Safeguard Acquisition Corp.SAC
Cash in trust
$235M
$234,663,705
Trust per share
$10.20
Redemption value
IPO
Dec 2025
$230M raised
Combination deadline
Dec 4, 2027
411 days remaining
Filings on record
27
Latest Aug 14, 2026
Overview
Safeguard Acquisition Corp. is a special purpose acquisition company incorporated in Cayman Islands and registered with the SEC under CIK 0002082844. It completed its initial public offering in Dec 2025, raising $230M in gross proceeds and listing on NYSE. Class A shares trade under the ticker SAC, units under SAC-UN, warrants under SAC-WT on NYSE. The vehicle is sponsored by Safeguard Acquisition Management through Safeguard Acquisition Management LLC. The mandate targets aerospace & defense. IPO closed, trust funded, no definitive agreement announced.
“we intend to focus our search on companies in the aerospace & defense, government services & national security, and space sectors.”
Reading the filings
Arithmetic on what Safeguard 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 $10.12 the shares change hands 0.81% below the $10.20 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 $10.20 per public share, 2.0% 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
411 days to the Dec 4, 2027 deadline. The vehicle is early in its search window, and the deadline is not yet the binding constraint.
Sponsor promote
The sponsor's founder block is 2,152,449 shares against 23,000,000 public shares, or 8.6% 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.
Warrant coverage
Each unit carried one-half warrant per unit. Warrants are dilution deferred: they cost the holder nothing until exercised, and they overhang the post-combination share count. Thinner coverage is generally a sign of a stronger book at pricing.
Underwriting
Jefferies led the offering. It has been named on 73 SPAC IPOs, book-running 68 of them, and 53.1% 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.
From listing to the date Safeguard 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.
27 filings in all. 3 in the last three months, against a busiest month of 11.
Scores
Recomputed 2m agoThree readings of Safeguard 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
ElevatedHow much does the structure protect a holder right now?
61/100
- Discount to trust70
0.81%
- Trust accretion44
$10.20 per share
- Runway70
411 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
LowHow much attention is this vehicle attracting right now?
10/100
- Filing activity0
0 in 30 days
- News coverage0
0 stories in 30 days
- Premium to trust30
-0.81%
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
ModerateHow likely is this vehicle to complete a combination, and at what scale?
48/100
- Lead bank record22
53.1%
- Bank franchise58
73 SPAC mandates
- Trust scale72
$235M
- 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 Safeguard 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- SCHEDULE 13G/A
Amended beneficial ownership report (passive)
Accession 0001193125-26-351240
- SCHEDULE 13G/A
Amended beneficial ownership report (passive)
Accession 0001193125-26-351091
- 10-Q
Quarterly report
Accession 0001213900-26-086215
- 10-Q
Quarterly report
Accession 0001213900-26-054493
- SCHEDULE 13G
Beneficial ownership report (passive)
Accession 0001193125-26-192710
- SCHEDULE 13G
Beneficial ownership report (passive)
Accession 0001193125-26-176399
- 10-K
Annual report
Accession 0001213900-26-023746
- 4
Statement of changes in beneficial ownership
Accession 0001213900-26-018520
- SCHEDULE 13G
Beneficial ownership report (passive)
Accession 0000902664-26-000913
- SCHEDULE 13D
Beneficial ownership report (activist)
Accession 0001213900-26-010224
- 8-K
Other events
Items 8.01, 9.01 · Accession 0001213900-26-006363
- 10-Q
Quarterly report
Accession 0001213900-26-002534
- 8-K
Other events
Items 8.01, 9.01 · Accession 0001213900-25-120771
- 8-K
Entry into a material definitive agreement; Other events
Items 1.01, 3.02, 5.02, 5.03, 8.01, 9.01 · Accession 0001213900-25-119281
- 424B4
Final IPO prospectus
Accession 0001213900-25-118381
- 3
Initial statement of beneficial ownership
Accession 0001213900-25-117968
- 3
Initial statement of beneficial ownership
Accession 0001213900-25-117967
- 3
Initial statement of beneficial ownership
Accession 0001213900-25-117966
- 3
Initial statement of beneficial ownership
Accession 0001213900-25-117965
- 3
Initial statement of beneficial ownership
Accession 0001213900-25-117964
- 3
Initial statement of beneficial ownership
Accession 0001213900-25-117963
- CERT
Exchange listing certification
Accession 0000876661-25-000935
- 8-A12B
Registration of securities on an exchange
Accession 0001213900-25-117677
- CORRESP
Correspondence with SEC staff
Accession 0001213900-25-106803
- S-1
Registration statement for the initial public offering
Accession 0001213900-25-106802
- UPLOAD
SEC staff comment letter
Accession 0000000000-25-010186
- DRS
Draft registration statement (confidential)
Accession 0002077096-25-000043
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Safeguard Acquisition Corp.: questions answered
What is Safeguard Acquisition Corp. (SAC)?
Safeguard Acquisition Corp. is a special purpose acquisition company incorporated in Cayman Islands and registered with the SEC under CIK 0002082844. It completed its initial public offering in Dec 2025, raising $230M in gross proceeds and listing on NYSE. Class A shares trade under the ticker SAC, units under SAC-UN, warrants under SAC-WT on NYSE. The vehicle is sponsored by Safeguard Acquisition Management through Safeguard Acquisition Management LLC. The mandate targets aerospace & defense. IPO closed, trust funded, no definitive agreement announced.
How much does Safeguard Acquisition Corp. hold in trust?
Approximately $234,663,705, or about $10.20 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 Safeguard Acquisition Corp. complete a merger?
By Dec 4, 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 Safeguard 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 Safeguard 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 $10.20 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 Safeguard Acquisition Corp. trade under?
Class A shares trade as SAC on NYSE, the units as SAC-UN, and the warrants as SAC-WT. 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 Safeguard Acquisition Corp.?
No, and the gap between them is the whole trade. Trust per share is a disclosed, contractual figure of $10.20, being what a redeeming holder receives. The market price is whatever the shares change hands at: most recently $10.12, a discount of 0.81% to the redemption value. Quotes on this site are delayed and indicative; confirm on your own venue before trading.
How much dilution do Safeguard Acquisition Corp.'s founder shares and warrants create?
The founder block is 2,152,449 shares against 23,000,000 public shares, so roughly 8.6% of the combined count sits with the sponsor at nominal cost. Each unit also carried one-half warrant per unit, which is dilution deferred until exercise. 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 Safeguard Acquisition Corp., and what is their track record?
Safeguard Acquisition Management LLC is the sponsor entity, part of the Safeguard Acquisition Management franchise. This is the only vehicle we have attributed to that sponsor. Named principals: Mark Gottfredson.
Which banks underwrote the Safeguard Acquisition Corp. IPO?
Jefferies. Jefferies was credited as book-running manager on the cover. Syndicate membership and role are read from the prospectus cover and the underwriting section.
Is Safeguard Acquisition Corp. tradeable, and where?
Yes. SAC returned a live quote of $10.12 on NYSE. 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 Safeguard Acquisition Corp. a good investment?
That is not a question this site answers. Safeguard 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 Safeguard Acquisition Corp. data come from?
Filings Safeguard Acquisition Corp. submitted to the SEC under CIK 0002082844: 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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