---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-25-106726"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VACI"
cik: "0002080023"
company_name: "Viking Acquisition Corp I"
filed_at: "2025-11-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T00:26:34.436131+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Viking Acquisition Corp. I closes $230M IPO with full over-allotment and $6.6M private placement

## Summary
- Closed IPO of 23M units at $10.00/unit for gross proceeds of $230M; units list on NYSE as VACI.U.
- Underwriters exercised over-allotment in full for 3M additional units.
- Private placement of 660K units to sponsor (350K) and Cohen (310K) at $10/unit, gross $6.6M.
- $230M from IPO (net of commissions) and private placement placed in trust account for business combination.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-25-106726
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VACI
- cik: 0002080023
- company_name: Viking Acquisition Corp I
- filed_at: 2025-11-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01, 3.02, 5.02, 5.03, 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2080023/000121390025106726/0001213900-25-106726-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2080023/000121390025106726/ea0264206-8k_viking1.htm

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## Key facts
- Equity Issuances
  Viking Acquisition Corp I issued 350,000 Private Placement Units of unit to Sponsor for $10.00 per unit, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $3,500,000.
  - Security: unit
  - Shares: 350,000 Private Placement Units
  - Purchaser: Sponsor
  - Consideration: $10.00 per unit, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $3,500,000
  source text: Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, the Company completed the private sale and issuance of an aggregate of 660,000 private placement units (the " Private Placement Units") , consisting of the sale and issuance of (i) 350,000 Private Placement Units to the Sponsor at a price of $10.00 per unit under the Sponsor Units Purchase Agreement, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $3,500,000
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2080023/000121390025106726/0001213900-25-106726-index.htm
- Equity Issuances
  Viking Acquisition Corp I issued 310,000 Private Placement Units of unit to Cohen for $10.00 per unit, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $3,100,000.
  - Security: unit
  - Shares: 310,000 Private Placement Units
  - Purchaser: Cohen
  - Consideration: $10.00 per unit, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $3,100,000
  source text: and (ii) 310,000 Private Placement Units to Cohen at a price of $10.00 per unit under the Cohen Units Purchase Agreement, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $3,100,000, for aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of $6,600,000.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2080023/000121390025106726/0001213900-25-106726-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  Viking Acquisition Corp I: Adopted First Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association in connection with IPO (effective 2025-10-30).
  - Change: charter amendment
  - Effective: 2025-10-30
  source text: On October 30, 2025, in connection with the IPO, the Company adopted its First Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association (the “ Amended and Restated Articles ”), effective the same day.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2080023/000121390025106726/0001213900-25-106726-index.htm

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