Sprott is bringing their deal out at the low end of the range. Quite a haircut for those who held the trust before the offering announcement, as I had warned. That thirty percent premium to NAV was completely undeserved and was most likely the result of a short squeeze.
It is a bullish deal for the silver market in general since it will take more than ten million ounces of silver out of the market and into the hands of longer term investment in the trust.
Sprott is giving the underwriters 15 percent of the offering in the over allotment if they choose to take it. They are Morgan Stanley and RBC Capital Markets in the United States and RBC Capital Markets and Morgan Stanley in Canada.
(RTTNews) - Sprott Physical Silver Trust (PSLV: News , PHS_U.TO) announced that it has priced its follow-on offering of 23 million transferable, redeemable units of the Trust at a price of US$13.20 per Unit.
As part of the Offering, the company said that it has granted the underwriters an over-allotment option to purchase up to 3.45 million additional Units. (15 percent)
The gross proceeds from the Offering will be US$303.60 million or US$349.14 million if the underwriters exercise in full the over-allotment option.
The company stated that it will use the net proceeds of the Offering to acquire physical silver bullion in accordance with the Trust's objective and subject to the Trust's investment and operating restrictions described in the prospectus related to the Offering.
Under the trust agreement governing the Trust, the net proceeds of the Offering per Unit must be not less than 100% of the most recently calculated net asset value per Unit of the Trust prior to, or upon determination of, pricing of the Offering.
