United States
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 8-K
Current Report
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
October 23, 2024
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
Aldel Financial II Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
| Cayman Islands | 001-42377 | 98-1800702 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number)
| (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
104 S. Walnut Street, Unit 1A Itasca, IL | 60143 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (847) 791 6817
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||
| Ordinary Shares | ALDF | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC | ||
| Warrants | ALDF.W | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC | ||
| Units | ALDF.U | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).
Emerging growth company x
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨
Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On October 23, 2024, Aldel Financial II Inc. (the “Company”) consummated its initial public offering (“IPO”), which consisted of 23,000,000 units (the “Units”), including the exercise in full by the underwriter of an option to purchase up to 3,000,000 Units at the offering price to cover over-allotments. 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, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A Ordinary Shares”), of the Company, and one-half of one redeemable warrant (each, a “Warrant”) of the Company, with each whole Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one Class A Ordinary Share for $11.50 per share.
Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, pursuant to the Private Placement Units Purchase Agreements, the Company completed (i) the private placement of an aggregate of 707,500 units (the “Private Placement Units”) to the Sponsor and BTIG, LLC, the representative of the underwriters, at $10.00 per Unit, each Unit consisting of one Class A Ordinary Share and one-half of one redeemable Warrant, each whole Warrant exercisable to purchase one Class A Ordinary Share of the Company, and (ii) the private placement of an aggregate of 1,000,000 warrants (“OTM Warrants” and, together with the Private Placement Units, the “Private Placement Securities”) at a price of $0.10 per warrant, each exercisable to purchase one share of Class A common stock at $15.00 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of $100,000. Of those 707,500 Private Placement Units, the Sponsor purchased 477,500 Private Placement Units and BTIG, LLC purchased 230,000 Private Placement Units.
The OTM Warrants are identical to the Warrants sold in the IPO, except that the OTM Warrants will be non-redeemable and may be exercised on a cashless basis, in each case so long as they continue to be held by the Sponsor, or its permitted transferees. The Private Placement Units are identical to the Units sold in the IPO, except that the Private Units are subject to transfer restrictions. The Sponsor and BTIG, LLC were granted certain demand and piggyback registration rights in connection with the purchase of the Private Placement Securities.
The Private Placement Securities were issued pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as the transactions did not involve a public offering.
A total of $231,150,000, comprised of the proceeds from the IPO and the sale of the Private Placement Securities (which amount includes $8,625,000 of the underwriter’s deferred discount), was placed in a U.S.-based trust account maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, acting as trustee.
An audited balance sheet as of October 23, 2024 reflecting receipt of the proceeds upon consummation of the IPO and the sale of the Private Placement Securities has been issued by the Company and is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
The following exhibits are being filed herewith:
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 99.1 | Audited Balance Sheet as of October 23, 2024. |
SIGNATURES
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: October 29, 2024
ALDEL FINANCIAL II INC.
| By: | /s/ Robert I. Kauffman | |
| Name: | Robert I. Kauffman | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer |
