Tavia Acquisition Corp: sponsor change and board/officer appointments

What happened The filing says Fog Cutter Holdings LLC entered into a Purchase and Sponsor Handover Agreement with Tavia Acquisition Corp and Tavia Sponsor Pte. Ltd. on Sep 29, 2026, and agreed to purchase an aggregate of 2,243,333 ordinary shares and 249,107 private units. The filing says the Board approved the Purchase Agreement on Sep 29, 2026, and that the Closing occurred on Oct 1, 2026, at which point the New Sponsor became the sponsor of the SPAC. The filing says that Kanat Mynzhanov and Askar Mametov agreed to resign as officers effective as of the Closing Date and that Askar Mametov agreed to resign from the Board.

Key details

• The Sponsor retained 1,500,000 ordinary shares after the sale of the Transferred Interests.
• The filing says the New Sponsor assumed responsibility for monthly trust contributions of up to $60,000 per month beginning with the contribution due Oct 2026 and assumed responsibility for funding the SPAC’s operating expenses from Oct 1, 2026.
• The filing says the administrative services agreement between the SPAC and the Sponsor terminated as of the Closing.
• The filing says Christophe Charlier, Marsha Kutkevitch and Darrell Mays resigned from the Board on Sep 28, 2026; the Board ratified those resignations on Sep 29, 2026.
• The filing says Andrew A. Wiederhorn was appointed as a Class III director effective Oct 1, 2026, and later appointed Executive Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer effective Oct 1, 2026.
• The filing says Peter R. Feinstein and Donald J. Berchtold were appointed as Class I directors and Christopher DeWolfe and Matthew H. Green were appointed as Class II directors effective Oct 2, 2026, and that Kenneth J. Kuick was appointed Chief Financial Officer effective Oct 1, 2026.

Why it may matter The filing reports Item 1.01 (entry into a material definitive agreement) describing the Purchase and Sponsor Handover Agreement and the transfer of sponsor rights and obligations, and reports Item 5.02 (departure and appointment of directors and certain officers) describing multiple director resignations and new director and officer appointments. The filing does not show why the insider traded or why the company acted.