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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-25-019165"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RAC"
cik: "0002047497"
company_name: "Rithm Acquisition Corp."
filed_at: "2025-02-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-26T00:30:35.070939+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rithm Acquisition Corp. closes IPO of 23M units at $10/unit, raising $230M

## Summary
- Sold 23M units (including full over-allotment) at $10/unit; gross proceeds $230M.
- Sponsor purchased 660,000 private placement units at $10/unit, generating $6.6M.
- Proceeds held in trust for initial business combination; must complete within 24 months.
- Appointed Ellen Schubert to Board effective Feb 28, 2025; she owns 25,000 Class B shares.
- Units trade on NYSE as RAC.U; Class A shares as RAC and warrants as RAC.WS.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-019165
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RAC
- cik: 0002047497
- company_name: Rithm Acquisition Corp.
- filed_at: 2025-02-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 3.02, 5.02, 5.03, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2047497/000110465925019165/0001104659-25-019165-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2047497/000110465925019165/tm2431051d21_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-019165.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Ellen Schubert was appointed as Director at Rithm Acquisition Corp..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: The Company appointed Ellen Schubert to the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), effective immediately after the consummation of the IPO on February 28, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2047497/000110465925019165/0001104659-25-019165-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  Rithm Acquisition Corp.: Adopted Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association in connection with the IPO (effective 2025-02-26).
  - Change: charter amendment
  - Effective: 2025-02-26
  source text: On February 26, 2025 and in connection with the IPO, the Company adopted its Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2047497/000110465925019165/0001104659-25-019165-index.htm

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