Cuentas Announces $5 Million Registered Direct Offering
MIAMI BEACH, FL / ACCESSWIRE / February 6, 2023 / Cuentas, Inc. (NASDAQ:CUEN)(NASDAQ:CUENW) ("Cuentas"), a leading fintech provider of mobile financial app and payment solutions, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement for …
MIAMI BEACH, FL / ACCESSWIRE / February 6, 2023 / Cuentas, Inc. (NASDAQ:CUEN)(NASDAQ:CUENW) ("Cuentas"), a leading fintech provider of mobile financial app and payment solutions, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement for the purchase and sale of 3,787,879 shares of the Company's common stock (or common stock equivalent in lieu thereof) at a purchase price of $1.32 per share of common stock (or common stock equivalent in lieu thereof) in a registered direct offering.
In addition, in a concurrent private placement, the Company will issue warrants to purchase up to 3,787,879 shares of common stock. The warrants have an exercise price of $1.335 per share, are exercisable commencing six months after issuance and will have a term of five and one-half years from the issuance date.
H.C. Wainwright & Co. is acting as the exclusive placement agent for the offering.
The closing of the offering is expected to occur on or about February 8, 2023, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. The gross proceeds to the Company from this offering are expected to be approximately $5 million, before deducting the placement agent's fees and other offering expenses payable by the Company. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from this offering for general corporate purposes and working capital.
The securities described above (but not the warrants issued in the concurrent private placement or the shares of common stock underlying such warrants) are being offered by the Company pursuant to a "shelf" registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-262727) previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on February 14, 2022 and declared effective by the SEC on September 22, 2022. The offering of such securities is made only by means of a prospectus, including a prospectus supplement, forming a part of the effective registration statement. A final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the registered direct offering will be filed with the SEC. Electronic copies of the final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus may be obtained, when available, on the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov or by contacting H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC at 430 Park Avenue, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10022, by phone at (212) 865-5711 or e-mail at placements@hcwco.com.