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Published in Stocks and Investing on Friday, May 28th 2010 at 4:45 GMT by Market Wire
NEW YORK--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Gleacher & Company, Inc. (Nasdaq: GLCH), formerly Broadpoint Gleacher Securities Group, Inc., today announced the approval by its shareholders of all proposals in connection with the Companya™s 2010 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 27, 2010. Following receipt of shareholder approval, the Company reincorporated in Delaware and changed its name to Gleacher & Company, Inc.
In addition to approving the name change and reincorporation, the shareholders elected Peter J. McNierney, Henry S. Bienen, Bruce Rohde and Marshall Cohen to the Board, approved the declassification of the Companya™s Board of Directors and ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Companya™s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2010.
The Company also announced that, in keeping with the brand and name change, the Companya™s ticker symbol has changed, effective today, from aBPSGa to aGLCHa. The Companya™s common stock will continue to trade on the NASDAQ Global Market.
About Gleacher & Company
Gleacher & Company, Inc. (Nasdaq: GLCH) is an independent investment bank that provides corporations and institutional investors with strategic, research-based investment opportunities, capital raising, and financial advisory services, including merger and acquisition, restructuring, recapitalization, and strategic alternative analysis services. For more information, please visit [ www.gleacher.com ].
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains aforward-looking statements.a These statements are not historical facts but instead represent the Companya™s belief regarding future events, many of which, by their nature, are inherently uncertain and outside of the Companya™s control. The Companya™s forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties, including the conditions of the securities markets, generally, and acceptance of the Companya™s services within those markets and other risks and factors identified from time to time in the Companya™s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. It is possible that the Companya™s actual results and financial condition may differ, possibly materially, from the anticipated results and financial condition indicated in its forward-looking statements. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. The Company does not undertake to update any of its forward-looking statements.
