Altitude Acquisition Corporation announced the pricing of its upsized $261 million IPO this evening and its units are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol “ALTUU” tomorrow, Wednesday, December 9.
The new company aims to combine with a travel technology business valued at a $1 billion or more connected to mobile solutions, fintech or the sharing economy. Altitude is led by CEO, President and Director Gary Teplis, CFO Farris Griggs and COO Kevin Schubert.
Total SPAC deal count for 2020 year-to-date is now 217 with $74.1 billion in gross proceeds raised. This offering is expected to close on Friday, December 11.
Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. is acting as the sole book-runner and Odeon Capital Group, LLC as the lead manager of the offering. White & Case LLP is serving as Issuer’s Counsel with Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP serving as Underwriter’s Counsel. WithumSmith+Brown serves as auditor. Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company LLC is acting as trustee.
Gores Holdings X, Inc. (NASDAQ:GTENU) has filed for a $260 million SPAC to continue building the consistent track record of the Gores team. This is to be the team’s first outing with Santander as its underwriter after all 15 previous Gores SPACs were underwritten by Deutsche Bank. Of these, 14 made it to an IPO...
Ares Acquisition Corporation II (NYSE:AACT) has entered into a definitive agreement to combine with autonomous trucking firm Kodiak at a pro forma enterprise value of $2.67 billion. Mountain View, California-based Kodiak has developed driverless heavy truck technology for the industrial, logistics and defense sectors. Transaction Overview Ares II has an estimated $556 million in trust...
At the SPAC of Dawn Trade tensions may have claimed two business combinations as casualties last week, but they have not stopped deal flow altogether as Ares II (NYSE:AACT) still moved forward with its own announcement this morning. The deal was first rumored to be close early last month during simpler times for the market....
Terms Tracker for the Week Ending April 11, 2025 Welcome to our weekly column where we discuss the findings from our IPO terms tracker based on the previous week’s pricings. It was another chaotic week for the broader markets, but the SPAC market held its ground—sort of. Despite the volatility, SPACs priced one IPO, announced...
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