5E Advanced Materials Announces Agreement to Sell $6 Million of Additional Convertible Notes
HESPERIA, Calif., May 28, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 5E Advanced Materials, Inc. (Nasdaq: FEAM) (ASX: 5EA) (“5E” or the “Company”), a boron and lithium company with U.S. government Critical Infrastructure designation for its 5E Boron Americas Complex, agreed to issue $6 million in additional senior secured convertible notes (the “Notes”). Bluescape Energy Partners and Ascend Global Investment Fund SPC will each purchase $3 million in additional Notes that will be initially convertible into common stock at $1.53 per share, with an August 2028 maturity, paying interest in-kind at 10%. The additional capital will facilitate the ongoing operation of the Small-Scale Facility and FEL-2 engineering while the Company progresses qualifying customers for commercial offtake agreements and continues to pursue various government funding applications.
- HESPERIA, Calif., May 28, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 5E Advanced Materials, Inc. (Nasdaq: FEAM) (ASX: 5EA) (“5E” or the “Company”), a boron and lithium company with U.S. government Critical Infrastructure designation for its 5E Boron Americas Complex, agreed to issue $6 million in additional senior secured convertible notes (the “Notes”).
- Bluescape Energy Partners and Ascend Global Investment Fund SPC will each purchase $3 million in additional Notes that will be initially convertible into common stock at $1.53 per share, with an August 2028 maturity, paying interest in-kind at 10%.
- The additional capital will facilitate the ongoing operation of the Small-Scale Facility and FEL-2 engineering while the Company progresses qualifying customers for commercial offtake agreements and continues to pursue various government funding applications.
- Paul Weibel, Chief Financial Officer at 5E Advanced Materials, stated, “This new capital will provide additional cash resources to operate the small-scale facility as our team turns our focus towards engineering and financing for our large commercial operation.