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ROTH CH ACQUISITION CO.
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
Table of Contents
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PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements
ROTH CH ACQUISITION CO.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
March 31, | December 31, 2024 | |||||||
(Unaudited) | (Audited) | |||||||
ASSETS | ||||||||
Cash | $ | $ | ||||||
Prepaid expenses | ||||||||
Total Current Assets | ||||||||
TOTAL ASSETS | $ | $ | ||||||
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT | ||||||||
Current liabilities | ||||||||
Accounts payable and accrued expenses | $ | $ | ||||||
Advances from related party | ||||||||
Promissory note - related party | ||||||||
Total Current Liabilities | ||||||||
Warrant liabilities | ||||||||
Total Liabilities | ||||||||
Commitments and Contingencies (Note 6) | ||||||||
SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT | ||||||||
Preference shares, $ | par value; shares authorized; issued or outstanding||||||||
Class A ordinary shares, $ | par value; shares authorized; and shares issued or outstanding at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively||||||||
Class B ordinary shares, $ | par value; shares authorized; shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024||||||||
Additional paid-in capital | ||||||||
Accumulated deficit | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
Total Shareholders’ Deficit | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT | $ | $ |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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ROTH CH ACQUISITION CO.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
For the Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||||
2025 | 2024 | |||||||
Formation and operating costs | $ | $ | ||||||
Loss from operations | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
Other (expense) income: | ||||||||
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities | ( | ) | ||||||
Interest income on marketable securities held in Trust Account | ||||||||
Other (expense) income, net | ( | ) | ||||||
Net (loss) income | $ | ( | ) | $ | ||||
Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding, Class A ordinary redeemable shares | ||||||||
Basic and diluted net (loss) income per share, Class A redeemable ordinary shares | $ | $ | ||||||
Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding, Class A and B ordinary non-redeemable shares | ||||||||
Basic and diluted net (loss) income per share, Class A and B non-redeemable ordinary shares | $ | ( | ) | $ |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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ROTH CH ACQUISITION CO.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
(Unaudited)
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2025
Ordinary Shares | Additional | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Class A | Class B | Paid-In | Accumulated | Shareholders’ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | Capital | Deficit | Deficit | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance December 31, 2024 | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
Conversion of Note payable (Note 3) | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net loss | - | - | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance March 31, 2025 (unaudited) | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) |
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2024
Ordinary Shares | Additional | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Class A | Class B | Paid-In | Accumulated | Shareholders’ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | Capital | Deficit | Deficit | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance — December 31, 2023 | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
Remeasurement of Class A ordinary shares subject to redemption | - | - | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance March 31, 2024 (unaudited) | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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ROTH CH ACQUISITION CO.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
For the Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||||
2025 | 2024 | |||||||
Cash Flows from Operating Activities: | ||||||||
Net (loss) income | $ | ( | ) | $ | ||||
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash used in operating activities: | ||||||||
Interest income on marketable securities held in Trust Account | ( | ) | ||||||
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities | ( | ) | ||||||
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | ||||||||
Prepaid expenses | ( | ) | ||||||
Accounts payable and accrued expenses | ||||||||
Net cash used in operating activities | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
Cash Flows from Investing Activities: | ||||||||
Investment of cash into Trust Account | ( | ) | ||||||
Net cash used in investing activities | ( | ) | ||||||
Cash Flows from Financing Activities: | ||||||||
Proceeds from promissory note – related party | ||||||||
Proceeds from advances from related party | ||||||||
Net cash provided by financing activities | ||||||||
Net Change in Cash | ( | ) | ||||||
Cash – Beginning | ||||||||
Cash – Ending | $ | $ | ||||||
Non-cash investing and financing activities | ||||||||
Re-measurement of Class A ordinary shares subject to possible redemption amount | $ | $ | ||||||
Conversion of promissory note related party | $ | $ |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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ROTH CH ACQUISITION CO.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH 31, 2025
(Unaudited)
Note 1 — Description of Organization and Business Operations
Roth CH Acquisition Co. (the “Company”) is a blank check company incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company on April 20, 2021 with the name TKB Critical Technologies 1. The Company changed its name on September 7, 2023 to Roth CH Acquisition Co. The Company was formed for the purpose of entering into a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses (the “initial business combination”). The Company has two wholly-owned subsidiaries that were created on December 30, 2024, Roth CH Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Domestication Sub”) and Roth CH Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Merger Sub” and, together with Domestication Sub, the “Merger Subs”).
The Company is not limited to a particular industry or geographic location for purposes of consummating an initial business combination. The Company is an early stage and emerging growth company and, as such, the Company is subject to all of the risks associated with early stage and emerging growth companies.
As of March 31, 2025, the Company had not commenced any operations. All activity for the period from April 20, 2021 (inception) through March 31, 2025, relates to the Company’s formation and its initial public offering (the “IPO”), which is described below and, subsequent to the IPO, identifying a target company for an initial business combination. The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of the initial business combination, at the earliest. The Company generated non-operating income from the marketable securities held in the Trust Account up to the termination of the Trust Account (defined below).
The registration statement for the
Company’s IPO was declared effective on October 26, 2021 (the “Effective Date”). On October 29, 2021,
the Company consummated the IPO of
Following the closing of the Initial Public Offering (“IPO”) on October 29,
2021, $
Prior to the effectiveness of the Third Amendment, the Company’s management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the IPO and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally toward consummating an initial business combination. There is no assurance that the Company will be able to complete an initial business combination successfully. Prior to the effectiveness of the Third Amendment, the Company was required to complete an initial business combination with one or more operating businesses or assets that together have an aggregate fair market value equal to at least 80% of the net assets held in the Trust Account (excluding the deferred underwriting commissions and taxes payable on the income earned on the Trust Account) at the time of the Company’s signing a definitive agreement in connection with its initial business combination and could only complete an initial business combination if the post-transaction company owned or acquired 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquired an interest in the target business or assets sufficient for it not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”).
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Prior to the effectiveness of the Third Amendment, the Company was required to provide its holders of the outstanding Public Shares (the “public shareholders”) with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Public Shares upon the completion of an initial business combination either (i) in connection with a general meeting called to approve the initial business combination or (ii) by means of a tender offer. The decision as to whether the Company will seek shareholder approval of an initial business combination or conduct a tender offer will be made by the Company. The public shareholder will be entitled to redeem their Public Shares for a pro rata portion of the amount then in the Trust Account ($10.20 per Public Share initially, plus any pro rata interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company to pay its tax obligations and which interest shall be net of taxes payable), calculated as of two business days prior to the completion of the initial business combination. There will be no redemption rights upon the completion of an initial business combination with respect to the Company’s warrants. In connection with the approval of the Third Amendment to remove the SPAC Provisions, the Company amended the Articles to allow shareholders of the Company to obtain their pro rata distribution of funds held in the Trust Account and also retain ten (10%) percent of their shares upon liquidation of the Trust Account.
On June 25, 2023, the Company, the Former Sponsor,
each independent director of the Company (the “Directors”), and affiliates of Roth Capital Partners and Craig-Hallum Capital
Group LLC (the “Sponsor”) entered into a Securities Transfer Agreement (the “Agreement”) pursuant to which
Former Sponsor and the Directors have agreed to sell to Buyers, and Buyers have agreed to purchase from Former Sponsor and the Directors,
an aggregate of
On each of January 5, 2024, February 6,
2024, and March 6, 2024, the Company deposited an additional $
On February 29, 2024, Gordon Roth resigned as Chief Financial Officer of the Company and the Board appointed Joseph Tonnos as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective February 29, 2024. Mr. Roth’s decision to resign was not the result of any dispute or disagreement with the Company or any matter relating to the Company’s operations, policies or practices.
On April 15, 2024, Roth CH Acquisition Co. (the “Company”) announced that it had notified the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) of its decision to voluntarily delist its Class A Ordinary Shares, Units and Warrants exercisable for one Class A Ordinary Share at an exercise price of $
from the Nasdaq Global Market. The Company filed a Form 25 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) to remove its Class A Ordinary Shares, Units, and Warrants from listing on the Nasdaq Global Market on April 25, 2024 and as a result, the delisting became effective on April 25, 2024. The Company remains subject to such reporting obligations under Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act. Following the delisting, the Company has its Class A Ordinary Shares, Units, and Warrants quoted on a market operated by OTC Markets Group Inc. (the “OTC”) so that a trading market may continue to exist for such securities.
On April 29, 2024, the shareholders approved the Third Amendment. The Third Amendment reflects the removal of the provisions contained in the Articles that are applicable to special purpose acquisition companies (“SPACs”), including the requirement to redeem and cancel 100% of the Company’s Public Shares following distribution of the funds held in the Company’s trust account established in connection with the IPO. In connection with the implementation of the Third Amendment, the Company redeemed 90% of the Public Shares and provided each holder their pro rata share of the balance in the Trust Account. The trust liquidation was effective May 15, 2024.
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Liquidity and Going Concern
As of March 31, 2025, the Company had
$
On April 29, 2024, the shareholders approved the Third Amendment. The Third Amendment reflects the removal of the provisions contained in the Articles that are applicable to SPACs, including the requirement to redeem and cancel 100% of the Company’s Public Shares following distribution of the funds held in the Company’s trust account established in connection with the IPO. In connection with the implementation of the Third Amendment, the Company redeemed 90% of the Public Shares and provided each holder their pro rata share of the balance in the Trust Account.
The Company assessed going concern considerations in accordance with Financial Accounting Standard Board’s Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 205-40, “Basis of Presentation – Going Concern”. Management has determined that the liquidity condition raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. No adjustments have been made to the carrying amounts of assets or liabilities.
Risks and Uncertainties
The United States and global markets are experiencing volatility and disruption following the geopolitical instability resulting from the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict and the recent escalation of the Israel-Hamas conflict. In response to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (“NATO”) deployed additional military forces to eastern Europe, and the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union and other countries have announced various sanctions and restrictive actions against Russia, Belarus and related individuals and entities, including the removal of certain financial institutions from the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication payment system. Certain countries, including the United States, have also provided and may continue to provide military aid or other assistance to Ukraine and to Israel, increasing geopolitical tensions among a number of nations. The invasion of Ukraine by Russia and the escalation of the Israel-Hamas conflict and the resulting measures that have been taken, and could be taken in the future, by NATO, the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union, Israel and its neighboring states and other countries have created global security concerns that could have a lasting impact on regional and global economies. Although the length and impact of the ongoing conflicts are highly unpredictable, they could lead to market disruptions, including significant volatility in commodity prices, credit and capital markets, as well as supply chain interruptions and increased cyber-attacks against U.S. companies. Additionally, any resulting sanctions could adversely affect the global economy and financial markets and lead to instability and lack of liquidity in capital markets.
Any of the above-mentioned factors, or any other negative impact on the global economy, capital markets or other geopolitical conditions resulting from the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the escalation of the Israel-Hamas conflict and subsequent sanctions or related actions, could adversely affect the Company’s search for an initial business combination and any target business with which the Company may ultimately consummate an initial Business Combination.
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Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements as of March 31, 2025 have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP for interim financial information and Article 8 of Regulation S-X. Certain information or footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC for interim financial reporting. Accordingly, they do not include all the information and footnotes necessary for a complete presentation of financial position, results of operations, or cash flows. In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements include all adjustments, consisting of a normal recurring nature, which are necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position, operating results and cash flows for the periods presented.
The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024. The interim results for the three months ended March 31, 2025 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the period ending December 31, 2025 or for any future period.
Emerging Growth Company
The Company is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), as modified by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”), and it may 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 independent registered public accounting firm attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in its periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved.
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 companies but any such election to opt out is irrevocable. The Company has 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, the Company, as an emerging growth company, can adopt the new or revised standard at the time private companies adopt the new or revised standard. This may make comparison of the Company’s condensed financial statements with another public company, which is neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging growth company that has opted out of using the extended transition period difficult or impossible because of the potential differences in accounting standards used.
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Use of Estimates
The preparation of the condensed financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires the Company’s management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the condensed financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.
Making estimates requires management to exercise significant judgment. It is at least reasonably possible that the estimate of the effect of a condition, situation or set of circumstances that existed at the date of the condensed financial statements, which management considered in formulating its estimate, could change in the near term due to one or more future confirming events. One of the more significant accounting estimates included in these condensed financial statements is the determination of the fair value of the warrant liabilities. Such estimates may be subject to change as more current information becomes available. Accordingly, the actual results could differ significantly from those estimates.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company considers all short-term investments
with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. The Company had $
Derivative Financial Instruments
The Company evaluates its financial instruments to determine if such instruments are derivatives or contain features that qualify as embedded derivatives in accordance with ASC Topic 815, “Derivatives and Hedging.” For derivative financial instruments that are accounted for as liabilities, the derivative instrument is initially recorded at its fair value on the grant date and is then re-valued at each reporting date, with changes in the fair value reported in the statements of operations. The classification of derivative instruments, including whether such instruments should be recorded as liabilities or as equity, is evaluated at the end of each reporting period. Derivative liabilities are classified in the balance sheet as current or non-current based on whether or not net-cash settlement or conversion of the instrument could be required within 12 months of the balance sheet date.
Warrant Liabilities
The Company accounts for the warrants as either equity-classified or liability-classified instruments based on an assessment of the warrant’s specific terms and applicable authoritative guidance in ASC 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity (“ASC 480”) and ASC 815. The assessment considers whether the warrants are freestanding financial instruments pursuant to ASC 480, meet the definition of a liability pursuant to ASC 480, and whether the warrants meet all of the requirements from equity classification under ASC 815, including whether the warrants are indexed to the Company’s own ordinary shares, among other conditions for equity classification. This assessment, which requires the use of professional judgement, is conducted at the time of warrant issuance and as of each subsequent quarterly period end date while the warrants are outstanding.
For issued or modified warrants that meet all of the criteria for equity classification, the warrants are required to be recorded as a component of additional paid-in capital at the time of issuance. For issued or modified warrants that do not meet all the criteria for equity classification, the warrants are required to be recorded at their initial fair value on the date of issuance, and each balance sheet date thereafter. Changes in the estimated fair value of the warrants are recognized as a non-cash gain or loss on the statements of operations. See Note 7 for valuation methodology of warrants.
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Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The fair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under ASC Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurement” (“ASC 820”), approximates the carrying amounts represented in the balance sheets, primarily due to their short-term nature, except warrant liabilities.
Fair Value Measurements
Fair value is defined as the price that would be received for sale of an asset or paid for transfer of a liability, in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. GAAP establishes a three-tier fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). These tiers include:
● | Level 1, defined as observable inputs such as quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical instruments in active markets;
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● | Level 2, defined as inputs other than quoted prices in active markets that are either directly or indirectly observable such as quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets or quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active; and
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● | Level 3, defined as unobservable inputs in which little or no market data exists, therefore requiring an entity to develop its own assumptions, such as valuations derived from valuation techniques in which one or more significant inputs or significant value drivers are unobservable. |
In some circumstances, the inputs used to measure fair value might be categorized within different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In those instances, the fair value measurement is categorized in its entirety in the fair value hierarchy based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement.
Income Taxes
The Company follows the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes under ASC 740, “Income Taxes” (“ASC 740”). Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the estimated future tax consequences attributable to differences between the condensed financial statements carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that included the enactment date. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized.
FASB ASC 740 prescribes a recognition threshold
and a measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of tax positions taken or expected to be taken
in a tax return. For those benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be more likely than not to be sustained upon examination
by taxing authorities. The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax
expense. There were
There is currently no taxation imposed on income by the Government of the Cayman Islands. In accordance with federal income tax regulations, income taxes are not levied on the Company, but rather on the individual owners. United States (“U.S.”) taxation would occur on the individual owners if certain tax elections are made by U.S. owners and the Company were treated as a passive foreign investment company. Additionally, U.S. taxation could occur to the Company itself if the Company is engaged in a U.S. trade or business. The Company is not expected to be treated as engaged in a U.S. trade or business at this time.
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The Company complies with accounting and disclosure requirements of FASB ASC Topic 260, “Earnings Per Share”. Net (loss) income per ordinary share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding for the period. The Company has two classes of ordinary shares, which are referred to as Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares. Income and losses are shared pro rata between the two classes of ordinary shares. Accretion associated with the redeemable Class A ordinary shares is excluded from earnings per share as the redemption value approximates fair value. The calculation of diluted income per share does not consider the effect of the warrants issued in connection with the (i) IPO and (ii) the private placement since the exercise of the warrants is contingent upon the occurrence of future events. The warrants are exercisable to purchase
Class A ordinary shares in the aggregate. As of March 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company did not have any dilutive securities or other contracts that could, potentially, be exercised or converted into ordinary shares and then share in the earnings of the Company.
The following table reflects the calculation of basic and diluted net (loss) income per ordinary share (in dollars, except per share amounts):
For the Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||||||||||||
2025 | 2024 | |||||||||||||||
Class A redeemable | Class A and B non-redeemable | Class A redeemable | Class A and B non-redeemable | |||||||||||||
Basic and diluted net (loss) income per common share | ||||||||||||||||
Numerator: | ||||||||||||||||
Allocation of net (loss) income, as adjusted | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | $ | ||||||||||
Denominator: | ||||||||||||||||
Basic and diluted weighted average common shares outstanding | ||||||||||||||||
Basic and diluted net (loss) income per common share | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | $ |
Related Parties
Parties, which can be a corporation or an individual, are considered to be related if the Company has the ability, directly or indirectly, to control the other party or exercise significant influence over the other party in making financial and operational decisions. Companies are also considered to be related if they are subject to common control or common significant influence.
Concentration of Credit Risk
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit
risk consist of a cash account in a financial institution, which, at times, may exceed
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation coverage of $
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Recent Accounting Standards
Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU No. 2023-07, Segment Reporting-Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures (Topic 280) (“ASU 2023-07”), which requires an enhanced disclosure of segments on an annual and interim basis, including the title of the chief operating decision maker, significant segment expenses, and the composition of other segment items for each segment’s reported profit or loss. ASU 2023-07 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. The adoption of ASU 2023-07 did not have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements. Refer to Note 8, Segment Information.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures, which requires disaggregated information about a reporting entity’s effective tax rate reconciliation, as well as information related to income taxes paid to enhance the transparency and decision usefulness of income tax disclosures. This ASU will be effective for the annual period ending December 31, 2025. The Company is currently evaluating the impacts of adoption of this ASU.
The Company’s management does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards if currently adopted would have a material effect on the accompanying condensed financial statements.
Note 3 — Related Party Transactions
Promissory Note – Related Party
On July 1, 2023 the Company entered into
a promissory note with the Buyers for up to an aggregate of $
On January 24, 2025, the Company amended and
restated its 2023 Promissory Note, (the “Convertible Promissory Note”) in favor of certain shareholders
of the Company to permit its conversion into Class A ordinary shares of Company, at any time, at the option of the representative of
the noteholders based upon the current trading price. Subsequent to the execution of the Convertible Promissory Note, on January 24,
2025, the representative provided notice that it intended to convert the existing principal balance of the Convertible Promissory Note
in the amount of $
Advances from related party
As of March 31, 2025, the Sponsor advanced the
Company $
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Note 4 — Shareholders’ Deficit
Preference Shares — The Company is authorized to issue
preference shares with a par value of $ per share with such designation, rights and preferences as may be determined from time to time by the Company’s board of directors. At March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, there were preference shares issued or outstanding.
Class A Ordinary Shares — The Company is authorized to issue
Class A ordinary shares with a par value of $ per share. Holders of the Company’s Class A ordinary shares are entitled to one vote for each share. At March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, there were and Class A ordinary shares issued and outstanding, respectively.
Class B Ordinary Shares — The Company is authorized to issue
Class B ordinary shares with a par value of $ per share. At March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, there were Class B ordinary shares issued and outstanding.
Ordinary shareholders of record are entitled to one vote for each share held on all matters to be voted on by shareholders and holders of Class A ordinary shares and holders of Class B ordinary shares will vote together as a single class on all matters submitted to a vote of the shareholders except as required by law; provided that only holders of Class B ordinary shares will have the right to vote on the appointment of directors prior to or in connection with the completion of the initial business combination.
The Class B ordinary shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares at the time of an initial business combination on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment. In the case that additional Class A ordinary shares, or equity-linked securities, are issued or deemed issued in excess of the amounts offered in the IPO and related to the closing of an 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 to waive such 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, 20% of the sum of the total number of all ordinary shares outstanding upon the completion of the IPO plus all Class A ordinary shares and equity-linked securities issued or deemed issued by the Company in connection with or in relation to the consummation of the initial business combination, excluding any forward purchase securities, any Class A ordinary shares or equity-linked securities exercisable for or convertible into Class A ordinary shares issued, or to be issued, to any seller in the initial business combination and any private placement warrants issued to the Sponsor upon conversion of Working Capital Loans. In no event will the Class B ordinary shares convert into Class A ordinary shares at a rate of less than one to one.
Note 5 — Warrant Liabilities
The Company accounts for the
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Warrants — Public Warrants may only be exercised for a whole number of Class A ordinary shares. No fractional warrants will be issued upon separation of the Units and only whole warrants will trade. Accordingly, unless holders purchase at least two Units, they will not be able to receive or trade a whole warrant. The Public Warrants will become exercisable 30 days after the completion of an initial business combination.
The Company will not be obligated to deliver any Class A ordinary shares pursuant to the exercise of a Public Warrant and will have no obligation to settle such Public Warrant exercise unless a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the Public Warrants is then effective and a prospectus relating thereto is current, subject to the Company satisfying its obligations with respect to registration, or a valid exemption from registration is available. No Public Warrant will be exercisable, and the Company will not be obligated to issue any Class A ordinary shares upon exercise of a Public Warrant unless the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon such Public Warrant exercise has been registered, qualified or deemed to be exempt under the securities laws of the state of residence of the registered holder of the Public Warrants.
The Company has agreed that as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 20 business days after the closing of an initial business combination, it will use its commercially reasonable efforts to file with the SEC a post-effective amendment to the registration statement filed in connection with its IPO or a new registration statement covering registration under the Securities Act, of the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the Public Warrants, and the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the same to become effective within 60 business days after the closing of an initial business combination, and to maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement and a current prospectus relating to those Class A ordinary shares until the Public Warrants expire or are redeemed, as specified in the warrant agreement; provided that if the Class A ordinary shares is at the time of any exercise of a Public Warrant not listed on a national securities exchange such that they satisfy the definition of a “covered security” under Section 18(b)(1) of the Securities Act, the Company may, at its option, require holders of Public Warrants who exercise their warrants to do so on a “cashless basis” in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act and, in the event the Company so elects, the Company will not be required to file or maintain in effect a registration statement, but it will use its commercially reasonably efforts to register or qualify the shares under applicable blue sky laws to the extent an exemption is not available. If a registration statement covering the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the Public Warrants is not effective by the 60th day after the closing of an initial business combination, Public Warrant holders may, until such time as there is an effective registration statement and during any period when the Company will have failed to maintain an effective registration statement, exercise Public Warrants on a “cashless basis” in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act or another exemption, but the Company will use its commercially reasonably efforts to register or qualify the shares under applicable blue sky laws to the extent an exemption is not available.
Redemption of warrants when the price per Class A ordinary share equals or exceeds $
. Once the Public Warrants become exercisable, the Company may redeem the Public Warrants:
● | in whole and not in part; |
● | at
a price of $ |
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● | upon not less than 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption to each warrant holder; and |
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● | if, and only if, the last reported sale price of the Class A ordinary share equals or exceeds $18.00 per share (as adjusted for share sub-divisions, share capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period ending three trading days before the Company sends the notice of redemption to the warrant holders. |
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If and when the Public Warrants become redeemable by the Company, it may exercise its redemption right even if the Company is unable to register or qualify the underlying securities for sale under all applicable state securities laws.
Redemption of warrants when the price per Class A ordinary share equals or exceeds $10.00. Once the Public Warrants become exercisable, the Company may redeem the Public Warrants:
● | in whole and not in part; |
● | at a price of $0.10 per warrant; |
● | upon a minimum of 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption to each warrant holder; provided that holders will be able to exercise their warrants on a cashless basis prior to redemption and receive that number of shares based on the redemption date and the fair market value of the Class A ordinary share; |
● | if, and only if, the last reported sale price of the Class A ordinary share equals or exceeds $10.00 per share (as adjusted per share sub-divisions, share dividends, reorganizations, reclassifications, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within the 30-trading day period ending three trading days before the Company send the notice of redemption to the warrant holders; and |
● | if the last reported sale price of the Class A ordinary share for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which the Company sends the notice of redemption to the warrant holders is less than $18.00 per share (as adjusted for share sub-divisions, share capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like), the Private Placement Warrants must also be concurrently called for redemption on the same terms as the outstanding Public Warrants, as described above. |
In addition, if (x) the Company issues additional Class A ordinary shares or equity-linked securities (excluding the forward purchase securities) for capital raising purposes in connection with the closing of an initial business combination at an issue price or effective issue price of less than $9.20 per Class A ordinary share (with such issue price or effective issue price to be determined in good faith by the Company’s board of directors and, in the case of any such issuance to the Sponsor or its affiliates, without taking into account any Founder Shares held by the Sponsor or such affiliates, as applicable, prior to such issuance) (the “Newly Issued Price”), (y) the aggregate gross proceeds from such issuances represent more than 60% of the total equity proceeds, and interest thereon, available for the funding of an initial business combination on the date of the consummation of an initial business combination (net of redemptions), and (z) the volume weighted average trading price of the Class A ordinary shares during the 20 trading day period starting on the trading day prior to the day on which the Company consummates an initial business combination (such price, the “Market Value”) is below $9.20 per share, then the exercise price of the warrants will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 115% of the higher of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price, the $18.00 per share redemption trigger price described above under “Redemption of warrants when the price per Class A ordinary share equals or exceeds $18.00” and “Redemption of warrants when the price per Class A ordinary share equals or exceeds $10.00” will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 180% of the higher of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price, and the $10.00 per share redemption trigger price described above under “Redemption of warrants when the price per Class A ordinary share equals or exceeds $10.00” will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to the higher of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price.
The Private Placement Warrants are identical to the Public Warrants underlying the Units sold in the IPO, except that the Private Placement Warrants and the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon the exercise of the Private Placement Warrants are not transferable, assignable or saleable until 30 days after the completion of an initial business combination, subject to certain limited exceptions. Additionally, the Private Placement Warrants are exercisable for cash or on a cashless basis, at the holder’s option, and are non-redeemable so long as they are held by the initial purchasers or their permitted transferees (except for a number of Class A ordinary shares as described above under “Redemption of warrants when the price per Class A ordinary share equals or exceeds $10.00”). If the Private Placement Warrants are held by someone other than the initial purchasers or their permitted transferees, the Private Placement Warrants will be redeemable by the Company in all redemption scenarios and exercisable by such holders on the same basis as the Public Warrants.
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Note 6 — Commitments and Contingencies
Broker Dealer Agreements
The Company entered into seven broker dealer agreements through March 31, 2025, for the purposes of identifying a target company (“Target”) in connection with the Company’s initial business combination. While the terms of these agreements vary, each agreement reflects that the broker dealer (the “Finder”) will be entitled to a fee if they identify potential targets with which the Company completes a business combination. As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company had not accrued any amounts related to any broker dealer agreements. None of the Finders are entitled to any fee.
Consulting Agreements
The Company entered into nineteen consulting agreements through March 31, 2025.
With respect to seventeen of the nineteen consulting agreements, during the term of
each agreement, the consultant (“Consultant”) will advise the Company concerning matters related to qualifying business combinations,
including services such as valuation, diligence and general advice with respect to
the business, operations and financial conditions of any such counterparty to a qualifying
business combination. Upon closing of an initial business combination, the Company
will pay the Consultant a base fee of $
On August 3, 2022, the Company entered into a consulting agreement. During the term of this agreement, the Consultant will advise the Company concerning matters related to qualifying business combinations, including services such as valuation, diligence and general advice with respect to the business, operations and financial conditions of any such counterparty to a qualifying business combination. As consideration for the services performed by the Consultant during the term of the agreement, upon the closing of an initial business combination, the Company shall pay to the Consultant a fee equal to one percent (1%) of the pre-money equity value of the Target, as stated in the Agreement and Plan of Merger executed between the Company and the Target (which such pre-money equity value shall be determined in a manner consistent with disclosures set forth in the proxy statement/prospectus filed in connection with such initial business combination). Payment to the Consultant is dependent upon the closing of an initial business combination.
On October 25, 2022, the Company entered into a consulting agreement. During the term of this agreement, the consultant (“Consultant”) will advise the Company concerning matters related to qualifying business combinations, including services such as valuation, diligence and general advice with respect to the business, operations and financial conditions of any such counterparty to a qualifying business combination. In consideration for the services performed by the Consultant during the term, upon the closing of an initial business combination, the Company shall pay to the Consultant, in shares at close, 100,000 shares of the surviving entity.
As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, no work has been performed related to any of the aforementioned consulting agreements and thus the Company did not accrue any amounts related to these agreements.
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Business Combination Agreement
On January 28, 2025, the Company, Roth CH Holdings, Inc. (the “Domestication Sub”), Roth CH Merger Sub, Inc. (the “Merger Sub”) and SharonAI Inc, a Delaware Corporation (the “Target”) entered into the business combination agreement, pursuant to which, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, (a) Roth shall continue out of the Cayman Islands and into the State of Delaware so as to re-domicile as and become a Delaware corporation by means of a merger (the “Domestication Merger”) of Roth with and into Domestication Sub, with the Domestication Sub as the surviving company (the “Domesticated Parent”), (b) upon the Domestication Merger, Domesticated Parent shall change its name to “SharonAI Holdings, Inc.” and, thereafter, (c) the Merger Sub shall be merged with and into SharonAI (together, the “Business Combination”), with SharonAI as the surviving company (the “Surviving Corporation”). The Surviving Corporation shall become a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Domesticated Parent.
Pursuant to the terms of the Business Combination Agreement, upon the consummation of the Business Combination on the Closing Date:
· | Each share of SharonAI Series A Preferred Stock shall be converted into the right to receive a number of shares of Class B Common Stock equal to the Conversion Ratio. |
· | Each share of SharonAI Series B Preferred Stock shall, in accordance with SharonAI’s charter documents, be converted into the right to receive a number of shares of Roth Class A Ordinary Common Stock equal to: (i) the Conversion Ratio multiplied by (ii) the number of shares of SharonAI Common Stock issuable upon conversion of such share of SharonAI Series B Preferred Stock as of immediately prior to the closing. |
· | Each SharonAI Stock Right shall be cancelled and converted into a right to acquire, subject to substantially the same terms and conditions as were applicable under such SharonAI Stock Right, the number of shares of Roth Class A Ordinary Common Stock, determined by multiplying the number of shares of SharonAI Common Stock subject to such SharonAI Stock Right as of immediately prior to the effective time by the Conversion Ratio, with an exercise price per share of Roth Class A Ordinary Common Stock, if applicable, equal to (A) the exercise price per share of SharonAI Common Stock of such SharonAI Stock Right divided by (B) the Conversion Ratio (a “Converted Stock Right”). |
· | The “Conversion Ratio” is the quotient obtained by dividing (a) the number of shares constituting the Aggregate Merger Consideration, which is approximately 560,835,633 shares of Roth Common Stock, by (b) the number of shares constituting the “Aggregate Fully Diluted SharonAI Capital Stock”, which means: the sum, without duplication, of (a) all shares of SharonAI Common Stock that are issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time; plus (b) the aggregate number of shares of SharonAI Series A Preferred Stock that are issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time; plus (c) the aggregate number of shares of SharonAI Common Stock issuable upon conversion of all shares of SharonAI Series B Preferred Stock that are issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time; plus (d) the aggregate number of shares of SharonAI Common Stock issuable upon full conversion, exercise, settlement or exchange of any SharonAI Stock Rights outstanding immediately prior to the effective time directly or indirectly convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable or potentially settled for shares of SharonAI Common Stock. |
Sponsor Support Agreement
In connection with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, the Company and the officers and directors of the Company, the Target and the Sponsor entered into a support agreement (the “Sponsor Support Agreement”) pursuant to which the Sponsor and the officers and directors of the Company have agreed to vote all shares of the common stock beneficially owned by them, including any additional shares they acquire ownership of or the power to vote: (i) in favor of the Merger and related transactions, (ii) against any action reasonably be expected to impede, delay, or materially and adversely affect the Merger and related transactions, and (iii) in favor of an extension of the period of time the Company is afforded to consummate an initial business combination.
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Company Support Agreement
In connection with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, the Company, the Target and certain stockholders of the Target entered into a support agreement, pursuant to which such Target stockholders have agreed to vote all common and preferred stock of the Target beneficially owned by them, including any additional shares of the Target they acquire ownership of or the power to vote, in favor of the Merger and related transactions and against any action reasonably be expected to impede, delay, or materially and adversely affect the Merger and related transactions.
Form of Lock-Up Agreement
In connection with the Closing, certain key Target stockholders will each agree, subject to certain customary exceptions, not to (i) offer, sell contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, any Lockup Shares (as defined below), (ii) enter into a transaction that would have the same effect, (iii) enter into any swap, hedge or other arrangement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Lock-Up Shares or otherwise or engage in any short sales or other arrangement with respect to the Lock-Up Shares or (iv) publicly announce any intention to effect any transaction specified in clause (i) or (ii): (a) with respect to fifty (50%) percent of the Company Common Shares owned by Holder ninety (90) days after the Closing Date and (b) with respect to the remaining fifty (50%) percent of the Company Common Shares owned by Holder one hundred and eighty (180) days after the Closing Date. The term “Lockup Shares” mean the Company Common Shares owned by such Holder (or to be acquired by such Holder in connection with the Business Combination Agreement) as set forth on Schedule I to the Lock-Up Agreement.
Form Registration Rights Agreement
At the Closing, the Company will enter into a registration rights agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) with certain existing stockholders of the Company and the Target (the “Holders”) with respect to their shares of the Company acquired before or pursuant to the Merger, and including the shares issuable on conversion of the warrants issued to the Sponsor in connection with the Company’s initial public offering and any shares issuable on conversion of preferred stock or loans. Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, within thirty (30) days of the Closing, the Company shall file with the SEC a registration statement for a shelf registration on Form S-1 or a Registration Statement for a Shelf Registration on Form S-3 (the “Form S-3 Shelf”), if the Company is then eligible to use a Form S-3 Shelf, in each case, covering the resale of all the Registrable Securities on a delayed or continuous basis as permitted by Rule 415 under the Securities Act and shall use its reasonable best efforts to have such Shelf declared effective as soon as practicable after the filing thereof, but no later than the seventy-fifth (75th) calendar day following the Filing Date; provided that the Company shall have the Shelf declared effective within ten (10) business days after the date the Company is notified by the staff of the SEC that the Shelf will not be reviewed or will not be subject to further review by the SEC. In the event that any Holder holds Registrable Securities that are not registered for resale on a delayed or continuous basis, the Company, upon written request of such Holder, shall promptly use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the resale of such Registrable Securities to be covered by filing a subsequent shelf registration statement and cause the same to become effective as soon as practicable after such filing and such subsequent shelf registration statement shall be subject to the terms hereof; provided, however, that the Company shall only be required to cause such Registrable Securities to be so covered twice per calendar year for each of the Holders. In addition, the Holders will have certain “piggyback” registration rights that require the Company to include such securities in registration statements that the Company otherwise files. The Registration Rights Agreement does not contain liquidating damages or other cash settlement provisions resulting from delays in registering the Company’s securities. the Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.
Deferred Legal Fee
As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company had $
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Note 7 — Fair Value Measurements
The Company follows the guidance in ASC 820 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 re-measured and reported at fair value at least annually.
The fair value of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities reflects management’s estimate of amounts that the Company would have received in connection with the sale of the assets or paid in connection with the transfer of the liabilities in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. In connection with measuring the fair value of its assets and liabilities, the Company seeks to maximize the use of observable inputs (market data obtained from independent sources) and to minimize the use of unobservable inputs (internal assumptions about how market participants would price assets and liabilities). The following fair value hierarchy is used to classify assets and liabilities based on the observable inputs and unobservable inputs used in order to value the assets and liabilities:
Level 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. | |
Level 2: | Observable inputs other than Level 1 inputs. Examples of Level 2 inputs include quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities and quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in markets that are not active. | |
Level 3: | Unobservable inputs based on the Company’s assessment of the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. |
The following table presents information about the Company’s assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation inputs the Company utilized to determine such fair value:
Description | Level | March 31, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | ||||||||
Liabilities: | |||||||||||
Warrant liability – Public Warrants | 2 | ||||||||||
Warrant liability – Private Placement Warrants | 2 |
The warrants were accounted for as liabilities in accordance with ASC 815-40 and are presented within warrant liabilities in the accompanying balance sheets. The warrant liabilities are measured at fair value at inception and on a recurring basis, with changes in fair value presented within the statements of operations.
As of March 31, 2025, the aggregate values of the Public Warrants and Private Placement Warrants were $
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The following table presents the changes in the fair value of warrant liabilities:
Private Placement | Public | Warrant Liabilities | ||||||||||
Fair value as of January 1, 2025 | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||
Change in fair value | ||||||||||||
Fair value as of March 31, 2025 | $ | $ | $ |
Private Placement | Public | Warrant Liabilities | ||||||||||
Fair value as of January 1, 2024 | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||
Change in fair value | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||
Fair value as of March 31, 2024 | $ | $ | $ |
The Company established the initial fair value for the warrants on October 29, 2021, the date of the consummation of the Company’s IPO. The Company used a Black-Scholes model to value the warrants. For periods subsequent to the detachment of the Public Warrants from the Units, the close price of the Public Warrant will be used as the fair value as of each reporting period. The subsequent measurements of the Private Placement Warrants are classified as Level 2 due to the use of an observable market quote for a similar asset in an active market under the ticker USCTW. As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Public Warrants have detached from the Units, and the closing price is utilized as the fair value.
Transfers to/from Levels 1, 2 and 3 are recognized at the end of the reporting period in which a change in valuation technique or methodology
occurs. There were no other transfers to/from Levels 1, 2, and 3 during the period ended March 31, 2025. There was a transfer of $
Note 8 — Segment Information
ASC Topic 280, “Segment Reporting,” establishes standards for companies to report in their financial statement information about operating segments, products, services, geographic areas, and major customers. Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise that engage in business activities from which it may recognize revenues and incur expenses, and for which separate financial information is available that is regularly evaluated by the Company’s chief operating decision maker, or group, in deciding how to allocate resources and assess performance.
The Company’s chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) has been identified as the Chief Financial Officer who reviews the assets, operating results, and financial metrics for the Company as a whole to make decisions about allocating resources and assessing financial performance. Accordingly, management has determined that there is only one reportable segment.
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The CODM assesses performance for the single segment and decides how to allocate resources based on net income or loss that also is reported on the statement of operations as net income or loss. The measure of segment assets is reported on the balance sheet as total assets. When evaluating the Company’s performance and making key decisions regarding resource allocation, the CODM reviews several key metrics included in net income or loss and total assets, which include the following:
March 31, | December 31, | |||||||
2025 | 2024 | |||||||
Cash | $ | $ |
For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2025 | For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2024 | |||||||
General and administrative expenses | $ | $ |
General and administrative expenses are reviewed and monitored by the CODM to manage and forecast cash to ensure enough capital is available to complete a business combination or similar transaction. The CODM also reviews general and administrative costs to manage, maintain and enforce all contractual agreements to ensure costs are aligned with all agreements and budget. General and administrative costs, as reported on the statement of operations, are the significant segment expenses provided to the CODM on a regular basis.
All other segment items included in net income or loss are reported on the statement of operations and described within their respective disclosures.
Note 9 — Subsequent Events
Management has evaluated the impact of subsequent events through the date that the condensed financial statements were issued. Based upon this review, the Company did not identify any subsequent events that would have required adjustment or disclosure in the condensed financial statements.
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
References to “Roth,” “our,” “us” or “we” refer to Roth CH Acquisition Co. The following discussion and analysis of Roth’s financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the unaudited financial statements and the notes thereto contained in Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations and projections about future events. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions about us that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” and “continue,” or the negative of such terms or other similar expressions. Such statements include, but are not limited to, possible business combinations and the financing thereof, and related matters, as well as all other statements other than statements of historical fact included in this Form 10-Q. Factors that might cause or contribute to such a discrepancy include, but are not limited to, those described in our other Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filings. Except as expressly required by applicable securities law, we disclaim any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Overview
We are a blank check company incorporated on April 20, 2021 under the name “TKB Critical Technologies 1”, as a Cayman Islands exempted company for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses, which we refer to throughout this Annual Report as our initial business combination. Effective September 7, 2023, shareholders approved a change in the Company’s name to Roth CH Acquisition Co.
Recent Developments – Business Combination Agreement
On January 28, 2025, the Company entered into a Business Combination Agreement (as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Business Combination Agreement”), by and among the Company, Roth CH Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Domestication Sub”), Roth CH Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”), and SharonAI Inc., a Delaware corporation (“SharonAI Inc.”).
SharonAI Inc. is a holding company formed to acquire various assets focused on or in the high performance computing (“HPC”) industry, specifically the artificial intelligence field of technology, and on the acquisition of the infrastructure and technology associated with the development and delivery of HPC services to users and applications which require both large amounts of graphic processing units and central processing units combined with expertise in data storage.
The Business Combination Agreement provides that, among other things and upon the terms and subject to the conditions thereof, the following transactions will occur (together with the other agreements and transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, the “Business Combination”):
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(1) At least one Business Day prior to the Closing Date and on the terms and subject to the conditions of the Business Combination Agreement, the Company shall continue out of the Cayman Islands and into the State of Delaware so as to re-domicile as and become a Delaware corporation by means of a merger (the “Domestication Merger”) of the Company with and into Domestication Sub, with the Domestication Sub as the surviving company (the “Domesticated Parent”) pursuant to the Companies Act (As Revised) of the Cayman Islands and the applicable provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended. Upon the Domestication Merger, Domesticated Parent shall change its name to “SharonAI Holdings, Inc.”, and, thereafter (2) (a) the Merger Sub shall be merged with and into SharonAI, (b) the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub shall thereupon cease, and SharonAI shall be the Surviving Corporation, and (c) the Surviving Corporation shall become a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Domesticated Parent (the “Acquisition Merger”).
The Aggregate Merger Consideration is 560,835,633 shares of Common Stock of the Domesticated Parent to be issued at the closing of the Business Combination. Completion of the Business Combination is subject to the satisfaction or waiver, where permissible, of various conditions to closing.
Corporate History
Formation and Initial Public Offering. On October 29, 2021, we consummated our initial public offering of 23,000,000 units (the “Units”), including 3,000,000 Units that were issued pursuant to the underwriters’ exercise of their over-allotment option in full, at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $230,000,000. Each Unit consists of one Class A Ordinary Share, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A Shares”) and one-half of one warrant to purchase a Class A Share (the “Public Warrants”). Simultaneously with the closing of our initial public offering, we consummated the sale of 10,750,000 private placement warrants (the “Private Warrants”) at a price of $1.00 per Private Warrant in a private placement to our former sponsor, TKB Sponsor I, LLC, (the “Former Sponsor”) generating proceeds of $10,750,000.
A total of $234,600,000 of the proceeds from the initial public offering and the sale of the Private Warrants was placed in a U.S.-based trust account at J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, acting as trustee (the “Trust Account”).
Our Units commenced public trading on October 27, 2021 on the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC, and our Class A Shares and Public Warrants commenced separate public trading on December 17, 2021. On April 25, 2024, the Company voluntarily delisted its securities from Nasdaq and they began being quoted on the OTC Markets. Our Class A Shares and Public Warrants are each quoted on the OTC Markets under the symbols “USCTF,” “and “USTWF,” respectively.
Securities Transfer Agreement and Name Change. On June 25, 2023, the Company, the Former Sponsor, each independent director of the Company, and affiliates of Roth Capital Partners and Craig-Hallum Capital Group llc (the “New Sponsor”) entered into a Securities Transfer Agreement (the “Agreement”) pursuant to which the Former Sponsor and the former directors of the Company sold to the Buyers, an aggregate of 4,312,500 Ordinary Shares consisting of 4,237,500 Class A Shares and 75,000 Class B Shares and 8,062,500 private placement warrants (together, the “Transferred Securities”) for an aggregate purchase price (the “Purchase Price”) of $1.00 (the “Transaction”). Following the closing of the Transaction, the Former Sponsor has certain continuing rights, including a right of first refusal to repurchase the Transferred Securities in certain circumstances as set forth in the Agreement and the right to invest up to 25% of certain financings. The Transaction was consummated on June 28, 2023.
Termination of Status as a SPAC.
The Company originally extended the time that it had to complete an initial business combination by depositing an aggregate of $540,000 into the trust account for a total of nine Monthly Deposits, On April 29, 2024, the Company held an extraordinary general meeting at which shareholders approved a proposal to amend and restate the Company’s Articles of to remove the provisions applicable to special purpose acquisition companies including the requirement to redeem and cancel 100% of the Company’s Class A ordinary shares sold in the Company’s initial public offering following distribution of the funds held in the Company’s Trust Account (the “Amendment Proposal”). The purpose of the Amendment Proposal was to remove the provisions contained in the Articles that are applicable to special purpose acquisition companies (“SPACs”), including the requirement to redeem and cancel 100% of the Company’s public shares following distribution of the funds held in the Company’s Trust Account established in connection with the IPO and revise the provisions to allow shareholders of the Company to obtain their pro rata distribution of funds remaining in the Trust Account and also retain ten (10%) percent of their shares upon liquidation of the Trust Account. Shareholders approved the Amendment Proposal on April 29, 2024. As a result, the Trust Account was liquidated.
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Results of Operations
We have neither engaged in any operations nor generated any revenues to date. Our only activities through March 31, 2025 were organizational activities, those necessary to prepare for the Initial Public Offering described below, and subsequent to the Initial Public Offering, identifying a target company for an initial business combination. We will not generate any operating revenues until after completion of our initial business combination. We generate non-operating income in the form of interest income on cash and cash equivalents. Our expenses have increased substantially after the closing of our initial public offering as a result of being a public company (for legal, financial reporting, accounting and auditing compliance), as well as for due diligence expenses.
For the three months ended March 31, 2025, we had net loss of $1,276,511 which consists of the change in fair value of warrant liabilities of $890,000 and operational costs of $386,511.
For the three months ended March 31, 2024, we had net income of $279,184 which consists of interest earned on marketable securities held in the Trust Account of $305,713 and the change in fair value of warrant liabilities of $242,525, offset by operational costs of $269,054.
Liquidity, Capital Resources and Going Concern
For the three months ended March 31, 2025, net cash used in operating activities was $110,369. Net loss of $1,276,511 was adjusted by a $890,000 change in fair value of warrant liabilities. Changes in operating assets and liabilities provided $276,142 of cash for operating activities.
As of March 31, 2025, we had cash of $35,193. We intend to use the 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, and structure, negotiate and complete a business combination.
On July 1, 2023 the Company entered into a promissory note with the Buyers for up to an aggregate of $1,000,000 (the “2023 Promissory Note). The 2023 Promissory Note is non-interest bearing and payable upon the earlier of the date on which the Company consummates an initial business combination, the liquidation of the Company, or October 29, 2024. The Note does not bear any interest. On August 8, 2024, the Company amended the terms of the 2023 Promissory Note to increase the aggregate principal amount that may be borrowed to $2,000,000 and to extend the maturity to June 30, 2025.
On January 24, 2025, the Company amended and restated its 2023 promissory note (the “Convertible Note”) in favor of certain shareholders of the Company to permit its conversion into Class A ordinary shares of Company, at any time, at the option of the representative of the noteholders based upon the current trading price. Subsequent to the execution of the Convertible Note, on January 24, 2025, the representative provided notice that it intended to convert the existing principal balance of the Convertible Note in the amount of $1,181,000 into 39,366,667 Class A ordinary shares of the Company.
We expect that we will need to raise additional funds in order to meet the expenditures required for operating our business prior to our initial business combination. We expect to incur significant costs related to identifying a target business, undertaking in-depth due diligence and negotiating an initial business combination. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period of time within one year from the date that the condensed financial statements are issued. In order to fund working capital deficiencies or finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial business combination, our sponsor or an affiliate of our sponsor or certain of our officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds as may be required. If we complete our initial business combination, we will repay such loaned amounts. Prior to the completion of our initial business combination, we do not expect to seek loans from parties other than our sponsor or an affiliate of our sponsor as we do not believe third parties will be willing to loan such funds.
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The Company assessed going concern considerations in accordance with Financial Accounting Standard Board’s Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 205-40, “Basis of Presentation – Going Concern”. Management has determined that the liquidity condition raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. No adjustments have been made to the carrying amounts of assets or liabilities.
Off-Balance Sheet Financing Arrangements
We have no obligations, assets or liabilities, which would be considered off-balance sheet arrangements as of March 31, 2025. We do not participate in transactions that create relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, often referred to as variable interest entities, which would have been established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements. We have not entered into any off-balance sheet financing arrangements, established any special purpose entities, guaranteed any debt or commitments of other entities, or purchased any non-financial assets.
Contractual Obligations
We do not have any long-term debt obligations, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations, purchase obligations or other long-term liabilities, other than described below.
Critical Accounting Policies
The preparation of condensed financial statements and related disclosures in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the condensed financial statements, and income and expenses during the periods reported. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates. Significant estimates include the fair value of warrant liabilities, which requires a Black-Scholes model to fair value the warrants. We have identified the following critical accounting policies:
Warrant Liabilities
The Company accounts for the warrants as either equity-classified or liability-classified instruments based on an assessment of the warrant’s specific terms and applicable authoritative guidance in ASC 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity (“ASC 480”) and ASC 815. The assessment considers whether the warrants are freestanding financial instruments pursuant to ASC 480, meet the definition of a liability pursuant to ASC 480, and whether the warrants meet all of the requirements from equity classification under ASC 815, including whether the warrants are indexed to the Company’s own ordinary shares, among other conditions for equity classification. This assessment, which requires the use of professional judgment, is conducted at the time of warrant issuance and as of each subsequent quarterly period end date while the warrants are outstanding.
For issued or modified warrants that meet all of the criteria for equity classification, the warrants are required to be recorded as a component of additional paid-in capital at the time of issuance. For issued or modified warrants that do not meet all the criteria for equity classification, the warrants are required to be recorded at their initial fair value on the date of issuance, and each balance sheet date thereafter. Changes in the estimated fair value of the warrants are recognized as a non-cash gain or loss on the statements of operations. See Note 7 to the Notes to Financial Statements for the valuation methodology of warrants.
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Recent Accounting Standards
Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU No. 2023-07, Segment Reporting-Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures (Topic 280) (“ASU 2023-07”), which requires an enhanced disclosure of segments on an annual and interim basis, including the title of the chief operating decision maker, significant segment expenses, and the composition of other segment items for each segment’s reported profit or loss. ASU 2023-07 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. The adoption of ASU 2023-07 did not have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures, which requires disaggregated information about a reporting entity’s effective tax rate reconciliation, as well as information related to income taxes paid to enhance the transparency and decision usefulness of income tax disclosures. This ASU will be effective for the annual period ending December 31, 2025. The Company is currently evaluating the impacts of adoption of this ASU.
The Company’s management does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards if currently adopted would have a material effect on the accompanying condensed financial statements.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
We are a smaller reporting company as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act. As a result, pursuant to Item 305(e) of Regulation S-K, we are not required to provide the information required by this Item.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Disclosure controls and procedures are controls and other procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to management, including our Co-Chief Executive Officers and Chief Financial Officer (together, the “Certifying Officers”), or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Certifying Officers, we carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act. Based on the foregoing, our Certifying Officers concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of the end of the period covered by this Report, due to the material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting related to the Company’s accounting for complex financial instruments and the approval procedures for shareholder redemptions.
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In light of these material weaknesses, we have enhanced our processes to identify and appropriately apply applicable accounting requirements to better evaluate and understand the nuances of the complex accounting standards that apply to our condensed financial statements and our review and approval process of shareholder redemptions, including making greater use of third-party professionals with whom we consult regarding accounting applications. The elements of our remediation plan can only be accomplished over time, and we can offer no assurance that these initiatives will ultimately have the intended effects. We believe our efforts will enhance our controls relating to accounting for complex financial transactions and the process of shareholder redemption approvals, but we can offer no assurance that our controls will not require additional review and modification in the future as industry accounting practice may evolve over time.
We do not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures will prevent all errors and all instances of fraud. Disclosure controls and procedures, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the disclosure controls and procedures are met. Further, the design of disclosure controls and procedures must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all disclosure controls and procedures, no evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures can provide absolute assurance that we have detected all our control deficiencies and instances of fraud, if any. The design of disclosure controls and procedures also is based partly on certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2025 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting, with the exception noted below.
The co-principal executive officers and principal financial and accounting officer performed additional post-closing review procedures including reviewing historical filings and consulting with subject matter experts related to the accounting for complex financial instruments. While we have processes to properly identify and evaluate the appropriate accounting technical pronouncements and other literature for all significant or unusual transactions, we have improved, and will continue to improve, these processes to ensure that the nuances of such transactions are effectively evaluated in the context of the increasingly complex accounting standards.
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PART II – OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
None.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
There are certain risks and uncertainties in our business that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. A detailed discussion of our risk factors was included in Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the SEC on March 28, 2025. These risk factors should be read carefully in connection with evaluating our business and in connection with the forward-looking statements and other information contained in this Quarterly Report. Any of the risks described in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, could materially affect our business, financial condition or future results and the actual outcome of matters as to which forward-looking statements are made. As of the date of this Quarterly Report, there have been no material changes in the risk factors discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024:
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
None.
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
None.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
Not applicable.
Item 5. Other Information
None.
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Item 6. Exhibits
The following exhibits are filed as part of, or incorporated by reference into, this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
* | Filed herewith. |
** | Furnished. |
+ | Certain exhibits and schedules to this Exhibit have been omitted in accordance with Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. The Registrant agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted exhibit or schedule to the SEC upon its request. |
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
ROTH CH ACQUISITION CO. | ||
Date: May 15, 2025 | By: | /s/ Byron Roth |
Name: | Byron Roth | |
Title: | Co-Chief Executive Officer |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Name | Position | Date | ||
/s/ Byron Roth | Co-Chief Executive Officer | May 15, 2025 | ||
Byron Roth | (Principal Executive Officer), Director | |||
/s/ John Lipman | Co-Chief Executive Officer | May 15, 2025 | ||
John Lipman | (Principal Executive Officer), Director | |||
/s/ Joseph Tonnos | Chief Financial Officer | May 15, 2025 | ||
Joseph Tonnos | (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
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