UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 5, 2019
Plug Power Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | | 1-34392 | | 22-3672377 |
| (State or other jurisdiction | | (Commission File | | (IRS Employer |
| of incorporation) | | Number) | | Identification No.) |
968 Albany Shaker Road,
Latham, New York | | 12110 |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (518) 782-7700
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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Securities registered pursuant to 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | | Trading Symbol(s) | | Name of each exchange on which registered |
| Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share | | PLUG | | The Nasdaq Capital Market |
| Series A Junior Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share | | | | The Nasdaq Capital Market |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934(§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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Item 1.01. Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On December 5, 2019, Plug Power Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Barclays Capital Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters named in Schedule I thereto (the “Underwriters”). Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Underwriting Agreement, the Company agreed to sell to the Underwriters 40,000,000 shares (the “Initial Shares”) of common stock, par value $0.01 per share,in an underwritten registered public offering at a purchase price of $2.62625 per share (the “Purchase Price”). Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Company granted the Underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 6,000,000 shares of common stock (together with the Initial Shares, the “Shares”), at the Purchase Price, which the Underwriters exercised in full on December 6, 2019. The Shares were offered and sold pursuant to a prospectus supplement and related prospectus filed as part of the Company’s shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-235328), which became automatically effective upon filing.
The offering closed on December 10, 2019, and the Company received net proceeds of approximately $120.4 million from the sale of the Shares. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for working capital and other general corporate purposes, including capital expenditures.
The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and covenants by the Company. It also provides for customary indemnification by the Company for losses or damages arising out of or in connection with the sale of the Shares.
The foregoing is a summary description of certain terms of the Underwriting Agreement and is qualified in its entirety by the text of the Underwriting Agreement attached as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
In connection with the filing of the Underwriting Agreement, the Company is filing as Exhibit 5.1 hereto an opinion of its counsel, Goodwin ProcterLLP, regarding the legality of the Shares.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| | | Plug Power Inc. |
| | | |
| Date: December 10, 2019 | By: | /s/ Paul Middleton |
| | | Name: Paul Middleton |
| | | Title: Chief Financial Officer |
