Haymaker Acquisition Corp. II (HYACU), announced the pricing of their surprise upsized $350 million SPAC IPO this evening. Haymaker II’s units are expected to begin trading tomorrow, June 7th, under the symbol Nasdaq: HYACU.
Haymaker II, much like the original Haymaker, will be focusing on the consumer products and services sector and will, once again, be led by Steven Heyer, as CEO and Andrew Heyer, as President.
Total SPAC deal count for 2019 year-to-date is now 26 with $5.862 billion in gross proceeds raised. The offering is expected to close on June 11, 2019.
Congratulations to all.
Canto acted as sole book-running manager.
Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP and Graubard Miller were Issuer’s Counsel and Underwriter’s Counsel, respectively.
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