That article was 3 months old so the Origo deal was still on the table then, it’s not now.
“A SPAC can be looked at as an IPO of a "company to be named later." A SPAC is a shell, or blank check, company that first raises money through its IPO to acquire an unspecified target company, and then seeks out a private company to purchase. ... They approach an investment bank to handle the IPO of the SPAC.”