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Jack Hightower's energy SPAC Pure Acquisition files for a $300 million IPO

March 22, 2018
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Pure Acquisition, a blank check company formed and led by oil and gas veteran Jack Hightower, filed on Thursday with the SEC for an initial public offering.

The Fort Worth, TX-based company plans to raise $300 million by offering 30 million units at a price of $10. At that price, Pure Acquisition would command a market value of $375 million. Units consists of one share of Class A common stock and one half of one warrant exercisable at $11.50.

The Fort Worth, TX-based company was founded in 2017 and plans to list on the Nasdaq under the symbol PACQU. Pure Acquisition filed confidentially on January 5, 2018. Oppenheimer & Co. and EarlyBirdCapital are the joint bookrunners on the deal.