Kochav Defense Acquisition Corp.KCHV
Redeem by
Nov 6, 202618 days left
Shareholder meeting
Nov 13, 2026
The election deadline is when you must tender to take the trust. Miss it and you hold through whatever the meeting decides. Read from the proxy statement, not assumed from the meeting date.
“no later than November 6, 2026”
Cash in trust
$264M
$263,622,803
Trust per share
$10.14
Redemption value
IPO
May 2025
$253M raised
Combination deadline
Nov 29, 2026
41 days remaining
Filings on record
51
Latest Oct 19, 2026
Overview
Kochav Defense Acquisition Corp. is a special purpose acquisition company incorporated in Cayman Islands and registered with the SEC under CIK 0002053799. It completed its initial public offering in May 2025, raising $253M in gross proceeds and listing on Nasdaq. Class A shares trade under the ticker KCHV, units under KCHVU, rights under KCHVR on Nasdaq. The vehicle is sponsored by Kochav through Kochav Sponsor LLC. The mandate targets aerospace & defense. IPO closed, trust funded, no definitive agreement announced.
“we intend to focus on acquiring a business in the defense and aerospace industries.”
Reading the filings
Arithmetic on what Kochav Defense Acquisition Corp. has disclosed, written the way a desk would read it. These are observations, not a rating. Nothing here scores the vehicle or implies a view on it.
Trading at a premium to trust
At $10.50 the shares trade 3.55% above the $10.14 redemption floor. Above trust the market is paying for the announced or expected deal rather than for the cash, so the premium is what is at risk if the combination does not close.
Trust versus the $10 unit
The trust holds $10.14 per public share, 1.4% above the $10.00 the units were sold at. That spread is accrued interest on the trust and, where the charter provides for it, sponsor contributions paid in to buy more time. It is the floor a public shareholder can redeem at, not a valuation of the business.
Time on the clock
41 days to the Nov 29, 2026 deadline. Inside ninety days a sponsor has three routes and no others: close, call a shareholder vote to extend (which opens a redemption window and usually costs a monthly contribution into the trust), or liquidate and return the cash. This is the window where redemption arithmetic starts to dominate the share price.
Rights, not warrants
Each unit carried one right per unit, convertible into one seventh (1/7) of a share. A right converts automatically on closing rather than needing to be exercised at a strike, so it is dilution that arrives whatever the share price does — unlike a warrant, which only bites if the stock works. For a holder redeeming at the trust it is worth nothing either way; for one staying in, it is a certain claim rather than an option.
Underwriting
EF Hutton led the offering. It has been named on 44 SPAC IPOs, book-running 32 of them, and 61.5% of its resolved vehicles closed a deal. The syndicate has no control over whether a sponsor finds a target, but the quality of the book at pricing shapes who ends up holding the units.
From listing to the date Kochav Defense Acquisition Corp. must close a deal, extend again, or return the trust. The marker is today.
Filings per month since the first one. A vehicle that has gone quiet with a deadline ahead is a different proposition from one that is still working.
51 filings in all. 3 in the last three months, against a busiest month of 21.
Scores
Recomputed 20m agoThree readings of Kochav Defense Acquisition Corp., each an unweighted mean of the components shown beneath it, and each component a percentile against every live SPAC rather than an absolute we invented. They describe the setup, not the merit. How they are built
Edge
LowHow much does the structure protect a holder right now?
20/100
- Discount to trust4
-3.55%
- Trust accretion32
$10.14 per share
- Runway24
41 days
Edge reads the setup, not the business. A vehicle can score well on protection and still be a poor place to leave money once a deal closes.
FOMO
ModerateHow much attention is this vehicle attracting right now?
48/100
- Filing activity47
2 in 30 days
- News coverage0
0 stories in 30 days
- Premium to trust96
3.55%
Attention is not quality. FOMO rises on news volume and on the market paying above trust, both of which have preceded plenty of disappointments.
Potential
ElevatedHow likely is this vehicle to complete a combination, and at what scale?
51/100
- Lead bank record34
61.5%
- Bank franchise46
44 SPAC mandates
- Trust scale84
$264M
- Stage40
searching
Potential is about execution, not about the target. It says nothing about whether the eventual deal is worth owning, because the target is usually unknown when the score is computed.
These are derived measures, not ratings of investment merit. They carry no view on the target, no price target and no recommendation, and a high score is not a reason to buy anything.
News on Kochav Defense Acquisition Corp.
Last 90 daysNothing in the last 90 days that names this vehicle. We attribute a story only when the release carries the ticker or the registered name, so an empty section means no press release or wire story matched — not that nothing was published. The filings below are the primary record either way.
SEC filing history
Free tier: filings older than 24 hours- PRE 14A
PROXY STATEMENT
Accession 0001213900-26-108503
- 10-Q
Quarterly report
Accession 0001213900-26-089257
- 10-Q
Quarterly report
Accession 0001213900-26-056855
- SCHEDULE 13G/A
Amended beneficial ownership report (passive)
Accession 0001628280-26-032574
- 10-K
Annual report
Accession 0001213900-26-036406
- SCHEDULE 13G/A
Amended beneficial ownership report (passive)
Accession 0000927971-26-000018
- SCHEDULE 13G/A
Amended beneficial ownership report (passive)
Accession 0001628280-26-007076
- SCHEDULE 13G
Beneficial ownership report (passive)
Accession 0002048251-25-002353
- 10-Q
Quarterly report
Accession 0001213900-25-109292
- SCHEDULE 13G/A
Amended beneficial ownership report (passive)
Accession 0001167557-25-000037
- SCHEDULE 13G
Beneficial ownership report (passive)
Accession 0001193125-25-274723
- 10-Q
Quarterly report
Accession 0001213900-25-076631
- SCHEDULE 13G
Beneficial ownership report (passive)
Accession 0001315863-25-000613
- SCHEDULE 13G
Beneficial ownership report (passive)
Accession 0001085146-25-004889
- SCHEDULE 13G
Beneficial ownership report (passive)
Accession 0001104659-25-075500
- SCHEDULE 13G
Beneficial ownership report (passive)
Accession 0001085146-25-004411
- 3
Initial statement of beneficial ownership
Accession 0001213900-25-065095
- 8-K
Other events
Items 8.01, 9.01 · Accession 0001213900-25-064480
- 10-Q
Quarterly report
Accession 0001213900-25-062351
- SCHEDULE 13D
Beneficial ownership report (activist)
Accession 0001213900-25-051360
- SCHEDULE 13G
Beneficial ownership report (passive)
Accession 0000950170-25-081686
- 8-K
Other events
Items 8.01, 9.01 · Accession 0001213900-25-051189
- 4
Statement of changes in beneficial ownership
Accession 0001213900-25-049019
- 8-K
Entry into a material definitive agreement; Other events
Items 1.01, 3.02, 5.02, 5.03, 8.01, 9.01 · Accession 0001213900-25-048986
- 424B4
Final IPO prospectus
Accession 0001213900-25-048305
- EFFECT
Notice of effectiveness
Accession 9999999995-25-001742
- 3
Initial statement of beneficial ownership
Accession 0001213900-25-047941
- 3
Initial statement of beneficial ownership
Accession 0001213900-25-047940
- 3
Initial statement of beneficial ownership
Accession 0001213900-25-047939
- 3
Initial statement of beneficial ownership
Accession 0001213900-25-047938
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Kochav Defense Acquisition Corp.: questions answered
What is Kochav Defense Acquisition Corp. (KCHV)?
Kochav Defense Acquisition Corp. is a special purpose acquisition company incorporated in Cayman Islands and registered with the SEC under CIK 0002053799. It completed its initial public offering in May 2025, raising $253M in gross proceeds and listing on Nasdaq. Class A shares trade under the ticker KCHV, units under KCHVU, rights under KCHVR on Nasdaq. The vehicle is sponsored by Kochav through Kochav Sponsor LLC. The mandate targets aerospace & defense. IPO closed, trust funded, no definitive agreement announced.
How much does Kochav Defense Acquisition Corp. hold in trust?
Approximately $263,622,803, or about $10.14 per public share, as at the most recent filing on record. Trust balances move: shareholders redeem at extension votes and at the combination vote, and sponsors pay contributions in to extend. Treat the figure as a point-in-time disclosure, not a running balance.
When must Kochav Defense Acquisition Corp. complete a merger?
By Nov 29, 2026. If no combination closes by then the sponsor must seek a further extension or wind the vehicle up and return the trust.
What happens if Kochav Defense Acquisition Corp. does not find a target in time?
The charter requires the vehicle to redeem 100% of the public shares and return the trust, pro rata, to public shareholders. That is the mechanism working as designed rather than a default. Founder shares and warrants are worthless in that outcome, which is why the sponsor's incentive is to get a deal done or to buy more time. Across the market, deadline lapsed without a deal; trust returned to public shareholders.
Can I redeem shares in Kochav Defense Acquisition Corp., and at what price?
Public shareholders may elect to redeem in connection with a combination vote and at each extension vote, at the pro-rata trust value on the relevant record date, most recently disclosed at about $10.14 per share. Redemption is a right attached to the public shares only; warrants and rights carry no claim on the trust. The mechanics and the deadline for electing are set out in the proxy statement for the vote in question.
What tickers does Kochav Defense Acquisition Corp. trade under?
Class A shares trade as KCHV on Nasdaq, the units as KCHVU, with rights as KCHVR. Units trade first and separate into their component securities roughly 52 days after the IPO; only the Class A shares carry the redemption right against the trust.
Is the trust value the same as the share price for Kochav Defense Acquisition Corp.?
No, and the gap between them is the whole trade. Trust per share is a disclosed, contractual figure of $10.14, being what a redeeming holder receives. The market price is whatever the shares change hands at: most recently $10.50, a premium of 3.55% to the redemption value. Quotes on this site are delayed and indicative; confirm on your own venue before trading.
Who sponsors Kochav Defense Acquisition Corp., and what is their track record?
Kochav Sponsor LLC is the sponsor entity, part of the Kochav franchise. This is the only vehicle we have attributed to that sponsor. Named principals: Menachem Shalom.
Which banks underwrote the Kochav Defense Acquisition Corp. IPO?
EF Hutton. EF Hutton was credited as book-running manager on the cover. Syndicate membership and role are read from the prospectus cover and the underwriting section.
Is Kochav Defense Acquisition Corp. tradeable, and where?
Yes. KCHV returned a live quote of $10.50 on Nasdaq. Quotes here are delayed and refreshed on a schedule rather than streamed, so treat the figure as indicative and confirm on your own venue. Units and warrants trade under their own symbols and are quoted separately.
Is Kochav Defense Acquisition Corp. a good investment?
That is not a question this site answers. Kochav Defense Acquisition Corp. is covered here as reference data: what the company filed, when it filed it, and what the numbers in those filings say. The Edge, FOMO and Potential scores on this page are derived measures with a published formula, not ratings of investment merit: they describe the setup, and every component is shown so you can take them apart. We publish no price targets and no recommendations, and nothing here should be read as advice. The figures are a starting point for your own work, and each one carries the accession number of the filing it came from.
Where does this Kochav Defense Acquisition Corp. data come from?
Filings Kochav Defense Acquisition Corp. submitted to the SEC under CIK 0002053799: the registration statement and final prospectus for the structure, quarterly and annual reports for the trust, current reports and proxy statements for deals, votes and extensions. Trust economics are taken from the registrant's own XBRL tags rather than parsed from prose, which is why they are exact. Every filing in the history above is listed with its accession number, which identifies the document uniquely on EDGAR; Pro accounts open it directly from the row.
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Last reconciled Oct 19, 2026
Every figure on this page is read from documents the registrants filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, principally the IPO prospectus (Form 424B4), quarterly and annual reports, current reports and proxy statements, the registrant's own XBRL tags for trust economics. Nothing is sourced from press coverage, from the companies themselves, or from a third-party aggregator. Where a filing does not disclose something, the field is left blank rather than estimated.
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