San Diego, California–(Newsfile Corp. – February 14, 2023) – Hempacco Co., Inc. (NASDAQ: HPCO) (“Hempacco” or the “Company”), a vertically integrated hemp manufacturing company, today announced the closing of its upsized underwritten public offering of 4,830,000 shares of its common stock, including an additional 630,000 shares issued pursuant to the full exercise of the over-allotment option by the underwriters. Each share of common stock was sold to the public at a price of $1.50 per share. The gross proceeds to the Company from this offering were $7.245 million before deducting underwriting discounts, commissions, and other offering expenses.
Hempacco intends to use the net proceeds of the offering for sales and marketing, potential acquisitions, upgrades to its existing manufacturing facility, working capital, and other general corporate purposes.
Boustead Securities, LLC and EF Hutton, division of Benchmark Investments, LLC, acted as the representatives of the underwriters for the offering.
The registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-269566) relating to the shares being sold in this offering was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on February 3, 2023 and became effective on February 9, 2023. A final prospectus related to the offering was filed on February 13, 2023 and is available on the SEC’s website at https://www.sec.gov/. The offering was made only by means of a prospectus. Copies of the final prospectus may be obtained from EF Hutton, division of Benchmark Investments, LLC, Attn: Syndicate Department, 590 Madison Ave., 39th Floor, New York, New York 10022, by telephone at (212) 404-7002, by fax at (646) 861-4697, or by email at [email protected].
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy 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.
About Hempacco
Hempacco Co., Inc.’s goal is Disrupting Tobacco’s nearly $1 trillion industry with herb and hemp-based alternatives to nicotine cigarettes by manufacturing and marketing herb, spice, and cannabinoid smokables and rolling paper. Hempacco owns The Real Stuff functional hemp cigarette and rolling paper brand.
Hempacco’s operating segments include:
Manufacturing of smokables, hemp rolling paper, and cannabinoid sticks
Smokable technology development
The Real Stuff brand of functional smokables and rolling paper
Cheech and Chong Hemp Cigarettes and Hemp Hop Smokables with Rick Ross
Snoop Dogg Joint Venture of Hemp-Derived Products
Learn more at www.hempacco.com
Order products at www.realstuffsmokables.com
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For investor inquiries, please contact:
Sandro Piancone, CEO of Hempacco
Investor Relations: [email protected]
619-779-0715