The SPAC Week in Review

A newsletter recapping the previous week's SPAC activity (May 9, 2022)

The Stats:

The Deals from Last Week (2):

1) Mountain Crest Acquisition Corp. IV (MCAF) & CH-AUTO

2) Fortune Rise Acquisition Corporation (FRLA) & VCV Digital Technology

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News from Last Week:

  • Facebook Billionaire Eduardo Saverin’s B Capital Abandons SPAC Plans Amid Market Volatility (Forbes)

  • Giga Carbon Neutrality, a commercial mobility and clean energy technology company, announced that it has signed an LOI to merge with an unnamed SPAC

  • Satellogic (SATL) to launch 68 satellites with SpaceX (SpaceNews)

  • Offerpad (OPAD) turns in a $41M profit in the first quarter (RealTrends)

  • Better's SPAC deal [Aurora Acquisition Corp. (AURC)] could be in peril as investors raise more red flags in a lawsuit against its embattled CEO Vishal Garg (Business Insider)

Updates from Last Week:

Terminations / Liquidations

Merger Votes/ Completions

  • Spring Valley Acquisition Corp. (SV) announces the closing of the merger with NuScale Power and will begin trading as SMR today, 5/3

    • The transaction raised gross proceeds of $380M

  • Merger vote set:

    • Apollo Strategic Growth Capital (APSG) & American Express Global Business Travel (5/25/22)

    • Haymaker Acquisition Corp. III (HYAC) & Biote (5/24/22)

Extensions

  • AGBA Acquisition Limited (AGBA) shareholders approved the extension of the deadline from 5/16/22 to 11/16/22

  • L&F Acquisition Corp. (LNFA) shareholders approved the extension of the deadline from 5/3/22 to 8/24/22

    • 13,824,311 shares were redeemed or an estimated ~79% of the public SPAC shares

  • Maquia Capital Acquisition Corporation (MAQC) announces it intends to extend its deadline from 5/7/22 to 8/7/22 by depositing $0.10 per public SPAC share into the trust

  • Data Knights Acquisition Corp. (DKDCA) announced it extended its deadline from 5/11/22 to 8/11/22 by depositing $0.10 per share into trust

Other Deal Updates

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

S-1 Filings:

S-1 Effective:

  • BRC (Black Rifle Coffee) (BRCC)

  • Sky Harbour (SKYH)

*When applicable

S-4 Activity:

S-4 filings:

S-4 Effective:

  • Lionheart Acquisition Corp. II (LCAP) & MSP Recovery

  • Apollo Strategic Growth Capital (APSG) & American Express Global Business Travel

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