Spark I Acquisition
SPKL on Nasdaq. Market value $109m.
Should I look at this?
Look carefully before going further
Why it could be worth it
Nothing stands out yet.
What to watch out for
Read the warning sign in its own filings
This is not advice.
Who owns it
None of the long-term investors we follow own it. 16 funds in all.
Largest holders overall
- AQR Arbitrage$5mCut
- Mizuho Securities USA$5mAdded
- Yaupon Capital Management LP$2mNew
- FNY Investment Advisers$1mNew
- Moore Capital Management, LP$1m
- Periscope Capital$564,903Cut
- Polar Asset Management Partners$562,148New
- Berkley W R$389,778Cut
- HRT Financial LP$371,000New
- Linden Advisors LP$313,750
From 13F filings for the quarter ended 30 June 2026.
Big holders and activists
1 investor owns more than 5%.
- AQR Capital Management, LLCPassive investorat least 7.0%−3.1 pts(filed with 4 related holders)Since 30 June 2026
- Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.Passive investorSold down below 5%Since 30 June 2026
- First Trust Capital Management L.P.Passive investorSold down below 5%Since 30 September 2025
- W. R. Berkley CorporationPassive investorSold down below 5%Since 30 September 2025
- WOLVERINE ASSET MANAGEMENT LLCPassive investorSold down below 5%Since 16 July 2025
- Wealthspring Capital LLCPassive investorSold down below 5%Since 30 June 2025
- KARPUS MANAGEMENT, INC.Passive investorSold down below 5%Since 30 June 2025
| Holder | Stake | Since | |
|---|---|---|---|
AQR Capital Management, LLC Passive investor | at least 7.0%−3.1 pts (filed with 4 related holders) | 30 June 2026 | |
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. Passive investor | Sold down below 5% | 30 June 2026 | |
First Trust Capital Management L.P. Passive investor | Sold down below 5% | 30 September 2025 | |
W. R. Berkley Corporation Passive investor | Sold down below 5% | 30 September 2025 | |
WOLVERINE ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC Passive investor | Sold down below 5% | 16 July 2025 | |
Wealthspring Capital LLC Passive investor | Sold down below 5% | 30 June 2025 | |
KARPUS MANAGEMENT, INC. Passive investor | Sold down below 5% | 30 June 2025 |
From Schedule 13D and 13G filings: anyone owning more than 5% must file one.
What insiders did
We have no insider filings for this company yet.
From Form 4 filings: insiders must report trades in their own company's shares within two days.
Warning signs in its filings
Problems the company itself reported to the SEC, in its own words.
1 serious warning sign in Spark I Acquisition’s filings.
We look for five warning signs: doubt it can keep going, weak checks on its own accounts, a notice that its past accounts can't be relied on, a change of auditor, and one customer bringing in a big share of sales. We don't check lawsuits, investigations or debt yet.
We checked the auditor's report, internal controls, restatement notices, auditor changes and big customers in the 10-K filed 30 Mar 2026, plus the 10-Q filed 14 Aug 2026 and 6 later 8-Ks.
Doubt it can keep going
SeriousThe company or its auditor warned it may not have enough money to last the next year.
“Management has determined that the liquidity condition and timing of liquidation raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for the next twelve months from the issuance of these financial statements.”
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In connection with the Company’s assessment of going concern considerations in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 205-40, Presentation of Financial Statements—Going Concern, the Company was formed for the purpose of completing a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities on or before September 29, 2026. There is no assurance that the Company will obtain the necessary approvals or raise the additional capital it needs to fund its business operations and complete any business combination prior to September 29, 2026, if at all. The Company also has no approved plan in place to extend the business combination deadline beyond September 29, 2026, and lacks the capital resources needed to fund operations and complete any business combination, even if the deadline to complete a business combination is extended to a later date. Management has determined that the liquidity condition and timing of liquidation raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for the next twelve months from the issuance of these financial statements. No adjustments have been made to the carrying amounts of assets or liabilities. The Company’s Sponsor, officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds from time to time or at any time, in whatever amount they deem reasonable in their sole discretion, to meet the Company’s working capital.
From the 10-Q filed 14 August 2026, Part I, Item 1. Financial Statements. Read it in the filing
A 10-K is the yearly report every US company files with the SEC. An 8-K is a short notice of a big event.
The deep dive
Everything above is arithmetic on public filings. The deep dive reads the last ten years of annual reports, the proxy statements, and the earnings calls, then argues the case the way Buffett, Klarman, and Hohn would, and checks every claim against the source.
- What the business is worth, as a range, and the margin of safety at today’s price
- Prices to start buying, buy, and buy hard
- The three things that would make this a mistake
- Every number footnoted to the filing it came from
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Not advice. Numbers on this page come from SEC filings and are updated each night; prices are updated again after the US market closes. The five-year figures are rounded.