ASIA SPECIAL SITUATION ACQUISITION CORP

CIK: 1407437•Ticker: CIO

SPAC Overview

$100M
IPO Size
Failed
Current Status
2008
IPO Year

Timeline Progress

About

Asia Special Situation Acquisition Corp. is a blank-check company formed to acquire control of one or more unidentified operating businesses. It initially intends to seek a target in the leisure and hospitality or financial services industries located in, serving consumers in, or investing in China, with an overarching acquisition scope in Asia.

Investment Focus

Leisure, Hospitality, Financial Services

Geographic Focus

China

Embarc dashboard

What the sponsor registered, what the deal actually priced at, and every 8-K that moved it — unit structure, sponsor promote, and the dated lifecycle events, each linked to its filing.

  • Unit structure as registered and as priced — price, warrant coverage, rights, trust per unit
  • Sponsor promote: founder shares and percentage, private-placement warrants, trust deposit
  • The full 8-K lifecycle timeline, each event linked to its filing
  • Price history across the unit, share and warrant tickers
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SPAC Team

Extended Team Information

Led by Angela Ho, with experience in family businesses and the arts; the team includes financial-services and hedge-fund manager Gary T. Hirst, former Shun Tak CFO Andrew Tse, gaming and finance executive Michael Hlavsa, and directors with investment, real estate, transport and private-equity backgrounds.

Key Information

IPO Date
January 17, 2008
State of Incorporation
E9
SIC
6770
Failed Date
September 13, 2010
SPAC Ticker
CIO