Good morning! Watch this space moving forward as a roundup of evening filings as well as news nuggets to nibble on beside your morning coffee.
Much of the conversation around SPACs tends to come in isolation, but Rivian’s (NASDAQ:RIVN) after-hours announcements yesterday show that launching a public EV brand is tough no matter how the company made it to the market. ...READ MORE
BioPlus (NASDAQ:BIOS) announced this morning that it has mutually terminated its combination with medical device company Avertix.
Unlike with many terminations seen recently, this parting of ways does not appear to have come directly as a result of discouraging redemption results ahead of a major vote and the two sides are still well away from their December 31 outside date. ...READ MORE
Good morning! Watch this space moving forward as a roundup of evening filings as well as news nuggets you to nibble on beside your morning coffee. ...READ MORE
Project Energy (NASDAQ:PEGR) has entered into a definitive agreement to combine with Heramba Electric at a pro forma enterprise value of $450 million or 3.75x its 2022 revenue.
Berlin-based Heramba Electric is to provide charging and electrification equipment to commercial and civil transit vehicles. ...READ MORE
Good morning! Watch this space moving forward as a roundup of evening filings as well as news nuggets you to nibble on beside your morning coffee. ...READ MORE
Below is a daily summary of links to the latest SPAC news and rumors gathered across the web.
Singapore’s Vertex Technology Acquisition Corp (VTAC) (VERT.SI)
Graf Acquisition Corp. IV (NYSE:GFOR) has closed its combination with NKGen Biotech and its shares and warrants will begin trading on the Nasdaq under the symbols “NKGN” and “NKGNW” today.
The SPAC secured shareholder approval for the deal last week with 84.3% redemptions. ...READ MORE
Graf Acquisition Corp. IV (NYSE:GFOR) announced in an 8-K this afternoon that its shareholders approved its combination with NKGen Biotech at a special meeting September 25.
A total of 3,386,528 shares were redeemed in connection with the vote, leaving Graf IV with about $27.6 million in the tank and a final redemption rate of 84.3%. ...READ MORE
Anzu Special Acquisition Corp I (NASDAQ:ANZU) has closed its combination with Envoy Medical and its shares and warrants are to begin trading on the Nasdaq under the symbols “COCH” and “COCHW” on October 2. ...READ MORE
Mercato Partners (NASDAQ:MPRA) closed its combination with Brazilian software firm Nuvini this afternoon and its shares and warrants are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq under the symbols “NVNI” and “NVNIW” on October 2. ...READ MORE
Below is a daily summary of links to the latest SPAC news and rumors gathered across the web.
A $1 billion metals deal by blank-cheque fund ACG Acquisition Co has been terminated following delays when the different sides, which included a leading global miner and top automakers as anchor investors, tried to revise it, ACG said on Thursday.
TradeUP (NASDAQ:UPTD) announced this morning that it has closed its combination with Estrella Biopharma and its shares and warrants will begin trading on the Nasdaq under the symbols “ESLA” and “ESLAQ” on October 2. ...READ MORE
Mobiv Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:MOBV) announced this morning that its shareholders approved its combination with EV motorcycle-maker SRIVARU at a special meeting September 28.
Redemptions whittled Mobiv’s IPO share pool of 10,005,000 down to 195,992 through the vote. ...READ MORE
Hennessy Capital Investment Corp VI (NASDAQ:HCVI) announced overnight that it plans to adjourn today’s 9 am ET extension vote and reopen it at 3 pm ET this afternoon.
This does not technically change the redemption deadline for investors, but those wishing to withdraw their redemption requests may still do so by 2 pm ET today. ...READ MORE
Home Plate Acquisition Corporation (NASDAQ:HPLT) announced that it adjourned this morning’s extension vote without conducting any business and it will pick things up again at 11 am ET October 2.
Shareholders at the meeting are to consider giving Home Plate an extra two and half months to complete a deal, moving its deadline from October 4 to December 22. ...READ MORE
Below is a daily summary of links to the latest SPAC news and rumors gathered across the web.
U.S.
Fortune Rise Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:FRLA) announced this morning that it has changed the target of its letter of intent to combine, but only partially.
The SPAC had an existing LOI to merge with its own sponsor, but since that sponsor is now a subsidiary of another company it has to combine with a different version of itself. ...READ MORE
LatAmGrowth SPAC (NASDAQ:LATG) announced in a filing this morning that it will once adjourn its special meeting to liquidate early a second time and will reconvene it at October 5.
The proposals on its ballot would initiate the process of winding down the SPAC and return all trust capital to investors outside of $100,000 for dissolution expenses. ...READ MORE