---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-25-002306"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001848437"
company_name: "Cartica Acquisition Corp"
filed_at: "2025-01-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-28T05:35:42.333164+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cartica Acquisition Corp receives Nasdaq delisting notice; approves extension but sees large redemptions

## Summary
- Nasdaq notified company on Jan 6, 2025 that securities will be suspended and delisted effective Jan 13, 2025 for failing to complete a business combination within 36 months.
- Shareholders approved extension of termination date from Jan 7, 2025 to Oct 7, 2025 at Jan 3 extraordinary general meeting.
- 901,326 Public Shares redeemed for ~$10.56M ($11.72/share); remaining Class A shares outstanding: 1,348,096.
- Sponsor issued promissory note of up to $121,328.64 to fund monthly deposits of $40,442.88 for extension through April 2025.
- Company continues to work on business combination with Nidar Infrastructure Limited; OTC trading expected post-delisting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-002306
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001848437
- company_name: Cartica Acquisition Corp
- filed_at: 2025-01-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 3.01, 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1848437/000110465925002306/0001104659-25-002306-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1848437/000110465925002306/tm252252d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Listing & Compliance Notices
  Cartica Acquisition Corp received a nasdaq delisting notice notice regarding other (rules IM-5101-2).
  - Exchange: nasdaq
  - Notice: delisting notice
  - Rules: IM-5101-2
  source text: January 13, 2025 and (iii) a Form 25-NSE will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), which will remove the Company’s securities from listing and registration on Nasdaq. Under Rule IM-5101-2, a special purpose acquisition company must complete one or more business combinations within 36 months of the effectiveness of its initial public offering registration statement. Since the Company failed to complete its initial business combination by January 4, 2025, the Staff concluded that the Company did not comply with Rule IM-5101-2 and that the Company’s securities are now
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1848437/000110465925002306/0001104659-25-002306-index.htm
- Listing & Compliance Notices
  Cartica Acquisition Corp received a nasdaq delisting notice notice regarding other (rules IM-5101-2).
  - Exchange: nasdaq
  - Notice: delisting notice
  - Rules: IM-5101-2
  source text: January 6, 2025, the Company received a letter from the Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”) stating that, pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule IM-5101-2 (“Rule IM-5101-2”), the staff of Nas
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1848437/000110465925002306/0001104659-25-002306-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.