Piedmont Announces Closing of Public Offering
25 Março 2021 - 1:53PM
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 1.75 million
American Depositary Shares (“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 $122.5 million.
J.P. Morgan, Evercore ISI and Canaccord Genuity acted as joint
book-runners for the Public Offering. BTIG, LLC, B. Riley
Securities, Loop Capital Markets, Roth Capital Partners,
ThinkEquity, a division of Fordham Financial Management, Inc., Jett
Capital Advisors and Tuohy Brothers acted as co-managers for the
Public Offering.
Proceeds from the Public Offering will be used to continue
development of the Company’s Piedmont Lithium Project, including
definitive feasibility studies, testwork, permitting, further
exploration drilling, mineral resource estimate updates and ongoing
land consolidation, to fund the previously announced strategic
investments in Sayona Mining Limited and Sayona Quebec Inc and
other possible strategic initiatives, 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 Public Offering 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 J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, c/o Broadridge Financial
Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, by
telephone at (866) 803-9204 or by e-mail at
prospectus-eq_fi@jpmchase.com; 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; and Canaccord Genuity LLC, 99 High
Street, Suite 1200, Boston, Massachusetts 02110, Attention:
Syndicate Department, by telephone at (671) 371-3900 or email at
prospectus@cgf.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
This press release contains “forward-looking statements” as
defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
that involve risks and uncertainties. In some cases, you can
identify forward-looking statements by terms such as “may,”
“might,” “will,” “objective,” “intend,” “should,” “could,” “can,”
“would,” “expect,” “believe,” “design,” “estimate,” “predict,”
“potential,” “plan” or the negative of these terms and similar
expressions intended to identify forward-looking statements.
Piedmont cautions readers that forward-looking statements are based
on management’s expectations and assumptions as of the date of this
news release and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties
that could cause actual results to differ materially, including,
but not limited to, the anticipated use of the net proceeds of the
Public Offering; the fact that the Company’s management will have
broad discretion in the use of the proceeds from the sale of the
ADSs; the Company’s operations being further disrupted by, or the
Company’s financial results being adversely affected by public
health threats, including the novel coronavirus pandemic; the
Company’s limited operating history in the lithium industry; the
Company’s status as an exploration stage company; the Company’s
ability to identify lithium mineralization and achieve commercial
lithium mining; mining, exploration and mine construction, if
warranted, on the Company’s properties; the Company’s ability to
achieve and maintain profitability and to develop positive cash
flow from the Company’s mining activities; the Company’s ability to
enter into and deliver product under supply agreements; investment
risk and operational costs associated with the Company’s
exploration activities; the Company’s ability to access capital and
the financial markets; recruiting, training and maintaining
employees; possible defects in title of the Company’s properties;
potential conflicts of interest of the Company’s directors and
officers; compliance with government regulations; the Company’s
ability to acquire necessary mining licenses, permits or access
rights; environmental liabilities and reclamation costs; volatility
in lithium prices or demand for lithium; the Company’s ADS price
and trading volume volatility; risks relating to the development of
an active trading market for the ADSs; ADS holders not having
certain shareholder rights; ADS holders not receiving certain
distributions; and the Company’s status as a foreign private
issuer, including the effects of our proposed redomiciliation from
Australia to the United States on such status and subsequent status
as a domestic issuer, and emerging growth company. Forward-looking
statements reflect its analysis only on their stated date, and
Piedmont undertakes no obligation to update or revise these
statements except as may be required by law.
About Piedmont
Piedmont Lithium (Nasdaq:PLL; ASX:PLL) is developing a
world-class integrated lithium business in the United States,
enabling the transition to a net-zero world and the creation of a
clean energy economy in America. Our location in the renowned
Carolina Tin Spodumene Belt of North Carolina, the cradle of the
lithium industry, positions us to be one of the world’s lowest cost
producers of lithium hydroxide, and the most strategically located
to serve the fast-growing US electric vehicle supply chain. The
unique geographic proximity of our resources, production operations
and prospective customers places us on the path to be among the
most sustainable producers of lithium hydroxide in the world and
should allow Piedmont to play a pivotal role in supporting
America’s move to the electrification of transportation and energy
storage. For more information, visit www.piedmontlithium.com.
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Keith Phillips President & CEO T: +1 973 809 0505 E:
kphillips@piedmontlithium.com
Brian Risinger VP - Investor Relations and Corporate
Communications T: +1 704 910 9688 E:
brisinger@piedmontlithium.com
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