ARC Group Acquisition I Corp Class A Ordinary Shares

Firstborn Top Capital, a Licensed Private Financing Company in Malaysia, to Become Publicly Traded Via Business Combination with ARC Group Acquisition I Corp

ARC Group Acquisition I Corp (Nasdaq: ARCL) has signed a definitive share purchase agreement under which Firstborn Top Capital Sdn. Bhd., a licensed Malaysian private financing company, will become a wholly-owned subsidiary, implying a pro forma enterprise value of approximately $1,091.2 million. Post-closing, ARCL will be renamed BlueCrest Investment, Inc. and trade on Nasdaq under the new ticker BCIN, with Firstborn shareholders owning roughly 82.39% of the combined company and public investors about 12.4%. The structure assumes $5 million of PIPE financing and 0% redemptions from ARCL's $120.8 million trust, and the deal is expected to close in the first quarter of 2027, subject to ARCL shareholder approval. Firstborn's Executive Director Ow Ruey Shen will continue leading the lender, while SPAC CEO Datuk Dr. Doris Wong Sing Ee will head BlueCrest. Notably, the target is a consumer and corporate lender — well outside ARCL's originally stated focus on energy and sustainable natural resource companies.

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