CHENGDU, China, Feb. 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Antelope Enterprise Holdings Limited (NASDAQ Capital Market: AEHL) (“Antelope Enterprise” or the “Company”), which operates Kylin Cloud, a livestreaming ecommerce business in China with access to 800,000+ anchors and influencers, announced today that it has closed an offering of $1.3 million of its Class A ordinary shares, no par value each (the “Ordinary Shares”) in a registered direct offering and a concurrent private placement of warrants to purchase Ordinary Shares (jointly, the “Offering”). The Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with two non-U.S. investors on February 23, 2024 for this Offering for which the purchase price is $1.00. The warrants are immediately exercisable at an exercise price of $1.10 per share subject to certain adjustments, and expire on the fifth anniversary of its issuance date.
The gross proceeds from the registered direct offering and concurrent private placement are $1.3 million before deducting offering expenses. The Company plans to use the proceeds from this offering for working capital and general corporate purposes.
The Ordinary Shares were offered pursuant to a prospectus supplement to the base prospectus included in the shelf registration statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-260958), which was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on July 15, 2022. The final prospectus supplement related to the offering has been filed with the SEC on February 23, 2024 and may be obtained free of charge by visiting the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. The warrants issued in the concurrent private placement and shares issuable upon exercise of such warrants are being offered in a private placement under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), and Regulation S promulgated thereunder and have not been registered under the Act or applicable state securities laws.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities described herein, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
About Antelope Enterprise Holdings Limited
Antelope Enterprise Holdings Limited holds a 51% ownership position in Hainan Kylin Cloud Services Technology Co., Ltd (“Kylin Cloud”), which operates a livestreaming ecommerce business in China with access to 800,000+ hosts and influencers. For more information, please visit our website at http://www.aehltd.com.
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