Cantor Equity Partners VII, Inc. (CAES): director Alan Riffkin elected to the board

Events in this filing

Item 5.02 as filed

Item
5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of
Certain Officers.
(d)
Appointment of Directors.
Effective
October 14, 2026, the board of directors (the “ Board ”) of Cantor Equity Partners VII, Inc. (the “ Company ”)
appointed Alan Riffkin as a member of the Board. Mr. Riffkin will serve as a Class I director. Additionally, effective October 14, 2026,
the Board appointed Mr. Riffkin as a member of the audit committee of the Board and a member of the compensation committee of the Board.
Mr.
Riffkin is an accomplished executive with extensive leadership experience in finance and real estate. Mr. Riffkin is the Managing Member,
since December 2020, of AFR Capital Advisory LLC, a strategic advisor to real estate owners and operators. Mr. Riffkin also serves, since
March 2024, as the Executive Chairman and Treasurer of AirWave Lease Insights, a private company that helps commercial landlords recover
property taxes owed from their rooftop cellular tenants. Mr. Riffkin has also served as a director of Cantor Equity Partners IV, Inc.
since February 2026. Mr. Riffkin previously was a member of the Board of Directors of Resource REIT, Inc., an SEC registered, non-listed
company from August 2021 until its multi-billion dollar sale in May 2022. From 2003 to December 2019, Mr. Riffkin held positions as Director
to Managing Director of the Real Estate Investment Banking Group at Lazard Freres & Co LLC. From 1994 to 2003, he held positions
as Associate to Vice President of the Real Estate, Technology and Industrial Groups in the Investment Banking Division of Goldman Sachs
& Co. Prior to that, Mr. Riffkin held positions as Account Officer to Senior Account Officer at Citicorp in the Real Estate Division
from 1988 to 1992. Mr. Riffkin was a Governing Trustee of the Urban Land Institute from 2017 - 2022. Mr. Riffkin received a Bachelor
of Science degree from Cornell University and a Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
The Company believes that Mr. Riffkin is qualified to serve as a member of the Board due to his extensive experience in finance and business
management.
In
connection with the appointment of Mr. Riffkin, the Board approved the compensation to be paid to Mr. Riffkin for serving as a member
of the Board of $50,000 per year, paid quarterly.
There
are no family relationships between Mr. Riffkin and any director, executive officer, or person nominated or chosen by the Company to
become an executive officer of the Company.
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