Freedom Acquisition Holdings, Inc.
Completed 2007-11-02- CIK 1365790
- FRH
- IPO 2006-12-26
- $467M trust
- 446 filings
Successfully merged with GLG Partners, Inc.
- IPO Size
- $480M
- raised at the IPO
- Trust Amount
- $467M
- held for shareholders
- Current Status
- Completed
- from its latest filing
- IPO Year
- 2006
- year it listed
Filings, by quarter
446 filings over 18 quarters; violet bars carry a milestone
- 06 Q3: 3 filings
- 06 Q4: 25 filings
- 07 Q1: 10 filings
- 07 Q2: 4 filings
- 07 Q3: 22 filings
- 07 Q4: 54 filings
- 08 Q1: 23 filings
- 08 Q2: 24 filings
- 08 Q3: 8 filings
- 08 Q4: 13 filings
- 09 Q1: 45 filings
- 09 Q2: 39 filings
- 09 Q3: 16 filings
- 09 Q4: 19 filings
- 10 Q1: 22 filings
- 10 Q2: 42 filings
- 10 Q3: 37 filings
- 10 Q4: 40 filings
- S-1 filed 06 Q3
- IPO 06 Q4
- Definitive agreement 07 Q2
- Completed 07 Q4
SPAC Overview
Where it stands on the road from S-1 to merger
Timeline Progress
About
Freedom Acquisition Holdings, Inc. is a blank-check company formed to acquire one or more currently operating businesses. It is a generalist seeking established, cash-generative businesses and may pursue transactions in the United States or Western Europe.
Geographic Focus
United States, Western Europe
Key Information
As the filings state it
- IPO Date
- 2006-12-26
- PIPE
- $50M
- Jurisdiction of Incorporation
- Delaware
- SIC
- 6770
- Completion Date
- 2007-11-02
- Merger Target
- GLG Partners, Inc.
- SPAC Ticker
- FRH
SPAC Team
The banks on its IPO, and the team as the filings describe it
Underwriters
Extended Team Information
The sponsors Berggruen Holdings North America Ltd. and Marlin Equities II, LLC bring private-equity investment and deal-sourcing experience. Their principals include Nicolas Berggruen, an investor with extensive private-equity experience, and Martin E. Franklin, a seasoned executive and dealmaker with more than 75 transactions; Ian G.H. Ashken is Marlin's other principal member.