NEW YORK, Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Stock Exchange(R) (Amex(R)) today lists the units of Triplecrown Acquisition Corp. under the ticker symbol TCW.U. The offering size is 48M units at $10.00 per unit for gross proceeds of $480M (excluding the underwriters' over-allotment option). One unit equals one share of common stock and one warrant. Initially, the units will be the only security trading. The IPO's lead underwriter is Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. with Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc., Jefferies & Company and Broadband Capital Management LLC as co-managers. Triplecrown Acquisition Corp. is a newly organized company formed for the purpose of acquiring, through a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or other similar business combination, one or more businesses in the financial services industry. "We are pleased to welcome Triplecrown Acquisition Corp.," said Neal Wolkoff, Chairman and CEO of Amex. "We look forward to helping them achieve greater visibility with our unique service offerings." The specialist in Triplecrown Acquisition Corp. will be AIM Securities Co. For further information on TCW.U and other Amex-listed companies, please visit http://www.amex.com/. About American Stock Exchange The American Stock Exchange(R) (Amex(R)) offers trading across a full range of equities, options and exchange traded funds (ETFs), including structured products and HOLDRS(SM). In addition to its role as a national equities market, the Amex is the pioneer of the ETF, responsible for bringing the first domestic product to market in 1993. Leading the industry in ETF listings, the Amex lists 359 ETFs to date. The Amex is also one of the largest options exchanges in the U.S., trading options on broad-based and sector indexes as well as domestic and foreign stocks. For more information, please visit http://www.amex.com/ DATASOURCE: American Stock Exchange CONTACT: Catherine Chantharaj, American Stock Exchange, +1-212-306-1689, Web site: http://www.amex.com/

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