- SPACs
- Highlands Acquisition Corp
Highlands Acquisition Corp
Liquidated 2009-09-25- CIK 1398632
- HIA
- IPO 2007-10-04
- $135M trust
- 74 filings
- IPO Size
- $138M
- raised at the IPO
- Trust Amount
- $135M
- held for shareholders
- Current Status
- Failed
- from its latest filing
- IPO Year
- 2007
- year it listed
Filings, by quarter
74 filings over 12 quarters; violet bars carry a milestone
- 07 Q2: 1 filing
- 07 Q3: 9 filings
- 07 Q4: 29 filings
- 08 Q1: 8 filings
- 08 Q2: 6 filings
- 08 Q3: 1 filing
- 08 Q4: 1 filing
- 09 Q1: 3 filings
- 09 Q2: 8 filings
- 09 Q3: 3 filings
- 09 Q4: 4 filings
- 10 Q1: 1 filing
S-1 filed
IPO
Liquidated
- S-1 filed 07 Q2
- IPO 07 Q4
- Liquidated 09 Q3
SPAC Overview
Where it stands on the road from S-1 to merger
Timeline Progress
- Registration2007-06-08 Filed S1
- IPO2007-10-04 IPO, search begins
- Definitive AgreementNo merger agreement yet
- Failed2009-09-25 Failed
About
Highlands Acquisition Corp. is a blank-check company formed to acquire one or more unidentified operating businesses. It initially intends to focus on healthcare but may consider other industries, and must complete a business combination within 24 months or liquidate.
Investment Focus
Healthcare
Geographic Focus
United States
Key Information
As the filings state it
- IPO Date
- 2007-10-04
- Jurisdiction of Incorporation
- Delaware
- SIC
- 6770
- Failed Date
- 2009-09-25
- SPAC Ticker
- HIA
SPAC Team
The banks on its IPO, and the team as the filings describe it
Underwriters
Extended Team Information
The team has healthcare public-market, private-equity and capital-raising experience and over 100 years of collective M&A experience. Its members include experienced healthcare investors and operators affiliated with Ivy Capital Partners and Kanders & Company.