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February 18, 2022

Minority Equality Opportunities Acquisition Inc. Rings Closing Bell at Nasdaq

Washington, DC – Minority Equality Opportunities Acquisition Inc. (“MEOA”) announced today the special purpose acquisition company’s (SPAC) participation in Nasdaq’s Closing Bell Ceremony on Tuesday, February 15, 2022.

November 23, 2021

Minority Equality Opportunities Acquisition Inc. Retains Two Minority-Led Firms As Acquisition Target, Due Diligence Advisors

Washington, DC – Minority Equality Opportunities Acquisition Inc (“MEOA”) announced today they have retained PGP Capital Advisors (“PGP”) and Vaughan Capital Advisors (“VCA”) as co-advisors to the company for business combination search and transaction execution.

October 15, 2021
Minority Equality Opportunities Acquisition Inc. Announces Separate Trading of its Class A Common Stock and Warrants, Commencing October 18, 2021

Waxahachie, TX – Minority Equality Opportunities Acquisition Inc. (Nasdaq: MEOAU) (the “Company”) announced that, commencing October 18, 2021, holders of the units sold in the Company’s initial public offering may elect to separately trade shares of the Company’s Class A common stock (“Class A Common Stock”) and warrants included in the units. The Class A Common Stock and warrants that are separated will trade on the Nasdaq Capital Market (“Nasdaq”) under the symbols “MEOA” and “MEOAW,” respectively. Those units not separated will continue to trade on Nasdaq under the symbol “MEOAU.” Holders of units will need to have their brokers contact Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the Company’s transfer agent, in order to separate the units into shares of Class A Common Stock and warrants. 

October 6, 2021
Published in The Washington Informer:
African-American Entrepreneurs Head SPAC in $126.5 Million IPO to Acquire Black-Owned Firms

"Shawn Rochester, who authored “The Black Tax: The Cost of Being Black in America,” and Robin Watkins, a highly-regarded financial and operations accountant, have made Wall Street history.

In fact, they stand poised to break through more barriers in the financial world.

Their latest venture, Minority Equality Opportunities Acquisitions, Inc. [MEOA], has raised $126.5 million, earmarked to help minority businesses and enterprises grow and prosper through mergers and acquisitions."

August 31, 2021
Minority Equality Opportunities Acquisition Inc. Becomes the First Minority-Led SPAC Traded on NASDAQ, Closes $126.5 million IPO

The upsized $126.5 million SPAC will target historically undercapitalized minority business enterprises (“MBEs”) for mergers and acquisitions. 

Washington, DC – On August 26, 2021, Minority Equality Opportunities Acquisition Inc. (“MEOA”) became the first minority-led special purpose acquisition company or SPAC listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market (“NASDAQ”), trading under the ticker symbol “MEOAU.”

Led by Mr. Shawn Rochester, MEOA's Chairman and CEO, and Ms. Robin Watkins, its Chief Financial Officer and Secretary, the blank check company will focus its business combination search and transactions on historically undercapitalized minority-owned/controlled businesses in various industry sectors across the country.