Vistas Media Acquisition Company Inc. Shareholders Approve Business Combination with Anghami Inc.
21 January 2022 - 8:01AM
Anghami Inc. (“Anghami” or the “Company”), the leading music
streaming platform and service in the Middle East and North Africa,
and Vistas Media Acquisition Company Inc. (NASDAQ: VMAC) (“VMAC”),
a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, announced
today that in a special meeting on January 19, 2022, VMAC’s
shareholders voted to approve its proposed business combination
(the “Business Combination”) with Anghami. Approximately 98% of the
votes cast at the meeting were in favor of the Business
Combination.
The Business Combination is expected to close
upon satisfaction of the closing conditions. Following the closing
of the Business Combination, the common stock and warrants of the
surviving company are expected to begin trading on the NASDAQ under
the tickers “ANGH” and “ANGHW,” respectively.
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 57 million songs available for more than 70 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 occurrence of any event,
change, or other circumstances that could give rise to the
termination of the Business Combination Agreement (the
“Agreement”); (2) the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be
instituted against VMAC and Anghami following the announcement of
the Agreement and the transactions contemplated therein; (3) the
inability to complete the proposed business combination, including
certain regulatory approvals, or satisfy other conditions to
closing in the Agreement; (4) the occurrence of any event, change,
or other circumstance that could give rise to the termination of
the Agreement or could otherwise cause the transaction to fail to
close; (5) the impact of COVID-19 on Anghami’s business and/or the
ability of the parties to complete the proposed business
combination; (6) the risk that the proposed business combination
disrupts current plans and operations as a result of the
announcement and consummation of the proposed business combination;
(7) costs related to the proposed business combination; (8) changes
in applicable laws or regulations; (9) the possibility that Anghami
or VMAC may be adversely affected by other economic, business,
and/or competitive factors; and (10) other risks and uncertainties
indicated from time to time in the final prospectus of VMAC for its
initial public offering, including those under “Risk Factors”
therein, and in VMAC’s other filings with the SEC. VMAC cautions
that the foregoing list of factors is not exclusive. VMAC cautions
readers not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking
statements, which speak only as of the date made. VMAC 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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