Trump, Lucid SPAC Deals Being Investigated by SEC

The Wall Street Journal2021-12-07

The Securities and Exchange Commission is probing two of the most notable SPAC deals struck this year, including former President Donald Trump’s venture, signaling that regulators are ratcheting up ...

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Those projections aren’t allowed in traditional initial public offerings.\n\nElectric-truck startup Nikola Corp. , which went public via SPAC, has said it would likely pay about $125 million to settle an SEC probe of its founder’s statements.\n\nEarlier this year, the SEC changed some accounting rules for blank-check companies. 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SPAC investors tend to withdraw money when share prices are low before deals get finished.\n\nDespite worries about rising withdrawals, tighter regulation and the struggles of some startups that went public this way, new blank-check firms are raising money at the fastest pace since the peak of the frenzy early this year. SPACs now have raised roughly $155 billion this year, nearly doubling last year’s then-record figure, according to SPAC Research.\n\nSPAC mergers also continue to be announced at a steady pace, including recent deals for electric-vehicle maker Polestar and American Express Global Business Travel.\n\nShares of the Digital World SPAC taking Mr. Trump’s company public fell 2.6% to $43.81 Monday. They have still roughly quadrupled since the deal was announced, though they are well below an October intraday peak of $175 after individual investors piled into the stock.\n\nLucid shares slid more than 5% Monday. 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Only a few well-established companies that went public via SPACs, including Lucid, Southeast Asian app operator Grab Holdings Ltd. and personal-finance app operator SoFi Technologies Inc., have raised at least that amount.\n\n\nBut the announcement was abnormal in that the company didn’t say who the PIPE investors are or specify what they value the firm at, analysts said. Instead, it said PIPE investors would buy in at a price determined by a formula relating to the stock’s average price over a several-day period in late November and then before the deal closes.\n\nNormally, PIPE investors in SPAC deals have to hold on to their shares for months after deals close. But in the Trump Media & Technology Group merger, PIPE investors could be able to quickly sell for a profit if they end up buying in at a discount and the opportunity arises, analysts said. 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