Draganfly Announces Closing of US$3.76 Million Registered Direct Offering

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Saskatoon, SK., Nov. 19, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Draganfly Inc. (NASDAQ: DPRO) (CSE: DPRO) (FSE: 3U8A) (“Draganfly” or the “Company”), a drone solutions, and systems developer, today announced that it has closed its previously announced offering of 1,600,000 units of the Company, with each unit consisting of one common share (or one pre-funded warrant to purchase one common share in lieu thereof) and one warrant to purchase one common share. Each unit was sold at an offering price of US$2.35, for gross proceeds of US$3.76 million (the “Offering”), before deducting placement agent discounts and offering expenses. The warrants have an exercise price of CA$3.3086 (or US$2.35) per share, are exercisable immediately and will expire five years following the date of issuance and the exercise price is in Canadian currency.

Maxim Group LLC acted as sole placement agent for the Offering.

Pursuant to previous offerings in the United States, the Company issued warrants to purchase 256,000 common shares at an exercise price of CA$5.6925 (US$4.1152) on October 30, 2023 (“October Warrants”), warrants to purchase 540,541 common shares at an exercise price of CA$5.625 (US$4.1155) on May 1, 2024 (the “May Warrants”) and warrants to purchase 666,667 common shares at an exercise price of CA$5.12 (US$3.75) on August 21, 2024 (the “August Warrants”, collectively with the October Warrants and May Warrants, the “Existing Warrants”). In connection with the closing of the Offering, the ‎Company and the holder of the Existing Warrants entered into an amendment agreement (the “Amendment Agreement”), whereby the ‎exercise price of the Existing Warrants was reduced to CA$3.3086 (or US$2.35) per share, respectively (the “Warrant Amendments”).‎

Draganfly currently intends to use the net proceeds from the Offering for general corporate purposes, including to fund its capabilities to meet demand for its new products including growth initiatives and/or for working capital requirements including the continuing development and marketing of the Company’s core products, potential acquisitions and research and development.

The Offering was made pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on Form F-10, as amended, (File No. 333-271498) previously filed with and subsequently declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on July 5, 2023 and the Company’s Canadian short form base shelf prospectus dated June 30, 2023 (the “Base Shelf Prospectus”). Draganfly offered and sold the securities in the United States only. No securities were offered or sold to Canadian purchasers.