The FTC isn't iBuying Opendoor
SPAC deals are losing financing and the FTC is fining Opendoor in this edition of the Morning Recap, the pre-market recap for SPAC Track Pro subscribers.
Good Morning,
A couple of SPACs [$ACEV, $BREZ] are reporting that the supplemental financing deals in connection with their mergers have been terminated.
Also, Opendoor [$OPEN] received a fine from the Federal Trade Commission for allegedly misleading consumers in their advertising practices.
Random De-SPACs:
Over $10: Agiliti [$AGTI] — $21.73 (completed its merger Jan 2019)
Not far from 10 cents: Quanergy Systems [$QNGY] — $0.36 (completed its merger Feb 2022)
Previous Session Stats
Gainers & Losers
Volume Leaders
News & De-SPAC Updates
The FTC just slapped Opendoor [$OPEN] with a $62 million fine for 'misleading' customers about the true costs of its home-buying business (BI)
The Deals
Monday afternoon announcement:
1) Energem [$ENCP] & Graphjet Technology
Graphjet Technology Sdn. Bhd. was founded in 2019 in Malaysia as an innovative graphene and graphite producer. Graphjet Technology has the world’s first patent-pending technology to recycle palm kernel shells generated in the production of palm seed oil to produce single layer graphene and artificial graphite. Graphjet’s sustainable production methods utilizing palm kernel shells, a waste agricultural product that is common in Malaysia, will set a new shift in Graphite and Graphene supply chain of the world.
Valuation: $1.49B Pro-forma Enterprise Value
Pending Investor Presentation
SPAC Updates
Liquidations
Gobi (GOBI), though no report from the SPAC, has been delisted from the Nasdaq. GOBI had successfully convened a shareholder meeting to vote on advancing its deadline from July 2023 to July 2022, in order for the SPAC to liquidate early.
Deal Updates
Financing Down:
Breeze Holdings [$BREZ] and its merger partner, D-Orbit, reported that ATW Partners, which agreed to buy $30M of convertible debentures from D-Orbit upon closing of the merger, terminated the agreement (SEC)
ACE Convergence [$ACEV] reported that Oaktree and Tor Asia terminated their agreement to purchase $175M and $25M respectively in convertible senior notes upon closing of the merger with Tempo Automation. The agreement stipulated that Oaktree and Tor could terminate if the merger was not consummated by July 18th (SEC)
Registrations
New S-1s
No new S-1s
Registration Withdrawals
RMG Acquisition Corp. IV (RMGD)
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Key Filings
SPAC S-4 Activity
S-4
Americas Technology [$ATA] & Rally
S-4/A
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De-SPAC/ Post-Merger S-1s
Effective
Symbotic [$SYM]
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