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Mintz Levin Completes $60 Million Public Offering for Empeiria Acquisition Corp

^{Published on 2011-06-27 14:35:30 - Market Wire}
 

NEW YORK--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Corporate attorneys from the New York office of [ Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. ] completed a $60,000,000 initial public offering for Empeiria Acquisition Corp (OTCBB: EPAQU), a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) focused on operating businesses in the energy, transportation, food and industrial technology sectors. Mintz Levin represented Cohen & Company Capital Markets, LLC, the sole book-running manager and representative of the underwriters in the offering.

Empeiria Acquisition Corp sold 6,000,000 units at a price of $10.00 per unit. Each unit issued in the initial public offering consisted of one share of common stock and one warrant to purchase one share of common stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share. In addition, the company has granted the underwriters a 45 day over-allotment option to purchase up to an additional 900,000 units.

The Mintz Levin team was led by Members [ Kenneth Koch ] and [ Jeffrey Schultz ] with assistance from Associates [ Samuel Effron ] and [ Garrett Johnston ], all of whom are in the firma™s [ Corporate & Securities Section ].

For more information visit [ www.mintz.com ].