Hainan Sirius Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:HSAC) filed an S-1 this week to become September’s first new SPAC and the 20th overall to file in 2023. The SPAC aims to combine with a company operating in a sizable market with cutting edge disruptive technology that is scalable with near-term cashflow in sight. That is fairly broad and...
Graf Acquisition Corp. IV (NYSE:GFOR) announced in an 8-K this afternoon that it has come to a forward purchase agreement (FPA) with Meteora Capital Partners involving up to 2,500,000 shares for its combination with NKGen Biotech. Meteora is to purchase up to that amount on the open market prior to close, capped at 9.9% of...
Below is a daily summary of links to the latest SPAC news and rumors gathered across the web. Heard on the Street: VinFast’s SPAC Backers Are Backing Out Even by the standards of electric-vehicle startups, the $40 billion market value of Vietnamese electric-vehicle startup VinFast is wild, following its combination with Black Spade last month....
Murphy Canyon (NASDAQ:MURF) announced this morning that it has closed its combination with Conduit Pharmaceuticals and its shares and warrants are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq under the symbols “CDT” and “CDTTW” on September 25. The company also closed a purchase of $20 million in Murphy Canyon units at close, which is to...
Indie Semiconductor (NASDAQ:INDI), which merged with Thunder Bridge II in June 2021, announced this morning that it has launched an exchange offer to convert each outstanding warrant to 0.285 Class A shares in the company. At Indie’s last closing price of $6.22, this is $1.77 of value each, although the stock has been rising since...
Atlantic Coastal II (NASDAQ:ACAB) has entered into a definitive agreement to combine with drug developer Abpro at a valuation of $725 million. Woburn, Massachusetts-based Abpro is advancing a series of drug candidates to potentially treat COVID, cancer and diabetic blindness. The combined company is expected to trade on the Nasdaq once the deal is completed...
Graf Acquisition Corp. IV (NYSE:GFOR) announced that it adjourned Wednesday’s completion vote for its combination with NKGen Biotech without conducting any business and will reopen proceedings at 4:00 p.m., Eastern time, on September 25, 2023 Once again, the adjournment is being done to provide additional time to continue its efforts to obtain additional financing. This new...
GigCapital5 (NYSE:GIA) announced in an 8-K that it will drop its lawsuit against its merger target QT Imaging and the two sides will continue working toward close under a slightly amended business combination agreement. Things got messy earlier this month as GigCapital5 filed its suit in Delaware court a day before the two sides’ outside...
Twin Ridge (NYSE:TRCA) announced this morning that it has added a $110 million structured equity facility to its combination with automotive wheel manufacturer Carbon Revolution (ASX:CBR) among other deal tweaks. Orion Infrastructure Capital (OIC) has agreed to provide the funds in tranches in exchange for Class A shares and a single warrant that would entitle...
Latest SPAC Liquidations: 26 Capital Acquisition Corp. 26 Capital Acquisition Corp.(ADER) to Liquidate on September 21, 2023 26 Capital Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: ADER), today announced that it will be unable to complete an initial business combination within the time period required due to the Delaware Court of Chancery’s decision denying 26 Capital’s request for an order...
