Applied Digital drops after upsized convertible debt deal prices
** Applied Digital's APLD.O shares down 5.1% to $6.98 on Thurs amid weakness in equities after co raises capital
** Wall Street selling off on Thurs as Meta, Microsoft warnings weigh, sending the Nasdaq .IXIC down 2% .N
** Data center operator early Thurs announces pricing private offering of $375 mln 2.75% 6-yr convertible bonds
** Deal size increased form $300 mln; initial conversion price of $9.75 represents 32.5% premium to stock's last close
** Co plans to use ~$84 mln of net proceeds to fund share repurchases, ~$43 mln to pay for capped calls, rest for general purposes
** APLD has 215.4 mln shares outstanding, giving it market cap of ~$1.5 bln
** Earlier this month, co reported qtrly rev up 67% y/y to $60.7 mln, smaller-than-expected adj loss, and named new CFO
** With move on Thurs, stock up ~4% YTD after more than tripling in 2023
(Lance Tupper is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)
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