Freehold Royalties Ltd. Announces Closing of Equity Financing
September 22 2021 - 8:24AM
Freehold Royalties Ltd. (Freehold) (TSX:FRU) announces that it has
completed its previously announced bought deal equity financing,
issuing 19,067,000 subscription receipts (Subscription Receipts) at
a price of $9.05 per Subscription Receipt for gross proceeds of
approximately $173 million, which included the full exercise of the
over-allotment option granted to the underwriters. The bought deal
offering was completed through a syndicate of underwriters led by
RBC Capital Markets and TD Securities Inc.
Each Subscription Receipt represents the right
to receive, without payment of additional consideration or further
action on the part of the holder, one common share of Freehold upon
closing of Freehold's previously announced acquisition of certain
royalty interest assets in the United States (the U.S. Royalty
Transaction). Freehold expects to close the U.S. Royalty
Transaction on or before September 28, 2021.
The gross proceeds from the sale of the
Subscription Receipts pursuant to the public offering will be held
in escrow pending the completion of the U.S. Royalty Transaction.
If all outstanding conditions to the completion of the U.S. Royalty
Transaction (other than funding) are met on or before November 30,
2021, the net proceeds from the sale of the Subscription Receipts
will be released from escrow to Freehold or as otherwise directed
by Freehold. Upon release of the escrowed funds to Freehold such
funds are anticipated to be used to pay a portion of the purchase
price for the assets to be acquired pursuant to the U.S. Royalty
Acquisition, with the remainder of the purchase price funded by
drawing on our credit facilities.
Holders of the Subscription Receipts will be
entitled to receive payments per Subscription Receipt equal to the
cash dividends paid on Freehold's common shares (the Dividend
Equivalent Payments), if any, actually paid or payable to holders
of such common shares in respect of all record dates for such
dividends occurring from today's date to, but excluding, the last
day on which the Subscription Receipts remain outstanding, to be
paid to holders of Subscription Receipts concurrently with the
payment date of each such dividend. The Dividend Equivalent
Payments will be made regardless of whether the U.S Royalty
Transaction is completed or not.
If the U.S. Royalty Transaction is not completed
at or before 5:00 pm (Calgary time) on November 30, 2021, then the
subscription price for the Subscription Receipts will be returned
to holders of Subscription Receipts and holders will be entitled to
receive any Dividend Equivalent Payments that remain payable to
such holders or if no Dividend Equivalent Payments have been paid
or are payable to the holders of Subscription Receipts such holders
will be entitled to receive, such holder's pro rata share of any
interest earned or income generated on the escrowed funds.
Freehold anticipates that the Subscription
Receipts will be listed and posted for trading on the Toronto Stock
Exchange under the symbol FRU.N at the open of markets today. A
copy of the subscription receipt agreement governing the terms of
the Subscription Receipts has been filed on Freehold's profile on
SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release offers our assessment of
Freehold’s future plans and operations as at September 22, 2021 and
contains forward-looking information including, without limitation,
forward-looking information with regards to the expected timing for
closing of the U.S. Royalty Transaction; the expected use of
proceeds from the public offering; and the expected sources of
funds to fund the payment of the purchase price for the U.S.
Royalty Transaction.
This forward-looking information is provided to
allow readers to better understand our business and prospects and
may not be suitable for other purposes. By its nature,
forward-looking information is subject to numerous risks and
uncertainties, some of which are beyond our control, including that
the closing of the U.S. Royalty Transaction could be delayed or not
occur at all if Freehold or the other parties are not able to
satisfy the conditions for closing on the timelines anticipated or
the results of Freehold's due diligence on the assets to be
acquired pursuant to the U.S. Royalty Transaction is not
satisfactory. Risks relating to Freehold's business are described
in more detail in Freehold’s annual information form for the year
ended December 31, 2020 which is available under Freehold’s profile
on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
You are cautioned that the assumptions used in
the preparation of such information, although considered reasonable
at the time of preparation, may prove to be imprecise and, as such,
undue reliance should not be placed on forward looking information.
We can give no assurance that any of the events anticipated will
transpire or occur, or if any of them do, what benefits we will
derive from them. The forward-looking information contained herein
is expressly qualified by this cautionary statement. Our policy for
updating forward-looking statements is to update our key operating
assumptions quarterly and, except as required by law, we do not
undertake to update any other forward-looking statements
For further information,
contact: |
Freehold Royalties Ltd. |
Matt Donohue |
Manager, Investor Relations & Capital
Markets |
t. |
403.221.0833 |
f. |
403.221.0888 |
tf. |
1.888.257.1873 |
e. |
mdonohue@rife.com |
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www.freeholdroyalties.com |
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