Lucid Group Inc LCID shares soared 6.1% in extended trading on Monday after the electric vehicle company said it had finalized a $1.5 billion equity offering, first announced in November.
What Happened: The Newark, California-based EV maker raised the bulk of cash — nearly $915 million — from a private sale of almost 86 million shares to Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund.
The rest of the 600 million was raised through a traditional secondary stock offering, in which the Peter Rawlinson-led company sold an additional 56 million shares.
Rawlinson is known for his work as a vehicle engineer on rival Tesla Inc TSLA’s Model S and also Lucid’s own Air.
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Why It Matters: Lucid said it expects the additional capital raised will “further strengthen its balance sheet and liquidity position.”
Lucid has reported $3.85 billion in cash in its third-quarter 2022 earnings. This is expected to fund the company at least into the fourth quarter of 2023.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk took a swipe at Lucid’s offer of discounts this month by saying “They are not long for this world.”
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