byNordic Acquisition Corporation Announces Closing of $150 Million Initial Public Offering
12 February 2022 - 6:38PM
byNordic Acquisition Corporation (Nasdaq: BYNOU) (the "Company")
announced today that, on February 11, 2022, it closed its initial
public offering of 15,000,000 units. The offering was priced at
$10.00 per unit, resulting in gross proceeds of $150,000,000.
The Company’s units are listed on The Nasdaq Global Market, or
Nasdaq, and commenced trading on February 9, 2022, under the ticker
symbol “BYNOU”. Each unit consists of one share of Class A common
stock of the Company and one-half of one redeemable warrant, each
whole warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one share of
Class A common stock at a price of $11.50 per share. Only whole
warrants are exercisable. Once the securities comprising the units
begin separate trading, the Class A common stock and warrants are
expected to be listed on Nasdaq under the symbols “BYNO” and
“BYNOW,” respectively.
The Company is a blank check company formed for the purpose of
effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share
purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one
or more businesses. The Company has not selected any specific
business combination target and it has not, nor has anyone on its
behalf, engaged in any substantive discussions, directly or
indirectly, with any business combination target with respect to an
initial business combination with it. While the Company may pursue
an acquisition opportunity in any business, industry, sector or
geographical location, it intends to focus on identifying high
technology growth companies in the northern part of Europe.
The Company is led by its Chief Executive Officer, Michael
Hermansson, its Chief Operating Officer, Thomas Fairfield, and its
Director of Acquisitions, Mats Karlsson. Mr. Hermansson and Mr.
Karlsson are based in Sweden, along with Alexander Lidgren and
Christian Merheim, the Company’s Director of Marketing and Director
of Technology, respectively.
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Drexel Hamilton, LLC and I-Bankers
Securities, Inc. are acting as the book running managers for the
offering. The Company has granted the underwriters a 45-day option
to purchase up to an additional 2,250,000 units at the initial
public offering price to cover over-allotments, if any.
Of the proceeds received from the consummation of the initial
public offering and a simultaneous private placement of Class A
common stock, $153,000,000 (or $10.20 per unit sold in the public
offering) was placed in trust. An audited balance sheet of the
Company as of February 11, 2022 reflecting receipt of the proceeds
upon consummation of the initial public offering and the private
placement will be included as an exhibit to a Current Report on
Form 8-K to be filed by the Company with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).
The offering was made only by means of a prospectus. Copies of
the prospectus may be obtained, when available, from Keefe,
Bruyette & Woods, A Stifel Company at 787 Seventh Avenue,
Fourth Floor, New York, NY 10019, by e-mail at
USCapitalMarkets@kbw.com, by fax at 212-581-1592, or by calling
1-800-966-1559; Drexel Hamilton, LLC at 77 Water Street, Suite 201,
New York, NY 10005, by email at ECMSyndicate@drexelhamilton.com, or
by calling 646-412-1504; or I-Bankers Securities, Inc. at 1208
Shady Lane N, Keller, Texas 76248.
A registration statement relating to these securities has been
declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“SEC”) at 4:00 p.m., Eastern time, on February 8, 2022. This
press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of
these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an
offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration
or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or
jurisdiction.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This press release contains statements that constitute
“forward-looking statements,” including with respect to the initial
public offering and the anticipated use of the net proceeds. No
assurance can be given that the offering discussed above will be
completed on the terms described, or at all, or that the net
proceeds of the offering will be used as indicated. Forward-looking
statements are subject to numerous conditions, many of which are
beyond the control of the Company, including those set forth in the
Risk Factors section of the Company’s registration statement and
prospectus for the offering filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (“SEC”). Copies are available on the SEC’s website,
www.sec.gov. The Company undertakes no obligation to update these
statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release,
except as required by law.
Contact
Michael Hermansson
Chief Executive Officer
+ 46 707 294100
ir@bynordic.se
Thomas Fairfield
Chief Operating Officer
302-530-4621
ir@bynordic.se
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