News: Optoelectronics
26 June 2025
BluGlass closes share purchase plan, raising a further $5.3m
BluGlass Ltd of Silverwater, Australia — which develops and manufactures gallium nitride (GaN) blue laser diodes based on its proprietary low-temperature, low-hydrogen remote-plasma chemical vapor deposition (RPCVD) technology — has closed its share purchase plan (SPP), raising $5.3m before costs. The SPP followed a $2.3m placement to institutional and sophisticated investors at the beginning of May, raising a total of $7.6m.
Funds will accelerate production and delivery of the firm’s visible GaN lasers, fulfilling new and existing contracts, as well as support additional fab equipment and working capital. BluGlass says that it has a robust pipeline with 26 active projects in various stages of negotiation, collectively valued at US$90-100m.
The SPP enabled eligible shareholders to subscribe for up to $100,000 of new BluGlass shares at $0.00975, representing a 2.5% discount to the 5-day volume-weighted average price (VWAP) of BluGlass shares prior to the SPP closing date of 18 June. The offer included one free attaching option exercisable at $0.013 and expiring on 31 May 2026 or 30 days from the date on which the firm announces a contract win from a tier-1 company for a total contract value of greater than $3m. Every attaching option exercised will include an additional piggyback option, exercisable at $0.019 and expiring 31 May 2028.
“This capital is instrumental to our continued growth, facilitating capabilities that underpin our world-class laser performance while providing a funding runway as we convert our growing project pipeline into large-scale, long-term revenues. These discussions and negotiations continue to progress as we work with key industry partners to design-in BluGlass lasers in next-generation quantum, aerospace and defence applications,” says CEO Jim Haden.
“We appreciate the continued support from our loyal shareholders, underscoring confidence in our strategic execution, the strength of our industry partnerships — including with the US Department of Defense and, more recently, the Indian Department of Defence — and the significant potential of our high-performance laser technology in enabling next-generation applications,” Haden continues. “The strength of our pipeline reaffirms our project-to-product strategy is the surest path to delivering long-term shareholder value.”
Allotment of new shares was expected to occur on or around 24 June to allow international funds settlement with the issue of 545,639,233 fully paid ordinary shares. The issue of attaching options received shareholder approval at an extraordinary general meeting on 13 June.
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