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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-25-123358"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IRHO"
cik: "0002051985"
company_name: "Iron Horse Acquisition II Corp."
filed_at: "2025-12-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T12:49:00.897423+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Iron Horse Acquisition II Corp. closes $230M IPO; trust funded for business combination

## Summary
- Closed IPO of 23,000,000 units at $10.00 each, including full exercise of 3,000,000-unit over-allotment, gross proceeds $230M.
- Simultaneously completed private sale of 570,000 units at $10.00 each to sponsor and Cantor, raising $5.7M.
- $230M deposited into trust account; funds released only upon business combination, certain amendments, or redemption within 24 months.
- Company targets media, tech, and entertainment sectors including AI, K-POP, gaming, animation, fashion.
- Units now trade on Nasdaq under IRHOU; shares and rights expected to trade separately as IRHO and IRHOR.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-25-123358
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IRHO
- cik: 0002051985
- company_name: Iron Horse Acquisition II Corp.
- filed_at: 2025-12-18T23:59:59+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, 5.03, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2051985/000121390025123358/0001213900-25-123358-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2051985/000121390025123358/ea0269884-8k_iron2.htm

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## Key facts
- Equity Issuances
  Iron Horse Acquisition II Corp. issued 200,000 Private Units of unit to Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. for at a purchase price of $10.00 per Private Unit, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $2,000,000.
  - Security: unit
  - Shares: 200,000 Private Units
  - Purchaser: Cantor Fitzgerald & Co.
  - Consideration: at a purchase price of $10.00 per Private Unit, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $2,000,000
  source text: Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, the Company completed the private sale of an aggregate of 570,000 private placement units (the " Private Units "), at a purchase price of $10.00 per Private Unit, of which 370,000 Private Units were sold to the Sponsor and 200,000 Private Units were sold to Cantor, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $5,700,000.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2051985/000121390025123358/0001213900-25-123358-index.htm
- Equity Issuances
  Iron Horse Acquisition II Corp. issued 370,000 Private Units of unit to IRHO SPAC Sponsor LLC for at a purchase price of $10.00 per Private Unit, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $3,700,000.
  - Security: unit
  - Shares: 370,000 Private Units
  - Purchaser: IRHO SPAC Sponsor LLC
  - Consideration: at a purchase price of $10.00 per Private Unit, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $3,700,000
  source text: Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, the Company completed the private sale of an aggregate of 570,000 private placement units (the " Private Units "), at a purchase price of $10.00 per Private Unit, of which 370,000 Private Units were sold to the Sponsor and 200,000 Private Units were sold to Cantor, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $5,700,000.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2051985/000121390025123358/0001213900-25-123358-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  Iron Horse Acquisition II Corp.: Filed Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association in connection with IPO (effective 2025-12-16).
  - Change: charter amendment
  - Effective: 2025-12-16
  source text: On December 16, 2025, in connection with the IPO, the Company filed its Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2051985/000121390025123358/0001213900-25-123358-index.htm

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