ASIA SPECIAL SITUATION ACQUISITION CORP
Completed 2010-01-25- CIK 1407437
- CIO
- IPO 2008-01-17
- 131 filings
Successfully merged with Gerova Financial Group Ltd
- IPO Size
- $100M
- raised at the IPO
- Current Status
- Completed
- from its latest filing
- IPO Year
- 2008
- year it listed
Filings, by quarter
131 filings over 16 quarters; violet bars carry a milestone
- 07 Q3: 1 filing
- 07 Q4: 4 filings
- 08 Q1: 21 filings
- 08 Q2: 4 filings
- 08 Q3: 6 filings
- 08 Q4: 11 filings
- 09 Q1: 14 filings
- 09 Q2: 2 filings
- 09 Q3: 3 filings
- 09 Q4: 4 filings
- 10 Q1: 30 filings
- 10 Q2: 11 filings
- 10 Q3: 8 filings
- 10 Q4: 8 filings
- 11 Q1: 2 filings
- 11 Q2: 2 filings
- S-1 filed 07 Q3
- IPO 08 Q1
- Completed 10 Q1
SPAC Overview
Where it stands on the road from S-1 to merger
Timeline Progress
About
Asia Special Situation Acquisition Corp. is a blank-check company formed to acquire control of one or more 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
Key Information
As the filings state it
- IPO Date
- 2008-01-17
- Jurisdiction of Incorporation
- Cayman Islands
- SIC
- 6770
- Completion Date
- 2010-01-25
- SPAC Ticker
- CIO
SPAC Team
The banks on its IPO, and the team as the filings describe it
Underwriters
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.