Apex Treasury Corp 8-K, filed Mar 13, 2026
Apex Treasury Corp (APXT)
About this 8-K
Apex Treasury Corp filed this 8-K on March 13, 2026, reporting on events of March 9, 2026.
Items reported
- Item 5.02: Director or officer change, or executive pay
- Item 9.01: Financial statements and exhibits
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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On March 9, 2026, David Mikulecky notified Apex Treasury Corporation (the “Company”) of his intention to resign from the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”), effective March 9, 2026. Mr. Mikulecky did not advise the Company of any disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to its operations, policies or practices.
On March 13, 2026, the Board appointed Stephen CuUnjieng to the Board. Mr. CuUnjieng was appointed to serve as a Class I director with a term expiring at the Company’s first annual meeting of shareholders. Mr. CuUnjieng was appointed to the Audit and the Compensation Committees. Mr. CuUnjieng was determined to be an “independent director” as defined in the applicable rules of The Nasdaq Stock Market.
Stephen CuUnjieng, 66, is a senior financier and board member with deep relationships throughout Asia within the financial sponsor, entrepreneur, and corporate communities. Since September 2025, Mr. CuUnjieng has served as the Lead Independent Director of First Philippine Holdings Corporation, a holding company with principal interests in the renewable energy sector. Since July 2025, Mr. CuUnjieng has served as an independent director of Maharlika Investment Fund, the Philippine’s sovereign wealth fund, and as Chairman of its Investment Committee. Between 2020 and 2022, Mr. CuUnjieng served as a board member of AvePoint (Nasdaq: AVPT), a data security company, and, between 2022 and 2023, he served as an advisor to the board. From 2011 to 2020, Mr. CuUnjieng served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Evercore Asia, a subsidiary of Evercore Inc. (NYSE: EVR), a global independent investment banking advisory firm. Prior to Evercore, Mr. CuUnjieng was at Macquarie Group from 2004 to 2009, where he most recently served as Vice Chairman—Association of Southeast Asian Nations (“ASEAN”). Mr. CuUnjieng was also a Managing Director and Head of Power and Energy at Merrill Lynch Asia Pacific, from 1996 to 2000, and has held senior investment banking positions at Salomon Brothers Hong Kong, Morgan Grenfell Asia and PCIBank (formerly PSE: PCI). The Company believes Mr. CuUnjieng is well qualified to serve on our board of directors because of his extensive experience in the banking industry.
On March 13, 2026, the Company entered into an indemnity agreement (the “Indemnity Agreement”) with Mr. CuUnjieng, pursuant to which the Company has agreed to provide contractual indemnification, in addition to the indemnification provided in the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, against liabilities that may arise by reason of his service on the Board, and to advance expenses incurred as a result of any proceeding against him as to which he could be indemnified, in the form previously filed as Exhibit 10.6 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-289485) for its initial public offering (the “Initial Public Offering”), initially filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on August 11, 2025 (the “Registration Statement”).
On March 13, 2026, Mr. CuUnjieng entered into a letter agreement with the Company (the “Letter Agreement”) substantially similar to the letter agreement signed by the Company's directors, officers, advisors and the Sponsor (as defined below) at the Initial Public Offering.
On March 13, 2026, Mr. CuUnjieng entered into a joinder to the registration rights agreement, dated October 27, 2025, entered into by and among the Company, Apex Treasury Sponsor LLC (the “Sponsor”) and the holders signatory thereto in connection with the Company’s Initial Public Offering (the “Registration Rights Agreement”).
In connection with his appointment as a director of the Company, Mr. CuUnjieng will receive 30,000 Class B ordinary shares of the Company from the Sponsor.
The foregoing descriptions of the Indemnity Agreement, the Letter Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entireties by reference to the form of the Indemnity Agreement, the Letter Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement, copies of which are attached as Exhibit 10.1, Exhibit 10.2 and Exhibit 10.3 hereto, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.
Other than as disclosed above, there are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. CuUnjieng and any other persons pursuant to which Mr. CuUnjieng was selected as a director of the Company. There are no family relationships between Mr. CuUnjieng and any of the Company’s other directors or executive officers and Mr. CuUnjieng does not have any direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
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Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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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.
| APEX TREASURY CORPORATION | |||
| By: | /s/ Hugh Cochrane | ||
| Name: | Hugh Cochrane | ||
| Title: | Co-Chief Executive Officer | ||
| Dated: March 13, 2026 | |||
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Exhibit 10.2
March 13, 2026
Apex Treasury Corporation
2035 Regatta Drive
Vero Beach, Florida 32963
Re: Initial Public Offering
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This letter (this “Letter Agreement”) is being delivered to you in accordance with the Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) entered into by and among Apex Treasury Corporation, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”), and Cohen & Company Capital Markets, a division of Cohen & Company Securities, LLC, as representative (the “Representative”) of the several underwriters (each, an “Underwriter” and collectively, the “Underwriters”), relating to an underwritten initial public offering (the “Public Offering”), of 34,470,000 of the Company’s units (including 4,470,000 units that were purchased to cover over-allotments) (the “Units”), each comprised of one of the Company’s Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A Ordinary Shares”), and one-half of one redeemable warrant. Each whole warrant (each a “Warrant”) entitles the holder thereof to purchase one Class A Ordinary Share at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustments as described in the Prospectus (as defined below). The Units were sold in the Public Offering pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-1 and prospectus (the “Prospectus”) filed by the Company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) and are listed on The Nasdaq Global Market. Certain capitalized terms used herein are defined in paragraph 11 hereof.
For good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the undersigned member of the board of directors of the Company (the “Director”), hereby agrees with the Company as follows:
1. The Director agrees that if the Company seeks shareholder approval of a proposed Business Combination, then in connection with such proposed Business Combination, he shall (i) vote any Ordinary Shares (as defined below) owned by him in favor of any proposed Business Combination (including any proposals recommended by the Company’s board of directors in connection with such Business Combination) (except with respect to any such Ordinary Shares which may not be voted in favor of approving the Business Combination transaction in accordance with the requirements of Rule 14e-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and any Commission interpretations or guidance relating thereto) and (ii) not redeem any Ordinary Shares owned by him in connection with such shareholder approval. If the Company seeks to consummate a proposed Business Combination by engaging in a tender offer, the Director agrees that he will not sell or tender to the Company any Ordinary Shares owned by him in connection therewith.
2. The Director hereby agrees that in the event that the Company fails to consummate a Business Combination within 24 months from the closing of the Public Offering, or such later period approved by the Company’s shareholders in accordance with the Company’s second amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (as it may be further amended from time to time, the “Charter”), the Director shall take all reasonable steps to cause the Company to, as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten (10) business days thereafter, redeem 100% of the Class A Ordinary Shares sold as part of the Units in the Public Offering (the “Offering Shares”), at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account (as defined below), including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account (which interest shall be net of taxes paid or payable and up to $100,000 for dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then issued and outstanding Offering Shares, which redemption will constitute full and complete payment for the Offering Shares and completely extinguish all Public Shareholders’ (as defined below) rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any), subject to the Company’s obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. The Director agrees to not propose any amendment to the Charter (A) to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to allow a redemption in connection with a Business Combination or to redeem 100% of the Offering Shares if the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the required time period set forth in the Charter or (B) with respect to any other material provisions relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-initial Business Combination activity, unless the Company provides its Public Shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their Offering Shares upon approval of any such amendment at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account (net of taxes paid or payable), divided by the number of then issued and outstanding Offering Shares. The Director acknowledges that he has no right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies held in the Trust Account with respect to the Founder Shares held by him. The Director hereby further waives, with respect to any Ordinary Shares held by him, if any, any redemption rights he may have in connection with (a) the consummation of a Business Combination, including, without limitation, any such rights available in the context of a shareholder vote to approve such Business Combination, or (b) a shareholder vote to approve an amendment to the Charter (A) to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to allow a redemption in connection with a Business Combination or to redeem 100% of the Offering Shares if the Company has not consummated a Business Combination within the time period set forth in the Charter or (B) with respect to any other material provisions relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-initial Business Combination activity or in the context of a tender offer made by the Company to purchase Offering Shares (although the Director shall be entitled to redemption and liquidation rights with respect to any Offering Shares it or they hold if the Company fails to consummate a Business Combination within the time period set forth in the Charter).
3. The Director hereby agrees and acknowledges that: (i) the Underwriters and the Company would be irreparably injured in the event his obligations under paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4(a), and 6 as applicable, of this Letter Agreement, (ii) monetary damages may not be an adequate remedy for such breach and (iii) the non-breaching party shall be entitled to injunctive relief, in addition to any other remedy that such party may have in law or in equity, in the event of such breach.
4. (a) The Director agrees that he shall not Transfer any Founder Shares (or any Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion thereof) until the earlier of (A) 180 days after the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination and (B) subsequent to the completion of the Business Combination, (x) if the last sale price of the Class A Ordinary Shares equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share subdivisions, share dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-day period commencing at least 90 days after the initial Business Combination, or (y) the date on which the Company completes a liquidation, merger, share exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction that results in all of the Company’s Public Shareholders having the right to exchange their Class A Ordinary Shares for cash, securities or other property (the “Founder Shares Lock-up Period”).
(b) The Director agrees that he shall not Transfer any Private Placement Warrants (or any Class A Ordinary Shares underlying the Private Placement Warrants), until 30 days after the completion of a Business Combination (the “Private Placement Warrants Lock-up Period”, together with the Founder Shares Lock-up Period, the “Lock-up Periods”).
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions set forth in paragraphs 4(a) and 4(b), Transfers of the Founder Shares (or any Class A Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion thereof), Private Placement Warrants and the Class A Ordinary Shares underlying the Private Placement Warrants, that are held by the Director or any of his permitted transferees (that have complied with this paragraph 4(c)), are permitted (a) to the Company’s officers, directors, advisors or consultants, any affiliate or family member of any of the Company’s officers, directors, advisors or consultants, any members or partners of Apex Treasury Sponsor LLC (the “Sponsor”) or their affiliates, and funds and accounts advised by such members or partners, any affiliates of the Sponsor, or any employees of such affiliates; (b) in the case of an individual, by gift to a member of such individual’s immediate family or to a trust, the beneficiary of which is a member of such individual’s immediate family, an affiliate of such individual or to a charitable organization; (c) in the case of an individual, by virtue of laws of descent and distribution upon death of such individual; (d) in the case of an individual, pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order; (e) by private sales or transfers made in connection with any forward purchase agreement or similar arrangement, in connection with an extension of the timeframe for the Company to consummate a Business Combination or in connection with the consummation of an initial Business Combination at prices no greater than the price at which the securities were originally purchased; (f) distributions from the Sponsor to its members, partners or stockholders pursuant to the Sponsor’s limited liability company agreement; (g) by virtue of the laws of the Cayman Islands or the Sponsor’s limited liability company agreement upon dissolution of the Sponsor; (h) in the event of the Company’s liquidation prior to the consummation of the initial Business Combination; (i) in the event that, subsequent to the consummation of an initial Business Combination, the Company completes a liquidation, merger, share exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of the shareholders having the right to exchange their Class A Ordinary Shares for cash, securities or other property or (j) to a nominee or custodian of a person or entity to whom a transfer would be permissible under clauses (a) through (g); provided, however, that in the case of clauses (a) through (g) and clause (j), these permitted transferees must enter into a written agreement with the Company agreeing to be bound by the transfer restrictions herein and the other restrictions contained in this Agreement (including provisions relating to voting, the Trust Account and liquidating distributions).
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5. The Director represents and warrants that he has never been suspended or expelled from membership in any securities or commodities exchange or association or had a securities or commodities license or registration denied, suspended or revoked. The Director’s biographical information furnished to the Company (including any such information included in the Prospectus) is true and accurate in all respects and does not omit any material information with respect to the Director’s background. The Director’s questionnaire furnished to the Company is true and accurate in all respects. The Director represents and warrants that: he is not subject to or a respondent in any legal action for, any injunction, cease-and-desist order or order or stipulation to desist or refrain from any act or practice relating to the offering of securities in any jurisdiction; he has never been convicted of, or pleaded guilty to, any crime (i) involving fraud, (ii) relating to any financial transaction or handling of funds of another person, or (iii) pertaining to any dealings in any securities and he is not currently a defendant in any such criminal proceeding
6. Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, neither the Sponsor nor any officer, nor any affiliate of the Sponsor or any officer, nor any director of the Company, including the Director, shall receive from the Company any finder’s fee, reimbursement, consulting fee, monies in respect of any repayment of a loan or other compensation prior to, or in connection with any services rendered in order to effectuate, the consummation of the Company’s initial Business Combination (regardless of the type of transaction that it is), other than the following, none of which will be made from the proceeds held in the Trust Account prior to the completion of the initial Business Combination: repayment of a loan and advances up to an aggregate of $300,000 made to the Company by the Sponsor; payment of up to $20,000 per month to the Sponsor for office space and administrative services provided to members of the Company’s management team; payment of consulting, success, or finder fees to our Sponsor, officers, directors, advisors, or their respective affiliates in connection with the consummation of our initial business combination; payment of customary fees to members of the board of directors of the Company for director services; reimbursement for any reasonable out-of-pocket expenses related to identifying, investigating, negotiating and completing an initial Business Combination, and repayment of loans, if any, and on such terms as to be determined by the Company from time to time, made by the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor or any of the Company’s officers or directors to finance transaction costs in connection with an intended initial Business Combination, provided, that, if the Company does not consummate an initial Business Combination, amounts held outside the Trust Account may be used by the Company to repay such loaned amounts so long as no proceeds from the Trust Account are used for such repayment. Up to $1,500,000 of such loans may be convertible into warrants at a price of $1.00 per warrant at the option of the lender. Such warrants would be identical to the Private Placement Warrants. In addition, the Company may engage the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor as an advisor or otherwise in connection with its initial Business Combination and certain other transactions and pay such person or entity a salary or fee in an amount that constitutes a market standard for comparable transactions.
7. The Director has full right and power, without violating any agreement to which he is bound (including, without limitation, any non-competition or non-solicitation agreement with any employer or former employer), to enter into this Letter Agreement and, as applicable, to serve as a director on the board of directors of the Company.
8. As used herein, (i) “Business Combination” shall mean a merger, amalgamation, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination, involving the Company and one or more businesses; (ii) “Ordinary Shares” shall mean the Class A Ordinary Shares and Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class B Ordinary Shares”); (iii) “Founder Shares” shall mean the 11,490,000 Class B Ordinary Shares issued and outstanding and any Class A Ordinary Shares issued upon conversion of such Class B Ordinary Shares; (iv) “Private Placement Warrants” shall mean the 8,894,000 warrants that the Representative and Sponsor have purchased for an aggregate purchase price of $8,894,000, or $1.00 per warrant, in a private placement that occurred simultaneously with the consummation of the Public Offering, plus up to 1,500,000 Private Placement Warrants that may be used upon conversion of working capital loans; (v) “Public Shareholders” shall mean the holders of securities issued in the Public Offering; (vi) “Trust Account” shall mean the trust fund into which a portion of the net proceeds of the Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants were deposited; and (vii) “Transfer” shall mean the (a) sale of, offer to sell, contract or agreement to sell, hypothecate, pledge, grant of any option to purchase or otherwise dispose of or agreement to dispose of, directly or indirectly, or establishment or increase of a put equivalent position or liquidation with respect to or decrease of a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder with respect to, any security, (b) entry into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of any security, whether any such transaction is to be settled by delivery of such securities, in cash or otherwise, or (c) public announcement of any intention to effect any transaction specified in clause (a) or (b).
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9. The Company maintains an insurance policy or policies providing directors’ and officers’ liability insurance, and each director, including the Director, is covered by such policy or policies, in accordance with its or their terms.
10. This Letter Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior understandings, agreements, or representations by or among the parties hereto, written or oral, to the extent they relate in any way to the subject matter hereof or the transactions contemplated hereby. This Letter Agreement may not be changed, amended, modified or waived (other than to correct a typographical error) as to any particular provision, except by a written instrument executed by all parties hereto.
11. No party hereto may assign either this Letter Agreement or any of its rights, interests, or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the other parties. Any purported assignment in violation of this paragraph shall be void and ineffectual and shall not operate to transfer or assign any interest or title to the purported assignee. This Letter Agreement shall be binding on the Director and his respective successors, heirs and assigns and permitted transferees.
12. Nothing in this Letter Agreement shall be construed to confer upon, or give to, any person or entity other than the parties hereto any right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Letter Agreement or of any covenant, condition, stipulation, promise or agreement hereof. All covenants, conditions, stipulations, promises and agreements contained in this Letter Agreement shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and their successors, heirs, personal representatives and assigns and permitted transferees.
13. This Letter Agreement may be executed in any number of original or facsimile counterparts and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
14. This Letter Agreement shall be deemed severable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision hereof shall not affect the validity or enforceability of this Letter Agreement or of any other term or provision hereof. Furthermore, in lieu of any such invalid or unenforceable term or provision, the parties hereto intend that there shall be added as a part of this Letter Agreement a provision as similar in terms to such invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible and be valid and enforceable.
15. This Letter Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. The parties hereto (i) all agree that any action, proceeding, claim or dispute arising out of, or relating in any way to, this Letter Agreement shall be brought and enforced in the courts of New York City, in the State of New York, and irrevocably submit to such jurisdiction and venue, which jurisdiction and venue shall be exclusive and (ii) waive any objection to such exclusive jurisdiction and venue or that such courts represent an inconvenient forum.
16. Any notice, consent or request to be given in connection with any of the terms or provisions of this Letter Agreement shall be in writing and shall be sent by express mail or similar private courier service, by certified mail (return receipt requested), by hand delivery or e-mail transmission.
17. This Letter Agreement shall terminate on the earlier of (i) the expiration of the Lock-up Periods or (ii) the liquidation of the Company.
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| Sincerely, | |
| /s/ Stephen CuUnjieng | |
| Stephen CuUnjieng |
| Acknowledged and Agreed: | ||
| APEX TREASURY CORPORATION | ||
| By: | /s/ Hugh Cochrane | |
| Name: Hugh Cochrane | ||
| Title: Co-Chief Executive Officer | ||