Home Plate Acquisition Corporation Announces Adjournment of Special Meeting of Stockholders Until 11:00 AM Eastern Time On October 2, 2023
September 28 2023 - 11:25AM
Home Plate Acquisition Corporation (the “Company” or “Home Plate”)
(NASDAQ: HPLT) announced that it convened and then adjourned,
without conducting any business, its special meeting of
stockholders (the “Special Meeting”). The Special Meeting has been
adjourned to 11:00 a.m., Eastern Time, on October 2, 2023, as a
virtual meeting at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/HPLT2023SM2.
The Special Meeting is being held for the purposes of considering
and voting on (i) the Extension Amendment Proposal, (ii) the Trust
Amendment Proposal and (iii) the Redemption Limitation Amendment
Proposal, each as described in Home Plate’s definitive proxy
statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”)
on September 18, 2023.
The proxy card included with the previously distributed proxy
materials will not be updated to reflect the adjournment and may
continue to be used to vote shares in connection with the Special
Meeting. The record date for the Special Meeting remains September
7, 2023. Home Plate stockholders who have already voted and do not
wish to change their vote do not need to vote again.
ABOUT HOME PLATE ACQUISITION CORPORATION
Home Plate is a blank check company formed for
the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset
acquisition, share purchase, reorganization, or similar business
combination with one or more businesses. Home Plate is led by Dan
Ciporin, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Jonathan
Rosenzweig, Chief Financial Officer.
For more information about Home Plate, please
visit https://homeplateacq.com/
IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND WHERE TO FIND IT
Home Plate has mailed to its stockholders of record as of
September 7, 2023 a definitive proxy statement (the “Extension
Proxy Statement”) for a special meeting of stockholders to be held
on September 28, 2023 to (i) extend the date by which Home Plate
must consummate an initial business combination or, otherwise,
cease its operations (except for the purpose of winding up) from
October 4, 2023 to December 22, 2023 and (ii) amend the Company’s
Amended and Restated Certificate of incorporation to eliminate the
limitation that the Company shall not redeem shares of its Class A
common stock par value $0.0001 per share of the Company (“Class A
common stock”) to the extent that such redemption would cause the
Company’s net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001.
Stockholders may obtain a copy of the Extension Proxy Statement,
without charge, by directing a request to: Home Plate Acquisition
Corporation, P.O. Box 1314 New York, NY 10028. The Extension Proxy
Statement can also be obtained, without charge, at the SEC’s
website, www.sec.gov.
PARTICIPANTS IN THE SOLICITATION
Home Plate and its directors and executive officers may be
deemed participants in the solicitation of proxies with respect to
the Extension Proxy Statement under the rules of the SEC.
Information about the directors and executive officers of Home
Plate is set forth in Home Plate’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, which was filed with the
SEC on March 14, 2023 and Home Plate’s Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2023, filed on May 11,
2023 and Home Plate’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three
months ended June 30, 2023, filed on August 9, 2023. Information
regarding the persons who may, under the rules of the SEC, be
deemed participants in the solicitation of the stockholders in
connection with the potential transaction will be set forth in the
definitive proxy statement/prospectus when it is filed with the
SEC. These documents can be obtained free of charge from the
sources indicated above.
NO OFFER OR SOLICITATION
This press release shall not constitute a solicitation of a
proxy, consent, or authorization with respect to any securities.
This press release shall also not constitute an offer to sell or
the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there
be any sale of securities in any states or jurisdictions in which
such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to
registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such
jurisdiction. No offering of securities shall be made except by
means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or an exemption therefrom.
Investor Contact:Jonathan RosenzweigTel
+1-917-513-3028Jonathan@homeplateacq.com
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