---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-26-107244"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MACI"
cik: "0002016221"
company_name: "Melar Acquisition Corp. I/Cayman"
filed_at: "2026-10-06T20:31:11+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T16:13:48.720766+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SEC declares effective Everli-Melar SPAC Form S-4; Oct 22 vote set; combined co to trade on Nasdaq as EVRL

## Summary
- SEC declared effective the Form S-4 (File No. 333-298505) for Melar Acquisition Corp. I's business combination with Everli Global Inc., an Italian e-grocery marketplace.
- Extraordinary general meeting set for October 22, 2026 at 8:00 a.m. ET at Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP, New York; record date was September 28, 2026.
- Redemption requests from Class A holders due to Continental Stock Transfer & Trust by 5:00 p.m. ET on October 20, 2026, two business days before the meeting.
- Post-closing combined company expected to be renamed Everli Global Holdings Inc., trading on Nasdaq under 'EVRL' for Class A shares and 'EVRLW' for warrants.
- Melar will domesticate from the Cayman Islands to Nevada and a Melar subsidiary will merge into Everli, which survives; Everli posted over $70M gross transaction value in fiscal 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-26-107244
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MACI
- cik: 0002016221
- company_name: Melar Acquisition Corp. I/Cayman
- filed_at: 2026-10-06T20:31:11+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2016221/000121390026107244/0001213900-26-107244-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2016221/000121390026107244/ea0307782-8k425_melar1.htm

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