---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-26-007849"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RIBB"
cik: "0002035016"
company_name: "Ribbon Acquisition Corp."
filed_at: "2026-01-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T07:38:55.553555+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ribbon Acquisition extends business combination deadline to Jan 2027; removes $100K interest withdrawal

## Summary
- Shareholders approved extension of business combination deadline from January 16, 2026 to January 16, 2027.
- Trust agreement amended to eliminate Company's ability to withdraw up to $100,000 of interest for dissolution expenses.
- Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association adopted by special resolution on January 9, 2026.
- Company is a SPAC with Class A ordinary shares (RIBB), units (RIBBU), and rights (RIBBR) listed on Nasdaq.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-26-007849
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RIBB
- cik: 0002035016
- company_name: Ribbon Acquisition Corp.
- filed_at: 2026-01-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2035016/000121390026007849/0001213900-26-007849-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2035016/000121390026007849/ea0274086-8k_ribbon.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 8c3e76dba6b5ac6ce44e561b5b5a5c4fd129c9b0
  claim: Ribbon Acquisition Corp.: Adopted Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association extending the business combination deadline from January 16, 2026 to January 16, 2027 (effective 2026-01-16).
  evidence_excerpt: the shareholders of the Company approved, by special resolution, the adoption of the Company’s Second Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association (the “Second A&R M&A”). The Second A&R M&A extends the date by which the Company must consummate an initial business combination from January 16, 2026 to January 16, 2027.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2035016/000121390026007849/0001213900-26-007849-index.htm
- claim_id: 46ea5811535bbd7651febcec1c97c6f88eedbdd4
  claim: Ribbon Acquisition Corp. entered into Amendment No. 1 to the Investment Management Trust Agreement with Odyssey Transfer and Trust Company valued at Extension of business combination deadline from January 16, 2026 to January 16, 2027 and elimination (effective 2026-01-09).
  evidence_excerpt: As approved by its shareholders at an extraordinary general meeting held on January 9, 2026 (the “Meeting”), Ribbon Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) entered into Amendment No. 1 to the Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated as of January 9, 2026, to the Investment Management Trust Agreement dated as of January 14, 2025, by and between the Company and Odyssey Transfer and Trust Company, as trustee (the “Trust Amendment”). The Trust Amendment amends the Investment Management Trust Agreement to, among other things, (i) reflect the extension of the date by which the Company must consummate an initial business combination from January 16, 2026 to January 16, 2027 and (ii) eliminate the Company’s ability to withdraw up to $100,000 of interest earned on the trust account to pay dissolution expenses. The foregoing description of the Trust Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Trust Amendment, which is filed as Exh
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2035016/000121390026007849/0001213900-26-007849-index.htm

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