Capitol Acquisition and Two Harbors Announce Approval of Merger Transaction
October 26 2009 - 10:24AM
PR Newswire (US)
NEW YORK, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Capitol Acquisition
Corp. ("Capitol") (NYSE Amex: CLA; CLA.U; CLA.WS) and Two Harbors
Investment Corp. ("Two Harbors") announced that Capitol's
stockholders today approved the proposed merger transaction with
Two Harbors at Capitol's special meeting of stockholders. The
closing of the transaction is anticipated to occur no later than
October 28, 2009. In addition to approving the business
combination, Capitol's warrantholders also approved amendments to
its warrants to (a) increase the exercise price of the warrants to
$11.00 per share, (b) extend the expiration date of the warrants to
November 7, 2013 and (c) limit a holder's ability to exercise the
warrants in order to maintain the company's REIT status. Two
Harbors Investment Corp. Two Harbors is a newly-formed Maryland
corporation focused on investing in residential mortgage-backed
securities. Two Harbors is headquartered in Minnetonka, Minnesota,
and is externally managed and advised by PRCM Advisers, LLC, a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Pine River Capital Management L.P.
Capitol Acquisition Corp. Capitol Acquisition Corp. is a
Washington, D.C. specified purpose acquisition company formed for
the purpose of completing a business combination. Upon completion
of the transactions described above, Capitol will become an
indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Two Harbors. Additional
information is available at http://www.capitolacquisition.com/.
Safe Harbor This 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.
Actual results may differ from expectations, estimates and
projections and, consequently, you should not rely on these forward
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risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results to
differ materially from the expected results. Additional information
concerning these and other risk factors is contained in Capitol's
and Two Harbors' most recent filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission ("SEC"). All subsequent written and oral
forward-looking statements concerning Capitol and Two Harbors, the
merger, the related transactions or other matters attributable to
Capitol and Two Harbors or any person acting on their behalf are
expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements
above. Capitol and Two Harbors caution readers not to place undue
reliance upon any forward-looking statements, which speak only as
of the date made. Capitol and Two Harbors do not undertake or
accept any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any
updates or revisions to any forward-looking statement to reflect
any change in their expectations or any change in events,
conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.
Additional Information Stockholders and warrant holders of Capitol
and Two Harbors, and other interested persons, may find additional
information regarding the companies at the SEC's Internet site at
http://www.sec.gov/ or by directing requests to: Capitol
Acquisition Corp., 509 7th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20004,
telephone (202) 654-7060; or Two Harbors Investment Corp., 601
Carlson Parkway, Suite 330, Minnetonka, MN 55305, telephone 612
238-3300. DATASOURCE: Capitol Acquisition Corp. CONTACT: Media:
Patrick Clifford or Pen Pendleton, The Abernathy MacGregor Group,
+1-212-371-5999; or Investors: Andrew Garcia, Vice President,
Business Development, Two Harbors Investment Corp.,
+1-612-238-3307; or Mark Ein, Chief Executive Officer, Capitol
Acquisition Corp., +1-202-654-7001 Web Site:
http://www.capitolacquisition.com/
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