SPAC · Merger completed
Acies Acquisition Corp.
Business combination with Old PLAYSTUDIOS
Acies Acquisition Corp. is a blank-check company (SPAC) that raised $200M in its initial public offering on Oct 26, 2020, listing on Nasdaq Capital Market. It completed its business combination with Old PLAYSTUDIOS on Jun 21, 2021; the combined company is PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc. (MYPS). Morgan Stanley led the IPO, with J.P. Morgan and Oppenheimer. Ellenoff Grossman & Schole advised the SPAC and Skadden, Arps advised the underwriters on the IPO.
Old PLAYSTUDIOS operates the proprietary playAWARDS loyalty program, which it is exploring opening up on a loyalty-as-a-service model. It is the target of a business combination with Acies Acquisition Corp.
- Status
- Merger completed
- IPO date
- Oct 26, 2020
- IPO size
- $200M
- IPO exchange
- Nasdaq Capital Market
- Target
- Old PLAYSTUDIOS (PlayStudios, Inc.)
- Announced
- Feb 2, 2021
- Closed
- Jun 21, 2021
- Combined company
- PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc. (MYPS)
- IPO underwriters
- Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan and Oppenheimer
- SPAC counsel (IPO)
- Ellenoff Grossman & Schole and Maples and Calder
- Underwriters' counsel (IPO)
- Skadden, Arps
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- Liquidation deadline and extension history
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Filings
- IPO prospectus (424B4) Oct 26, 2020
- Deal announcement (8-K) Feb 2, 2021
- Press release
- All filings on EDGAR CIK 1823878
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