STILLWATER, Okla., April 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- USA Rare Earth, Inc. (NASDAQ:USAR) (USAR or the Company), today announced that it has entered into a securities purchase agreement with a new fundamental institutional investor to raise $75 million of equity capital via a private investment in public equity ("PIPE"). The Company intends to use the proceeds from the offering to fund capital expenditures for its magnet manufacturing facility in Stillwater, Oklahoma, as well as for working capital and operating expenses.
"We are thrilled by the reception we received from potential investors during our PIPE process," said Joshua Ballard, CEO. "This sizable commitment from a single institution allows us to fully fund the capex required for the first phase of our rare earth magnet facility. It comes at a pivotal moment in USA Rare Earth's push to build one of the largest domestic sintered rare earth magnet facilities in the country at a time when we as a country most need it. We are on a mission to bring domestic rare earth magnets back to the United States defense, consumer, technology, and industrial sectors. We are now one step closer to achieving our goal."
Under the terms of the securities purchase agreement, the Company will issue, for an aggregate purchase price of $75 million, an aggregate of approximately 8.55 million shares of common stock (the Issued Shares), pre-funded warrants to purchase an aggregate of approximately 2.16 million shares of common stock (the shares underlying the Pre-Funded Warrants, together with the Issued Shares, "the Aggregate Shares") and warrants (the PIPE Warrants) to purchase shares of common stock, in an amount equal to 100% of the Aggregate Shares at a strike price of $7.00 per share, with an expiry date of 6-years from the issue date of the PIPE Warrants. The Shares and the PIPE Warrant Shares are entitled to customary resale registration rights.
The Company will hold a special meeting of stockholders to approve the issuance of the Warrant Shares. Stockholders holding a majority of voting power of the outstanding securities of the Company have executed stockholder support agreements to vote their shares in favor of such issuance. The closing of the PIPE also is subject to other customary closing conditions for financing of this nature.
Advisors
Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. acted as lead placement agent for the private placement. Cohen Capital Markets also acted as placement agent for the private placement.
White & Case LLP served as legal counsel to USA Rare Earth. Reed Smith LLP served as legal counsel to the placement agents.
The securities being sold in the private placement have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or applicable state securities laws and accordingly may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and such applicable state securities laws.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the securities, nor shall there be any sale of the securities being offered 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 the Company
USAR is building a vertically integrated, domestic rare earth magnet production supply chain. USAR is currently constructing a 310k square foot rare earth sintered neo magnet manufacturing facility in Stillwater, Oklahoma. USAR also controls mining rights to the Round Top Mountain rare earth and critical minerals deposit in West Texas, which holds significant deposits of heavy rare earths, such as dysprosium and terbium, as well as gallium, beryllium, lithium and other critical tech minerals. USAR's permanent neo magnets and rare earth minerals are required for a wide variety of products used in the defense, automotive, aviation, industrial, medical, and consumer electronics industries.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which involve risks and uncertainties. These statements include statements relating to the Company's expectations for future development, operations, business strategies and financial performance. Such statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. When used in this press release, words such as "anticipate", "believe", "can", "continue", "could", "estimate", "expect", "forecast", "intend", "may", "might", "plan", "possible", "potential", "predict", "project", "seek", "should", "strive", "target", "will", "would" and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable as of the date made, forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from our expectations. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: the risk that the conditions to the closing of the PIPE are not satisfied; risks relating to the timing of the satisfaction of such conditions and the closing of the PIPE; risks related to the development of our magnet production facility and the timing of expected production milestones; competition in the magnet manufacturing industry; our ability to grow and manage growth profitably; our ability to build or maintain relationships with customers and suppliers; our ability to retain management and key employees; the supply and demand for rare earth minerals; the timing and amount of future production; costs of production, capital expenditures and requirements for additional capital; timing of future cash flow provided by operating activities, if any; uncertainty in any mineral estimates, uncertainty in any geological, metallurgical, and geotechnical studies and opinions; and transportation risks. Detailed information regarding factors that may cause actual results to differ materially will be included in the Company's periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), including the Company's Form 10-K that the Company filed with the SEC on March 31, 2025. These statements are only predictions and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors. Any forward-looking statements contained in this release speak only as of its date. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this release to reflect events or circumstances occurring after its date or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
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