SEC Form 10-Q filed by Columbus Acquisition Corp
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COLUMBUS ACQUISITION CORP
FORM 10-Q
FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED MARCH 31, 2026
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements (Unaudited)
COLUMBUS ACQUISITION CORP
CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS
| March 31, 2026 |
December 31, 2025 |
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| Assets | ||||||||
| Current Assets | ||||||||
| Cash | $ | $ | ||||||
| Prepaid expenses | ||||||||
| Total Current Assets | ||||||||
| Demand Deposit in Trust Account | ||||||||
| Total Assets | $ | $ | ||||||
| Liabilities, Shares Subject to Possible Redemption, and Shareholders’ (Deficit) Equity | ||||||||
| Current Liabilities | ||||||||
| Accounts payable and accrued expenses | $ | $ | ||||||
| Due to a related party – administrative expenses | ||||||||
| Due to target | ||||||||
| Total Current Liabilities | ||||||||
| Total Liabilities | ||||||||
| Commitments and Contingencies (Note 6) | ||||||||
| Ordinary shares subject to possible redemption, $ | ||||||||
| Shareholders’ (Deficit) Equity | ||||||||
| Preference shares, $ | ||||||||
| Ordinary shares, $ | ||||||||
| (Accumulated deficit) Retained earnings | ( | ) | ||||||
| Total Shareholders’ (Deficit) Equity | ( | ) | ||||||
| Total Liabilities, Shares Subject to Possible Redemption, and Shareholders’ (Deficit) Equity | $ | $ | ||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.
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COLUMBUS ACQUISITION CORP
UNAUDITED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
For the Three Months Ended March 31, | For the Three Months Ended March 31, | |||||||
| 2026 | 2025 | |||||||
| General and administrative expenses | $ | $ | ||||||
| Loss from operations | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Other income: | ||||||||
| Interest earned on demand deposit in Trust Account | ||||||||
| Income before income taxes | ||||||||
| Income taxes provision | ||||||||
| Net income | $ | $ | ||||||
| Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding, ordinary shares subject to possible redemption | ||||||||
| Basic and diluted net income per share, ordinary shares subject to possible redemption | $ | $ | ||||||
| Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding, non-redeemable ordinary shares | (1) | |||||||
| Basic and diluted net loss per share, non-redeemable ordinary shares | $ | $ | ||||||
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.
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COLUMBUS
ACQUISITION CORP
UNAUDITED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2026
| Ordinary Shares | Additional Paid-in | Retained Earnings (Accumulated | Total Shareholders’ Equity | |||||||||||||||||
| Shares | Amount | Capital | Deficit) | (Deficit) | ||||||||||||||||
| Balance – December 31, 2025 | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||
| Accretion of carrying value to redemption value | — | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||
| Extension fees deposited into trust account | — | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||
| Net income | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| Balance – March 31, 2026 | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||||||||||||
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2025
| Ordinary Shares | Additional Paid-in | Retained Earnings (Accumulated | Total Shareholders’ Equity | |||||||||||||||||
| Shares (1) | Amount | Capital | Deficit) | (Deficit) | ||||||||||||||||
| Balance – December 31, 2024 | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||||||||||||
| Issuance of Private Placement Units net of issuance cost of $ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Issuance of Public Rights net of issuance costs of $ | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| Issuance of Representative Shares | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Issuance of independent director shares | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| Accretion of carrying value to redemption value | — | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||
| Net income | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| Balance – March 31, 2025 | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||
| (1) | Ordinary shares have been retroactively restated to reflect the Sponsor’s forfeiture of |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.
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COLUMBUS
ACQUISITION CORP
UNAUDITED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
| For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2026 | For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2025 | |||||||
| Cash Flows from Operating Activities: | ||||||||
| Net income | $ | $ | ||||||
| Adjustment to reconcile net income to net cash used in operating activities: | ||||||||
| Stock-based compensation | ||||||||
| Interest earned on demand deposit in Trust Account | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | ||||||||
| Due to a related party – administrative expenses | ||||||||
| Prepaid expenses | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Accounts payable and accrued expenses | ( | ) | ||||||
| Net Cash Used in Operating Activities | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Cash Flows from Investing Activities: | ||||||||
| Cash withdrawn from Trust Account to pay public shareholder redemptions | ||||||||
| Cash deposit into Trust Account | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Net Cash Used in Investing Activities | ( | ) | ||||||
| Cash Flows from Financing Activities: | ||||||||
| Proceeds from sale of public units | ||||||||
| Payment of public shareholder redemptions | ( | ) | ||||||
| Proceeds from sale of private placement units | ||||||||
| Payment of underwriter commissions | ( | ) | ||||||
| Repayment of promissory note - related party | ( | ) | ||||||
| Proceeds from due to target | ||||||||
| Payment of offering costs | ( | ) | ||||||
| Net Cash (Used in) Provided by Financing Activities | ( | ) | ||||||
| Net Change in Cash | ( | ) | ||||||
| Cash, Beginning of Year | ||||||||
| Cash, End of Year | $ | |||||||
| Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information: | ||||||||
| Accretion of carrying value to redemption value | $ | $ | ||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed financial statements.
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COLUMBUS
ACQUISITION CORP
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
March 31, 2026
Note 1 — Organization, Business Operation and Going Concern Consideration
Columbus Acquisition Corp (the “Company” or “CAC”) is a blank check company incorporated in the Cayman Islands on
As of March 31, 2026, the Company had not commenced any operations. For the period from January 18, 2024 (inception) through March 31, 2026, the Company’s efforts had been limited to organizational activities as well as activities related to completing the initial public offering (“IPO”) described below, and subsequent to the IPO, identifying a target company for a Business Combination. The Company will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of a Business Combination, at the earliest. The Company will generate non-operating income in the form of dividend and/or interest income from the proceeds derived from the IPO and sale of Private Placement Units (as defined below).
The Company’s management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the IPO and the sale of the Private Placements 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’s founder and sponsor is Hercules Capital Management VII Corp, a British Virgin Islands company (the “Sponsor”). The Company’s ability to commence operations was contingent upon obtaining adequate financial resources through the IPO (see Note 3) and the Private Placement (as defined below) to the initial shareholder (see Note 4).
On January 24, 2025, the Company consummated its IPO of
Simultaneously with the consummation of the IPO and the sale of the Units, the Company consummated the private placement (“Private Placement”) of
Transaction costs amounted to $
In conjunction with the IPO, the Company issued to the underwriter
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The Company’s initial Business Combination must occur with one or more target businesses that together have an aggregate fair market value of at least
Upon the closing of the IPO, management has agreed that at least $
The Company will provide its public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their public shares upon either (i) the completion of the initial Business Combination, (ii) if the Company is unable to complete the initial Business Combination within the prescribed combination period, subject to applicable law, or (iii) a shareholder vote to amend the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association (A) to modify the substance or timing of the obligation to redeem
The Company has determined not to consummate any Business Combination unless the Company has net tangible assets of at least $
Proposed Transactions
On November 9, 2025, the Company entered into a business combination agreement (as it may be amended, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “BCA”) with WISeSat.Space Holdings Corp., a British Virgin Islands business company (“Pubco”), WISeSat Merger Sub Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Pubco (“Merger Sub”), WISeSat.Space Corp., a British Virgin Islands business company (the “Target”), and WISeKey International Holding Ltd., a Swiss company (together with its successors, including after its anticipated domestication to the British Virgin Islands prior to the Closing, the “Seller”). Pursuant to the BCA, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, upon the closing of the transactions contemplated by the BCA (the “Closing”), CAC will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Pubco; and each issued and outstanding CAC Security (as defined in the BCA) immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger (as defined in the BCA) shall no longer be outstanding and shall automatically be cancelled, in exchange for the right of the holder thereof to receive Pubco Ordinary Shares. Following the Merger, the Seller may distribute up to
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The Transactions will be submitted to shareholders of the Company for approval at an extraordinary general meeting. Pubco, together with the Company, will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a proxy statement/prospectus on Form F-4 (the “Business Combination Proxy Statement”) in connection with the proposed Transactions. On December 29, 2025, CAC and WISeKey International Holding AG jointly announced the confidential submission of a draft of the Business Combination Proxy Statement by Pubco with the SEC on December 23, 2025. Pursuant to the Company’s Charter, the Company currently has until January 22, 2027 to complete the Transactions, if fully extended.
Share Exchange Consideration
Immediately prior to the Effective Time, in full payment for the Company Shares, Pubco shall issue and deliver to the Seller the Exchange Shares with an aggregate value (the “Exchange Consideration”) equal to the sum of (i) Two Hundred Fifty Million U.S. Dollars ($
The Pubco Class F Shares shall, in the aggregate, be entitled to
Treatment of CAC Securities; Merger Consideration
Pursuant to the BCA, (a) immediately prior to the Effective Time, every issued and outstanding CAC Unit shall be automatically detached, and the holder thereof shall be deemed to hold one CAC Ordinary Share and one CAC Right in accordance with the terms of the applicable CAC Unit (the “Unit Separation”); (b) immediately prior to the Effective Time and immediately following the Unit Separation, each issued and outstanding CAC Right (including the CAC Rights held as a result of the Unit Separation) shall be automatically converted into one-seventh of one CAC Ordinary Share; (c) at the Effective Time, every issued and outstanding CAC Ordinary Share (including each CAC Ordinary Share converted from CAC Rights pursuant to (b) above and each CAC Ordinary Share held as a result of the Unit Separation, other than the Excluded Shares, the Dissenting Shares and the Redeemed Shares (each as defined in the BCA)) shall become and be converted automatically into the right to receive one Pubco Ordinary Share, following which, all CAC Ordinary Shares shall cease to be outstanding and shall automatically be canceled and shall cease to exist.
At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger, all Merger Sub Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into an equal number ordinary shares of the Surviving Company, with the same rights, powers and privileges as the shares so converted and shall constitute the only outstanding issued shares of the Surviving Company.
Sponsor Agreement
Simultaneously with the execution and delivery of the BCA, CAC, the Target, Pubco and the Sponsor entered into a sponsor agreement (the “Sponsor Agreement”). Pursuant to the Sponsor Agreement, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, the Sponsor agreed, among other things, (a) to vote in favor of the BCA and the Transactions and against any alternative transaction; (b) during the term of the Sponsor Agreement, not to transfer and to cause its affiliates not to transfer any of the Sponsor Shares (as defined therein) except as permitted thereby; (c) during the term of the Sponsor Agreement, not to redeem any Sponsor Shares (as defined therein) and convert all CAC rights held by it into the underlying CAC Ordinary Shares; (d) to pay for CAC Expenses (as defined in the BCA) in excess of the CAC Expense Cap (as defined in the BCA); (e) to take timely actions to extend CAC’s deadline to complete the Business Combination as necessary to consummate the Closing; and (f) that any working capital loans made to CAC (including for any Extension Payments) will at the Closing be either, as requested by the Target, repaid in cash or converted into CAC Working Capital Units in accordance with the IPO Prospectus (excluding after CAC has fully utilized its existing working capital as of the Signing Date, up to $
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Insider Letter Amendment
Simultaneously with the execution and delivery of the BCA, CAC, Pubco, the Sponsor, the Target and CAC’s directors and officers entered into an amendment (the “Insider Letter Amendment”) to the letter agreement that was entered into by and among CAC, the Sponsor and certain other member of CAC’s board of directors and/or management team on January 22, 2025 (the “Insider Letter”). Pursuant to the Insider Letter Amendment, the parties amended the letter agreement to (a) give the Target and Pubco rights to enforce the terms of the Insider Letter; (b) effective as of the Closing, assign the rights and obligations of CAC under the Insider Letter to Pubco; and (c) provide that the lock-up period applicable to the Pubco Ordinary Shares issued in exchange for the Founder Shares (as defined in the BCA) pursuant to the BCA will be identical to the lock-up period set forth in the Lock-Up Agreement (as defined below).
Lock-up Agreement
Simultaneously with the execution and delivery of the BCA, CAC, Pubco and the Seller entered into a lock-up agreement (the “Lock-up Agreement”), which, among other things, provides for certain restrictions on the transfer of certain Pubco Ordinary Shares by the Seller and other holders who become Pubco’s shareholders as a result of the Seller Distribution following the Closing, as further described below and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Lock-up Agreement.
Pursuant to the Lock-up Agreement, from and after the Closing, the Seller and other holders who become Pubco shareholders as a result of the Seller Distribution shall not Transfer (as defined in the Lock-up Agreement) any of the Restricted Securities (as defined in the Lock-up Agreement) until the earlier of: (a) the six month anniversary of the date of the Closing; (b) the date (but not less than 60 days after the Closing) on which the closing price of the Pubco Ordinary Shares exceeds $
January 2026 Extension Meeting
On January 16, 2026, the Company held an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders (the “Extraordinary General Meeting”), where the shareholders of the Company approved the proposal (the “Charter Amendment Proposal”) that the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, which provided that the Company has until January 22, 2026 to complete a business combination, be deleted in their entirety and the substitution in their place of the Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association (the “Amended Charter”) to provide that the Company has until January 22, 2026 to complete a business combination, and may elect to extend the period to consummate a business combination up to twelve times, each by an additional one-month extension (the “Monthly Extension”), for a total of up to twelve months to January 22, 2027 (the “Combination Period”). In order to effectuate each Monthly Extensions, $
On January 16, 2026, the Company and the Trustee entered into the amendment to the Investment Management Trust Agreement dated January 22, 2025 (as amended, the “Trust Agreement”) upon the shareholders’ approval at the Extraordinary General Meeting, which provides that that the Trustee must commence liquidation of the Trust Account by the prescribed timeline as provided in the Company’s Amended Charter.
In connection with the votes to approve the Charter Amendment Proposal,
The Company will have until January 22, 2027 (if fully extended) to complete its initial Business Combination. If the Company is unable to complete its initial Business Combination by January 22, 2027 (if fully extended), the Company will: (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) 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 the Company to pay our taxes (less up to $
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Going Concern Consideration
As of March 31, 2026, the Company had $
In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with ASC Subtopic 205-40, Presentation of Financial Statements - Going Concern, the Company may need to raise additional capital through loans or additional investments from its Sponsor, shareholders, officers, directors, or third parties. The Company’s officers, directors and Sponsor may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds, from time to time or at any time, in whatever amount they deem reasonable in their sole discretion, to meet the Company’s working capital needs. Accordingly, the Company may not be able to obtain additional financing. If the Company is unable to raise additional capital, it 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. The Company cannot provide any assurance that new financing will be available to it on commercially acceptable terms, if at all.
The Company’s liquidity condition raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period of time within one year after the date that the accompanying financial statements are issued. Management plans to address this uncertainty through seeking new financing to complete a Business Combination. If a Business Combination is not consummated by the end of the Combination Period, currently January 22, 2027 (if fully extended), and the Combination Period is not extended, there will be a mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution of the Company, which also raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. No adjustments have been made to the carrying amounts of assets or liabilities should the Company be required to liquidate after the Combination Period. The Company intends to complete the initial Business Combination before the end of the Combination Period. However, there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to consummate any Business Combination by the end of the Combination Period.
Risks and Uncertainties
Various social and political circumstances in the U.S. and around the world (including rising trade tensions between the U.S. and China, and other uncertainties regarding actual and potential shifts in the U.S. and foreign, trade, economic and other policies with other countries), may contribute to increased market volatility and economic uncertainties or deterioration in the U.S. and worldwide.
As a result of these circumstances and the ongoing global conflicts and/or other future global conflicts, the Company’s ability to consummate a Business Combination, or the operations of a target business with which the Company ultimately consummates a Business Combination, may be materially and adversely affected. In addition, the Company’s ability to consummate a transaction may be dependent on the ability to raise equity and debt financing which may be impacted by these events, including as a result of increased market volatility, or decreased market liquidity in third-party financing being unavailable on terms acceptable to the Company or at all. The impact of this action and related sanctions on the world economy and the specific impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations and/or ability to consummate a Business Combination are not yet determinable. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of these uncertainties.
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Note 2 — Significant accounting policies
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements are presented in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC. In the opinion of management, all adjustments consisting of normal recurring adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation of the financial statements, have been included. Interim results for the three months ended March 31, 2026 are not necessarily indicative of results that may be expected through December 31, 2026 or for any future periods. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s 2025 Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed with the SEC on March 19, 2026. The accompanying condensed balance sheet as of December 31, 2025 has been derived from the audited balance sheet included in the Form 10-K.
Emerging Growth Company Status
The Company is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the “Securities Act”), as modified by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, (the “JOBS Act”), and it may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the 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 shareholder 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 a 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 the financial statement in conformity with US 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 expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. 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.
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. As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the Company had $
Concentration of Credit Risk
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentration of credit risk consist of cash accounts in a financial institution, which, at times in the future, may exceed the Federal Depository Insurance Coverage of $
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Demand Deposit in Trust Account
Upon closing of the IPO, the Company invested the proceeds into an interest-bearing demand deposit account, which comprised the entire balance of the Trust Account as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025 and earned $
Offering Costs Associated with the IPO
Offering costs were $
Net Income Per Ordinary Share
The Company complies with accounting and disclosure requirements of FASB ASC 260, Earnings Per Share. The Company has two outstanding classes of shares, which are referred to as redeemable ordinary shares and non-redeemable ordinary shares. Net income is shared pro rata between the two classes of ordinary shares. Net income per ordinary share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted-average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the period. The remeasurement adjustment associated with the redeemable ordinary shares is excluded from earnings per share as the redemption value approximates fair value.
The calculation of diluted income per ordinary share does not consider the effect of the rights issued in connection with the IPO and the Private Units since the exercise of the rights is contingent upon the occurrence of future events.
As of March 31, 2026 and 2025, the Company did not have any dilutive securities or other contracts that could, potentially, be exercised or converted into ordinary shares that then share in the earnings of the Company. As a result, diluted net income per ordinary share is the same as basic net income per ordinary share for the periods presented.
The net income per share presented in the statements of operations is based on the following:
| For the Three Month Ended March 31, 2026 | For the Three Month Ended March 31, 2025 | |||||||||||||||
| Redeemable Ordinary Shares | Non-redeemable Ordinary Shares | Redeemable Ordinary Shares | Non-redeemable Ordinary Shares | |||||||||||||
| Basic and diluted net income per ordinary share | ||||||||||||||||
| Numerator: | ||||||||||||||||
| Allocation of net income | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||
| Denominator: | ||||||||||||||||
| Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding | (1) | |||||||||||||||
| Basic and diluted net income per ordinary share | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||
| (1) | Ordinary shares have been retroactively restated to reflect the Sponsor’s forfeiture of |
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Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The fair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under FASB ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurement” (“ASC 820”), approximates the carrying amounts represented in the accompanying balance sheet, primarily due to their short-term nature.
The Company applies ASC 820, which establishes a framework for measuring fair value and clarifies the definition of fair value within that framework. ASC 820 defines fair value as an exit price, which is the price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability in the Company’s principal or most advantageous market in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. The fair value hierarchy established in ASC 820 generally requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability and are developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the entity’s own assumptions based on market data and the entity’s judgments about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability and are to be developed based on the best information available in the circumstances. The following fair value hierarchy is used to classify assets and liabilities based on the observable inputs and unobservable inputs used in order to value the assets and liabilities:
| ● | Level 1—Assets and liabilities with unadjusted, quoted prices listed on active market exchanges. Inputs to the fair value measurement are observable inputs, such as quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. |
| ● | Level 2—Inputs to the fair value measurement are determined using prices for recently traded assets and liabilities with similar underlying terms, as well as direct or indirect observable inputs, such as interest rates and yield curves that are observable at commonly quoted intervals. |
| ● | Level 3—Inputs to the fair value measurement are unobservable inputs, such as estimates, assumptions, and valuation techniques when little or no market data exists for the assets or liabilities. |
Ordinary Shares Subject to Possible Redemption
The Company accounts for its ordinary shares subject to possible redemption issued in the IPO in accordance with the guidance in ASC Topic 480, “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity” (ASC 480). Ordinary shares subject to mandatory redemption (if any) will be classified as a liability instrument and will be measured at fair value. Conditionally redeemable ordinary shares (including ordinary shares that feature redemption rights that are either within the control of the holder or subject to redemption upon the occurrence of uncertain events not solely within the Company’s control) will be classified as temporary equity. At all other times, ordinary shares will be classified as shareholders’ equity. In accordance with ASC 480-10-S99, the Company classifies ordinary shares subject to redemption outside of permanent equity as the redemption provisions are not solely within the control of the Company. Given that the
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Accordingly, as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, ordinary shares subject to possible redemption are presented at redemption value as temporary equity, outside of permanent shareholders’ equity on the Company’s balance sheet in the following table:
| Shares | Amount | |||||||
| Gross proceeds from IPO | $ | |||||||
| Less: | ||||||||
| Proceeds allocated to Public Rights | ( | ) | ||||||
| Allocation of offering costs related to redeemable shares | ( | ) | ||||||
| Plus: | ||||||||
| Accretion of carrying value to redemption value | ||||||||
| Ordinary shares subject to possible redemption – December 31, 2025 | $ | |||||||
| Plus: | ||||||||
| Accretion of carrying value to redemption value | ||||||||
| Redemption of public shareholders | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Ordinary shares subject to possible redemption – March 31, 2026 | $ | |||||||
Share Rights
The Company accounts for rights as either equity-classified or liability-classified instruments based on an assessment of the right’s specific terms and applicable authoritative guidance in ASC 480 and ASC 815. The assessment considers whether the rights are freestanding financial instruments pursuant to ASC 480, meet the definition of a liability pursuant to ASC 480, and whether the rights meet all of the requirements for equity classification under ASC 815, including whether the rights are indexed to the Company’s own ordinary shares and whether the right holders could potentially require “net cash settlement” in a circumstance outside of the Company’s control, among other conditions for equity classification. This assessment, which requires the use of professional judgment, is conducted at the time of right issuance and as of each subsequent quarterly period end date while the rights are outstanding.
For issued or modified rights that meet all of the criteria for equity classification, the rights are required to be recorded as a component of equity at the time of issuance. For issued or modified rights that do not meet all the criteria for equity classification, the rights are required to be recorded as liabilities at their initial fair value on the date of issuance, and each balance sheet date thereafter. Changes in the estimated fair value of the rights are recognized as a non-cash gain or loss on the statements of operations.
The rights issued upon the closing of the IPO and private placement meet the criteria for equity classification under ASC 815, and therefore, the rights are classified as equity.
Income Taxes
The Company accounts for income taxes under ASC 740, Income Taxes (“ASC 740”). ASC 740 requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for both the expected impact of differences between the financial statement and tax basis of assets and liabilities and for the expected future tax benefit to be derived from tax loss and tax credit carry forwards. ASC 740 additionally requires a valuation allowance to be established when it is more likely than not that all or a portion of deferred tax assets will not be realized.
ASC 740 also clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements and prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement process for financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. For those benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be more-likely-than-not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. ASC 740 also provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim period, disclosure and transition. Based on the Company’s evaluation, it has been concluded that there are no significant uncertain tax positions requiring recognition in the Company’s financial statements.
The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense. There were unrecognized tax benefits and amounts accrued for interest and penalties as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025. The Company is currently not aware of any issues under review that could result in significant payments, accruals or material deviation from its position.
There is currently no taxation imposed on income by the Government of the Cayman Islands. In accordance with Cayman Islands federal income tax regulations, income taxes are not levied on the Company. Consequently, income taxes are not reflected in the Company’s financial statements.
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Stock-based Compensation
The Company recognizes compensation costs resulting from the issuance of stock-based awards to directors as an expense in the financial statement over the requisite service period based on a measurement of fair value for each stock-based award. The fair value is amortized as compensation cost on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period of the awards. The Black-Scholes-Merton option-pricing model includes various assumptions, including the fair value of the estimated stock price of the Company, expected life of shares, the expected volatility and the expected risk-free interest rate, among others. These assumptions reflect the Company’s best estimates, but they involve inherent uncertainties based on market conditions generally outside the control of the Company.
Segment Reporting
ASC Topic 280, “Segment Reporting,” establishes standards for companies to report in their financial statement information about operating segments, products, services, geographic areas, and major customers. Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise for which separate financial information is available that is regularly evaluated by the Company’s chief operating decision maker, or group, in deciding how to allocate resources and assess performance.
The Company’s chief operating decision maker has been identified as the Chief Executive Officer (“CODM”), who reviews the operating results for the Company as a whole to make decisions about allocating resources and assessing financial performance. Accordingly, management has determined that the Company only has one operating segment.
When evaluating the Company’s performance and making key decisions regarding resource allocation, the CODM reviews several key metrics, formation and operational costs and interest earned on cash and investments held in Trust Account which are included in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
The key measures of segment profit or loss reviewed by our CODM are interest earned on demand deposits in Trust Account and general and administrative expenses. The CODM reviews interest earned on demand deposits in Trust Account to measure and monitor stockholder value and determine the most effective strategy of investment with the Trust Account funds while maintaining compliance with the trust agreement. Formation and operational costs are reviewed and monitored by the CODM to manage and forecast cash to ensure enough capital is available to complete a business combination within the business combination period. The CODM also reviews formation and operational costs to manage, maintain and enforce all contractual agreements to ensure costs are aligned with all agreements and budget.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In December 2025, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2025-11, Interim Reporting (Topic 270): Narrow-Scope Improvements. ASU 2025-11 clarifies the applicability of interim reporting guidance under ASC 270 and reorganizes interim disclosure requirements into a centralized framework. The amendments also introduce a disclosure principle requiring entities to disclose material events and changes occurring since the most recent annual reporting period. The guidance is effective for interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027 for public business entities, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact that the adoption of ASU 2025-11 will have on its condensed financial statements and related disclosures.
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Management does not believe that any recently issued, but not effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the Company’s financial statements.
Note 3 — Initial Public Offering
On January 24, 2025, the Company sold
Note 4 — Private Placement
Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, the Sponsor purchased an aggregate of
There will be no redemption rights or liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to the Founder Shares (as defined below), private placement shares or private placement rights. The rights will expire and become worthless if the Company does not consummate a Business Combination by January 22, 2027, unless the Company extends the Combination period.
Each Private Placement Unit is identical to the Public Units sold in the IPO, except that it will not be transferable, assignable or salable by the Sponsor until the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination, except in each case (i) among the insiders or to the Company’s insiders’ members, officers, directors, consultants or their affiliates, (ii) to a holder’s shareholders or members upon the holder’s liquidation, in each case if the holder is an entity, (iii) by bona fide gift to a member of the holder’s immediate family or to a trust, the beneficiary of which is the holder or a member of the holder’s immediate family, in each case for estate planning purposes, (iv) by virtue of the laws of descent and distribution upon death, (v) pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order, (vi) to the Company for no value for cancellation in connection with the consummation of a business combination, (vii) in connection with the consummation of a business combination, (viii) in the event of the Company’s liquidation prior to its consummation of an initial business combination or (ix) in the event that, subsequent to the consummation of an initial business combination, the Company completes a liquidation, merger, capital share exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of the Company’s shareholders having the right to exchange their ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property, in each case (except for clauses (vi), (viii) or (ix) or with the Company’s prior written consent) on the condition that prior to such registration or transfer, the transfer agent shall be presented with written documentation pursuant to which each transferee or the trustee or legal guardian for such permitted transferee agrees to be bound by the transfer restrictions contained in the letter agreement and any other applicable agreement the transferor is bound by.
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Note 5 — Related Party Transactions
Founder Shares
On March 21, 2024, the Sponsor acquired
On January 22, 2025, the effective date of the registration statement of the IPO, the Sponsor transferred an aggregate of
On March 20, 2025, in connection with the appointment of Mr. Cameron R. Johnson as the director of the Company, the Sponsor issued a share purchase option dated March 20, 2025 (the “Share Purchase Option”) to Mr. Johnson, entitling Mr. Johnson to acquire
The Founder Shares are identical to the ordinary shares included in the Units being sold in the IPO, and holders of Founder Shares have the same shareholder rights as public shareholders, except that (i) the Founder Shares are subject to certain transfer restrictions, as described in more detail below, and (ii) the Sponsor, officers and directors of the Company have entered into a letter agreement with the Company, pursuant to which they have agreed (A) to waive their redemption rights with respect to the Founder Shares, private placement shares and public shares in connection with the completion of its initial Business Combination and (B) to waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to the Founder Shares and private placement shares if the Company fails to complete its initial Business Combination by the Combination period, although they will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to any public shares they hold if the Company fails to complete its initial Business Combination within such time period and (iii) the Founder Shares and private placement shares are subject to registration rights. If the Company submits its initial Business Combination to its public shareholders for a vote, the Sponsor, officers and directors have agreed (and their permitted transferees will agree), pursuant to the terms of a letter agreement entered into with the Company, to vote any Founder Shares and private placement shares held by them and any public shares purchased during or after the IPO in favor of the Company’s initial Business Combination.
The Sponsor has agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of its Founder Shares until the earlier to occur of: (A) 180 days after the completion of the initial Business Combination or (B) subsequent to a Business Combination, the date on which the closing price of the ordinary shares equals or exceeds $
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Working Capital Loans
In addition, in order to finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial Business Combination, the Sponsor, the Company’s officers and directors, or their affiliates/designees may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds, from time to time or at any time, in whatever amount they deem reasonable in their sole discretion. If the Company completes the initial Business Combination, it would repay such loaned amounts. In the event that the initial Business Combination does not close, the Company may use a portion of the working capital held outside the Trust Account to repay such loaned amounts but no proceeds from the Trust Account would be used for such repayment. Up to $
As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the Company had borrowings under the Working Capital Loans or the extension convertible notes.
Administrative Support Services
Commencing on the effective date of the registration statement of the IPO (January 22, 2025), the Company agreed to pay the Sponsor a total of $
Note 6 — Commitments and Contingencies
Registration Rights
The holders of Founder Shares, Representative Shares, Private Placement Units, and units that may be issued on conversion of Working Capital Loans (and in each case holders of their component securities, as applicable) will be entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration rights agreement to be signed prior to or on the effective date of the IPO requiring the Company to register such securities for resale. The holders of these securities are entitled to make up to two demands, excluding short form demands, that the Company registers such securities. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to its completion of its initial Business Combination and rights to require the Company to register for resale such securities pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.
Underwriting Agreement
The Company had granted the underwriter a
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The underwriter received a cash underwriting discount of
In connection with the IPO, the Company issued
Note 7 — Shareholders’ Equity
Preference Shares — The Company is authorized to issue
Ordinary Shares — The Company is authorized to issue
On January 22, 2025, the Sponsor transferred an aggregate of
Rights
Each holder of a right will receive one-seventh (1/7) of one ordinary share upon consummation of its initial Business Combination, even if the holder of such right redeemed all ordinary shares held by it in connection with the initial Business Combination. No additional consideration will be required to be paid by a holder of rights in order to receive its additional shares upon consummation of an initial Business Combination, as the consideration related thereto has been included in the unit purchase price paid for by investors in the IPO and the Private Placement. If the Company enters into a definitive agreement for a Business Combination in which the Company will not be the surviving entity, the definitive agreement will provide for the holders of rights to receive the same per share consideration the holders of the ordinary shares will receive in the transaction on an as-converted into ordinary share basis, and each holder of a right will be required to affirmatively convert its rights in order to receive one-seventh (1/7) of one share underlying each right (without paying any additional consideration) upon consummation of the Business Combination. As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, there were
The shares issuable upon conversion of the Public Rights will be freely tradable (except to the extent held by affiliates of the Company). The Company will not issue fractional shares upon conversion of the rights. As a result, the holders of rights must hold rights in multiples of seven in order to receive shares for all of their rights upon closing of a Business Combination. 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 of such funds with respect to their rights, nor will they receive any distribution from the Company’s assets held outside of the Trust Account with respect to such rights, and the rights will expire worthless. Further, there are no contractual penalties for failure to deliver securities to the holders of the rights upon consummation of an initial Business Combination. Accordingly, the rights may expire worthless.
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Note 8 — Segment Information
ASC Topic 280, “Segment Reporting,” establishes standards for companies to report in their financial statements information about operating segments, products, services, geographic areas, and major customers. Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise for which separate financial information is available that is regularly evaluated by the Company’s chief operating decision maker, or group, in deciding how to allocate resources and assess performance. The Company has adopted the guidance in ASU 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures, in the accompanying financial statements on a retrospective basis.
When evaluating the Company’s performance and making key decisions regarding resource allocation the CODM reviews key metrics, which include the following:
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| Interest earned on demand deposit Trust Account | $ | $ | ||||||
The key measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the CODM is general and administrative expenses, which include accounting expenses, printing expenses, and regulatory filing fees, none of which are deemed to be significant segment expenses; they are reviewed in aggregate to ensure alignment with budget and contractual obligations. These expenses are monitored to manage and forecast cash available to complete a business combination within the required period. Interest earned on demand deposit in Trust Account is reviewed to measure and monitor shareholder value and determine the most effective strategy of investment with the Trust Account funds while maintaining compliance with the trust agreement.
Note 9 — Subsequent Events
The Company evaluated subsequent events and transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date through the date when these unaudited condensed financial statements were issued. Based on this review, the Company subsequent events that would require adjustment or disclosure in the financial statements.
On April 20, 2026, both the Company and Pubco deposited $
On May 5, 2026, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note in the principal amount of $
The Target Extension Note is non-interest bearing and payable upon the earliest of (i) termination of the Business Combination Agreement in accordance with its terms other than by the Company pursuant to Section 10.1(e) thereof, (ii) consummation of the Company’s initial business combination, and (iii) the effective date of the winding up of the Company.
The Target has the right, but not the obligation, to convert all or a portion of the outstanding balance of the Target Extension Note into private units of the Company at a conversion price of $
In the event of a valid termination of the Business Combination Agreement by the Company pursuant to Section 10.1(e), and upon the completion of a business combination by the Company with another target, the Target may elect either repayment of the outstanding balance under the Target Extension Note or conversion of the outstanding balance into common or ordinary shares of the post-combination public company at a conversion price of $
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
Forward-Looking Statements
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q includes forward-looking statements. We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations and projections about future events. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions about us that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “continue,” or the negative of such terms or other similar expressions. Factors that might cause or contribute to such a discrepancy include, but are not limited to, those described in our other Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filings. References to the “Company”, “us,” “our,” or “we” refer to Columbus Acquisition Corp. The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our unaudited financial statements and related notes herein.
Overview
We are a blank check exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands on January 18, 2024, for the purpose of entering into a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities. Our efforts to identify a prospective target business will not be limited to a particular industry or geographic location. We intend to utilize cash derived from the proceeds of our initial public offering (the “IPO”), our securities, debt or a combination of cash, securities and debt, in effecting a business combination. We have not selected any target business for our initial business combination.
Initial Public Offering
On January 24, 2025, we consummated our IPO of 6,000,000 units (“Units”). Each Unit consists of one ordinary share, $0.0001 par value per share (the “Ordinary Share”), and one right (the “Rights”) to receive one-seventh of one ordinary Share upon the completion of the initial business combination. The Units were sold at an offering price of $10.00 per Unit, generating total gross proceeds of $60,000,000. On January 24, 2025, substantially concurrently with the closing of the IPO, we completed the private sale (the “Private Placement”) of 234,290 units (the “Private Units”) to our sponsor, Hercules Capital Management VII Corp (the “Sponsor”), at a purchase price of $10.00 per Initial Private Unit, generating gross proceeds to us of $2,342,900. In connection with the offering of the Units and the sale of Initial Private Units, the proceeds of $60,000,000 from the proceeds of the offering of the Units and the sale of Initial Private Units were placed in the Trust Account (as defined below).
In connection with the IPO, the Company issued a total of 210,000 Ordinary shares (the “Representative Shares”) to A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners, the representative of the underwriters of the IPO. The Representative Shares are identical to the Ordinary Shares included in the Units, except that the Representative has agreed not to transfer, assign, sell, pledge, or hypothecate any such Representative Shares, or subject such Representative Shares to hedging, short sale, derivative, put or call transaction that would result in the economic disposition of the securities by any person until 180 days immediately following the commencement of sales of the IPO pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110(e)(1), subject to exceptions pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110(e)(2). The Representative has agreed to (i) vote for at a shareholder meeting of the Company to approve a business combination or any amendment to the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to allow redemptions in connection with a business combination, (ii) waive the redemption rights until the completion of the business combination, in connection with the completion of the Company’s initial business combination or a shareholder vote to approve an amendment to the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association to modify the substance or timing of our obligation to allow redemptions in connection with a business combination, and (iii) waive the rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to the Representative Shares if the Company fails to complete its initial business combination within the prescribed timeline as provided in the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, to the extent such Representative Shares held by the Representative and/or its designees, and any of their permitted transferees.
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The proceeds of $60,000,000 from the IPO and the sales of Private Units, were placed in a trust account (the “Trust Account”) established for the benefit of our public shareholders and the underwriters of the IPO with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee.
Our management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the proceeds of the IPO and the Private Placement that are held outside of the Trust Account, although substantially all the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally towards consummating a business combination and working capital.
Since our IPO, our sole business activity has been identifying and evaluating suitable acquisition transaction candidates. We presently have no revenue and have had losses since inception from incurring general and administrative expenses. We have relied upon the sale of our securities and loans from the Sponsor to fund our operations.
On March 17, 2025, the Ordinary Shares and Rights commenced trading on the Nasdaq Global Market (“Nasdaq”) under the symbols “COLA” and “COLAR,” respectively. Public Units not separated continue to trade on Nasdaq under the symbol “COLAU.” Holders of Public Units will need to have their brokers contact the Company’s transfer agent, Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, in order to separate the holders’ Public Units into Ordinary Shares and Rights.
Proposed Transactions
On November 9, 2025, the Company entered into a business combination agreement (as it may be amended, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “BCA”) with WISeSat.Space Holdings Corp., a British Virgin Islands business company (“Pubco”), WISeSat Merger Sub Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Pubco (“Merger Sub”), WISeSat.Space Corp., a British Virgin Islands business company (the “Target”), and WISeKey International Holding Ltd., a Swiss company (together with its successors, including after its anticipated domestication to the British Virgin Islands prior to the Closing, the “Seller”). Pursuant to the BCA, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, upon the closing of the transactions contemplated by the BCA (the “Closing”), CAC will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Pubco; and each issued and outstanding CAC Security (as defined in the BCA) immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger (as defined in the BCA) shall no longer be outstanding and shall automatically be cancelled, in exchange for the right of the holder thereof to receive Pubco Ordinary Shares. Following the Merger, the Seller may distribute up to 10% of its Pubco shares to its own shareholders at its discretion. The transactions contemplated by the BCA and the Ancillary Documents are referred to herein as the “Transactions.”
The Transactions will be submitted to shareholders of the Company for approval at an extraordinary general meeting. Pubco, together with the Company, will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a proxy statement/prospectus on Form F-4 (the “Business Combination Proxy Statement”) in connection with the proposed Transactions. On December 29, 2025, CAC and WISeKey International Holding AG jointly announced the confidential submission of a draft of the Business Combination Proxy Statement by Pubco with the SEC on December 23, 2025. Pursuant to the Company’s Charter, the Company currently has until January 22, 2027 to complete the Transactions, if fully extended.
Share Exchange Consideration
Immediately prior to the Effective Time, in full payment for the Company Shares, Pubco shall issue and deliver to the Seller the Exchange Shares with an aggregate value (the “Exchange Consideration”) equal to the sum of (i) Two Hundred Fifty Million U.S. Dollars ($250,000,000), plus (ii) the amount of any Transaction Financing (as defined in the BCA) that is made into the Company or its Subsidiaries prior to the Closing, with each Pubco Ordinary Share valued at Ten U.S. Dollars ($10.00). The Exchange Shares will be allocated between Pubco Ordinary Shares and Pubco Class F Shares in proportion to the number of Company Ordinary Shares and Company Class F Shares owned by Seller at the time of the Share Exchange.
The Pubco Class F Shares shall, in the aggregate, be entitled to 49.9% of the total vote on any matter voted on by the holders of Pubco Shares, and the Pubco Class F Shares will automatically convert into Pubco Ordinary Shares upon certain transfers in accordance with the Company Organizational Documents.
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Treatment of CAC Securities; Merger Consideration
Pursuant to the BCA, (a) immediately prior to the Effective Time, every issued and outstanding CAC Unit shall be automatically detached, and the holder thereof shall be deemed to hold one CAC Ordinary Share and one CAC Right in accordance with the terms of the applicable CAC Unit (the “Unit Separation”); (b) immediately prior to the Effective Time and immediately following the Unit Separation, each issued and outstanding CAC Right (including the CAC Rights held as a result of the Unit Separation) shall be automatically converted into one-seventh of one CAC Ordinary Share; (c) at the Effective Time, every issued and outstanding CAC Ordinary Share (including each CAC Ordinary Share converted from CAC Rights pursuant to (b) above and each CAC Ordinary Share held as a result of the Unit Separation, other than the Excluded Shares, the Dissenting Shares and the Redeemed Shares (each as defined in the BCA)) shall become and be converted automatically into the right to receive one Pubco Ordinary Share, following which, all CAC Ordinary Shares shall cease to be outstanding and shall automatically be canceled and shall cease to exist.
At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger, all Merger Sub Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into an equal number ordinary shares of the Surviving Company, with the same rights, powers and privileges as the shares so converted and shall constitute the only outstanding issued shares of the Surviving Company.
Sponsor Agreement
Simultaneously with the execution and delivery of the BCA, CAC, the Target, Pubco and the Sponsor entered into a sponsor agreement (the “Sponsor Agreement”). Pursuant to the Sponsor Agreement, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, the Sponsor agreed, among other things, (a) to vote in favor of the BCA and the Transactions and against any alternative transaction; (b) during the term of the Sponsor Agreement, not to transfer and to cause its affiliates not to transfer any of the Sponsor Shares (as defined therein) except as permitted thereby; (c) during the term of the Sponsor Agreement, not to redeem any Sponsor Shares (as defined therein) and convert all CAC rights held by it into the underlying CAC Ordinary Shares; (d) to pay for CAC Expenses (as defined in the BCA) in excess of the CAC Expense Cap (as defined in the BCA); (e) to take timely actions to extend CAC’s deadline to complete the Business Combination as necessary to consummate the Closing; and (f) that any working capital loans made to CAC (including for any Extension Payments) will at the Closing be either, as requested by the Target, repaid in cash or converted into CAC Working Capital Units in accordance with the IPO Prospectus (excluding after CAC has fully utilized its existing working capital as of the Signing Date, up to $400,000 in working capital loans made prior to the Closing to CAC by third parties (excluding the Target) or members of the Sponsor, in either case, that are not affiliates of CAC, the Sponsor or CAC’s management or directors, even if such loans are indirectly made through the Sponsor, as to which the repayment terms will be as provided as disclosed in the IPO Prospectus). The Sponsor Agreement will terminate on the earliest of (i) the mutual written consent of CAC, the Target and Sponsor, (ii) the Closing of the Transactions, or (iii) the termination of the BCA in accordance with its terms.
Insider Letter Amendment
Simultaneously with the execution and delivery of the BCA, CAC, Pubco, the Sponsor, the Target and CAC’s directors and officers entered into an amendment (the “Insider Letter Amendment”) to the letter agreement that was entered into by and among CAC, the Sponsor and certain other member of CAC’s board of directors and/or management team on January 22, 2025 (the “Insider Letter”). Pursuant to the Insider Letter Amendment, the parties amended the letter agreement to (a) give the Target and Pubco rights to enforce the terms of the Insider Letter; (b) effective as of the Closing, assign the rights and obligations of CAC under the Insider Letter to Pubco; and (c) provide that the lock-up period applicable to the Pubco Ordinary Shares issued in exchange for the Founder Shares (as defined in the BCA) pursuant to the BCA will be identical to the lock-up period set forth in the Lock-Up Agreement (as defined below).
Lock-up Agreement
Simultaneously with the execution and delivery of the BCA, CAC, Pubco and the Seller entered into a lock-up agreement (the “Lock-up Agreement”), which, among other things, provides for certain restrictions on the transfer of certain Pubco Ordinary Shares by the Seller and other holders who become Pubco’s shareholders as a result of the Seller Distribution following the Closing, as further described below and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Lock-up Agreement.
Pursuant to the Lock-up Agreement, from and after the Closing, the Seller and other holders who become Pubco shareholders as a result of the Seller Distribution shall not Transfer (as defined in the Lock-up Agreement) any of the Restricted Securities (as defined in the Lock-up Agreement) until the earlier of: (a) the six month anniversary of the date of the Closing; (b) the date (but not less than 60 days after the Closing) on which the closing price of the Pubco Ordinary Shares exceeds $12.50 for any 20 trading days within a 30-day trading period following the Closing; and (c) the date after the Closing on which Pubco consummates a liquidation, merger, share exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction with an unaffiliated third party that results in all of Pubco’s shareholders having the right to exchange their equity holdings in Pubco for cash, securities or other property.
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January 2026 Extension Meeting
On January 16, 2026, the Company held an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders (the “Extraordinary General Meeting”), where the shareholders of the Company approved the proposal (the “Charter Amendment Proposal”) that the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, which provided that the Company has until January 22, 2026 to complete a business combination, be deleted in their entirety and the substitution in their place of the Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association (the “Amended Charter”) to provide that the Company has until January 22, 2026 to complete a business combination, and may elect to extend the period to consummate a business combination up to twelve times, each by an additional one-month extension (the “Monthly Extension”), for a total of up to twelve months to January 22, 2027. In order to effectuate each Monthly Extensions, $50,000 needs to be deposited into the Trust Account of the Company (the “Monthly Extension Fee”).
On January 16, 2026, the Company and the Trustee entered into the amendment to the Investment Management Trust Agreement dated January 22, 2025 ( as amended, the “Trust Agreement”) upon the shareholders’ approval at the Extraordinary General Meeting, which provides that that the Trustee must commence liquidation of the Trust Account by the prescribed timeline as provided in the Company’s Amended Charter.
In connection with the votes to approve the Charter Amendment Proposal, 3,449,851 Ordinary Shares of the Company were rendered for redemption, and approximately $35.83 million was released from the Trust Account to pay such redeeming shareholders.
Extensions and Extension Notes
As of the date hereof, the Company has until May 22, 2026 to complete its initial business combination (or up to January 22, 2027 if fully extended). A total of $200,000 Monthly Extension Fee was deposited into the Trust Account of the Company, among which $100,000 was paid by the Company from its working capital and $100,000 was paid by the Target pursuant to the BCA.
On May 5, 2026, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note in the aggregate principal amount of $100,000 to the Target in connection with the Target’s payment of an aggregate of $100,000 of the Monthly Extension Fee (the “Target Extension Note”) through four deposits of $25,000, representing 50% of the Monthly Extension Fee per deposit pursuant to the BCA. The Target Extension Note bears no interest and is payable in full upon the earliest to occur of (i) the termination date of the Business Combination Agreement in accordance with its terms other than by the Company pursuant to Section 10.1(e) thereof, (ii) the date on which the Company consummates its initial business combination, including the proposed business combination with the Target (a “Business Combination”), and (iii) the date that the winding up of the Company is effective (such earlier date, the “Maturity Date”).
The payee of the Target Extension Note, the Target or its registered assigns or successors in interest (the “Payee”), has the right, but not the obligation, to convert the outstanding unpaid obligations payable to the Payee under the Target Extension Note, in whole or in part, respectively, into private units (the “Conversion Units”) of the Company at a price of $10.00 per unit, each consisting of one ordinary share, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Ordinary Share”) and one right to receive one-seventh (1/7) of one Ordinary Share upon the consummation of a Business Combination, as described in the prospectus of the Company (File No: 333-283278). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of a valid termination of the Business Combination Agreement by the Company pursuant to Section 10.1(e) thereof, upon the completion of a Business Combination of the Company with other targets, other than the Target or its affiliate, the Payee, at its sole election, may choose (i) either repayment of the outstanding amount under the Target Extension Note, or (ii) to convert the outstanding amount into common or ordinary shares of the post-closing public company in such Business Combination (“Conversion Shares”) at a price per share equal to $5.00 (with such price to be equitably adjusted if the Ordinary Shares, par value are subject to any share splits, share dividends, combinations, recapitalizations and the like after the date of such Target Extension Note or are not converted into common or ordinary shares of the post-closing public company in such Business Combination on a one-for-one basis).
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Results of Operations and Known Trends or Future Events
We have neither engaged in any operations nor generated any revenues to date. Our only activities since inception have been organizational activities as well as activities related to the IPO. Following the IPO, we will not generate any operating revenues until after the completion of a business combination, at the earliest. We will generate non-operating income in the form of dividend and/or interest income from the proceeds derived from the IPO and sale of Private Units. Since the completion of the IPO, we expect to incur increased expenses as a result of being a public company (for legal, financial reporting, accounting and auditing compliance), as well as for expenses associated with the search for target opportunities.
For the three months ended March 31, 2026, we had a net income of $61,472, which consisted of interest income from the Trust Account of $287,400, partially offset by general and administrative expenses of $ 225,928.
For the three months ended March 31, 2025, we had a net income of $149,799, which consisted of interest income from the Trust Account of $403,733, partially offset by general and administrative expenses of $253,934.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of March 31, 2026, we had cash of $129,350 and a working capital deficit of $196,690. The cash balance was decreased by $354,406 for the three months ended March 31, 2026, which consisted of cash used by financing activities of $35,757,096, partially offset by cash provided by investing activities of $35,682,096 and cash used by operating activities of $279,406. Changes in operating assets and liabilities provided $53,478 of cash for operating activities.
We intend to use substantially all of the net proceeds of the IPO, including the funds held in the Trust Account, to acquire a target business or businesses and to pay our expenses relating thereto. To the extent that our share capital is used in whole or in part as consideration to affect our initial business combination, the remaining proceeds held in the Trust Account as well as any other net proceeds not expended will 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, for strategic acquisitions and for marketing, research and development of existing or new products. Such funds could also be used to repay any operating expenses or finders’ fees which we had incurred prior to the completion of our initial business combination if the funds available to us outside of the Trust Account were insufficient to cover such expenses.
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Over the next 12 months (assuming a business combination is not consummated prior thereto), we will be using the funds held outside of the Trust Account for identifying and evaluating prospective acquisition candidates, performing business due diligence on prospective target businesses, traveling to and from the offices, plants or similar locations of prospective target businesses, reviewing corporate documents and material agreements of prospective target businesses, selecting the target business to acquire and structuring, negotiating and consummating the business combination.
If our estimates of the costs of undertaking in-depth due diligence and negotiating our 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 consummate our initial business combination or because we become obligated to redeem a significant number of our public shares upon consummation of our initial business combination, in which case we may issue additional securities or incur debt in connection with such a business combination. Subject to compliance with applicable securities laws, we would only consummate such financing simultaneously with the consummation of our initial business combination. Following our initial business combination, if cash on hand is insufficient, we may need to obtain additional financing in order to meet our obligations.
We have incurred and expect to continue to incur significant costs to remain as a publicly traded company and to incur significant transaction costs in pursuit of the consummation of a Business Combination. 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 estimate of the costs of identifying a target business, undertaking in-depth due diligence and negotiating a 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 Business Combination or because we become obligated to redeem a significant number of our public shares upon completion of our Business Combination, in which case we may issue additional securities or incur debt in connection with such Business Combination.
The Company currently has no commitments in place to receive such financing and there is no assurance that the Company’s plans to raise capital will be successful. In addition, the Company currently has until January 22, 2027 (if fully extended) to consummate the initial business combination (assume no extensions). If the Company does not complete a business combination within the prescribed period, the Company will trigger an automatic winding up, dissolution and liquidation pursuant to the terms of the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association. Notwithstanding management’s belief that the Company would have sufficient funds to execute its business strategy, there is a possibility that a business combination might not be completed within the 12-month period from the issuance date of these financial statements. In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with Financial Accounting Standard Board’s Accounting Standards Codification Subtopic 205-40, “Presentation of Financial Statements - Going Concern”, management has determined that the mandatory liquidation, should a business combination not occur, and potential subsequent dissolution, raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Therefore, management has determined that such additional conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern until the earlier of the consummation of the business combination or the date the Company is required to liquidate. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the Company’s inability to continue as a going concern.
Off-Balance Sheet Financing Arrangements
We have no obligations, assets or liabilities that would be considered off-balance sheet arrangements as of March 31, 2026. 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
As of March 31, 2026, we do not have any long-term debt, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations or long-term liabilities.
The founder shares, the Ordinary Shares included in the Private Units, and any Ordinary Shares that may be issued upon conversion of working capital loans and extension loans (and any underlying securities) will be entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration and shareholder rights agreement entered into in connection with the IPO. The holders of these securities are entitled to make up to three demands, excluding short form demands, that we register such securities. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to our completion of our initial business combination. We will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.
Critical Accounting Estimates
In preparing these unaudited condensed financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP, management makes estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported expenses during the reporting period.
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, actual results may differ from these estimates. We have not identified any critical accounting estimates.
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 financial statements.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
As a smaller reporting company, we are not required to make disclosures under this Item.
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 and Chief Financial Officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
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 quarter ended March 31, 2026, 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 our principal financial and accounting officer have concluded that during the period covered by this report, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended March 31, 2026 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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PART II – OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
We are not currently a party to any material litigation or other legal proceedings brought against us. We are also not aware of any legal proceeding, investigation or claim, or other legal exposure that has a more than remote possibility of having a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
Not applicable to a smaller reporting company. However, factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those in this Quarterly Report are any of the risks described in the prospectus of our IPO (File No. 333-283278) and our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 (the “Annual Report”) as filed with the SEC on March 19, 2026. 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. As of the date of this Quarterly Report, there have been no material changes to the risk factors disclosed in our prospectus and Annual Report.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
On May 4, 2026, the Company issued the Target Extension Note in the aggregate principal amount of $100,000 to the Target in connection with the payment of Monthly Extension Fees. The information of the Target Extension Note contained under Item 2 of Part I above is incorporated herein by reference in response to this item.
The issuance of the Target Extension Note was made pursuant to the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Item 3. Defaults upon Senior Securities
None.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
Not applicable.
Item 5. Other Information
Item 6. Exhibits.
| * | Filed herewith. |
| ** | Furnished. |
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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.
| COLUMBUS ACQUISITION CORP | ||
| Date: May 14, 2026 | By: | /s/ Fen “Eric” Zhang |
| Fen “Eric” Zhang | ||
| Chief Executive Officer | ||
| Date: May 14, 2026 | By: | /s/ Jie “Janet” Hu |
| Jie “Janet” Hu | ||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||
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