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AST Private Company Solutions welcomes Paul Arens 

AST Private Company Solutions™ (AST PCS) today announced that Paul Arens has joined the company as Vice President, Business Development & Partnerships. In this role, Arens’ focus will be to grow AST PCS by forging partnerships in the private company ecosystem and identifying synergistic relationships that utilize cap table and employee stock plan data housed in Astrella™, the AST-built SaaS solution for private companies.

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AST Leads Successful Proxy Campaign for Invesco’s Acquisition of OppenheimerFundsA

AST Fund Solutions LLC announced that it executed a successful proxy campaign that resulted in 103 separate fund shareholder approvals for the reorganization of the OppenheimerFunds into the Invesco Funds. The funds were reorganized as part of the successful completion of Invesco's acquisition of OppenheimerFunds, which was announced on May 24, 2019.

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President of AST Private Company Solutions™ to Present at the Global Equity Organization (GEO) Conference

AST is pleased to announce that Carine Schneider, FGE, President of AST Private Company Solutions™, will speak at the Global Equity Organization (GEO) Annual Conference in Amsterdam about timely issues in global share plans and executive compensation.

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AST Launches AST Private Company Solutions to Service Private Companies from Inception to IPO

AST® announced the launch of a new business to meet the varied and complex needs of private companies. AST Private Company Solutions™ is developing innovative and next-generation technology, products and services to support the entire lifecycle of a private company, including when the next phase involves going public.

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Alan Eddie Joins AST as CTO

AST®, a full-service, tech-enabled ownership data management and advisory firm, announced that Alan Eddie has joined as Chief Technology Officer, overseeing the company’s technology strategy and operations. Based in New York, Eddie reports to President and Chief Executive Officer Marty Flanigan.

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D.F. King Expands Extraordinary Events Proxy Solicitation Team with Addition of Geoffrey Weinberg

Leading governance, proxy and ownership services firm D.F. King & Co., Inc., an AST Company, announced that Geoffrey Weinberg has joined as a Senior Vice President in the Extraordinary Events Group. In this role, Weinberg will work in the corporate proxy department in the firm’s New York office on M&A transactions and contested solicitations, including activist defense assignments.

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AST Welcomes Brett Weinblatt as New CFO

AST®, a full-service, tech-enabled ownership data management and advisory firm, announced that Brett D. Weinblatt has joined as Chief Financial Officer, overseeing the company’s financial strategy and operations. Weinblatt reports to Chief Executive Officer Marty Flanigan.

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