Oaktree Acquisition Corp. II announced the pricing of its $225 million IPO this evening and its units are expected to begin trading on the NYSE under the symbol “OACB.U” tomorrow, Thursday, September 17th.
The company aims to combine with a target in the industrial or consumer spheres. Oaktree II is led by CEO and Director Patrick McCaney, President Alexander Taubman, CFO and Head of M&A Zaid Pardesi. They are joined by COO Mathew Pendo and Chairman John Frank.
Total SPAC deal count for 2020 year-to-date is now 100 with $39.25 billion in gross proceeds raised. The offering is anticipated to close on Monday, September 21, 2020.
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. are serving as the underwriters for the offering. Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Ropes & Gray LLP were Issuer’s Counsel and Underwriter’s Counsel, respectively. WithumSmith+Brown, PC, acted as auditor. Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company is acting as trustee.
Pelican Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:PELIU) announced the pricing of its $75 million IPO and its units began trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol “PELIU”, Friday, May 23, 2025. The new SPAC aims to combine with a technology company with a defensible market position that would benefit from being publicly traded in the US. Pelican’s management...
Cohen Circle II (NASDAQ:CCIIU) has filed for a $220 million SPAC marking the second wave of the Betsy Cohen team’s return to the market in the burgeoning 2024/2025 cycle. The new SPAC brings slightly less warrant coverage than its predecessor Cohen Circle I (NASDAQ:CCIR) with a 1/4 warrant in each of its units as opposed...
A Paradise (NASDAQ:APADU) has filed for a $200 million SPAC to get a fresh Asia-focused vehicle on the road with a leader that has steered several SPACs before. The new SPAC continues underwriter Cohen & Company’s warpath as its 15th SPAC put on file this year, with the firm’s 12th SPAC IPO debut set for...
On this week’s SPACInsider REPLAY, we revisit a 2022 conversation with Harry Sloan of the Eagle SPACs. At the time, Harry had already completed seven SPACs and was closing in on his eighth. As markets cooled and the SPAC boom waned, Harry offered a prescient take on where the market was headed—and what a “post-boom”...
At the SPAC of Dawn Betsy Cohen’s team is back with a new S-1 filing for Cohen Circle II (NASDAQ:CCIIU). The filing is good news for the health of the SPAC market as it represents something of a second wave of SPACs by the serial sponsor teams. Cohen Circle I (NASDAQ:CCIR) listed in October 2024...