GHL Acquisition Corp.
Completed 2009-09-29- CIK 1418819
- GHQ
- Now IRDM
- IPO 2008-02-19
- 2,185 filings
Successfully merged with Iridium Holdings LLC • Now trading as IRDM
- IPO Size
- $400M
- raised at the IPO
- Current Status
- Completed
- from its latest filing
- IPO Year
- 2008
- year it listed
Filings, by quarter
2,185 filings over 77 quarters; violet bars carry a milestone
- 07 Q4: 1 filing
- 08 Q1: 37 filings
- 08 Q2: 3 filings
- 08 Q3: 10 filings
- 08 Q4: 11 filings
- 09 Q1: 14 filings
- 09 Q2: 27 filings
- 09 Q3: 71 filings
- 09 Q4: 29 filings
- 10 Q1: 21 filings
- 10 Q2: 17 filings
- 10 Q3: 10 filings
- 10 Q4: 14 filings
- 11 Q1: 33 filings
- 11 Q2: 33 filings
- 11 Q3: 13 filings
- 11 Q4: 90 filings
- 12 Q1: 50 filings
- 12 Q2: 31 filings
- 12 Q3: 81 filings
- 12 Q4: 131 filings
- 13 Q1: 66 filings
- 13 Q2: 31 filings
- 13 Q3: 16 filings
- 13 Q4: 18 filings
- 14 Q1: 29 filings
- 14 Q2: 43 filings
- 14 Q3: 12 filings
- 14 Q4: 14 filings
- 15 Q1: 48 filings
- 15 Q2: 18 filings
- 15 Q3: 15 filings
- 15 Q4: 14 filings
- 16 Q1: 31 filings
- 16 Q2: 8 filings
- 16 Q3: 8 filings
- 16 Q4: 9 filings
- 17 Q1: 41 filings
- 17 Q2: 15 filings
- 17 Q3: 16 filings
- 17 Q4: 12 filings
- 18 Q1: 34 filings
- 18 Q2: 14 filings
- 18 Q3: 17 filings
- 18 Q4: 24 filings
- 19 Q1: 45 filings
- 19 Q2: 24 filings
- 19 Q3: 11 filings
- 19 Q4: 16 filings
- 20 Q1: 44 filings
- 20 Q2: 14 filings
- 20 Q3: 20 filings
- 20 Q4: 21 filings
- 21 Q1: 45 filings
- 21 Q2: 14 filings
- 21 Q3: 23 filings
- 21 Q4: 10 filings
- 22 Q1: 41 filings
- 22 Q2: 16 filings
- 22 Q3: 18 filings
- 22 Q4: 19 filings
- 23 Q1: 54 filings
- 23 Q2: 31 filings
- 23 Q3: 24 filings
- 23 Q4: 23 filings
- 24 Q1: 44 filings
- 24 Q2: 24 filings
- 24 Q3: 22 filings
- 24 Q4: 30 filings
- 25 Q1: 42 filings
- 25 Q2: 26 filings
- 25 Q3: 21 filings
- 25 Q4: 38 filings
- 26 Q1: 36 filings
- 26 Q2: 43 filings
- 26 Q3: 57 filings
- 26 Q4: 9 filings
- S-1 filed 07 Q4
- IPO 08 Q1
- Definitive agreement 08 Q3
- Completed 09 Q3
SPAC Overview
Where it stands on the road from S-1 to merger
Timeline Progress
About
GHL Acquisition Corp. is a blank-check company formed to complete an initial business combination with one or more businesses or assets. It is an industry generalist seeking targets in the United States and Europe with significant growth opportunity.
Geographic Focus
United States, Europe
Key Information
As the filings state it
- IPO Date
- 2008-02-19
- Total Redemptions
- $92.1M
- Jurisdiction of Incorporation
- Delaware
- SIC
- 6770
- Completion Date
- 2009-09-29
- Merger Target
- Iridium Holdings LLC
- SPAC Ticker
- GHQ
- Merged Ticker
- IRDM
Stock Performance
IRDMTrading symbol, and its price at each step since the first trade
| Point | Date | Price | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Trade | 2008-03-20 | $9.00 | |
| At Merger | 2009-09-30 | $11.41 | +27% |
| 6 Months Post-Merger | 2010-04-01 | $8.31 | -27% |
| 1 Year Post-Merger | 2010-09-30 | $8.54 | -25% |
| 2 Years Post-Merger | 2011-09-30 | $6.20 | -46% |
| Current Price | 2026-10-16 | $43.76 | +386% |
SPAC Team
The banks on its IPO, and the team as the filings describe it
Underwriters
Extended Team Information
Scott L. Bok, Robert H. Niehaus and John D. Liu bring backgrounds in mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and private-equity investing. Greenhill & Co., Inc. provides access to its investment-banking network and merchant-banking resources.