UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

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

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 11, 2024

ExcelFin Acquisition Corp.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware		001-40933		86-2933776
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

100 Kingsley Park Dr Fort Mill, South Carolina		29715
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(917) 209-8581

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

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

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Units, each consisting of one share of Class A common stock and one-half of one redeemable warrant	XFINU	The Nasdaq Stock Market
Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share	XFIN	The Nasdaq Stock Market
Redeemable warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one share of Class A common stock at an exercise price of $11.50	XFINW	The Nasdaq Stock Market

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 x

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 3.01.

Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.

On September 11, 2024, ExcelFin Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), received a written notice (the “Notice”) from the Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”) indicating that the Company was not in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5450(b)(2)(B), which requires the Company to maintain a minimum of 1,100,00 publicly held shares for continued listing on the Nasdaq Global Market (the “Minimum Publicly Held Shares Rule”). The Notice is only a notification of deficiency, not of imminent delisting, and has no current effect on the listing or trading of the Company’s securities on the Nasdaq Global Market.

In accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(2)(A)(i), the Notice states that the Company has 45 calendar days, or until October 28, 2024, to submit a plan to regain compliance with the Minimum Publicly Held Shares Rule.

If the Company is unable to regain compliance by that date, the Company intends to submit a plan to regain compliance with the Minimum Publicly Held Shares Rule within the required timeframe. If Nasdaq accepts the Company’s plan, Nasdaq may grant the Company an extension of up to 180 calendar days from the date of the Notice to evidence compliance with the Minimum Publicly Held Shares Rule. If Nasdaq does not accept the Company’s plan, the Company will have the opportunity to appeal the decision in front of a Nasdaq Hearings Panel.

Forward Looking Statements

This Current Report on Form 8-K includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Certain of these forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as “believes,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “estimates,” “assumes,” “may,” “should,” “will,” “seeks,” or other similar expressions. Such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that may cause the Company’s actual results to differ from the expectations expressed in the forward-looking statements. There can be no assurance that the Company will achieve such expectations, including regaining compliance with the Minimum Publicly Held Shares Rule during any compliance period or in the future, otherwise meeting Nasdaq compliance standards, being granted by Nasdaq any relief from delisting as necessary, or ultimately meeting applicable Nasdaq requirements for any such relief. The forward-looking statements contained in this report speak only as of the date of this report and the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements to reflect changes in information, events or circumstances after the date of this report, unless required by law.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

The following exhibit is filed herewith:

Exhibit No.		Description of Exhibits

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.

	ExcelFin Acquisition Corp.

Date: September 12, 2024	By:	/s/ Joe Ragan
	Name:	Joe Ragan
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer & Chief Financial Officer

ExcelFin Acquisition Corp. 8-K