DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS | NOTE 1. DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS Iris Acquisition Corp (the “Company”) formally known as Tribe Capital Growth Corp I (name of the Company changed on July 27, 2022), is a blank check company incorporated in Delaware on November 5, 2020. The Company was incorporated for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses (the “Business Combination”). As of June 30, 2024, the Company had not commenced any operations. All activity for the period from November 5, 2020 (inception) through June 30, 2024 relates to the Company’s formation and the initial public offering described below (the “IPO”), 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 its initial Business Combination, at the earliest. The Company generates non-operating income in the form of interest income on cash and cash equivalents from the proceeds derived from the IPO and unrealized gains and losses and the change in fair value of its warrants. The Company’s sponsor is Iris Acquisition Holdings LLC (formerly known as Tribe Arrow Holdings I LLC), a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”). The registration statement for the Company’s IPO was declared effective on March 4, 2021 (the “Effective Date”). On March 9, 2021, the Company consummated the IPO of 27,600,000 units (the “Units”), which includes the full exercise by the underwriters of the over-allotment option to purchase an additional 3,600,000 Units, at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $276,000,000, which is discussed in Note 3. Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, the Company consummated the sale of 5,013,333 warrants (the “Private Warrants”) to the Sponsor and Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. (“Cantor”), the representative of the underwriters of the IPO, at a price of $1.50 per Private Warrant, generating gross proceeds of $7,520,000, which is discussed in Note 4. Each warrant (including the Private Warrants and the warrants included as part of the Units) entitles the holder to purchase one share of common stock at a price of $11.50 per share. Transaction costs for the IPO amounting to $15,627,893 (consisting of $5,520,000 of underwriting discount, $9,660,000 of deferred underwriting discount, and $447,893 of other offering costs ) were recognized, of which $606,622 was (i) allocated to the public warrants and Private Warrants and (ii) included in the statements of operations, and $15,021,271 was charged directly to stockholders’ equity. Following the closing of the IPO on March 9, 2021, $276,000,000 (approximately $10.00 per Unit) from the net proceeds of the sale of the Units in the IPO, including the proceeds from the sale of the Private Warrants, was deposited in a trust account (“Trust Account”), located in the United States with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee (the “Trustee”), and was invested in U.S. government securities, within the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act, having a maturity of 185 days or less or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations. In December 2022, the Company instructed the Trustee with respect to the Trust Account, to liquidate the U.S. government treasury obligations or money market funds held in the Trust Account and thereafter to hold all funds in the Trust Account in an interest bearing cash account. In September 2023, the Company further instructed the Trustee to move the funds held in the Trust Account to an interest bearing bank deposit program until the earlier of the consummation of a business combination or the liquidation of the Company. Except with respect to interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account that may be released to the Company to pay franchise taxes, the proceeds from the IPO and the sale of the Private Warrants will not be released from the Trust Account until the earliest of (i) the completion of initial Business Combination, (ii) the redemption of the Company’s public shares if the Company does not complete an initial Business Combination within 42 months from the closing of the IPO, subject to applicable law, or (iii) the redemption of the Company’s public shares properly submitted in connection with a stockholder vote to amend its amended and restated certificate of incorporation to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to redeem 100% of its public shares if the Company has not consummated an initial Business Combination within 42 months from the closing of the IPO or with respect to any other material provisions relating to stockholders’ rights or pre-initial Business Combination activity. The proceeds deposited in the Trust Account could become subject to the claims of the Company’s creditors, if any, which could have priority over the claims of the Company’s public stockholders. The Company will provide its public stockholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their public shares upon the completion of the initial Business Combination either (i) in connection with a stockholder meeting called to approve the Business Combination or (ii) without a stockholder vote by means of a tender offer. The decision as to whether the Company will seek stockholder approval of a proposed Business Combination or conduct a tender offer will be made by the Company, in its sole discretion. The stockholders will be entitled to redeem their shares for a pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account calculated as of two Company will distribute to investors who properly redeem their shares will not be reduced by the deferred underwriting commissions the Company will pay to the representative of the underwriters. As of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the income taxes payable of $222,459 and $241,682 represents the difference between the Class A common stock subject to possible redemption and the Cash and Investments held in Trust Account and an outstanding extension deposit due from Sponsor presented on the condensed balance sheets. The shares of common stock subject to redemption are recorded at redemption value and classified as temporary equity upon the completion of the IPO, in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity The Company has extended the time to complete the initial Business Combination to September 9, 2024 as described below (the “Combination Period”). However, if the Company is unable to complete the initial Business Combination within the Combination Period, 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 The Sponsor, officers and directors have agreed to (i) waive their redemption rights with respect to any Founder Shares and public shares they hold in connection with the completion of the initial Business Combination, (ii) waive their redemption rights with respect to their Founder Shares and public shares in connection with a stockholder vote to approve an amendment to the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation, (iii) waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to any Founder Shares they hold if the Company fails to complete the initial Business Combination within the Combination Period, and (iv) vote any Founder Shares held by them and any public shares purchased during or after the IPO in favor of the initial Business Combination. The Sponsor has agreed that it will be liable to the Company if and to the extent any claims by a third party for services rendered or products sold to the Company, or a prospective target business with which the Company has entered into a written letter of intent, confidentiality or other similar agreement or Business Combination agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the Trust Account to below the lesser of (i) $10.00 per public share and (ii) the actual amount per public share held in the Trust Account as of the date of the liquidation of the Trust Account, if less than $10.00 per share, due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, less taxes payable, provided that such liability will not apply to any claims by a third party or prospective target business who executed a waiver of any and all rights to the monies held in the Trust Account (whether or not such waiver is enforceable) nor will it apply to any claims under the Company’s indemnity of the underwriters of the IPO against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. However, the Company has not asked the Sponsor to reserve for such indemnification obligations, nor has the Company independently verified whether the Sponsor has sufficient funds to satisfy its indemnity obligations and the Company believes that the Sponsor’s only assets are securities of the Company. Therefore, the Company cannot assure that the Sponsor would be able to satisfy those obligations. None of the Company’s officers or directors will indemnify the Company for claims by third parties including, without limitation, claims by vendors and prospective target businesses. Business Combination Agreement On November 30, 2022, Iris Acquisition Corp, a Delaware corporation (“we,” “our,” or “Iris”), Iris Parent Holding Corp., a Delaware corporation (“ParentCo”), Liminatus Pharma, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Liminatus”), Liminatus Pharma Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of ParentCo (“Liminatus Merger Sub”), and SPAC Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of ParentCo (“SPAC Merger Sub” and together with Liminatus Merger Sub, the “Merger Subs”), entered into a business combination agreement (as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Business Combination Agreement”): (a) Liminatus Merger Sub will merge with and into Liminatus (the “Liminatus Merger”), with Liminatus surviving the Liminatus Merger as a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of ParentCo, and (b) simultaneously with the Liminatus Merger, SPAC Merger Sub will merge with and into Iris (the “SPAC Merger” and, together with the Liminatus Merger, the “Mergers”), with Iris surviving the SPAC Merger (the “SPAC Surviving Subsidiary”) as a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of ParentCo (the transactions contemplated by the foregoing clauses (a) and (b) the “Business Combination,” and together with the other transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, the “Transactions”). Liminatus is an early stage single-asset biotech company focused on oncology. The company is looking to develop a next generation CD 47 checkpoint inhibitor targeting various solid tumors. CD 47 is a potent ‘do not eat me’ signal that enables cancer cells to evade detection by the immune system. The CD 47 next generation antibody has shown to preferentially bind to immune cells, but negligibly to red blood cells and platelets without inducing destruction of red blood cells which is a key differentiating feature. The next generation of anti CD 47 monoclonal antibodies have catalysed a resurgence of interest in the field. Currently IND enabling studies are underway to progress the asset into clinical trials. Liminatus is actively reviewing opportunities to in-license or acquire other clinical candidates that match the area of expertise of the company. The aggregate consideration to be paid in the Transactions to the direct or indirect owners of Liminatus will consist of 25.0 million shares of ParentCo’s common stock. The number of shares of the equity consideration was determined based on $10.00 per share value for ParentCo’s common stock. Concurrently with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, ParentCo and Iris have entered into an equity subscription agreement (the “PIPE Equity Subscription Agreement”) with one accredited investor (the “PIPE Investor”) pursuant to which the PIPE Investor has committed to purchase 1,500,000 shares of ParentCo Common Stock at a purchase price per share of $10.00 (the “PIPE Shares”), for an aggregate purchase price of $15,000,000 (the “PIPE Equity Investment”). The obligations to consummate the transaction contemplated by the PIPE Equity Subscription Agreement are conditioned upon, among other things, customary closing conditions and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement. Simultaneously with the PIPE Equity Subscription Agreement, ParentCo and Iris have entered into a convertible note subscription agreement (the “Convertible Note Subscription Agreement”) with one accredited investor (the “PIPE Subscriber”) pursuant to which the PIPE Subscriber has committed to subscribe for and purchase 8% convertible notes (the “Convertible Notes”) of and from ParentCo in an aggregate principal amount of $25,000,000 (the “Convertible Notes Investment”) due three years after the Closing of the Business Combination, with an initial conversion price of $11.50 per share of ParentCo Common Stock, which is subject to future downward adjustment based upon the market price of the publicly traded ParentCo Common Stock. The obligations to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Convertible Note Subscription Agreement are conditioned upon, among other things, customary closing conditions and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement. From time to time, the Company has amended and restated the certificate of incorporation to change the date by which the Company must consummate a business combination, which is September 9, 2024. From time to time, the parties to the Business Combination Agreement amended the Business Combination Agreement to extend the date by which the parties thereto can terminate the Business Combination Agreement, which is September 3, 2024. Concurrently with the Fourth Amendment to the Business Combination Agreement on July 19, 2024, the PIPE Equity Subscription Agreement was amended to extend the date by which the PIPE Subscriber can terminate the agreement to September 3, 2024. The parties to the Convertible Note Subscription Agreement terminated the Convertible Note Subscription Agreement on July 23, 2024. On December 20, 2022, stockholders holding 26,186,896 Public Shares properly exercised their right to redeem their shares for cash at a redemption price of approximately $10.08 per share, for an aggregate redemption amount of $263,963,913. Following such redemptions, 1,413,104 Public Shares remained outstanding in the Trust Account. During the year ended December 31, 2023, the redemption price was adjusted due to tax deductions which resulted in the net payment of $298,431 of the second tranche redemption payment. On September 7, 2023, stockholders holding 1,006,495 Public Shares properly exercised their right to redeem their shares for cash at a redemption price of approximately $10.29 per share, subject to adjustment for applicable taxes, including, but not limited to, franchise tax, excise tax and income tax, for an aggregate redemption amount of $10,358,754. Following such redemptions, 406,609 Public Shares remained outstanding. On March 7, 2024, stockholders holding 119,572 Public Shares properly exercised their right to redeem their shares for cash at a redemption price of approximately $10.58 per share, adjusted for applicable taxes in the amount of $60,000, including, but not limited to, franchise tax, excise tax and income tax, for an aggregate redemption amount of $1,265,669. Following such redemptions, 287,037 Public Shares remained outstanding. The redemptions were settled on April 2, 2024. Nasdaq Delisting Notice On May 2, 2024, the Company received a written notice from the Listing Qualifications Department of Nasdaq, notifying the Company that because it no longer meets the minimum 500,000 publicly held shares requirement for The Nasdaq Capital Market, pursuant to Listing Rule 5810(d)(2) of the Rules this deficiency now becomes an additional basis for delisting and the Company must address this deficiency. The Company timely requested a hearing before the Nasdaq Hearings Panel (the “Hearing”). On May 21, 2024, the Company received a response from the Nasdaq Hearings Panel granting the Company’s request for continued listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market. The Company has until September 3, 2024 to demonstrate compliance with all applicable requirements for initial listing on the Nasdaq Global Market. Liquidity, Capital Resources and Going Concern The Company consummated its IPO on March 9, 2021. As of June 30, 2024, the Company had $339,203 of cash in our operating bank account, which includes $36,203 of restricted cash to be used for tax payments only in its operating bank account, and working capital deficit of approximately $6,059,539, respectively. In order to fund working capital deficiencies or finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Company’s Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor or certain of the Company’s officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, provide the Company with Working Capital Loans (see Note 5). As of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, there were no Working Capital Loans outstanding. In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with FASB ASC 205-40, Presentation of Financial Statements—Going Concern Management has determined that if the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination by September 9, 2024, then the Company will cease all operations except for the purpose of liquidating. The date for mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution as well as the Company’s working capital deficit raise 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 Business Combination Agreement provides that if the transaction is not closed by September 3, 2024, either party can terminate the Business Combination Agreement. |