Cantor Equity Partners I Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Other Events, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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Item 8.01. Other Events.
On January 8, 2025, Cantor Equity Partners I, Inc. (the “Company”) consummated its initial public offering (“IPO”) of 20,000,000 Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (“Class A ordinary Share” and such shares sold in the IPO, the “Public Shares”). The Public Shares were sold at a price of $10.00 per Public Share, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $200,000,000.
Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, pursuant to a private placement shares purchase agreement with Cantor EP Holdings I, LLC (the “Sponsor”), the Company completed the private sale (the “Private Placement”) of 500,000 Class A ordinary shares (the “Private Placement Shares”) to the Sponsor at a purchase price of $10.00 per Private Placement Share, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $5,000,000.
A total of $200,000,000, or $10.00 per Public Share, comprised of the net proceeds from the IPO and the Private Placement, 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 January 8, 2025 reflecting the receipt of the proceeds from the IPO and the Private Placement 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
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 99.1 | Audited Balance Sheet as of January 8, 2025. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |
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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.
| CANTOR EQUITY PARTNERS I, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Jane Novak | |
| Name: | Jane Novak | |
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |
| Dated: January 15, 2025 | ||
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