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Tessera Defense & Homeland Security Inc.HLSQ

Class A HLSQCIK 0001739174

Cash in trust

—

Not yet disclosed

Trust per share

$10.00

Redemption value

IPO

Dec 2018

—

Combination deadline

—

Not disclosed

Filings on record

582

Latest Oct 23, 2026

Business combination

Target
Not disclosed in an indexed filing
Announced
Jul 17, 2019
Closed
Nov 1, 2019

Overview

Tessera Defense & Homeland Security Inc. is a special purpose acquisition company incorporated in Delaware and registered with the SEC under CIK 0001739174. It completed its initial public offering in Dec 2018 and listing on NYSE. Class A shares trade under the ticker HLSQ on NYSE. The vehicle is sponsored by Tessera Defense & Homeland Security. Business combination closed; the company trades under a new ticker.

Reading the filings

Arithmetic on what Tessera Defense & Homeland Security Inc. has disclosed, written the way a desk would read it. These are observations, not a rating. Nothing here scores the vehicle or implies a view on it.

  • Trust versus the $10 unit

    The trust holds $10.00 per public share, effectively the $10.00 the units were sold at, so little or no interest has accrued to the account yet.

How busy it has been

Filings per month since the first one. A vehicle that has gone quiet with a deadline ahead is a different proposition from one that is still working.

301502018-052026-10

582 filings in all. 29 in the last three months, against a busiest month of 30.

News on Tessera Defense & Homeland Security Inc.

Last 90 days

News sentiment

Neutral
negativeneutralpositive

Across 12 recent stories, weighted towards the newest. Scored by our own headline classifier using finance- and SPAC-specific terms. It reads what a story is about, not what the shares are worth.

SEC filing history

Free tier: filings older than 24 hours
  • 8-K

    Submission of matters to a vote of security holders

    Items 3.02, 5.02, 5.07, 9.01 · Accession 0001213900-26-112192

    Oct 23, 2026

    1d ago

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  • 8-K

    Current report

    Items 3.02, 9.01 · Accession 0001213900-26-110754

    Oct 19, 2026

    5d ago

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  • 8-K

    Other events

    Items 3.02, 8.01, 9.01 · Accession 0001213900-26-109087

    Oct 13, 2026

    11d ago

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  • DEFA14A

    Additional proxy soliciting material

    Accession 0001213900-26-108045

    Oct 8, 2026

    16d ago

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  • DEFA14A

    Additional proxy soliciting material

    Accession 0001213900-26-108041

    Oct 8, 2026

    16d ago

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  • 8-K

    Regulation FD disclosure

    Items 5.02, 7.01, 9.01 · Accession 0001213900-26-107541

    Oct 7, 2026

    17d ago

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  • DEF 14A

    Definitive proxy statement

    Accession 0001213900-26-107281

    Oct 7, 2026

    17d ago

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  • SCHEDULE 13D/A

    SCHEDULE 13D/A filing

    Accession 0001213900-26-106995

    Oct 6, 2026

    18d ago

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  • SCHEDULE 13G

    Beneficial ownership report (passive)

    Accession 0001213900-26-106878

    Oct 5, 2026

    19d ago

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  • 8-K

    Entry into a material definitive agreement

    Items 1.01, 2.03, 3.02, 9.01 · Accession 0001213900-26-106872

    Oct 5, 2026

    19d ago

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  • 8-K

    Regulation FD disclosure

    Items 7.01, 9.01 · Accession 0001213900-26-104363

    Sep 29, 2026

    25d ago

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  • PRE 14A

    PRELIMINARY PROXY STATEMENT

    Accession 0001213900-26-103589

    Sep 28, 2026

    26d ago

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  • 8-K

    Entry into a material definitive agreement

    Items 1.01, 9.01 · Accession 0001213900-26-103251

    Sep 25, 2026

    29d ago

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  • 8-K

    Entry into a material definitive agreement

    Items 1.01, 3.02, 9.01 · Accession 0001213900-26-102245

    Sep 22, 2026

    1mo ago

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  • SCHEDULE 13D

    Beneficial ownership report (activist)

    Accession 0001213900-26-100950

    Sep 17, 2026

    1mo ago

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  • 8-K

    Regulation FD disclosure

    Items 5.03, 7.01, 9.01 · Accession 0001213900-26-100156

    Sep 15, 2026

    1mo ago

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  • SCHEDULE 13D/A

    SCHEDULE 13D/A filing

    Accession 0001213900-26-100121

    Sep 15, 2026

    1mo ago

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  • 8-K

    Current report

    Items 5.03, 9.01 · Accession 0001213900-26-098212

    Sep 9, 2026

    1mo ago

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  • 8-K

    Other events

    Items 8.01, 9.01 · Accession 0001213900-26-096273

    Sep 1, 2026

    1mo ago

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  • 8-K/A

    Other events

    Items 8.01, 9.01 · Accession 0001213900-26-096272

    Sep 1, 2026

    1mo ago

    View on EDGAR ↗
  • 8-K

    Other events

    Items 8.01, 9.01 · Accession 0001213900-26-095146

    Aug 28, 2026

    1mo ago

    View on EDGAR ↗
  • 8-K

    Submission of matters to a vote of security holders

    Items 5.07, 9.01 · Accession 0001213900-26-093565

    Aug 25, 2026

    2mo ago

    View on EDGAR ↗
  • SCHEDULE 13G/A

    Amended beneficial ownership report (passive)

    Accession 0001957515-26-000004

    Aug 20, 2026

    2mo ago

    View on EDGAR ↗
  • 10-Q

    Quarterly report

    Accession 0001213900-26-091780

    Aug 19, 2026

    2mo ago

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  • NT 10-Q

    Late quarterly report notification

    Accession 0001213900-26-090211

    Aug 14, 2026

    2mo ago

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  • SCHEDULE 13G/A

    Amended beneficial ownership report (passive)

    Accession 0001104659-26-097274

    Aug 14, 2026

    2mo ago

    View on EDGAR ↗
  • SCHEDULE 13G/A

    Amended beneficial ownership report (passive)

    Accession 0001213900-26-089094

    Aug 13, 2026

    2mo ago

    View on EDGAR ↗
  • 8-K

    Entry into a material definitive agreement

    Items 1.01, 3.02, 9.01 · Accession 0001213900-26-087839

    Aug 11, 2026

    2mo ago

    View on EDGAR ↗
  • DEF 14A

    Definitive proxy statement

    Accession 0001213900-26-087834

    Aug 11, 2026

    2mo ago

    View on EDGAR ↗
  • 8-K

    Entry into a material definitive agreement

    Items 1.01, 3.02, 9.01 · Accession 0001213900-26-082025

    Jul 28, 2026

    2mo ago

    View on EDGAR ↗

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Tessera Defense & Homeland Security Inc.: questions answered

What is Tessera Defense & Homeland Security Inc. (HLSQ)?

Tessera Defense & Homeland Security Inc. is a special purpose acquisition company incorporated in Delaware and registered with the SEC under CIK 0001739174. It completed its initial public offering in Dec 2018 and listing on NYSE. Class A shares trade under the ticker HLSQ on NYSE. The vehicle is sponsored by Tessera Defense & Homeland Security. Business combination closed; the company trades under a new ticker.

How much does Tessera Defense & Homeland Security Inc. hold in trust?

No trust balance has been disclosed in a filing we have indexed for Tessera Defense & Homeland Security Inc.. For a newly priced IPO this is normal: the figure first appears in the quarterly report after closing.

When must Tessera Defense & Homeland Security Inc. complete a merger?

No combination deadline appears in the filings we have indexed. The date is stated in the charter and repeated in each quarterly report; where our parser could not establish it with confidence we leave it blank rather than infer one.

What happens if Tessera Defense & Homeland Security Inc. does not find a target in time?

The charter requires the vehicle to redeem 100% of the public shares and return the trust, pro rata, to public shareholders. That is the mechanism working as designed rather than a default. Founder shares and warrants are worthless in that outcome, which is why the sponsor's incentive is to get a deal done or to buy more time. Across the market, deadline lapsed without a deal; trust returned to public shareholders.

Can I redeem shares in Tessera Defense & Homeland Security Inc., and at what price?

Public shareholders may elect to redeem in connection with a combination vote and at each extension vote, at the pro-rata trust value on the relevant record date, most recently disclosed at about $10.00 per share. Redemption is a right attached to the public shares only; warrants and rights carry no claim on the trust. The mechanics and the deadline for electing are set out in the proxy statement for the vote in question.

What tickers does Tessera Defense & Homeland Security Inc. trade under?

Class A shares trade as HLSQ on NYSE. Units trade first and separate into their component securities roughly 52 days after the IPO; only the Class A shares carry the redemption right against the trust.

Is the trust value the same as the share price for Tessera Defense & Homeland Security Inc.?

No, and the gap between them is the whole trade. Trust per share is a disclosed, contractual figure of $10.00, being what a redeeming holder receives. The market price is whatever the shares change hands at: most recently $0.26, a spread to the redemption value. Quotes on this site are delayed and indicative; confirm on your own venue before trading.

Who sponsors Tessera Defense & Homeland Security Inc., and what is their track record?

Tessera Defense & Homeland Security is the sponsor entity, part of the Tessera Defense & Homeland Security franchise. This is the only vehicle we have attributed to that sponsor.

Is Tessera Defense & Homeland Security Inc. tradeable, and where?

Yes. HLSQ returned a live quote of $0.26 on NYSE. Quotes here are delayed and refreshed on a schedule rather than streamed, so treat the figure as indicative and confirm on your own venue. Units and warrants trade under their own symbols and are quoted separately.

Is Tessera Defense & Homeland Security Inc. a good investment?

That is not a question this site answers. Tessera Defense & Homeland Security Inc. is covered here as reference data: what the company filed, when it filed it, and what the numbers in those filings say. The Edge, FOMO and Potential scores on this page are derived measures with a published formula, not ratings of investment merit: they describe the setup, and every component is shown so you can take them apart. We publish no price targets and no recommendations, and nothing here should be read as advice. The figures are a starting point for your own work, and each one carries the accession number of the filing it came from.

Where does this Tessera Defense & Homeland Security Inc. data come from?

Filings Tessera Defense & Homeland Security Inc. submitted to the SEC under CIK 0001739174: the registration statement and final prospectus for the structure, quarterly and annual reports for the trust, current reports and proxy statements for deals, votes and extensions. Trust economics are taken from the registrant's own XBRL tags rather than parsed from prose, which is why they are exact. Every filing in the history above is listed with its accession number, which identifies the document uniquely on EDGAR; Pro accounts open it directly from the row.

Compiled by the SPACListing research desk

Last reconciled Oct 25, 2026

Every figure on this page is read from documents the registrants filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, principally the IPO prospectus (Form 424B4), quarterly and annual reports, current reports and proxy statements, the registrant's own XBRL tags for trust economics. Nothing is sourced from press coverage, from the companies themselves, or from a third-party aggregator. Where a filing does not disclose something, the field is left blank rather than estimated.

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