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 of earliest event reported): August 2531, 2023

NORTHERN STAR INVESTMENT CORP. IV

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware		001-40135		85-4156787
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

c/o Graubard Miller

The Chrysler Building

405 Lexington Avenue, 44th Floor

New York, NY 10174

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(212) 818-8800

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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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 share of Class A Common Stock and one-sixth of one redeemable warrant	NSTD.U	The New York Stock Exchange
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share	NSTD	The New York Stock Exchange
Redeemable warrants, exercisable for shares of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share	NSTD WS	OTC

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 15.0103. ~~Entry~~Amendments ~~into~~to aArticles ~~Material~~of ~~Definitive~~Incorporation ~~Agreement~~or Bylaws.

OnThe ~~August~~information ~~25, 2023, Northern~~included Star IV Sponsor LLC (the “Sponsor”), the sponsor of Northern Star Investment Corp. IV (the “Company”), entered into agreements (“Non-Redemption Agreements”) with several unaffiliated third parties in ~~exchange~~Item for them agreeing not to redeem an aggregate of 600,000 shares of the Company sold in its initial public offering (“Non-Redeemed Shares”) at the special meeting called by the Company (the “Meeting”) to approve an extension of time for the Company to consummate an initial business combination (the “Extension Proposal”) from September 4, 2023 to March 4, 2024 or such earlier liquidation and dissolution date as the Company’s board of directors may approve (the “Extension”)5.07 In exchange for the foregoing commitment not to redeem such shares, the Sponsor has agreed to transfer to such investors an aggregate of 120,000 shares of the Company held by the Sponsor immediately following consummation of an initial business combination if they continue to hold such Non-Redeemed Shares through the Meeting. The Non-Redemption Agreements are not expected to increase the likelihood that the Extension Proposal is ~~approved~~incorporated by ~~stockholders but~~reference ~~will~~into ~~increase~~this ~~the~~item ~~amount of funds that remain in the Company’s trust account following the Meeting. The foregoing summary of the Non-Redemption Agreement does not purport~~ to ~~be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to~~ the ~~form~~extent ~~of Non-Redemption Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit 10~~required.~~1 and incorporated herein by reference.~~

~~Forward-Looking~~Item ~~Statements~~5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

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~~Participants~~The inCompany’s stockholders voted on the ~~Solicitation~~following proposal at the Meeting, which was approved:

~~The~~(1) ~~Company~~Proposal ~~and~~No. ~~its~~1 ~~directors, executive~~— ~~officers,~~The ~~other~~Extension ~~members~~Amendment ofProposal ~~management~~— ~~and~~a ~~employees,~~proposal ~~under~~to ~~SEC~~amend ~~rules,~~the ~~may~~Company’s beamended ~~deemed~~and torestated becertificate ~~participants~~of inincorporation ~~the~~to ~~solicitation~~extend ~~of proxies from~~ the ~~securityholders~~date ofby which the Company inhas ~~favor~~to ofconsummate ~~the~~a ~~approval~~business ofcombination ~~the~~from ~~Extension~~September ~~Proposal.~~4, ~~Investors~~2023 ~~and~~to ~~security~~March ~~holders~~4, ~~may obtain~~2024 ~~more~~or ~~detailed~~such ~~information~~earlier ~~regarding~~liquidation ~~the names, affiliations~~ and ~~interests~~dissolution ofdate as the Company’s ~~directors~~board ~~and~~of ~~officers~~directors inmay ~~the definitive~~approve. ~~proxy~~The ~~statement~~following ~~dated~~is ~~August~~a ~~15,~~tabulation ~~2023~~of (the ~~“Proxy~~votes ~~Statement”),~~with ~~which~~respect ~~may~~to bethis ~~obtained~~proposal, ~~free~~which ofwas ~~charge~~approved ~~from~~by the ~~sources indicated~~Company’s ~~below.~~stockholders:

No Offer or Solicitation

For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
13,210,686		0		0		0

~~This~~As ~~Report~~previously ~~shall not constitute~~disclosed, ain ~~solicitation~~connection ofwith athe ~~proxy~~Meeting, ~~consent~~Northern orStar ~~authorization~~IV Sponsor LLC (the “Sponsor”) entered into agreements (“Non-Redemption Agreements”) with ~~respect~~several tounaffiliated ~~any~~third ~~securities.~~parties ~~This~~in ~~communication~~exchange ~~shall~~for ~~also~~them agreeing not ~~constitute~~to redeem an ~~offer~~aggregate of 2,200,000 shares to(“Non-Redeemed ~~sell~~Shares”) orof the ~~solicitation~~Company ofsold anin ~~offer~~its toinitial ~~buy~~public ~~any~~offering ~~securities,~~(“public ~~nor~~shares”) ~~shall~~in ~~there~~connection bewith the ~~any~~Extension. ~~sale~~In ofexchange ~~securities~~for inthe ~~any~~foregoing ~~states~~commitment ornot ~~jurisdictions in~~to ~~which~~redeem such ~~offer~~shares, ~~solicitation~~the orSponsor ~~sale~~has ~~would~~agreed beto ~~unlawful~~transfer ~~prior~~ to ~~registration~~such orinvestors an ~~qualification~~aggregate ~~under~~of 440,000 shares of the ~~securities~~Company ~~laws~~held by the Sponsor immediately following consummation of ~~any~~an ~~such~~initial business combination ~~jurisdiction.~~if Nothey ~~offering~~continue to hold such Non-Redeemed Shares through the effectuation of ~~securities~~the ~~shall~~Extension. beThe ~~made~~foregoing ~~except~~arrangements did not increase the likelihood that the proposal was approved by ~~means~~stockholders but did increase the amount of afunds ~~prospectus~~that ~~meeting~~remained in the ~~requirements~~Company’s trust ofaccount ~~Section~~following 10the Meeting. As a result of the ~~Securities~~foregoing, effective August 31, 2023, public holders of an aggregate of 1,913,350 ~~Act~~public orshares exercised, and did not reverse, their right to redeem their public shares (leaving an ~~exemption~~aggregate ~~therefrom~~of 2,299,561 public shares outstanding after the Meeting).

~~Additional~~The ~~Information~~foregoing summary of the Non-Redemption Agreement does not purport to be complete and ~~Where~~is qualified in its entirety by reference to ~~Find~~the Itform of Non-Redemption Agreement previously filed by the Company as Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated and filed August 18, 2023 and incorporated herein by reference.

~~The~~On ~~Company~~August ~~urges~~31, ~~investors~~2023, the ~~stockholders~~Company ~~and~~filed ~~other~~an ~~interested~~amendment ~~persons~~ to ~~read~~its ~~the~~amended ~~Proxy~~and ~~Statement~~restated ascertificate ~~well~~of asincorporation ~~other documents filed by the Company~~ with the ~~SEC,~~Secretary ~~because these~~of ~~documents~~State ~~will~~of ~~contain important information about~~ the ~~Company~~State ~~and the Extension Proposal. Stockholders may obtain copies~~ of ~~the~~Delaware ~~Proxy~~to ~~Statement,~~effectuate ~~without charge, at~~ the ~~SEC’s website at www~~Extension.~~sec.gov or~~ byA ~~directing~~copy aof ~~request to~~ the ~~Company’s proxy~~amendment ~~solicitor,~~is ~~Advantage~~attached ~~Proxy,~~hereto ~~Inc.,~~as ~~P.O.~~Exhibit ~~Box 13581, Des Moines, WA 98198, Attn: Karen Smith, Toll Free Telephone: (877) 870-8565, Main Telephone: (206) 870-8565, E-mail: ksmith@advantageproxy~~3.~~com~~1.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.		Description
Exhibit		Description
3.1		Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
10.1		Form of Non-Redemption Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 included in the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 18, 2023)
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

~~SIGNATURE~~1

~~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.~~SIGNATURE

Dated: August 28, 2023	NORTHERN STAR INVESTMENT CORP. IV
	By:	/s/ Jonathan Ledecky
		Jonathan Ledecky
		Chief Operating Officer

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.

Dated: August 31, 2023	NORTHERN STAR INVESTMENT CORP. IV

	By:	/s/ Jonathan Ledecky
		Jonathan Ledecky
		Chief Operating Officer

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