GSC Acquisition Company Announces Anticipated Expiration and Distribution of Assets
23 Juni 2009 - 10:43PM
PR Newswire (US)
NEW YORK, June 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- GSC Acquisition Company
(NYSE Amex, Units: GGA.U, Common Stock: GGA, Warrants: GGA.WS) (the
"Company") today announced that, in accordance with its amended and
restated certificate of incorporation and applicable law, its
corporate existence will terminate on June 25, 2009. The Company
also announced that its board of directors on June 22, 2009,
adopted a plan of distribution to become effective on June 25,
2009. In accordance with the plan of distribution, the Company will
instruct American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the trustee
of the trust account established in connection with the Company's
initial public offering, to distribute the proceeds of the trust
account (net of $75,000 of accrued interest to be disbursed to the
Company to pay certain expenses associated with the Company's
expiration and winding up) to the Company's public stockholders
following the termination of the Company's existence. Payable upon
presentation, distributions will be made to holders of shares of
the Company's common stock that were issued in the initial public
offering. Stockholders whose stock is held in "street name" through
a broker will automatically receive payment through the Depository
Trust Company. The distribution is expected to be approximately
$9.81 per share. In accordance with the Company's amended and
restated certificate of incorporation and the terms of its initial
public offering, no payments will be made in respect of the
Company's outstanding warrants (which will expire worthless on June
25, 2009) or to any of the Company's initial stockholders with
respect to the shares owned by them prior to the initial public
offering. In addition, the underwriters of the Company's initial
public offering will forfeit any rights or claims to their deferred
underwriting discounts and commissions held in the trust account.
NYSE Amex is expected to suspend the trading, and the Company's
transfer agent will be instructed to cease recording transfers, of
the Company's units, common stock and warrants on June 25, 2009.
The Company intends to submit a Certification of Termination of
Registration on Form 15 to the Securities and Exchange Commission
for the purpose of deregistering its securities under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Any further questions
regarding the distribution should be directed to Shareholder
Services at American Stock Transfer & Trust Company at (800)
937-5449 or (718) 921-8124. FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS This press
release contains forward-looking statements. Statements that are
not historical facts, including statements about beliefs and
expectations, are forward-looking statements. Although the Company
believes that the assumptions on which the forward-looking
statements contained herein are based are reasonable, any of those
assumptions could prove to be inaccurate given the inherent
uncertainties as to the occurrence or non-occurrence of future
events. The factors that could cause actual results to differ from
forward-looking statements contained herein include the risks and
uncertainties set forth in the Company's filings with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission (available at
http://www.sec.gov/). Contact: Carl J. Crosetto GSC Group
973-437-1007 Roland Tomforde Broadgate Consultants, LLC
212-232-2222 DATASOURCE: GSC Acquisition Company CONTACT: Carl J.
Crosetto of GSC Group, +1-973-437-1007; or Roland Tomforde of
Broadgate Consultants, LLC, for GSC Group, +1-212-232-2222
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