Maxeon Raises $125M Via Secondary Equity Offering At 6.8% Discount

  • Solar innovator Maxeon Solar Technologies Ltd MAXN priced a $125 million secondary public offering at $18 per share to raise $117.1 million.
  • The offer price signifies a 6.8% discount to the Thursday closing price of $19.31.
  • The underwriters have a 30-day option to purchase additional shares up to $18.7 million.
  • Maxeon also agreed to sell 1.87 million shares at $18 per share to a Tianjin Zhonghuan Semiconductor affiliate in a secondary private placement under an agreement dated Apr. 13, 2021.
  • The joint offering proceeds will be utilized for general corporate purposes, including the funding of its previously announced Performance line expansion, production ramp-up, development of Maxeon 7, increasing manufacturing capacity for Maxeon 5 and 6, research, development, and other projects.
  • Morgan Stanley and BofA Securities were the joint book-running managers for the offering.
  • Maxeon held $206.7 million in cash and equivalents as of Jan. 3, 2021.
  • Price action: MAXN shares traded higher by 2.02% at $19.70 in the premarket session on the last check Friday.
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