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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-23-094764"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001870143"
company_name: "Perception Capital Corp. IV"
filed_at: "2023-12-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T15:10:56.941148+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# RCF Acquisition Corp. enters definitive agreement to combine with Blue Gold Holdings at $114.5M valuation

## Summary
- BGHL will be acquired via share exchange for $114.5M in PubCo shares; then PubCo merges with Perception SPAC.
- BGHL must form a subsidiary by March 31, 2024 to acquire Ghana mine leases and enter a royalty agreement.
- Closing conditions include SEC registration effectiveness, shareholder votes, and NYSE/Nasdaq listing approval.
- Outside date for closing is November 5, 2024; sponsor agrees to 18-month lock-up on post-Closing shares.
- Support agreements executed with key shareholders to vote in favor and restrict transfers prior to close.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-23-094764
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001870143
- company_name: Perception Capital Corp. IV
- filed_at: 2023-12-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 5.03, 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1870143/000121390023094764/0001213900-23-094764-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1870143/000121390023094764/ea189809-8k425_rcfacq.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  Perception Capital Corp. IV: Shareholders approved an amendment to change the name of the Company from RCF Acquisition Co. to Perception Capital Corp. IV (effective 2023-12-05).
  - Change: charter amendment
  - Effective: 2023-12-05
  source text: Shareholders also approved an amendment to change the name of the Company from RCF Acquisition Co. to Perception Capital Corp. IV.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1870143/000121390023094764/0001213900-23-094764-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  Perception Capital Corp. IV: Shareholders approved an amendment to the Company's Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association to extend the deadline to consummate an initial business combination (effective 2023-12-05).
  - Change: charter amendment
  - Effective: 2023-12-05
  source text: On December 5, 2023, at the Extraordinary General Meeting (the “ Meeting ”), shareholders approved an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association (the “ Memorandum ”) extending the deadline by which the Company must consummate an initial business combination.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1870143/000121390023094764/0001213900-23-094764-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  Perception Capital Corp. IV entered into Business Combination Agreement with Blue Gold Limited, Blue Gold Holdings Limited (effective 2023-12-05).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: merger
  - Counterparty: Blue Gold Limited, Blue Gold Holdings Limited
  - Effective: 2023-12-05
  source text: On December 5, 2023, RCF Acquisition Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company limited by shares which is in the process of being renamed as Perception Capital Corp. IV (“ Perception ”), Blue Gold Limited, a Cayman Islands company limited by shares (“ PubCo ”), and Blue Gold Holdings Limited, a private company limited by shares formed under the laws of England and Wales (“ BGHL ”), entered into a Business Combination Agreement
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1870143/000121390023094764/0001213900-23-094764-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Perception Capital Corp. IV shareholders approved Special resolution to extend the date to consummate a business combination from May 15, 2024 to November 15, 2024 at the 2023-12-05 meeting.
  - Proposal: merger approval
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-12-05
  source text: The results of voting were as follows: For % of Shares Present Against % of Shares Present Abstain % of Shares Present Broker Non-Votes 14,769,385 87.01 % 2,205,725 12.99 % 0 0 % 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1870143/000121390023094764/0001213900-23-094764-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Perception Capital Corp. IV shareholders approved Special resolution to change the name of the Company from RCF Acquisition Corp. to Perception Capital Corp. IV at the 2023-12-05 meeting.
  - Proposal: charter amendment
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-12-05
  source text: The results of voting were as follows: For % of Shares Present Against % of Shares Present Abstain % of Shares Present Broker Non-Votes 16,076,218 94.70 % 898,892 5.30 % 0 0 % 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1870143/000121390023094764/0001213900-23-094764-index.htm

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