CARNEGIE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation (NYSE: AP) today announced the pricing of the units and Series A warrants being offered as part of its previously announced $20.0 million rights offering. The rights offering will allow Ampco-Pittsburgh’s shareholders of record as of August 17, 2020, to purchase up to 12,800,795 units. Units consist of shares of common stock (the “Common Shares”) and Series A warrants to purchase Common Shares, which expires on August 1, 2025. The subscription price for units entitling participants in the rights offering to a whole Common Share and receive a Series A warrant to purchase a whole Common Share has been set at $3.50, representing a 17% premium to the closing price for the Common Shares on the New York Stock Exchange on August 12, 2020. In addition, the exercise price for Series A warrants to purchase a whole Common Share has been set at $5.75 per share. The units and Series A warrants will be exercisable only for whole Common Shares.
For additional information on the rights offering, please see the prospectus included in the Corporation’s registration statement on Form S-1 and related amendments, which has not yet become effective, at https://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/companysearch.html
Commenting on the rights offering, Brett McBrayer, Ampco-Pittsburgh’s Chief Executive Officer, said, “We have made significant progress in turning around the business. The restructuring of our portfolio, cost reduction measures, and operation efficiency improvements over the past two years have helped position us to achieve positive results. Moving ahead with this equity rights offering will support our desire to accelerate our restructuring efforts through capital investments and strengthen our balance sheet and liquidity.”
The Corporation anticipates that all directors and executive officers of the Corporation will participate in the rights offering.
The rights offering includes an over-subscription privilege, entitling each rights holder that exercises all its basic subscription privileges in full the right to purchase additional units that remain unsubscribed at the expiration of the rights offering. Both the basic and over-subscription privileges are subject to the availability and pro-rata allocation of shares among participants. All basic subscription rights and over-subscription privileges may be exercised during the subscription period of Tuesday, August 18, 2020, through 5:00 PM ET, Wednesday, September 16, 2020.
In addition, the Corporation recommends that current shareholders consider notifying their broker or financial advisor to ensure they will maximize their ability to participate in the rights offering. Ampco-Pittsburgh reminds shareholders that most purchases settle two trading days following the transaction date, so Common Shares must be acquired by market close at 4:00 PM Eastern Time on Thursday, August 13, 2020, to be considered a shareholder of record on the record date.
The rights offering is being made pursuant to Ampco-Pittsburgh’s registration statement on Form S-1 (Reg. No. 333-239446), which is not yet effective, on file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Investors should consider the information in the prospectus contained in the registration statement carefully before making any decision to participate in the rights offering. Copies of the prospectus and related materials are being sent to holders of record on the record date of August 17, 2020. Requests for copies of the prospectus and questions from shareholders relating to the rights offering may be directed to the information agent for the rights offering at the address, phone number, and e-mail address below.
Ampco-Pittsburgh has engaged Advisory Group Equity Services, Ltd. d/b/a RHK Capital to act as dealer-manager for the rights offering.
Questions about the rights offering may be directed to and, when available, copies of the prospectus may be obtained from the information agent for the rights offering, as follows:
About Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation
Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation manufactures and sells highly engineered, high-performance specialty metal products and customized equipment utilized by industry throughout the world. Through its operating subsidiary, Union Electric Steel Corporation, it is a leading producer of forged and cast rolls for the global steel and aluminum industry. It also manufactures open-die forged products that principally are sold to customers in the steel distribution market, oil and gas industry, and the aluminum and plastic extrusion industries. The Corporation is also a producer of air and liquid processing equipment, primarily custom-engineered finned tube heat exchange coils, large custom air handling systems, and centrifugal pumps. It operates manufacturing facilities in the United States, England, Sweden, Slovenia, and participates in three operating joint ventures located in China. It has sales offices in North and South America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. Corporate headquarters is located in Carnegie, Pennsylvania.
