secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Volato Group, Inc. (SOAR)
CIK:        0001853070
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-28T20:05:30+00:00
Accession:  0001493152-26-040581
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 1.00
Item codes: 1.01, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Volato to merge with Alignment Engine in $500M AI infrastructure deal; Ensey becomes CEO
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- Aligned shareholders receive 95% of Volato common stock via convertible preferred; deal values Alignment Engine at ~$500M.
- Alignment Engine's Ohio campus has 154MW power available today, path to 480MW for AI/HPC workloads.
- Matthew Liotta to resign as CEO; Christopher Ensey becomes CEO and board member; Mark Heinen stays CFO.
- Closing not subject to Volato stockholder approval; requires fairness opinion, ≥$2.95M cash, and termination of Dec 2024 securities purchase agreement.
- Company to rename; merger may terminate if closing doesn't occur within 7 business days after execution.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1853070/000149315226040581/0001493152-26-040581-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1853070/000149315226040581/form8-k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001493152-26-040581

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