UNITED STATES ~~SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549~~

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~~PURSUANT ofTO ~~Report~~SECTION ~~(Date~~13 ofOR ~~earliest event reported~~15(d)~~: December 19, 2025~~

~~Launchpad~~OF ~~Cadenza~~THE ~~Acquisition~~SECURITIES ~~Corp~~EXCHANGE ~~I (Exact~~ACT ~~name~~OF ~~of registrant as specified in its charter)~~1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 4, 2026

Launchpad Cadenza Acquisition Corp I

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Cayman Islands

001-43023

98-1877330

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

180 Grand Avenue ~~Suite 1530 Oakland, CA 94612 (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)~~

Suite 1530
Oakland, CA 94612

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (510) 200-8778

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

(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 and one-third of one redeemable warrant	LPCVU	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Units, each consisting of one Class A ordinary share and one-half of one redeemable warrant	LPCVU	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share	LPCV	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Redeemable warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one Class A ordinary share at an exercise price of $11.50 per share	LPCVW	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

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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 8.01. Other Events.

AsSeparate ~~previously~~Trading ~~reported, on December 19, 2025, Launchpad Cadenza Acquisition Corp I (the “Company”) consummated its initial public offering (“IPO”)~~ of ~~23,000,000 units (the “Units”), including 3,000,000 Units issued pursuant to the exercise of the underwriters’ 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 of the Company (each, a “Warrant”), with each whole Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one Class A Ordinary Share for $11.50 per share. The Units were sold at a price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $230,000,000.Warrants

~~Simultaneously~~On ~~with~~February 4, 2026, Launchpad Cadenza Acquisition Corp I (the ~~closing~~“Company”) announced that, commencing on February 9, 2026, the holders of the ~~IPO~~units issued in its initial public offering (the “Units”), each Unit consisting of one Class A ordinary share of the Company, ~~completed~~par ~~the~~value ~~private~~$0.0001 ~~sale~~per share (the “~~Private~~Class ~~Placement~~A Ordinary Share”), and one-third of anone ~~aggregate~~warrant of ~~4,116,667~~the ~~warrants~~Company (the “~~Private Placement Warrants~~Warrant”), with each ~~Private~~whole ~~Placement~~ Warrant ~~exercisable~~entitling the holder thereof to purchase one Class A ~~ordinary share~~Ordinary atShare for $11.50 per share., Ofmay elect to separately trade the ~~4,116,667~~Class ~~Private~~A ~~Placement~~Ordinary Shares and the Warrants, ~~2,783,334~~included ~~Private~~in ~~Placement~~the Units. No fractional Warrants ~~were~~will be ~~sold~~issued toupon ~~Launch~~separation ~~Sponsor LLC,~~of the ~~Company’s~~Units ~~sponsor,~~ and ~~1,333,333~~only ~~Private~~whole ~~Placement~~ Warrants ~~were~~will ~~sold~~trade. toThe ~~Cantor~~Class ~~Fitzgerald~~A &Ordinary ~~Co.,~~Shares and the ~~representative~~Warrants are expected to oftrade on the ~~underwriters~~Nasdaq inGlobal Market under the ~~IPO~~symbols “LPCV” and “LPCVW,” inrespectively. ~~each~~Holders ~~case~~of atUnits awill ~~purchase~~need to ~~price~~have oftheir ~~$1.50~~brokers ~~per~~contact ~~Private~~Continental ~~Placement~~Stock ~~Warrant~~Transfer & Trust Company, ~~generating~~the ~~gross~~Company’s ~~proceeds~~transfer agent, in order to separate the ~~Company~~Units ofinto ~~$6,175,000~~Class A Ordinary Shares and Warrants.

AItem ~~total of $230,000,000, or $10~~9.0001. ~~per~~Financial ~~Unit,~~Statements ~~comprised of the net proceeds from the IPO (which amount includes the underwriter’s deferred discount of $10,950,000)~~ and ~~the sale of the Private Placement Warrants, was placed in a U~~Exhibits.~~S.-based trust account maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, acting as trustee.~~

An(d) audited balance sheet as of December 19, 2025 reflecting receipt of the proceeds upon consummation of the IPO and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants has been issued by the Company and is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.Exhibits

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press Release dated February 4, 2026.

~~(d) Exhibits~~1

~~The following exhibits are being filed herewith:~~SIGNATURE

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Audited Balance Sheet as of December 19, 2025.
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

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.

	Launchpad Cadenza Acquisition Corp I

Date: February 4, 2026	By:	/s/ Max Shapiro
		Name: Max Shapiro
		Title: Chief Executive Officer

~~SIGNATURE~~2

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.

	LAUNCHPAD CADENZA ACQUISITION CORP I
	By:	/s/ Max Shapiro
		Name:	Max Shapiro
		Title:	Chief Executive Officer
Dated: December 31, 2025

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