JACKSONVILLE, Fla. and HOUSTON, Sept. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Genesis Park Acquisition Corp. ("GPAC") (NYSE:A GNPK), a U.S. publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company, and Redwire, LLC ("Redwire" or the "Company"), a leader in mission critical space solutions and high reliability components for the next generation space economy, announced that atA GPAC's extraordinary general meeting held today (the "Extraordinary General Meeting"), GPAC's shareholders voted to approve the previously announced proposed business combination between GPAC and Redwire (the "Business Combination"), as well as all other proposals related to the Business Combination. Approximately 97% of the votes cast at the meeting, representing approximately 73% of GPAC's outstanding shares as of the record date, voted to approve the Business Combination.
GPAC plans to file the results of the Extraordinary General Meeting, as tabulated by an independent inspector of elections, on a Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") today.Based on today's shareholder approval and subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain other closing conditions as described in the GPAC definitive proxy statement/prospectus, the Business Combination is expected to be consummated on or about September 2, 2021. Following the consummation of the Business Combination, the combined company will operate as Redwire Corporation and its shares of common stock and warrants are expected to trade on the New York Stock Exchange beginning on September 3, 2021 under the symbols "RDW" andA "RDW WS," respectively.
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