The Latest News in SPACs
GSAH: GS Acquisition Holdings Corp.
GS Acquisition Holdings filed an amended S-1 yesterday, adding three new Directors to the Board. They are James Albaugh, former President and CEO of Boeing, Roger Fradin, former president and chief executive officer of Honeywell’s Automation and Control Solutions business, and Steven Reinemund, former Chairman, Executive Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo. Impressive board additions as expected from a high-profile SPAC. You can read their full bios on the GS Acquisition Holdings profile page.
LCA: Landcadia Holdings, Inc.
Yesterday, Landcadia held the vote to extend their completion deadline to December 14, 2018 and announced the results.
| FOR | AGAINST | ABSTENTIONS | BROKER NON-VOTES |
| 26,508,297 | 3,900 | 0 | 0 |
JSYN: Jensyn Acquisition Corp.
Jensyn Acquisition Corp. announced they will be contributing $.042 per month for a period of three months for each public share that is not converted into cash at the special meeting June 4th, where shareholders will be voting on extending Jensyn’s completion deadline. This means a total of $0.126 per share will be contributed over the three month period increasing the conversion price to $10.78 per share at September 3rd (the new extended completion deadline). Currently, the conversion of shares is pegged at approximately $10.65 per share for the June 4th vote.
BCAC: Bison Capital Acquisition Corp.
Bison Capital announced today that Mr. Ning Wang resigned from his position as independent director and Chairman of the Audit Committee due to personal reasons. In his place, Bison has appointed Mr. Richard Peidong Wu. Mr. Wu has been the Chief Financial Officer of Airmedia Group Inc, a Nasdaq-listed outdoor media group (symbol: AMCN).
At the SPAC of Dawn As a rough week in the market comes to a close, at least one de-SPAC has some cause to show off. Many fashion brands were among the hard hit in recent days and not simply for macro reasons. Luis Vuitton-owner LVMH (PA:MC) dropped this week after an earnings miss led...
Shepherd Ave Capital Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: SPHAU) is the latest SPAC to file to IPO, making 24 new registration statements that have filed since June 1, 2024. So far, only two of those 24 have gone public, but it does indicate an active August. In SPACLand at least, August is never slow. As for Shepherd...
At the SPAC of Dawn SPACs have now priced 20 IPOs seven months into 2024 with an eye on beating 2023’s total of 31 IPOs. With a little more than 5 months left in the year, it’s expected that SPACs should at least match that number by only needing to price roughly two IPOs per...
DT Cloud Star announced the pricing of its $60 million IPO and its units are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol “DTSQU”, Thursday, July 25, 2024. The new SPAC aims to combine with an established business with long-term financial visibility, but has not limited itself to a particular industry or sector....
Launch Two (NASDAQ:LPBBU) has filed for a $200 million IPO that shows how the market has shifted for new issuance since its sister SPAC Launch One (NASDAQ:LPAAU) filed just over a month ago. Both SPACs are underwritten by Cantor Fitzgerald and seeking nominally the same raise at IPO, but Launch Two is overfunding its trust...