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CEPO terminates BCA with BSTR, Seller to pay $15M

SPAC Pulse 8

Parties executed Termination and Release Agreement on August 20, 2026, ending the July 2025 Business Combination Agreement as amended.

CEPO8-Kdeal

CEPO and BSTR Holdings terminated the Business Combination Agreement in full under Section 10.1(a). All Ancillary Documents terminated automatically.

Seller agreed to pay CEPO $15,000,000 in cash: $10,000,000 due September 19, 2026 and $5,000,000 due December 1, 2026.

Mutual releases cover claims related to the Transaction Documents and Proposed Transactions, with limited exceptions including trust account waivers and fraud carve-outs. A covenant not to sue applies.

Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. engagement letters dated July 17, 2025 were terminated with mutual releases.

Pubco and Newco will withdraw the Form S-4 filed May 14, 2026. CEPO board will not call a shareholder meeting for the BSTR transaction.

CEPO stated it will resume search for an alternative initial business combination target.

Pulse Impact

  • Previous Pulse: 82
  • New Pulse: 8
  • Change: –74
  • Driver: A material definitive agreement is a real beat. Pulse moved with the deal tape.

Cantor Equity Partners I, Inc. Form 8-K (2026-08-20)

Not investment advice. Facts taken from the company’s Form 8-K.

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