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): January 27, 2026

SPACE ASSET ACQUISITION CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Cayman Islands

001-43078

N/A

(State or other jurisdiction

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer

of incorporation)

Identification No.)

174 Nassau Street, Suite 2100
Princeton, New Jersey 08542
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (609) 924-0759

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

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, $0.0001 par value, and one-third of one redeemable warrant	SAAQU	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001	SAAQ	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	SAAQW	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On January 29, 2026, Space Asset Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) consummated its initial public offering (“IPO”) of 23,000,000 units (the “Units”), including 3,000,000 units sold pursuant to the full exercise of the underwriter’s over-allotment option. Each Unit consists of one Class A ordinary share of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A Ordinary Shares”), and one-third of one redeemable warrant (the “Warrants”). The Units were sold at a price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $230,000,000.

In connection with the IPO, the Company entered into the following agreements, forms of which were previously filed as exhibits to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-291082) for the IPO, initially filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on October 24, 2025, as amended (the “Registration Statement”):

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An Underwriting Agreement, dated January 27, 2026, by and between the Company and BTIG, LLC, as representative of the underwriters, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 1.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

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A Warrant Agreement, dated January 27, 2026, by and between the Company and Efficiency INC., as warrant agent, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 4.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

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A Letter Agreement, dated January 27, 2026 (the “Letter Agreement”), by and among the Company, its executive officers, its directors, its advisors and the Company’s sponsor, Space Asset Acquisition Sponsor LLC (the “Sponsor”), a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

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An Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated January 27, 2026, by and between the Company and Efficiency INC., as trustee, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.2 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

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A Registration Rights Agreement, dated January 27, 2026, by and among the Company, the Sponsor and the Holders signatory thereto, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.3 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

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A Private Placement Units Purchase Agreement, dated January 27, 2026, by and between the Company and the Sponsor (the “Sponsor Private Placement Units Purchase Agreement”), a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.4 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

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A Private Placement Units Purchase Agreement, dated January 27, 2026, by and between the Company and BTIG, LLC (the “Representative Private Placement Units Purchase Agreement,” and together with the Sponsor Private Placement Units Purchase Agreement, the “Private Placement Units Purchase Agreements”), a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.5 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

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An Administrative Services and Indemnification Agreement, dated January 27, 2026, by and between the Company and the Sponsor, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.6 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO, pursuant to the Private Placement Units Purchase Agreements, the Company completed the private sale of 645,000 units (the “Private Placement Units”) at the initial public offering price of $10.00 per unit (for an aggregate purchase price of $6,450,000). Of those 645,000 Private Placement Units, the Sponsor purchased 415,000 Private Placement Units and BTIG, LLC purchased 230,000 Private Placement Units. Each Private Placement Unit consists of one Class A ordinary share and one-third of one warrant. The Private Placement Units are identical to the Units sold in the IPO, except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement. No underwriting discounts or commissions were paid with respect to such sale. The issuance of the Private Placement Units was made pursuant to the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On January 27, 2026, in connection with the IPO, Eric Zahler, Anders Johnson and Celeste Ford were appointed to the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”). Mr. Zahler, Mr. Johnson and Ms. Ford are independent directors. Effective January 27, 2026, Mr. Zahler, Mr. Johnson and Ms. Ford were appointed to the Board’s Audit Committee and Mr. Zahler and Ms. Ford were appointed to the Compensation Committee, with Mr. Johnson serving as chairman of the Audit Committee and Mr. Zahler serving as chairman of the Compensation Committee.

Following the appointment of Mr. Zahler, Mr. Johnson and Ms. Ford , the Board is comprised of the following three classes: the term of office of the first class of directors, Class I, consists of Mr. Zahler and will expire at the Company’s first annual meeting of shareholders; the term of office of the second class of directors, Class II, consists of Ms. Ford and Mr. Johnson will expire at the Company’s second annual meeting of shareholders; and the term of office of the third class of directors, Class III, consists of Raphael Roettgen and Peter Ort will expire at the Company’s third annual meeting of shareholders.

On January 27, 2026, in connection with their appointments to the Board, each of the members of the Board entered into the Letter Agreement as well as an indemnity agreement with the Company in the form previously filed as Exhibit 10.6 to the Registration Statement. Each of the members of the Board has received membership interests in the Sponsor as compensation for their service as directors to the Company. In addition, each of Mr. Zahler, Mr. Johnson and Ms. Ford received 25,000 Class B ordinary shares of the Company as compensation for their service as directors to the Company.

Other than the foregoing, none of the directors are party to any arrangement or understanding with any person pursuant to which they were appointed as directors, nor are they party to any transactions required to be disclosed under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K involving the Company.

The foregoing descriptions of the Letter Agreement and the form of indemnity agreement do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entireties by reference to the Letter Agreement and form of indemnity agreement, copies of which are attached as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and Exhibit 10.6 to the Registration Statement, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.

Item 5.03. Amendments to Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

On January 27, 2026, in connection with the IPO, the Company adopted its Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association (the “Amended Charter”), effective the same day. The terms of the Amended Charter are set forth in the Registration Statement and are incorporated herein by reference. A copy of the Amended Charter is attached as Exhibit 3.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 8.01. Other Events.

A total of $230,000,000, comprised of $225,400,000 of the proceeds from the IPO (which amount includes $8,050,000 of the underwriters’ deferred discount) and $4,600,000 representing certain proceeds of the sale of the Private Placement Units, was placed in a U.S.-based trust account maintained by Efficiency INC., acting as trustee. Except with respect to interest earned on the funds held in the trust account that may be released to the Company to pay its taxes, if any, the funds held in the trust account will not be released from the trust account until the earliest of (i) in connection with the completion of the Company’s initial business combination, (ii) the redemption of any Class A Ordinary Shares properly submitted in connection with a shareholder vote to amend the Company’s Amended Charter (A) to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to provide for the redemption of its Class A Ordinary Shares in connection with an initial business combination or to redeem 100% of the Company’s Class A Ordinary Shares if the Company has not consummated an initial business combination within 24 months from the closing of the IPO or (B) with respect to any other material provisions relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-initial business combination activity; or (iii) absent an initial business combination within 24 months of the closing of the IPO, the Company’s return of the funds held in the trust account to its public shareholders as part of its redemption of the Class A Ordinary Shares.

On January 27, 2026, the Company issued a press release announcing the pricing of the IPO, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

On January 29, 2026, the Company issued a press release announcing the closing of the IPO, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.		Description
1.1		Underwriting Agreement, dated January 27, 2026, by and between the Company and BTIG, LLC as representative of the underwriters.
3.1		Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association.
4.1		Warrant Agreement, dated January 27, 2026, by and between the Company and Efficiency INC., as warrant agent.
10.1		Letter Agreement, dated January 27, 2026, by and among the Company, its executive officers, its directors, its advisors and Space Asset Acquisition Sponsor LLC.
10.2		Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated January 27, 2026, by and between the Company and Efficiency INC., as trustee.
10.3		Registration Rights Agreement, dated January 27, 2026, by and among the Company and the Holders signatory thereto.
10.4		Private Placement Units Purchase Agreement, dated January 27, 2026, by and between the Company and Space Asset Acquisition Sponsor LLC.
10.5		Private Placement Units Purchase Agreement, dated January 27, 2026, by and between the Company and BTIG, LLC.
10.6		Administrative Services and Indemnification Agreement, dated January 27, 2026, by and between the Company and Space Asset Acquisition Sponsor LLC.
99.1		Press Release, dated January 27, 2026.
99.2		Press Release, dated January 29, 2026.
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.

SPACE ASSET ACQUISITION CORP.

By:	/s/ Peter Ort
	Name:	Peter Ort
	Title:	Principal Executive Officer and Director

Dated: January 30, 2026

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