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): July 23, 2024

PERCEPTION CAPITAL CORP. III

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Cayman Islands		001-40639		98-1592069
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

3109 W 50^th St, #207 Minneapolis, MN		55410
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(212) 380-5605
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Each Class:	Trading Symbol:	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	PFTAU	The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Class A ordinary shares included as part of the units	PFTA	The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC
Redeemable warrants included as part of the units, each whole warrant exercisable for one Class A Ordinary Share at an exercise price of $11.50	PFTAW	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 3.01. Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.

On July 23, 2024, Perception Capital Corp. III (the “Company”) received a notice from the staff of the Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) indicating that unless the Company timely requests a hearing before the Nasdaq Hearings Panel (the “Panel”), trading of the Company’s securities on Nasdaq would be suspended at the opening of business on August 1, 2024, due to the Company’s non-compliance with Nasdaq IM-5101-2, which requires that a special purpose acquisition company complete one or more business combinations within 36 months of the effectiveness of its registration statement in connection with its initial public offering.

The Company intends to timely request a hearing before the Panel to request sufficient time to complete its previously disclosed proposed business combination with RBio Energy Corporation (“RBio”). The hearing request will result in a stay of any suspension or delisting action pending the hearing.

There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to satisfy Nasdaq’s continued listing requirements, regain compliance with Nasdaq IM-5101-2, and maintain compliance with other Nasdaq listing requirements.

Forward Looking Statements

This Current Report on Form 8-K includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Certain of these forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as “believes,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “estimates,” “assumes,” “may,” “should,” “will,” “seeks,” or other similar expressions. Such statements may include, but are not limited to, the Company’s intention to request a hearing and the Company’s plans to complete a business combination with RBio in order to remedy its non-compliance with Nasdaq IM-5101-2. There can be no assurance that Nasdaq will grant the Company any relief from delisting or that the Company can ultimately complete its business combination transaction with RBio and thereby regain compliance with Nasdaq listing requirements. The forward-looking statements contained in this report speak only as of the date of this report and the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements to reflect changes in information, events or circumstances after the date of this report, unless required by law.

SIGNATURES

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.

Date: July 23, 2024	PERCEPTION CAPITAL CORP. III

	By:	/s/ Rick Gaenzle
	Name:	Rick Gaenzle
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer

Perception Capital Corp. III 8-K