--- schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1" accession: "0001213900-24-066694" form_type: "8-K" ticker: null cik: "0001852736" company_name: "Tristar Acquisition I Corp." filed_at: "2024-08-08T23:59:59+00:00" generated_at: "2026-05-31T11:17:24.611613+00:00" event_type: "m_and_a" sentiment: "neutral" materiality_score: 0.7 calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7 confidence: "high" source: SEC EDGAR --- # Tristar Acquisition I Corp. closes business combination with Helport, begins trading as HPAI ## Summary - Business combination with Helport consummated on August 2, 2024; Pubco (Helport AI Limited) lists on Nasdaq under HPAI and HPAIW. - 10,480,699 Tristar public shares were redeemed in connection with the merger. - Founder shares lock-up waived for 1,220,450 shares; remaining shares stay locked. - All prior Tristar directors/officers resigned; new Pubco directors appointed: Sherman Lu, Jun Ge, Jasmine Geffner, Kia Hong Lim. ## SEC filing metadata - accession: 0001213900-24-066694 - form_type: 8-K - cik: 0001852736 - company_name: Tristar Acquisition I Corp. - filed_at: 2024-08-08T23:59:59+00:00 - event_type: m_and_a - sentiment: neutral - materiality_score: 0.7 - calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7 - confidence: high - sec_items: 1.01, 2.01, 3.01, 3.03, 5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 9.01 - EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1852736/000121390024066694/0001213900-24-066694-index.htm - EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1852736/000121390024066694/ea0210891-8k_tristar.htm ## Machine-readable alternates - HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-24-066694 - JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-24-066694.json - Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-24-066694.txt ## Key facts - Executive change Xinyue (Jasmine) Geffner departed as other at Tristar Acquisition I Corp.. - Action: ceased to be source text: In connection with the consummation of the Business Combination, each of Chunyi (Charlie) Hao, Xiaoma (Sherman) Lu, Ri (Richard) Yuan, Xinyue (Jasmine) Geffner, Stephen Markscheid, Wang Chiu (Tommy) Wong ceased to be directors and/or officers of Tristar. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1852736/000121390024066694/0001213900-24-066694-index.htm - Executive change Stephen Markscheid departed as other at Tristar Acquisition I Corp.. - Action: ceased to be source text: In connection with the consummation of the Business Combination, each of Chunyi (Charlie) Hao, Xiaoma (Sherman) Lu, Ri (Richard) Yuan, Xinyue (Jasmine) Geffner, Stephen Markscheid, Wang Chiu (Tommy) Wong ceased to be directors and/or officers of Tristar. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1852736/000121390024066694/0001213900-24-066694-index.htm - Executive change Ri (Richard) Yuan departed as other at Tristar Acquisition I Corp.. - Action: ceased to be source text: In connection with the consummation of the Business Combination, each of Chunyi (Charlie) Hao, Xiaoma (Sherman) Lu, Ri (Richard) Yuan, Xinyue (Jasmine) Geffner, Stephen Markscheid, Wang Chiu (Tommy) Wong ceased to be directors and/or officers of Tristar. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1852736/000121390024066694/0001213900-24-066694-index.htm - Executive change Jun Ge was appointed as Director at Tristar Acquisition I Corp.. - Action: appointed - Role: Director source text: Following the consummation of the Business Combination, each of Xiaoma (Sherman) Lu, Jun Ge, Xinyue (Jasmine) Geffner and Kia Hong Lim was appointed to serve as a director of Pubco. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1852736/000121390024066694/0001213900-24-066694-index.htm - Executive change Chunyi (Charlie) Hao departed as other at Tristar Acquisition I Corp.. - Action: ceased to be source text: In connection with the consummation of the Business Combination, each of Chunyi (Charlie) Hao, Xiaoma (Sherman) Lu, Ri (Richard) Yuan, Xinyue (Jasmine) Geffner, Stephen Markscheid, Wang Chiu (Tommy) Wong ceased to be directors and/or officers of Tristar. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1852736/000121390024066694/0001213900-24-066694-index.htm - Executive change Xinyue (Jasmine) Geffner was appointed as Director at Tristar Acquisition I Corp.. - Action: appointed - Role: Director source text: Following the consummation of the Business Combination, each of Xiaoma (Sherman) Lu, Jun Ge, Xinyue (Jasmine) Geffner and Kia Hong Lim was appointed to serve as a director of Pubco. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1852736/000121390024066694/0001213900-24-066694-index.htm - Executive change Wang Chiu (Tommy) Wong departed as other at Tristar Acquisition I Corp.. - Action: ceased to be source text: In connection with the consummation of the Business Combination, each of Chunyi (Charlie) Hao, Xiaoma (Sherman) Lu, Ri (Richard) Yuan, Xinyue (Jasmine) Geffner, Stephen Markscheid, Wang Chiu (Tommy) Wong ceased to be directors and/or officers of Tristar. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1852736/000121390024066694/0001213900-24-066694-index.htm - Executive change Cong Shi was appointed as Director at Tristar Acquisition I Corp.. - Action: appointed - Role: Director source text: Following the consummation of the Business Combination, Cong Shi was appointed to serve as the sole director of Tristar. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1852736/000121390024066694/0001213900-24-066694-index.htm - Executive change Xiaoma (Sherman) Lu was appointed as Director at Tristar Acquisition I Corp.. - Action: appointed - Role: Director source text: Following the consummation of the Business Combination, each of Xiaoma (Sherman) Lu, Jun Ge, Xinyue (Jasmine) Geffner and Kia Hong Lim was appointed to serve as a director of Pubco. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1852736/000121390024066694/0001213900-24-066694-index.htm - Executive change Xiaoma (Sherman) Lu departed as other at Tristar Acquisition I Corp.. - Action: ceased to be source text: In connection with the consummation of the Business Combination, each of Chunyi (Charlie) Hao, Xiaoma (Sherman) Lu, Ri (Richard) Yuan, Xinyue (Jasmine) Geffner, Stephen Markscheid, Wang Chiu (Tommy) Wong ceased to be directors and/or officers of Tristar. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1852736/000121390024066694/0001213900-24-066694-index.htm - Executive change Kia Hong Lim was appointed as Director at Tristar Acquisition I Corp.. - Action: appointed - Role: Director source text: Following the consummation of the Business Combination, each of Xiaoma (Sherman) Lu, Jun Ge, Xinyue (Jasmine) Geffner and Kia Hong Lim was appointed to serve as a director of Pubco. evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1852736/000121390024066694/0001213900-24-066694-index.htm - M&A Transactions Tristar Acquisition I Corp. underwent a change of control involving Helport Limited (closed 2024-08-02). - Action: change of control - Counterparty: Helport Limited - Closing: 2024-08-02 source text: On August 2, 2024, Tristar Acquisition I Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Tristar”) and Helport Limited, a British Virgin Islands business company (“Helport” or the “Company”) consummated (the “Closing”) the transactions (collectively, the “Business Combination”) contemplated by that certain Business Combination Agreement evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1852736/000121390024066694/0001213900-24-066694-index.htm This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. 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