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Latest SPAC News: Harley Davidson surges on SPAC deal to list electric-motorcycle unit and ex-Commerzbank CEO SPAC reaches digital entertainment deal
Harley Surges on SPAC Deal to List Electric-Motorcycle Unit
Harley-Davidson Inc. (NYSE:HOG) jumped the most in 13 months after the company said it would list its electric-motorcycle unit publicly through a merger with a blank-check company, capping off a busy year for reverse mergers in the electric-vehicle industry.
Harley rose 15% to $42.43 at 9:38 a.m. in New York after climbing as much as 18%, the most intraday since late October 2020.
The LiveWire division will merge with AEA-Bridges Impact Corp. (NYSE:IMPX), a SPAC that focuses on sustainability, and is expected to trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “LVW,” the companies said in a statement Monday.
READEx-Commerzbank CEO SPAC Reaches Digital Entertainment Deal
The SPAC backed by Martin Blessing, a former chief executive officer of Commerzbank AG, will merge with Dutch digital entertainment company Azerion Holding BV.
The deal between Blessing’s SPAC, called EFIC1, values Azerion at about 1.3 billion euros ($1.5 billion), the two companies said in a statement Monday that confirms an earlier Bloomberg report. The company will rename as Azerion Group NV and start trading on the Amsterdam stock exchange in February.
READDespite 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...
At the SPAC of Dawn Happy Friday! SPACInsider has unveiled new presets on SPAC Performance accessible via the Data drop-down to easily sort for the highest and lowest performing active SPACs and de-SPACs. On the de-SPAC side, Vertiv (NYSE:VRT) continues to be well ahead of the pack, logging a 710% return by share price adjusted...
AGBA (NASDAQ:AGBA) stock is up over +90% this morning following a +211% premarket spike on news it has signed a definitive agreement to combine with social streaming video platform Triller. AGBA, the company itself, was formed by the $555 million combination between a SPAC of the same name and TAG Companies, a financial services firm...
At the SPAC of Dawn Since closing its combination with DHC last month, AI customer engagement firm BEN (NASDAQ:BNAI) has rolled out new partnerships with call center and healthcare clients. And, while it faces a fair bit of competition in the chatbot realm, several high-profile institutions have demonstrated that creating one that provides useful services...
Blue Ocean (NASDAQ:BOCN) provided significantly more texture today in the presentation for its $275 million combination with Asian digital media group TNL Mediagene, which it expects to hit profitability in the second half of the year despite a slight shakeup in financing for the transaction. The first big update in the first investor deck is...