SOS Limited Announces Pricing of $7.5 Million Registered Direct Offering
Rhea-AI Summary
SOS Limited (NYSE: SOS), a blockchain and cryptocurrency operations company, has announced a $7.5 million registered direct offering of American Depositary Shares (ADS). The company will sell 2,142,855 ADS at an effective price of $3.50 per ADS.
In a concurrent private placement, SOS will issue unregistered Warrants to purchase up to 4,285,710 ADSs with an exercise price of $3.50 per share and a five-and-a-half-year expiration term. The offering, managed by Maxim Group LLC as the sole placement agent, is expected to close around July 31, 2025.
Positive
- Secured $7.5 million in additional funding through registered direct offering
- Warrants provide potential for additional future capital through exercise
- Successfully executed offering under effective shelf registration statement
Negative
- Offering likely to cause significant shareholder dilution
- Warrant exercise could lead to additional future dilution
- Offering price may put downward pressure on stock price
News Market Reaction 55 Alerts
On the day this news was published, SOS declined 54.50%, reflecting a significant negative market reaction. Argus tracked a trough of -56.9% from its starting point during tracking. Our momentum scanner triggered 55 alerts that day, indicating high trading interest and price volatility. This price movement removed approximately $22M from the company's valuation, bringing the market cap to $19M at that time. Trading volume was exceptionally heavy at 5.2x the daily average, suggesting significant selling pressure.
Data tracked by StockTitan Argus on the day of publication.
The combined gross proceeds to the Company from the registered direct offering and concurrent private placement are estimated to be
Maxim Group LLC is acting as the sole placement agent in connection with the offering.
The ADSs sold in the registered direct offering are being offered pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-285820), which was declared effective by the
The Warrants to be issued in the concurrent private placement and the shares issuable upon exercise of such warrants were offered in a private placement under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and Regulation D promulgated thereunder and have not been registered under the Act or applicable state securities laws.
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 the registration or qualification under the securities laws of such state or jurisdiction.
About SOS Limited
SOS is an emerging blockchain-based service solution provider and also engaged in blockchain and cryptocurrency operations, which currently include cryptocurrency mining and may expand into cryptocurrency security. Since April 2021, we launched our commodity trading business via our subsidiary SOS International Trading Co. Ltd. Our major trading commodities include mineral resin, soy bean, wheat, sesame, liquid sulfur, petrol coke and latex etc. For more information, please visit: http://www.sosyun.com/.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this press release may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Federal Securities Act, including but not limited to our expectations of future financial performance, business strategy or business. These statements constitute forecasts, prospects and forward-looking statements and are not performance guarantees. SOS warns that forward-looking statements are subject to many assumptions, risks and uncertainties that will change over time. Forward looking statements may be identified by words such as "may", "can", "should", "will", "estimate", "plan", "project", "forecast", "intend", "expect", "predict", "believe", "seek", "target", "Outlook" or similar words. Specifically, forward-looking statements may include statements related to the following matters of the company:
- Ability to implement its business plan;
- Changes in SOS product and service market; and
- Expansion plans and opportunities.
These forward-looking statements are based on information available as of the date of this press release and our management's current expectations, forecasts and assumptions, and involve a number of judgments, risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements.
These risks and uncertainties include, but not are limited to, the risk factors described by SOS in its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). These risk factors and those identified elsewhere in this press release, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from historical performance and include, but are not limited to:
- Local government's policies and regulatory oversight of crypto currency mining operation and our other operations;
- SOS's blockchain and super-computing, commodity trading and marketing solutions businesses are still under development, with many uncertainties in the future direction and integration of these various business segments;
- Failure to manage the newly launched commodities trading business effectively;
- Loss of key customers in the commodity trading business;
- Failure to access a large quantity of power at reasonable costs could significantly increase SOS operating expenses and adversely affect our demand for SOS's mining activities;
- Any significant or prolonged failure in the data warehouse facilities and data mining facilities that SOS operates or services it provides, including events beyond its control, would lead to significant costs and disruptions and would reduce the attractiveness of its facilities, harm its business reputation and have a material adverse effect on its results of operation;
- Security breaches or alleged security breaches of our data warehouses could disrupt SOS operations and have a material adverse effect on its business, financial condition and results of operation; uncertainty in global supply chain and international shipping; and
- Other risks and uncertainties indicated in SOS's SEC reports or documents filed or to be filed with the SEC by SOS.
Accordingly, forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing our views as of any subsequent date, and you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements in deciding whether to invest in our securities. We do not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws.
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SOURCE SOS Limited