---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-002235"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IXAQF"
cik: "0001852019"
company_name: "IX Acquisition Corp."
filed_at: "2026-01-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T11:05:51.179205+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# IX Acquisition amends AERKOMM merger for Delaware redomestication; S-4 abandoned by SEC

## Summary
- Amendment No. 4 adds Domestication: IX Acquisition (Cayman) will merge into a new Delaware corporation before closing the AERKOMM merger.
- At Domestication effective time, all Parent Units separate into Class A shares and warrants automatically.
- S-4 registration statement declared abandoned by SEC on Jan. 6, 2026 for not being amended in over nine months.
- Parent intends to file a new S-4 registration statement in 2026 to continue the merger process.
- Merger Agreement previously amended three times (Sep 2024, Feb 2025, Apr 2025) for lock-up, escrow, working capital, and termination provisions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-002235
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IXAQF
- cik: 0001852019
- company_name: IX Acquisition Corp.
- filed_at: 2026-01-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1852019/000110465926002235/0001104659-26-002235-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1852019/000110465926002235/tm262647d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-002235.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  IX Acquisition Corp. entered into Amendment No. 4 to the Merger Agreement with IX Acquisition Corp., AKOM Merger Sub Inc., and AERKOMM Inc. valued at Amendment No. 4 to the Merger Agreement whereby Parent will become a Delaware corporation by means o (effective 2026-01-08).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: merger
  - Counterparty: IX Acquisition Corp., AKOM Merger Sub Inc., and AERKOMM Inc.
  - Value: Amendment No. 4 to the Merger Agreement whereby Parent will become a Delaware corporation by means o
  - Effective: 2026-01-08
  source text: On January 8, 2026, Parent entered into an amendment to the Merger Agreement (the “ Amendment No . 4 ”) whereby Parent will become a Delaware corporation by means of a merger of Parent with and into a newly formed Delaware corporation pursuant to the Cayman Islands Companies Law and the applicable provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law, with such newly formed Delaware corporation becoming the surviving corporation in the merger (the “ Domestication ”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1852019/000110465926002235/0001104659-26-002235-index.htm

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