Exhibit 99.1
GigCapital2, Inc. Announces Closing of Public Offering of Common Stock
PALO ALTO, Calif., — June 10, 2019 —GigCapital2, Inc. (NYSE: GIX.U) (www.GigCapital2.com) (the “Company”) today announced that it has completed its initial public offering of 15,000,000 units. Each unit consists of one share of common stock, one right and one warrant to purchase one share of common stock at a price of $11.50 per share. Each right entitles the holder thereof to receiveone-twentieth (1/20) of one share of common stock upon the consummation of the Company’s initial business combination. The units were sold at $10.00 per unit, generating gross proceeds of $150,000,000 to the Company.
The units are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) under the symbol “GIX.U”. Once the securities comprising the units begin separate trading, the shares, rights and warrants are expected to be traded on the NYSE under the symbols “GIX”, “GIX RT”, and “GIX WS”, respectively. The underwriters have been granted a45-day option to purchase up to an additional 2,250,000 units offered by the Company to cover over-allotments, if any.
The Company is aPrivate-to-Public Equity (PPE)™ company, also known as a blank check company or special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). It was sponsored by GigAcquisitions2, LLC, which was founded by GigFounders, LLC (www.gigfoundersglobal.com), each a member entity of the GigCapital Group, and formed for the purpose of entering into a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. The Company intends to capitalize on the GigCapital Group’s experience and background in the technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) industries and to target TMT companies that are at the forefront of high technology and are enabling the future evolution of intelligent systems and solutions (such as data-intense mobility, autonomous platforms, smart sensor applications, human interaction, unified data management and artificial intelligence). The Company applies its unique “Mentor-Investor™” philosophy to partner with its targets where it offers financial, operational and executive mentoring in order to accelerate their growth and development from a privately held entity to a fast growing publicly traded company.
Dr. Avi Katz is the Executive Chairman, Secretary, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and is also the sole manager of GigAcquisitions2, LLC.
EarlyBirdCapital, Inc. (“EarlyBird”) and Northland Securities, Inc. (“Northland”) acted as joint book running managers and Odeon Capital Group LLC acted as aco-manager for the offering.
A final prospectus relating to and describing the final terms of the offering has been filed with the SEC and is available on the SEC’s website located athttp://www.sec.gov, or may be obtained by contacting EarlyBirdCapital, Inc., 366 Madison Avenue, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10017, Attn: Syndicate Department,212-661-0200; or by contacting Northland Securities, Inc., Attention: Heidi Fletcher, 150 South Fifth Street, Suite 3300, Minneapolis, MN 55402, email hfletcher@northlandcapitalmarkets.com or telephone (612)851-4918. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, 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 registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
Note Concerning Forward Looking Statements
This news release contains statements that constitute “forward-looking statements,” including with respect to the initial public offering and the anticipated use of the net proceeds. Forward-looking statements are subject to numerous conditions, many of which are beyond the control of the Company, including those set forth in the Risk Factors section of the Company’s registration statement and prospectus for the Company’s offering filed with the SEC. Copies are available on the SEC’s website, www.sec.gov. The Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release, except as required by law.