Form 8-K

8-K — DISCIPLINED GROWTH ACQUISITION Corp

Accession: 0001185185-26-002960

Filed: 2026-07-14

Period: 2026-07-14

CIK: 0002111038

SIC: 6770 (BLANK CHECKS)

Item: Other Events

Item: Financial Statements and Exhibits

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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): July 14, 2026

Disciplined Growth Acquisition Corporation

(Exact name of registrant

as specified in its charter)

Cayman Islands

001-43314

99-1913742

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

169 Rockaway Avenue

Garden City, New York

11530

(Address of principal

executive offices, including zip code)

Registrant’s

telephone number, including area code: (516) 550-4122

Not Applicable

(Former name or former

address, if changed since last report)

Securities registered pursuant to Section

12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Units, each consisting of one Class A ordinary share and one right

DGACU

The New York Stock Exchange

Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share

DGAC

The New York Stock Exchange

Rights, each right entitling the holder to receive one-fourth (1/4) of one Class A ordinary share upon the consummation of the initial business combination

DGACR

The New York Stock Exchange

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))

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 ☒

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 8.01. Other Events.

Separate Trading of Class A Ordinary

Shares and Rights

July 14, 2026, Disciplined Growth Acquisition Corporation (the “Company”) announced that, commencing on July 17, 2026,

the holders of the units issued in its initial public offering (the “Units”), each Unit consisting of one Class A ordinary

share of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A Ordinary Shares”), and one right (“Right”)

to receive one-fourth (1/4) of a Class A Ordinary Share upon the consummation of an initial business combination, may elect to separately

trade the Class A Ordinary Shares and the Rights included in the Units. No fractional Rights will be issued upon separation of the Units

and only whole Rights will trade. Any Units not separated will continue to trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “DGACU.”

The Class A Ordinary Shares and the Rights are expected to trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbols “DGAC” and

“DGACR,” respectively. Holders of Units will need to have their brokers contact Odyssey Transfer and Trust Company, the Company’s

transfer agent, in order to separate the Units into Class A Ordinary Shares and Rights.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.

Description

99.1

Press Release dated July 14, 2026

104

Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

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.

Disciplined Growth Acquisition Corporation

Date: July 14, 2026

By:

/s/ Robert Wotczak

Name: Robert Wotczak

Title: Chief Executive Officer

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Exhibit 99.1

Disciplined Growth Acquisition Corporation Announces

the Separate Trading of its Class A

Ordinary Shares and Rights, Commencing July 17, 2026

Garden City, New York, July 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)

– Disciplined Growth Acquisition Corporation (NYSE: DGACU) (the “Company”) announced today that, commencing July

17, 2026, holders of the units sold in the Company’s initial public offering may elect to separately trade the Company’s Class

A ordinary shares and rights included in the units. No fractional rights will be issued upon separation of the units and only whole rights

will trade. The Class A ordinary shares and rights that are separated will trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbols “DGAC”

and “DGACR,” respectively. Those units not separated will continue to trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol

“DGACU.”

This press release shall not constitute an offer

to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the securities of the Company, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state

or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities

laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

About Disciplined Growth Acquisition Corporation

Disciplined Growth Acquisition Corporation is

a special purpose acquisition company incorporated under the laws of Cayman Islands for the purpose of effecting a merger, amalgamation,

share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities.

The Company may pursue an initial business combination target in any industry or geographical location. It intends to focus its search

in financial technology, aerospace and defense technology, clean technology and other sectors with disruptive market opportunities.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release may include, and oral statements

made from time to time by representatives of the Company may include, “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section

27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Statements regarding

possible business combinations and the financing thereof, and related matters, as well as all other statements other than statements of

historical fact included in this press release are forward-looking statements. When used in this press release, words such as “anticipate,”

“believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,”

“may,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,”

“should,” “would” and similar expressions, as they relate to us or our management team, identify forward-looking

statements. Such forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs of management, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently

available to, the Company’s management. Actual results could differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements

as a result of certain factors detailed in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).

All subsequent written or oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are qualified in their entirety

by this paragraph. Forward-looking statements are subject to numerous conditions, many of which are beyond the control of the Company,

including those set forth in the Risk Factors section of the Company’s registration statement and prospectus for the Company’s

initial public offering filed with the SEC. The Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after

the date of this release, except as required by law.

Company Contact

Disciplined Growth Acquisition Corporation

Patricia McCarron

Director of Strategy & Operations

Phone : 516-550-4122

Email : info@dgacspac.com

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