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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-23-017922"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001835814"
company_name: "Northern Star Investment Corp. IV"
filed_at: "2023-03-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T10:15:05.856828+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Northern Star IV shareholders approve extension to Sept 2023; ~90% of public shares redeemed

## Summary
- Extension approved: 34.9M for, 3.0M against; deadline extended from March 4 to September 4, 2023.
- Public holders redeemed 35.8M shares (~$363.2M), leaving only 4.2M public shares outstanding.
- Sponsor converted 9.7M Class B shares to Class A; total Class A shares outstanding ~13.9M, Class B ~0.3M.
- Sponsor entered non-redemption agreements, agreeing to transfer up to 1,012,500 sponsor shares to avoid redemptions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-23-017922
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001835814
- company_name: Northern Star Investment Corp. IV
- filed_at: 2023-03-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 5.03, 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1835814/000121390023017922/0001213900-23-017922-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1835814/000121390023017922/ea174750-8k_northern4.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  Northern Star Investment Corp. IV: Extended the deadline to consummate a business combination from March 4, 2023 to September 4, 2023 (effective 2022-03-03).
  - Change: charter amendment
  - Effective: 2022-03-03
  source text: On March 3, 2022, the Company filed the amendment to its amended and restated certificate of incorporation (the “Charter”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1835814/000121390023017922/0001213900-23-017922-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  Northern Star Investment Corp. IV entered into Non-Redemption Agreements with several unaffiliated third parties (effective 2023-03-03).
  - Action: entry
  - Counterparty: several unaffiliated third parties
  - Effective: 2023-03-03
  source text: On March 3, 2023, Northern Star IV Sponsor LLC (the “Sponsor”), the sponsor of Northern Star Investment Corp. IV (the “Company”), entered into agreements (“Non-Redemption Agreements”) with several unaffiliated third parties in exchange for them agreeing not to redeem an aggregate of 1,600,000 shares of the Company sold in its initial public offering (“Non-Redeemed Shares”) in connection with the special meeting called by the Company (the “Meeting”) to approve an extension of time for the Company to consummate an initial business combination (the “Extension Proposal”) from March 4, 2023 to September 4, 2023 (the “Extension”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1835814/000121390023017922/0001213900-23-017922-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Northern Star Investment Corp. IV shareholders approved Extension Amendment Proposal to amend the amended and restated certificate of incorporation to extend the date by which the Company has to consummate a business combination from March 4, 2023 to September 4, 2023 at the 2023-03-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: charter amendment
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-03-01
  source text: The following is a tabulation of the votes with respect to this proposal, which was approved by the Company’s stockholders: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 34,898,471 3,017,694 0 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1835814/000121390023017922/0001213900-23-017922-index.htm

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