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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-084252"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AVAT"
cik: "0002092446"
company_name: "Avalanche Treasury Corp"
filed_at: "2026-07-16T20:15:19+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-16T20:16:10.000447+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Avalanche Treasury grants CEO and COO options for 3.8M shares at $0.54

## Summary
- CEO Gerald Smith receives options for 2.7M shares at $0.54 exercise price.
- COO Laine Mihalchick Moljo receives options for 1.1M shares at $0.54.
- Both executives forfeit all performance-vesting RSUs under their employment offer letters.
- Options vest in equal installments on Jan 12, 2027, 2028, and 2029; expire in 10 years.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-084252
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AVAT
- cik: 0002092446
- company_name: Avalanche Treasury Corp
- filed_at: 2026-07-16T20:15:19+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2092446/000110465926084252/0001104659-26-084252-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2092446/000110465926084252/tm2620435d1_8k.htm

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