Every material Form 8-K Charlton Aria Acquisition Corp has filed with the SEC since October 08, 2026, read and summarized by AI: what happened, the key figures, whether it reads positive or negative for shareholders, and how big a deal it is (impact 1-5). Newest first; each brief links to its own page and to the filing on SEC.gov.
Charlton Aria Acquisition Corp notified Nasdaq that its audit committee did not meet a listing rule from at least August 25, 2026, because a director was indirectly paid $30,000 through an accounting firm he is a partner in. The board reconstituted the audit committee on October 22, 2026, and the company believes it regained compliance that day, with no Nasdaq notice received and its securities still listed.
Director Kyoung Tak Kim's firm, Leading Edge Advisory Inc., was paid $30,000, settled in full on August 25, 2026.
Audit committee was out of compliance from at least August 25, 2026, per the filing; the matter was identified on October 20, 2026.
On October 22, 2026, Kim left the audit committee; Wang Jo Cha joined it. The audit committee is now Stephen Markscheid, Umesh Patel and Wang Jo Cha.
As of the filing date, no Nasdaq notice had been received, and the units, Class A ordinary shares and rights continue to trade on Nasdaq.
On October 19, 2026, shareholders approved amending the company's charter and trust agreement to let it extend its deadline to complete a business combination from October 25, 2026 to October 25, 2027, in monthly steps of up to twelve. Holders of 5,725,962 public Class A shares elected to redeem them at approximately $11.03 per share, and the filing says the sponsor must deposit funds into the trust for each extension.
Extension proposal approved with 7,721,514 votes for and 199,595 against; the company's record date was September 25, 2026.
5,725,962 public Class A shares were redeemed at approximately $11.03 per share, as of October 15, 2026.
For each one-month extension, $0.03 per remaining public share is deposited into the trust account, up to $60,000.
Sponsor ST Sponsor II Limited converted 1,464,999 Class B shares to Class A; 4,579,037 Class A shares are outstanding.
Charlton Aria Acquisition Corp furnished an investor presentation and script for its proposed business combination with KQC Quantum, Inc., which was agreed on October 6, 2026. A joint webcast is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time on October 8, 2026. The deck shows a $80.0 million pre-money equity valuation and a trust balance of about $93.5 million before redemptions, so the amount of cash available at closing will depend on shareholder redemptions.
Pre-money KQC Parent equity valuation of $80.0 million; minimum cash condition of $30.0 million
Trust held about $93.5 million at September 25, 2026, or $11.00 per public share, before redemptions
Maximum redemption consistent with the minimum cash condition is about 68% of public shares; target closing in H1 CY27
Joint investor webcast at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, October 8, 2026
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