Nexeo Solutions, Inc.

WL Ross Holding Corp. (WLRH), a blank-check company sponsored by WL Ross & Co. and backed by veteran investor Wilbur Ross, completed its initial public offering in 2014 targeting the chemicals and industrial distribution sector. The SPAC filed an 8-K on June 7, 2016 in connection with its business combination with Nexeo Solutions, Inc., a leading distributor of chemicals and plastics spun out of Ashland Inc. The transaction brought Nexeo Solutions to public markets under the WLRH ticker before the combined entity transitioned to trading as Nexeo Solutions on Nasdaq. The deal marked one of the more prominent SPAC closings of that period in the industrial distribution space. Sign up at SpacDesk for full filings, timeline data, and sponsor analytics on WLRH and thousands of other SPAC transactions.