424B3 1 legatomerger4_424b3.htm 424B3

Filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)

Registration No. 333-292320

Prospectus

$200,000,000

Legato Merger Corp. IV

20,000,000 Units

Legato Merger Corp. IV is a Cayman Islands exempted company incorporated for the purpose of entering into a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or other similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities, which we refer to as a “target business.” Our efforts to identify a prospective target business will not be limited to a particular industry or geographic region although we intend to initially focus on target businesses in the infrastructure, industrial, artificial intelligence, and technology industries. We do not have any specific business combination under consideration and we have not (nor has anyone on our behalf), directly or indirectly, contacted any prospective target business or had any substantive discussions, formal or otherwise, with respect to such a transaction with us.

This is an initial public offering of our securities. Each unit that we are offering has a price of $10.00 and consists of one ordinary share and one-third of one warrant. Each whole warrant entitles the holder to purchase one ordinary share at a price of $11.50 per share. Each warrant will become exercisable 30 days after the completion of an initial business combination and will expire on the fifth anniversary of our completion of an initial business combination, or earlier upon redemption; provided that the warrants will expire earlier if we have not completed an initial business combination within the required time period and liquidate the trust account in connection therewith. We have granted the underwriters a 45-day option to purchase up to an additional 3,000,000 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 at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, described below, as of two business days prior to the consummation of our initial business combination, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account and not previously released to us pursuant to permitted withdrawals (as described in this prospectus), divided by the number of then outstanding ordinary shares that were sold as part of the units in this offering, which we refer to collectively throughout this prospectus as our public shares, subject to the limitations described herein.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, 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 Exchange Act), will be 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. See “Summary — The Offering — Limitation on redemption rights of shareholders holding 15% or more of the shares sold in this offering if we hold shareholder vote” for further discussion on certain limitations on redemption rights.

Offering Price of $10.00		25% of Maximum Redemption				50% of Maximum Redemption				75% of Maximum Redemption				Maximum Redemption
NTBV		NTBV		Difference between NTBV and Offering Price		NTBV		Difference between NTBV and Offering Price		NTBV		Difference between NTBV and Offering Price		NTBV			Difference between NTBV and Offering Price
Assuming Full Exercise of Over-Allotment Option
$	7.15	$	6.54	$	3.46	$	5.59	$	4.41	$	3.85	$	6.15	$	(0.31	)	$	10.31
*Assuming No Exercise of Over-Allotment Option*
$	7.14	$	6.53	$	3.47	$	5.58	$	4.42	$	3.84	$	6.16	$	(0.30	)	$	10.30

	Per Unit		Total
Public offering price	$	10.00	$	200,000,000
Underwriting discounts and commissions⁽¹⁾	$	0.50	$	10,000,000
Proceeds, before expenses, to us	$	9.50	$	190,000,000

		Page
Prospectus Summary		1
Summary Financial Data		26
Risk Factors		27
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements		54
Use of Proceeds		55
Dividend Policy		58
Dilution		59
Capitalization		61
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations		62
Proposed Business		66
Management		80
Principal Shareholders		92
Certain Transactions		95
Description of Securities		98
Shares Eligible for Future Sale		111
Taxation		113
Underwriting		123
Legal Matters		133
Experts		133
Where You Can Find Additional Information		133
Index to Financial Statements		F-1

Entity/Individual	Amount of Compensation to be Received or Securities Issued or to be Issued	Consideration Paid or to be Paid
Initial Shareholders, including officers and directors	7,666,667 founder shares	$25,000

Initial Shareholders, including officers and directors	415,000 Private Units (or 435,000 private units if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full) to be purchased simultaneously with the closing of this offering	$4,150,000 (or $4,350,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full)

Affiliate of Eric Rosenfeld	$25,000 per month	Office space and administrative services provided to us.

Officers	Repayment in cash	$94,225 under an unsecured, non-interest-bearing promissory note.

Gregory Monahan and Adam Jaffe	Payment in cash for our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, respectively	$5,000 per month each

Initial Shareholders and our officers or directors, or affiliates thereof	Reimbursement for any out-of-pocket expenses related to identifying, investigating and completing an initial business combination.	Expenses incurred in connection with identifying, investigating and completing an initial business combination.

Initial Shareholders and our officers or directors, or affiliates thereof	Up to 150,000 private units upon conversion of up to $1,500,000 in working capital loans, if any, at $10.00 per unit, or repayment in cash	Working capital loans to finance transaction costs in connection with an initial business combination

Initial Shareholders and our officers or directors, or affiliates thereof	Payment in cash or securities	Payment of customary consulting, success or finder fees in connection with the consummation of an initial business combination

Subject Securities	Expiration Date	Persons Subject to Restrictions	Exceptions to Transfer Restrictions
Founder Shares	The earlier of (i) the 180-day anniversary of the date of the consummation of our initial business combination, (ii) the date on which the closing price of our ordinary shares equals or exceeds $12.50 per share (as adjusted for share splits, share dividends, reorganizations and recapitalizations) for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period following the consummation of our initial business combination with respect to 50% of the founder shares and (iii) subsequent to our initial business combination, if we consummate a liquidation, merger, share exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of our shareholders having the right to exchange their ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property	Initial Shareholders	Transfers permitted to (i) any officer, director, employee, including any family member or affiliate of such officer, director, or employee; (ii) by private sales or transfers made at or prior to the consummation of an initial business combination at prices no greater than the price at which the securities were originally purchased; (iii) in the event of our liquidation prior to the completion of our initial business combination; and (iv) in the event of our completion of a liquidation, merger, stock exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction which results in all of our public shareholders having the right to exchange their ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property subsequent to the completion of our initial business combination

Private Placement Units (and Underlying Securities)	Completion of our initial business combination	Initial shareholders and transferees	Same as above

Securities offered		20,000,000 units, at $10.00 per unit, each unit consisting of one ordinary share and one-third of one warrant, each whole warrant to purchase one ordinary share.

		We structured each unit to contain one-third of one warrant, with each whole warrant exercisable for one ordinary share, as compared to units issued by some other similar blank check companies which contain whole warrants exercisable for one whole share, in order to reduce the dilutive effect of the warrants upon completion of an initial business combination, thus making us, we believe, a more attractive initial business combination partner for target businesses.

Listing of our securities and symbols		Our units, and the ordinary shares and warrants once they begin separate trading, have been approved to be listed on the NYSE under the symbols “LEGO U,” “LEGO” and “LEGO WS,” respectively.

Trading commencement and separation of ordinary shares and warrants		The units will begin trading on or promptly after the date of this prospectus. The ordinary shares and warrants comprising the units will begin separate trading on the 52nd day following the date of this prospectus unless BTIG informs us of its decision to allow earlier separate trading, subject to our having filed the Current Report on Form 8-K described below and having issued a press release and filed a Current Report on Form 8-K announcing when such separate trading will begin.

		Once the ordinary shares and warrants commence separate trading, holders will have the option to continue to hold units or separate their units into the component pieces. Holders will need to have their brokers contact our transfer agent in order to separate the units into ordinary shares and warrants. No fractional warrants will be issued upon separation of the units and only whole warrants will trade. Accordingly, unless you purchase a multiple of three units, the number of warrants issuable to you upon separation of the units will be rounded down to the nearest whole number of warrants.

		In no event will the ordinary shares and warrants be traded separately until we have filed a Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC containing an audited balance sheet reflecting our receipt of the gross proceeds at the closing of this offering. We will file the Current Report on Form 8-K promptly after the closing of this offering, which is anticipated to take place two business days from the date of this prospectus. If the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised following the initial filing of such Current Report on Form 8-K, a second or amended Current Report on Form 8-K will be filed to provide updated financial information to reflect the exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option. We will also include in a Form 8-K, or amendment thereto, information indicating if BTIG, Inc. has allowed separate trading of the ordinary shares and warrants prior to the 52nd day after the date of this prospectus.

Units:

Number outstanding before this offering		0 units

Number to be sold in private placement		515,000 units

Number outstanding after this offering and private placement		20,515,000 units

Ordinary shares:

Number outstanding before this offering		7,716,667 shares⁽¹⁾

Number to be sold in private placement		515,000 shares

Number to be outstanding after this offering and private placement		27,231,667 shares⁽²⁾

Warrants:

Number outstanding before this offering		0 warrants

Number to be sold in private placement		171,667 warrants

Number to be outstanding after this offering and private placement		6,838,333 warrants

Exercisability		Each whole warrant is exercisable for one ordinary share at a price of $11.50 per share and only whole warrants are exercisable. Therefore, you must purchase three units in order to receive a whole warrant. The warrants will become exercisable 30 days after the completion of an initial business combination. The warrants will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the fifth anniversary of our completion of an initial business combination, or earlier upon redemption or liquidation of the company; provided that the warrants will expire earlier if we have not completed an initial business combination within the required time period and liquidate the trust account in connection therewith.

(1)	Represents 7,666,667 founders’ shares and 50,000 representative founder shares. The 7,666,667 founders’ shares includes an aggregate of up to 1,000,000 founders’ shares that are subject to forfeiture if the over-allotment option is not exercised by the underwriters in full.
(2)	Assumes the over-allotment option has not been exercised and an aggregate of 1,000,000 founders’ shares have been forfeited.

Exercise price		$11.50 per share, subject to adjustment as described herein. In addition, if (x) we issue additional ordinary shares or equity-linked securities for capital raising purposes in connection with the closing of our initial business combination at an issue price or effective issue price of less than $9.20 per ordinary share (with such issue price or effective issue price to be determined in good faith by our board of directors, and in the case of any such issuance to our initial shareholders or their affiliates, without taking into account any founders’ shares held by them prior to such issuance), (y) the aggregate gross proceeds from such issuances represent more than 60% of the total equity proceeds, and interest thereon, available for the funding of our initial business combination on the date of the consummation of our initial business combination (net of redemptions), and (z) the volume weighted average trading price of our ordinary shares during the 20 trading day period starting on the trading day prior to the day on which we consummate our initial business combination (such price, the “Market Value”) is below $9.20 per share, the exercise price of the warrants will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 115% of the greater of (i) the Market Value or (ii) the price at which we issue the additional ordinary shares or equity-linked securities.

		No warrants will be exercisable for cash unless we have an effective and current registration statement covering the ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants and a current prospectus relating to such ordinary shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a registration statement covering the ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants is not effective within a specified period following the consummation of our initial business combination, warrant holders may, until such time as there is an effective registration statement and during any period when we shall have failed to maintain an effective registration statement, exercise warrants on a cashless basis pursuant to the exemption provided by Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, provided that such exemption is available. If that exemption, or another exemption, is not available, holders will not be able to exercise their warrants on a cashless basis.

Redemption		We may redeem the outstanding warrants in whole and not in part, at a price of $0.01 per warrant at any time after the warrants become exercisable, upon a minimum of 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption, if, and only if, the last sales price of our ordinary shares equals or exceeds $18.00 per share (as adjusted for share splits, share dividends, reorganizations and recapitalizations) for any 20 trading days within a 30 trading day period commencing at any time after the warrants become exercisable and ending three business days before we send the notice of redemption; and if, and only if, there is a current registration statement in effect with respect to the ordinary shares underlying such warrants.

		If the foregoing conditions are satisfied and we issue a notice of redemption, each warrant holder can exercise his, her or its warrant prior to the scheduled redemption date. However, the price of the ordinary shares may fall below the $18.00 trigger price as well as the $11.50 warrant exercise price after the redemption notice is issued.

		If we call the warrants for redemption as described above, our management will have the option to require all holders that wish to exercise warrants to do so on a “cashless basis.” In such event, each holder would pay the exercise price by surrendering the warrants for that number of ordinary shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the product of the number of ordinary shares underlying the warrants, multiplied by the difference between the exercise price of the warrants and the “fair market value” (defined below) by (y) the fair market value. The “fair market value” for this purpose shall mean the average reported last sale price of the ordinary shares for the five trading days ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which the notice of redemption is sent to the holders of warrants.

Securities purchased, or being purchased, by insiders in connection with this offering		Our initial shareholders have purchased an aggregate of 7,666,667 founders’ shares for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000. The 7,666,667 founders’ shares held by our initial shareholders includes an aggregate of up to 1,000,000 ordinary shares subject to forfeiture to the extent that the over-allotment option is not exercised by the underwriters in full or in part. Our initial shareholders will be required to forfeit only a number of ordinary shares necessary to continue to maintain the 25.0% ownership interest in our ordinary shares after giving effect to the offering and exercise, if any, of the underwriters’ over-allotment option (excluding the private shares, representative founder shares and any shares included in units purchased by them in this offering). The founders’ shares are identical to the ordinary shares included in the units being sold in this offering. However, our initial shareholders and officers and directors have agreed (A) to vote any shares owned by them in favor of any proposed business combination, (B) not to convert any shares for a pro rata portion of the trust account in connection with a shareholder vote to approve a proposed initial business combination or sell any shares to us in a tender offer in connection with a proposed initial business combination or in connection with certain amendments to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association prior to a business combination and (C) that the founders’ shares will not participate in any liquidating distributions from our trust account upon winding up if a business combination is not consummated.

		Simultaneously with the consummation of this offering, our initial shareholders and BTIG have committed that they and/or their designees will purchase an aggregate of 515,000 private units at $10.00 per private unit for a total purchase price of $5,150,000 pursuant to subscription agreements with us. They have also agreed that if the over-allotment option is exercised by the underwriters in full or in part, they will purchase from us an additional number of private units (up to a maximum of 35,000 private units at a price of $10.00 per private unit) in an amount necessary to maintain in the trust account $10.00 per unit sold to the public in this offering. These additional private units will be purchased in a private placement that will occur simultaneously with the purchase of units resulting from the exercise of the over-allotment option. The private units (and underlying private shares and private warrants) are identical to the units (and underlying shares and warrants) sold in this offering. For as long as the private warrants are held by BTIG or its designees or affiliates, they may not be exercised after five years from the effective date of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. Furthermore, our initial shareholders have agreed to vote the private shares in favor of any proposed business combination and our initial shareholders and BTIG have agreed (A) not to convert any private shares in connection with a shareholder vote to approve a proposed initial business combination or sell any private shares to us in a tender offer in connection with a proposed initial business combination or in connection with certain amendments to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association prior to a business combination and (B) that the private shares shall not participate in any liquidating distribution from our trust account upon winding up if a business combination is not consummated.

		as 6,384,168 of the 20,000,000 public shares (or approximately 31.9% of our public shares) to be voted in favor of the transaction in order to have such transaction approved (assuming the over-allotment option is not exercised, that the initial shareholders do not purchase any units in this offering or units or shares in the after-market and that the 50,000 representative founder shares and all 515,000 private shares are voted in favor of the transaction). In the event of a liquidation prior to our initial business combination, the private units will likely be worthless.

Restrictions on transfer of founders’ shares and private units		The founders’ shares will not be transferred, assigned or sold (subject to certain limited exceptions set forth below) for a period ending on the earlier of the 180-day anniversary of the date of the consummation of our initial business combination and the date on which the closing price of our ordinary shares equals or exceeds $12.50 per share (as adjusted for share splits, share dividends, reorganizations and recapitalizations) for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period following the consummation of our initial business combination, or earlier if, subsequent to our initial business combination, we consummate a liquidation, merger, share exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of our shareholders having the right to exchange their ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property. The limited exceptions include transfers, assignments or sales (i) to our or our initial shareholders’ officers, directors, consultants or their affiliates, (ii) to an entity’s members upon its liquidation, (iii) to relatives and trusts for estate planning purposes, (iv) by virtue of the laws of descent and distribution upon death, (v) pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order, (vi) to us for no value for cancellation in connection with the consummation of our initial business combination, or (vii) at or prior to the consummation of a business combination at prices no greater than the price at which the shares were originally purchased, in each case (except for clause (vi) or with our prior consent) where the transferee agrees to be bound by these transfer restrictions.

		The purchasers of the private units have also agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of the private units, including the underlying private shares and private warrants (except in connection with the same limited exceptions that the founders’ shares may be transferred as described above), until after the completion of our initial business combination.

Representative Founder Shares		In September 2025, we issued to designees of BTIG the 50,000 representative founder shares. The holders of the representative founder shares have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any such shares without our prior consent until the completion of our initial business combination. In addition, the holders of the representative founder shares have agreed (i) to waive their conversion rights (or right to participate in any tender offer) with respect to such shares in connection with the completion of our initial business combination or in connection with certain amendments to our amended and restated memorandum and articles of association prior to a business combination and (ii) to waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the trust account with respect to such shares if we fail to complete our initial business combination within 24 months from the closing of this offering (or 27 months from the closing of this offering if we have executed a letter of intent, agreement in principle or definitive agreement for an initial business combination within 24 months from the closing of this offering), or such longer time as approved by the majority of our shareholders.

Offering proceeds to be held in trust		An aggregate of $10.00 per unit sold to the public in this offering (regardless of whether or not the over-allotment option is exercised) will be placed in a U.S.-based trust account at Morgan Stanley with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee pursuant to an agreement signed on the date of this prospectus. These proceeds include up to $7,000,000 (or up to $8,050,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is

	exercised in full) in deferred underwriting commissions. Except as set forth below, the proceeds held in the trust account will not be released until the earlier of the completion of an initial business combination and our redemption of 100% of the outstanding public shares if we have not completed a business combination in the required time period. Therefore, except as set forth below, unless and until an initial business combination is consummated, the proceeds held in the trust account will not be available for our use for any expenses related to this offering or expenses which we may incur related to the investigation and selection of a target business and the negotiation of an agreement to acquire a target business.

	Notwithstanding the foregoing, there can be released to us from the trust account any interest earned on the funds in the trust account that we need to pay our income or other tax obligations (other than excise or similar tax that may be due or payable) and up to $500,000 of interest in every 12-month period for working capital purposes. With these exceptions, expenses incurred by us may be paid prior to a business combination only from the net proceeds of this offering not held in the trust account (initially estimated to be $1,575,000, or $1,475,000 if the over-allotment option is exercised in full). However, the underwriters have agreed to make a payment to us in an amount equal to $800,000, or $900,000 if the over-allotment option is exercised in full, to reimburse us for certain of our expenses in connection with this offering and for expenses to be incurred by us following this offering as a public company. This reimbursement will have the effect of increasing the proceeds available to us outside of the trust account. Additionally, in order to meet our working capital needs following the consummation of this offering if the funds available to us are insufficient, our officers, directors, initial shareholders or their affiliates 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. Each loan would be evidenced by a promissory note. The notes would either be paid upon consummation of our initial business combination, without interest, or, at the holder’s discretion, up to $1,500,000 of the notes may be converted into units at a price of $10.00 per unit. These units would be identical to the private units. In the event that the initial business combination does not close, we may use a portion of the working capital held outside the trust account to repay such loaned amounts, but no proceeds from our trust account would be used for such repayment.

	None of the warrants may be exercised until 30 days after the consummation of a business combination and, thus, after the proceeds of the trust account have been disbursed. Accordingly, the warrant exercise price will be paid directly to us and not placed in the trust account.

Limited payments to insiders	There will be no fees, reimbursements or other cash payments paid to our officers, directors, initial shareholders or their affiliates for any services they render prior to, or in order to effectuate the consummation of, an initial business combination (regardless of the type of transaction that it is) other than the following payments, none of which will be made from the proceeds of this offering held in the trust account prior to the completion of our initial business combination:

	●	repayment at the closing of this offering of an aggregate of approximately $94,225 of non-interest-bearing loans made by our officers;

		●	payment of a $25,000 per month administrative fee to Crescendo Advisors II, LLC, an entity controlled by Mr. Rosenfeld, for office space and related services;

		●	payment of $5,000 per month to each of Gregory Monahan and Adam Jaffe for serving as our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, respectively;

		●	payment of consulting, success or finder fees to our officers, directors, initial shareholders or their affiliates in connection with the consummation of our initial business combination to be paid upon closing of our initial business combinations. We may pay such fees in the event our initial shareholders, officers or directors provide us with specific target company, industry, financial or market expertise, as well as insights, relationships, services or resources in order to assess, negotiate and consummate an initial business combination. The amount of any such fees we pay will be based upon the prevailing market for similar services for comparable transactions at such time. We would disclose any such fee in the proxy or tender offer materials used in connection with a proposed business combination; and

		●	reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses incurred by them in connection with certain activities on our behalf, such as identifying and investigating possible target businesses and business combinations.

		Our audit committee will review and approve all reimbursements and payments made to our officers, directors, initial shareholders or our or their respective affiliates, with any interested director abstaining from such review and approval.

		None of our initial shareholders, officers, directors or their affiliates has indicated any intention to purchase units in this offering or any units or ordinary shares from persons in the open market or in private transactions. However, if we hold a general meeting to approve a proposed business combination and a significant number of shareholders seek to redeem their public shares, our initial shareholders, officers, directors or their affiliates could make such purchases in the open market or in private transactions in order to reduce the number of public shares being submitted for redemption. Notwithstanding the foregoing, our officers, directors, initial shareholders and their affiliates will not make purchases of ordinary shares if the purchases would violate Section 9(a)(2) or Rule 10b-5 of the Exchange Act, which are rules designed to prevent potential manipulation of a company’s shares.

Conversion rights		In connection with any general meeting called to approve a proposed initial business combination, each public shareholder will have the right, regardless of whether he is voting for or against such proposed business combination or does not vote at all, to demand that we convert his shares into a pro rata share of the trust account. The per-share amount we will distribute to investors who properly convert their shares will not be reduced by the deferred underwriting commissions we will pay to BTIG.

		We may require public shareholders, whether they are a record holder or hold their shares in “street name,” to either (i) physically tender their certificates to our transfer agent or (ii) deliver their shares to the transfer agent electronically using Depository Trust Company’s DWAC (Deposit/Withdrawal At Custodian) System, at the holder’s option, in each case prior to a date set forth in the tender offer documents or proxy materials sent in connection with the proposal to approve the business combination. There is a nominal cost associated with this tendering process and the act of certificating the shares or delivering them through the DWAC system. The transfer agent will typically charge the tendering broker a nominal amount and it would be up to the broker whether or not to pass this cost on to the converting holder.

		would not challenge the enforceability of these waivers and bring claims against the trust account for monies owed them. Crescendo Advisors LLC, an entity affiliated with Eric S. Rosenfeld, our Chief SPAC Officer, has agreed that it will be liable to ensure that the proceeds in the trust account are not reduced below $10.00 per share by the claims of target businesses or claims of vendors or other entities that are owed money by us for services rendered or contracted for or products sold to us. The agreement entered into by Crescendo Advisors LLC specifically provides for two exceptions to the indemnity given: it will have no liability (1) as to any claimed amounts owed to a target business or vendor or other entity who has executed an agreement with us waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind they may have in or to any monies held in the trust account, or (2) as to any claims for indemnification by the underwriters of this offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. WithumSmith+Brown, PC, our independent registered public accounting firm, and the underwriters of the offering, will not execute agreements with us waiving such claims to the monies held in the trust account. We have not independently verified whether Crescendo Advisors LLC has sufficient funds to satisfy its indemnity obligations, we have not asked it to reserve for such obligations and we do not believe it has any significant liquid assets. Accordingly, we believe it is unlikely that it will be able to satisfy its indemnification obligations if it is required to do so.

		The holders of the founders’ shares, representative founder shares and private shares will not participate in any redemption distribution from our trust account with respect to such shares. Additionally, our warrants would expire worthless if we liquidate the trust account.


		BTIG has agreed to waive its rights to its deferred underwriting commission held in the trust account in the event we do not complete our initial business combination and subsequently liquidate and, in such event, such amounts will be included with the funds held in the trust account that will be available to fund the redemption of our public shares.

		We will pay the costs of any liquidation from the net proceeds from this offering and the private placement held out of trust and the up to $100,000 of interest income available to us from the trust account to pay for our liquidation expenses.

		Upon the closing of this offering, our initial shareholders will have invested in us an aggregate of $4,175,000, comprised of the $25,000 purchase price for the founder shares (or approximately $0.003 per share) and the $4,150,000 purchase price for the private units. Accordingly, our management team may be more willing to pursue a business combination with a riskier or less-established target business than would be the case if our initial shareholders had paid the same per share price for the founder shares as our public shareholders paid for their public shares in this offering, as our initial shareholders and members of our management team would likely not receive any financial benefit unless we consummated such business combination. These interests of our executive officers and directors may affect the consideration paid, terms, conditions and timing relating to a business combination in a way that conflicts with the interests of our public shareholders.

		Additionally, the personal and financial interests of our directors and executive officers may influence their motivation in timely identifying and pursuing an initial business combination or completing our initial business combination. We will also reimburse an affiliate of Eric Rosenfeld, our Chief SPAC Officer, $25,000 per month for office space and administrative services made available to us, each as described elsewhere in this prospectus. We will also pay each of Gregory Monahan and Adam Jaffe $5,000 per month for serving as our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, respectively. See “— The Offering — Our Initial Shareholders” above for further discussion on our initial shareholders’ and our affiliates’ shares and compensation.

		The different timelines of competing business combinations could cause our directors and executive officers to prioritize a different business combination over finding a suitable acquisition target for our business combination. For example, if two targets are being evaluated by our management team, and one is more stable and has a better risk or stability profile for our public shareholders, but may take a longer time to diligence and go through the business combination process, while the other has a less favorable risk or stability profile for our public shareholders, but would be easier, quicker and more certain to guide through the business combination process, our management team may decide to choose what they believe to be the quicker and more certain path despite its less favorable risk or stability profile for our public shareholders, as our management team would likely not receive any financial benefit unless we consummated a business combination. Additionally, if members of our management team form other special purpose acquisition companies similar to ours or pursue other business or investment ventures during the period in which we are seeking an initial business combination, the consideration paid, terms, conditions and timing relating to the business combinations of such other special purpose acquisition companies or ventures, and the level of attention paid by members of our management team to them versus the level of attention paid to us may conflict in a way that is unfavorable to us. Consequently, our directors’ and executive officers’ discretion in identifying and selecting a suitable target business may result in a conflict of interest when determining whether the terms, conditions and timing of a particular business combination are appropriate and in our shareholders’ best interest, which could negatively impact the timing for a business combination. For more information on our officers’ and directors’ business affiliations and the potential conflicts of interest that you should be aware of, see the sections entitled “Management — Officers and Directors” and “Management — Conflicts of Interest.”

		Furthermore, our officers and directors are not required to commit any specified amount of time to our affairs, and, accordingly, may have conflicts of interest in allocating management time among various business activities, including selecting a business combination target and monitoring the related due diligence. See “Risk Factors — Our officers and directors may allocate their time to other businesses and may become officers or directors of any other special purpose acquisition companies, thereby causing conflicts of interest in their determination as to how much time to devote to our affairs and whether to present potential target to us instead of to our competitors. This conflict of interest could have a negative impact on our ability to complete our initial business combination.”

		Our initial shareholders and executive officers and directors have agreed to waive their redemption rights with respect to any founder shares, private shares and any public shares held by them in connection with the consummation of our initial business combination. Further, they have agreed to waive their redemption rights with respect to any founder shares and private shares held by them if we are unable to complete our initial business combination within 24 months from the closing of this offering (or 27 months if extended) or by such earlier liquidation date as our board of directors may approve. If we do not complete our initial business combination within such applicable time period, the proceeds of the sale of the private placement units held in the trust account will be used to fund the redemption of our public shares, and the private placement units will be worthless.

		With certain limited exceptions, the founder shares purchased by our initial shareholders for an aggregate of approximately $25,000, may not be transferred, assigned or sold by our initial shareholders or their permitted transferees until six months after the completion of our initial business combination or earlier, if, subsequent to our initial business combination, we consummate a subsequent liquidation, merger, stock exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of our shareholders having the right to exchange their shares for cash, securities or other property; provided that 50% of the founder shares shall be released from the foregoing lockup provisions if the closing price of our ordinary shares equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share subdivisions, share capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 10 trading days within any 20-trading day period. With certain limited exceptions, the private units and the securities underlying the private placement units may not be transferred, assigned or sold by our initial shareholders or their permitted transferees until the completion of our initial business combination. Since our initial shareholders, including our executive officers and directors, will directly or indirectly own ordinary shares and rights following this offering, our executive officers and directors may have a conflict of interest in determining whether a particular target business is an appropriate business with which to effectuate our initial business combination because of their financial interest in completing an initial business combination within the required time period or by such earlier liquidation date as our board of directors may approve.

		In the event our initial shareholders or members of our management team provide loans to us to finance transaction costs and/or incur expenses on our behalf in connection with an initial business combination, such persons may have a conflict of interest in determining whether a particular target business is an appropriate business with which to effectuate our initial business combination as such loans may not be repaid and/or such expenses may not be reimbursed unless we consummate such business combination.

		The potential conflicts described above may limit our ability to enter into a business combination or other transactions. These circumstances could give rise to numerous situations where interests may conflict. There can be no assurance that these or other conflicts of interest with the potential for adverse effects on the Company and investors will not arise. For more information, see the section entitled “Management — Conflicts of Interest.”

		Our initial shareholders or their affiliates may compete with us for acquisition opportunities. If they decide to pursue an opportunity, we may be precluded from procuring such opportunity. Our management team, in their other endeavors, may be required to present potential business combinations to other companies before they present such opportunities to us.

SEC Form 424B3 filed by Legato Merger Corp.