NEW YORK, Sept. 30, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Hydra Industries Acquisition Corp. ("Hydra" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: HDRA, HDRAU, HDRAW, HDRAR), a special purpose acquisition company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, acquisition or similar business combination, announced the approval by its board of directors of a resolution extending the time available for it to consummate a business combination from October 29, 2016 to December 29, 2016 and a recommendation that the stockholders of Hydra vote to approve this extension. The Company's board has set October 5, 2016 as the record date for the stockholders entitled to vote at its special meeting to be held on October 25, 2016 to approve this resolution. Proxy materials are to be mailed to stockholders and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about October 11, 2016 in relation to the solicitation of the Company's stockholders in connection with the special meeting. The Company has engaged Morrow & Co, LLC to act as proxy solicitor.
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The purpose of the extension is to allow Hydra additional time to complete its SEC review process of the proxy materials related to the business combination, previously disclosed on July 14, 2016, with Inspired Gaming Group ("Inspired"), a leading global games technology company headquartered in London, United Kingdom.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of words such as "anticipate", "believe", "expect", "estimate", "plan", "outlook", and "project" and other similar expressions that predict or indicate future events or trends or that are not statements of historical matters. Such forward-looking statements include statements concerning the timing of the Merger and the Special Meeting. These statements are based on Hydra's management's current expectations and beliefs, as well as a number of assumptions concerning future events.
Such forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other important factors, many of which are outside of Hydra's control that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. Additional factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in forward-looking statements can be found in Hydra's most recent annual report on Form 10-K and subsequently filed quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K, which are available, free of charge, at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
About Hydra Industries Acquisition Corp.
Hydra is a blank check company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger or other business combination with a target company. Hydra was founded by gaming industry veteran Lorne Weil and raised $80 million on October 29, 2014 in its Initial Public Offering. In addition, Macquarie Capital co-sponsored Hydra's efforts to source acquisitions and provided a $20 million forward equity commitment which, with Hydra's existing cash in trust, will be used to fund the proposed transaction.
Additional information can be found at www.hydraspac.com.
About Macquarie and Macquarie Capital
Macquarie Group ("Macquarie") is a global provider of banking, financial, advisory, investment and funds management services. Macquarie's main business focus is making returns by providing a diversified range of services to clients. Macquarie acts on behalf of institutional, corporate and retail clients and counterparties around the world. Founded in 1969, Macquarie operates in more than 70 office locations in 28 countries. Macquarie employs approximately 14,000 people and has assets under management of over $367.4 billion (as of March 31, 2016).
Macquarie Capital comprises Macquarie Group's corporate advisory, capital markets and principal investing capabilities. Macquarie Capital's expertise spans a variety of industry sectors, including telecommunications, media, entertainment, gaming, financial institutions, industrials, energy, resources, real estate, infrastructure, utilities and renewables.
The Company and its directors and executive officers may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies for special meeting of stockholders to be held to approve the extension proposal. Information regarding the Company's directors and executive officers is available in its Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. No person other than the Company has been authorized to give any information or to make any representations on behalf of the Company in connection with the extension, and if given or made, such other information or representations must not be relied upon as having been made or authorized by the Company.
