Lionheart Acquisition Corporation II Extension Vote Results

MIAMI, Jan. 31, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lionheart Acquisition Corporation II (Nasdaq: LCAPU, LCAP and LCAPW) (“LCAP” or the “Company”) today announced that its stockholders have approved an extension of the date by which the Company must consummate a business combination from February 18, 2022 to August 18, 2022 (the “Extension”) at the special meeting of stockholders held on January 27, 2022. The Extension provides LCAP with additional time to complete the previously announced proposed business combination with MSP Recovery, LLC (“MSP”).

Ophir Sternberg, Chief Executive Officer of LCAP, commented on the results of the meeting: “We are happy to report that we received well above the threshold of required outstanding shares that voted to support the extension, which will allow us additional time to complete our business combination with MSP. The active engagement of our investors in this extension process is encouraging, and with this vote of approval, we will continue to work towards completing a successful business combination to build shareholder value for this company.”

About MSP Recovery

Founded in 2014, MSP Recovery has become a Medicare, Medicaid, commercial, and secondary payer reimbursement recovery leader, disrupting the antiquated healthcare reimbursement system with data-driven solutions to secure recoveries against responsible parties. MSP Recovery provides the healthcare industry with comprehensive compliance solutions, while innovating technologies designed to help save lives. For more information, visit: www.msprecovery.com.

About Lionheart Acquisition Corporation II

Lionheart Acquisition Corporation II 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, visit: www.LCAP2.com.

Important Information About the Business Combination and Where to Find It

In connection with the proposed business combination (the “proposed business combination”), LCAP has filed a registration statement on form S-4 (File No. 333-260969) (the “Registration Statement”) with the SEC which includes a proxy statement/prospectus, and certain other related documents, which will be both the proxy statement to be distributed to holders of shares of LCAP’s common stock in connection with LCAP’s solicitation of proxies for the vote by LCAP’s stockholders with respect to the business combination and other matters as may be described in the Registration Statement, as well as the prospectus relating to the offer and sale of the securities of LCAP to be issued in the business Combination. LCAP’s stockholders and other interested persons are advised to read the preliminary proxy statement/prospectus included in the Registration Statement and, when available, the amendments thereto and the definitive proxy statement/prospectus, as these materials will contain important information about LCAP, MSP and the business combination.  After the Registration Statement is declared effective, the definitive proxy statement/prospectus will be mailed to stockholders of LCAP as of a record date to be established for voting on the business combination and other matters as may be described in the Registration Statement. Stockholders will also be able to obtain copies of the proxy statement/prospectus contained in the Registration Statement and the other documents filed with the SEC that will be incorporated by reference in the proxy statement/prospectus, without charge, at the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov, or by directing a request via phone or in writing to: MacKenzie Partners, Inc., 1407 Broadway, New York, New York 10018, (212) 929-5500 (Call Collect), Toll-Free (800) 322-2885, or email:proxy@mackenziepartners.com 

Participants in the Solicitation of Proxies

LCAP, MSP, and their respective directors, executive officers and other members of their management and employees, including John Ruiz and Frank Quesada, may, under SEC rules, be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies of LCAP’s stockholders in connection with the proposed business combination. Investors and securityholders may obtain more detailed information regarding the names, affiliations and interests of LCAP’s directors and executive officers in LCAP’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 31, 2021, as amended, and other reports filed with the SEC. Additional information regarding the participants is included in the Registration Statement and will be included in any amendments thereto, as well as the definitive proxy statement/prospectus, when available. When available, these documents can be obtained free of charge from the sources indicated above.

No Offer or Solicitation

No offer or offering of equity interests or securities of any kind is being made, conducted or extended at this time. This press release will not constitute or include an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to purchase or subscribe for, equity interests or securities of any kind or a solicitation of any vote of approval, nor shall there be any sale, issuance or transfer of any such securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such jurisdiction. Any such offer or solicitation will be made only in connection with the delivery of a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act, or exemptions therefrom.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements

This communication includes forward looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor from civil liability provided for such statements by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (set forth in Section 21E of the Exchange Act and Section 27A of the Securities Act, which include information relating to future events, future financial performance, strategies, expectations, competitive environment, regulation and availability of resources and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performances or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. These statements are often accompanied with or by words such as "expects," "plans," "projects," "forecasts," "estimates," "intends," "expects," "anticipates," "seeks," "targets," "continues," "believes," "opinion," "will," "could," "future," "growth," or "may" (or the negatives thereof) or other similar expressions that predict or indicate future events or trends or that are not statements of historical matters. These forward looking statements may include, but are not limited to, statements regarding MSP Recovery LLC’s (“MSP”) plans, goals and objectives, forecasts, budgets or projections and any related assumptions, statements and projections regarding projected MSP claims by paid amounts, projected paid amount of potentially recoverable claims, projected recovery percentages, forecasts relating to key revenue drivers, earnings growth, gross and cumulative recoveries and the implied enterprise value and LCAP’s and MSP’s expectations with respect to future performance and anticipated financial impacts of the proposed Business Combination, the satisfaction or waiver of the closing conditions to the proposed Business Combination, and the timing of the completion of the proposed Business Combination. There is no guarantee that prospects or results or the timing of events included or referred to in this communication will be achieved or that MSP will be able to implement successfully its investment strategy or achieve its investment objectives or return targets. Actual recoveries to MSP from its claims portfolio may vary materially from the projected amounts of potentially recoverable claims. Accordingly, we caution you against relying on forward-looking statements. Forward looking statements also are subject to a number of significant risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results to differ materially, and potentially adversely, from those express or implied in the forward-looking statements. These statements are based on various assumptions, whether or not identified in this communication, and on the current expectations of management and are not predictions of actual performance. Actual events and circumstances are difficult or impossible to predict and may differ from assumptions, and such differences may be material. Many actual events and circumstances are inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies, and are beyond the control of MSP and LCAP and are difficult to predict. These forward-looking statements are provided for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to serve as, and must not be relied on by any investor as, a guarantee, an assurance, a prediction or a definitive statement of fact or probability. Factors that may cause such differences include, but are not limited to, any inaccuracies in the assumptions underlying MSP’s forecasts over time, including its estimates of paid amount of potentially recoverable claims; the occurrence of any event, change, or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the Membership Interest Purchase Agreement (as may be amended from time to time, the “MIPA”) entered into in connection with the proposed business combination; the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against LCAP or MSP or affiliated companies following the announcement of the proposed Business Combination; the inability to complete the proposed Business Combination on the expected time frame or at all, including due to failure to obtain approval of LCAP’s stockholders, certain regulatory approvals, or the satisfaction of other conditions to closing in the MIPA; the occurrence of any event, change, or other circumstance that could give rise to the termination of the MIPA or could otherwise cause the proposed Business Combination to fail to close; the inability to obtain or maintain the common stock listing on the Nasdaq Stock Market following the proposed Business Combination; a delay or failure to realize the expected benefits of the proposed Business Combination; the risk that the proposed Business Combination disrupts current plans and operations as a result of the announcement and consummation of the proposed Business Combination; the ability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the proposed Business Combination, which may be affected by, among other things: future economic, financial, lending, competitive and market conditions, including healthcare spending fluctuations; future costs of and returns on capital; leverage and lending costs and terms; operating costs and future business, investment, holding and sale decisions and costs; the risks associated with MSP’s business, including, among others, MSP’s ability to capitalize on its assignment agreements and recover monies that were paid by the assignors; litigation results; the validity of the assignments of claims to MSP; a determination that MSP’s claims are not reasonable, related or necessary; the failure of MSP’s clients to renew their agreements with MSP (or terminate those agreements early); MSP’s claims being within applicable statutes of limitations; the inability to successfully expand the scope of MSP’s claims or obtain new data and claims from MSP’s existing assignor base or otherwise; the limited number of MSP’s assignors and the associated concentration of MSP’s current and future potential revenue; internal improvements to claims and retail billing processes by MSP’s clients that reduce the need for and revenue generated by MSP’s products and services; healthcare spending fluctuations; programmatic changes to the scope of benefits and limitations to payment integrity initiatives that reduce the need for MSP’s services; delays in implementing MSP’s services to its claims; system interruptions or failures; cyber-security breaches and other disruptions that could compromise MSP’s data; MSP’s failure to maintain or upgrade its operational platforms; MSP’s failure to innovate and develop new solutions, or the failure of those solutions to be adopted by MSP’s existing and potential assignors; MSP’s failure to comply with applicable privacy, security and data laws, regulations and standards, including with respect to third party providers; changes in legislation related to healthcare programs and policies; changes in the healthcare market; negative publicity concerning healthcare data analytics and payment accuracy; competition; successfully protecting MSP’s intellectual property rights; the risk that third parties may allege infringement of their intellectual property; changes in the healthcare regulatory environment and the failure to comply with applicable laws and regulations or the increased costs associated with any such compliance; failure to manage MSP’s growth; the inability to attract and retain key personnel; MSP’s reliance on its senior management team and key employees and the loss it could sustain if any of those employees separated from the business; the failure of vendors and providers to deliver or perform as expected, or the loss of such vendors or providers; MSP’s geographic concentration; MSP’s relatively limited operating history, which makes it difficult to evaluate its current or future business prospects; the impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic; and the risk that MSP may not be able to develop and maintain effective internal controls. The foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive. If any of these risks materialize or MSP’s assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may differ materiality from the results implied by these forward-looking statements. There may be additional risks that we do not presently know or currently believe are immaterial that could also cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements. The foregoing list of factors is not exclusive. Additional information concerning certain of these and other risk factors is contained in LCAP’s most recent filings with the SEC and in the Registration Statement, including the preliminary proxy statement/prospectus (and, when available, the definitive proxy statement/prospectus), filed with the SEC in connection with the proposed Business Combination. 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