Piedmont Announces Closing of Public Offering and Full Exercise of Underwriters’ Over-Allotment Option
Piedmont Lithium Limited (Nasdaq:PLL; ASX:PLL) has announced the closing of its underwritten public offering of 2.3 million American Depositary Shares, yielding gross proceeds of $57.5 million. The offering, which included 300,000 additional ADSs, will fund the development of the Piedmont Lithium Project, including feasibility studies, exploration drilling, and permitting. Joint book-runners for the offering included Evercore ISI, Canaccord Genuity, and ThinkEquity. Further details and a final prospectus are available through the SEC and ASX websites.
- Gross proceeds of $57.5 million from the public offering.
- Funds will support further development of the Piedmont Lithium Project.
- Potential dilution of existing shareholders due to the issuance of additional shares.
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Piedmont Lithium Limited (“Piedmont” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq:PLL; ASX:PLL) today announced the closing of its previously announced underwritten public offering of 2.3 million American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”), which includes the full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase 300,000 additional ADSs, with each ADS representing 100 of its ordinary shares (“Public Offering”). The aggregate gross proceeds of the Public Offering, before underwriting discounts and commissions, totaled
Evercore ISI, Canaccord Genuity and ThinkEquity, a division of Fordham Financial Management, Inc., acted as joint book-runners for the Public Offering. Loop Capital Markets and Roth Capital Partners acted as co-managers for the Public Offering.
Proceeds from the offering will be used to continue development of the Company’s Piedmont Lithium Project, including a definitive feasibility study, testwork, permitting, further exploration drilling and ongoing land consolidation, and for general corporate purposes.
The Public Offering was made pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement that has been filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). A final prospectus supplement related to the offering of the ADSs has been filed with the SEC and is available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov and on the ASX website. Copies of the final prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to the Public Offering may be obtained from Evercore Group L.L.C., Attention: Equity Capital Markets, 55 East 52nd Street, 35th Floor, New York, NY 10055, by telephone at (888) 474-0200 or by e-mail at ecm.prospectus@evercore.com; Canaccord Genuity LLC, 99 High Street, Suite 1200, Boston, Massachusetts 02110, Attn: Syndicate Department, by telephone at (671) 371-3900 or email at prospectus@cgf.com; and ThinkEquity, a division of Fordham Financial Management, Inc., Prospectus Department, 17 State Street, 22nd Floor, New York, New York 10004, telephone at (877) 436-3673 or e-mail at prospectus@think-equity.com.
This press release is not an offer or sale of the securities in the United States or in any other jurisdiction where such offer or sale is prohibited, and such securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Forward-Looking Statements
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