PHOENIX, Mar. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Offerpad, Inc.
("Offerpad") announced today that it has entered into a definitive
merger agreement with Supernova Partners Acquisition Company, Inc.
("Supernova") (NYSE: SPNV), a publicly traded special purpose
acquisition company. When the transaction closes, the publicly
traded company will be named Offerpad Solutions Inc. and its Class
A common stock is expected to be listed on the New York Stock
Exchange under the ticker "OPAD."
Offerpad, which was founded in 2015, is a leading real estate
solutions platform that projects to generate revenue of
$1.4 billion in 2021. Offerpad's
tech-enabled platform and team of real estate solutions experts
empower homeowners to buy and sell homes online quickly and easily.
Homeowners can request a free, 24-hour cash offer online in
less than three minutes, partner with Offerpad to list a home with
a back-up cash offer, or buy one of the thousands of homes
available on Offerpad.com. Add-ons, such as show-ready home
services; home improvement advances; extended stay options; and
title and mortgage services allow customers to personalize the home
buying and selling experience even more.
Despite growing consumer demand for an easier and more
convenient way to buy and sell homes, online penetration in real
estate is low compared with other industries, at less than 1
percent of the $1.6 trillion total addressable market. By
partnering with Supernova to become a public company, Offerpad
expects it will be able to accelerate its growth to capture more of
this market opportunity.
Offerpad's experienced tech and real estate leadership team
created a highly efficient iBuying business, while raising less
capital than competitors. Offerpad currently operates in 900+
cities and towns across the country and plans to expand
nationwide.
Supernova is led by Spencer
Rascoff, a serial entrepreneur who co-founded Hotwire,
Zillow, dot.LA and Pacaso and who led Zillow as CEO for nearly a
decade; Alexander Klabin, founder
and CEO of Ancient who co-founded Senator Investment Group;
Robert Reid, an investor who worked
for 21 years at Blackstone in its Private Equity Group; and
Michael Clifton, an investor who was
most recently a senior investment professional at The Carlyle
Group.
Management Comments
Brian Bair, CEO and founder,
Offerpad
"I've been in real estate for decades and always
knew there would be a better way to sell and buy homes. iBuying is
coming into its moment, as consumers increasingly want to transact
online. At Offerpad, we combine the technology that makes it
possible, with local real estate experts that provide fantastic
customer service to sellers and buyers—all of which allows us to
turn over homes more efficiently than anyone else in the category.
Our team's combination of grit and real estate experience have
helped us complete around 30,000 transactions and achieve nearly
$7 billion in gross transaction
volume since inception, and we are now poised for fast growth as a
public company."
Spencer Rascoff, co-chair of
Supernova; entrepreneur; co-founder and former CEO of
Zillow
"iBuying has barely scratched the surface of real
estate, one of the biggest addressable markets in the world. In
general, real estate continues to be mostly analog, in contrast to
other industries like grocery, autos and pharmaceuticals, but
consumers demand online solutions. As they bring more transactions
online, we believe online real estate as a whole is poised to grow
rapidly in the coming years and that Offerpad is incredibly
well-positioned to grab a huge piece of this market."
Alexander Klabin, co-chair of
Supernova; founder and CEO of Ancient
"Offerpad has a huge
market opportunity, compelling unit economics and solves a large
consumer need. We are impressed that the Offerpad team has built a
large and efficient business with relatively little capital. As a
public company, well-capitalized and positioned for growth,
Offerpad will be entering its next chapter with great
momentum."
Transaction Overview
The business combination values
Offerpad at a post-transaction equity value of approximately
$3.0 billion. The transaction is
expected to provide up to $650
million in gross cash proceeds to the combined company,
including up to $403 million of cash
held in Supernova's trust account from its initial public offering
in October 2020, a fully committed
$200 million common stock PIPE and a
$50 million direct investment by
affiliates of Supernova.
Existing Offerpad shareholders will roll 100% of their equity
into the combined company and are expected to own approximately 75%
of the combined company at closing. Offerpad's founder and CEO,
Brian Bair, will receive high vote
stock that is expected to represent approximately 35% of the voting
power of the combined company. Upon completion of the transactions,
and after payment of expected transaction expenses and paydown of
certain of Offerpad's debt, Offerpad expects to add approximately
$600 million of cash to the balance
sheet to fund operations and support new and existing growth
initiatives. All references to cash on the balance sheet, available
cash from the trust account and retained transaction proceeds are
subject to any redemptions by the public stockholders of Supernova
in connection with the business combination and payment of
transaction expenses.
The transaction, which has been unanimously approved by the
boards of directors of Offerpad and Supernova, is subject to
approval by Supernova's stockholders and other customary closing
conditions, and is expected to be completed in the second or early
third quarter of 2021.
A more detailed description of the transaction terms and copies
of the key transaction agreements will be included in a current
report on Form 8-K to be filed by Supernova with the SEC.
Advisors
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC is serving as
exclusive financial advisor to Offerpad. Latham & Watkins LLP
is serving as legal counsel to Offerpad.
Jefferies LLC is serving as exclusive financial advisor to
Supernova. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Jefferies LLC are serving
as exclusive capital markets advisors to Supernova. Simpson Thacher
& Bartlett LLP is serving as legal counsel to Supernova.
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Jefferies LLC served as placement
agents for the PIPE financing. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &
Flom LLP served as counsel to the placement agents.
Conference Call Information
Management of Offerpad and
Supernova will host an investor call at 10
am EST on March 18, 2021, to
discuss the proposed transaction. The call will be accompanied by a
detailed investor presentation. Dial-in information is below. A
presentation to accompany the call can be found at
https://www.supernovaspac.com/news/presentations.
Participant Dial In
Domestic: (855) 945-3203
International: +1 (312) 584-0287
Universal Int'l Dial In: +1 (201) 431-1639
Conference ID: 81591
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this
press release may be considered forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements generally relate to future events or
Supernova's or Offerpad's future financial or operating
performance. For example, statements regarding Offerpad's projected
revenue results for 2021, anticipated growth in the industry in
which Offerpad operates and anticipated growth in demand for the
Offerpad's services, are forward-looking statements. In some cases,
you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as
"pro forma", "may", "should", "could", "might", "plan", "possible",
"project", "strive", "budget", "forecast", "expect", "intend",
"will", "estimate", "anticipate", "believe", "predict", "potential"
or "continue", or the negatives of these terms or variations of
them or similar terminology. Such forward-looking statements are
subject to risks, uncertainties, and other factors which could
cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or
implied by such forward looking statements. These forward-looking
statements are based upon estimates and assumptions that, while
considered reasonable by Supernova and its management, and Offerpad
and its management, as the case may be, are inherently uncertain.
Factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from
current expectations include, but are not limited to: the outcome
of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against Supernova,
Offerpad, the combined company or others following the announcement
of the business combination and any definitive agreements with
respect thereto; the inability to complete the business combination
due to the failure to obtain approval of the stockholders of
Supernova or to satisfy other conditions to closing; changes to the
proposed structure of the business combination that may be required
or appropriate as a result of applicable laws or regulations or as
a condition to obtaining regulatory approval of the business
combination; the ability to meet stock exchange listing standards
following the consummation of the business combination; the risk
that the business combination disrupts current plans and operations
of Offerpad as a result of the announcement and consummation of the
business combination; the ability to recognize the anticipated
benefits of the business combination, which may be affected by,
among other things, competition, the ability of the combined
company to grow and manage growth profitably, maintain
relationships with customers and suppliers and retain its
management and key employees; costs related to the business
combination; changes in applicable laws or regulations; the
possibility that Offerpad or the combined company may be adversely
affected by other economic, business, or competitive factors;
Offerpad's estimates of expenses and profitability; the evolution
of the markets in which Offerpad competes; the ability of Offerpad
to implement its strategic initiatives, expansion plans and
continue to innovate its existing services; the impact of the
COVID-19 pandemic on Offerpad's business; and other risks and
uncertainties set forth in the section entitled "Risk Factors" and
"Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements" in
Supernova's final prospectus dated October
22, 2020 relating to its initial public offering.
Nothing in this press release should be regarded as a
representation by any person that the forward-looking statements
set forth herein will be achieved or that any of the contemplated
results of such forward-looking statements will be achieved. You
should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements,
which speak only as of the date they are made. Neither Supernova
nor Offerpad undertakes any duty to update these forward-looking
statements.
Additional Information and Where to Find It
Supernova
intends to file a registration statement on Form S-4 with the
Securities Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), which will include a
proxy statement/prospectus, that will be both the proxy statement
to be distributed to holders of Supernova's common stock in
connection with its solicitation of proxies for the vote by
Supernova's stockholders with respect to the proposed business
combination and other matters as may be described in the
registration statement, as well as the prospectus relating to the
offer and sale of the securities to be issued in the business
combination. After the registration statement is declared
effective, Supernova will mail a definitive proxy
statement/prospectus and other relevant documents to its
stockholders. This press release does not contain all the
information that should be considered concerning the proposed
business combination and is not intended to form the basis of any
investment decision or any other decision in respect of the
business combination. Supernova's stockholders and other interested
persons are advised to read, when available, the preliminary proxy
statement/prospectus included in the registration statement and the
amendments thereto and the definitive proxy statement/prospectus
and other documents filed in connection with the proposed business
combination, as these materials will contain important information
about Offerpad, Supernova and the business combination. When
available, the definitive proxy statement/prospectus and other
relevant materials for the proposed business combination will be
mailed to stockholders of Supernova as of a record date to be
established for voting on the proposed business combination.
Stockholders will also be able to obtain copies of the preliminary
proxy statement, the definitive proxy statement and other documents
filed with the SEC, without charge, once available, at the SEC's
website at www.sec.gov, or by directing a request to Supernova's
secretary at 4301 50th Street NW, Suite 300 PMB 1044, Washington, D.C. 20016, (202) 918-7050.
Participants in the Solicitation
Supernova and its
directors and executive officers may be deemed participants in the
solicitation of proxies from Supernova's stockholders with respect
to the proposed business combination. A list of the names of those
directors and executive officers and a description of their
interests in Supernova is contained in Supernova's prospectus dated
October 22, 2020 relating to its
initial public offering, which was filed with the SEC and is
available free of charge at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. To
the extent such holdings of Supernova's securities may have changed
since that time, such changes have been or will be reflected on
Statements of Change in Ownership on Form 4 filed with the SEC.
Additional information regarding the interests of such participants
will be contained in the proxy statement/prospectus for the
proposed business combination when available.
Offerpad and its directors and executive officers may also be
deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the
stockholders of Supernova in connection with the proposed business
combination. A list of the names of such directors and executive
officers and information regarding their interests in the proposed
business combination will be included in the proxy
statement/prospectus for the proposed business combination when
available.
No Offer or Solicitation
This press release does not
constitute (i) a solicitation of a proxy, consent or authorization
with respect to any securities or in respect of the proposed
business combination or (ii) an offer to sell, a solicitation of an
offer to buy, or a recommendation to purchase any security of
Supernova, Offerpad, or any of their respective affiliates.
About Offerpad
Offerpad's mission is to provide the
best way to buy and sell a home. Period. Founded in 2015, Offerpad
has revolutionized residential real estate with its one-stop Real
Estate Solutions Center and leading digital platform, empowering
customers to sell and buy a home their way. Offerpad currently
operates in 900+ cities and towns across the U.S. and plans to
continue its expansion. For more information, visit
www.offerpad.com.
Media Relations
Contact:
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Katie
Curnutte
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Laura Collins,
Offerpad
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617.640.9765
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480.220.0021
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katie@supernovaspac.com
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press@offerpad.com
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