GS Acquisition Holdings Corp
Completed 2020-02-07- CIK 1674101
- GSAH
- Now VRT
- IPO 2018-06-08
- $707M trust
- 874 filings
Successfully merged with Vertiv Holdings, LLC • Now trading as VRT
- IPO Size
- $690M
- raised at the IPO
- Trust
- $707M
- as of 2019-12-31
- Current Status
- Completed
- from its latest filing
- IPO Year
- 2018
- year it listed
Filings, by quarter
874 filings over 35 quarters; violet bars carry a milestone
- 18 Q2: 29 filings
- 18 Q3: 2 filings
- 18 Q4: 1 filing
- 19 Q1: 4 filings
- 19 Q2: 2 filings
- 19 Q3: 1 filing
- 19 Q4: 6 filings
- 20 Q1: 75 filings
- 20 Q2: 8 filings
- 20 Q3: 19 filings
- 20 Q4: 21 filings
- 21 Q1: 50 filings
- 21 Q2: 25 filings
- 21 Q3: 5 filings
- 21 Q4: 32 filings
- 22 Q1: 44 filings
- 22 Q2: 18 filings
- 22 Q3: 11 filings
- 22 Q4: 27 filings
- 23 Q1: 30 filings
- 23 Q2: 34 filings
- 23 Q3: 22 filings
- 23 Q4: 18 filings
- 24 Q1: 36 filings
- 24 Q2: 54 filings
- 24 Q3: 17 filings
- 24 Q4: 40 filings
- 25 Q1: 38 filings
- 25 Q2: 27 filings
- 25 Q3: 32 filings
- 25 Q4: 23 filings
- 26 Q1: 72 filings
- 26 Q2: 31 filings
- 26 Q3: 19 filings
- 26 Q4: 1 filing
- S-1 filed 18 Q2
- IPO 18 Q2
- Definitive agreement 19 Q4
- Completed 20 Q1
SPAC Overview
Where it stands on the road from S-1 to merger
Timeline Progress
About
GS Acquisition Holdings Corp is a blank-check company formed to effect a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar transaction with one or more businesses.
Investment Focus
Industrial
Key Information
As the filings state it
- IPO Date
- 2018-06-08
- PIPE
- $1.2B
- Jurisdiction of Incorporation
- Delaware
- SIC
- 6770
- Completion Date
- 2020-02-07
- Merger Target
- Vertiv Holdings, LLC
- SPAC Ticker
- GSAH
- Merged Ticker
- VRT
Stock Performance
VRTTrading symbol, and its price at each step since the first trade
| Point | Date | Price | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Trade | 2018-08-02 | $9.98 | |
| At Merger | 2020-02-10 | $13.00 | +30% |
| 6 Months Post-Merger | 2020-08-10 | $16.88 | +30% |
| 1 Year Post-Merger | 2021-02-08 | $21.31 | +64% |
| 2 Years Post-Merger | 2022-02-07 | $21.62 | +66% |
| Current Price | 2026-10-14 | $222.83 | +2133% |
SPAC Team
The banks on its IPO, and the team as the filings describe it
Underwriters
Extended Team Information
The team combines David M. Cote's more than 40 years of operating experience and record at Honeywell, TRW and GE with Goldman Sachs Asset Management's investing and sourcing capabilities and investment professionals drawn from public and private markets. Its directors bring investment, industrial, aerospace, defense, consumer and corporate leadership experience.