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LM Funding America Enters Into Warrant Exercise Transaction for Gross Proceeds of $5.1 Million
TAMPA, Fla., Dec. 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LM Funding America, Inc. (NASDAQ: LMFA) (“LM Funding” or the “Company”), a cryptocurrency mining and
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[{"type":"text","content":"TAMPA, Fla., Dec. 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LM Funding America, Inc. (NASDAQ: LMFA) (“LM Funding” or the “Company”), a cryptocurrency mining and technology-based specialty finance company, announced today that it has entered into a warrant exercise agreement with a single institutional investor that is an existing holder of its common stock warrants wherein the investor agreed to exercise 1,736,370 outstanding common stock warrants (the “Existing Warrants”) to purchase an aggregate of 1,736,370 shares of common stock for cash at the exercise price of $2.98 per share. The Existing Warrants were previously issued in a private placement which closed in August 2024. In consideration for the immediate exercise of the Existing Warrants, the exercising holder received new unregistered common stock warrants (the “New Warrants”) to purchase an aggregate of 3,472,740 shares of common stock. The New Warrants will have an exercise price of $2.95 per share and will be immediately exercisable for a period of five years from the issuance date. The gross proceeds of the exercise of the Existing Warrants to the Company, before deducting estimated expenses and fees, are expected to be approximately $5.1 million. Maxim Group LLC is acting as warrant inducement agent and financial advisor in connection with the transaction. The New Warrants described above were offered in a private placement pursuant to an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and, along with the shares of common stock issuable upon their exercise, have not been registered under the Securities Act, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration with the SEC or an applicable exemption from such registration requirements. The securities were offered only to accredited investors. The Company has agreed to file a registration statement with the SEC covering the resale of the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the New Warrants. 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 jur...