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Ace Green Recycling, Inc.

private/Athena Technology Acquisition Corp. IIATEK

Athena Technology Acquisition Corp. II to merge with Ace Green Recycling

$250MStockDefinitive Proxyhigh confidence

Key takeaways

  • Athena Technology Acquisition Corp. II acquires Ace Green Recycling, Inc. — $250M aggregate (stock).

Merger Arbeconomics, downside, days

Deal value

$250M

stock

Per-share offer

Premium

Days to close

Term fee

ConsiderationStock
AnnouncedApr 24, 2026
Days outstanding84d
Expected close
Termination fee
Reverse term fee
Go-shop period
Fiduciary out
Financing condition
Debt commitment
Insider lock-up

Timelineannounced → close
  1. Announced

    Apr 24, 2026

  2. Preliminary Proxy

  3. Definitive Proxy

  4. Record date

  5. Shareholder vote

  6. Expected close


Vote Mechanicsrecord / mailing / vote
Vote required
Vote date
Record date
Mailing date
Record → vote
Threshold
Min approvalparsed
Shares outstanding
Insider lock-up

Regulatory & ConditionsHSR / EU / CFIUS / MAC

No regulatory or closing-conditions data extracted yet. The merger agreement Exhibit 10.1 contains this in the “Conditions to Closing” and “Regulatory Approvals” articles.


Closing Conditionsapprovals · vote · financing · lockups

No closing-condition data extracted.


Interloper Riskcompeting bids, activist filers

No competing-bidder, activist, or dissident-proxy signals in the database for this target.


Advisors

Acquirer side· Athena Technology Acquisition Corp. II

Legal

Latham & Watkins LLP

  • · Peyton Worley
  • · Scott W. Westhoff
Peyton Worley, Scott W. Westhoff, Latham & Watkins LLP, 1271 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10020, (212) 906-1200

Target side· Ace Green Recycling, Inc.

Legal

Lucosky Brookman LLP

  • · Joseph M. Lucosky
  • · Victoria Baylin
Joseph M. Lucosky, Victoria Baylin, Lucosky Brookman LLP, 101 Wood Avenue South 5th Floor, Woodbridge, NJ 08830, (732) 395-4400

Counterparty Historyprior deals in DB
FirmRoleSideDeals in DB
Latham & Watkins LLPLegalAcquirer3View deals →
Lucosky Brookman LLPLegalTarget2View deals →

Filing Timelineevery filing on this issuer
  1. Apr 24, 2026this filing

    Athena Technology Acquisition Corp. II to merge with Ace Green Recycling


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Sources

Athena Technology Acquisition Corp. II entered into a Business Combination Agreement with Ace Green Recycling, Inc. on December 4, 2024, whereby Athena's merger subsidiary will merge into Ace Green, with Ace Green as the surviving company. The transaction values Ace Green at $250,000,000 and will result in Athena being renamed "Ace Green Recycling, Inc." post-closing. The deal includes earnout provisions with up to 25,500,000 earnout shares for Ace Green securityholders and 1,500,000 sponsor earnout shares based on stock price performance and revenue/EBITDA targets over a three-year period.

Item id: c67abd18-4e5f-4aac-83b9-3dfea20c684d · ingested Apr 24, 2026