Wichita, Kan., Sept. 30, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc. (NYSE American: UAVS) (“AgEagle” or the “Company”), an industry-leading provider of full stack flight hardware, sensors and software for commercial and government use, today announced the pricing of a public offering with gross proceeds to the Company expected to be approximately $6.5 Million, before deducting placement agent fees and other estimated offering expenses payable by the Company.

The offering consists of 26,900,000 Units, each consisting of one (1) share of our common stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”) or one Pre-Funded Warrant to purchase one share of Common stock, one Series A warrant (“Series A Warrant”) to purchase one share of Common Stock and one Series B warrant (“Series B Warrant”) to purchase one share of Common Stock. The public offering price per Unit is $0.24 (or $0.239 for each Unit with a Pre-Funded Warrant, which is equal to the public offering price per Unit with a share of Common Stock to be sold in the offering minus an exercise price of $0.001 per Pre-Funded Warrant). The Pre-Funded Warrants will be immediately exercisable and may be exercised at any time until exercised in full. The initial exercise price of each Series A Warrant is $0.24 per share of Common Stock or pursuant to an alternative cashless exercise option. The Series A Warrants are exercisable immediately and expire five years from the closing date of this public offering. The initial exercise price of each Series B Warrant is $0.50 per share of common stock. The Series B Warrants are exercisable immediately and expire five years from the closing date of this public offering.

Aggregate gross proceeds to the Company are expected to be approximately $6.5 Million. The transaction is expected to close on or about October 1, 2024, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. The Company expects to use the proceeds from the offering for the repayment of an outstanding note and the remainder for general corporate and working capital purposes.

Spartan Capital Securities, LLC is acting as the sole placement agent for the offering. Duane Morris LLP. is acting as counsel to the Company. Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP is acting as counsel to Spartan Capital Securities, LLC.

The securities described above are being offered pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-281897) previously filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on September 30, 2024, as amended, which became effective on September 30, 2024. The offering is being made only by means of a prospectus forming part of the effective registration statement. Copies of the preliminary prospectus and, when available, copies of the final prospectus, relating to the offering may be obtained on the SEC’s website located at https://www.sec.gov. Electronic copies of the final prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained, when available, from: Spartan Capital Securities, LLC, 45 Broadway, New York, NY 10006, at (212) 293-0123. Before investing in this offering, interested parties should read the prospectus in its entirety, which provides more information about the Company and such offering.