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2. Board Memo 2022: Sustainability and Beyond
  
  Explore corpgov.law.harvard.edu Jan 15 2022 BoardBlogs
  
  ...-related activism is likely to also be fueled by the growth in public companies, particularly the spate of de-SPAC’ed companies that emerged throughout 2021. Significantly, the proxy contest dynamic will undoubtedly be i...
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3. SPAC Governance: In Need of Judicial Review
  
  Explore corpgov.law.harvard.edu Dec 8 2021 BoardBlogs
  
  SPACs have gotten their share of critical attention over the past year, including by ushereandhere. But there has been little attention paid to the weak corporate governance of many SPACs, and less attention paid to judicial review of alleged breaches of fiduciary duties. We have recently posted a paper on those topicshere. In this post, we summarize that analysis...
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  Mentions: Fiduciary Duties SPAC Corporate Governance
4. SPAC Shareholders Approve Deal That Will Take WeWork Public
  
  Explore wsj.com Oct 20 2021 BoardNews
  
  BowX says deal is expected to provide the shared-workspace company with cash proceeds of about $1.3 billion...
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  Mentions: WeWork SPAC activist investor
5. How Self-Dealing Made Houston Rockets Owner Tilman Fertitta Billions Richer During The Pandemic
  
  Explore forbes.com Oct 11 2021 BoardBlogs
  
  ...o 248 raising $83 billion in 2020 and 443 raising $127 billion in the first nine months of 2021, according to SPAC Analytics. Others have done more SPAC deals than Fertitta. Billionaire venture capitalist (and bitcoin en...
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6. Blog: ISS Releases Results of 2021 Broad Policy and Climate Surveys
  
  Explore Legal News, Lawyers, Law Firms Oct 5 2021 BoardBlogs
  
  ...ocus on the market price relative to the redemption value. However, given the structure of SPAC transactions, SPAC investor voting practices and the SPAC redemption feature, ISS is considering a policy change to “general...
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7. The Coming Proxy Season Will Be A Lively One
  
  Explore valuewalk.com Sep 10 2021 BoardBlogs
  
  ...ally on M&A issues such as special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) mergers. "In some votes, especially for SPAC transactions, the turnaround time is really tight, which makes reaching the requisite vote threshold a ch...
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8. 49 Law Firms Respond to Investment Company Act Lawsuits Targeting SPACs
  
  Explore corpgov.law.harvard.edu Sep 7 2021 BoardBlogs
  
  Recently a purported shareholder of certain special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) initiated derivative lawsuits asserting that the SPACs are investment companies under the Investment Company Act of 1940, because proceeds from their initial public offerings are invested in short-term treasuries and qualifying money market funds...
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9. Continued Scrutiny of SPACs and Media Statements
  
  Explore corpgov.law.harvard.edu Aug 23 2021 BoardBlogs
  
  On July 29, 2021, the U.S. Attorneys Office for the Southern District of New York and the SEC announced parallel charges against Trevor Milton, founder, former CEO and executive chairman, and largest shareholder of Nikola Corporation, an electric- and hydrogen-powered vehicle and energy company...
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10. Ackman Pushes Back Against Lawsuit Over SPAC
  
  Explore Financial Investment News Aug 18 2021 BoardNews
  
  ...ll Ackman was on a high after launching the largest special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) ever. Now that SPAC, which raised $4 billion in its initial public offering, is under attack after a lawsuit claims it is ope...
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11. DOJ Indicts Founder of Nikola for Allegedly Defrauding Retail SPAC Investors
  
  Explore corpgov.law.harvard.edu Aug 15 2021 BoardNews
  
  ...drogen-powered vehicle company which went public through a merger with a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC)... ...
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  Mentions: acquisition Merger Fraud
12. Looking Ahead to the 2022 Proxy Season: ISS Annual Policy Survey and New Climate Survey Topics Reflect Focus on ESG and Climate Risk Oversight and SPAC Transactions
  
  Explore Legal News, Lawyers, Law Firms Aug 11 2021 BoardBlogs
  
  ...ensation plans, racial equity audits, virtual-only annual shareholder meetings, CEO compensation and votes on SPAC transactions. The Climate Policy Survey is focused on climate transition policies and board oversight of ...
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13. SEC Focuses Enforcement Efforts on SPAC Transactions
  
  Explore corpgov.law.harvard.edu Aug 4 2021 BoardBlogs
  
  ...rst major enforcement actions charging a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), the SEC recently charged SPAC Stable Road Acquisition Company, its sponsor SRC-NI, its CEO Brian Kabot, the SPACs proposed merger targe...
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14. Xos and NextGen Announce Director Nominees to the New Xos Board of Directors
  
  Explore businesswire.com Jul 23 2021 BoardMoves
  
  ...son served as a director of Air France-KLM S.A. Mr. Mattson brings extensive public company board experience, SPAC merger board experience, deep strategic and financial experience, and broad industry and customer relatio...
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15. SPAC IPOs and Sponsor Network Centrality
  
  Explore corpgov.law.harvard.edu Jul 21 2021 BoardBlogs
  
  Special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs)the shell companies whose sole purpose is to identify a private firm to merge withhave become an increasingly important channel for firms to raise money...
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16. This SPAC Is Aligned With Shareholders. It’s Merging With a Nuclear Services Firm.
  
  Explore Financial Investment News Jul 12 2021 BoardNews
  
  How the backers of blank-check companies are compensated for their efforts has emerged as a flashpoint in the debate over the merits or drawbacks of the popular vehicles...
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  Mentions: Shareholders Meeting Companies SPAC
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