Hicks Acquisition II (HKACU)

Globe Newswire  Jul 16  Comment 
NEW YORK, July 16, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The NASDAQ Stock Market® (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announced that trading was halted today in Hicks Acquisition Co. II (Nasdaq:HKAC) (Nasdaq:HKACW) (Nasdaq:HKACU) at 7:00:11, 7:00:13 and 7:00:17 a.m., Eastern Time,




 
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Hicks Acquisition II (NASDAQ:HKACU) is a blank check company was created with the intent to find a potential merger, asset acquisition, or reorganization. A blank check company is a company which was created without a specific business plan or whose business plan is to merge or acquire an unidentified company.[1]

Hicks fits this category and has not yet identified any business targets, but expects to look for a company with a strong track record, strong free cash flow, an experience management team, and well diversified customer and supplier base. Hicks Acquisition expects that a company with these characteristics will be the best candidate.[2]

The company's initial public offering of stock on the NASDAQ and occurred on October 11, 2010. The company offered 15,000,000 shares each for $10. The goal of the IPO was to raise $150M in total. The lead underwriter of the deal was Citigroup (C)[3]


References

  1. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission "Blank Check Company"
  2. HKACU S-11 SUMMARY "General" pg 2
  3. Renaissance Capital - IPO Home "Hicks Acquisition II (HKACU)"
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