Form 8-K
8-K — Cantor Equity Partners II, Inc.
Accession: 0001213900-26-076435
Filed: 2026-07-08
Period: 2026-07-08
CIK: 0002034269
SIC: 6770 (BLANK CHECKS)
Item: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
Item: Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing
Item: Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
Item: Material Modifications to Rights of Security Holders
Item: Changes in Control of Registrant
Item: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
Item: Regulation FD Disclosure
Item: Other Events
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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 8, 2026
CANTOR EQUITY PARTNERS II, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Cayman Islands
001-42630
98-1576521
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
78 SW 7th Street, Suite 500
Miami, FL
33130
(Address of principal executive offices, including
zip code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including
area code: (646) 918-5012
110 East 59th Street
New York, NY 10022
(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
CEPT
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. ☐
Introductory Note
As previously disclosed, on October 27, 2025, Cantor Equity Partners
II, Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company (“CEPT”), Securitize, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Securitize”),
Securitize Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Pubco”), Pinecrest Merger Sub, a Cayman Islands exempted company
and wholly owned subsidiary of Pubco (“CEPT Merger Sub”), and Senna Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly
owned subsidiary of CEPT (“Securitize Merger Sub”), entered into a Business Combination Agreement (the “Business
Combination Agreement”).
The transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement
(the “Business Combination”) is described in the definitive proxy statement filed by CEPT with the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on June 5, 2026, as supplemented (the “Proxy Statement”).
The Business Combination was consummated in accordance with the terms
of the Business Combination Agreement on July 1, 2026. As a result of the Business Combination, CEPT merged with and into CEPT Merger
Sub and CEPT Merger Sub became the surviving company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Pubco.
Capitalized terms used in this Current Report on Form 8-K but not otherwise
defined herein have the meanings given to them in the Proxy Statement.
Item 2.01. Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.
To the extent required by Item 2.01 of Form 8-K, the disclosure set
forth in the Introductory Note of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 3.01. Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing; Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders
In connection with the Business Combination, on July 1, 2026, CEPT
notified the Nasdaq Capital Market (“NASDAQ”) of the consummation of the Business Combination and requested (i) that
NASDAQ suspend trading of CEPT’s Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (“CEPT Ordinary Shares”),
effective July 2, 2026, and (ii) file with the SEC a Form 25 to delist the CEPT Ordinary Shares under Section 12(b) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).
CEPT intends to file a certification on Form 15 with the SEC to deregister
the CEPT Ordinary Shares and suspend CEPT’s obligations under Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
Contemporaneously with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement,
on October 27, 2025, PubCo, CEPT and Securitize entered into subscription agreements (the “PIPE Subscription Agreements”)
with certain investors (the “PIPE Investors”), pursuant to which the PIPE Investors agreed to purchase, in a private placement,
22,500,000 CEPT Class A Ordinary Shares (the “PIPE Shares”), at a purchase price of $10.00 per share payable in cash, for
an aggregate purchase price of $225 million, of which only 19,735,000 shares of CEPT Class A Ordinary Shares have been issued for aggregate
proceeds of $197 million (the “PIPE Financing”). The PIPE Financing was consummated immediately prior to the CEPT Merger.
None of the PIPE Shares have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), in reliance
upon the exemption provided in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act. Pubco has granted the PIPE Investors certain customary registration
rights in connection with the foregoing transactions. A description of the Subscription Agreements is included in the Proxy Statement
in the section entitled “The Business Combination — Other Transaction Agreements — PIPE Subscription Agreements”
beginning on page 122, which is incorporated herein by reference.
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Item 3.03. Material Modifications to Rights of Security Holders
To the extent required by Item 3.03 of Form 8-K, the disclosure set
forth in Item 2.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference in this Item 3.03.
Item 5.01. Changes in Control of Registrant
To the extent required by Item 5.01 of Form 8-K, the disclosure set
forth in the Introductory Note and Item 2.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference in this Item 5.01.
As of the time of the CEPT Merger and as a result of the Business Combination,
a change in control of CEPT occurred. CEPT merged with and into CEPT Merger Sub and CEPT Merger Sub became the surviving company and wholly-owned
subsidiary of Pubco.
Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
In connection with consummation of the Business Combination, the following
officers and directors of CEPT ceased to hold their respective positions: Brandon G. Lutnick ceased to be Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer; Jane Novak ceased to be Chief Financial Officer; and the following individuals also ceased to be directors: Danny H. Salinas,
Robert G. Sharp, Louis Zurita and Dr. Mukesh Prasad.
Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
Pubco’s common stock commenced trading on the New York Stock
Exchange under the ticker symbol “SECZ” on July 2, 2026.
Item 8.01. Other Events
Holders of 6,842,508 shares of CEPT Ordinary Shares elected to redeem
their shares in connection with the Business Combination.
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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.
PINECREST MERGER SUB
(as successor by merger to Cantor Equity Partners II, Inc.)
By:
/s/ Carlos Domingo
Name:
Carlos Domingo
Title:
Director
Dated: July 8, 2026
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