Saban Capital Acquisition Corp.
Liquidated 2019-02-28- CIK 1671854
- SCAC
- IPO 2016-09-19
- $216M trust
- 107 filings
- IPO Size
- $250M
- raised at the IPO
- Trust
- $216M
- as of 2018-12-31
- Current Status
- Failed
- from its latest filing
- IPO Year
- 2016
- year it listed
Filings, by quarter
107 filings over 16 quarters; violet bars carry a milestone
- 16 Q2: 5 filings
- 16 Q3: 32 filings
- 16 Q4: 2 filings
- 17 Q1: 14 filings
- 17 Q2: 1 filing
- 17 Q3: 4 filings
- 17 Q4: 2 filings
- 18 Q1: 8 filings
- 18 Q2: 3 filings
- 18 Q3: 12 filings
- 18 Q4: 6 filings
- 19 Q1: 14 filings
- 19 Q2: 2 filings
- 19 Q3: 0 filings
- 19 Q4: 0 filings
- 20 Q1: 2 filings
- S-1 filed 16 Q2
- IPO 16 Q3
- Liquidated 19 Q1
SPAC Overview
Where it stands on the road from S-1 to merger
Timeline Progress
About
Saban Capital Acquisition Corp. is a blank-check company formed to pursue a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. Its search is not limited to a particular industry or geographic region, while it intends to use its management team's expertise in traditional and digital media, entertainment, communications and consumer brands.
Investment Focus
Media, Entertainment, Communications, Consumer
Key Information
As the filings state it
- IPO Date
- 2016-09-19
- Total Redemptions
- $39.2M
- Jurisdiction of Incorporation
- Cayman Islands
- SIC
- 6770
- Failed Date
- 2019-02-28
- SPAC Ticker
- SCAC
SPAC Team
The banks on its IPO, and the team as the filings describe it
Underwriters
Extended Team Information
Led by Haim Saban, an entrepreneur and investor with more than forty years of experience in media and entertainment, and Adam Chesnoff, an investment and operating executive at Saban Capital. The team also includes senior executives and managing directors with backgrounds in finance, investing, media, telecommunications and technology, and the board includes experienced executives from media and entertainment businesses.