NEW YORK, Oct. 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Home Plate Acquisition Corporation (the “Company” or “Home Plate”) (NASDAQ: HPLT) announced that it convened and then adjourned, without conducting any business, its special meeting of stockholders (the “Special Meeting”). The Special Meeting has been adjourned to 3:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on October 3, 2023, as a virtual meeting at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/HPLT2023SM2. The Special Meeting is being held for the purposes of considering and voting on (i) the Extension Amendment Proposal, (ii) the Trust Amendment Proposal and (iii) the Redemption Limitation Amendment Proposal, each as described in Home Plate’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on September 18, 2023.

The proxy card included with the previously distributed proxy materials will not be updated to reflect the adjournment and may continue to be used to vote shares in connection with the Special Meeting. The record date for the Special Meeting remains September 7, 2023. Home Plate stockholders who have already voted and do not wish to change their vote do not need to vote again.

ABOUT HOME PLATE ACQUISITION CORPORATION

Home Plate is a blank check company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses. Home Plate is led by Dan Ciporin, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Jonathan Rosenzweig, Chief Financial Officer.

For more information about Home Plate, please visit https://homeplateacq.com/.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND WHERE TO FIND IT

Home Plate has mailed to its stockholders of record as of September 7, 2023 a definitive proxy statement (the “Extension Proxy Statement”) for a special meeting of stockholders to be held on September 28, 2023 to (i) extend the date by which Home Plate must consummate an initial business combination or, otherwise, cease its operations (except for the purpose of winding up) from October 4, 2023 to December 22, 2023 and (ii) amend the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of incorporation to eliminate the limitation that the Company shall not redeem shares of its Class A common stock par value $0.0001 per share of the Company (“Class A common stock”) to the extent that such redemption would cause the Company’s net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001. Stockholders may obtain a copy of the Extension Proxy Statement, without charge, by directing a request to: Home Plate Acquisition Corporation, P.O. Box 1314 New York, NY 10028. The Extension Proxy Statement can also be obtained, without charge, at the SEC’s website, www.sec.gov.