KL Acquisition Corp
KLAQ · Nasdaq
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Nothing left to do
The cash went back to shareholders and the company wound up. There is no deadline left to miss.
Cash at settlement
No cash-per-share figure was filed for this vehicle before it finished.
Last close
Daily close
No price history on file yet — daily closes accumulate from the market data feed.
Trust settled · There is no line to draw here. This vehicle has finished: the cash was paid back or spent closing the deal, so the last filed figure describes an account that no longer exists and would be a floor under nothing.
SpacBrain’s read
Trust settled
The trust was liquidated and paid back to holders pro rata — the floor was honoured and the SPAC has wound up, so there is nothing left to claim.
In plain terms
- What it is
- A SPAC from KL Sponsor, LLC, listed on Nasdaq in January 2021.
- What it's doing now
- It never completed a purchase. The company wound up and the cash in the account went back to shareholders — the ordinary ending when a SPAC runs out of time. No agreed deal for it is on file with us, so we cannot say whether one was ever announced and later fell through.
- What you should know
- This SPAC has finished. The cash was paid back to shareholders and the company wound up, so there is nothing left to claim — the money went where the charter said it would.
At a glance
- Where it stands
- Liquidated
- Deal
- none — it wound up and returned the cash instead
- Industry
- no filing we hold states a sector this SPAC restricted its search to
- Deal value
- no deal to value — it wound up instead
- Price vs cash at settlement
- no live price on file
- Cash in trust when it settled
- not yet extracted into a snapshot — the filings below may state it
- the last trust total filed while this was still a SPAC — the account has since been paid out or used to close the deal
- IPO
- 11 January 2021
- size not on file · 100.0% of each $10 unit into trust
- Headquarters
- 111 WEST 33RD STREET, NEW YORK, NY, 10120
- registered in Delaware
- Lead underwriter
- not extracted from the prospectus yet
- Key officers
- Gumer Richard (CFO and Secretary) · Torres Rafael Antonio (Director) · BIERMAN JAMES L (Director)
- Listed securities
- KLAQ common
This vehicle has finished, so there is no window to file a cash-per-share figure for and none will follow. No estimate is shown in its place.
Nothing dated is on file. That is an absence in the record, not a statement that nothing is coming.
Yield to redemption
Nothing left to redeem — no yield to compute.
This SPAC has finished — its trust was paid back or used to close the deal, so there is nothing left to redeem and no yield to compute. A yield to redemption is a claim that you can hand these shares back for the trust cash. That account is closed, so this page will not print a number here.
What happened to the cash
The reasoning behind the verdict above, in the order the filings establish it.
- The trust was liquidated and paid back to holders pro rata — the floor was honoured and the SPAC has wound up, so there is nothing left to claim.
What has happened, and what is coming
1 dated milestoneEvery dated step from the day it listed to the next date you may have to act on. Where you have to do something, the day your broker needs the instruction is marked too.
- 11 January 2021IPOpassed
IPO size not on file
The score
deterministic, from filed fieldsKLAQ is not in the scored universe, so no score is shown. A withheld score is a fact about the record, not a verdict about the company.
The score is only published for names that carry both a price and a filed cash-per-share figure — 294 of the tracked fleet today. The rest keep an empty dial rather than a modelled one, and fill in by themselves as the fields land.
The company
from SEC filingsRead the full profile
KL Acquisition Corp was a blank-check company whose common stock traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the ticker KLAQ. The company priced its IPO on January 11, 2021, pursuant to a 424B prospectus, offering units consisting of one share of common stock and a one-third warrant, with $10 held in trust per unit and a 12-month deadline to complete a business combination. The company subsequently liquidated, returning the trust cash to shareholders. The liquidation is established by Form 25 filed on December 16, 2022, under accession 0001354457-22-000737, covering the redemption and retirement of the company's Class A common stock, warrants, and units. The KLAQ ticker appears on the cover page of an 8-K filed December 20, 2022, under accession 0001104659-22-128691.
Material findings
from the full read of every filingEvery document this company files gets read whole — body and exhibits. These are the ones the read flagged as material, newest first, each citing its filing.
This is an early wind-up, not an extension: holders get their capital back roughly two to four weeks ahead of the contractual deadline and, critically, before the 1% excise tax on stock repurchases takes effect on January 1, 2023. Because the redemption covers all public shares rather than only those electing, no tender action is required to participate. The board retains discretion over the exact date within December, so holders should watch for the public announcement that fixes it.
Nothing in this document contradicts anything else in it, and the post-year-end structure reconciles cleanly: 28,750,000 Class A and 7,187,500 Class B outstanding on 30 March 2021 is the standard quarter-of-float founder block on a $287.5m trust at $10.00 a unit. Class A and warrants began trading separately on Nasdaq as KLAQ and KLAQW on 1 March 2021. The trust figure describes the post-IPO position, not the 31 December 2020 balance sheet, and was recorded only in that form.
Two warrant call regimes are stated, at $18.00 and at $10.00 per Class A share, adjusting to 180% and 100% of the higher of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price. The warrants become exercisable on the later of 30 days after consummation of the initial business combination and twelve months from the closing of the offering — the 'warrant exercise date' — and expire five years after the business combination. If no business combination is completed within 24 months from the closing of the offering, all public shares are redeemed.
Two warrant call regimes are described, at $18.00 and at $10.00 per Class A share, adjusting to 180% and 100% of the higher of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price. The warrants become exercisable on the later of 30 days after consummation of the initial business combination and twelve months from the closing of the offering. If no business combination is completed within 24 months from closing, all public shares are redeemed. Deferred underwriting is $0.35 per unit ($8,750,000; $10,062,500 on full exercise).
Filings
live EDGAR feedEverything this company has filed with the SEC recently, newest first, each with a plain summary of what changed and why it matters.
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What changed: KL Acquisition Corp called a special meeting for December 16, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern to amend its charter, changing the original termination date from January 12, 2023 to a date determined by the board in its sole discretion but no later than December 30, 2022, so it can cease operations and redeem all outstanding public shares promptly thereafter. Redemption pays the trust amount including interest, net of taxes payable and up to $100,000 of interest for dissolution expenses, subject to Delaware requirements to provide for creditor claims. Why it matters: This is an early wind-up, not an extension: holders get their capital back roughly two to four weeks ahead of the contractual deadline and, critically, before the 1% excise tax on stock repurchases takes effect on January 1, 2023. Because the redemption covers all public shares rather than only those electing, no tender action is required to participate. The board retains discretion over the exact date within December, so holders should watch for the public announcement that fixes it.
- What changed vs 2022-08-12trust $288.0M → $289.3M +0%
trust account, combination deadline, going-concern doubt +11 moved · 3 with no prior record of ours
- Trust account
- $288.0M$289.3M
- Combination deadline
- 2023-01-12 · unchanged
- Going-concern doubt
- stated · unchanged
- Redeemable shares
- 28.8M · unchanged
SpacBrain reads this as $1,297,971 was added to the trust between the two filings.
The clause “Total current assets 118,952 849,993 Cash and investments held in Trust Account 289,284,930 287,569,685 Other non-current assets — 4,932 Total assets $ 289,403,882 $ 288,424,610 ”…
The clause …“about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern,” the Company has until January 12, 2023 to consummate a Business Combination. It is uncertain that the Company will be able to consummate a Business Combination by this”…
The clause …“not approved by the stockholders, and potential subsequent dissolution raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. No adjustments have been made to the carrying amounts of assets or liabilities”…
The clause …“future events. Accordingly, as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, 28,750,000 shares of Class A common stock subject to possible redemption were presented at redemption value as temporary equity, outside of the stockholders’”…
Read from stored SEC filing text by a regex — no model is involved — and each side links to the filing it came from. “Not previously extracted” is a statement about our record, not about the company: the clause may be present in wording we do not match.
- What changed vs 2022-05-23trust $287.6M → $288.0M +0%
trust account, combination deadline, going-concern doubt +11 moved · 3 with no prior record of ours
- Trust account
- $287.6M$288.0M
- Combination deadline
- 2023-01-12 · unchanged
- Going-concern doubt
- stated · unchanged
- Redeemable shares
- 28.8M · unchanged
SpacBrain reads this as $388,316 was added to the trust between the two filings.
The clause “300,000 Total current assets 266,233 849,993 Investments held in Trust Account 287,986,959 287,569,685 Other non-current assets — 4,932 Total assets $ 288,253,192 $ 288,424,610 ”…
The clause …“to raise additional funds to alleviate liquidity needs as well as complete a Business Combination by January 12, 2023, then the Company will cease all operations except for the purpose of liquidating. Management has determined that the”…
The clause …“a Business Combination not occur, and potential subsequent dissolution raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for a reasonable period of time, which is considered to be one year from the”…
The clause …“future events. Accordingly, as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, 28,750,000 shares of Class A common stock subject to possible redemption were presented at redemption value as temporary equity, outside of the stockholders’”…
Read from stored SEC filing text by a regex — no model is involved — and each side links to the filing it came from. “Not previously extracted” is a statement about our record, not about the company: the clause may be present in wording we do not match.
The sponsor
The people who set this company up, what they have done before, and the advisers around the deal.
KL Sponsor, LLCnamed as sponsor in this SPAC’s filings — but with no researched track record behind it yet.
A missing score, not a score of zero — why
A Sponsor Score is only published once the sponsor’s prior vehicles have been verified on EDGAR and their post-close outcomes priced. That record does not exist for this sponsor yet, so no number and no tier is shown. That is a missing score, not a score of zero — and not a neutral 50 either.
Coverage so far: 301 of 1284 tracked SPACs (23%) are attached to a scored sponsor. This card fills in by itself as the research lands.
The record
The reference detail — how the shares were structured at listing, how thinly they trade, and where the company is registered.
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Unit structure
Unit: U = S + W/3 · 100.0% of the $10 unit
from 424B4 0001104659-21-002611
Trading & liquidity
Company profile
Directors & officers
- Gumer RichardCFO and Secretary
- Torres Rafael AntonioDirector
- BIERMAN JAMES LDirector
- Casciaro Gregory DDirector
- Logigian DougChief Executive Officer
- Kho DavidChief Operating Officer
- Krakauer Andrew ADirector
- CHENE DAVID10% owner
- Richman Darren10% owner
Institutional holders
from SC 13G/13DFunds that have declared a stake above 5%. Heavy ownership by arbitrage funds usually means heavy cash-outs at the next vote.
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11 filers with a stake on file · 0 re-affirmed in the last 12 months. A stake with no amendment since is the filer’s last word on it, not proof it is still held — and percentages filed in different years are percentages of different floats, because this vehicle’s share count collapses at every redemption.
- KL Sponsor LLCwith 4 other reporting persons on the same schedule19.7% · SC 13GFeb 14, 2022 stale
- Saba Capital Management, L.P.with 1 other reporting person on the same schedule5.2% · SC 13GJul 1, 2022 stale
- BARCLAYS PLCwith 2 other reporting persons on the same schedule5.2% · SC 13GFeb 11, 2022 stale
- Empyrean Capital Partners, LPwith 2 other reporting persons on the same schedule3.1% · SC 13G/AFeb 14, 2023 stale
- CITADEL ADVISORS LLCwith 6 other reporting persons on the same schedule0.1% · SC 13G/AFeb 14, 2023 stale
- GLAZER CAPITAL, LLCwith 1 other reporting person on the same schedule0.0% · SC 13G/AFeb 13, 2023 stale
- ARISTEIA CAPITAL LLC0.0% · SC 13G/AFeb 10, 2023 stale
- INTEGRATED CORE STRATEGIES (US) LLCwith 5 other reporting persons on the same schedule0.0% · SC 13G/AFeb 3, 2023 stale
- Linden Capital L.P.with 2 other reporting persons on the same schedule0.0% · SC 13G/AJan 31, 2023 stale
- Sculptor Capital LP0.0% · SC 13G/AFeb 14, 2022 stale
- BlueCrest Capital Management Ltdwith 1 other reporting person on the same schedule0.0% · SC 13G/AFeb 11, 2022 stale
One line per filer, not per reporting person: a joint schedule names the management company, its funds and often the individual who controls them, and all of them report the same shares. Click a name for that filer’s whole footprint across every SPAC it has declared a stake in.
Sources on file
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39 full SEC filing texts archived — searchable, never lost.
- Vault note — KLAQ (KL Acquisition Corp)
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In plain English
tap a term to open itEvery piece of jargon this page could have used, and what it actually means.
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No floor / floorlessthe cash guarantee is gone — the price is unprotected
A SPAC's downside protection is not the cash in trust; it is your right to demand that cash. Once the redemption window closes, the cash stays with the company and the share can trade anywhere.
Redemption deadlinethe last day to hand shares back for cash
Set by the filing that calls the meeting. Tender after it and the company is under no obligation to pay you the trust value.
Broker action datethe day your broker needs the instruction — earlier than the official date
Brokers batch redemption instructions to the transfer agent, so the practical cutoff is roughly two business days before the published deadline. This is the date that actually costs people the floor.
Cash in trust / trust per sharethe cash the company is holding for each public share
Filed quarterly in the 10-Q's XBRL. It earns interest between filings, so the figure on a given day is slightly higher than the last filed one — where we show that we label it an estimate.
Trust discountbuying below the cash held for you
Only meaningful while a redemption right exists. On a floorless name the same arithmetic is not a discount, it is the market pricing distress, and this product will not call it a yield.
Dilutionhow much of the company new shares take from you
Sponsor promote, PIPE shares, warrants and rights all issue stock that did not pay $10 for it. The headline deal value is before that; the effective value is after.
Pro-forma equitywhat the company is valued at once the deal closes
The combined company's equity value assuming the announced terms and the redemptions that have actually happened.
ARShow much upside you get per unit of downside
SpacBrain's asymmetric-return score. It is deterministic — the same inputs always produce the same number — and it is capped, not zeroed, when the floor is gone.
De-SPACthe day the SPAC becomes the real company
The shares stop being a claim on a pot of cash and start being equity in an operating business. Roughly 80% of recent de-SPACs traded below $10 within a year.
Outside datethe contractual long-stop for closing the deal
A deadline between the SPAC and its target, not between the SPAC and you. It confers no right to cash, which is exactly why it must never be counted as a redemption window.
Accession numberthe SEC's unique id for one filing
Every figure on this page carries the accession of the filing that states it, so you can open the primary document rather than trust us.
Accreted NAV (estimate)the last filed cash figure, plus the interest it should have earned since
A model, not a filing: last filed value compounded at the 3-month T-bill for the days elapsed. Always shown in italic with the word estimate, and never printed beside a filed number without it.
Ask the brain
from its filingsData provenance & audit trail3 internal entries
Written by SpacBrain’s data agents whenever a figure is captured, corrected or flagged, and kept verbatim so every number on this page can be traced back to the filing that states it. This is a running log, not the current record: an early entry may be superseded by a later correction — the panels above always hold the current values.
admitted from the HISTORICAL census (EDGAR's SIC 6770 registrant list, walked in full: 3,325 registrants, 1,167 of which ever priced an IPO). The live discovery job cannot reach this registrant — it reads the filing tape, and this one stopped filing. Admission rule: src/lib/universe-admit.ts. SIC 6770 (Blank Checks); 424B 0001104659-21-002611 priced 2021-01-11; common ticker KLAQ off 8-K 0001104659-22-128691 (2022-12-20); lifecycle EXITED. Ending PROVEN, not inferred: LIQUIDATED per Form 25 0001354457-22-000737 (2022-12-16) — Form 25 filed under 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(a)(1) — the rule for a class "called for redemption" or "redeemed or paid at maturity/retirement". For a SPAC that class is the public shares and that redemption is the trust going back (class: Class A Common Stock, Warrant, Unit). No wind-up press release was readable on the registrant's own file, so the per-share figure is not stored.. ipoSizeM and deadline left NULL: gross-proceeds prose conflates the over-allotment with the offering, and a charter deadline belonging to a vehicle that has ended is a date nobody can act on. ipoDate is the 424B pricing date.
warrantStrike=11.5, unitSeparationDays=52 from the definitive prospectus (0001104659-21-002611). NOT FILLED: warrantCallPrice — no stated candidate; rightShareRatio — no stated candidate
sponsor "KL Sponsor, LLC" sourced from prospectus definition (10-K) acc 0001104659-21-044734.