StoneMor Announces Completion of Merger with Axar Affiliate
BENSALEM, Pa., Nov. 03, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- StoneMor Inc. (NYSE: STON) (StoneMor or the Company), a leading owner and operator of cemeteries and funeral homes, today announced the completion of the merger contemplated by the previously announced Agreement and Plan of Merger (the Merger Agreement), dated as of May 24, 2022, by and among the Company, Axar Cemetery Parent Corp. (Parent), a Delaware corporation and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Axar Capital Management, LP (Axar), and Axar Cemetery Merger Corp., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (Merger Sub), pursuant to which Merger Sub was merged with and into the Company (the Merger), with the Company surviving the Merger as the surviving corporation (the Surviving Corporation) and becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent.
- BENSALEM, Pa., Nov. 03, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- StoneMor Inc. (NYSE: STON) (StoneMor or the Company), a leading owner and operator of cemeteries and funeral homes, today announced the completion of the merger contemplated by the previously announced Agreement and Plan of Merger (the Merger Agreement), dated as of May 24, 2022, by and among the Company, Axar Cemetery Parent Corp. (Parent), a Delaware corporation and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Axar Capital Management, LP (Axar), and Axar Cemetery Merger Corp., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (Merger Sub), pursuant to which Merger Sub was merged with and into the Company (the Merger), with the Company surviving the Merger as the surviving corporation (the Surviving Corporation) and becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent.
- The Merger became effective at 4:05 p.m. EDT on November 3, 2022 (the Effective Time).
- As a result of the Merger, the Company became an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Axar.
- Stockholders will receive a letter of transmittal and instructions on how to surrender their share certificates in exchange for the Merger Consideration.