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The SPAC Week in Review

The SPAC Week in Review

A newsletter recapping the past week's SPAC activity (April 25, 2022)

The Stats:

The Deals from Last Week (2):

1) Bull Horn Holdings Corp. (BHSE) & Coeptis Therapeutics

Valuation: $175M
PIPE: No PIPE
Press Release

2) LMF Acquisition Opportunities, Inc. (LMAO) & SeaStar Medical

Valuation: $85M EV
PIPE: Expected PIPE from existing investors, The Dow Chemical Company Pension Plans
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New Data Points: Disc/prem to trust (Votes/Action View) and Merger Partner Geography (Deal Details View)

New Filters: Warrant Coverage, Upcoming Vote (definitive merger or extension vote scheduled), Merger Partner Geography

News from Last Week:

Elliott Management Backs SPAC Deal for Travel-Tech Company Mondee (PYMNTS.com)
A court battle that has raised concerns about Spacs (FT)
Helbiz earns its name with punishing 2021 earnings (TechCrunch)
Bed Bath & Beyond's Buybuy Baby Draws Buyer Interest (WSJ)

Updates from Last Week:

Terminations

Alberton Acquisition Corp. (ALAC) will liquidate on 4/26/22 after the merger with SolarMax was terminated on 4/20
- ALAC was previously notified by NASDAQ that the exchange would delist ALAC’s shares if the SPAC did not complete the merger by 4/26

Merger Votes/ Completions

TradeUP Global Corporation (TUGC) shareholders approved the merger with SAITECH with 2.07M shares redeemed or an estimated ~46% of the public SPAC shares
Spring Valley Acquisition Corp. (SV) announces that it expects to close its merger on 5/2 and begin trading on NYSE as SMR on 5/3
Merger Vote Set:
- ACE Convergence Acquisition Corp (ACEV) & Tempo Automation (5/5)
- North Atlantic Acquisition Corporation (NAAC) & TeleSign (5/18)

Extensions

FoxWayne Enterprises Acquisition Corp. (FOXW) extends its deadline from 4/22/22 to 7/22/22 by adding $0.025 per share to trust
Greencity Acquisition Corporation (GRCY) shareholders approved the extension of the deadline from 4/28/22 to 10/28/22
- 78k shares were redeemed, leaving $41M in the trust

Other Deal Updates

Gores Guggenheim, Inc. (GGPI) and Polestar amend merger agreement to extend the outside date from 5/27 to 6/24
Software Acquisition Group Inc. III (SWAG) and Nogin announce $60M convertible note financing as part of the PIPE, in connection with the upcoming merger (expected to take place Q2), including funds managed by UBS, Tenor Capital Management and the CEO of SWAG III
Alvotech and Oaktree Acquisition Corp. II (OACB) secure up to $250M in financing to backstop redemptions: a binding term sheet for $75-$125M in debt from Sculptor and $150M equity financing from Yorkville
- The parties also agreed to reduce the min. cash condition so that it is satisfied by the PIPE proceeds and new financing
Tuatara Capital Acquisition Corporation (TCAC) and SpringBig amend the merger agreement to, among other things, reduce SpringBig’s valuation from $245 to $215M
Gesher I Acquisition Corp. (GIAC) receives a commitment of $10M from Composite Analysis Group to backstop redemptions
- This is the 2nd commitment it has received. See: GIAC enters into an amended FPA agreement with M&G Investment Management Limited