LONDON,
ON, Dec. 24, 2024 /CNW/ -
VersaBank (Nasdaq: VBNK) (TSX: VBNK) (the "Bank") today
announced that the underwriters of its previously announced public
offering of common shares (the "Offering") have fully exercised
their option to purchase an additional 849,056 common shares at a
price of US$13.25 (approximately
CAD$19.07) per share, resulting in
additional gross proceeds of US$11,249,992 (approximately CAD$16,194,363). The sale of the additional
shares closed today. After giving effect to the full exercise of
the over-allotment option, the total number of common shares sold
by the Bank in the Offering increased to 6,509,434 and gross
proceeds increased to US$86,250,001
(approximately CAD$124,156,876).
The Bank expects that the net proceeds from the Offering will be
used for general banking purposes and will qualify as Common Equity
Tier 1 capital for the Bank.
Raymond James & Associates,
Inc. acted as the sole bookrunning manager, and Keefe, Bruyette
& Woods, A Stifel Company, and Roth Canada, Inc. acted
as co-managers for the Offering.
No securities regulatory authority has either approved or
disapproved the contents of this news release. This news release
shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an
offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in
any province, state or jurisdiction in which such offer,
solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or
qualification under the securities laws of any such province, state
or jurisdiction.
All amounts expressed in Canadian dollars or "C$" have been
converted from United States
dollars based on the C$/US$ daily average exchange rate on
December 23, 2024 (as reported by the
Bank of Canada).
About VersaBank
VersaBank is a North American bank (federally chartered in
Canada and the United States) with a difference.
VersaBank has a branchless, digital, business-to-business model
based on its proprietary state-of-the-art technology that enables
it to profitably address underserved segments of the banking
industry in a significantly risk mitigated manner. Because
VersaBank obtains substantially all of its deposits and undertakes
the majority of its lending electronically through financial
intermediary partners, it benefits from significant operating
leverage that drives efficiency and return on common equity. In
March 2022, VersaBank launched its
unique Receivable Purchase Program ("RPP") funding solution for
point-of-sale finance companies, which has been highly successful
in Canada for nearly 15 years, to
the underserved multi-trillion-dollar U.S. market. VersaBank also
owns Washington, DC-based DRT
Cyber Inc., a North America leader
in the provision of cyber security services to address the rapidly
growing volume of cyber threats challenging financial institutions,
multi-national corporations and government entities.
Forward-looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking information and
forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable
securities laws ("forward-looking statements") including statements
regarding the proposed use of proceeds. Words such as "expects",
"is expected", "anticipates", "plans", "budget", "scheduled",
"forecasts", "estimates", "believes", "aims", "endeavours",
"projects", "continue", "predicts", "potential", "intends", or the
negative of these terms or variations of such words and phrases, or
statements that certain actions, events or results "may", "could",
"would", "might", "will" or "should" are intended to identify
forward-looking statements.
These forward-looking statements by their nature require the
Bank to make assumptions and are subject to inherent risks and
uncertainties that may be general or specific, including without
limitation with respect to: the strength of the Canadian and U.S.
economies in general and the strength of the local economies within
Canada and the U.S. in which the
Bank conducts operations; the effects of changes in monetary and
fiscal policy, including changes in interest rate policies of the
Bank of Canada and the U.S.
Federal Reserve; global commodity prices; the effects of
competition in the markets in which the Bank operates; inflation;
capital market fluctuations; the timely development and
introduction of new products in receptive markets; the impact of
changes in the laws and regulations pertaining to financial
services; changes in tax laws; technological changes; unexpected
judicial or regulatory proceedings; unexpected changes in consumer
spending and savings habits; the impact of wars or conflicts on
global supply chains and markets; the impact of outbreaks of
disease or illness that affect local, national or international
economies; the possible effects on our business of terrorist
activities; natural disasters and disruptions to public
infrastructure, such as transportation, communications, power or
water supply; and the Bank's anticipation of and success in
managing the risks implicated by the foregoing. The foregoing list
of important factors is not exhaustive. Although the Bank
believes that the assumptions underlying these forward-looking
statements are reasonable, they may prove to be incorrect. The
forward-looking statements contained in this news release represent
the Bank's expectations as of the date of this news release, or as
of the date they are otherwise stated to be made, and subsequent
events may cause these expectations to change. The Bank undertakes
no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking
statements, whether as a result of new information, future events
or otherwise, except as may be required by law.
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