including the pricing of a $40 million underwritten public offering of 38,095,238 of the Company’s Class A ordinary shares (the “Shares”) and warrants to purchase 38,095,238 Shares (the “Warrants” and, together with the Shares, the “Securities”), as well as a concurrent $50 million private placement of 47,573,111 Shares and warrants to purchase 47,573,111 Shares (“PIPE Warrants” and, together with the PIPE Shares, the “PIPE Securities”) including by BIT Capital, Earlybird Venture Capital and Aceville Pte. Limited, an affiliate of Tencent Holdings Limited (“Aceville”), as well as certain Lilium board members (the “PIPE”). Additionally, the Company will issue to Aceville (i) a pro rata warrant to purchase 24,233,035 Shares at an exercise price of $1.05 per Share (the “Aceville Pre-Funded Warrant”), and Aceville has agreed to partially prepay $1.00 of the total exercise price of the Aceville Pre-Funded Warrant for an aggregate prepay price of $24.23 million (the “Aceville Pre-Funding”) and (ii) an accompanying PIPE Warrant to purchase 24,233,035 Shares (the “Aceville PIPE Warrant and, together with the Aceville Pre-Funded Warrant, the “Aceville Warrants”), subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions and the receipt of shareholder approval for an increase in the Company’s authorized share capital.
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