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Plug Power Signs 525 million US dollars secured loan facility with Yorkville consultants and reports strong preliminary results of the first quarter of 2025

Plug Power, Inc.
Plug Power, Inc.

Slingerlands, NY, April 28, 2025 (Globe Newswire)-Plug Power Inc. (Nasdaq: Plug), a leading worldwide provider of comprehensive hydrogen solutions, has announced today that it has signed a final agreement for a secure debt facility, and the most important operational and financial milestones that have its way to profitability and long-term growth support, have achieved.

Up to 525 million US dollars Yorkville credit facility and retirement of dilutive bonds

Plug has signed a final agreement for a secure debt facility with advisors from Yorkville, which enables the issue of up to 525 million US dollars in secure bonds. The facility comprises a first tranche of 210 million US dollars, which is fully financed in the first closure and additional tranches of up to 315 million US dollars. The initial tranche is expected to be closed on or around May 2, 2025. With the net proceeds from the initial tranche, plug intends to use around 82.5 million US dollars in order to retire most of its existing convertible bonds, which are eliminated with Yorkville, which are based about 55 million shares in view of the renovation price, and therefore reduce the potential dilution.

Preliminary Q1 2025 results and increased financial position

Plug will be reported in early May his first quarter of 2025. Plug is expected that sales of around $ 130 to 134 million will be expelled for the first quarter of 2025 of around 130 to 134 million US dollars. Plug expects sales in the second quarter of $ 140 million to $ 180 million.

Plug expects that the net money for the first quarter of 2025 would be around 142 million US dollars in the first quarter of USD 268 million in the first quarter of 2024. Netto -Cash Use corresponds to the change in the unrestricted cash and cash equivalents, less proceeds from public and private offers, net of transaction costs and excludes the main notations of convertible instruments. Plug expects additional short-term reductions to the net level use, which is powered by hydrogen systems, additional costs and additional price increases. Net use for the first quarter of 2025 could have been lower, since the company worked with an important customer with an important price change and program improvement, which is effective from January 1, 2025. The company agreed to delay the collections in the first quarter to receive time to conclude the contracts and invoices. The company has completed the program during the 2nd Quarter that positions the company so that they have achieved higher sales and have improved the cash flows for the future.

Plug ended on March 31, 2025 with around 296 million US dollars of unrestricted cash. In view of the current cash resources, the continued reduction in cash use through the use of the operating capital and the reduction of investments, the advantages of additional cost reduction initiatives in March 2025, of which they are expected to operate over $ 200 million for annual cost reductions, and the additional committed financing as part of the Yorkville credit factility is that the company is provides sufficient liquidity. Plug does not intend to increase additional equity in 2025 and to underline its focus on disciplined capital management.

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