RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bowman Consulting Group Ltd. (Nasdaq: BWMN) (“Bowman”), a national engineering services firm supporting owners and developers of the built environment, announced today that the underwriters of its previously announced follow-on public offering of common stock have exercised their option to purchase an additional 157,500 shares from Bowman at the public offering price of $16.00 per share, resulting in additional gross proceeds to Bowman of approximately $2.5 million. After giving effect to the full exercise and close of the overallotment option, the total number of shares sold by Bowman in the follow-on offering increased to 1,057,500 shares and gross proceeds increased to approximately $16.9 million. The exercise of the overallotment option closed on March 2, 2022 and Bowman received additional net proceeds of approximately $2.4 million, after underwriting discounts and commissions.
Bowman intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of its shares in the offering for general corporate purposes, investment in organic growth, and the funding of potential acquisitions.
D.A. Davidson & Co. and B. Riley Securities acted as joint book-running managers for the offering. Greenberg Traurig, LLP served as legal counsel to Bowman and Akerman LLP served as legal counsel to the underwriters.
The offering of these securities was made only by means of a prospectus. Copies of the prospectus relating to this offering may be obtained from: D.A. Davidson & Co., Attention: Syndicate Department, 8 Third Street North, Great Falls, MT 59401, by telephone at (800) 332-5915 and by e-mail: ProspectusRequest@dadco.com; or B. Riley Securities, Inc., Attention: Prospectus Department, 1300 17th Street N., Suite 1300, Arlington, VA 22209, by telephone at (703) 312-9580 and by e-mail: Prospectuses@brileyfin.com.
A registration statement on Form S-1, as amended, relating to the sale of these securities was filed with, and declared effective by, the Securities and Exchange Commission. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, 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 Bowman Consulting Group Ltd.
Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Bowman is an established professional services firm delivering innovative infrastructure engineering solutions to customers who own, develop, and maintain the built environment. With over 1,100 employees in 40 offices throughout the United States, Bowman provides a variety of infrastructure planning, engineering, construction management, commissioning, environmental consulting, geomatics, survey, land procurement and other technical services to customers operating in a diverse set of regulated end markets. For more information, visit bowman.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
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