SkyAI Commences Cash Tender Offer to Purchase Up to 67.1 Million Shares and Warrants
The offer will use cash on hand, with no borrowing required and no condition tied to the price of SOL.
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SkyAI (SKYA) commenced a cash tender offer on October 16, 2026, to purchase up to 95% of each eligible securities class.
The offer covers common stock and cash pre-funded, cryptocurrency pre-funded and strategic warrants at $3.00 per share or warrant. It expires one minute after 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on October 29, 2026, unless extended or earlier terminated. Full subscription would require approximately $201.3 million. SkyAI held approximately $223.8 million in cash on October 16 and has sold all its SOL. Funding requires no borrowing or financing condition, and no SOL-price condition applies.
The price represents approximately 0.95 times net asset value, based on October 16 cash holdings. Separate minimum tender conditions apply to shares, the two pre-funded warrant classes combined, and strategic warrants. Tenders above 95% of a class are subject to proportional acceptance.
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Hollow bars mark forward-looking points. How the balance works
Positive
- Major point. Forward-looking: it has not happened yet and may not happen.Cash tender offers holders $3.00 per share or warrant for up to 95% of each eligible class.
- Minor point. Forward-looking: it has not happened yet and may not happen.Purchase limits cover 48,311,489 shares, 4,880,734 cash pre-funded, 9,939,850 cryptocurrency pre-funded and 3,955,293 strategic warrants.
- Minor point. Forward-looking: it has not happened yet and may not happen.Offer funding uses approximately $223.8 million in cash held October 16, with no financing condition or borrowing required.
- Minor pointCompleted sale of all SOL removes the initially expected SOL-price condition.
Negative
- Major point. Forward-looking: it has not happened yet and may not happen.Full subscription would use approximately $201.3 million of cash, with related fees and expenses also paid from cash. 1.8× market cap
- Minor pointOffer price represents approximately 0.95 times net asset value, based on October 16 cash holdings.
- Minor pointShare purchases require at least 50% of shares offered for tender to be tendered.
- Minor pointPre-funded warrant purchases require at least 50% of the offered cash and cryptocurrency pre-funded warrants combined.
- Minor pointStrategic warrant purchases require at least 50% of strategic warrants offered for tender to be tendered.
- Minor pointTenders exceeding 95% of any class face proportional acceptance within that class.
News Explained
The commenced offer lets holders of cash pre-funded, cryptocurrency pre-funded and strategic warrants tender those warrants directly, without first exercising them into common shares; SkyAI will pay cash for accepted warrants at
Details
Market move: SKYA +3.57% vs previous close. Cash tender offer
On Oct 19, the day this news came out, the latest delayed price for SKYA is 3.57% above the previous close. Our momentum scanner has recorded 4 alerts for this stock so far that day. The latest delayed price is $2.74. Relative volume is exceptionally heavy at 16.0x the average.
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Key Figures
- Purchase price
- $3.00 per share or warrant
- Cash tender offer
- Common shares sought
- 48,311,489 shares
- Up to 95% of the class outstanding
- Cash pre-funded warrants sought
- 4,880,734 warrants
- Up to 95% of the class outstanding
- Cryptocurrency pre-funded warrants sought
- 9,939,850 warrants
- Up to 95% of the class outstanding
- Strategic warrants sought
- 3,955,293 warrants
- Up to 95% of the class outstanding
- Offer coverage
- Up to 95% of each class
- Common stock and three warrant classes
- Offer expiration
- October 29, 2026
- Unless extended or earlier terminated
- Minimum tender condition
- At least 50%
- Shares offered for tender
Historical Context
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Prior terms set a $3 cash offer for up to 95% of each security class.
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Initial proposal outlined $3 per security, 95% class coverage, and a SOL-price condition.
24h Move is the share-price change in the day after each event; other market factors may also have contributed.
Key Terms
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pre-funded warrants financial
pro rata financial
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NEW YORK, Oct. 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SkyAI, Inc. (Nasdaq: SKYA) (“SkyAI” or the “Company”) commenced on October 16, 2026 its previously announced cash tender offer (the “Offer”) to purchase up to
The Offer will expire at one minute after 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on October 29, 2026, unless extended or earlier terminated. The Offer is subject to the conditions described in the Offer to Purchase, including the minimum condition for each class.
Holders of cash pre-funded warrants, cryptocurrency pre-funded warrants and strategic warrants who wish to participate in the Offer do not need to exercise their warrants into common stock first. They may tender their warrants directly into the Offer at a purchase price of
Holders whose shares are held through a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee should contact that nominee for instructions on how to tender. Questions and requests for assistance, or for additional copies of the Offer Materials, may be directed to MacKenzie Partners, Inc., the information agent for the Offer, at (800) 322-2885 or (212) 929-5500, or by email at tenderoffer@mackenziepartners.com.
Cash Position and Funding of the Offer
As of October 16, 2026, the Company holds approximately
The Company will pay for the shares and warrants purchased in the Offer, and the related fees and expenses, from cash on hand. The Offer is not subject to a financing condition and does not require any borrowing. If the Offer is fully subscribed, the aggregate Purchase Price will be approximately
Securities Sought in the Offer
The Offer is for up to 48,311,489 shares of common stock, 4,880,734 cash pre-funded warrants, 9,939,850 cryptocurrency pre-funded warrants and 3,955,293 strategic warrants, in each case
The offer for shares is conditioned upon at least
If more than
The Company intends for its common stock to remain listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market and registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 after the Offer.
No Recommendation Regarding Participation in the Offer
The Board has approved the Offer. However, neither SkyAI, its Board, the Company’s directors or officers, nor the information agent or depositary agent makes any recommendation to any shareholder or warrant holder as to whether the shareholder or warrant holder should tender or refrain from tendering shares or warrants in the Offer or as to the number of shares or warrants a shareholder or warrant holder should tender.
Each shareholder and warrant holder must make his, her or its own decision regarding whether to participate in the Offer and, if so, how many shares or warrants to tender. Shareholders and warrant holders are urged to carefully review the Offer Materials and to consult their own financial, tax and legal advisors in making that decision.
Additional Information Regarding the Offer
This communication is not an offer to buy nor a solicitation of an offer to sell any securities of the Company. The solicitation and offer to buy shares, cash pre-funded warrants, cryptocurrency pre-funded warrants and strategic warrants are being made solely pursuant to the Offer Materials that the Company has filed as part of a tender offer statement on Schedule TO with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Investors may obtain a free copy of these materials and all other documents filed by the Company with the SEC at the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov. Investors may also obtain, at no charge, any such documents filed with or furnished to the SEC by the Company under the “Investors” section of the Company’s website at www.skyai.co. INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS ARE ADVISED TO READ THESE DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING THE OFFER MATERIALS OF THE COMPANY AND ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO, AS WELL AS ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE OFFER THAT ARE FILED WITH THE SEC, CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY PRIOR TO MAKING ANY DECISIONS WITH RESPECT TO WHETHER TO TENDER THEIR SHARES, CASH PRE-FUNDED WARRANTS, CRYPTOCURRENCY PRE-FUNDED WARRANTS AND STRATEGIC WARRANTS INTO THE OFFER BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION, INCLUDING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE OFFER.
About SkyAI
SkyAI, Inc. (Nasdaq: SKYA) is building a financial platform that will combine stablecoin rails on Solana with AI. For additional information, please visit www.skyai.co.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Section 27A of the Securities Act, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements in this release other than statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements, including statements regarding the Offer, including its timing, terms, funding and completion, the Company’s strategy and product roadmap and the potential opportunities such initiatives may create. Forward-looking statements are based on current expectations, assumptions, and beliefs, and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements.
Risks and uncertainties that could cause results to differ from expectations include: (i) uncertainties as to the timing of the expiration and completion of the Offer; (ii) the risk that the Offer may not be completed in a timely manner or at all; (iii) uncertainties as to the number of shares and warrants of each class that will be validly tendered and not validly withdrawn in the Offer; (iv) the possibility that any or all of the various conditions to the consummation of the Offer, including the minimum tender condition for each class, may not be satisfied or waived; (v) the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstance that could give rise to the termination of the Offer; (vi) the effect of the announcement or pendency of the Offer on the Company’s ability to retain and hire key personnel, its ability to maintain relationships with its customers, suppliers and others with whom it does business, its operating results and business generally or the trading market for its common stock; (vii) risks related to the Offer diverting management’s attention from the Company’s ongoing business operations; (viii) the risk that shareholder or warrant holder litigation in connection with the Offer may result in significant costs of defense, indemnification and liability; (ix) the Company’s ability to achieve the anticipated benefits of the Offer; and (x) risks and uncertainties pertaining to the Company’s business, and the risks and uncertainties detailed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 and its other filings with the SEC, as well as the Offer Materials filed by the Company in connection with the Offer, including any amendments or supplements thereto.
Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise these statements, whether as a result of new information, future developments, or otherwise, except as required by law.
Media Contact
Edelman Smithfield
SkyAI@edelmansmithfield.com
Information Agent and Depositary Agent
MacKenzie Partners, Inc.
(800) 322-2885 or (212) 929-5500
tenderoffer@mackenziepartners.com
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