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Latest SPAC News: Embark director Elaine Chao and others sued over SPAC merger, Alvotech switches CEO and takes COO from Teva, and Uber Freight and Aurora expand pilot
Embark Director Elaine Chao, Others Sued Over SPAC Merger
A special acquisition company misclassified some of its shares to buy Embark Technology Inc. (NASDAQ:EMBK) and ultimately overpaid for the autonomous truck startup, a shareholder says in a derivative suit against the companies’ directors.
Former Secretary of Labor and of Transportation Elaine Chao serves on Embark’s board and is among the individual defendants in the suit. Others include Embark’s CEO, Alex Rodrigues, its chief financial officer, and officers and directors of the SPAC. Shareholder Robert Manning II filed the suit Wednesday in the US District Court for the Northern District of California.
Alvotech Switches CEO and Takes COO From Teva
Major leadership changes are being made at the top of Alvotech (NASDAQ:ALVO), with founder Robert Wessman stepping in to replace Mark Levick as CEO at the same time as Teva’s former head of global R&D, Hafrun Fridriksdottir, becomes COO of the biosimilars developer.
Uber Freight and Aurora Expand Pilot to Autonomously Haul Goods for 2022 Holiday Season
Uber Freight, a leading logistics platform and partner for shippers and carriers, and Aurora Innovation (NASDAQ: AUR), a leading autonomous vehicle company, have announced the expansion of their autonomous pilot with a new commercial lane between Fort Worth and El Paso. The 600-mile lane across Texas launched in October and is supporting Uber Freight customers as they prepare for the 2022 holiday season.
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News and Rumors PR: LatAm Logistic Properties, which has a pending combination with two (NYSE:TWOA), has secured a new $43 million 10-year lease for one of its properties in Peru. two is set to hold its completion vote on the deal March 25. TechCrunch: EV-maker Fisker (NYSE:FSR) has begun a six-week production pause as it...
At the SPAC of Dawn Much of the action around SPAC votes this week is back-loaded towards Friday. Monday through Wednesday will see four extension votes and one completion vote, while Thursday and Friday is set to host three of each. The headliner of these completion votes is of course Digital World‘s (NASDAQ:DWAC) long-awaited special...
Terms Tracker for the Week Ending March 15, 2024 Welcome to our weekly column where we discuss the findings from our IPO terms tracker based on the previous week’s pricings. Maybe it’s the weather, but there was a perceptible change this week in the air. That’s not to say that we should expect a big...
Deals and Amendments Keyarch (NASDAQ:KYCH) has tweaked the earnout provision of its combination with EV charging firm ZOOZ Power. Under the new terms, ZOOZ shareholders will still receive 1,000,000 shares if it achieves $10 million or more in gross revenue for any four quarters within five or if its shares hit a VWAP of $12....
In the current market conditions, SPACs looking for a target have to thread multiple needles at once. Many in the market now – particularly of the 2021 vintage – set out with teams experienced in high-growth technology sectors, but a risk-off market spooked by inflation has expressed itself in an appetite for more “sure things.”...