---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-26-017467"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "POLE"
cik: "0002025341"
company_name: "Andretti Acquisition Corp. II"
filed_at: "2026-02-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T02:34:58.824416+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Andretti Acquisition Corp. II terminates business combination with StoreDot Ltd.

## Summary
- BCA dated Dec 3, 2025, terminated mutually on Feb 17, 2026; no break fee disclosed.
- All ancillary agreements (voting, lock-up, sponsor letter) automatically terminated.
- Parties release each other from all liabilities related to the transaction documents.
- Provision waiving claims against SPAC trust survives termination.
- SPAC to seek alternative business combination; no new target announced.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-26-017467
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: POLE
- cik: 0002025341
- company_name: Andretti Acquisition Corp. II
- filed_at: 2026-02-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2025341/000121390026017467/0001213900-26-017467-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2025341/000121390026017467/ea0277359-8k425_andretti.htm

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  Andretti Acquisition Corp. II terminated Business Combination Agreement with StoreDot Ltd., XFC Battery Ltd., XFC Israel Merger Sub Ltd., XFC Cayman Merger Sub valued at Mutual termination; BCA and Ancillary Agreements terminated and of no further force and effect (effective 2026-02-17).
  - Action: termination
  - Agreement: merger
  - Counterparty: StoreDot Ltd., XFC Battery Ltd., XFC Israel Merger Sub Ltd., XFC Cayman Merger Sub
  - Value: Mutual termination; BCA and Ancillary Agreements terminated and of no further force and effect
  - Effective: 2026-02-17
  source text: On February 17, 2026, the Company, StoreDot, Pubco, SPAC Merger Sub and Company Merger Sub entered into a Termination and Release Agreement (“ Termination and Release Agreement ”) pursuant to which the parties mutually agreed to terminate the BCA in its entirety pursuant to Section 8.1(a) thereof.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2025341/000121390026017467/0001213900-26-017467-index.htm

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