Asure Software, Inc. Announces Pricing of Public Offering of Common Stock
AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Asure Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASUR), a leading provider of cloud-based Human Capital Management (HCM) software solutions, today announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering of its newly issued shares of common stock. The offering consists of 3,333,333 newly issued shares being sold by Asure at a public offering price of $12.00 per share. The gross proceeds to Asure from this offering are expected to be approximately $40 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other estimated offering expenses payable by Asure. Asure has granted the underwriters a 30-day over-allotment option to purchase up to an additional 500,000 shares of common stock from Asure at the same price. The offering is expected to close on August 21, 2023, subject to customary closing conditions.
Asure intends to use the net proceeds received from the sale of its common stock for general corporate purposes. Asure may use a portion of the net proceeds from this offering to (1) acquire or invest in complementary businesses, assets or technologies, although Asure has not entered into any definitive agreement with respect to any specific acquisitions or investments at this time and (2) repay its outstanding indebtedness under its Loan and Security Agreement, dated September 10, 2021, as amended, with Structural Capital Investments III, LP and Ocean II PLO LLC, as administrative and collateral agent for the lenders, although Asure has not made any decision to repay such indebtedness at this time.
Stifel and Craig-Hallum are acting as joint book-running managers and Roth Capital Partners, Barrington Research and Northland Capital Markets are acting as co-managers.
The shares of common stock are being offered pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-254138) that Asure previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). An electronic preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to and describing the terms of the offering has been filed with the SEC and is available for free on the SEC's website at Copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to the offering may also be obtained from Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, Attention: Syndicate, One Montgomery Street, Suite 3700, San Francisco, California 94104, by telephone at (415) 364-2720, or by email at ; or Craig-Hallum Capital Group LLC, Attention: Equity Capital Markets, 222 South Ninth Street, Suite 350, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402, by telephone at (612) 334-6300 or by e-mail at . A final prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to the offering will be filed with the SEC and will be available on the SEC’s website at
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities of Asure being offered, and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale of any security in any state or other 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 other jurisdiction.
Forward-Looking Statements
The forward-looking statements in this press release, including with respect to the offering and the intended use of proceeds of the offering, are made under the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The offering is subject to market and other conditions, including Asure’s ability to satisfy the closing conditions of the offering, and there can be no assurance as to whether or when the offering may be completed. Actual results could differ materially from those indicated by forward-looking statements because of various risks and uncertainties, including those described in the preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus and in Asure’s other filings and reports filed with the SEC. When used in this press release, the words “may,” “could,” “believes,” “plans,” “expects,” “will,” “intends,” “estimates” and “anticipates” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Except as required by law, Asure is not obligated to update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that occur after the date of this press release or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
CONTACT:
Randal Rudniski
Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis and Investor Relations
(512) 859-3562
