Digital World CEO urges Donald Trump to press shareholders to vote on merger extension By Reuters

(Reuters) – Patrick Orlando, the top of the blank-check acquisition agency that has agreed to take Donald Trump’s social media firm public, on Friday urged Donald Trump and Trump Media boss Devin Nunes to advertise an upcoming vote to increase the merger deadline.

The shell firm, Digital World Acquisition Corp, earlier this month didn’t safe sufficient shareholder help for a one-year extension to finish the deal.

The deadline has been pushed again to Oct. 10 in an effort to get extra shareholders to vote.

“@realDonaldTrump @DevinNunes let’s get the vote consciousness up,” Orlando wrote on a Reality Social put up with hooked up details about the shareholder vote.

TMTG and Digital World didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark.

Digital World, a particular objective acquisition firm, in October final 12 months agreed to take Trump Media & Know-how Group (TMTG) public. TMTG operates the Reality Social app co-founded by the previous U.S. president after he was banned from Twitter (NYSE:).

The transaction has been on ice amid civil and prison probes into the circumstances across the deal. Digital World had been hoping that the U.S. Securities and Alternate Fee, which is reviewing its disclosures on the deal, would have given its blessing by now.

The corporate can also be dealing with an uphill process as particular person buyers, which comprise about 90% of its shareholder base, aren’t as accustomed to voting their shares.