Item 8.01. Other Events.
On October 7, 2020, HC2 Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) commenced its previously announced $65 million common stock rights offering. The rights offering is being made pursuant to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-248695) (the “Registration Statement”), which was previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and became effective on September 23, 2020, the prospectus forming a part of the Registration Statement and the prospectus supplement relating the rights offering filed with the SEC on October 7, 2020.
Copies of the prospectus and the related prospectus supplement will be mailed to all eligible stockholders as of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, October 2, 2020 on or about October 7, 2020 and can also be accessed through the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov or be obtained from the information agent, Okapi Partners LLC, toll free at (855) 208-8902. Additional information regarding the rights offering is set forth in the prospectus and the related prospectus supplement.
In connection with the rights offering, the Company is filing certain ancillary documents as Exhibits 4.1, 99.1, 99.2, 99.3, 99.4, 99.5, 99.6 and 99.7 to this Current Report on Form 8-K for the purpose of incorporating such items by reference as exhibits to the Registration Statement. Also in connection with the rights offering, the Company is filing as Exhibit 5.1, the opinion of the Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary of the Company, in connection with the issuance of the rights and the underlying common stock issuable upon exercise of the rights.
On October 7, 2020, the Company issued a press release announcing the launch of the rights offering. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.8 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. Exhibit 99.8 shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
Forward Looking Statements
This Current Report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding the rights offering, the timing thereof, the Company’s ability to complete the rights offering on the expected terms or at all, and other information and statements that are not historical fact. These forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these statements. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this Current Report, and unless legally required, the Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Please refer to the Company’s filings with the SEC, including its most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, for additional information about the risks and uncertainties related to the Company’s business that may affect the forward-looking statements made in this Current Report.
Not a Solicitation
This Current Report does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities described above, and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale, nor shall there be any sale of such securities of the Company in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or other jurisdiction.