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Sard Verbinnen & Co. handled investor relations for today’s New York Stock Exchange “lift-off” of Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic Holdings as it became the first publicly held space tourism company.
The stock opened at $12.34.
The company says it has reservations for more than 600 people from 60 nations who have forked over deposits of $80M and represent potential revenue topping $120M.
Founded by Branson in 2004, VGH trades under the SPCE symbol.
FTI Consulting handles media for VGH.
FGS Global handles Fox Corp. as it agrees to acquire The Roku Channel, which relies on Joele Frank, in a deal valued at $22B.
Caterpillar’s Rob Rengel will join ATI Inc. on June 22 as VP-investor relations, succeeding the retiring David Weston.
Hut 8, energy infrastructure platform, has named NextEra Energy's Mark Eidelman head of IR and SVP of strategic finance.
Teneo handles easyJet as Minneapolis investment firm Castlelake mulls a possible takeover of the British budget airline.
Brunswick Group represents Universal Music Group as it rejects the unsolicited $65B takeover offer by billionaire Ed Ackman's Pershing Square Capital Management because it “fundamentally and materially undervalues” the world’s largest music company.
