Data Storage Corporation Announces Closing of Upsized $10.8 Million Public Offering
Data Storage Corporation (NASDAQ: DTST, DTSTW) has successfully completed an underwritten public offering of 1,600,000 units at $6.75 per unit, raising approximately $10.8 million before expenses. Each unit includes one share of common stock and one warrant at an exercise price of $7.425. The company plans to utilize the net proceeds for sales force expansion, marketing, business development, and covering liabilities related to its acquisition of Flagship Solutions, LLC. The offering was managed by Maxim Group LLC, and the common stock began trading on May 14, 2021.
- Raised approximately $10.8 million from the public offering.
- Proceeds to fund sales force expansion and marketing, enhancing growth potential.
- Acquisition of Flagship Solutions could strengthen market position.
- Warrants may dilute existing shareholder equity.
- Stock trading at $6.75 below the exercise price of $7.425 for warrants could limit immediate profitability.
MELVILLE, N.Y., May 18, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Data Storage Corporation (NASDAQ: DTST, DTSTW) (“DSC” and the “Company”), a provider of diverse business continuity, disaster recovery protection, and cloud infrastructure solutions and services, today announced the closing of its previously announced underwritten public offering of 1,600,000 units at a price to the public of
In connection with the offering, the underwriter, Maxim Group LLC, partially exercised its overallotment option and purchased an additional 240,000 warrants at
The Company expects to use the net proceeds of the offering to fund sales force expansion, marketing and business development, the cash portion of the merger consideration payable in connection with its pending acquisition of Flagship Solutions, LLC (‘Flagship”), potential acquisitions, accrued and unpaid dividends on the Company’s outstanding Series A preferred stock and working capital.
Maxim Group LLC acted as sole book-running manager for the offering.
The offering was conducted pursuant to the Company's registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-253056), as amended, previously filed with and subsequently declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), as further amended by the Company’s registration statement on Form S-1 MEF (File No. 333-256111) filed with the SEC and effective as of the date of filing. A final prospectus relating to the offering was filed with the SEC on May 17, 2021 and is available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. Electronic copies of the final prospectus relating to this offering may be obtained from Maxim Group LLC, 405 Lexington Avenue, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10174, at (212) 895-3745.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
About Data Storage Corporation
The Company delivers and supports a broad range of premium technology solutions focusing on IaaS, data storage protection and IT management. Clients look to DSC to ensure disaster recovery, business continuity, enhance security, and to meet increasing industry, state and federal regulations. The Company markets to businesses, government, education and the healthcare industry by leveraging leading technologies. Through its business units, the Company provides IaaS, SaaS, DRaaS, VoIP, IBM Power systems and storage hardware with managed IT services. For more information, please visit http://www.DataStorageCorp.com.
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