Bespoke Capital Acquisition and Vintage Wine Estates today announced that Wasatch Global Investors will increase its current investment in the pending merger of the two companies by $100 million. Wasatch had already committed to a $28 million private placement. The new investment will take the form of common shares at $10 each, Bespoke’s IPO price. The investment is subject to the closing of the business combination.
Announced in February, the merger transaction has a pro forma implied market capitalization and enterprise value of approximately $690 million plus more than $50 million of potential deferred consideration.
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