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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-26-070156"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CAES"
cik: "0002087965"
company_name: "Cantor Equity Partners VII, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-06-18T20:30:27+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T20:36:14.171583+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cantor Equity Partners VII closes $250M IPO; trust funded, over-allotment unexercised

## Summary
- IPO of 25M Class A shares at $10.00 raised $250M gross; shares trade on Nasdaq under CAES starting June 17.
- Private placement of 600K Class A shares to sponsor for $6M, exempt from registration under Section 4(a)(2).
- Over-allotment option not exercised; sponsor surrendered 937,500 Class B shares to maintain 20% ownership.
- $250M placed in trust account; 24-month deadline to complete initial business combination.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-26-070156
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CAES
- cik: 0002087965
- company_name: Cantor Equity Partners VII, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-06-18T20:30:27+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 3.02, 5.03, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2087965/000121390026070156/0001213900-26-070156-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2087965/000121390026070156/ea0295219-8k_cantor7.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-26-070156.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  Cantor Equity Partners VII, Inc.: Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association filed and effective June 17, 2026, in connection with the IPO (effective 2026-06-17).
  - Change: charter amendment
  - Effective: 2026-06-17
  source text: On June 17, 2026, in connection with the IPO, the Company filed its Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association (the " Memorandum and Articles ") with the Assistant Registrar of Companies of the Cayman Islands, effective the same day.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2087965/000121390026070156/0001213900-26-070156-index.htm

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