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Spacs, Forward-Looking Statements, And Rule 419: Is Sec Rulemaking Needed?, Nicholas Vota Jun 2023

Spacs, Forward-Looking Statements, And Rule 419: Is Sec Rulemaking Needed?, Nicholas Vota

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On October 8, 2020, FirstMark Horizon Acquisition Corp. (“FirstMark” or “Company”) closed an initial public offering (“IPO”) of 41,400,000 units. Each unit was priced at $10.00 and “consist[ed] of one share of Class A common stock of the Company . . . and one-third of one redeemable warrant of the Company.” Each whole warrant provided its holder with the right to purchase “one share of Class A [c]ommon [s]tock for $11.50 per share.” FirstMark generated $414,000,000 in connection with the IPO. These funds were then placed in a trust account and maintained by a trustee.

In a filing submitted …