MIAMI BEACH, Fla., July 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Jaws
Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: JWS.U) (the "Company") announced today
that, commencing July 6, 2020,
holders of the units sold in the Company's initial public offering
of 69,000,000 units, completed on May 18,
2020, may elect to separately trade the Class A ordinary
shares and warrants included in the units. Those units not
separated will continue to trade on the New York Stock Exchange
("NYSE") under the symbol "JWS.U," and the Class A ordinary shares
and warrants that are separated will trade on the NYSE under the
symbols "JWS" and "JWS WS," respectively. Holders of units will
need to have their brokers contact Continental Stock Transfer &
Trust Company, the Company's transfer agent, in order to separate
the units into Class A ordinary shares and warrants.
The units were initially offered by the Company in an
underwritten offering. Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC acted as lead book-running manager
for the offering. Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Citigroup Global
Markets Inc. acted as book-running managers for the offering. A
registration statement relating to the units and the underlying
securities was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC") on May 13,
2020.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy the securities of the Company, nor
shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or
jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be
unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the
securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. The offering was
made only by means of a prospectus. Copies of the prospectus may be
obtained from Credit Suisse, Attn: Prospectus Department, Eleven
Madison Avenue, 3rd Floor, New York, New
York 10010, Telephone: 1-800-221-1037, Email:
usa.prospectus@credit-suisse.com; Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC,
Attn: Prospectus Department, 180 Varick Street, Second Floor,
New York, New York 10014, email:
prospectus@morganstanley.com; or Citigroup Global Markets Inc., c/o
Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue,
Edgewood, New York 11717,
Telephone: 1-800-831-9146.
About Jaws Acquisition Corp.
Jaws Acquisition Corp., led by Chairman Barry S. Sternlicht and Chief Executive Officer
Joseph L. Dowling, is a blank check
company incorporated as a Cayman
Islands exempted company for the purpose of effecting a
merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase,
reorganization or similar business combination with one or more
businesses or entities. While the Company will not be limited to a
particular industry or geographic region in its identification and
acquisition of a target company, it does not intend to pursue real
estate, lodging or energy infrastructure assets.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release may include "forward-looking statements"
within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended. All statements other than statements of
historical fact included in this press release are forward-looking
statements. When used in this press release, words such as
"anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "expect," "intend" and similar
expressions, as they relate to us or our management team,
identify forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking
statements are based on the beliefs of management, as well as
assumptions made by, and information currently available to, the
Company's management. Actual results could differ materially from
those contemplated by the forward-looking statements as a result of
certain factors detailed in the Company's filings with the SEC. All
subsequent written or oral forward-looking statements attributable
to us or persons acting on our behalf are qualified in their
entirety by this paragraph. Forward-looking statements are subject
to numerous conditions, many of which are beyond the control of the
Company, including those set forth in the Risk Factors section of
the Company's registration statement and prospectus relating to the
Company's initial public offering filed with the SEC. The Company
undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions
or changes after the date of this release, except as required by
law.
Media inquiries:
Tom Johnson or Dan Scorpio
Abernathy MacGregor
(917) 747-6990/(646) 899-8118
tbj@abmac.com/dps@abmac.com
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