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HPS Investment Partners' SPAC Altimar Acquisition II prices $300 million IPO

February 4, 2021
ATMRU

Altimar Acquisition II, the second blank check company formed by HPS Investment Partners, raised $300 million by offering 30 million units at $10. Each unit consists of one share of common stock and one-fourth of a warrant, exercisable at $11.50. 

The company is led by CEO and Chairman Tom Wasserman and CFO Wendy Lai, both of whom currently serve as Managing Directors at HPS Investment Partners. While it has not selected a target industry, the company plans to focus on two characteristics as a common theme: a strong organic growth plan coupled with a compelling business model that is materially cash generative at maturity.

HPS Investment Partners' previous SPAC, Altimar Acquisition (ATAC; +4% from $10 offer price), went public in October 2020 and recently announced a merger agreement with Dyal Capital and Owl Rock Capital to form alternative asset manager Blue Owl at $12.5 billion market cap. HPS also co-founded and co-sponsored Trine Acquisition, which went public in March 2019 and completed its merger with Desktop Metal (DM; +171%) in December 2020.

Altimar Acquisition II plans to list on the NYSE under the symbol ATMRU. Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan acted as lead managers on the deal.