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BT Brands, Inc.

BTBD/Aero Velocity, Inc.private

BT Brands to merge with Aero Velocity in reverse cap deal

StockDefinitive Proxymedium confidence

Merger Arbeconomics, downside, days

Deal value

stock

Per-share offer

Premium

Days to close

Term fee

ConsiderationStock
AnnouncedApr 24, 2026
Days outstanding84d
Expected close
Termination fee
Reverse term fee
Go-shop period
Fiduciary out
Financing condition
Debt commitment
Insider lock-up

No structured deal economics extracted yet. Re-run the scanner or fall back to the source filing below.


Timelineannounced → close
  1. Announced

    Apr 24, 2026

  2. Preliminary Proxy

  3. Definitive Proxy

  4. Record date

  5. Shareholder vote

  6. Expected close


Vote Mechanicsrecord / mailing / vote
Vote required
Vote date
Record date
Mailing date
Record → vote
Threshold
Min approvalparsed
Shares outstanding
Insider lock-up

Regulatory & ConditionsHSR / EU / CFIUS / MAC

No regulatory or closing-conditions data extracted yet. The merger agreement Exhibit 10.1 contains this in the “Conditions to Closing” and “Regulatory Approvals” articles.


Closing Conditionsapprovals · vote · financing · lockups

No closing-condition data extracted.


Interloper Riskcompeting bids, activist filers

No competing-bidder, activist, or dissident-proxy signals in the database for this target.


Advisors

No advisor data on record for this deal.


Filing Timelineevery filing on this issuer
  1. Apr 24, 2026this filing

    BT Brands to merge with Aero Velocity in reverse cap deal


Sources

BT Brands, Inc. (Pubco) entered into a Merger Agreement with Aero Velocity, Inc. on September 2, 2025, whereby Aero will merge with Pubco's subsidiary in a reverse capitalization transaction with Aero deemed the accounting acquiror. Aero Velocity shareholders will receive 10,110 shares of Pubco Series A-1 and Series A-2 Preferred Stock, and concurrently invest $3-5 million in Pubco Series B Preferred Stock. Post-closing, Pubco will execute a spin-off of its BT Group subsidiary to existing stockholders and pursue a Nasdaq listing under symbols AVEL and AVELW.

Item id: b7cfe760-15da-409c-9882-887c1b933ce1 · ingested Apr 24, 2026