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Footprint Said to Agree to Gores SPAC Merger as Koch Invests

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The PIPE, priced at $10 a share, was backed by Koch Strategic Platforms among others and Koch separately committed to provide $150 million in preferred financing, the people said.\nGilbert, Arizona-based Footprint’s customers include Kraft Heinz Co., McDonald’s Corp. and Procter & Gamble Co. Increased government regulation, heightened corporate sustainability efforts and changing societal preferences have been a boost to its business, with many consumer-packaged-goods companies seeking alternatives to single-use plastic.\nFootprint’s investors, including Sweetgreen Inc., Conagra Brands Inc. and JBS, will roll 100% of their equity into the new entity, the people said. It has committed customer orders resulting in estimated 2023 revenue of roughly $500 million, 10 times what Footprint is poised to turnover in 2021, the people said.\nThe new entity will be led by Footprint co-founder and CEO Troy Swope and be listed with the ticker ‘FOOT’ on Nasdaq.\nBloomberg News in August reported Footprint was in talks to go public through a deal with a Gores SPAC at a valuation of as much as $3 billion. The transaction was recalibrated in recent months, in part due to feedback from SPAC investors, the people said.\nGores Holdings VIII, led by Gores and CEO Mark Stone, raised $345 million in a February IPO. 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The PIPE, priced at $10 a share, was backed by Koch Strategic Platforms among others and Koch separately committed to provide $150 million in preferred financing, the people said.</p>\n<p>Gilbert, Arizona-based Footprint’s customers include Kraft Heinz Co., McDonald’s Corp. and Procter &amp; Gamble Co. Increased government regulation, heightened corporate sustainability efforts and changing societal preferences have been a boost to its business, with many consumer-packaged-goods companies seeking alternatives to single-use plastic.</p>\n<p>Footprint’s investors, including Sweetgreen Inc., Conagra Brands Inc. and JBS, will roll 100% of their equity into the new entity, the people said. It has committed customer orders resulting in estimated 2023 revenue of roughly $500 million, 10 times what Footprint is poised to turnover in 2021, the people said.</p>\n<p>The new entity will be led by Footprint co-founder and CEO Troy Swope and be listed with the ticker ‘FOOT’ on Nasdaq.</p>\n<p>Bloomberg News in August&nbsp;reported&nbsp;Footprint was in talks to go public through a deal with a Gores SPAC at a valuation of as much as $3 billion. The transaction was recalibrated in recent months, in part due to feedback from SPAC investors, the people said.</p>\n<p>Gores Holdings VIII, led by Gores and CEO Mark Stone, raised $345 million in a February IPO. 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The PIPE, priced at $10 a share, was backed by Koch Strategic Platforms among others and Koch separately committed to provide $150 million in preferred financing, the people said.\nGilbert, Arizona-based Footprint’s customers include Kraft Heinz Co., McDonald’s Corp. and Procter & Gamble Co. Increased government regulation, heightened corporate sustainability efforts and changing societal preferences have been a boost to its business, with many consumer-packaged-goods companies seeking alternatives to single-use plastic.\nFootprint’s investors, including Sweetgreen Inc., Conagra Brands Inc. and JBS, will roll 100% of their equity into the new entity, the people said. It has committed customer orders resulting in estimated 2023 revenue of roughly $500 million, 10 times what Footprint is poised to turnover in 2021, the people said.\nThe new entity will be led by Footprint co-founder and CEO Troy Swope and be listed with the ticker ‘FOOT’ on Nasdaq.\nBloomberg News in August reported Footprint was in talks to go public through a deal with a Gores SPAC at a valuation of as much as $3 billion. The transaction was recalibrated in recent months, in part due to feedback from SPAC investors, the people said.\nGores Holdings VIII, led by Gores and CEO Mark Stone, raised $345 million in a February IPO. 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