{"url_path":"/sec/cik-0002128045/8-k/2026-07-21/item-5-02","section_key":"item-5-02","section_title":"Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-07-21","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2128045/0001213900-26-079812-index.html","accession_number":"0001213900-26-079812","cik":"0002128045","ticker":null,"issuer_name":"Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. III","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2128045/0001213900-26-079812-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0002128045","primary_entity_name":"Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. III"},"word_count":432,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"**Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election\nof Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.**\n\n \n\nOn July 20, 2026, the Board\nof Directors (the “**Board**”) of Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. III, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “**Company**”),\nappointed Constantine Dakolias as a director, effective immediately. Mr. Dakolias qualifies as an\nindependent director. Mr. Dakolias has been appointed to serve as the member of the audit committee of the Board.\n\n \n\nMr. Dakolias, age 60, has\nover three decades of investment, credit and asset management experience. Mr. Dakolias spent nearly 25 years at Fortress Investment Group,\na leading global investment manager, where he most recently served as Co-Chairman and previously served as Co-Chief Investment Officer\nof Fortress's credit and real estate funds. Prior to his tenure at Fortress, Mr. Dakolias was a co-founder and Managing Director of American\nCommercial Capital LLC, a specialty finance company, and Coronado Advisors, an SEC-registered broker-dealer, both of which were sold to\nWells Fargo & Co. in 2001. Mr. Dakolias serves on the Board of Trustees for Columbia University, on the Board of Visitors for the\nSchool of Engineering and Applied Science and on Columbia’s Athletic Leadership Committee. Mr. Dakolias also serves on the Board\nof Trustees for the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Mr. Dakolias is a co-founder and member of the Executive Committee\nof The Hellenic Initiative and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Mr. Dakolias received a B.S. in Physics from Columbia University.\nWe believe Mr. Dakolias is well-qualified to serve as a director due to his extensive investment, credit and asset management experience,\nas well as his leadership experience at global investment management and specialty finance firms.\n\n \n\nThere are no family relationships\nbetween Mr. Dakolias and any director, executive officer, or person nominated or chosen by\nthe Company to become an executive officer of the Company. There are no transactions between the Company and Mr.\nDakolias that are subject to disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.\n\n \n\nIn connection with the appointment,\nthe Company and Mr. Dakolias entered into a joinder to a letter agreement, as well as an indemnification agreement, which are substantially\nsimilar to the letter agreement and indemnification agreements, respectively, entered into by the current officers and directors of the\nCompany.** **\n\n \n\n1\n\n \n\n \n\n**SIGNATURE**\n\n \n\nPursuant to the requirements\nof the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto\nduly authorized.\n\n \n\n \n**BLEICHROEDER ACQUISITION CORP. III**\n\n \n \n \n\nDate: July 21, 2026\nBy: \n/s/ Marcello Padula\n\n \n \nName: \nMarcello Padula\n\n \n \nTitle:\nChief Executive Officer\n\n \n\n2"}