First Middle Eastern SPAC Raises $200 Million in PIPE Financing
The first blank-check company to list in the Middle East completed a 734 million-dirham ($200 million) fundraising following a recent merger with an identification card printing company.
ADC Acquisition Corp., backed by Chimera Investments and Abu Dhabi wealth fund ADQ, raised the funds via a private investment in public equity — or PIPE — financing that was oversubscribed by more than 10 times. Total demand from qualified and institutional investors exceeded 8 billion dirhams, according to a statement Wednesday.
The special purpose acquisition company is merging with Abu Dhabi-based United Printing & Publishing, a firm that prints ID cards, commercial products and operates a last mile delivery business. UPP will get 1.1 billion dirhams in proceeds, and its enterprise value will be 600 million dirhams, 5.2 times estimated 2023 earnings.
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