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** Houston, Texas-based oil and gas equipment firm early
Tues of 6.5 mln shares at $24.75
** It plans to use net proceeds of ~$156 mln to fund
** Prior to offering, Solaris had ~60.6 mln shares
outstanding, and ~28.2 mln shares of public float, per LSEG data
** With move on Tues, shares have more than doubled since
the Nov 5 election, as President-elect Donald Trump has to roll
back climate regulations, and open more federal lands and waters
to oil and gas drilling
** Stock ended
2023 at $7.96
** Santander is lead bookrunner for the equity offering,
joined by Goldman Sachs, Piper Sandler and Wolfe Capital Markets
(Lance Tupper is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed
are his own)
((lance.tupper@tr.com 1-646-279-6380))