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July 14 2020
Martin Franklin Plans $1 Billion-Plus Blank Check IPO
Serial dealmaker Martin E. Franklin is working with advisers to raise a new blank-check company, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
www.bloomberg.com
July 13 2020
Haymaker Acquisition Corp. II (NASDAQ: HYAC) (“Haymaker”), a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, ARKO Holdings Ltd. (“Arko”), an Israeli public holding company (TASE: ARKO) and GPM Investments, LLC (“GPM” or the “Company”), announced today that they have entered into a letter of intent (“LOI”) for a business combination.
www.globenewswire.com
July 13 2020
PTK Acquisition Corp. Announces Pricing of $100 Million Initial Public Offering
PTK Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: PTK.U, the “Company”) announced today that it priced its initial public offering of 10,000,000 units at $10.00 per unit. The units are expected to be listed on the NYSE American (“NYSE American”) and trade under the ticker symbol “PTK.U” beginning July 13, 2020.
www.prnewswire.com
July 13 2020
Electric Car Maker Fisker to Go Public Through SPAC Deal at $2.9 Billion Valuation
Electric car maker Fisker will go public through a merger with a blank-check company backed by alternative investment manager Apollo Global Management Inc at a valuation of $2.9 billion, the companies said on Monday.
www.nytimes.com
July 13 2020
Bill Ackman-backed blank check firm raises IPO size to $4 billion
Pershing Square Tontine Holdings Ltd, the blank check company backed by billionaire investor Bill Ackman, on Monday increased the size of its initial public offering to $4 billion from $3 billion.
www.reuters.com
July 10 2020
Apollo-Backed Blank-Check Company Surges 71% on Possible Fisker Deal
The allure of electric vehicles is boosting shares of blank-check companies, the latest being Apollo Global Management-backed Spartan Energy Acquisition Corp.
www.finance.yahoo.com
July 07 2020
5 SPAC and Blank Check Stocks That Have Exploded Higher in 2020
Special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) and blank check companies have been all the rage in the market this year. The most popular of these have manifested as sports betting companies, but there are so many more options.
www.247wallst.com
July 06 2020
Tech SPAC ACE Convergence Acquisition files for a $200 million IPO
ACE Convergence Acquisition, a blank check company formed by ACE Equity Partners and industry veterans targeting a tech business, filed on Monday with the SEC to raise up to $200 million in an initial public offering.
www.nasdaq.com