3 material Form 8-K filings that 2 companies we cover made with the SEC in April 2008, each read and summarized by AI: what happened, the key figures, whether it reads positive or negative for shareholders, and how big a deal it is (impact 1-5). All of them were written later, when past filings were added: a selection, not every 8-K of the month (see the note below).
Aberdeen Asia-Pacific Income Fund, Inc. has resolved to redeem all nine series of its Auction Market Preferred Stock, with an aggregate liquidation preference of $600 million, and replace it with an equivalent amount of borrowing from a syndicate of major financial institutions. Redemptions are scheduled to run from April 22, 2008 to May 13, 2008, and the company states the redemption remains subject to the approval and completion of financing.
Aggregate liquidation preference of the AMPS is $600 million across Series A through I
Redemption price is $25,000 per share plus accrued and unpaid dividends to the Redemption Date
Redemption dates range from April 22, 2008 (Series B and E) to May 13, 2008 (Series A)
Redemption is subject to the approval and completion of financing
Hambrecht Asia Acquisition Corp. disclosed that underwriters of its initial public offering exercised the over-allotment option on March 31, 2008, for 239,300 additional units. The 4,239,300 units sold at $8.00 each generated gross proceeds of $33,914,400, and $33,527,396 has been placed in trust, including $1,550,000 from a private placement of warrants to founding stockholders. The filing names Hambrecht Asia Acquisition Corp. and does not reference Troops, Inc. or ticker TROO.
Underwriters exercised the over-allotment option on March 31, 2008, for 239,300 additional units.
Total of 4,239,300 units sold at $8.00 per unit, for gross proceeds of $33,914,400.
$33,527,396 placed in trust, including $1,550,000 from the founding stockholders' private warrant placement.
Pro forma balance sheet as of March 31, 2008 is included as Exhibit 99.1.
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Briefs marked “Written later” were written in November 2026 for filings that were by then more than three weeks old, so months before mid-October 2026 hold a selection: every material 8-K of the past year for the 100 largest companies we cover and the last 15 important 8-Ks of every other one. Briefs the number check holds back are not shown or counted. Also: the last 45 days, briefs by company, A–Z and the live SEC filings wire.