Monday evening, Monocle Acquisition Corporation (MNCL), filed for $150 million SPAC IPO. Monocle is being led by Eric Zahler, as President, CEO and Director, and is a co-founder and Managing Director of Sagamore Capital, a private equity firm pursuing investments in the aerospace and defense, industrial electronics and selected business service markets. ...READ MORE
As expected, Big Rock Partners Acquisition Corp. (BRPA), has extended their completion deadline by three months to February 22, 2019. Big Rock, which IPO’d back on November 20th of 2017, had only twelve months to complete their business combination and given the time crunch, will deposit $690,000 into the trust (or $0.10 per share) as required to qualify for the extension period. ...READ MORE
CF Finance Acquisition Corp., debuted their SPAC early Friday afternoon with a filing for $250 million and if you haven’t already guessed, the “CF” stands for Cantor Fitzgerald, which is sponsoring this SPAC. ...READ MORE
KBL Merger Corp. IV, just announced they “have entered into several non-binding letters of intent with various entities for an initial business combination.” As a result, the Company gets to extend their completion deadline to March 7, 2019. ...READ MORE
Landcadia Holdings, Inc., announced the results of their shareholder vote this morning and they seem to be taking a page out of the I-AM Capital play book by providing almost no information. ...READ MORE
Boxwood Merger Corp. (BWMCU), the $200 million Macquarie-backed SPAC being led by Stephen Kadenacy, announced Thursday evening they have priced their IPO and will trade Friday under the symbol Nasdaq: BWMCU. ...READ MORE
AMCI Acquisition Corp. (AMCI), the natural resources-focused SPAC being led by Hans Mende and William Hunter, announced Thursday evening they have priced their $200 million IPO and will trade Friday under the symbol Nasdaq: AMCIU. ...READ MORE
Fintech Acquisition Corp. III (FTACU), announced Thursday evening, the pricing of their upsized $300 million SPAC and will begin trading Friday under the symbol Nasdaq: FTACU.
The Fintech team, which has an impressive record with two successful SPACs under their belt, will once again be led by Betsy and Daniel Cohen, as Chairman and CEO, respectively. ...READ MORE
Boxwood Merger Corp. was rumored to be pricing last night and instead, they down-sized their deal and increased their warrant from one-half to a full warrant. Given that we have three deals coming at the same time, the fight for capital is competitive and investors are choosy. ...READ MORE
As previously announced, the winner of the SPACInsider T-shirt contest is SPAC Mafia! We have created t-shirts and hats and the design is now available in multiple colors in the SPACInsider Store. ...READ MORE
I-AM Capital Acquisition Company (IAM) announced the results of their shareholder vote yesterday evening. However, the term “results” should probably be used loosely since there wasn’t a whole lot of information included in it. ...READ MORE
Platinum Eagle Acquisition Corp. (EAGL), announced Tuesday evening that they have entered into merger agreements with Target Logistics Management, LLC and RL Signor Holdings, LLC, to create the largest provider of specialty rental accommodations with premium catering and value-add hospitality services in the U.S. Target ...READ MORE
It’s looks like we’re going to have a double header this week, since we’re hearing that Fintech III has moved their pricing to Thursday, alongside AMCI, which is already on the calendar for the same day. ...READ MORE
Federal Street Acquisition Corp. announced late Friday, that they will be adjourning their special meeting of FSAC stockholders, originally scheduled to be held on Wednesday, November 14, 2018. The new meeting date will now be Monday, December 17th. ...READ MORE
This morning, AMCI Acquisition Corp. filed an amendment for their $200 million SPAC IPO with a few changes to the terms. Notably, AMCI has changed the number of warrants included in its unit from one-half of one redeemable warrant to one full warrant to purchase one share of Class A common stock. ...READ MORE
Union Acquisition Corporation (LTN), announced this morning that they have entered into a definitive share exchange agreement with Bioceres, a Latin American agricultural biotech company, with an anticipated initial enterprise value of approximately U.S.$456 ...READ MORE
Vantage Energy Acquisition Corp. (VEAC), announced this morning it has entered into a definitive agreement with QEP Energy Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of QEP Resources, Inc., to acquire the entirety of QEP’s Williston Basin assets in North Dakota and Montana. ...READ MORE
CM Seven Start Acquisition Corp. (CMSS), announced yesterday evening it has entered into a business combination with Kaixin Auto Group (“Kaixin”), a leading premium used car dealership network in China and its owner, Renren Inc. (“Renren”) ...READ MORE
Hunter Maritime released the results of their Extension Tender Offer this morning, revealing that a total of 12,999,350 Class A common shares were tendered for a total purchase price of $131,618,418.75. This represents approximately 86% of the Company’s issued and outstanding Class A common shares as of November 6, 2018. ...READ MORE
Kayne Anderson Acquisition Corp. (KAAC) announced the results tonight of their shareholder vote to approve their business combination with Apache to form Altus Midstream. In short, KAAC’s combination was approved, but once again, there were a surprising number of redemptions for an A-team. ...READ MORE