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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Pinnacle Acquisition Corp (PNAQ)

Pinnacle Acquisition closes $200 million IPO; $200 million placed in trust account

Neutral Impact 3 of 5 financing Written later

Pinnacle Acquisition Corporation, a blank check company, closed its initial public offering of 20,000,000 units at $10.00 per unit on August 6, 2026, for gross proceeds of $200,000,000. The full $200,000,000 was placed in a trust account, which can be released only on completing an initial business combination or on redemption if no combination is completed within 21 months of the IPO closing, so shareholder funds stay restricted until a deal or liquidation.

Key points

  • 20,000,000 units sold at $10.00 each, for gross proceeds of $200,000,000; units began trading on the NYSE on August 7, 2026 under PNAQ.U
  • Sponsor PAC Sponsor, LLC bought 225,000 private placement units for $2,250,000 at closing
  • $200,000,000 placed in a trust account with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company; includes up to $6,000,000 of deferred underwriter discount and commissions
  • Andrew Rechtschaffen, Karen Martin, Paul Stoyan and Harry Brandler joined the board on August 6, 2026, alongside Steven K. Hudson

The filing

CompanyPinnacle Acquisition Corp (PNAQ)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECAug 10, 2026, 4:30 PM ET
Accession number0001213900-26-087287

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, 11:48 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 August 10, 2026.

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