SPAC · Merger completed
Graf Industrial Corp.
Business combination with Velodyne Lidar, Inc.
Graf Industrial Corp. is a blank-check company (SPAC) that raised $225M in its initial public offering on Oct 16, 2018, listing on New York Stock Exchange. It completed its business combination with Velodyne Lidar, Inc. on Sep 29, 2020; the combined company is Velodyne Lidar, Inc. (later merged into Ouster) (VLDR). CF led the IPO, with Sterne Agee CRT. Winston & Strawn advised the SPAC and Graubard Miller advised the underwriters on the IPO.
- Status
- Merger completed
- IPO date
- Oct 16, 2018
- IPO size
- $225M
- IPO exchange
- New York Stock Exchange
- Target
- Velodyne Lidar, Inc.
- Announced
- Jul 6, 2020
- Closed
- Sep 29, 2020
- Combined company
- Velodyne Lidar, Inc. (later merged into Ouster) (VLDR)
- IPO underwriters
- CF and Sterne Agee CRT
- SPAC counsel (IPO)
- Winston & Strawn
- Underwriters' counsel (IPO)
- Graubard Miller
More on this SPAC for subscribers
- Trust balance and value per share
- Redemptions at each extension and at the merger vote
- Liquidation deadline and extension history
- PIPE and other committed financing
- Merger proxy, registration statement and investor presentation
- Analyst notes from the filings
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Filings
- IPO prospectus (424B4) Oct 16, 2018
- Deal announcement (8-K) Jul 6, 2020
- Press release
- All filings on EDGAR CIK 1745317
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