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MARCH 16, 2024

When BigBear.ai (NYSE: BBAI) went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in December 2021, it bore a striking resemblance to Palantir Technologies (NYSE: PLTR) , which went public through a direct listing in September 2020. after it closed its merger. Let's see why BigBear.ai

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MARCH 26, 2024

Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group (Nasdaq: DJT) surged today after the social media company finally completed its merger with Digital World Acquisition Corp. in a SPAC merger. Should you invest $1,000 in Digital World Acquisition Corp. Before you buy stock in Digital World Acquisition Corp.,

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DECEMBER 12, 2023

QuantumScape (NYSE: QS) and ChargePoint Holdings (NYSE: CHPT) were both red-hot stocks during the buying frenzy in electric vehicle (EV) stocks in late 2020 and early 2021. QuantumScape, a developer of solid-state batteries, merged with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in November 2020. Its shares opened at $24.80

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DECEMBER 11, 2023

QuantumScape (NYSE: QS) was one of the hottest electric vehicle (EV) stocks of 2020. The maker of solid-state batteries went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) on Nov. 27, 2020, and its stock opened at $24.80 billion in late 2020 -- even though it didn't generate any revenue yet.

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AUGUST 25, 2023

The pipeline company kept its payout flat from the start of 2020 until earlier this year, when it provided investors with a modest 2% raise. at the end of 2020 to 3.25 In addition, the midstream company expects the merger will increase its free cash flow per share by an average of more than 20% from 2024 to 2027. by mid-2023.

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MAY 22, 2024

The enterprise AI software company went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company ( SPAC ), and its stock opened at $9.84 In a pre-merger presentation, BigBear.ai In a pre-merger presentation, BigBear.ai from 2020 to 2023, its gross margin dropped to 26%, and its adjusted EBITDA turned negative.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2024

A history of Berkshire's Chevron position Even since Berkshire opened a stake in the fourth quarter of 2020, its Chevron position has arguably been its most active in terms of sizable buying and selling. 31, 2020 0 Nov. 16, 2020 Sept. 30, 2020 Data source: Berkshire Hathaway SEC Filings. 31, 2020 0 Nov.

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MAY 20, 2024

SoundHound went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company ( SPAC ) two years ago. In a pre-merger presentation, SoundHound claimed it could grow its revenue at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 104% from $13 million in 2020 to $110 million in 2023 as it expanded its gross margin from 55% to 77%.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

21, 2020, many investors hailed it as the " Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) of real estate" because its online marketplace streamlined the home buying process by making instant cash offers for homes, repairing the properties, and relisting them for sale. Its revenue fell 46% in 2020 as the pandemic disrupted the housing market, but soared 211% to $8.0

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DECEMBER 1, 2023

Shares of the home robotics company, best known for its Roomba line of robotic vacuums, soared nearly 40% last Friday after Reuters reported that Amazon was finally poised to receive unconditional European Union antitrust approval to complete the acquisition. and Europe promptly voiced concerns. per share (though the deal's $1.7

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DECEMBER 13, 2023

“We have had a fantastic journey with Altor since 2020, are immensely proud of how successfully Eleda has developed, and now stand ready to take our business to new and exciting heights.” Altor created Eleda in April 2020 through the merger of 3 well positioned infrastructure services platforms.

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MAY 17, 2024

Third, it's worth noting that 3M Healthcare/Solventum was the focus of 3M's merger and acquisition activity over the past five years. In 2020, 3M sold the majority of its drug delivery business.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The Vietnamese manufacturer of electric vehicles ( EVs ) just went public through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) and soared over 100% on the back of investor hype and its low float. This is what VinFast Auto decided to do when it merged with Black Spade Acquisition back in August.

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APRIL 10, 2024

in 2020 -- which isn't terribly high -- and then quickly fell as the industry recovered. And since Devon hasn't made a big acquisition, buying back stock could be a good use of capital. Unlike ConocoPhillips and Devon, Diamondback has been active in the merger and acquisition (M&A) department.

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MAY 10, 2024

The report cites a statement made on Tuesday by Wiz, which has now raised $1.9bn since its founding in 2020, in revealing that it plans to use the finds for future merger & acquisition efforts, talent recruitment and product development.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Deliberations are at an early stage, and a decision on whether to proceed with the merger should be made by the end of the year, said one of the people. Mediawan and Leonine formed a TV production joint venture in 2020. The merger would come amid renewed deal activity in the media sector. Source: U.S.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Opendoor (NASDAQ: OPEN) seemed like a promising growth stock when it went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in Dec. In 2020, the pandemic caused its home sales to grind to a halt. Metric 2020 2021 2022 9M 2023 Revenue $2.6 billion $8.0 billion $15.6 billion $6.1

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DECEMBER 6, 2023

A lot of that has been through acquisitions, with Builders FirstSource doing a massive deal in 2020 and completing 14 smaller purchases in the last two years alone to rapidly expand both its product portfolio and its geographic reach. billion in cash between 2024 and 2026 on share repurchases and continued acquisitions.

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MARCH 21, 2024

A top court advisor criticizes a ruling in Europe That day, a senior advisor to the European Commission (EC) -- the European Union's (EU) executive arm that also holds certain regulatory powers -- criticized the Commission's ruling on an Illumina acquisition. In 2021, the EC blocked the deal following requests from a clutch of EU countries.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2023

The company first bought shares in Q3 2020, cut the position in 2021, then began building it up again in Q3 2021. million 2/16/2021 12/31/2020 0 11/16/2020 9/30/2020 Data source: Berkshire Hathaway SEC Filings. million 2/16/2021 12/31/2020 0 11/16/2020 9/30/2020 Data source: Berkshire Hathaway SEC Filings.

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MARCH 3, 2024

Demonstrated success In addition to completing sale-leaseback transactions, "we have firmly demonstrated our capabilities deploying capital, having invested $9 billion or more including public M&A in each of the last three years since exiting the pandemic year of 2020," Roy said on the call. The company knows how to acquire real estate.

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MAY 2, 2024

ATG, which was intended as an omnichannel retail solution for the automotive industry, was formed out of Inflexion’s initial investment in Autofutura in 2019, a merger with GForces in 2020, as well as the acquisitions of Chrysalis and Salesmaster in 2021.

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DECEMBER 31, 2023

Financial industry disrupter SoFi (NASDAQ: SOFI) has been a rare bright spot among the hundreds of companies that went public via reverse mergers with special purpose acquisition companies during the 2021 SPAC boom. The Galileo fintech platform posted its largest quarterly member addition since early 2020.

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JANUARY 6, 2024

The developer of solid-state batteries went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), and its stock started trading at $24.80 QuantumScape has high hopes for 2028 During its pre-merger presentation, QuantumScape claimed it would start commercializing its batteries in 2024 and ramp up its production through 2028.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Canoo was not a normal IPO Canoo came public via a merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in late 2020. That's exactly what happened, and an increasing number of the SPAC mergers from that period are now resulting in bankruptcies. Here's five reasons you should tread carefully.

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JULY 30, 2023

That's a significant acceleration from the rent growth the company experienced in 2020 and 2021. Adjusted FFO growth was even faster in its real estate segment at 7.1%, driven by rent growth, acquisitions, and the merger of a non-traded REIT it previously managed. billion acquisition of a non-traded REIT it managed.

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APRIL 27, 2024

QuantumScape (NYSE: QS) , a maker of solid-state batteries for electric vehicles (EVs), initially attracted a stampede of bulls when it went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in November 2020. The combined company's stock opened at $24.80 and skyrocketed to its record high of $131.67

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AUGUST 24, 2023

That all came to a head in 2020 when deteriorating market conditions during the pandemic left the midstream company with no choice other than to slash its distribution so it could retain additional cash to shore up its finances. The acquisition will enhance Energy Transfer's ability to pay distributions. billion all-equity deal.

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MAY 7, 2024

Kian and co-investor ParkSouth Ventures initially acquired The Purple Guys as well as Network Technologies in 2020, with a majority recapitalisation and merger of Enterprise Computing Services and My IT. Following a rebranding, the company completed and integrated seven additional acquisitions, according to a press release.

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JANUARY 28, 2024

The business is more streamlined Opendoor stock has plunged since it went public through a SPAC merger at the end of 2020, and the stock is now down 90% from its peak. transactions fell into its buybox, and it's improved its customer acquisition channels.

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DECEMBER 3, 2023

Coca-Cola suffered a slowdown in 2020 as restaurants and other dine-in businesses shut down during the pandemic. Metric 2020 2021 2022 2023 Outlook Organic Revenue Growth (YOY) (9%) 16% 16% 10% to 11% Comparable EPS Growth (YOY) (8%) 19% 7% 7% to 8% Data source: Coca-Cola. Its comparable operating margin also rose from 30.5%

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MARCH 1, 2024

Park Square first invested in the company in 2010 through the acquisition of Terreal’s bank debt in the secondary market.

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MARCH 2, 2024

Chevron first announced the deal in October, which followed ExxonMobil 's acquisition of Pioneer Natural Resources. ExxonMobil and its partner CNOOC are claiming that Chevron's acquisition of Hess triggers a change in ownership, but Chevron argues it doesn't because it is acquiring an entire company, not just the Guyana stake.

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AUGUST 29, 2023

Many electric vehicle (EV) start-ups went public by merging with special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) in 2020. One of those fallen EV stocks is Canoo (NASDAQ: GOEV) , which dropped from its pre-merger high of $22 per share on Dec. 10, 2020 to its current price of about $0.64. Army, and NASA for testing purposes.

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DECEMBER 14, 2023

The last time Tilray's stock was in positive territory was -- you guessed it -- the 2020 election year, when it rose by 33%. It will pursue more acquisitions outside of the cannabis industry Tilray is in the cannabis business, but it has been diversifying outside of it. And it was down 15% the year before that.

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JANUARY 18, 2024

It had made more than a dozen acquisitions and was sitting on properties with the ability to eventually produce north of 600,000 kilograms (1,322,773 pounds) of cannabis annually. In March 2022, it completed its acquisition of Alcanna and became the largest private-sector liquor retailer in our neighbor to the north.

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APRIL 5, 2024

Capital discipline ConocoPhillips has a track record of making timely acquisitions and not getting too caught up in whatever its peers are doing. In January 2021 it completed its acquisition of Concho Resources when the industry was still recovering from a downturn.

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