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HIVE Blockchain Announces Closing of $115 Million Private Placement Financing
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HIVE Blockchain Announces Closing of $115 Million Bought-Deal Private Placement Financing
Vancouver, BC, December 3, 2021--(T-Net)--HIVE Blockchain Technologies Ltd. (TSX.V:HIVE) (Nasdaq:HIVE) announced today that it has closed its bought-deal private placement financing of 16,670,000 special warrants of the Company at a price of $6.00 per Special Warrant for aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of $100 million.
Stifel GMP acted as lead underwriter and sole bookrunner, on behalf of a syndicate of underwriters including BMO Capital Markets, Canaccord Genuity Corp. and PI Financial Corp. (collectively, the "Underwriters").
In connection with the closing of the Offering, the Underwriters elected to fully exercise the option to increase the size of the Offering by an additional 15%. As a result, the Offering consisted of the sale of an aggregate 19,170,500 Special Warrants for gross proceeds of $115 million.
The Special Warrants and the underlying Units (defined below) are subject to a statutory hold period of four months and one day in accordance with applicable securities laws.
The net proceeds of the Offering shall be primarily used to support growth of the Company's business and for working capital requirements and other general corporate purposes.
"We are very pleased that this private placement included both institutions and broad retail distribution with over 100 new shareholders becoming part of our HIVE community," comments Frank Holmes, HIVE's Executive Chairman. "These funds will allow us to HODL our Bitcoin and Ether supply while expanding our production to 3 Exahash in the early part of 2022. Also important was BMO's participation, making it the first major Canadian bank to participate in a crypto data center equity financing."
Resignation of Director
The Company also announces that Tobias Ebel has resigned as a director of the Company due to other business commitments and time demands. The Company would like to thank Mr. Ebel for his hard work and contributions to the HIVE board.
About HIVE Blockchain Technologies Ltd.
HIVE Blockchain Technologies Ltd. went public in 2017 as the first cryptocurrency mining company with a green energy and ESG strategy.
HIVE is a growth-oriented technology stock in the emergent blockchain industry. As a company whose shares trade on a major stock exchange, we are building a bridge between the digital currency and blockchain sector and traditional capital markets. HIVE owns state-of-the-art, green energy-powered data centre facilities in Canada, Sweden, and Iceland, where we source only green energy to mine on the cloud and HODL both Ethereum and Bitcoin. Since the beginning of 2021, HIVE has held in secure storage the majority of its ETH and BTC coin mining rewards. Our shares provide investors with exposure to the operating margins of digital currency mining, as well as a portfolio of cryptocurrencies such as ETH and BTC. Because HIVE also owns hard assets such as data centers and advanced multi-use servers, we believe our shares offer investors an attractive way to gain exposure to the cryptocurrency space.
Additional Details oin the Financing
Each Special Warrant entitles the holder thereof to receive, subject to adjustment in certain circumstances and the Penalty Provision (as defined below), and without payment of additional consideration, one (1) unit of the Company (each a "Unit") upon the exercise or deemed exercise of each Special Warrant. Each Unit consists of one (1) common share of the Company (a "Unit Share") and one-half (0.5) of one common share purchase warrant (each whole common share purchase warrant, a "Warrant"). Each Warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one common share of the Company (a "Warrant Share") at a price of $6.00 per Warrant Share for a period of 30 months following the closing of the Offering. The Special Warrants will be exercisable by the holders thereof at any time after the Closing Date for no additional consideration. All unexercised Special Warrants shall be deemed exercised on behalf of, and without any required action on the part of, the holders (including payment of additional consideration) on the earlier of:
In the event the Qualification Date has not occurred on or before January 7, 2022 (the "Penalty Date"), each outstanding Special Warrant shall thereafter entitle the holder to receive, upon the exercise or deemed exercise of each Special Warrant, for no additional consideration, 1.1 Units (the "Penalty Provision").
In connection with the Offering, the Underwriters received a cash commission equal to 6% of the gross proceeds of the Offering.
The securities described herein have not been, and will not be, registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "U.S. Securities Act"), or any state securities laws, and accordingly, may not be offered or sold within the United States except in compliance with the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities requirements or pursuant to exemptions therefrom. This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation to buy any securities in any jurisdiction.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release Forward-Looking Information Except for the statements of historical fact, this news release contains "forward-looking information" within the meaning of the applicable Canadian securities legislation that is based on expectations, estimates and projections as at the date of this news release. "Forward-looking information" in this news release includes, but is not limited to, statements with respect to information about the Offering and the use of proceeds, potential dilution and application of the Penalty Provision; business goals and objectives of the Company; and other forward-looking information concerning the intentions, plans and future actions of the parties to the transactions described herein and the terms thereon. [ MORE ] |
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