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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · LaFayette Acquisition Corp. (LAFA)

LaFayette Acquisition closes $115 million IPO of 11,500,000 units on October 27, 2025

Neutral Impact 3 of 5 financing Written later

LaFayette Acquisition Corp., a blank check company, closed its initial public offering of 11,500,000 units at $10.00 per unit on October 27, 2025, generating $115,000,000 in gross proceeds. The full amount of the offering proceeds was placed in a trust account for public shareholders, and the trust funds will not be released until a business combination is completed or public shares are redeemed, including if no business combination is completed within 18 months of the offering closing.

Key points

  • 11,500,000 units sold at $10.00 each, including 1,500,000 units from the underwriters' over-allotment option exercised in full
  • Simultaneous private placement of 380,000 units to the Sponsor and EarlyBirdCapital for $3,800,000 gross proceeds
  • $115,000,000 placed in trust; funds are not released until a business combination or redemption of public shares, including if no business combination is completed within 18 months
  • Gregory Parsons, Trent Stedman and Eszter Farkas appointed to the board of directors effective October 23, 2025

The filing

CompanyLaFayette Acquisition Corp. (LAFA)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECOct 28, 2025, 4:30 PM ET
Accession number0001213900-25-103118

Items reported: 1.01 Material Definitive Agreement3.02 Unregistered Equity Sale5.02 Director / Officer Change5.03 Bylaw / Charter Amendment8.01 Other Events

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI on Nov 9, 2026, 11:46 AM ET, from this filing only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on October 28, 2025.

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