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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-001822"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001848437"
company_name: "Cartica Acquisition Corp"
filed_at: "2026-01-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T11:24:50.458117+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.9
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cartica Acquisition terminates merger with Nidar; will liquidate and redeem public shares

## Summary
- Terminated Business Combination Agreement with Nidar Infrastructure, originally signed June 24, 2024.
- Nidar pays $7M in seven monthly installments for Cartica expenses; $500k insurance cap.
- Nidar issued $21.9M convertible note and 15.9M warrants to Sponsor; SPAC receives no securities.
- Cartica will cease operations and redeem public shares on Feb 7, 2026, at trust account value.
- Backstop side letter ensures expense payments if Nidar defaults; Sponsor and Namaste guarantee.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-001822
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001848437
- company_name: Cartica Acquisition Corp
- filed_at: 2026-01-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.9
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1848437/000110465926001822/0001104659-26-001822-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1848437/000110465926001822/tm262277d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-001822.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  Cartica Acquisition Corp terminated Termination Agreement with Nidar Infrastructure Limited valued at Nidar to pay $7,000,000 in seven equal monthly installments beginning January 31, 2026 and ending Ju (effective 2026-01-07).
  - Action: termination
  - Agreement: merger
  - Counterparty: Nidar Infrastructure Limited
  - Value: Nidar to pay $7,000,000 in seven equal monthly installments beginning January 31, 2026 and ending Ju
  - Effective: 2026-01-07
  source text: Termination Agreement On January 7, 2026, Cartica, Nidar, Merger Sub and Cartica Acquisition Partners, LLC (the “ Sponsor ”) entered into a Termination of the Business Combination Agreement (the “ Termination Agreement ”) to terminate the Business Combination Agreement
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1848437/000110465926001822/0001104659-26-001822-index.htm

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