Aspen Group, Inc. Prices Underwritten Public Offering Of Common Stock -

Aspen Group, Inc. Prices Underwritten Public Offering Of Common Stock

Apr 19, 2018Jeremy ParkinsonFinance0

NEW YORK, April 19, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Aspen Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:ASPU), a post-secondary education company, today announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 2,800,000 shares of its common stock at a price of $7.15 per share. The company has also granted to the underwriters a 30-day option to acquire an additional 420,000 shares to cover overallotments in connection with the offering. After the underwriting discount and estimated offering expenses payable by the company, the company expects to receive gross proceeds of approximately $20 million, assuming no exercise of the overallotment option. The offering is expected to close on April 23, 2018, subject to customary closing conditions.

Roth Capital Partners is acting as sole manager for the offering.

Aspen Group, Inc. intends to use the net proceeds from this offering for general corporate purposes and working capital.

The shares described above are being offered by Aspen Group, Inc. pursuant to a registration statement previously filed with and subsequently declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 18, 2018.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any of the securities described herein, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. Copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus relating to this offering may be obtained from Roth Capital Partners, 888 San Clemente Drive, Suite 400, Newport Beach, CA 92660, (800) 678-9147 or by accessing the SEC’s website, www.sec.gov.

About Aspen Group, Inc.:

Aspen Group, Inc. is a publicly held, for-profit post-secondary education company headquartered in New York, NY.It owns two accredited universities, Aspen University and United States University. Aspen Group’s vision is to make college affordable again in America.