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方舟投資回擊同名初創公司SPAC
By Jason Zweig
傑森·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購公司開始交易。SPAC的名字是方舟全球收購公司(Ark Global Acquisition Corp.)，與超級明星基金經理凱西·伍德(Cathie Wood)的公司方舟投資管理有限責任公司(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.
但總部位於田納西州納什維爾的方舟全球收購公司(Ark Global Acquisition Corp.)與伍德或她在紐約的公司沒有任何聯繫。
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的招股説明書稱，它將“專注於美國的顛覆性科技公司，我們認為這些公司具有顯著的增長前景和產生誘人回報的潛力。”
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.
股票代碼為ARKIU的SPAC也要求股票代碼為Arki和ARKIW。它在前三個交易日上漲了近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."
方舟投資管理公司的首席運營官湯姆·施陶德説：“我們與方舟環球公司的收購沒有任何聯繫，但我們非常擔心，這家公司採用‘方舟’名稱和‘Arki’股票代碼的做法在投資者中造成了混亂，他們錯誤地認為我們的公司……或凱西·伍德組織了它，或者與它有關聯。”
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.
方舟現有的七隻交易所交易基金(ETF)都有以“方舟”開頭的股票代碼，其中一隻的股票代碼以“ARKW”開頭。1月13日，方舟申請推出第八隻基金-方舟太空探索ETF(Ark Space Explore ETF)，股票代碼為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."
施陶德補充説：“這個新實體與方舟投資公司有同樣的重點--對顛覆性技術的投資。我們認為它侵犯了方舟投資公司的商標，並已要求方舟全球收購公司立即更名。”
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由裏奇·威廉姆斯(Rich Williams)和斯蒂芬·克倫澤(Stephen Krenzer)領導，克倫澤分別是Groupon Inc的前首席執行官和首席運營官。委員會主席是卡塔爾投資局(Qatar Investment Authority)前高管蘇爾坦·阿爾馬德(Sultan Almaadeed)。
Mr. Williams didn't immediately respond to requests for comment.
威廉姆斯沒有立即回覆記者的置評請求。
Write to Jason Zweig at intelligentinvestor@wsj.com
寫信給傑森·茨威格(Jason Zweig)，電子郵件是Intelligence entInvestors@wsj.com
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