- 新董事会将由包括科技、汽车、金融、政府和监管、交通和能源等不同行业的专家组成。
- 董事会成员包括FF全球首席执行官Carsten Breitfeld（毕福康）、现任FF董事会成员Brian Krolicki、Matthias Aydt、Christine Harada、Lee Liu（刘辉）、Sue Swenson、Jordan Vogel、Scott Vogel和Bob Ye（叶青） 。
2021年3月31日，洛杉矶 -- 总部位于美国加州的全球共享智能出行生态系统公司Faraday Future (以下简称“FF”) 今天宣布，在与Property Solutions Acquisition Corp（以下简称 "PSAC"）（纳斯达克交易代码：PSAC）之间的合并交易完成后，将任命新的九名董事会成员。该交易预计将于2021年第二季度完成，交易完成后，FF将以股票代码 "FFIE"在纳斯达克进行交易。此次交易验证了FF的创始愿景，即打造一个基于技术和产品创新的出行生态系统 。FF的旗舰电动车型FF 91计划在合并完成后约12个月内推出。
董事会成员拥有在企业事务和公共领域的深厚资历，将有助于FF实现为市场打造前沿产品与技术的承诺。董事会成员丰富的内外部视角、创新理念和丰厚的行业积累与知识，都将帮助FF实现使命和战略目标。
"我们很荣幸这些多元化的行业领军人物能够在FF上市这个关键时间节点加入我们，"FF全球首席执行官毕福康说。"我们的新董事会成员将为FF提供宝贵的经验和领导力，并帮助指导FF 91 发布的运营准备和建设工作。"
作为唯一一款下一代智能互联网电车产品，FF 91整合了极限科技、极致用户体验和完整生态的产品理念，给用户带来了独特的智能互联网电动车出行体验。FF 91拥有行业领先的1050匹马力，搭载浸没式液冷技术的130千瓦时电池组，百公里加速仅需不到2.4秒，以及独一无二的后排智能互联网系统，通过超级移动AP实现高速互联网连接、拥有行业内最大的60度仰角零重力座椅，并提供革命性的用户体验，旨在打造移动、互联、智能、奢华的第三互联网生活空间和用户出行生态系统平台。
用户现在可以预订FF 91，详情请点击: https://www.faradayfuturecn.com/cn/reserve/
FF的全球董事会成员将包括：
Matthias Aydt – Matthias Aydt目前负责FF的产品定义和商务拓展团队。加入FF之前，他曾在中国和德国的汽车公司（如保时捷）和OEM供应商任职多年，带领项目管理和整车工程团队。Matthias名下的注册专利超过15项。
Dr. Carsten Breitfeld（毕福康博士） – 毕福康博士是FF的全球首席执行官，也是世界知名的电动出行行业专家，他拥有机械工程博士学位。在2019年9月加入FF之前，他是电动汽车初创公司拜腾(BYTON)的联合创始人，并出任董事长兼首席执行官。在这之前，毕福康博士在宝马任职20年，担任宝马集团副总裁和i8项目负责人，i8项目诞生了改变格局的i8豪华插电式混动车型。
Christine Harada - Christine Harada在政府管理咨询机构拥有超过25年的领导经验。目前，Christine是Ridge-Lane Limited Partners的合伙人。她还担任Rekor Solutions（纳斯达克交易代码：REKR）的独立董事，并是Millennium Institute 和U.S. Green Building Council of Los Angeles的董事会成员。Harada曾担任i(x) Investments的总裁，该公司是一家投资控股公司，投资包括可再生能源在内的人类需求的关键领域。她曾在奥巴马总统时期被任命为联邦首席可持续发展官。在此之前，Christine曾任美国总务管理局代理幕僚长，并担任副局长、政府政策和首席采购官。此外，Christine也曾在Boston Consulting Group和Booz Allen Hamilton拥有十年的管理咨询工作经验。
Brian Krolicki – Brian Krolicki是私人银行业的资深人士，也是市政金融的专家。他的职业生涯始于华尔街，曾在Smith Barney和Bankers Trust Company等知名公司工作。在他长达24年公共服务领域职业生涯中，Brain曾先后四次以压倒性的胜利赢得了内华达州副州长和州财政部长的选举。在担任内华达州财长期间，Brian当选为美国财政部长协会（NAST）主席，并成立了NAST公司管理委员会。他曾担任NAST基金会主席，该基金会在全美范围内推广金融知识和教育。Brian目前是FF董事会的独立董事，也是Vislink Technologies, Inc.和Nevada Nanotech Systems的董事会成员。
Lee Liu（刘辉） – 刘辉是一位经验丰富的科技和互联网行业高管，也是一位人力资源专家。目前，刘辉担任King Maker Company（KMC）的创始人和首席执行官，以及专注于人力资源开发的全国性社团-- China Intelligent Management Association （CIMA）的主席。在组建KMC和CIMA之前，他曾任百度公司人力资源高级副总裁和百度云业务董事长。在加盟百度之前，刘辉曾在摩托罗拉公司担任多个跨地区、跨国家的管理职务，包括全球人力资源副总裁。
Sue Swenson - Sue Swenson 为FF带来了领导全球科技公司的丰富经验，她领导过的公司包括PacTel Cellular、T-Mobile、Leap Wireless、Sage Software、Antrinsic, Inc.、Amp'd Mobile, Inc.和Cellular One等。她的公共董事会经验包括Vislink Technologies, Inc.、Harmonic, Inc.、Sonim Technologies、Wells Fargo、Inseego Corp.等。她是美国商务部 First Responder Network Authority的前主席和成员，该机构覆盖美国全部56个州、地区和联邦。
Jordan Vogel - Jordan Vogel 自2001年以来一直积极活跃于纽约的房地产投资和管理领域。作为Benchmark Real Estate Group, LLC的联合创始人和管理成员，Jordan负责公司自2009年成立以来的所有收购工作。在共同创立Benchmark之前，他曾在SG2 Properties, LLC工作，负责管理公司的收购小组。在加入SG2之前，Jordan曾在William Moses Co., Inc.工作，该公司拥有并管理位于曼哈顿的豪华公寓资产，他负责资产管理和公司投资的日常运营。Jordan是Property Solutions Acquisition Corp.和Property Solutions Acquisition Corp. II的董事长和联合首席执行官。
Scott Vogel - Scott Vogel 是Vogel Partners, LLC，一家私人投资和咨询公司的管理成员。在成立自己的公司之前，Scott在Davidson Kempner Capital Management担任了14年的董事总经理。他还曾在MPF Investors以及Chase Securities, Inc. 的投资银行部供职。在Scott的职业生涯中，他曾在多个公共董事会任职。
Bob Ye（叶青） – 叶青目前负责FF亚洲和中国区域的商务拓展和资本相关工作。在加入FF以前，叶青在消费者电子行业有超过12年的产品管理经验，也有在欧洲、美国和中国的全球管理经验。他曾担任过乐视北美总裁、华为欧洲的国家区负责人等。叶青也是FF的前董事会成员。
ABOUT FARADAY FUTURE
Established in May 2014, Faraday Future (FF) is a global shared intelligent mobility ecosystem company, headquartered in Los Angeles, California. FF's vision is to create a shared intelligent mobility ecosystem that empowers everyone to move, connect, breathe, and live freely. FF aims to perpetually improve the way people move by creating a forward-thinking mobility ecosystem that integrates clean energy, AI, the Internet and new usership models. With the FF 91, FF has envisioned a vehicle that redefines transportation, mobility, and connectivity, creating a true “third Internet living space,” complementing users’ home and smartphone Internet experience.
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ABOUT PROPERTY SOLUTIONS ACQUISITION CORP.
Property Solutions Acquisition Corp. is a special purpose acquisition company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, stock purchase or similar business combination with one or more differentiated businesses. The company is managed by Co-CEO’s Jordan Vogel and Aaron Feldman.
Property Solutions I is a $230 million SPAC formed in July 2020 and is traded on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol “PSAC”.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND WHERE TO FIND IT
This press release relates to a proposed transaction between PSAC and FF. PSAC intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) a registration statement on Form S-4 that will include a proxy statement and prospectus of PSAC and a consent solicitation statement with respect to FF. The proxy statement/consent solicitation statement/prospectus will be mailed to stockholders of PSAC as of a record date to be established for voting on the proposed business combination. PSAC also will file other relevant documents from time to time regarding the proposed transaction with the SEC. INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS OF PSAC ARE URGED TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT, PROSPECTUS AND OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS THAT WILL BE FILED BY PSAC FROM TIME TO TIME WITH THE SEC CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION. Investors and security holders will be able to obtain free copies of the proxy statement/consent solicitation statement/prospectus and other documents containing important information about PSAC and FF once such documents are filed with the SEC, through the website maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov. Copies of the documents filed with the SEC by PSAC when and if available, can also be obtained free of charge by directing a written request to Property Solutions Acquisition Corp., 654 Madison Avenue, Suite 1009, New York, New York 10065.
PARTICIPANTS IN THE SOLICITATION
PSAC and FF and their respective directors and executive officers, under SEC rules, may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies of PSAC’s stockholders in connection with the proposed transaction. Investors and security holders may obtain more detailed information regarding the names and interests in the proposed transaction of PSAC’s directors and officers in PSAC’s filings with the SEC, including PSAC’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2020, which was filed with the SEC on November 13, 2020. Information regarding the persons who may, under SEC rules, be deemed participants in the solicitation of proxies to PSAC’s stockholders in connection with the proposed business combination will be set forth in the proxy statement/consent solicitation statement/prospectus for the proposed business combination when available. Additional information regarding the interests of participants in the solicitation of proxies in connection with the proposed business combination will be included in the proxy statement/consent solicitation statement/prospectus that PSAC intends to file with the SEC.
NO OFFER OR SOLICITATION
This communication shall neither constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which the offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
This press release includes “forward looking statements” within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. When used in this press release, the words “estimates,” “projected,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “forecasts,” “plans,” “intends,” “believes,” “seeks,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “future,” “propose” and variations of these words or similar expressions (or the negative versions of such words or expressions) are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, conditions or results, and involve a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other important factors, many of which are outside PSAC’s or FF’s management’s control, that could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Important factors, among others, that may affect actual results or outcomes include: the inability to complete the transactions contemplated by the proposed business combination; the inability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the proposed business combination, which may be affected by, among other things, the amount of cash available following any redemptions by PSAC stockholders; the ability to meet the Nasdaq’s listing standards following the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the proposed business combination; costs related to the proposed business combination; FF’s ability to execute on its plans to develop and market its vehicles and the timing of these development programs; FF’s estimates of the size of the markets for its vehicles; the rate and degree of market acceptance of FF’s vehicles; the success of other competing manufacturers; the performance and security of FF’s vehicles; potential litigation involving PSAC or FF; the result of future financing efforts and general economic and market conditions impacting demand for FF’s products. Other factors include the possibility that the proposed transaction does not close, including due to the failure to receive required security holder approvals, or the failure of other closing conditions. The foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive. You should carefully consider the foregoing factors and the other risks and uncertainties described in the “Risk Factors” section of the registration statement on Form S-4 and proxy statement/consent solicitation statement/prospectus discussed above and other documents filed by PSAC from time to time with the SEC. These filings identify and address other important risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events and results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements, and neither PSAC nor FF undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
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