UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

~~Form~~FORM 8-K

~~Current~~CURRENT ~~Report~~REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 orOR 15(d) of ~~the~~The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

~~Securities~~Date ~~Exchange~~of ~~Act~~Report (Date of ~~1934~~earliest event reported): January 6, 2025 (December 28, 2024)

~~Date~~AERKOMM ofINC. ~~Report~~ (~~Date~~Exact name of ~~earliest~~registrant ~~event~~as ~~reported): November~~specified ~~29,~~in ~~2024~~its charter)

AERKOMM INC.

Nevada		000-55925		46-3424568
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

~~(Exact~~44043 ~~Name~~Fremont ofBlvd., ~~Registrant~~Fremont, asCA ~~Specified~~94538 in(Address ~~its~~of ~~Charter~~principal executive offices)

Nevada		000-55925		46-3424568
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

(877) 742-3094

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

44043 Fremont Blvd., Fremont, CA		94538
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (877) 742-3094

N/A

(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:

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~~Securities~~☐ ~~registered~~Soliciting material pursuant to ~~Section~~Rule 14a-12~~(b) of~~ under the Exchange Act: ~~None~~(17 CFR 240.14a-12)

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~~Indicate~~☐ byPre-commencement ~~check~~communications ~~mark~~pursuant ~~whether~~to ~~the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in~~ Rule ~~405 of the Securities Act of 1933~~ 13e-4(~~17 CFR §230.405~~c) orunder ~~Rule 12b-2 of~~ the ~~Securities~~ Exchange Act ~~of 1934~~ (17 CFR §240.~~12b~~13e-24(c).)

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~~Item~~Securities ~~1.01~~registered ~~Entry~~pursuant ~~into~~to aSection ~~Material~~12(b) of ~~Definitive~~the ~~Agreement.~~Act: None

~~The~~Title ~~Simple~~of ~~Agreement~~each ~~for~~class ~~Future~~Trading ~~Equity~~Symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered

AsItem ~~previously reported on Form 8-K on April 4, 2024, on March 29, 2024, IX Acquisition Corp~~5.02 ~~(“Parent”),~~Departure ~~a Cayman Islands exempted company, entered into a Merger Agreement by and among AKOM Merger Sub Inc., a Nevada corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary~~ of ~~Parent~~Directors ~~(“Merger Sub”), and AERKOMM Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”) (the “Merger Agreement,” as it may be amended and/~~or ~~restated~~Certain ~~from~~Officers; ~~time~~Election toof ~~time).~~Directors; ~~The~~Appointment ~~transactions contemplated~~of byCertain ~~the~~Officers; ~~Merger~~Compensatory ~~Agreement~~Arrangements ~~together~~of ~~with~~Certain ~~the other related agreements are referred to herein as the “Business Combination~~Officers.”

AsOn ~~previously~~December 28, ~~reported on Form 8-K~~2024, ~~pursuant~~Colin toLim ~~the~~resigned ~~Merger~~from ~~Agreement and~~his ~~the~~position ~~transactions contemplated~~ as ~~part~~a member of the ~~Business~~board ~~Combination,~~of directors (the ~~Company~~“Board”) ~~is obligated to exercise reasonable best efforts to obtain a PIPE Investment Amount~~ of atAerkomm ~~least~~Inc. ~~$65,000,000~~ (~~inclusive~~the ~~of investment amounts under simple agreements for future equity~~“Company”), in ~~the~~effective ~~form and substance~~ as ~~reasonably~~of ~~agreed~~that ~~upon~~date. byMr. ~~Parent~~Lim ~~and~~was ~~the Company) and will obtain~~ a ~~minimum~~member ~~PIPE Investment Amount~~ of ~~at least $45,000,000 minus~~ the ~~investment~~Company’s ~~amount~~audit ~~obtained~~committee ~~pursuant~~and ~~to SAFE agreements. Pursuant to~~ the ~~Merger~~Chairman ~~Agreement,~~of the Company’s ~~will endeavor~~compensation tocommittee. ~~enter~~Mr. ~~into~~Lim’s ~~SAFE~~resignation ~~Agreements~~was ~~with~~not ~~certain~~the ~~investors~~result ~~providing~~of ~~for~~any ~~investments~~disagreement inwith ~~shares~~the of Company ~~Common~~on ~~Stock~~any inmatter arelating ~~private~~to ~~placement in~~its ~~an aggregate amount not less than $15~~operation,~~000,000~~ policies ~~with~~(including ~~interim~~accounting ~~target~~or ~~goals~~financial ~~following~~policies) ~~the~~or ~~execution of the Merger Agreement (the “SAFE Investment”)~~practices.

~~Also~~On asDecember 30, ~~previously~~2024, ~~reported~~Raymond onChoy ~~Form~~resigned ~~8-K~~from onhis ~~August~~position ~~13,~~as ~~2024~~a member of Board of the Company, oneffective as of that date. Mr. Choy was a member ~~August~~of ~~12,~~the ~~2024,~~Company’s ~~Parent~~compensation committee and the Chairman of the Company’s ~~reported~~audit ~~that~~committee. anMr. ~~aggregate~~Choy’s resignation was not the result of $2any disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to its operation,~~585,200~~ ~~had~~policies ~~been~~(including ~~entered~~accounting ~~into~~or financial policies) or practices.

~~On November 29, 2024, the Company entered into one new SAFE agreement for a total of $2,412,000.~~ SIGNATURES

AsPursuant ato ~~result, as~~the ~~of November 29, 2024, SAFE agreements for an aggregate of $4,996,200 have been entered into. The SAFE Agreements convert upon closing~~requirements of the ~~merger~~Securities atExchange ~~$11.50~~Act ~~per share~~ of ~~“Capital Stock~~1934,” ~~which means~~ the ~~capital~~registrant ~~stock~~has ofduly ~~Parent~~caused orthis ~~the~~report ~~Company. If the SAFE Agreement automatically converts upon the closing of the merger, in addition~~ to ~~434,539~~be ofsigned ~~Capital~~on ~~Stock~~its ~~the~~behalf ~~SAFE~~by ~~Agreement is also convertible into an additional 94% of~~ the ~~number~~undersigned ~~of shares of Capital Stock, or 408,466 shares to be held in escrow subject to~~hereunto ~~the~~duly ~~same Milestone Events outlined in the Merger Agreement under the Incentive Merger Consideration (the “Incentive Shares”)~~authorized.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Date: January 6, 2025	AERKOMM INC.

	/s/ Louis Giordimaina
	Name: Louis Giordimaina Title: Chief Executive Officer

(d) Exhibits. The following exhibit is filed with this Form 8-K:

Exhibit No.		Description of Exhibits
10.1		November 29, 2024 SAFE Agreement in the amount of $2,412,000.
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded with 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.

Dated: December 4, 2024
	AERKOMM INC.
	By:	/s/ Louis Giordimaina
	Name:	Louis Giordimaina
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer, Interim Chief Financial Officer and Director

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