---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-24-091174"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CHAR"
cik: "0002024459"
company_name: "Charlton Aria Acquisition Corp"
filed_at: "2024-10-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T09:51:00.314478+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SPAC Charlton Aria closes $75M IPO, $2.4M private placement, appoints directors

## Summary
- Sold 7.5M units at $10/unit, gross proceeds $75M; units trade on Nasdaq as CHARU.
- Concurrent private placement of 240,000 units to sponsor for $2.4M raised.
- Trust account funded with $75.2M ($10.025/unit); must complete business combo by Apr 25, 2026.
- Appointed Stephen Markscheid, Umesh Patel, Mark Chaney as independent directors; audit committee formed.
- Underwriters granted 45-day over-allotment option for up to 1.125M additional units.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-24-091174
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CHAR
- cik: 0002024459
- company_name: Charlton Aria Acquisition Corp
- filed_at: 2024-10-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 3.02, 5.02, 5.03, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2024459/000121390024091174/0001213900-24-091174-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2024459/000121390024091174/ea0218714-8k_charlton.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-24-091174
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-24-091174.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Mark Chaney was appointed as Director at Charlton Aria Acquisition Corp.
  - Action: became director
  - Role: Director
  source text: Effective on October 24, 2024, in connection with the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, Stephen Markscheid, Umesh Patel and Mark Chaney became directors of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2024459/000121390024091174/0001213900-24-091174-index.htm
- Executive change
  Umesh Patel was appointed as Director at Charlton Aria Acquisition Corp.
  - Action: became director
  - Role: Director
  source text: Effective on October 24, 2024, in connection with the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, Stephen Markscheid, Umesh Patel and Mark Chaney became directors of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2024459/000121390024091174/0001213900-24-091174-index.htm
- Executive change
  Stephen Markscheid was appointed as Director at Charlton Aria Acquisition Corp.
  - Action: became director
  - Role: Director
  source text: Effective on October 24, 2024, in connection with the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, Stephen Markscheid, Umesh Patel and Mark Chaney became directors of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2024459/000121390024091174/0001213900-24-091174-index.htm

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