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Latest SPAC News: EQT Private Equity completes acquisition of Billtrust, Truth Social introduces direct messaging to platform, and Florida Office of Insurance Regulation approves East Resources business combination with Abacus Life
EQT Private Equity completes acquisition of Billtrust in $1.7B deal
Global investment firm EQT Private Equity has completed its acquisition of B2B payments company Billtrust (NASDAQ:BTRS). The transaction was announced on September 28 and was approved by shareholders on December 13, 2022.
The all-cash transaction values Billtrust’s equity at about $1.7 billion and comes a year after the company began trading on Nasdaq. Under the terms, Billtrust shareholders will receive $9.50 per share in cash. With the completion of the acquisition, Billtrust has ceased trading and will no longer be listed on Nasdaq.
Billtrust combined with South Mountain Merger Corp. in January 2021.
READDirect Messaging Comes to Truth Social
Today, Trump Media & Technology Group (“TMTG”) announced that direct messaging (“DM”) is now available on the iOS, Android, and web versions of Truth Social. Users can now privately DM fellow users on a one-to-one basis with text-based messages containing up to 500 characters. Future updates will allow users to react to messages with emojis and exchange media attachments.
READFlorida Office of Insurance Regulation Approves East Resources Acquisition Company’s Business Combination with Abacus Life
Abacus Settlements, LLC and Longevity Market Assets, LLC, a leading buyer of life insurance policies and vertically integrated alternative asset manager specializing in specialty insurance products, announced today that the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation executed a consent order approving East Resources Acquisition Company’s (NASDAQ: ERES) business combination with Abacus.
READAmerican Acquisition Opportunity’s Merger Target, Royalty Management, Completes Investment into Heart Water Inc. and Partners on Royalty Financing Structure
American Acquisition Opportunity Inc.’s (Nasdaq:AMAO) merger target company, Royalty Management Corporation (RMC), a sustainably-driven, cash flow-oriented, royalty investment and development company, announced today that it has made an investment into Heart Water, Inc. and entered into an agreement whereby Royalty Management Corporation has the right to provide royalty based financing for the build out of Heart Water systems for a royalty-based payment structure per gallon of water sold from such facilities.
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Ares Acquisition Corporation II (NYSE:AACT) filed its S-1 yesterday afternoon for a $400 million IPO, marking the second SPAC to file for an IPO in March and the largest since December 20, 2021, when Gores Holdings X Inc. filed for a $725 million SPAC. Ares II intends to focus its search on an established target...
Latest SPAC Liquidations: TCV Acquisition Corp. TCV Acquisition Corp. (TCVA) to Liquidate on April 13 TCV Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: TCVA) announced that it intends to dissolve and liquidate. It will redeem all of the outstanding Class A ordinary shares that were included in its initial public offering at a per-share redemption price of approximately $10.24. As...
DiamondHead Holding Corps. (NASDAQ:DHHC) announced that it has closed its combination with Great Southern Homes and the combined company will be renamed United Homes Group. The deal was approved by shareholders during a meeting last Thursday, and only 109,426 shares were redeemed in connection with the vote, but DiamondHead saw about 87% redemptions in total...
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Maxpro Capital (NASDAQ:JMAC) announced that it has closed its combination with clinical-stage biotech firm Apollomics and the combined company’s shares and warrants are to begin trading today on the Nasdaq under the symbols “APLM” and “APLMW”, respectively. Apollomics is set to receive $21.35 million in proceeds from a PIPE that Maxpro announced in February and...