The advent of summer is bringing nine lock-up expirations for de-SPAC’d companies and 10 on the sponsor side. The first change is to come for the sponsor of European Biotech Acquisition Corp., which closed its combination with Swiss pharma firm Oculis SA (NASDAQ:OCS) just three months ago. The sponsor is getting flexibility at a good
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Lucid Group Inc.
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An article on Bloomberg yesterday announced what many in SPAC Land have been wondering after UBS acquired Credit Suisse – where was Niron Stabinsky, the Head of SPACs at Credit Suisse, going to land?
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eureKING (ISIN: FR0014009ON9, Euronext Paris), the first European SPAC in healthcare dedicated to bioproduction, today announced that it has signed, on May 25, 2023, a put option agreement for 100% of the share capital of Oleron Pharma, the 100% holding company of Skyepharma.
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Pegasus Digital (NYSE:PGSS) has entered into a definitive agreement to combine with equipment manufacturer SCHMID at an enterprise value of $640 million.
Freudenstadt, Germany-based SCHMID makes silicon and glass components for the solar energy industry and electronics, including substrates for the broader technology space.
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Minority Equality Opportunities (NASDAQ:MEOA) announced this morning that it is pushing back the date for its completion vote for its combination with cloud services firm Digerati (OTC:DTGI), marking the third postponement for the meeting.
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Vehicle data-tracker Wejo (NASDAQ:WEJO) announced in an 8-K this afternoon that it has filed its intention to appoint an administrator to oversee its insolvency and it is evaluating whether it will do so in the United States as well.
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GreenLight Biosciences will seek its dream off Wall Street in a go-private deal less than two years after taking the special purpose acquisition company route there.
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GreenLight Biosciences (NASDAQ:GRNA), which combined with Environmental Impact in February 2022, announced this morning that it is being acquired in a go-private transaction by Fall Line Capital for $45.5 million.
While this is a steep valuation decline from its $1.23 billion enterprise value at the announcement of its SPAC deal, this price does represent a 50% premium to GreenLight’s last closing price.
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FOXO Technologies Inc. (NYSE:FOXO), which completed its business combination with Delwinds Insurance in September 2022, announced this morning that it has consummated its exchange offer for all outstanding warrants as well as its PIK note offer to amend.
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Redwoods Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:RWOD) has entered into a definitive agreement to combine with biotech firm ANEW (OTC PINK:LEAS) at an enterprise value of $94 million.
Cheyenne, Wyoming-based ANEW is developing biosimilar cancer treatments and gene therapies for neurodegenerative conditions.
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Rice Acquisition Corp. II (NYSE: RONI) today announced that it has secured $15 million for its PIPE in connection to its business combination with clean natural gas producer NET Power, bringing the total committed capital to approximately $575 million.
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On May 26, Social Capital Suvretta Holdings Corp.
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On May 25, 2023, Southport Acquisition Corporation (NYSE:PORT) and its sponsor, Southport Acquisition Sponsor LLC, entered into voting and non-redemption agreements with unaffiliated third parties in exchange for such third parties agreeing not to redeem an aggregate of 4,000,000 shares of Class A common stock and to vote in favor of the Extension Proposal and the Extension at the Special Meeting.
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ST Energy Transition I Ltd. (NYSE: STET) announced this afternoon that it has cancelled its meeting to vote on an extension proposal.
The SPAC initially announced the pricing of its $250 million IPO in December 2021 and had 18 months on its timeline to combine with a target.
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Vietnamese electric vehicle (EV) maker VinFast said it is recalling all of the first batch of vehicles it shipped to the United States last year following a safety warning issued by U.S.
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Embark Technology (NASDAQ:EMBK), which combined with Northern Genesis II in November 2021, announced this morning that it has agreed to merge with software firm Applied Intuition.
The all-cash deal would give the company a total equity value of $71 million – a far drop from the roughly $5 billion valuation it had upon its Nasdaq debut.
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Minority Equality Opportunities (NASDAQ:MEOA) announced this morning that it is once again postponing its vote to complete its combination with cloud services firm Digerati (OTC:DTGI) from 10 am on Friday, May 26 until 2 pm on Wednesday, May 31.
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