SEC Form 8-K filed by American Exceptionalism Acquisition Corp. A
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| Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
On September 29, 2025, American Exceptionalism Acquisition Corp. A (the “Company”) consummated its initial public offering (the “IPO”) of 34,500,000 Class A ordinary shares of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share (each, an “Ordinary Share”, and the Ordinary Shares sold in the IPO, the “Public Shares”), including the issuance of 4,500,000 Public Shares as a result of the underwriters’ exercise of their over-allotment option, at a price of $10.00 per Public Share, generating gross proceeds (before underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses) to the Company of $345,000,000.
Substantially concurrently with the closing of the IPO, the Company completed the private sale of 175,000 Ordinary Shares (the “Private Placement Shares”) at a price of $10.00 per Private Placement Share to the Company’s sponsor, AEXA Sponsor LLC, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $1,750,000.
A total of $345,000,000, comprised of proceeds from the IPO and the sale of the Private Placement Shares, was placed in a U.S.-based trust account at JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, acting as trustee. An audited balance sheet as of September 29, 2025 reflecting receipt of the proceeds upon consummation of the IPO and the sale of the Private Placement Shares 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 September 29, 2025. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) | |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM ACQUISITION CORP. A | ||
| By: | /s/ Steven Trieu | |
| Steven Trieu | ||
| Chief Executive Officer | ||
Dated: October 3, 2025