UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 28, 2023
METAL SKY STAR ACQUISITION CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Cayman Islands | 001-41344 | N/A00-0000000 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
132 West 31st Street, 9th Floor New York, NY |
10001 |
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(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (332) 237-6141
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||
Units, each consisting of one Ordinary Share, $0.001 par value, one redeemable warrant, and one right | MSSAU | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC | ||
Ordinary Shares, $0.001 par value | MSSA | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC | ||
Redeemable warrants, each warrant exercisable for one Ordinary Share at an exercise price of $11.50 per share | MSSAW | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC | ||
Rights to receive one-tenth (1/10th) of one Ordinary Share | MSSAR | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
Item 5.02. | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
On September 28, 2023, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) appointed Wenxi He to serve as the Chief Executive Officer and director of the Company.
On September 28, 2023, the Board approved Man Chak Leung’s resignation letter to resign as the Chief Executive Officer and director of the Company.
Ms. He, age 44, serves as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company. She also serves as Chief Investment Officer at Still Waters Green Technology Limited, an asset management company based in London, specializing in the development and management of renewable energy and power generation assets, since February 2019. Ms. He has over 15 years of experience in the investment banking industry. Prior to joining Still Waters Green Technology Limited, she served as the Managing Director and Global Head of Commodity Exchange Traded Products at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in London. She was responsible for initiating and executing strategic solutions and issuance, trading physical and synthetic commodity products, and managing portfolio assets in energy, metals and agriculture, with a wide variety of commodity, currency and interest-rate risk. Prior to that, Ms. He traded and structured commodity derivative products at Citigroup, fixed income security products with a focus on structured credit and rates at UBS and RBC Capital Markets. Ms. He holds master’s degrees in both Mathematical Finance and Engineering from University of Toronto, and a bachelor’s degree in Engineering from Tongji University.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.
Dated: September 28, 2023 | Metal Sky Star Acquisition Corporation | |
By: | /s/ Wenxi He | |
Name: | Wenxi He | |
Title: | Chief Executive Officer and Director |