As previously reported, on March 18, 2022, Brookline Capital Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Brookline Capital”) announced that it executed a Business Combination Agreement dated as of March 17, 2022, with Project Barolo Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Brookline Capital and Apexigen, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Apexigen”).
In connection with the foregoing announcements, Brookline Capital held a joint investor conference call with Apexigen on March 18, 2022. The transcript of the joint conference call is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein.
Additional Information and Where to Find It
In connection with the proposed business combinations, Brookline Capital intends to file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 containing a preliminary proxy statement and a preliminary prospectus of Brookline Capital, and after the registration statement is declared effective, Brookline Capital will mail a definitive proxy statement/prospectus relating to the proposed business combinations to its stockholders. This Current Report does not contain all the information that should be considered concerning the proposed business combinations and is not intended to form the basis of any investment decision or any other decision in respect of the business combinations. Additional information about the proposed business combinations and related transactions will be described in Brookline Capital’s combined proxy statement/prospectus relating to the proposed business combinations and the respective businesses of Brookline Capital and Apexigen, which Brookline Capital will file with the SEC. The proposed business combination and related transactions will be submitted to stockholders of Brookline Capital for their consideration. Brookline Capital’s stockholders and other interested persons are advised to read, when available, the preliminary proxy statement/prospectus and the amendments thereto and the definitive proxy statement/prospectus and other documents filed in connection with Brookline Capital’s solicitation of proxies for its special meeting of stockholders to be held to approve, among other things, the proposed business combination and related transactions, because these materials will contain important information about Apexigen, Brookline Capital and the proposed business combination and related transactions. When available, the definitive proxy statement/prospectus and other relevant materials for the proposed business combination will be mailed to stockholders of Brookline Capital as of a record date to be established for voting on the proposed business combinations and related transactions.
Stockholders may also obtain a copy of the preliminary or definitive proxy statement/prospectus, once available, as well as other documents filed with the SEC by Brookline Capital, without charge, at the SEC’s website located at www.sec.gov or by directing a request to Patrick Sturgeon, Chief Financial Officer, Brookline Capital Acquisition Corp., 280 Park Avenue, Suite 43W, New York, New York 10017, or by telephone at (646) 603-6716.
Participants in the Solicitation
Apexigen and Brookline Capital and their respective directors and executive officers and other persons may be deemed to be participants in the solicitations of proxies from Brookline Capital’s stockholders in respect of the proposed business combinations and related transactions. Information regarding Brookline Capital’s directors and executive officers is available in its final prospectus filed with the SEC under Rule 424(b)(4) on January 29, 2021. Additional information regarding the participants in the proxy solicitation and a description of their direct and indirect interests will be contained in the preliminary and definitive proxy statements/prospectus related to the proposed business combinations and related transactions when it becomes available, and which can be obtained free of charge from the sources indicated above.
Forward-Looking Statements:
This Current Report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including statements regarding the proposed business combination and other transactions described herein, Brookline Capital, and Brookline Capital’s management team’s expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions, plans, prospects or strategies thereto and the future business plans of Apexigen and Brookline Capital. Any statements contained herein that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intends,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “would” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. The forward-looking statements contained in this Current
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