{"url_path":"/sec/charu/8-k/2026-04-27/item-2-03","section_key":"item-2-03","section_title":"Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-04-27","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2024459/0001213900-26-048040-index.html","accession_number":"0001213900-26-048040","cik":"0002024459","ticker":"CHAR","issuer_name":"Charlton Aria Acquisition Corp","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2024459/0001213900-26-048040-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0002024459","primary_entity_name":"Charlton Aria Acquisition Corp"},"word_count":400,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"** **\n\n**Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation\nor an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant**\n\n** **\n\nOn April 24, 2026, ST Sponsor II Limited (the\n“**Sponsor**”) of Charlton Aria Acquisition Corporation (the “**Company**”) deposited $850,000 into the\ntrust account, as a result of which, the Company has until July 25, 2026 to complete its initial business combination (the “**Extension**”).\n\n \n\nPursuant to the Second Amended and Restated Memorandum\nand Articles of Association of the Company, the Company had until April 25, 2026, or 18 months from the consummation of its initial\npublic company to consummate its initial business combination, provided that the Company may, but is not obligated to, extend the period\nof time to consummate an initial business combination two times by an additional three months each time if the Sponsor and/or its\ndesignees deposit into the trust account $850,000 for each three months extension, for an aggregate of up to $1,700,000. \n\n \n\nIn connection with the\nExtension, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note dated April 23, 2026, in the principal amount of US$850,000 to the Sponsor\n(the “**Extension Note**”). The Extension Note does not bear interest, except that overdue amounts accrue default interest\nat the prevailing short-term U.S. Treasury Bill rate, and the outstanding principal is payable on the earlier of the consummation of the\nCompany’s initial business combination and the Company’s liquidation.\n\n \n\nSince the consummation\nof the initial public offering, the Sponsor advanced the Company in aggregate of approximately $263,681.50 as working capital. On April\n17, 2026, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note to the Sponsor in the principal amount of up to US$500,000 (the “**Working\nCapital Note**”) partially evidencing the loans provided previously by the Sponsor and partially allowing the Sponsor to provide\nadditional loans thereunder. The Working Capital Note does not bear interest, except that overdue amounts accrue default interest at the\nprevailing short-term U.S. Treasury Bill rate, and amounts outstanding thereunder are payable on the earlier of the consummation of the\nCompany’s initial business combination and the Company’s liquidation.\n\n \n\nThe foregoing descriptions\nof the Extension Note and the Working Capital Note do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the\nfull text of the Extension Note and the Working Capital Note, copies of which are filed as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2 to this Current Report\non Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference."}