Meta Materials Inc (MMAT)

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Meta Materials Announces Pricing of $3.4 Million Registered Direct Offering Priced At-the-Market

HALIFAX, NS / ACCESSWIRE / February 20, 2024 / Meta Materials Inc. (the "Company" or "META") (NASDAQ:MMAT), an advanced materials and nanotechnology company, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with a single institutional investor for the purchase and sale of 850,000 shares of its common stock (or common stock equivalents in lieu thereof) and warrants to purchase up to 850,000 shares of common stock at a combined purchase price of $4.04 per share pursuant to a registered direct offering priced at-the-market under Nasdaq rules, for gross proceeds of approximately $3.4 million, before deducting placement agent commissions and other offering expenses. The warrants will have an exercise price of $3.91 per share, will be exercisable immediately and will expire five years from the date of issuance.

The closing of the offering is expected to occur on or about February 21, 2024, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for the expansion of its technology commercialization and sales efforts (specifically in bank note and brand authentication, NPORE® and NCORE™ technologies for Li-ion battery applications, NANOWEB® transparent conductive films for automotive and consumer electronics applications, and VLEPSIS® systems for wide area motion imagery), as well as for general corporate purposes.

A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners is acting as the sole placement agent for the offering.

The securities are being offered pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-268282), originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on November 10, 2022, which was declared effective by the SEC on November 18, 2022. The offering is being made only by means of a written prospectus and accompanying prospectus supplement, forming a part of the effective registration statement to be filed with the SEC and available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Copies of the final prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus may also be obtained from A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners, 590 Madison Avenue, 28th Floor, New York, NY 10022, by telephone at [phone], or by email at [e-mail].

The Company has also agreed that certain existing warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 324,075 shares of common stock (the "amended warrants") at an exercise price of $9.50 per share with a termination date of June 6, 2029 will be amended, effective upon June 6, 2024, to have a reduced exercise price equal to the minimum price for Nasdaq purposes on such date. The other terms of the amended warrants will remain unchanged.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any of the securities described herein. There shall not be any offer, solicitation of an offer to buy, or sale of securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offering, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

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