ARK Investment Pushes Back on Upstart SPAC With Similar Name
ARK Investment Pushes Back on Upstart SPAC With Similar Name
DJ ARK Investment Pushes Back on Upstart SPAC With Similar Name
DJ方舟投资回击同名初创公司SPAC
By Jason Zweig
杰森·茨威格(Jason Zweig)著
On Feb. 5, a new blank-check or special-purpose acquisition company began trading. The SPAC's name, Ark Global Acquisition Corp., is similar to that of superstar fund manager Cathie Wood's firm, ARK Investment Management LLC.
2月5日，一家新的空白支票或特殊目的收购公司开始交易。SPAC的名字是方舟全球收购公司(Ark Global Acquisition Corp.)，与超级明星基金经理凯西·伍德(Cathie Wood)的公司方舟投资管理有限责任公司(Ark Investment Management LLC)相似。
But Ark Global Acquisition Corp., based in Nashville, Tenn., has no connection to Ms. Wood or her New York-based firm.
但总部位于田纳西州纳什维尔的方舟全球收购公司(Ark Global Acquisition Corp.)与伍德或她在纽约的公司没有任何联系。
The SPAC's prospectus says it will "focus on US-based disruptive technology companies that we believe have significant growth prospects and the potential to generate attractive returns."
SPAC的招股说明书称，它将“专注于美国的颠覆性科技公司，我们认为这些公司具有显著的增长前景和产生诱人回报的潜力。”
The SPAC, trading under the ticker symbol ARKIU, has also requested the tickers ARKI and ARKIW. It gained nearly 10% in its first three trading days.
股票代码为ARKIU的SPAC也要求股票代码为Arki和ARKIW。它在前三个交易日上涨了近10%。
"We are not connected in any way with Ark Global Acquisition," said ARK Investment Management's Chief Operating Officer Tom Staudt, "but are extremely concerned that this company's adoption of the 'Ark' name and 'ARKI' ticker is causing confusion among investors who are mistakenly thinking that either our company...or Cathie Wood organized it or are connected with it."
方舟投资管理公司的首席运营官汤姆·施陶德说：“我们与方舟环球公司的收购没有任何联系，但我们非常担心，这家公司采用‘方舟’名称和‘Arki’股票代码的做法在投资者中造成了混乱，他们错误地认为我们的公司……或凯西·伍德组织了它，或者与它有关联。”
ARK's seven existing exchange-traded funds all have ticker symbols that begin with the letters ARK, including one with the ticker ARKW. On Jan. 13, ARK filed to launch an eighth fund, ARK Space Exploration ETF, that would have the ticker ARKX.
方舟现有的七只交易所交易基金(ETF)都有以“方舟”开头的股票代码，其中一只的股票代码以“ARKW”开头。1月13日，方舟申请推出第八只基金-方舟太空探索ETF(Ark Space Explore ETF)，股票代码为ARKX。
Mr. Staudt added, "This new entity has the same stated focus as ARK Invest -- investment in disruptive technology. We believe that it is infringing ARK Invest's trademark, and have asked Ark Global Acquisition to immediately change its name."
施陶德补充说：“这个新实体与方舟投资公司有同样的重点--对颠覆性技术的投资。我们认为它侵犯了方舟投资公司的商标，并已要求方舟全球收购公司立即更名。”
The SPAC is headed by Rich Williams and Stephen Krenzer, the former chief executive and chief operating officer, respectively, of Groupon Inc. Its chairman is Sultan Almaadeed, a former executive at the Qatar Investment Authority.
SPAC由里奇·威廉姆斯(Rich Williams)和斯蒂芬·克伦泽(Stephen Krenzer)领导，克伦泽分别是Groupon Inc的前首席执行官和首席运营官。委员会主席是卡塔尔投资局(Qatar Investment Authority)前高管苏尔坦·阿尔马德(Sultan Almaadeed)。
Mr. Williams didn't immediately respond to requests for comment.
威廉姆斯没有立即回复记者的置评请求。
Write to Jason Zweig at intelligentinvestor@wsj.com
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