Exhibit 99.1
1347 Capital Corp. Common Stock, Rights and Warrants
to Commence Separate Trading on or about August 7, 2014
Itasca, IL – August 5, 2014 – 1347 Capital Corp. (NASDAQ: TFSCU) (“1347 Capital” or the “Company”), a company formed for the purpose of entering into a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition or other similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities, today announced that holders of the Company's units may elect to separately trade the common stock, rights and warrants included in such units commencing on or about August 7, 2014.
The common stock, rights and warrants will trade on the NASDAQ Capital Market ("NASDAQ") under the symbols TFSC, TFSCR and TFSCW, respectively. Units not separated will continue to trade on NASDAQ under the symbol TFSCU.
A registration statement relating to the units and the underlying securities was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 15, 2014. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. The offering was made only by means of a prospectus, copies of which may be obtained by visiting the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at http://www.sec.gov. Alternatively, a copy of the prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained from EarlyBirdCapital, Inc., 366 Madison Avenue, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10017, Attn: Aimee Bloch, 212-661-0200.
About 1347 Capital Corp.
1347 Capital Corp. is a blank check company formed for the purpose of entering into a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or other similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities. The Company’s efforts to identify a target business will not be limited to a particular industry or geographic region, although it intends to focus efforts on seeking a business combination with a company or companies operating in or providing services to the insurance industry.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes “forward-looking statements” that are not historical facts, and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expected and projected. Words such as “expects”, “believes”, “anticipates”, “intends”, “estimates”, “seeks” and variations and similar words and expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements relate to future events or future performance, but reflect 1347 Capital management’s current beliefs, based on information currently available. A number of factors could cause actual events, performance or results to differ materially from the events, performance and results discussed in the forward-looking statements. For information identifying important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward looking statements, please refer to the Risk Factors section of 1347 Capital's registration statement and prospectus for its offering filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Except as expressly required by applicable securities law, the Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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