Surf Air Mobility plummets in debut

Surf Air Mobility

27/07/2023 20:59

(Updates)
    ** Shares of Surf Air Mobility Inc  SRFM.N  sink in debut
after co switches gears to a direct listing (DL)
    ** SRFM opens at $5 vs NYSE reference price of $20 and
descends to as $2.75. Shares last trading at $2.97 on roughly
2.3 mln shares of volume before volatility halt
    ** Surf Air chose DL route to public markets after
terminating $1.4 bln SPAC merger last year
    ** Similar to previous DLs, Surf Air did not raise equity
from investors, but alternative investment manager GEM Global
buying 1 mln shares at $25 in private placement, per the SEC
filing
    ** Morgan Stanley acting as lead adviser on the DL

 (Lance Tupper is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed
are his own)
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