BARINGTON/HILCO ACQUISITION CORP.
Liquidated 2019-02-01- CIK 1622175
- BHAC
- IPO 2015-02-06
- $9.3M trust
- 121 filings
- IPO Size
- $42.9M
- raised at the IPO
- Trust
- $9.3M
- as of 2018-03-31
- Current Status
- Failed
- from its latest filing
- IPO Year
- 2015
- year it listed
Filings, by quarter
121 filings over 18 quarters; violet bars carry a milestone
- 14 Q4: 4 filings
- 15 Q1: 28 filings
- 15 Q2: 4 filings
- 15 Q3: 1 filing
- 15 Q4: 1 filing
- 16 Q1: 2 filings
- 16 Q2: 1 filing
- 16 Q3: 4 filings
- 16 Q4: 2 filings
- 17 Q1: 13 filings
- 17 Q2: 6 filings
- 17 Q3: 8 filings
- 17 Q4: 9 filings
- 18 Q1: 21 filings
- 18 Q2: 8 filings
- 18 Q3: 4 filings
- 18 Q4: 2 filings
- 19 Q1: 3 filings
- S-1 filed 14 Q4
- IPO 15 Q1
- Liquidated 19 Q1
SPAC Overview
Where it stands on the road from S-1 to merger
Timeline Progress
About
Barington/Hilco Acquisition Corp. is a blank-check company seeking a business combination with one or more target businesses. It intends to focus on consumer-focused businesses in the United States, including retail, apparel, footwear and consumer products companies.
Investment Focus
Consumer, Retail, Fashion
Geographic Focus
United States
Key Information
As the filings state it
- IPO Date
- 2015-02-06
- Total Redemptions
- $37.9M
- Jurisdiction of Incorporation
- Delaware
- SIC
- 6770
- Failed Date
- 2019-02-01
- SPAC Ticker
- BHAC
SPAC Team
The banks on its IPO, and the team as the filings describe it
Underwriters
Extended Team Information
The sponsor group includes Barington Capital Group, L.P., a value-oriented activist investment manager with investment and advisory experience in consumer businesses, and Hilco Global, a diversified financial services company experienced in valuing, repositioning and buying or selling brands, equipment, inventory and real estate. The directors bring backgrounds in retail, apparel, investing and mergers and acquisitions.