Vistas Media Acquisition Company Inc. (NASDAQ: VMAC) (“VMAC”), a
publicly traded special purpose acquisition company (“SPAC”) led by
CEO F. Jacob Cherian and co-founders Saurabh Gupta and Abhayanand
Singh, and Anghami Inc. (“Anghami” or the “Company”), the leading
music streaming platform and service in the Middle East and North
Africa, announced today the completion of their business
combination (the “Business Combination”).
The Business Combination was approved by a
majority of VMAC stockholders at a special meeting held on January
19, 2022. Following the closing of this Business Combination, the
common stock of the surviving company will begin trading in the
United States on the NASDAQ Global Market under the ticker “ANGH”
and the surviving company’s warrants will begin trading on the
NASDAQ Capital Market under the ticker “ANGHW,” on February 4, 2022
at 9:30 AM ET.
F. Jacob Cherian, Chief Executive Officer of
VMAC, commented, “We are delighted to announce the completion of
our business combination with Anghami, bringing the first Arab
technology company to the United States NASDAQ exchange. We would
like to congratulate the Anghami team on this incredible
achievement, and are excited to see its next chapter as a public
company."
“Today is a testament to the hard work and
dedication of our company, employees and partners at Vistas Media
Acquisition Company,” said Eddy Maroun, Co-Founder and Chief
Executive Officer of Anghami. “As a public company, we will further
develop our ecosystem of creators, expand our content and add
millions of users in MENA and globally.”
Elie Habib, Co-Founder and Chief Technology
Officer added, “The business combination is the culmination of a
long journey and we are pleased to be joining NASDAQ, which will
provide the foundation for us to hire the best engineers, further
innovate and offer our users the best experience and new
products.”
Anghami brings to the NASDAQ the first
music-streaming platform in the Middle East and North Africa,
offering more than 75 million songs to more than 75 million
registered users with around 1 billion streams per month.
AdvisorsTruist Securities acted
as financial and capital markets advisor to VMAC. Benchmark and
I-Bankers Securities, Inc. also acted as financial advisors and
Winston & Strawn LLP acted as legal advisor to VMAC.
SHUAA Capital acted as financial advisor and
global underwriter to Anghami. Norton Rose Fulbright acted as legal
advisor to Anghami. Baker Botts L.L.P. acted as U.S. counsel to
SHUAA Capital.
About Vistas Media Acquisition Company
Inc.Vistas Media Acquisition Company Inc. is a blank check
company, also commonly referred to as a Special Purpose Acquisition
Company, or SPAC, formed for the purpose of effecting a merger,
stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization
or similar business combination with one or more businesses or
entities in the Global Media and Entertainment sector.
To learn more about Vistas Media Acquisition
Company Inc., please visit https://vmac.media.
About Anghami Inc.Anghami is
the leading digital music entertainment technology platform in the
Middle East and North Africa, with the largest catalog comprising
more than 75 million songs available for more than 75 million
users. When it launched in 2012, Anghami was the first
music-streaming platform in MENA. In digitizing the region’s music,
it has become the best-known and best-loved brand in music
streaming in MENA. Today, Anghami features licensed content from
leading Arabic labels, independent artists and distributors.
Anghami also features music from the major International labels
such as Universal, Sony, Warner and is continuously licensing new
content. Headquartered in Abu Dhabi, it has offices in Beirut,
Dubai, Cairo and Riyadh and operates in 16 countries across MENA.
It is the only service available in English, Arabic and French, and
remains close to its customer base, not only thanks to its
pan-regional presence but also via the 56 million user data points
it generates every day.
To learn more about Anghami, please visit:
https://anghami.com.
Cautionary Statement Regarding
Forward-Looking StatementsThis press release includes
“forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the “safe
harbor” provisions of the United States Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. VMAC’s and Anghami’s actual results
may differ from their expectations, estimates, and projections and,
consequently, you should not rely on these forward-looking
statements as predictions of future events. Words such as “expect,”
“estimate,” “project,” “budget,” “forecast,” “anticipate,”
“intend,” “plan,” “may,” “will,” “could,” “should,” “believes,”
“predicts,” “potential,” “continue,” and similar expressions (or
the negative versions of such words or expressions) are intended to
identify such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking
statements include, without limitation, the satisfaction of the
closing conditions to the proposed business combination, and the
timing of the completion of the proposed business combination.
These forward-looking statements involve significant risks and
uncertainties that could cause the actual results to differ
materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements.
Most of these factors are outside VMAC’s and Anghami’s control and
are difficult to predict. Factors that may cause such differences
include, but are not limited to: (1) the impact of COVID-19 on
Anghami’s business; (2) the risk that the business combination
disrupts current plans and operations as a result of the
announcement and consummation of the proposed business combination;
(3) costs related to the business combination; (4) changes in
applicable laws or regulations; (5) the possibility that Anghami or
VMAC may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or
competitive factors; and (6) other risks and uncertainties
identified in Anghami’s registration statement on Form F-4 (File
No. 333-260234) filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “SEC”), which was declared effective on December
16, 2021, with respect to the Company’s securities to be issued in
connection with the business combination, and in other documents
filed or to be filed with the SEC by the Company or VMAC and
available at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Anghami cautions
that the foregoing list of factors is not exclusive and cautions
readers not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking
statements, which speak only as of the date made. Except as
required by law, Anghami does not undertake or accept any
obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or
revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect any change
in its expectations or any change in events, conditions, or
circumstances on which any such statement is based.
Contacts:
VMAC:F. Jacob Cherian, CEO +1
212- 859-3525fjc@vmac.media
Investor Contact:Ashley
DeSimoneAshley.Desimone@icrinc.com
Brett Milotte, ICRBrett.Milotte@icrinc.com
Middle East Media:Dhanya Issac
/ Omar Nasro, ASDA’A BCWDhanya.Issac@bcw-global.com /
Omar.Nasro@bcw-global.com
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