		(148,891	)	(4,953,925	)
Total shareholders’ deficit		(123,891	)	(4,953,291	)
Total capitalization	$	271,848		180,676,109

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(1) Assumes no exercise of the underwriter’s over-allotment option and the corresponding surrender for no consideration of 900,000 ordinary shares held by Copley Square LLC.

(2) Copley managing member has agreed to loan us up to $800,000 to be used for a portion of the expenses of this offering. As of June 30, 2025, we had borrowed $395,739 under the promissory note with Copley managing member.

(3) Upon the completion of our initial business combination, we will provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their public shares for cash at a per share price equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account calculated as of two business days prior to the consummation of the initial business combination, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to us to pay our taxes. While redemptions in connection with a business combination cannot cause our net tangible assets to fall below $5,000,001, all ordinary shares are redeemable and classified as such on the balance sheet until such date that a redemption event takes place.

(4) All of the 18,000,000 Class A ordinary shares sold as part of the units in the offering contain a redemption feature which allows for the redemption of such public shares in connection with our liquidation, if there is a shareholder vote or tender offer in connection with the business combination and in connection with certain amendments to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association. In accordance with SEC and its guidance on redeemable equity instruments, which has been codified in ASC 480-10-S99, redemption provisions not solely within the control of a company require ordinary shares subject to redemption to be classified outside of permanent equity. Given that the 18,000,000 Class A ordinary shares sold as part of the units in the offering will be issued with other freestanding instruments (i.e., public units), the initial carrying value of ordinary shares classified as temporary equity will be the allocated proceeds determined in accordance with ASC 470-20. Our ordinary shares are subject to ASC 480-10-S99. If it is probable that the equity instrument will become redeemable, we have the option to either (i) accrete changes in the redemption value over the period from the date of issuance (or from the date that it becomes probable that the instrument will become redeemable, if later) to the earliest redemption date of the instrument or (ii) recognize changes in the redemption value immediately as they occur and adjust the carrying amount of the instrument to equal the redemption value at the end of each reporting period. We have elected to recognize the accrete changes in the redemption value immediately as they occur.

(5) Actual share amount is prior to any surrender for no consideration of insider shares by Copley Square LLC and as adjusted amount assumes no exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option.

(6) The “as adjusted” total capitalization is derived by adding deferred underwriting discounts and commission payable, total shareholders’ deficit and the value of ordinary shares subject to possible conversion/tender.

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Overview

We are a blank check company incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company and incorporated for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. We have not selected any specific business combination target and we have not, nor has anyone on our behalf, initiated any substantive discussions, directly or indirectly, with any business combination target.

We intend to effectuate our initial business combination using cash from the proceeds of this offering and the private placement of the private placement units, the proceeds of the sale of our securities in connection with our initial business combination, our shares, debt or a combination of cash, stock and debt.

The issuance of additional ordinary shares in a business combination:

• may significantly dilute the equity interest of investors in this offering;

• may subordinate the rights of holders of ordinary shares if preference shares are issued with rights senior to those afforded our ordinary shares;

• could cause a change of control if a substantial number of our ordinary shares are issued, which may affect, among other things, our ability to use our net operating loss carry forwards, if any, and could result in the resignation or removal of our present officers and directors;

• may have the effect of delaying or preventing a change of control of us by diluting the share ownership or voting rights of a person seeking to obtain control of us; and

• may adversely affect prevailing market prices for our units, ordinary shares, and/or rights.

Similarly, if we issue debt securities, it could result in:

• default and foreclosure on our assets if our operating revenues after an initial business combination are insufficient to repay our debt obligations;

• our immediate payment of all principal and accrued interest, if any, if the debt security is payable on demand;

• our inability to obtain necessary additional financing if the debt security contains covenants restricting our ability to obtain such financing while the debt security is outstanding;

• our inability to pay dividends on our ordinary shares;

• limitations on our flexibility in planning for and reacting to changes in our business and in the industry in which we operate;

• increased vulnerability to adverse changes in general economic, industry and competitive conditions and adverse changes in government regulation; and

• limitations on our ability to borrow additional amounts for expenses, capital expenditures, acquisitions, debt service requirements, execution of our strategy and other purposes and other disadvantages compared to our competitors who have less debt.

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As indicated in the accompanying financial statements, at June 30, 2025, we had a working capital deficit of $401,789. Further, we expect to continue to incur significant costs in the pursuit of our acquisition plans. We cannot assure you that our plans to raise capital or to complete our initial business combination will be successful.

Results of Operations and Known Trends or Future Events

We have neither engaged in any operations nor generated any revenues to date. Our only activities since inception have been organizational activities and those necessary to prepare for this offering. Following this offering, we will not generate any operating revenues until after completion of our initial business combination. We expect to generate non-operating income in the form of interest income on cash and cash equivalents after this offering. There has been no significant change in our financial or trading position and no material adverse change has occurred since the date of our audited financial statements. After this offering, we expect to incur increased expenses as a result of being a public company (for legal, financial reporting, accounting and auditing compliance), as well as for due diligence expenses. We expect our expenses to increase substantially after the closing of this offering.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Our liquidity needs have been satisfied prior to completion of this offering through contribution from our sponsors and executives of $25,000 to purchase the insider shares and up to $800,000 in loans from Copley managing member under an unsecured promissory note. As of June 30, 2025, we drew $395,739 against the promissory note. We estimate that the net proceeds from (i) the sale of the units in this offering, after deducting offering expenses of approximately $800,000 and underwriting commissions of $1,800,000, and (ii) the sale of the private placement unit for a purchase price of $3,399,640, will be $183,399,640 (or $210,399,640 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full). Of this amount, $180,000,000 (or $207,000,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full) will be deposited into a trust account. The funds in the trust account will be invested only in specified U.S. government treasury bills or in specified money market funds. The remaining $800,000 will not be held in the Trust Account. In the event that our offering expenses exceed our estimate of $800,000, we may fund such excess with funds not to be held in the Trust Account. In such case, the amount of funds we intend to be held outside the Trust Account would decrease by a corresponding amount. Conversely, in the event that the offering expenses are less than our estimate of $800,000, the amount of funds we intend to be held outside the Trust Account would increase by a corresponding amount.

We intend to use substantially all of the funds held in the Trust Account, including any amounts representing interest earned on the Trust Account (which interest shall be net of taxes payable) to complete our initial business combination. We may withdraw interest to pay taxes, if any. Our annual income tax obligations will depend on the amount of interest and other income earned on the amounts held in the Trust Account. To the extent that our ordinary shares 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.

Prior to the completion of our initial business combination, we will have available to us $800,000 of proceeds held outside the Trust Account. We will use these funds primarily to identify and evaluate target businesses, perform business due diligence on prospective target businesses, travel to and from the offices, plants or similar locations of prospective target businesses or their representatives or owners, review corporate documents and material agreements of prospective target businesses, structure, negotiate and complete a business combination, and to pay taxes to the extent the interest earned on the Trust Account is not sufficient to pay our taxes.

In order to fund working capital deficiencies or finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial business combination, our sponsors or an affiliate of our sponsors or certain of our officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds 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 $3,000,000 of the loans made by our sponsors, our officers and directors, or our or their affiliates or designees to us prior to or in connection with our initial business combination 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. The terms of such loans by our officers and directors, if any, have not been determined and

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no written agreements exist with respect to such loans. We do not expect to seek loans from parties other than our sponsors, our officers and directors or an affiliate of theirs 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.

We expect our primary liquidity requirements during that period to include approximately $150,000 for legal, accounting, due diligence, travel and other expenses associated with structuring, negotiating and documenting successful business combinations; $250,000 for director and officer’s liability insurance; $80,000 for legal and accounting fees related to regulatory reporting requirements; $180,000 for payment for office space, administrative and support services, $65,500 for Nasdaq continued listing fees, and $74,500 other miscellaneous expenses (including finders’ fees, consulting fees or other similar compensation, potential deposits, down payments in connection with a business combination and liquidation obligations and reserves, if any).

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