UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

~~PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)~~ OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 515, 2025

~~Activate~~ACTIVATE ~~Energy~~ENERGY ~~Acquisition~~ACQUISITION ~~Corp~~CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Cayman Islands	001-42992	N/A
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

71 Fort Street, PO Box 500

Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands KY1-1106

(Address of principal executive ~~offices,~~office) ~~including zip~~(Zip ~~code~~Code)

~~Registrant’s telephone number, including area code~~ (302) 207-9500

~~Not Applicable~~ (~~Former~~Registrants’ ~~name~~telephone ~~or former address~~number, ifincluding area ~~changed since last report~~code)

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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	AEAQU	The Nasdaq ~~Stock~~Global Market ~~LLC~~
Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share	AEAQ	The Nasdaq ~~Stock~~Global Market ~~LLC~~
Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one Class A ordinary share at an exercise price of $11.50 per share	AEAQW	The Nasdaq ~~Stock~~Global 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~~Growth ~~company~~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 85.0102. ~~Other~~Departure ~~Events~~of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

OnDirector December 5, 2025, Activate Energy Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) consummated its initial public offering (“IPO”) of 23,000,000 units (the “Units”), including 3,000,000 Units issued pursuant to the exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option. Each Unit consists of one Class A ordinary share of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Ordinary Shares”), and one-half of one redeemable warrant (the “Warrants”) with each whole warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one Ordinary Share at a price of $11.50 per share. The Units were sold at a price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $230,000,000 (the “Public Proceeds”). Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, pursuant to the private placement unit purchase agreement, dated December 3, 2025, between the Company and Activate Energy Sponsors LLC, and the private placement unit purchase agreement, dated December 3, 2025, between the Company and BTIG, LLC, the Company completed the private sale of 645,000 units (the “Private Placement Units”) at a purchase price of $10.00 per Private Placement Unit, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $6,450,000 (the “Private Proceeds” and together with the Public Proceeds, the “Offering Proceeds”). The Private Placement Units are identical to the Units sold in the IPO.Resignation

AnOn ~~audited~~December ~~balance~~15, ~~sheet~~2025, asRichard Lorentz Jr. resigned from the Board of ~~December~~Directors 5(the “Board”) of Activate Energy Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”), effective ~~2025~~immediately ~~reflecting~~(the ~~receipt~~“Director ofResignation”). The Director Resignation was not related to a disagreement with the ~~Offering~~Company ~~Proceeds~~on ~~has~~any ~~been~~matter ~~issued~~relating byto the Company’s ~~and~~operations, ispolicies, ~~included~~or aspractices. ~~Exhibit~~The 99Board thanks Mr.1 toLorentz ~~this~~for his ~~Current~~service ~~Report~~ on ~~Form~~the ~~8-K~~Board and valuable contributions to the Company.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.		Description
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Balance Sheet

1SIGNATURES

~~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 thereunto duly authorized.

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.

	Activate Energy Acquisition Corp.

Dated: December 18, 2025	By:	/s/ Thomas Fontaine
	Name:	Thomas Fontaine
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer

~~ACTIVATE ENERGY ACQUISITION CORP. By: /s/ Thomas Fontaine Name: Thomas Fontaine Title: Chief Executive Officer~~2

Dated: December 11, 2025

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