- SPACs
- Boulder Specialty Brands, Inc.
Boulder Specialty Brands, Inc.
Completed 2007-05-21- CIK 1331301
- BDSB
- IPO 2005-12-19
- $98.4M trust
- 701 filings
Successfully merged with GFA Holdings, Inc.
- IPO Size
- $102M
- raised at the IPO
- Trust Amount
- $98.4M
- held for shareholders
- Current Status
- Completed
- from its latest filing
- IPO Year
- 2005
- year it listed
Filings, by quarter
701 filings over 47 quarters; violet bars carry a milestone
- 05 Q3: 3 filings
- 05 Q4: 41 filings
- 06 Q1: 5 filings
- 06 Q2: 1 filing
- 06 Q3: 8 filings
- 06 Q4: 6 filings
- 07 Q1: 18 filings
- 07 Q2: 51 filings
- 07 Q3: 44 filings
- 07 Q4: 28 filings
- 08 Q1: 36 filings
- 08 Q2: 8 filings
- 08 Q3: 16 filings
- 08 Q4: 11 filings
- 09 Q1: 22 filings
- 09 Q2: 6 filings
- 09 Q3: 7 filings
- 09 Q4: 11 filings
- 10 Q1: 12 filings
- 10 Q2: 9 filings
- 10 Q3: 9 filings
- 10 Q4: 15 filings
- 11 Q1: 32 filings
- 11 Q2: 9 filings
- 11 Q3: 13 filings
- 11 Q4: 7 filings
- 12 Q1: 14 filings
- 12 Q2: 18 filings
- 12 Q3: 5 filings
- 12 Q4: 10 filings
- 13 Q1: 28 filings
- 13 Q2: 7 filings
- 13 Q3: 9 filings
- 13 Q4: 12 filings
- 14 Q1: 21 filings
- 14 Q2: 10 filings
- 14 Q3: 4 filings
- 14 Q4: 30 filings
- 15 Q1: 17 filings
- 15 Q2: 8 filings
- 15 Q3: 18 filings
- 15 Q4: 24 filings
- 16 Q1: 32 filings
- 16 Q2: 0 filings
- 16 Q3: 5 filings
- 16 Q4: 0 filings
- 17 Q1: 1 filing
- S-1 filed 05 Q3
- IPO 05 Q4
- Definitive agreement 06 Q3
- Completed 07 Q2
SPAC Overview
Where it stands on the road from S-1 to merger
Timeline Progress
- Registration2005-07-01 Filed S1
- IPO2005-12-19 IPO, search begins
- Definitive Agreement2006-09-25 Agreement for merger
- Completed2007-05-21 Merger Completed
About
Boulder Specialty Brands is a blank-check company formed to acquire one or more operating businesses in the food or beverage industries. Its acquisition strategy considers multiple sub-sectors, including specialty, ethnic, natural and organic products, and packaged foods.
Investment Focus
Food & Beverage
Geographic Focus
United States, international markets
Key Information
As the filings state it
- IPO Date
- 2005-12-19
- PIPE
- $246M
- Jurisdiction of Incorporation
- Delaware
- SIC
- 6770
- Completion Date
- 2007-05-21
- Merger Target
- GFA Holdings, Inc.
- SPAC Ticker
- BDSB
SPAC Team
The banks on its IPO, and the team as the filings describe it
Underwriters
Extended Team Information
The management and director team reports more than 90 years of collective food and beverage industry experience, including senior leadership roles in food and beverage companies, consumer packaged goods, finance, marketing, and acquisitions.