UNITED ~~STATES~~ STATESSECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSIONWashington, D.C. 20549

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

~~Pursuant to~~PURSUANT ~~Section~~TO SECTION 13 orOR ~~Section~~ 15(dD) ofOF ~~the~~THESECURITIES ~~Securities~~EXCHANGE ~~Exchange~~ACT ~~Act~~OF of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): ~~May~~December 2210, 2024 ~~(May 21, 2024)~~

PEARL HOLDINGS ACQUISITION CORP(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Cayman Islands		001-41165		98-1593935
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

767 Third Avenue, 11th Floor New York, New York		10017
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(212) 457-1540(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code~~: (212~~) ~~457-1540~~

Not Applicable(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

~~(Former name~~Check orthe ~~former~~appropriate ~~address,~~box below if ~~changed~~the ~~since~~Form ~~last~~8-K ~~report)~~filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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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	PRLHU	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share	PRLH	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Redeemable warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one Class A ordinary share at an exercise price of $11.50	PRLHW	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Units, each consisting of one Class A ordinary share and one-half of one redeemable warrant	PRLHU	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 31.01 ~~Notice~~Entry ofinto ~~Delisting or Failure to Satisfy~~ a ~~Continued~~Material ~~Listing~~Definitive ~~Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.~~Agreement

AsThe ~~previously~~information disclosed, onin ~~May~~Item 13, 2024, Pearl Holdings Acquisition Corp (the “Company”) received a written notice from the Listing Qualifications Department (the “Staff”) of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) that the Company had failed to meet certain continued listing standards with respect to its (i) Class A ordinary shares, par value $05.~~0001 per~~07 ~~share (the “Class A Ordinary Shares”), (ii) warrants, each exercisable for one Class A Ordinary Share at an exercise price~~ of ~~$11.50~~this ~~per~~Current ~~share~~Report ~~(the~~on ~~“Warrants”), and~~Form ~~(iii) units, each consisting of one Class A Ordinary Share and one~~8-~~half~~K ofregarding ~~one Warrant (~~the ~~“Units”, and~~Trust ~~collectively~~Amendment ~~with~~(as ~~the~~defined ~~Class A Ordinary Shares and the Warrants, the “Securities”~~below) ~~under~~ ~~Nasdaq~~is ~~Listing~~incorporated ~~Rule~~by ~~5452~~reference ~~for~~into ~~special~~this ~~purpose~~Item ~~acquisition companies that qualified for listing on The Nasdaq Global Market pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5406~~1. As a result, the Securities would be suspended from The Nasdaq Global Market on May 22, 2024, and a Form 25 would be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which would remove the Securities from listing and registration on Nasdaq01.

~~Class A~~Item ~~Ordinary~~3.03 ~~Shares~~Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

~~Subsequently, the~~The ~~Company~~information ~~evaluated~~disclosed ~~its~~in ~~ability~~Item ~~to meet the initial listing standards under a different listing standard, Nasdaq Listing Rule 5405~~5. On07 ~~May~~of ~~21,~~this ~~2024,~~Current ~~the~~Report ~~Staff~~on ~~determined~~Form ~~that~~8-K ~~the~~regarding ~~Company demonstrated compliance with~~ the ~~initial~~amendment ~~listing requirements under Listing Rule 5405, with respect~~ to the ~~Class~~Charter A(as ~~Ordinary~~defined ~~Shares.~~below) ~~Accordingly, the~~is ~~Company~~incorporated ~~has~~by ~~regained~~reference ~~compliance~~into ~~with~~this ~~the~~Item ~~Nasdaq Listing Rules, with respect to the Class A Ordinary Shares~~3. 03.

~~As a~~Item ~~result,~~5.07 ~~the~~Submission ~~Company’s~~of ~~Class~~Matters ~~A Ordinary Shares will not be suspended from The Nasdaq Global Market on May 22, 2024, and will remain listed on The Nasdaq Global Market, subject~~ to ~~the~~a ~~Company’s~~Vote ~~continued~~of ~~compliance~~Security ~~with the applicable listing standards~~Holders.

~~Warrants~~Extraordinary General Meeting

On ~~May 17~~December 10, 2024, ~~the~~Pearl ~~Company~~Holdings ~~filed~~Acquisition Corp, a ~~hearing~~Cayman ~~request with~~Islands ~~Nasdaq.~~exempted ~~Filing~~company (the ~~hearing~~“Company”), ~~request~~held ~~stayed~~an ~~the~~extraordinary ~~suspension~~general ~~and~~meeting ~~delisting~~of ~~until~~shareholders (the ~~hearing~~“Extraordinary ~~panel~~General Meeting”), at which holders of 6,376,370 ordinary shares, comprised of the Company’s ~~determination~~Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 ~~The~~per ~~Company has~~share ~~not~~(“Class ~~regained~~A ~~compliance~~Ordinary ~~with~~Shares”), and the ~~Nasdaq~~Company’s ~~Listing~~Class ~~Rules~~B ~~with~~ordinary ~~respect~~shares, topar ~~the~~value ~~Warrants~~$0.0001 ~~With~~per ~~respect~~share to(“Class ~~the~~B ~~Warrants~~Ordinary Shares” and, together with the ~~Company~~Class ~~is currently~~A ~~assessing~~Ordinary Shares, the ~~possibility~~“Ordinary ofShares”), ~~listing~~were onpresent ~~other~~in ~~Nasdaq~~person ~~markets~~or by ~~being~~proxy, ~~able~~representing toapproximately ~~satisfy~~89.0% ~~other~~of ~~listing~~the ~~standards~~voting ~~under~~power of the ~~Nasdaq Listing~~7,167,693 ~~Rules~~issued and outstanding Ordinary Shares of the Company, ascomprised ~~well~~of as7,167,692 ~~considering~~Class ~~other~~A ~~listing~~Ordinary ~~alternatives~~Shares and 1 Class B Ordinary Share, ~~however~~entitled to vote at the ~~Company~~Extraordinary ~~may~~General ~~not~~Meeting beat the ~~successful~~close inof ~~remaining~~business ~~listed~~on ~~(or~~November 15, if ~~delisted~~2024, inwhich ~~becoming~~was ~~relisted~~the record date (the “Record Date”) for the Extraordinary General Meeting. The Company’s shareholders of record as of the close of business on ~~Nasdaq~~the orRecord ~~any~~Date ~~other~~are ~~securities~~referred to ~~exchange~~herein as “Shareholders.”

~~Cautionary~~In connection with the vote to approve the proposals set forth below, the holders ~~Note~~ of ~~Regarding~~2,094,867 ~~Forward-Looking~~Class ~~Statements~~A Ordinary Shares properly exercised their right to redeem their shares for cash at a redemption price of $11.36 per share, for an aggregate of approximately $23,797,689 in connection with the proposals set forth below. After the satisfaction of such redemptions, the balance in the Company’s trust account will be approximately $836,806.

This Current Report on Form 8-K includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. The Company has based these forward-looking statements on its current expectations and projections about future events. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions that may cause actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the Company’s continued compliance with Nasdaq listing standards with respect to the Securities, the Company’s ability to comply with Nasdaq listing requirements and the impact of such failure to comply, including as it relates to suspension and delisting of the Warrants and Units, the outcome of the hearing requested with Nasdaq, any ability of the Warrants and Units to remain listed (or, if delisted, to be relisted) on Nasdaq or any other securities exchange, and the possible trading of any of the Warrants and Units on the over-the counter market, and any further actions by the Company or Nasdaq related to the foregoing. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “continue,” or the negative of such terms or other similar expressions. A ~~number~~summary of ~~factors could cause actual events, performance or results to differ materially from~~ the ~~events,~~voting ~~performance and~~ results discussed in the forward-looking statements. For information identifying important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements, please refer to the Company’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including the “Risk Factors” section of the Company’s Annual Reports on Form 10-K and other filings the Company makes with the SEC. The Company’s SEC filings can be accessed on the EDGAR section of the SEC’s website at ~~www.sec.gov. Except as expressly required by applicable securities law,~~ the ~~Company~~ ~~disclaims~~Extraordinary ~~any~~General ~~intention~~Meeting orfor ~~obligation~~each ~~to update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information,~~proposal ~~future~~ is ~~events~~set orforth ~~otherwise~~below.

Proposal 1

~~Item~~The ~~9.01~~Shareholders ~~Financial~~approved, ~~Statements~~by a special resolution, the proposal to amend the Company’s Amended and ~~Exhibits~~Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association (the “Charter”) pursuant to an amendment to the Charter in the form set forth in Annex A of the definitive proxy statement filed by the Company on November 18, 2024 (the “Proxy Statement”), to extend the date by which the Company must either (i) consummate a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganisation or similar business combination, as further described in the Charter (an initial “Business Combination”), or (ii) cease its operations except for the purpose of winding up if it fails to complete such Business Combination and (iii) redeem all of the Class A Ordinary Shares included as part of the units sold in the Company’s initial public offering that was consummated on December 17, 2021 (the “IPO”), from December 17, 2024 (such date, the “Original Expiration Date”) to June 17, 2026 (the “Extension Amendment” and such proposal, the “Extension Proposal”). The voting results for the Extension Proposal were as follows:

(d) Exhibits.

For			Against			Abstain			Broker Non-Votes
6,182,267			194,103			0			0

~~EXHIBIT INDEX~~1

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

Proposal 2

2The Shareholders approved the proposal to amend the Company’s investment management trust agreement, dated as of December 14, 2021, by and between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (“Continental”) and the Company (the “Trust Agreement”), pursuant to an amendment to the Trust Agreement in the form set forth in Annex B of the Proxy Statement, to allow the Company to extend the date by which it must complete its initial Business Combination from December 17, 2024 to June 17, 2026, or such earlier date as determined by the Board in its sole discretion (the “Trust Amendment” and such proposal, the “Trust Amendment Proposal”). The voting results for the Trust Amendment Proposal were as follows:

SIGNATURE

For			Against			Abstain			Broker Non-Votes
6,182,267			194,103			0			0

~~Pursuant to~~Proposal ~~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.~~3

	PEARL HOLDINGS ACQUISITION CORP
Dated: May 22, 2024	By:	/s/ Martin Lewis
	Name:	Martin Lewis
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer

The proposal to adjourn the Extraordinary General Meeting to a later date or dates was not presented at the Extraordinary General Meeting, as each of the Extension Proposal and the Trust Amendment Proposal received a sufficient number of votes for approval.

3Under Cayman Island law, the Extension Amendment took effect upon approval of the Extension Proposal.

The foregoing descriptions of the Extension Amendment and the Trust Amendment do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of such documents, copies of which are filed as Exhibits 3.1 and 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference.

Forward-Looking Statements

This Current Report on Form 8-K includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. The Company has based these forward-looking statements on its current expectations and projections about future events. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions that may cause actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the intention of the Sponsor to convert certain of its shares and the terms thereof, whether the Company will enter into a definitive agreement or consummate an initial Business Combination, or the timing of any of the foregoing. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “continue,” or the negative of such terms or other similar expressions. A number of factors could cause actual events, performance or results to differ materially from the events, performance and results discussed in the forward-looking statements. Important factors, among others, that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements include: the Company’s ability to enter into a definitive agreement with respect to an initial Business Combination within the time provided in the Company’s Charter; the ability of the Company to obtain the financing necessary to consummate an initial Business Combination; the failure to comply with the listing rules of the Nasdaq Stock Exchange LLC (“Nasdaq”) and the consequences of such failure, including the immediate suspension and delisting of our securities on Nasdaq on December 14, 2024, the limitation of investors’ ability to make transactions in our securities, and additional trading restrictions; the failure to realize the anticipated benefits of an initial Business Combination, including as a result of a delay in consummating an initial Business Combination; the level of redemptions made by the Company’s shareholders in connection with the Extension Amendment Proposal and a proposed Business Combination and its impact on the amount of funds available in the trust account to complete an initial Business Combination, and those factors identified in the Company’s filings with the SEC, including the “Risk Factors” sections of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on April 16, 2024, as amended on June 10, 2024, and the Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on May 20, 2024, August 19, 2024 and November 20, 2024 and in the other reports the Company has filed with the SEC, including the Extension Proxy. The Company’s SEC filings can be accessed on the EDGAR section of the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Except as expressly required by applicable securities law, the Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

Exhibit No.		Description
3.1		Amendment to Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company
10.1		Amendment to Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated December 10, 2024, by and between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as trustee
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.

Date: December 11, 2024

Pearl Holdings Acquisition Corp

By:	/s/ Craig E. Barnett
Name:	Craig E. Barnett
Title:	Chief Executive Officer

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