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8-K — Cantor Equity Partners VII, Inc.

Accession: 0001213900-26-109820

Filed: 2026-10-15

Period: 2026-10-14

CIK: 0002087965

SIC: 6770 (BLANK CHECKS)

Item: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

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UNITED

STATES

SECURITIES

AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington,

D.C. 20549

FORM

8-K

CURRENT

REPORT

PURSUANT

TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES

EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date

of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 15, 2026 (October 14, 2026)

CANTOR

EQUITY PARTNERS VII, INC.

(Exact

name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Cayman

Islands

001-43356

98-1601092

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

110

East 59th Street

New

York, NY 10022

(Address

of principal executive offices, including zip code)

Registrant’s

telephone number, including area code: (212) 938-5000

Not

Applicable

(Former

name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check

the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under

any of the following provisions:

☐

Written communications

pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐

Soliciting material pursuant

to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐

Pre-commencement communications

pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐

Pre-commencement communications

pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities

registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title

of each class

Trading

Symbol(s)

Name

of each exchange on which registered

Class A ordinary shares,

par value $0.0001 per share

CAES

The Nasdaq Stock Market

LLC

Indicate

by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405

of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging

growth company ☒

If

an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying

with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item

5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of

Certain Officers.

(d)

Appointment of Directors.

Effective

October 14, 2026, the board of directors (the “Board”) of Cantor Equity Partners VII, Inc. (the “Company”)

appointed Alan Riffkin as a member of the Board. Mr. Riffkin will serve as a Class I director. Additionally, effective October 14, 2026,

the Board appointed Mr. Riffkin as a member of the audit committee of the Board and a member of the compensation committee of the Board.

Mr.

Riffkin is an accomplished executive with extensive leadership experience in finance and real estate. Mr. Riffkin is the Managing Member,

since December 2020, of AFR Capital Advisory LLC, a strategic advisor to real estate owners and operators. Mr. Riffkin also serves, since

March 2024, as the Executive Chairman and Treasurer of AirWave Lease Insights, a private company that helps commercial landlords recover

property taxes owed from their rooftop cellular tenants. Mr. Riffkin has also served as a director of Cantor Equity Partners IV, Inc.

since February 2026. Mr. Riffkin previously was a member of the Board of Directors of Resource REIT, Inc., an SEC registered, non-listed

company from August 2021 until its multi-billion dollar sale in May 2022. From 2003 to December 2019, Mr. Riffkin held positions as Director

to Managing Director of the Real Estate Investment Banking Group at Lazard Freres & Co LLC. From 1994 to 2003, he held positions

as Associate to Vice President of the Real Estate, Technology and Industrial Groups in the Investment Banking Division of Goldman Sachs

& Co. Prior to that, Mr. Riffkin held positions as Account Officer to Senior Account Officer at Citicorp in the Real Estate Division

from 1988 to 1992. Mr. Riffkin was a Governing Trustee of the Urban Land Institute from 2017 - 2022. Mr. Riffkin received a Bachelor

of Science degree from Cornell University and a Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

The Company believes that Mr. Riffkin is qualified to serve as a member of the Board due to his extensive experience in finance and business

management.

In

connection with the appointment of Mr. Riffkin, the Board approved the compensation to be paid to Mr. Riffkin for serving as a member

of the Board of $50,000 per year, paid quarterly.

There

are no family relationships between Mr. Riffkin and any director, executive officer, or person nominated or chosen by the Company to

become an executive officer of the Company.

1

SIGNATURE

Pursuant

to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by

the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated:

October 15, 2026

CANTOR

EQUITY PARTNERS VII, INC.

By:

/s/

Brandon G. Lutnick

Name:

Brandon G.

Lutnick

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

[Signature

Page to Form 8-K of Cantor Equity Partners VII, Inc. – Appointment of New Director]

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