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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-26-106418"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TAVI"
cik: "0002020385"
company_name: "Tavia Acquisition Corp."
filed_at: "2026-10-02T20:30:13+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T14:38:26.631144+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Tavia Acquisition sponsor handover: Fog Cutter's Andrew Wiederhorn becomes CEO; new board seated

## Summary
- Fog Cutter Holdings LLC bought 2,243,333 ordinary shares and 249,107 private units from Tavia Sponsor Pte. Ltd.; closing Oct 1, 2026; sponsor kept 1,500,000 shares.
- Andrew Wiederhorn named Executive Chairman and CEO of the SPAC and Kenneth Kuick named CFO, both effective Oct 1, 2026.
- New directors: Peter Feinstein and Donald Berchtold (Class I), Christopher DeWolfe and Matthew Green (Class II), effective Oct 2, 2026; Wiederhorn is Class III.
- Departures: officers Kanat Mynzhanov and Askar Mametov and directors Christophe Charlier, Marsha Kutkevitch and Darrell Mays; company said no disagreements.
- New Sponsor funds trust-account contributions of up to $60,000 per month from Oct 2026 plus SPAC operating expenses; about $100,000 remained outside the trust for working capital.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-26-106418
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TAVI
- cik: 0002020385
- company_name: Tavia Acquisition Corp.
- filed_at: 2026-10-02T20:30:13+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2020385/000121390026106418/0001213900-26-106418-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2020385/000121390026106418/ea0307552-8k_tavia.htm

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