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Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp.

Business combination with Virgin Galactic

Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. is a blank-check company (SPAC) that raised $600M in its initial public offering on Sep 15, 2017. It completed its business combination with Virgin Galactic on Oct 25, 2019; the combined company is Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (SPCE). Credit Suisse led the IPO. Skadden, Arps advised the SPAC and A&O Shearman advised the underwriters on the IPO.

Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo and WhiteKnightTwo vehicles are manufactured and tested in Mojave, California, by its manufacturing partner The Spaceship Company, which is Virgin Galactic's space-system manufacturing organization.

Status
Merger completed
IPO date
Sep 15, 2017
IPO size
$600M
Target
Virgin Galactic (Vieco USA, Inc. / Vieco 10 Limited businesses)
Announced
Jul 9, 2019
Closed
Oct 25, 2019
Combined company
Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (SPCE)
IPO underwriters
Credit Suisse
SPAC counsel (IPO)
Skadden, Arps and Maples and Calder
Underwriters' counsel (IPO)
A&O Shearman

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