Rino International Corporation Announces Closing of $100 Million Registered Direct Offering
DALIAN, China, Dec. 7 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Rino International Corp (Nasdaq: RINO) today announced that it has completed its registered direct offering with several institutional investors for 3,252,032 shares of its common stock at a price of $30.75 per share, resulting in gross proceeds of $99,999,984, before deducting placement agent fees and expenses of the offering. In addition to the issuance of the common shares, Rino International will issue to each investor two warrants exercisable for common shares worth up to approximately an additional $78.5 million in the aggregate with an exercise price of $34.50 per share. The Series A warrants expire on June 7, 2010 and are immediately exercisable. The Series B warrants expire on December 8, 2010 and are exercisable beginning on June 8, 2010.
As previously disclosed, Rino International anticipates that the proceeds from this transaction will be used for working capital requirements.
The shares and warrants were sold by Rino International pursuant to a shelf registration statement declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission as of November 25, 2009 and an automatically effective amendment to that registration statement dated December 2, 2009.
Rodman & Renshaw, LLC, a subsidiary of Rodman & Renshaw Capital Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: RODM), acted as the exclusive placement agent for the transaction.
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 the securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. The shares of common stock may only be offered by means of a prospectus. Copies of the final prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus can be obtained from the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov .
ABOUT RINO INTERNATIONAL
RINO is an industrial technology-based environmental protection and remediation company based in China. Specifically, through our subsidiaries and controlled affiliates in China, we are engaged in the business of designing, manufacturing, installing and servicing wastewater treatment and exhaust emission desulphurization equipment principally for use in China's iron and steel industry, and anti-oxidation products and equipment designed for use in the manufacture of hot rolled steel plate products. All of our products are custom-built for specific project installations, and we execute supply contracts during the design phase of our projects. Our products are all designed to reduce industrial pollution, energy utilization, or both.
For more information, please contact:
For the Company:
Jenny Liu
Tel: +86-411-8766-2700
Email: jennyliu@rinogroup.com
Investors:
HC International, Inc.
Matt Hayden
Tel: +1-561-245-5155
Email: matt.hayden@hcinternational.net
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发表于 2009-12-10 09:37
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