SkyWater Announces Offering of Shares of Common Stock

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SkyWater Technology (NASDAQ: SKYT) has initiated a registered public offering of its common stock. The company plans to offer shares at a public price, providing the underwriter a 30-day option to purchase additional shares. Proceeds from the offering will be directed towards general corporate purposes, including operational funding, debt repayment, and capital expenditures. Needham & Company serves as the sole book-running manager for this offering, which is backed by an effective shelf registration statement. This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation for purchase in restricted jurisdictions.

Positive

• Commencement of a registered public offering may enhance liquidity for operations.
• Use of proceeds aimed at strengthening company’s financial position.

Negative

• Potential dilution of existing shareholders due to the issuance of new shares.
• Dependence on market conditions affecting the success of the offering.

BLOOMINGTON, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- SkyWater Technology (NASDAQ: SKYT) (the “Company” or “SkyWater”) announced today that it has commenced a proposed underwritten registered public offering of its common stock. SkyWater expects to grant the underwriter a 30-day option to purchase additional shares of its common stock at the public offering price of the common stock, less underwriting discounts and commissions.

The Company intends to use the net proceeds from this offering primarily for general corporate purposes, which may include, among other things, funding of operations, repayment of indebtedness, additions to working capital and/or capital expenditures.

Needham & Company is acting as sole book-running manager for the common stock offering. A shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-266981) relating to the offering of the securities described above was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on August 19, 2022 and declared effective by the SEC on September 1, 2022. The shares may be offered only by means of a prospectus forming a part of the Company's effective shelf registration statement, related prospectus supplement and other related documents. You may obtain these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Copies of the prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the offering may also be obtained, when available, by contacting Needham & Company, Attention: Prospectus Department, 250 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10177, telephone: 800-903-3268 or email: prospectus@needhamco.com. Before you invest in our common stock, you should read the prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus, along with other documents that the Company has filed with the SEC, for more complete information about the Company and the common stock offering.

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any of these securities, nor will there be any sale of these securities in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale is not permitted.

About SkyWater Technology

SkyWater (NASDAQ: SKYT) is a U.S. investor-owned semiconductor manufacturer and a DMEA-accredited Category 1A Trusted Foundry. SkyWater’s Technology as a Service^SM model streamlines the path to production for customers with development services, volume production and heterogeneous integration solutions in its world-class U.S. facilities. This pioneering model enables innovators to co-create the next wave of technology with diverse categories including mixed-signal CMOS, ROICs, rad-hard ICs, power management, MEMS, superconducting ICs, photonics, carbon nanotubes and interposers. SkyWater serves growing markets including aerospace & defense, automotive, biomedical, cloud & computing, consumer, industrial and IoT.

SkyWater Technology Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains “forward-looking” statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements that are based on the Company’s current expectations or forecasts of future events, rather than past, events and outcomes, and such statements are not guarantees of future performance. Forward-looking statements include all statements other than statements of historical fact contained in this press release, including statements regarding the offering and the intended use of proceeds. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by words such as “intends,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential,” “continues,” “anticipates,” “plans,” “expects,” “believes,” “should,” “could,” “may,” “will”, “targets,” “projects,” “seeks” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology.

Forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions, which may cause the Company’s actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Key factors that could cause the Company’s actual results to be different than expected or anticipated include, but are not limited to: our goals and strategies; our future business development, financial condition and results of operations; our ability to continue operating our sole semiconductor foundry at full capacity; our ability to appropriately respond to changing technologies on a timely and cost-effective basis; our customer relationships and our ability to retain and expand our customer relationships; our ability to accurately predict our future revenues for the purpose of appropriately budgeting and adjusting our expenses; our ability to diversify our customer base and develop relationships in new markets; our expectations regarding dependence on our largest customer; the performance and reliability of our third-party suppliers and manufacturers; our ability to procure tools, materials, and chemicals amid industry-wide supply chain shortages; our ability to control costs, including our operating and capital expenses; the size and growth potential of the markets for our solutions, and our ability to serve and expand our presence in those markets; the level of demand in our customers’ end markets; our ability to attract, train and retain key qualified personnel in a competitive labor market; adverse litigation judgments, settlements or other litigation-related costs; changes in trade policies, including the imposition of tariffs; our ability to raise additional capital or financing; our ability to accurately forecast demand; changes in local, regional, national and international economic or political conditions, including those resulting from rising inflation and interest rates, a recession, or intensified international hostilities; the impact of the coronavirus 2019, or COVID-19, pandemic on our business, results of operations and financial condition and our customers, suppliers and workforce; the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global economy; the level and timing of US government program funding; our ability to maintain compliance with certain U.S. Government contracting requirements; regulatory developments in the United States and foreign countries; our ability to protect our intellectual property rights; our ability to obtain additional capital and financing for our operations and the potential dilution and other impact to the holders of our common stock; our expectations regarding the completion of, and use of proceeds from, this offering; and other factors discussed in the “Risk Factors” section of the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed by SkyWater with the SEC on March 10, 2022, and in the other reports that SkyWater has, and will file from time to time with the SEC, which are available at http://www.sec.gov. The Company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release.

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SkyWater Investor Contact: Claire McAdams | Claire@headgatepartners.com

SkyWater Media Contact: Lauri Julian | Media@SkyWaterTechnology.com

Source: SkyWater Technology (SKYT-IR)

FAQ

What is SkyWater Technology's recent stock offering about?

SkyWater Technology has initiated a public offering of its common stock to raise capital for general corporate purposes.

Who is managing the SkyWater Technology stock offering?

Needham & Company is acting as the sole book-running manager for the offering.

What will the proceeds from SkyWater Technology's offering be used for?

The proceeds will be used for funding operations, repayment of indebtedness, working capital, and capital expenditures.

What is the ticker symbol for SkyWater Technology?

The ticker symbol for SkyWater Technology is SKYT.

Is the recent stock offering by SkyWater Technology expected to dilute existing shares?

Yes, the issuance of new shares may lead to dilution for existing shareholders.