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Latest SPAC News: Martin Franklin warns of more pain to come for SPACs, ShiftPixy announces special distribution of shares of Industrial Human Capital, and Betclic owner targets €7B Amsterdam listing
SPAC Pioneer Franklin Sees More Pain Coming for Blank-Check Bets
Serial blank-check investor Martin Franklin is warning of more pain to come for SPACs, recommitting to his notion that the market for the vehicles is overheated and should be governed by the same guidelines as initial public offerings.
“A lot of these companies are going to disappear,” Franklin, co-chairman at API Group, said Thursday in an interview on Bloomberg TV. “I’ve been saying this for quite some time that it was going to end badly and now it is. The reality is that we’re not finished because you’ve got a lot of companies that went public that had no business going public.”
READShiftPixy, Inc. Announces Special Distribution of Shares of Industrial Human Capital, Inc.
ShiftPixy, Inc. (NASDAQ: PIXY), a Florida-based national staffing enterprise which designs, manages, and sells access to a disruptive, revolutionary platform that facilitates employment in the rapidly growing Gig Economy, today announced that its Board of Directors approved a special distribution to ShiftPixy shareholders in the form of shares of common stock of Industrial Human Capital, Inc. (NYSE: AXH), in which ShiftPixy currently owns an approximate 15% ownership stake. All ShiftPixy shareholders of record as of May 17, 2022, will receive their pro rata share of AXH common stock equal in proportion to their percentage holdings of ShiftPixy common stock issued and outstanding.
READBetclic Owner Targets €7B Amsterdam Listing Via SPAC Merger
A potential listing of FL Entertainment on the Euronext Amsterdam, which is targeting a €7.2bn enterprise valuation, has been lauded as “a milestone in the history of our group”.
This comes after French media mogul Stéphane Courbit ordered for his Banijay, comprising Zodiak + Endemol Shine, venture to merge with Betclic Everest to form the aforementioned group. The business, which reported combined revenue of approximately €3.5bn and adjusted EBITDA of €609m through the past year, would be listed courtesy of a merger with special purpose acquisition company Pegasus Entrepreneurial Acquisition.
READDNEG Opens New Toronto Visual Effects and Animation Studio
DNEG, a leading visual effects (VFX) and animation studio for the creation of feature film, television and multiplatform content, officially opened its previously announced studio in the King West district of Toronto today, with more than 150 already hired, and revealed significant progress in its aggressive Canadian expansion efforts.
On January 25, 2022, DNEG announced its entry into a definitive business combination agreement with Sports Ventures Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: AKIC).
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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...
At the SPAC of Dawn A brand new market may have just opened up for space de-SPACs as NASA administrator Bill Nelson announced a shift in the agency’s $11 billion program for a mission to return samples from Mars. Rather than rely on the agency’s internal technologies that would be predicted to get a sample...
Overall deal flow between SPACs and biotech firms has slowed over the last year, but some pending FDA changes could breathe new life into particular business models within the space. In particular, the FDA has asked Congress as part of its 2025 Legislative Proposals to eliminate the interchangeability designation for biosimilar medications, claiming the existing...