HERNDON, Va.: $BKSY--BlackSky Technology Inc. (NYSE: BKSY) today announced the closing on September 26, 2024 of its previously announced underwritten public offering of 10,000,000 shares of its Class A common stock (“common stock”) at a price to the public of $4.00 per share. In addition, on September 27, 2024, the underwriters fully exercised their option to purchase an additional 1,500,000 shares of common stock. BlackSky received total gross proceeds of approximately $46 million from this offering, before deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by BlackSky. All of the shares in the offering were sold by BlackSky.

Oppenheimer & Co. and Lake Street Capital Markets acted as joint book-running managers for the offering.

A shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-267889) relating to the shares was previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and became effective on December 15, 2022. The offering was made only by means of a written prospectus and prospectus supplement that form a part of the registration statement. A prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the offering has been filed with the SEC and is available on the SEC’s website at www.SEC.gov. A copy of the prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus, when available, may be obtained by contacting: Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., Attention: Syndicate Prospectus Department, 85 Broad Street, 26th Floor, New York, NY 10004, by telephone at (212) 667-8055, or by email at EquityProspectus@opco.com; or Lake Street Capital Markets, LLC, Attention: Syndicate Department, 920 Second Avenue South, Suite 700, Minneapolis, MN 55402, by telephone at (612) 326-1305, or by email at syndicate@lakestreetcm.com.

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, 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 registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

About BlackSky

BlackSky is a real-time, space-based intelligence company that delivers on-demand, high-frequency imagery, analytics, and high-frequency monitoring of the most critical and strategic locations, economic assets, and events in the world. BlackSky owns and operates one of the industry’s most advanced, purpose-built commercial, real-time intelligence systems that combines the power of the BlackSky Spectra® tasking and analytics software platform and our proprietary low earth orbit satellite constellation.

With BlackSky, customers can see, understand and anticipate changes for a decisive strategic advantage at the tactical edge, and act not just fast, but first. BlackSky is trusted by some of the most demanding U.S. and international government agencies, commercial businesses, and organizations around the world. BlackSky is headquartered in Herndon, VA, and is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange as BKSY.

Forward-Looking Statements

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Fonte: Business Wire