Mr. Smith brings extensive public-company
experience and energy industry expertise to Vast in advance of its
U.S. Exchange listing
Vast Solar Pty Ltd (Vast), a renewable energy company
specialising in concentrated solar thermal power (CSP) energy
systems that generate zero-carbon, utility-scale, dispatchable
electricity and industrial process heat, announced today the
appointment of Marshall D. (Mark) Smith as the company’s new Chief
Financial Officer (CFO), effective September 18, 2023.
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Based between Vast’s Sydney headquarters and Houston, Texas, Mr.
Smith brings more than 30 years of experience, including energy
industry expertise and leadership in operations, capital
allocation, business development, and financial management. Most
recently, he was CFO for a Texas-based privately held oil and gas
company, having previously served as CFO for Guidon Energy, an oil
and gas company that was Blackstone Energy Partners’ largest
energy-focused investment. Mr. Smith also held executive positions
at California Resources Corporation, Occidental Petroleum, Ultra
Petroleum, and J.M. Huber Energy. Prior to that, he served as a
Managing Director of Investment Banking at Nesbitt Burns Securities
(now BMO Capital Markets).
“We are excited to welcome Mark to our executive team. He will
be critical to our success as we globally scale our innovative CSP
technology as a public company,” said Craig Wood, CEO of Vast.
"Mark is a true energy industry veteran with deep experience as CFO
of public and private equity-funded energy companies. He is the
ideal addition to our team and will play a key role in driving
international deployment of Vast’s modular CSP v3.0
technology.”
“It’s an honor to be joining the world-class team at Vast to
accelerate its promising CSP technology that solves one of energy’s
most enduring challenges – intermittency,” said Mr. Smith. “I look
forward to working with the team to develop its pipeline of
Australian, US, and international projects to bring low-cost, zero
carbon, dispatchable energy to the world.”
Vast and its proprietary CSP v3.0 technology, has received
significant support from the Australian government including up to
AUD$65 million in funding from the Australian Renewable Energy
Agency (ARENA) to support construction of VS1, its first
utility-scale project in South Australia.
About Vast
Vast is a renewable energy company that has CSP systems to
generate, store, and dispatch carbon-free, utility-scale
electricity, industrial heat, and to enable the production of green
fuels. Vast’s CSP v3.0 approach to CSP utilizes a proprietary,
modular sodium loop to efficiently capture and convert solar heat
into these end products.
On February 14, 2023, Vast announced a business combination
agreement with Nabors Energy Transition Corp. (NYSE: NETC). The
combined entity would be named Vast and its securities are expected
to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol
“VSTE” while remaining headquartered in Australia.
Visit www.vast.energy for more information.
Important Information about the Business Combination and
Where to Find It
This communication does not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy any securities or constitute a
solicitation of any vote or approval.
In connection with the proposed business combination (the
Business Combination) between Vast and Nabors Energy Transition
Corp. (NETC), Vast has filed a Registration Statement on Form F-4
(the Registration Statement) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (the SEC), which includes (i) a preliminary prospectus
of Vast relating to the offer of securities to be issued in
connection with the proposed Business Combination and (ii) a
preliminary proxy statement of NETC to be distributed to holders of
NETC’s capital stock in connection with NETC’s solicitation of
proxies for the vote by NETC’s stockholders with respect to the
proposed Business Combination and other matters described in the
Registration Statement. NETC and Vast also plan to file other
documents with the SEC regarding the proposed Business Combination.
After the Registration Statement has been declared effective by the
SEC, a definitive proxy statement/prospectus will be mailed to the
stockholders of NETC. INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS OF NETC AND
VAST ARE URGED TO READ THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT, THE PROXY
STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS CONTAINED THEREIN (INCLUDING ALL AMENDMENTS
AND SUPPLEMENTS THERETO) AND ALL OTHER DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE
PROPOSED BUSINESS COMBINATION THAT WILL BE FILED WITH THE SEC
CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE
THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED BUSINESS
COMBINATION.
Investors and security holders will be able to obtain free
copies of the proxy statement/prospectus and other documents
containing important information about NETC and Vast once such
documents are filed with the SEC, through the website maintained by
the SEC at http://www.sec.gov. In addition, the documents filed by
NETC may be obtained free of charge from NETC’s website at
www.nabors-etcorp.com or by written request to NETC at 515 West
Greens Road, Suite 1200, Houston, TX 77067.
Participants in the Solicitation
NETC, Nabors, Vast and their respective directors and executive
officers may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of
proxies from the stockholders of NETC in connection with the
proposed Business Combination. Information about the directors and
executive officers of NETC is set forth in the Registration
Statement Other information regarding the participants in the proxy
solicitation and a description of their direct and indirect
interests, by security holdings or otherwise, will be contained in
the Registration Statement, the proxy statement/prospectus and
other relevant materials to be filed with the SEC when they become
available. You may obtain free copies of these documents as
described in the preceding paragraph.
Forward Looking Statements
The information included herein and in any oral statements made
in connection herewith include “forward-looking statements” within
the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended. All statements, other than statements of present or
historical fact included herein, regarding the proposed Business
Combination, NETC’s and Vast’s ability to consummate the proposed
Business Combination, the benefits of the proposed Business
Combination and NETC’s and Vast’s future financial performance
following the proposed Business Combination, as well as NETC’s and
Vast’s strategy, future operations, financial position, estimated
revenues and losses, projected costs, prospects, plans and
objectives of management are forward-looking statements. When used
herein, including any oral statements made in connection herewith,
the words “could,” “should,” “will,” “may,” “believe,”
“anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate,” “expect,” “project,” the
negative of such terms and other similar expressions are intended
to identify forward-looking statements, although not all
forward-looking statements contain such identifying words. These
forward-looking statements are based on NETC and Vast management’s
current expectations and assumptions about future events and are
based on currently available information as to the outcome and
timing of future events. Except as otherwise required by applicable
law, NETC and Vast disclaim any duty to update any forward-looking
statements, all of which are expressly qualified by the statements
in this section, to reflect events or circumstances after the date
hereof. NETC and Vast caution you that these forward-looking
statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, most of which
are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond the control
of NETC and Vast. These risks include, but are not limited to,
general economic, financial, legal, political and business
conditions and changes in domestic and foreign markets; the
inability to complete the Business Combination or the convertible
debt and equity financings contemplated in connection with the
proposed Business Combination (the “Financing”) in a timely manner
or at all (including due to the failure to receive required
stockholder or shareholder, as applicable, approvals, or the
failure of other closing conditions such as the satisfaction of the
minimum trust account amount following redemptions by NETC’s public
stockholders and the receipt of certain governmental and regulatory
approvals), which may adversely affect the price of NETC’s
securities; the inability of the Business Combination to be
completed by NETC’s business combination deadline and the potential
failure to obtain an extension of the business combination deadline
if sought by NETC; the occurrence of any event, change or other
circumstance that could give rise to the termination of the
Business Combination or the Financing; the inability to recognize
the anticipated benefits of the proposed Business Combination; the
inability to obtain or maintain the listing of Vast’s shares on a
national exchange following the consummation of the proposed
Business Combination; costs related to the proposed Business
Combination; the risk that the proposed Business Combination
disrupts current plans and operations of Vast, business
relationships of Vast or Vast’s business generally as a result of
the announcement and consummation of the proposed Business
Combination; Vast’s ability to manage growth; Vast’s ability to
execute its business plan, including the completion of the Port
Augusta project, at all or in a timely manner and meet its
projections; potential disruption in Vast’s employee retention as a
result of the proposed Business Combination; potential litigation,
governmental or regulatory proceedings, investigations or inquiries
involving Vast or NETC, including in relation to the proposed
Business Combination; changes in applicable laws or regulations and
general economic and market conditions impacting demand for Vast’s
products and services. Additional risks are set forth in the
section titled "Risk Factors" in the Registration Statement and
other documents filed, or to be filed, by NETC and Vast with the
SEC. Should one or more of the risks or uncertainties described
herein and in any oral statements made in connection therewith
occur, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual
results and plans could differ materially from those expressed in
any forward-looking statements.
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Vast For Investors: Caldwell Bailey ICR, Inc.
VastIR@icrinc.com
For US Media: Matt Dallas ICR, Inc. VastPR@icrinc.com
For Australian media: Nick Albrow Wilkinson Butler
nick@wilkinsonbutler.com
Nabors Energy Transition Corp. Contacts For Investors:
William C. Conroy, CFA Vice President – Corporate Development &
Investor Relations William.conroy@nabors.com
For Media: Brian Brooks Senior Director, Corporate
Communications Brian.brooks@nabors.com
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