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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On March 12, 2026, SUMA Acquisition Corporation (the “Company”) consummated its initial public offering (“IPO”) of 17,250,000 units, which includes 2,250,000 units (the “Units”) issued pursuant to the full exercise by the underwriters of their over-allotment option. The Units were sold at a price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $172,500,000. Each Unit consists of one Class A ordinary share of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A Ordinary Shares”), and one right to receive one-fifth (1/5) of one Class A Ordinary Share upon the consummation of the Company’s initial business combination (each, a “Share Right”).
In connection with the IPO, the Company entered into the following agreements, forms of which were previously filed as exhibits to the Company’s registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-292831) for the IPO, initially filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on January 20, 2026 (as amended, the “Registration Statement”):
| ● | An Underwriting Agreement, dated March 10, 2026, by and among the Company and Seaport Global Securities LLC (“Seaport”), as representative of the several underwriters, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 1.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. |
| ● | A Share Rights Agreement, dated March 10, 2026, by and between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as rights agent, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 4.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. |
| ● | An Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated March 10, 2026, by and between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as trustee, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. |
| ● | A Registration Rights Agreement, dated March 10, 2026, by and among the Company, SUMA Sponsor LP, SUMA Canada Sponsor LP, SUMA Canada II Sponsor LP (collectively, the “Sponsors”), and Seaport, as representative of the several underwriters, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.2 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. |
| ● | A Private Placement Units Purchase Agreement, dated March 10, 2026 (the “US Sponsor Purchase Agreement”), by and between the Company and SUMA Sponsor LP, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.3 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. |
| ● | A Private Placement Units Purchase Agreement, dated March 10, 2026 (the “Canada Sponsor Purchase Agreement”), by and among the Company and SUMA Canada II Sponsor LP, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.4 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. |
| ● | A Private Placement Units Purchase Agreement, dated March 10, 2026 (the “Underwriters’ Private Placement Units Purchase Agreement”), by and among the Company and Seaport, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.5 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. |
| ● | A Letter Agreement, dated March 10, 2026, by and among the Company, its officers, its directors and the Sponsors, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.6 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. |
| ● | Indemnity Agreements, dated March 10, 2026, by and among the Company and each director and officer of the Company, a form of which is attached as Exhibit 10.7 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. |
| ● | An Administrative Services Agreement, dated March 10, 2026, by and between the Company and SUMA Sponsor LP, which is attached as Exhibit 10.8 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. |
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Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, pursuant to the US Sponsor Purchase Agreement, Canada Sponsor Purchase Agreement and the Underwriters’ Private Placement Units Purchase Agreement, the Company completed the private sale of an aggregate of 446,250 units (the “Private Placement Units”) to the Sponsor and Seaport at a price of $10.00 per Private Placement Unit for an aggregate purchase price of $4,462,500. The Private Placement Units (and underlying securities) are identical to the Units sold in the IPO, except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement. No underwriting discounts or commissions were paid with respect to such sale. The issuance of the Private Placement Units was made pursuant to the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Effective March 10, 2026, in connection with the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, Audie Attar, Christopher Bradley, Bogdan Cenanovic, Lawrence Hu and Ted Fike (collectively, the “Directors”) were appointed to the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”). Effective March 10, 2026, each of Mr. Bradley, Mr. Fike, and Mr. Cenanovic was appointed to the Board’s Audit Committee, with Mr. Bradley serving as chair of the Audit Committee. Each of Mr. Fike, Mr. Attar, and Mr. Hu was appointed to the Board’s Compensation Committee, with Mr. Fike serving as chair of the Compensation Committee.
On March 10, 2026, the Company entered into indemnity agreements with each of the Directors and Executive Officers, which require the Company to indemnify each of them to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and to advance expenses incurred as a result of any proceeding against them as to which they could be indemnified. The foregoing summary of the indemnity agreements does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of the form of indemnity agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.7 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.03. Amendments to the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association; Change in Fiscal Year.
On March 10, 2026, in connection with the IPO, the Company filed its amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (the “Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association”) with the Cayman Islands Registrar of Companies, became effective on March 10, 2026. The terms of the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association are set forth in the Registration Statement and are incorporated herein by reference. A copy of the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association is attached as Exhibit 3.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 8.01. Other Events.
A total of $172,500,000, comprised of $169,882,500 of the net proceeds from the IPO (which amount includes up to $6,900,000 of the underwriter’s deferred discount) and $2,617,500 of the proceeds of the sale of the Private Placement Units, was placed in a U.S.-based trust account maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, acting as trustee. Except with respect to interest earned on the funds in the trust account that may be released to the Company to pay its taxes and up to $100,000 for dissolution expenses, the funds held in the trust account will not be released from the trust account until the earliest of (i) the completion of the Company’s initial business combination, (ii) the redemption of the Company’s public shares if it is unable to complete its initial business combination within 24 months from the closing of the IPO (or by such earlier liquidation date as the Company’s board of directors may approve), subject to applicable law, and (iii) the redemption of the Company’s public shares properly submitted in connection with a shareholder vote to amend the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association to modify the substance or timing of its obligation to redeem 100% of the Company’s public shares if it has not consummated an initial business combination within 24 months from the closing of the IPO or with respect to any other material provisions relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-initial business combination activity.
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On March 10, 2026, the Company issued a press release announcing the pricing of the IPO, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
On March 12, 2026, the Company issued a press release announcing the closing of the IPO, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
The following exhibits are being filed herewith:
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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.
| SUMA ACQUISITION CORPORATION | |||
| By: | /s/ Naseem Saloojee | ||
| Name: | Naseem Saloojee | ||
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | ||
| Dated: March 13, 2026 | |||
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