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BROAD CAPITAL ACQUISITION CORP
FORM
10-Q FOR THE QUARTER ENDED
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements
BROAD CAPITAL ACQUISITION CORP
BALANCE SHEETS
(UNAUDITED)
| September 30, 2023 | December 31, 2022 | |||||||
| ASSETS | ||||||||
| Current Assets | ||||||||
| Cash | $ | $ | ||||||
| Total Current Assets | ||||||||
| Cash and Marketable Securities held in trust account | ||||||||
| Total Assets | $ | $ | ||||||
| LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT | ||||||||
| Current liabilities | ||||||||
| Accrued expenses | $ | $ | ||||||
| Accounts payable | ||||||||
| Franchise tax payable | ||||||||
| Income tax payable | ||||||||
| Extension loan | ||||||||
| Working capital loan | ||||||||
| Total Current Liabilities | ||||||||
| Deferred underwriter commission | ||||||||
| Total Liabilities | ||||||||
| Commitments and Contingencies | ||||||||
| Common Stock subject to possible redemption; shares (at $ per share) as of September 30, 2023 and shares (at $ per share) as of December 31, 2022 | ||||||||
| Stockholders’ Deficit | ||||||||
| Preference Shares, $ par value; shares authorized; issued and outstanding at September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 | ||||||||
| Common Stock, $ par value, shares authorized; issued and outstanding (excluding shares and shares subject to possible redemption on September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 respectively | ||||||||
| Additional paid-in capital | ||||||||
| Accumulated deficit | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Total Stockholders’ Deficit | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Deficit | $ | $ | ||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited financial statements.
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BROAD CAPITAL ACQUISITION CORP
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(unaudited)
| For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2023 | For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023 | For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2022 | For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022 | |||||||||||||
| Formation and operating costs | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||||
| Franchise tax | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||
| Loss from Operations | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||
| Other Income (Expenses) | ||||||||||||||||
| Interest expense | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||
| Interest earned on marketable securities held in trust account | ||||||||||||||||
| Net Income (Loss) Before Tax | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||
| Income tax | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||
| Net Income (Loss) | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | $ | ( | ) | ||||||
| Weighted average shares outstanding of Common Stock | ||||||||||||||||
| Basic and diluted net loss per share of Common Stock | $ | ) | $ | ) | $ | $ | ) | |||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited financial statements.
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BROAD CAPITAL ACQUISITION CORP
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2023
AND
FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
(UNAUDITED)
| Common Stock | Additional Paid-In | Accumulated | Total Stockholders’ | |||||||||||||||||
| Shares | Amount | Capital | Deficit | Deficit | ||||||||||||||||
| Balance – January 1, 2023 | $ | | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | |||||||||||
| Additional amount deposited into trust ($ per share of Common Stock subject to possible redemption) | - | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||
| Remeasurement of common stock subject to redemption | - | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||
| Net loss | - | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||
| Balance – March 31, 2023 | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||||||||||||
| Additional amount deposited into trust ($ per share of Common Stock subject to redemption for April and May; $ per Common Stock subject to possible redemption for June) | - | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||
| Remeasurement of common stock subject to redemption | - | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||
| Net income | - | |||||||||||||||||||
| Balance – June 30, 2023 | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||||||||||||
| Additional amount deposited into trust ($ per Common Stock subject to possible redemption) | - | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||
| Remeasurement of Common Stock subject to redemption | - | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||
| Net loss | - | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||
Balance – September 30, 2023 | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||||||||||||
| Common Stock | Additional Paid-In | Accumulated | Total Stockholders’ | |||||||||||||||||
| Shares | Amount | Capital | Deficit | Deficit | ||||||||||||||||
| Balance – January 1, 2022 | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ||||||||||||||
| Sale of Units in Initial Public Offering | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Class A Common Stock subject to possible redemption | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||
| Sale of Private Placement Units | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Offering and Underwriting costs | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||
| Forfeiture of Insider Shares | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Deferred underwriting commission | - | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||
| Re-classification | - | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||||
| Net loss | - | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||
| Balance – March 31, 2022 | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||
| Net loss | - | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||
| Balance – June 30, 2022 | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||||||||||||
| Net income | - | |||||||||||||||||||
| Remeasurement of Common Stock subject to redemption | - | |||||||||||||||||||
| Balance – September 30, 2022 | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited financial statements.
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BROAD CAPITAL ACQUISITION CORP
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(UNAUDITED)
| For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023 | For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022 | |||||||
| Cash flows from operating activities: | ||||||||
| Net loss | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||
| Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities: | ||||||||
| Interest earned on marketable securities held in Trust Account | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | ||||||||
| Account payables | ||||||||
| Accrued expenses | ( | ) | ||||||
| Income tax payable | ||||||||
| Franchise tax payable | ( | ) | ||||||
| Net cash used in operating activities | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Cash flows from investing activities: | ||||||||
| Cash withdrawn from Trust Account in connection with redemption | ||||||||
| Interest withdraws from Trust Account for taxes | ||||||||
| Investment of cash in Trust Account | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities | ( | ) | ||||||
| Cash flows from financing activities: | ||||||||
| Redemption of Common Stock | ( | ) | ||||||
| Proceeds from Working capital loan | ||||||||
| Proceeds from Extension loan | ||||||||
| Proceeds from sale of Units, net of IPO costs | ||||||||
| Proceeds from sale of Placement Units | ||||||||
| Repayment of Promissory note – related party | ( | ) | ||||||
| Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities | ( | ) | ||||||
| Net change in cash | ( | ) | ||||||
| Cash at the beginning of the period | ||||||||
| Cash at the end of the period | $ | $ | ||||||
| Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities: | ||||||||
| Extension Funds attributable to common stock subject to redemption | $ | $ | ||||||
| Accretion of Common Stock subject to redemption | $ | $ | ||||||
| Deferred underwriting fee payable | $ | $ | ||||||
| Initial Classification of Common Stock subject to redemption | $ | $ | ||||||
| Deferred offering costs paid for by Promissory note – related party | $ | $ | ||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited financial statements.
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BROAD CAPITAL ACQUISITION CORP
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
NOTE 1. DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION, BUSINESS OPERATIONS
Broad Capital Acquisition Corp (the “Company”) is a blank check company incorporated in the State of Delaware on April 16, 2021. The Company was formed for the purpose of acquiring, engaging in a share exchange, share reconstruction and amalgamation with, purchasing all or substantially all of the assets of, entering into contractual arrangements with, or engaging in any other similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities (“Business Combination”). The Company is not limited to a particular industry or sector for purposes of consummating a Business Combination.
The Financing
As of September 30, 2023, the Company had not commenced any operations. All activity from April 16, 2021 through September 30, 2023, relates to the Company’s formation, the Initial Public Offering (as defined below), and its pursuit of an initial Business Combination. The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of its initial Business Combination, at the earliest. The Company will generate 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 has selected December 31 as its fiscal year end. 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.
The
Company’s sponsor is Broad Capital LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”). The registration statement
for the Company’s Initial Public Offering was declared effective on January 10, 2022. On January 13, 2022, the Company closed its
Initial Public Offering of units (the “Units” and, with respect to the shares of common stock included in the
Units being offered, the “Public Shares”), at $ per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $
Simultaneously
with the consummation of the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the private placement of an aggregate of
units (the “Placement Units”) to the Sponsor at a price of $ per Placement Unit, generating total gross proceeds
of $
On
February 9, 2022, the underwriters partially exercised the over-allotment option and purchased an additional Units, generating
gross proceeds of $
Following the closing of the Initial Public Offering on January 13, 2022, an amount of $ ($ per Unit) from the net proceeds of the sale of the Units in the Initial Public Offering and a portion of the proceeds from the sale of the Placement Units was placed in a trust account (the “Trust Account”), located in the United States and held as cash items or may be invested in U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act, with a maturity of 185 days or less, or in any open-ended investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund meeting the conditions of Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act, as determined by the Company, until the earlier of: (i) the consummation of a Business Combination or (ii) the distribution of the funds in the Trust Account to the Company’s stockholders, as described below.
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Trust Account
The
Company’s management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering
and the sale of Placement Units, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally toward consummating
a Business Combination. There is no assurance that the Company will be able to complete a Business Combination successfully. The Company
must complete one or more initial Business Combinations with one or more operating businesses or assets with a fair market value equal
to at least
Upon the closing of the Initial Public Offering, management has agreed that an amount equal to at least $ per Unit sold in the Initial Public Offering, including proceeds of the Placement Units, will be held in a trust account (“Trust Account”), located in the United States and invested only in U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act, with a maturity of 185 days or less or in any open-ended investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund selected by the Company meeting certain conditions of Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act, as determined by the Company, until the earlier of: (i) the completion of a Business Combination and (ii) the distribution of the funds held in the Trust Account, as described below.
Redemption Option
The Company will provide the holders of the outstanding Public Shares (the “Public Stockholders”) with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Public Shares either (i) in connection with a stockholders meeting called to approve the Business Combination or (ii) by means of a tender offer in connection with the Business Combination. The decision as to whether the Company will seek stockholder approval of a Business Combination or conduct a tender offer will be made by the Company. The Public Stockholders will be entitled to redeem their Public Shares for a pro rata portion of the amount then in the Trust Account (initially anticipated to be $ per Public Share, plus any pro rata interest then in the Trust Account, net of taxes payable). The Public Shares subject to redemption will be recorded at a redemption value and classified as temporary equity upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering in accordance with the Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity”.
The
Company will not redeem Public Shares in an amount that would cause its net tangible assets to be less than $
Stockholder Approval
If, however, stockholder approval of the transaction is required by applicable law or stock exchange listing requirements, or the Company decides to obtain stockholder approval for business or other reasons, the Company will offer to redeem shares in conjunction with a proxy solicitation pursuant to the proxy rules and not pursuant to the tender offer rules. If the Company seeks stockholder approval in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor has agreed to vote its Insider shares (as defined in Note 5) and any Public Shares purchased during or after the Public Offering in favor of approving a Business Combination. Additionally, each Public Stockholder may elect to redeem their Public Shares without voting, and if they do vote, irrespective of whether they vote for or against the proposed transaction.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company seeks stockholder approval of a Business Combination and it does not conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules, the Certificate of Incorporation will provide that a Public Stockholder, together with any affiliate of such stockholder or any other person with whom such stockholder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined under Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), will be restricted from redeeming its shares with respect to more than an aggregate of 20% of the Public Shares, without the prior consent of the Company.
The holders of the Insider Shares have agreed (a) to waive their redemption rights with respect to the Insider Shares and Public Shares held by them in connection with the completion of a Business Combination and (b) not to propose an amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation (i) to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to allow redemptions in connection with a Business Combination or to redeem % of its Public Shares if the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period (as defined below) or (ii) with respect to any other provision relating to stockholders’ rights or pre-business combination activity, unless the Company provides the Public Stockholders with the opportunity to redeem their Public Shares in conjunction with any such amendment.
Openmarkets Merger Agreement
On January 18, 2023, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger and Business Combination Agreement (the “Openmarkets Merger Agreement” or “BCA”) with Openmarkets Group Pty Ltd., an Australian proprietary limited company (“Openmarkets” or the “Target”), BMYG OMG Pty Ltd., an Australian proprietary limited company and Broad Capital LLC, solely as the Company’s sponsor (collectively, the “Parties”). Pursuant to the Openmarkets Merger Agreement, prior to the closing (the “Closing”) of the contemplated transactions (collectively, the “Business Combination”), the Parties will cause the Company to move its domicile from the State of Delaware to Australia by merging a to-be-formed Delaware corporation (“Merger Sub”), which shall be wholly-owned by a to-be-formed Australian corporation (the “Purchaser”) with and into the Company, with the Company continuing as the surviving entity and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Purchaser (the “Redomestication Merger”).
As a result of the Redomestication Merger, (i) each issued and outstanding share of the Company’s common stock, par value $ per share (the “Company Common Stock”), will convert into the right to receive one ordinary share of the Purchaser (the “Purchaser Shares”); (ii) each of the Company’s units (the “Company Units”), comprised of one share of Company Common Stock and one right to receive one-tenth of one share of Company Common Stock upon the Closing (each a “Company Right”), shall convert into the right to receive one unit of the Purchaser, comprised of one Purchaser Share and one right to receive one-tenth of one Purchaser Share upon the Closing (each a “Purchaser Right”); and (iii) each Company Right shall be converted into the right to receive one Purchaser Right.
Following the Redomestication Merger, the Company will liquidate, and all assets of the Company shall be transferred to the Purchaser and all liabilities of the Company are, or shall be, assumed by the Purchaser (the “Liquidation”). Additionally, the Company will cause all of its contracts to be assigned to and assumed by the Purchaser. Also following the Redomestication Merger and the Liquidation, the Stockholder will contribute all of the issued and outstanding ordinary shares of the Target to the Purchaser in exchange for Purchaser Shares (the “Exchange Consideration”). The Purchaser Shares shall have a deemed value of $ per share for the purposes of all calculations and adjustments under the BCA, with such Exchange Consideration subject to adjustment based on the Target’s net indebtedness, working capital, and indemnification obligations following the Closing as detailed in the BCA (the “Acquisition Contribution and Exchange”). On August 4, 2023, the Company, the Target, the Seller, the Indemnified Party Representative, and the Purchaser entered into that certain BCA Amendment No. 1 (the “Amendment”) to (i) decrease the number of Purchaser Shares to be issued to the Seller as consideration at the Closing from to due to an updated valuation of the Target; (ii) amend certain schedules to the BCA to reflect the updated valuation of the Target; (iii) make clarifying changes to certain representations and conditions to the Closing; and (iv) extend the Outside Date (as defined in the BCA) from June 30, 2023 to January 1, 2024. The Amendment was made effective as of August 1, 2023.
Any adjustments to the Exchange Consideration shall be made from Purchaser Shares placed in escrow pursuant to an escrow agreement (the “Escrow Shares”), which Escrow Shares shall be released to either the Purchaser or the Stockholder based on the nature of the adjustment to the Exchange Consideration. Additionally, in the event the Target’s net working capital at the Closing (the “Net Working Capital”) exceeds the Target’s pre-Closing estimated net working capital (the “Estimated Net Working Capital”), the Stockholder will receive additional Purchaser Shares in an amount equal to the difference between the Net Working Capital and the Estimated Net Working Capital (the “Adjustment Exchange Consideration”). Further, in addition to the Escrow Shares and the Adjustment Exchange Consideration, an additional Purchaser Shares may be paid to the Stockholder based on certain performance benchmarks following the Closing as detailed in the BCA (the “Earnout”).
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Charter Amendment and Termination Date
On January 13, 2022, the “Company consummated its initial public offering (the “Offering”). In connection therewith, the Company entered into an Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated January 10, 2022 (the “Trust Agreement”), by and between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as trustee (“Continental”). The form of the Trust Agreement was initially filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-258943) for the Offering.
Pursuant to the Offering and the Trust Agreement, the Company had 12 months from the closing of the Offering to consummate its initial business combination, which expired on January 13, 2023 (the “Termination Date”). Prior to that, on January 10, 2023, the Company held a virtual special meeting of its stockholders, pursuant to due notice (the “January 2023 Stockholders Meeting”). At the January 2023 Stockholders Meeting, the Company’s stockholders entitled to vote cast their votes and approved a proposal to amend the Trust Agreement to extend the Termination Date for an additional nine one (1) month extensions until October 13, 2023 (the “First Trust Amendment”) by depositing into the Trust Account an additional $ per share for each one-month until October 13, 2023 unless the Closing of the Company’s initial business combination shall have occurred.
Also
at the January 2023 Stockholders Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved the First Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate
of Incorporation of the Company (the “Charter Amendment”) to extend the Termination Date as amended in the amended Trust
Agreement to extend the date by which the Company (i) may consummate a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase,
reorganization or similar business combination involving the Company and one or more businesses, which we refer to as a “business
combination,” (ii) cease its operations if it fails to complete such business combination, and (iii) redeem or repurchase 100%
of the Company’s common stock included as part of the units sold in the Company’s initial public offering (provided the Company
funds the monthly extension payments to the Trust Account) unless extended, the Company will (a) cease all operations except for the
purpose of winding up, (b) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the Public Shares,
at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned
on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to pay taxes (less up to $
On
June 9, 2023, the Company held an additional Special Meeting of Stockholders (the “June 2023 Stockholders Meeting”). At the
June 2023 Stockholders Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the Company’s Charter (a) to extend the
Termination Date again by which the Company has to consummate a business combination from October 13, 2023 by up to three (3) one-month
extensions to January 13, 2024 (the “Extended Termination Date”) and (b) to decrease the monthly extension fee from $
per share for each Public Share outstanding after giving effect to redemptions (in the aggregate, the “Monthly Extension Loan”)
to, in the aggregate, the “Adjusted Monthly Extension Loan,” as defined below, commencing on June 13, 2023. As amended, the
required payment for each monthly extension period shall constitute the deposit by Broad Capital LLC (or its affiliates or permitted
designees) into the Trust Account of $
The
Company also amended the Company’s Trust Agreement dated as of January 10, 2022, as amended on January 10, 2023, by and between
the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, allowing the Company reduce the amount of the Monthly Extension Loan
to $
At
the June 2023 Stockholders Meeting, the Company’s stockholders holding Public Shares of common stock exercised their
right to redeem their shares for cash at an approximate price of $ per share of the funds in the Trust Account. As a result, approximately
$
The
Company must deposit into the Trust Account $
As
reported on Form 8-K filed on June 15, 2023, on June 12, 2023, the Company caused to be deposited
$
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As
reported on Form 8-K filed on July 13, 2023, on July 7, 2023, the Company caused to be deposited
$
As
reported on Form 8-K filed on August 17, 2023, on
August 11, 2023, the Company caused to be deposited $
As reported on Form 8-K filed on September
20, 2023, on September 19, 2023, the Company caused to be deposited $
As
reported on Form 8-K filed on October 17, 2023, on
October 11, 2023, the Company caused to be deposited $
The
holders of the Insider Shares have agreed to waive their liquidation rights with respect to the Insider shares if the Company fails to
complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period. However, if the holders of Insider shares acquire Public Shares in or
after the Initial Public Offering, such Public Shares will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account if the Company
fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period. The underwriters have agreed to waive their rights to their deferred
underwriting commission (see Note 6) held in the Trust Account in the event the Company does not complete a Business Combination within
the Combination Period, and, in such event, such amounts will be included with the other funds held in the Trust Account that will be
available to fund the redemption of the Public Shares.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
As
of September 30, 2023, the Company had $
The
Company’s liquidity needs prior to the consummation of the Initial Public Offering were satisfied through the payment of $
Based on the foregoing, management believes that the Company will have sufficient working capital and borrowing capacity to meet its needs through the earlier of the consummation of a Business Combination or one year from this filing. Over this period, the Company will be using the funds held outside of the Trust Account for paying existing accounts payable, identifying and evaluating prospective initial Business Combination candidates, performing due diligence on prospective target businesses, paying for travel expenditures, selecting the target business to merge with or acquire, and structuring, negotiating and consummating the Business Combination.
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Going Concern Consideration
The Company expects to incur significant costs in pursuit of its financing and acquisition plans. In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-15, “Disclosures of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern,” management has determined that if the Company is unsuccessful in consummating an initial business combination within the prescribed period of time from the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the requirement that the Company cease all operations, redeem the Public Shares and thereafter liquidate and dissolve raises substantial doubt about the ability to continue as a going concern. The balance sheet does not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty. Management has determined that the Company has funds that are sufficient to fund the working capital needs of the Company until the consummation of an initial business combination or the winding up of the Company as stipulated in the Company’s amended and restated memorandum of association. The accompanying financial statement has been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”), which contemplate continuation of the Company as a going concern.
NOTE 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying financial statements are presented in U.S. Dollars and conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC.
Emerging Growth Company
The Company is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of 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 auditor 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 stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved.
Further, Section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or revised financial accounting standards until private companies (that is, those that have not had a Securities Act registration statement declared effective or do not have a class of securities registered under the Exchange Act) are required to comply with the new or revised financial accounting standards. The JOBS Act provides that a company can elect to opt out of the extended transition period and comply with the requirements that apply to non-emerging growth 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 financial statements with another public company which is neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging growth company which has opted out of using the extended transition period difficult or impossible because of the potential differences in accounting standards used.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires 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 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 financial statements, which management considered in formulating its estimate, could change in the near term due to one or more future confirming events. Accordingly, the actual results could differ significantly from those estimates.
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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
Marketable Securities Held in Trust Account
As
of September 30, 2023, substantially all of the assets held in the Trust Account were held in government securities (United States Treasury
Bills). As of September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the balance in the Trust Account was $
Deferred offering costs
Deferred offering costs consist of underwriting, legal, accounting, and other expenses incurred through the balance sheet date that are directly related to the Proposed Offering and that will be charged to stockholders’ equity upon the completion of the Proposed Offering. Should the Proposed Offering have proved to be unsuccessful, these deferred costs, as well as additional expenses incurred, would have been charged to operations.
The Company complies with accounting and disclosure requirements of ASC Topic 260, “Earnings Per Share.” Net loss per share is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of common stock outstanding during the period, excluding common stock subject to forfeiture. For the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and September 30, 2022, the Company did not have any dilutive securities and other contracts that could, potentially, be exercised or converted into common stock and then share in the earnings of the Company. As a result, diluted loss per share is the same as basic loss per share for the periods presented.
Concentration of Credit Risk
Financial
instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentration of credit risk consist of a cash account in a financial institution
which, at times may exceed the Federal depository insurance coverage of $
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 Measurements and Disclosures,” approximates the carrying amounts represented in the accompanying balance sheet, primarily due to their short-term nature.
Recent Accounting Standards
The Company’s management does not believe that any recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards updates, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the accompanying financial statement.
Risks and Uncertainties
Management is currently evaluating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the industry and has concluded that while it is reasonably possible that the virus could have a negative effect on the Company’s financial position, results of its operations, close of the Initial Public Offering, and/or search for a target company, the specific impact is not readily determinable as of the date of these financial statements. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
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NOTE 3. INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING
On
January 13, 2022, the Company closed its Initial Public Offering of Units at $ per Unit, generating gross proceeds of
$
As
of January 13, 2022, the Company closed its Initial Public Offering and incurred transaction costs of approximately $
On
February 9, 2022, the Underwriters partially exercised the over-allotment option and on February 10, 2022, purchased an additional
Units from the Company (the “Over-Allotment Units”), generating gross proceeds of $
NOTE 4. PRIVATE PLACEMENT
Simultaneously
with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Sponsor purchased an aggregate of Placement Units at a price of $ per
Placement Unit ($
The proceeds from the sale of the Placement Units were added to the net proceeds from the Initial Public Offering held in the Trust Account. The Placement Units are identical to the Units sold in the Initial Public Offering. If the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period, the proceeds from the sale of the Placement Units will be used to fund the redemption of the Public Shares (subject to the requirements of applicable law) and the Placement Units will expire worthless.
Simultaneously
with the closing of the Over-Allotment, the Company completed the private sale of an additional placement units at a purchase price
of $ per placement unit, to the Company’s sponsor, Broad Capital LLC, generating additional gross proceeds to the Company
of $
In
connection with the closing and sale of the Over-Allotment Units and the additional placement units (together, the “Over-Allotment
Closing”), a total of $
NOTE 5. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Insider shares
On
May 7, 2021, the Sponsor purchased insider shares for an aggregate purchase price of $
On May 25, 2021, the Sponsor transferred insider shares of Common Stock among our four independent directors, leaving insider shares held by our Sponsor.
Due to the over-allotment option being partially exercised by the underwriter on February 10, 2022 (see note 6), the Sponsor forfeited insider shares. As of September 30, 2023, there were insider shares issued and outstanding and no further insider shares are subject to forfeiture.
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Promissory Note – Related Party
On
April 16, 2021, the Sponsor issued an unsecured promissory note to the Company, pursuant to which the Company may borrow up to an aggregate
principal amount of $
Related Party Loans
In
order to finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor, or certain
of the Company’s officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required (“Working
Capital Loans”). Such Working Capital Loans would be evidenced by promissory notes. The notes may be repaid upon completion of
a Business Combination, with interest, or, at the lender’s discretion, up to $
Pursuant to the January 2023 Stockholder Meeting and the June 2023 Stockholder Meeting, each to extend the Termination Date and to provide for the payment of extension payments to the Trust Account, monthly Extension Loan advances have occurred on the Company’s behalf to fund the required payment by the Sponsor or its affiliate or designee into the Trust Account in exchange for a non-interest bearing, unsecured promissory note payable upon consummation of a business combination.
As
of September 30, 2023, there was $
No compensation of any kind, including any finder’s fee, reimbursement, consulting fee or monies in respect of any payment of a loan, will be paid by us to our sponsor, officers or directors or any affiliate of our sponsor, officers or directors prior to, or in connection with any services rendered in order to effectuate, the consummation of an initial business combination (regardless of the type of transaction that it is). However, these individuals will be reimbursed for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with activities on our behalf such as identifying potential target businesses and performing due diligence on suitable business combinations. Our audit committee will review on a quarterly basis all payments that were made to our sponsor, officers, directors or our or their affiliates and will determine which expenses and the amount of expenses that will be reimbursed. There is no cap or ceiling on the reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses incurred by such persons in connection with activities on our behalf.
Administrative Services Arrangement
Commencing
on the date the Units were first listed on the Nasdaq, the Company agreed to pay the Sponsor $
NOTE 6. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Registration Rights
The holders of the insider shares and Placement Units that may be issued upon conversion of Working Capital Loans (and any shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Placement Units or units issued upon conversion of the Working Capital Loans and upon conversion of the Insider shares) will be entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration rights agreement to be signed prior to or on the effective date of Initial Public Offering requiring the Company to register such securities for resale. The holders of these securities will be entitled to make up to three demands, excluding short form registration demands, that the Company register such securities. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to completion of a Business Combination and rights to require the Company to register for resale such securities pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act. However, the registration rights agreement provides that the Company will not be required to effect or permit any registration or cause any registration statement to become effective until the securities covered thereby are released from their lock-up restrictions. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.
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Underwriting Agreement
On
February 9, 2022, the Underwriters partially exercised the over-allotment option and on February 10, 2022, purchased an additional
Units from the Company (the “Over-Allotment Units”), generating gross proceeds of $
The
underwriters were entitled to a cash underwriting discount of $ per Unit, or $
On
February 10, 2022, the underwriters purchased an additional Option Units pursuant to the exercise of the over-allotment option.
The Option Units were sold at an offering price of $ per Unit, generating additional gross proceeds to the Company of $
NOTE 7. STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
Common
Stock — Our Certificate of Incorporation authorizes the Company to issue shares of common stock with a par
value of $ per share.
Preferred Shares — The Company is authorized to issue shares of preferred stock 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. On September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, there were preferred shares issued or outstanding.
Rights
—
The Company will not issue fractional shares in connection with an exchange of Public Rights. Fractional shares will either be rounded down to the nearest whole share or otherwise addressed in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law. As a result, the holders of the Public Rights must hold rights in multiples of 10 in order to receive shares for all of the holders’ rights upon closing of a Business Combination.
NOTE 8. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
On
October 11, 2023, the Company elected to exercise its tenth-monthly extension to the Termination Date, which extended its deadline to
complete its initial business combination from October 13, 2023 to November 13, 2023, by depositing $ per share for each Public
Share outstanding after giving effect to the redemptions disclosed above, or approximately $
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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
References in this report (the “Quarterly Report”) to “we,” “us” or the “Company” refer to Broad Capital Acquisition Corp. References to our “management” or our “management team” refer to our officers and directors, and references to the “Sponsor” refer to Broad Capital, LLC. The following discussion and analysis of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the notes thereto contained elsewhere in this Quarterly Report. Certain information contained in the discussion and analysis set forth below includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.
Special 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 and Section 21E of the Exchange Act that are not historical facts and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expected and projected. All statements other than statements of historical fact included in this Form 10-Q including statements in this “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” regarding the Company’s financial position, business strategy and the plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. Words such as “expect,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate,” “seek” and variations and similar words and expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements relate to future events or future performance, but reflect management’s current beliefs, based on information currently available. A number of factors could cause actual events, performance or results to differ materially from the events, performance and results discussed in the forward-looking statements. For information identifying important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements, please refer to the Risk Factors section of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ending December 31, 2022 filed with the SEC on March 17, 2023. The Company’s securities filings can be accessed on the EDGAR section of the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Except as expressly required by applicable securities law, the Company disclaims 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 as a Delaware corporation and formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination (“Business Combination”) with one or more businesses. We intend to effectuate our initial Business Combination using cash from the proceeds our initial public offering (“Initial Public Offering”) and the private placement of the placement units (“Placement Units”), the proceeds of the sale of our shares in connection with our initial Business Combination (pursuant to backstop agreements we may enter into), shares issued to the owners of the target, debt issued to banks or other lenders or the owners of the target, or a combination of the foregoing.
The issuance of additional shares of common stock in connection with an initial Business Combination to the owners of the target or other investors:
| ● | may significantly dilute the equity interest of investors in our Initial Public Offering, which dilution would increase if the anti-dilution provisions in the insider shares resulted in the issuance of common stock on a greater than one-to-one basis; | |
| ● | may subordinate the rights of holders of our common stock if preferred stock is issued with rights senior to those afforded our common stock; | |
| ● | could cause a change in control if a substantial number of shares of our common stock is issued, which may affect, among other things, our ability to use our net operating loss carry forwards, if any, and could result in the resignation or removal of our present officers and directors; |
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| ● | may have the effect of delaying or preventing a change of control of us by diluting the stock ownership or voting rights of a person seeking to obtain control of us; and | |
| ● | may adversely affect prevailing market prices for our common stock and/or rights. |
Similarly, if we issue debt securities or otherwise incur significant debt to banks or other lenders or the owners of a target, it could result in:
| ● | default and foreclosure on our assets if our operating revenues after an initial Business Combination are insufficient to repay our debt obligations; | |
| ● | acceleration of our obligations to repay the indebtedness even if we make all principal and interest payments when due if we breach certain covenants that require the maintenance of certain financial ratios or reserves without a waiver or renegotiation of that covenant; | |
| ● | our immediate payment of all principal and accrued interest, if any, if the debt security is payable on demand; | |
| ● | our inability to obtain necessary additional financing if the debt security contains covenants restricting our ability to obtain such financing while the debt security is outstanding; | |
| ● | our inability to pay dividends on our common stock; | |
| ● | using a substantial portion of our cash flow to pay principal and interest on our debt, which will reduce the funds available for dividends on our common stock if declared, our ability to pay expenses, make capital expenditures and acquisitions, and fund other general corporate purposes; | |
| ● | limitations on our flexibility in planning for and reacting to changes in our business and in the industry in which we operate; | |
| ● | increased vulnerability to adverse changes in general economic, industry and competitive conditions and adverse changes in government regulation; | |
| ● | limitations on our ability to borrow additional amounts for expenses, capital expenditures, acquisitions, debt service requirements, and execution of our strategy; and | |
| ● | other purposes and other disadvantages compared to our competitors who have less debt. |
We expect to continue to incur significant costs in the pursuit of our acquisition plans. We cannot assure you that our plans to complete our initial Business Combination will be successful.
Results of Operations
We have neither engaged in any operations nor generated any revenues to date. Our only activities since inception have been organizational activities and those necessary to prepare for our Initial Public Offering, described below, and identifying a target for our initial Business Combination. We do not expect to generate any operating revenues until after completion of our initial Business Combination. We generated non-operating income in the form of interest income on marketable securities held in the Trust Account of $2,088,010 for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. We incur expenses as a result of being a public company (for legal, financial reporting, accounting and auditing compliance), as well as for due diligence expenses in connection with completing our initial Business Combination and have a net loss of $497,939 for the nine months ended September 30, 2023.
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Liquidity and Capital Resources
On January 13, 2022, we consummated our Initial Public Offering of 10,000,000 Units at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $10,000,000 and incurring transaction costs of $6,917,226, of which $3,500,000 was for deferred underwriting commissions. On February 9, 2022, the Underwriters partially exercised the over-allotment option and on February 10, 2022, purchased an additional 159,069 Units from the Company (the “Over-Allotment Units”), generating gross proceeds of $1,590,690, and forfeited the remainder of the option.
Simultaneously with the consummation of the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the private placement of an aggregate of 446,358 units (the “Placement Units”) to the Sponsor at a price of $10.00 per Placement Unit, generating total gross proceeds of $4,463,580 (the “Private Placement”). With the exercise of the overallotment, the Company consummated the Private Placement of an additional 4,772 Placement Units to Broad Capital LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”), generating gross proceeds of $47,720.
We intend to use substantially all of the funds held in the trust account, including any amounts representing interest earned on the trust account (less deferred underwriting commissions), to complete our initial business combination. We may withdraw interest to pay taxes. We estimate our annual franchise tax obligations, based on the number of shares of our common stock currently authorized and outstanding, to be $200,000, which is the maximum amount of annual franchise taxes payable by us as a Delaware corporation per annum, which we may pay from funds from this IPO held outside of the trust account or from interest earned on the funds held in our trust account and released to us for this purpose. Our annual income tax obligations will depend on the amount of interest and other income earned on the amounts held in the trust account. We expect the interest earned on the amount in the trust account will be sufficient to pay our income taxes. To the extent that our capital stock or debt is used, in whole or in part, as consideration to complete our initial business combination, the remaining proceeds held in the trust account will be used as working capital to finance the operations of the target business or businesses, make other acquisitions and pursue our growth strategies.
As of September 30, 2023, we had cash and marketable securities held in the Trust Account of $49,697,783 following the further redemptions happened in June 9, 2023 by holders of 1,409,026 of the Company’s Public Shares for cash at an approximate price of $10.62 per share, for an aggregate of approximately $15.05 million plus the addition of six extension payments of $1,341,451 deposited in the Trust Account. We intend to use substantially all of the funds held in the trust account, including any amounts representing interest earned on the Trust Account, excluding deferred underwriting commissions, to complete our business combination. We may withdraw interest from the trust account to pay taxes, if any. To the extent that our share capital or debt is used, in whole or in part, as consideration to complete our business combination, the remaining proceeds held in the Trust Account will be used as working capital to finance the operations of the target business or businesses, make other acquisitions and pursue our growth strategies.
As of September 30, 2023, we had cash of $11,634 outside of the Trust Account. To the extent we do not complete the Business Combination with the Target, we intend to use the funds held outside the Trust Account primarily to identify and evaluate target businesses, perform business due diligence on prospective target businesses, travel to and from the offices, plants or similar locations of prospective target businesses or their representatives or owners, review corporate documents and material agreements of prospective target businesses, structure, negotiate and complete a business combination.
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 chief executive officer or certain of our officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds on an interest-bearing basis as may be required. If we complete our initial business combination, we will repay such loaned amounts. In the event that our initial business combination does not close, we may use a portion of the working capital held outside the trust account to repay such loaned amounts but no proceeds from our trust account would be used for such repayment.
Up to $1,500,000 of such loans may be convertible into units, at a price of $10.00 per unit at the option of the lender, upon consummation of our initial business combination. The units would be identical to the placement units. Other than as described above, the terms of such loans by our officers and directors, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans. We do not expect to seek loans from parties other than our sponsor or an affiliate of our CEO as we do not believe third parties will be willing to loan such funds and provide a waiver against any and all rights to seek access to funds in our trust account.
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We expect our primary liquidity requirements during the 18-month period subsequent to our IPO to include approximately $390,000 for legal, accounting, due diligence, travel and other expenses associated with structuring, negotiating and documenting successful business combinations; $60,000 for legal and accounting fees related to regulatory reporting requirements; $180,000 for office space, utilities and secretarial and administrative support; and approximately $20,000 for working capital that will be used for miscellaneous expenses and reserves.
These amounts are estimates and may differ materially from our actual expenses. In addition, we could use a portion of the funds not being placed in trust to pay commitment fees for financing, fees to consultants to assist us with our search for a target business or as a down payment or to fund a “no-shop” provision (a provision designed to keep target businesses from “shopping” around for transactions with other companies or investors on terms more favorable to such target businesses) with respect to a particular proposed initial business combination, although we do not have any current intention to do so. If we entered into an agreement where we paid for the right to receive exclusivity from a target business, the amount that would be used as a down payment or to fund a “no-shop” provision would be determined based on the terms of the specific business combination and the amount of our available funds at the time. Our forfeiture of such funds (whether as a result of our breach or otherwise) could result in our not having sufficient funds to continue searching for, or conducting due diligence with respect to, prospective target businesses.
We do not believe we will need to raise additional funds in order to meet the expenditures required for operating our business. However, if our estimates of the costs of identifying a target business, undertaking in-depth due diligence and negotiating an initial business combination are less than the actual amount necessary to do so, we may have insufficient funds available to operate our business prior to our initial business combination. Moreover, we may need to obtain additional financing either to complete our initial business combination or because we become obligated to redeem a significant number of our Public Shares upon completion of our initial business combination, in which case we may issue additional securities or incur debt in connection with such business combination. In addition, we intend to target businesses larger than we could acquire with the net proceeds of the IPO and the sale of the placement units and may as a result be required to seek additional financing to complete such proposed initial business combination. Subject to compliance with applicable securities laws, we would only complete such financing simultaneously with the completion of our initial business combination.
If we are unable to raise such additional capital, we may be required to take additional measures to conserve liquidity, which could include, but not necessarily be limited to, curtailing operations, suspending the pursuit of a potential transaction, and reducing overhead expenses. We cannot provide any assurance that new financing will be available to us on commercially acceptable terms, if at all. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for a reasonable period of time, which is considered to be one year from the issuance date of the financial statements.
Going Concern
In connection with our assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with Financial Accounting Standard Board’s Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-15, “Disclosures of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern,” we have until January 13, 2024 to consummate a Business Combination provided that the Sponsor (or its affiliates or permitted designees) will deposit into the Trust Account an additional $0.0331 per share for each month until January 13, 2024 after the June 2023 Stockholders Meeting.. It is uncertain that we will be able to consummate a Business Combination by this time. If a Business Combination is not consummated by this date, there will be a mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution. Management has determined that the mandatory liquidation, should a Business Combination not occur, and potential subsequent dissolution raises substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.
Off-Balance Sheet Financing Arrangements
We have no obligations, assets or liabilities, which would be considered off-balance sheet arrangements as of September 30, 2023. 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.
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Contractual Obligations
We do not have any long-term debt, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations or long-term liabilities, other than an agreement to pay an affiliate of our Sponsor a monthly fee of $10,000 for office space, utilities and administrative support provided to the Company. We began incurring these fees on January 13, 2022 and will continue to incur these fees monthly until the earlier of the completion of the initial Business Combination and the Company’s liquidation. For the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and the nine months ended September 30, 2022, $1,939,085 and $829,034 of expense was recorded and included in formation and operating costs in the statement of operations.
The underwriter is entitled to deferred commissions of $3,555,674 from the Units sold in the Initial Public Offering. The deferred commissions will become payable to the underwriter from the amounts held in the Trust Account solely in the event that we complete a Business Combination, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement.
Critical Accounting Policies
The preparation of 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 financial statements, and income and expenses during the periods reported. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates. We have not identified any critical accounting policies.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Management does not believe that any recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting pronouncements, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on our condensed financial statements.
JOBS Act
The JOBS Act contains provisions that, among other things, relax certain reporting requirements for qualifying public companies. We will qualify as an “emerging growth company” and under the JOBS Act will be allowed to comply with new or revised accounting pronouncements based on the effective date for private (not publicly traded) companies. We are electing to delay the adoption of new or revised accounting standards, and as a result, we may not comply with new or revised accounting standards on the relevant dates on which adoption of such standards is required for non-emerging growth companies. As a result, our financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with new or revised accounting pronouncements as of public company effective dates.
Subject to certain conditions set forth in the JOBS Act, if, as an “emerging growth company,” we choose to rely on such exemptions we may not be required to, among other things, (i) provide an auditor’s attestation report on our system of internal controls over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404, (ii) provide all of the compensation disclosure that may be required of non-emerging growth public companies under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, (iii) comply with any requirement that may be adopted by the PCAOB regarding mandatory audit firm rotation or a supplement to the auditor’s report providing additional information about the audit and the financial statements (auditor discussion and analysis) and (iv) disclose certain executive compensation related items such as the correlation between executive compensation and performance and comparisons of the CEO’s compensation to median employee compensation. These exemptions will apply for a period of five years following the completion of our IPO or until we are no longer an “emerging growth company,” whichever is earlier.
ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
As of September 30, 2023, we were not subject to any market or interest rate risk. Following the consummation of our initial public offering, the net proceeds received into the Trust Account, have been invested in U.S. government treasury bills, notes or bonds with a maturity of 185 days or less or in certain money market funds that invest solely in U.S. treasuries. Due to the short-term nature of these investments, we believe there will be no associated material exposure to interest rate risk.
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ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Disclosure controls and procedures are controls and other procedures that are 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 our management, including our Chief Executive Officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in our Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer 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 principal executive officer and principal financial and accounting officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2023, as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act. Based on this evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial and accounting officer have concluded that during the period covered by this report, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective at a reasonable assurance level and, accordingly, provided reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed by us in reports filed under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
During the most recently completed fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2023, there was no change in our internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
None.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
As of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, there have been no material changes to the risk factors disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K covering the period from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022 filed with the SEC, except we may disclose changes to such factors or disclose additional factors from time to time in our future filings with the SEC. Any of these factors could result in a significant or material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial condition. Additional risk factors not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also impair our business or results of operations.
Item 2. Unregistered Sale of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.
None.
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
None.
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Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
Not Applicable.
Item 5. Other Information
None.
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
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SIGNATURES
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, thereunto duly authorized.
| Broad Capital Acquisition Corp | ||
| Date: November 13, 2023 | By: | /s/ Johann Tse |
| Johann Tse | ||
| Chief Executive Officer | ||
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