PropTech Investment II (NASDAQ:PTIC) announced this afternoon that its shareholders have approved its business combination with rental marketplace Appreciate during a special meeting held earlier today.
The SPAC did not disclose redemption amounts, but shares of PTIC traded above its trust value of $10 throughout its redemption deadline November 16. ...READ MORE
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
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Tims China (NASDAQ:THCH) has announced a two-year ready-to-drink (RTD) retail distribution partnership with Chinese grocery chain Freshippo. ...READ MORE
Genius Sports (NYSE:GENI), which completed its combination with dMY Technology Group Inc. II in April 2021, announced this morning that it has started a solicitation of consents from holders of outstanding warrants to amend the exercise period so the warrants will expire on January 18, 2023, instead of on April 20, 2026. ...READ MORE
OPAL Fuels (NASDAQ:OPAL), which combined with ArcLight Clean Transition Corp. II in July, announced this morning that has launched an offer to exchange all public and private placement warrants for 0.25 Class A shares each. ...READ MORE
Kingswood Acquisition Corp. (NYSE:KWAC) announced yesterday afternoon that it is once again adjourning its special meeting.
The SPAC originally adjourned its special meeting on November 15, to November 18, and will now be adjourning the meeting again from November 18, to November 23. ...READ MORE
SPACInsider contributors Anthony Sozzi and Sam Beattie this week compiled their three favorite potential SPAC targets among potential gaming targets. We look at why they are compelling and why each could be a fit for a blank-check merger. ...READ MORE
Cartesian Growth Corporation (NASDAQ:GLBL) announced this afternoon that its shareholders have approved its business combination with wealth management firms Tiedemann Group and Alvarium Investments during a special meeting held earlier today. ...READ MORE
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Getaround, the world’s first connected carsharing marketplace, announced changes in its senior executive team and proposed Board of Directors to be in place at the closing of the InterPrivate II Acquisition Corp. ...READ MORE
Global Consumer (NASDAQ:GACQ) disclosed this afternoon that its shareholders approved its combination with air care companies GP Global and Luminex at a special meeting held on November 10.
The business combination was overwhelmingly approved as 18,909,414 votes were cast in favor of the deal and 1,730,425 votes against it. ...READ MORE
Quantum FinTech (NYSE:QFTA) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire AtlasClear, which is itself combining with correspondent clearing broker-dealer Wilson Davis & Co. and acquiring Commercial Bancorp of Wyoming.
The combined company is expected to trade on the NYSE under the symbol “ATCL” once the deal is completed in the second or third quarter of 2023. ...READ MORE
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Electric aviation and regional air travel company Surf Air Mobility said on Wednesday it had confidentially filed for a direct listing in the United States after terminating its $1.42 billion merger deal with a blank check firm. ...READ MORE
Tuscan Holdings Corp. II (NASDAQ:THCA) announced this morning that it has mutually agreed to terminate its combination with regional air travel company Surf Air Mobility.
The press release included little other information, but an 8-K filing notes that should Surf later complete a direct listing, IPO, private sale or further SPAC transaction between now and November 14, 2025, it will issue 600,000 shares to Tuscan II and as well as either 35,000 shares or $700,000 as a termination fee. ...READ MORE
Tiga Acquisition Corp. (NYSE:TINV) announced in an 8-K this morning that its shareholders have approved its business combination with LGBTQ+ social network Grindr during a special meeting held November 15.
The SPAC did incur 98.2% redemptions, however, which is not far off the average for recent closures, but nonetheless high. ...READ MORE
Liberty Media Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: LMACA) announced this afternoon that its shareholders have approved a proposal to allow LMAC to amend its deadline date so it can liquidate early.
The SPAC previously filed a proxy in September to unwind and redeem all of its outstanding public shares prior to December 30, 2022. ...READ MORE
Frazier Lifesciences (NASDAQ:FLAC) announced this morning that its shareholders have approved its business combination with biotech firm NewAmsterdam Pharma Holding during a special meeting today.
The SPAC disclosed that holders of approximately 32% of FLAC Class A ordinary shares exercised their right to redeem their shares for cash, significantly lower than the average redemption rate for completed deals this year at 83.99%. ...READ MORE
