SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* CAL REDWOOD SPONSOR LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O CAL REDWOOD ACQUISITION CORP., 2440 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 101 (Street) MENLO PARK CA 94025 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 05/22/2025	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Cal Redwood Acquisition Corp. [ CRAQU ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Class B Ordinary Shares	(1)	(1)	Class A ordinary shares	7,575,900(2)(3)	(1)	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. The Class B ordinary shares of Cal Redwood Acquisition Corp. (the "Issuer") have no expiration date and will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares concurrently with or immediately following the consummation of the Issuer's initial business combination, or earlier at the option of the holder, on a one-for-one basis, subject to adjustment, as described in the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333- 285517) (the "Registration Statement") related to the Issuer's initial public offering (the "IPO").

2. Includes up to 999,900 founder shares that will be surrendered for no consideration by Cal Redwood Sponsor LLC (the "Sponsor") depending on the extent to which the IPO underwriters' over-allotment option is exercised, as described in the Registration Statement.

3. The Sponsor is the record holder of such shares. Vivek Ranadive, Daven Patel and Raymond Dong are the three managers of the Sponsor. Any decisions by the Sponsor with respect to the securities held by it, including voting and dispositive decisions, are made jointly by the three managers and no one individual has a controlling decision. Accordingly, under the so-called "rule of three," because voting and dispositive decisions are made jointly by three managers, none of the managers of the Sponsor is deemed to be a beneficial owner of securities held by the Sponsor, even those in which such managers hold a pecuniary interest. Accordingly, none of such individuals is deemed to have or share beneficial ownership of the securities held by the Sponsor.

Remarks:

See Exhibit 24.1 - Power of Attorney

	/s/ Tricia Branker, as Attorney-in-Fact	05/22/2025
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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