MRCO 8-K
Mercator Acquisition Corp. (MRCO)
UNITED STATES
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||
| of one Redeemable Warrant | The Stock Market LLC | |||
| The Stock Market LLC | ||||
| ordinary share at a price of $11.50 per share | The Stock Market LLC |
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Item 8.01. Other Events.
Separate Trading of Class A Ordinary Shares and Warrants
On August 12, 2026, Mercator Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) announced that, commencing on August 14, 2026, the holders of units issued in its initial public offering (the “Units”), each Unit consisting of one share of Class A Ordinary Shares of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A Ordinary Shares”), and one-half of one warrant of the Company (the “Warrant”), with each whole Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one share of Class A Ordinary Shares for $11.50 per share, may elect to separately trade shares of Class A Ordinary Shares and Warrants included in the Units. No fractional Warrants will be issued upon separation of the Units and only whole Warrants will trade. The Units not separated will continue to trade on the Nasdaq under the symbol “MRCOU.” Shares of Class A Ordinary Shares and the Warrants are expected to trade on the Nasdaq under the symbols “MRCO” and “MRCOW,” respectively. Holders of Units will need to have their brokers contact Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the Company’s transfer agent, in order to separate the Units into shares of Class A Ordinary Shares and Warrants.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
| (d) | Exhibits |
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 99.1 | Press Release dated August 12, 2026. | |
| 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.
| Mercator Acquisition Corp. | |||
| By: | /s/ Shawn Matthews | ||
| Name: | Shawn Matthews | ||
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | ||
| Dated: August 12, 2026 | |||
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Exhibit 99.1
Mercator Acquisition Corp. Announces the Separate Trading of its Class A Ordinary Shares and Warrants, Commencing August 14, 2026
Norwalk, CT, Aug. 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mercator Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: MRCOU) (the “Company”) announced today that, commencing August 14, 2026, holders of the units sold in the Company’s initial public offering may elect to separately trade the Company’s Class A ordinary shares and warrants included in the units. No fractional warrants will be issued upon separation of the units and only whole warrants will trade. The Class A ordinary shares and warrants that are separated will trade on the Nasdaq under the symbols “MRCO” and “MRCOW,” respectively. Those units not separated will continue to trade on the Nasdaq under the symbol “MRCOU.”
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the securities of the Company, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
About Mercator Acquisition Corp.
Mercator Acquisition Corp. is a blank check company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, amalgamation, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. The Company may pursue an initial business combination target in any business or industry or at any stage of its corporate evolution. Its primary focus, however, will be in completing a business combination with an established business of scale poised for continued growth, led by a highly regarded management team.
The Company’s management team is led by Shawn Matthews, its Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Shawn P. Matthews Jr., its President, and Steven Bischoff, its Chief Financial Officer. The Company’s Board of Directors includes James Nash, Steve Schwartz, and Matthew Sweeney.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release may include, and oral statements made from time to time by representatives of the Company may include, “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Statements regarding possible business combinations and the financing thereof, and related matters, as well as all other statements other than statements of historical fact included in this press release are forward-looking statements. When used in this press release, words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “would” and similar expressions, as they relate to us or our management team, identify forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs of management, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, the Company’s management. Actual results could differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors detailed in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). All subsequent written or oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are qualified in their entirety by this paragraph. Forward-looking statements are subject to numerous conditions, many of which are beyond the control of the Company, including those set forth in the Risk Factors section of the Company’s registration statement and prospectus for the Company’s initial public offering filed with the SEC. The Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release, except as required by law.
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