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Posted 27 June, 2023

Coliseum Acquisition Corp. appointed new CEO

CEO Change detected for ticker Nasdaq:MITA in a 8-K filed on 27 June, 2023.


  Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, effective June 26, 2023, (i) Jason Stein and Daniel Haimovic resigned as Co-Chief Executive Officers of the Company, (ii) Jason Beren resigned as the Company's Chief Financial Officer, and (iii) Andrew Fishkoff resigned as the Company's Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel.  

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Overview of Coliseum Acquisition Corp.
Business/Consumer Services • Shell companies
Coliseum Acquisition Corp. operates as a blank check company. It seeks to effect a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses. The company was founded by Jason Stein and Daniel Haimovic on February 5, 2021 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, NV.
Market Cap
$103M
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Relevant filing section
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.


Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, effective June 26, 2023, (i) Jason Stein and Daniel Haimovic resigned as Co-Chief Executive Officers of the Company, (ii) Jason Beren resigned as the Company's Chief Financial Officer, and (iii) Andrew Fishkoff resigned as the Company's Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel. Effective June 26, 2023, Harry L. You was appointed Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company.


Additionally, pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Company's current independent directors, Andrew Heyer, Ezra Kucharz, Jim Lanzone, Rich Paul, and Romita Mally, have tendered their resignations from the board of directors as well as from each committee of the board of directors on which he or she currently serves, to be effective as of the later of (i) ten days after the Closing Date, or (ii) the Company's acceptance of such resignation.


In connection with the Closing, Mr. You entered into an indemnification agreement with the Company on substantially the same terms as the forms of indemnification agreement previously entered into by and between the Company and each of its other officers and directors in connection with the Company's initial public offering. The form of the Company's standard indemnification agreement is included as Exhibit 10.7 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 28, 2021.


Harry L. You, 64, has served as Co-Chief Executive Officer of dMY Squared Technology Group ("dMY Squared") since March 2022. He was Chief Financial Officer from September 2016 to August 2019 and President in May 2019 and from September 2016 to February 2019 of GTY Technology Holdings Inc. ("GTY"), a software as a service company that offers cloud-based solutions for the public sector. He was Executive Vice President in the Office of the Chairman of EMC Corporation ("EMC") from 2008 to 2016. When Mr. You joined EMC in 2008, he oversaw corporate strategy and new business development, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and venture capital activity. He was Chief Executive Officer from 2005 to 2007 and Interim Chief Financial Officer from 2005 to 2006 of BearingPoint Inc. He was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Oracle Corporation from 2004 to 2005. Prior to joining Oracle, he held several key positions in finance, including as Chief Financial Officer of Accenture Ltd. and managing director in the Investment Banking Division of Morgan Stanley. He has also served as a trustee of the U.S. Olympic Committee Foundation since 2016. 


Mr. You currently serves as a director of IonQ, Inc. Mr. You is also Chairman of the board of dMY Technology Group, Inc. VI and dMY Squared, each a special purpose acquisition company.


Mr. You served as Vice Chairman of the board of GTY from February 2019 to July 2022 and as director of Coupang, Inc. from January 2021 to June 2023, Genius Sports Limited from April 2021 to December 2022, Rush Street Interactive, Inc. from September 2019 to June 2022, dMY Technology Group, Inc. II (a special purpose acquisition company) from June 2020 to April 2021, dMY Technology Group, Inc. IV (a special purpose acquisition company) from December 2020 to December 2021, and Korn/Ferry International from 2005 to 2016.