---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-26-039024"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BWIV"
cik: "0002082847"
company_name: "Blue Water Acquisition Corp. IV"
filed_at: "2026-08-18T20:30:32+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-18T20:32:17.086117+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Blue Water Acquisition appoints Nadab Akhtar as independent Class I director

## Summary
- Appointed August 12, 2026, effective immediately; designated Class I director.
- Board determined Akhtar independent; named to audit, compensation, and nominating/corporate governance committees.
- Akhtar is Founder/Managing Partner of Excite Capital and CEO of Project LightShift, a quantum computing firm.
- No family relationships or arrangements with other directors; entered joinder to letter and registration rights agreements.
- He brings 15+ years as entrepreneur/investment banker, previously COO of Nexus Health Capital.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-26-039024
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BWIV
- cik: 0002082847
- company_name: Blue Water Acquisition Corp. IV
- filed_at: 2026-08-18T20:30:32+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2082847/000149315226039024/0001493152-26-039024-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2082847/000149315226039024/form8-k.htm

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