Advantages
SPACs are more transparent than private equity as they are registered offerings regulated by certain SEC rules, including filing their financial statements and full disclosure of any material events affecting the company. Since SPACs are publicly traded, they provide liquidity to an investor (i.e. investment comes in the form of common shares and warrants which can be traded). Further, the unit structure, the ability to decouple the units and trade separately the common shares and the warrants, allows investors to correspondingly increase or decrease their risk return profiles. The unique benefits are the special rights of shareholders to vote in approval or rejection of the deal and the ability for investors to regain most of their funds, typically greater than 98%, if the SPAC fails to generate an acquisition within a 24 month period or should they vote against the deal and convert their shares for cash. In addition, it is an opportunity for individuals not qualified to buy into hedge or private-equity funds to participate in the takeovers of private operating companies that those funds typically do. Additionally, the SPAC vehicle for the target company is the opportunity to effect a reverse merger that yields more capital.
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