Cannae Holdings announces $75mn investment in Trebia Acquisition Corp

LAS VEGAS: Cannae Holdings Inc. has strategically entered into a forward purchase agreement with Trebia Acquisition Corp. in which Cannae, as an anchor investor and a founding member of the Sponsor Group, will purchase an aggregate of 7,500,000 Class A ordinary shares of Trebia, plus an aggregate of 2,500,000 redeemable warrants to purchase one Class A ordinary share at $11.50 per share.

The forward purchase is contingent upon the closing of an initial business combination by Trebia. The total purchase price for the shares and warrants is $75 million.

Cannae has a 15% economic interest in the founding Sponsor Group led by Bill Foley and Frank Martire.

“The Cannae team looks forward to working with Trebia and its Sponsor Partners to identify prospective target businesses within the industries of financial services, technology, software, data, analytics, services and related areas, leveraging our collective transaction and organizational optimization experience,” commented Bill Foley.

“I am very excited about the partnership with Bill and Cannae. Our founding Sponsor Group will position us to identify an attractive target business,” commented Frank Martire.

Trebia has completed its initial public offering of 51,750,000 units at a public offering price of $10.00 per unit. Each unit consists of one Class A ordinary share of Trebia and one-third of one warrant. Each whole warrant entitles the holder to one Class A ordinary share of Trebia at a price of $11.50 per share. Once the securities comprising the units begin separate trading, the Class A ordinary shares and warrants are expected to be listed on the NYSE under the symbols “TREB” and “TREB WS,” respectively.

The offering is being made only by means of a prospectus. When available, copies of the prospectus may be obtained, for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, copies of the prospectus, when available, may be obtained for free from the offices of Credit Suisse, Attention: Prospectus Department, 6933 Louis Stephens Drive, Morrisville, NC 27560, telephone: (800)-221-1037 or by emailing: [email protected]; or BofA Securities, Attention: Prospectus Department, NC1-004-03-43, 200 North College Street, 3rd floor, Charlotte NC 28255-0001 or by emailing: [email protected].

Registration statements relating to the securities became effective on June 16, 2020. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

Cannae is a Bill Foley led diversified holding company which boasts a strong track record of both operating and investing in a diverse range of assets. Cannae holds majority and minority equity investment stakes in a number of entities, including Ceridian HCM Holding Inc., The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation, 99 Restaurants Holdings, LLC, O’Charley’s, LLC, AmeriLife Group, LLC, and Coding Solutions Topco, Inc. (inclusive of T-System Holding, LLC).