Ticker LaunchSPAC · Merger completed
Act II Global Acquisition Corp.
Business combination with Whole Earth Brands
Act II Global Acquisition Corp. is a blank-check company (SPAC) that raised $261M in its initial public offering on Apr 29, 2019, listing on NYSE. It completed its business combination with Whole Earth Brands on Jun 25, 2020; the combined company is Whole Earth Brands, Inc. (FREE). Cantor led the IPO. Kirkland & Ellis advised the underwriters on the IPO.
Whole Earth Brands is a branded consumer products company that planned to expand its platform through investments in the natural alternatives and clean label categories across the global consumer products industry.
- Status
- Merger completed
- IPO date
- Apr 29, 2019
- IPO size
- $261M
- IPO exchange
- NYSE
- Target
- Whole Earth Brands (Merisant/MAFCO)
- Announced
- Feb 13, 2020
- Closed
- Jun 25, 2020
- Combined company
- Whole Earth Brands, Inc. (FREE)
- IPO underwriters
- Cantor
- Underwriters' counsel (IPO)
- Kirkland & Ellis
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Filings
- IPO prospectus (424B4) Apr 29, 2019
- Deal announcement (8-K) Feb 13, 2020
- Press release
- All filings on EDGAR CIK 1753706
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