Item 1.01 |
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
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On August 16, 2022, Bloom Energy Corporation (the “Company”)
entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting
Agreement”) with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan
Stanley & Co. LLC and BofA Securities, Inc., as
representatives (the “Representatives”) of the several underwriters
named therein (the “Underwriters”), pursuant to which the Company
agreed to issue and sell 13,000,000 shares (the “Firm Shares”) of
its Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common
Stock”), to the Underwriters (the “Offering”). In addition, under
the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, the Company granted the
Underwriters the option, for 30 days from the date of the
Underwriting Agreement, to purchase up to 1,950,000 additional
shares of Common Stock (the “Option Shares” and, together with the
Firm Shares, the “Shares”). The price to the public in this
offering is $26.00 per share. The Underwriters agreed to purchase
the Shares from the Company pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement
at a price of $24.895 per share.
The Offering was made under a prospectus supplement and related
prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
pursuant to the Company’s effective shelf registration statement on
Form S-3 (Registration
No. 333-260464).
Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Company agreed to
indemnify the Underwriters against certain liabilities, including
liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or to
contribute to payments that the Underwriters may be required to
make because of such liabilities. In addition, the Underwriting
Agreement also contains customary representations, warranties and
agreements by the Company and customary conditions to closing,
obligations of the parties and termination provisions. The
representations, warranties and covenants contained in the
Underwriting Agreement were made only for purposes of such
agreement and as of specific dates, were solely for the benefit of
the parties to such agreement, and may be subject to limitations
agreed upon by such parties.
In connection with the Offering, the Company and the Company’s
directors and executive officers also agreed not to sell or
transfer any Common Stock without first obtaining the written
consent of the Representatives, subject to certain exceptions, for
60 days after the date of the Prospectus (as defined in the
Underwriting Agreement).
A copy of the Underwriting Agreement is attached as Exhibit 1.1
hereto and is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing
descriptions of the Underwriting Agreement and lock-up arrangements do not purport to
be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to
such exhibit.
A copy of the opinion of Latham & Watkins LLP relating to
the validity of the securities issued in the Offering is filed
herewith as Exhibit 5.1.
On August 19, 2022, the Offering closed and the Company
completed the sale and issuance of an aggregate of 14,950,000
shares of Common Stock, including the exercise in full of the
Option Shares. The Company received net proceeds of approximately
$371.5 million, after deducting the Underwriters’ discounts
and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by the
Company.