SPAC · Merger completed
Black Spade Acquisition II Co
Business combination with The Generation Essentials Group
Black Spade Acquisition II Co is a blank-check company (SPAC) that raised $150M in its initial public offering on Aug 29, 2024, listing on Nasdaq. It completed its business combination with The Generation Essentials Group on Jun 3, 2025; the combined company is The Generation Essentials Group (TGE). Clear Street led the IPO. Latham & Watkins advised the SPAC and Loeb & Loeb advised the underwriters on the IPO.
The Generation Essentials Group, known as WME, is a global media and entertainment company covering high fashion, arts, lifestyle, culture, entertainment and luxury hospitality. It has agreed a business combination with Black Spade Acquisition II Co.
- Status
- Merger completed
- IPO date
- Aug 29, 2024
- IPO size
- $150M
- IPO exchange
- Nasdaq
- Target
- The Generation Essentials Group (TGE)
- Announced
- Jan 27, 2025
- Closed
- Jun 3, 2025
- Combined company
- The Generation Essentials Group (TGE)
- IPO underwriters
- Clear Street
- SPAC counsel (IPO)
- Latham & Watkins and Appleby
- Underwriters' counsel (IPO)
- Loeb & Loeb
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- Trust balance and value per share
- Redemptions at each extension and at the merger vote
- Shareholder vote date
- Merger proxy, registration statement and investor presentation
- Analyst notes from the filings
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Filings
- IPO prospectus (424B4) Aug 29, 2024
- Deal announcement (8-K) Jan 27, 2025
- Press release
- All filings on EDGAR CIK 2025065
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