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Montreal, February 12, 2021 – NanoXplore Inc. (“NanoXplore” or the “Corporation“) (TSXV: GRA and OTCQX: NNXPF) is pleased to announce that it has closed its previously announced bought deal offering of 10,000,000 Common Shares from treasury (the “Common Shares”), at a price of $4.00 per Common Share (the “Offering Price”), and the exercise in full of the Over-Allotment Option of 1,500,000 Common Shares at the Offering Price, for aggregate gross proceeds of $46,000,000 (the “Offering“).
The Offering was conducted by a syndicate of underwriters led by Echelon Wealth Partners Inc. and National Bank Financial Inc., as co-lead underwriters and joint bookrunners, and which included Paradigm Capital Inc., Raymond James Ltd., Stifel Nicolaus Canada Inc., Beacon Securities Limited and Cormark Securities Inc. (together, the “Underwriters“).
The Corporation intends to use the net proceeds from the Offering for its battery initiatives, debt reduction, sales and marketing of graphene and for general corporate purposes.
The Common Shares were offered by way of short form prospectus in all of the provinces of Canada.
For further information and to obtain a copy of the early warning report to be filed under applicable Canadian securities laws in connection with the foregoing matters, please see the Corporation’s profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com or contact the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation at the below coordinates.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of the securities in the United States or in any other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful. The securities have not been registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and applicable U.S. state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements thereunder.
In a separate transaction that was completed concurrently with the Offering, Mr. Soroush Nazarpour, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, sold to Martinrea International Inc., the principal shareholder of NanoXplore, 1,000,000 Common Shares at the Offering Price for total gross proceeds of $4,000,000 to Mr. Nazarpour (the “Concurrent Sale”).
About NanoXplore Inc.
NanoXplore is a graphene company, a manufacturer and supplier of high-volume graphene powder for use in industrial markets. The Corporation provides standard and custom graphene-enhanced plastic and composite products to various customers in transportation, packaging, electronics, and other industrial sectors. NanoXplore is headquartered in Montreal, Quebec with manufacturing facilities in Canada, the United States and Europe.
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Forward-looking information is not a guarantee of future performance and involves a number of risks and uncertainties. Such forward-looking information necessarily involves known and unknown risks and uncertainties, including the relevant assumptions and risks factors set out in NanoXplore’s most recent annual management discussion and analysis filed on SEDAR at www.sedar.com, which may cause NanoXplore’s actual results to differ materially from any projections of future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. These risks, uncertainties and other factors include, among others, the uncertain and unpredictable condition of global economy, notably as a consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic. Any forward-looking information is made as of the date hereof and, except as required by law, NanoXplore does not undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward –looking statement as a result of new information, subsequent events or otherwise.
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For more information, please contact:
NanoXplore Inc.
Soroush Nazarpour
President & CEO
+1 (514) 935-1677
info@nanoxplore.ca