UK, using only one company. Clearwire acquired Sprint's Xohm division, taking the former company's name and with Sprint holding a controlling stake, leaving the resulting company publicly traded. T-Mobile US which was called T-Mobile USA, Inc. at the time acquired MetroPCS and after the merger was completed changed the company name to T-Mobile US and began trading on the New York Stock Exchange as TMUS. When the Holland America Line (HAL) was sold to Carnival Corporation & plc in 1989, the former owners (the Van der Vorm family) put the proceeds in an investment company (HAL Investments), using the cruise line's former Dutch listing to go public. When VMWare was acquired by Dell, a reverse merge was in place so the latter would be back to the stock market as a public company. In July 2020, Fisker, Inc announced plans to go public via a merger with Spartan Acquisition Corp (SPAQ), a "blank-check" company backed by Apollo Global Management. See also Capital formation Initial public offering Privately held company Public company Private investment in public equity Limited company References External links William K. Sjostrom, Jr., "The Truth About Reverse Mergers", Entrepreneurial Business Law Journal "Are Chinese Reverse Mergers Toxic?", Prof. Charles Lee, Stanford Graduate School of Business Mergers and acquisitions