** BlackSky Technology's BKSY.N shares plunge 22%
premarket to record low $3.92 as communications equipment co
raises equity at steep discount
** Real-time geospatial intelligence provider announces
pricing 10 mln shares at $4 for $40 mln gross proceeds
** BKSY shares on Tues fell ~6% to $5.04, a record low close
** Co, which has 18.6 mln shares outstanding, plans to use
net proceeds to fund working capital, capex and other general
purposes, per the SEC prospectus filing
** Through Tues, shares had already shed 55% YTD
** Oppenheimer and Lake Street Capital Markets jt
bookrunners for stock offering
(Lance Tupper is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed
are his own)
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