RYVYL Pays Initial $13.0 Million Tranche to Securityholder to Retire All Outstanding Series B Convertible Preferred Stock and Majority of 8% Senior Convertible Note
January 28 2025 - 6:00AM
RYVYL Inc. (NASDAQ: RVYL) ("RYVYL" or the "Company"), a leading
innovator of payment transaction solutions leveraging electronic
payment technology for diverse international markets, has paid the
initial tranche of $13.0 million to a securityholder of the Company
on January 27, 2025, which completed the following:
- Redeemed of all shares of the
Company’s Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (“Preferred Stock”),
for which the liquidation value was $53.1 million.
- Partially repaid the 8% Senior
Convertible Note held by the securityholder (“Note”), reducing the
outstanding principal from $18.3 million to $4.0 million, which is
due on or before April 30, 2025, and also temporarily suspended (i)
the Company’s requirement to pay interest on the remaining
principal balance of the Note, (ii) the securityholder’s right to
convert the Note and (iii) certain restrictive covenants contained
in the Note, all of which would be restored if the Company does not
pay the second tranche of $4.0 million by April 30, 2025.
“These transactions eliminate a large portion of
the conversion overhang and substantial dilution risk to our common
stock from both the Preferred Stock and Note,” said George Oliva,
CFO of RYVYL. “We expect the net gain from this balance sheet
restructuring to be highly anti-dilutive; thus, benefitting the
common stockholders and lowering our overall cost of capital as we
invest in our growth in 2025.”
This communication is for informational purposes
only and does not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of
an offer to buy, any security and does not constitute an offer,
solicitation or sale of any security in any jurisdiction in which
such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
About RYVYL
RYVYL Inc. (NASDAQ: RVYL) was born from a
passion for empowering a new way to conduct business-to-business,
consumer-to-business, and peer-to-peer payment transactions around
the globe. By leveraging electronic payment technology for diverse
international markets, RYVYL is a leading innovator of payment
transaction solutions reinventing the future of financial
transactions. Since its founding as GreenBox POS in 2017 in San
Diego, RYVYL has developed applications enabling an end-to-end
suite of turnkey financial products with enhanced security and data
privacy, world-class identity theft protection, and rapid speed to
settlement. As a result, the platform can log immense volumes of
immutable transactional records at the speed of the internet for
first-tier partners, merchants, and consumers around the globe.
www.ryvyl.com
Cautionary Note Regarding
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes information that
constitutes forward-looking statements within the meaning of
Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section
21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These
forward-looking statements are based on the Company's current
beliefs, assumptions, and expectations regarding future events,
which in turn are based on information currently available to the
Company. Such forward-looking statements include statements
regarding timely payment of the second tranche, the benefit to
stockholders from the repayment of the Note and repurchase of the
Preferred Stock, and the timing and expectation of revenues from
the license described herein and are charactered by future or
conditional words such as "may," "will," "expect," "intend,"
"anticipate," "believe," "estimate" and "continue" or similar
words. You should read statements that contain these words
carefully because they discuss future expectations and plans, which
contain projections of future results of operations or financial
condition or state other forward-looking information. By their
nature, forward-looking statements address matters that are subject
to risks and uncertainties. A variety of factors could cause actual
events and results to differ materially from those expressed in or
contemplated by the forward-looking statements, including the risk
that the licensee understands and complies with various banking
laws and regulations that may impact the licensee's ability to
process transactions. For example, federal money laundering
statutes and Bank Secrecy Act regulations discourage financial
institutions from working with operators of certain industries -
particularly industries with heightened cash reporting obligations
and restrictions - as a result of which, banks may refuse to
process certain payments and/or require onerous reporting
obligations by payment processors to avoid compliance risk. These
and other risk factors affecting the Company are discussed in
detail in the Company's periodic filings with the SEC. The Company
undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any
forward-looking statement, whether because of the latest
information, future events or otherwise, except to the extent
required by applicable laws.
IR Contact: David Barnard,
Alliance Advisors Investor Relations, 415-433-3777,
ryvylinvestor@allianceadvisors.com
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