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Latest SPAC News: DWAC fails to pay proxy solicitors, and Ocean Biomedical discovers new therapy that can potentially kill cancerous cells
Trump SPAC fails to pay proxy firm despite tough hunt for votes, Financial Times reports
Executives behind a SPAC Digital World Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ:DWAC) that plans to take Donald Trump’s media business public have failed to pay their proxy solicitors, The Financial Times reported on Saturday.
Digital World Acquisition Corp, set up by Patrick Orlando, has not paid Saratoga Proxy Consulting for its work helping to rally shareholders, report said, citing people familiar with the matter.
READOcean Biomedical discovers new therapy that can potentially kill cancerous cells
Ocean Biomedical and Aesther Healthcare Acquisition Corp. announced the discovery of a therapy that could potentially kill glioblastoma and melanoma cells – two types of cancerous cells – and block the spread of these cells to the lungs.
The company discovered antibodies that can target both CHI3L1, a regulator of a series of cancer-causing pathways, and ICPI, immune checkpoint inhibitors.
The Providence-based biopharma company recently announced it has entered a merger agreement with special purpose acquisition company Aesther Healthcare Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:AEHA), which is expected to be complete by the end of 2022. Ocean Biomedical will then become a subsidiary of Aesther Healthcare Acquisition Corp. and the combined company will be renamed Ocean Biomedical Inc.
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Considerations for Creating Shareholder Value in a Volatile Market Join us for a virtual panel on December 14, 2022 The current trends of rising interest rates and inflationary cost increases, among other things, have imposed downward pressures on publicly traded equity prices, especially for businesses that became publicly traded via a de-SPAC merger. Please...
Below is a daily summary of links to the latest SPAC news and rumors gathered across the web. Latest SPAC News: Virgin Galactic appoints new top lawyer, Trump Media SPAC rises after investors approve merger deadline extension, and Al Maadeed to be first Qatari to list company on NYSE Virgin Galactic, Preparing for Liftoff,...
PMV Consumer (OTC PINK:PMVC) announced that it is redeeming all non-insider public shares for approximately $10.09 per share, but it will not be dissolving just yet. The SPAC is set to provide written redemption notices to each shareholder and trust proceeds are to be distributed within 30 days of these notices. PMV Consumer will then...
Below is a daily summary of links to the latest SPAC news and rumors gathered across the web. Latest SPAC News: Ex-Marvel chief takes the wheel at Arrival, Paysafe plans reverse stock split, and Dave Inc. to pursue a bank charter Founder of troubled electric van maker Arrival steps aside as CEO The founder...
Digital World (NASDAQ:DWAC) announced late Wednesday that its shareholders have approved amending its charter to allow for automatic three-month extensions of its transaction deadline until September 8, 2023. This brings to close a long drama during which Digital World adjourned the vote without concluding business six times at different meetings in September, October and November....