TradeStation Group, Inc., whose subsidiaries provide award-winning self-clearing online brokerage services for equities, options, futures and cryptocurrency, and Quantum FinTech Acquisition Corporation, a special purpose acquisition company, announced today that TradeStation has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission a registration statement on Form S-4 in connection with its recently announced proposed business combination with Quantum FinTech.
As previously announced on November 4, 2021, TradeStation and Quantum FinTech executed a definitive business combination agreement through which TradeStation will become a publicly traded, NYSE-listed company under the ticker symbol “TRDE.” Completion of the transaction, which is expected to close in the first half of 2022, is subject to approval by Quantum FinTech’s shareholders, the Registration Statement being declared effective by the SEC, and satisfaction or waiver of other customary closing conditions identified in the business combination agreement. The transaction values the combined company at an implied pro forma enterprise value of approximately $1.43 billion.
Upon closing, and assuming no redemptions of any public shares of Quantum FinTech, the transaction will provide TradeStation with approximately $326 million of cash prior to payment of expenses, consisting of the contribution of approximately $201 million of cash distributed from Quantum FinTech’s trust account and $125 million of additional capital raised through a fully-committed private placement of common stock by Quantum FinTech. The PIPE includes, as co-anchor investments, $50 million from TradeStation’s sole shareholder, Monex Group, Inc., and $50 million from Galaxy Digital LP, an affiliate of Galaxy Digital Holdings Ltd., one of the world’s leading technology-driven financial services and investment management firms. Monex is not selling any of its TradeStation stock in the transaction and, assuming no redemptions of Quantum FinTech public shares, will own approximately 81% of TradeStation at closing. Net proceeds from the transaction are intended to be used to help fund TradeStation’s plans to accelerate account and revenue growth through substantially increased brand-awareness and performance-based marketing spend, as well as increased product development and IT headcount for completion of certain new product feature initiatives, and to add liquidity to support an anticipated larger customer base.
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