- SPACs
- Capitol Acquisition Corp. II
Capitol Acquisition Corp. II
Completed 2015-07-08- CIK 1512499
- CLAC
- Now LIND
- IPO 2013-05-13
- $200M trust
- 1,063 filings
Successfully merged with Lindblad Expeditions, Inc. • Now trading as LIND
- IPO Size
- $200M
- raised at the IPO
- Trust
- $200M
- as of 2015-06-30
- Current Status
- Completed
- from its latest filing
- IPO Year
- 2013
- year it listed
Filings, by quarter
1,063 filings over 64 quarters; violet bars carry a milestone
- 11 Q1: 3 filings
- 11 Q2: 1 filing
- 11 Q3: 0 filings
- 11 Q4: 0 filings
- 12 Q1: 0 filings
- 12 Q2: 0 filings
- 12 Q3: 1 filing
- 12 Q4: 0 filings
- 13 Q1: 4 filings
- 13 Q2: 36 filings
- 13 Q3: 2 filings
- 13 Q4: 1 filing
- 14 Q1: 9 filings
- 14 Q2: 4 filings
- 14 Q3: 4 filings
- 14 Q4: 2 filings
- 15 Q1: 17 filings
- 15 Q2: 38 filings
- 15 Q3: 38 filings
- 15 Q4: 8 filings
- 16 Q1: 19 filings
- 16 Q2: 15 filings
- 16 Q3: 12 filings
- 16 Q4: 7 filings
- 17 Q1: 17 filings
- 17 Q2: 31 filings
- 17 Q3: 15 filings
- 17 Q4: 7 filings
- 18 Q1: 15 filings
- 18 Q2: 16 filings
- 18 Q3: 23 filings
- 18 Q4: 9 filings
- 19 Q1: 11 filings
- 19 Q2: 39 filings
- 19 Q3: 36 filings
- 19 Q4: 3 filings
- 20 Q1: 18 filings
- 20 Q2: 27 filings
- 20 Q3: 32 filings
- 20 Q4: 27 filings
- 21 Q1: 19 filings
- 21 Q2: 27 filings
- 21 Q3: 18 filings
- 21 Q4: 24 filings
- 22 Q1: 28 filings
- 22 Q2: 27 filings
- 22 Q3: 21 filings
- 22 Q4: 8 filings
- 23 Q1: 13 filings
- 23 Q2: 38 filings
- 23 Q3: 17 filings
- 23 Q4: 11 filings
- 24 Q1: 14 filings
- 24 Q2: 31 filings
- 24 Q3: 30 filings
- 24 Q4: 15 filings
- 25 Q1: 9 filings
- 25 Q2: 22 filings
- 25 Q3: 37 filings
- 25 Q4: 6 filings
- 26 Q1: 38 filings
- 26 Q2: 42 filings
- 26 Q3: 20 filings
- 26 Q4: 1 filing
- S-1 filed 11 Q1
- IPO 13 Q2
- Definitive agreement 15 Q1
- Completed 15 Q3
SPAC Overview
Where it stands on the road from S-1 to merger
Timeline Progress
- Registration2011-02-15 Filed S1
- IPO2013-05-13 IPO, search begins
- Definitive Agreement2015-03-09 Agreement for merger
- Completed2015-07-08 Merger Completed
About
Capitol Acquisition Corp. II is a blank-check company seeking to merge with, acquire, or otherwise combine with one or more target businesses. It intends to pursue companies offering attractive growth and investor-return opportunities, without limiting its search to a particular industry or geographic region.
Key Information
As the filings state it
- IPO Date
- 2013-05-13
- Total Redemptions
- $3M
- Jurisdiction of Incorporation
- Delaware
- SIC
- 6770
- Completion Date
- 2015-07-08
- Merger Target
- Lindblad Expeditions, Inc.
- SPAC Ticker
- CLAC
- Merged Ticker
- LIND
Stock Performance
LINDTrading symbol, and its price at each step since the first trade
| Point | Date | Price | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Trade | 2013-07-03 | $9.58 | |
| At Merger | 2015-07-09 | $10.75 | +12% |
| 6 Months Post-Merger | 2016-01-08 | $10.82 | +1% |
| 1 Year Post-Merger | 2016-07-08 | $9.85 | -8% |
| 2 Years Post-Merger | 2017-07-10 | $10.03 | -7% |
| Current Price | 2026-10-14 | $35.26 | +268% |
SPAC Team
The banks on its IPO, and the team as the filings describe it
Underwriters
Extended Team Information
The team is led by CEO Mark D. Ein, who has approximately 21 years of private equity and venture capital experience, including as a Carlyle principal and as founder of Venturehouse Group. The board includes executives and investors with technology, telecommunications, business operations, and prior SPAC experience; several served with Ein on Capitol I, which completed a business combination.