AEA-Bridges IMPXU =1c + 1/2W


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Prospectus 10-2-20




1W + $11.50 Call $18 and callable by formula between $10 an $18. Pipe adjustment below $9.20


Spac term 24 months


Trust  $400 million, or $460 million if the underwriters’ option to purchase additional units is exercised in full ($10.00 per unit in either case), will be deposited into a U.S.-based trust account at J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee.


Credit Suisse  -  Citibank


Our executive offices are located at PO Box 1093, Boundary Hall, Cricket Square, Grand Cayman, KY1-1102, Cayman Islands and our telephone number is +1 345 814 5825.


AEA Investors LP (“AEA”) and Bridges Fund Management Ltd. (“Bridges”), we aim to apply multi-decade investment and value-creation experience alongside best-in-class impact management and Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) skills to achieve attractive risk-adjusted financial returns for investors.

We are seeing an increased focus on sustainability and impact during the ten-year countdown to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (“UN SDGs”) by 2030.


​Dr. Garcia is the Executive Chairman of AEA. He joined AEA in 1999 as a Partner and Head of AEA’s then newly-formed European operations based in London. In 2002, he became President of AEA while continuing to head European operations and lead AEA’s global Value-Added Industrial Products and Specialty Chemicals teams. In 2006, Dr. Garcia also became CEO of AEA, during which time he was responsible for all operational aspects of AEA including fundraising, investment review process, growth and strategy and operations. Dr. Garcia was also named Chairman of AEA in 2012 and in 2019, in connection with relinquishing the title of CEO, he became the Executive Chairman. As Executive Chairman, he remains responsible for AEA’s investment review process. Since 1999, under his leadership, AEA has made 75 private equity investments totaling over $9 billion of invested capital. He was also instrumental in the creation of the AEA Private Debt Funds in 2005 and the AEA Small Business Funds in 2004. Dr. Garcia has served on the board of numerous AEA portfolio companies in addition to various other companies. Dr. Garcia serves as the chairman or member of the investment committee for all the various AEA private equity and private debt funds. He has a long history of working together with family-owned and entrepreneur-led businesses and investors to help them maximize their potential and meet their long-term needs.

Ms. Giddens, OBE is the Co-CEO and Co-Founder of Bridges Fund Management. Ms. Giddens has almost 30 years of experience in international development and responsible finance and has extensive experience of impact-driven investing. Under her leadership, Bridges has raised over £1.0 billion since inception and led over



 

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150 transactions; it now employs 40 investment and impact management professionals focused exclusively on impact-driven investment. Ms. Giddens currently sits as a Non-Executive Director on the board of CDC, the UK Government’s Development Finance Institution. Ms. Giddens’s prior experience includes chairing the UK National Advisory Board on Impact Investing, part of the Global Social Impact Investment Steering Group, from 2016 to 2018, and sitting on the Council of the British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVCA). She was previously an adviser to the U.K. Treasury’s Social Investment Task Force, chaired a Global Working Group on Impact Investing Policy and chaired the Community Development Finance Association. She was awarded an OBE for her services to international development and social finance in the 2018 Queen’s Birthday Honors list.

Our management team also includes Ramzi Gedeon, our Chief Financial Officer and member of the board of directors, who is also a Partner of AEA and has over 20 years of private equity investment experience. Mr. Gedeon focuses on AEA’s investments in Europe. Prior to joining AEA in 2018, Mr. Gedeon was a Partner at TPG Capital in London, where he completed investments in various sectors including retail and consumer, industrials, building materials and technology and telecom. He has served on numerous boards and has closed transactions in several markets including the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Turkey, the Middle East and Australia.