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Ardent Acquisition CORP

Merged
CIK: 1303849•Ticker: AACQ
Successfully merged with Avantair, Inc.

SPAC Overview

$36M
IPO Size
$31.2M
Trust Amount
Completed
Current Status
2005
IPO Year

Timeline Progress

About

Ardent Acquisition Corporation is a blank-check company formed to acquire or combine with an operating business. It has no identified target or industry, but intends to focus on technology-related businesses.

Investment Focus

Technology

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SPAC Team

Leadership

Barry J. Gordon
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer
Kevin Mckamey
Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Director, Executive Vice President
Stephanie A. Cuskley
Chief Executive Officer, Director
Steven F. Santo
Chief Executive Officer, Chief Executive Officer and Director, Chief Operating Officer, Director
Alan J. Loewenstein
Vice President
John Waters
Chief Financial Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Director, Director, Executive Vice President
Kevin V. Mckamey V
Executive Vice President
Marc H. Klee
Chief Financial Officer, Director, President, Secretary
Paul D. Sonkin
Executive Vice President
Robert Sroka
Vice President
A Clinton Allen
Chief Financial Officer and Director, Director
Richard A. Pytak Jr.
Chief Financial Officer
Richard Pytak
Chief Financial Officer
Tracy L. Chaplin
Chief Financial Officer and Director, Chief Operating Officer
Jeffrey Kirby
Chief Operating Officer
Kevin Lee Beitzel
Chief Operating Officer
Robert J. Lepofsky
Chief Operating Officer, Director
Arthur H. Goldberg
Director
Philip Goodman
Director
Richard B. Dewolfe
Director
Robert Mark Brill
Director
Andrew Rosen
Beneficial owner
Barry Rubenstein
Beneficial owner
Carl Wiseman
Beneficial owner
Craig Effron
Beneficial owner
David M. Greenhouse
Beneficial owner
David Nussbaum
Beneficial owner
Edward Kovary Jr.
Beneficial owner
Glen S. Davis
Beneficial owner
Howard Tooter
Beneficial owner
John Francis O'Brien
Beneficial owner
Jonathan A. G Auerbach
Beneficial owner
Joseph R. Martin
Beneficial owner
Lawson P. Allen
Beneficial owner
Matthew Campbell
Beneficial owner
Scott Sibley
Beneficial owner
Steven Levine
Beneficial owner
Sylvester Pierce Walmsley
Beneficial owner
Alfred A. Rapetti
Allison Roberto
Clinton Allen
Fred B. Barbara
Harvey Granat
Jeff Feinberg
Lorne Weil
Paul J. Solit
Seth A. Klarman

Extended Team Information

The management team includes executives and directors with backgrounds in money management, technology-focused venture capital and investment banking. Barry J. Gordon and Marc H. Klee have extensive experience with American Fund Advisors and technology investment funds; other directors bring venture capital, technology, investment banking and consulting experience.

Key Information

IPO Date
February 25, 2005
PIPE
$9M
State of Incorporation
DE
SIC
6770
Completion Date
February 22, 2007
Merger Target
Avantair, Inc.
SPAC Ticker
AACQ

External Resources

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