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Latest SPAC News: Co-founders of Electric Last Mile Solutions resign, and Bakkt provides preliminary financial results for 4Q21
Co-Founders of Embattled EV SPAC Exit After Bumpy Last Mile
The co-founders of Electric Last Mile Solutions Inc. have resigned following an internal investigation that discovered the top executives purchased equity in the company at substantial discounts to market value shortly before the commercial electric vehicle startup went public via a merger with Forum Merger III Corp. (NASDAQ:FIII).
President and CEO James Taylor and Chairman Jason Luo both resigned effective immediately following the internal investigation conducted by a special committee, according to a regulatory filing posted late Tuesday.
READBakkt Provides Details on Certain Preliminary Financial Results for Fourth Quarter 2021
Bakkt Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: BKKT) announced today details on certain preliminary financial results for fourth quarter 2021, which reflect, among other things, certain impacts of its business combination with VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings (VIH) that closed on October 15, 2021.
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE) announced today that its fourth quarter results will include an estimated $92 million loss on its equity method investment associated with its initial 68% non-controlling investment in Bakkt for the post-business combination period from October 15 – December 31, 2021. In order to provide additional context, Bakkt expects a pre-tax loss of approximately $150 – $155 million for the post-business combination period.
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YHN I (NASDAQ:DTSQU) has filed for a $60 million IPO today and brought with it a number of questions, chief among them: who is their underwriter? This is the first entry into SPAC underwriting for Lucid Capital Markets, a firm that does not appear to have a web presence or much of an existing reputation...
WinVest (NASDAQ:WINV) has entered into a definitive agreement to combine with ecommerce platform Xtribe at an equity value of $141 million. London-based Xtribe provides an ecommerce and ad-targeting marketplace connecting buyers and sellers in their local areas. The combined company is expected to trade on the Nasdaq once the deal is completed in late 2024....
At the SPAC of Dawn The long drought of new SPAC deals broke yesterday evening with WinVest‘s (NASDAQ:WINV) announcement of a $141 million ecommerce deal. It came exactly one month after the last deal, Blockchain Coinvestors‘ (NASDAQ:BCSA) announced tie-up with fintech Linqto. Before this, the SPAC market had scarcely gone two weeks without a fresh...
Thunder Bridge Capital Partners IV (NASDAQ:THCP) this week announced it believes it is nearing an SEC approval for its combination with Japanese crypto market place Coincheck, enough so that it aims to make it file its first public registration statement after previously filing them confidentially. Progress on the deal is surely welcome as it is...
At the SPAC of Dawn With the pricing of GP-Act III (NASDAQ:GPATU) this morning, May has already become the second most productive month for SPAC IPOs with two. February saw three get through, but the pair of May SPAC IPOs is encouraging both because they come just nine days into the month and follow a...