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Aurora Announces Pricing of $220 Million Upsized Public Offering of Class A Common Stock
Aurora expects to receive total gross proceeds of approximately $820 million from the public offering and concurrent private placement PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nAurora expects to receive total gross proceeds of approximately $820 million from the public offering and concurrent private placement\n\n\n PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nAurora Innovation, Inc. (Nasdaq: AUR) today announced the pricing of its underwritten public offering of 73,333,333 shares of its Class A common stock at $3.00 per share. All of the securities are to be sold by Aurora. In addition, Aurora has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 10,999,999 shares of its Class A common stock at the public offering price, less the underwriting discounts and commissions. Before deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses, Aurora expects to receive gross proceeds of approximately $220 million from the public offering, assuming no exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares. The offering is expected to close on or about July 21, 2023, subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions.\n\n\nConcurrent with the public offering, Aurora also entered into a common stock purchase agreement with certain existing institutional and strategic investors, entities affiliated with two of Aurora’s directors, and new institutional investors to issue and sell 222,222,216 shares of its Class A common stock at $2.70 per share, for aggregate gross proceeds of $600 million through a private placement. The sale of these shares of Class A common stock will not be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The concurrent private placement is expected to close on July 21, 2023. The concurrent private placement is not conditioned on the closing of the public offering but is subject to customary closing conditions.\n\n\nGoldman Sachs & Co. LLC and Allen & Company LLC are acting as joint book-running managers, Evercore ISI is acting as book-runner and Canaccord Genuity, TD Cowen and Nomura are acting as co-managers for the underwritten public offering. Allen & Company LLC and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC are also acting as placement agents for the concurrent private placement.\n\n\nAurora filed a Registration Statement on Form S-3 which was declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), and has filed a preliminary prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to and describing...