Correction: QXO Announces $3.5 Billion Private Placement
June 13 2024 - 6:42PM
In a release issued under the same headline earlier today by QXO,
Inc. (Nasdaq: QXO), please note that in the third paragraph of the
release, the number of outstanding shares of preferred stock
referenced should be 1 million, not 219.0 million as previously
stated. The corrected release follows.
QXO, Inc. (Nasdaq: QXO) (the “Company” or “QXO”), a
company expected to be a tech-forward leader in the building
products distribution industry, today announced that it has entered
into purchase agreements with certain institutional and accredited
investors for a $3.5 billion private placement financing (the
“Private Placement”).
In the Private Placement, the Company is selling an
aggregate of 340,932,212 shares of its common stock at a price of
$9.14 per share, and an aggregate of 42,000,000 pre-funded warrants
at a price of $9.13999 per warrant. QXO has obtained written
consent from its shareholders approving the Private
Placement, which is expected to close early in the third quarter of
2024.
Following the closing of the Private Placement, QXO will have
approximately 341.6 million outstanding shares of common stock. On
a fully diluted basis, following the closing and giving effect to
the conversion of the Company’s 1 million outstanding
shares of preferred stock and the exercise of the 219.0 million
outstanding warrants attached to its preferred stock (assuming cash
exercise), as well as the exercise of the 42 million pre-funded
warrants to be sold in the Private Placement, the Company would
have approximately 821.6 million outstanding shares of common stock
(or approximately 671.1 million outstanding shares of common stock
assuming the exercise on a cashless basis of the warrants attached
to the preferred stock at an assumed stock price equal to the price
per share in the Private Placement).
The offer and sale of the foregoing securities are being made in
a transaction not involving a public offering and the securities
have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the “Securities Act”), and may not be reoffered or resold
in the United States except pursuant to an effective registration
statement or an applicable exemption from the registration
requirements. The Company has agreed to use commercially reasonable
efforts to file a registration statement with the SEC registering
the resale of the common stock sold in the Private Placement.
This press release is issued pursuant to Rule 135c under the
Securities Act and does not constitute an offer to sell or a
solicitation of an offer to buy any securities described herein,
nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or
other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would
be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the
securities laws of any such state or other jurisdiction.
About QXO
QXO provides technology solutions, primarily to clients in the
manufacturing, distribution and service sectors. The Company
provides consulting and professional services, specialized
programming, training and technical support, and develops
proprietary software. As a value-added reseller of business
application software, QXO offers solutions for accounting,
financial reporting, enterprise resource planning, warehouse
management systems, customer relationship management, business
intelligence and other applications.
QXO plans to become a tech-forward leader in the $800 billion
building products distribution industry. The Company is targeting
tens of billions of dollars of annual revenue in the next decade
through accretive acquisitions and organic growth. Visit QXO.com
for more information.
Forward-Looking Statements
This communication contains forward-looking statements.
Statements that are not historical facts, including statements
about beliefs, expectations, targets, goals, the expected timing of
the closing of the Private Placement or the filing of the
information statement, are forward-looking statements. These
statements are based on plans, estimates, expectations and/or goals
at the time the statements are made, and readers should not place
undue reliance on them. In some cases, readers can identify
forward-looking statements by the use of forward-looking terms such
as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expect,” “opportunity,” “intend,”
“plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,”
“potential,” “target,” “goal,” or “continue,” or the negative of
these terms or other comparable terms. Forward-looking statements
involve inherent risks and uncertainties and readers are cautioned
that a number of important factors could cause actual results to
differ materially from those contained in any such forward-looking
statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those described herein include, among others:
- risks associated
with potential significant volatility and fluctuations in the
market price of the Company’s common stock;
- risks associated
with the Company’s relatively low public float, which may result in
its common stock experiencing significant price volatility;
- risks associated
with raising additional equity or debt capital from public or
private markets to pursue the Company’s business plan following the
closing of the Private Placement, including potentially one or more
additional private placements of common stock, and the effects that
raising such capital may have on the Company and its business,
including the risk of substantial dilution or that the Company’s
common stock may experience a substantial decline in trading
price;
- the possibility
that additional future financings may not be available to the
Company on acceptable terms or at all;
- the effect that the
consummation of the Private Placement may have on the Company and
its current or future business or on the price of the Company’s
common stock;
- the possibility
that an active, liquid trading market for the Company’s common
stock may not develop or, if developed, may not be sustained;
- the possibility
that the Company’s outstanding warrants and preferred stock may or
may not be converted or exercised, and the economic impact on the
Company and the holders of common stock of the Company that may
result from either such exercise or conversion, including dilution,
or the continuance of the preferred stock remaining outstanding,
and the impact its terms, including its dividend, may have on the
Company and the common stock of the Company;
- uncertainties
regarding the Company’s focus, strategic plans and other management
actions;
- the risk that the
Company is or becomes highly dependent on the continued leadership
of Brad Jacobs as chairman and chief executive officer and the
possibility that the loss of Jacobs in these roles could have a
material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial
condition and results of operations;
- risks associated
with becoming a “controlled company”, as defined under applicable
stock exchange rules, including that Jacobs will be able to
influence the Company’s management and affairs and all matters
requiring stockholder approval, including the election of directors
and approval of significant corporate transactions;
- the risk that
certain rules of the SEC may require that any registration
statement the Company may file with the SEC be subject to SEC
review and potential delay in its effectiveness, and that a
registration statement must be filed and declared effective for any
acquisition (including an all-cash acquisition), which would delay
its consummation and could reduce the Company’s attractiveness as
an acquirer for potential acquisition targets;
- the possibility
that the concentration of ownership by Jacobs may have the effect
of delaying or preventing a change in control of the Company and
might affect the market price of shares of the common stock of the
Company;
- the possibility
that the Company’s status as a “controlled company” could cause the
common stock of the Company to be less attractive to certain
investors;
- the risk that
Jacobs’ past performance may not be representative of future
results;
- the risk that the
Company is unable to retain world-class talent;
- the risk that the
failure to consummate any acquisition expeditiously, or at all,
could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business
prospects, financial condition, results of operations or the price
of the Company’s common stock;
- risks that the
Company may not be able to enter into agreements with acquisition
targets on attractive terms, or at all, that agreed acquisitions
may not be consummated, or, if consummated, that the anticipated
benefits thereof may not be realized and that the Company encounter
difficulties in integrating and operating such acquired companies,
or that matters related to an acquired business (including
operating results or liabilities or contingencies) may have a
negative effect on the Company or its securities or ability to
implement its business strategy, including that any such
transaction may be dilutive or have other negative consequences to
the Company and its value or the trading prices of its
securities;
- risks associated
with cybersecurity and technology, including attempts by third
parties to defeat the security measures of the Company and its
business partners, and the loss of confidential information and
other business disruptions;
- the possibility
that new investors in any future financing transactions could gain
rights, preferences and privileges senior to those of the Company’s
existing stockholders;
- the possibility
that building products distribution industry demand may soften or
shift substantially due to cyclicality or seasonality or dependence
on general economic conditions, including inflation or deflation,
interest rates, consumer confidence, labor and supply shortages,
weather and commodity prices;
- the possibility
that regional or global barriers to trade or a global trade war
could increase the cost of products in the building products
distribution industry, which could adversely impact the
competitiveness of such products and the financial results of
businesses in the industry;
- risks associated
with potential litigation related to the transactions contemplated
by the Investment Agreement or related to any possible subsequent
financing transactions or acquisitions or investments;
- uncertainties
regarding general economic, business, competitive, legal,
regulatory, tax and geopolitical conditions; and
- other factors,
including those set forth in the Company’s filings with the SEC,
including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2023, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal
quarter ended March 31, 2024, and subsequent Quarterly Reports on
Form 10-Q.
Forward-looking statements herein speak only as of the date each
statement is made. The Company undertakes no obligation to update
any of these statements in light of new information or future
events, except to the extent required by applicable law.
Media Contact:
Joe Checklerjoe.checkler@qxo.com732-674-4871
Investor Contact:
Mark Manducamark.manduca@qxo.com203-321-3889
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