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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-25-103118"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LAFA"
cik: "0002079106"
company_name: "LaFayette Acquisition Corp."
filed_at: "2025-10-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T02:02:23.544862+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# LaFayette Acquisition Corp. closes $115M IPO, deposits net proceeds in trust

## Summary
- Gross proceeds of $115M from 11.5M units at $10/unit, including full over-allotment exercise.
- Private placement of 380,000 units to sponsor and underwriter for $3.8M.
- $115M placed in trust account for benefit of public shareholders pending business combination.
- Board appointed Christophe Charlier as CEO; directors Gregory Parsons, Trent Stedman, Eszter Farkas seated.
- Amended articles authorize 200M ordinary shares and 20M preferred shares, par value $0.0001.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-25-103118
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LAFA
- cik: 0002079106
- company_name: LaFayette Acquisition Corp.
- filed_at: 2025-10-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- 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/2079106/000121390025103118/0001213900-25-103118-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2079106/000121390025103118/ea0262550-8k_lafayette.htm

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## Key facts
- Equity Issuances
  LaFayette Acquisition Corp. issued 380,000 units of unit to the Sponsor and EBC (and its affiliates or permitted assignees) for $10.00 per Private Placement Unit, generating gross proceeds of $3,800,000.
  - Security: unit
  - Shares: 380,000 units
  - Purchaser: the Sponsor and EBC (and its affiliates or permitted assignees)
  - Consideration: $10.00 per Private Placement Unit, generating gross proceeds of $3,800,000
  source text: On October 27, 2025, simultaneously with the consummation of the Offering, the Company consummated the private placement of an aggregate of 380,000 units (the “Private Placement Units”) to the Sponsor and EBC (and its affiliates or permitted assignees) at a price of $10.00 per Private Placement Unit, generating gross proceeds of $3,800,000 (the “Private Placement”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2079106/000121390025103118/0001213900-25-103118-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  LaFayette Acquisition Corp.: Filed amended and restated memorandum and articles of association authorizing up to 200,000,000 ordinary shares and up to 20,000,000 preference shares (effective 2025-10-23).
  - Change: charter amendment
  - Effective: 2025-10-23
  source text: The Company filed its amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (the “Amended Articles”) with the Registrar of Companies in the Cayman Islands, effective as of October 23, 2025. Among other things, the Amended Articles authorize the issuance of up to 200,000,000 Ordinary Shares, and up to 20,000,000 preference shares par value $0.0001 per share.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2079106/000121390025103118/0001213900-25-103118-index.htm

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