02/10/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 02/10/2025 07:21
Item 1.01 Entry Into a Material definitive Agreement.
On February 10, 2025, Plug Power Inc. (the "Company") entered into that certain Standby Equity Purchase Agreement (the "Purchase Agreement") with YA II PN, LTD, an investment fund managed by Yorkville Advisors Global, LP. (the "Investor"), pursuant to which the Company has the right to sell to the Investor up to $1 billion in the aggregate gross sales price (the "Commitment Amount") of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), subject to certain limitations and conditions set forth in the Purchase Agreement. The Company is under no obligation to sell any of its Common Stock to the Investor under the Purchase Agreement. Upon the satisfaction of the conditions to the Investor's purchase obligation set forth in the Purchase Agreement, including having an effective registration statement and a prospectus supplement registering the resale of the Common Stock issuable under the Purchase Agreement on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Company will have the right, but not the obligation, from time to time at its discretion (until the Purchase Agreement is terminated) to direct the Investor to purchase a specified number of shares of Common Stock (in each case, an "Advance"), up to $10.0 million per day, by delivering written notice to the Investor. The Common Stock purchased pursuant to an Advance delivered by the Company will be purchased at a price equal to 95% of the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock.
The Company will control the timing and amount of any sales of Common Stock to the Investor. Actual sales of Common Stock to the Investor under the Purchase Agreement will depend on a variety of factors to be determined by the Company and its management from time to time, which may include, among other things, market conditions, the trading price of the Common Stock and determinations by the Company and its management as to the appropriate sources of funding for the Company's business and operations.
Unless earlier terminated, the Purchase Agreement will automatically terminate upon the earliest to occur of (i) February 10, 2027 and (ii) the date on which all shares of Common Stock equal to the Commitment Amount have been issued and sold under the Purchase Agreement. Neither the Company nor the Investor may assign its rights and obligations under the Purchase Agreement without the prior written consent of the other party, and no provision of the Purchase Agreement may be modified by the Company or the Investor other than by an instrument in writing signed by both parties.
As consideration for the Investor's commitment to purchase the Common Stock pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Company paid the Investor a commitment fee in the amount of $1,000,000.
The Purchase Agreement contains customary representations, warranties, conditions and indemnification obligations of the parties. The representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Purchase Agreement were made only for purposes of the Purchase Agreement and as of specific dates, were solely for the benefit of the parties to the Purchase Agreement and may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the parties.
The net proceeds under the Purchase Agreement to the Company will depend on the frequency and prices at which the Company sells its Common Stock to the Investor. The Company expects that any proceeds received from such sales to the Investor will be used for working capital and general corporate purposes.
This Current Report on Form 8-K shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any Common Stock, nor shall there be any sale of Common Stock 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 other jurisdiction.
The foregoing is solely a summary of the material terms of the Purchase Agreement, does not purport to be a complete description of the rights and obligations of the parties thereunder, and such summary is qualified in its entirety in all respects by reference to the Purchase Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.