1st Quarter 2022 Wrap Up:Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs):Investment Craze or Deep State Laundry? By Carolyn A. Betts, Esq. and Catherine Austin Fitts “There are no markets anymore, just interventions.”~ Chris Powell I. INTRODUCTION (JQ: Intro from Carolyn’s 20220706.odt) Financial fraud became a very big business in America during the 1980s. It started with real…

According to the Continental Stock Transfer and Trust web page: “As the industry-leading SPAC administrator since 2003, Continental has handled over 95% of the SPACs brought to market over the past 19 years.  Likewise, we have handled 60% of the U. S. IPOs over the past three years. This is a testament to our proprietary…

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SPAC Track materials: www.spactrack.ioSPAC Insider materials: www.spacinsider.comSPAC Analytics materials: www.spacanalytics.comMorningstar: www.morningstar.com SEC and Regulatory Authority Rules, Releases and Statements SEC Safe Harbor Rule for Forward-looking Statements: 15 U.S. Code § 78u–5 “Application of safe harbor for forward-looking statements” https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/78u-5 Corporation Finance Disclosure Guidance: Topic No. 11: Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (December 22, 2020) https://www.sec.gov/corpfin/disclosure-special-purpose-acquisition-companies “Investing…

On March 30, 2022, the US Securities and Exchange Commission proposed new regulations governing SPACs with a 30-day comment period.  Final regulations are not expected until at least the fourth quarter, 2022. Additional disclosure by both blank check company and target on sponsor compensation, conflicts of interest, and the potential for dilution of share value…

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  SPAC IPO Traditional IPO Structure: Allows for varied return and risk profiles and timelines for investing; SPAC can offer risk-free return with upside. Not true of traditional IPO Flexibility: Initial plans can change (investment in different industry), >1 SPAC can combine to invest in one target company or single SPAC can invest in >…

Illustration source:  “Domestic SPAC mergers – financial reporting and accounting considerations – SPAC overview and lifecycle,”  PWCViewpoint, (updated March 2021, retrieved May 2022) (https://viewpoint.pwc.com/dt/us/en/pwc/in_depths/2021/domestic_spac_mergers/domesticspacmergers/spacoverviewandlifecycle.html)

A “SPAC” is special purpose acquisition company, the term used for a specially-structured type of US initial public offering (IPO) of securities in which a sponsoring group sells shares of a shell or “blank check” company (i.e., a newly-formed company with no business plan or operations) to the public with the stated purpose of entering…

SPAC Data Totals: Source: SPAC Analytics Withdrawn SPAC Totals: Source: SPAC Insider Return to SPAC Charts

Total SPAC Proceeds by Year: Total SPAC IPOs by Year: Source: SPAC Analytics Supporting Data: Click here.

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SPACs issued in US, March 2016 to May 2022 (Scroll down for horizontal scroll bar at bottom) Sources: Morningstar Spactrak.io SPAC Insider SPAC Analytics Use Scroll Bar to see all of the columns. Preliminary – Subject to Change: Data is from multiple sources and has not been conformed.

DeSPAC Target Industries, as of May 2022 Selected DeSPAC Data For SPACs issued in US, March 2016 to May 2022 (Scroll down for scroll horizontal bar at bottom) Percent of SPAC Shares Redeemed DeSPACs Sources: Morningstar Spactrak.io SPAC Insider SPAC Analytics Scroll right to go through each page. Preliminary – Subject to Change: Data is…

Private Investment in Public Equity (PIPE) Investors Disclosed from January 2021 to Date Preliminary & Subject to Change – PIPE investor data is not conformed to other sources. It is available only on an aggregate basis for each PIPE, so it is impossible to determine how much of the PIPE for a given SPAC is…

Top Auditors for SPACs issued in US, 2019 to Date (Scroll down to tab through pages) FY 2022 YTD: FY 2021: FY 2020: FY 2019: Source: SPAC Insider

SPACs issued in US, 2020 to Date (Scroll down to tab through pages) FY 2022 April : FY 2021: FY 2020: Source: SPAC Insider

Top Law Firms for SPACs issued in US, 2020 to Date (Scroll down to tab through pages) FY 2022 YTD: FY 2021: FY 2020: Source: SPAC Insider

Top Managing Underwriters, SPACs Issued in US Markets, 2017 to Date FY 2022 YTD: FY 2021: FY 2020: FY 2019: FY 2018: FY 2017: Source: SPAC Insider

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I. Home Table of Contents Introduction Donations Year To Date II. Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) SPACs What is a SPAC? SPAC Charts SPAC Table DeSPACs Who’s Who in SPACs? III. Food for the Soul Painting Together IV. News Trends & Stories Part I: Trends We Track Part II: Trends We Track Part I: Liberty…