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): March 10, 2022

Banyan Acquisition Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	001-41236	86-2556699
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

400 Skokie Blvd

Suite 820

Northbrook, Illinois 60062

(Address of principal executive offices)

(847) 757-3812
(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 filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Units, each consisting of one share of Class A common stock and one-half of one Redeemable Warrant	BYN.U	New York Stock Exchange
Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share	BYN	New York Stock Exchange
Redeemable Warrants, each exercisable for one share of Class A common stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share	BYN.WS	New York Stock Exchange

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).

Emerging growth company    x

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.

On March 10, 2022, Banyan Acquisition Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, announcing that the holders of the Company’s units (the “Units”) may elect to separately trade the shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A Common Stock”), and warrants (the “Warrants”) included in the Units commencing on or about March 11, 2022. Each Unit consists of one share of Class A Common Stock and one-half of one redeemable Warrant to purchase one share of Class A Common Stock. Any Units not separated will continue to trade on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) under the symbol “BYN.U,” and the Class A Common Stock and Warrants will separately trade on NYSE under the symbols “BYN” and “BYN.WS,” respectively. No fractional Warrants will be issued upon separation of the Units and only whole Warrants will trade. Holders of Units will need to have their brokers contact Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the Company’s transfer agent, in order to separate the Units into shares of Class A Common Stock and Warrants.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)         Exhibits. The following exhibits are filed with this Form 8-K:

Exhibit No.	Description of Exhibits
99.1	Press Release dated March 10, 2022

SIGNATURE

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.

BANYAN ACQUISITION CORPORATION

By: /s/ Keith Jaffee

Name:	Keith Jaffee
Title:	Chief Executive Officer

Dated: March 10, 2022