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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers, Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Effective April 13, 2026, the board of directors of Illumination Acquisition Corp 1 (the “Company”) appointed John DeMarais as Chief Operating Officer. In connection with his appointment, the Company and Mr. DeMarais will enter into a standard form of indemnification agreement. There are no arrangements or understandings pursuant to which Mr. DeMarais has a direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
Mr. DeMarais joined Lucid Capital Markets, LLC in April 2025 and serves as a Director in its investment banking practice, where he is responsible for deal sourcing and execution across capital markets and M&A advisory assignments. Mr. DeMarais has experience supporting a broad range of transactions for both public and private companies across multiple growth sectors. He has also supported the sponsor of six SPAC business combinations and has been involved in over 20 SPAC transactions across the full lifecycle, including capital raising, advisory, structuring and execution. Prior to joining Lucid, from February 2021 to April 2025, Mr. DeMarais was in the investment banking practice at Craig-Hallum Capital Group, where he participated in the sourcing and execution of over 100 lower middle market transactions. Earlier in his career, from August 2017 to February 2021, Mr. DeMarais worked in the Financial Services Assurance practice at Ernst & Young. Mr. DeMarais holds a B.A. from Gustavus Adolphus College.
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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.
Dated: April 14, 2026
| ILLUMINATION ACQUISITION CORP I | |||
| By: | /s/ John Lipman | ||
| Name: | John Lipman | ||
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | ||
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