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Latest SPAC News: Byju skips payment on dollar loan and HNR affirms intent to purchase equity interests of Pogo Resources
High-Flying Indian Startup Byju’s Skips Payment on Dollar Loan
One of India’s best-known startups has skipped payment on a dollar loan, escalating a conflict with lenders that underscores the company’s mounting distress.
Byju’s, an education-technology company that provides services to more than 150 million students around the world, didn’t pay $40 million in interest due Monday on a $1.2 billion loan. The firm, led by former teacher Byju Raveendran, said in a statement that it has elected not to make further payments on the so-called term loan B and that it filed a complaint concerning the facility to the New York Supreme Court.
Byju’s had reached a valuation of $22 billion and had considered merging with a special-purpose acquisition company to go public last year.
READHNR Acquisition Corp Announces Affirmation of Intent To Purchase Equity Interests of Pogo Resources, LLC and Its Subsidiaries
HNR Acquisition (NYSE:HNRA) has affirmed its intent to purchase all equity interests in Pogo Resources, LLC and its subsidiary, LH Operating, LLC. Pogo has 100% interest in its only remaining asset, LH Operating LLC.
Earlier this year, HNRA agreed to purchase the equity interests in Pogo Resources and two affiliates for $120 million.
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Terms Tracker for the Week Ending April 19, 2024 Welcome to our weekly column where we discuss the findings from our IPO terms tracker based on the previous week’s pricings. Passover and school spring break starts next week, which most likely means a slowdown in SPAC filing activity. Although Churchill IX is now rumored to...
Despite a week of general pull-backs in the market, fintech firm Ibotta (NYSE:IBTA) nonetheless took the dive and had a good week debuting via a traditional IPO in the choppy waters. The company, which provides app-based consumer cashback discounts on purchases, priced its IPO at $88, above its proposed range of $76 to $84, and...
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At the SPAC of Dawn Since closing its combination with DHC last month, AI customer engagement firm BEN (NASDAQ:BNAI) has rolled out new partnerships with call center and healthcare clients. And, while it faces a fair bit of competition in the chatbot realm, several high-profile institutions have demonstrated that creating one that provides useful services...