{"url_path":"/sec/cik-0002129659/8-k/2026-07-17/item-8-01","section_key":"item-8-01","section_title":"Item 8.01 Other Events.**","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-07-17","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2129659/0001213900-26-078884-index.html","accession_number":"0001213900-26-078884","cik":"0002129659","ticker":null,"issuer_name":"Freedom Metals Acquisition Corp.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2129659/0001213900-26-078884-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0002129659","primary_entity_name":"Freedom Metals Acquisition Corp."},"word_count":284,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"** **\n\n**Item 8.01. Other Events.**\n\n \n\nOn July 9, 2026, Freedom Metals Acquisition Corp.\n(the “**Company**”) consummated its initial public offering (the “**IPO**”) of 27,500,000 units (the “**Units**”).\nEach Unit consists of one Class A ordinary share of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share (the “**Class A Ordinary Shares**”),\nand one-third of one redeemable warrant of the Company (each whole warrant, a “**Warrant**”), with each whole Warrant entitling\nthe holder thereof to purchase one Class A Ordinary Share for $11.50 per share. The Units were sold at a price of $10.00 per Unit, generating\ngross proceeds to the Company of $275,000,000.\n\n \n\nSimultaneously with the closing of the IPO, the\nCompany completed the private sale (the “**Private Placement**”) of an aggregate of 825,000 units (the “**Private\nPlacement Units**”) to the Sponsor, Cohen & Company Capital Markets, a division of Cohen & Company Securities, LLC (“CCM”),\nand Clear Street LLC (“Clear Street”), with CCM and Clear Street acting as representatives of the underwriters, at a price\nof $10.00 per Private Placement Unit. Of those Private Placement Units, the Sponsor purchased 550,000 Private Placement Units, CCM purchased\n261,250 Private Placement Units, and Clear Street purchased 13,750 Private Placement Units.\n\n \n\nA total of $275,000,000, or $10.00 per Unit, comprised\nof the proceeds from the IPO (which amount includes the underwriters’ deferred discount of up to $12,650,000) and the Private Placement,\nwas placed in a U.S.-based trust account maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, acting as trustee.\n\n \n\nAn audited balance sheet as of July 9, 2026, reflecting\nthe receipt of the proceeds from the IPO and the Private Placement has been issued by the Company and is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this\nCurrent Report on Form 8-K."}