Aspen Group Announces Closing of Public Offering of Common Stock
NEW YORK, Jan. 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- (NASDAQGM: ASPU) (鈥渢he Company鈥� or 鈥淎spen鈥� or 鈥淎GI鈥�), an education technology holding company, today closed its previously announced underwritten public offering of 2,415,000 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $7.15 per share. The number of shares sold by Aspen includes 315,000 shares of common stock pursuant to an option granted to the underwriters to cover overallotments that was exercised in full.
Net proceeds from the offering to Aspen are approximately $16 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by Aspen. Aspen intends to use the net proceeds from this offering to pay for expansion of its BSN pre-licensure program and for general corporate purposes and working capital.
Canaccord Genuity LLC acted as the sole bookrunning manager of the offering. Craig-Hallum Capital Group LLC and Roth Capital Partners acted as lead managers of the offering.
The offering was made pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-224230) declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 18, 2018. A final prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus relating to the offering were filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Copies of the final prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained from the Securities and Exchange Commission at , or from Canaccord Genuity LLC, 99 High Street, Suite 1200, Boston, Massachusetts 02110, Attn: Syndicate Department, by telephone at (617) 371-3900, or by email at
This press release does not and shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities law of any such state or jurisdiction.
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Statements made in this release and in AGI鈥檚 other public filings and releases that are not historical facts or that include forward-looking terminology, including expectations on the anticipated use of proceeds from the offering, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release and are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including the risks and uncertainties associated with market conditions and the completion of the proposed offering, as well as risks and uncertainties inherent in AGI鈥檚 business, including those described in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended April 30, 2019, its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended July 31, 2019 and in the section entitled 鈥淩isk Factors鈥� in AGI鈥檚 Form S-3 shelf registration statement referred to above and in the prospectus supplement related to the public offering filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Factors or events that could cause AGI鈥檚 actual results to differ may emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for us to predict all of them. We undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise, except as may be required by law.
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Released January 22, 2020