Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - October 6, 2021) - Copperleaf Technologies Inc. (TSX: CPLF) ("Copperleaf" or the "Company"), a provider of enterprise decision analytics software solutions, announced today the pricing of its previously announced initial public offering (the "Offering"). Pursuant to the Offering, Copperleaf will issue 9,340,000 common shares of the Company at a price of $15.00 per common share (the "Offering Price") for total gross proceeds of $140,100,000. The Offering was upsized from an initial size of $125,000,000 as a result of excess demand.
The closing of the Offering is expected to occur on October 14, 2021, subject to customary closing conditions.
The Toronto Stock Exchange (the "TSX") has conditionally approved the listing of Copperleaf's common shares subject to fulfilling the customary listing requirements. The shares are expected to begin trading on the TSX on an "if, as and when issued basis" on October 7, 2021 under the symbol "CPLF".
The Offering is led by BofA Securities, BMO Capital Markets and William Blair, as joint bookrunners, and CIBC Capital Markets, RBC Capital Markets, Canaccord Genuity and Cormark Securities (collectively, the "Underwriters"). Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP is acting as legal counsel to the Company and Stikeman Elliott LLP is acting as legal counsel to the Underwriters.
The Company has also granted to the Underwriters an over-allotment option to purchase up to an additional 1,401,000 common shares of the Company at the Offering Price for additional gross proceeds to the Company of $21,015,000 if the option is exercised in full. The over-allotment option can be exercised for a period of 30 days from the closing date of the Offering.
A copy of Copperleaf's supplemented PREP prospectus will be available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com on October 7, 2021.
No securities regulatory authority has either approved or disapproved the contents of this news release. This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale or any acceptance of an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
The securities have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933 (the "U.S. Securities Act"), as amended, or any state securities laws, and may not be offered, sold or delivered, directly or indirectly, in the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, "U.S. persons" (as defined in Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act). Accordingly, the securities may not be offered or sold within the United States unless registered under the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or pursuant to exemptions from the registrations requirements of the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws.