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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.
Edelman handles Viking Holdings, the river and ocean luxury cruise line that plans to raise $1B via an IPO priced in the $21 to $25 per share range.
Teneo is handling the initial public offering of CVC Capital Partners, one of Europe’s largest private equity firms with nearly $200B in assets under management.
Brunswick Group represents Endeavor Group Holdings as it agrees to go private via its acquisition by Silver Lake technology investment firm, which is handled by Edelman Smithfield.
Tod Donhauser, a nine-year veteran of Edelman, has joined H/Advisors Abernathy as managing director and head of its San Francisco office.
Intelligent Group Ltd, a Hong Kong-based financial PR firm, has priced its initial public offering of 1.9M shares at $4, which is the low end of the $4 to $5 range.
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