UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): ~~December~~January 305, ~~2025~~2026

ATHENA TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION CORP. II
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware		001-41144		87-2447308
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

442 5th Avenue

New York, NY 10018
(Address of registrant’s principal executive offices, including zip code)

(970) 925-1572

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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 Act: None

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).

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Item 58.0701. ~~Submission~~Other ~~of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders~~Events.

On January ~~December 30~~5, ~~2025~~2026, Athena Technology Acquisition Corp. II, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) ~~held its annual meeting of stockholders (the~~, ~~“2025~~caused ~~Annual~~to ~~Meeting”)~~be ~~virtually~~deposited ~~via live webcast~~$497.74 Asinto of the ~~close of business on December 10, 2025, the record date for the 2025 Annual Meeting, there were 9,859,887 shares of the~~ Company’s ~~Class~~trust Aaccount ~~Common~~allowing ~~Stock,~~the Company ~~par~~to ~~value~~extend ~~$0.0001~~the ~~per~~period ~~shares (“Class A Common Stock”) outstanding, each~~ of ~~which~~time ~~was~~it ~~entitled~~has to ~~one~~consummate ~~vote~~its ~~per~~initial ~~share~~business ~~with~~combination ~~respect to~~by ~~the~~one ~~proposals~~month ~~brought~~from ~~before~~January ~~the 2025 Annual Meeting. A total of 9~~14,~~835,304~~ ~~shares~~2026 ofto ~~Class~~February ~~A Common Stock~~14, ~~representing 99.75% of the~~ ~~outstanding~~2026 ~~shares of Class A Common Stock entitled to vote at~~ (the ~~2025~~“Monthly ~~Annual Meeting, were present in person or by proxy, constituting a quorum~~Extension”). The ~~following~~Monthly ~~are~~Extension ~~the~~is ~~voting results for~~ the ~~proposals~~fifth ~~considered~~of ~~and~~up ~~voted~~to ~~upon~~nine atpotential ~~the~~monthly ~~2025~~extensions ~~Annual~~permitted ~~Meeting, each of which is~~under ~~more fully described in~~ the Company’s ~~definitive~~Amended ~~proxy statement filed with the Securities~~ and ~~Exchange~~Restated ~~Commission~~Certificate onof ~~December 12~~Incorporation, ~~2025~~ as amended.

~~Proposal~~Item 19.01 —Financial ~~Election of~~Statements ~~two (2) Class III directors to serve until the 2028 annual meeting of stockholders,~~ and ~~until their respective successors shall have been duly elected and qualified~~Exhibits.

Nominee	Votes For	Votes Withheld	Broker Non-Votes
Isabelle Freidheim	9,835,056	248	0
Kirthiga Reddy	9,835,056	248	0

(d) Exhibits.

Based on the foregoing votes, each of Isabelle Freidheim and Kirthiga Reddy was elected to serve as a Class III director until the 2028 annual meeting of stockholders and until her successor has been duly elected and qualified.

Exhibit No.		Description of Exhibits

104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within Inline XBRL document).

~~Proposal 2 — Ratification of the appointment of WithumSmith+Brown as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.~~ 1

Votes For		Votes Against		Votes Abstained		Broker Non-Votes
9,835,304		0		0		0

SIGNATURES

~~Based~~Pursuant onto the ~~foregoing~~requirements ~~votes,~~of the ~~stockholders~~Securities Exchange ~~ratified~~Act of 1934, the ~~appointment of~~registrant ~~WithumSmith+Brown~~has asduly ~~the~~caused ~~Company’s~~this ~~independent~~Report ~~registered~~to ~~public~~be ~~accounting~~signed ~~firm~~on ~~for~~its ~~the~~behalf ~~fiscal~~by ~~year~~the ~~ending~~undersigned ~~December~~hereunto ~~31,~~duly ~~2025~~authorized.

1Dated: January 5, 2026

~~SIGNATURES~~ATHENA TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION CORP. II By: /s/ Isabelle Freidheim Name: Isabelle Freidheim Title: Chief Executive Officer and Chairperson of the Board of Directors

~~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.~~2

Dated: December 30, 2025

ATHENA TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION CORP. II By: /s/ Isabelle Freidheim Name: Isabelle Freidheim Title: Chief Executive Officer

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