UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

~~Washington~~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 ofTHE ~~Report~~SECURITIES ~~(Date~~EXCHANGE ofACT ~~earliest~~OF ~~event reported): October 1, 2025~~1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 5, 2025

ALPHATIME ACQUISITION CORP

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Cayman Islands	001-41584	00-0000000 N/A
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
(State or other jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File No.)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

500 5th Avenue, Suite 938

New York, NY 10110

(Address of principal executive offices, ~~including~~and ~~zip~~Zip ~~code~~Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (347) 627-0058

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

~~Securities~~(Former ~~registered~~name ~~pursuant~~or toformer ~~Section~~address, ~~12(b)~~if ofchanged ~~the~~since ~~Act:~~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 ordinary share, one redeemable warrant and one right	ATMCU	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Units, each consisting of one ordinary share and one right	ATMCU	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Ordinary Shares, par value $0.0001 per share	ATMC	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one ordinary share at an exercise price of $11.50 per share	ATMCW	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Rights, each right entitling the holder thereof to one-tenth of one Ordinary Share	ATMCR	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Rights, each right entitling the holder thereof to one-tenth of one ordinary share	ATMCR	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 ☒

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 1 5.0107 ~~Entry~~Submission ~~into~~of Matters to a ~~Material~~Vote ~~Definitive~~of ~~Agreement~~Security Holders.

AsOn ~~approved~~December by5, ~~the~~2025, ~~shareholders of~~ AlphaTime Acquisition Corp, ~~(the~~a ~~“Company”~~Cayman orIslands exempted company (“AlphaTime”)~~, by~~ ~~ordinary~~held ~~resolution, at~~ an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders ~~held on October 1, 2025~~ (the “Meeting”), on ~~October~~at 1,which ~~2025,~~holders ~~the Company entered into an amendment (the “Trust Agreement Amendment”) to the Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated as~~ of ~~December 30~~2, ~~2022~~254,597 ~~with~~ordinary ~~Equiniti Trust Company~~shares, ~~LLC~~par ~~(f/k/a~~value ~~American Stock Transfer & Trust~~$0.0001 ~~Company)~~per ~~(as~~share ~~amended,~~ (the “~~Trust~~Ordinary ~~Agreement~~Shares”)~~. Pursuant to the Trust Agreement Amendment~~, ~~the~~were ~~Company~~present ~~has~~in ~~extended the~~person ~~date~~or by ~~which it has to complete a business combination from October 4~~proxy, ~~2025,~~representing ~~(the~~approximately ~~“Termination~~98.0% ~~Date”)~~of upthe tovoting ~~three~~power ~~(3) times, with each extension comprised~~ of ~~one month each from~~ the ~~Termination Date~~2, ~~or extended date~~551,636 asissued ~~applicable,~~and ~~to January~~outstanding 4,Ordinary ~~2026,~~Shares byentitled ~~providing five days’ advance notice~~ to ~~the~~vote ~~trustee~~at ~~prior to~~ the ~~applicable~~Meeting ~~Termination~~as ~~Date,~~of ~~or extended date, and depositing into~~ the ~~trust~~close ~~account~~of ~~(the “Trust Account”) $55,000 for each monthly extension (the “Extension~~business ~~Payment”)~~on ~~until~~November ~~January 4~~7, ~~2026 (assuming a business combination has not occurred) in exchange for a non-interest bearing~~2025, ~~unsecured~~ ~~promissory~~which ~~note~~was ~~payable upon~~ the ~~consummation~~record ofdate afor ~~business combination (~~the ~~“Trust Agreement Amendment Proposal”)~~Meeting.

~~The~~At ~~foregoing~~the ~~description~~Meeting, AlphaTime shareholders approved a proposal to approve by ordinary resolution and adopt the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of January 5, 2024, as amended on August 19, 2024, (the ~~Trust~~“Merger Agreement”) ~~Amendment~~by isand among AlphaTime, HCYC Holding Company, a ~~summary~~Cayman ~~only~~Islands exempted company (“PubCo”), ATMC Merger Sub 1 Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company and isa ~~qualified~~wholly-owned insubsidiary ~~its~~of ~~entirety~~PubCo by(“Merger ~~reference~~Sub to1”), ~~the~~ATMC ~~full~~Merger ~~text~~Sub 2 Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of ~~the~~PubCo ~~Trust~~(“Merger ~~Agreement~~Sub ~~Amendment~~2”), ~~which~~and isHCYC ~~attached~~Merger ~~hereto~~Sub asLimited, a ~~Exhibit~~Cayman ~~10.1~~Islands exempted company and ~~incorporated~~a bywholly-owned ~~reference~~subsidiary ~~herein~~of PubCo (“Merger Sub 3”), and HCYC Group Company Limited, Cayman Islands exempted company (“HCYC”) and the transactions contemplated thereunder.

~~Item~~In accordance ~~2.03~~with ~~Creation~~the terms and subject to the conditions of athe ~~Direct~~Merger ~~Financial~~Agreement, ~~Obligation~~among orother anthings, ~~Obligation~~(i) ~~under~~Merger anSub ~~Off-Balance~~1 ~~Sheet~~will ~~Arrangement~~merge ofwith and into AlphaTime, with AlphaTime surviving the merger (the “First SPAC Merger”); (ii) immediately following the First SPAC Merger, AlphaTime will merge with and into Merger Sub 2, with Merger Sub 2 surviving the merger (the “Second SPAC Merger,” and together with the First SPAC Merger, the “Initial Mergers”); and (iii) following the Initial Mergers, Merger Sub 3 will merge with and into HCYC (the “Acquisition Merger”), with HCYC surviving the Acquisition Merger and becoming a ~~Registrant~~wholly-owned subsidiary of PubCo (collectively, the “Business Combination Proposal”).

The ~~disclosure~~following ~~related~~is toa ~~the~~tabulation ~~non-interest~~of ~~bearing, unsecured promissory note,~~ the ~~form~~votes ofwith ~~which~~respect isto ~~included in~~ the ~~Trust~~Business ~~Agreement~~Combination ~~Amendment contained~~Proposal, inwhich ~~Item~~was ~~1.01~~approved ~~is incorporated~~ by ~~reference~~AlphaTime’s ~~to this Item 2.03.~~shareholders:

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

Ordinary Share Votes For		Ordinary Share Votes Against		Ordinary Share Abstentions
2,254,597		0		0

AsAt ~~approved by~~ the ~~Company’s~~Meeting, AlphaTime shareholders atalso ~~the~~approved ~~Meeting~~a onproposal ~~October~~to 1,approve ~~2025,~~ by special resolution, that (a) the ~~Company~~First ~~amended~~SPAC ~~the~~Merger ~~Company’s~~and the ~~Third~~plan ~~Amended~~of ~~and~~merger ~~Restated~~in ~~Memorandum~~connection ~~and~~with ~~Articles~~the ofFirst ~~Association~~SPAC Merger (the “~~Existing~~First ~~Charter~~Plan of Merger”), onand ~~October~~any 1,and ~~2025,~~all transactions provided for in the ~~form~~First ~~set~~Plan ~~forth~~of inMerger ~~Annex~~including, Awithout tolimitation, at the ~~definitive~~effective ~~proxy~~time ~~statement,~~of ~~filed~~the ~~with~~First SPAC Merger, (i) the ~~Securities~~memorandum and articles of association of AlphaTime will be deleted in their entirety and ~~Exchange~~in ~~Commission~~substitution onin ~~September~~their 9,place of the fourth amended and ~~2025~~restated memorandum and articles of association of AlphaTime (as the surviving entity) (the “~~Extension~~Surviving ~~Amendment~~AlphaTime Articles”),; and ~~reflecting~~(ii) the ~~extension~~authorized share capital of ~~the~~AlphaTime ~~date~~shall bybe ~~which~~amended ~~the~~as ~~Company~~follows: ~~must~~(A) ~~consummate~~every 10,000 preference shares of a par value of US$0.0001 each shall be consolidated into one preference share of a ~~business~~par ~~combination~~value ~~from~~of ~~the~~US$1.00 ~~Termination~~and ~~Date~~be upredesignated toas ~~three~~ordinary shares of US$1.00 par value each; (3B) ~~times~~every 10,000 ~~each~~ordinary ~~comprised~~shares of ~~one~~a ~~month~~par value of US$0.0001 each shall be consolidated into one ordinary share of a par value of US$1.00; and (C) 29,900 authorized but unissued ordinary shares of a par value of US$1.00 each anshall ~~“Extension”)~~be created, with such uprights, toprivileges ~~January~~and 4conditions as set out in the Surviving AlphaTime Articles, ~~2026~~such ~~(i.e.~~that following these changes, ~~for~~the aauthorized ~~period~~share capital of ~~time~~AlphaTime ~~ending~~shall upbe increased to 36US$50,000 ~~months~~divided ~~after~~into 50,000 ordinary shares of a par value of US$1.00 each; and (b) the Second ~~consummation~~SPAC Merger and the plan of ~~its~~merger ~~initial~~in ~~public~~connection ~~offering~~with the Second SPAC Merger (the “~~IPO~~Second Plan of Merger”)), ~~for~~and aany ~~total~~and ofall ~~three~~transactions ~~(3)~~provided ~~months~~for ~~after~~in the ~~Termination~~Second ~~Date~~Plan ~~(assuming~~of aMerger, ~~business~~be ~~combination~~approved ~~has~~and ~~not~~authorized ~~occurred~~in all respects. (the “Initial Mergers Proposal”).

The ~~foregoing~~following ~~description of the Extension Amendment~~ is a ~~summary~~tabulation ~~only~~of ~~and is qualified in its entirety by reference to~~ the ~~full~~votes ~~text~~with ~~of the~~respect ~~Form of Amendment~~ to the ~~Third~~Initial ~~Amended~~Mergers ~~and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association~~Proposal, which iswas ~~attached~~approved ~~hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and incorporated~~ by ~~reference~~AlphaTime’s ~~herein.~~shareholders:

Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

Ordinary Share Votes For		Ordinary Share Votes Against		Ordinary Share Abstentions
2,254,597		0		0

OnItem ~~October 1, 2025, the Company held the Meeting~~8.01 AtOther the Meeting, the Company’s shareholders approved the following proposals: (1) a proposal to approve by special resolution the Extension Amendment (the “Extension Amendment Proposal”), (2) a proposal to approve by ordinary resolution the Trust Agreement Amendment, and (3) a proposal to adjourn the Meeting to a later date if, based upon the tabulated vote at the time of the Meeting, there are not sufficient votes to approve the Extension Amendment Proposal and the Trust Agreement Amendment Proposal (the “Adjournment Proposal”)Events.

The Extension Amendment Proposal, the Trust Agreement Amendment Proposal and the Adjournment Proposal presented at the Meeting were approved by the Company’s shareholders. The final voting results for each proposal are set forth below.Redemptions

~~Proposal~~In Noconnection with the Meeting, AlphaTime shareholders holding an aggregate of 382,091 Ordinary Shares exercised their right to redeem such shares for a pro rata portion of the funds in the Trust Account. 1As –a ~~Extension~~result, ~~Amendment~~approximately ~~Proposal~~$3,971,541.40 (approximately $12.38 per share) will be removed from the Trust Account to pay such AlphaTime shareholders, subject to further redemption reversal requests (if any) received and approved by AlphaTime prior to the closing.

The Extension Amendment Proposal was approved by special resolution of the Company’s shareholders, and received the following votes:

FOR			AGAINST				ABSTAIN
3,095,189				172,000				0

Proposal No. 2 – Trust Agreement Amendment Proposal

The Trust Agreement Amendment Proposal was approved by ordinary resolution of the Company’s shareholders, and received the following votes:

FOR			AGAINST				ABSTAIN
3,095,189				172,000				0

Proposal No. 3 – Adjournment Proposal

The Adjournment Proposal was approved by ordinary resolution of the Company’s shareholders, and received the following votes:

FOR			AGAINST				ABSTAIN
3,095,189				172,000				0

Although Proposal 3 was approved, adjournment of the Meeting was not necessary or appropriate because the Company’s shareholders approved Proposal No. 1 to approve the Extension Amendment Proposal and Proposal No.2 to approve the Trust Agreement Amendment Proposal.

Item 8.01. Other Events.

In connection with the shareholders’ vote at the Meeting, holders of 917,814 ordinary shares of the Company exercised their right to redeem such shares (the “Redemption”) for a pro rata portion of the funds held in the Trust Account. As a result, approximately $11,362,537(approximately $12.38 per share) will be removed from the Trust Account to pay such holders and approximately $4,733,867 will remain in the Trust Account. Following the aforementioned Redemption, AlphaTime will have 2,551,636 ordinary shares outstanding.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.		Description
3.1		Form of Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, adopted on October 1, 2025
10.1		Amendment to the Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated October 1, 2025, by and between AlphaTime Acquisition Corp and Equiniti Trust Company, LLC.
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded with the Inline XBRL document)

The following exhibit is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K:

Exhibit No.		Exhibit Title or Description
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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the ~~registrant~~Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

ALPHATIME ACQUISITION CORP By: /s/ Gan Kim Hai Name: Gan Kim Hai Title: Chief Executive Officer

	ALPHATIME ACQUISITION CORP

Dated: December 8, 2025	By:	/s/ Gan Kim Hai
	Name:	Gan Kim Hai
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer

~~Dated: October~~ 3~~, 2025~~

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