Vertical Aerospace Announces Pricing of Upsized Underwritten Public Offering
2025年1月23日 - 8:57PM
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Vertical Aerospace (Vertical) (NYSE: EVTL) ("Vertical” or the
“Company”), a global aerospace and technology company that is
pioneering electric aviation, today announced that it has priced
its underwritten public offering of $90 million of units at a
public offering price of $6.00 per unit (the "Offering”). Each unit
consists of one ordinary share and one-half of one Tranche A
warrant and one-half of one Tranche B warrant. The ordinary shares
and the warrants comprising the units are immediately separable and
will be issued separately in the Offering. The Offering is expected
to close on or about January 24, 2025, subject to customary closing
conditions.
The Tranche A warrants will expire on the earlier of: (i) upon
the satisfaction of both of the following conditions: (a) Vertical
successfully demonstrating a wing-borne flight of its VX4 prototype
aircraft and (b) the 10-day volume weighted average price of the
Company’s ordinary shares, following the public disclosure of such
successful wing-borne flight, being equal to or greater than, 103%
of the exercise price of the warrants, the 30th day following the
date of such disclosure; and (ii) the five-year anniversary of the
date of issuance. The Tranche A warrants are exercisable at an
exercise price of $6.00 per whole ordinary share. The Tranche B
warrants will expire five years from the date of issuance and are
exercisable at an exercise price of $7.50 per whole ordinary
share.
William Blair is acting as lead bookrunner and Canaccord Genuity
is acting as joint bookrunner for the Offering.
Vertical intends to use the net proceeds from the Offering to
fund its research and development expenses as Vertical continues to
develop the VX4 and its expenditures in the expansion of its
testing and certification capacities, as well as for general
working capital and other general corporate purposes.
The Company’s ordinary shares trade on the NYSE under the symbol
“EVTL”. The offered warrants will not be listed on any
exchange.
The Offering is being made only by means of a prospectus
supplement to the Company’s registration statement on Form F-3
(File No. 333-275430) previously filed with the SEC on November 9,
2023 and declared effective by the SEC on November 16, 2023. Copies
of the prospectus supplement relating to the Offering may be
obtained from the SEC’s website, or from: William Blair &
Company, L.L.C., Attention: Prospectus Department, 150 North
Riverside Plaza, Chicago, IL 60606, by telephone at (800) 621-0687,
or by email at prospectus@williamblair.com; or Canaccord Genuity
LLC, Attention: Syndication Department, One Post Office Square,
Suite 3000, Boston, MA 02109, by telephone at (800) 225-6104, or by
email at prospectus@cgf.com.
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
these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer,
solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or
qualification under the securities laws of any such state or
jurisdiction.
About Vertical Aerospace
Vertical Aerospace is a global aerospace and technology company
pioneering electric aviation. Vertical is creating a safer, cleaner
and quieter way to travel. Vertical’s VX4 is a piloted, four
passenger, Electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft,
with zero operating emissions. Vertical combines partnering with
leading aerospace companies, including GKN Aerospace, Honeywell and
Leonardo, with developing its own proprietary battery and propeller
technology to develop the world’s most advanced and safest
eVTOL.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within
the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995 that relate to our current expectations and views of future
events. We intend such forward-looking statements to be covered by
the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements as
contained in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the “Securities Act”) and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Any express or
implied statements contained in this press release that are not
statements of historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking
statements, including, without limitation, statements regarding the
expected closing of and use of proceeds from the transaction, our
future results of operations and financial position, our plans for
capital expenditures, the design and manufacture of the VX4, our
business strategy and plans and objectives of management for future
operations, including the building and testing of our prototype
aircrafts on timelines projected, certification and the
commercialization of the VX4 and our ability to achieve regulatory
certification of our aircraft product on any particular timeline or
at all, expectations surrounding pre-orders and commitments, the
features and capabilities of the VX4, the transition towards a
net-zero emissions economy, as well as statements that include the
words “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” “project,” “forecast,”
“estimate,” “may,” “should,” “anticipate,” “will,” “aim,”
“potential,” “continue,” “are likely to” and similar statements of
a future or forward-looking nature. Forward-looking statements are
neither promises nor guarantees, but involve known and unknown
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those projected, including, without limitation:
market conditions and satisfaction of customary closing conditions
related to the Offering; our limited operating history without
manufactured non-prototype aircraft or completed eVTOL aircraft
customer order; our history of losses and the expectation to incur
significant expenses and continuing losses for the foreseeable
future; the market for eVTOL aircraft being in a relatively early
stage; our potential inability to produce, certify or launch
aircraft in the volumes or timelines projected; the potential
inability to obtain the necessary certifications for production and
operation within any projected timeline, or at all; any accidents
or incidents involving eVTOL aircraft could harm our business; our
dependence on partners and suppliers for the components in our
aircraft and for operational needs; the potential that certain
strategic partnerships may not materialize into long-term
partnership arrangements; all of the pre-orders received are
conditional and may be terminated at any time and any pre-delivery
payments may be fully refundable upon certain specified dates; the
inability for our aircraft to perform at the level we expect and
may have potential defects; any potential failure to effectively
manage our growth; our inability to recruit and retain senior
management and other highly skilled personnel, our ability to raise
additional funds when we need or want them, or at all, to fund our
operations; our limited cash and cash equivalents and recurring
losses from our operations raise significant doubt (or raise
substantial doubt as contemplated by PCAOB standards) regarding our
ability to continue as a going concern; the fact that we have
previously identified material weaknesses in our internal controls
over financial reporting which if we fail to properly remediate,
could adversely affect our results of operations, investor
confidence in us and the market price of our ordinary shares; the
fact that as a foreign private issuer, we follow certain home
country corporate governance rules, are not subject to U.S. proxy
rules and are subject to Exchange Act reporting obligations that,
to some extent, are more lenient and less frequent than those of a
U.S. domestic public company; and the other important factors
discussed under the caption “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on
Form 20-F filed with the SEC on March 14, 2024, as such factors may
be updated from time to time in our other filings with the SEC. Any
forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak
only as of the date hereof and accordingly undue reliance should
not be placed on such statements. We disclaim any obligation or
undertaking to update or revise any forward-looking statements
contained in this press release, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise, other than to the extent
required by applicable law.
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Vertical Aerospace Media Justin Bates, Head of
Communications justin.bates@vertical-aerospace.com +44 7878 357 463
Investor Relations Samuel Emden, Head of Investor Affairs
samuel.emden@vertical-aerospace.com +44 7816 459 904
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