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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-26-034074"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ATEK"
cik: "0001882198"
company_name: "Athena Technology Acquisition Corp. II"
filed_at: "2026-03-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T09:04:50.932733+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Athena Technology and Ace Green amend BCA: extend outside date, add 25.5M earnout shares, adjust board

## Summary
- Outside date for merger completion extended to April 30, 2026 from December 3, 2025.
- New earnout structure: up to 25.5M earnout shares for equity holders based on stock price, revenue, and EBITDA targets.
- Sponsor to surrender 6,335,000 SPAC shares; portions allocated to sponsor, company, and financial advisor for PIPE.
- At closing, Ace Green nominates 5 directors, SPAC nominates 1 director on the board.
- Expense caps: Ace Expense Cap $1.5M, Athena Expense Cap $3M; capital raising fees excluded.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-26-034074
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ATEK
- cik: 0001882198
- company_name: Athena Technology Acquisition Corp. II
- filed_at: 2026-03-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1882198/000121390026034074/0001213900-26-034074-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1882198/000121390026034074/ea0283424-8k425_athena2.htm

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  Athena Technology Acquisition Corp. II amended First Amendment to Business Combination Agreement with Ace Green Recycling, Inc. (effective 2026-03-19).
  - Action: amendment
  - Agreement: merger
  - Counterparty: Ace Green Recycling, Inc.
  - Effective: 2026-03-19
  source text: On March 19, 2026, Athena Technology Acquisition Corp. II, a Delaware corporation (“Athena”), Athena Technology Sponsor II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Sponsor”), and Ace Green Recycling, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) entered into a First Amendment to Business Combination Agreement (the “BCA Amendment”), pursuant to which the Business Combination Agreement, dated as of December 4, 2024 (the “Existing BCA” and as amended by the BCA Amendment, the “BCA”), was amended
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1882198/000121390026034074/0001213900-26-034074-index.htm

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