Form 8-K

8-K — Mercator Acquisition Corp.

Accession: 0001213900-26-088514

Filed: 2026-08-13

Period: 2026-08-12

CIK: 0002106436

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):

August 12, 2026

Mercator Acquisition Corp.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Cayman Islands

001-43389

98-1905384

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

85 Washington St, 1F

Norwalk, CT 06854

(Address of principal executive offices, including

zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including

area code: (203) 930-2200

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

Units, each consisting of one Class A ordinary share and one-half of one Redeemable Warrant

MRCOU

The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Class A ordinary Shares, par value $0.0001 per share

MRCO

The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Redeemable Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one Class A ordinary share at a price of $11.50 per share

MRCOW

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 8.01. Other Events.

Separate Trading of Class A Ordinary

Shares and Warrants

August 12, 2026, Mercator Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) announced that, commencing on August 14, 2026, the

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

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

of the Company (the “Warrant”), with each whole Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one share of Class

A Ordinary Shares for $11.50 per share, may elect to separately trade shares of Class A Ordinary Shares and Warrants included in the Units.

No fractional Warrants will be issued upon separation of the Units and only whole Warrants will trade. The Units not separated will continue

to trade on the Nasdaq under the symbol “MRCOU.” Shares of Class A Ordinary Shares and the Warrants are expected to trade

on the Nasdaq under the symbols “MRCO” and “MRCOW,” respectively. Holders of Units will need to have their brokers

contact Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the Company’s transfer agent, in order to separate the Units into shares

of Class A Ordinary Shares and Warrants.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.

Description

99.1

Press Release dated August 12, 2026.

104

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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.

Mercator Acquisition Corp.

By:

/s/ Shawn Matthews

Name:

Shawn Matthews

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

Dated: August 12, 2026

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Exhibit 99.1

Mercator Acquisition Corp. Announces the Separate

Trading of its Class A Ordinary Shares and Warrants, Commencing August 14, 2026

Norwalk, CT, Aug. 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)

-- Mercator Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: MRCOU) (the “Company”) announced today that, commencing August 14, 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 warrants included in the units. No fractional warrants will be issued upon separation of the units and only whole

warrants will trade. The Class A ordinary shares and warrants that are separated will trade on the Nasdaq under the symbols

“MRCO” and “MRCOW,” respectively. Those units not separated will continue to trade on the Nasdaq under the

symbol “MRCOU.”

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 Mercator Acquisition Corp.

Mercator Acquisition Corp. is a blank check company

formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, amalgamation, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar

business combination with one or more businesses. The Company may pursue an initial business combination target in any business or industry

or at any stage of its corporate evolution. Its primary focus, however, will be in completing a business combination with an established

business of scale poised for continued growth, led by a highly regarded management team.

The Company’s management team is led by

Shawn Matthews, its Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Shawn P. Matthews Jr., its President, and Steven Bischoff, its

Chief Financial Officer. The Company’s Board of Directors includes James Nash, Steve Schwartz, and Matthew Sweeney.

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.

Media Contact:

Steven Bischoff

sbischoff@hondiuscapital.com

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