SPAC · Merger completed
Broadstone Acquisition Corp.
Business combination with Vertical Aerospace Group Ltd.
Broadstone Acquisition Corp. is a blank-check company (SPAC) that raised $300M in its initial public offering on Sep 14, 2020, listing on New York Stock Exchange. It completed its business combination with Vertical Aerospace Group Ltd. on Dec 16, 2021; the combined company is Vertical Aerospace Ltd. (EVTL). Wellington Pub Company led the IPO, with Punch and Deutsche Bank. Winston & Strawn advised the SPAC and Davis Polk advised the underwriters on the IPO.
Vertical Aerospace Group Ltd. is developing the VA-X4, an electric aircraft intended for urban air mobility with zero emissions and low noise. Its backers and partners include American Airlines, Avolon, Rolls-Royce and Honeywell.
- Status
- Merger completed
- IPO date
- Sep 14, 2020
- IPO size
- $300M
- IPO exchange
- New York Stock Exchange
- Target
- Vertical Aerospace Group Ltd.
- Announced
- Jun 11, 2021
- Closed
- Dec 16, 2021
- Combined company
- Vertical Aerospace Ltd. (EVTL)
- IPO underwriters
- Wellington Pub Company, Punch, Deutsche Bank, Chairman of Pearl, Santander, Carnegie Capital and Phoenix
- SPAC counsel (IPO)
- Winston & Strawn and Maples and Calder
- Underwriters' counsel (IPO)
- Davis Polk
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Filings
- IPO prospectus (424B4) Sep 14, 2020
- Deal announcement (8-K) Jun 11, 2021
- Press release
- All filings on EDGAR CIK 1815805
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