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): ~~December~~January 2621, ~~2025~~2026

Blue Water Acquisition Corp. III

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Cayman Islands		001-42692		33-2301550
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

1012 Springfield Avenue
Mountainside, New Jersey		07092
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (201) 985-8300

~~15 E. Putnam Avenue, Suite 363~~N/A

Greenwich, CT 06830

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Units, each consisting of one Class A ordinary share, par value $0.0001 per share, and one-half of one redeemable warrant	BLUWU	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Class A ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value	BLUW	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share	BLUW	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one Class A ordinary share at an exercise price of $11.50 per share	BLUWW	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 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 51.0201. ~~Departure~~Entry ofinto ~~Directors~~a orMaterial ~~Certain~~Definitive ~~Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers~~Agreement.

OnIndemnity December 26, 2025, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Blue Water Acquisition Corp. III, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”), approved the payment by the Company of a monthly advisory fee of $15,000 payable to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Kevin McGurn, in connection with identifying, investigating, negotiating and completing the Company’s initial business combination and related matters. The advisory fee is effective as of December 2025 and will continue on a monthly basis until the earlier of (i) the closing and completion of the Company’s initial business combination and (ii) the liquidation of the Company.Agreement

~~SIGNATURES~~On January 21, 2026, the Board of Directors of Blue Water Acquisition Corp. III (the “Company”) approved a new form of Indemnity Agreement (the “Indemnity Agreement”) to be entered into with the Company’s directors and officers (each, an “Indemnitee”) who were appointed on November 25, 2025. The Indemnity Agreement supersedes and replaces the previous form of indemnity agreement filed as Exhibit 10.6 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on June 12, 2025, and to which the Company’s prior directors and officers, all of whom resigned on November 25, 2025, were parties. The Company’s directors and officers who were appointed on November 25, 2025, were never party to such previous form of indemnity agreement, and instead, will only be a party to the Indemnity Agreement.

Pursuant to the ~~requirements~~Indemnity ofAgreement, the ~~Securities~~Company will, ~~Exchange~~among ~~Act~~other things, indemnify, hold harmless and exonerate each Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of ~~1934~~association (the “A&R Memorandum and Articles”) if the Indemnitee becomes involved in certain claims, proceedings or investigations by reason of the ~~registrant~~Indemnitee’s ~~has~~service ~~duly~~to ~~caused~~and ~~this~~activities on ~~report~~behalf of the Company. The Indemnity Agreement also provides for the advancement of expenses (to bethe ~~signed~~fullest onextent ~~its~~not ~~behalf~~prohibited by Cayman Islands or Delaware law, whichever is more favorable to the ~~undersigned~~Indemnitee) ~~hereunto~~and ~~duly~~establishes ~~authorized~~procedures, as well as qualifications and limitations, that will apply to claims for indemnification thereunder, subject to the Indemnity Agreement’s exclusions. Each Indemnity Agreement is intended to provide contractual rights that supplement and are in furtherance of the indemnification provided in the Company’s A&R Memorandum and Articles and applicable law.

~~BLUE~~The ~~WATER~~foregoing ~~ACQUISITION~~description ~~CORP.~~of ~~III~~the ~~By:~~Indemnity ~~/s/~~Agreement does ~~Troy~~not ~~Rillo~~purport ~~Name:~~to ~~Troy~~be ~~Rillo~~complete ~~Chief~~and ~~Financial~~is ~~Officer~~qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Indemnity Agreement, which is filed hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and which is incorporated herein by reference.

~~Date:~~Item ~~December~~9.01. ~~31,~~Financial ~~2025~~Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.		Description

10.1		Form of Indemnity Agreement.
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.

BLUE WATER ACQUISITION CORP. III

By:	/s/ Troy Rillo
Name:	Troy Rillo
	Chief Financial Officer

Date: January 22, 2026

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