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): ~~January~~February 2328, 2024 (~~January~~February 1822, 2024)

HCM ~~ACQUISITION~~Acquisition ~~CORP~~Corp

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Cayman Islands		001-41241		98-1581263
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

100 First Stamford Place, Suite 330

Stamford, CT 06902

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (203) 930-2200

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-half of one Redeemable Warrant	HCMAU	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Class A Ordinary Shares, par value $0.0001 per share	HCMA	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Redeemable Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one Class A ordinary share at a price of $11.50 per share	HCMAW	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 ☒

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 18.01 ~~Entry~~Other ~~into a Material Definitive Agreement~~Events.

~~The~~On ~~information~~February ~~disclosed~~22, in2024, ~~Item~~HCM ~~5.07~~Acquisition ofCorp ~~this~~(the ~~Current~~“Company”), ~~Report~~in onaccordance ~~Form~~with ~~8-K~~the issecond ~~incorporated~~amendment byto ~~reference~~its ~~into~~amended ~~this~~and ~~Item 1.01~~restated tomemorandum ~~the~~and ~~extent~~articles ~~required~~of association, ~~herein.~~dated On January 1923, 2024, asnotified ~~approved~~Continental byStock ~~its~~Transfer ~~shareholders~~& atTrust ~~the~~Company ~~Extraordinary~~of ~~Meeting~~its ~~(as~~intention ~~defined~~to ~~below),~~extend ~~HCM~~the ~~Acquisition~~period ~~Corp~~of ~~(“HCM”)~~time ~~and~~that ~~Continental~~the ~~Stock~~Company ~~Transfer~~has &to ~~Trust~~complete ~~Company~~its ~~entered~~initial ~~into~~business acombination ~~Second~~(the ~~Amended~~“Termination Date”) by an additional ~~and~~ month, ~~Restated~~subject ~~Investment~~to ~~Management~~our ~~Trust~~sponsor ~~Agreement~~depositing $30,000 (the “~~Amended~~Extension ~~IMTA~~Deposit”) into the trust account. AOur ~~copy~~sponsor ofdeposited the ~~Amended~~Extension ~~IMTA~~Deposit isinto ~~attached~~the totrust ~~this~~account ~~Current~~and ~~Report~~the Company’s board of directors, on ~~Form~~February ~~8-K~~22, as2024, ~~Exhibit~~approved 10an extension by an additional month.1 ~~and~~As isa ~~incorporated~~result, ~~herein~~the Termination Date was extended by ~~reference~~one month to March 25, 2024.

Item 59.~~03.~~01 ~~Amendments~~Financial toStatements ~~Articles~~and ~~of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year~~Exhibits.

The information disclosed in Item 5.07 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.03 to the extent required herein. As approved by its shareholders at the Extraordinary Meeting, HCM amended its amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (~~the “Extension Amendment”~~d). ~~HCM filed the Extension Amendment with the Registrar of Companies of the Cayman Islands on January 23, 2024~~Exhibits. The Extension Amendment changed the date by which HCM must consummate an initial business combination from January 25, 2024 to February 25, 2024, with the option to elect to extend the date to consummate a business combination on a monthly basis for up to two times by an additional month each time after February 25, 2024, without another shareholder vote, upon two days’ advance notice prior to the applicable deadline, for a total of up to three months to April 25, 2024, unless the closing of a business combination shall have occurred. A copy of the Extension Amendment is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 3.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 5.07. Submissions of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

Exhibit No.	Description

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

On January 18, 2024, HCM held an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders (the “Extraordinary Meeting”). On December 19, 2023, the record date for the Extraordinary Meeting, there were 14,141,906 issued and outstanding shares of HCM’s ordinary shares (the “Ordinary Shares”) entitled to vote at the Extraordinary Meeting, 95.52% of which were represented in person or by proxy.

The final results for HCM of the matters submitted to a vote of HCM’s shareholders at the Extraordinary Meeting are as follows:

Matters Voted On	For	Against	Abstain
A proposal by special resolution, by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of at least two-thirds (2/3) of HCM’s Ordinary Shares entitled to vote and which are present at the Extraordinary Meeting, to approve the Extension Amendment.	13,508,683	0	0
A proposal to approve, by the affirmative vote of at least sixty-five percent (65%) of the outstanding Class A Ordinary Shares and Class B Ordinary Shares, voting together as a single class, the Amended IMTA.	13,508,683	0	0

Each of the proposals described above was duly approved by HCM’s shareholders. HCM’s shareholders elected to redeem an aggregate of 2,460,044 Ordinary Shares in connection with the Extraordinary Meeting.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

Exhibit No.		Description
3.1		Second Amendment to Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association.
10.1		Second Amended and Restated Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated January 19, 2024, by and between HCM and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company.
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)

SIGNATURES

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~~thereunto duly authorized.

Dated: January 23, 2024
			HCM Acquisition Corp
HCM ACQUISITION CORP
Date:	February 28, 2024	By:	/s/ James Bond
By:	/s/ James Bond
			James Bond
Name:	James Bond
			Chief Financial Officer
Title:	Chief Financial Officer

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