Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc

Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp., trading under ticker IPOA on the New York Stock Exchange and sponsored by Chamath Palihapitiya's Social Capital Hedosophia, completed its business combination with Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. in October 2019, making Virgin Galactic the first commercial spaceflight company to list on a major U.S. exchange through a SPAC transaction. The blank-check vehicle originally went public in 2017, targeting opportunities in the technology and space sectors. The 8-K filed October 23, 2019 formally documented the closing of the de-SPAC merger, after which IPOA transitioned into the publicly traded Virgin Galactic entity. Sign up at SpacDesk for full filing data, sponsor profiles, and deal analytics on this and hundreds of other SPAC transactions.