
FORM 10-K ☒ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 or ☐TRANSITION REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from _____________ to ______________ Daedalus Special Acquisition Corp.(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Cayman Islands001-42998N/A(State or other jurisdictionof incorporation)(Commission File Number)(I.R.S. EmployerIdentification No.) 50 Sloane Avenue, London, SW3 3DD, United KingdomSW3 3DD(Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code) Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: +44 207 297 3592 Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes☐No☒ Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act.Yes☐No☒ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities ExchangeAct of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2)has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes☒No☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submittedpursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that theregistrant was required to submit such files). Yes☒No☐ Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smallerreporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smallerreporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. Large accelerated filerNon-accelerated filer Accelerated filerSmaller reporting companyEmerging Growth Company If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period forcomplying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of theeffectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by theregistered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.☐ If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of theregistrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.☐ Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b).☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes☒No☐ At June 30, 2025, the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter, the registrant’s securitieswere not public traded. Therefore, the aggregate market value of the Registrant’s ordinary shares held by non-affiliates of theRegistrant was $0. As of March 27, 2026, the Registrant had 25,685,000 Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001, issued and outstanding(inclusive of shares included in our units), and 8,333,333 Class B ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value. DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE None. Daedalus Special Acquisition Corp. Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Year Ended December 31, 2025 PART IITEM 1.BUSINESS1ITEM 1A.RISK FACTORS10ITEM 1B.UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS10ITEM 1C.CYBERSECURITY10ITEM 2.PROPERTIES10ITEM 3.LEGAL PROCEEDINGS10ITEM 4.MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES10PART IIITEM 5.MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS ANDISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES11ITEM 6.[RESERVED]12ITEM 7.MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OFOPERATIONS12ITEM 7A.QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK15ITEM 8.FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA15ITEM 9.CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIALDISCLOSURE16ITEM 9A.CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES16ITEM 9B.OTHER INFORMATION16ITEM 9C.DISCLOSURE REGARDING FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS THAT PREVENT INSPECTIONS16PART IIIITEM 10.DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE17ITEM 11.EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION26ITEM 12.SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATEDSTOCKHOLDER MATTERS27ITEM 13.CERTAIN RELATI




