RF Acquisition Corp IIIRFAM
Cash in trust
$101.3M
$101,273,496
Trust per share
$10.13
Redemption value
IPO
Feb 2026
$98.0M raised
Combination deadline
Nov 12, 2027
434 days remaining
Filings on record
26
Latest Aug 12, 2026
Business combination
- Target
- Not disclosed in an indexed filing
- Announced
- Jul 9, 2026
Overview
RF Acquisition Corp III is a special purpose acquisition company incorporated in Cayman Islands and registered with the SEC under CIK 0002091712. It completed its initial public offering in Feb 2026, raising $98.0M in gross proceeds and listing on Nasdaq. Class A shares trade under the ticker RFAM, units under RFAMU, rights under RFAMR on Nasdaq. The vehicle is sponsored by Alfa through Alfa 30 Limited. The mandate targets technology, healthcare. Definitive business-combination agreement signed, closing pending.
“we intend to focus our search on businesses in Asia within the deep technology sector, including artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and biotechnology.”
Reading the filings
Arithmetic on what RF Acquisition Corp III 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 $9.99 the shares change hands 1.38% below the $10.13 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 $10.13 per public share, 1.3% 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
434 days to the Nov 12, 2027 deadline. The vehicle is early in its search window, and the deadline is not yet the binding constraint.
Sponsor record
Alfa has launched 2 vehicles, none of which has resolved yet, so there is no completion record to read.
Underwriting
EarlyBirdCapital led the offering. It has been named on 52 SPAC IPOs, and 23.1% 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.
Scores
Recomputed 4m agoThree readings of RF Acquisition Corp III, 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
ElevatedHow much does the structure protect a holder right now?
64/100
- Discount to trust94
1.38%
- Trust accretion36
$10.13 per share
- Runway62
434 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?
26/100
- Filing activity14
1 in 30 days
- News coverage0
0 stories in 30 days
- Premium to trust6
-1.38%
- Deal freshness84
announced 57 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?
63/100
- Lead bank record86
23.1%
- Bank franchise60
52 SPAC mandates
- Trust scale20
$101M
- 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.
SEC filing history
Free tier: filings older than 24 hours- SCHEDULE 13G/A
Amended beneficial ownership report (passive)
Accession 0001167557-26-000158
- 10-Q
Quarterly report
Accession 0001829126-26-007711
- 8-K
Entry into a material definitive agreement; Regulation FD disclosure
Items 1.01, 7.01, 9.01 · Accession 0001829126-26-007475
- 425
Business-combination communication
Accession 0001829126-26-007473
- SCHEDULE 13G
Beneficial ownership report (passive)
Accession 0001167557-26-000064
- 10-Q
Quarterly report
Accession 0001829126-26-004117
- 10-Q
Quarterly report
Accession 0001829126-26-002247
- 8-K
Other events
Items 8.01, 9.01 · Accession 0001829126-26-001610
- 3
Initial statement of beneficial ownership
Accession 0001829126-26-001591
- 3
Initial statement of beneficial ownership
Accession 0001829126-26-001589
- 3
Initial statement of beneficial ownership
Accession 0001829126-26-001585
- 3
Initial statement of beneficial ownership
Accession 0001829126-26-001584
- 8-K
Other events
Items 3.02, 8.01, 9.01 · Accession 0001829126-26-001581
- 3
Initial statement of beneficial ownership
Accession 0001829126-26-001580
- 3
Initial statement of beneficial ownership
Accession 0001829126-26-001574
- 8-K
Entry into a material definitive agreement; Other events
Items 1.01, 3.02, 5.02, 5.03, 8.01, 9.01 · Accession 0001829126-26-001440
- 424B3
Prospectus supplement
Accession 0001829126-26-001337
- CERT
Exchange listing certification
Accession 0001354457-26-000177
- 424B4
Final IPO prospectus
Accession 0001829126-26-001285
- 8-A12B
Registration of securities on an exchange
Accession 0001829126-26-001278
- EFFECT
Notice of effectiveness
Accession 9999999995-26-000381
- S-1/A
S-1/A
Accession 0001829126-26-000762
- S-1/A
S-1/A
Accession 0001829126-26-000720
- S-1/A
S-1/A
Accession 0001829126-26-000407
- S-1/A
S-1/A
Accession 0001829126-25-010185
- S-1
Registration statement for the initial public offering
Accession 0001829126-25-008212
RF Acquisition Corp III: questions answered
What is RF Acquisition Corp III (RFAM)?
RF Acquisition Corp III is a special purpose acquisition company incorporated in Cayman Islands and registered with the SEC under CIK 0002091712. It completed its initial public offering in Feb 2026, raising $98.0M in gross proceeds and listing on Nasdaq. Class A shares trade under the ticker RFAM, units under RFAMU, rights under RFAMR on Nasdaq. The vehicle is sponsored by Alfa through Alfa 30 Limited. The mandate targets technology, healthcare. Definitive business-combination agreement signed, closing pending.
How much does RF Acquisition Corp III hold in trust?
Approximately $101,273,496, or about $10.13 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 RF Acquisition Corp III complete a merger?
By Nov 12, 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 RF Acquisition Corp III 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 RF Acquisition Corp III, 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 $10.13 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 RF Acquisition Corp III trade under?
Class A shares trade as RFAM on Nasdaq, the units as RFAMU, with rights as RFAMR. 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 RF Acquisition Corp III?
No, and the gap between them is the whole trade. Trust per share is a disclosed, contractual figure of $10.13, being what a redeeming holder receives. The market price is whatever the shares change hands at: most recently $9.99, a discount of 1.38% to the redemption value. Quotes on this site are delayed and indicative; confirm on your own venue before trading.
How much dilution do RF Acquisition Corp III's founder shares and warrants create?
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 RF Acquisition Corp III, and what is their track record?
Alfa 30 Limited is the sponsor entity, part of the Alfa franchise. That franchise has launched 2 vehicles in total, none of which has resolved yet. Named principals: Tse Meng Ng.
Which banks underwrote the RF Acquisition Corp III IPO?
EarlyBirdCapital, I-Bankers Securities. Syndicate membership and role are read from the prospectus cover and the underwriting section.
Is RF Acquisition Corp III tradeable, and where?
Yes. RFAM returned a live quote of $9.99 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 RF Acquisition Corp III a good investment?
That is not a question this site answers. RF Acquisition Corp III 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 RF Acquisition Corp III data come from?
Filings RF Acquisition Corp III submitted to the SEC under CIK 0002091712: 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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