NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--FinTech Acquisition Corp. II (NASDAQ:FNTEU) (the “Company”), a blank-check company formed for the purpose of acquiring or merging with one or more businesses or entities in the financial technology industry, today completed its initial public offering of 17,500,000 units at a price of $10.00 per unit, which includes 2,200,000 units issued pursuant to the underwriters’ over-allotment option, for gross proceeds to the Company of $175,000,000. The Company's units began trading on January 20, 2017 on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol "FNTEU". Each unit issued in the offering consists of one share of the Company’s common stock and one-half of one warrant, each whole warrant exercisable for one share of common stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share. No fractional warrants will be issued upon separation of the units and only whole warrants will trade.
Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. served as the sole book-running manager and Northland Capital Markets as co-manager for the offering.
A registration statement relating to the units and the underlying securities was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 19, 2017. 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 offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
This offering was made by means of a prospectus, copies of which may be obtained for free by visiting the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at http://www.sec.gov. Alternatively, a copy of the prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained from Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. at 499 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10022, Attn: Kevin Brennan, kbrennan@cantor.com, 212-915-1970.
This press release contains statements that constitute “forward-looking statements,” including with respect to the initial public offering. 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 preliminary prospectus for the offering filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release, except as required by law. Northland Capital Markets is the trade name for certain capital markets and investment banking services of Northland Securities, Inc., member of FINRA/SIPC.
