March 20 (Reuters) - Home Plate Acquisition Corp
HPLT.O :
* HEIDMAR INC. ANNOUNCES BUSINESS COMBINATION AGREEMENT WITH
HOME
PLATE ACQUISITION CORPORATION
* HOME PLATE ACQUISITION CORP - PRO FORMA EQUITY VALUE OF
COMBINED
COMPANY WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY $261.4 MILLION
* HOME PLATE ACQUISITION CORP - POST CLOSE, COMBINED CO WILL
OPERATE UNDER "HEIDMAR" NAME AND BE LISTED ON NASDAQ UNDER
TICKER SYMBOL "HMAR"
* HOME PLATE ACQUISITION CORP - BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF BOTH
HOME
PLATE AND HEIDMAR HAVE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED TRANSACTION
* HOME PLATE ACQUISITION CORP - PANKAJ KHANNA, CEO OF
HEIDMAR,
WILL CONTINUE AS CEO OF COMBINED COMPANY
* HOME PLATE ACQUISITION CORP - HEIDMAR'S EXISTING
SHAREHOLDERS
ARE EXPECTED TO OWN APPROXIMATELY 65% OF PRO FORMA COMBINED
COMPANY
* HOME PLATE ACQUISITION- DANIEL CIPORIN, CHAIRMAN & CEO OF
HOME
PLATE, AND JONATHAN ROSENZWEIG, DIRECTOR & CFO OF HOME PLATE, TO
JOIN HEIDMAR BOARD
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