- SPACs
- Triplecrown Acquisition Corp.
Triplecrown Acquisition Corp.
Completed 2009-10-23- CIK 1405082
- TCW
- IPO 2007-10-24
- $538M trust
- 91 filings
Successfully merged with Cullen Agricultural Technologies Inc. (Cullen Agritech)
- IPO Size
- $552M
- raised at the IPO
- Trust Amount
- $538M
- held for shareholders
- Current Status
- Completed
- from its latest filing
- IPO Year
- 2007
- year it listed
Filings, by quarter
91 filings over 11 quarters; violet bars carry a milestone
- 07 Q3: 6 filings
- 07 Q4: 29 filings
- 08 Q1: 7 filings
- 08 Q2: 1 filing
- 08 Q3: 1 filing
- 08 Q4: 3 filings
- 09 Q1: 13 filings
- 09 Q2: 2 filings
- 09 Q3: 7 filings
- 09 Q4: 18 filings
- 10 Q1: 4 filings
S-1 filed
IPO
Definitive agreement
Completed
- S-1 filed 07 Q3
- IPO 07 Q4
- Definitive agreement 09 Q3
- Completed 09 Q4
SPAC Overview
Where it stands on the road from S-1 to merger
Timeline Progress
- Registration2007-07-12 Filed S1
- IPO2007-10-24 IPO, search begins
- Definitive Agreement2009-09-04 Agreement for merger
- Completed2009-10-23 Merger Completed
About
Triplecrown Acquisition Corp. is a blank-check company seeking to acquire one or more operating businesses in the financial services industry through an initial business combination.
Investment Focus
Financial Services
Geographic Focus
United States, international markets
Key Information
As the filings state it
- IPO Date
- 2007-10-24
- Jurisdiction of Incorporation
- Delaware
- SIC
- 6770
- Completion Date
- 2009-10-23
- Merger Target
- Cullen Agricultural Technologies Inc. (Cullen Agritech)
- SPAC Ticker
- TCW
SPAC Team
The banks on its IPO, and the team as the filings describe it
Underwriters
Extended Team Information
Led by Eric Watson and Jonathan Ledecky, with backgrounds in private investment, company formation, acquisitions, and operating businesses; its directors collectively have extensive private-equity experience.