Eureka Acquisition's biggest risks in the FY2024 10-K
- Eureka Acquisition Corp completed its 5,000,000 unit IPO on July 3, 2024, raising $50,000,000 gross proceeds.
- The company holds $57,500,000 in a trust account and has no active operations or revenues yet.
The risks most specific to Eureka Acquisition
Initial Public Offering and Private Placement
On July 3, 2024, we completed our IPO of 5,000,000 units at $10.00 per unit, generating $50,000,000 in gross proceeds.
The proceeds of $57,500,000 ($10.00 per Public Unit) in the aggregate from the IPO and the Private Placement and sale of the Option Units, were placed in the Trust Account with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee
We deposited $57,500,000 of proceeds from the IPO, Private Placement, and Option Units into a trust account with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company.
Results of Operations and Known Trends or Future Events
We have not engaged in any operations or generated any revenues to date, and will not generate operating revenues until after our initial business combination.
As of September 30,2024, we had $670,352 of cash held outside of the Trust Account, after payment of costs related to the IPO, and available for working capital purposes
As of September 30, 2024, we had $670,352 of cash held outside of the trust account available for working capital purposes.
Promissory Note — Related Party
Our sponsor agreed to loan us up to $500,000 via a promissory note, of which $481,511 was borrowed and fully repaid upon the closing of the IPO.
Administrative Services Agreement
We are obligated to pay our sponsor a monthly fee of $10,000 for office space, utilities, and administrative support.
All 68 risk factors
Headings as the filing states them, in filing order.
Other
- 01Initial Public Offering and Private Placement
- 02The proceeds of $57,500,000 ($10.00 per Public Unit) in the aggregate from the IPO and the Private Placement and sale of the Option Units, were placed in the Trust Account with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee
- 03Results of Operations and Known Trends or Future Events
- 04As of September 30,2024, we had $670,352 of cash held outside of the Trust Account, after payment of costs related to the IPO, and available for working capital purposes
- 05Off-Balance Sheet Financing Arrangements
- 06As of September 30, 2024, we do not have any long-term debt, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations or long-term liabilities
- 07In preparing these financial statements in conformity with US GAAP, management makes estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported expenses during the reporting period
- 08Recent Accounting Pronouncements
- 09Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
- 10Item 9A. Controls and Procedures
- 11Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
- 12Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
- 13(3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of our assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements
- 14Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
- 15Officers, Directors and Director Nominees
- 16Kevin McKenzie 51 Independent Director
- 17Number and Terms of Office of Officers and Directors
- 18Committees of the Board of Directors
- 19Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
- 20Item 11. Executive Compensation
- 21of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Shareholder Matters
- 22Unless otherwise indicated, we believe that all persons named in the table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all Ordinary Shares beneficially owned by them
- 23(2) Fen Zhang is the sole member and sole director of the Sponsor. The person having voting, dispositive or investment powers over the Sponsor is Fen Zhang, thus Fen Zhang is deemed to have beneficial ownership of the shares held by the Sponsor
- 24(6) According to a Schedule 13G filed on November 12, 2024 jointly by Kerry Propper and Antonio Ruiz-Gimenez, whose principal business address is 1 Pennsylvania Plaza, 48th Floor, New York, New York 10119
- 25Promissory Note — Related Party
- 26Administrative Services Agreement
- 27We have not yet adopted a formal policy for the review, approval or ratification of related party transactions. Accordingly, the transactions discussed above were not reviewed, approved or ratified in accordance with any such policy
- 28These procedures are intended to determine whether any such related party transaction impairs the independence of a director or presents a conflict of interest on the part of a director, employee or officer
- 29During the period from June 13, 2023 (inception) through September 30, 2024, the firm of Marcum Asia CPAs LLP (“Marcum Asia”), has acted as our principal independent registered public accounting firm. The following is a summary of fees paid or to be paid to Marcum Asia for services rendered
- 30Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules
- 31Exhibit Number Description
- 324.5 Description of Securities
- 33104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)
- 34(Principal Executive Officer)
- 35Opinion on the Financial Statements
- 36Explanatory Paragraph – Going Concern
- 37Commitments and Contingencies (Note 6)
- 38Preference shares, $0.0001 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized, none issued and outstanding
- 39Total Liabilities, Shares Subject to Redemption, and Shareholders’ Equity $ 58,843,984 $ 284,102
- 40Loss from operations (354,066 ) (5,325 )
- 41Net income (loss) $ 255,721 $ (5,325 )
- 42Interest earned on marketable securities held in Trust Account (609,787 )
- 43Net Cash Used in Operating Activities (282,509 ) (4,269 )
- 44Net Cash Used in Investing Activities (57,500,000 )
- 45Cash, End of Year $ 670,352 $
- 46Note 1 — Organization, Business Operation and Going Concern Consideration
- 47The Company’s founder and sponsor is Hercules Capital Management Corp, a British Virgin Islands company (the “Sponsor”). The Company’s ability to commence operations is contingent upon obtaining adequate financial resources through the IPO (see Note 3) and a private placement to the initial shareholder (see Note 4)
- 48The Company will provide the holders of public shares with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their public shares upon the completion of the Business Combination either (i) in connection with a shareholder meeting called to approve the Business Combination or (ii) by means of a tender offer
- 49Going Concern Consideration
- 50Emerging Growth Company Status
- 51Cash and Cash Equivalents
- 52Concentration of Credit Risk
- 53Investment Held in Trust Account
- 54Offering Costs associated with Initial Public Offering
- 55Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption
- 56Allocation of offering costs related to redeemable shares (1,554,984 )
- 57Net Income (Loss) Per Ordinary Share
- 58Basic and diluted net income (loss) per ordinary share
- 59The fair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under FASB ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures,” approximates the carrying amounts represented in the accompanying balance sheet, primarily due to their short-term nature
- 60Note 3 — Initial Public Offering
- 61Note 4 — Private Placement
- 62Administrative Support Services
- 63The Company had granted the underwriter a 45-day option from the date of IPO to purchase up to an additional 750,000 Option Units to cover over-allotments, if any. On July 8, 2024, the underwriters exercised the Over-Allotment Option in full
- 64Note 7 — Shareholders’ Equity
- 65Note 8 — Fair Value Measurements
- 66Level 1: Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. An active market for an asset or liability is a market in which transactions for the asset or liability occur with sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis
- 67Level 3: Unobservable inputs based on our assessment of the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability
- 68Note 9 — Subsequent Events
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