New York, Sept. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Univest Securities, LLC (“Univest”), a member of FINRA and SIPC, and a full-service investment bank and securities broker-dealer firm based in New York, today announced the first closing of a convertible note offering (the “Offering”) of approximately $30 million for its client Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIE) (“Faraday Future” or the “Company”), a California-based global shared intelligent electric mobility ecosystem company.

The Offering includes a previously funded $7.50 million and $22.50 million of new investment (the “Financing”) in the form of convertible notes (“Convertible Notes”) and warrants to acquire additional shares of the Company’s common stock (“Warrants”). The conversion price for the Convertible Notes and exercise price for the Warrants, are $5.24 and $6.29 per share, respectively, subject to adjustment as set forth therein. The shares of common stock underlying the Convertible Notes and Warrants issued in the Offering are currently unregistered, subject to trading restrictions, and not immediately tradable.

The aggregate gross proceeds to the Company was approximately $30 million.

Univest Securities, LLC acted as the sole placement agent.

The Convertible Notes, along with the Warrants, were offered and sold in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), pursuant to the exemption for transactions by an issuer not involving any public offering under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Rule 506 of Regulation D of the Securities Act and in reliance on similar exemptions under applicable state laws. Accordingly, the Convertible Notes, Warrants and underlying shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Notes and exercise of the Warrants may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an effective registration statement or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and such applicable state securities laws. For additional information regarding the material terms relating to the Financing, please see the Company’s Form 8-K filed with the SEC at http://www.sec.gov on September 6, 2024.

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor will there be any sales of such securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such jurisdiction.