Benzinga | May 17, 2021 08:05AM EDT

Quantum-Si and HighCape Capital Acquisition Corp. Announce Effectiveness of Registration Statement for Proposed Business Combination

Quantum-Si Incorporated, a company pioneering next-generation semiconductor chip-based proteomics, and HighCape Capital Acquisition Corp. ("HighCape"), a healthcare-focused special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), today announced that the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") has declared the Registration Statement on Form S-4 in connection with the proposed business combination between the two companies, to be effective.

A special meeting of HighCape stockholders (the "Special Meeting") to approve, among other things, the proposed business combination, will be held in virtual format on June 9, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time. HighCape also announced today that it has filed with the SEC a definitive proxy statement/prospectus relating to the Special Meeting, and commenced mailing it on or about May 14, 2021 to its stockholders of record as of the close of business on May 10, 2021.