Abacus Life (NASDAQ:ABL) stock is falling on Friday after the alternative asset manager and market maker announced the pricing of a public offering for its shares.
Abacus Life is selling 10 million shares of ABL stock for $8 each. The offer also includes a 30-day option for underwriters to acquire another 1.5 million shares. Piper Sandler & Co., TD Securities (USA) LLC, B. Riley Securities and KKR Capital Markets LLC are the joint book-running managers for the underwriters.
Abacus Life notes that it expects gross proceeds from this public offering to be $80 million. It also says that all of the shares being sold in this offering come directly from it.
Abacus Life already plans to use the money raised by this stock offering. The company intends to use the funds for “the purchase of life settlement policies, to support its overall business strategy, for working capital purposes and for general corporate purposes.” It may also use the money to pay down its debts.
How This Affects ABL Stock
A public offering increases the total number of outstanding shares on the market. It also dilutes the stakes of current investors. This may be one reason why ABL stock is falling today.
The other is the price of the offering. At $8 per share, it’s a significant discount from ABL’s prior closing price of $9.76 per share. It makes sense this would drag down the price of the stock.
ABL stock is down 17.9% as of Friday morning.
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