BPW Acquisition Corp.
Completed 2010-04-07- CIK 1418255
- BPW
- IPO 2008-02-28
- $349M trust
- 176 filings
Successfully merged with The Talbots, Inc.
- IPO Size
- $350M
- raised at the IPO
- Trust Amount
- $349M
- held for shareholders
- Current Status
- Completed
- from its latest filing
- IPO Year
- 2008
- year it listed
Filings, by quarter
176 filings over 11 quarters; violet bars carry a milestone
- 07 Q4: 3 filings
- 08 Q1: 39 filings
- 08 Q2: 2 filings
- 08 Q3: 4 filings
- 08 Q4: 7 filings
- 09 Q1: 8 filings
- 09 Q2: 2 filings
- 09 Q3: 4 filings
- 09 Q4: 12 filings
- 10 Q1: 64 filings
- 10 Q2: 31 filings
- S-1 filed 07 Q4
- IPO 08 Q1
- Definitive agreement 09 Q4
- Completed 10 Q2
SPAC Overview
Where it stands on the road from S-1 to merger
Timeline Progress
About
BPW Acquisition Corp. is a blank-check company formed to effect a business combination with one or more operating businesses. It intends to focus on financial services and business services, primarily in North America and Europe.
Investment Focus
Financial Services, Business Services
Geographic Focus
North America, Europe
Key Information
As the filings state it
- IPO Date
- 2008-02-28
- Jurisdiction of Incorporation
- Delaware
- SIC
- 6770
- Completion Date
- 2010-04-07
- Merger Target
- The Talbots, Inc.
- SPAC Ticker
- BPW
SPAC Team
The banks on its IPO, and the team as the filings describe it
Underwriters
Extended Team Information
The sponsors are affiliated with Brooklyn NY Holdings LLC (BNYH) and Perella Weinberg Partners Group LP (PWP). The team includes financial-institutions investment bankers Michael E. Martin and Joseph R. Perella, with experience in investment banking, asset management, private equity, and corporate advisory services.