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Latest SPAC News: Prison phone company Securus in talks to merge with Atlantic Avenue, Redbox signs content deal with Fremantle, and Singapore’s Novo Tellus files for blank-check IPO
Prison Phone Company Securus Is in SPAC Merger Talks
Tom Gores’s Platinum Equity is exploring strategic options for one of its most controversial investments, prison phone operator Securus Technologies Inc., and is in talks to take it public through a merger with a blank-check company, according to Bloomberg.
Atlantic Avenue Acquisition Corp. (NYSE:ASAQ), formed by middle-market lender MC Credit Partners, has approached Platinum about a potential deal to merge with Securus.
READRedbox Signs Content Deal With Fremantle to Further Rapid Expansion of Free Streaming Service
Redbox (NASDAQ:RDBX), a leading entertainment company, today announced it has signed a content deal with Fremantle to further accelerate the company’s free streaming service. The deal adds Free Ad Supported Television (FAST) channels which will make their debut on December 1. They include BUZZR, The Price Is Right: The Barker Era and the Baywatch channel.
Seaport Global Acquisition Corp. secured shareholder approval of its combination with home entertainment provider Redbox in a special meeting on October 21.
Singapore’s Novo Tellus Files for Blank-Check IPO
Singapore buyout firm Novo Tellus Capital Partners has applied to list a SPAC with the city-state’s exchange, according to Bloomberg.
The technology and industrials-focused firm is planning to raise between S$200 million ($148 million) and S$250 million through an IPO of the blank-check company. The IPO could take place as soon as the end of this year.
Revelation Biosciences Inc. Engages Partnering Advisor, MedWorld Advisors, to Optimize Value of the Company’s Diagnostic Tool, REVID
Revelation Biosciences Inc., a clinical-stage life sciences company that is focused on the development of immunologic based therapies and diagnostics for the prevention and treatment of disease, announced today that it has engaged MedWorld Advisors to optimize the value of Revelation’s diagnostic tool, REVID™.
Revelation recently announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement with Petra Acquisition, Inc. (NASDAQ:PAIC) for a business combination that will result in Revelation becoming a publicly traded company. The merger is expected to close in Q4 2021.
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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...
LatAmGrowth SPAC (NASDAQ:LATG) announced in an 8-K that it adjourned its special meeting yesterday to liquidate early and will reconvene it at 2 pm ET September 28. The proposals on its ballot would have initiated the process of winding down the SPAC and returning all trust capital to investors outside of $100,000 for dissolution expenses....
Below is a daily summary of links to the latest SPAC news and rumors gathered across the web. JSE reviewing listing requirements with aim to simplify them The Johannesburg Stock Exchange will be reviewing all its listings requirements with the objective of further simplifying its requirements, as part of its ongoing efforts to create an...
Nabors Energy Transition Corp. (NYSE:NETC) announced this morning that Vast has added an equity commitment of up to $10 million to its combination with concentrated solar power producer Vast. The new commitment comes at $10.20 per share from the Canberra Airport Group and half of it is to come up front at close. A further...
M3-Brigade III (NYSE:MBSC) announced this morning that it has closed its combination with Canadian energy producer Greenfire and the combined company is expected to trade on the NYSE under the symbol “GFR” later today. Concurrent with close, Greenfire also issued $300 million in new senior secured notes at a 2% discount, priced at $980 per...