SPAC Sponsored by Greenhill Announces Stockholder Approval of Iridium Acquisition and Pricing of Equity Offering

23-Sep-09

NEW YORK, September 23, 2009 – Greenhill & Co., Inc. ("Greenhill") (NYSE: GHL) today announced that the stockholders of GHL Acquisition Corp. ("GHL Acquisition") (NYX: GHQ, GHQ.U and GHQ.WS), the special purpose acquisition company sponsored by Greenhill, have approved all the matters voted on at a special meeting of stockholders held today, including the proposed acquisition of Iridium Holdings LLC by GHL Acquisition. In addition, GHL Acquisition announced that it has priced an offering of 16,000,000 newly issued shares of its common stock at a price of $10.00 per share. It is expected that the acquisition by GHL Acquisition of Iridium and the common stock offering will close on September 29, 2009, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

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