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Latest SPAC News: Pegasus Europe SPAC to be wound up and Falcon’s Beyond expands its franchise
Europe’s biggest SPAC to be wound up
The biggest blank-check company in Europe, backed by LVMH founder Bernard Arnault and former UniCredit chief Jean Pierre Mustier, is set to be wound up after failing to find a target in the financial services sector. Pegasus Europe has announced that it will cease operations and is preparing to return capital to its investors at the beginning of May, subject to approval by shareholders.
READFalcon’s Beyond Expands its Katmandu Franchise with a Yeti-focused Animated Preschool Series
Following the grand opening of Katmandu Park | Punta Cana, the Caribbean’s first world-class theme park, Falcon’s Beyond, a fully integrated global entertainment development company specializing in intellectual property (IP) creation and expansion, today announced its first animated series is now in development.
Last year, Falcon’s Beyond announced plans to become a publicly listed company through a business combination with FAST Acquisition Corp. II (“FAST II”) (NYSE: FZT), a special purpose acquisition company founded by Doug Jacob and headed by Sandy Beall.
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Latest SPAC Liquidations: JAWS Hurricane JAWS Hurricane Acquisition Corporation (HCNE) to Liquidate on June 16 JAWS Hurricane Acquisition Corporation (Nasdaq: HCNE) today announced that its board of directors has determined not to proceed with a proposal to extend its corporate existence. As such, the Board has determined to cancel the special meeting of its stockholders,...
Jupiter Wellness Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:JWAC) announced this afternoon that it has completed its combination with Chinese carmaker Chijet. The deal was already approved by shareholders at a special meeting held on May 2, but at that time, the SPAC did not provide a timeline for the closing of the transaction. Although redemption numbers have still not...
The advent of summer is bringing nine lock-up expirations for de-SPAC’d companies and 10 on the sponsor side. The first change is to come for the sponsor of European Biotech Acquisition Corp., which closed its combination with Swiss pharma firm Oculis SA (NASDAQ:OCS) just three months ago. The sponsor is getting flexibility at a good...
Below is a daily summary of links to the latest SPAC news and rumors gathered across the web. Latest SPAC News: Lucid to raise $3B in a common stock offering from Saudi owners, Betsy Cohen says SPACs will make a comeback, and SatixFy makes another leadership change Lucid Raising $3 Billion With More Money From...
An article on Bloomberg yesterday announced what many in SPAC Land have been wondering after UBS acquired Credit Suisse – where was Niron Stabinsky, the Head of SPACs at Credit Suisse, going to land? The answer is Banco Santander SA, in what appears to be a massive lift of most (or nearly all) of Credit...