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Capstone Copper Corp. — Capital/Financing Update 2024
Feb 6, 2024
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Capital/Financing Update
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Capstone Copper Corp.
Bought Deal Treasury and Secondary Offering of Common Shares Term Sheet
February 1, 2024
A final base shelf prospectus containing important information relating to the securities described in this document has been filed with the securities regulatory authorities in each of the provinces and territories of Canada. A copy of the final base shelf prospectus, any amendment to the final base shelf prospectus and any applicable shelf prospectus supplement that has been filed, is required to be delivered with this document.
This document does not provide full disclosure of all material facts relating to the securities offered. Investors should read the final base shelf prospectus, any amendment and any applicable shelf prospectus supplement for disclosure of those facts, especially risk factors relating to the securities offered, before making an investment decision.
| Issuer: | Capstone Copper Corp. (“Capstone” or the “Company”). |
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| Selling | Orion Fund JV Limited, Orion Mine Finance Fund II LP and Orion Mine Finance (Master) Fund I-A LP |
| Shareholder: | (collectively, “Orion” or the “Selling Shareholder”). |
| Offering: | Offering of 59,520,000 common shares (the “Common Shares”) of the Company, comprised of |
| 47,620,000 Common Shares to be issued from treasury of the Company (the “Treasury Offering”) and | |
| 11,900,000 Common Shares to be sold by the Selling Shareholder (the “Secondary Offering”) | |
| (together, the “Offering”). | |
| Offering Size: | C$374,976,000, comprised of a C$300,006,000 Treasury Offering and C$74,970,000 Secondary |
| Offering, before giving effect to the over-allotment option. | |
| Offering Price: | C$6.30 per Common Share. |
| Over-Allotment | The Company has granted to the Underwriters an option exercisable in whole or in part at the sole |
| Option: | discretion of the Underwriters at any time up to 30 days after Closing, to purchase from treasury of the |
| Company up to an additional 8,928,000 Common Shares (representing 15% of the Offering) at the | |
| Offering Price and on the same terms and conditions as set forth above, to cover over-allotments, if | |
| any, and for market stabilization purposes. | |
| Use of Proceeds: | The net proceeds of the Offering received by Capstone will be used to advance near term growth |
| initiatives in Chile, notably the Mantoverde Optimized Project and Santo Domingo detailed | |
| engineering, advance expansionary exploration programs, as well as for general corporate and | |
| working capital purposes to provide additional balance sheet flexibility as further described in the | |
| prospectus supplement. | |
| Capstone will not receive any of the proceeds from the Secondary Offering. The net proceeds of the | |
| Offering will be payable to the Selling Shareholder. | |
| Retained Interest: | Following Closing, but prior to the exercise of the Over-Allotment Option, the Selling Shareholder will |
| own 152,936,179 Common Shares, representing a 20.6% ownership interest in the Company. If the | |
| Over-Allotment Option is exercised in full, the Selling Shareholder will own 152,936,179 Common | |
| Shares, representing an approximate 20.3% ownership interest in the Company. | |
| Offering Basis: | The Common Shares will be offered publicly in all provinces and territories of Canada, except |
| Quebec, by way of a prospectus supplement to the Company’s short form base shelf prospectus | |
| dated March 1, 2023 and may be offered on a private placement basis to “qualified institutional | |
| buyers” in the U.S. using Rule 144A or such other exemption as not to require registration; and, in | |
| accordance with applicable securities laws, any other jurisdictions that would not require the filing of a | |
| prospectus, registration statement, offering memorandum or similar document and would not result in | |
| the Company having any reporting or other obligation in such jurisdiction, provided that no Common | |
| Shares will be offered in Australia | |
| Underwriting | Bought deal, subject to a mutually acceptable underwriting agreement containing “Disaster Out”, |
| Basis: | “Regulatory Out”, “Material Adverse Change Out” and “Breach Out” clauses running until the Closing |
| Date. | |
| Standstill: | The Company has agreed not to issue any equity securities for a period of 90 days, subject to |
| customary exceptions. The Selling Shareholder has agreed not to sell any equity securities of the | |
| Company for a period of 90 days, subject to customary exceptions. |
| Listing: | The common shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol “CS”. |
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| Eligibility: | Eligible for RRSPs, RRIFs, RESPs, RDSPs, TFSAs, DPSPs and FHSAs. |
| Joint | RBC Capital Markets, National Bank Financial and Scotiabank. |
| Bookrunners: | |
| Commission: | Cash commission equal to 4.0% of the gross proceeds of the Offering (and Over-Allotment Option as |
| applicable) payable on Closing to the Underwriters. | |
| Closing: | February 8, 2024 or such other date as the Company and the Underwriters may agree. |