Applied Digital Stock Gains After Macquarie Invests $5 Billion

Applied Digital Corporation APLD+17.0% Get Free Report stock traded higher by more than 20% at the start of Tuesday’s session. The company entered into a $5 billion perpetual preferred equity financing facility with Macquarie Asset Management (MAM). This deal is aimed at supporting Applied Digital’s high-performance computing (HPC) business. Under the development, MAM will invest up to $900 million, supporting the 400 MW build-out of the Ellendale HPC Campus. The financing structure includes the issuance of perpetual preferred equity units and common equity units, with MAM investing $2.25 million per executed lease for each 1 MW of capacity. Proceeds from the deal will help complete the Ellendale, North Dakota-based campus build-out. They will also help repay approximately $180 million in bridge debt and recover over $300 million of equity investment. Also Read: US Stocks Poised To Gain After Tech Stocks Drag Nasdaq Down, S&P 500 Trades At 23x Forward Earnings Additionally, MAM holds a right of first refusal for future HPC data center project funding, potentially adding up to $4.1 billion over the next 30 months. The preferred equity carries a 12.75% annual dividend rate, and increases by 87.5 basis points after five and six years. According to Benzinga […]

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