Davis Polk advised Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. as joint book-running managers in connection with the initial public offering of 20,000,000 units of Capitol Acquisition Corp. II, including 2,000,000 units purchased pursuant to the underwriters’ over-allotment option, for an aggregate of $200 million. Each unit consists of one share of common stock and one-half of one warrant to purchase one share of common stock of Capitol Acquisition Corp. II. The units, the shares and the warrants will be listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market.
Capitol Acquisition Corp. II is a blank check company formed for the purpose of entering into a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or other similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities.
The Davis Polk corporate team included partner Deanna L. Kirkpatrick, associates Byron B. Rooney, Melissa Glass and Britton M. Sellers and law clerks Gabriel A. de Corral and Amir Nezar. The tax team included counsel Gregory T. Hannibal and law clerk Isaac MacDonald. The FINRA team included counsel Marcie A. Goldstein and legal assistant Sorina Delia Lazar. All members of the Davis Polk team are based in the New York office.
