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Legal proceedings commenced Monday for 26 Capital Acquisition Corp.\u2019s (NASDAQ: ADER) efforts to finally bring Okada Manila public, and things got testy.<\/p>\n

\"Jason
26 Capital CEO Jason Ader. Legal proceedings involving Universal Entertainment kicked off Monday. He’s optimistic a merger with Okada Manila will eventually happen. (Image: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jason Ader, the chief executive officer of the special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), told the Delaware Court of Chancery that Universal Entertainment Corp., — the Japanese parent of Okada Manila — and its affiliates spent the trying to derail the merger.<\/p>\n

We got zero cooperation,\u201d said Ader at the trial.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In October 2021, Universal Entertainment and Ader\u2019s blank-check company announced merger plans<\/a> that would pave the way for Okada Manila to list on the Nasdaq. Under the terms of that agreement, Okada Manila was to roll all of the equity in the casino operator and 26 Capital would provide up to $275 million in cash to the business. It valued the casino resort at $2.6 billion.<\/p>\n

Increasing Acrimony Between Okada Manila, 26 Capital<\/h2>\n

Over the course of 2022 and into this year, the situation between Universal Entertainment and Ader\u2019s SPAC has grown increasingly acrimonious.<\/p>\n

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Earlier this year, the Japanese company filed suit attempting to halt the merger, a move dubbed \u201cdesperate\u201d by 26 Capital. The Okada Manila parent alleged Ader wanted to close the deal as a means of creating a windfall for himself and the SPAC\u2019s investors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The Japanese firm also alleged 26 Capital is potentially flouting US securities laws and is painting an overly ebullient picture of Okada Manila\u2019s business prospects to keep the SPAC\u2019s shareholders committed to the merger. They must vote in favor of it<\/a> for the deal to ultimately be consummated.<\/p>\n

The hostilities came to a head on June 30<\/a> when Universal and its affiliates declared they are terminating the merger agreement. In doing so, Universal highlighted a rift between 26 Capital and a jilted shareholder while alleging Ader made publicly misleading statements about Okada Manila\u2019s business prospects.<\/p>\n

Ader Remains Optimistic<\/h2>\n

On Monday, Ader told the court Universal executives have been dragging their feet on completing the merger, which raises concerns that they aren’t putting forth \u201creasonable best efforts\u201d to consummate the deal. Still, the SPAC chief remains optimistic and asked the court to compel Universal to honor its side of the arrangement.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy general view is this is still a great deal,\u201d Ader told the court.<\/strong><\/p>\n

While Okada Manila is just one integrated resort and would be the smallest publicly traded gaming company as measured by number of properties, Ader has previously discussed expansion plans, including the possibility of the company bidding for casino permits in Japan and New York in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Legal proceedings commenced Monday for 26 Capital Acquisition Corp.\u2019s (NASDAQ: ADER) efforts to finally bring Okada Manila public, and things got testy. Jason Ader, the chief executive officer of the special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), told the Delaware Court of Chancery that Universal Entertainment Corp., — the Japanese parent of Okada Manila — and its […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":216689,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69069,10,60,32093],"tags":[81913,81903,81928,81966],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nOkada Manila, 26 Capital Trial Gets Testy In First Day<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Okada Manila, 26 Capital tussle in court in merger trial's early innings.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/okada-manila-26-capital-trial-gets-testy-in-first-day\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Okada Manila, 26 Capital Trial Gets Testy In First Day\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Okada Manila, 26 Capital tussle in court in merger trial's early innings.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/okada-manila-26-capital-trial-gets-testy-in-first-day\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Casino.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-07-11T20:09:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-07-11T21:00:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Jason-Ader_6.8.22.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Todd Shriber\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@etfgodfather\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Casino_Org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Todd Shriber\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/okada-manila-26-capital-trial-gets-testy-in-first-day\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/okada-manila-26-capital-trial-gets-testy-in-first-day\/\",\"name\":\"Okada Manila, 26 Capital Trial Gets Testy In First Day\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/okada-manila-26-capital-trial-gets-testy-in-first-day\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/okada-manila-26-capital-trial-gets-testy-in-first-day\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Jason-Ader_6.8.22.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-11T20:09:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-11T21:00:46+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/f4cecf70a5032bc4e60eb73fc86d4a85\"},\"description\":\"Okada Manila, 26 Capital tussle in court in merger trial's early innings.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/okada-manila-26-capital-trial-gets-testy-in-first-day\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/okada-manila-26-capital-trial-gets-testy-in-first-day\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/okada-manila-26-capital-trial-gets-testy-in-first-day\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Jason-Ader_6.8.22.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Jason-Ader_6.8.22.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":800,\"caption\":\"26 Capital CEO Jason Ader. 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