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Chance for a Solid EV Maker at last? – Polestar’s SPAC Confirmed

Download PDF Introduction Polestar, the Swedish premium electric car maker, has announced it will go public. It will do so by merging with a blank-check company backed by private equity investor Alec Gores and investment bank Guggenheim Partners. The implied enterprise value will amount to $20bn. The transaction will mark Read more…

By BSIC, 4 years10 October 2021 ago

Throwback to the 80s: the Melrose £8.1bn hostile takeover of GKN

Melrose Industries plc [LON:MRO] – market cap as of 13/04/2018: £4.36bn GKN plc [LON:GKN] – market cap as of 13/04/2018 £7.76bn Introduction On March 29, 2018, “Project Golf” (as the bid was called internally) got pushed to the last hole, when the turnaround specialist Melrose received acceptance from the British Read more…

By BSIC, 7 years15 April 2018 ago