New Providence AcquisitionNASDAQ: NPAB

New York, New York, Nov. 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- New Providence Acquisition Corp. II (Nasdaq: NPAB) (the “Company”) announced today that its board of directors (the “Board”) has determined that the Company will (i) abandon and not implement the proposal to extend the date by which the Company must consummate an initial business combination from November 9, 2024 to November 9, 2025, which proposal was approved by the Company's stockholders at the special meeting of stockholders held on November 1, 2024, (ii) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up as soon as practicable, (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible redeem the shares of its Class A common stock (the “Public Shares”) that were included in the units issued in the Company's initial public offering (the “IPO”) at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account established in connection with the IPO (the “Trust Account”) including interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company to pay its franchise and income taxes (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public stockholders' rights as stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any), subject to applicable law (the “Redemption”), and (iv) as promptly as reasonably possible following the Redemption, subject to the approval of the Company's remaining stockholders and the Board, liquidate the funds held in the Trust Account (the “Liquidation”) and dissolve the Company (the “Dissolution”), subject in each case to its obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. There will be no redemption rights or liquidating distributions with respect to the Company's warrants, which will expire worthless. New Providence Acquisition II LLC, the Company's sponsor, has agreed to waive its redemption rights with respect to the shares of the Company's Class B common stock issued prior to the IPO, including shares of the Company's Class A common stock issued upon conversion of such Class B common stock.