The month of December shows an increasing number of SPAC deal votes. SPAC merger votes can act as a catalyst, as the votes complete the last step in the merger process and change the company over to a new name and ticker that can help build recognition. Several former SPACs also saw wide swings in their share price after being de-SPAC-ed if they receive heavy redemption and have a low float for shares available. December SPAC Merger Calendar: Dec. 1: Aldel Financial Inc (NYSE:ADF) and Hagerty: Auto insurance company Hagerty specializes in providing insurance for classic cars and vehicles. Dec. 2: 890 5th Avenue Partners (NASDAQ:ENFA) and BuzzFeed: Media company BuzzFeed owns brands that i

TORONTO, Oct. 7, 2022 /CNW/ - Aimia Inc. (TSX:AIM) is pleased to announce that, effective immediately, Kristen M. Dickey has been appointed to its Board of Directors as a new independent director.   Ms. Dickey is currently the Managing Partner and lead investor at Seaview Capital, LLC and had worked for 20+ years at BlackRock Inc., notably as the Global Head of Equity Index Product Strategy. She has direct experience in public company financial reporting, strategy, and communications.  Ms. Dickey is currently a board member of Somerset Re Holdings, Ltd., Aperture Investors, LLC and Marstone Inc., sits on the advisory board of Athena Technology Acquisition Corp. (NYSE:ATHN), and is a trustee

Results in approximately $188 million of gross cash proceeds to Heliogen Accelerates and advances Heliogen's mission to empower a sustainable civilization with low-cost solar energy that makes clean power more affordable than fossil fuels Heliogen's shares to begin trading on the NYSE tomorrow, December 31, 2021 under ticker "HLGN" Heliogen Inc. ("Heliogen" or the "Company"), a leading provider of AI-enabled concentrated solar power, today announced that it has completed its previously announced business combination with Athena Technology Acquisition Corp. ("ATHN"). The transaction was unanimously approved by ATHN's Board of Directors and was approved at a special meeting of ATHN stockh

Athena Technology Acquisition Corp. (NYSE:ATHN) ("ATHN"), a publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company, today announced that its stockholders voted to approve the previously announced business combination with Heliogen, Inc. ("Heliogen") at ATHN's special meeting of stockholders (the "Special Meeting") held today, December 28, 2021. More than 91% of the votes cast at the Special Meeting were in favor of the approval of the business combination. ATHN stockholders also voted to approve all other proposals presented at the Special Meeting. ATHN plans to file the results of the Special Meeting, as tabulated by an independent inspector of elections, on a Form 8-K with the Securities an

Information on how shareholders of record may vote their shares can be found at: https://www.athena1.com/athn-vote Shareholders can access the Extraordinary General Meeting virtually via live webcast at https://www.cstproxy.com/athenatechnology/2021 Athena Technology Acquisition Corp. (NYSE:ATHN) ("ATHN"), a publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company, reminds its shareholders to vote in favor of the previously announced business combination (the "Business Combination") with Heliogen, Inc. ("Heliogen"), an AI-enabled, modular concentrated solar technology company focused on decarbonizing industry. Shareholders who owned common stock of ATHN as of the close of business on November

Heliogen, Inc. ("Heliogen"), a leading provider of AI-enabled, modular concentrated solar energy systems, today announced plans to collaborate with CarbonCapture Inc. ("CarbonCapture") to develop sustainably-powered direct air capture (DAC) facilities. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211222005178/en/ As part of the relationship, the companies intend to kick off front-end engineering for the integration of Heliogen's concentrated solar power and solid media thermal storage systems with CarbonCapture's carbon removal technology. The aim of the development efforts would be to efficiently and cost-effectively harness t

Athena Technology Acquisition Corp. (NYSE:ATHN) ("ATHN"), a publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company, reminds its shareholders to vote in favor of the previously announced business combination (the "Business Combination") with Heliogen, Inc. ("Heliogen"), an AI-enabled, modular concentrated solar technology company focused on decarbonizing industry. Shareholders who owned common stock of ATHN as of the close of business on November 23, 2021 (the "Record Date"), may vote their shares. Shareholders as of the Record Date continue to have the right to vote their shares, regardless of whether such shareholders subsequently sold their shares and do not own such shares as of the date t

Integration with Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Power Cycle Expected to Drive Commercial Adoption of Breakthrough Carbon-free Technologies Heliogen, Inc. (the "Company" or "Heliogen"), a leading provider of AI-enabled concentrated solar power, today announced it has finalized a $39 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy ("DOE") to deploy the Company's breakthrough renewable energy technology in California. The Company will apply the funds received from the DOE towards a commercial-scale facility leveraging its AI-enabled concentrated solar technology. In particular, the DOE funds will support the implementation of Heliogen's unique concentrated solar technology which couples its A

NEW YORK, Dec. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Athena Technology Acquisition Corp. II (NYSE:ATEK) ("Athena Technology II" or the "Company"), a newly incorporated blank check company, announced today the appointments of Sharon Brown-Hruska, Judith Rodin and Randi Zuckerberg to its Board of Directors. They join Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Isabelle Freidheim and President and Director Kirthiga Reddy on the Board of the all-women special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). "We are pleased to welcome Judith, Randi and Sharon to the Athena board of directors," said Freidheim. "This is the third Athena SPAC architected with market leading talent, access to capital and transaction experie

Athena Technology Acquisition Corp. (NYSE:ATHN) ("ATHN"), a publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company, reminds its shareholders to vote in favor of the previously announced business combination (the "Business Combination") with Heliogen, Inc. ("Heliogen"), an AI-enabled, modular concentrated solar technology company focused on decarbonizing industry. Shareholders who owned common stock of ATHN as of the close of business on November 23, 2021 (the "Record Date"), may vote their shares. Shareholders as of the Record Date continue to have the right to vote their shares, regardless of whether such shareholders subsequently sold their shares and do not own such shares as of the date t

Athena Technology Acquisition Corp. (NYSE:ATHN) ("ATHN"), a publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company, reminds its shareholders to vote in favor of the previously announced business combination (the "Business Combination") with Heliogen, Inc. ("Heliogen"), an AI-enabled, modular concentrated solar technology company focused on decarbonizing industry. Shareholders who owned common stock of ATHN as of the close of business on November 23, 2021 (the "Record Date"), may vote their shares. Shareholders as of the Record Date continue to have the right to vote their shares, regardless of whether such shareholders subsequently sold their shares and do not own such shares as of the date t