GSR IV Acquisition's biggest risks in the FY2025 10-K
- GSR IV Acquisition Corp. is a blank check company holding $232,887,973 in a trust account following its September 2025 IPO.
- The company faces mandatory liquidation if it fails to complete an initial business combination.
The risks most specific to GSR IV Acquisition
We are a blank check company incorporated on May 10, 2023 as a Cayman Islands exempted company for the purpose of effecting a business combination
We are a blank check company incorporated on May 10, 2023 in the Cayman Islands with no operating revenues until we complete a business combination.
Initial Public Offering and Private Placement
We completed our initial public offering on September 5, 2025, selling 23,000,000 units at $10.00 per unit for gross proceeds of $230,000,000.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
We held $1,550,075 in cash outside of the trust account as of December 31, 2025, available for working capital purposes.
Going Concern Consideration
We face mandatory liquidation if we do not complete a business combination and an extension of our deadline is not approved.
Administrative Services Agreement
We pay our sponsor up to $55,556 per month for office space and administrative support services until our business combination or liquidation.
Number and Terms of Office of Officers and Directors
Holders of our founder shares have the right to appoint and remove all directors prior to our initial business combination, excluding public shareholders from voting.
These procedures are intended to determine whether any such related party transaction impairs the independence of a director or presents a conflict of interest on the part of a director, employee or officer
We must obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking or accounting firm if we pursue a business combination with an entity affiliated with our sponsor, officers, or directors.
Transaction costs amounted to $13,509,096, consisting of $3,450,000 of cash underwriting fees, $9,200,000 of deferred underwriting commissions which will be paid on the consummation of the initial Business Combination, and $859,096 of other offering costs
Our transaction costs totaled $13,509,096, including $9,200,000 in deferred underwriting commissions payable upon completion of our initial business combination.
All 63 risk factors
Headings as the filing states them, in filing order.
Other
- 01Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
- 02We are a blank check company incorporated on May 10, 2023 as a Cayman Islands exempted company for the purpose of effecting a business combination
- 03Initial Public Offering and Private Placement
- 04Liquidity and Capital Resources
- 05For the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, cash used in operating activities was $611,118 and zero, respectively
- 06Going Concern Consideration
- 07Administrative Services Agreement
- 08Critical Accounting Estimates
- 09Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
- 10Management’s Annual Report on Internal Controls over Financial Reporting
- 11Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
- 12ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
- 13Jody Sitkoski 66 Director Nominee
- 14Number, Terms of Office and Appointment of Directors and Officers
- 15Number and Terms of Office of Officers and Directors
- 16Committees of the Board of Directors
- 17Each member of the audit committee is financially literate and our board of directors has determined that Ms. Kuan qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert” as defined in applicable SEC rules and has accounting or related financial management expertise
- 18Section 16 (a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
- 19Compensation Discussion and Analysis
- 20ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED SHAREHOLDER MATTERS
- 21All officers, directors and director nominees as a group (eight individuals)
- 22Restrictions on Transfers of Founder Shares and Private shares
- 23Related Person Transactions Policy and Procedure
- 24These 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
- 25MaloneBailey, LLP (“MB”) served as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year 2025
- 26ITEM 15. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
- 27Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (PCAOB ID Number 206) F-2
- 28Notes to Financial Statements F-8
- 29Opinion on the Financial Statements
- 30Total Current assets 1,698,887 2,867
- 31Total Current Liabilities 20,900 3,800
- 32Preference shares, $0.0001 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding - -
- 33Net income (loss) $ 2,320,989 $ (10,117 )
- 34Net cash used in operating activities (611,118 ) -
- 35Net cash used in investing activities (230,000,000 ) -
- 36Cash - end of the year $ 1,550,075 $ -
- 37NOTE 1: DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS
- 38Transaction costs amounted to $13,509,096, consisting of $3,450,000 of cash underwriting fees, $9,200,000 of deferred underwriting commissions which will be paid on the consummation of the initial Business Combination, and $859,096 of other offering costs
- 39Emerging Growth Company Status
- 40Cash and Cash Equivalents
- 41Cash and Investments Held in Trust Account
- 42Concentration of Credit Risk
- 43The Company follows the guidance in ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurement,” for its financial assets and liabilities that are re-measured and reported at fair value at each reporting period, and non-financial assets and liabilities that are-measured and reported at fair value at least annually
- 44Offering Costs Associated with the Initial Public Offering
- 45Class A Redeemable Share Classification
- 46Net Income (Loss) Per Ordinary Share
- 47Particulars Redeemable Shares Non-Redeemable Shares Redeemable Shares Non-Redeemable Shares
- 48Allocation of net income (loss) $ 1,288,147 $ 1,032,842 $ - $ (10,117 )
- 49NOTE 3. INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING
- 50NOTE 4. PRIVATE PLACEMENT
- 51On September 5, 2025, the underwriters exercised their over-allotment option in full to purchase 3,000,000 additional Units at the Initial Public Offering price, less the underwriting discounts and commissions
- 52NOTE 7: SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
- 53The gross proceeds of the Initial Public Offering were allocated to the Public Rights based on relative value, with $4,107,143 recorded in shareholders’ deficit related to the Public Rights on September 5, 2025. The rights are not remeasured to fair value on a recurring basis
- 54NOTE 8. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
- 55Level 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
- 56NOTE 9: SEGMENT INFORMATION
- 57When evaluating the Company’s performance and making key decisions regarding resource allocation, the CODM reviews several key metrics, which include general and administrative expenses and interest and dividends earned on cash and investments held in Trust Account
- 58NOTE 10: SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
- 59Title: Co-Chief Executive Officer
- 603.1 Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 on the Current Report on Form 8-K filed September 5, 2025 (file no. 001-42821))
- 6110.12 Indemnity Agreement, dated September 2, 2025, between the Company and Susie Kuan incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 on the Current Report on Form 8-K filed September 5, 2025 (file no. 001-42821))
- 6231.1** Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002
- 63104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)
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