Village Farms International Completes $22 Million Bought Deal Public Offering of Common Shares
10/12/2018 8:50:00 AM
VANCOUVER, Oct. 12, 2018 /CNW/ - Village Farms International, Inc. ("Village Farms" or the "Company") (TSX: VFF) (OTCQX: VFFIF) announced today that it has completed its previously announced bought deal offering of 3,097,200 common shares (the "Offered Shares") in the capital of the Company at a price of $7.13 per Offered Share (the "Issue Price") for aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of $22,083,036 (the "Offering"). The Offering was conducted by a syndicate of underwriters led by Beacon Securities Limited, and including GMP Securities L.P. (collectively, the "Underwriters"). The Offering included 287,200 Offered Shares issued pursuant to a partial exercise of the Underwriters' over-allotment option.
The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the Offering for working capital purposes, which may include funding certain future capital needs of Pure Sunfarms Corp. as well as other growth opportunities that may arise in respect of the Company's business over time. Further details can be found in the Company's short form prospectus dated October 4, 2018, which is available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
Upon closing of the Offering, there were 47,619,338 issued and outstanding common shares of the Company.
The Offered Shares have not been, and will not be, registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "U.S. Securities Act"), or any U.S. state securities laws, and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, United States persons absent registration or any applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act and applicable U.S. state securities laws. This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities in the United States, nor in any other jurisdiction
I had missed this release from this morning.
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