8-K filed January 28, 2025, 6:59 PM ET ticker COLA CIK 0002028201

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Columbus Acquisition Corp closes $60M IPO; appoints three independent directors

Columbus Acquisition Corp/Cayman Islands

Closed IPO of 6M units at $10/unit, raising $60M gross; concurrently sold 234,290 private units to sponsor for $2.34M.
Net proceeds of $60M deposited in trust; deadline for initial business combination is January 22, 2026.
Appointed Dr. M. Anthony Wong, Qian Xu, and Kevin McKenzie as independent directors; Wong chairs audit committee.
Sponsor transferred 12,000 ordinary shares each to new directors at ~$0.0145 per share.
Underwriters have 45-day option to purchase up to 900,000 additional units.

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Appointed

Qian Xu

Director

COLA · Columbus Acquisition Corp/Cayman Islands

Effective: 2025-01-22
Filed: January 28, 2025, 6:59 PM ET

Effective on January 22, 2025, in connection with the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, Dr. M. Anthony Wong, Ms. Qian Xu , and Mr. Kevin McKenzie became directors of the Company.

Appointed

Kevin McKenzie

Director

COLA · Columbus Acquisition Corp/Cayman Islands

Effective: 2025-01-22
Filed: January 28, 2025, 6:59 PM ET

Effective on January 22, 2025, in connection with the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, Dr. M. Anthony Wong, Ms. Qian Xu , and Mr. Kevin McKenzie became directors of the Company.

Appointed

Dr. M. Anthony Wong

Director

COLA · Columbus Acquisition Corp/Cayman Islands

Effective: 2025-01-22
Filed: January 28, 2025, 6:59 PM ET

Effective on January 22, 2025, in connection with the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, Dr. M. Anthony Wong, Ms. Qian Xu , and Mr. Kevin McKenzie became directors of the Company.

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Executive change SEC 8-K Item 5.02 confidence 0.95

Qian Xu was appointed as Director at Columbus Acquisition Corp/Cayman Islands.

Action: appointed
Role: Director

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Effective on January 22, 2025, in connection with the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, Dr. M. Anthony Wong, Ms. Qian Xu , and Mr. Kevin McKenzie became directors of the Company.

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Executive change SEC 8-K Item 5.02 confidence 0.95

Kevin McKenzie was appointed as Director at Columbus Acquisition Corp/Cayman Islands.

Action: appointed
Role: Director

Exact text from the filing

Effective on January 22, 2025, in connection with the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, Dr. M. Anthony Wong, Ms. Qian Xu , and Mr. Kevin McKenzie became directors of the Company.

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Executive change SEC 8-K Item 5.02 confidence 0.95

Dr. M. Anthony Wong was appointed as Director at Columbus Acquisition Corp/Cayman Islands.

Action: appointed
Role: Director

Exact text from the filing

Effective on January 22, 2025, in connection with the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, Dr. M. Anthony Wong, Ms. Qian Xu , and Mr. Kevin McKenzie became directors of the Company.

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Governance Changes SEC 8-K Item 5.03/5.05/5.06 confidence 0.9

Columbus Acquisition Corp/Cayman Islands: Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association became effective on January 22, 2025 (effective 2025-01-22).

Change: charter amendment
Effective: 2025-01-22

Exact text from the filing

On January 22, 2025, the Company’s Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association became effective.

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