Special Purpose Acquisition Companies Select topics Overview SEC Rule 419 Exchange listing requirements Commentary Celebrity SPACs [more...]
Overview Special-Purpose Acquisition Companies SPACs An acquisition vehicle that raises a dedicated pool of cash from public investors in an IPO in order to seek acquisition candidates SPAC then seeks to acquire a company to acquire within a specified time frame, usually two years Target companies are typically private, so that a SPAC [more...]
Overview - Instructions Page covers select SPAC IPO filings Deals filed in 2008 Some select earlier filings Deal terms Units of one common share and one warrant, unless otherwise noted SPAC is incorporated in Delaware, unless otherwise noted 2008 CR Acquisition Targets global retail and consumer products and services [more...]
Overview Page covers select SPAC IPOs Deals that priced in 2008 Deals that priced after October 2007 2008 BPW Acquisition Target financial services or business services industries $350mm units sold at $10.00 Unit: One share - One warrant (@ $7.50) Citi / UBS / Piper Jaffray / Sandler O'Neill / I-Bankers / Ladenburg Thalmann / Maxim [more...]