GREENWICH, Conn., January 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — AMCI Acquisition Corp . II (“AMCI”) (Nasdaq: AMCI), a public special purpose acquisition company, announced today that it has scheduled a special meeting of its shareholders (the “Special Meeting”) to February 1, 2023 on 11:00 AM Eastern Timeto approve the proposed business combination (the “Business Combination”) with LanzaTech NZ, Inc. (“LanzaTech”), an innovative carbon capture and transformation company that turns waste carbon into materials such as sustainable fuels, fabrics, packaging and other products that people use in their daily lives.
AMCI also announced that it has filed its definitive proxy statement/prospectus for the Special Meeting and has begun sending the definitive proxy statement/prospectus to its shareholders from December 28, 2022, the record date for the Special Meeting (the “Record Date”). The closing of the Business Combination is subject to AMCI and LanzaTech stockholder approval and the satisfaction of other customary closing conditions, and is expected to close as soon as practicable after the Special Meeting.
If you are a shareholder with the right to vote at the extraordinary meeting, your vote is important regardless of how many shares you own. We invite you to cast your vote as soon as possible. If you hold your shares in “street name,” meaning that your shares are held in an account with a brokerage firm, bank or other similar agent, you may vote prior to the Special Meeting using your voting control number and the instructions provided by your brokerage firm, bank or other similar agent. Contact your brokerage firm, bank or other similar agent to make sure your shares are voted. If you are a stockholder of record, you may vote before the special meeting by signing, dating and mailing your proxy card in the return envelope provided with your proxy materials.
If any AMCI stockholder has any questions, needs assistance in voting his shares, or does not receive a Proxy Statement, that stockholder should contact his broker or Morrow Sodali, AMCI’s proxy, at (800) 662-5200 or by email at AMCI. [email protected]
Important information about business mergers and where to find them
The business combination will be submitted to AMCI shareholders for their consideration. AMCI has filed a registration statement on Form S-4 (the “Registration Statement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), which includes a prospectus relating to the combined company’s securities to be issued in connection with the business. the merger and the proxies to be distributed to AMCI stockholders in connection with AMCI’s solicitation of proxies for the vote by its stockholders in connection with the business combination and other matters as described in the Registration Statement. AMCI urges its investors, shareholders and other interested persons to read the definitive proxy statement/prospectus, as well as other documents filed by AMCI with the SEC, because these documents contain important information about AMCI, LanzaTech and the business combination. AMCI sent a definitive proxy statement/prospectus to its stockholders as of the Record Date to vote on the proposed business combination. Stockholders may also obtain a copy of the Registration Statement, including the definitive statement/prospectus, as well as other documents filed with the SEC in connection with the Business Combination and other documents AMCI has filed with the SEC, at the SEC’s website located at www.sec.gov or by sending a request to: AMCI Acquisition Corp. II, 600 Steamboat Road, Greenwich, CT 06830.
Participants in the Competition
AMCI and LanzaTech and their directors and executive officers may be considered participants in the solicitation of proxies in connection with the proposed business combination under the rules of the SEC. Information about AMCI’s directors and executive officers is set forth in the Registration Statement and included in the definitive proxy statement/prospectus. Information about persons who may be considered participants in the solicitation of AMCI stockholders under SEC rules in connection with the proposed business combination is set forth in the Registration Statement and included in the definitive proxy statement/prospectus. Shareholders, potential investors and other interested persons should read the definitive proxy statement/prospectus carefully before making any voting or investment decisions. These documents can be obtained free of charge from the above sources.
Forward-looking statements
This press release includes forward-looking statements regarding, among other things, the plans, strategies and prospects, business and financial, of AMCI and LanzaTech. These statements are based on the beliefs and assumptions of the management of AMCI and LanzaTech. Although AMCI and LanzaTech believe that their plans, intentions and expectations reflected or suggested in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, neither AMCI nor LanzaTech can assure you that they will achieve or realize those plans, intentions or expectations. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions. In general, statements that are not historical facts, including statements regarding possible or assumed future actions, business strategies, events or results of operations, are forward-looking statements. These statements may be preceded by, followed by or include the words “believes,” “estimates,” “expects,” “projects,” “anticipates,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “seeks,” plans” , “planned”, “anticipates”, “intends” or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements are based on projections prepared by and are the responsibility of the management of AMCI and LanzaTech. These forward-looking statements are not guarantee of future performance, conditions or results and involve a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other important factors, many of which are beyond the control of AMCI and LanzaTech, that could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those of referred to in forward-looking statements New risk factors that may affect actual results or outcomes emerge from time to time and it is not possible to predict all such risk factors, nor can AMCI or LanzaTech assess the impact of all such risk factors and on its operations or to what extent any factor or combination of factors may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of performance. You should not place undue reliance on these statements, which speak only as of this date. Any forward-looking statements attributable to AMCI, LanzaTech or persons acting on their behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the foregoing cautionary statements. AMCI and LanzaTech before the Business Combination and the combined company after the Business Combination undertake no obligation to update or publicly revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law. .
Non-Seeking
This press release will not constitute a proxy statement or the solicitation of a proxy, consent or authorization with respect to any securities or with respect to the proposed business combination and will not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor will there be any sale of securities, in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be illegal prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. An offer of securities may not be made except by means of a prospectus that meets the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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