RXO Announces Upsizing and Pricing of Common Stock Offering Associated with Financing Acquisition of Coyote Logistics from UPS
September 10 2024 - 12:35AM
Business Wire
RXO (NYSE: RXO), a leading provider of asset-light
transportation solutions, today announced that is has upsized its
previously announced public offering of common stock to $500
million in total gross proceeds, pricing 19,230,770 shares of its
common stock at a price of $26.00 per share. The offering is
expected to close on September 11, 2024, subject to customary
closing conditions.
RXO has granted the underwriters of the offering an option to
purchase up to an additional 2,884,615 shares of common stock at
the public offering price less underwriting discounts and
commissions.
RXO intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to finance
a portion of the pending acquisition of Coyote Logistics, UPS’s
technology-driven, asset-light freight brokerage business. The
offering is not contingent on the consummation of the acquisition.
RXO expects that the acquisition will be consummated by September
20, 2024. If the acquisition is not consummated, RXO intends to use
the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate
purposes.
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, BofA Securities, Citigroup and
Morgan Stanley are the joint lead book-running managers for the
offering. Barclays, Wells Fargo Securities and Scotiabank are also
joint book-running managers for the offering and BTIG, Regions
Securities LLC, KeyBanc Capital Markets, Baird, Raymond James,
Stephens Inc., Stifel, Wolfe Capital Markets and Advisory,
Oppenheimer & Co., The Benchmark Company and Thompson Davis are
co-managers for the offering.
The offering of common stock is being made by means of a
prospectus supplement under RXO’s effective registration statement
on Form S-3, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(“SEC”).
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a
solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor does it
constitute an offer, solicitation or sale of any securities in any
jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale is unlawful.
The offering may be made only by means of a prospectus supplement
relating to such offering and the accompanying prospectus. Copies
of the final prospectus supplement for the offering and the
accompanying prospectus can be obtained from:
- Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department,
200 West Street, New York, NY 10282, by telephone at
1-866-471-2526, or by e-mail at prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com;
- BofA Securities, Inc., NC1-004-03-43, 200 North College Street,
3rd floor, Charlotte, NC 28255-0001, Attn: Prospectus Department,
Email: dg.prospectus_requests@bofa.com;
- Citigroup, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island
Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717 (Tel: 800-831-9146); or
- Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department,
180 Varick Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10014.
About RXO
RXO (NYSE: RXO) is a leading provider of asset-light
transportation solutions. RXO offers tech-enabled truck brokerage
services together with complementary solutions including managed
transportation and last mile delivery. The company combines massive
capacity and cutting-edge technology to move freight efficiently
through supply chains across North America. The company is
headquartered in Charlotte, N.C.
Forward-looking Statements
This press release includes forward-looking statements,
including statements relating to the potential transaction,
including the expected time period to consummate the potential
transaction, the use of proceeds of the offering and the
anticipated closing of the offering. All statements other than
statements of historical fact are, or may be deemed to be,
forward-looking statements. In some cases, forward-looking
statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terms
such as “anticipate,” “estimate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,”
“intend,” “may,” “plan,” “predict,” “should,” “will,” “expect,”
“project,” “forecast,” “goal,” “outlook,” “target,” or the negative
of these terms or other comparable terms. However, the absence of
these words does not mean that the statements are not
forward-looking. These forward-looking statements are based on
certain assumptions and analyses made by us in light of our
experience and our perception of historical trends, current
conditions and expected future developments, as well as other
factors we believe are appropriate in the circumstances.
These forward-looking statements are subject to known and
unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions that may cause actual
results, levels of activity, performance, or achievements to be
materially different from any future results, levels of activity,
performance or achievements expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause or contribute
to a material difference include the risks discussed in our filings
with the SEC and the following: potential delays in consummating
the potential transaction; RXO’s ability to integrate the
operations of Coyote Logistics in a successful manner and in the
expected time period; the possibility that any of the anticipated
benefits and projected synergies of the potential transaction will
not be realized or will not be realized on the anticipated terms
and within the expected time period; the occurrence of any event,
change or other circumstance that could give rise to the
termination of the purchase agreement; risks that the anticipated
tax treatment of the potential transaction is not obtained;
unforeseen or unknown liabilities; customer, regulatory and other
stakeholder approvals and support; unexpected future capital
expenditures; potential litigation relating to the potential
transaction that could be instituted against RXO or its directors;
the possibility that the potential transaction may be more
expensive to complete than anticipated, including as a result of
unexpected factors or events; the effect of the announcement,
pendency or completion of the potential transaction on the parties’
business relationships and business generally; risks that the
potential transaction disrupts current plans and operations of RXO
and potential difficulties in employee retention and hiring as a
result of the potential transaction, as well as the risk of
disruption of RXO’s or Coyote Logistics’ management, including the
diversion of management’s time and attention to completion of the
proposed transaction and integration matters, and business
disruption during the pendency of, or following, the potential
transaction; certain restrictions during the pendency of the
proposed transaction that may impact RXO’s and Coyote Logistics’
ability to pursue certain business opportunities or strategic
transactions; negative effects of this announcement, and the
pendency or completion of the potential transaction on the market
price of RXO’s common stock and/or operating results; rating agency
actions and RXO’s ability to access short- and long-term debt and
equity markets on a timely and affordable basis; the risk that
actual results of the acquired business may differ materially from
preliminary results; and the risks described in Part I, Item 1A
“Risk Factors” of RXO’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2023 and in subsequent filings with the SEC. All
forward-looking statements set forth in this press release are
qualified by these cautionary statements and there can be no
assurance that the actual results or developments anticipated by us
will be realized or, even if substantially realized, that they will
have the expected consequences to or effects on us or our business
or operations. Forward-looking statements set forth in this press
release speak only as of the date hereof, and we do not undertake
any obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect
subsequent events or circumstances, changes in expectations or the
occurrence of unanticipated events, except to the extent required
by law.
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