to delisting. At that time, we may appeal the Nasdaq staffs delisting determination to a Nasdaq Hearings Panel. We intend to actively monitor the closing bid price of our Class A
Ordinary Shares and will evaluate available options to regain compliance with the Bid Price Requirement. However, there can be no assurance that we will be able to regain compliance with the Bid Price Requirement or maintain compliance with any of
the other Nasdaq continued listing requirements.
If securities or industry analysts do not publish or cease publishing research or reports about
us, our business, or our market, or if they change their recommendations regarding our securities adversely, the price and trading volume of our securities could decline.
The trading market for our securities will be influenced by the research and reports that industry or securities analysts may publish about us,
our business, market or competitors. If any of the analysts who may cover us change their recommendation regarding our Class A Ordinary Shares adversely, or provide more favorable relative recommendations about our competitors, the price of our
Class A Ordinary Shares would likely decline. If any analyst who may cover us were to cease coverage of us or fails to regularly publish reports on us, we could lose visibility in the financial markets, which in turn could cause our share price
or trading volume to decline.
Because we have no current plans to pay cash dividends on our Class A Ordinary Shares for the foreseeable
future, you may not receive any return on investment unless you sell Class A Ordinary Shares for a price greater than that which you paid for it.
We may retain future earnings, if any, for future operations, expansion and debt repayment and have no current plans to pay any cash dividends
for the foreseeable future. Any decision to declare and pay dividends as a public company in the future will be made at the discretion of our board of directors and will depend on, among other things, our results of operations, financial condition,
cash requirements, contractual restrictions and other factors that our board of directors may deem relevant. In addition, our ability to pay dividends may be limited by covenants of any existing and future outstanding indebtedness we or our
subsidiaries incur. As a result, you may not receive any return on your investment unless you may sell your Apollomics securities for a price greater than that which you paid for it.
Risks Related to the U.S. Federal Income Tax
The
IRS may not agree that we should be treated as a non-U.S. corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
A corporation is generally considered for U.S. federal income tax purposes to be a tax resident in the jurisdiction of its organization and
incorporation. Accordingly, under generally applicable U.S. federal income tax rules, as we are incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands, we would be classified as a non-U.S. corporation (and,
therefore, not a U.S. tax resident) for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Section 7874 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), provides an exception to this general rule, under which a non-U.S. incorporated entity may, in certain circumstances, be treated as a U.S. corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
We do not currently expect to be treated as a U.S. corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes under Section 7874 of the Code as a
result of the Business Combination. However, the application of Section 7874 of the Code is complex, is subject to detailed rules and regulations (the application of which is uncertain in various respects, and could be impacted by changes in
such rules and regulations, with possible retroactive effect). Accordingly, there can be no assurance that the IRS will not challenge our status as a foreign corporation under Section 7874 of the Code or that such challenge would not be
sustained by a court.
If the IRS were to successfully challenge our status as a foreign corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes
under Section 7874 of the Code, we and certain of our shareholders would be subject to significant
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