** Shares of space infrastructure technology firm Redwire RDW.N down 13.4% premarket to $17.81 after above-target equity raise
** Jacksonville, Florida
-based Redwire announces ~15.5 mln shares at $16.75 for $260 mln gross raise
** Offering size boosted from $200 mln, prices at 18.6% discount to stock's close on Mon
** Co says intends to use net offering proceeds for general purposes to fund growth, repurchase portion of its convertible preferred stock, and repay note issued in connection with $925 mln cash-and-stock acquisition of Edge Autonomy, which it
completed last week
** JP Morgan, BofA and Morgan Stanley are lead bookrunners for the offering
** Co has $2.6 bln market cap based on ~127 mln shares outstanding
** Through Mon, RDW shares up 25% YTD and have surged 68% over the past month. Stock closed at $5.90 a year ago
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All 6 analysts covering RDW are bullish and the median PT is $22.50, LSEG data reflects
(Lance Tupper is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)
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