Blue World Acquisition Corporation Announces the Redemption Deadline as May 23, 2024 for the Extraordinary General Meeting to Approve the Business Combination with TOYO Solar

New York, May 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Blue World Acquisition Corporation (“Blue World”) (NASDAQ: BWAQ) today announced that May 23, 2024 is the deadline for delivery of redemption requests from the Company’s shareholders for the extraordinary general meeting (the “Extraordinary General Meeting”) in connection with the proposed business combination (the “Business Combination”) between Blue World and Vietnam Sunergy Cell Company Limited, a Vietnamese company (“TOYO Solar”).

The Extraordinary General Meeting is scheduled to be held on May 28, 2024. Since May 27, 2024 is a federal holiday, May 23, 2024, two business days before the date of the Extraordinary General Meeting, is the deadline for delivery of redemption requests from the Company’s shareholders.

There is no change to the location, the record date, or any of the other proposals to be acted upon at the Extraordinary General Meeting.

If you have questions regarding the certification of your position or delivery of your shares, please contact:

Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company
1 State Street 30th Floor
New York, NY 10004-1561
E-mail: [e-mail]

Blue World’s shareholders who have questions regarding the Extraordinary General Meeting, or would like to request documents may contact Blue World’s proxy solicitor, Advantage Proxy, Inc., at [phone], or banks and brokers can call [phone], or by email at [e-mail].

About Blue World Acquisition Corporation

Blue World Acquisition Corporation is a blank check company, also commonly referred to as a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities.

About TOYO Solar

TOYO Solar is an early-stage company incorporated in November 2022 to separate the solar cell and module production business from Vietnam Sunergy Joint Stock Company, an affiliate of TOYO Solar and a majority-owned subsidiary of Fuji Solar Co., Ltd, a Japanese company, whose major shareholder is Abalance Corporation, a Japanese company publicly traded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. TOYO Solar is committed to becoming a reliable full service solar solutions provider in the United States and globally, integrating the upstream production of wafer and silicon, midstream production of solar cell, downstream production of photovoltaic (PV) modules, and potentially other stages of the solar power supply chain. TOYO Solar has completed the phase 1 construction of a cell plant in Phu Tho Province, Vietnam with a designed annual capacity of 3GW, which has commenced commercial production since October 2023. The phase 2 construction is expected to commence in the second half of 2024, the completion of which is expected to extend TOYO Solar’s annual solar cell production capacity to a total of 6GW. Notably, TOYO Solar’s affiliated company, Vietnam Sunergy Joint Stock Company, is a well-established PV module producer in the United States and Southeast Asia as evidenced by its inclusion in Bloomberg NEF’s Tier 1 Solar Market List since 2019.