Amplitude Healthcare Acquisition Corporation (Nasdaq: AMHC)
(“AMHC”), a special purpose acquisition company, today announced
that its stockholders voted to approve the previously announced
business combination (the “Business Combination”) with Jasper
Therapeutics, Inc. (“Jasper”), a biotechnology company focused on
the development of novel curative therapies based on the biology of
the hematopoietic stem cell, and all other proposals presented at
AMHC’’s special shareholder’s meeting held on September 22, 2021.
AMHC’’s shareholders approved the Business
Combination proposal with 74.9% votes in favor of the approximately
9,872,643 AMHC votes cast at the meeting. AMHC plans to file the
results of the meeting, as tabulated by an independent inspector of
elections, on a Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “SEC”).
Holders of 9,262,099 shares of AMHC Class A
common stock have elected to redeem their shares in connection with
the Business Combination. As a result of such redemptions, Jasper
has agreed to waive the requirement that the amount of cash
available in AMHC’s trust account following the Business
Combination be, in the aggregate, at least $130.0 million.
Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the
other customary closing conditions, the Business Combination is
expected to close on or about September 24, 2021. Following the
closing, the combined company will operate as “Jasper Therapeutics,
Inc.” and, on or about September 27, 2021, its shares of voting
common stock and warrants are expected to begin trading on the
Nasdaq Capital Market.
About Jasper Therapeutics
Jasper Therapeutics is a biotechnology company
focused on the development of novel curative therapies based on the
biology of the hematopoietic stem cell. The company is advancing
two potentially groundbreaking programs. JSP191, an anti-CD117
monoclonal antibody, is in clinical development as a conditioning
agent that clears hematopoietic stem cells from bone marrow in
patients undergoing a hematopoietic cell transplantation. It is
designed to enable safer and more effective curative allogeneic and
autologous hematopoietic cell transplants and gene therapies. In
parallel, Jasper Therapeutics is advancing its preclinical
engineered hematopoietic stem cell (eHSC) platform, which is
designed to overcome key limitations of allogeneic and autologous
gene-edited stem cell grafts. Both innovative programs have the
potential to transform the field and expand hematopoietic stem cell
therapy cures to a greater number of patients with life-threatening
cancers, genetic diseases and autoimmune diseases than is possible
today. For more information, please visit us at
jaspertherapeutics.com.
About Amplitude Healthcare Acquisition
Corporation
Amplitude was founded by Avego and Metalmark to
seek innovative private life sciences company acquisition targets.
We leverage our management and board’s reputation, experience, and
track record of making investments and creating value in the
industry. We have a strong history of building and growing
companies as constructive and trustworthy partners. For more
information, please
visit: https://www.amplitudehealthcare.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements included in this press
release that are not historical facts are forward-looking
statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions under the
United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Forward-looking statements are sometimes accompanied by words such
as “believe,” “may,” “will,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,”
“intend,” “expect,” “should,” “would,” “plan,” “predict,”
“potential,” “seem,” “seek,” “future,” “outlook” and similar
expressions that predict or indicate future events or trends or
that are not statements of historical matters. These
forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to,
statements regarding the proposed business combination between AMHC
and Jasper Therapeutics, the estimated or anticipated future
results and benefits of the combined company following the business
combination, including the likelihood and ability of the parties to
successfully consummate the business combination, the timing of the
completion of the proposed business combination, Jasper
Therapeutics’ business strategy, expected cash resources of the
combined company and the expected uses thereof, current and
prospective product candidates, planned clinical trials and
preclinical activities and potential product approvals, as well as
the potential for market acceptance of any approved products and
the related market opportunity. These statements are based on
various assumptions, whether or not identified in this press
release, and on the current expectations of the respective
management teams of Jasper Therapeutics and AMHC and are not
predictions of actual performance. These forward-looking statements
are provided for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to
serve as, and must not be relied on by an investor as, a guarantee,
an assurance, a prediction or a definitive statement of fact or
probability. Actual events and circumstances are difficult or
impossible to predict and will differ from assumptions. Many actual
events and circumstances are beyond the control of Jasper
Therapeutics and AMHC. These forward-looking statements are subject
to a number of risks and uncertainties, including general economic,
political and business conditions; the inability of the parties to
consummate the transactions or the occurrence of any event, change
or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of
the business combination agreement; the failure of the PIPE
financing to close on the terms and in the amounts currently
anticipated; the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be
instituted against the parties following the announcement of the
Business Combination; the risk that the potential product
candidates that Jasper Therapeutics develops may not progress
through clinical development or receive required regulatory
approvals within expected timelines or at all; risks relating to
uncertainty regarding the regulatory pathway for Jasper
Therapeutics’ product candidates; the risk that clinical trials may
not confirm any safety, potency or other product characteristics
described or assumed in this press release; the risk that Jasper
Therapeutics will be unable to successfully market or gain market
acceptance of its product candidates; the risk that Jasper
Therapeutics’ product candidates may not be beneficial to patients
or successfully commercialized; the risk that Jasper Therapeutics
has overestimated the size of the target patient population, their
willingness to try new therapies and the willingness of physicians
to prescribe these therapies; the effects of competition on Jasper
Therapeutics’ business; the risk that third parties on which Jasper
Therapeutics depends for laboratory, clinical development,
manufacturing and other critical services will fail to perform
satisfactorily; the risk that Jasper Therapeutics’ business,
operations, clinical development plans and timelines, and supply
chain could be adversely affected by the effects of health
epidemics, including the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic; the risk that
Jasper Therapeutics will be unable to obtain and maintain
sufficient intellectual property protection for its investigational
products or will infringe the intellectual property protection of
others; the potential inability of the parties to successfully or
timely consummate the proposed transaction; the risk of failure to
realize the anticipated benefits of the proposed transaction and
other risks and uncertainties indicated from time to time in AMHC’s
public filings, including its most recent Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 and the proxy
statement/prospectus relating to the proposed transaction,
including those under “Risk Factors” therein, and in AMHC’s other
filings with the SEC. If any of these risks materialize or AMHC’s
and Jasper Therapeutics’ assumptions prove incorrect, actual
results could differ materially from the results implied by these
forward-looking statements. There may be additional risks that
neither AMHC nor Jasper Therapeutics presently know, or that AMHC
or Jasper Therapeutics currently believe are immaterial, that could
also cause actual results to differ from those contained in the
forward-looking statements. In addition, forward-looking statements
reflect AMHC’s and Jasper Therapeutics’ expectations, plans or
forecasts of future events and views as of the date of this press
release. AMHC and Jasper Therapeutics anticipate that subsequent
events and developments will cause AMHC’s and Jasper Therapeutics’
assessments to change. However, while AMHC and Jasper Therapeutics
may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point
in the future, AMHC and Jasper Therapeutics specifically disclaim
any obligation to do so. These forward-looking statements should
not be relied upon as representing AMHC’s and Jasper Therapeutics’
assessments of any date subsequent to the date of this press
release. Accordingly, undue reliance should not be placed upon the
forward-looking statements.
Contacts
Jasper Therapeutics ContactsLily Eng (media)Real
Chemistry206-661-8627leng@realchemistry.com
Jeet Mahal (investors)
Jasper
Therapeutics650-549-1403jmahal@jaspertherapeutics.com
Amplitude ContactIR@amplitudehealthcare.com
Robert Flamm, Ph.D. (media) / Harrison Wong
(media)212-213-0006rflamm@burnsmc.com / hwong@burnsmc.com
Eric Ando
(investor)212-213-0006eando@burnsmc.com
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