SPAC · Merger completed
PROOF Acquisition Corp I
Business combination with Volato, Inc.
PROOF Acquisition Corp I is a blank-check company (SPAC) that raised $240M in its initial public offering on Dec 2, 2021, listing on New York Stock Exchange. It completed its business combination with Volato, Inc. on Dec 1, 2023; the combined company is Volato Group, Inc. (SOAR). BofA Securities led the IPO. Steptoe & Johnson advised the SPAC and Freshfields advised the underwriters on the IPO.
Volato is a full-service private aviation company offering luxury private jet services. Its offerings include fractional ownership, aircraft management, jet card, deposit and charter programs, and it is the target of a business combination with PROOF Acquisition Corp I.
- Status
- Merger completed
- IPO date
- Dec 2, 2021
- IPO size
- $240M
- IPO exchange
- New York Stock Exchange
- Target
- Volato, Inc.
- Announced
- Aug 2, 2023
- Closed
- Dec 1, 2023
- Combined company
- Volato Group, Inc. (SOAR)
- IPO underwriters
- BofA Securities
- SPAC counsel (IPO)
- Steptoe & Johnson
- Underwriters' counsel (IPO)
- Freshfields
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- Redemptions at each extension and at the merger vote
- Liquidation deadline and extension history
- Merger proxy, registration statement and investor presentation
- Analyst notes from the filings
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Filings
- IPO prospectus (424B4) Dec 2, 2021
- Deal announcement (8-K) Aug 2, 2023
- Press release
- All filings on EDGAR CIK 1853070
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