This morning, Churchill Capital Corp. (CCC), announced the closing of its merger with Clarivate Analytics. Details of the shareholder vote are yet to be filed, but it is anticipated that Clarivate will begin trading on the NYSE tomorrow, May 14, 2019, under the symbols CCC and CCC WS, for the Share and Warrant, respectively. ...READ MORE
Last night, the GigCapital team filed for their second SPAC with the $130 million GigCapital2, Inc. (GIX.U). Gig2 will be focusing on the technology, media and telecom sectors and will once again be led by Avi S. ...READ MORE
Diamond Eagle Acquisition Corp. (DEACU), just began trading in a surprise mid-day pricing of their $350 million SPAC IPO. The units are currently trading under the symbol Nasdaq: DEACU. However, there is no press release (as of yet). ...READ MORE
Health Sciences Acquisition Corporation (HSACU), announced the pricing of their $100 million SPAC IPO tonight and the units are expected to begin trading tomorrow, May 10th, under the symbol Nasdaq: HSACU.
Additionally, the underwriters have announced that they have fully exercised the over-allotment option to purchase an additional 1,500,000 units. ...READ MORE
We had a HEAVY amount of filings tonight and in the interest of providing information on all the SPACs involved, a brief summary has been provided on each below. Additionally, a more thorough post on the new SPAC – GigCapital2 – will be provided in a later post. ...READ MORE
Health Sciences (HSAC) is expected to price their SPAC tonight and possibly Diamond Eagle (DEAC) too. However, Diamond Eagle, Jeff Sagansky’s fifth “Eagle”, was widely reported to be pricing last night, but sometimes the calendar (and the SEC) have other plans. ...READ MORE
Modern Media Acquisition Corp. (MMDM), announced this afternoon that despite their best efforts to wrap up their deal with Akazoo Ltd. by June 17th, they’re probably going to need another month. ...READ MORE
Big Rock Partners Acquisition Corp. (BRPA), filed a definitive proxy statement this morning for their upcoming shareholder vote to extend their completion deadline for another three months to August 22, 2019. ...READ MORE
SPACs are a little complex, but if you layer in financial regulations, they can be downright confusing. Many times I wished I had a lawyer on speed dial just to help make sense of what was going on. ...READ MORE
Landcadia Holdings II, Inc. (LCAHU), announced the pricing of their up-sized $275 million SPAC IPO tonight and the units are expected to begin trading tomorrow, May 7th, under the symbol Nasdaq: LCAHU. ...READ MORE
Big news in SPAC Land….Morgan Stanley has decided to jump into the SPAC underwriting pool with both feet by hiring Bennett Schachter away from Goldman Sachs. That’s quite a splash. Morgan Stanley has, until now, sort of tip-toed around SPACs having only been an underwriter on three deals since 2009 (Hunter Maritime, Leisure and Boxwood). ...READ MORE
Bison Capital Acquisition Corp. (“BCAC”), announced this morning that they have entered into a backstop agreement with Yinglin Mark Xu, a majority shareholder of Xynomic, to purchase up to $7,500,001 of Ordinary Shares in the open market or in other privately negotiated transactions. ...READ MORE
This afternoon, CM Seven Star Acquisition Corp. (CMSS), released additional information regarding their recent shareholder vote to approve their business combination with Kaixin Auto Group (“Kaixin”) and Renren (NYSE: RENN).
Of particular interest, an aggregate of 20,403,667 ordinary shares were redeemed. ...READ MORE
Late last night, CM Seven Star Acquisition Corp. (CMSS), announced the approval of their business combination with Kaixin Auto Group (“Kaixin”) and Renren (NYSE: RENN) and the results of their shareholder vote. ...READ MORE
GigCapital, Inc. (GIG) filed their Definitive Proxy this afternoon and while there was always the hope that they would drop in an additional contribution to trust while it was still a Preliminary Statement, that hope is gone now. ...READ MORE
Have you ever had a SPAC question and wished you could ask a lawyer? Well, you’re in luck. Doug Ellenoff and Stuart Neuhauser, from the law firm of Ellenoff Grossman & Schole, who are consistently at the top of the SPAC Legal League Tables, are here to answer your submitted questions. ...READ MORE
In addition to Proficient Alpha, Friday evening had a bonus new IPO filing with the debut of the $250 million Gx Acquisition Corp SPAC. Gx is being led by Jay Bloom and Dean Kehler, the co-founders of Trimaran Capital. ...READ MORE
Friday evening, Proficient Alpha Acquisition Corp. (PAACU) filed for a $100 million SPAC focusing on financial services in Asia and primarily China. ...READ MORE
Act II Global Acquisition Corp. (ACTTU), announced the pricing of their $261 million SPAC IPO tonight and the units are expected to begin trading tomorrow, April 26th, under the symbol Nasdaq: ACTTU. ...READ MORE
Act II Global Acquisition Corp. (ACTTU), filed their 8-a12b yesterday and is getting ready to price their $250 million “Better-for-you” focused SPAC tonight. Act II most recently dropped J.P. Morgan as its lead underwriter giving Cantor the chance to sole book-run. ...READ MORE