Company: LEGT
Filing Date: 2025-02-19
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001829126-25-001098
Chunk: 481

Company: Legato Merger Corp. III
Filing Date: 2025-02-19
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 4
Chunk 481
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 of its managing partner until he retired in December 2011. While at York Capital Management, he was responsible for all financial operations of the firm. During this time, he also served as chief financial officer and secretary of York Enhanced Strategies Fund, LLC, a closed ended mutual fund. Previously, he was at Granite Capital International Group, an investment management firm, where Mr. Semler was responsible for the accounting and operations function for its equity products. He also previously worked as a senior accountant at Goldstein, Golub, Kessler & Co., where Mr. Semler specialized in the financial services industry, as well as a senior accountant at Berenson, Berenson, Adler. Mr. Semler has also served on the Board of Hebrew Public, a not for profit charter school network, since May 2015. Mr. Semler is a C.P.A.

We believe Mr. Semler is well-qualified to serve as a member of our board due to his financial and accounting expertise as well as his experience with prior blank check companies.

John Ing has served as a member of our board of directors since November 2023. Mr. Ing has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Maison Placements Canada, an independent, Toronto-based IIROC investment dealer providing a comprehensive array of financial services to institutional investors and small to midsize corporate clients, since 1985. Mr. Ing served as a member of the board of directors of Legato II from November 2021 until it completed its business combination with Southland in February 2023. Mr. Ing served as a member of Legato I’s board of directors from November 2020 until its merger with Algoma in October 2021. Throughout his four decade career, Mr. Ing has been an advocate of gold investment and authored numerous articles on the subject, appearing regularly in the media and giving speeches around the world. He is a recipient the Robert Elvers Mineral Economics Award, awarded in 2014 by the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum. Mr. Ing started his career with Jones Heward & Company in Montreal in 1969. He then joined Mead Company in 1972 and moved to Pitfield Mackay Ross in 1980 which was acquired by Dominion Securities in Toronto. Mr. Ing has served on numerous industry committees and on the Toronto Stock exchange Stock List Committee as its Chairman from 1993 to 2007. He is a member of the CFA