{"url_path":"/sec/soar/8-k/2026-09-11/item-9-01","section_key":"item-9-01","section_title":"Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.**","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-09-11","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1853070/0001493152-26-042429-index.html","accession_number":"0001493152-26-042429","cik":"0001853070","ticker":"SOAR","issuer_name":"Volato Group, Inc.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1853070/0001493152-26-042429-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001853070","primary_entity_name":"Volato Group, Inc."},"word_count":447,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"** **\n\n**Item\n9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.**\n\n \n\n**(a)**\n**Financial\nstatements of businesses or funds acquired.**\n\n \n \n\n \nPursuant\nto Item 9.01(a)(3) of Form 8-K, no financial statements are being filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K. To the extent that\nfinancial statements are determined to be required, such financial statements will be filed in an amendment to this Current Report\non Form 8-K no later than 71 calendar days after the date this initial Current Report on Form 8-K is required to be filed.\n\n \n \n\n**(b)**\n**Pro\nforma financial information.**\n\n \n \n\n \nPursuant\nto Item 9.01(b)(2) of Form 8-K, no pro forma financial information is being filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K. To the extent\nthat pro forma financial information is determined to be required, such pro forma financial information will be filed in an amendment\nto this Current Report on Form 8-K no later than 71 calendar days after the date this initial Current Report on Form 8-K is required\nto be filed.\n\n \n \n\n**(d)**\n**Exhibits.**\n\n \n\nExhibit\nNo.\n \nDescription\n\n \n \n \n\n2.1*\n \n[Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated August 25, 2026, between Volato Group, Inc., Volato Alignment Merger Sub, LLC, and Alignment Engine Inc. (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 28, 2026).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1853070/000149315226040581/ex2-1.htm)\n\n \n \n \n\n2.2\n \n[Amended and Restated Amendment No. 1 to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated September 10, 2026, between Volato Group, Inc., Volato Alignment Merger Sub, LLC, and Alignment Engine Inc.](ex2-2.htm)\n\n \n \n \n\n3.1\n \n[Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock of Volato Group, Inc.](ex3-1.htm)\n\n \n \n \n\n3.2\n \n[Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights of the Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock of Volato Group, Inc.](ex3-2.htm)\n\n \n \n \n\n4.1\n \n[Form of Fifth Tranche Senior Unsecured Convertible Promissory Note.](ex4-1.htm)\n\n \n \n \n\n10.1\n \n[Form of Lock-Up Agreement between the Company and its officers and directors.](ex10-1.htm)\n\n \n \n \n\n10.2\n \n[Form of Voting Agreement between the Company and its officers and directors.](ex10-2.htm)\n\n \n \n \n\n10.3\n \n[Waiver Agreement, dated September 11, 2026, between the Company and JAK Opportunities IX, LLC.](ex10-3.htm)\n\n \n \n \n\n104\n \nCover\nPage Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)\n\n \n\n*\nExhibits and/or schedules have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. The registrant hereby undertakes to furnish\nsupplementally copies of any of the omitted exhibits and schedules upon request by the SEC; provided, however, that the registrant may\nrequest confidential treatment pursuant to Rule 24b-2 under the Exchange Act for any exhibits or schedules so furnished.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n**SIGNATURES**\n\n \n\nPursuant\nto the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by\nthe undersigned hereunto duly authorized.\n\n \n\nDate:\nSeptember 11, 2026\n\n \n\n \n**Volato\nGroup, Inc.**\n\n \n \n \n\n \nBy:\n*/s/\nMark Heinen*\n\n \nName:\nMark\nHeinen\n\n \nTitle:\nChief\nFinancial Officer"}