Why SPACs Can Be A Poor Investment Choice For Retail Investors

Special Purpose Acquisition Companies Can Lead To Losses, High Fees

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在Covid-19之后,在2020年,SPAC越来越受欢迎。尽管他们可以为那些开始的人盈利,但他们也被证明是冒险的,可能会给投资者带来损失。联系SSEK律师事务所今天要求您免费的无义务咨询。

什么是特殊目的采购公司(SPAC)?

Special purpose acquisition companies are shell companies established by investors. These are typically institutional investors that are Wall Street professionals or public figures who raise funds via an initial public offering to acquire another company. The money raised is a SPAC’s only asset.

特殊目的收购公司的投资者通常不知道最终收购的公司将成为哪些公司。这是它们经常被称为空白支票公司的原因之一。

IPO的SPAC股票通常以每股10美元的价格出售,资金存储在带利息的帐户中。收购公司后,投资者能够将其原始股份交换为合并后公司的股票,或者寻求其原始投资的赎回以及所赚取的利息。

In theory, this allows many retail investors the opportunity to invest in a Pre-IPO company before the price rises. Should a SPAC acquisition not occur – sponsors have two years to make a merger happen—the company is liquidated and investors are supposed to get their money back along with interest.

投资跨度包括多项费用,包括“促销”

许多投资者没有意识到的是,即使最终兑换股票,他们的资本也可能会降低。

特殊目的采购公司通常收取百分比费用和固定费用。还有另一种费用,许多投资者没有预料,理解或意识到是一种费用,被称为“促销”。这些是当SPAC与私人公司合并时创建的额外股份。这些股份适用于SPAC经理/赞助商。

这笔费用导致SPAC的股票价格更高,就像发行一样发行,好像没有“促销”。这对投资者的意义是,他们最终与资本一起获得了更少的股份。加起来所有费用,包括“促销”,投资SPAC可能会使投资者损失约25%的投资。

同样重要的是要注意,如果一个SPAC的性能不佳,并且其股价下跌,那么SPAC赞助商仍然可能以数百万美元的价格最终获得数百万美元,即使其他投资者承受了巨大的投资损失。另外,如果SPAC在合并后表现良好,则赞助商最终会赚取大部分收益。

SPAC的成功率没有很高的成功率

IPO专家Renaissance Capital在2020年9月指出,自2015年以来建立的313个SPAC IPO中只有93个导致与公司公开的合并(其余的已经失败或尚未合并)。

这些股票的普通股导致平均损失和-29.1%的中位回报率为-9.6%。这与传统的IPO形成鲜明对比,其中47.1%是平均售后收益。另外,当时只有29个跨度获得了正回报。

同样在9月Market Realistnamed a number of SPACs that have recently failed, including:

  • 2020: TGI Fridays’ SPAC merger with Allegro Merger. The failure left the former $350M in debt.
  • 2019:CEC Entertainment与Leo Holdings的SPAC合并。此后,CEC Entertainment申请了破产保护。
  • 2019: Akazoo with Modern Media Acquisition Corp. because of findings that the previous management of the AI music streaming company had significantly falsified its records and books.

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