The SPAC Week in Review

A newsletter recapping the previous week's SPAC activity (June 1, 2022)

The Stats:

The Deals from Last Week (4):

1) Goldenbridge Acquisition Limited (GBRG) Auto Services Group (SunCar)

2) Aesther Healthcare Acquisition Corp. (AEHA) & United Gear & Assembly

3) Legato Merger Corp. II (LGTO) & Southland Holdings

4) Crescent Cove Acquisition Corp. (COVA) & ECARX

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News from Last Week:

Updates from Last Week:

Terminations / Liquidations

  • Trepont Acquisition Corp I (TACA) announced it will liquidate effective of 6/10. The redemption price per share is $10.10

  • Cascade Acquisition Corp. (CAS) provided an update that the liquidation/ redemption of all outstanding shares will take place on 6/8 with the redemption price of $10.10 per share

Merger Votes/ Completions

  • Apollo Strategic Growth Capital (APSG) completed its merger with American Express Global Business Travel and the combined company started trading as GBTG

    • 77,514,764 shares were redeemed or an estimated ~95% of the public SPAC shares

  • Haymaker Acquisition Corp. III (HYAC) completed its merger with Biote and started trading as BTMD

  • Lionheart Acquisition Corporation III (LCAP) completes its merger with MSP Recovery and started trading as MSPR

  • Merger vote set:

    • Gores Guggenheim, Inc. (GGPI) & Polestar (6/22)

    • EJF Acquisition Corp. (EJFA) & Pagaya Technologies (6/17)

Extensions

  • OceanTech Acquisitions I Corp. (OTEC) extended its deadline by 6 months from 6/2 to 12/2 by adding $0.15 per public share into the trust

  • Kingswood Acquisition Corp. (KWAC) extended its deadline to 11/24 by depositing $60,969 into the trust

  • Tiga Acquisition Corp. (TINV) extended its deadline to 11/27 by depositing funds from private placement warrant sale to the sponsor into trust

Other Deal Updates

  • Edoc Acquisition Corp. (ADOC) and Calidi Biotherapeutics amend the merger agreement to, among other things, reduce the merger consideration to Calidi from $400M to $380M

  • Gores Holdings VIII, Inc. (GIIX) and Footprint amend the merger agreement to among other things, reduce the PIPE size to account for the Class C Financing raised by Footprint

De-SPAC Updates

  • Vivid Seats (SEAT) announces warrant exchange offer and $40M share repurchase program

    • Warrant holders have the opportunity to receive 0.240 shares of Class A Common Stock in exchange for each warrant

De-SPAC S-1 Filings (including PIPE resale registrations*):

S-1 Filings:

S-1 Effective:

  • BigBear.AI (BBAI)

  • Alpha Tau Medical (DRTS)

*When applicable

S-4 Activity:

S-4 filings:

Upcoming Dates:

Upcoming Announced Shareholder Meetings, Unit Splits, Warrant Redemptions

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