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Separate Trading of Units, Ordinary Shares and Warrants
As previously reported on May 22, 2025, Armada Acquisition Corp. II, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”), consummated its initial public offering of 23,000,000 units (the “Units”). Each Unit consists of one Class A ordinary share of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share (“Ordinary Shares”), and one-half of one redeemable warrant of the Company (“Warrant”), with each whole Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one Ordinary Share for $11.50 per share. The Units were sold at a price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $230,000,000.
On June 17, 2025, the Company issued a press release, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, announcing that the holders of the Units may elect to trade Ordinary Shares and the Warrants comprising the Units separately commencing on June 24, 2025. Those Units not separated will continue to trade on the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) under the symbol “AACIU,” and the Ordinary Shares and Warrants that are separated will trade on the Nasdaq under the symbols “AACI” and “AACIW,” respectively. No fractional Warrants will be issued upon separation of the Units and only whole Warrants will trade. Holders of the Units will need to instruct their brokers to contact Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the Company’s transfer agent, to separate their Units into Ordinary Shares and Warrants.
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SIGNATURE
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.
Dated: June 17, 2025
| By: | /s/ Stephen P. Herbert | |
| Name: | Stephen P. Herbert | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer and Chairman |
Exhibit 99.1
Armada Acquisition Corp. II Announces Separate Trading of its Class A Ordinary Shares and
Warrants, Commencing June 24, 2025
Philadelphia, PA, June 17, 2025 /GLOBE NEWSWIRE/ – Armada Acquisition Corp. II (NASDAQ: AACIU) (the “Company”) announced today that, commencing June 24, 2025, holders of the 23,000,000 units sold in the Company’s initial public offering may elect to separately trade shares of the Company’s Class A ordinary shares and warrants included in the units. The Class A ordinary shares and warrants that are separated will trade on the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) under the symbols “AACI” and “AACIW”, respectively. No fractional warrants will be issued upon separation of the units and only whole warrants will trade. Those units not separated will continue to trade on Nasdaq under the symbol “AACIU.” 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 Class A ordinary shares and warrants.
The units were initially offered by the Company in an underwritten offering. Cohen & Company Capital Markets, a division of J.V.B. Financial Group LLC, acted as lead book-runner, and Northland Capital Markets acted as joint book-runner for the offering. A registration statement relating to the securities was declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on May 20, 2025.
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. The offering was made only by means of a prospectus. Copies of the final prospectus may be obtained by contacting Cohen & Company Capital Markets, 3 Columbus Circle, 24th Floor, New York, NY 10019, Attention: Prospectus Department, or by email at: [email protected] or Northland Securities, Inc., 150 South 5th Street, Suite 3300, Minneapolis, MN 55402.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains statements that constitute “forward-looking statements, ” including with respect to the anticipated date that the Class A ordinary shares and warrants may begin to trade separately and the ability for those units not separated to continue to trade on Nasdaq . 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 offering filed with the SEC. Copies are available on the SEC’s website, www.sec.gov. The Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release, except as required by law.
About Armada Acquisition Corp. II
The Company is a special purpose acquisition company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. Although the Company’s efforts to identify a prospective target business will not be limited to a particular industry or geographic region, the Company intends to focus on a target in the financial services (“FinTech”), Software-as-a-Service (“SaaS”), or generative artificial intelligence (“AI”) industries which the Company believes offer the most promising potential for acquisitions due to their strong growth and strategic alignment with our business goals. The Company is led by Stephen P. Herbert, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Douglas M. Lurio, President, Chief Financial Officer and Director, Mohammad A. Khan, Director, Thomas (Tad) A. Decker, Director, and Celso L. White, Director. This is the same team that led Armada Acquisition Corp. I, a special purpose acquisition company that completed a business combination with Rezolve AI Limited in August 2024.
Contacts
Investor Contact:
Mike Bishop
Bishop IR, LLC