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DT Cloud Star Acquisition Corp

For the period ended Dec 31, 2024. Filed Mar 31, 2025.

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FY2024 · Filed Mar 31, 2025

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 10-K

(Mark One)

For the fiscal year ended December 31,2024

☐TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from to

(Exact name of registrant guarantor as specified in its charter)

Cayman Islands001-42167N/A
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)(Commission File Number)(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
300 Cadman Plaza West, 12th Floor Brooklyn, New York11201
(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:(718) 865-2000

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Each Class:Trading Symbol:Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered:
Units, each consisting of one Ordinary Share, $0.0001 par value per share, and one RightDTSQUThe Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Ordinary SharesDTSQThe Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Rights, each entitling the holder to receive one-ninth (1/9) of one Ordinary ShareDTSQRThe Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ☐No ☒

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act. Yes ☐No ☒

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. ☒

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See definition of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer☐Accelerated filer☐
Non-accelerated filer☒Smaller reporting company☒
Emerging growth company☒

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.☐

If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.☐

Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to § 240.10D-1(b). ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes☒ No ☐

The registrant’s units, each consisting of one ordinary share and one right to receive one-ninth (1/9) of one ordinary share, began trading on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) on July 25, 2024. The ordinary shares and rights comprising the units began to trade separately on September 16, 2024. As of June 30, 2024, the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter, the registrant’s securities were not publicly traded. Accordingly, there wasno market value for the registrant’s voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates on such date.

As of March 24, 2025, there were 8,900,900 ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, issued and outstanding.

Documents Incorporated by Reference: None.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS3
PART I6
Item 1.Business6
Item 1A.Risk Factors19
Item 1B.Unresolved Staff Comments56
Item 1C.Cybersecurity57
Item 2.Properties57
Item 3.Legal Proceedings57
Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosures57
PART II57
Item 5.Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities57
Item 6.[Reserved]59
Item 7.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations59
Item 7A.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk63
Item 8.Financial Statements and Supplementary Data63
Item 9.Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure63
Item 9A.Controls and Procedures64
Item 9B.Other Information64
Item 9C.Disclosures Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections64
PART III64
Item 10.Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance64
Item 11.Executive Compensation73
Item 12.Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters73
Item 13.Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence76
Item 14.Principal Accountant Fees and Services78
PART IVF-1
Item 15.Exhibits, Financial Statement SchedulesF-1
SIGNATURES80
INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTSF-1

CERTAIN TERMS

Unless otherwise stated in this Annual Report on Form 10-K (this “Report”), references to:

●“we,” “us,” “our company” or “registrant” are to DT Cloud Star Acquisition Corporation;
●“amended and restated memorandum and articles of association” are to our Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, as currently in effect;
●“Companies Act” are to the Companies Act (Revised) of the Cayman Islands, as may be amended from time to time;
●“Exchange Act” are to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended;
●“initial public offering” are to our initial public offering consummated on July 26, 2024;
●“initial shareholders” are to the holders of our initial shares prior to our initial public offering, including all of our officers and directors to the extent they hold such shares;
●“initial shares” are to 1,725,000 ordinary shares initially issued to our sponsor in a private placement prior to our initial public offering;
●“Investment Company Act” are to Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended;
●“management” or our “management team” are to our executive officers and directors;
●“PRC” or “China” are to the People’s Republic of China, and only in the context of describing the industry matters and the PRC laws, rules, regulations, regulatory authorities, and any PRC entities or citizens under such rules, laws and regulations and other legal or tax matters in this annual report, excludes Taiwan, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Macau Special Administrative Region;
●“private units” are to the units issued in a private placement simultaneously with the closing of our initial public offering;
●“public shares” are to ordinary shares sold as part of the units in our initial public offering (whether they were purchased in our initial public offering or thereafter in the open market);
●“public shareholders” are to the holders of the public shares, whether they are purchased in the public offering or in the aftermarket, including any of our initial shareholders to the extent that they purchase such public shares (except that our initial shareholders will not have conversion or tender rights with respect to any public shares they own);
●“public units” are to the units issued in our initial public offering to public shareholders;
●“representative shares” are to the 69,000 ordinary shares issued to A.G.P/Alliance Global Partners (and/or its designees) as a part of its representative compensation simultaneously with the closing of our initial public offering;
●“rights” or “public rights” are to the rights which are being sold as part of the units in our initial public offering;
●“SEC” are to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission;
●“Securities Act” are to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended;
●“sponsor” are to DT Cloud Star Management Limited;
●“US Dollars” and “$” are to the legal currency of the United States; and
●“U.S. Holder” are to a beneficial owner of units, ordinary shares or rights that is for U.S. federal income tax purposes (1) an individual citizen or resident of the United States; (2) a corporation (or other entity treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes) that is created or organized (or treated as created or organized) in or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia; (3) an estate, the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source; or (4) a trust if (a) a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of the trust and one or more U.S. persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust, or (a) it has in effect, under applicable U.S. Treasury regulations, a valid election to be treated as a U.S. person.
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