NEW YORK, Feb. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Code Chain New
Continent Limited (the "Company" or "Code Chain") (NASDAQ: CCNC), a
leading eco-technology company, today announced that it has entered
into a securities purchase agreement with certain
institutional investors to purchase (i) an aggregate of 4,166,666
shares of the Company's common stock (the "Shares") and warrants to
purchase up to an aggregate of 1,639,362 shares of common stock
(the "Registered Warrants") in a registered direct offering and
(ii) warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 2,527,304 shares of
common stock (the "Unregistered Warrants") in a concurrent private
placement. The combined per share purchase price will be
$6.00 per Share.
Under the terms of the securities purchase agreement, the
Registered Warrants will be immediately exercisable, will expire 5
years after the date of issuance and will have an exercise price of
$6.72 per share, subject to certain
adjustments as provided in the Registered Warrants. The
Unregistered Warrants will be first exercisable on the earlier of
(i) six months from the issuance date or (ii) the date that the
Company obtains stockholder approval for the sale of all of the
securities in the registered direct offering and concurrent private
placement, if such approval is obtained. The Unregistered
Warrants will expire 5.5 years after the date of issuance and will
have an exercise price of $6.72 per
share, subject to certain adjustments as provided in the
Unregistered Warrants.
The gross proceeds of the offering are expected to be
approximately $25 million, before
deducting placement agent fees and other estimated offering
expenses. The Company plans to use the net proceeds from the
offering for working capital and general business purposes. The
closing of the offering is expected to take place on or about
February 22, 2021, subject to the
satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
Univest Securities, LLC is acting as the exclusive placement
agent for this offering. Ortoli Rosenstadt LLP serves as counsel to
the Company, and Sullivan & Worcester LLP serves as counsel to
Univest Securities, LLC in connection with the Offering.
The offering is being made pursuant to an effective shelf
registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-232316) previously
filed and declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC) on July 8th, 2019. The offering of
the Shares and the Registered Warrants will be made only by means
of a prospectus supplement describing the terms of the proposed
offering, will be filed with the SEC and can be obtained on the
SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov when available. Electronic
copies of the prospectus supplement may be obtained, when
available, from Univest Securities, LLC, by email at
IBAssistDesk@univest.us or standard mail to Univest
Securities, LLC, Attn: 375 Park Avenue, 15th Floor, New York, NY 10152.
Before investing in this offering, interested parties should
read in their entirety the prospectus supplement and the
accompanying prospectus and the other documents that the Company
has filed with the SEC that are incorporated by reference in such
prospectus supplement and the accompanying base prospectus, which
provide more information about the Company and such offering. This
press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy, nor will there be any sales of
these securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer,
solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or
qualification under the securities laws of such jurisdiction.
About Code Chain New Continent Limited
Founded in 2009, Code Chain New Continent Limited engages in the
research, development, and sale of solid waste recycling systems
for the mining and industrial sectors, the wholesale and sale of
fuel materials, harbor cargo handling services and production and
sales of coating materials in the PRC. It provides end-users in
these markets with a clean alternative to traditional waste
disposal by significantly reducing solid waste discharge into the
environment and enabling such users to extract value from valuable
metals and other industrial waste materials. Upon completion of
Sichuan Wuge Network Games Co., Ltd. ("Wuge"), the Company has also
diversified its business. Wuge was established in 2019 and is still
in this early developing stage. Wuge produced electronic tokens
that combine the five-W elements (when, where, who, why, what),
geographic location via the Beidou satellite system and identity
information using Code Chain technology. The electronic tokens are
unique, tradable, and inheritable digital assets and cannot be
tampered. The electronic tokens are based on and stored in the Code
Chain system and can be used to monitor and document all kinds of
consumer behaviors that involve code-scanning.
Safe Harbor Statements
This press release contains "forward-looking statements"
within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995, including certain plans, expectations, goals, and
projections, which are subject to numerous assumptions, risks, and
uncertainties. These forward-looking statements may include, but
are not limited to, statements containing words such as "may,"
"could," "would," "plan," "anticipate," "believe," "estimate,"
"predict," "potential," "expects," "intends", "future" and
"guidance" or similar expressions. These forward-looking statements
speak only as of the date of this press release and are subject to
change at any time. These forward-looking statements are based upon
management's current expectations and are subject to a number of
risks, uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond
the Company's control that may cause actual results, levels of
activity, performance or achievements to differ materially from any
future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements
expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The
Company's actual results could differ materially from those
contained in the forward-looking statements due to a number of
factors, including those described under the heading "Risk Factors"
in the Company's public filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, including the Company's annual report on 10-K. The
Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any
forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise, except as required under applicable
law.
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