2020-05-19 09:03 ET - News Release
An anonymous director reports
HEXO CORP. ANNOUNCES C$50 MILLION UNDERWRITTEN PUBLIC OFFERING
Hexo Corp. has priced its previously announced overnight marketed public offering of units of the company at a price of 90 cents per unit. The underwriters for the offering have agreed to purchase 55.6 million units from the company for total gross proceeds to the company of $50.04-million.
Each unit will comprise one common share of the company and one-half of one common share purchase warrant of the company. Each warrant will be exercisable to acquire one common share of the company for a period of five years following the closing date of the offering at an exercise price of $1.05 per warrant share, subject to adjustment in certain events.
Canaccord Genuity Corp. and Canaccord Genuity LLC are acting as the lead underwriters for the offering, together with a syndicate of underwriters.
In addition, the company has granted to the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 8.34 million units offered in the offering on the same terms and conditions.
The company expects to use the net proceeds from the offering for working capital and other general corporate purposes.
The offering is expected to close on or about May 21, 2020, and will be subject to market and other customary conditions, including approvals of the Toronto Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange.
The units will be offered pursuant to a prospectus supplement to the company's amended and restated short-form base-shelf prospectus dated Dec. 14, 2018, to be filed with the securities commissions or similar securities regulatory authorities in each of the provinces and territories of Canada, and with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as part of the company's registration statement on Form F-10 under the U.S./Canada Multijurisdictional Disclosure System (MJDS).
Copies of the prospectus supplement, following filing thereof, and the base-shelf prospectus will be available on SEDAR and on EDGAR and a copy of the registration statement will be available on EDGAR. Copies of the prospectus supplement, following filing thereof, the base-shelf prospectus and the registration statement may also be obtained in Canada from Canaccord Genuity Corp., 161 Bay St., Suite 3000, Toronto, Ont., M5J 2S1, and in the United States from Canaccord Genuity LLC, 99 High St., Suite 1200, Boston, Mass., 02110, attention: syndicate department, by telephone at 617-371-3900, or by e-mail at prospectus@canaccordgenuity.com.
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