Company: GPAC
Filing Date: 2025-09-10
Form Type: DRS
Source: 0001140361-25-034565
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Company: General Purpose Acquisition Corp.
Filing Date: 2025-09-10
Form: DRS
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 the Investment Banking division of Ladenburg Thalmann, an investment bank that has been an underwriter and advisor of numerous SPAC transactions. His broad transactional experience encompasses public equity and high-yield note offerings, private placements of debt and equity securities, merger advisory transactions, and various debt restructuring assignments. Mr. Intrater has significant SPAC experience, having served as a director or executive of three SPACs which have announced or closed business combinations, to include Voyager Acquisition Corp, Mana Capital Acquisition Corp and GreenVision Acquisition Corp. Prior to joining Ladenburg Thalmann, he served as a Head of Telecom Investment Banking and Managing Director at Brenner Securities Corporation, where he executed numerous transactions for both privately-held and public clients. Earlier in his career, Mr. Intrater served as Senior Vice President at BIA, Frazier, Gross & Kadlec, a telecommunications valuations firm. Mr. Intrater holds an M.B.A. from Vanderbilt University and a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania.

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#### Market Opportunity
While we may pursue an initial business combination in any industry, we intend to focus on combining with a leading business operating in seven broadly defined market areas: (i) marine technology, (ii) marine services, (iii) U.S.-focused marine businesses, (iv) marine distribution, (v) marine logistics, (vi) vessel technical managers, and (vii) data centers. The GPAC team has significant experience in maritime and technology investments and is thus advantageously positioned to execute on a transaction within them.

Marine technology

The marine technology sector encompasses a rapidly evolving ecosystem of companies that are driving digital transformation across the global maritime industry. This sector integrates advanced software platforms, data analytics, automation, and artificial intelligence to optimize vessel operations, enhance safety protocols, ensure regulatory compliance, and promote environmental sustainability. Key areas of innovation include real-time fleet monitoring, predictive maintenance, autonomous navigation systems, and emissions tracking, among others. As the maritime industry faces increasing pressure to modernize and decarbonize, we believe marine technology companies are well-positioned to deliver scalable solutions that address these challenges for a significant market. We intend to target businesses with differentiated technology offerings, strong intellectual property portfolios, and the potential to become category-defining platforms in a traditionally under-digitized industry.

Marine services

Marine services represent a broad and essential segment of the maritime economy, encompassing a wide range of specialized service providers that support vessel operations, port