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PAE

Closed (deSPAC)

Industrials · government services and outsourced operations

What it is
A private company in industrials preparing to list via a SPAC merger. Full profile in progress.
What it’s doing now
Merging with Gores Holdings III, Inc. (GRSH) — closed (despac).
What you should know
Data is still being assembled for this company — what is shown below is everything we have verified so far.
Profile in progress — we only publish what we can verify in filings, and for this company that work isn’t finished. Identity and deal facts above are current; business detail, financials and peers will appear as the filings are parsed.

What the company says about itself

Web research — not audited
What our web check found

[WEB-INTEL 2026-08-26] 4 finding(s) · web source asserts a FILING-ONLY figure (deadline / trust / status / floor / price) and it was NOT stored: "$1.55 billion deal involving the acquisition of PAE by Gores Holdings III Inc." [https://www.washingtontechnology.com/2019/11/inside-the-courtship-of-pae-to-take-it-public/356543/] · web source asserts a FILING-ONLY figure (deadline / trust / status / floor / price) and it was NOT stored: "US$1.55 Billion Merger with Gores-Sponsored SPAC" [https://www.lw.com/en/news/2019/11/latham-watkins-advises-platinum-equity-pae-merger-gores-sponsored-spac] · web source asserts a FILING-ONLY figure (deadline / trust / status / floor / price) and it was NOT stored: "In addition to the $400 million of cash held in Gores Holdings III's trust account, additional investors have committed to participate in the transaction" [https://www.platinumequity.com/news/platinum-equity-portfolio-company-pae-announces-merger/] · web source asserts a FILING-ONLY figure (deadline / trust / status / floor / price) and it was NOT stored: "Gores' most recent IPO that raised $400 million in September of last year is for its third fund that is being used for the PAE transaction." [https://www.washingtontechnology.com/2019/11/pae-finds-buyer-to-take-it-public/328072/]

Source: company web presence · marketing claims are reported as claims, never merged into the filed figures above.

The deal it’s entering

PAE is merging with Gores Holdings III, Inc. (GRSH) currently marked Closed (deSPAC).

Headline equity value—
PIPE≈ $220M · unsourced

Structure per SEC accession(s) 0001193125-20-014348, 0001193125-22-006749. How to read these numbers: headline vs effective valuation · what a definitive agreement commits

What exactly is being valued, and at what

Common questions

Is PAE going public?

PAE has an approved merger with the SPAC Gores Holdings III, Inc. (GRSH). Deal status: Closed (deSPAC).

Does PAE have revenue?

The filings we've parsed don't state a usable revenue figure yet; this profile is updated as new documents land.

Educational content, not investment advice.

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