Utz Brands, Inc.

Utz Brands, Inc. (NYSE: UTZ) traces its public-market history to Collier Creek Holdings, a blank-check company that completed its initial public offering in October 2018 under sponsor Collier Creek Holdings LLC, led by executives with deep consumer-packaged-goods backgrounds. The SPAC targeted acquisitions in the food and beverage sector, and its 424B4 prospectus, filed with the SEC on October 5, 2018, formally established the terms of that offering. Collier Creek subsequently merged with Utz Quality Foods in August 2020, converting the vehicle into the publicly traded Utz Brands snack-food business. Visit SpacDesk and sign up for full filing data, deal timelines, and sponsor profiles on this and every other SPAC transaction.