Great Ajax Corp. Closes $80 Million Private Placement

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Apr 07, 2020
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Great Ajax Corp. (NYSE: AJX) (the “Company”) announced today that the Company has closed its previously announced private placement of $80 million of the Company’s preferred stock and warrants to affiliates of Magnetar Capital LLC pursuant to a securities purchase agreement dated April 3, 2020. The Company issued 820,000 shares of the Company’s 7.25% Series A Fixed-to-Floating Rate Preferred Stock, liquidation preference $25.00 per share, and 2,380,000 shares of the Company’s 5.00% Series B Fixed-to-Floating Rate Preferred Stock, liquidation preference $25.00 per share, each at a purchase price per share of $25.00, and two series of five-year warrants to purchase an aggregate of 4,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share, at an exercise price of $10.00 per share. Each series of warrants includes a put option that allows the holder to sell the warrants to the Company at a specified put price on or after July 6, 2023. In addition, the Company also granted the several purchasers an option to purchase up to an additional 800,000 shares of the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock and Series B Preferred Stock and warrants to purchase an aggregate of 1,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock on the same terms. The Company expects to use the net proceeds from the private placement to acquire mortgage loans and mortgage-related assets consistent with the Company’s investment strategy. Piper Sandler & Co. served as the Company’s financial adviser in connection with the private placement.