{"id":83535,"date":"2021-01-13T07:35:13","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T06:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=83535"},"modified":"2021-01-08T13:31:01","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T12:31:01","slug":"danimer-scientific-completes-business-combination-with-live-oak-acquisition-corp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/danimer-scientific-completes-business-combination-with-live-oak-acquisition-corp\/","title":{"rendered":"Danimer Scientific Completes Business Combination with Live Oak Acquisition Corp."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-83540\" src=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Bildschirmfoto-2021-01-08-um-13.23.08.png\" alt=\"Bildschirmfoto 2021-01-08 um 13.23.08\" width=\"556\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2021\/01\/Bildschirmfoto-2021-01-08-um-13.23.08.png 556w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2021\/01\/Bildschirmfoto-2021-01-08-um-13.23.08-300x216.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 556px) 100vw, 556px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Meredian Holdings Group, Inc., doing business as Danimer Scientific (\u201cLegacy Danimer\u201d), a next generation bioplastics company focused on the development and production of biodegradable materials, and Danimer Scientific, Inc. (f\/k\/a Live Oak Acquisition Corp. (\u201cLive Oak\u201d)) announced today that they have completed their previously announced business combination. The transaction was unanimously approved by the board of directors of Live Oak and was approved at a special meeting of Live Oak stockholders on December 28, 2020. In connection with the closing, Live Oak changed its name to Danimer Scientific, Inc. (\u201cDanimer Scientific\u201d or the \u201cCompany\u201d). The common stock of Danimer Scientific will trade under the ticker symbol \u201cDNMR\u201d on the New York Stock Exchange beginning December 30, 2020.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe completion of our business combination represents a pivotal milestone in the global fight against one of the world\u2019s biggest environmental problems \u2013 single use plastic waste and pollution,\u201d said Stephen E. Croskrey, Chief Executive Officer of Danimer Scientific. \u201cWe are now fully financed to expand production capacity and meet the considerable expected demand from our blue chip, multinational customer base. Our customers view our Nodax\u2122 PHA technology as a core component of their corporate sustainability strategy and a key vehicle to achieve their ESG commitments of reducing plastic waste by making their plastic packaging fully biodegradable. We are excited to become a publicly traded company and enter the next phase of growth as we broaden the reach of our remarkable Nodax\u2122 technology.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20201229005412\/en\/Danimer-Scientific-a-Next-Generation-Bioplastics-Company-Completes-Business-Combination-with-Live-Oak-Acquisition-Corp\" target=\"_blank\">Read the full press release here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meredian Holdings Group, Inc., doing business as Danimer Scientific (\u201cLegacy Danimer\u201d), a next generation bioplastics company focused on the development and production of biodegradable materials, and Danimer Scientific, Inc. (f\/k\/a Live Oak Acquisition Corp. (\u201cLive Oak\u201d)) announced today that they have completed their previously announced business combination. 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