The Latest News in SPACs
GSAH: GS Acquisition Holdings Corp.
GS Acquisition Holdings filed an amended S-1 yesterday, adding three new Directors to the Board. They are James Albaugh, former President and CEO of Boeing, Roger Fradin, former president and chief executive officer of Honeywell’s Automation and Control Solutions business, and Steven Reinemund, former Chairman, Executive Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo. Impressive board additions as expected from a high-profile SPAC. You can read their full bios on the GS Acquisition Holdings profile page.
LCA: Landcadia Holdings, Inc.
Yesterday, Landcadia held the vote to extend their completion deadline to December 14, 2018 and announced the results.
| FOR | AGAINST | ABSTENTIONS | BROKER NON-VOTES |
| 26,508,297 | 3,900 | 0 | 0 |
JSYN: Jensyn Acquisition Corp.
Jensyn Acquisition Corp. announced they will be contributing $.042 per month for a period of three months for each public share that is not converted into cash at the special meeting June 4th, where shareholders will be voting on extending Jensyn’s completion deadline. This means a total of $0.126 per share will be contributed over the three month period increasing the conversion price to $10.78 per share at September 3rd (the new extended completion deadline). Currently, the conversion of shares is pegged at approximately $10.65 per share for the June 4th vote.
BCAC: Bison Capital Acquisition Corp.
Bison Capital announced today that Mr. Ning Wang resigned from his position as independent director and Chairman of the Audit Committee due to personal reasons. In his place, Bison has appointed Mr. Richard Peidong Wu. Mr. Wu has been the Chief Financial Officer of Airmedia Group Inc, a Nasdaq-listed outdoor media group (symbol: AMCN).
At the SPAC of Dawn Tucked into the bill that provides $95 billion in funding to American allies passed by the House this weekend is another measure that is likely to have far more impact on at least one pending deal in SPAC world. It would appear that the timing was fortuitous for TikTok rival...
With the passage this weekend of $95 billion in funding for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan by the House of Representatives, some focus has gone back towards the defense sector, which has generally had a good year as a whole. But, SPACs have not been as active in defense, despite the fact that companies in the...
At the SPAC of Dawn As April’s sleepy month for SPAC news continues, there is only one special meeting on the docket to consider a SPAC deal approval, that being today’s vote on Pegasus Digital Mobility‘s (NYSE:PGSS) combination with equipment manufacturer Schmid. Three more SPACs are facing extension votes this week, including Pyrophyte (NYSE:PHYT), whose...
Terms Tracker for the Week Ending April 19, 2024 Welcome to our weekly column where we discuss the findings from our IPO terms tracker based on the previous week’s pricings. Passover and school spring break starts next week, which most likely means a slowdown in SPAC filing activity. Although Churchill IX is now rumored to...
Despite a week of general pull-backs in the market, fintech firm Ibotta (NYSE:IBTA) nonetheless took the dive and had a good week debuting via a traditional IPO in the choppy waters. The company, which provides app-based consumer cashback discounts on purchases, priced its IPO at $88, above its proposed range of $76 to $84, and...