Goldenstone Acquisition Limited (GDSTR) 10-K2023 FY Annual report

UNITED STATES 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

☒ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023

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At September 30, 2022, which is the last business day of the Registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter, the aggregate market value of the Registrant’s shares of common stock held by non-affiliates of the Registrant was approximately $57.2 million.

As of July 12, 2023, 7,596,250 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, were issued and outstanding.

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GOLDENSTONE ACQUISITION LIMITED 

Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Year Ended March 31, 2023

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

Some statements contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K (the “Form 10-K”) are forward-looking in nature. Our forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding our or our management team’s expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intends,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “would” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Forward-looking statements in this Form 10-K may include, for example, statements about:

The forward-looking statements contained in this Form 10-K are based on our current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effects on us. There can be no assurance that future developments affecting us will be those that we have anticipated. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties (some of which are beyond our control) or other assumptions that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of our assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material respects from those projected in these forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws.

PART I

ITEM 1. BUSINESS

Overview

Goldenstone Acquisition Limited (“we,” “us,” “our,” “Goldenstone” or the “Company”) is a Delaware corporation incorporated as a blank check company 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, which we refer to herein as our “initial business combination.” Our efforts to identify a prospective target business will not be limited to a particular industry or geographic region other than we have agreed that we will not undertake an initial business combination with any entity that is headquartered in, or conducts the majority of its business in, in China (including Hong Kong and Macau). The Company’s sponsor is Goldenstone Holdings, LLC (“Sponsor”) which is controlled by Eddie Ni, our Chief Executive Officer.

We believe that our management team’s decades of experience in mergers and acquisitions for blank check companies, connections to the global business community including Asia and North America, and experience in business development will allow us to source attractive deals and find compelling investment opportunities from private and public sources to create value for stockholders, and give us a competitive advantage in pursuing a broad range of opportunities in many industries.

Initial Public Offering

On March 21, 2022, we consummated our initial public offering (the “IPO”) of 5,750,000 units (the “Units”), including the issuance of 750,000 Units as a result of the underwriter’s full exercise of its over-allotment option (referred to herein as the “Over-Allotment” and “over-allotment option”). Each Unit consists of one share of common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), one redeemable warrant (“Warrant”), each Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one-half of one share of Common Stock for $11.50 per whole share and one right (“Right”), with each Right entitling the holder to 1/10 of one share of Common Stock. The Units were sold at a price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $57,500,000.

Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, the Company consummated the private placement with the Sponsors and certain other investors of 351,250 units (the “Private Units”), at a price of $10.00 per Private Unit, generating total proceeds of $3,512,500 (the “Private Placement”). The Private Units are identical to the Units sold in the IPO except that the holders have agreed not to transfer, assign, or sell any of the Private Units or underlying securities (except in limited circumstances, as described in the registration statement for the IPO (the “Registration Statement”) until the date that is 30 days after the date we complete our initial business combination. In addition, the warrants included in the Private Units are not redeemable if held by them or a permitted transferee. Our Sponsors and the anchor investors were granted certain demand and piggyback registration rights in connection with the purchase of the Private Warrants. The Private Units were issued pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as the transactions did not involve a public offering.

Upon the closing of the initial public offering on March 21, 2022, a total of $58,362,500 of the net proceeds from the IPO, the Over-Allotment and the Private Placement (including $2,012,500 of the underwriter’s deferred commission) was deposited in a trust account (the “Trust Account”) established for the benefit of our public stockholders. As of March 31, 2023, a total of $60,156,291 including the net proceeds from the IPO and the Private Placement as well as income accrued since the date of the IPO was being held in a trust account established for the benefit of the Company’s public stockholders.

After the payment of IPO transaction costs that amounted to $4,331,021, consisting of $1,150,000 of underwriting discounts and commissions, $2,012,500 of deferred underwriting discounts and commissions (which amount will be payable upon consummation of our initial business combination, if consummated), $519,403 of other offering costs, the $441,025 fair value of the 57,500 shares issued to the representative (the “Representative Shares”) and the $208,093 fair value of the Unit Purchase Option sold to Maxim (the “UPO”) and considered as part of the transaction costs, $1,045,061 of the net proceeds of the Public Offering and Private Placement was not deposited into the Trust Account and was retained by us for working capital purposes. The Representative has agreed to waive its rights to the deferred underwriting commission held in the Trust Account in the event the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period and, in such event, such amounts will be included with the funds held in the Trust Account that will be available to fund the redemption of the Public Shares.

The initial stockholders, officers, directors, or their affiliates have agreed to loan us funds as may be required in order to finance transaction costs in connection with searching for a target business or consummating an intended initial business combination (the “working capital loans”). As of March 31, 2023, the Company had no borrowings under the working capital loans. Any future working capital loans would either be paid upon consummation of our initial business combination, without interest, or, at the lender’s discretion, up to $600,000 of the notes may be converted upon consummation of the Company’s business combination into private units at a price of $10.00 per unit. 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 our trust account would be used for such repayment. Such loans , if and when issued, would be evidenced by promissory notes. As of March 31, 2023, we had $10,763 held outside of the Trust Account.

Upon the closing of the IPO, the Company had an initial 12 months from the closing of the IPO to complete a Business Combination, and the Company may, but is not obligated to, extend the period of time to consummate a Business Combination three times by an additional three months each time (for a total of up to 21 months to complete a Business Combination). In order to extend the time available for the Company to consummate a Business Combination, the initial stockholders or their affiliates or designees must deposit into the Trust Account $575,000 ($0.10 per share in either case), on or prior to the applicable deadline, for each three month extension (or up to an aggregate of $1,500,000 (or $1,725,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full), or $0.30 per share if the Company extends for the full nine months).

We now have until September 21, 2023, with the option, upon approval of our Board of Directors, to extend up to December 21, 2023, or such later time as our shareholders may approve in accordance with our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Charter”), to consummate our initial business combination (the “Combination Period”). If we are unable to consummate our initial business combination by such date and do not obtain an additional extension, we will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but no more than ten business days thereafter, redeem 100% of the outstanding 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 (net of taxes payable, and less up to $50,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public stockholders’ rights as stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the remaining stockholders and the Company’s board of directors, liquidate and dissolve, subject in each case to our obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. There will be no redemption rights or liquidating distributions with respect to the Company’s public warrants, public rights, or private rights. The warrants and rights will expire worthless if the Company fails to complete its initial Business Combination within the 12-month time period (or up to 21 months from the closing of Initial Public Offering if the Company extends the period of time to consummate a Business Combination by the full amount of time). The underwriters have agreed to waive its rights to the deferred underwriting commission held in the Trust Account in the event the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period and, in such event, such amounts will be included with the funds held in the Trust Account that will be available to fund the redemption of the Public Shares. In the event of such distribution, it is possible that the per share value of the assets remaining available for distribution will be less than $10.15.

Execution and Termination of the Merger Agreement

On June 21, 2022, we entered into a Merger Agreement (the “Merger Agreement”) by and among Roxe Holding Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Roxe”), the Registrant, Goldenstone Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Merger Sub”) and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Registrant, and Amazon Capital Inc., solely in its capacity as representative, agent and attorney-in-fact of the Roxe Securityholders (the “Securityholder Representative”)(collectively, the “Parties), pursuant to which Merger Sub would merge with and into the Company (the “Merger”) with the Roxe as the surviving corporation of the Merger and becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.

Subsequently, on September 30, 2022, we entered into a Joint Agreement to Terminate Merger Agreement (the “Termination Agreement”) with Roxe, pursuant to which (i) the Parties mutually agreed to terminate the Merger Agreement. The termination was by mutual agreement of the Company and Roxe pursuant to Section 10.1(c) of the Merger Agreement, and no termination fee or other payment is due to either party from the other as a result of the termination.

By virtue of the termination of the Merger Agreement, the Additional Agreements (as defined in the Merger Agreement) were terminated in accordance with their terms.

Extension of the Deadline to Complete an Initial Business Combination

Pursuant to the terms of our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the Investment Management Trust Agreement between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC (“Continental”), the Company may elect to extend the time available to consummate our initial business combination, provided that our sponsor or its affiliates or designees must, upon ten days advance notice prior to the applicable deadline, deposit $575,000 into the trust account ($0.10 per share) on or prior to the date of the applicable deadline, for each three month extension (or up to an aggregate of $1,725,000, or $0.30 per share if we extend for the full nine months) ten days advance notice prior to the applicable deadline.

On March 14, 2023, the Company announced that it had extended the period of time by which it may complete an initial business combination by an additional three months (the “Extension”). In accordance with its amended and restated certificate of incorporation, a deposit of $575,000 was made into the trust account established at the time of the Company’s initial public offering for the benefit of the public stockholders. Pursuant to the Extension, the deadline for completion of an initial business combination was extended to June 21, 2023.

On June 20, 2023, the Company announced that it had extended the period of time by which it may complete an initial business combination by an additional three months (the “Second Extension”). In accordance with its amended and restated certificate of incorporation, on June 14, 2023, a deposit of $575,000 was made into to the trust account established at the time of the Company’s initial public offering for the benefit of the public stockholders. Pursuant to the Second Extension, the new deadline for completion of an initial business combination is September 21, 2023.

Business Strategy 

Our business strategy is to identify and complete a business combination that creates long-term value for our stockholders. We will seek to capitalize on the comprehensive experience and contacts of our executive officers and directors in consummating an initial business combination. Our team is led by Eddie Ni, our President and Chief Executive Officer, Ray Chen, our Chief Financial Officer, and Yongsheng Liu, our Chief Operating Officer.

Mr. Eddie Ni, our President and Chief Executive Officer, brings us his more than 30 years of investment, business management and entrepreneurial experience. He has been the chairman and chief executive officer of Windfall Group since December 2009. Windfall Group, a Ohio corporation, has a large business portfolio involved in a variety of industries in U.S., including real estate, building supply, construction, and import/export of construction materials and home building structures such as granite and cabinet. Under the management of Windfall Group, Mr. Ni has raised, invested, and managed over hundred-million-dollar assets including commercial real estates across the Midwest United States, from Ohio and Illinois to Georgia and South Carolina, and New York City and New Jersey. Mr. Ni was the chairman and chief executive officer of Direct Import Home Décor from November 2003 to November 2009. Prior to Windfall Group and Direct Import Home Décor, from May 1990 to October 2003, Mr. Ni was the founder and chief executive officer of Ni’s Dynasty, which focused on investments in management of the food and beverage industry.

Mr. Chen and Mr. Liu have experience with initial public offerings and business combinations for blank check companies. They have worked together on the formation, initial public offering and business combination for Wealthbridge Acquisition Limited (“Wealthbridge”) and Goldenbridge Acquisition Limited (“Goldenbridge”).

Mr. Chen also has over 10 years of extensive experience with mergers and acquisitions, especially with respect to target sourcing, deal structuring, and investment relations. He served as chief operating officer of Wealthbridge, which consummated its initial public offering in February 2019 and closed its initial business combination with Scienjoy Inc. (“Scienjoy”) in May 2020, and has been serving as Vice President and Director of investor relation of Scienjoy since May 2020. In addition, since August 2020, Mr. Chen has been serving as the chief operating officer of Goldenbridge, which consummated its initial public offering in March 2021. Goldenbridge is currently in the process of evaluating business combination candidates.

Mr. Liu has over 10 years of experience in mergers and acquisitions, including cross-border transactions involving the United States and China, which Mr. Liu actively participated in (in a variety capacities) from initial deal sourcing and negotiations through consummation. Mr. Liu served as chief executive officer and chairman of Wealthbridge, until its initial business combination with Scienjoy in May 2020, and has been serving as vice chairman of Scienjoy’s board of director since May 2020. He has served as the chief executive officer and chairman of Goldenbridge since August 2020.

With a management team with experience in merger and acquisitions for blank check companies, connections to the global business community including Asia and North America, and experience in business development, we believe we can source attractive deals and find compelling investment opportunities from private and public sources to create value for stockholders. See Item 10, “Directors, Officers and Corporate Governance” for complete information on the experience of our officers and directors.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, our officers and directors are not required to commit their full time to our affairs and will allocate their time to other businesses, which may result in a conflict of interest in allocating their time between our operations and our search for a business combination and their other businesses. We presently expect each of our employees to devote such amount of time as they reasonably believe is necessary to our business (which could range from only a few hours a week while we are trying to locate a potential target business to a In addition, past performance by our management team is not a guarantee either (i) of success with respect to any business combination we may consummate or (ii) that we will be able to locate a suitable candidate for our initial business combination. Furthermore, the members of the management team may not remain with us subsequent to the consummation of a business combination.

Competitive Advantages

Experienced Management Team with Proven Track Record

Our management team has a proven track record of successfully executing business combination and generating attractive return for investors as evidenced by the completion of a business combination between Wealthbridge and Scienjoy in May 2020.

We believe we have a broad network of contacts and corporate relationships worldwide that makes us efficient at:

By leveraging our management team’s industry expertise, performing disciplined due diligence, seeking downside protection, and providing post-acquisition value-add capabilities, we believe that we will be able to acquire a target business that will achieve significant returns for investors.

Status as a Publicly Listed Company

We believe our structure will make us an attractive business combination partner to prospective target businesses. As a publicly listed company, we will offer a target business an alternative to the traditional initial public offering. We believe that target businesses will favor this alternative, which we believe is less expensive, while offering greater certainty of execution than the traditional initial public offering. During an initial public offering, there are typically expenses incurred in marketing, which would be costlier than a business combination with us. Furthermore, once a proposed business combination is approved by our stockholders (if applicable) and the transaction is consummated, the target business will have effectively become public, whereas an initial public offering is always subject to the underwriters’ ability to complete the offering, as well as general market conditions that could prevent the offering from occurring. Once public, we believe the target business would have greater access to capital and additional means of creating management incentives that are better aligned with stockholders’ interests than it would as a private company. It can offer further benefits by augmenting a company’s profile among potential new customers and vendors and aid in attracting talented management staffs.

Strong Financial Position and Flexibility

With the funds held in our trust account, we can offer a target business a variety of options to facilitate a business combination and fund future expansion and growth of its business. Because we are able to consummate a business combination using the cash proceeds from this offering, our share capital, debt or a combination of the foregoing, we have the flexibility to use an efficient structure allowing us to tailor the consideration to be paid to the target business to address the needs of the parties. However, if a business combination requires us to use substantially all of our cash to pay for the purchase price, we may need to arrange third party financing to help fund our business combination. Since we have no specific business combination under consideration, we have not taken any steps to secure third-party financing.

Initial Business Combination Criteria 

The focus of our management team is to create stockholder value by leveraging its experience to improve the efficiency of the business while implementing strategies to grow revenue and profits organically and/or through acquisitions.

Consistent with our strategy, we have identified the following general criteria and guidelines that we believe are important in evaluating prospective target businesses. While we intend to use these criteria and guidelines in evaluating prospective businesses, we may deviate from these criteria and guidelines should we see fit to do so:

We intend to acquire companies with enterprise values of between $150 million and $500 million that are preferably already cash-generative. We believe we have greater access to companies within this range and the negotiation process is generally less time consuming than companies that are larger.

We intend to seek target companies that are at an inflection point, such as those requiring additional management expertise, are able to innovate by developing new products or services, or where we believe we can drive improved financial performance and where an acquisition may help facilitate growth.

We intend to seek target companies that offer attractive risk-adjusted equity returns for our stockholders. We intend to seek to acquire a target on terms and in a manner that leverages our experience. We expect to evaluate financial returns based on (i) the potential for organic growth in cash flows, (ii) the ability to achieve cost savings, (iii) the ability to accelerate growth, including through the opportunity for follow-on acquisitions and (iv) the prospects for creating value through other value creation initiatives. Potential upside from growth in the target business’ earnings and an improved capital structure will be weighed against any identified downside risks.

We intend to seek companies that have trustworthy, talented, experienced, and highly competent management teams. These companies may be led by entrepreneurs who are looking for a partner with our expertise to execute on the next stage of their growth. For target companies that require new management, we will leverage our team’s experience in identifying and recruiting top talent.

These criteria and guidelines are not intended to be exhaustive. Any evaluation relating to the merits of a particular initial business combination may be based, to the extent relevant, on these general guidelines as well as other considerations, factors, and criteria that our team may deem relevant. In the event that we decide to enter into our initial business combination with a target business that does not meet the above criteria and guidelines, we will disclose that the target business does not meet the above criteria in our stockholder communications related to our initial business combination, which, as discussed in this Form 10-K, would be in the form of tender offer documents or proxy solicitation materials that we would file with the SEC.

Sourcing of Potential Business Combination Targets

We believe that the operational and transactional experience of our management team and their respective affiliates, and the relationships they have developed as a result of such experience, will provide us with a substantial number of potential business combination targets. These individuals and entities have developed a broad network of contacts and corporate relationships around the world. This network has grown through sourcing, acquiring and financing businesses, relationships with sellers, financing sources and target management teams and experience in executing transactions under varying economic and financial market conditions. We believe that these networks of contacts and relationships will provide us important sources of investment opportunities. In addition, we anticipate that target business candidates may be brought to our attention from various unaffiliated sources, including investment market participants, private equity funds and large business enterprises seeking to divest noncore assets or divisions.

Our acquisition criteria, due diligence processes and value creation methods are not intended to be exhaustive. Any evaluation relating to the merits of a particular initial business combination may be based, to the extent relevant, on these general guidelines as well as other considerations, factors and criteria that our management may deem relevant. In the event that we decide to enter into our initial business combination with a target business that does not meet the above criteria and guidelines, we will disclose that the target business does not meet the above criteria in our stockholder communications related to our initial business combination, which, as discussed in this Form 10-K, would be in the form of tender offer documents or proxy solicitation materials that we would file with the SEC.

Other Acquisition Considerations

We are not prohibited from pursuing an initial business combination with a company that is affiliated with our sponsor, officers or directors. In the event we seek to complete our initial business combination with a company that is affiliated with our sponsor, officers or directors, we, or a committee of independent directors, will obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm or another independent firm that commonly renders valuation opinions for the type of company we are seeking to acquire or an independent accounting firm that our initial business combination is fair to our company from a financial point of view.

Unless we complete our initial business combination with an affiliated entity, or our Board of Directors cannot independently determine the fair market value of the target business or businesses, we are not required to obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm, another independent firm that commonly renders valuation opinions for the type of company we are seeking to acquire or from an independent accounting firm that the price we are paying for a target is fair to our company from a financial point of view. If no opinion is obtained, our stockholders will be relying on the business judgment of our Board of Directors, which will have significant discretion in choosing the standard used to establish the fair market value of the target or targets, and different methods of valuation may vary greatly in outcome from one another. Such standards used will be disclosed in our tender offer documents or proxy solicitation materials, as applicable, related to our initial business combination.

Members of our management team may directly or indirectly own our common stock and/or private units following this offering, and, accordingly, may have a conflict of interest in determining whether a particular target business is an appropriate business with which to effectuate our initial business combination. Further, each of our officers and directors may have a conflict of interest with respect to evaluating a particular business combination if the retention or resignation of any such officers and directors was included by a target business as a condition to any agreement with respect to our initial business combination.

Each of our directors and officers presently has, and in the future any of our directors and our officers may have additional, fiduciary or contractual obligations to other entities, including Goldenbridge, pursuant to which such officer or director is or will be required to present acquisition opportunities to such entity. Accordingly, subject to his or her fiduciary duties under Delaware laws, if any of our officers or directors becomes aware of an acquisition opportunity which is suitable for an entity to which he or she has then current fiduciary or contractual obligations, he or she will need to honor his or her fiduciary or contractual obligations to present such acquisition opportunity to such entity, including Goldenbridge, and only present it to us if such entity rejects the opportunity.

Our sponsor, officers and directors may become an officer or director of other special purpose acquisition companies with a class of securities registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, such officers and directors will continue to have a pre-existing fiduciary obligation to us and we will, therefore, have priority over any special purpose acquisition companies they subsequently join.

Initial Business Combination

NASDAQ rules require that our initial business combination must be with one or more target businesses that together have an aggregate fair market value equal to at least 80% of the balance in the trust account (less any deferred underwriting commissions and taxes payable on interest earned) at the time of our signing a definitive agreement in connection with our initial business combination. If our Board of Directors is not able to independently determine the fair market value of the target business or businesses, we will obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm or another independent firm that commonly renders valuation opinions for the type of company we are seeking to acquire or an independent accounting firm. We do not intend to purchase multiple businesses in unrelated industries in conjunction with our initial business combination.

We will have until 12 months from the closing of this offering to consummate an initial business combination. However, if we anticipate that we may not be able to consummate our initial business combination within 12 months, we may extend the period of time to consummate a business combination up to three times, each by an additional three months (for a total of up to 21 months to complete a business combination). Pursuant to the terms of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and the trust agreement entered into between us and the trustee in connection with the IPO, in order to extend the time available for us to consummate our initial business combination, our sponsor or its affiliates or designees, upon ten days advance notice prior to the applicable deadline, must deposit into the trust account $575,000 ($0.10 per share) on or prior to the date of the applicable deadline, for each three month extension (or up to an aggregate of $1,725,000, or $0.30 per share if we extend for the full nine months). Any such payments would be made in the form of a loan. Any such loans will be non-interest bearing and payable upon the consummation of our initial business combination. If we complete our initial business combination, we would either repay such loaned amounts out of the proceeds of the trust account released to us, or up to $1,725,000 of such loans may be convertible into private units at a price of $10.00 per unit at the option of the lender. If we do not complete a business combination, the loans would be repaid out of funds not held in the trust account, and only to the extent available. Furthermore, the letter agreement with our initial stockholders contains a provision pursuant to which our sponsor has agreed to waive its right to be repaid for such loans out of the funds held in the trust account in the event that we do not complete a business combination. Our sponsor and its affiliates or designees are not obligated to fund the trust account to extend the time for us to complete our initial business combination. You will not be able to vote on or redeem your shares in connection with any such extension.

If we are unable to complete our initial business combination within such 12-month period (or up to 21 months from the closing of this offering if we extend the period of time to consummate a business combination by the full amount of time), we 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 (which interest shall be net of taxes payable, and less up to $50,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses) divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public stockholders’ rights as stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining stockholders and our Board of Directors, liquidate and dissolve, subject in each case to our obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. There will be no redemption rights or liquidating distributions with respect to our public warrants, public rights, private warrants or private rights. The warrants and rights will expire worthless if we fail to complete our initial business combination within the 12-month time period (or up to 21 months from the closing of this offering if we extend the period of time to consummate a business combination by the full amount of time). You will not be able to vote on or redeem your shares in connection with any such extension.

We anticipate structuring our initial business combination so that the post-transaction company in which our public stockholders own shares will own or acquire 100% of the equity interests or assets of the target business or businesses. We may, however, structure our initial business combination such that the post-transaction company owns or acquires less than 100% of such interests or assets of the target business in order to meet certain objectives of the target management team or stockholders or for other reasons, but we will only complete such business combination if the post-transaction company owns or acquires 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target sufficient for it not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or the Investment Company Act. Even if the post-transaction company owns or acquires 50% or more of the voting securities of the target, our stockholders prior to the business combination may collectively own a minority interest in the post-transaction company, depending on valuations ascribed to the target and us in the business combination transaction. For example, we could pursue a transaction in which we issue a substantial number of new shares in exchange for all of the outstanding capital stock of a target. In this case, we would acquire a 100% controlling interest in the target. However, as a result of the issuance of a substantial number of new shares, our stockholders immediately prior to our initial business combination could own less than a majority of our outstanding shares subsequent to our initial business combination. If less than 100% of the equity interests or assets of a target business or businesses are owned or acquired by the post-transaction company, the portion of such business or businesses that is owned or acquired is what will be valued for purposes of the 80% of net assets test. If our initial business combination involves more than one target business, the 80% of net assets test will be based on the aggregate value of all of the target businesses.

We have registered our securities under Section 12 of the Exchange Act. As a result, we are subject to the rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act. We have no current intention of filing a Form 15 to suspend our reporting or other obligations under the Exchange Act prior or subsequent to the consummation of our initial business combination.

Corporate Information

Our principal executive office is located at 4360 E. New York St., Aurora, IL 60504, and our telephone number is 330-352-7788.

We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, as modified by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, or the JOBS Act. As such, we are eligible to 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 of 2002, or the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. If some investors find our securities less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our securities and the prices of our securities may be more volatile.

In addition, Section 107 of the JOBS Act also provides that an “emerging growth company” can take advantage of the extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act for complying with new or revised accounting standards. In other words, an “emerging growth company” can delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. We intend to take advantage of the benefits of this extended transition period.

We will remain an emerging growth company until the earlier of (1) the last day of the fiscal year (a) following the fifth anniversary of the completion of this offering, (b) in which we have total annual gross revenue of at least $1.235 billion, or (c) in which we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer, which means the market value of our common stock that are held by non-affiliates equals or exceeds $700 million as of the end of that year’s second fiscal quarter; and (2) the date on which we have issued more than $1.00 billion in non-convertible debt securities during the prior three-year period. References herein to “emerging growth company” shall have the meaning

Additionally, we are a “smaller reporting company” as defined in Item 10(f)(1) of Regulation S-K. Smaller reporting companies may take advantage of certain reduced disclosure obligations, including, among other things, providing only two years of audited financial statements. We will remain a smaller reporting company until the last day of the fiscal year in which (1) the market value of our common stock held by non-affiliates equal or exceeds $250 million as of the end of that fiscal year’s second fiscal quarter, or (2) our annual revenues equaled or exceeded $100 million during such completed fiscal year and the market value of our common stock held by non-affiliates equals or exceeds $700 million as of the end of that fiscal year’s second fiscal quarter.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

As a smaller reporting company, we are not required to make disclosures under this Item.

ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

Not applicable.

ITEM 2. PROPERTIES

We currently maintain our executive offices at 4360 E. New York Street; Aurora, Illinois, 60504. Our executive offices are provided to us by our Sponsor. On March 16, 2022, we agreed to pay our Sponsor a total of $25,000 per month for office space, utilities and secretarial and administrative support. Upon completion of the initial Business Combination or the Company’s liquidation, it will cease paying these monthly fees. We consider our current office space adequate for our current operations.

ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

We may be subject to legal proceedings, investigations and claims incidental to the conduct of our business from time to time. 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 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

Not Applicable.

PART II

ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

Our units began to trade on The Nasdaq Capital Market, or Nasdaq, under the symbol “GDSTU” on March 17, 2022. The shares of common stock, warrants and rights comprising the units began separate trading on Nasdaq on April 14, 2022, under the symbols “GDST”, “GDSTW” and “GDSTR”, respectively. The separation of the Units was voluntary and all securities continue to trade.

Holders of Record

As of March 31, 2023, there were 7,596,250 of our shares of common stock issued and outstanding held by 10 stockholders of record. The number of record holders was determined from the records of our transfer agent and does not include beneficial owners of shares of common stock whose shares are held in the names of various security brokers, dealers, and registered clearing agencies.

Dividends

We have not paid any cash dividends on our common stock to date and do not intend to pay cash dividends prior to the completion of an initial business combination. The payment of cash dividends in the future will be dependent upon our revenues and earnings, if any, capital requirements and general financial condition subsequent to completion of a business combination. The payment of any dividends subsequent to a business combination will be within the discretion of our board of directors at such time. It is the present intention of our board of directors to retain all earnings, if any, for use in our business operations and, accordingly, our board of directors does not anticipate declaring any dividends in the foreseeable future. In addition, our board of directors is not currently contemplating and does not anticipate declaring any share dividends in the foreseeable future. Further, if we incur any indebtedness, our ability to declare dividends may be limited by restrictive covenants we may agree to in connection therewith.

Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans

None.

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

None.

Use of Proceeds

On March 21, 2022, Goldenstone consummated its initial public offering (the “IPO”) of 5,750,000 units (the “Units”) which included the full exercise of the over-allotment option to purchase 750,000 Units, each Unit consisting of one share of common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), one redeemable warrant to purchase one-half of one share of Common Stock for $11.50 (“Warrant”) and one right to acquire one-tenth of one share of Common Stock.

Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO and the over-allotment, we consummated the issuance of 351.250 private placement units (the “Private Placement Units”) at $10.00 per Private Placement Unit.

Upon the closing of the initial public offering on March 21, 2022, a total of $58,362,500 of the net proceeds from the IPO, the Over-Allotment and the Private Placement were deposited in a trust account established for the benefit of our public stockholders.

Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers

None.

ITEM 6. [RESERVED]

Not applicable

ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

References to “we”, “us”, “our” or the “Company” are to Goldenstone Acquisition Limited, except where the context requires otherwise. The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and related notes thereto included elsewhere in this report.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This Annual Report on Form 10-K includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations and projections about future events. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions about us that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “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.

Overview

We are a blank check company incorporated on September 9, 2020 as a Delaware corporation and formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses.

On March 21, 2022, we consummated our IPO of 5,750,000 units at $10.00 per unit (the “Units”). The units sold included the full exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment. Each Unit consists of one share of our common stock (the “Public Shares”), one redeemable warrant to purchase one-half of one share of our common stock at a price of $11.50 per whole share and one right. Each right entitles the holder thereof to receive one-tenth (1/10) of one share of our common stock upon the consummation of the Business Combination.

Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO and the over-allotment, we consummated the issuance of 351,250 private placement units (the “Private Placement Units”) for aggregate cash proceeds of $3,512,500. Each Private Placement Unit consists of one share of our common stock, one redeemable warrant to purchase one-half of one share of our common stock at a price of $11.50 per whole share and one right. Each right entitles the holder thereof to receive one-tenth (1/10) of one share of our common stock upon the consummation of our Business Combination. Our management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the IPO and the Private Placement Units, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be generally applied toward consummating our Business Combination.

Upon the closing of the initial public offering on March 21, 2022, a total of $58,362,500 of the net proceeds from the IPO, the Over-Allotment and the Private Placement were deposited in a trust account established for the benefit of our public stockholders.

If we have not completed our initial business combination within 12 months (or by December 21, 2023, if so extended), we 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 (which interest shall be net of taxes payable, and less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses) divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public stockholders’ rights as stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of our remaining stockholders and our board of directors, dissolve and liquidate, subject in each case to our obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law.

We cannot assure you that our plans to complete our initial business combination will be successful.

Termination of Sparks Merger Agreement

On June 21, 2022, we entered into a Merger Agreement (the “Merger Agreement”) by and among Roxe Holding Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Roxe”), the Registrant, Goldenstone Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Merger Sub”) and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Registrant, and Amazon Capital Inc., solely in its capacity as representative, agent and attorney-in-fact of the Roxe Securityholders (the “Securityholder Representative”)(collectively, the “Parties), pursuant to which Merger Sub would merge with and into the Company (the “Merger”) with the Roxe as the surviving corporation of the Merger and becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.

Subsequently, on September 30, 2022, we entered into a Joint Agreement to Terminate Merger Agreement (the “Termination Agreement”) with Roxe, pursuant to which (i) the Parties mutually agreed to terminate the Merger Agreement. The termination was by mutual agreement of the Company and Roxe pursuant to Section 10.1(c) of the Merger Agreement, and no termination fee or other payment is due to either party from the other as a result of the termination.

By virtue of the termination of the Merger Agreement, the Additional Agreements (as defined in the Merger Agreement) were terminated in accordance with their terms.

Extension of the Deadline to Complete an Initial Business Combination

Pursuant to the terms of our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the Investment Management Trust Agreement between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC (“Continental”), the Company may elect to extend the time available to consummate our initial business combination, provided that our sponsor or its affiliates or designees must, upon ten days advance notice prior to the applicable deadline, deposit $575,000 into the trust account ($0.10 per share) on or prior to the date of the applicable deadline, for each three month extension (or up to an aggregate of $1,725,000, or $0.30 per share if we extend for the full nine months) ten days advance notice prior to the applicable deadline.

On March 14, 2023, the Company announced that it had extended the period of time by which it may complete an initial business combination by an additional three months (the “Extension”). In accordance with its amended and restated certificate of incorporation, a deposit of $575,000 was made into the trust account established at the time of the Company’s initial public offering for the benefit of the public stockholders. Pursuant to the Extension, the new deadline for completion of an initial business combination was extended to June 21, 2023 .

On June 20, 2023, the Company announced that it had extended the period of time by which it may complete an initial business combination by an additional three months (the “Second Extension”). In accordance with its amended and restated certificate of incorporation, on June 14, 2023, a deposit of $575,000 was made into to the trust account established at the time of the Company’s initial public offering for the benefit of the public stockholders. Pursuant to the Second Extension, the new deadline for completion of an initial business combination is September 21, 2023.

Changes in the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Appointment of the Current Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

On March 8, 2023, the Company engaged Marcum Asia CPAs LLP (“Marcum Asia”), an affiliate of Marcum LLP (“Marcum”), as its independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023, effective immediately. During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022 and the interim period through March 8, 2023, neither the Company nor anyone on its behalf consulted with Marcum Asia regarding (i) the application of accounting principles to any specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Company’s financial statements, and neither a written report nor oral advice was provided to the Company that Marcum concluded was an important factor considered by the Company in reaching a decision as to any accounting, auditing, or financial reporting issue, or (ii) any matter that was either the subject of a “disagreement,” as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K, or a “reportable event,” as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.

Dismissal of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm on March 8, 2023.

In connection with the Company’s appointment of Marcum Asia, the Company dismissed Marcum, its prior independent registered public accounting firm, effective March 8, 2023. Marcum continued to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm through March 8, 2023. The services previously provided by Marcum will now be provided by Marcum Asia. The decision to change accountants was expressly approved by the Chairman of the Company’s Audit Committee.

Marcum’s reports on the Company’s financial statements for the period from October 21, 2022 through March 8, 2023 did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles, except that the audit reports on the financial statements of the Company contained an uncertainty about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

During the period from October 21, 2022 through March 8, 2023, there were no disagreements with Marcum on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of Marcum, would have caused Marcum to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreements in connection with its reports on the Company’s financial statements for such periods. Also during this time, there were no “reportable events,” as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.

The Company provided Marcum with a copy of the above disclosures and requested that Marcum furnish the Company with a letter addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission stating whether or not it agrees with the statements made above. A copy of Marcum’s letter, dated March 14, 2023, is attached as Exhibit 16.1 to the Form 8-K filed on March 15, 2023.

Appointment of Prior Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm on October 21, 2022.

On October 21, 2022, the Company engaged Marcum as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023, effective immediately. During the period from September 9, 2020 through March 31, 2021, the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022 and the interim period through October 21, 2022, neither the Company nor anyone on its behalf consulted with Marcum regarding (i) the application of accounting principles to any specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Company’s financial statements, and neither a written report nor oral advice was provided to the Company that Marcum concluded was an important factor considered by the Company in reaching a decision as to any accounting, auditing, or financial reporting issue, or (ii) any matter that was either the subject of a “disagreement,” as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K, or a “reportable event,” as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.

Dismissal of Prior Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm on October 21, 2022

In connection with the Company’s engagement of Marcum as its independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023, on October 21, 2022, the Company concurrently dismissed Friedman LLP (“Friedman”), as its independent registered public accounting firm. Friedman continued to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm through October 19, 2022. Based on information provided by Friedman, effective September 1, 2022, Friedman combined with Marcum and continued to operate as an independent registered public accounting firm. On October 21, 2022, an engagement letter was executed by Marcum and the Company, effectively immediately. Pursuant to the engagement letter, the services previously provided by Friedman would be provided by Marcum. The decision to change accountants was expressly approved by the Chairman of the Company’s Audit Committee.

Friedman’s reports on the Company’s financial statements from September 9, 2020 (inception) through March 31, 2021 and for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022 did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles, except that the audit reports on the financial statements of the Company contained an uncertainty about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

During the period from September 9, 2020 (inception) through March 31, 2021 and the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022, and the subsequent interim period through October 21, 2022, there were no disagreements with Friedman on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of Friedman, would have caused Friedman to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreements in connection with its reports on the Company’s financial statements for such periods. Also during this time, there were no “reportable events,” as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.

The Company provided Friedman with a copy of the above disclosures and requested that Friedman furnish the Company with a letter addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission stating whether or not it agrees with the statements made above. A copy of Friedman’s letter, dated November 14, 2022, is attached as Exhibit 16.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 14, 2022.

Results of Operations

Our entire activity since inception up to March 31, 2023 was in connection with our search for a target for our initial business combination. We will not generate any operating revenues until the closing and completion of our initial business combination, at the earliest.

For the year ended March 31, 2023, we generated a net income of $145,511, which consisted of interest income on the trust account of $1,483,785, offset by formation and operating costs of $998,735, franchise tax expense of $38,043 and income taxes provision of $301,496. For the year ended March 31, 2022, we incurred a net loss of $53,448, which consisted of formation and operating costs of $43,401 and franchise tax expense of $12,250, partially offset by interest income on the trust account of $2,203.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of March 31, 2023, we had $10,763 in cash in our operating account as compared to cash of $959,964 at March 31, 2022 and working deficit of $648,141 as compared to working capital of $949,866 at March 31, 2022. The change in liquidity is attributable to cash used in operating activities of $857,494, cash used in investing activities of $536,707, and offset by cash provided by financing activities.

For the year ended March 31, 2023, there was $857,494 of cash used in operating activities resulting from dividend earned on investment held in Trust Account amounting to $1,483,785, increase in prepaid expenses of $50,000, offset by net income of $145,511, deferred tax expense of $48,070, increase in accrued expenses of $204,084, increase in due to related parties of $25,000, increase in income tax payable of $253,426, and increase in franchise tax payable of $200.

For the year ended March 31, 2023, there was $536,707 of cash used in investing activities resulting from the deposit of investment held in Trust Account amounting to $575,000, offset by withdrawal of an investment held in the Trust Account amounting to $38,293.

In order to finance transaction costs in connection with a business combination, our sponsors or an affiliate of our sponsors or certain of our officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, provide us Working Capital Loans. For the year ended March 31, 2023, there was $445,000 of cash provided by financing activities resulting from proceeds from the working capital loan from a related party amounting to $320,000 and the receipt of the business combination deposits amounting to $125,000 

Based on the foregoing, management believes that we will have sufficient working capital and borrowing capacity to meet our needs through the earlier of the consummation of a business combination or one year from this filing. Over this time period, we will be using these funds for paying existing accounts payable, identifying and evaluating prospective initial business combination candidates, performing due diligence on prospective target businesses, paying for travel expenditures, selecting the target business to merge with or acquire, and structuring, negotiating and consummating the business combination.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

The preparation of these financial statements 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. We have identified the following as our critical accounting policies:

Common Stock Subject to Redemption

We account for our common stock subject to possible redemption in accordance with the guidance in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” Common stock subject to mandatory redemption is classified as a liability instrument and is measured at fair value. Conditionally redeemable common stock (including common stock that feature redemption rights that is either within the control of the holder or subject to redemption upon the occurrence of uncertain events not solely within the Company’s control) is classified as temporary equity. At all other times, common stock is classified as stockholders’ equity. Our common stock features certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of our control and subject to occurrence of uncertain future events. Accordingly, common stock subject to possible redemption is presented at redemption value as temporary equity, outside of the stockholders’ equity section of our balance sheet.

We have made a policy election in accordance with ASC 480-10-S99-3A and recognizes changes in redemption value in additional paid-in capital (or accumulated deficit in the absence of additional paid-in capital) over an expected 12-month period leading up to a Business Combination.

Deferred Offering Costs

We comply with the requirements of FASB ASC Topic 340-10-S99-1, “Other Assets and Deferred Costs - SEC Materials” (“ASC 340-10-S99”) and SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic 5A, “Expenses of Offering”. Offering costs were $4,331,021 consisting principally of underwriting, legal, accounting and other expenses that are directly related to the IPO and charged to stockholders’ equity upon the completion of the IPO.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In August 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2020-06, Debt - “Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging - Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity” (Subtopic 815-40) (“ASU 2020-06”) to simplify accounting for certain financial instruments. ASU 2020-06 eliminates the current models that require separation of beneficial conversion and cash conversion features from convertible instruments and simplifies the derivative scope exception guidance pertaining to equity classification of contracts in an entity’s own equity. The new standard also introduces additional disclosures for convertible debt and freestanding instruments that are indexed to and settled in an entity’s own equity. ASU 2020-06 amends the diluted earnings per share guidance, including the requirement to use the if-converted method for all convertible instruments. ASU 2020-06 is effective January 1, 2022 and should be applied on a full or modified retrospective basis, with early adoption permitted beginning on January 1, 2021. The Company adopted ASU 2020-06 as of January 1, 2021.

Management does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting pronouncements, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the Company’s financial statements.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements; Commitments and Contractual Obligations

Registration Rights

Pursuant to a registration rights agreement entered into on September 10, 2021, the holders of the founder shares, the private placement units and private placement units that may be issued upon conversion of working capital loans will be entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration rights agreement to be signed prior to or on the closing date of this offering requiring us to register such securities for resale. 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 the completion of our initial business combination. We will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.

Underwriting Agreement

We sold to the underwriters, $100, a Unit Purchase Option (“UPO”) to purchase 270,250 Units exercisable at $11.00 per Unit, an aggregate exercise price of $2,972,750, commencing on the later of the first anniversary the effective date of the registration statement related to the Initial Public Offering and the consummation of a Business Combination. The unit purchase option may be exercised for cash or on a cashless basis, at the holder’s option, and expires five years from the effective date of the registration statement related to the Initial Public Offering.

The underwriters received a cash underwriting discount of 2% of the gross proceeds of the IPO, or $1,150,000, upon closing of the IPO. In addition the underwriters are entitled to a deferred underwriting discount of 3.5% of the gross proceeds of the sale of Units in the IPO, or $2,012,500, which is currently held in the trust account and would be payable upon the completion of the initial Business Combination subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement.

Management does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on our financial statements.

ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

As a smaller reporting company we are not required to make disclosures under this Item.

ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

Our financial statements and the notes thereto begin on page F-1 of this Form 10-K.

ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

None.

ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Disclosure controls are procedures that are designed with the objective of ensuring that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed under the Exchange Act, such as this Report, is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time period specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls are also designed with the objective of ensuring that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including the chief executive officer and chief financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Our management evaluated, with the participation of our current chief executive officer and chief financial officer (our “Certifying Officers”), the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2023, pursuant to Rule 13a-15(b) under the Exchange Act. Based upon that evaluation, our Certifying Officers concluded that, as of March 31, 2023, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective.  

We do not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures will prevent all errors and all instances of fraud. Disclosure controls and procedures, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the disclosure controls and procedures are met. Further, the design of disclosure controls and procedures must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all disclosure controls and procedures, no evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures can provide absolute assurance that we have detected all our control deficiencies and instances of fraud, if any. The design of disclosure controls and procedures also is based partly on certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions.

Management’s Report on Internal Controls Over Financial Reporting

This Annual Report on Form 10-K does not include a report of management’s assessment regarding internal control over financial reporting or an attestation report of our independent registered public accounting firm due to a transition period established by rules of the SEC for newly public companies.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

Except as discussed below, there were no other changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act) during the most recent fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. During the quarter ended March 31, 2023, we engaged a professional CPA firm to review our income tax provision to remediate our previous identified material weakness on lack of qualified personnel to provide the tax provision for a U.S. Special Purpose Acquisition Company (“SPAC”).

ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION

None.

ITEM 9C. DISCLOSURE REGARDING FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS THAT PREVENT INSPECTIONS

Not applicable.

PART III

ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Directors and Executive Officers

Our directors and executive officers are as follows:

Below is a summary of the business experience of each of our executive officers and directors:

Eddie Ni. Mr. Ni has been our President and Chief Executive Officer since March 2021 and he has more than 30 years of investment, business management and entrepreneurial experience. He has been the chairman and chief executive officer of Windfall Group since December 2009. Windfall Group, an Ohio corporation, has a large business portfolio involved in a variety of industries in U.S., including real estate, building supply, construction, and import/export of construction materials and home building structures such as granite and cabinet. Under the management of Windfall Group, Mr. Ni has raised, invested, and managed over hundred-million-dollar assets including commercial real estates across the Midwest to the south states of United States from the State of Ohio, Illinois to Georgia and South Carolina, and New York City and New Jersey. Mr. Ni was the chairman and chief executive officer of Direct Import Home Décor from November 2003 to November 2009. Prior to Windfall Group and Direct Import Home Décor, from May 1990 to October 2003, Mr. Ni was the founder and chief executive officer of Ni’s Dynasty focusing on investing and managing in the food and beverage industry. We believe that Mr. Ni is qualified to serve on our board of directors based on his expertise in business management and his transaction experience.

Ray Chen. Mr. Chen has been our Chief Financial Officer since March 2021. He has served as chief operating officer of Goldenbridge Acquisition Limited since August 2020. Mr. Chen served as director and chief operating officer of Wealthbridge Acquisition Limited, a special purpose acquisition company, from February 2018 until its business combination with Scienjoy Inc. in May 2020, and has served as the investor relation officer of Scienjoy since then. Mr. Chen served as chief executive officer at Fortissimo Film International Ltd., a privately-owned film development and production company from August 2016 to January 2018. From January 2013 to February 2016, Mr. Chen was chief executive officer of Beijing Galloping Horse Film & TV Production Co., Ltd. From January 2010 to March 2013, Mr. Chen was the head of sales in the Beijing Office of Star Jet Co., Ltd. Prior to his Star Jet experience, Mr. Chen was the executive board member and head of sales in Asia Jet Partners Limited, a privately-owned holding company specializing in general aviation and aircraft leasing. Mr. Chen joined Asia Jet after his service as chief executive officer at ABC International Inc., a business consulting company based in Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Chen attended business and marketing courses at Cleveland State University from September 1991 to June 1995. We believe Mr. Chen is well-qualified to serve as a member of the board given his public company experience, including other similarly structured blank check companies, business leadership, operational experience and contacts.

Yongsheng Liu. Mr. Liu has been our Chief Operating Officer since April 2021. Throughout the past 20 years, Mr. Liu has assumed various corporate leadership positions and demonstrated his strong execution ability and in-depth knowledge in private equity and corporate M&A transactions across a wide range of sectors including aviation, consumer, financial institutions, and technology. He has served as chairman and chief executive officer of Goldenbridge Acquisition Limited since August 2020. He served as chairman and chief executive officer of Wealthbridge Acquisition Limited, a special purpose acquisition company, from June 2018 until its business combination with Scienjoy Inc. in May 2020, and has served as vice chairman of Scienjoy’s board since then. From March 2017 to April 2018, Mr. Liu served as chairman and chief executive officer of Royal China Holdings Limited (HKEx: 01683), during which he spearheaded the company’s international growth strategy focusing on acquiring targets in aviation industry and finance sector. From the beginning of 2013 to March 2017, Mr. Liu was chairman of Joy Air General Aviation, chairman of Cambodia Bayon Airlines, vice chairman of Everbright and Joy International Leasing Company, and president of General Aviation Investment Company (Shanghai). From April 2004 to August 2008, Mr. Liu also served as chief strategy officer of United Eagle Airlines (subsequently renamed to Chengdu Airlines). From December 1994 to June 2000, Mr. Liu was a manager of China Southern Airlines responsible for ground staff training. Mr. Liu received his master’s degree from University of Ottawa in 2002 and his bachelor’s degree from Civil Aviation University of China in 1992. We believe Mr. Liu is well-qualified to serve as a member of the board given his public company experience, including other similarly structured blank check companies, business leadership, operational experience and contacts.

Jonathan McKeage. Mr. McKeage has been our director since July 2021. has over 30 years of experience in the areas of M&A, corporate finance, equity analysis, trading and investor relations. Mr. McKeage has held executive positions at publicly traded U.S. corporations, including Vice President of Corporate Development for NASDAQ-quoted, Minneapolis-based Digital Angel Corporation, where for seven years (2004-2010) he coordinated acquisitions and divestitures and served as in-house investor relations manager for this international RFID and GPS technology group. During this time, he also served as CEO and Director of New Jersey-based Digital Angel subsidiary InfoTech USA, an OTC-quoted provider of information technology and consulting services to small and medium sized businesses, where he led a business model restructuring and eventual sale to a private equity group, as part of the parent company’s program of divestiture of non-core assets. Before this, Mr. McKeage for two years was an Account Manager with Allen & Caron, a New York and London based investor relations firm, where he led roadshows and wrote press releases for the firm’s small cap client base, and advised C-suite executives on IR strategies. In the early 1990s Mr. McKeage spent three years with Kalb Voorhis, a New-York based brokerage and specialist operation, where he acted as floor broker on the NYSE and client relationship manager with the firm’s AMEX specialist unit, as well as on the firm’s equity sales desk “upstairs” executing customer trades on these exchanges. Following this, he spent two years with Niederhoffer Investments, a New York-based financial group engaged primarily in commodities trading, where he engaged in commodities research and ADR trading, as well as managing the firm’s private company exclusive sale business. Mr. McKeage’s investment banking experience includes seven years (1995-2002) as a Managing Director in the Corporate Finance department of New York-based Dominick & Dominick LLC, where he was involved in a number of domestic and international M&A and equity funding assignments and also led European roadshows for US clients in conjunction with Dominick’s then-extensive European branch network. During this time Mr. McKeage also published a number of research reports on small cap technology companies. Prior to his time with Dominick, Mr. McKeage was an Associate with Morgan Grenfell Inc., the New York office of Morgan Grenfell plc, the British merchant bank, where he participated in domestic and cross-border M&A transactions, and also participated in a roadshow for the launch of Morgan Grenfell’s London-based merchant banking fund (1986-1990). Mr. McKeage began his investment banking career in the Municipal Finance division of PaineWebber in New York, where he was a member of a team structuring tax-exempt municipal bonds. More recently (since 2015), Mr. McKeage has been involved in educational services, as a corporate executive, teacher and consultant. He has served as CEO, Director and Senior Advisor for American Education Center, Inc., a New York-based, OTC-quoted provider of college application advice, and acclimation and business services to Chinese students studying in the US and their families. During this time, he also taught online courses in Equity Analysis, Personal Investing, US Capital Markets, M&A, and the Global Investment Banking Industry. Mr. McKeage holds a BA degree from Rice University, MA and PhD degrees from Harvard University and a Certificate in Business Administration from The Wharton School. We believe Mr. McKeage is well-qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors given his experience, relationships and contacts.

Pin Tai. Mr. Tai has been our director since April 2021. He has over 38 years of commercial banking experience in U.S., Hong Kong and mainland China. Mr. Tai joined Cathay Bank in 1999 as general manager of its New York region, and was instrumental in the development of its east coast presence in New York, Boston, Maryland, New Jersey and Chicago. He took on more responsibilities within the bank as executive vice president of eastern regions including Texas and was appointed chief lending officer in 2013. In 2015, he was invited to join the board of directors and was appointed as president of Cathay Bank. In 2016, he was named chief executive officer and president of Cathay General Bancorp and Cathay Bank. During his tenure as chief executive officer and president, Cathay Bank was ranked top 10 Best Banks in 2018 and within the top 20 Best Banks in America for 5 consecutive years by Forbes Magazine. Mr. Tai retired from Cathay Bank in September 2020. Subsequently he was invited to join GPI Investment Group and became chairman of GPI Real Estate Opportunity Fund, a private equity focusing on investment in multi-family, student housing and undervalued real estate assets. Prior to joining Cathay Bank, he worked for Bank of China, USA for 13 years in charge of credit and business development, marketing and correspondent banking. Before that, he was with Bank of America in Hong Kong and mainland China providing international banking services to Chinese state-owned banks and companies as well as multinational companies. He was amongst the earliest group of American bankers entering China market in 1980. Mr. Tai graduated from the University of Rochester with a bachelor of science degree in Chemical Engineering and received his master’s degree in business administration with Honor from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. He also completed the Directors Training Program at UCLA Anderson School of Business. He was former vice chair and board member of NY Chinatown Partnership Local Development Corporation, director of NY Chinese Bankers Association, director of Cathay General Bancorp, Cathay Bank and Cathay Bank Foundation, Western Bankers Association, California Bankers Association, Foothill Family Services at Pasadena and Worldwide Christian Churches Ministries. Mr. Tai was invited to become a member of the Committee of 100 in 2019. We believe Mr. Tai is well-qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors given his experience, relationships and contacts.

Nan Sun. Mr. Sun has been our director since April 2021. Mr. Sun currently serves as general manager of H-Bar Continuous Cast Iron Corp. from 2014. Mr. Sun has been a professor in Xi’an University of Technology, China and a guest professor in University of Notre Dame, U.S. since August 2017. Prior to that Mr. Sun was an associate professor in Jiangsu University, China from April 2015 to August 2017. Mr. Sun was a post-doc research associate in Department of Physics, Purdue University, U.S., from December 2011 to March 2012, and in Harper Cancer Center, University of Notre Dame, U.S., from March 2012 to June 2015. Mr. Sun has a list of publications on various meetings, conferences and journals. Mr. Sun obtained two patents, one for inventing a new device for recycle Fumric acid recycle in 2014 and one for inventing a new method for waste water treatment, recycle, and chemical extraction for profits in 2012. He has been a member of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS), Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE), and American Physical Society (APS). Mr. Sun graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Intensive Instruction (a special program for cultivating scientists) from Nanjing University, China in 2003. Mr. Sun earned his Ph.D and master’s degree in Physics from University of Notre Dame, U.S. in 2012 and 2007, respectively. We believe Mr. Sun is well-qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors given his experience, relationships and contacts.

Number of Officers and Directors

The Board of Directors currently is consisted of five (5) members. Each member of our board of directors will be elected at our annual meetings. In accordance with Nasdaq corporate governance requirements, we are not required to hold an annual meeting until one year after our first fiscal year end following our listing on Nasdaq.

Our officers are appointed by the board of directors and serve at the discretion of the board of directors, rather than for specific terms of office. Our board of directors is authorized to appoint persons to the offices set forth in our bylaws as it deems appropriate. Our bylaws provide that our officers may consist of a Chief Executive Officer, a Chief Financial Officer, a Secretary and such other officers (including, without limitation, a Chairman of the Board, Presidents, Vice Presidents, Assistant Secretaries and a Treasurer) as may be determined by the board of directors.

Director Independence

Nasdaq listing standards require that a majority of our board of directors be independent. An “independent director” is defined generally as a person other than an officer or employee of the company or its subsidiaries or any other individual having a relationship which in the opinion of the company’s board of directors, would interfere with the director’s exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director. Our board of directors has determined that each of Jonathan McKeage, Pin Tai, and Nan Sun are “independent directors” as defined in the Nasdaq listing standards and applicable SEC rules. Our independent directors will have regularly scheduled meetings at which only independent directors are present.

Committees of the Board of Directors

Our board of directors has three standing committees: an audit committee, a nominating committee, and a compensation committee. Subject to phase-in rules and a limited exception, Nasdaq rules and Rule 10A-3 of the Exchange Act require that the audit committee of a listed company be comprised solely of independent directors, and Nasdaq rules require that the compensation committee of a listed company be comprised solely of independent directors.

Audit Committee

Under the Nasdaq listing standards and applicable SEC rules, we are required to have three members of the audit committee all of whom must be independent. We have established an audit committee of the board of directors, which consists of Jonathan McKeage, Pin Tai, and Nan Sun, each of whom is an independent director under Nasdaq’s listing standards. Jonathan McKeage is the Chairperson of the audit committee. The audit committee’s duties, which are specified in our Audit Committee Charter, include, but are not limited to:

Financial Experts on Audit Committee

The audit committee will at all times be composed exclusively of “independent directors” who are “financially literate” as defined under Nasdaq listing standards. Nasdaq listing standards define “financially literate” as being able to read and understand fundamental financial statements, including a company’s balance sheet, income statement and cash flow statement.

In addition, we must certify to Nasdaq that the committee has, and will continue to have, at least one member who has past employment experience in finance or accounting, requisite professional certification in accounting, or other comparable experience or background that results in the individual’s financial sophistication. The board of directors has determined that Pin Tai qualified as an “audit committee financial expert,” as defined under rules and regulations of the SEC.

Nominating Committee

We have established a nominating committee of the board of directors, which consists of Jonathan McKeage, Pin Tai, and Nan Sun, each of whom is an independent director under Nasdaq’s listing standards. Nan Sun is the Chairperson of the nominating committee. The nominating committee is responsible for overseeing the selection of persons to be nominated to serve on our board of directors. The nominating committee considers persons identified by its members, management, stockholders, investment bankers and others.

Guidelines for Selecting Director Nominees

The guidelines for selecting nominees, which are specified in the Nominating Committee Charter, generally provide that persons to be nominated:

The nominating committee will consider a number of qualifications relating to management and leadership experience, background and integrity and professionalism in evaluating a person’s candidacy for membership on the board of directors. The nominating committee may require certain skills or attributes, such as financial or accounting experience, to meet specific board needs that arise from time to time and will also consider the overall experience and makeup of its members to obtain a broad and diverse mix of board members. The board of directors will also consider director candidates recommended for nomination by our stockholders during such times as they are seeking proposed nominees to stand for election at the next annual meeting of stockholders (or, if applicable, a special meeting of stockholders). Our stockholders that wish to nominate a director for election to the Board should follow the procedures set forth in our certificate of incorporation. The nominating committee does not distinguish among nominees recommended by stockholders and other persons.

Compensation Committee

We have established a compensation committee of the board of directors, which consists of Jonathan McKeage, Pin Tai, and Nan Sun, each of whom is an independent director under Nasdaq’s listing standards. Jonathan McKeage is the Chairperson of the compensation committee. The compensation committee’s duties, which are specified in our Compensation Committee Charter, include, but are not limited to:

Notwithstanding the foregoing, as indicated above, no compensation of any kind, including finders, consulting or other similar fees, will be paid to any of our existing stockholders, including our directors or any of their respective affiliates, prior to, or for any services they render in order to effectuate, the consummation of a business combination. Accordingly, it is likely that prior to the consummation of an initial business combination, the compensation committee will only be responsible for the review and recommendation of any compensation arrangements to be entered into in connection with such initial business combination.

Code of Ethics

We have adopted a code of conduct and ethics applicable to our directors, officers and employees in accordance with applicable federal securities laws. We have filed a copy of our Code of Ethics as an exhibit to our Registration Statement on Form S-1. You will be able to review these documents by accessing our public filings at the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov. In addition, a copy of the Code of Ethics will be provided without charge upon request from us. We intend to disclose any amendments to or waivers of certain provisions of our Code of Ethics in a Current Report on Form 8-K.

Conflicts of Interest

In general, officers and directors of a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware are required to present business opportunities to a corporation if:

In relation to the foregoing, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that:

Each of our officers and directors presently has, and any of them in the future may have additional, fiduciary or contractual obligations to another entity pursuant to which such officer or director is or will be required to present a business combination opportunity to such entity. Accordingly, if any of our officers or directors becomes aware of a business combination opportunity which is suitable for an entity to which he or she has then-current fiduciary or contractual obligations, he or she will honor these fiduciary obligations under applicable law. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that we renounce our interest in any corporate opportunity offered to any director or officer unless such opportunity is expressly offered to such person solely in his or her capacity as a director or officer of our company and such opportunity is one we are legally and contractually permitted to undertake and would otherwise be reasonable for us to pursue.

The following table summarizes the relevant pre-existing fiduciary or contractual obligations of our officers and directors:

Potential investors should also be aware of the following other potential conflicts of interest:

The conflicts described above may not be resolved in our favor.

We are not prohibited from pursuing an initial business combination with a company that is affiliated with our initial stockholders, officers or directors. In the event we seek to complete our initial business combination with such a company, we, or a committee of independent directors, would obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm which is a member of FINRA, or from an independent accounting firm, that such an initial business combination is fair to our company from a financial point of view.

In the event that we submit our initial business combination to our public stockholders for a vote, our sponsors, executive officers, and directors have agreed to vote their founder shares and any public shares purchased in or after the IPO in favor of our initial business combination.

Limitation on Liability and Indemnification of Officers and Directors

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that our officers and directors will be indemnified by us to the fullest extent authorized by Delaware law, as it now exists or may in the future be amended. In addition, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that our directors will not be personally liable for monetary damages to us for breaches of their fiduciary duty as directors, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted by the DGCL.

We will enter into agreements with our officers and directors to provide contractual indemnification in addition to the indemnification provided for in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation. Our bylaws also permit us to maintain insurance on behalf of any officer, director or employee for any liability arising out of his or her actions, regardless of whether Delaware law would permit such indemnification. We will obtain a policy of directors’ and officers’ liability insurance that insures our officers and directors against the cost of defense, settlement or payment of a judgment in some circumstances and insures us against our obligations to indemnify our officers and directors.

These provisions may discourage stockholders from bringing a lawsuit against our directors for breach of their fiduciary duty. These provisions also may have the effect of reducing the likelihood of derivative litigation against officers and directors, even though such an action, if successful, might otherwise benefit us and our stockholders. Furthermore, a stockholder’s investment may be adversely affected to the extent we pay the costs of settlement and damage awards against officers and directors pursuant to these indemnification provisions.

We believe that these provisions, the directors’ and officers’ liability insurance and the indemnity agreements are necessary to attract and retain talented and experienced officers and directors.

ITEM 11 EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

Executive Officers and Director Compensation

No executive officer has received any cash compensation for services rendered to us. No compensation of any kind, including finders, consulting or other similar fees, will be paid to any of our existing stockholders, including our directors, or any of their respective affiliates, prior to, or for any services they render in order to effectuate, the consummation of a business combination. However, such individuals will be reimbursed for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with activities on our behalf such as identifying potential target businesses and performing due diligence on suitable business combinations. There is no limit on the amount of these out-of-pocket expenses and there will be no review of the reasonableness of the expenses by anyone other than our board of directors and audit committee, which includes persons who may seek reimbursement, or a court of competent jurisdiction if such reimbursement is challenged.

ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

The following table sets forth as of May 31, 2023 the number of shares of common stock beneficially owned by (i) each person who is known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of our issued and outstanding shares of common stock (ii) each of our officers and directors; and (iii) all of our officers and directors as a group. As of May 31, 2023, we had 7,596,250 shares of common stock issued and outstanding.

Unless otherwise indicated, we believe that all persons named in the table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of common stock beneficially owned by them. The following table does not reflect record of beneficial ownership of any shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants or in connection with the rights, as the warrants and rights are not exercisable within 60 days of May 31, 2023.

ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE

In March 2021, the Company issued 1,437,500 shares of common to our initial stockholders, which we refer to throughout this Form 10-K as the “insider shares,” for an aggregate purchase price of $25,874, or approximately $0.018 per share. In January 2022, in connection with the possible increase in the size of the offering, the Company declared a 20% stock dividend on each outstanding share. This resolution was subsequently rescinded and no additional shares were issued.

Our sponsor purchased from us an aggregate of 325,000 private units at $10.00 per private unit (for a total purchase price of $3,250,000). These purchases will take place on a private placement basis simultaneously with the consummation of this offering. All of the proceeds we receive from these purchases will be placed in the trust account described below. Our sponsor has also agreed that if the over-allotment option is exercised by the underwriters, they will purchase from us at a price of $10.00 per private unit an additional number of private units (up to a maximum of 26,250 private units) pro rata with the amount of the over-allotment option exercised so that at least $10.15 per share sold to the public in this offering is held in trust regardless of whether the over-allotment option is exercised in full or part. These additional private units will be purchased in a private placement that will occur simultaneously with the purchase of units resulting from the exercise of the over-allotment option. The private units are identical to the units sold in this offering except as otherwise described in this Form 10-K. The purchasers have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of the private units or the underlying securities (except to the same permitted transferees as the insider shares) until the completion of our initial business combination.

If any of our officers or directors becomes aware of an initial business combination opportunity that falls within the line of business of any entity to which he or she has then-current fiduciary or contractual obligations, he or she will honor his or her fiduciary or contractual obligations to present such business combination opportunity to such other entity. Our officers and directors currently have certain relevant fiduciary duties or contractual obligations that may take priority over their duties to us.

In March 2021, our sponsor agreed to loan us $300,000 to be used for a portion of the expenses of this offering pursuant to a promissory note. As of December 31, 2021, our sponsor had loaned us an aggregate of $154,126 to be used to pay formation expenses and a portion of the expenses of this offering. The loan is payable without interest on the date on which at the earlier of (1) April 30, 2022 or (2) we consummate our initial public offering.

We are obligated, commencing on the closing date of the offering and for 12 months, to pay our sponsor’s affiliate and officers, a total monthly fee of $25,000. The payment is for general and administrative services including office space, utilities, secretarial support and officers’ services to us. Specifically, $2,000 will be paid to our sponsor’s affiliate, Windfall Plaza Management, LLC, for the office space, utilities, and secretarial support; $10,000, $8,000 and $5,000 will be paid to Mr. Yongsheng Liu, Mr. Eddie Ni, and Mr. Ray Chen respectively. However, pursuant to the terms of such agreement, we may delay payment of such monthly fee upon a determination by our audit committee that we lack sufficient funds held outside the trust to pay actual or anticipated expenses in connection with our initial business combination. Any such unpaid amount will accrue without interest and be due and payable no later than the date of the consummation of our initial business combination.

Other than the foregoing, no compensation of any kind, including any finder’s fee, reimbursement, consulting fee or monies in respect of any payment of a loan, will be paid by us to our sponsor, officers and directors, or any affiliate of our sponsor or officers, prior to, or in connection with any services rendered in order to effectuate, the consummation of an initial business combination (regardless of the type of transaction that it is). However, these individuals will be reimbursed for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with activities on our behalf such as identifying potential target businesses and performing due diligence on suitable business combinations. Our audit committee will review on a quarterly basis all payments that were made to our sponsor, officers, directors or our or their affiliates and will determine which expenses and the amount of expenses that will be reimbursed. There is no cap or ceiling on the reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses incurred by such persons in connection with activities on our behalf.

If needed to finance transaction costs in connection with searching for a target business or consummating an intended initial business combination, our initial stockholders, officers, directors or their affiliates may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds as may be required. In the event that the initial business combination does not close, we may use a portion of the working capital held outside the trust account to repay such loaned amounts, but no proceeds from our trust account would be used for such repayment. Such loans would be evidenced by promissory notes. The notes would either be paid upon consummation of our initial business combination, without interest, or, at the lender’s discretion, up to $600,000 of the notes may be converted upon consummation of our business combination into private units at a price of $10.00 per unit. Our stockholders have approved the issuance of the units and underlying securities upon conversion of such notes, to the extent the holder wishes to so convert them at the time of the consummation of our initial business combination. If we do not complete a business combination, the loans would be repaid out of funds not held in the trust account, and only to the extent available.

After our initial business combination, members of our management team who remain with us may be paid consulting, management or other fees from the combined company with any and all amounts being fully disclosed to our stockholders, to the extent then known, in the tender offer or proxy solicitation materials, as applicable, furnished to our stockholders. It is unlikely the amount of such compensation will be known at the time of distribution of such tender offer materials or at the time of a stockholder meeting held to consider our initial business combination, as applicable, as it will be up to the directors of the post-combination business to determine executive and director compensation.

We have entered into a registration rights agreement with respect to insider shares, the private units and its underlying securities, the units issuable upon conversion of working capital loans (if any) and the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the foregoing.

Related Party Policy

We have adopted a code of ethics requiring us to avoid, wherever possible, all conflicts of interests, except under guidelines or resolutions approved by our Board of Directors (or the appropriate committee of our board) or as disclosed in our public filings with the SEC. Under our code of ethics, conflict of interest situations will include any financial transaction, arrangement or relationship (including any indebtedness or guarantee of indebtedness) involving the company. A form of our code of ethics was filed as an exhibit to the registration statement in connection with our IPO.

In addition, our audit committee, pursuant to a written charter that we will adopt prior to the consummation of this offering, will be responsible for reviewing and approving related party transactions to the extent that we enter into such transactions. An affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the audit committee present at a meeting at which a quorum is present will be required in order to approve a related party transaction. A majority of the members of the entire audit committee will constitute a quorum. Without a meeting, the unanimous written consent of all of the members of the audit committee will be required to approve a related party transaction. A form of the audit committee charter that was adopted was filed as an exhibit to the registration statement in connection with our IPO. We also require each of our directors and executive officers to complete a directors’ and officers’ questionnaire that elicits information about related party transactions.

These procedures are intended to determine whether any such related party transaction impairs the independence of a director or presents a conflict of interest on the part of a director, employee or officer.

To further minimize conflicts of interest, we have agreed not to consummate our initial business combination with an entity that is affiliated with any of our insiders, officers or directors unless we have obtained an opinion from an independent investment banking firm and the approval of a majority of our disinterested and independent directors (if we have any at that time) that the business combination is fair to our unaffiliated stockholders from a financial point of view. Furthermore, no finder’s fees, reimbursements or cash payments will be made to our sponsor, officers or directors, or our or their affiliates, for services rendered to us prior to or in connection with the completion of our initial business combination. However, the following payments will be made to our sponsor, officers or directors, or our or their affiliates, none of which will be made from the proceeds of this offering held in the trust account prior to the completion of our initial business combination:

Our audit committee will review on a quarterly basis all payments that were made to our sponsor, officers or directors, or our or their affiliates.

After our initial business combination, members of our management team who remain with us may be paid consulting, management or other fees from the combined company with any and all amounts being fully disclosed to our stockholders, to the extent then known, in the tender offer or proxy solicitation materials, as applicable, furnished to our stockholders. It is unlikely the amount of such compensation will be known at the time of distribution of such tender offer materials or at the time of a stockholder meeting held to consider our initial business combination, as applicable, as it will be up to the directors of the post-combination business to determine executive officer and director compensation.

In connection with the IPO, we entered into a registration rights agreement with respect to the founder shares and private placement units (and underlying securities).

Policy for Approval of Related Party Transactions

The audit committee of our board of directors has adopted a policy setting forth the policies and procedures for its review and approval or ratification of “related party transactions.” Pursuant to the policy, the audit committee will consider (i) the relevant facts and circumstances of each related party transaction, including if the transaction is on terms comparable to those that could be obtained in arm’s-length dealings with an unrelated third party, (ii) the extent of the related party’s interest in the transaction, (iii) whether the transaction contravenes our code of ethics or other policies, (iv) whether the audit committee believes the relationship underlying the transaction to be in the best interests of the company and its stockholders and (v) the effect that the transaction may have on a director’s status as an independent member of the board and on his or her eligibility to serve on the board’s committees. Management will present to the audit committee each proposed related party transaction, including all relevant facts and circumstances relating thereto. Under the policy, we may consummate related party transactions only if our audit committee approves or ratifies the transaction in accordance with the guidelines set forth in the policy. The policy will not permit any director or executive officer to participate in the discussion of, or decision concerning, a related person transaction in which he or she is the related party.

ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023 the firms, of Marcum Asia, the Company’s current independent registered public accounting firm, and previously Marcum and Friedman, acted as our principal independent registered public accounting firm. The following is a summary of fees paid or to be paid to Marcum Asia, Marcum, and Friedman for services rendered.

Audit Fees. Audit fees consist of fees billed for professional services rendered for the audit of our year-end financial statements and services that are currently provided by Marcum Asia, and previously provided by Marcum and Friedman, in connection with regulatory filings. The aggregate fees billed by Marcum Asia, Marcum, and Friedman for professional services rendered for the audit of our annual financial statements, and other required filings with the SEC for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 totaled $66,000 and $70,000, respectively. This amount includes interim procedures and audit fees, as well as attendance at audit committee meetings.  

Audit-Related Fees. We did not pay Marcum Asia, Marcum or Friedman for consultations concerning financial accounting and reporting standards for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2023 and 2022.

Tax Fees. We did not pay Marcum Asia, Marcum or Friedman for tax planning and tax advice for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2023 and 2022.

All Other Fees. We did not pay Marcum Asia, Marcum or Friedman for other services for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2023 and 2022.

Pre-Approval of Services

Since our audit committee had not yet been formed when the work commenced in 2020, the audit committee was not able to pre-approve all of the foregoing services, although all such services were approved by our board of directors. Since the formation of our audit committee, and on a going-forward basis, the audit committee has and will pre-approve all auditing services and permitted non-audit services to be performed for us by our auditors, including the fees and terms thereof (subject to the de minimis exceptions for non-audit services described in the Exchange Act which are approved by the audit committee prior to the completion of the audit).

PART IV

ITEM 15 EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

The following exhibits are filed with this report. Exhibits which are incorporated herein by reference can be obtained from the SEC’s website at sec.gov.

Item 16. Form 10-K Summary

None

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

GOLDENSTONE ACQUISITION LIMITED

INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Stockholders and Board of Directors of

Glodenstone Acquisition Limited

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of Glodenstone Acquisition Limited (the “Company”) as of March 31, 2023, the related statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ (deficit) equity and cash flows for the year ended March 31, 2023, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of March 31, 2023, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year ended March 31, 2023, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Explanatory Paragraph – Going Concern

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As more fully described in Note 1, the Company has a significant working capital deficiency, has incurred significant losses and needs to raise additional funds to meet its obligations and sustain its operations. The Company’s liquidation date is less than one year from the date of the financial statements is issued. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. Management's plans in regard to these matters are also described in Note 1. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company's financial statements based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) ("PCAOB") and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audit we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

Our audit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/ Marcum Asia CPAs LLP

Marcum Asia CPAs LLP

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2023.

New York, NY

July 14, 2023

Firm ID#: 5395

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of

Goldenstone Acquisition Limited 

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of Goldenstone Acquisition Limited (the “Company”) as of March 31, 2022, the related statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ (deficit) equity and cash flows for the year ended March 31, 2022 and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of March 31, 2022, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year ended March 31, 2022, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audit, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

Our audit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/ Friedman LLP

Friedman LLP

We served as the Company’s auditor from 2021 to 2022.

New York, NY

June 29, 2022

GOLDENSTONE ACQUISITION LIMITED

BALANCE SHEETS

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

GOLDENSTONE ACQUISITION LIMITED

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

GOLDENSTONE ACQUISITION LIMITED

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ (DEFICIT) EQUITY

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. 

GOLDENSTONE ACQUISITION LIMITED

STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS