Updates with pricing details, recasts
** Shares of lithium battery supplier Dragonfly Energy DFLI.O down 21.8% at $1.54 premarket after co raises equity for the second time this month
** Reno, Nevada-based firm DFLI early Thurs sells 41 mln shares, including 5 mln
pre-funded warrants, at $1.35 for $55.4 mln gross proceeds
** Offering priced at 31.5% discount to stock's last close of $1.97
** DFLI shares on Weds rose about 29% after co early in the day announced it was granted U.S. Patent strengthening its Dragonfly Intelligence battery communication technology
** Co intends to use net offering proceeds for working capital and general purposes, including prepayment of $45 mln of debt under term loan in connection with proposed debt restructuring
** DFLI also plans to continue investing in
next-gen battery technologies, including scaling the dry electrode process and its application to solid-state batteries
** Canaccord Genuity sole bookrunner for offering
**
On Oct 6, co announced pricing $25 mln stock offering at $1.25
** DFLI has ~84.8 mln shares outstanding as of Oct 15, per the prospectus
** Shares ended Sept at 59 cents
(Lance Tupper is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)
((lance.tupper@tr.com 1-646-279-6380))