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Phreesia Announces Third Quarter Fiscal 2025 ResultsALPHARETTA, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 9, 2024-- Jackson Acquisition Company II (the “Company”) announced today that it priced its initial public offering of 20,000,000 units at $10.00 per unit. The units will be listed on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) and will trade under the ticker symbol “JACS.U” beginning December 10, 2024. Each unit consists of one Class A ordinary share and one right to receive one-tenth (1/10) of a Class A ordinary share upon the consummation of an initial business combination. Once the securities comprising the units begin separate trading, the Class A ordinary shares and rights are expected to be listed on the NYSE under the symbols “JACS” and “JACS.R,” respectively. The offering is expected to close on December 11, 2024, subject to customary closing conditions. The Company, led by Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer Richard L. Jackson, is a special purpose acquisition company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. While the Company may pursue an initial business combination in any industry, the Company intends to concentrate its search on businesses with a focus on healthcare services, healthcare technology, or otherwise focused on the healthcare industry. Roth Capital Partners is acting as sole book-running manager for the offering. The Company has granted the underwriter a 45-day option to purchase up to an additional 3,000,000 units to cover over-allotments, if any. The offering is being made only by means of a prospectus. When available, copies of the prospectus may be obtained from Roth Capital Partners, LLC, 888 San Clemente Drive, Suite 400, Newport Beach, CA 92660, (800) 678-9147 or by accessing the SEC’s website, www.sec.gov . A registration statement relating to the securities was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 9, 2024. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of, these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains statements that constitute “forward-looking statements,” including with respect to the Company’s proposed initial public offering and the Company’s search for and/or completion of an initial business combination. No assurance can be given that the offering will be completed on the terms described, or at all, or that the Company will complete an initial business combination. Forward-looking statements are subject to numerous risks, conditions and other uncertainties, many of which are beyond the control of the Company, including those set forth in the Risk Factors section of the Company’s registration statement and preliminary prospectus for the Company’s offering filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Copies of these documents are available on the SEC’s website, www.sec.gov . The Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release, except as required by law. View source version on businesswire.com : https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241209829813/en/ CONTACT: Richard L. Jackson Jackson Acquisition Company II (678) 690-1079 KEYWORD: GEORGIA UNITED STATES NORTH AMERICA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FINANCE SOURCE: Jackson Acquisition Company II Copyright Business Wire 2024. PUB: 12/09/2024 06:09 PM/DISC: 12/09/2024 06:09 PM http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241209829813/en
NORTH ATTLEBORO -- Two North Attleboro High School juniors are holding technology workshops for local senior citizens starting Monday. Students John Thomas and Bhavi Mood will provide hands-on assistance to teach seniors how to use different forms of technology. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings.New York prosecutors on Monday charged Ivy League grad Luigi Mangione with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson , court records show. The charge came hours after Mangione, 26, was arraigned in a Pennsylvania courtroom on gun and other charges related to his arrest earlier Monday at a McDonald 's in Altoona, Pennsylvania, after a worker there told police he was acting suspiciously. Mangione was charged by the Manhattan district attorney's office with second-degree murder, criminal possession of a loaded firearm, possession of a silencer and possession of a forged instrument in state court in Manhattan on Monday night, according to a court record. He is accused of fatally shooting Thompson early Wednesday morning outside the Hilton hotel in midtown Manhattan. Thompson, a 50-year-old father of two, was headed to an investor meeting for UnitedHealth Group , which owns his company when he was shot by a masked gunman with a pistol that appeared to have a silencer attached. New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch has said the shooter lay in wait for several minutes for Thompson before executing what she called a "premeditated, preplanned targeted attack." Shell casings found at the scene had the words "delay," "deny" and "depose" written on them. The first two of those words are sometimes used to describe the tactics of health insurers, such as Thompson's, to limit the amount of benefits paid out to customers. UnitedHealthcare is the largest private health insurer in the United States, with more than $200 billion in annual revenue. The U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations in October released a report that found UnitedHealthcare, Humana and CVS "each denied prior authorization requests for post-acute care at far higher rates than they did for other types of care, resulting in diminished access to post-acute care for Medicare Advantage beneficiaries." Medicare Advantage offers health benefits under the federal Medicare program that are managed by private insurance companies. Mangione, whose sister is a doctor, reportedly has suffered from chronic back pain for years. The profile of his account on the social media account X contains an x-ray image of a person's back with screws in it. Thompson's family held a private funeral for him in Minnesota earlier Monday, as Mangione was being taken into custody and questioned by Altoona police. Police said that a backpack with Mangione when he was confronted at the McDonald's was found to contain a gun, silencer and multiple rounds of 9 mm ammunition. Altoona police said that when Mangione removed his face mask at the McDonald's at their request they immediately recognized him as the person sought by New York authorities in connection with Thompson's killing. He was taken into custody after giving officers a fake New Jersey ID that is believed to be the same one he used to check into a Manhattan hostel in late November. Mangione, who comes from a wealthy Baltimore-area family, is being held without bond at a jail in Pennsylvania on the charges in that state relating to the gun and phony IDs he was carrying. The suspect, who graduated in 2020 with both bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Pennsylvania, at the time of his arrest was carrying a handwritten manifesto that referenced the health-care industry. In a statement released after his arrest in Pennsylvania, Mangione's family said, "Our family is shocked and devastated by Luigi's arrest." "We offer our prayers to the family of Brian Thompson and we ask people to pray for all involved," the statement said. "We are devastated by this news." Before his arrest Monday, police in New York did not know Mangione's identity even as they sought a "person of interest" who was seen on surveillance images traveling to and from the scene of Thompson's slaying. Those images were widely publicized and had been seen by the officers who apprehended Mangione in Altoona. Most of the images showed a person wearing a mask or gaiter over their face. But two images showed the man believed to be Mangione when he was at the hostel, and a female worker there asked him to show her his face. Authorities believe the gunman fled New York within hours of that shooting, possibly on a bus from the Port Authority terminal in Washington Heights, in northern Manhattan.