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Wintergreen Acquisition Corp.

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As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 2025

Registration No. 333-

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM S-1

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Cayman Islands6770N/A
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)(Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number)(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

Room 8326, Block B,

Hongxiang Cultural and Creative Industrial Park,

90 Jiukeshu West Road,

Tongzhou District, Beijing, PRC

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

Puglisi & Associates

850 Library Avenue, Suite 204

Newark, DE 19711

302-738-6680

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copies to:

Qin Li, Esq. Concord & Sage P.C 1360 Valley Vista Dr Suite 140, Diamond Bar, CA Telephone: (619) 732-6858Arila Zhou, Esq. Joy Hui, Esq. Robinson & Cole LLP Chrysler East Building 666 Third Avenue, 20th Floor New York, NY 10017 Tel: (212) 451-2908

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after the effective date of this registration statement.

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The registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act, or until the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.

PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUSSUBJECT TO COMPLETION DATED APRIL 28, 2025

$50,000,000

5,000,000 Units

Wintergreen Acquisition Corp. is a newly incorporated blank check company incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted companyfor the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities, which we refer to throughout this prospectus as our initial business combination. We have not selected any potential business combination target and we have not, nor has anyone on our behalf, initiated any substantive discussions, directly or indirectly, with any potential business combination target with respect to an initial business combination with us.

While we may pursue a target in any industry, section or geography, we intend to focus our search on prospective targets in the technology, media, and telecommunications (“TMT”) industries with operations or prospective operations in the Asia Pacific region, including the Greater China region. Specifically, we intend to target companies with advanced and highly differentiated solutions for the TMT industry such as intelligent chips, 5G, integrated circuitry and other emerging technologies. Although we are confident as a result of our expertise, experience, and market observations that a business combination with a target in the TMT industry will yield significant value for our investors, our China-focused acquisition strategy may subject us to significantly elevated regulatory, liquidity, and enforcement risks, which may translate to materially adverse consequences to your investment. For a more detailed description of these risks, please see*“Risk Factors — Risks Associated with Acquiring and Operating a Business in Foreign Countries.”*

We intend to source initial business combination opportunities through our management team’s extensive network of TMT and TMT-related sector business owners, public and private company executives and board members, investment bankers, private equity and debt investors, high net worth families and their advisors, commercial bankers, attorneys, management consultants, accountants and other transaction intermediaries. We believe this approach, as well as our management team’s recognized track record of completing acquisitions across a variety of subsectors within the TMT and TMT-related sector will provide meaningful opportunities to drive value creation for shareholders.

This is an initial public offering of our securities. Each unit has an offering price of $10.00 and consists of one ordinary share and one right entitling the holder thereof to receive one-eighth (1/8) of one ordinary share of upon consummation of our initial business combination, subject to adjustment as described in this prospectus. D. Boral Capital LLC (“D. Boral”) is pleased to act as lead underwriter, deal manager and investment banker for the proposed firm commitment initial public offering. The underwriters have a 45-day option from the date of the closing of this offering to purchase up to an additional 750,000 units to cover over-allotments, if any.

We will provide our public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their ordinary shares upon the completion of our initial business combination, subject to the limitations described herein. If we are unable to complete our initial business combination within the period to consummate the initial business combination, being (i) 15 months from the closing of this offering (or up to 24 months by means of up to nine one-month extensions after the closing of the offering by depositing into the trust account, for each one-month extension, $165,000, or up to $189,750 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full (representing $0.0330 per share of the total units sold in this offering)) or such earlier liquidation date as our board of directors may approve, in which we must complete an initial business combination or (ii) such other time period in which we must complete an initial business combination pursuant to an amendment to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, we will redeem 100% of 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 earned on the funds held in the trust account and not previously released to us to pay our taxes (less up to $50,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then outstanding public shares, subject to applicable law and certain conditions, as further described herein. In addition, we intend to issue a press release the day after the applicable deadline announcing whether the funds have been timely deposited. Public shareholders, in this situation, will not be offered the opportunity to vote on or redeem their shares.

Notwithstanding the foregoing redemption rights, if we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination and we do not conduct redemptions in connection with our initial business combination pursuant to the tender offer rules, our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association provide that a public shareholder, together with any affiliate of such shareholder or any other person with whom such shareholder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined under Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), is restricted from redeeming its shares with respect to more than an aggregate of 15% of the shares sold in this offering, without our prior consent. Please see also “Summary – Limitation on redemption rights of shareholders holding 15% or more of the shares sold in this offering if we hold shareholder vote” on page 34, and “Risk Factors – If we seek shareholder approval of our initial business combination and we do not conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules, and if you or a “group” of shareholders are deemed to hold in excess of 15% of our ordinary shares, you will lose the ability to redeem all such shares in excess of 15% of our ordinary shares” on page 52.

In addition, our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will provide that in no event will we redeem our public shares in an amount that would cause our net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001 (so that we are not subject to the SEC’s “penny stock” rules). However, the proposed business combination may require: (i) cash consideration to be paid to the target or its owners, (ii) cash to be transferred to the target for working capital or other general corporate purposes or (iii) the retention of cash to satisfy other conditions in accordance with the terms of the proposed business combination. In the event the aggregate cash consideration we would be required to pay for all ordinary shares that are validly submitted for redemption plus any amount required to satisfy cash conditions pursuant to the terms of the proposed business combination exceed the aggregate amount of cash available to us, we will not complete the initial business combination or redeem any shares, and all ordinary shares submitted for redemption will be returned to the holders thereof.

Prior to this offering, our sponsor, MACRO DREAM Holdings Limited, a newly-formed business company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands, purchased at a nominal purchase price of $25,000 (or approximately $0.017 per share) an aggregate of 1,437,500 of our ordinary shares, up to 187,500 shares of which are subject to forfeiture depending on the extent to which the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised (“founder shares”). Founder shares are identical to the ordinary shares included in the units being sold in this offering, except as described otherwise in this prospectus, which include certain transfer restrictions. Please refer to “Summary – Sponsor Information” and the sections in this prospectus titled “Proposed Business – Sponsor Information”. and “Description of Securities – Founder Shares and Placement Shares.”

In addition, our sponsor has agreed to purchase an aggregate of 244,500 placement units (or 253,875 placement units if the over-allotment option is exercised in full) at a price of $10.00 per unit, for an aggregate purchase price of $2,445,000 ($2,538,750 if the over-allotment option is exercised in full). Each placement unit will be identical to the units sold in this offering, except as described in this prospectus. The placement units will be sold in a private placement that will close simultaneously with the closing of this offering.

Following this offering, our sponsor will own a total of 1,494,500 ordinary shares representing approximately 22.84% of the total outstanding share capital of the company (consisting of the founder shares and placement shares, and assuming our underwriter does not exercise its over-allotment rights). In total, the sponsor will have paid a nominal aggregate consideration of $2,470,000 for these shares.

Lastly, our sponsor has loaned to us a total of $475,000 to be used to pay formation and a portion of the expenses of this offering, respectively. The loan is payable without interest on the date earlier of March 31, 2025 or the date on which we consummate our initial public offering. If we determine not to proceed with the offering, such amounts would not be repaid. Additionally, in order to meet our working capital needs following the consummation of this offering until completion of an initial business combination, our sponsor, officers and directors or their affiliates or designees may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds, from time to time or at any time, in whatever amount they deem reasonable in their sole discretion. Up to $1,500,000 of such loans may be convertible into units, at a price of $10.00 per unit at the option of the lender, upon consummation of our initial business combination (the “working capital units”). In addition, our sponsor, officers and directors or their affiliates or designees may loan us funds in support of our potential extension to allow additional time for us to complete an initial business combination which will be evidenced in extension convertible notes, or the “extension notes,” to be repaid in cash or $10.00 per unit, or the “extension units,” at the closing of our initial business combination. The working capital units and extension units would be identical to the placement units. The terms of such loans by, our sponsor, our officers and directors, or their affiliates, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans.

Other than the foregoing, our sponsor or any of their affiliates have not received and will not receive any other form of compensation. For further information about compensation received or to be received by our sponsor, its affiliates or promoters, the amount of securities issued or to be issued to our insiders, see “Summary – Sponsor Information” and section titled “Proposed Business – Sponsor Information.”

Because our sponsor acquired the founder shares at a nominal price of $25,000 (or $0.017 per share), our public shareholders will incur an immediate and substantial dilution upon the closing of this offering. If we increase or decrease the size of this offering, we will effect a share capitalization or a compulsory redemption or redemption or other appropriate mechanism, as applicable, with respect to the founder shares immediately prior to the consummation of this offering in such amount as to maintain the number of founder shares, on an as-converted basis, at approximately 20% of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares upon the consummation of this offering (without giving effect to the sale of the private placement units, issuance of the representative shares, and assuming our sponsor does not purchase units in this offering). To illustrate, the table below shows possible sources of dilution and the extent of such dilution that non-redeeming public shareholders could experience in connection with the closing of this offering.

As of December 31, 2024
Without Over-Allotment Option Exercised
Scenario A 25% of maximum redemptions(1)Scenario B 50% of maximum redemptions(2)Scenario C 75% of maximum redemptions(3)Scenario D Maximum redemptions(4)
Offering price included in the units (adjusted to include the value of the rights)$8.89$8.89$8.89$8.89
Pro forma net tangible book value per share, as adjusted*$6.54$5.73$4.41$1.93
Dilution to public shareholders$2.35$3.16$4.48$6.96
(1)The numbers set forth in this column assume that 1,152,118 public shares, or 25%, of 4,608,470 public shares are redeemed.
(2)The numbers set forth in this column assume that 2,304,235 public shares, or 50%, of 4,608,470 public shares are redeemed.
(3)The numbers set forth in this column assume that 3,456,353 public shares, or 75%, of 4,608,470 public shares are redeemed.
(4)The numbers set forth in this column assume that 4,608,470 public shares are redeemed, which is the maximum redemptions that would permit us to maintain net tangible assets of $5,000,001.
As of December 31, 2024
With Over-Allotment Option Exercised
Scenario A 25% of maximum redemptions(5)Scenario B 50% of maximum redemptions(6)Scenario C 75% of maximum redemptions(7)Scenario D Maximum redemptions(8)
Offering price included in the units (adjusted to include the value of the rights)$8.89$8.89$8.89$8.89
Pro forma net tangible book value per share, as adjusted*$6.54$5.71$4.35$1.73
Dilution to public shareholders$2.35$3.18$4.54$7.16
(5)The numbers set forth in this column assume that 1,340,086 public shares, or 25%, of 5,360,345 public shares are redeemed.
(6)The numbers set forth in this column assume that 2,680,173 public shares, or 50%, of 5,360,345 public shares are redeemed.
(7)The numbers set forth in this column assume that 4,020,259 public shares, or 75%, of 5,360,345 public shares are redeemed.
(8)The numbers set forth in this column assume that 5,360,345 public shares are redeemed, which is the maximum number of shares that can be redeemed that would permit us to maintain net tangible assets of $5,000,0001.

For further information on the dilutive effect of the founders shares and the additional issuances on our public shareholders, please also see “*Summary – Sponsor Information,” and “Summary – Additional financing.”*Please also refer to our tabular disclosures in this prospectus under “*Dilution”.*In addition to the founder shares, the compensation received or to be received and the amount of securities issued or to be issued to our insiders, including the issuance of the private units, the working capital units that may be converted from the working capital notes and issuance of extension units that may be converted from the extension notes, may have material dilutive effect on our public shares. However, the extent of such dilutive effect is uncertain. Please see“Risk Factor — The conversion of any working capital loans or extension loans into working capital units or extension units may result in significant dilution to your public shares”on page 67 of this prospectus, and“Risk Factor — We may issue additional ordinary shares or debt securities to complete our initial business combination or under an employee incentive plan after completion of our initial business combination. Any such issuances would dilute the interest of our shareholders and likely present other risks” on page 103 of this prospectus.

As a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), the Company operates with a structure that inherently presents potential conflicts of interest between its sponsor, directors, and officers, and its public shareholders. Our sponsor was responsible for organizing Wintergreen and is also responsible for covering its initial expenses, as a result, our sponsor has acquired a significant financial stake tied to the successful completion of a business combination. Similarly, directors and officers, who may also have financial or personal incentives tied to the de-SPAC transaction, have a fiduciary duty to both the sponsor and the public shareholders. These potentially differing interests can create situations where the actions taken by the sponsor, directors, and officers may not always be aligned with maximizing value for our public shareholders. We highlight some of these significant sources of potential conflict below. A more detailed discussion of the conflicts is also available in “Summary – Conflict of Interest”, andthe section titled “Management – Conflict of Interests.”

Part-time Commitment and Potential Conflicts: The part-time nature of our officer and director roles, coupled with their engagement in other business ventures, raises conflict concerns regarding the allocation of time and potential conflicts of interest in prioritizing SPAC activities, especially the target search and business combination process.

Target Company Demands: The potential for a target company to require the retention or resignation of specific officers or directors as a condition of a business combination creates a conflict of interest for those individuals, potentially influencing their decision-making process.

Contingent Compensation and Fees: The possibility of management receiving compensation or the sponsor receiving fees contingent upon the successful completion of a business combination can create pressure to finalize a deal, regardless of its merits. This structure may prioritize deal closure over maximizing shareholder value.

Expense Reimbursement: The reimbursement of management expenses related to target identification and due diligence could incentivize the pursuit of a larger number of potential targets, potentially diluting focus and increasing costs, without a corresponding increase in the likelihood of a successful business combination.

Sponsor’s Founder Shares and Placement Units: The acquisition of founder shares and private placement units by the sponsor provides a substantial equity stake, potentially incentivizing the completion of a business combination even if the target’s long-term prospects are uncertain. While the nominal initial investment in founder shares ($0.017 in this case) is typical for SPACs, it creates an asymmetry of risk between our sponsor and our public shareholders, such as potentially enabling the sponsor to make a substantial profit even if we select an acquisition target that subsequently declines in value and is ultimately unprofitable to our public shareholders. Please see “*Summary – Conflicts of Interest,”*and the sections titled “Management – Conflicts of Interest”and“Risk Factors - Since our sponsor paid an aggregate of $25,000, or approximately $0.017 per founder share (assuming the over-allotment option is exercised in full and thus no forfeiture by our sponsor of any founder shares), our officers and directors could potentially make a substantial profit even if we acquire a target business that subsequently declines in value.” Please also note the risk of dilution to public shareholders as described in further detail on page 6 above of this summary section.

Waiver of Redemption Rights: The waiver of redemption rights by the sponsor, directors, and officers aligns their interests more closely with public shareholders regarding the completion of a transaction, it does not guarantee alignment on the quality of the target.

Related Party Transactions: The repayment of loans to the sponsor for offering and organizational expenses, the ongoing monthly payments to an affiliate of the sponsor, and the potential conversion of working capital loans into units of the post-business combination entity raise concerns about related party transactions and their potential impact on shareholder value. The lack of independent oversight of such transactions creates additional risk. See “Summary-Limited payments to insiders” beginning on page 39 below.

In addition, our sponsor, officers, directors and advisors may participate in the formation of, or become an officer or director of, any other blank check company prior to completion of our initial business combination. As a result, our sponsor, officers, directors and advisors could have conflicts of interest in determining whether to present business combination opportunities to us or to any other blank check company with which they may become involved. However, we do not believe that any other potential conflicts would materially affect our ability to complete our initial business combination.

Our sponsor and members of our Board of Directors and management have significant business ties to and are based in the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC” or “China”). In addition, our headquarters is based in China. We face various legal and operational risks and uncertainties related to our significant ties to China even if we do not complete a business combination with a China-based target. We are subject to complex and evolving laws and regulations in China. The PRC government has indicated an intent to exert more oversight and control over offerings that are conducted overseas and/or foreign investment in China-based issuers, and initiated various regulatory actions and made various public statements, some of which are published with little advance notice, including cracking down on illegal activities in the securities market, enhancing supervision over China-based companies listed overseas, adopting new measures to extend the scope of cybersecurity reviews, and expanding efforts in anti-monopoly enforcement. Moreover, PRC laws and regulations governing the PRC based business operations are sometimes vague and uncertain.

Because our sponsor and members of our Board of Directors and management have significant business ties to and are based in the PRC, and our headquarters is based in China, and due to thevarious legal uncertainties arising in the PRC, we will face certain legal and operational risks following our initial public offering. As a result of these risks, a significant depreciation of the value of our ordinary shares may occur. Further, these risks could result in a material change in the value of our securities that we are registering for sale. In addition, these legal and operational risks could significantly limit or completely hinder our ability to offer or continue to offer securities to investors. Further, these legal and operational risks cause result in a material adverse change in our operations which could causethe value of our securities to decline significantly or even be worthless.

We may consider a business combination with an entity or business with a physical presence or other significant ties to China which may subject the post-business combination business to the laws, regulations and policies of China (including Hong Kong and Macao). In addition, given the risks and uncertainties of doing business in China discussed elsewhere in this prospectus, the location and ties of our sponsor and members of our Board of Directors and management to China and our headquarters is based in China may make us a less attractive partner to a target company not based in China, which may thus increase the likelihood that we will consummate a business combination with a target company that is located in China or not consummate a business combination at all. In addition, in August 2023, the President of the United States issued an executive order setting forth the framework for outbound investment controls regulating U.S. investment to countries and companies deemed to be averse to U.S. national security and foreign policy interests. On October 28, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued a final rule implementing these controls, effective January 2, 2025. The final rule prohibits or requires notification of certain U.S. outbound investments in entities with a nexus to China involved in the semiconductors and microelectronics, quantum information technologies, and artificial intelligence sectors. These restrictions on U.S. outbound investment could limit the universe of business combinations investments available to the sponsor and/or adversely affect the governance and operations of the sponsor and/or the combined company. Our ties to the PRC increases the regulatory hurdles we face and may make us less likely to consummate a business combination with any target company outside of the PRC which may result in non-PRC target businesses having increased leverage over us in negotiating an initial business combination knowing that if we do not complete our initial business combination within a certain timeframe, we may be unable to complete our initial business combination with any target business. See “Risk Factors —The requirement that we complete an initial business combination within the period to consummate the initial business combination may give potential target businesses leverage over us in negotiating a business combination and may limit the time we have in which to conduct due diligence on potential business combination targets as we approach our dissolution deadline, which could undermine our ability to complete our initial business combination on terms that would produce value for our shareholders” on page 53 of this prospectus. If we fail to complete an initial business combination in the prescribed timeframe, we will cease all our operations and would redeem our public shares and liquidate, in which case our public shareholders may receive only $10.025 per share, or less than such amount in certain circumstances, based on the amount available in our trust account on a per share basis, and our rights will expire worthless. See “Risk Factors —We may not be able to complete our initial business combination within the prescribed time frame, in which case we would cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up and we would redeem our public shares and liquidate, in which case our public shareholders may receive only $10.025 per share, or less than such amount in certain circumstances, and our rights will expire worthless” on page 53 of this prospectus.

Since all of our directors and officers have significant ties to China, and our headquarters is based in China, the Chinese government may have potential oversight and discretion over the conduct of our directors’ and officers’ search for a target company even if we do not pursue a business combination with a PRC-based target company. The Chinese government may intervene or influence our operations at any time through the directors and officers who have significant ties in China, which could result in a material change in our search for a target business and/or the value of the securities we are offering. Changes in the policies, regulations, rules, and the enforcement of laws of the PRC government may be adopted quickly with little advance notice and could have a significant impact upon our ability to operate and may limit or completely undermine our ability to search for a target company. Recently, the PRC government adopted a series of regulatory actions and issued statements to regulate business operations in China with little advance notice, including cracking down on illegal activities in the securities market, adopting new measures to extend the scope of cybersecurity reviews, and expanding the efforts in anti-monopoly enforcement. These recently enacted measures, and additional pending or future new measures which may be implemented, could materially and adversely affect our operations following our initial public offering and the operations of any post-business combination company, which we may acquire as our initial business combination, assuming we are able to complete our business combination successfully.

Further, our initial shareholders, including our sponsor, will own approximately 20% of our issued and outstanding shares following this offering. As a result, we may be considered a “foreign person” under rules promulgated by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) and may not be able to complete an initial business combination with a U.S. target company since such initial business combination may be subject to U.S. foreign investment regulations and review by a U.S. government entity such as CFIUS), or ultimately prohibited. As a result, the pool of potential targets with which we could complete an initial business combination may be limited. See “Risk Factors —We may not be able to complete an initial business combination with a U.S. target company if such initial business combination is subject to U.S. foreign investment regulations and review by a U.S. government entity such as the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), or ultimately prohibited.” on page 84 of this prospectus. However, we will not conduct an initial business combination with any target company that conducts operations through variable interest entities (“VIEs”), which are a series of contractual arrangements used to provide the economic benefits of foreign investment in Chinese-based companies where Chinese law prohibits direct foreign investment in the operating companies.

We are subject to complex and evolving laws and regulations in China and/or Hong Kong. The Chinese government may intervene or influence our operations at any time including before the consummation of our initial business combination through the directors and officers who have significant ties in China. The Chinese government may have potential oversight and discretion over the conduct of our and directors’ and officers’ search for a target company. Changes in the policies, regulations, rules, and the enforcement of laws of the Chinese government may be adopted quickly with little advance notice and could have a significant adverse impact upon our ability to operate and may limit or completely undermine our ability to search for a target company. The Chinese government has indicated an intent to exert more oversight and control over offerings that are conducted overseas and/or foreign investment in China-based issuers, and initiated various regulatory actions and made various public statements, some of which are published with little advance notice, including cracking down on illegal activities in the securities market, enhancing supervision over China-based companies listed overseas, adopting new measures to extend the scope of cybersecurity reviews, and expanding efforts in anti-monopoly enforcement. These recently enacted measures, and additional pending or future new measures which may be implemented, could materially and adversely affect our operations following our initial public offering, before we undertake an initial business combination, if any, and the operations of any post-business combination company, which we may acquire in our initial business combination. Furthermore, the Chinese government has significant authority to exert influence on the ability of a China-based company to conduct its business, undertake an initial business combination, make or accept foreign investments or list on a U.S. stock exchange. These risks could result in a material change in our operations, our search for a target company and/or the value of the securities that we are registering for sale or could significantly limit or completely hinder our ability to offer or continue to offer securities to investors and cause the value of our securities to significantly decline or be worthless.

If we were to complete a business combination with a Chinese entity, we could be subject to certain legal and operational risks associated with or having the majority of post-business combination operations in China. PRC laws and regulations governing the PRC based business operations are sometimes vague and uncertain, and as a result these risks may result in material changes in the operations of any post-business combination subsidiaries, significant depreciation of the value of our ordinary shares, or a complete hindrance of our ability to offer, or continue to offer, our securities to investors, including investors in the United States.

As a result of our absolute position against doing a business combination with a company that conducts operations through a VIE, it may limit the pool of acquisition candidates we may acquire in the PRC, in particular, due to the relevant PRC laws and regulations against foreign ownership of and investment in certain assets and industries, known as restricted industries. Furthermore, this may also limit the pool of acquisition candidates we may acquire in the PRC relative to other special purpose acquisition companies that are not subject to such restrictions, which could make it more difficult and costly for us to consummate a business combination with a target business operating in the PRC relative to such other companies. See “Risk Factors —We will not conduct an initial business combination with any target company that conducts operations through VIEs, which may limit the pool of acquisition candidates we may acquire in the PRC and make it more difficult and costly for us to consummate a business combination with a target business operating in the PRC” on page 87.

The members of our Board of Directors and management team are located in China, they are citizens of China and/or their assets are located in China, and following completion of a business combination, we may conduct most of our operations in China and most of our assets may be located in China. Mr. Yongfang Yao, our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, and Mr. Bingzhao Tan, our Chief Financial Officer and Director reside in mainland China, as do our three independent director, Xiangxiang Wei, Ru Ding, and Caihong Chen. As a result, it may be difficult for you to effect service of process upon us or those persons residing in mainland China. Even with service of process, there is uncertainty as to whether courts in China would (i) recognize or enforce judgments of United States courts obtained against us or our directors or officers predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the securities laws of the United States or any state in the United States or (ii) entertain original actions brought in China against us or our directors or officers predicated upon the securities laws of the United States or any state in the United States.

The sponsor’s assets are located in China and, as a result, it may be difficult for you to effect service of process upon the sponsor or those persons owning the sponsor residing in mainland China. Our significant ties to China, including our headquarters’ location in China, would make us a less attractive partner to a non-China-based target company and such perception may potentially limit or negatively impact our search for an initial business combination; or may therefore make it more likely for us to consummate a business combination with a company being based in or having the majority of the Company’s operations in China (a “PRC Target Company”). Because we have significant ties to China, it is uncertain whether that would make us a less attractive partner to a non-China-based target company and such perception may potentially limit or negatively impact our search for an initial business combination; or may therefore make it more likely for us to consummate a business combination with a PRC Target Company.

PRC laws and regulations are sometimes vague and uncertain. If we complete a business combination with a PRC Target Company governed by PRC laws and regulations, such vagueness and uncertainty would result in significant depreciation of the value of our securities, or a complete hindrance of our ability to offer or continue to offer our securities to investors. Further, the Chinese government may intervene or influence the operations of a PRC Target Company or post-combination entity at any time and may exert more control over offerings conducted overseas and/or foreign investment in a PRC Target Company or post-combination entity, which could result in a material change in the operations of the PRC Target Company or post-combination entity, and/or the value of our securities. Because of our significant ties to the PRC, these risks may adversely affect us even if we complete a business combination with a non-PRC Target Company.

In addition, any actions by the Chinese government to exert more oversight and control over offerings that are conducted overseas and/or foreign investment in China-based companies could significantly limit or completely hinder our ability to offer or continue to offer securities to investors and cause the value of such securities to significantly decline or be worthless.

Recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments are provided for under China’s Civil Procedure Law. China’s courts may recognize and enforce foreign judgments in accordance with the requirements of the Civil Procedures Law based either on treaties between China and the country where the judgment is made or on reciprocity between jurisdictions. There are no treaties between China and the United States for the mutual recognition and enforcement of court judgments, thus making the recognition and enforcement of a U.S. court judgment against us or our directors or officers in China difficult. See “Risk Factors — Risks Related to Acquiring or Operating Businesses in the PRC” under the subheading “You may experience difficulties in effecting service of legal process, enforcing foreign judgments, or bringing actions in China against us or our management and directors named in the prospectus based on foreign laws. It may also be difficult for you or overseas regulators to conduct investigations or collect evidence within China” on page 90.

We are also subject to other risks and uncertainties about any future actions of the PRC government, which may result in a material change in operations of a target business. PRC laws and regulations are sometimes vague and uncertain, and therefore, these risks may result in a material change in operations of a target business, significant depreciation of the value of our ordinary shares, or a complete hindrance of our ability to offer or continue to offer our securities to investors. Recently, the PRC government initiated a series of regulatory actions and statements to regulate business operations in China with little advance notice, including cracking down on illegal activities in the securities market, enhancing supervision over China-based companies listed overseas that use a VIE structure, adopting new measures to extend the scope of cybersecurity reviews, and expanding efforts in anti-monopoly enforcement. Because of our significant ties to the PRC, these risks may adversely affect us even if we complete a business combination with a non-PRC Target Company.

Since these statements and regulatory actions are new, it is highly uncertain how soon legislative or administrative regulation-making bodies will respond and what existing or new laws or regulations or detailed implementations and interpretations will be modified or promulgated, if any, and the potential impact such modified or new laws and regulations will have on a China-based target company’s daily business operation, the ability to accept foreign investments and list on a U.S. or other foreign exchange. Additionally, if we effect our initial business combination with a business located in the PRC, the laws applicable to such business will likely govern all of our material agreements and we may not be able to enforce our legal rights.

There are uncertainties regarding the interpretation and enforcement of PRC laws, rules and regulations which may have a material adverse impact on the value of our securities despite whether we complete an initial business combination with a PRC-based or a non-PRC based target company in view of our substantial ties to China including our offices located in the PRC. The substantial ties coupled with the existing and any new PRC law or regulation on cash flows may affect our initial business combination and shareholder redemption adversely. If we enter into a business combination with a target business operating in China, cash proceeds raised from overseas financing activities, including this offering, may be transferred by us to any future PRC subsidiaries via capital contribution or shareholder loans, as the case may be. All these risks could result in a material change in our or the target company’s post-combination operations and/or the value of our ordinary shares or could significantly limit or completely hinder our ability to offer or continue to offer securities to investors and cause the value of such securities to significantly decline or become worthless.

Furthermore, the PRC government has significant authority to exert influence on the ability of a China-based company to conduct its business, make or accept foreign investments or list on a U.S. stock exchange. For example, if we enter into a business combination with a target business operating in China, the combined company may face risks associated with regulatory approvals of the proposed business combination between us and the target, offshore offerings, anti-monopoly regulatory actions, cybersecurity and data privacy. The PRC government may also intervene with or influence the combined company’s operations at any time as the government deems appropriate to further regulatory, political and societal goals.

The PRC government has recently published new policies that significantly affected certain industries such as the education and internet industries, and we cannot rule out the possibility that it will in the future release regulations or policies regarding any industry that could adversely affect our potential business combination with a PRC operating business and the business, financial condition and results of operations of the combined company. Any such action, once taken by the PRC government, could make it more difficult and costly for us to consummate a business combination with a target business operating in the PRC, result in material changes in the combined company’s post-combination operations and cause the value of the combined company’s securities to significantly decline, or in extreme cases, become worthless or completely hinder the combined company’s ability to offer or continue to offer securities to investors. See “Risk Factors” beginning at page 51 and specifically at page 80 under the sub-heading “Risks Related to Acquiring or Operating Businesses in the PRC.”

On February 17, 2023, the China Securities Regulatory Commission (the “CSRC”) promulgated the Trial Administrative Measures of Overseas Securities Offering and Listing by Domestic Companies (the “Trial Measures”), which took effect on March 31, 2023. The Trial Measures supersede prior rules and clarified and emphasized several aspects, which include but are not limited to: (1) comprehensive determination of the “indirect overseas offering and listing by PRC domestic companies” in compliance with the principle of “substance over form” and particularly, an issuer will be required to go through the filing procedures under the Trial Measures if the following criteria are met at the same time: (a) 50% or more of the issuer’s operating revenue, total profit, total assets or net assets as documented in its audited consolidated financial statements for the most recent accounting year comes from PRC domestic companies, and (b) the main parts of the issuer’s business activities are conducted in mainland China, or its main places of business are located in mainland China, or the senior managers in charge of its business operation and management are mostly Chinese citizens or domiciled in mainland China; (2) exemptions from immediate filing requirements for issuers that (a) have already been listed or registered but not yet listed in foreign securities markets, including U.S. markets, prior to the effective date of the Trial Measures, (b) are not required to re-perform the regulatory procedures with the relevant overseas regulatory authority or the overseas stock exchange, and (c) whose such overseas securities offering or listing shall be completed before September 30, 2023, provided however that such issuers shall carry out filing procedures as required if they conduct refinancing or are involved in other circumstances that require filing with the CSRC; (3) a negative list of types of issuers banned from listing or offering overseas, such as (a) issuers whose listing or offering overseas has been recognized by the State Council of the PRC as a possible threat to national security, (b) issuers whose affiliates have been recently convicted of bribery and corruption, (c) issuers under ongoing criminal investigations, and (d) issuers under major disputes regarding equity ownership; (4) issuers’ compliance with web security, data security, and other national security laws and regulations; (5) issuers’ filing and reporting obligations, such as the obligation to file with the CSRC after it submits an application for initial public offering to overseas regulators, and the obligation after offering or listing overseas to report to the CSRC material events including a change of control or voluntary or forced delisting of the issuer; and (6) the CSRC’s authority to fine both issuers and their shareholders between 1 and 10 million RMB for failure to comply with the Trial Measures, including failure to comply with filing obligations or committing fraud and misrepresentation.

Our company is a blank check company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands. We currently do not hold any equity interest in any PRC company or operate any business in China. Based on our understanding of the current PRC laws and regulations in effect, we believe we are not required to obtain approvals from any PRC government authorities, including the CSRC or the Cyberspace Administration of China, or any other government entity, to issue our securities to foreign investors and to list on a U.S. exchange. As of the date of this prospectus, we have not received any inquiry, notice, warning, sanctions or regulatory objection to this offering from the CSRC or any other PRC governmental authorities. However, applicable laws, regulations, or interpretations of the PRC may change, and the relevant PRC government agencies could reach a different conclusion and may subject us to a stringent approval process from the relevant government entities in connection with this offering, continued listing on a U.S. exchange, the potential business combination, the issuance of shares or the maintenance of our status as a publicly listed company outside China, and the post business combination entity’s PRC operations if our business combination target is a PRC Target Company. We may also be subject to registration with the CSRC following this initial public offering pursuant to the Trial Measures. It is uncertain when and whether we will be required to obtain permission from the PRC government to continue to list on a U.S. exchange in the future and offer our securities to foreign investors. If approval is required in the future, including pursuant to the Trial Measures, and we are denied permission from Chinese authorities to list on U.S. exchanges or offer our securities to foreign investors, we may not be able to continue listing on a U.S. exchange or be subject to other severe consequences, which would materially affect the interest of the investors. In addition, any changes in PRC law, regulations, or interpretations may severely affect our operations after this offering. The use of the term “operate” and “operations” includes the process of searching for a target business and conducting related activities. To that extent, we may not be able to conduct the process of searching for a potential target company in China. See also “Risk Factors — Risks Associated with Acquiring and Operating a Business in Foreign Countries.”

If we decide to consummate our initial business combination with a target business based in and primarily operating in China, the target company and/or combined company will be required to go through the filing procedure to satisfy the filing requirements. We cannot assure you that we will be able to complete such process and receive clearance from CSRC on time, if at all, which could adversely affect our potential business combination with a PRC operating business and the business, financial condition and results of operations of the combined company. See “Risk Factor — If the approval of the China Securities Regulatory Commission is required in connection with this offering, we cannot predict whether we will be able to obtain such approval.”

If we decide to consummate our initial business combination with a China-based company, the combined company may make capital contributions or extend loans to any future PRC subsidiaries through intermediate holding companies subject to compliance with relevant PRC foreign exchange control regulations. From our inception to the date of this prospectus, no dividends or distributions have been made. After the initial business combination, the combined company’s ability to pay dividends, if any, to the shareholders and to service any debt it may incur will depend upon dividends paid by any future PRC subsidiaries. Under PRC laws and regulations, PRC companies are subject to certain restrictions with respect to paying dividends or otherwise transferring any of their net assets to offshore entities. In particular, under the current PRC laws and regulations, dividends may be paid only out of distributable profits. Distributable profits are the net profit as determined under Chinese accounting standards and regulations, less any recovery of accumulated losses and appropriations to statutory and other reserves required to be made. In addition, a PRC company is required to set aside at least 10% of its after-tax profits each year to fund certain statutory reserve funds (up to an aggregate amount equal to half of its registered capital). As a result, the combined company’s PRC subsidiaries may not have sufficient distributable profits to pay dividends to the combined company.

The PRC government also imposes controls on the conversion of Chinese currency (RMB) into foreign currencies and the remittance of currencies out of the PRC and vice versa. Therefore, the post-combination entity may experience difficulties in completing the administrative procedures necessary to obtain and remit foreign currency for the payment of dividends from its profits, if any; or limit its ability to make loans to or inject capital into its WFOE if it wishes to transfer cash proceeds raised from overseas financing activities to the WFOE and then the VIE, if any.

Should we choose to acquire a company in China, exchange controls that exist in the PRC may restrict or prevent us from using the proceeds of this offering to acquire a target company in PRC and limit our ability to utilize our cash flow effectively following our initial business combination. The substantial ties coupled with the existing and any new PRC law or regulation on cash flows may affect our initial business combination and shareholder redemption adversely. If we were to acquire a PRC company, the PRC regulation on loans to, and direct investment in, our PRC subsidiary by offshore holding companies and governmental control in currency conversion may restrict our ability to make loans to or capital contributions to our PRC subsidiary, which could materially and adversely affect our liquidity and our ability to fund and expand our business. These restrictions will restrict our ability to distribute earnings from our businesses, including subsidiaries, to the parent company and U.S. investors. In addition, fluctuations in exchange rates could result in foreign currency exchange losses to us and may reduce the value of, and amount in U.S. Dollar of dividends payable on, our shares in foreign currency terms. For a more detailed description of how cash will be transferred through the post-combination organization if we acquire a PRC Target Company, see “Risk Factors — The cash-flow structure of a post-acquisition company based in China or Hong Kong poses additional risks including, but not limited to, restrictions on foreign exchange and restrictions on our ability to transfer cash between entities, across borders, and to U.S. investors”. For more detailed description on any restrictions on foreign exchange and our ability to transfer cash to our U.S. investors that may apply after a business combination with PRC Target Company, see “Risk Factors — Should we choose to acquire a company in China, exchange controls that exist in the PRC may restrict or prevent us from using the proceeds of this offering to acquire a target company in PRC and limit our ability to utilize our cash flow effectively following our initial business combination”.

A PRC company is required to set aside at least 10% of its after-tax profits each year to fund certain statutory reserve funds (up to an aggregate amount equal to half of its registered capital). As a result, the combined company’s PRC subsidiaries may not have sufficient distributable profits to pay dividends to the combined company. Furthermore, if certain procedural requirements are satisfied, the payment in foreign currencies on current account items, including profit distributions and trade and service related foreign exchange transactions, can be made without prior approval from the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, or “SAFE,” or its local branches. However, where Renminbi (“RMB”), the legal currency of the PRC, is to be converted into foreign currency and remitted out of China to pay capital expenses, such as the repayment of loans denominated in foreign currencies, approval from or registration with competent government authorities or its authorized banks is required. The PRC government may take measures at its discretion from time to time to restrict access to foreign currencies for current account or capital account transactions.

If the foreign exchange control regulations prevent the PRC subsidiaries of the combined company from obtaining sufficient foreign currencies to satisfy their foreign currency demands, the PRC subsidiaries of the combined company may not be able to pay dividends or repay loans in foreign currencies to their offshore intermediary holding companies and ultimately to the combined company. We cannot assure you that new regulations or policies will not be promulgated in the future, which may further restrict the remittance of RMB into or out of the PRC. We cannot assure you, in light of the restrictions in place, or any amendment to be made from time to time, that the PRC subsidiaries of the combined company will be able to satisfy their respective payment obligations that are denominated in foreign currencies, including the remittance of dividends outside of the PRC.

For a detailed description of risks associated with the cash transfer through the post combination organization if we acquire a China-based target company, see “Transfers of Cash to and from our Post Business Combination Subsidiaries” on page 136 and “Risk Factors — Risks Related to Acquiring or Operating Businesses in the PRC” under the subheadings “Cash-Flow Structure of a Post-Acquisition Company Based in China” on page 91 and“Exchange controls that exist in the PRC may restrict or prevent us from using the proceeds of this offering to acquire a target company in the PRC and limit our ability to utilize our cash flow effectively following our initial business combination” on page 93. To date, we have not pursued an initial business combination and there have not been any capital contribution or shareholder loans by us to any PRC entities, we do not yet have any subsidiaries, and we have not received, declared or made any dividends or distributions.**

Pursuant to the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act (“HFCA Act”), the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (the “PCAOB”) issued a Determination Report on December 16, 2021 which found that the PCAOB is unable to inspect or investigate completely registered public accounting firms headquartered in (1) mainland China of the PRC because of a position taken by one or more authorities in mainland China and (2) Hong Kong, a Special Administrative Region and dependency of the PRC, because of a position taken by one or more authorities in Hong Kong. In addition, the PCAOB’s report identified the specific registered public accounting firms which are subject to these determinations.

In December 2020, Congress enacted the HFCA Act, and the SEC released interim final amendments that begin to address the components of this Act. In November 2021, the SEC approved PCAOB Rule 6100, which establishes a process for determining which registered public accounting firms the board is unable to inspect or investigate completely. In December 2021, the SEC adopted amendments to finalize its rules under the HFCA Act that set forth submission and disclosure requirements for commission-identified issuers identified under the Act, specify the processes by which the SEC will identify and notify Commission-Identified Issuers, and implement trading prohibitions after three consecutive years of identification.

In December 2022, Congress passed the omnibus spending bill and the President signed it into law. This spending bill included the enactment of provisions to accelerate the timeline for implementation of trading prohibitions from three years to two years. Separately, on December 15, 2022, the PCAOB published its determination that in 2022, the PCAOB was able to inspect and investigate completely registered public accounting firms headquartered in mainland China and Hong Kong. This determination reset the now two-year clock for compliance with the trading prohibitions for identified issuers audited by these firms. The amendment had originally been passed by the U.S. Senate in June 2021, as the “Accelerating Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act.”

Our auditor, ZH CPA, LLC, is a United States accounting firm based in Denver, Colorado, and is subject to regular inspection by the PCAOB. ZH CPA, LLC is not headquartered in mainland China or Hong Kong and was not identified as a firm subject to the PCAOB’s Determination Report announced on December 16, 2021. As a result, we do not believe that HFCA Act and related regulations will affect us. Nevertheless, trading in our securities may be prohibited under the HFCA Act if the PCAOB determines that it cannot inspect or fully investigate our auditor, and that as a result an exchange may determine to delist our securities. Moreover, on August 26, 2022, the PCAOB signed a Statement of Protocol with the China Securities Regulatory Commission and the Ministry of Finance of the People’s Republic of China – the first step toward opening access for the PCAOB to inspect and investigate registered public accounting firms headquartered in mainland China and Hong Kong completely, consistent with U.S. law. The Statement of Protocol is intended to grant to the PCAOB complete access to the audit work papers, audit personnel, and other information it needs to inspect and investigate any firm it chooses, with no loopholes and no exceptions.

Currently, there is no public market for our units, ordinary shares or rights. We intend to apply to have our units approved for listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market (“Nasdaq”) under the symbol “WTGU” on or promptly after the date of this prospectus. We expect the ordinary share and rights comprising the units will begin separate trading on the 52nd day following the date of the closing of this offering (or if such date is not a business day, the following business day) unless the underwriter, informs us of its decision to allow earlier separate trading, subject to our filing a Current Report on Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission containing an audited balance sheet reflecting our receipt of the gross proceeds of this offering and issuing a press release announcing when such separate trading will begin. Once the securities comprising the units begin separate trading, we expect that the ordinary shares and rights will be listed on Nasdaq under the symbols “WTG,” and “WTGR” respectively.

We are an “emerging growth company” and a “smaller reporting company” under applicable federal securities laws and will be subject to reduced public company reporting requirements. Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 51 for a discussion of information that should be considered in connection with an investment in our securities. Investors will not be entitled to protections normally afforded to investors in blank check offerings by Rule 419 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

No offer or invitation to subscribe for securities is being made to the public in the Cayman Islands.

Per UnitTotal
Public offering price$10.00$50,000,000
Underwriting discounts and commissions(1)(2)(3)$0.20$1,000,000
Proceeds, before expenses, to Wintergreen Acquisition Corp.(3)$9.80$49,000,000
(1)Includes (a) $0.10 per unit, or $500,000 (or $575,000 if the over-allotment option is exercised in full) in the aggregate, payable to the underwriters in cash at the closing of this offering, and (b) $0.10 per unit, or $500,000 (or $575,000 if the over-allotment option is exercised in full) in the aggregate, payable to the underwriters for deferred underwriting commissions to be placed in a trust account located in the United States as described herein. The deferred commissions will be released to the representative of the underwriters in cash only upon completion of an initial business combination, as described in this prospectus.
(2)In addition, the Company will issue to D. Boral 50,000 representative shares (or up to 57,500 representative shares if the over-allotment option is exercised in full) at the closing of this offering, which we refer to herein as the “representative shares”, and 50,000 deferred compensation shares (or up to 57,500 deferred compensation shares if the over-allotment option is exercised in full) upon the closing of an initial business combination of the Company.
(3)See the section of this prospectus entitled “Underwriting” beginning on page 196 for a description of compensation and other items of value payable to the underwriters.

Of the proceeds we receive from this offering and the sale of the placement units described in this prospectus, $50,125,000 or $57,643,750 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full ($10.025 per unit in either case), will be deposited into a segregated trust account located in the United States with Wilmington Trust, National Association acting as trustee.

Except with respect to interest earned on the funds held in the trust account that may be released to us to pay our taxes, our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association will provide that the proceeds from this offering and the sale of the placement units, will not be released from the trust account until the earliest of (a) the completion of our initial business combination; and (b) the redemption of all of our public shares if we have not completed our initial business combination within the period to consummate the initial business combination. The proceeds deposited in the trust account could become subject to the claims of our creditors, if any, which could have priority over the claims of our public shareholders.

The underwriters expect to deliver the units to the purchasers on or about ________, 2025.

D. Boral Capital

The date of this prospectus is ________, 2025

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