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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-25-046062"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0002056263"
company_name: "Columbus Circle Capital Corp. I"
filed_at: "2025-05-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-21T00:36:25.373473+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Columbus Circle Capital Corp I closes upsized $250M SPAC IPO, appoints new CFO and directors

## Summary
- IPO of 25M units at $10.00/unit, gross $250M; 3M units from partial over-allotment exercise.
- $250M placed in trust account; 24-month deadline for initial business combination.
- Private placement of 705,000 units to sponsor/underwriters at $10/unit, $7.05M total.
- Joseph W. Pooler Jr. appointed CFO, replacing Gary Quin (now CEO/Chair).
- Four independent directors appointed (Curran, Alsina Gonzalez, Back, Murphy); Audit and Compensation committees formed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-25-046062
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0002056263
- company_name: Columbus Circle Capital Corp. I
- filed_at: 2025-05-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- 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/2056263/000121390025046062/0001213900-25-046062-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2056263/000121390025046062/ea0242798-8k_columbus1.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-25-046062
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-25-046062.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-25-046062.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Gary Quin changed role as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board at Columbus Circle Capital Corp. I.
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
  source text: replacing Gary Quin, who remains the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2056263/000121390025046062/0001213900-25-046062-index.htm
- Executive change
  Joseph W. Pooler, Jr. was appointed as Chief Financial Officer at Columbus Circle Capital Corp. I.
  - Action: became
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Joseph W. Pooler, Jr. became the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, replacing Gary Quin, who remains the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2056263/000121390025046062/0001213900-25-046062-index.htm

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