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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001185185-26-004666"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PORT"
cik: "0002148436"
company_name: "Southport Acquisition Corp. II"
filed_at: "2026-10-08T21:15:26+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T15:22:31.823481+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Southport Acquisition Corp. II closes $210M IPO, $212.1M placed in trust at $10.10/unit

## Summary
- IPO of 21,000,000 units at $10.00 per unit generated gross proceeds of $210,000,000, including 1,000,000 units from the underwriters' partial over-allotment exercise on October 2, 2026.
- Simultaneous private placement of 770,000 units at $10.00 raised $7,700,000: 500,000 units to sponsor Southport Acquisition Sponsor II LLC and 270,000 to Cohen & Company Capital Markets.
- $212,100,000, or $10.10 per unit, was placed in a trust account with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company; deferred underwriting commissions total $8,400,000.
- Balance sheet as of October 2, 2026: total assets $211,430,000, working capital deficit $630,329, accumulated deficit $7,701,173; $2,000,000 share subscription receivable still uncollected.
- 666,667 Class B founder shares were forfeited after the partial over-allotment exercise; the company has 24 months from the IPO closing to complete an initial business combination.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001185185-26-004666
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PORT
- cik: 0002148436
- company_name: Southport Acquisition Corp. II
- filed_at: 2026-10-08T21:15:26+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2148436/000118518526004666/0001185185-26-004666-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2148436/000118518526004666/southacq28k100526.htm

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