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Melar I

MACI · Nasdaq · Fintech

No date aheadEverli · Deal announced

NO ACTION REQUIRED

There is no dated way to act

The last election on file was 16 June and nothing dated has been filed since, so we cannot show you a day to act by. That is an absence in our record, not a right that is gone.

Nextthe shareholder vote — awaiting filing

Outer bound: the outside date, 20 December 2026 — a long-stop nobody can claim cash on.

$10.93 cash floor$10.98
11 May82 closes · floor filed 30 Jun8 SeptThe shaded band is the distance between the price and the cash floor — what a redemption would pay you, or cost you, on the day.

SpacBrain’s read

Floor not confirmed

The last redemption window closed with the 16 June election — it was held, and no new one has been filed since, so we cannot show you a date to act by.

What we do have: the company's own deadline runs to 20 December 2026. That deadline is not itself a window you can redeem into. The full chain of evidence is under Evidence.

Change on the last daily close0.0% day

That is $0.05 above the $10.93 of cash held per share as last filed. Everything above the cash is what the market thinks the deal is worth, and redemption does not protect it. Against our ESTIMATE of what the trust holds today — ~$11.01, the filed figure carried forward at the T-bill — the same price is 0.3% below the cash. That estimate is our arithmetic, not a filing.


In plain terms

What it is
A $160M SPAC from Eco Crown Global LLC, listed on Nasdaq in June 2024. Each unit put $10.00 into the shareholders' cash account at listing; it holds $10.93 a share today — interest earned on the account, plus any payments the sponsor made to extend the deadline, spread over the shares that never cashed out.
What it's doing now
It agreed in July 2025 to merge with Everli, a Consumer Discretionary company. The deal values that business at about $180M. No date has been filed for the shareholder vote.
What you should know
About 75% of the shares sold at listing have already been cashed in, leaving 3.9M and $42.9M of cash. We have no filed date on which you could claim the cash back, so we cannot tell you a day to act by. That is a gap in the public record, not a statement that the right has gone.

At a glance

Where it stands
Deal announced · next: the shareholder vote, awaiting filing
A deal has been announced and its registration statement is on file (S-4 0001213900-26-092711, filed 2026-08-21). What is still to come is the SEC clearing it and a meeting date being set — that meeting is where you redeem, and its date is not on file with us, so there is none to show.
Merging with
Everli
Industry
Consumer Discretionary
What it set out to buy: Fintech
Deal value
$180M
announced 30 July 2025
Price vs cash floor
$10.98 vs $10.93
$0.05 above the last filed cash held for you; 0.3% below cash against our estimated ~$11.01
Cash left in trust
$42.9M
across 3,923,923 public shares
IPO
18 June 2024
$160M raised · 100.0% of each $10 unit into trust
Headquarters
143 WEST 72ND STREET,, NEW YORK, NY, 10023
registered in the Cayman Islands
Lead underwriter
Cohen & Company Capital Markets
Key officers
Dan Rosen (Director) · Ken Ruggiero (Director) · KENNEY TARA C (Director)
Listed securities
MACI common · MACIU unit $11.25 · MACIW warrant $0.12 · MACI common $11.02
Cash held per share$10.93

As last filed, 30 June 2026.

source: 10-Q acc 0001213900-26-089243

Cash per share today (estimate)~$11.01

Modelled, not filed: $10.93 filed 30 June 2026, compounded 72 days at the 3.95% 3-month T-bill (treasury.gov daily par yield curve). No tax drag, extension deposits or dissolution costs are modelled.

Price against the cash
vs last filed NAV
0.5%above cash
$10.93, 10-Q as of Jun 30, 2026, acc 0001213900-26-089243
vs estimated NAV today (our estimate)
0.3%below cash
~$11.01, accrued 72 days at 3.95%

The two rows disagree about which side of the cash this price sits on. Both are arithmetically right — they divide by different cash figures. The filed one is what a document says the trust held on its date; the estimated one carries that same figure forward at the T-bill for the days since, which is our arithmetic and not a filing.

Shares already handed back75.48%

At the 16 June 2026 event.

0001213900-26-069699opens on sec.gov in a new tab

What happens nextawaiting filing

A deal has been announced and its registration statement is on file (S-4 0001213900-26-092711, filed 2026-08-21). What is still to come is the SEC clearing it and a meeting date being set — that meeting is where you redeem, and its date is not on file with us, so there is none to show. The outside date we hold is 20 December 2026 — a contractual long-stop, not a date you can claim cash on. What an outside date is →

Yield to redemption

No dated redemption window on file — no yield to compute.

We hold no redemption election for this SPAC. The only dated event on file is the outside date on Dec 20, 2026, which pays a holder nothing — so no yield can be measured to it. An unsourced date would make the yield look filed when it is not.


What is protecting this price

The reasoning behind the verdict above, in the order the filings establish it.

  1. The last redemption election on file — extension vote on 16 June — has passed, and no new one has been filed since. Holders who stayed through it keep the right to redeem at the next election; there simply is no next election on file, so this page cannot tell you a day to act by.
  2. Cash held in trust is $10.93 per share as last filed. That is the figure a redemption pays out at, plus whatever interest the trust earns between the filing and the window.
  3. The charter runs to 20 December 2026. If no deal closes by then the trust is returned to holders, which is a floor of a different kind — it pays out, but you do not choose when.

What has happened, and what is coming

5 dated milestones

Every dated step from the day it listed to the next date you may have to act on. Where you have to do something, the day your broker needs the instruction is marked too.

  1. 30 July 2025Deal announcedpassed

    Combination with Everli

  2. 16 June 2026Shares handed backpassed0001213900-26-069699opens on sec.gov in a new tab

    75.5% of the public float took the cash

Show the earlier 1 milestone
  1. 18 June 2024IPOpassed

    $160M raised into trust


The deal

terms as filed

What it is buying, on what terms, and how much of the combined company new shares take from you.

  • Everli$180M · announced 30 July 2025
    announcedConsumer DiscretionaryWeb research

    What Everli does — read from it.everli.com on 25 August 2026

    Everli is an online grocery shopping service that allows users to order from their favorite supermarkets. Personal Shoppers pick fresh, quality products and deliver them to the customer's door, often on the same day or within two hours. The service operates in numerous Italian cities and partners with over 100 different supermarkets.

    Online Grocery ShoppingDelivery

    Everli is a major Italian e-grocery marketplace founded in 2014 and headquartered in Milan, connecting consumers with their preferred local grocery retailers through an asset-light digital platform that manages online ordering, in-store picking, and last-mile delivery via a dedicated network of trained personal shoppers. Rather than holding inventory in dark stores, Everli matches customers with the retailer of their choice and a personal shopper who fulfills and delivers the order, enabling rapid scaling without the capital intensity of perishable-goods warehousing. The company has built Italy's largest retailer network, securing partnerships with 12 of the 13 top grocery retailers, including major European brands such as Lidl, Kaufland, and Carrefour, and offers access to over 300,000 products across dozens of cities in Italy, Poland, the Czech Republic, and France. Everli has also developed a white-label B2B solution that allows retailers to launch branded e-grocery services without significant CapEx or OpEx, positioning itself as a strategic technology and fulfillment partner for grocers pursuing digital transformation. The company's logistics technology integrates directly with retailers' inventory management systems for daily updates on product supply and pricing, maintaining efficiency across the entire order lifecycle.

    Everli's leadership has undergone significant transitions. The company was originally led by CEO Federico Sargenti, who guided it from 2016 through the pandemic surge and stepped down in May 2023, succeeded by Andrea Zocchi, a former McKinsey veteran. By the time of the SPAC merger announcement in July 2025, the leadership team was identified as Chairman and CEO Salvatore Palella and COO Jonathan Hannestad. In 2024, Everli completed a full company restructuring through its 100% acquisition by Palella Holdings LLC, which improved net revenue per order by 20% and reduced net losses by 50% while completing approximately 900,000 orders, achieving roughly $81 million in gross transaction volume, a take rate above 23%, and gross margins around 22%. The company had previously raised approximately €140 million from investors including Verlinvest, DN Capital, United Ventures, 360 Capital, Ithaca Investments, and C4 Ventures, reaching a peak valuation of around €450 million following a $100 million Series C in early 2021. However, according to a leaked investor document reported by Sifted in February 2024, Everli faced a severe liquidity crisis after Verlinvest declined to lead a new financing round, and the company was reportedly being sold for €1 to a buyer willing to assume its liabilities, forcing backers to fully write down their investments.

    The decision to go public via SPAC reflects Everli's need for capital and a fresh start after its near-collapse. On July 30, 2025, Everli signed a definitive merger agreement with Melar Acquisition Corp. I (NASDAQ: MACI), a Cayman Islands SPAC that raised $160 million in its IPO and held approximately $177.4 million in trust as of December 31, 2025. The transaction values Everli at a pre-money equity value of $180 million, with a pro forma enterprise value of approximately $247 million, and Everli holders will receive Melar stock at $10.00 per share plus certain financing proceeds. The combined entity, to be named Everli Global Holdings Inc., will seek a Nasdaq listing under the ticker "EVRL." The deal includes a Nevada domestication, dual-class common stock with super-voting Class B shares, and 1.5 million escrowed consideration shares held for up to 24 months. Closing requires at least $10 million in available cash after redemptions, shareholder approvals, and Nasdaq listing approval, with a hard deadline of June 20, 2026. In December 2025, Everli secured a $10 million loan facility under the business combination agreement, and in January 2026, Melar confidentially submitted a draft S-4 registration statement to the SEC, advancing the cross-border transaction toward

    Deal structureSEC-primary — BCA 8-K / S-4 / DEFM14A
    Headline$180MvsEffective$426M+137% dilution

    Effective equity counts every claim on the post-close company at $10.00 — rollover, public shares, the founder promote and the PIPE. The headline counts only the target.

    PIPE
    ≈ $30M · unsourced
    Min-cash condition
    $10M
    Sponsor promote
    26%
    Break fee
    $2M
    PIPE structure:
    NOT COMMITTED — best-efforts PIPE of up to $30,000,000 with the form left open (common equity, convertible preferred, convertible debt, or non-redemption/backstop arrangements). Separate Bridge Financmore ▾

    PIPE terms — instrument, coupon, conversion price and any reset floor — are not sourced for this deal. The size above is itself unsourced — a stored figure no filing we hold states — so neither the size nor the terms should be read as cited.

    Minimum cash: the agreement states a condition it does not define (10).
    Outside date: 31 March 2026 — the contractual long-stop for closing. It is not a redemption deadline and confers no right to cash.
    Lock-up:
    the “ Lock-Up Period ”) commencing from the Closing and ending on the earliest of (x) the six (6) months after the date of the Closing, (y) the date on which the closing price of shares of SPAC Common Stock on the Nasdaq (or other principal stock exchange or quotation service on which such shares then trade) equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as equitably adjusted for share subdivisions, share consolidations, share capitalizations, stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations and recapitalizations and the like) for any twenty (20) trading days within any thirty (30) trading day period, commencing at least 90 days after the Closing, and (z) the date after the Closing on which the SPAC completes a liquidation, merger, share exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction with an unaffiliated third party that results in all of the SPAC’s shareholders having the right to exchange their equity holdings in the SPAC for cash, securities or other propertymore ▾

Who has already taken their money back

1 filed event

Each time shareholders were offered their cash back, some took it. Heavy cash-outs drain the account and shrink the number of shares left — whatever remains has to carry the deal.

Worst single event

75.48%

of the public float walked at a single vote

Shares redeemed, all events

12.08M

≈75% of the earliest known float

Every figure below is stated in the linked filing; nothing here is estimated.


The score

deterministic, from filed fields

One number for the shape of the bet: how much upside you are getting per unit of downside. It is arithmetic over filed fields, not a rating and not advice — and it is the same number this SPAC carries on the leaderboard, the screener and the deal list, because all four read one engine.

Asymmetric return scoreThe tick is 57, the median of the 292 names scored.

0.5% premium to the last filed trust — capital at risk

The blend is trust discount (40 points), deal stage (30), sponsor track record (18) and time to catalyst (12). Every input is a real sourced field; where one is missing, confidence drops rather than a number being invented.

See where MACI ranks, and how the score is built


The company

from SEC filings
Read the full profile

Melar Acquisition Corp. I is a Cayman Islands-exempted blank check company formed to effect a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses. While the company's prospectus states it may pursue a combination in any business or industry, it expects to focus on targets in retail finance, specialty finance, or financial technology positioned to benefit from the growth of economic stability and financial technologies in their target markets—a sector the company refers to as "emerging finance." Specific subsectors of interest include micro, small, and medium enterprise (MSME) finance, specialty finance, renewable energy financing, and digital payments. The company is headquartered in New York, New York.

Melar Acquisition Corp. I completed its initial public offering on June 18, 2024, raising $150,000,000 by selling 15,000,000 units at $10.00 per unit on Nasdaq under the symbol MACIU. Each unit consists of one Class A ordinary share and one-half of one redeemable warrant, with each whole warrant exercisable at $11.50 per share. The Class A ordinary shares and warrants trade separately under the symbols MACI and MACIW, respectively. The underwriters—led by Cohen Company Capital Markets and Seaport Global Securities LLC—held a 45-day over-allotment option for up to 2,250,000 additional units. Of the offering proceeds, $150.0 million ($10.00 per unit) was placed into a U.S.-based trust account with Continental Stock Transfer Trust Company, with a trust value per share of approximately $10.8074909375 including deferred underwriting commissions and interest. The sponsor, Melar Acquisition Sponsor I LLC, and the underwriters purchased an aggregate of 5,000,000 private placement warrants at $1.00 per warrant in a simultaneous private placement. The company's CEO is Gautam Ivatury.

The company has 24 months from the closing of the IPO to consummate its initial business combination, after which it must redeem all public shares at the per-share trust amount if no combination is completed. The company has announced a merger agreement with Everli, though specific deal terms were not detailed in the available filings.


Material findings

from the full read of every filing

Every document this company files gets read whole — body and exhibits. These are the ones the read flagged as material, newest first, each citing its filing.

  • For redemption mechanics, the trust value is stated as ~$10.93 per share as of June 30, but the actual redemption price will be calculated two business days prior to closing. The document provides the first comprehensive disclosure of Everli's capital structure, debt load ($56.1M), related-party loans, and the labor litigation risk (INPS). The Yorkville financing structure includes a derivative liability and additional equity kickers. Sponsor conduct is highlighted by the note from MCG convertible at a discount and the early lock-up release. The target faces substantial doubt as a going concern and is in default on certain debt. The financial projections show an expected dramatic revenue ramp (2025 actual $16.7M vs 2025E $21.5M vs 2026E $57.5M) with EBITDA turning positive only in 2027.

  • This filing confirms the Everli deal is still pending while the trust has been sharply reduced by redemptions, leaving about $42.9 million in trust for the combination and making each future monthly extension deposit critical to preserving the August 20, 2026 deadline. It also details sponsor and target-related debt, the new working capital facility, and an express going-concern warning if no business combination is completed by December 20, 2026. Investors should track the next extension contribution and the Everli proxy/registration statement for deal timing and redemption mechanics.

  • The extension permanently shifts the redemption and liquidation calendar from June 20, 2026 to December 20, 2026, granting the sponsor six additional months to source and close a transaction before mandatory dissolution. The documented redemption of 12,076,077 shares removes a material portion of the trust balance (approximately $131.5 million per the filing) and compresses the remaining public float to 3,923,923 shares, which directly affects the minimum cash proceeds available to fund a future business combination and impacts post-combination ownership dilution math. The voting tally confirms the extension cleared the contractual supermajority hurdle, but the heavy outflow indicates significant shareholder preference for liquidity over continued sponsorship patience. The document contains no target identification, no revenue or market size assertions, and no sponsor conduct allegations; it is purely a procedural and capital-structure reset. Investors tracking MACI should watch for subsequent Rule 425 or Rule 14a-12 filings ahead of the December 20, 2026 hard stop, as trust decay and administrative costs will continue to erode the per-share trust value ($10.93 per prompt metadata) without offsetting acquisition deposits.

  • The elevated sponsorship cap strengthens the residual trust value available to non-redeeming shareholders if the business combination proceeds past the August 20, 2026 deadline, directly affecting per-share distribution economics. The proportional reduction clause protects against artificial per-share inflation when redemption rates are shallow. Regarding other substance, the document contains no claims regarding target customer bases, revenue projections, market sizing, technology platforms, strategic partnerships, or pending litigation. It consists of standard forward-looking statement warnings, proxy participant disclosures naming directors and management, warrant exercise pricing at $11.50 per share, and routing instructions for the Proxy Statement. Chief Executive Officer Gautam Ivatury signed the filing on June 11, 2026, confirming corporate execution of the revised funding mechanics ahead of the June 16, 2026 extraordinary meeting record date of May 11, 2026.

  • As disclosed by the Company, the raised $80,000 monthly cap delays triggering the fixed dollar ceiling compared to the prior $40,000 structure, which alters the per-share extension cost borne by remaining shareholders depending on redemption volume. The registrant provided specific illustrations: if 12,000,000 Public Shares are redeemed, leaving 4,000,000 outstanding, the three-month extension contribution would be approximately $0.06 per share; if no shares redeem over the same period, the contribution would be approximately $0.015 per share with an aggregate maximum of $240,000. With the meeting scheduled for June 16, 2026 (record date May 11, 2026), the revised cap directly impacts the redemption decision ahead of the required business combination deadline. The filing also states that the registrant, directors, officers, and employees may be deemed participants in the proxy solicitation, outlines forward-looking risks regarding shareholder approval and business combination completion, and provides contact information for Advantage Proxy, Inc. to obtain the Proxy Statement originally filed May 15, 2026. These disclosures were issued by and attributable to the registrant, as executed by Chief Executive Officer Gautam Ivatury.

  • The conversion mechanics reflect standard promotor share reclassification following a business combination announcement, but because the five reporting persons filed a single aggregate conversion line without per-entity allocations, investors cannot independently verify individual stake sizes against the company’s capital table. The filing produces no claims regarding customer relationships, revenue guidance, market size assertions, technology development, commercial partnerships, litigation exposure, or personnel shifts. It offers no indication of sponsor behavior toward trust maintenance, redemption floor establishment, or deadline management ahead of the reported 2026-08-20 expiration. For redemption-calendars and sponsor-conduct monitors, this routine exhibit provides neither forward-looking leverage data nor substantive operational disclosures.

Show 24 more material filings
  • The Company's disclosure capping pre-merger working capital draws at $1,500,000 and pricing them at 17.5% annual interest establishes a known maximum liability and cost floor, preventing unanticipated cash drains from the public float. The Sponsor's documented Trust Waiver, signed by management, confirms the debt remains non-recourse to trust assets, directly supporting expected redemption floors. By converting all but one Class B share, the filing eliminates dual-class voting control, though the remaining 1 Class B share retains voting weight tethered to the agreed business combination, preserving sponsor alignment per the IPO prospectus. If the note remains unpaid before closing, the Sponsor retains the option to convert up to $1,500,000 of principal and interest into warrants at $1.00 per warrant, generating additional marketable securities identical to the IPO private placement; however, the filing specifies these conversion warrants cannot access trust funds nor vote as a separate class alongside public shares. The Company also references a Registration Rights Agreement dated June 17, 2024, granting demand and piggyback registration for the conversion warrants. None of these provisions trigger a trust extension or alter the announced deal timeline, but they materially define the post-closing capital structure, sponsor incentive mechanics, and investor liquidity conditions.

  • This document informs investors that the capital stack securing the Everli combination has been formally tiered, with the Agile Parties acknowledging $3,129,687.50 in outstanding principal under the Agile Loan Agreement that cannot receive payments or accept distributions until the Senior Obligations are satisfied. The filing discloses that Holdings will transfer 124,935 Class A Common Shares of Everli to Agile Lender, an amount the document notes is anticipated to be exchanged for 200,000 shares in the resulting public company upon consummation. Cover page XBRL data reported by the registrant shows warrants carry an exercise price of $11.50 per share and ordinary shares carry a par value of $0.0001 per share. No operational metrics, customer concentrations, revenue targets, market sizing, technology roadmaps, or litigation updates are provided; the registrant’s management restricts disclosures to legal covenants, representations, warranty clauses, jurisdictional preferences (New York law, exclusive New York courts), and standard forward-looking statement disclaimers warning of risks including Merger Agreement termination, listing failures, SEC filing compliance, and the inability to raise additional capital on favorable terms.

  • This agreement finalizes the repayment waterfall ahead of merger execution. By contractually subordinating Agile’s $3,129,687.50 exposure behind Melar’s and YA Lender’s senior promissory notes, the structure prioritizes SPAC-sponsored and YA credit recovery over subordinated lender distributions through September 1, 2026. The incorporated trust waiver directly informs redemption economics by affirming that Everli, Palella, and Holdings expressly acknowledge limitations on making claims against trust assets, which protects remaining trust balance against post-combination creditor challenges. The collateral release of 124,935 Everli shares (to convert into a 200,000 share equivalent post-de-SPAC) adjusts the surviving entity's equity composition. Investors should monitor the June 4, 2026 and September 1, 2026 subordination milestones alongside the forthcoming Form S-4 registration statement and definitive proxy materials before casting redemption or voting instructions.

  • This filing directly affects the redemption calendar, trust value, and timeline for the proposed business combination. Shareholders must decide whether to redeem by June 12, 2026 or risk the extension potentially failing and leading to liquidation if not approved. The extension loans are small relative to trust size, and the sponsor's commitment signals continued deal pursuit but also risk if redemptions are high. The trust value per share ($10.852) is below the stated $10.93 from earlier data, indicating interest has been used for taxes. Failure to pass the extension would force liquidation by June 20, 2026.

  • This agreement structures the private credit layer underlying the Everli business combination, confirming that neither lender holds priority over the other and that public shareholder trusts remain insulated from creditor subordination claims. For investors tracking capitalization and dilution, the Intercreditor Agreement reveals specific financing terms: a $45,000 additional reimbursement for YA Lender’s legal fees, a discount equal to 10% of each advance tranche counted toward principal, and convertible instruments including Equity Shares exchangeable for up to 600,000 Surviving Equity Shares. Operational covenants require Everli to extend board seats or observer rights to one lender only if offered concurrently to the other. The agreement is governed by New York law, subjects disputes to exclusive New York court jurisdiction, and includes bankruptcy coordination protocols. All terms, thresholds, and party designations are expressly set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement executed by Melar Acquisition Corp. I, Melar Capital Group LLC, YA II PN, Ltd., Everli Global Inc., Salvatore Palella, and Palella Holdings LLC.

  • Relevance to Investors: By codifying equal creditor priority and pro rata asset sharing, the agreement reduces inter-lender friction risk ahead of the Everli business combination, ensuring neither lender can unilaterally accelerate debt or seize collateral without coordinating with the other. The explicit trust account waiver aligns lender recourse exclusively with Everli’s operating assets rather than SPAC redemption pools. No litigation, customer concentration metrics, revenue forecasts, or strategic technology disclosures appear in the document; the submission is strictly a financing coordination exhibit. Governance signatures include Melar Capital Managing Member Eric Lifshitz and Everli subsidiary officers Gian Luca Spriano (Amministratore Delegato of Everli Europe S.r.l. and Presidente del CdA of Everli S.p.A.), confirming multi-jurisdictional entity backing. The filing advances the merger timeline administratively but introduces no new voting thresholds, tender offer dates, or per-share distribution modifications.

  • The filing provides the trust redemption value per share ($10.81) critical for shareholders evaluating potential redemptions upon the Everli deal. It highlights the SPAC's deteriorating working capital and reliance on sponsor loans to fund operations, increasing pressure to close the merger by June 20, 2026. The intercreditor agreement clarifies lender priorities and new third-party financing (YA Lender) for Everli. The go-forward financial viability is in doubt if the business combination fails to close.

  • This filing gives the first detailed mechanics of the extension: the sponsor's loan formula, the specific voting threshold (2/3), the redemption mechanics, and the full list of large holders who may tender or not. The trust is currently a meaningful premium over par ($10.93), but the extension is needed because the board admits it 'will likely not have sufficient time before June 20, 2026 to complete the Everli Business Combination'. Without this extension, the SPAC would liquidate. The filing also discloses sponsor conflicts: the sponsor holds founder shares and warrants that would expire worthless in liquidation, and has a $3.6M promissory note outstanding.

  • The adjustments raise the debt footprint associated with the pending business combination but do not alter the redemption mechanics, preserving the August 20, 2026 deadline and the $10.93 per-share trust value. Deal execution continues toward an anticipated Form S-4 filing and definitive proxy statement for shareholder approval. Signatories to the amendments identify Everli CEO Salvatore Palella, Melar COO Eric Lifshitz, and Melar Chairman & CEO Gautam Ivatury. The filing reiterates standard forward-looking warnings regarding Nasdaq listing maintenance, SEC filing compliance, operational disruption, capital raising uncertainty, and conditions precedent to closing.

  • These amendments establish direct financial obligations (per Item 2.03) that will likely be incorporated into the upcoming Form S-4 Registration Statement referenced by Melar, signaling active revision of bridge/merger financing ahead of the expected proxy statement mailout. The filing attributes personnel roles through its execution blocks and notice addresses: Salvatore Palella is identified as Chief Executive Officer of Everli Global Inc. and the Escrowed Seller; Gautam Ivatury serves as Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Melar; and Eric Lifshitz is listed as Chief Operating Officer. Forward-looking statements and risk factors explicitly attributed to Melar and Everli cite potential Merger Agreement termination, litigation outcomes, shareholder approval failures, Nasdaq listing maintenance challenges, SEC filing delinquency, operational disruption, competitive headwinds, execution risk, cost escalation, regulatory shifts, inability to implement Everli’s business forecasts, and fundraising uncertainty. The excerpt contains no claims regarding customers, revenue, market size, technology, partnerships, or litigation beyond standard risk disclosures.

  • The March 31, 2026 termination date in the merger agreement presents a hard deadline with only weeks remaining. The trust value of $10.71/share provides a clear redemption floor. The sponsor's loans and the Everli notes create complex inter-creditor dynamics, particularly the conversion rights for the $7.5M Second Everli Note. The going concern warning and minimal operating cash highlight acute time pressure. SPAC ownership is heavily concentrated among hedge funds and arbitrageurs, suggesting active redemption strategies.

  • According to the January 23, 2026 press release jointly issued by Melar and Everli, Everli is characterized as a major e-grocery technology and fulfillment platform in Italy that connects consumers with retailers through a fully integrated digital marketplace, manages the complete logistics chain from online ordering to last-mile delivery, and relies on exclusive partnerships with the country’s top grocery chains. The same release attributes to the company operations built on a dedicated network of trained shoppers and a union-endored delivery framework supporting fair labor practices. Both parties warn in attached forward-looking disclaimers that there are no assurances the transaction will close, nor guarantees regarding Nasdaq listing maintenance, successful capital raises, or post-merger operational execution. Because the S-4 was filed confidentially, precise deal economics, PIPE sizing, and governance terms remain shielded during the comment letter process, meaning investors must wait for the preliminary proxy/prospectus to assess whether projected synergy metrics or capital structures justify proceeding before the remaining corporate lifecycle concludes.

  • For investors tracking redemption windows and capital allocation, this confirms the regulatory sequencing is active without altering the $10.93 trust value, the 2026-08-20 deadline, or any sponsor rights. Concerning underlying business substance, the attached press release—filed jointly by Melar and Everli—characterizes Everli Global Inc. as a major e-grocery technology and fulfillment platform in Italy. According to that press release, Everli’s strategy manages the complete logistics chain from online ordering to in-store picking and last-mile delivery to empower retailers without requiring additional infrastructure, staffing, or operational changes. The filing notes Everli’s model depends on exclusive partnerships with Italy’s top grocery chains and a dedicated network of trained shoppers, operating under a union-endorsed delivery framework. The document also identifies Salvatore Palella as the Escrowed Seller, names Gautam Ivatury as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Melar, and lists Tony Sklar (Head of IR, Everli) and Cohen & Company Capital Markets as investor contacts.

  • The extension temporarily relaxes a financial reporting condition, preserving the merger timeline and demonstrating continued management commitment, as signed by CEO Gautam Ivatury for the SPAC/Sponsor and CEO Salvatore Palella for Everli. The filing indicates the companies intend to file a Form S-4 registration statement that will include a proxy statement for a shareholder vote on the Business Combination. Because the document contains no independent claims regarding customers, revenue, market size, technology, or litigation, investors tracking the August 20, 2026 redemption horizon should treat this purely as a procedural update and await the forthcoming S-4/proxy materials for substantive operational or valuation data before exercising redemption rights.

  • The extension signals that Everli needs additional weeks to finalize audited financials before advancing to the Form S-4 registration and definitive proxy statement that will ultimately dictate shareholder voting and redemption timing. Beyond standard contractual ratification and boilerplate provisions incorporated by reference, the filing contains no substantiated figures regarding Everli’s customers, revenue, market size, technology, partnerships, litigation, or operational strategy. Instead, the registrants rely on forward-looking statements authored by Melar and Everli to highlight risks such as failure to consummate the combination, inability to secure favorable additional financing, or challenges maintaining a Nasdaq listing. Because no financial or commercial data is supplied, investors must await the forthcoming S-4 and proxy materials to evaluate business fundamentals, while noting that the January 16, 2026 financial delivery milestone now sits comfortably ahead of the final August 20, 2026 redemption horizon.

  • For redemption calendar: Trust value per share is $10.61, above IPO price; deadline is June 20, 2026, with no extension mentioned. Deal progress: A merger agreement with Everli is signed, with bridge financing condition met; closing remains subject to shareholder approval and other conditions. Sponsor conduct: Sponsor continues to fund via loans at 17.5% interest, indicating commitment but also increasing debt burden. Material to investors tracking redemption risk, deal viability, and sponsor support.

  • This disclosure advances deal progress tracking by confirming active financing scaffolding aimed at satisfying merger conditions before the stated August 20, 2026 redemption deadline. The extension of the $10,000,000 bridge financing milestone and the escalation of debt obligations ($1,250,000 to $3,250,000 for two existing notes, plus a new $7,500,000 convertible note) indicate persistent effort to close the transaction, while failure to meet the October 21, 2025 bridge deadline permits Everli to terminate the agreement. Notably, the $7,500,000 note is issued to Melar Capital Group LLC, identified in the filing as a sponsor affiliate, underscoring sponsor conduct in structuring secondary financing channels. Exhibit 99.1 attaches the full note, which incorporates the merger agreement's Section 8.1 waiver of claims against the trust, ensuring these creditor claims hold no recourse against public shareholder funds. The note also grants conversion rights post-business combination into Melar Class A Common Stock at a price set as the lower of the trust redemption price or 90% of the five-day average VWAP, mapping out potential equity dilution mechanics without altering the immediate trust account status.

  • The conversion price ties directly to shareholder redemption outcomes, defined by the instrument as the lower of (i) the amount paid to a holder of a share of SPAC Class A Common Stock in connection with a Redemption at closing, or (ii) 90% of the average VWAPs during the five consecutive Trading Days immediately preceding conversion. Pledging Stockholders, including CEO Salvatore Palella and Palella Holdings, LLC, irrevocably guaranteed payment and pledged their Everli equity, while Melar signed solely to acknowledge parity of security interests and the conversion right. The instrument contains a 4.99% beneficial ownership limitation, forbids Everli from declaring dividends or redeeming shares while the note is outstanding, grants lenders monthly inspection rights, and triggers acceleration upon bankruptcy, insolvency, winding up, or a transfer of more than 50% of voting securities. Because the conversion metric benchmarks off the actual redemption payout, investors tracking the August 20, 2026 redemption deadline should note that higher redemptions may structurally alter the post-merger share count available upon note conversion, though the trust balance and external deadline remain untouched.

  • The extension confirms that Everli missed its initial late-September bridge financing milestone, but both parties preserved the combination timeline through October 21, 2025, while simultaneously expanding pre-closing credit facilities by increasing both the Everli and Sponsor note ceilings to $3,250,000. Because the Merger Agreement explicitly grants Everli termination rights if the $10,000,000 bridge financing is not procured by the new deadline, investors must track whether that threshold is met; failure removes the path to closing and shifts focus to SPAC liquidation mechanics. The doubled note capacities provide additional working capital without immediate equity dilution, but they also deepen Everli's pre-combination leverage and pledge obligations. While this amendment does not alter the SPAC's independent expiration schedule, recurring financing delays of this nature typically accelerate redemption pacing and signal heightened execution friction that could impact final trust distribution timing and sponsor alignment at the vote stage.

  • The bridge financing extension directly alters a critical closing condition for the Everli combination, pushing the nearest hard deadline to October 21, 2025 while leaving the overarching August 20, 2026 SPAC conversion window untouched. Missing the October 21 date gives Everli a unilateral exit right under the amended Merger Agreement, which would halt the planned S-4 filing and shareholder voting process before redemption timelines are triggered. The parallel doubling of both the target's secured debt and the sponsor's direct loan (each increasing from $1,250,000 to $3,250,000) demonstrates active capital backing from insiders to cover combination costs or bridge obligations prior to closing. The filing does not modify trust account balances, redemption pricing, or public shareholder voting procedures, and no operational metrics, customer concentrations, revenue figures, technology roadmaps, or litigation positions are disclosed beyond standard forward-looking disclaimers. Per the registrant's contact block, Gautam Ivatury serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at 143 West 72nd Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10023.

  • The concurrent debt expansions disclosed in the same filing indicate coordinated bridge capital adjustments supporting the announced Everli transaction. According to the attached exhibits, the Everli instrument maintains a first-priority lien on collateral pledged by Palella Holdings, LLC, while the sponsor instrument represents an unsecured direct financial obligation to Melar Acquisition Sponsor I LLC. These balance sheet liabilities increase the combined entity’s post-closing leverage but do not alter the foundational merger agreement, leave redemption rights and trust accounting procedures intact, and reflect standard post-deal-announcement financing scaling rather than a change in control terms.

  • Chief Executive Officer Gautam Ivatury and Chief Operating Officer Eric Lifshitz executed the sponsor note amendment, indicating the sponsor continues to provide unregistered capital under Section 4(a)(2) exemptions, a structure commonly used to cover transaction costs or maintain bridge liquidity ahead of merger closing. Everli Global Inc. Chief Executive Officer Salvatore Palella and Palella Holdings, LLC executed the counterparty amendment, acknowledging a valid, enforceable, and perfected first-priority lien on collateral while expanding Everli’s borrowing ceiling. Investors tracking the redemption calendar should note these liability expansions occur against the established $10.93 per share trust floor and require no shareholder approval or deadline modification. The document contains no commercial assertions regarding Everli’s customer concentration, revenue projections, total addressable market size, technology infrastructure, strategic partnerships, or active litigation; it exclusively documents the contractual credit term modifications, security interest confirmations, and standard corporate execution signatures dated September 18, 2025.

  • The ceiling increase from $300,000 to $1,000,000 signals that ongoing due diligence, legal, and advisory expenses for the Everli combination exceed earlier projections, necessitating continued non-public-funding channels. By contractually waiving recourse to the trust account, the parties insulate the public trust from creditor claims, preserving the $10.93 per share trust value for redemptions irrespective of deal timeline. SPAC CEO Gautam Ivatury, COO Eric Lifshitz, Everli CEO Salvatore Palella, and pledging stockholder Palella Holdings, LLC, executed these terms, which additionally impose covenants prohibiting Everli from declaring dividends, repurchasing equity, or taking on senior indebtedness until the notes are satisfied. The filing confirms that substantive merger preparations were underway under the July 30 Merger Agreement as of August 18, 2025, with dedicated financing bridges actively maintained.

  • The filing provides the first financial update since the definitive business combination agreement was signed, confirming the trust account balance ($167.9 million) and redemption value ($10.50 per share) that public shareholders will evaluate. The sponsor loan indicates ongoing working capital needs for deal costs. The merger agreement eliminates uncertainty about whether a deal would be reached before the June 20, 2026 deadline, though shareholder approval and potential redemptions remain.

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  • What changed: S-4 registration statement containing a proxy statement/prospectus for the extraordinary general meeting to approve the business combination between Melar Acquisition Corp. I and Everli Global Inc. This is the initial S-4 filing for the Everli-Melar de-SPAC, filed August 21, 2026. Key terms disclosed: (i) Everli implied enterprise value of $180 million paid in stock (18M shares at $10.00), with additional shares possible from bridge/PIPE conversion; (ii) Escrow of 1.5M shares for 24 months tied to escrow matters; (iii) detailed Yorkville (YA) financing of up to $10M, with four tranches funded including a $4M tranche on filing date; (iv) MCG (sponsor affiliate) holds a $7.5M convertible note convertible at the lower of redemption price or 90% VWAP; (v) Sponsor lock-up reduced from 12 to 6 months via Insider Letter Amendment Proposal; (vi) Everli had $56.1M total debt at June 30, 2026, an accumulated deficit of $51.7M, and the INPS proceedings expose up to ~€22.6M ($25.8M) in social security claims; (vii) trust per share ~$10.93 at June 30; (viii) deadline extended to December 20, 2026; (ix) pro forma: no-redemption scenario yields net tangible book value per share of -$0.60 and pro forma net loss per share of ($0.65) for the six months ended June 30, 2026. Why it matters: For redemption mechanics, the trust value is stated as ~$10.93 per share as of June 30, but the actual redemption price will be calculated two business days prior to closing. The document provides the first comprehensive disclosure of Everli's capital structure, debt load ($56.1M), related-party loans, and the labor litigation risk (INPS). The Yorkville financing structure includes a derivative liability and additional equity kickers. Sponsor conduct is highlighted by the note from MCG convertible at a discount and the early lock-up release. The target faces substantial doubt as a going concern and is in default on certain debt. The financial projections show an expected dramatic revenue ramp (2025 actual $16.7M vs 2025E $21.5M vs 2026E $57.5M) with EBITDA turning positive only in 2027.

  • What changed: A joint filing statement (Exhibit I) attached to a Schedule 13G/A amendment, serving as a procedural acknowledgment under SEC Rule 13d-1(k) by First Trust Capital Management L.P., First Trust Capital Solutions L.P., and FTCS Sub GP LLC. The excerpt discloses no changes to beneficial ownership thresholds, share counts, transaction prices, or equity class classifications. It exclusively records that Chad Eisenberg, Chief Operating Officer, dated and executed the joint filing agreement on behalf of all three First Trust entities on August 14, 2026, confirming each party accepts independent responsibility for the accuracy of the information attributable to them within the broader 13G/A package. Why it matters: This document contains no amendments to the redemption timeline, trust account valuation ($10.93 per share), announced deal status, or SPAC sponsor governance posture. Its significance lies solely in timing: the joint acknowledgment was executed six days prior to the fixed corporate deadline of August 20, 2026, indicating that these institutional holders maintain active compliance monitoring as they approach the shareholder vote or redemption window. No customer claims, revenue figures, market size data, technology updates, partnership announcements, litigation allegations, or personnel shifts are referenced.

  • What changed: A Schedule 13G/A amendment filing submitted to the SEC to report changes in beneficial ownership of MACI common stock. The provided excerpt lists multiple LMR Partners legal entities (LLP, Ltd, LLC, AG, DIFC, Ireland Limited) alongside named individuals Ben Levine and Stefan Renold as the reporting persons. The filing text contains no share quantities, percentage thresholds, acquisition or disposition dates, purchase prices, or statements of investment purpose. Why it matters: Investors monitoring the 2026-08-20 redemption deadline, the $10.93 per share trust balance, extension voting procedures, announced deal progress, or sponsor conduct will find this document contains no operative provisions or conditional language. The filing serves exclusively as a regulatory update to the shareholder register. It does not modify the redemption window, alter trust distribution mechanics, signal changes in sponsor behavior, or disclose target company fundamentals. According to the text supplied, there are no reported claims regarding customers, revenue, addressable markets, strategic direction, proprietary technology, partnership arrangements, executive leadership, or active litigation. Redemption timing, trust solvency, and merger execution remain governed by prior prospectus supplements and definitive merger agreements.

  • What changed: Quarterly report on Form 10-Q for Melar Acquisition Corp. I for the quarter ended June 30, 2026. Trust assets fell from $171,405,977 at December 31, 2025 to $42,874,392 at June 30, 2026 after 12,076,077 public shares were redeemed at approximately $10.89 per share at the June 16, 2026 extension meeting, leaving 3,923,923 public shares outstanding with a redemption value of approximately $10.93 per share. The Company approved monthly extensions of the Combination Period up to December 20, 2026, and Everli deposited $78,478 to extend the deadline to August 20, 2026. It also drew on a new $1,500,000 Working Capital Loan from the Sponsor ($223,079 outstanding), converted 5,621,621 Class B founder shares into Class A shares, reported a Sponsor Loan balance of $4,109,133 and due from Everli of $4,120,066, and reiterated substantial doubt about going concern with cash of $2,068 and a working capital deficit of $1,766,855. The Everli Business Combination remains announced but not closed, with the S-4 still in process and Everli's pre-money equity value stated as $180 million. Why it matters: This filing confirms the Everli deal is still pending while the trust has been sharply reduced by redemptions, leaving about $42.9 million in trust for the combination and making each future monthly extension deposit critical to preserving the August 20, 2026 deadline. It also details sponsor and target-related debt, the new working capital facility, and an express going-concern warning if no business combination is completed by December 20, 2026. Investors should track the next extension contribution and the Everli proxy/registration statement for deal timing and redemption mechanics.

    What changed vs 2026-05-14trust $172.9M → $42.9M -75%deadline 2026-06-20 → 2026-12-20sponsor loan $3.9M → $4.1Mshares 16.0M → 3.92M -75%
    trust account, combination deadline, sponsor loans outstanding +24 moved · 1 with no prior record of ours
    Trust account
    $172.9M$42.9M

    SpacBrain reads this as $130,045,463 left the trust between the two filings.

    The clause “70,852 Total current assets 4,150,044 3,908,789 Marketable securities and cash held in Trust Account 42,874,392 171,405,977 TOTAL ASSETS $ 47,024,436 $ 175,314,766 LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT Current liabilities Accounts”…

    Combination deadline
    2026-06-202026-12-20

    SpacBrain reads this as 183 days later than the previous record.

    The clause …“of the Public Shares if the Company is unable to complete the initial Business Combination by December 20, 2026 (as may be further extended by shareholder approval to amend the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and”…

    Sponsor loans outstanding
    $3.9M$4.1M

    SpacBrain reads this as the sponsor has advanced $238,491 more.

    The clause …“$ 3,611,111 . As of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the Company had borrowed $ 3,250,000 and $ 3,178,079 , respectively, under the Sponsor Loan and reported $ 4,109,133 and $ 3,718,011 , respectively (including accrued interest),”…

    Redeemable shares
    16.0M3.92M

    SpacBrain reads this as 12,076,077 shares are no longer redeemable.

    The clause “00,000,000 shares authorized; 5,621,621 and 0 issued and outstanding (excluding 3,923,923 and 16,000,000 shares subject to possible redemption) at June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively 562 — Class B Ordinary Shares, $ 0.0001”…

    Going-concern doubt
    stated · unchanged

    The clause …“accordance with FASB ASC Topic 205-40, “Presentation of Financial Statements-Going Concern,” the Company has incurred and expects to continue to incur significant costs in pursuit of its acquisition plans. The working capital deficit”…

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  • What changed: This document is a routine compliance exhibit containing two Limited Powers of Attorney attached to a Schedule 13G/A filing, executed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to authorize a designated corporate agent to file beneficial ownership forms with the SEC on behalf of Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries. The exhibit reports no developments affecting redemption windows, trust account valuation, merger deadline extensions, announced business combination progress, or sponsor conduct. It functions solely as an internal administrative delegation granting Takahiro Katsura, Managing Director, Head of Global Branches & Subsidiaries Coordination Office, Global Corporate Function Coordination Department, signature authority to complete, amend, restate, supplement, and timely file Forms 13G and associated exhibits pursuant to Section 13(d) and Section 13(g). Why it matters: Investors tracking capital mechanics should treat this filing segment as procedurally neutral; substantive beneficial ownership data, transaction purposes, or threshold disclosures reside in the accompanying Schedule 13G/A body, which is not included here. The document does specify personnel roles and corporate locations signed by the undersigned representatives: Shuji Matsuura attests in the capacity of Senior Managing Corporate Executive and Head of Global Corporate & Investment Banking for Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.; Shuji Matsuura also executes the filing as Managing Executive Officer and Head of Global Corporate & Investment Banking Division for Mizuho Bank, Ltd.; and Adam Hopkins signs twice, first as Chief Legal Officer and second as Managing Director, General Counsel, both on behalf of Mizuho Americas LLC and Mizuho Securities USA LLC. The filing identifies subsidiary principal business offices at 1-5-5, Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8176, Japan; 1271 Avenue of the Americas, NY, NY 10020, USA; and 1271 Avenue of the Americas, NY, NY 10020, USA. The signatories expressly acknowledge that the appointed attorneys-in-fact do not assume responsibility or liability for the undersigned entities' compliance with Section 13 of the Exchange Act, and set the execution date as 8-13-2026.

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  • What changed: Routine compliance exhibit: an amended Schedule 13G beneficial ownership report filed by AQR Capital Management, LLC, AQR Capital Management Holdings, LLC, and AQR Arbitrage, LLC. The filing amends a prior Schedule 13G. The provided excerpt discloses only the filer names, the accession number [0001167557-26-000207], and the filing type. It contains no share quantities, percentage ownership levels, revised acquisition dates, or declarations of a change in investment purpose, group status, or proxy solicitation intent. No mechanical update to voting blocks, redemption thresholds, or extension triggers is presented. Why it matters: For shareholders tracking the 2026-08-20 redemption deadline and the stated $10.93 trust balance, the listing of AQR Arbitrage, LLC may indicate derivatives hedging, convertible arbitrage, or market-making positioning that can affect secondary liquidity and price discovery ahead of the merger vote. Because the excerpt omits all numerical holdings and amendment rationale, it does not currently shift redemption calculus, signal sponsor governance changes, or advance deal progression. The absence of figures means the filing carries no immediate tactical weight for redemption planning, though the full exhibit should be reviewed to detect threshold crossings or shifts in beneficial ownership that could alter post-announcement trading dynamics.

  • What changed: A Schedule 13G beneficial ownership report filed by Karpus Management, Inc. regarding its equity position in MACI. Karpus Management, Inc. files a Schedule 13G to disclose beneficial ownership. The submitted excerpt contains no share counts, percentage thresholds, acquisition dates, or transaction purposes. Accordingly, the filing does not alter, trigger, or provide guidance on the redemption deadline, trust account valuation, shareholder extension procedures, announced business combination progress, or sponsor conduct. Why it matters: This is a routine post-acquisition regulatory compliance exhibit. It makes no claims regarding target company customers, historical or projected revenue, addressable market size, corporate strategy, proprietary technology, commercial partnerships, active litigation, or executive personnel. Based strictly on the provided text, it carries no independent financial or mechanical weight for the SPAC vehicle.

  • What changed: A Schedule 13G/A amendment to a beneficial ownership report identifying Wolverine Asset Management, LLC, Wolverine Holdings, LLC, Christopher L. Gust, and Robert R. Bellick as reporting persons for MACI. The filing attributes current reporting status solely to the four listed entities and individuals. It contains no revised share quantities, aggregate percentages, acquisition prices, or voting directives. Consequently, it reports zero movement regarding redemption mechanics, trust per-share valuations, extension voting schedules, target merger advancement, or sponsor conduct. It also discloses no substantive information concerning customer concentrations, revenue trajectories, total addressable market estimates, operational roadmaps, intellectual property portfolios, joint venture formations, pending litigation, or executive appointments or departures. Why it matters: For investors modeling shareholder behavior ahead of the SPAC’s timeline, the absence of disclosed block sizes or conditional commitment language prevents assessment of how Wolverine-affiliated capital may participate in the redemption window or sway a stockholder vote on a proposed business combination. Routine Schedule 13G/A submissions of this nature typically indicate passive portfolio adjustments rather than activist positioning or pre-deal financing coordination.

  • What changed: A Form 8-K Current Report documenting the results of an extraordinary general meeting held on June 16, 2026, which resulted in shareholder approval of a charter amendment to extend the business combination window, ratification of the independent auditor, and disclosure of mass public share redemptions. According to the registrant’s current report, shareholders voted to approve an Extension Amendment that replaces the original June 20, 2026 combination deadline with a new completion window ending thirty (30) months after the IPO closing date. The amendment mechanically extends the deadline from June 20, 2026 through December 20, 2026 in increments of one month, with the board retaining authority to accelerate the Termination Date to any point before that final mark. The filing discloses that holders of 12,076,077 Class A ordinary shares properly exercised their right to redeem those shares for cash at approximately $10.89 per share, yielding an aggregate redemption of approximately $131.5 million. Following those redemptions, the company reports that 3,923,923 public shares remain issued and outstanding. The extension proposal passed with 15,687,094 votes for, 3,284,050 against, and 1,275,879 broker non-votes, meeting the required two-thirds affirmative threshold across voting classes. Auditor ratification for WithumSmith+Brown, PC passed with 16,788,360 votes for and 3,458,663 against. The filing further notes that although the gathering satisfied Nasdaq Listing Rule 5620(a)’s annual meeting requirement, Cayman Islands law dictated that Class I director terms did not expire at the meeting. Why it matters: The extension permanently shifts the redemption and liquidation calendar from June 20, 2026 to December 20, 2026, granting the sponsor six additional months to source and close a transaction before mandatory dissolution. The documented redemption of 12,076,077 shares removes a material portion of the trust balance (approximately $131.5 million per the filing) and compresses the remaining public float to 3,923,923 shares, which directly affects the minimum cash proceeds available to fund a future business combination and impacts post-combination ownership dilution math. The voting tally confirms the extension cleared the contractual supermajority hurdle, but the heavy outflow indicates significant shareholder preference for liquidity over continued sponsorship patience. The document contains no target identification, no revenue or market size assertions, and no sponsor conduct allegations; it is purely a procedural and capital-structure reset. Investors tracking MACI should watch for subsequent Rule 425 or Rule 14a-12 filings ahead of the December 20, 2026 hard stop, as trust decay and administrative costs will continue to erode the per-share trust value ($10.93 per prompt metadata) without offsetting acquisition deposits.

  • What changed: A Definitive Additional Materials filing (DEFA14A) submitted as a Form 8-K Current Report to amend proxy solicitation terms for a shareholder extension vote. Melar Acquisition Corp. I states that Melar Acquisition Sponsor I LLC will increase the maximum Monthly Amount contributed to the Trust Account from $40,000 to $80,000, retaining the $0.02 per non-redeemed Public Share baseline. The filing explains that if over 4,000,000 Public Shares remain outstanding after redemptions, the per-share contribution will scale down proportionately. It cites examples: closing on September 20, 2026 (three months) with zero redemptions yields approximately $0.015 per share totaling $240,000; redeeming 12,000,000 shares and leaving 4,000,000 raises the three-month per-share payout to approximately $0.06. Why it matters: The elevated sponsorship cap strengthens the residual trust value available to non-redeeming shareholders if the business combination proceeds past the August 20, 2026 deadline, directly affecting per-share distribution economics. The proportional reduction clause protects against artificial per-share inflation when redemption rates are shallow. Regarding other substance, the document contains no claims regarding target customer bases, revenue projections, market sizing, technology platforms, strategic partnerships, or pending litigation. It consists of standard forward-looking statement warnings, proxy participant disclosures naming directors and management, warrant exercise pricing at $11.50 per share, and routing instructions for the Proxy Statement. Chief Executive Officer Gautam Ivatury signed the filing on June 11, 2026, confirming corporate execution of the revised funding mechanics ahead of the June 16, 2026 extraordinary meeting record date of May 11, 2026.

  • What changed: A Form 8-K current report containing three disclosed items: Item 1.01 (Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement), Item 2.03 (Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation), and Item 3.02 (Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities), accompanied by Exhibit 10.1, which is a promissory note executed by Chief Executive Officer Gautam Ivatury. Per the Company's filing, the Sponsor advanced $223,079.12 against a newly issued working capital note capped at $1,500,000, accruing interest at 17.5% per annum, due upon the earlier of business combination consummation or liquidation. The Sponsor explicitly declares a Trust Waiver, stating it relinquishes all claims to the Trust Account, thereby shielding redemption balances from sponsor creditor recourse. The Company reports converting 5,621,621 Class B ordinary shares into Class A ordinary shares held by the Sponsor, binding those shares to transfer restrictions, redemption waivers, and a mandatory vote-in-favor-of-initial-business-combination obligation. Following this transaction, the Company states there are 21,621,621 Class A ordinary shares and exactly 1 Class B ordinary share outstanding. While your tracking data cites a $10.93 per-share trust value and a 2026-08-20 deadline, this filing does not amend those parameters; it instead locks in sponsor financing ceilings and finalizes the founder equity conversion schedule ahead of the merger. Why it matters: The Company's disclosure capping pre-merger working capital draws at $1,500,000 and pricing them at 17.5% annual interest establishes a known maximum liability and cost floor, preventing unanticipated cash drains from the public float. The Sponsor's documented Trust Waiver, signed by management, confirms the debt remains non-recourse to trust assets, directly supporting expected redemption floors. By converting all but one Class B share, the filing eliminates dual-class voting control, though the remaining 1 Class B share retains voting weight tethered to the agreed business combination, preserving sponsor alignment per the IPO prospectus. If the note remains unpaid before closing, the Sponsor retains the option to convert up to $1,500,000 of principal and interest into warrants at $1.00 per warrant, generating additional marketable securities identical to the IPO private placement; however, the filing specifies these conversion warrants cannot access trust funds nor vote as a separate class alongside public shares. The Company also references a Registration Rights Agreement dated June 17, 2024, granting demand and piggyback registration for the conversion warrants. None of these provisions trigger a trust extension or alter the announced deal timeline, but they materially define the post-closing capital structure, sponsor incentive mechanics, and investor liquidity conditions.

  • What changed: A Form 4 insider ownership report, classified as a routine regulatory compliance exhibit disclosing post-announcement security conversions. Per the filing submitted on 2026-06-11 by five reporting persons, the sponsor and executives recorded a conversion transaction that acquired 5,621,621 shares and established a post-transaction holding of 5,621,621 shares. The filers identify themselves as Melar Acquisition Sponsor I LLC, Ivatury Gautam (director, CEO, 10% owner), Eric Lifshitz (director, COO, 10% owner), Eco Crown Global LLC, and Melar Capital SPAC Sponsor I LLC (10% owner). This disclosure contains no updates on shareholder redemption volumes, trust account distributions, extension votes, or target acquisition progress. Why it matters: The conversion mechanics reflect standard promotor share reclassification following a business combination announcement, but because the five reporting persons filed a single aggregate conversion line without per-entity allocations, investors cannot independently verify individual stake sizes against the company’s capital table. The filing produces no claims regarding customer relationships, revenue guidance, market size assertions, technology development, commercial partnerships, litigation exposure, or personnel shifts. It offers no indication of sponsor behavior toward trust maintenance, redemption floor establishment, or deadline management ahead of the reported 2026-08-20 expiration. For redemption-calendars and sponsor-conduct monitors, this routine exhibit provides neither forward-looking leverage data nor substantive operational disclosures.

  • What changed: Form 8-K Current Report (Item 8.01 Other Events) convening an extraordinary general meeting on June 16, 2026, and disclosing amended terms for a trust account extension. The registrant reported that Sponsor Melar Acquisition Sponsor I LLC has agreed to increase the maximum Monthly Amount deposited into the Trust Account from the lesser of $40,000 or $0.02 per non-redeemed Public Share to the lesser of $80,000 or $0.02 per non-redeemed Public Share. This adjustment changes the trajectory and timing of extension fund accumulation prior to the shareholder vote. Why it matters: As disclosed by the Company, the raised $80,000 monthly cap delays triggering the fixed dollar ceiling compared to the prior $40,000 structure, which alters the per-share extension cost borne by remaining shareholders depending on redemption volume. The registrant provided specific illustrations: if 12,000,000 Public Shares are redeemed, leaving 4,000,000 outstanding, the three-month extension contribution would be approximately $0.06 per share; if no shares redeem over the same period, the contribution would be approximately $0.015 per share with an aggregate maximum of $240,000. With the meeting scheduled for June 16, 2026 (record date May 11, 2026), the revised cap directly impacts the redemption decision ahead of the required business combination deadline. The filing also states that the registrant, directors, officers, and employees may be deemed participants in the proxy solicitation, outlines forward-looking risks regarding shareholder approval and business combination completion, and provides contact information for Advantage Proxy, Inc. to obtain the Proxy Statement originally filed May 15, 2026. These disclosures were issued by and attributable to the registrant, as executed by Chief Executive Officer Gautam Ivatury.

  • What changed: A Current Report on Form 8-K disclosing the entry into a material definitive agreement titled the Agile Intercreditor Agreement, dated May 27, 2026, executed among Melar Acquisition Corp. I, Melar Capital Group LLC, YA II PN, Ltd., Agile Capital Funding, LLC, Agile Lending, LLC, Everli Global Inc., Salvatore Palella, and Palella Holdings LLC, and filed on June 2, 2026. The filing states that Melar and Everli continue to pursue a proposed business combination via a two-step domestication of Melar from the Cayman Islands to Nevada followed by a merger of a merger sub into Everli, and that the parties intend to file a Form S-4 registration statement containing a proxy statement/prospectus for shareholder voting. Regarding redemption mechanics, trust value, and the deadline, the filing does not amend, extend, or modify the August 20, 2026 termination date, the trust account distribution procedures, or the disclosed $10.93 per share trust balance. Sponsor conduct and credit structure changes instead center on an intercreditor arrangement where the Agile Parties contractually subordinate their loans to the Melar Lender and YA Lender, agreeing that all distributions must flow to senior creditors until paid in full and waiving the right to contest senior liens or initiate enforcement actions without prior written consent. Why it matters: This document informs investors that the capital stack securing the Everli combination has been formally tiered, with the Agile Parties acknowledging $3,129,687.50 in outstanding principal under the Agile Loan Agreement that cannot receive payments or accept distributions until the Senior Obligations are satisfied. The filing discloses that Holdings will transfer 124,935 Class A Common Shares of Everli to Agile Lender, an amount the document notes is anticipated to be exchanged for 200,000 shares in the resulting public company upon consummation. Cover page XBRL data reported by the registrant shows warrants carry an exercise price of $11.50 per share and ordinary shares carry a par value of $0.0001 per share. No operational metrics, customer concentrations, revenue targets, market sizing, technology roadmaps, or litigation updates are provided; the registrant’s management restricts disclosures to legal covenants, representations, warranty clauses, jurisdictional preferences (New York law, exclusive New York courts), and standard forward-looking statement disclaimers warning of risks including Merger Agreement termination, listing failures, SEC filing compliance, and the inability to raise additional capital on favorable terms.


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Unit structure

Cash in trust at IPO$10.00

That was the figure at listing. It is $10.93 a share today — interest on the account, plus any sponsor payments made to extend the deadline, spread over the shares that never cashed out. Unit: U = S + W/2 · 100.0% of the $10 unit

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Unit quote (MACIU)$11.25

as of 10 September 2026

Warrant quote (MACIW)$0.12

as of 27 August 2026

Trading & liquidity

Average daily volume (20d)3K
Average daily $ volume$30K

Thin book — limit orders only; a position can be hard to exit outside a redemption window.

Range over the bars held$10.77 – $10.99
Total cash in trust$42.9M

Company profile

Industry (SIC)Services-Business Services, NEC (7389)
Registered inthe Cayman Islands
Exchange · CIKNasdaq · 0002016221

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DEAL: Everli

Directors & officers


Institutional holders

from SC 13G/13D

Funds that have declared a stake above 5%. Heavy ownership by arbitrage funds usually means heavy cash-outs at the next vote.

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16 filers with a stake on file · 9 re-affirmed in the last 12 months. A stake with no amendment since is the filer’s last word on it, not proof it is still held — and percentages filed in different years are percentages of different floats, because this vehicle’s share count collapses at every redemption.

One line per filer, not per reporting person: a joint schedule names the management company, its funds and often the individual who controls them, and all of them report the same shares. Click a name for that filer’s whole footprint across every SPAC it has declared a stake in.


News

company wires and the financial press

Reporting we have matched to this ticker. Headlines belong to the outlets that wrote them.


Sources on file

harvested pages, kept in full

Every public page we have read about this company, stored in full so a source can never go missing.


Listed peers

Media/Consumer

Who this business is like, and what the market pays for them.

FALLBACK — this is the hand-written segment list (src/lib/peers.ts), not a selection. It is showing because the peer engine produced nothing for Everli: we hold no business description to match on. These tickers carry NO VALUATIONS: the list answers "who is like this" and not "what is this worth".

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Cash in trust over time

XBRL, per filing

How much cash has stood behind each share at each filing date.

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Mar 31, 2026+0.12 /shJun 30, 2026
lo $10.81hi $10.93
  • 30 June 2026$10.93
  • 30 June 2026
  • 31 March 2026$10.81

In plain English

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Every piece of jargon this page could have used, and what it actually means.

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No floor / floorlessthe cash guarantee is gone — the price is unprotected

A SPAC's downside protection is not the cash in trust; it is your right to demand that cash. Once the redemption window closes, the cash stays with the company and the share can trade anywhere.

Redemption deadlinethe last day to hand shares back for cash

Set by the filing that calls the meeting. Tender after it and the company is under no obligation to pay you the trust value.

Broker action datethe day your broker needs the instruction — earlier than the official date

Brokers batch redemption instructions to the transfer agent, so the practical cutoff is roughly two business days before the published deadline. This is the date that actually costs people the floor.

Cash in trust / trust per sharethe cash the company is holding for each public share

Filed quarterly in the 10-Q's XBRL. It earns interest between filings, so the figure on a given day is slightly higher than the last filed one — where we show that we label it an estimate.

Trust discountbuying below the cash held for you

Only meaningful while a redemption right exists. On a floorless name the same arithmetic is not a discount, it is the market pricing distress, and this product will not call it a yield.

Dilutionhow much of the company new shares take from you

Sponsor promote, PIPE shares, warrants and rights all issue stock that did not pay $10 for it. The headline deal value is before that; the effective value is after.

Pro-forma equitywhat the company is valued at once the deal closes

The combined company's equity value assuming the announced terms and the redemptions that have actually happened.

ARShow much upside you get per unit of downside

SpacBrain's asymmetric-return score. It is deterministic — the same inputs always produce the same number — and it is capped, not zeroed, when the floor is gone.

De-SPACthe day the SPAC becomes the real company

The shares stop being a claim on a pot of cash and start being equity in an operating business. Roughly 80% of recent de-SPACs traded below $10 within a year.

Outside datethe contractual long-stop for closing the deal

A deadline between the SPAC and its target, not between the SPAC and you. It confers no right to cash, which is exactly why it must never be counted as a redemption window.

Accession numberthe SEC's unique id for one filing

Every figure on this page carries the accession of the filing that states it, so you can open the primary document rather than trust us.

Accreted NAV (estimate)the last filed cash figure, plus the interest it should have earned since

A model, not a filing: last filed value compounded at the 3-month T-bill for the days elapsed. Always shown in italic with the word estimate, and never printed beside a filed number without it.


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Data provenance & audit trail14 internal entries

Written by SpacBrain’s data agents whenever a figure is captured, corrected or flagged, and kept verbatim so every number on this page can be traced back to the filing that states it. This is a running log, not the current record: an early entry may be superseded by a later correction — the panels above always hold the current values.

MACI — company record
EVENT-BLITZ2026-08-13

Deadline 2026-12-20 max (monthly from 2026-06-20) confirmed by 8-K 0001213900-26-069699 (filed).

GREENSHOE FIX2026-08-13

ipoSizeM NULL->160: 16,000,000 units incl. 1,000,000 over-allotment units (partial exercise; remainder expired 2024-08-04) (acc 0001104659-24-073420)

SPONSOR-ID2026-08-14

sponsor "Eco Crown Global LLC" sourced from prospectus definition (10-K) acc 0001410578-25-000412.

SECURITY-TERMS-MINED2026-08-16

warrantStrike=11.5, warrantCallPrice=18, unitSeparationDays=52 from the definitive prospectus (0001104659-24-072844). NOT FILLED: rightShareRatio — no stated candidate

Deal — Everli
AUDIT2026-08-12b

announcedAt=2025-07-30 from Agreement and Plan of Merger with Everli Global Inc. (8-K Item 1.01, event 2025-07-30, acc 0001104659-25-074242).

EVENT-BLITZ2026-08-13

BC vote not yet scheduled as of 2026-08-13 (no merger proxy on EDGAR).

DEAL-STRUCTURE2026-08-13

Primary-source deal structure (0001104659-25-074242, 0001104659-25-072519, 0001213900-26-056836). headline equity value $180M filled from primary filing effectiveEquityM left null: assumed refPrice $10.00; ipoSizeM missing → public shares excluded (effective equity understated); promotePct known but ipoSizeM missing → promote shares not derivable; PIPE conversion price assumed $10.00 (not stated) [bottom-up] FLAGS: The 2025-07-31 8-K reported the Merger Agreement under Item 7.01 only; the Item 1.01 terms were filed in a second 8-K on 2025-08-05 (0001104659-25-074242) | No earnout, no termination fee and no numeric exchange ratio disclosed — consideration is described only via the $180 million pre-money equity value | Promote 26.0% (5,621,622 Class B vs 16,000,000 public), well above the 20% norm, against a target with a $180M pre-money equity value | No S-4/F-4 or merger DEFM14A on file as of 2026-08-13 — pro-forma share count unavailable

DEAL-STRUCTURE2026-08-13

effective equity $426.2M vs headline $180M (+136.8%) [bottom-up, medium] from already-stored primary figures: target-consideration=18M sh/$180M, public-shares=16M sh/$160M, founder-promote=5.6M sh/$56.2M, pipe=3M sh/$30M, public-warrants=8M sh/$0M — assumed refPrice $10.00; public shares counted pre-redemption — actual dilution falls with redemptions; PIPE conversion price assumed $10.00 (not stated)

TYPED2026-08-16

expected close as filed: "TBD" — not a period the filing stated; stored NULL.

TYPED2026-08-16

target sector as filed: "—" — shorter than a word; stored NULL. [DEAL-STRUCTURE-MINED] terminationFeeM=1.5 from primary filings (0001104659-25-074242, 0001104659-25-072519, 0001213900-26-056836).

SEGMENT-FROM-FILING2026-08-21

GENERALIST -> MEDIA_CONSUMER, on S-4 0001213900-26-092711: "Jonathan Hannestad Chief Operating Officer and Chief Executive Officer of Everli S.p.A."

PIPE2026-08-29

pipeBasis set to UNSOURCED: the size came from the research seed / an earlier record and no filing we hold states it — surfaces now label it "unsourced"; an LLM re-read to FILED replaces this when credits allow

Calendar — Jun 16, 2026 · Extension vote
EVENT-BLITZ2026-08-13

Held 2026-06-16: monthly extensions (6x) from 2026-06-20 to 2026-12-20.

Calendar — Dec 20, 2026 · Outside date
EVENT-BLITZ2026-08-14

8-K acc 0001213900-26-069699 states the date. The 24-month-from-2024-06-20 arithmetic gives 2026-06-20 instead; the filing's own words are used (reviewed individually 2026-08-14). Extension mechanism: shareholder-vote, from the cited filing: "g, the Company s shareholders approved, among other things, an amendment to the Articles (the Extension Amendment ) to extend the end of the Combination Period on a monthly basis up to six (6) times, from June 20, 2026 through December 20, 2026, or such earlier date as determined by the Company s board of directors (the Board )." Spac.deadline currently reads 2026-12-19 — not changed by this job.