8-K

UNITED STATESSECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSIONWashington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D)OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):January 20, 2026

INFLECTION POINT ACQUISITION CORP. V

(Exact name of registrant as specified in itscharter)

167 Madison Ave, Suite 205 #1017New York, NY 10016

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

212-476-6908

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or CertainOfficers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

On January 20, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Inflection Point Acquisition Corp. V (f/k/a Maywood Acquisition Corp.) (the “Company”) increased the size of the Board from four to five directors and appointed Carolyn Trabuco to serve as a Class II director, with a term expiring at the Company’s second annual meeting of shareholders. Ms. Trabuco was also appointed as a member of the audit committee of the Board.

In connection with her appointment as an independent member of the Board, Ms. Trabuco will receive 20,000 of the previously disclosed 4,481,250 restricted shares of GOWell Energy Technology expected to be issued to the officers and directors of the Company in connection with the consummation of the proposed business combination between the Company and GOWell Technology Limited. As part of her appointment, the Company entered into the Company’s standard form of indemnification agreement with Ms. Trabuco, which is filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 12, 2025 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Other than described above, Ms. Trabuco is not a party to any material plan, contract or arrangement with the Company, nor has any other material plan, contract or arrangement to which she is a party been modified as a result of Ms. Trabuco’s appointment described above. There is no arrangement or understanding between Ms. Trabuco and any other person pursuant to which she was selected as an director of the Company and there are no family relationships between Ms. Trabuco and any of the Company’s directors or executive officers. There are no transactions to which the Company is a party and in which Ms. Trabuco has a direct or indirect material interest that would be required to be disclosed under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

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SIGNATURES

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.

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