IS - IronSource pushes back shareholder vote on Unity sale to Oct. 7 Unity sets vote for same date (Update)

Update 11:55pm : Adds Unity setting same holder vote day, rationale for delay.

IronSource ( NYSE: IS ) pushed back a date for its shareholder vote for its planned sale to Unity Software ( NYSE: U ) to Oct. 7 from Oct. 3. Unity also separately disclosed it set Oct. 7 for its holder vote.

The Sept. 2 record date for the IS vote remains unchanged,  according a 6-K filing.

Ironsource ( IS ) originally set the date as Oct. 3, though it always intended to have the same date for a shareholder vote as Unity ( U ), according to a person familiar. When Unity ( U ) set the date for Oct. 7, IronSource  ( IS ) adjusted its vote date to be on the same page.

The delayed vote date comes as AppLovin ( NASDAQ: APP ) last month attempted to break up the ironSource/Unity deal by making a rival offer for Unity, which Unity has since rejected. IronSource ( IS ) disclosed in an amended S-4 filing last month that Unity ( U ) had won HSR antitrust approval for the deal and that Israel has also cleared the transaction.

The filing last month also revealed that AppLovin ( APP ) was the only company that had some discussions with Unity ( U ) about a possible deal and it revealed that as late as Aug. 21 AppLovin's ( APP ) advisers were inquiring if Unity ( U ) may be amenable to a revised takeover bid.

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