---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-110418"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SDST"
cik: "0001831979"
company_name: "Stardust Power Inc."
filed_at: "2024-04-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T09:50:01.397380+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# GPAC II amends merger agreement with Stardust Power; adds alternative financing up to $5M

## Summary
- Equity Value definition amended to include cash from Alternative Financing, minus debt and transaction expenses.
- Alternative Financing permits up to $5M in third-party capital (debt or equity) contributed at least 10 business days before closing.
- All other terms of the Business Combination Agreement remain unchanged.
- Amendment executed April 24, 2024, by GPAC II, merger subsidiaries, and Stardust Power.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-110418
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SDST
- cik: 0001831979
- company_name: Stardust Power Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-04-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1831979/000119312524110418/0001193125-24-110418-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1831979/000119312524110418/d824272d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  Stardust Power Inc. amended Amendment with Global Partner Acquisition Corp II, Strike Merger Sub I, Inc., Strike Merger Sub II, LLC (effective 2024-04-24).
  - Action: amendment
  - Agreement: merger
  - Counterparty: Global Partner Acquisition Corp II, Strike Merger Sub I, Inc., Strike Merger Sub II, LLC
  - Effective: 2024-04-24
  source text: On April 24, 2024, Global Partner Acquisition Corp II, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“GPAC II”), Strike Merger Sub I, Inc., a Delaware corporation and direct wholly-owned subsidiary of GPAC II, Strike Merger Sub II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and direct wholly-owned subsidiary of GPAC II, and Stardust Power Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Stardust Power”), entered into Amendment No. 1 (the “Amendment”) to that certain Business Combination Agreement, dated November 21, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1831979/000119312524110418/0001193125-24-110418-index.htm

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