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LaFayette Acquisition Corp.LAFA

Class A LAFAUnits LAFAURights LAFARCIK 0002079106

Cash in trust

$117.8M

$117,837,040

Trust per share

$10.25

Redemption value

IPO

Oct 2025

$115.0M raised

Combination deadline

Jul 24, 2027

323 days remaining

Filings on record

27

Latest Aug 13, 2026

Overview

LaFayette Acquisition Corp. is a special purpose acquisition company incorporated in Cayman Islands and registered with the SEC under CIK 0002079106. It completed its initial public offering in Oct 2025, raising $115.0M in gross proceeds and listing on Nasdaq. Class A shares trade under the ticker LAFA, units under LAFAU, rights under LAFAR on Nasdaq. The vehicle is sponsored by LaFayette through LaFayette Sponsor LLC. The mandate targets generalist. IPO closed, trust funded, no definitive agreement announced.

We intend to focus our efforts on identifying and completing a business combination with a company that aligns with our team’s experiences, expertise and network of relationships.
The mandate, as stated in the IPO prospectus

Reading the filings

Arithmetic on what LaFayette 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 discount to trust

    At $10.17 the shares change hands 0.78% below the $10.25 they can be redeemed for. A holder buying here is paid that spread to carry deadline and redemption risk until the vote, and the trust keeps accreting underneath it.

  • Trust versus the $10 unit

    The trust holds $10.25 per public share, 2.5% 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

    323 days to the Jul 24, 2027 deadline. The vehicle is early in its search window, and the deadline is not yet the binding constraint.

Scores

Recomputed 4m ago

Three readings of LaFayette 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

Elevated

How much does the structure protect a holder right now?

57/100

  • Discount to trust72

    0.78%

  • Trust accretion53

    $10.25 per share

  • Runway47

    323 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

Low

How much attention is this vehicle attracting right now?

14/100

  • Filing activity14

    1 in 30 days

  • News coverage0

    0 stories in 30 days

  • Premium to trust28

    -0.78%

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

Moderate

How likely is this vehicle to complete a combination, and at what scale?

32/100

  • Trust scale25

    $118M

  • 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.

SEC filing history

Free tier: filings older than 24 hours
  • 10-Q

    Quarterly report

    Accession 0001213900-26-089283

    Aug 13, 2026

    21d ago

    Open filing
  • 10-Q

    Quarterly report

    Accession 0001213900-26-056683

    May 14, 2026

    3mo ago

    Open filing
  • SCHEDULE 13G

    Beneficial ownership report (passive)

    Accession 0000886982-26-000198

    May 11, 2026

    3mo ago

    Open filing
  • 10-K

    Annual report

    Accession 0001213900-26-025877

    Mar 11, 2026

    5mo ago

    Open filing
  • 10-Q

    Quarterly report

    Accession 0001213900-25-118271

    Dec 4, 2025

    9mo ago

    Open filing
  • 3

    Initial statement of beneficial ownership

    Accession 0001213900-25-115342

    Nov 26, 2025

    9mo ago

    Open filing
  • 8-K

    Other events

    Items 8.01, 9.01 · Accession 0001213900-25-113677

    Nov 21, 2025

    9mo ago

    Open filing
  • 8-K

    Other events

    Items 8.01, 9.01 · Accession 0001213900-25-104759

    Oct 31, 2025

    10mo ago

    Open filing
  • SCHEDULE 13D

    Beneficial ownership report (activist)

    Accession 0001213900-25-103258

    Oct 29, 2025

    10mo ago

    Open filing
  • 8-K

    Entry into a material definitive agreement; Other events

    Items 1.01, 3.02, 5.02, 5.03, 8.01, 9.01 · Accession 0001213900-25-103118

    Oct 28, 2025

    10mo ago

    Open filing
  • 4

    Statement of changes in beneficial ownership

    Accession 0001213900-25-102863

    Oct 28, 2025

    10mo ago

    Open filing
  • 4

    Statement of changes in beneficial ownership

    Accession 0001213900-25-102859

    Oct 28, 2025

    10mo ago

    Open filing
  • 424B4

    Final IPO prospectus

    Accession 0001213900-25-101929

    Oct 24, 2025

    10mo ago

    Open filing
  • 3

    Initial statement of beneficial ownership

    Accession 0001213900-25-101834

    Oct 23, 2025

    10mo ago

    Open filing
  • 3

    Initial statement of beneficial ownership

    Accession 0001213900-25-101831

    Oct 23, 2025

    10mo ago

    Open filing
  • 3

    Initial statement of beneficial ownership

    Accession 0001213900-25-101830

    Oct 23, 2025

    10mo ago

    Open filing
  • 3

    Initial statement of beneficial ownership

    Accession 0001213900-25-101829

    Oct 23, 2025

    10mo ago

    Open filing
  • CERT

    Exchange listing certification

    Accession 0001354457-25-001056

    Oct 23, 2025

    10mo ago

    Open filing
  • 8-A12B

    Registration of securities on an exchange

    Accession 0001213900-25-101447

    Oct 23, 2025

    10mo ago

    Open filing
  • CORRESP

    Correspondence with SEC staff

    Accession 0001213900-25-095941

    Oct 3, 2025

    11mo ago

    Open filing
  • S-1/A

    Amended IPO registration statement

    Accession 0001213900-25-095940

    Oct 3, 2025

    11mo ago

    Open filing
  • UPLOAD

    SEC staff comment letter

    Accession 0000000000-25-010631

    Sep 29, 2025

    11mo ago

    Open filing
  • S-1/A

    Amended IPO registration statement

    Accession 0001213900-25-089143

    Sep 18, 2025

    11mo ago

    Open filing
  • CORRESP

    Correspondence with SEC staff

    Accession 0001213900-25-084688

    Sep 5, 2025

    1y ago

    Open filing
  • S-1

    Registration statement for the initial public offering

    Accession 0001213900-25-084687

    Sep 5, 2025

    1y ago

    Open filing
  • UPLOAD

    SEC staff comment letter

    Accession 0000000000-25-009384

    Aug 29, 2025

    1y ago

    Open filing
  • DRS

    Draft registration statement (confidential)

    Accession 0001213900-25-072190

    Aug 5, 2025

    1y ago

    Open filing

LaFayette Acquisition Corp.: questions answered

What is LaFayette Acquisition Corp. (LAFA)?

LaFayette Acquisition Corp. is a special purpose acquisition company incorporated in Cayman Islands and registered with the SEC under CIK 0002079106. It completed its initial public offering in Oct 2025, raising $115.0M in gross proceeds and listing on Nasdaq. Class A shares trade under the ticker LAFA, units under LAFAU, rights under LAFAR on Nasdaq. The vehicle is sponsored by LaFayette through LaFayette Sponsor LLC. The mandate targets generalist. IPO closed, trust funded, no definitive agreement announced.

How much does LaFayette Acquisition Corp. hold in trust?

Approximately $117,837,040, or about $10.25 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 LaFayette Acquisition Corp. complete a merger?

By Jul 24, 2027. 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 LaFayette 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 LaFayette 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 $10.25 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 LaFayette Acquisition Corp. trade under?

Class A shares trade as LAFA on Nasdaq, the units as LAFAU, with rights as LAFAR. 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 LaFayette Acquisition Corp.?

No, and the gap between them is the whole trade. Trust per share is a disclosed, contractual figure of $10.25, being what a redeeming holder receives. The market price is whatever the shares change hands at: most recently $10.17, a discount of 0.78% to the redemption value. Quotes on this site are delayed and indicative; confirm on your own venue before trading.

Who sponsors LaFayette Acquisition Corp., and what is their track record?

LaFayette Sponsor LLC is the sponsor entity, part of the LaFayette franchise. This is the only vehicle we have attributed to that sponsor. Named principals: Christophe Charlier.

Is LaFayette Acquisition Corp. tradeable, and where?

Yes. LAFA returned a live quote of $10.17 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 LaFayette Acquisition Corp. a good investment?

That is not a question this site answers. LaFayette 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 LaFayette Acquisition Corp. data come from?

Filings LaFayette Acquisition Corp. submitted to the SEC under CIK 0002079106: 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.

Compiled by the SPACListing research desk

Last reconciled Sep 4, 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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