Lake Superior Acquisition CorpLKSP
Cash in trust
$118M
$118,084,160
Trust per share
$10.27
Redemption value
IPO
Oct 2025
$115M raised
Combination deadline
Apr 8, 2027
171 days remaining
Filings on record
53
Latest Aug 14, 2026
Business combination
- Target
- Not disclosed in an indexed filing
- Announced
- Mar 10, 2026
Overview
Lake Superior Acquisition Corp is a special purpose acquisition company incorporated and registered with the SEC under CIK 0002043508. It completed its initial public offering in Oct 2025, raising $115M in gross proceeds and listing on Nasdaq. Class A shares trade under the ticker LKSP, units under LKSPU, rights under LKSPR on Nasdaq. The vehicle is sponsored by Lake Superior through Lake Superior Investments LLC. The mandate targets generalist. Definitive business-combination agreement signed, closing pending.
“we intend to focus our search on high potential businesses.”
Reading the filings
Arithmetic on what Lake Superior 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 $10.28 the shares sit within a point of the $10.27 redemption value, so the market is pricing the cash and little else.
Trust versus the $10 unit
The trust holds $10.27 per public share, 2.7% 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
171 days to the Apr 8, 2027 deadline. Still workable for a deal already in diligence, tight for one that has not been found. Watch for an extension proxy, which typically appears a month or two before the date.
Sponsor promote
The sponsor's founder block is 500,000 shares against 11,500,000 public shares, or 4.2% of the combined count, acquired before the IPO at nominal cost. That promote is the structural dilution every public shareholder carries into a combination, and it is why the economics of a de-SPAC differ so sharply from a conventional IPO.
Underwriting
Cohen & Company led the offering. It has been named on 57 SPAC IPOs, book-running 56 of them, and 100% 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 Lake Superior 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.
53 filings in all. 4 in the last three months, against a busiest month of 16.
Scores
Recomputed 22m agoThree readings of Lake Superior 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
ModerateHow much does the structure protect a holder right now?
41/100
- Discount to trust33
-0.11%
- Trust accretion54
$10.27 per share
- Runway35
171 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?
35/100
- Filing activity0
0 in 30 days
- News coverage21
1 story in 30 days
- Premium to trust67
0.11%
- Deal freshness54
announced 223 days ago
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?
61/100
- Trust scale37
$118M
- Stage85
definitive agreement signed
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 Lake Superior Acquisition Corp
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SEC filing history
Free tier: filings older than 24 hours- SCHEDULE 13G/A
Amended beneficial ownership report (passive)
Accession 0001072613-26-000674
- 10-Q
Quarterly report
Accession 0001477932-26-004987
- SCHEDULE 13G/A
Amended beneficial ownership report (passive)
Accession 0001104659-26-095383
- SCHEDULE 13G/A
Amended beneficial ownership report (passive)
Accession 0000886982-26-000386
- SCHEDULE 13G
Beneficial ownership report (passive)
Accession 0001104659-26-060582
- 10-Q
Quarterly report
Accession 0001477932-26-003012
- SCHEDULE 13G
Beneficial ownership report (passive)
Accession 0000886982-26-000156
- 425
Business-combination communication
Accession 0001477932-26-001266
- 8-K
Regulation FD disclosure
Items 7.01, 9.01 · Accession 0001477932-26-001261
- SCHEDULE 13G
Beneficial ownership report (passive)
Accession 0001072613-26-000164
- 10-K
Annual report
Accession 0001477932-26-000781
- 8-K
Entry into a material definitive agreement
Items 1.01, 9.01 · Accession 0001477932-26-000513
- 8-K
Regulation FD disclosure
Items 7.01, 9.01 · Accession 0001477932-26-000348
- 10-Q
Quarterly report
Accession 0001477932-25-008266
- SCHEDULE 13G/A
Amended beneficial ownership report (passive)
Accession 0001376474-25-000919
- 8-K
Other events
Item 8.01 · Accession 0001477932-25-007838
- SCHEDULE 13G
Beneficial ownership report (passive)
Accession 0001376474-25-000885
- 4
Statement of changes in beneficial ownership
Accession 0001477932-25-007602
- 4
Statement of changes in beneficial ownership
Accession 0001477932-25-007601
- 8-K
Other events
Items 8.01, 9.01 · Accession 0001477932-25-007586
- 8-K
Entry into a material definitive agreement
Items 1.01, 3.02, 5.03, 9.01 · Accession 0001477932-25-007478
- 424B4
Final IPO prospectus
Accession 0001477932-25-007409
- 3
Initial statement of beneficial ownership
Accession 0001477932-25-007388
- 3
Initial statement of beneficial ownership
Accession 0001477932-25-007387
- 3
Initial statement of beneficial ownership
Accession 0001477932-25-007386
- 3
Initial statement of beneficial ownership
Accession 0001477932-25-007385
- 3
Initial statement of beneficial ownership
Accession 0001477932-25-007384
- 3
Initial statement of beneficial ownership
Accession 0001477932-25-007383
- CERT
Exchange listing certification
Accession 0001354457-25-000987
- 8-A12B
Registration of securities on an exchange
Accession 0001477932-25-007353
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Lake Superior Acquisition Corp: questions answered
What is Lake Superior Acquisition Corp (LKSP)?
Lake Superior Acquisition Corp is a special purpose acquisition company incorporated and registered with the SEC under CIK 0002043508. It completed its initial public offering in Oct 2025, raising $115M in gross proceeds and listing on Nasdaq. Class A shares trade under the ticker LKSP, units under LKSPU, rights under LKSPR on Nasdaq. The vehicle is sponsored by Lake Superior through Lake Superior Investments LLC. The mandate targets generalist. Definitive business-combination agreement signed, closing pending.
How much does Lake Superior Acquisition Corp hold in trust?
Approximately $118,084,160, or about $10.27 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 Lake Superior Acquisition Corp complete a merger?
By Apr 8, 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 Lake Superior 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 Lake Superior 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 $10.27 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 Lake Superior Acquisition Corp trade under?
Class A shares trade as LKSP on Nasdaq, the units as LKSPU, with rights as LKSPR. 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 Lake Superior Acquisition Corp?
No, and the gap between them is the whole trade. Trust per share is a disclosed, contractual figure of $10.27, being what a redeeming holder receives. The market price is whatever the shares change hands at: most recently $10.28, a premium of 0.11% to the redemption value. Quotes on this site are delayed and indicative; confirm on your own venue before trading.
How much dilution do Lake Superior Acquisition Corp's founder shares and warrants create?
The founder block is 500,000 shares against 11,500,000 public shares, so roughly 4.2% of the combined count sits with the sponsor at nominal cost. Both are disclosed in the prospectus and both survive into the combined company, which is why a de-SPAC at $10 is not economically the same as an IPO at $10.
Who sponsors Lake Superior Acquisition Corp, and what is their track record?
Lake Superior Investments LLC is the sponsor entity, part of the Lake Superior franchise. This is the only vehicle we have attributed to that sponsor. Named principals: Edward Cong Wang.
Which banks underwrote the Lake Superior Acquisition Corp IPO?
Cohen & Company. Cohen & Company was credited as book-running manager on the cover. Syndicate membership and role are read from the prospectus cover and the underwriting section.
Is Lake Superior Acquisition Corp tradeable, and where?
Yes. LKSP returned a live quote of $10.28 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 Lake Superior Acquisition Corp a good investment?
That is not a question this site answers. Lake Superior 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 Lake Superior Acquisition Corp data come from?
Filings Lake Superior Acquisition Corp submitted to the SEC under CIK 0002043508: 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 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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