Acacia earnings call transcript14 Nov 2023 11:56
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Anthony Stoss: Got it. By the way, congrats on the Arix deal. That's wonderful for Acacia. One of the shareholders, it looks like, in Arix is kind of disputing the fact that you guys are getting cash, and others are getting stock. I'm curious if you can share your thoughts on that.
MJ McNulty: Yes. I mean we saw that news, too. I think they're a small broker that shouldn't take away from the value of their opinion. We are getting cash, and other shareholders are getting gig stock. Other shareholders have a say in the way that the deal ultimately happens. We did have a sizable position, and so we got a premium in terms of the consideration being cash instead of stock because of that position.
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Brett Reiss: Okay. On a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being metaphysical certainty, what would you -- the Arix deal closing, what do you think it is, a 7, 8, 9?
MJ McNulty: I love it, Brett, when you ask me to put things on a scale. What I will tell you is that there is one condition to the closing of our, Acacia's Arix shares to RTW. And that is approval from the Financial Conduct Authority in the United Kingdom for the transaction. I will say that the entity within Arix that triggered this approval requirement is currently FCA-approved or certified as is RTW. So I don't want to handicap it, but we're being advised that this is a routine approval process by the FCA. Now it's -- there are things that are out of our control, but that's what we're being advised.
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