Ivanhoe Electric Inc 8-K/A, filed Oct 24, 2023
Ivanhoe Electric Inc. (IE)
About this 8-K/A
Ivanhoe Electric Inc filed this 8-K/A on October 24, 2023, reporting on events of October 23, 2023.
Items reported
- Item 1.01: Entered into a material agreement
- Item 3.02: Unregistered sale of equity
- Item 7.01: Regulation FD disclosure
- Item 9.01: Financial statements and exhibits
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
Ivanhoe Electric Inc. (the “Company”) is filing this Amendment No. 1 on Form 8-K/A (the “Amended Filing”) to its Form 8-K filed on October 23, 2023 (the “Original Filing”). The Amended Filing is being filed solely to include Exhibit 10.1 to the Original Filing, the Common Stock Subscription Agreement between Ivanhoe Electric Inc. and Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma’aden) (“Ma’aden”) dated October 23, 2023, which was inadvertently omitted from the Original Filing.
Except as described herein, this Amended Filing does not amend, update or change any other items or disclosures in the Original Filing.
Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On October 23, 2023, the Company entered into a Common Stock Subscription Agreement (the “Subscription Agreement”) with Ma’aden.
As previously disclosed, pursuant to the Investor Rights Agreement (the “IRA”) dated July 6, 2023, between the Company and Ma’aden, Ma’aden was granted the right (the “top-up right”) to purchase additional shares of the Company’s common stock to maintain its 9.9% stock ownership position in the event of any issuances of common stock by the Company. In September 2023, the Company closed an underwritten public offering (the “Public Offering”) of shares of its common stock, triggering Ma’aden’s top-up right.
Pursuant to the Subscription Agreement, the Company will sell to Ma’aden 1,513,650 shares of common stock of the Company (the “Purchased Shares”) in a private placement. In exchange for the Purchased Shares, Ma’aden will pay the Company a purchase price of $13.50 per share, equaling the public offering price per share in the Public Offering, for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $20.4 million.
The Company intends to use the proceeds to advance its United States mineral projects, as well as for working capital and general corporate purposes.
The Company and Ma’aden each made certain representations, warranties and covenants in the Subscription Agreement, subject to certain exceptions. The Company and Ma’aden have agreed to indemnify each other against certain losses resulting from breaches of their respective representations, warranties and covenants, subject to certain survival periods set forth in the Subscription Agreement.
Closing is expected to occur on October 31, 2023, subject to the satisfaction of closing conditions set forth in the Subscription Agreement.
Pursuant to the IRA, Ma’aden has certain registration rights with respect to the Purchased Shares, and the Company has agreed to use its reasonable best efforts to have a registration statement declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The foregoing description of the Subscription Agreement and its schedules does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the Subscription Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference into this Item 1.01.
The Subscription Agreement is filed herewith to provide investors with information regarding its terms. The Subscription Agreement is not intended to provide any other factual information about the parties to such agreement. In particular, the assertions embodied in the representations and warranties contained in the Subscription Agreement were made as of the date of the Subscription Agreement only and may be subject to certain exceptions. Moreover, certain representations and warranties in the Subscription Agreement may have been used for the purpose of allocating risk between the parties rather than establishing matters of fact. Accordingly, you should not rely on the representations and warranties in the Subscription Agreement as characterizations of the actual statements of fact about the parties.
Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
The information disclosed under Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02.
The Purchased Shares being issued with respect to the Subscription Agreement are exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), pursuant to Regulation S promulgated thereunder. In connection with the issuance of the Purchased Shares, Ma’aden represented it is not a “U.S person” within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act. The Purchased Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act and may not be sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration. This Current Report on Form 8-K shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of the Purchased Shares in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
A copy of the Company’s press release dated October 23, 2023, relating to the announcement of the Subscription Agreement, is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.
The information contained in this Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any other filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
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Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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* Certain schedules or portions thereof are omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(6) of Regulation S-K. The Company agrees to provide on a supplemental basis a copy of any omitted schedule or portion to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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Date: October 23, 2023 | By: | /s/ Taylor Melvin |
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| Taylor Melvin |
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EXHIBIT 10.1
EXECUTION COPY
Certain portions of this Exhibit have been redacted pursuant to Item 601(a)(6) of Regulation S-K and, where applicable, have been marked with “[***]” to indicate where redactions have been made.
TOP-UP SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT
This Top-Up Subscription Agreement, dated as of October 23, 2023 (this “Agreement”), is between IVANHOE ELECTRIC INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and SAUDI ARABIAN MINING COMPANY (MA’ADEN), a joint stock company existing under the laws of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (the “Purchaser”).
WHEREAS, (i) the Company and the Purchaser are parties to the Common Stock Subscription Agreement, dated as of May 15, 2023 (the “Initial Subscription Agreement”), and (ii) the Company and the Purchaser are parties to the Investor Rights Agreement, dated as of July 6, 2023, as amended from time to time (the “Investor Rights Agreement”).
WHEREAS, pursuant to Article III (Top-Up Right) of the Investor Rights Agreement, the Company desires to issue and sell to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser desires to purchase from the Company, Common Shares in accordance with the provisions of the Investor Rights Agreement and this Agreement.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the respective representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth herein and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Purchaser hereby agree as follows:
1. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, on October 31, 2023 (the “Closing Date”) the Company shall issue and sell to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser shall purchase from the Company, 1,513,650 Common Shares (the “Purchased Shares”), and the Purchaser shall pay to the Company the purchase price in the amount of $13.50 per Common Share and in the aggregate amount of $20,434,275 (the “Aggregate Purchase Price”) (the consummation of such purchase and sale, the “Closing”).
2. Closing and the obligation of the Purchaser to consummate the purchase of the Purchased Shares shall be subject to the satisfaction on or prior to the Closing Date of each of the following conditions (any or all of which may be waived by the Purchaser in writing with respect to the Purchased Shares, in whole or in part, to the extent permitted by applicable law):
(a) the representations and warranties made in this Agreement by the Company that are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect and the representation and warranty made by the Company in paragraph 5(a) shall be true and correct when made and as of the Closing Date, and all other representations and warranties of the Company shall be true and correct in all material respects when made and as of the Closing Date (except that representations and warranties of the Company made as of a specific date shall be required to be true and correct as of such date only);
(b) the completion of the Company’s underwritten offering (the “Offering”) of 13,629,629 Common Shares pursuant to the underwriting agreement by and among the Company and BMO Capital Markets Corp. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters, dated September 14, 2023, shall have occurred before or concurrently with the Closing;
(c) since the date of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred a Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the Initial Subscription Agreement);
(d) the Purchased Shares shall be approved for listing on the NYSE American and conditionally approved for listing on the TSX prior to the Closing, subject to official notice of issuance in respect of the NYSE American and subject to compliance with all of the customary requirements of the TSX, including receipt of all documentation required by the TSX; and
(e) the Company shall have delivered, or caused to be delivered, to the Purchaser at the Closing, the Company’s closing deliveries described in paragraph 4(b).
3. Closing and the obligation of the Company to consummate the issuance and sale of the Purchased Shares to the Purchaser shall be subject to the satisfaction on or prior to the Closing Date of each of the following conditions with respect to the Purchaser (any or all of which may be waived by the Company in writing with respect to any Purchased Shares, in whole or in part, to the extent permitted by applicable law):
(a) the representations and warranties of the Purchaser contained in this Agreement that are qualified by materiality shall be true and correct when made and as of the Closing Date and all other representations and warranties of the Purchaser shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date (except that representations and warranties of the Purchaser made as of a specific date shall be required to be true and correct as of such date only);
(b) the completion of the Offering shall have occurred before or concurrently with the Closing; and
(c) the Purchaser shall have delivered, or caused to be delivered, to the Company at the Closing the Purchaser’s closing deliveries described in paragraph 4(a).
4. On the Closing Date:
(a) the Purchaser shall deliver to the Company evidence of payment of the Aggregate Purchase Price in immediately available funds to the following bank account of the Company:
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(b) the Company shall deliver to the Purchaser evidence of issuance of the Purchased Shares credited to book-entry accounts maintained by the Company’s transfer agent, bearing the legend or restrictive notation set forth below, free and clear of any liens, encumbrances and defects, other than transfer restrictions under applicable federal and state securities laws or under the Investor Rights Agreement. Subject to Section 5.6 of the Investor Rights Agreement, the book-entry account maintained by the transfer agent evidencing ownership of the Purchased Shares will bear the following legend or restrictive notation:
“THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION, AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT (1) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (2) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND THE SECURITIES LAWS OF OTHER JURISDICTIONS, AND IN THE CASE OF A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION, UNLESS THE COMPANY HAS RECEIVED AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO IT THAT SUCH TRANSACTION DOES NOT REQUIRE REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND SUCH OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS. HEDGING TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE CONDUCTED UNLESS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT.
THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED HEREBY ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER AND CERTAIN OTHER AGREEMENTS, SET FORTH IN THE INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF JULY 6, 2023, BY AND AMONG IVANHOE ELECTRIC INC. AND SAUDI ARABIAN MINING COMPANY (MA’ADEN).”
5. The Company represents and warrants to the Purchaser as follows:
(a) Capitalization. The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 750,000,000 shares, $0.0001 par value, of which 700,000,000 are Common Stock and 50,000,000 are preferred stock. As of the close of business on the date of this Agreement, there were 117,524,115 shares of Common Stock and no shares of preferred stock outstanding. The Purchased Shares will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and will be issued and sold in compliance with all federal and state securities laws.
(b) Initial Subscription Agreement Representations and Warranties. Except for the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.02 of the Initial Subscription Agreement, which are superseded by Section 5(a) above, the representations and warranties of the Company in Article III (Representations and Warranties of the Company) of the Initial Subscription Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date hereof, except for those representations and warranties that speak solely as of a specific date and which were true and correct as of such date, with the same force and effect as if expressly made on and as of the date hereof.
6. The Purchaser represents and warrants to the Company as follows:
(a) Except for the representations and warranties set forth in Section 4.13 of the Initial Subscription Agreement, which are superseded by Section 4(b) above, all representations and warranties set forth in Article IV (Representations and Warranties of the Purchaser) of the Initial Subscription Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date hereof, except for those representations and warranties that speak solely as of a specific date and which were true and correct as of such date, with the same force and effect as if expressly made on and as of the date hereof.
(b) (i) It is not purchasing the Purchased Shares for the account or benefit of a “U.S. person” (as defined in Regulation S promulgated under the U.S. Securities Act (“Regulation S”)), and (ii) it will not engage in hedging transactions with respect to the Purchased Shares except in compliance with the U.S. Securities Act.
7. The Purchaser understands the Company will refuse to register any transfer of the Purchased Shares unless made in accordance with Regulation S, registration under the U.S. Securities Act or an available exemption from such registration requirements.
8. The provisions of Article V (Covenants), Article VI (Indemnification) and Article VII (Miscellaneous) of the Initial Subscription Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference mutatis mutandis as if set out in full herein.
9. Capitalized terms used herein (including in the Recitals) and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Investor Rights Agreement.
10. Whenever a provision or a defined term of the Initial Subscription Agreement is incorporated by reference herein (including, without limitation, the references herein to Articles III and IV of the Initial Subscription Agreement), references in the provisions and defined terms so incorporated: (a) to the “Purchased Shares” shall be to the Purchased Shares hereunder; (b) to the “Common Stock” shall be to the Common Stock, as defined hereunder; (c) to “this Agreement” shall be to this Agreement; (d) to the “Operative Documents” shall include this Agreement; (e) to the “Closing” shall be to the Closing hereunder; (e) to the “Closing Date” shall be to the Closing Date hereunder; (f) solely in Section 3.09 (Undisclosed Liabilities) of the Initial Subscription Agreement, to “December 31, 2022” and “the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022” shall be to the date as of which the Company has filed its most recent annual report on Form 10-K or quarterly report on Form 10-Q, and to such annual report or quarterly report, respectively; (g) to the “Purchaser” shall be to the Purchaser hereunder; and (h) to a “party” shall be to a party to this Agreement, and all terms defined with reference to the foregoing terms shall be construed accordingly.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto execute this Agreement, effective as of the date first above written.
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| By: | /s/ Taylor Melvin |
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| Name: | Taylor Melvin |
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| Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto execute this Agreement, effective as of the date first above written.
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| By: | /s/ Robert Wilt |
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| Name: | Robert Wilt |
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| Title: | CEO |
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[Signature Page to the Top-Up Subscription Agreement]