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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-25-059062"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CAEP"
cik: "0002034268"
company_name: "Cantor Equity Partners III, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-06-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-18T16:54:29.338378+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cantor Equity Partners III closes upsized $276M IPO; shares trade on Nasdaq under CAEP

## Summary
- IPO of 27.6M Class A shares at $10.00/share raised $276M gross, including full exercise of 3.6M over-allotment.
- Concurrent private placement of 580k shares to sponsor Cantor EP Holdings III for $5.8M.
- Total $276M in proceeds placed into trust account; business combination must close within 24 months.
- Shares began trading June 26, 2025 on Nasdaq under ticker CAEP.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-25-059062
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CAEP
- cik: 0002034268
- company_name: Cantor Equity Partners III, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-06-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 3.02, 5.03, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2034268/000121390025059062/0001213900-25-059062-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2034268/000121390025059062/ea0247224-8k_cantor3.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-25-059062
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-25-059062.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  Cantor Equity Partners III, Inc.: Filed Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association in connection with IPO (effective 2025-06-26).
  - Change: charter amendment
  - Effective: 2025-06-26
  source text: On June 26, 2025, in connection with the IPO, the Company filed its Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association (the “ Memorandum and Articles ”) with the Assistant Registrar of Companies of the Cayman Islands, effective the same day.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2034268/000121390025059062/0001213900-25-059062-index.htm

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