SPAC Overview
Timeline Progress
- Registration2014-11-13 Filed S1
- IPO2015-02-06 IPO, search begins
- Definitive AgreementNo merger agreement yet
- Failed2019-02-01 Failed
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
The terms and the filing trail behind BARINGTON/HILCO ACQUISITION CORP.
What the sponsor registered, what the deal actually priced at, and every 8-K that moved it — unit structure, sponsor promote, and the dated lifecycle events, each linked to its filing.
- Unit structure as registered and as priced — price, warrant coverage, rights, trust per unit
- Sponsor promote: founder shares and percentage, private-placement warrants, trust deposit
- The full 8-K lifecycle timeline, each event linked to its filing
- Price history across the unit, share and warrant tickers
- Follow it, and see it change on your watchlist
SPAC Team
Leadership
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.