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): June 26, 2025

LightWave Acquisition Corp.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Cayman Islands

001-42714

N/A

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

14755 Preston Road

Suite 520

Dallas TX

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 214-617-8250

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	LWACU	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share	LWAC	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one Class A ordinary share at an exercise price of $11.50 per share	LWACW	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 8.01. Other Events.

On June 26, 2025, LightWave Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) consummated its initial public offering (“IPO”), which consisted of 21,562,500 units (the “Units”), including the exercise in full by the underwriter of an option to purchase up to 2,812,500 Units at the offering price to cover over-allotments. The Units were sold at a price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $215,625,000. Each Unit consists of one Class A ordinary share, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A Ordinary Shares”), of the Company, and one-half of one redeemable warrant (each, a “Warrant”) of the Company, with each whole Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one Class A Ordinary Share for $11.50 per share.

Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, pursuant to the Private Placement Units Purchase Agreements, the Company completed the private placement of an aggregate of 606,250 units (the “Private Placement Units”) to the Sponsor and BTIG, LLC, the representative of the underwriters, at $10.00 per Unit, each Unit consisting of one Class A Ordinary Share and one-half of one redeemable Warrant, each whole Warrant exercisable to purchase one Class A Ordinary Share of the Company. Of those 606,250 Private Placement Units, the Sponsor purchased 390,625 Private Placement Units and BTIG, LLC purchased 215,625 Private Placement Units. The Warrants contained in the Private Placement Units are identical to the Warrants included in the Units sold in the IPO, except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement. No underwriting discounts or commissions were paid with respect to such sale. The issuance of the Private Placement Units was made pursuant to the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

A total of $215,625,000, comprised of the net proceeds from the IPO (which amount includes $7,546,875 of the underwriter’s deferred discount) and the proceeds of the sale of the Private Placement Units, was placed in a U.S.-based trust account maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, acting as trustee.

An audited balance sheet as of June 26, 2025 reflecting the receipt of the proceeds from the IPO and the Private Placement has been issued by the Company and is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.		Description

99.1		Audited Balance Sheet as of June 26, 2025.

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.

	LIGHTWAVE ACQUISITION CORP.

	By:	/s/ Robert Bennett
		Name:	Robert Bennett
		Title:	Chief Executive Officer

Dated: July 2, 2025

LightWave Acquisition Corp. 8-K