UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): February 25, 2026

Spring Valley Acquisition Corp. IV
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Cayman Islands
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

001-43110
(Commission File Number)

N/A
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

2100 McKinney Ave., Suite 1675

Dallas, Texas

(Address of principal executive offices)

75201

(Zip Code)

(214) 308-5230
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Units, each consisting of one Class A ordinary share and one-fourth of one redeemable warrant	SVIVU	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share	SVIV	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one Class A ordinary share at an exercise price of $11.50	SVIVW	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company x

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

Item 8.01. Other Events.

On February 25, 2026, Spring Valley Acquisition Corp. IV (the “Company”) announced that the holders of the Company’s units sold in the Company’s initial public offering (the “Units”) may elect to separately trade the Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A ordinary shares”), and warrants (the “Warrants”) included in the Units commencing on March 2, 2026. Each Unit consists of one Class A ordinary share, and one-fourth of one redeemable warrant (each, a “Warrant”), each whole Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one Class A Ordinary Share at an exercise price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment. Any Units not separated will continue to trade on the Nasdaq Global Market (“Nasdaq”) under the symbol “SVIVU”. Any underlying Class A ordinary shares and Warrants that are separated will trade on Nasdaq under the symbols “SVIV” and “SVIVW”, respectively. Holders of Units will need to have their brokers contact Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the Company’s transfer agent, in order to separate the holders’ Units into Class A ordinary shares and Warrants.

A copy of the press release issued by the Company announcing the separate trading of the securities underlying the Units is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press Release dated February 25, 2026.

104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	spring valley acquisition corp. IV

	By:	/s/ Christopher Sorrells
		Name: Christopher Sorrells
		Title: Chief Executive Officer

Date: February 25, 2026

Spring Valley Acquisition Corp. IV 8-K