Quick take:
- The SPAC IPO is separate from Kraken’s own IPO announced in November.
- KRAK Acquisition expands Kraken’s digital asset footprint in the public markets.
- Spanish banking giant Santander is listed as the sole book runner.
KRAK Acquisition Corp, a special-purpose acquisition company backed by Kraken, has filed for an initial public offering to raise $250 million. Although KRAK Acquisition has yet to state its primary target industry, it is reportedly expected to focus on businesses in the cryptocurrency industry. This would further expand Kraken’s digital asset footprint in the public markets.
“We have not selected any business combination target, and we have not, nor has anyone on our behalf, initiated any substantive discussions, directly or indirectly, with any business combination target. We may pursue an initial business combination target in any business or industry,” the company wrote in the filing.
The crypto exchange company already filed for its own IPO in November, thereby making KRAK Acquisition’s SPAC offering a separate venture. The company plans to offer 25 million units at $10 each on NASDAQ and will trade under the ticker name KRAQU.
Each unit of offering consists of one Class A ordinary share and one-fourth of one redeemable warrant. Each whole warrant holder can exercise their rights, which entitle them to purchase a class A ordinary share at $11.50. Each warrant must be excised in full, with no fractional conversions allowed.
According to the filing, Spanish banking giant Santander is listed as the sole book runner. The filing describes KRAK Acquisition as a blank check company incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination.
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