---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-26-055079"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PONO"
cik: "0002108164"
company_name: "Pono Capital Four, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-05-12T20:15:46+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-12T20:53:32.626901+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Pono Capital Four issues up to $100K promissory note to sponsor for business combination costs

## Summary
- Unsecured note of up to $100,000 issued May 6, 2026 to Mehana Capital LLC (sponsor).
- Note bears no interest; principal due upon consummation of initial business combination.
- If no business combination occurs, repayment limited to funds outside the trust account.
- Sponsor waives any claim against the trust account proceeds from the IPO.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-26-055079
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PONO
- cik: 0002108164
- company_name: Pono Capital Four, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-05-12T20:15:46+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2108164/000121390026055079/0001213900-26-055079-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2108164/000121390026055079/ea0290388-8k_ponocapital.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-26-055079.txt

## Key facts
- Debt Financings
  Pono Capital Four, Inc. incurred loan of up to $100,000 with Mehana Capital LLC at no interest maturing payable in full upon the consummation of the Company's initial business combination.
  - Instrument: loan
  - Principal: up to $100,000
  - Counterparty: Mehana Capital LLC
  - Rate: no interest
  - Maturity: payable in full upon the consummation of the Company's initial business combination
  - Event: incurrence
  source text: As of May 6, 2026, Pono Capital Four, Inc. (the “Company”) issued an unsecured promissory note (the “Note”) in the principal amount of up to $100,000 to Mehana Capital LLC (the “Sponsor”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2108164/000121390026055079/0001213900-26-055079-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  Pono Capital Four, Inc. entered into Note with Mehana Capital LLC valued at up to $100,000 (effective 2026-05-06).
  - Action: entry
  - Counterparty: Mehana Capital LLC
  - Value: up to $100,000
  - Effective: 2026-05-06
  source text: As of May 6, 2026, Pono Capital Four, Inc. (the “Company”) issued an unsecured promissory note (the “Note”) in the principal amount of up to $100,000 to Mehana Capital LLC (the “Sponsor”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2108164/000121390026055079/0001213900-26-055079-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.