Ares Acquisition Corporation (AAC) to Combine with X-energy in $2.2Bn Deal
Ares Acquisition Corporation (NYSE:AAC) has entered into a definitive agreement to combine with nuclear power company X-energy at an enterprise value of $2.2 billion.
Rockville, Maryland-based X-energy has developed small modular nuclear reactor technology designed to provide nuclear plants for projects ranging from individual industrial sites to regional utilities. ...READ MORE
Tender Offer for $75M of Pathfinder Acquisition Corporation (PFDR) Stock
Frequent SPAC investors Francisco Partners announced this morning that they have launched a cash tender offer to purchase 7,500,000 Pathfinder (NASDAQ:PFDR) Class A shares for $10 per share. The offer will expire on January 4, 2023, at 11:59 p.m. ...READ MORE
Top 3 SPAC Targets – Security
SPACInsider contributors Anthony Sozzi and Sam Beattie this week compiled their three favorite potential SPAC targets among potential targets in the security industry. We look at why they are compelling and why each could be a fit for a blank-check merger. ...READ MORE
Lakeshore Acquisition I Corp. (LAAA) Adds $8.2M to PIPE
Lakeshore Acquisition I Corp. (NASDAQ:LAAA) announced in an 8-K filing this morning that it has added $8.2 million in additional financing to its deal with medical device company ProSomnus.
The investment comes in exchange for 820,000 shares, but investors will also receive 619,932 additional shares so that they are effectively buying in at $5.69 per share. ...READ MORE
Hudson Executive Investment Corp. II (HCII) and III (HIII) to Liquidate
Hudson Executive II (NASDAQ:HCII) and Hudson Executive III (NASDAQ:HIII) announced this morning that both will liquidate as neither will consummate a business combination by their original deadline.
Both will return $10.10 per share to public investors as the anticipated redemption rate with the distribution expected to occur on December 21. ...READ MORE
PMV Consumer (PMVC) to Liquidate Trust, But Continue Trading
PMV Consumer (OTC PINK:PMVC) announced that it is redeeming all non-insider public shares for approximately $10.09 per share, but it will not be dissolving just yet.
The SPAC is set to provide written redemption notices to each shareholder and trust proceeds are to be distributed within 30 days of these notices. ...READ MORE
Digital World (DWAC) Secures Extension to September 2023
Digital World (NASDAQ:DWAC) announced late Wednesday that its shareholders have approved amending its charter to allow for automatic three-month extensions of its transaction deadline until September 8, 2023.
This brings to close a long drama during which Digital World adjourned the vote without concluding business six times at different meetings in September, October and November. ...READ MORE
Metals Acquisition Corp. (MTAL) Amends Deal for Glencore CSA Copper Mine
Metals Acquisition Corp. (NYSE:MTAL) announced that it has made a series of amendments to its combination the Glencore’s (LON:GLEN) CSA Copper Mine, shifting some portions of the compensation to contingencies based on commodity prices. ...READ MORE
OceanTech Acquisitions I Corp. (OTEC) Postpones Extension Vote to Nov. 29
OceanTech I (NASDAQ:OTEC) has postponed an extension vote scheduled for later today after receiving high redemption notices.
Shareholders requested to redeem a total of 9,449,599 shares, representing 91.5% of its shares outstanding. ...READ MORE
DHC Acquisition Corp. (DHCA) Target Company GloriFi Winding Down
DHC Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ:DHCA) announced this morning that the leadership of its target company GloriFi have begun the process of winding down its operations.
The filing did not specify whether DHC was terminating its combination agreement, but this will presumably be void once the company no longer exists. ...READ MORE
Highland Transcend Partners I Corp. (HTPA) to Liquidate Trust
Highland Transcend I (NASDAQ:HTPA) announced this morning that it will redeem all public shares effective December 8 as it will not complete a business combination.
Shareholders are expected to receive a redemption rate of $10.06 per share and Highland Transcend I is to cease all operations other than its winding down efforts on December 7. ...READ MORE
Industrial Tech Acquisitions II (ITAQ) to Combine with NXTCLEAN in $530M Deal
Industrial Tech II (NASDAQ:ITAQ) has entered into a definitive agreement to combine with renewable energy producer NEXT Renewable Fuels, Inc. (“NEXT, “NXT” or the “Company”) at an enterprise value of $530 million, or 0.9x its 2025E EBITDA. ...READ MORE
Grindr (GRND), Satixfy (SATX), AGBA (AGBA) Take Post-Vote Jumps
Traders have long looked to SPACs for special plays around their votes as the post-vote period frequently involves some turnover in holdings that can be attractive to shorts, and redemptions can reduce the stocks to low-float situations prone to easy upward pressure. ...READ MORE