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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-25-125356"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "POLE"
cik: "0002025341"
company_name: "Andretti Acquisition Corp. II"
filed_at: "2025-12-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T12:20:19.142133+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Andretti Acquisition Corp. II amends underwriting deal with BTIG for StoreDot business combination

## Summary
- Deferred underwriting commissions reduced to $8.0M; payable in cash or cash+shares based on closing cash.
- If Closing Cash >= $70M, pay $8M cash; if less, $2M cash + $6M in Pubco shares valued at $10 or lower.
- BTIG granted registration rights for deferred fee shares and ROFR for placement agent in Transaction Financing.
- BTIG also gets ROFR for underwriting any new SPAC IPO by Andretti sponsors within 12 months of close.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-25-125356
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: POLE
- cik: 0002025341
- company_name: Andretti Acquisition Corp. II
- filed_at: 2025-12-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2025341/000121390025125356/0001213900-25-125356-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2025341/000121390025125356/ea0270676-8k_andretti2.htm

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  Andretti Acquisition Corp. II amended UA Amendment with BTIG, LLC valued at Deferred underwriting commissions reduced to $8.0 million, payable either in cash or cash plus share (effective 2025-12-17).
  - Action: amendment
  - Agreement: underwriting
  - Counterparty: BTIG, LLC
  - Value: Deferred underwriting commissions reduced to $8.0 million, payable either in cash or cash plus share
  - Effective: 2025-12-17
  source text: On December 17, 2025, Andretti Acquisition Corp. II (“ Andretti ”) and BTIG, LLC (“ BTIG ”) entered into an amendment (the “ UA Amendment ”) to the Underwriting Agreement, dated as of September 5, 2024, between Andretti and BTIG as representative of the several underwriters (the “ Underwriting Agreement ”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2025341/000121390025125356/0001213900-25-125356-index.htm

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