BUZZ-Upstart falls after upsized $600 million convertible bonds offering

Reuters08-12
BUZZ-<a href="https://laohu8.com/S/UPST">Upstart</a> falls after upsized $600 million convertible bonds offering

** Consumer lender Upstart's UPST.O shares down 0.5% at $63.17 premarket

** UPST announces pricing of upsized offering of zero coupon $600 million convertible bonds due 2032

** Stock closed down 7.7% at $63.46 on Monday after UPST unveiled the offering

** Offering boosted from previously announced size of $500 million

** Initial conversion price of $82.50 apiece represents roughly 30% premium to the last reported sale price

** Proceeds will be used to repurchase a portion of its convertible bonds due 2026 and to pay cost of capped calls, derivative transactions to offset dilution

** Six of 15 brokerages rate the stock "buy" or higher, 8 "hold" and 1 "sell"; median PT $82 - data compiled by LSEG

** As of last close, UPST shares up 3.1% YTD

(Reporting by Arasu Kannagi Basil in Bengaluru)

((ArasuKannagi.Basil@thomsonreuters.com))

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