Exhibit 99.1
JOBY AVIATION TO LIST ON NYSE THROUGH MERGER
WITH REINVENT TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS
Company has spent more than a decade developing piloted, all-electric, vertical takeoff and landing passenger aircraft, with over 1,000 test flights conducted to date
Intends to operate clean, quiet and affordable air taxi service starting in 2024
First company to agree certification basis for an eVTOL aircraft with FAA
First company to be granted airworthiness approval for an eVTOL aircraft by U.S. Air Force
Company has strategic partnership with Toyota for production and recently acquired Uber Elevate
Transaction values combined company at $6.6 billion post-money equity value, and is expected to provide approximately $1.6 billion in gross proceeds
Includes $910 million of fully committed funding (inclusive of an $835 million fully committed PIPE) anchored by strategic partners and institutional investors including Uber Technologies, Inc., The Baupost Group, funds and accounts managed by BlackRock, Fidelity Management & Research LLC and Baillie Gifford
Up to five-year lock-up agreement and price-based vesting on certain sponsor shares ensures unprecedented long-term alignment, with some shares not vesting until Company achieves $30 billion market capitalization
Proceeds are expected to fund Company through start of passenger service launch, including certification of aircraft and development of manufacturing facilities
Reid Hoffman of Reinvent to join Company Board of Directors
SANTA CRUZ, CA, February 24, 2021 –(BUSINESS WIRE)– Joby Aviation (“Joby” or the “Company”), a transportation company developing an all-electric, vertical take-off and landing aircraft that it intends to operate as a commercial passenger aircraft beginning in 2024, has entered into a definitive business combination agreement with Reinvent Technology Partners (“Reinvent” or “RTP”) (NYSE:RTP), a special purpose acquisition company that takes a “venture capital at scale” approach to partnering with bold leaders and companies. Upon the closing of the transaction, the combined company will be named Joby Aviation, and become publicly traded, with its common stock expected to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
With more than 1,000 test flights completed over the last 10 years, Joby Aviation has secured a substantial first-mover advantage in the aerial ridesharing industry. In 2020, the Company became the first to agree to a certification basis for an electric vertical takeoff and landing (“eVTOL”) aircraft with the Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”) and in the same year received the U.S. Air Force’s first ever airworthiness approval for an eVTOL aircraft.
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