Morning SPAC News Roundup: February 7, 2024
At the SPAC of Dawn
Any play in the commercial property market appears set to be a buy-low opportunity for some time as real estate lender New York Community Bancorp (NYSE:NYCB) saw its bonds downgraded to junk and European and Asian banks show signs of the same contagion. ...READ MORE
Morning SPAC News Roundup: February 6, 2024
At the SPAC of Dawn
With the quarter headed to the halfway point and the election season raging on, SPACInsider has a new question for readers.
Voters decision in the election itself is still a ways’ off, but, Let’s Settle This: Will Digital World (NASDAQ:DWAC) actually complete its combination with Trump Media & Technology Group this year? ...READ MORE
Legato Merger Corp. III (LEGT) Prices $175M IPO
Legato Merger Corp. III (NYSE: LEGT) announced the pricing of its $175 million IPO this evening. Its units are expected to begin trading on the NYSE American under the symbol “LEGT U” on Tuesday, February 6, 2024. ...READ MORE
Morning SPAC News Roundup: February 5, 2024
At the SPAC of Dawn
This week kicks off with a fair amount of SPAC activity on both ends of deals.
Three SPACs are set to hold extension votes today and this evening could see the pricing of 2024’s second SPAC IPO with Legato Merger Corp. ...READ MORE
Morning SPAC News Roundup: February 2, 2024
At the SPAC of Dawn
Today marks by far the busiest day in the SPAC market since the SEC dropped the new rules as it is set to host four extension votes, three completion votes and even has a potential new SPAC IPO pricing on the docket. ...READ MORE
Power & Digital Infrastructure II (XPDB) Adds PIPE, JV to Montana Technologies Deal
Power & Digital Infrastructure II (NASDAQ:XPDB) has added a $5 million PIPE to its combination with sustainable air conditioning company Montana Technologies, which has also committed to invest $10 million into a new joint venture. ...READ MORE
Podcast: Abacus Life Chairman & CEO Jay Jackson Returns
Should de-SPAC’d companies consider buying back their shares rather than making offers for their warrants? Abacus Life (NASDAQ:ABL) believes the answer is yes.
This week, we catch up with with Abacus Life Chairman and CEO Jay Jackson. ...READ MORE
Morning SPAC News Roundup: February 1, 2024
At the SPAC of Dawn
The Fed’s announcement yesterday that it was in no hurry to cut rates slammed the market generally through the rest of the trading day, but things have picked back up in the early hours of Thursday. ...READ MORE
Semper Paratus Acquisition Corp. (LGST) Shareholders Approve Tevogen Bio Deal
Semper Paratus (Nasdaq: LGST) announced this morning that its shareholders approved its combination with Tevogen Bio during a special meeting yesterday January 31.
In connection with the vote, shareholders holding 1,432,457 shares out of a possible 1,502,180 Semper Paratus ordinary shares opted to redeem their shares. ...READ MORE
Deep Medicine (DMAQ) Closes TruGolf Deal
Deep Medicine (NASDAQ:DMAQ) has closed its combination with golf simulator company TruGolf and will begin trading on The Nasdaq under the new ticker symbol “TRUG” on February 1.
The deal and all other proposals were previously approved by shareholders at a special meeting held on January 19. ...READ MORE
Morning SPAC News Roundup: January 31, 2024
At the SPAC of Dawn
Morning SPAC News Roundup-readers have spoken! On the eve of the Fed’s press conference, we asked SPACInsider subscribers in this space to predict the number of SPAC IPOs in 2024. ...READ MORE
Cutting Through the Noise and Summarizing the New SPAC Rule
As we all know, the new SPAC rule has been released and it clocked in at a whopping 581 pages. That’s a lot of words to try to untangle and summarize. ...READ MORE
SEP Acquisition Corp. (SEPA) Shareholders Approve SANUWAVE Deal
SEP Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:SEPA) announced this afternoon that its shareholders approved its combination with wound care firm SANUWAVE (OTC:SNWV) during a special meeting on January 29.
At the meeting, holders of 5,146,501 shares of SEPA’s common stock were present, representing 89.46% of the company’s common stock outstanding. ...READ MORE
