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October 16, 2023
News From the Past Week

Deal News

  • Plutonian Acquisition Corp. (PLTN) announced a deal to acquire Big Tree Cloud, a Chinese personal care products company. The deal reflects an enterprise value of $500mm and is expected to close in 1H 2024.

  • Metal Sky Star Acquisition Corporation (MSSA) and Future Dao agreed to terminate their business combination agreement.

Deal Closings & Approvals

  • Bridgetown Holdings Limited (BTWN) closed its acquisition of MoneyHero Group on Thursday 10/12/2023 with 16% of public shares remaining. Ordinary shares and warrants are now trading on the NASDAQ as “MNY” and “MNYWW.”

  • Perception Capital Corp. II (PCCT) shareholders approved the company’s acquisition of Spectaire at a meeting Friday 10/13/2023 with less than 1% of public shares remaining. No closing timeline was given.

  • Twin Ridge Capital Acquisition Corp. (TRCA) shareholders approved the company’s acquisition of Carbon Revolution at a meeting Thursday 10/12/2023 with less than 1% of public shares remaining. No closing timeline was given.

Other Deal News & Rumors
  • The SEC settled fraud charges against Hyzon Motors for $25mm. Hyzon was acquired by Decarbonization Plus Acquisition Corporation (formerly DCRB) for $2.1bn in July 2021.

  • Fortune reported that Shift Technologies will file for bankruptcy and shut down, three years after being acquired by Insurance Acquisition Corp. (formerly INSU) for $423mm in October 2020.

  • Carscoops reported that Lordstown founder and ex-CEO Steve Burns has purchased the bankrupt firm’s remaining assets for $10mm. Lordstown was acquired by DiamondPeak Holdings Corp. (formerly DPHC) for $965mm in October 2020.

IPOs
There were no SPAC IPOs last week.

New S-1's
There were no new S-1's last week.

Liquidations
Name Ticker Size ($mm) Announced Liq. Date Trust Per Share
C5 Acq CXAC 288 10/10/2023 10/24/2023 $10.70

Registrations Withdrawn
There were no registrations withdrawn last week.

Charter Extensions

  • DECA extended its charter through 7/11/2024 with a monthly $50,000 ($0.011 per share) contribution to trust. Approximately 55% of public shares remain, representing $50mm in trust.
  • ASCA extended its charter through 4/17/2023 with a monthly $20,000 ($0.01 per share) sponsor contribution to trust. Approximately 28% of public shares remain, representing $21mm in trust.
  • LCW extended its charter through 10/13/2024 with a monthly $150,000 ($0.016 per share) sponsor contribution to trust. Approximately 40% of public shares remain, representing $99mm in trust.
  • VCXB extended its charter through 7/14/2024 with no sponsor contribution to trust. Approximately 7% of public shares remain, representing $22mm in trust.
  • LCW extended its charter through 10/13/2024 with a $150,000 monthly sponsor contribution to trust. Redemption statistics were not provided.

Upcoming Meetings and Deadlines

  • 10/16/2023 WWAC Charter extension meeting (liquidation deadline 10/22/2023)
  • 10/17/2023 ESAC Charter extension meeting (liquidation deadline 10/22/2023)
  • 10/17/2023 TRTL Charter extension meeting (liquidation deadline 10/22/2023)
  • 10/17/2023 DKDCA OneMedNet approval meeting
  • 10/17/2023 TLGY Charter extension meeting
  • 10/17/2023 CCV Liquidation at ~$10.40 per share
  • 10/18/2023 TENK Liquidation deadline (pending optional $0.10 deposit extension)
  • 10/18/2023 XFIN Charter extension meeting (liquidation deadline 10/25/2023)
  • 10/19/2023 CDAQ Charter extension meeting (liquidation deadline 10/19/2023)
  • 10/19/2023 HWEL Starton Therapeutics approval meeting
  • 10/19/2023 AIB Charter extension meeting (liquidation deadline 10/21/2023)
  • 10/20/2023 ACAQ Charter extension meeting (liquidation deadline 10/22/2023)
  • 10/20/2023 VSAC Charter extension meeting (liquidation deadline 11/3/2023)
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