April 19th, 2021
Good evening,
Thanks for reading “The Nightcap”, a nightly recap of all the day’s highlights in the SPAC world. In this newsletter, you will find a breakdown of the day’s deals, IPO’s, “in talks” reports, and noteworthy new SPAC S-1 filings.
Of course, you can always discover and track all of the SPACs at spactrack.net.
The Stats:
The Deals:
1) Roman DBDR Tech Acquisition Corp. (DBDR) & Composecure, a provider of premium payment card services & "cryptocurrency and digital asset storage and security solutions".
$1.20B EV
$45M PIPE including investments from funds and accounts managed by BlackRock and Highbridge Capital Management
$130M 5-year convertible note
Deal News Reports:
None today.
S-1 Filings:
1) Ascendant Digital Acquisition Corp. III (Ticker not yet available)
$250M, 1/3 warrant
Focus: Attention Economy: Consumer media, entertainment and services
Management:
Mark Gerhard (Former CEO and CTO of Jagex Game Studios: creator of Runescape)
Riaan Hodgson (Former COO and CFO of Jagex Game Studios)
Directors:
Mickie Rosen (Former Director of Pandora Media)
Michael Jesselson (Former Director of American Eagle Outfitters and Director of XPO Logistics)
Diane Nelson (Former COO of Content at Quibi, Former President of DC Entertainment)
Bob Foresman (Former Vice chairman of UBS Investment Bank)
Sponsor’s Previous SPAC Activity: Ascendant Digital Acquisition (ACND) announced a merger deal with Beacon Street Group in early March.
Upcoming Dates:
This Week’s Shareholder Meetings and Unit Splits (common shares and warrants to commence trading separately from underlying units)
Wednesday, April 21st
GigCapital3 Inc (GIK) Shareholder Meeting to Approve Business Combination with Lightning eMotors
Big Rock Partners Acquisition Corp (BRPA) Shareholder Meeting to Extend Deadline for Business Combination
Thursday, April 22nd
Unit Splits: Supernova Partners Acquisition Co II, Ltd. (SNII), Advanced Merger Partners, Inc. (AMPI), Haymaker Acquisition Corp. III (HYAC)
Friday, April 23rd
Northern Genesis Acquisition Corp. (NGA) Shareholder Meeting to Approve Business Combination with Lion Electric
Alberton Acquisition Corp (ALAC) Shareholder Meeting to Extend Deadline for Business Combination
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