FREYR Battery Announces Austin, Texas as Location for New Corporate Headquarters
10 February 2025 - 10:01PM
Business Wire
FREYR Battery (NYSE: FREY) (“FREYR” or the “Company”) announced
this morning that the Company has selected Austin, Texas, as the
location for its new global headquarters to geographically align
the Company’s workforce with its operations and strategy to provide
solar modules made in the United States. This announcement
coincides with the ongoing ramp of production at FREYR’s G1 solar
module facility in Wilmer, Texas, which already employs more than
1,000 people across the Wilmer and Dallas communities.
Establishing Corporate Headquarters in Austin, Texas
FREYR has selected Austin, Texas as the location for the
Company’s global headquarters in support of FREYR’s corporate
development, operations, and strategy. Austin is strategically
located near FREYR’s operating U.S. solar module manufacturing
facility in Wilmer, Texas, and provides access to an emerging
talent pool within the booming, business-friendly Texas economy to
support the Company’s growth aspirations. FREYR’s global
headquarters will be located at 1211 E 4th St., Austin, TX
78746.
“Today marks another important step for FREYR as we execute our
strategic plan to establish an integrated U.S. solar + battery
storage manufacturing enterprise built on advanced technology,”
commented Daniel Barcelo, FREYR’s Chairman of the Board and Chief
Executive Officer. “Our global headquarters will be in Austin,
Texas, which is a vibrant and fast-growing hub of renewable energy
and advanced technology development, strategically located close to
our operations. As we move forward with our strategy to build an
integrated American solar + storage manufacturing network, we
intend to bring more than 1,000 new American jobs to the Texas
economy. We look forward to building our teams in Austin and
Wilmer, establishing a Texas job creation engine, and working with
our partners across industry and government to invest in critical
U.S. infrastructure.”
Sale of Coweta County Site in Georgia
In conjunction with the Company’s relocation to Texas, FREYR has
entered into a definitive agreement to sell its 368-acre site in
Coweta County, Georgia, to an undisclosed party for gross sales
proceeds of $50 million. The transaction is expected to close on
February 15, 2024. Estimated net proceeds to FREYR are expected to
total $22.5 million following repayment of previously received
state and local grants.
About FREYR
FREYR (NYSE: FREY) is an energy solutions provider building an
integrated U.S. supply chain for solar and batteries. In December
2024, FREYR completed a transformative transaction, positioning the
Company as one of the leading solar manufacturing companies in the
U.S., with a complementary solar and battery storage strategy.
Based in the U.S. with plans to expand its operations in America,
the Company is also exploring value optimization opportunities
across its portfolio of assets in Europe. To learn more about
FREYR, please visit www.freyrbattery.com and follow @FREYRBattery
on social media.
Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking
Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within
the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. All statements contained in this press release that do not
relate to matters of historical fact should be considered
forward-looking statements, including without limitation with
respect to the Company’s operational performance and profitability
(including its strategic objective to develop U.S.-made solar
modules), any expected jobs created as a result of the
establishment of the Company’s headquarters in Austin, any other
anticipated benefits or advantages of establishing the Company’s
headquarters in Austin and any expected timings of and proceeds
from the sale of the Coweta County site. These forward-looking
statements are based on management’s current expectations. These
statements are neither promises nor guarantees, but involve known
and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that
may cause actual future events, results or achievements to be
materially different from the Company’s expectations and
projections expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements.
Important factors include, but are not limited to, those discussed
under the caption “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 (the “Form 10-K”)
and the Company’s other filings with the SEC. Forward-looking
statements speak only as of the date of this press release and are
based on information available to the Company as of the date of
this press release, and the Company assumes no obligation to update
such forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise, except as required by
law.
FREYR intends to use its website as a channel of distribution to
disclose information which may be of interest or material to
investors and to communicate with investors and the public. Such
disclosures will be included on FREYR’s website in the ‘Investor
Relations’ sections. FREYR also intends to use certain social media
channels, including, but not limited to, X and LinkedIn, as means
of communicating with the public and investors about FREYR, its
progress, products, and other matters. While not all the
information that FREYR posts to its digital platforms may be deemed
to be of a material nature, some information may be. As a result,
FREYR encourages investors and others interested to review the
information that it posts and to monitor such portions of FREYR’s
website and social media channels on a regular basis, in addition
to following FREYR’s press releases, SEC filings, and public
conference calls and webcasts. The contents of FREYR’s website and
other social media channels shall not be deemed incorporated by
reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
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Investor contact:
Jeffrey Spittel Executive Vice President, Investor Relations and
Corporate Development jeffrey.spittel@freyrbattery.com Tel:
(+1) 409 599-5706
Media contact:
Amy Jaick Senior Vice President, Communications
amy.jaick@freyrbattery.com Tel: (+1) 973 713-5585
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