Exhibit 99.1
Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. Announces Stockholder Approval of Proposed Business Combination with Alight Solutions
Las Vegas, NV, June 30, 2021 – Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: WPF, WPF WS) (“FTAC” or “Foley Trasimene”) announced that, at the special meeting of Foley Trasimene stockholders held today, FTAC’s stockholders voted to adopt the Business Combination Agreement for Foley Trasimene’s proposed business combination (the “Business Combination”) with Alight Solutions (“Alight”) and approved all other stockholder proposals in connection with the Business Combination.
FTAC will deliver at least $2.68 billion of capital at the closing of the Business Combination, positioning the combined company to substantially deleverage and providing flexibility for Alight to pursue M&A and other strategic investments going forward. The Foley Trasimene / Alight merger represents the second largest completed common equity raise in a SPAC transaction over the past several years.
In addition, Foley Trasimene announced today that the deadline for stockholders to withdraw any election to have their shares redeemed in connection with the Business Combination will be 4:00 pm Eastern Time on Thursday, July 1, 2021. Stockholders who wish to withdraw a redemption request should contact FTAC’s transfer agent, Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, by email at mzimkind@continentalstock.com.
Foley Trasimene also announced today that its sponsors intend to acquire up to approximately 5.6 million shares that were previously submitted for redemption. As of the redemption deadline at 5:00 pm Eastern Time on June 28, 2021, Foley Trasimene stockholders had elected to redeem 19,865,644 shares in connection with the completion of the Business Combination, resulting in over $835 million being available from FTAC’s trust account. Combined with $1.85 billion in outstanding financing commitments, including a $400 million combined investment from Cannae Holdings LLC, FTAC will deliver at least $2.68 billion of capital at the closing of the Business Combination.
The completion of the Business Combination is expected to occur on Friday, July 2, 2021, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of customary closing conditions. Following the completion of the Business Combination, the newly combined company will operate as Alight, Inc. Alight, Inc.’s Class A common stock and warrants will trade on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbols “ALIT” and “ALIT WS”, respectively, and are expected to start trading on Tuesday, July 6, 2021.
About Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp.
Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. is a blank check company whose business purpose is to effect a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities. For more information please visit https://www.foleytrasimene.com/.
About Alight Solutions
With an unwavering belief that a company’s success starts with its people, Alight Solutions is a leading cloud-based provider of integrated digital human capital and business solutions. Leveraging proprietary AI and data analytics, Alight optimizes business process as a service (BPaaS) to deliver superior outcomes for employees and employers across a comprehensive portfolio of services. Alight allows employees to enrich their health, wealth and work while enabling global organizations to achieve a high-performance culture. Alight’s 15,000 dedicated colleagues serve more than 30 million employees and family members. Learn how Alight helps organizations of all sizes, including over 70% of the Fortune 100 at alight.com.