Filed by Spring Valley Acquisition Corp. III
pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act
of 1933
Subject Company: Spring Valley Acquisition Corp.
III
Commission File No. 001-42822
Subject Company: General Fusion Inc.
Date: June 25, 2026
This filing relates to the proposed transactions pursuant to the terms of that certain Business Combination Agreement, dated January 21,
2026 (the “Business Combination Agreement”), among Spring Valley Acquisition Corp. III, an exempted company limited by shares
incorporated under the Laws of the Cayman Islands (“SVAC”); General Fusion Inc., a British Columbia limited company (“General
Fusion” or the “Company”), and 1573562 B.C. Ltd., a British Columbia limited company (“NewCo”), pursuant
to which, among other things, (i) SVAC will continue from the Cayman Islands to British Columbia, (ii) NewCo will amalgamate with and
into General Fusion (the “Amalgamation”), with NewCo surviving the Amalgamation as a wholly-owned subsidiary of SVAC, pursuant
to an arrangement under the applicable provisions of the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) and the plan of
arrangement attached as an exhibit to the Business Combination Agreement, and (iii) SVAC will change its name to “General Fusion
Group Ltd.”
On June 25, 2026, the following article was published online by
PR Newswire (www.prnewswire.com):
Fusion’s “Twenty Years Away” Just Got Shorter:
General Fusion Heats Plasma to 8.4 Million Degrees by Squeezing It
NEWS PROVIDED BY
American News Group
Jun 25, 2026, 09:00 ET
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Issued on behalf of General Fusion Inc.
General Fusion's LM26 machine compressed a plasma to roughly 0.72
keV — more than tripling its electron temperature through mechanical compression alone — a result the company says validates
its practical Magnetized Target Fusion approach as it moves toward going public on Nasdaq under the proposed ticker symbol "GFUZ."
NEW YORK, June 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Fusion energy has
been the punchline of clean-power skeptics for fifty years — always "twenty years away," never here. On June 22, 2026,
General Fusion Inc. ("General Fusion") gave that joke a concrete rebuttal. The Vancouver-based company announced that its large-scale
Magnetized Target Fusion (MTF) machine, Lawson Machine 26 ("LM26"), heated a plasma to roughly 8.4 million degrees Celsius —
about 0.72 keV — not with lasers or exotic magnets, but by mechanically squeezing it. It is the kind of result that moves fusion
from a physics promise toward an engineering reality.
The number that matters is the multiple: LM26 recorded a more than
threefold increase in electron temperature during mechanical compression, a result the company believes is a unique one for its MTF approach,
and important because in MTF the plasma is heated solely by compression after it is formed. General Fusion's next major targeted milestone
is 1 keV (around 10 million degrees Celsius), and these results are a measurable step toward it. The findings have been submitted for
peer review and posted publicly — a transparency choice that matters in a field where extraordinary claims demand independent scrutiny.
Fusion by Compression, Not by Laser or Superconducting Magnet
Most fusion programs the public has heard of take one of two expensive
roads. Tokamaks like ITER use enormous superconducting magnets to confine a plasma. Inertial-confinement programs like the U.S. National
Ignition Facility use arrays of high-powered lasers. Both approaches have produced landmark science, but both are capital-intensive and
complex to turn into a power plant that sells electricity at a competitive price.
General Fusion's Magnetized Target Fusion takes a different path. The
company's approach forms a magnetized plasma and then mechanically compresses it using a metal liner — in LM26's case, a lithium
liner — to drive it toward fusion conditions. The pitch is practicality: MTF is designed to avoid both superconducting magnets and
high-powered lasers, and to use existing, durable materials that could make a commercial machine cheaper to build and run. In an era when
electricity demand is surging and the economics of new power matter as much as the physics, "practical" is the operative word.
LM26 is the first MTF demonstration machine built at what General Fusion
calls a commercially relevant scale — roughly 50% of commercial-scale diameter based on current design parameters. The company designed,
built, and began operating it in under two years, and since it started running in 2025 it has completed a series of plasma compressions.
The June 22 results are the most significant of those to date as it targets key technical milestones of 1 keV, 10 keV, and Lawson criterion.
What the LM26 Results Actually Show
Beyond the headline temperature, the technical paper details several
measurements that, taken together, the company says validate LM26's operating principles. Electron temperature rose to approximately 0.72
keV (±0.08), a more than threefold increase during mechanical compression, supported by diagnostics including Thomson scattering
and Absolute Extreme Ultraviolet (AXUV) systems. Plasma density and poloidal magnetic field each increased roughly tenfold during compression
— results the company describes as similar to or better than those from its prior test beds, but achieved at significantly larger
scale.
Three further observations round out the picture: the plasma remained
stable until deep into compression; there was no significant contamination of the plasma by the lithium liner during the stable compression
phase — a long-standing engineering worry for liner-driven designs; and the machine recorded an observed increase in neutron yield
during compression, the signature one wants to see when fusion reactions are occurring. None of this is net energy, and the company is
careful to call the results preliminary pending peer review. But the agreement between experiment and the company's modelling is the kind
of validation that shows an important step forward on the company's path to commercialization.
"We are forging a new path in fusion with our uniquely practical
MTF approach. The results announced today are all key indicators of real-world progress toward our targeted technical milestones with
LM26," said Greg Twinney, Chief Executive Officer at General Fusion, who credited collaborators including the UK Atomic Energy Authority,
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, and General Atomics for supporting the diagnostic effort.
Voices on the company's advisory committee echoed the framing. Tony
Donné, Chair of General Fusion's Science and Technology Advisory Committee and former Chief Executive Officer of EUROfusion, said
the observed increases in magnetic field, plasma density, and electron temperature during compression demonstrate substantial technical
progress and are consistent with the behavior expected from modelling and simulations — an agreement between experiment and theory
that, in his words, provides confidence the planned machine upgrades will unlock more demanding plasma conditions.
A Milestone With a Public-Markets Backdrop
The science arrives at a notable moment for the company's capital story.
General Fusion is currently private, but it has agreed to a business combination with Spring Valley Acquisition Corp. III (Nasdaq: SVAC)
("Spring Valley" or "SVAC"), a special-purpose acquisition company. At closing, Spring Valley would be renamed General
Fusion Group Ltd., and the combined company's shares and warrants are expected to trade on Nasdaq under the proposed symbols "GFUZ"
and "GFUZW" — subject to approval of the listing application. Spring Valley has set an extraordinary general
meeting of shareholders for July 6, 2026 to vote on the proposed combination; if approved, the transaction is expected to close shortly
thereafter, subject to customary conditions. The SEC declared the related registration statement effective on June 12, 2026.
None of that is a certainty, and nothing here is a recommendation to
buy or sell any security or a solicitation of any vote — the transaction remains subject to shareholder approval and customary closing
conditions, and investors should rely only on the official proxy and registration materials filed with the SEC. What the LM26 result does
is sharpen the question every fusion investor eventually asks: not just "does the physics work?" but "can this team hit
its milestones on schedule?" Delivering a tripled electron temperature and clean compression data is, at minimum, favorable on the
technical side of that question.
How Investors Can Watch the Fusion Theme Today
Pure-play fusion is famously hard to own: most leading developers —
Commonwealth Fusion Systems, TAE Technologies, Helion, Zap Energy — remain private. That scarcity is part of why General Fusion's
planned listing has drawn attention. For now, investors tracking the theme tend to watch a mix of the merger vehicle, the enabling supply
chain, and the corporates with fusion stakes. Four names frame that spectrum — though each carries its own risk profile and none
is a proxy for General Fusion.
Spring Valley Acquisition Corp. III (Nasdaq: SVAC) is
slated to merge with General Fusion and the common shares of the combined company are expected to trade under the symbol "GFUZ."
Spring Valley vehicles have raised roughly US$920 million across four IPOs and previously completed combinations with NuScale Power and
Eagle Nuclear Energy, giving the franchise a track record in the power-infrastructure and decarbonization lane. Its securities carry all
the usual SPAC risks: the deal still requires a shareholder vote and customary approvals, and there is no certainty it closes on the expected
timeline or at all.
American Superconductor Corporation (Nasdaq: AMSC) represents
the enabling supply chain. AMSC is the most direct U.S.-listed pure-play in high-temperature superconducting (HTS) wire — the REBCO
tape that magnet-confinement fusion machines depend on — and a handful of manufacturers control the vast majority of that global
market. While General Fusion's MTF approach deliberately avoids superconducting magnets, AMSC illustrates how the broader fusion build-out
flows into picks-and-shovels suppliers. The company reported record fiscal 2025 revenue of US$299.2 million, up 34% year-over-year, with
grid and defense demand driving growth.
Nucor Corporation (NYSE: NUE) stands in for
the industrial off-takers betting on fusion as future baseload power. The steelmaker invested US$35 million directly into Helion
Energy and signed on as the intended customer for a 500-megawatt Helion plant designed to supply zero-carbon electricity to a Nucor steel
mill. It is a reminder that heavy industry — not just tech — is lining up to buy fusion power, and that the demand side of
the equation is becoming concrete.
Eni S.p.A. (NYSE: E) rounds out the set as
the strategic-investor archetype. The Italian energy major holds a stake in Commonwealth Fusion Systems and has positioned fusion within
its longer-term energy-transition strategy. For investors who want fusion optionality inside a cash-generating, dividend-paying major
rather than a pre-revenue developer, Eni illustrates how incumbent energy companies are buying a seat at the fusion table without betting the
business on it.
Two additional nuclear names round out the watch list for investors
drawn to the broader clean-baseload theme. NuScale Power (NYSE: SMR) is the first company to receive U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission design approval for its small modular reactor (SMR) designs, with NRC-approved 50-megawatt and 77-megawatt
designs and a project pipeline that includes a 6-gigawatt framework with the Tennessee Valley Authority through ENTRA1 Energy; it reported
roughly US$1.2 billion in liquidity in its most recent quarter, though it remains pre-commercial with minimal revenue. Oklo (NYSE: OKLO),
developing its Aurora powerhouse fast-fission reactors and a fuel-recycling model, has drawn attention through agreements and collaborations
with large power buyers and technology partners and held approximately US$2.5 billion in cash and marketable securities in its most recent
quarter, while remaining pre-revenue and capital-intensive. Both are SMR developers rather than fusion companies, but they reflect the
same surge of investor interest in next-generation, carbon-free baseload power that has lifted the fusion theme.
The common thread is that fusion has crossed from pure science into
a fundable, watchable theme — driven by surging electricity demand from AI data centers, electrification, and industry. General
Fusion's wager is that the most practical machine, not necessarily the most powerful one, wins the race to commercial fusion. The LM26
result is a data point in its favor.
What to Watch Next
Three markers stand out from here. First, peer review: whether the
scientific community validates the compressional-heating results the company has submitted. Second, the 1 keV milestone: whether LM26's
planned upgrades to starting plasma parameters deliver the next step up in temperature and density. Third, the completion of the business
combination with Spring Valley, which would determine whether General Fusion becomes, by its own account, one of the first publicly traded
pure-play fusion companies. For a sector that has lived in the indefinite future, those are unusually concrete near-term dates.
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SOURCES
[1] General Fusion Inc., "General Fusion Achieves Compressional
Plasma Heating with LM26 Magnetized Target Fusion Machine," June 22, 2026.
[2] General Fusion Inc., technical paper on compressional heating on
the LM26 MTF machine (submitted for peer review), June 2026.
[3] Spring Valley Acquisition Corp. III, business combination disclosures;
SEC Form F-4 declared effective June 12, 2026; definitive proxy statement, June 12, 2026.
[4] American Superconductor Corporation (Nasdaq: AMSC),
Q4 and full-year fiscal 2025 results, May 27, 2026.
[5] Nucor Corporation / Helion Energy partnership and investment disclosures,
2023–2026.
[6] Eni S.p.A. / Commonwealth Fusion Systems investment disclosures.
[7] NuScale Power Corporation (NYSE: SMR), Q1 2026
results and NRC design-approval disclosures, May 7, 2026.
[8] Oklo Inc. (NYSE: OKLO), Q1 2026 results and
corporate disclosures, 2026.
[9] International Energy Agency electricity demand projections, 2026.
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The following is a transcript of an interview featuring General
Fusion’s Chief Executive Officer, Greg Twinney, given on BNN Bloomberg on June 24, 2026:
Speakers:
Matt Skube
Greg Twinney – CEO, General Fusion
Matt Skube: 0:00
Well, nuclear energy has been a key topic this week with both the Canadian
and US governments announcing new initiatives to advance the sector. Our next guest is a CEO of a Vancouver-based fusion energy company,
recognized for its expertise in Magnetized Target Fusion and well positioned to meet the rising demand for alternative clean and reliable
power. I want to welcome in Greg Twinney, CEO of General Fusion. Greg, thanks for being here.
Greg Twinney: 0:24
Hey, thanks for having me. My pleasure.
Matt Skube: 0:26
You know what? We recognize that too. Time magazine was fortunate enough,
you know, to recognize you, the world's top green technology firm for 2026 because of that Magnetized Target Fusion. Just explain that.
I know it's been a long, many, many years in the making, but explain what that is for viewers.
Greg Twinney: 0:42
Yeah, look, it's an exciting time in energy. The demand for energy
is so massive and we at General Fusion are a leader on the path to commercialize fusion energy. So fusion's often described as sort of
the holy grail of energy, or the last source of energy that humanity may ever need. And so, for 20 years we've been at this as a leader
in the space, you know, working towards putting fusion on the grid to satiate that huge demand that we're seeing from AI data centers
and all these types of things. Now, you know, lots of progress on the science, the tech, the commercial side, and, most recently being
named Time magazine's world's top green tech company of 2026, first of 8,300 applicants, is a real testament to, you know, the importance
of fusion, of course, the timing of fusion, fusion's happening now. And lastly, our leadership position in this space. So, pretty exciting
time, great to be recognized for all the work that we're doing and where we're going with the company.
Matt Skube: 1:47
Yeah. You touched on the demand too, Greg. Greg, at this point, what
we're seeing even in just the last couple of days from both Canada and the United States. You know, how important do you think some of
the long-term government backed offtake agreements are going to be, you know, in de-risking some of the projects, at least in the early
stages of growth in the sector?
Greg Twinney: 2:06
Yeah, the demand tailwinds for energy are going to continue in my opinion.
The ability to satiate that demand with fission, coal, gas, natural gas, oil, I think is going to fall short. And that's the thesis for
why we exist at General Fusion. The opportunity to provide clean base load power using fusion is massive. And so, stepping into this demand
that I believe is going to continue to increase and being one of the first companies to commercialize fusion is what we're pursuing and
the tailwinds are going to continue.
Matt Skube: 2:48
AI is a lot of the talk of the markets right now clearly and the data
centers and the buildout that we've been talking about, and the energy needs are going to be massive. I'm assuming that is, you know,
the greatest market for you, for the possibility of growth in North America in particular.
Greg Twinney: 3:04
For us, we're based in Canada, but our market is global. Fusion has
the ability to, this safety profile and the ability to scale around the world and so while AI has kind of, I think, exacerbated the demand
for energy and the gap between what's available and what the demand is, the tailwinds for fusion have been around for quite some time.
Electrification and other, population changes etc. are causing this demand for energy to grow and AI has just accelerated things and provided
a strong tailwind for us for sure
Matt Skube: 3:42
And to touch on to you know mentioned global too. There was an agreement
I believe, right, that the company announced today, for commercial development in Italy and I'm assuming that you know Europe and the
EU in general, they have a lot of emphasis on clean energy. Assuming that that is also going to be a very big opportunity for you?
Greg Twinney: 4:02
Yeah, we had a great announcement today with Renexia, somebody that
we've been working closely with, in terms of thinking about the global opportunity to export fusion from Canada and you know, they're
in Italy and working with them to bring first-of-a-kind type technology into Italy to satiate the demand that they're seeing there. The
cost of energy that Italians are dealing with, which is not unique to Italy. And Renexia is making a move with us to go arm-in- arm to
think about how do we bring fusion to Italy and for us, it's planting the flag there, allows us to establish this sort of export market.
So, as we move towards our first-of-a-kind in 2035, we'll have markets that are being developed in parallel.
Matt Skube: 4:56
So, how's your company going to make money, you know, once fusion is
commercially viable? I think very simply, you know, where is the path right now?
Greg Twinney: 5:04
Yeah. So, the opportunity in terms of size is massive. To put a number
on it, I think it's McKinsey, you know, looked at the long-term market opportunity of, you know, trillion-dollar market size. So, it's
huge. For us, we are experts in fusion and in particular a type of fusion called Magnetized Target Fusion that is designed with commercial
power plants right from the beginning and the ability to bring fusion energy to the grid. Not just demonstrate it in a science machine
but bring fusion energy to the grid and deploy it globally at scale and fast, using partners like Renexia right from the beginning. And
so we will go to market in a very typical kind of way, partnering up with the types of partners that can build power plants around the
world and we'll supply the technology, the know-how, the IP, the licensing etc., in in the construction phase and then longer term we'll
play a role in helping maintain these power plants, provide refurbishment and replacement parts and those types of things over the life
the 40-year life of a power plant.
Matt Skube: 6:14
Greg Twinney, CEO of General Fusion. Appreciate your time today, Greg.
Thanks so much for joining us.
***
Additional Information and Where to Find It
In connection with the transactions contemplated
by the Business Combination Agreement, the Company and SVAC filed their joint registration statement on Form F-4 (as amended, the “Registration
Statement”) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), which includes a preliminary prospectus with
respect to SVAC’s securities to be issued in connection with the Proposed Business Combination and a preliminary proxy statement
in connection with SVAC’s solicitation of proxies for the vote by SVAC’s shareholders with respect to the Proposed Business
Combination and other matters to be described in the Registration Statement. On June 12, 2026, the SEC declared the Registration Statement
effective and SVAC filed the definitive Proxy Statement (the “Proxy Statement”) with the SEC. On June 15, 2026, SVAC commenced
mailing copies of the Proxy Statement to SVAC’s shareholders as of the record date of June 12, 2026. This document does not contain
all the information that should be considered concerning the Proposed Business Combination and is not a substitute for the Registration
Statement, Proxy Statement or for any other document that SVAC has filed or may file with the SEC. Before making any investment or voting
decision, investors and security holders of SVAC and General Fusion are urged to read the Registration Statement and the Proxy Statement,
and any amendments or supplements thereto, as well as all other relevant materials filed or that will be filed with the SEC in connection
with the Proposed Business Combination as they become available because they will contain important information about General Fusion,
SVAC and the Proposed Business Combination. Investors and security holders are able to obtain free copies of the Registration Statement,
the Proxy Statement and all other relevant documents filed or that will be filed with the SEC by SVAC through the website maintained by
the SEC at www.sec.gov. In addition, the documents filed by SVAC may be obtained free of charge from SVAC’s website at https://sv-ac.com
or by directing a request to Spring Valley Acquisition Corp. III, Attn: Corporate Secretary, 2100 McKinney Avenue, Suite 1675, Dallas,
Texas 75201. The information contained on, or that may be accessed through, the websites referenced in this document is not incorporated
by reference into, and is not a part of, this document.
Participants in the Solicitation
General Fusion, SVAC and their respective directors,
executive officers and other members of management and employees may, under the rules of the SEC, be deemed to be participants in
the solicitations of proxies from SVAC’s shareholders in connection with the Proposed Business Combination. For more information
about the names, affiliations and interests of SVAC’s directors and executive officers, please refer to the final prospectus from
SVAC’s initial public offering, which was dated September 3, 2025 and filed with the SEC on September 4, 2025 (the “Final
Prospectus”) and the Registration Statement, Proxy Statement and other relevant materials filed or to be filed with the SEC
in connection with the Proposed Business Combination when they become available. Additional information regarding the participants in
the proxy solicitation and a description of their direct and indirect interests, which may, in some cases, be different than those of
SVAC’s shareholders generally, is included in the Registration Statement and the Proxy Statement. Shareholders, potential investors
and other interested persons should read the Registration Statement and the Proxy Statement carefully before making any voting or investment
decisions. You may obtain free copies of these documents from the sources indicated above.
No Offer or Solicitation
This document shall not constitute a “solicitation”
as defined in Section 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. This document shall not constitute an offer to sell
or exchange, the solicitation of an offer to buy or a recommendation to purchase, any securities, or a solicitation of any vote, consent
or approval, nor shall there be any sale, issuance or transfer of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or
sale may be unlawful under the laws of such jurisdiction. No offering of securities in the Proposed Business Combination shall be made
except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or an exemption therefrom.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements included in this document are
not historical facts but are forward-looking statements. All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this document
are forward-looking statements. Any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances,
including any underlying assumptions, are also forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements
by words such as “estimate,” “plan,” “project,” “forecast,” “intend,” “expect,”
“anticipate,” “believe,” “seek,” “strategy,” “future,” “opportunity,”
“may,” “target,” “should,” “will,” “would,” “will be,” “will
continue,” “will likely result,” “preliminary,” or similar expressions that predict or indicate future events
or trends or that are not statements of historical matters, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking.
Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, SVAC’s, General Fusion’s, or their respective management teams’
expectations concerning the Proposed Business Combination and expected benefits or timing thereof; the outlook for General Fusion’s
business, including its ability to commercialize MTF or any other fusion technology on its expected timeline or at all; statements regarding
the current and expected results of General Fusion’s LM26 program; the ability to execute General Fusion’s strategies, including
on any expected timeline or anticipated cost basis; projected and estimated financial performance; anticipated industry trends; future
capital expenditures; government regulation of fusion energy; and environmental risks; as well as any information concerning possible
or assumed future results of operations of General Fusion. The forward-looking statements are based on the current expectations of the
respective management teams of SVAC and General Fusion, as applicable, and are inherently subject to uncertainties and changes in circumstance
and their potential effects. There can be no assurance that future developments will be those that have been anticipated. These forward-looking
statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties or other assumptions that may cause actual results or performance to be materially
different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited
to, (i) the risk that the Proposed Business Combination may not be completed in a timely manner or at all, which may adversely affect
the price of SVAC’s securities; (ii) the failure to satisfy the conditions to the consummation of the Proposed Business Combination,
including the adoption of the Business Combination Agreement by the shareholders of SVAC and General Fusion and the receipt of regulatory
approvals; (iii) market risks; (iv) the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstance that could give rise to the termination
of the Business Combination Agreement; (v) the effect of the announcement or pendency of the Proposed Business Combination on General
Fusion’s business relationships, performance, and business generally; (vi) risks that the Proposed Business Combination disrupts
current plans of General Fusion and potential difficulties in its employee retention as a result of the Proposed Business Combination;
(vii) the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against General Fusion or SVAC related to the Business Combination
Agreement or the Proposed Business Combination; (viii) failure to realize the anticipated benefits of the Proposed Business Combination;
(ix) the inability to maintain the listing of SVAC’s securities or to meet listing requirements and maintain the listing of
the combined company’s securities on Nasdaq; (x) the risk that the Proposed Business Combination may not be completed by SVAC’s
business combination deadline and the potential failure to obtain an extension of the business combination deadline if sought by SVAC;
(xi) the risk that the price of the combined company’s securities may be volatile due to a variety of factors, including changes
in laws, regulations, technologies, natural disasters, national security tensions, and macro-economic and social environments affecting
its business; (xii) laws and regulations governing General Fusion’s research and development activities, and changes in such
laws and regulations; (xiii) any failure to commercialize MTF on the expected timeline or at all, including any failure to achieve
the objectives of the LM26 program; (xiv) environmental regulations and legislation; (xv) the effects of climate change, extreme
weather events, water scarcity, and seismic events, and the effectiveness of strategies to deal with these issues; (xvi) fluctuations
in currency markets; (xvii) General Fusion’s ability to complete and successfully integrate any future acquisitions; (xviii) increased
competition in the fusion industry; (xix) limited supply of materials and supply chain disruptions; and (xx) the risk that the
proposed private placement of convertible preferred shares and warrants by General Fusion (the “PIPE Financing”) may not be
completed, or that other capital needed by the combined company may not be raised on favorable terms, or at all, including as a result
of the restrictions agreed to in connection with the PIPE Financing. The foregoing list is not exhaustive, and there may be additional
risks that neither SVAC nor General Fusion presently know or that SVAC and General Fusion currently believe are immaterial. You should
carefully consider the foregoing factors, any other factors discussed in this document and the other risks and uncertainties described
in the “Risk Factors” section of the Final Prospectus and the risks described in the Registration Statement, or to be described
in any amendment or supplement thereto; the risks described in the definitive proxy statement/prospectus filed with the SEC on June 12,
2026, or to be described in any amendment or supplement thereto; and those discussed and identified in filings made with the SEC by SVAC
from time to time. General Fusion and SVAC caution you against placing undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which reflect current
beliefs and are based on information currently available as of the date a forward-looking statement is made. Forward-looking statements
set forth in this document speak only as of the date of this document. Neither General Fusion nor SVAC undertakes any obligation to revise
forward-looking statements to reflect future events, changes in circumstances, or changes in beliefs. In the event that any forward-looking
statement is updated, no inference should be made that General Fusion or SVAC will make additional updates with respect to that statement,
related matters, or any other forward-looking statements. Any corrections or revisions and other important assumptions and factors that
could cause actual results to differ materially from forward-looking statements, including discussions of significant risk factors, may
appear, up to the consummation of the Proposed Business Combination, in SVAC’s public filings with the SEC, which are or will be
(as applicable) accessible at www.sec.gov, and which you are advised to review carefully.
