Car battery maker Clarios downsizes proposed IPO to $100M from $1.67B

Battery maker Clarios has downsized its proposed US preliminary public providing to round $100M from $1.67B.

In its newest SEC submitting, Clarios stated that it’s now having a look to raise up to $100M, a bunch this is most probably a placeholder and matter to modify. The corporate additionally stated that its sponsor has indicated it may buy shares, however did not reveal what number of. Its additionally having a look to at the same time as be offering as much as $100M of its Series A compulsory convertible most well-liked stocks.

The corporate has been authorized to listing its stocks on NYSE below the emblem BTRY. BMO Capital Markets is serving as lead bookrunner.

In a submitting made in July 2021, Clarios stated that it used to be looking for to provide 88M stocks priced between $17 to $21 in step with percentage, which would have raised $1.67B. Clarios added that its sponsor had indicated that both it or its associates may acquire as much as $500M, or round 26M stocks, on the IPO value.

Based in Wisconsin, Clarios makes a speciality of the design and manufacture of low-voltage power answers akin to conventional lead-acid automobile batteries. The merchandise are bought thru its personal manufacturers and personal labels akin to DieHard and Duralast. The corporate additionally sells batteries to be used in EVs.

Clarios used to be got by way of Brookfield Business Partners and CDPQ in 2019. The corporate is lately running within the purple, reporting a internet lack of $41M on internet gross sales of $8.9B for fiscal 2021.

Clarios first filed confidentially for an IPO in May 2021, however later introduced it used to be delaying the deal due to market conditions.