Launchpad Cadenza Acquisition Corp I

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities

There were no sales of unregistered securities during the period covered by this Quarterly Report. However, simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering and pursuant to the Private Placement Warrants Purchase Agreements, we completed the sale of an aggregate of 4,116,667 Private Placement Warrants to the Sponsor and Cantor in the Private Placement at a purchase price of $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant, generating gross proceeds to us of $6,175,000. Of those 4,116,667 Private Placement Warrants, the Sponsor purchased 2,783,334 Private Placement Warrants and Cantor purchased 1,333,333 Private Placement Warrants. The Private Placement Warrants are identical to the Public Warrants, except as otherwise disclosed in the IPO Registration Statement. No underwriting discounts or commissions were paid with respect to such sale. The issuance of the Private Placement Warrants was made pursuant to the exemption from registration contained in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act.

Use of Proceeds

There were no offerings of registered securities and therefore no planned use of proceeds from such offerings during the quarterly period covered by the Report. For a description of the use of proceeds generated in our Initial Public Offering and Private Placement, see Part II, Item 5 of our 2025 Annual Report. There has been no material change in the planned use of proceeds from our Initial Public Offering and Private Placement as described in the IPO Registration Statement. The specific investments in our Trust Account may change from time to time.

Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers

There were no purchases of our equity securities by us or an affiliate during the quarterly period covered by the Report.