{"id":757081,"date":"2023-05-09T22:48:56","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T02:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/ix-acquisition-corp-announces-second-extension-of-deadline-to-complete-initial-business-combination\/"},"modified":"2023-05-09T22:48:56","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T02:48:56","slug":"ix-acquisition-corp-announces-second-extension-of-deadline-to-complete-initial-business-combination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/ix-acquisition-corp-announces-second-extension-of-deadline-to-complete-initial-business-combination\/","title":{"rendered":"IX Acquisition Corp. Announces Second Extension of Deadline to Complete Initial Business Combination"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mw_release\">\n<p align=\"left\">NEW YORK, May  10, 2023  (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212; IX Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: IXAQU, IXAQA, IXAQUW) (\u201cIXAQ\u201d or the \u201cCompany\u201d), announced today that its board of directors (the \u201cBoard\u201d) has decided to extend the date by which the Company must consummate an initial business combination (the \u201cDeadline Date\u201d) from May 12, 2023 for an additional month, to June 12, 2023. This is the second of twelve potential one-month extensions of the Deadline Date available to the Company pursuant to its Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association. IXAQ further announced that on or before May 12, 2023, IX Acquisition Sponsor, LLC will deposit $160,000 into IXAQ\u2019s trust account in connection with this extension.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <strong>About IX Acquisition Corp.<\/strong>\n      <\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">IX Acquisition Corp. is a blank check company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses. For more information, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=UZha2XyFAquiWuZS_Gv_TzJxIOG5bD_KfoWuet-_g3e0ybsRbGrwbpSnliF1BRS54D32xxwhRDJIJFPmnGgAl7LdXAJvQmeGrBpURoThTpE=\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.ixacq.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n        \n      <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"__GNW8366DE3E__IMG\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/newsroom\/ti?nf=MTAwMDgwOTA5NSM0MDE1NDAzOTUjMjI1OTAwOA==\" \/><br \/>\n      <br \/>\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ml-eu.globenewswire.com\/media\/MjEwYTgyODgtZDc1Yy00M2MwLWExZjctYzExMmVlYTdjMTE0LTEyNzA1NTg=\/tiny\/IX-Acquisition-Corp-.png\" \/>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"mw_contactinfo\">\n<pre>Contacts\r\n\r\nFor investor and media inquiries:\r\ncontact@ixacq.com<\/pre>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK, May 10, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212; IX Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: IXAQU, IXAQA, IXAQUW) (\u201cIXAQ\u201d or the \u201cCompany\u201d), announced today that its board of directors (the \u201cBoard\u201d) has decided to extend the date by which the Company must consummate an initial business combination (the \u201cDeadline Date\u201d) from May 12, 2023 for an additional month, to June 12, 2023. This is the second of twelve potential one-month extensions of the Deadline Date available to the Company pursuant to its Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association. IXAQ further announced that on or before May 12, 2023, IX Acquisition Sponsor, LLC will deposit $160,000 into IXAQ\u2019s trust account in connection with this extension. About IX Acquisition Corp. IX Acquisition Corp. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/ix-acquisition-corp-announces-second-extension-of-deadline-to-complete-initial-business-combination\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;IX Acquisition Corp. Announces Second Extension of Deadline to Complete Initial Business Combination&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-757081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>IX Acquisition Corp. 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