About PWP
Perella Weinberg Partners is a leading global independent advisory firm, providing strategic and financial advice to a broad client base, including corporations, institutional asset managers, governments, sovereign wealth funds and family offices. The firm offers a wide range of advisory services to clients in the most active industry sectors and global markets. With more than 580 employees, PWP currently maintains offices in New York, Houston, London, Calgary, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, Paris, Munich, and San Francisco. The financial information of PWP herein refers to the business operations of PWP Holdings LP and Subsidiaries.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward Looking Statements
Certain statements made in this press release, and oral statements made from time to time by representatives of PWP are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Statements regarding the expectations regarding the combined business are “forward looking statements.” In addition, words such as “estimates,” “projected,” “expects,” “estimated,” “anticipates,” “forecasts,” “plans,” “intends,” “believes,” “seeks,” “may,” “will,” “would,” “future,” “propose,” “target,” “goal,” “objective,” “outlook” and variations of these words or similar expressions (or the negative versions of such words or expressions) are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees 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 outside the control of the parties, that could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Important factors, among others, that may affect actual results or outcomes include:
| • | | the projected financial information, anticipated growth rate, and market opportunity of the Firm; |
| • | | the ability to maintain the listing of the Firm’s Class A common stock and warrants on Nasdaq following the Business Combination; |
| • | | our public securities’ potential liquidity and trading; |
| • | | our success in retaining or recruiting partners and other employees, or changes related to, our officers, key employees or directors following the completion of the Business Combination; |
| • | | members of our management team allocating their time to other businesses and potentially having conflicts of interest with our business; |
| • | | factors relating to the business, operations and financial performance of the Firm, including: |
| • | | whether the Firm realizes all or any of the anticipated benefits from the Business Combination; |
| • | | whether the Business Combination results in any increased or unforeseen costs or has an impact on the Firm’s ability to retain or compete for professional talent or investor capital; |
| • | | global economic, business, market and geopolitical conditions, including the impact of public health crises, such as the ongoing rapid, worldwide spread of a novel strain of coronavirus and the pandemic caused thereby (collectively, “COVID-19”); |
| • | | the Firm’s dependence on and ability to retain working partners and other key employees; |
| • | | the Firm’s ability to successfully identify, recruit and develop talent; |
| • | | risks associated with strategic transactions, such as joint ventures, strategic investments, acquisitions and dispositions; |
| • | | conditions impacting the corporate advisory industry; |
| • | | the Firm’s dependence on its fee-paying clients and fluctuating revenues from its non-exclusive, engagement-by-engagement business model; |
| • | | the high volatility of the Firm’s revenues as a result of its reliance on advisory fees that are largely contingent on the completion of events which may be out of its control; |
* | Throughout this release, adjusted figures represent non-GAAP information. See “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” and the tables at the end of this release for an explanation of the adjustments and reconciliations to the comparable GAAP numbers. |
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