LightWave Acquisition Corp. (LWACW) Warrant

NASDAQPre-merger SPAC warrantstrike $11.501 share per warrantupdated 2026-10-04

Each LWACW warrant gives the holder the right to buy 1 share of LightWave Acquisition Corp. at $11.50 per share, for five years after the company completes its merger. The stock last closed at $10.35, below the strike, so the warrant is out of the money. LightWave Acquisition Corp. has a market value of about $311.28M. LightWave Acquisition Corp. is a SPAC (no deal announced yet). It must complete a deal by June 26, 2027 or the warrants expire worthless. There are 10.78M listed warrants; exercising all of them would add 35.9% to the 30.07M shares outstanding.

Warrant price
$0.1227
last close
LWAC share price
$10.35
90% of strike
Market cap
$311.28M
30.07M shares
Deadline to close a deal
268 days
2027-06-26
Dilution if exercised
35.9%
10.78M warrants

LWAC vs strike, last 12 months

No share-price history for LWAC yet.

Key terms

Strike per share
$11.50
Shares per warrant
1
Cash to exercise one warrant
$11.50
Expiry
merger + 5 years
Redemption trigger
$18.00
Cashless exercise
no
Break-even stock price
$11.62

From the issuer's S-1/A (2025-06-16).

Company and stock

Company
LightWave Acquisition Corp.
Underlying stock
LWAC
Share price
$10.35
Market cap
$311.28M
Shares outstanding
30.07M
Value of all listed warrants
$1.32M (0.4% of market cap)

Market cap is the last share price times shares outstanding (as of 10-Q 2026-). All SEC filings for this company.

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Model value
Last price
$0.1227
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Dilution

Shares outstanding
30.07M
Listed warrants
10.78M
Dilution if all exercised
35.9%

Warrant count from filing iXBRL: PublicWarrantMember.

SPAC deal

Status
no deal announced yet
Target
—
Deal announced
—
Deadline
2027-06-26
Latest possible deadline
2027-06-26
Trust per share
$10.39
Sponsor
LightWave Founders LLC
Sponsor's earlier SPACs
1 (1 closed a deal)
Chance of a deal

A SPAC warrant is worth nothing if no deal closes by the deadline.

Filings and events

Questions about LWACW

When does the LWACW warrant expire?

Five years after the SPAC completes its merger; if no merger closes by the deadline, the warrants expire worthless.

What is the strike price of LWACW?

$11.50 per share; each warrant converts into 1 share, so exercising one warrant costs $11.50.

How many LWACW warrants are outstanding?

10.78M listed warrants, equal to 35.9% dilution if all are exercised.

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