Amerigon Hammers Holders With Capital Raise (ARGN)

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By Jon C. Ogg Updated Published

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Amerigon Incorporated (NASDAQ: ARGN) is hammering its shareholders with a secondary offering.  The public secondary offering is for 4,600,000 shares of common stock and the price is coming out at $15.25 per share.  The company is raising $70 million in gross proceeds and more than $65 million in net proceeds.

As far as how $15.25 compares to the market, shares closed at $15.95 on Monday and the 52-week trading range is $11.64 to $18.18.

Roth Capital Partners is listed as the sole book-running manager; Craig-Hallum Capital Group is listed as the co-manager in the offering. The underwriters have also been granted a 30-day option to purchase up to 690,000 additional common shares to cover over-allotments.

The Company intends to use the net proceeds from this offering “to make future redemption installment payments on, and pay dividends on, its outstanding Series C 8% convertible preferred stock and, to the extent not used for such purposes, to prepay its outstanding debt obligations.”

Amerigon’s market value before the effects of this offering was listed as $375 million.  Shares are so far indicated down only 2% at $15.95.

JON C. OGG

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Jon Ogg has been a financial news analyst since 1997. Mr. Ogg set up one of the first audio squawk box services for traders called TTN, which he sold in 2003. He has previously worked as a licensed broker to some of the top U.S. and E.U. financial institutions, managed capital, and has raised private capital at the seed and venture stage. He has lived in Copenhagen, Denmark, as well as New York and Chicago, and he now lives in Houston, Texas. Jon received a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance at University of Houston in 1992. www.247wallst.com.

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