Is Avigilon in a buying mood again?
By Martha Entwistle
Updated Tue March 18, 2014
Avigilon will soon have more cash for purchases.
The HD surveillance provider on March 17 increased a previously announced financing to $100 million (Canadian).
The official statement said that the “company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes and for potential strategic acquisitions.”
I have a call in to Avigilon to see if they'll comment on why they're increasing the financing.
The offering is expected to close just after ISC West this year “on or about April 8, 2014,” the company said.
The financing, “a bought deal offering of common shares of Avigilon,” is an expansion of a previously announced bought deal offering for $69 million, which was announced in November, just before Avigilon acquired VideoIQ on Dec. 31.
Under the terms of the expanded financing, a “syndicate of underwriters led by GMP Securities L.P. and including BMO Capital Markets, National Bank Financial Inc., CIBC World Markets Inc., RBC Capital Markets and PI Financial Corp. have agreed to purchase, on a bought deal basis pursuant to the filing of a short form prospectus, an aggregate of 3,448,280 Common Shares at a price of $29.00 per common share for aggregate gross proceeds to Avigilon of $100,000,120,” the announcement said.
The syndicate may purchase an additional 517,242 shares at the same price up to 30 days after the closing. If that happens, an additional $15,000,018 will be raised, and Avigilon's gross proceeds will be $115,000,138.
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