- SPACs
- Quinpario Acquisition Corp.
Quinpario Acquisition Corp.
Completed 2014-06-30- CIK 1579252
- QPAC
- IPO 2013-08-09
- $177M trust
- 637 filings
Successfully merged with Jason
- IPO Size
- $171M
- raised at the IPO
- Trust
- $177M
- as of 2014-06-27
- Current Status
- Completed
- from its latest filing
- IPO Year
- 2013
- year it listed
Filings, by quarter
637 filings over 30 quarters; violet bars carry a milestone
- 13 Q2: 1 filing
- 13 Q3: 39 filings
- 13 Q4: 1 filing
- 14 Q1: 12 filings
- 14 Q2: 53 filings
- 14 Q3: 84 filings
- 14 Q4: 11 filings
- 15 Q1: 19 filings
- 15 Q2: 19 filings
- 15 Q3: 48 filings
- 15 Q4: 50 filings
- 16 Q1: 31 filings
- 16 Q2: 9 filings
- 16 Q3: 25 filings
- 16 Q4: 5 filings
- 17 Q1: 16 filings
- 17 Q2: 10 filings
- 17 Q3: 14 filings
- 17 Q4: 7 filings
- 18 Q1: 19 filings
- 18 Q2: 24 filings
- 18 Q3: 11 filings
- 18 Q4: 11 filings
- 19 Q1: 29 filings
- 19 Q2: 21 filings
- 19 Q3: 20 filings
- 19 Q4: 4 filings
- 20 Q1: 21 filings
- 20 Q2: 19 filings
- 20 Q3: 4 filings
- S-1 filed 13 Q2
- IPO 13 Q3
- Definitive agreement 14 Q1
- Completed 14 Q2
SPAC Overview
Where it stands on the road from S-1 to merger
Timeline Progress
- Registration2013-06-19 Filed S1
- IPO2013-08-09 IPO, search begins
- Definitive Agreement2014-03-16 Agreement for merger
- Completed2014-06-30 Merger Completed
About
Quinpario Acquisition Corp. is a blank-check company formed to complete an initial business combination. It intends primarily to target established companies in specialty chemicals and performance materials, with an enterprise value of $300 million to $1 billion, while reserving the ability to pursue other industries.
Investment Focus
Specialty Chemicals, Materials
Key Information
As the filings state it
- IPO Date
- 2013-08-09
- Total Redemptions
- $26.1M
- PIPE
- $45M
- Jurisdiction of Incorporation
- Delaware
- SIC
- 6770
- Completion Date
- 2014-06-30
- Merger Target
- Jason
- SPAC Ticker
- QPAC
SPAC Team
The banks on its IPO, and the team as the filings describe it
Underwriters
Extended Team Information
The management team is led by Jeffry N. Quinn, a former Solutia Chairman, President and CEO with extensive specialty chemicals, operating, financing and M&A experience. The other executive officers are former senior Solutia executives with backgrounds in legal affairs, operations, strategy and transaction execution; the board includes experienced directors from chemicals, industrials, finance and investment.