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02/01/2010 : Volume Report--2/1/2010
SPACupdate.com publishes daily reports of major stake exchanges in blank check companies. Both BPW Acquisition and its target, The Talbots Inc., traded up; the latter gained more than eight percent. With its shares having done little but lose value s...
02/01/2010 : BBV Vietnam Seeks Deal Deadline Delay
BBV Vietnam SEA Acquisition Co. (OTC: BBCUF) wants to push its deal vote back a full year, until 2011, it announced. Sources familiar with the SPAC predicted it would succeed in delaying its vote date and stated enough shareholders would approv...
01/29/2010 : PROPRIETARY INTEL: Helikos SPAC Gains Momentum
Helikos SE, the SPAC planning a listing in Frankfurt on the heels of the successful Germany1 Acquisition Ltd., is racing towards its IPO, multiple sources confirmed. The $362 million (€250 million) SPAC could attempt to list as early as next m...
01/29/2010 : Volume Report--1/29/2010
SPACupdate.com publishes daily reports of major stake exchanges in blank check companies. Overture Acquisition shares traded up since its deal was killed by shareholders and Atlas Acquisition, next up on the merger vote slate, saw more of its shares ...
01/29/2010 : Overture Deal Killed
In a surprising turn of events, the Overture Acquisition Co. (AMEX: NLX) deal was killed Friday when shareholders voted it down. The SPAC’s odds of getting its deal completed were poor until it engaged Victory Park Capital Advisors, the h...
01/28/2010 : Volume Report--1/28/2010
SPACupdate.com publishes daily reports of major stake exchanges in blank check companies. Overture Acquisition shares traded up as its warrants traded down, spooking some, and SearchMedia continued a downward trend on Thursday. Resolute Energy Cor...
01/27/2010 : Overture Announces Its Own Buybacks, Delays Vote
Overture Acquisition Co. (AMEX: NLX) will wait until Friday before it convenes shareholders for a vote, the SPAC announced. Overture, which engaged Victory Park Capital Advisors yesterday at a higher-than-average buybacks return rate of 1.5% to...
01/27/2010 : BPW Acquisition Sets Vote Date
BPW Acquisition Co. (AMEX: BPW), the SPAC that looks to provide listed clothing retailer The Talbots Inc. (NYSE: TLB) public, has decided to set its vote date for Feb. 24. The SPAC’s deal deadline is Feb. 26; in a prior statement, BPW had...