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While the primary event is an IPO capital raise, the Item is filed under 1.01 (Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement) and describes the company as a blank-check SPAC formed to effect a business combination. The material agreements and the capital raise structure are foundational to the company's ability to pursue future M\u0026A activity, making this a capital formation event with M\u0026A implications. However, this is technically an IPO/capital raise rather than a traditional M\u0026A transaction; the closest fit is ma_activity given the Item 1.01 classification and the SPAC structure's inherent M\u0026A purpose.","classifier_version":"claude-haiku-4-5-20251001+prompt-a85dd512","taxonomy_version":"v1.3","classified_at":"2026-07-29T20:11:51.256443+00:00","company_name":"","ticker":null,"filing_date":""}]},{"id":21601,"run_id":19488,"accession_number":"0001213900-26-082795","anchor_item_number":"3.02","event_type":"dilutive_issuance","event_domain":"financial","is_material":true,"confidence":0.95,"summary":"The Company completed an unregistered private placement of 270,000 Private Placement Units to the Sponsor at $10.00 per unit ($2.7 million aggregate) pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) exemption, concurrent with the IPO closing on July 27, 2026.","company_name":"Catalyst Acquisition Corp.","ticker":null,"filing_date":"2026-07-29","form":"8-K","submitted_at":null,"items":[{"id":21281,"accession_number":"0001213900-26-082795","item_number":"3.02","item_title":null,"event_type":"dilutive_issuance","event_domain":"financial","is_material":true,"confidence":0.95,"reasoning":"Item 3.02 discloses an unregistered private placement of 270,000 Private Placement Units to the Sponsor at $10.00 per unit ($2.7 million aggregate), completed simultaneously with the IPO closing. 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While the section also mentions indemnity agreements, the principal disclosed action is the appointment of these directors and their committee roles, making this an exec_appointment event. 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