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Imperial Petroleum Announces Closing of $40 Million Underwritten Public Offering
ATHENS, Greece, May 19, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Imperial Petroleum Inc. (Nasdaq: IMPP) (the “Company”) announced today the closing of an underwritten public
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[{"type":"text","content":"ATHENS, Greece, May 19, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Imperial Petroleum Inc. (Nasdaq: IMPP) (the “Company”) announced today the closing of an underwritten public offering of 72,727,272 units at a price of $0.55 per unit. Each unit consisted of one share of common stock and one Class C warrant to purchase one share of common stock, and immediately separated upon issuance. In addition, the Company granted the underwriter a 45-day option to purchase up to an additional 10,909,090 shares of common stock and/or prefunded warrants and/or 10,909,090 Class C warrants, at the public offering price less underwriting discounts and commissions, which the underwriter has partially exercised to purchase 10,909,090 additional Class C Warrants. The gross proceeds of the offering to the Company, before underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses, were approximately $40 million. The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the offering for capital expenditures, including acquisitions of additional vessels which we have not yet identified, which may include vessels in seaborne transportation sectors other than the product and crude tanker sectors in which we currently operate, and for other general corporate purposes. Each Class C warrant is immediately exercisable for one share of common stock at an exercise price of $0.55 per share and will expire five years from issuance. Maxim Group LLC acted as sole book-running manager in connection with the offering. The offering was conducted pursuant to the Company’s registration statement on Form F-1 previously filed with and subsequently declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on May 16, 2022. A final prospectus relating to the offering was filed with the SEC and is available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. Copies of the final prospectus relating to this offering may be obtained from Maxim Group LLC, 300 Park Avenue, 16th Floor, New York, NY 10022, at (212) 895-3745. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. ABOUT IMPERIAL PETROLEUM I...