UNITED STATES
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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On December 17, 2025, Launchpad Cadenza Acquisition Corp I (the “Company”) consummated its initial public offering (“IPO”) of 23,000,000 units (the “Units”), including 3,000,000 Units issued pursuant to the exercise in full by the underwriters of their over-allotment option. The Units were sold at a price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $230,000,000. Each Unit consists of one Class A ordinary share of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A Ordinary Shares”), and one-third of one redeemable warrant of the Company (each, a “Warrant”), with each whole Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one Class A Ordinary Share for $11.50 per share.
In connection with the IPO, the Company entered into the following agreements, forms of which were previously filed as exhibits to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-291425) for the IPO, initially filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on November 10, 2025, as amended (the “Registration Statement”):
| ● | An Underwriting Agreement, dated December 17, 2025, by and between the Company and Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., as representative of the several underwriters (the “Representative”), a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 1.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. | |
| ● | A Warrant Agreement, dated December 17, 2025, by and between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as warrant agent, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 4.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. | |
| ● | An Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated December 17, 2025, by and between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as trustee, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. | |
| ● | A Registration Rights Agreement, dated December 17, 2025, by and among the Company and certain security holders, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.2 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. | |
| ● | A Private Placement Warrants Purchase Agreement, dated December 17, 2025 (the “Sponsor Private Placement Warrants Purchase Agreement”), by and between the Company and Launch Sponsor LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”), a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.3 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. | |
| ● | A Private Placement Warrants Purchase Agreement, dated December 17, 2025 (the “Cantor Private Placement Warrants Purchase Agreement”), by and between the Company and Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.4 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. | |
| ● | A Letter Agreement, dated December 17, 2025 (the “Letter Agreement”), by and among the Company, its officers, its directors and the Sponsor, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.5 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. | |
| ● | Indemnity Agreements, dated December 17, 2025, by and among the Company and each Director (as defined below) and executive officer of the Company, a form of which is attached as Exhibit 10.6 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. | |
| ● | Administrative Services Agreement, dated December 17, 2025 (the “Administrative Services Agreement”), by and between the Company and Launch Management Sponsor LLC, an affiliate of the Sponsor, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.7 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. | |
| ● | Administrative Services Agreement, dated December 17, 2025 (the “Administrative Services Agreement”), by and between the Company and Cadenza Ventures Management Company, LLC, an affiliate of the Chief Executive Officer and the Chairman of the Board, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.7 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. |
The material terms of such agreements are fully described in the Company’s final prospectus, dated December 17, 2025, as filed with the Commission on December 18, 2025 (the “Prospectus”) and are incorporated herein by reference.
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Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, pursuant to the Sponsor Private Placement Warrants Purchase Agreement and the Cantor Private Placement Warrants Purchase Agreement, the Company completed the private sale of an aggregate of 4,116,667 warrants (the “Private Placement Warrants”) to the Sponsor and the Representative, with each Private Placement Warrant exercisable to purchase one Class A ordinary share at $11.50 per share, at a price of $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant, or $6,175,000.50 in the aggregate. Of the 4,116,667 Private Placement Warrants, the Sponsor purchased 2,783,334 Private Placement Warrants and the Representative purchased 1,333,333 Private Placement Warrants. The Private Placement Warrants (and underlying securities) are identical to the warrants included in the Units sold in the IPO, except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement. No underwriting discounts or commissions were paid with respect to such sale. The issuance of the Private Placement Warrants was made pursuant to the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act.
Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On December 17, 2025, in connection with the IPO, Sean O’Malley and Jonathan Bier (collectively with Max Shapiro and Kumar Dandapani, the “Directors”) were appointed to the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”). Kumar Dandapani, Sean O’Malley and Jonathan Bier are independent directors. Effective December 17, 2025, Mr. Bier was appointed to the Board’s Audit Committee, with Mr. Bier serving as chair of the Audit Committee. Mr. Bier was appointed to the Board’s Compensation Committee, with Mr. Bier serving as chair of the Compensation Committee.
Following the appointment of the Directors, the Board is comprised of three classes. The term of office of the first class of directors, Class I, consisting of Jonathan Bier, will expire at the Company’s first annual meeting of shareholders. The term of office of the second class of directors, Class II, consisting of Sean O’Malley, will expire at the Company’s second annual meeting of shareholders. The term of office of the third class of directors, Class III, consisting of Max Shapiro and Kumar Dandapani, will expire at the Company’s third annual meeting of shareholders.
On December 17, 2025, in connection with their appointments to the Board, each of the members of the Board entered into the Letter Agreement as well as an indemnity agreement with the Company in the form previously filed as Exhibit 10.6 to the Registration Statement. Other than the foregoing, none of the directors are party to any arrangement or understanding with any person pursuant to which they were appointed as directors, nor are they party to any transactions required to be disclosed under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K involving the Company.
The foregoing descriptions of the Letter Agreement and the form of indemnity agreement do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entireties by reference to the Letter Agreement and the form of indemnity agreement, copies of which are attached as Exhibit 10.5 and 10.6 hereto, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.
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Item 5.03. Amendments to Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
On December 17, 2025, in connection with the IPO, the Company filed its amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (the “Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association”) with the Cayman Islands Registrar of Companies, which was effective on December 17, 2025. The terms of the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association are set forth in the Registration Statement and are incorporated herein by reference. The description of the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 3.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 8.01. Other Events.
A total of $230,000,000 of the proceeds from the IPO (which amount includes $10,950,000 of the underwriters’ deferred discount) and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants, was placed in a U.S.-based trust account maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, acting as trustee. Except with respect to interest earned on the funds in the trust account that may be released to the Company to pay its taxes and for winding up and dissolution expenses, the funds held in the trust account will not be released from the trust account until the earliest of (i) the completion of the Company’s initial business combination, (ii) the redemption of the Company’s public shares if it is unable to complete its initial business combination within 24 months from the closing of the IPO (or by such earlier liquidation date as the Company’s board of directors may approve), subject to applicable law, and (iii) the redemption of the Company’s public shares properly submitted in connection with a shareholder vote to amend the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association to modify the substance or timing of its obligation to redeem 100% of the Company’s public shares if it has not consummated an initial business combination within 24 months from the closing of the IPO or with respect to any other material provisions relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-initial business combination activity.
On December 17, 2025, the Company issued a press release announcing the pricing of the IPO, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
On December 19, 2025, the Company issued a press release announcing the closing of the IPO, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
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Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
The following exhibits are being filed herewith:
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| LAUNCHPAD CADENZA ACQUISITION CORP I | |||
| By: | /s/ Max Shapiro | ||
| Name: | Max Shapiro | ||
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | ||
| Dated: December 19, 2025 | |||
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