Digital World Acquisition Corp. Announces Board's Decision to Extend the Deadline to Complete Initial Business Combination
- Extension provides additional time for completing business combination
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MIAMI, FL / ACCESSWIRE / September 7, 2023 / Digital World Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:DWAC) ("Digital World" or the "Company") announced today that the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board") extended the date by which the Company has to complete its initial business combination from September 8, 2023 to December 8, 2023 (the "Extension"). The Extension is the first of four three-month extensions permitted under the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, and provides the Company with additional time to complete its initial business combination as determined by the Board.
About Digital World Acquisition Corp.
Digital World Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:DWAC) is a special purpose acquisition company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. To learn more, visit www.dwacspac.com.
About TMTG
Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. ("TMTG") is a social media and technology company. The mission of TMTG is to end Big Tech's assault on free speech by opening up the Internet and giving people their voices back. TMTG operates Truth Social, a social media platform established as a safe harbor for free expression amid increasingly harsh censorship by Big Tech corporations. To learn more, visit www.tmtgcorp.com.
Additional Information and Where to Find It
DWAC has filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (as may be amended from time to time, the "Registration Statement"), which includes a preliminary proxy statement of the Company, and a prospectus in connection with a proposed business combination (the "Business Combination") with TMTG. The definitive proxy statement and other relevant documents will be mailed to stockholders of DWAC as of a record date to be established for voting on the Business Combination. Securityholders of DWAC and other interested persons are advised to read the preliminary proxy statement/prospectus, and amendments thereto, and, when available, the definitive proxy statement/prospectus in connection with DWAC's solicitation of proxies for the special meeting to be held to approve the Business Combination because these documents will contain important information about DWAC, TMTG and the Business Combination. DWAC's securityholders and other interested persons will also be able to obtain copies of the Registration Statement and the proxy statement/prospectus, without charge, once available, on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov or by directing a request to: Digital World Acquisition Corp., 3109 Grand Ave, #450, Miami, FL 33133.
Participants in Solicitation
DWAC and TMTG and certain of their respective directors, executive officers, other members of management and employees, under SEC rules, may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the securityholders of DWAC in favor of the approval of the proposed extension and the Business Combination. Securityholders of DWAC and other interested persons may obtain more information regarding the names and interests of DWAC's directors and officers in the Business Combination in DWAC's filings with the SEC, including in the definitive proxy statement and the Registration Statement, and the names and interests of TMTG's directors and officers in the proposed Business Combination in the Registration Statement. These documents can be obtained free of charge from the sources indicated above. TMTG and its officers and directors who are participants in the solicitation do not have any interests in DWAC or the proposed extension other than with respect to their interests in the Business Combination, to the extent the extension is effectuated.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws with respect to the proposed Business Combination between the Company and TMTG. These forward-looking statements generally are identified by the words "believe," "project," "expect," "anticipate," "estimate," "intend," "strategy," "future," "opportunity," "plan," "may," "should," "will," "would," "will be," "will continue," "will likely result" and similar expressions, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Forward-looking statements are predictions, projections and other statements about future events that are based on current expectations and assumptions and, as a result, are subject to risks and uncertainties.
Many factors could cause actual future events to differ materially from the forward-looking statements in this press release, including but not limited to: (i) the risk that the Business Combination and the securities purchase agreements (the "SPAs") with certain institutional investors (the "PIPE Investors") pursuant to which the PIPE Investors agreed to purchase up to an aggregate of 1,000,000 shares of Digital World's Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (the "Preferred Stock") for a purchase price of
These filings identify and address other important risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events and results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements, and while DWAC and TMTG may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, they assume no obligation to update or revise these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Neither DWAC nor TMTG gives any assurance that DWAC, TMTG, or the combined company, will achieve its expectations.
Contact Information
Investor Relations:
Name: Alex Cano
Email: investorrelations@dwacspac.com
SOURCE: Digital World Acquisition Corp.
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