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COLAU

Columbus Acquisition Corp/Cayman Islands
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10-K ITEM 1A · FY2024 → FY2025
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  • Proposed Transactions On November 9, 2025, the Company entered into a business combination agreement (as it may be amended, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “BCA”) with WISeSat.Space Holdings Corp., a British Virgin Islands business company (“Pubco”), WISeSat Merger Sub Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Pubco (“Merger Sub”), WISeSat.Space Corp., a British Virgin Islands business company (the “Target”), and WISeKey International Holding Ltd., a Swiss company (together with its successors, including after its anticipated domestication to the British Virgin Islands prior to the Closing, the “Seller”).
  • Pursuant to the BCA, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, upon the closing of the transactions contemplated by the BCA (the “Closing”), CAC will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Pubco; and each issued and outstanding CAC Security (as defined in the BCA) immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger (as defined in the BCA) shall no longer be outstanding and shall automatically be cancelled, in exchange for the right of the holder thereof to receive Pubco Ordinary Shares.
  • Following the Merger, the Seller may distribute up to 10 % of its Pubco shares to its own shareholders at its discretion.
  • The transactions contemplated by the BCA and the Ancillary Documents are referred to herein as the “Transactions.” The Transactions will be submitted to shareholders of the Company for approval at an extraordinary general meeting.
  • Pubco, together with the Company, will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a proxy statement/prospectus on Form F-4 (the “Business Combination Proxy Statement”) in connection with the proposed Transactions.
  • On December 29, 2025, CAC and WISeKey International Holding AG jointly announced the confidential submission of a draft of the Business Combination Proxy Statement by Pubco with the SEC on December 23, 2025.
  • Pursuant to the Company’s Charter, the Company currently has until January 22, 2027 to complete the Transactions, if fully extended.
  • Share Exchange Consideration Immediately prior to the Effective Time, in full payment for the Company Shares, Pubco shall issue and deliver to the Seller the Exchange Shares with an aggregate value (the “Exchange Consideration”) equal to the sum of (i) Two Hundred Fifty Million U.S.
  • Dollars ($ 250,000,000 ), plus (ii) the amount of any Transaction Financing (as defined in the BCA) that is made into the Company or its Subsidiaries prior to the Closing, with each Pubco Ordinary Share valued at Ten U.S.
  • The Exchange Shares will be allocated between Pubco Ordinary Shares and Pubco Class F Shares in proportion to the number of Company Ordinary Shares and Company Class F Shares owned by Seller at the time of the Share Exchange.
  • The Pubco Class F Shares shall, in the aggregate, be entitled to 49.9 % of the total vote on any matter voted on by the holders of Pubco Shares, and the Pubco Class F Shares will automatically convert into Pubco Ordinary Shares upon certain transfers in accordance with the Company Organizational Documents.
  • Treatment of CAC Securities; Merger Consideration Pursuant to the BCA, (a) immediately prior to the Effective Time, every issued and outstanding CAC Unit shall be automatically detached, and the holder thereof shall be deemed to hold one CAC Ordinary Share and one CAC Right in accordance with the terms of the applicable CAC Unit (the “Unit Separation”); (b) immediately prior to the Effective Time and immediately following the Unit Separation, each issued and outstanding CAC Right (including the CAC Rights held as a result of the Unit Separation) shall be automatically converted into one-seventh of one CAC Ordinary Share; (c) at the Effective Time, every issued and outstanding CAC Ordinary Share (including each CAC Ordinary Share converted from CAC Rights pursuant to (b) above and each CAC Ordinary Share held as a result of the Unit Separation, other than the Excluded Shares, the Dissenting Shares and the Redeemed Shares (each as defined in the BCA)) shall become and be converted automatically into the right to receive one Pubco Ordinary Share, following which, all CAC Ordinary Shares shall cease to be outstanding and shall automatically be canceled and shall cease to exist.
  • At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger, all Merger Sub Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into an equal number ordinary shares of the Surviving Company, with the same rights, powers and privileges as the shares so converted and shall constitute the only outstanding issued shares of the Surviving Company.
  • In connection with the execution of the BCA, the relevant parties entered into the Sponsor Agreement the Insider Letter Amendment and Lock-up Agreement accordingly.
  • January 2026 Extension Meeting On January 16, 2026, the Company held an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders (the “Extraordinary General Meeting”), where the shareholders of the Company approved the proposal (the “Charter Amendment Proposal”) that the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, which provided that the Company has until January 22, 2026 to complete a business combination, be deleted in their entirety and the substitution in their place of the Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association (the “Amended Charter”) to provide that the Company has until January 22, 2026 to complete a business combination, and may elect to extend the period to consummate a business combination up to twelve times, each by an additional one-month extension (the “Monthly Extension”), for a total of up to twelve months to January 22, 2027.
  • In order to effectuate each Monthly Extensions, $ 50,000 needs to be deposited into the Trust Account of the Company (the “Monthly Extension Fee”).
  • On January 16, 2026, the Company and the Trustee entered into the amendment to the Investment Management Trust Agreement dated January 22, 2025 ( as amended, the “Trust Agreement”) upon the shareholders’ approval at the Extraordinary General Meeting, which provides that that the Trustee must commence liquidation of the Trust Account by the prescribed timeline as provided in the Company’s Amended Charter.
  • In connection with the votes to approve the Charter Amendment Proposal, 3,449,851 Ordinary Shares of the Company were rendered for redemption, and approximately $ 35.82 million was released from the Trust Account to pay such redeeming shareholders.
  • Extensions As of the date of this Annual Report, the Company has until March 22, 2026 to complete its initial business combination (or up to January 22, 2027 if fully extended).
  • A total of $100,000 Monthly Extension Fees were deposited into the Trust Account of the Company, among which $50,000 were paid by the Company from its working capital and $50,000 were paid by the Target pursuant to the BCA.
  • For the year ended December 31, 2025, we had a net income of $1,285,090, which consisted of interest income from the Trust Account of $2,231,602 offset by general and administrative expenses of $946,512.
  • Changes in operating assets and liabilities provided $302,102 of cash for operating activities.
  • Liquidity and Capital Resources As of December 31, 2025, we had $483,756 in cash and a working capital of $179,238.We intend to use substantially all of the net proceeds of the IPO, including the funds held in the Trust Account, to acquire a target business or businesses and to pay our expenses relating thereto.
  • We have incurred and expect to continue to incur significant professional costs to remain as a publicly traded company and to incur significant transaction costs in pursuit of its financing and acquisition plans.
  • The Company currently has no commitments to receive such financing and there is no assurance that the Company’s plans to raise capital will be successful.
  • In addition, the Company has until March 22, 2026 to complete its initial business combination (or up to January 22, 2027 if fully extended) to consummate the initial Business Combination.
  • If the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period, the Company will trigger an automatic winding up, dissolution and liquidation pursuant to the terms of the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association.
  • In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Accounting Standards “Codification Subtopic 205-40, Presentation of Financial Statements - Going Concern”, management has determined that the mandatory liquidation, should a Business Combination not occur, and potential subsequent dissolution, along with the need to receive additional financing, raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern until the earlier of the consummation of the Business Combination or the date the Company is required to liquidate.
  • The audited consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the Company’s inability to continue as a going concern.
  • Off-Balance Sheet Financing Arrangements We have no obligations, assets or liabilities that would be considered off-balance sheet arrangements as of December 31, 2025.
  • Contractual Obligations As of December 31, 2025, we do not have any long-term debt, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations or long-term liabilities.
  • Recent Accounting Standards Management does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting pronouncements, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on our financial statements.
  • As of December 31, 2025, we were not subject to any market or interest rate risk.
  • This information appears following Item 9.
  • 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 December 31, 2025, pursuant to Rule 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act.
  • Based upon that evaluation, our Certifying Officers concluded that, as of December 31, 2025, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective.
  • Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting As required by SEC rules and regulations implementing Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting.
  • Our internal control over financial reporting is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of our financial statements for external reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP.
  • Our internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that: (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of our company, (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP, and that our receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of our management and directors, and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of our assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
  • Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect errors or misstatements in our financial statements.

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  • Liquidity and Capital Resources As of December 31, 2024, we had no cash and a working capital deficit of $252,128.
  • Upon completion of the IPO, $1,007,756 was held outside of the Trust Account.
  • We intend to use substantially all of the net proceeds of the IPO, including the funds held in the Trust Account, to acquire a target business or businesses and to pay our expenses relating thereto.
  • Over the next 12 months (assuming a business combination is not consummated prior thereto), we will be using the funds held outside of the Trust Account for identifying and evaluating prospective acquisition candidates, performing business due diligence on prospective target businesses, traveling to and from the offices, plants or similar locations of prospective target businesses, reviewing corporate documents and material agreements of prospective target businesses, selecting the target business to acquire and structuring, negotiating and consummating the business combination.
  • If our estimates of the costs of undertaking in-depth due diligence and negotiating our initial business combination is less than the actual amount necessary to do so, or the amount of interest available to us from the Trust Account is less than we expect as a result of the current interest rate environment, we may have insufficient funds available to operate our business prior to our initial business combination.
  • Moreover, we may need to obtain additional financing either to consummate our initial business combination or because we become obligated to redeem a significant number of our public shares upon consummation of our initial business combination, in which case we may issue additional securities or incur debt in connection with such business combination.
  • Subject to compliance with applicable securities laws, we would only consummate such financing simultaneously with the consummation of our initial business combination.
  • Following our initial business combination, if cash on hand is insufficient, we may need to obtain additional financing in order to meet our obligations.
  • We have incurred and expect to continue to incur significant costs to remain as a publicly traded company and to incur significant transaction costs in pursuit of the consummation of a Business Combination.
  • We do not believe we will need to raise additional funds in order to meet the expenditures required for operating our business.
  • However, if our estimate of the costs of identifying a target business, undertaking in-depth due diligence and negotiating a Business Combination are less than the actual amount necessary to do so, we may have insufficient funds available to operate our business prior to our initial Business Combination.
  • Moreover, we may need to obtain additional financing either to complete our Business Combination or because we become obligated to redeem a significant number of our public shares upon completion of our Business Combination, in which case we may issue additional securities or incur debt in connection with such Business Combination.
  • Management plans to address this uncertainty are through seeking new financing to complete a Business Combination.
  • If a Business Combination is not consummated by the end of the Combination Period, currently January 22, 2026, and the Combination Period is not extended, there will be a mandatory liquidation and subsequent dissolution of the Company, which also raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
  • Off-Balance Sheet Financing Arrangements We have no obligations, assets or liabilities that would be considered off-balance sheet arrangements as of December 31, 2024.
  • Contractual Obligations As of December 31, 2024, we do not have any long-term debt, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations or long-term liabilities.
  • Recent Accounting Standards In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU No. 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures, which requires the disclosure of additional segment information.
  • ASU No. 2023-07 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024.
  • The Company adopted this guidance as of December 31, 2024.
  • In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosure (“ASU 2023-09”), which enhances the transparency and usefulness of income tax disclosures.
  • ASU 2023-09 will be effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024.
  • Early adoption is permitted for annual financial statements that have not yet been issued or made available for issuance.
  • Management does not believe the adoption of ASU 2023-09 will have a material impact on our financial statements and disclosures.
  • Management does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting pronouncements, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on our financial statements.
  • As of December 31, 2024, we were not subject to any market or interest rate risk.
  • This information appears COLUMBUS ACQUISITION CORP INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (PCAOB ID: 5395) F-2 Balance Sheet F-3 Statement of Operations F-4 Statement of Changes in Shareholder’s Deficit F-5 Statement of Cash Flows F-6 Notes to Financial Statements F-7 F- 1 REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM To the Shareholder and Board of Directors of Columbus Acquisition Corp Opinion on the Financial Statements We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of Columbus Acquisition Corp (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2024, the related statements of operations, changes in shareholder’s deficit and cash flows for the period from January 18, 2024 (inception) through December 31, 2024, 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 December 31, 2024, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the period from January 18, 2024 (inception) through December 31, 2024, 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 to the financial statements, the Company is a Special Purpose Acquisition Corporation that was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities on or before January 22, 2026, unless the Company extends such period by amending its amended and restated memorandum and articles of association.
  • There is no assurance that the Company will obtain the necessary approvals or raise the additional capital it needs to fund its business operations and complete any business combination prior to January 22, 2026, if at all.
  • The Company also has no approved plan in place to extend the business combination deadline beyond January 22, 2026, and lacks the capital resources needed to fund operations and complete any business combination, even if the deadline to complete a business combination is extended to a later date.
  • Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audit.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 2024.
  • New York NY March 28, 2025 Firm ID#: 5395 NEW YORK OFFICE • 7 Penn Plaza • Suite 830 • New York, New York • 10001 Phone 646.442.4845 • Fax 646.349.5200 • www.marcumasia.com F- 2 COLUMBUS ACQUISITION CORP BALANCE SHEET AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2024 Assets Cash $ - Deferred offering costs 200,034 Total Assets $ 200,034 Liabilities and Shareholder’s Deficit Current Liabilities: Accounts payable and accrued expenses $ 2,416 Promissory note – related party 249,712 Total Current Liabilities 252,128 Total Liabilities 252,128 Commitments and Contingencies (Note 6) Shareholder’s Deficit: Ordinary shares, $ 0.0001 par value, 500,000,000 shares authorized, 1,500,000 shares issued and outstanding (1) Additional paid-in capital 24,850 Accumulated deficit ( 77,094 ) Total Shareholder’s Deficit ( 52,094 ) Total Liabilities and Shareholder’s Deficit $ 200,034 (1) Ordinary shares have been retroactively restated to reflect the Sponsor’s forfeiture of 225,000 Founder Shares on March 10, 2025 for no consideration as the underwriters of the IPO did not exercise the over-allotment option.
  • F- 3 COLUMBUS ACQUISITION CORP STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS FOR THE PERIOD FROM JANUARY 18, 2024 (INCEPTION) THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2024 Formation and operating costs $ 77,094 Net loss $ ( 77,094 ) Basic and diluted weighted average ordinary shares outstanding (1) 1,500,000 Basic and diluted net loss per ordinary share $ ( 0.05 ) (1) Ordinary shares have been retroactively restated to reflect the Sponsor’s forfeiture of 225,000 Founder Shares on March 10, 2025 for no consideration as the underwriters of the IPO did not exercise the over-allotment option.

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