WINVW WinVest Acquisition Corporation

NOTE 1 – NATURE OF THE BUSINESS

WinVest Acquisition Corp. (“WinVest,” or the “Company”) was incorporated in the State of Delaware on March 1, 2021. The Company was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination (the “Initial Business Combination”) with one or more businesses or entities. The Company has selected December 31 as its fiscal year end.

Throughout this report, the terms “our,” “we,” “us,” and the “Company” refer to WinVest Acquisition Corp.

As of March 31, 2024, the Company had not commenced core operations. All activity for the period from March 1, 2021 (inception) through March 31, 2024 relates to the Company’s formation and raising funds through the initial public offering (“Initial Public Offering”), which is described below. The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of an Initial Business Combination, at the earliest. The Company generates non-operating income in the form of interest income from the proceeds derived from the Initial Public Offering.

The registration statement pursuant to which the Company registered its securities offered in the Initial Public Offering (the “IPO Registration Statement”) was declared effective on September 14, 2021. On September 17, 2021, the Company consummated its Initial Public Offering of 10,000,000 units (the “Units”). Each Unit consists of one share of common stock of the Company, $0.0001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), one redeemable warrant (the “Public Warrants”), with each Public Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one-half (1/2) of one share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per whole share, subject to adjustment, and one Right (the “Rights”), with each Right entitling the holder thereof to receive one-fifteenth (1/15) of one share of Common Stock upon the consummation by the Company of an Initial Business Combination. The Units were sold at an offering price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $100,000,000 (before underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses).

Simultaneously with the consummation of the Initial Public Offering and the issuance and sale of the Units, the Company completed the private sale of 10,000,000 warrants (the “Private Placement Warrants”) at a price of $0.50 per Private Placement Warrant to our sponsor, WinVest SPAC LLC (the “Sponsor”), generating gross proceeds of $5,000,000 (such sale, the “Private Placement”).

Each Private Placement Warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one-half of one share of Common Stock at a price of $11.50 per whole share, subject to adjustment. The Private Placement Warrants are identical to the Public Warrants.

On September 23, 2021, the underwriters fully exercised the over-allotment option and purchased an additional 1,500,000 Units (the “Over-Allotment Units”), generating gross proceeds of $15,000,000 on September 27, 2021. Accordingly, no Founder Shares (as defined below) were subject to forfeiture upon exercise of the full over-allotment. Simultaneously with the sale of Over-Allotment Units, the Company consummated a private sale of an additional 900,000 Private Placement Warrants (the “Additional Private Placement Warrants”, and together with the Public Warrants and the Private Placement Warrants, the “Warrants”) to the Sponsor at a purchase price of $0.50 per Private Placement Warrant, generating gross proceeds of $450,000. As of September 27, 2021, a total of $116,150,000 of the net proceeds from the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants and the Additional Private Placement Warrants were deposited in a Trust Account (as defined below) established for the benefit of the Company’s public stockholders.

Following the closing of the Initial Public Offering on September 17, 2021, and the underwriters’ exercise of their over-allotment option in full on September 23, 2021, an aggregate amount of $116,150,000 from the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants was placed in a trust account in the United States maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (“Continental”), as trustee (the “Trust Account”). The funds held in the Trust Account have, since the Initial Public Offering, been held only in United States “government securities” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”) having a maturity of 185 days or less, in money market funds meeting the applicable conditions under Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act and that invest solely in U.S. treasuries, so that the Company is not deemed to be an investment company under the Investment Company Act, or in cash. To mitigate the risk of the Company being deemed to have been operating as an unregistered investment company (including under the subjective test of Section 3(a)(1)(A) of the Investment Company Act), prior to the 24-month anniversary of the effective date of the IPO Registration Statement, the Company instructed Continental to liquidate the U.S. government treasury obligations or money market funds held in the Trust Account and thereafter to maintain all funds in the Trust Account in cash in an interest-bearing bank account. Except with respect to interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account that may be released to pay for the Company’s income or other tax obligations, the proceeds will not be released from the Trust Account until the earlier of the completion of the Initial Business Combination or the redemption of 100% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock issued as part of the Units sold in the Initial Public Offering (the “Public Shares”) if an Initial Business Combination has not been completed in the required time period. Any amounts not paid as consideration to the sellers of the target business may be used to finance operations of the target business.

The Company initially had 15 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering on September 17, 2021 to consummate the Initial Business Combination. On November 30, 2022, the Company held a special meeting of stockholders, at which the stockholders approved an amendment (the “November 2022 Extension Amendment”) to the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation (as amended, the “Certificate of Incorporation”) to extend the date (the “Termination Date”) by which the Company must consummate an Initial Business Combination from December 17, 2022 (the “Original Termination Date”) to January 17, 2023, and to allow the Company, without another stockholder vote, to elect to extend the Termination Date on a monthly basis for up to five times by an additional one month each time after January 17, 2023, by resolution of the Company’s board of directors, if requested by its Sponsor, and upon five days’ advance notice prior to the applicable Termination Date, until June 17, 2023, or a total of up to six months after the Original Termination Date, unless the closing of the Initial Business Combination shall have occurred prior thereto, subject to the deposit by the Sponsor or its affiliates or designees, upon five days’ advance notice prior to the applicable deadline, of $125,000, on or prior to the date of the applicable deadline, for each one-month extension. Any such payments would be made in the form of a non-interest-bearing loan and would be repaid, if at all, from funds released to us upon completion of our Initial Business Combination.

In connection with the vote to approve the November 2022 Extension Amendment, the holders of 9,606,887 Public Shares properly exercised their right to redeem their shares (and did not withdraw their redemption) for cash at a redemption price of approximately $10.20 per share, for an aggregate redemption amount of approximately $98.0 million. Following such redemptions, approximately $19.6 million was left in the Trust Account and 1,893,113 shares remained outstanding.

Following the approval of the November 2022 Extension Amendment, on December 5, 2022, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note in the principal amount of $750,000 (the “First Extension Note”) to the Sponsor, pursuant to which the Sponsor agreed to loan to the Company up to $750,000 in connection with the extension of the Termination Date. Per the terms of the First Extension Note, funds available under such note are not restricted for use for extension payments. The First Extension Note does not bear interest and matures upon the earlier of (a) the closing of an Initial Business Combination and (b) the Company’s liquidation. In the event that the Company does not consummate an Initial Business Combination, the First Extension Note will be repaid only from amounts remaining outside of the Trust Account, if any. Upon the consummation of an Initial Business Combination, the Sponsor may elect to convert any portion or all of the amount outstanding under the First Extension Note into private warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s Common Stock at a conversion price of $0.50 per private warrant. Such private warrants will be identical to the Private Placement Warrants issued to the Sponsor at the time of the Initial Public Offering.

On June 12, 2023, the Company held a second special meeting of stockholders (the “June 2023 Extension Meeting”), at which the stockholders approved, among other things, (i) an amendment (the “June 2023 Extension Amendment”) to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation to extend the Termination Date from June 17, 2023 to July 17, 2023, and to allow the Company, without another stockholder vote, to elect to extend the Termination Date on a monthly basis for up to five times by an additional one month (or such shorter period as may be requested by the Sponsor) after July 17, 2023, by resolution of the Company’s board of directors, if requested by the Sponsor, and upon five days’ advance notice prior to the applicable Termination Date, until December 17, 2023, or a total of up to six months after June 17, 2023, unless the closing of the Company’s Initial Business Combination shall have occurred prior thereto, and (ii) an amendment (the “Redemption Limitation Amendment”) to eliminate from the Certificate of Incorporation the limitation that the Company may not consummate any business combination unless it has net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 upon consummation of such business combination. Following stockholder approval of the June 2023 Extension Amendment and the Redemption Limitation Amendment at the June 2023 Extension Meeting, on June 16, 2023, the Company filed the June 2023 Extension Amendment and the Redemption Limitation Amendment with the Delaware Secretary of State.

In connection with the vote to approve the June 2023 Extension Amendment, the holders of 627,684 Public Shares properly exercised their right to redeem their shares (and did not withdraw their redemption) for cash at a redemption price of approximately $10.71 per share, for an aggregate redemption amount of $6,721,795. Following such redemptions, $13,551,331 was left in Trust Account and 1,265,429 Public Shares remained outstanding.

Following the approval of the June 2023 Extension Amendment on June 12, 2023, on June 13, 2023, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note in the principal amount of $390,000 (the “Second Extension Note”) to the Sponsor, pursuant to which the Sponsor agreed to loan to the Company up to $390,000 in connection with the extension of the Termination Date. The Second Extension Note does not bear interest and matures upon the earlier of (a) the closing of an Initial Business Combination and (b) the Company’s liquidation. In the event that the Company does not consummate an Initial Business Combination, the Second Extension Note will be repaid only from amounts remaining outside of the Trust Account, if any. Upon the consummation of an Initial Business Combination, the Sponsor may elect to convert any portion or all of the amount outstanding under the Second Extension Note into private warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s Common Stock at a conversion price of $0.50 per private warrant. Such private warrants will be identical to the Private Placement Warrants issued to the Sponsor at the time of the Initial Public Offering.

On November 30, 2023, the Company held a special meeting of stockholders, at which the stockholders approved, among other things, an amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation (the “November 2023 Extension Amendment”) to extend the Termination Date from December 17, 2023 to January 17, 2024, and to allow the Company, without another stockholder vote, to elect to extend the Termination Date on a monthly basis for up to five times by an additional one month each time after January 17, 2023, by resolution of the Company’s board of directors, if requested by the Sponsor, and upon five days’ advance notice prior to the applicable Termination Date, until June 17, 2024, or a total of up to six months after December 17, 2023, unless the closing of the Company’s Initial Business Combination shall have occurred prior thereto, by causing $55,000 to be deposited into the Trust Account for each such extension.

In connection with the vote to approve the November 2023 Extension Amendment, the holders of 122,306 Public Shares properly exercised their right to redeem their shares (and did not withdraw their redemption) for cash at a redemption price of approximately $10.81 per share, for an aggregate redemption amount of approximately $1,322,518. Following such redemptions, 1,143,123 Public Shares remained outstanding.

Following the approval of the November 2023 Extension Amendment on November 30, 2023, on December 13, 2023, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note in the principal amount of $330,000 (the “Third Extension Note”) to the Sponsor, pursuant to which the Sponsor agreed to loan to the Company up to $330,000 in connection with the extension of the Termination Date. The Third Extension Note does not bear interest and matures upon the earlier of (a) the closing of an Initial Business Combination and (b) the Company’s liquidation. In the event that the Company does not consummate an Initial Business Combination, the Third Extension Note will be repaid only from amounts remaining outside of the Trust Account, if any.

Through the date of this report, the Company has deposited $1,470,000 into the Trust Account in connection with six drawdowns under the First Extension Note, six drawdowns under Second Extension Note and six drawdowns under the Third Extension Notes (collectively the “Extension Notes”) pursuant to the extension of the Termination Date to June 17, 2024. Such amounts will be distributed either to: (i) all the holders of Public Shares upon the Company’s liquidation or (ii) holders of such shares who elect to have their shares redeemed in connection with (a) the vote to approve the Charter Extension Amendment (as defined below) or (b) the consummation of an Initial Business Combination. As of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, $1,360,000 and $1,195,000, respectively, was outstanding under the Extension Notes.

If the Company is unable to consummate an Initial Business Combination by the Termination Date, the Company will, as promptly as possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem 100% of the outstanding Public Shares for a pro rata portion of the funds held in the Trust Account, including a pro rata portion of any interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account (less taxes payable and up to $100,000 of interest to pay for dissolution expenses), and then seek to dissolve and liquidate. However, the Company may not be able to distribute such amounts as a result of claims of creditors which may take priority over the claims of the public stockholders. In the event of our dissolution and liquidation, the Rights, Public Warrants and Private Placement Warrants will expire and will be worthless.

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

Management intends to use any funds available outside of the Trust Account for miscellaneous expenses such as paying fees to consultants to assist the Company with its search for a target business and for director and officer liability insurance premiums, with the balance being held in reserve in the event due diligence, legal, accounting and other expenses of structuring and negotiating business combinations exceed our estimates, as well as for reimbursement of any out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Company’s insiders, officers and directors in connection with activities as described below.

The allocation of the net proceeds available to the Company outside of the Trust Account, along with the interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account available to pay for the Company’s income and other tax liabilities, represents the best estimate of the intended uses of these funds. In the event that the Company’s assumptions prove to be inaccurate, the Company may reallocate some of such proceeds within the above-described categories. If the estimate of the costs of undertaking due diligence and negotiating the Initial Business Combination is less than the actual amount necessary to do so, or the amount of interest available to the Company from the Trust Account is insufficient, the Company may be required to raise additional capital, the amount, availability and cost of which is currently unascertainable. In this event, the Company could seek such additional capital through loans or additional investments from the Sponsor or third parties. The Sponsor and/or founding stockholders may, but are not obligated to, loan funds as may be required. Such loans would be evidenced by promissory notes that would either be paid upon consummation of the Initial Business Combination, or, with respect to certain of such notes, at such lender’s discretion, converted upon consummation of the Initial Business Combination into Private Placement Warrants at a price of $0.50 per Private Placement Warrant. However, the Sponsor and/or founding stockholders are under no obligation to loan the Company any funds or invest in the Company. If the Company is unable to obtain the necessary funds, the Company may be forced to cease searching for a target business and liquidate without completing our Initial Business Combination.

The Company will likely use substantially all of the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering, the Private Placement and the sale of the Additional Private Placement Warrants, including the funds held in the Trust Account, in connection with the Initial Business Combination and to pay for expenses relating thereto, including the deferred underwriting discounts and commissions payable to the underwriters in an amount equal to 3.5% of the total gross proceeds raised in the offering upon consummation of the Initial Business Combination. To the extent that the Company’s capital stock is used in whole or in part as consideration to effect the Initial Business Combination, the proceeds held in the Trust Account which are not used to consummate an Initial Business Combination will be disbursed to the combined company and will, along with any other net proceeds not expended, be used as working capital to finance the operations of the target business. Such working capital funds could be used in a variety of ways including continuing or expanding the target business’ operations or for strategic acquisitions.

To the extent the Company is unable to consummate an Initial Business Combination, the Company will pay the costs of liquidation from the remaining assets outside of the Trust Account. If such funds are insufficient, the Sponsor has agreed to pay the funds necessary to complete such liquidation and has agreed not to seek repayment of such expenses.

Risks and Uncertainties

On August 16, 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IR Act”) was signed into federal law. The IR Act provides for, among other things, a new U.S. federal 1% excise tax on certain repurchases of stock by publicly traded U.S. domestic corporations and certain U.S. domestic subsidiaries of publicly traded foreign corporations occurring on or after January 1, 2023. The excise tax is imposed on the repurchasing corporation itself, not its shareholders from which shares are repurchased. The amount of the excise tax is generally 1% of the fair market value of the shares repurchased at the time of the repurchase. However, for purposes of calculating the excise tax, repurchasing corporations are permitted to net the fair market value of certain new stock issuances against the fair market value of stock repurchases during the same taxable year. In addition, certain exceptions apply to the excise tax. The U.S. Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury Department”) has been given authority to provide regulations and other guidance to carry out and prevent the abuse or avoidance of the excise tax. Any share redemption or other share repurchase that occurs after December 31, 2022, in connection with a business combination, extension vote or otherwise, may be subject to the excise tax. Whether and to what extent the Company would be subject to the excise tax in connection with a business combination, extension vote or otherwise will depend on a number of factors, including (i) the fair market value of the redemptions and repurchases in connection with the Initial Business Combination, extension or otherwise, (ii) the structure of a business combination, (iii) the nature and amount of any “PIPE” (Private Investment in Public Entity) or other equity issuances in connection with a business combination (or otherwise issued not in connection with a business combination but issued within the same taxable year of a business combination) and (iv) the content of regulations and other guidance from the Treasury Department. In addition, because the excise tax would be payable by the Company and not by the redeeming holder, the mechanics of any required payment of the excise tax have not been determined. The foregoing could cause a reduction in the cash available on hand to complete a business combination and in the Company’s ability to complete a business combination. The Company will not use the proceeds placed in the Trust Account and the interest earned thereon to pay any excise taxes that may be imposed on it pursuant to any current, pending or future rules or laws, including without limitation any excise tax imposed under the IR Act, on any redemptions or stock buybacks by the Company.

In June 2023, the Company’s stockholders redeemed 627,684 Public Shares for a total of $6,721,795. In November 2023, the Company’s stockholders redeemed 122,306 Public Shares for a total of $1,322,518. The Company evaluated the classification and accounting of the stock redemption under Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 450, Contingencies (“ASC 450”). ASC 450 states that when a loss contingency exists the likelihood that the future event will confirm the loss or impairment of an asset or the incurrence of a liability can range from probable to remote. A contingent liability must be reviewed at each reporting period to determine appropriate treatment. The Company evaluated the current status and probability of completing a business combination as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 and determined that a contingent liability should be calculated and recorded. As of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company recorded $80,443 of excise tax liability calculated as 1% of shares redeemed.

Use of Funds Restricted for Payment of Taxes

In February 2024, the Company withdrew $40,050 of interest and dividend income earned on the Trust Account and received a tax refund of $104,305 that was previously paid with the interest and dividend income earned on the Trust Account. Such amounts were restricted for payment of the Company’s tax liabilities as provided in the Company’s charter. During the first quarter of 2024, approximately $90,000 of these funds were inadvertently used for the payments of general operating expenses. The Sponsor plans to replenish $90,000 to the Company’s operating account in the form of a working capital loan.

Going Concern

As of March 31, 2024, the Company had $50,121 in its operating bank account and a working capital deficit of $3,085,779. The Company’s liquidity needs prior to the consummation of the Initial Public Offering have been satisfied through proceeds from advances from a related party, the Sponsor, and from the issuance of Common Stock. Subsequent to the consummation of the Initial Public Offering, liquidity has been satisfied through the net proceeds from the consummation of the Initial Public Offering, the proceeds from the Sponsor’s purchase of Private Placement Warrants held outside of our Trust Account and loans from the Sponsor. For the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company had a net loss of $106,446 and expenses from operating activities were $225,101, mainly due to costs associated with professional services, including legal, financial reporting, accounting and auditing compliance expenses. The Company intends to use the funds held outside the Trust Account, in addition to additional funds that the Company may borrow under the March 2021 Promissory Note (as defined below) and the October 2023 Promissory Note (as defined below), primarily to pay corporate filing and compliance expenses, 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 an Initial Business Combination. Per the terms of the Extension Notes, funds available under such notes are not restricted for use for extension payments. The Company believes it will need to access additional liquidity in order to consummate an Initial Business Combination.

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared on the basis that the Company will continue as a going concern, which assumes the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. As of March 31, 2024, the Company had not commenced any operations. All activity for the period from March 1, 2021 (inception) through March 31, 2024 relates to the Company’s formation, Initial Public Offering and identifying a target company for a business combination. The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of the Initial Business Combination, at the earliest. The Company generates non-operating income in the form of interest income on cash and cash equivalents from the proceeds derived from the Initial Public Offering. The Company’s ability to commence operations is contingent upon consummating a business combination. Management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally toward consummating a business combination. Although management has been successful to date in raising necessary funding, there can be no assurance that any required future financing can be successfully completed. Additionally, the Company does not currently have sufficient working capital. Furthermore, the Company’s ability to consummate an Initial Business Combination within the contractual time period is uncertain. The Company currently has until June 17, 2024 to consummate the Initial Business Combination. The Company will not be able to consummate an Initial Business Combination by June 17, 2024. Based on these circumstances, management has determined that there is substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern due to the uncertainty of liquidity requirements and the mandatory liquidation date within one year.

Our plan to address the June 17, 2024 liquidation is to seek stockholder approval for, and to file, an amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation. Pursuant to a definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on May 13, 2024, we are proposing to amend our Certificate of Incorporation to extend the Termination Date from June 17, 2024 to July 17, 2024 (the “Charter Extension Date”) upon the deposit into the Trust Account of $30,000, to be loaned to the Company by the Sponsor or one or more of its affiliates, members or third-party designees, and to allow us, without another stockholder vote, to elect to extend the Termination Date on a monthly basis for up to five times by an additional one month period each time after the Charter Extension Date (each, an “Additional Extension”), by resolution of our board of directors, if requested by our Sponsor, and upon five days’ advance notice prior to the applicable Termination Date, until December 17, 2024, or a total of up to six months after June 17, 2024, unless the closing of an Initial Business Combination shall have occurred prior thereto, subject to the deposit of an additional $30,000 per Additional Extension into the Trust Account by the Sponsor or its affiliates, members or third-party designees.

NOTE 2 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

NOTE 3 - INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING

Pursuant to the Initial Public Offering, on September 17, 2021, the Company sold 10,000,000 Units at a price of $10.00 per Unit for a total of $100,000,000, which increased to 11,500,000 Units for a total of $115,000,000 when the over-allotment option was exercised in full on September 23, 2021. Each Unit consists of one share of Common Stock, one Right and one Public Warrant. Each Right entitles the holder thereof to receive one-fifteenth (1/15) of one share of Common Stock upon the consummation of an Initial Business Combination. Each redeemable Public Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one half (1/2) of one share of Common Stock at a price of $11.50 per full share, subject to adjustment (see Note 7).

In connection with its Initial Public Offering, the Company incurred offering costs of $2,923,969, consisting of $2,400,000 of underwriting commissions and expenses and $523,969 of costs related to the Initial Public Offering. Additionally, the Company recorded deferred underwriting commissions of $4,025,000 payable only upon completion of our Initial Business Combination.

NOTE 4 – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Sponsor Shares

On March 16, 2021, our Sponsor purchased 2,875,000 shares (the “Founder Shares”) of the Company’s Common Stock for an aggregate price of $25,000.

Prior to the effective date of the registration statement filed in connection with the Initial Public Offering, the Company entered into agreements with its directors in connection with their board service and certain members of its advisory board in connection with their advisory board service for its Sponsor to transfer an aggregate of 277,576 of its Founder Shares to the Company’s directors for no cash consideration and an aggregate of 60,000 of its Founder Shares to certain members of the Company’s advisory board for no cash consideration, for a total of 337,576 shares, approximating the fair value of the shares on such date, or $34. The shares were subsequently transferred prior to the effectiveness of the Company’s registration statement. The Founder Shares do not have redemption rights and will be worthless unless the Company consummates its Initial Business Combination.

Private Placement Warrants

Our Sponsor purchased from us an aggregate of 10,900,000 Private Placement Warrants at a purchase price of $0.50 per warrant, or $5,450,000 in the aggregate, in a private placement that closed simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering. A portion of the proceeds received from the purchase equal to $3,450,000 was placed in the Trust Account so that at least $10.10 per share sold to the public in the Initial Public Offering is held in the Trust Account.

March 2021 Promissory Note – Related Party

On March 16, 2021, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note to the Sponsor (extended by amendment in March 2022 to the consummation of an Initial Business Combination) (the “March 2021 Promissory Note”), pursuant to which the Company could borrow up to an aggregate principal amount of $300,000, of which $300,000 was outstanding under the March 2021 Promissory Note as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023. The March 2021 Promissory Note is non-interest bearing and payable on the date on which the Company consummates its Initial Business Combination. The Sponsor may elect to convert any portion or all of the amount outstanding under the March 2021 Promissory Note into Private Placement Warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock of the Company at a conversion price of $0.50 per warrant, and each warrant will entitle the holder to acquire one-half share of the Company’s Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share, commencing on the date of the Initial Business Combination of the Company, and otherwise on the terms of the Private Placement Warrants.

The Company analyzed the conversion feature of the March 2021 Promissory Note into private warrants under ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging, ASC 450, Contingencies, ASC 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity and ASU 2020-06, “Debt—Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging—Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40). Prior to any Initial Business Combination, the outstanding amounts under the March 2021 Promissory Note are recorded as a liability on the balance sheet. The conversion feature for any such outstanding amounts requires liability treatment on the balance sheet and should be recorded at fair value with changes to the fair value being recorded through the income statement. Once converted, the private warrants, being identical to the Public Warrants, will be classified under equity treatment. However, given that the fair value of such conversion feature is not material as of the latest drawdown date, and the reporting date, or March 31, 2024, management has not recorded any such adjustment to the Company’s financial statements.

October 2023 Promissory Note – Related Party

On October 31, 2023, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note to the Sponsor (the “October 2023 Promissory Note”), pursuant to which the Company may borrow up to an aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000. As of March 31, 2024, the Company had effected drawdowns of $78,500 under the October 2023 Promissory Note. The October 2023 Promissory Note does not bear interest and matures upon the closing of the Initial Business Combination. In the event that the Company does not consummate an Initial Business Combination, the October 2023 Promissory Note will be repaid only from amounts remaining outside of the Trust Account, if any.

Extension Notes – Related Party

As previously disclosed, on December 5, 2022, the Company issued the First Extension Note to the Sponsor, pursuant to which the Sponsor agreed to loan to the Company up to $750,000 in connection with the extension of the Termination Date. The First Extension Note does not bear interest and matures upon the earlier of (a) the closing of an Initial Business Combination and (b) the Company’s liquidation. In the event that the Company does not consummate an Initial Business Combination, the First Extension Note will be repaid only from amounts remaining outside of the Trust Account, if any. Upon the consummation of an Initial Business Combination, the Sponsor may elect to convert any portion or all of the amount outstanding under the First Extension Note into private warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s Common Stock at a conversion price of $0.50 per private warrant. Such private warrants will be identical to the Private Placement Warrants issued to the Sponsor at the time of the Initial Public Offering. The balance on the First Extension Note as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 was $750,000.

As previously disclosed, in connection with the approval of the June 2023 Extension Amendment on June 12, 2023, on June 13, 2023, the Company issued the Second Extension Note to the Sponsor, pursuant to which the Sponsor agreed to loan to the Company up to $390,000 in connection with the extension of the Termination Date. The Second Extension Note does not bear interest and matures upon the earlier of (a) the closing of an Initial Business Combination and (b) the Company’s liquidation. In the event that the Company does not consummate an Initial Business Combination, the Second Extension Note will be repaid only from amounts remaining outside of the Trust Account, if any. Upon the consummation of an Initial Business Combination, the Sponsor may elect to convert any portion or all of the amount outstanding under the Second Extension Note into private placement warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s Common Stock at a conversion price of $0.50 per private placement warrant. Such private placement warrants will be identical to the Private Placement Warrants issued to the Sponsor at the time of the Initial Public Offering. The balance on the Second Extension Note as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 was $390,000.

As previously disclosed, in connection with the approval of the November 2023 Extension Amendment on November 30, 2023, on December 13, 2023, the Company issued the Third Extension Note to the Sponsor, pursuant to which the Sponsor agreed to loan to the Company up to $330,000 in connection with the extension of the Termination Date. The Third Extension Note does not bear interest and matures upon the earlier of (a) the closing of an Initial Business Combination and (b) the Company’s liquidation. In the event that the Company does not consummate an Initial Business Combination, the Third Extension Note will be repaid only from amounts remaining outside of the Trust Account, if any. The balance on the Third Extension Note as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 was $220,000 and $55,000, respectively.

Through the date of this report, the Company has effected drawdowns of an aggregate of $1,470,000 under the Extension Notes and caused such sums to be deposited into the Trust Account in connection with the extension of the Termination Date from December 17, 2022 to June 17, 2024. Such amounts will be distributed either to: (i) all of the holders of Public Shares upon the Company’s liquidation or (ii) holders of Public Shares who elect to have their shares redeemed in connection with (a) the vote to approve the Charter Extension Amendment or (b) the consummation of an Initial Business Combination.

The Company analyzed the conversion feature of the First and Second Extension Notes into private warrants under ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging, ASC 450, Contingencies, ASC 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity and ASU 2020-06, Debt—Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging—Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40).” Prior to an Initial Business Combination, the outstanding amounts under the Extension Notes are recorded as a liability on the balance sheet. The conversion feature for any such outstanding amounts requires liability treatment on the balance sheet and should be recorded at fair value with changes to the fair value being recorded through the income statement. Once converted, the private warrants, being identical to the Public Warrants, will be classified under equity treatment. However, given that the fair value of such conversion feature is not material as of the latest drawdown date of each of the Extension Notes, the reporting date, or March 31, 2024, management has not recorded any such adjustment to the Company’s financial statements.

Administrative Support Agreement

The Company entered into an agreement to pay our Sponsor a monthly fee of $10,000 for office space, secretarial, and administrative support services provided to the Company beginning in September 2021 and continuing monthly until the earlier of the completion of an Initial Business Combination or the Company’s liquidation. As of March 31, 2024, $255,000 is owed to the Sponsor under this agreement.

NOTE 5 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Registration Rights

The holders of the Founder Shares are entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration rights agreement signed on the effective date of the Initial Public Offering. The holders of the majority of these securities are entitled to make up to three demands that the Company register such securities. The holders of the majority of the Founder Shares can elect to exercise these registration rights at any time commencing three months prior to the date on which the Founder Shares are to be released from escrow. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to our consummation of our Initial Business Combination.

Underwriting Agreement

The Company granted the underwriters a 45-day option from the date of its prospectus to purchase up to 1,500,000 additional Units to cover over-allotments, if any, at the Initial Public Offering price less the underwriting discounts and commissions. On September 23, 2021, the underwriters exercised the over-allotment option in full and purchased an additional 1,500,000 Units (the “Over-Allotment Units”), generating gross proceeds of $15,000,000 on September 27, 2021.

The underwriters received a cash underwriting discount of $0.20 per Unit, or $2,300,000 in the aggregate, and were paid offering expenses of $100,000 upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering including the overallotment.

Finder’s Fee Agreement

On July 12, 2022, the Company entered into a finder’s fee agreement with a third-party finder (“Finder”), payable only upon the successful consummation of an Initial Business Combination with a merger target company identified and introduced by the Finder and acknowledged by the Company in writing during the retention period, which shall be one year after origination and will continue for one year after such period, unless terminated earlier. For purposes of the agreement, the finder’s fee shall be calculated as 1% of the sum of any cash and noncash consideration actually delivered and paid in connection with an Initial Business Combination.

Agent Agreement

On July 19, 2022, the Company entered an agent agreement with a FINRA registered broker-dealer (“Agent”), by which the Company engaged the Agent as its non-exclusive agent to use commercially reasonable efforts to refer the Company to potential target companies for an Initial Business Combination. If the Company completes a transaction with any such target company referred to by the Agent within 18 months after such referral, the Agent shall be paid a success fee based upon the transaction value, which shall become due and payable concurrently with the Initial Business Combination.

Chardan Capital Markets, LLC M&A / Capital Markets Advisory Agreement

On July 23, 2022, the Company entered a M&A/Capital Markets Advisory Agreement (“M&A Agreement”) with Chardan Capital Markets, LLC (“Chardan”), by which Chardan shall assist and advise the Company in completing an Initial Business Combination. In the event an Initial Business Combination is consummated during the term of the M&A Agreement, the Company shall pay to Chardan at the closing of the Initial Business Combination a fee (the “M&A Fee”) as described below. If the M&A Fee is to be based on the “Aggregate Value” of an Initial Business Combination, such term means, without duplication, an amount equal to the sum of the aggregate value of any securities issued, promissory notes delivered by the Company to a target company in connection with an Initial Business Combination, and any other cash and non-cash consideration (using such values as set forth in such Initial Business Combination’s definitive agreement) delivered and paid in connection with an Initial Business Combination, and the amount of all debt and debt-like instruments of the target company immediately prior to closing that (a) are assumed or acquired by the Company or (b) retired or defeased in connection with such business combination less any amounts of a financing relating to such Initial Business Combination (a “Financing”) that are the basis of a Financing Fee (as defined below). Even if an Initial Business Combination is not consummated prior to the expiration or termination of the M&A Agreement, Chardan shall be entitled to the full M&A Fee with respect to any transaction consummated involving a party introduced to the Company by Chardan (an “Introduced Party”) that occurs within 18 months of the expiration or termination of the M&A Agreement or within 12 months of the expiration or termination of the M&A Agreement for any party not deemed an Introduced Party.

In the event an Initial Business Combination is consummated involving a party other than an Introduced Party, the Company will pay to Chardan an M&A Fee equal to the greater of $800,000 or 1% of the Aggregate Value of the Initial Business Combination, paid at the close of the Initial Business Combination. In the event an Initial Business Combination is consummated with an Introduced Party as business combination target, the Company shall pay to Chardan an aggregate M&A Fee based on the Aggregate Value of the Initial Business Combination according to the following schedule:

The M&A Fee will be paid either in cash out of the flow of funds from the Trust Account or in registered and free trading securities of the Company, as the parties may agree.

The Company will pay a cash fee equal to 5% of the aggregate sales price of securities sold in the financing to introduced parties and a cash fee equal to 1% of the aggregate sales price of public or private securities sold in a financing transaction to investors other than introduced parties (collectively, the “Financing Fee”). If such sale of securities occurs through multiple closings, then a pro rata portion of such fee shall be paid upon each closing. The Financing Fee will be paid in cash from the flow of funds from the Financing.

The Company will pay Chardan up to $150,000 in aggregate for reimbursable out of pocket expenses.

As of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company recorded deferred underwriting commissions of $4,025,000 payable to Chardan only upon completion of its Initial Business Combination.

NOTE 6 – COMMON STOCK SUBJECT TO POSSIBLE REDEMPTION

The Company’s Common Stock features certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of the Company’s control and subject to occurrence of uncertain future events. Accordingly, Common Stock subject to possible redemption is presented at redemption value as temporary equity, outside of the stockholders’ equity section of the Company’s balance sheet.

NOTE 7 – STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT

Common Stock

The Company’s Certificate of Incorporation authorizes the issuance of 100,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.0001, and 1,000,000 shares of undesignated preferred stock, par value $0.0001.

In March 2021, the Company issued 2,875,000 Founder Shares at a price of approximately $0.01 per share for total cash of $25,000. There are no shares of preferred stock outstanding as of March 31, 2024 and December, 31, 2023.

Rights

The registration statement pursuant to which the Company registered its securities offered in the Initial Public Offering was declared effective on September 14, 2021. On September 17, 2021, the Company consummated its Initial Public Offering of 10,000,000 Units. Each Unit consists of one share of Common Stock of the Company, $0.0001 par value per share, one redeemable warrant, with each Public Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one-half (1/2) of one share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per whole share, subject to adjustment, and one Right, with each Right entitling the holder thereof to receive one-fifteenth (1/15) of one share of Common Stock upon the consummation by the Company of an Initial Business Combination. Each Right may be traded separately. If the Company is unable to complete an Initial Business Combination within the required time period and the Company liquidates the funds held in the Trust Account, holders of Rights will not receive any such funds for their Rights, and the Rights will expire worthless.

Public Warrants

Each redeemable warrant entitles the registered holder to purchase one half of one share of Common Stock at a price of $11.50 per full share, subject to adjustment as discussed below, at any time commencing on the later of the completion of an Initial Business Combination and 12 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering. No warrants will be exercisable for cash unless the Company has an effective and current registration statement covering the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants and a current prospectus relating to such shares of Common Stock. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a registration statement covering the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants is not effective within 90 days from the consummation of the Initial Business Combination, warrant holders may, until such time as there is an effective registration statement and during any period when we shall have failed to maintain an effective registration statement, exercise warrants on a cashless basis. The warrants will expire five years from the consummation of an Initial Business Combination.

The Company may call the outstanding warrants for redemption (excluding the Private Placement Warrants and warrants that may be issued upon conversion of working capital loans), in whole and not in part, at a price of $0.01 per warrant:

The right to exercise will be forfeited unless the warrants are exercised prior to the date specified in the notice of redemption. On and after the redemption date, a record holder of a warrant will have no further rights except to receive the redemption price for such holder’s warrant upon surrender of such warrant.

The redemption criteria for our warrants have been established at a price which is intended to provide warrant holders a reasonable premium to the initial exercise price and provide a sufficient differential between the then-prevailing share price and the warrant exercise price so that if the share price declines as a result of our redemption call, the redemption will not cause the share price to drop below the exercise price of the warrants.

If the Company calls the warrants for redemption as described above, management of the Company will have the option to require all holders that wish to exercise warrants to do so on a “cashless basis.”

In addition, if (x) the Company issues additional shares of Common Stock or equity-linked securities for capital raising purposes in connection with the closing of the Initial Business Combination at an issue price or effective issue price of less than $9.50 per share of Common Stock (with such issue price or effective issue price to be determined in good faith by the Company’s board of directors), (y) the aggregate gross proceeds from such issuances represent more than 60% of the total equity proceeds, and interest thereon, available for funding the Initial Business Combination (net of redemptions), and (z) the volume weighted average trading price of the Common Stock during the 20 trading day period starting on the trading day prior to the day on which the Company consummates the Initial Business Combination (such price, the “Market Value”) is below $9.50 per share, the Warrant Price shall be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 115% of the Market Value, and the last sales price of the Common Stock that triggers the Company’s right to redeem the Warrants pursuant to Section 6.1 below shall be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 165% of the Market Value.

The Private Placement Warrants, as well as any warrants the Company issues to the Sponsor, officers, directors, initial stockholders or their affiliates in payment of working capital loans made to the Company, will be identical to the warrants underlying the Units being offered in the Initial Public Offering.

NOTE 8 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Management evaluated subsequent events and transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date, up to the date that the financial statements were issued. Based upon this review, other than as set forth below, management did not identify any subsequent events that would have required adjustment or disclosure in the financial statements.

April Extension

On April 16, 2024, the Company effected the fifth drawdown of $55,000 under the Third Extension Note and caused the Sponsor to deposit such sum into the Trust Account in connection with the extension of the Termination Date from April 17, 2024 to May 17, 2024. Such amounts will be distributed either to: (i) all of the holders of shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, issued as part of the units sold in the Initial Public Offering (“Public Shares”) upon the Company’s liquidation or (ii) holders of Public Shares who elect to have their shares redeemed in connection with (a) the vote to approve the Charter Extension Amendment or (b) the consummation of a business combination.

Business Combination Agreement

On May 9, 2024, the Company entered into a Business Combination Agreement (the “Business Combination Agreement”), by and among WinVest, WinVest Merger Sub I, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of WinVest, WinVest Merger Sub II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of WinVest, Xtribe P.L.C., a public limited company incorporated and registered in England and Wales with number 07878011 (“Xtribe PLC”), and Xtribe Group, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Xtribe PLC. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined have the meanings set forth in the Business Combination Agreement. The Business Combination Agreement and transactions contemplated therein were approved by the Company’s board of directors and the board of directors of Xtribe PLC.

Special Meeting of Stockholders

On May 13, 2024, the Company filed a definitive proxy statement with the SEC to amend its Certificate of Incorporation to extend the Termination Date from June 17, 2024 to the Charter Extension Date upon the deposit into the Trust Account of $30,000, to be loaned to the Company by the Sponsor or one or more of its affiliates, members or third-party designees, and to allow the Company, without another stockholder vote, to elect to extend the Termination Date to for up to five Additional Extensions, by resolution of the Company’s board of directors, if requested by the Company’s Sponsor, and upon five days’ advance notice prior to the applicable Termination Date, until December 17, 2024, or a total of up to six months after June 17, 2024, unless the closing of an Initial Business Combination shall have occurred prior thereto, subject to the deposit of an additional $30,000 per Additional Extension into the Trust Account by the Sponsor or its affiliates, members or third-party designees. If the proposal to extend the Termination Date is approved and effective, the Company’s stockholders may elect to redeem their shares of Common Stock. An electing stockholder will be entitled to receive a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest (net of taxes payable), divided by the number of then-outstanding shares of Common Stock issued as part of the units sold in the Initial Public Offering. This redemption right will apply to each public stockholder regardless of whether and how such holder votes on the proposal. The removal from the Trust Account of such amounts would reduce the amount remaining in the Trust Account and increase the percentage interest of the Company held by the Sponsor.

May Extension

On May 15, 2024, the Company effected the sixth drawdown of $55,000 under the Third Extension Note and caused the Sponsor to deposit such sum into the Trust Account in connection with the extension of the Termination Date from May 17, 2024, to June 17, 2024. Such amounts will be distributed either to: (i) all of the holders of Public Shares upon the Company’s liquidation or (ii) holders of Public Shares who elect to have their shares redeemed in connection with (a) the vote to approve the Charter Extension Amendment or (b) the consummation of a business combination.

Promissory Note Drawdown

The Sponsor plans to draw down approximately $90,000 on the October 2023 Promissory Note to replenish the Company’s operating account for funds to be used for tax obligations previously withdrawn from the Trust Account and inadvertently used for payments of general operating expenses.