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LAST WEEK IN REVIEW
- 1 new SPAC IPO priced this past week for ~$58.0M
- No new SPAC IPOs were put into registration
- 2 SPACs announced business combinations for a total EV of ~$1.7B. Transactions include: Southport / Angel Studios (EV of ~$1.6B) and Alpha Star / Xdata (EV of ~$180.0M)
US SPAC Market
Total Active SPACs
205
$12.9bln
Pre-Deal / Seeking
96
$9.1bln
Announced Mergers
109
$3.8bln
S-1s Awaiting Pricing
29
$3.7bln
- Focus Impact Acquisition Corp (FIAC, FIACW)some text
- On September 14, FIAC announced they have received shareholder approval of their pending merger with Devvstream. No expected closing date was provided.
- Jacobs Solutions (J, J-W) & Amentum Holdings (AMTM, AMTM-W)some text
- On September 13, J announced the relevant dates for their upcoming Reverse Morris Trust (RMT) with Amentum. Ratio: 1 share AMTM for every 1 J held some text
- Record Date: 9/23/24 / Listed When-Issued Date: 9/24/24 / Distribution Date: 9/27/24
- Regular Way Trading: 9/30/24
- On September 13, J announced the relevant dates for their upcoming Reverse Morris Trust (RMT) with Amentum. Ratio: 1 share AMTM for every 1 J held some text
- Alpha Star Acquisition Corp (ALSA, ALSAW, ALSAR)some text
- On September 13, ALSA announced they have entered into a definitive business combination with XDATA, an Estonia-based fintech company.
- Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA, FNMAS) & Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (FMCC, FMCKJ)some text
- On September 13, the Wall Street Journal reported that Trump allies are working on plans to privatize Fannie and Freddie should he win the election.
- AA Mission Acquisition Corp (AAM/U)some text
- On September 12, AAM/U announced their unitholders may elect to separately trade the 1 share and 0.50 warrants contained in each unit starting on 9/16.
- DT Cloud Star Acquisition Corp (DTSQU)some text
- On September 12, DTSQU announced their unitholders may elect to separately trade the 1 share and 1 right contained in each unit starting on 9/16.
- Concord Acquisition Corp II (CNDA, CNDAW)some text
- On September 12, Events.com announced they have secured an upsized $200mm share subscription facility from GEM. CNDA and Events.com recently entered into a definitive business combination.
- Southport Acquisition Corp (PORT, PORTW)some text
- On September 11, PORT announced a definitive business combination with Angel Studios, a studio media company that has a bitcoin treasury strategy. The deal proposes to convert the warrants to 0.10 shares upon closing, subject to warrant holder approval.
- Satellogic Inc. (SATL, SATLW)some text
- On September 10, SATL announced they were selected for a contract from NASA worth up to $476mm through November 2028. The warrants have takeout protection, an $11.50 strike, and a 1/26/27 expiry.
- Seaport Entertainment (SEG)some text
- On September 10, SEG announced their board had approved a plan for an $175mm rights offering. Each right entitles the holder to purchase shares of common stock at $25/share. The record date for the offering is 9/20, the rights will commence when-issued trading on 9/19, regular way trading on 9/24, and expire on 10/10.
- B. Riley Financial (RILY, RILYG, RILYK, RILYL, RILYM, RILYN, RILYP, RILYT, RILYZ)some text
- On September 9, RILY announced that they were negotiating a majority stake sale in Great American.
- BlackSky Technology Inc. (BKSY, BKSY/WS)some text
- On September 9, BKSY announced they were selected for a contract from NASA worth up to $476mm through November 2028. The warrants have takeout protection, a $92 strike, and a 9/10/26 expiry.