UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 10, 2025

LanzaTech Global, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	001-40282	92-2018969
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

8045 Lamon Avenue, Suite 400 Skokie, Illinois	60077
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

(847) 324-2400

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

☐ Written communication pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbols	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share	LNZA	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Warrants to purchase Common Stock	LNZAW	The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

☐ If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

Item 8.01. Other Events.

In connection with its ongoing strategic measures to scale its global business with greater cost efficiency to support its transition from a research and development-centric company to a commercially focused enterprise, on June 10, 2025, LanzaTech Global, Inc. (the “Company”) notified certain of its employees out of its Skokie, Illinois location of an anticipated workforce reduction and provided related governmental notices in order to comply with the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act and similar state law. As of the date hereof, the Company expects that these actions will take effect on or around August 10, 2025.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated: June 16, 2025

LANZATECH GLOBAL, INC.
By:	/s/ Amanda Koenig Fuisz
Name:	Amanda Koenig Fuisz
Title:	Interim General Counsel

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