---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-24-049080"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001849737"
company_name: "Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition Corp."
filed_at: "2024-06-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T06:54:56.086772+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Patria Latin American SPAC director resigns; CEO appointed to board

## Summary
- Alexandre Teixeira de Assumpção Saigh resigned from board effective May 31, 2024; no disagreement cited.
- CEO José Augusto Gonçalves de Araújo Teixeira appointed as director to fill the vacancy same day.
- Teixeira is a Partner at Patria Investments, Head of Marketing and Products, and former CFO of Anhanguera Educacional.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-24-049080
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001849737
- company_name: Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition Corp.
- filed_at: 2024-06-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1849737/000121390024049080/0001213900-24-049080-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1849737/000121390024049080/ea0207213-8k_patria.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-24-049080
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-24-049080.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-24-049080.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  José Augusto Gonçalves de Araújo Teixeira was appointed as director at Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition Corp..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: director
  source text: On May 31, 2024, the board of directors of the Company appointed the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr. José Augusto Gonçalves de Araújo Teixeira, as a director of the Company to fill the vacancy resulting from the resignation of Mr. Alexandre Teixeira de Assumpção Saigh, effective immediately
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1849737/000121390024049080/0001213900-24-049080-index.htm
- Executive change
  Alexandre Teixeira de Assumpção Saigh resigned as director at Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition Corp..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: director
  source text: On May 31, 2024, Mr. Alexandre Teixeira de Assumpção Saigh resigned from the board of directors of Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”), effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1849737/000121390024049080/0001213900-24-049080-index.htm

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