SharonAI (NASDAQ: SHAZ) secures $1.6B private financing to scale NVIDIA-powered AI factories
Rhea-AI Filing Summary
SharonAI Holdings Inc. entered into multiple private financing agreements combining equity and convertible debt to raise approximately US$1.6 billion. The equity component includes about 6,719,896 shares of common stock at $68.73 per share and pre-funded warrants priced at $68.2799 to purchase up to 6,374,823 additional shares, for aggregate gross proceeds of roughly $900 million.
The company is also issuing 4.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2032, which are senior unsecured obligations with a capped conversion rate that could result in up to 13,087,365 shares upon full conversion, plus associated pre-funded warrants where ownership limits are exceeded. Net proceeds are intended to support a six-year strategic compute collaboration with NVIDIA, including deployment of up to 40,000 Grace Blackwell GB300 GPUs and broader AI factory expansion across Australia and Asia-Pacific. Related registration rights agreements require timely resale registration on Form S-3, with liquidated damages up to 5% of each holder’s subscription amount if deadlines are missed.
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SharonAI secures large equity and convertible financing to fund aggressive AI infrastructure build-out.
SharonAI has structured a roughly US$1.6 billion private financing split between common equity, pre-funded warrants and 4.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2032. This mix blends immediate capital with potential future share issuance through warrant exercises and note conversions.
The proceeds are earmarked for its six-year NVIDIA collaboration and expansion of AI Factories, tying the funding directly to capacity growth, including up to 40,000 Grace Blackwell GB300 GPUs. The filing also highlights current AI Factory capacity of 132MW, with 102MW contracted and more than 55,000 NVIDIA GPUs expected by mid-2027, giving a sense of planned scale.
Investors must balance growth potential with dilution and leverage. Pre-funded warrants and a maximum conversion rate that could yield up to 13,087,365 shares increase future equity overhang, while 4.75% senior unsecured notes add fixed obligations. Registration rights and liquidated damages clauses emphasize the importance of timely resale registration but do not alter core economics.
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Securities Purchase Agreement – Equity
On June 17, 2026, SharonAI Holdings Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Securities Purchase Agreements (the “Equity Purchase Agreement”) with certain qualified institutional and accredited buyers relating to the private offering (the “Equity Offering”) of approximately (i) 6,719,896 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s Class A ordinary common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”) at a purchase price per share of $68.73 per Share and (ii) pre-funded warrants (the “Pre-Funded Warrants”) at a price per Pre-Funded Warrant of $68.2799 to purchase up to an aggregate of 6,374,823 shares of Common Stock for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $900 million. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of the to support the Company’s previously announced six-year strategic compute collaboration with NVIDIA, where the Company intends to deploy one of Australia’s largest AI Factories including up to 40,000 Grace Blackwell GB300 GPUs as well as broader expansion plans. The Pre-Funded Warrants are immediately exercisable and may be exercised at a nominal exercise price of $0.0001 per share of Common Stock at any time until all of the Pre-Funded Warrants are exercised in full. Until the Company receives stockholder approval for issuance of the Pre-Funded Warrant Shares, a holder may not exercise any portion of the Common Warrants to the extent the Purchaser would initially own more than 9.99% of the outstanding Common Stock immediately after exercise; provided, however, that will increase to 19.99% after confirmation of HSR Satisfaction (as defined in the Pre-Funded Warrant”) and which will increase to 100% following stockholder approval of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants.
The Equity Purchase Agreement contains representations and warranties, covenants and other terms customary for an offering of this type. The Equity Purchase Agreement is expected to close on or about June 22, 2026, subject to certain customary and other closing conditions.
The foregoing summary of the Equity Purchase Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the copy of form of Equity Purchase Agreement attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which are incorporated herein by reference and the form of Equity Purchase Agreement with Pre-Funded Warrants attached as Exhibit 10.5 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which are incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing summary of the Pre-Funded Warrant is qualified in its entirety by reference to the copy of substantially final form of Pre-Funded Warrant attached as Exhibit B to the Equity Purchase Agreement with Pres-Funded Warrants attached as Exhibit 10.5 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which is incorporated herein by reference
Registration Rights Agreement – Equity
In connection with the Equity Offering, the Company entered into Registration Rights Agreement (the “Equity Registration Rights Agreement”) on June 17, 2026, pursuant to which the Company agreed to file a registration statement (the “Equity Registration Statement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) covering the resale of the Shares (collectively, the “Equity Registrable Securities”). Under the Equity Registration Rights Agreement, the Company is required to file the Equity Registration Statement with the Commission no later than the 45th calendar day following the date of the Registration Rights Agreement. The Company is required to use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Equity Registration Statement to be declared effective by the Commission no later than the 60th calendar day following the date of the Equity Registration Rights Agreement (or the 90th calendar day in the event of a “full review” by the Commission). The Equity Registration Statement is required to be on Form S-3 (or, if the Company is not then eligible to use Form S-3, on another appropriate form).
If the Company fails to file the Equity Registration Statement by the required filing date, fails to cause the Equity Registration Statement to be declared effective by the required effectiveness date, or if the Equity Registration Statement ceases to remain continuously effective as to all Equity Registrable Securities for more than 20 consecutive calendar days or more than 30 calendar days in any 12-month period (each, an “Event”), the Company is required to pay to each holder, as partial liquidated damages, an amount in cash equal to 1.0% of the aggregate subscription amount paid by such holder pursuant to the Purchase Agreement on each monthly anniversary of such Event date until the applicable Event is cured. The maximum aggregate liquidated damages payable to a Holder under the Registration Rights Agreement is 5.0% of the aggregate subscription amount paid by such Holder pursuant to the Purchase Agreement. The Registration Rights Agreement also contains customary indemnification and contribution provisions. In addition, the Company agreed to reimburse Oaktree Fund Administration, LLC for reasonable and documented legal fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Registration Rights Agreement in an amount not to exceed $50,000.
The foregoing summary of the Equity Registration Rights Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the copy of the form of Equity Registration Rights Agreement attached as Exhibit 10.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which is incorporated herein by reference, and Exhibit A to the Equity Purchase Agreement with Pres-Funded Warrants attached as Exhibit 10.5 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which is incorporated herein by reference.
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Securities Purchase Agreement – Convertible Notes
On June 17, 2026, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Notes Purchase Agreement”) with certain qualified institutional buyers relating to the private offering (the “Offering”) of $600 million aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 4.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2032 (the “Notes”). The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes to support the Company’s previously announced six-year strategic compute collaboration with NVIDIA, where the Company intends to deploy one of Australia’s largest AI Factories including up to 40,000 Grace Blackwell GB300 GPUs as well as broader expansion plans.
The Purchase Agreement contains representations and warranties, covenants and other terms customary for an offering of this type. The Purchase Agreement is expected to close on or about June 22, 2026, subject to certain customary and other closing conditions.
The foregoing summary of the Notes Purchase Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the copy of form of Purchase Agreement attached as Exhibit 10.3 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which is incorporated herein by reference.
4.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2032 and Indenture
The Company will issue the Notes in the Offering pursuant to the terms and conditions of an Indenture (the “Indenture”) among the Company, certain of the Company’s material subsidiaries named in the Indenture (the Subsidiary Guarantors”), and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”). The Indenture will be executed in connection with the closing of the transactions under the Purchase Agreement.
The Notes are senior, unsecured obligations of the Company and will mature on June 15, 2032, unless earlier converted or repurchased. Interest on the Notes will accrue at a rate of 4.75% per year from the first issuance date of the Notes and will be payable quarterly in arrears on January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1 of each year, beginning on the first such date that is at least 30 calendar days after the initial issuance date of the Notes. Holders of the Notes may convert all or any portion of their Notes at any time, in integral multiples of $1,000 principal amount, for shares of Common Stock, at the option of the holder.
The Notes initially be represented by one or more registered notes in global form, but may, in certain circumstances, be exchanged for Notes in definitive form and will be issued in principal amount denominations of $1,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof,
The conversion rate for the Notes will initially be 10.0343 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 of the sum of the principal amount of Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest on such Notes, which is equivalent to a conversion price of approximately $95.66 per share of Common Stock. The initial conversion price of the Notes represents a premium of approximately 45% above the Nasdaq Minimum Price (as defined in Nasdaq Rule 5635(d)) at the time the Purchase Agreement was executed. The conversion rate for the Notes is subject to adjustment from time to time in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, including a weighted average adjustment with respect to dilutive issuances provided that in no event will the Conversion Rate exceed 14.5496 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 of the sum of the principal amount of Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest on such Notes (which is based on the Nasdaq Minimum Price of $68.73 on the date the Purchase Agreement was executed). In addition, following certain corporate events that occur prior to the maturity date of the Notes, the Company will, under certain circumstances, increase the conversion rate of the Notes for a holder who elects to convert its Notes in connection with such a corporate event. The Notes are not redeemable by the Company. The maximum of approximately 13,087,365 shares of the Common Stock may be issued upon conversion of the Notes based on the maximum conversion rate of 14.5496 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 of the sum of the principal amount of Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest on such Notes.
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Any time after the date that is eighteen months after the initial issuance date of the notes and on or before the 20th VWAP Trading Day immediately preceding the maturity date, the Company has the right to force convert all, or any portion of the Notes, but only if (i) the Daily VWAP for at least 20 out of 30 consecutive VWAP Trading Days ending on, and including the VWAP Trading Day immediately before the date the Company gives notice of the forced conversion, exceeds 200% of the Conversion Price (subject to adjustment for reverse and forward stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations and other similar transactions of the Common Stock that occur after the initial issuance date of the Notes); (ii) the daily dollar trading volume (as reported on Bloomberg) of the Common Stock on the Exchange for at least 20 out of 30 consecutive VWAP Trading Days ending on, and including the VWAP Trading Day immediately before the date the Company gives notice of the forced conversion is at least $50 million and (iii) the Liquidity Conditions (as defined in the Indenture) are satisfied. No shares of Common Stock will be issued to a holder in excess of its restricted beneficial ownership percentage, which is initially 4.99% (and subject to increase on the terms set forth in the Indenture) (the “Restricted Beneficial Ownership Percentage”). Instead, in lieu of delivery of such shares of Common Stock in excess of the Restricted Ownership Percentage to the applicable Holder, the Company will issue pre-funded warrants (the “Pre-Funded Warrants”) exercisable for such excess shares of Common Stock to such Holder. Such Pre-Funded Warrants will be exercisable in perpetuity, issued in book-entry form, have an exercise price of $0.0001 per share of Common Stock, will have exercise blockers equal to the Restricted Beneficial Ownership Percentage.
If the Company undergoes a Fundamental Change (as defined in the Indenture), then, subject to certain conditions and except as described in the Indenture, holders of the Notes may require the Company to repurchase for cash all or any portion of their Notes at a fundamental change repurchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the fundamental change repurchase date.
The Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by the Subsidiary Guarantors named in the Indenture, subject to the terms of the Indenture.
The Indenture includes customary affirmative and negative covenants, including a debt maintenance covenant and a prohibition on incurring secured debt in excess of $25 million. The Indenture also sets forth certain events of default after which the Notes may be declared immediately due and payable and sets forth certain types of bankruptcy or insolvency events of default involving the Company after which the Notes become automatically due and payable, which include the following:
| ● | certain payment defaults on the Notes (which, in the case of a default in the payment of interest on the Notes, will be subject to a 30-day cure period); |
| ● | failure by the Company to comply with its obligation to convert the Notes in accordance with the Indenture upon exercise of a holder’s conversion right; |
| ● | the Company’s failure to issue the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice (as defined in the Indenture) within specified periods of time set forth in the Indenture; |
| ● | the Company’s failure to comply with certain covenants in the Indenture relating to the Company’s ability to consolidate with or merge with or into, or sell, lease or otherwise transfer, in one transaction or a series of transactions, all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to another person; |
| ● | a default by the Company in its other obligations or agreements under the Indenture or the Notes if such default is not cured or waived within 60 days after notice is given in accordance with the Indenture; |
| ● | certain defaults by the Company or any of its significant subsidiaries with respect to indebtedness for borrowed money of at least $7.5 million; |
| ● | certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company or any of the Company’s significant subsidiaries and in the case of any involuntary case or proceeding which remains undismissed and unstayed for a period of 60 consecutive days; |
| ● | a final judgment or judgments for the payment of $7,500,000 (or its foreign currency equivalent) or more (excluding any amounts covered by insurance) in the aggregate rendered against the Company or any significant subsidiary, which judgment is not discharged, bonded, paid, waived or stayed within 60 days after (i) the date on which the right to appeal thereof has expired if no such appeal has commenced, or (ii) the date on which all rights to appeal have been extinguished; or |
| ● | a Subsidiary Guarantee with respect to the Notes ceases to be in full force and effect or the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor denies or disaffirms its obligations under the Indenture or any Subsidiary Guarantee with respect to the Notes. |
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If certain bankruptcy and insolvency-related events of default occur with respect to the Company, the principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, all of the Notes then outstanding shall automatically become due and payable. If an event of default with respect to the Notes, other than certain bankruptcy and insolvency-related events of default with respect to the Company, occurs and is continuing, the Trustee, by notice to the Company, or the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes by notice to the Company and the Trustee, may declare 100% of the principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, all the outstanding Notes to be due and payable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Indenture provides that, to the extent the Company so elects, the sole remedy for an event of default relating to certain failures by the Company to comply with certain reporting covenants in the Indenture will, for the first 180 days after the occurrence of such an event of default, consist exclusively of the right to receive additional interest on the Notes.
The foregoing summary of the Indenture, the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees are qualified in their entirety by reference to the copy of the substantially final form of Indenture attached as Exhibit A to the form of Securities Purchase Agreement, which it attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and such Exhibit 10.1 is incorporated herein by reference.
Registration Rights Agreement – Convertible Notes
In connection with the Notes Offering, the Company entered into a Registration Rights Agreement (the “Notes Registration Rights Agreement”) on June 17, 2026, pursuant to which the Company agreed to file a Notes Registration Statement (the “Notes Registration Statement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) covering the resale of the Notes and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes (collectively, the “Notes Registrable Securities”). Under the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company is required to file the Notes Registration Statement with the Commission no later than the 45th calendar day following the date of the Registration Rights Agreement. The Company is required to use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Notes Registration Statement to be declared effective by the Commission no later than the 60th calendar day following the date of the Registration Rights Agreement (or the 90th calendar day in the event of a “full review” by the Commission). The Notes Registration Statement is required to be on Form S-3 (or, if the Company is not then eligible to use Form S-3, on another appropriate form).
If the Company fails to file the Notes Registration Statement by the required filing date, fails to cause the Notes Registration Statement to be declared effective by the required effectiveness date, or if the Notes Registration Statement ceases to remain continuously effective as to all Notes Registrable Securities for more than 20 consecutive calendar days or more than 30 calendar days in any 12-month period (each, an “Event”), the Company is required to pay to each holder, as partial liquidated damages, an amount in cash equal to 1.0% of the aggregate subscription amount paid by such holder pursuant to the Purchase Agreement on each monthly anniversary of such Event date until the applicable Event is cured. The maximum aggregate liquidated damages payable to a Holder under the Registration Rights Agreement is 5.0% of the aggregate subscription amount paid by such Holder pursuant to the Purchase Agreement. The Registration Rights Agreement also contains customary indemnification and contribution provisions. In addition, the Company agreed to reimburse Oaktree Fund Administration, LLC for reasonable and documented legal fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Registration Rights Agreement in an amount not to exceed $50,000.
The foregoing summary of the Notes Registration Rights Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the copy of the form of Registration Rights Agreement attached as Exhibit 10.4 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
The information set forth under Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.
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Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
The information set forth under Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.
The Company will issue the Shares, the Pre-Funded Warrants and the Notes in reliance upon the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and/or Rule 506 promulgated thereunder.
This Current Report on Form 8-K shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall such securities be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements and certificates evidencing such shares contain a legend stating the same.
The Shares, the Notes and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes, the Pre-Funded Warrants and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants, if any, have not been registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements.
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
Offering Press Release
On June 17, 2026, the Company issued a press release announcing the Offering. A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this report, including, the expected closing date, may be considered “forward-looking statements,” such as statements relating to the Offering. Forward-looking statements include those preceded by, followed by or that include the words “anticipate,” “expect,” “believe,” “could,” “continue,” “ongoing,” “estimate,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “project,” “should,” “target,” “will,” “would” and similar words. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this report. Although the Company believes that its assumptions upon which such forward-looking statements are based are reasonable, the Company can give no assurance that these forward-looking statements will prove to be correct. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from historical experience or from future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The Company expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to disseminate any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any change in the expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based, unless required by law.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit Number |
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| 10.1* | Form of Securities Purchase Agreement – Equity | |
| 10.2* | Form of Registration Rights Agreement – Equity | |
| 10.3* | Form of Securities Purchase Agreement – Convertible Notes | |
| 10.4* | Form of Registration Rights Agreement – Convertible Notes | |
| 10.5 | Form of Securities Purchase Agreement – Equity (with pre-funded warrants) | |
| 99.1 | Press Release, dated June 17, 2026 | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |
* The schedules (and similar attachments) to this exhibit have been omitted from this filing pursuant to Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K. The Company agrees to furnish a supplemental copy of any omitted schedule (or similar attachment) to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| SHARONAI HOLDINGS INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ James Manning | |
| Name: | James Manning | |
| Title: | CEO | |
| Date: June 17, 2026 | ||
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EXHIBIT 99.1
Sharon AI Announces Oversubscribed US$1.6 Billion Strategic Financing to Accelerate Expansion of AI Factories Across Australia and the Asia-Pacific
Strategic financing is anchored by Situational Awareness and Oaktree, along with new and existing institutional and strategic investors
New
York, USA – June 17th, 2026 – SharonAI Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: SHAZ) (“Sharon AI” or “the
Company”), a leading Australian Neocloud, today announced a US$1.6 billion private placement financing, comprising: i) a private
placement of approximately US$900 million, split between
The aggregate proceeds of the Transaction will be used to support Sharon AI’s previously announced six-year strategic compute collaboration with NVIDIA, where the Company intends to deploy one of Australia’s largest AI Factories including up to 40,000 Grace Blackwell GB300 GPUs as well as broader expansion plans.
Sharon AI’s total AI Factory capacity has expanded to 132MW, of which 102MW is contracted to end customers, with more than 55,000 NVIDIA GPUs expected to be deployed by mid-2027.
“We are delighted to welcome new and existing institutional and strategic investors in connection with this financing, which will enable us to accelerate the deployment of AI Factories across Australia and Asia-Pacific,” said James Manning, Co-Founder and CEO of Sharon AI. “We continue to see demand for GPU compute significantly outpacing supply, with strong demand from AI-natives, enterprise, government, research, and hyperscale customers.”
In the private placement financing, Sharon AI will issue:
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| ● | pre-funded
warrants to purchase | |
| ● | US$700 million aggregate principal amount of 4.75% Convertible Senior Notes due 2032 (the “Notes”) |
The Notes will be senior obligations of the Company, guaranteed by certain of its subsidiaries, and will bear an interest at a rate of 4.75% per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears in cash. The Notes will be convertible into shares of common stock of the Company at an initial conversion price of approximately $99.66, representing a 45% premium to the price per share at which the common stock private placement was consummated (which price per share constituted the at-the-market price under Nasdaq rules). The Notes will mature on June 15, 2032, unless earlier converted, redeemed or repurchased.
The private placement is expected to close on or about June 22, 2026, and is subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions. Additional details regarding the private placement will be disclosed in a Form 8-K to be filed by Sharon AI with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The securities described above have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements. The Company has agreed to file a resale registration statement with the SEC to register the resale of the shares of common stock described above.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor may there be any sale of any 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.
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC is serving as lead placement agent. Lucid Capital Markets is also serving as placement agent. Macquarie Capital is serving as financial advisor. Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampon is serving as legal adviser to Sharon AI in connection with the private placement.
ENDS
Disclosure Information
Sharon AI primarily uses its Investor Relations page (https://sharonai.com/investors/) to disclose material non-public information and to comply with its disclosure obligations under Regulation FD. The Company also notes that, at times, it uses other communication mediums including, but not limited to, its X account (sharon__ai) and/or LinkedIn account (sharon-AI) to disseminate information about the Company, and can be additional sources of information outside press releases, regulatory filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and any other conference calls, webcasts, investor days, etc. that the company may hold.
About Sharon AI
SharonAI Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: SHAZ) and its subsidiaries (“Sharon AI”), a leading Australian AI Cloud, is a High-Performance Computing company focused on Artificial Intelligence and Cloud GPU/CPU Compute Infrastructure. Our AI Cloud platform and compute infrastructure is accelerating the build of AI factories and sovereign AI solutions, powering the next wave of accelerated computing adoption. For more information, visit www.sharonai.com.
Contacts
Sharon AI Media Enquiries:
Ross Barrows – Head of Capital Strategy & Investor Relations
Ross.barrows@sharonai.com
Zachary Nevas
IMS Investor Relations
+1 203.972.9200
sharonai@imsinvestorrelations.com
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Forward-Looking Statements
This press release may contain, and our officers and representatives may from time to time make, “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which are not historical facts, and which are not assurances of future performance. Forward-looking statements are based only on our current beliefs, expectations and assumptions regarding the future of our business, future plans and strategies, projections, anticipated events and trends, the economy and other future conditions. In some cases you can identify these statements by forward-looking words such as “believe,” “may,” “will,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “could,” “should,” “would,” “project,” “strategy,” “plan,” “expect,” “goal,” “seek,” “future,” “likely” or the negative or plural of these words or similar expressions or references to future periods. Forward-looking statements in this release include specific statements regarding the completion of the offering and the intended use of proceeds. Examples of such forward-looking statements include but are not limited to express or implied statements regarding Sharon AI’s management team’s expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future including, without limitation, statements regarding:
| ● | Service and product offerings; | |
| ● | Receipt and use of proceeds; | |
| ● | The deployment of assets and expansion of network procurement; | |
| ● | Sharon AI’s ability to engage with additional potential customers; | |
| ● | Expansion of Sharon AI’s data center footprint and capacity; and | |
| ● | The strengthening of Sharon AI’s partner network. |
In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. Because forward-looking statements relate to the future, they are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict and many of which are outside of our control. You are cautioned that such statements are not guarantees of future performance and that actual results or developments may differ materially from those set forth in these forward-looking statements. Therefore, you should not rely on any of these forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements include, among others, all of the risks described in the “Risk Factors” section of the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC. Additional assumptions, risks and uncertainties are described in detail in our registration statements, reports and other filings with the SEC, which are available at www.sec.gov.
The forward-looking statements and other information contained in this news release are made as of the date hereof and Sharon AI does not undertake any obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking statements or information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, unless so required by applicable securities laws.
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