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Latest SPAC News: Xos partners with Yancey Bros, FaZe Clan announces MoonPay as official crypto and NFT partner, and Arnault-backed group launches second SPAC listing
Xos Announces Strategic Partnership with Yancey Bros. Co.
Xos, Inc. (NASDAQ: XOS), a leading manufacturer of fully electric Class 5 to Class 8 commercial vehicles, today announced it has entered a strategic partnership with Austell, Ga.-based Yancey Bros. Co., the nation’s oldest Caterpillar dealer, to distribute Xos vehicles across the state of Georgia.
Yancey will leverage its existing infrastructure and facilities, including dedicated truck service centers across the state of Georgia, to help drive the adoption of Xos electric trucks. Yancey currently operates 29 facilities across the state.
NextGen Acquisition Corp. approved its combination with Xos at a shareholder meeting on August 18.
READFaZe Clan Announces MoonPay As Official Crypto and NFT Partner
FaZe Clan, the lifestyle and media platform rooted in gaming and youth culture, today announced a multi-year partnership with MoonPay, a leading global crypto payments infrastructure provider giving millions of users quick access to the crypto economy by offering an easy and secure way to buy and sell cryptocurrencies and NFTs.
The agreement represents MoonPay’s biggest partnership to date and establishes MoonPay as the official crypto and NFT partner of FaZe Clan.
B.Riley Principal 150 (NASDAQ:BRPM) initially announced its combination with FaZe Clan on October 25.
READArnault-backed Group Launches Second SPAC Listing
France’s richest man Bernard Arnault and former UniCredit head Jean Pierre Mustier will publicly list a second blank check vehicle in Amsterdam, raising 200 million euros ($226 million).
Earlier this year, the duo raised half a billion euros from their SPAC, Pegasus Acquisition Company Europe B.V., which is searching for takeover targets in the financial sector.
On Tuesday, the same group of backers announced they would list a second vehicle with an entrepreneurial focus, Pegasus Entrepreneurial Acquisition Company Europe, in Amsterdam.
Terms Tracker for the Week Ending November 24, 2023 Welcome to our weekly column where we discuss the findings from our IPO terms tracker based on the previous week’s pricings. This being the Thanksgiving holiday week, we are thankful for a lot of things, but mostly that 2023 is almost over. It’s been a rough...
At the SPAC of Dawn Though perhaps stuffed to the brim, SPAC activity continues this Thanksgiving Friday with votes by Clean Earth and Zalatoris to extend a deadline and amend trust contributions, respectively. At least seven de-SPACs are also reporting earnings today and will do so going into a futures market that is mostly green...
IB Acquisition Corp. submitted its S-1 filing Friday afternoon for a $100 million IPO, coming right on the heels of Bayview Acquisition Corp, which also filed its S-1 that day. IB is also similar to Bayview in that its units do not feature a warrant but include 1 right for 1/10. However, its trust is slightly...
Integrated Wellness (NYSE:WEL) announced in an 8-K filing that it agreed to transfer control of its sponsor to Sriram Associates, which will now take on the SPAC’s financial obligations and may appoint a new team. Sriram is acquiring 2,012,500 promote shares (70%) and 4,795,000 private placement warrants (70%) for the nominal purchase price of $1....
At the SPAC of Dawn So far, seven SPACs have announced their liquidations this week and although some others may choose to use the holiday to quietly disband, this tends to be a positive week for equities in general. Going back to 1961, the S&P 500 has ended the Thanksgiving week with gains three-quarters of...