SPAC Digital World Acquisition Corp Cancels Plan to Merge with Donald Trump Media & Technology Group Which Operates Truth Social Platform after Invest
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SPAC Digital World Acquisition Corp Cancels Plan to Merge with Donald Trump Media & Technology Group Which Operates Truth Social Platform after Investors Backtrack on $467 Million of $533 Million Commitment for the Deal, United States SEC Fined Digital World SPAC $18 Million for Failing to Disclose Plan to Acquire Trump Media & Technology Group Corp Prior to Digital World SPAC IPO in 2021 Requirements to Investors 21st October 2023 | Hong Kong
SPAC Digital World Acquisition Corp has cancelled plan to merge with Donald Trump Media & Technology Group which operates Truth Social platform after investors backtrack on $467 million of $533 million commitment for the deal. In July 2023, the United States Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) fined Digital World SPAC (special purpose acquisition company) $18 million for failing to disclose plan to acquire Trump Media & Technology Group Corp (Founded by former United States President Donald Trump) prior to Digital World SPAC IPO (Initial Public Offering) in 2021. More info below:
“ SPAC Digital World Acquisition Corp Cancels Plan to Merge with Donald Trump Media & Technology Group Which Operates Truth Social Platform after Investors Backtrack on $467 Million of $533 Million Commitment for the Deal, United States SEC Fined Digital World SPAC $18 Million for Failing to Disclose Plan to Acquire Trump Media & Technology Group Corp Prior to Digital World SPAC IPO in 2021 Requirements to Investors “
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Digital World is a blank check company incorporated in December 2020 for the purpose of effecting a business combination with one of more companies. Digital World completed an Initial Public Offering in September 2021 and entered into a definitive merger agreement with TMTG in October 2021.
Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) is a social media and technology company. TruthSocial, TMTG’s first product, is a high-growth social media platform and a Big Tech alternative that encourages an open, free, and honest global conversation without discriminating on the basis of political ideology.
United States SEC Fines Digital World SPAC $18 Million for Failing to Disclose Plan to Acquire Trump Media & Technology Group Corp Prior to Digital World SPAC IPO in 2021
Donald J. Trump, President of the United States of America at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2020 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, 21 January. Copyright by World Economic Forum/Mattias Nutt. 21st July 2023 – The United States Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) has fined Digital World SPAC (special purpose acquisition company) $18 million for failing to disclose plan to acquire Trump Media & Technology Group Corp (Founded by former United States President Donald Trump) prior to Digital World SPAC IPO (Initial Public Offering) in 2021. United States SEC: “The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled fraud charges against Digital World Acquisition Corporation (DWAC), a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), for making material misrepresentations in forms filed with the SEC as part of DWAC’s initial public offering and proposed merger with Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. (TMTG). The Commission finds that DWAC misled investors and the SEC by failing to disclose that it had formulated a plan to acquire and was pursuing the acquisition of TMTG prior to DWAC’s IPO. The purpose of a SPAC is to identify and acquire an operating business. As such, steps taken by a SPAC in furtherance of a particular acquisition are important to investors. According to the SEC’s order, DWAC filed an amended Form S-1 in support of its IPO in early September 2021 that stated that neither DWAC nor its officers and directors had had any discussions with any potential target companies prior to the IPO. But, as found in the SEC’s order, dating back to February 2021, an individual who would later become DWAC’s CEO and Board Chairman, and others involved with DWAC, had extensive SPAC merger discussions with TMTG. The SEC’s order further finds that, while DWAC’s CEO and Chairman initially pursued these discussions with TMTG on behalf of another SPAC, he created a plan in the spring and summer of 2021 to potentially use DWAC to pursue a merger with TMTG and used this plan to solicit certain pre-IPO investors. The order also finds that DWAC failed to disclose that the CEO had a potential conflict of interest based on an agreement he had signed with TMTG. As a result, DWAC’s amended Form S-1 was materially false and misleading.” Gurbir S. Grewal, Director o the United States SEC’s Division of Enforcement: “DWAC failed to disclose its discussions with TMTG and failed to disclose a material conflict of interest of its CEO and Chairman. In the context of a SPAC – a ‘blank-check’ entity without business operations – these disclosure failures are particularly problematic because investors focus on factors such as the SPAC’s management team and potential merger targets when making financial decisions.” Digital World is a blank check company incorporated in December 2020 for the purpose of effecting a business combination with one of more companies. Digital World completed an Initial Public Offering in September 2021 and entered into a definitive merger agreement with TMTG in October 2021. Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) is a social media and technology company. See below for United States SEC statement.
United States SEC Fines Digital World SPAC $18 Million for Failing to Disclose Plan to Acquire Trump Media & Technology Group Corp Prior to Digital World SPAC IPO in 2021
Donald J. Trump, President of the United States of America at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2020 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, 21 January. Copyright by World Economic Forum/Mattias Nutt. - SEC Charges Digital World SPAC for Material Misrepresentations to Investors
20th July 2023 – The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled fraud charges against Digital World Acquisition Corporation (DWAC), a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), for making material misrepresentations in forms filed with the SEC as part of DWAC’s initial public offering and proposed merger with Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. (TMTG). The Commission finds that DWAC misled investors and the SEC by failing to disclose that it had formulated a plan to acquire and was pursuing the acquisition of TMTG prior to DWAC’s IPO.
The purpose of a SPAC is to identify and acquire an operating business. As such, steps taken by a SPAC in furtherance of a particular acquisition are important to investors. According to the SEC’s order, DWAC filed an amended Form S-1 in support of its IPO in early September 2021 that stated that neither DWAC nor its officers and directors had had any discussions with any potential target companies prior to the IPO. But, as found in the SEC’s order, dating back to February 2021, an individual who would later become DWAC’s CEO and Board Chairman, and others involved with DWAC, had extensive SPAC merger discussions with TMTG. The SEC’s order further finds that, while DWAC’s CEO and Chairman initially pursued these discussions with TMTG on behalf of another SPAC, he created a plan in the spring and summer of 2021 to potentially use DWAC to pursue a merger with TMTG and used this plan to solicit certain pre-IPO investors. The order also finds that DWAC failed to disclose that the CEO had a potential conflict of interest based on an agreement he had signed with TMTG. As a result, DWAC’s amended Form S-1 was materially false and misleading.
The SEC’s order further states that, in a later Form S-4 filed with the Commission following the announcement of the proposed merger with TMTG, DWAC mischaracterized and omitted information about the history of its interactions with TMTG.
The SEC’s order finds that DWAC violated the antifraud provisions of the federal securities laws. DWAC agreed to a cease-and-desist order and to pay an $18 million penalty in the event it closes a merger transaction. It also agreed to undertake that, should DWAC file an amended Form S-4, any such Form S-4 will be materially complete and accurate and consistent with the findings in the SEC’s order.
The SEC’s investigation was conducted by Andrew McFall, David Bennett, and Darren Boerner of the Market Abuse Unit and Lindsay S. Moilanen of the New York Regional Office. The case was supervised by Joseph Sansone of the Market Abuse Unit and Thomas P. Smith, Jr. of the New York Regional Office.
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