** Eos Energy's EOSE.O shares up 4.9% premarket at $13.40 after energy storage systems provider's above-target capital raise
** Edison, New Jersey-based co early Thurs announces pricing private offering of $525 mln 1.75% convertible bonds (CBs) due 2031
** EOSE shares on Weds ended down 5.2% at $12.78 after co late Tues unveiled $500 mln CB offering
** Co also prices registered direct stock offering of ~35.9 mln shares at $12.78 for $458.2 mln proceeds to facilitate hedging transactions with Goldman Sachs as sole placement agent
** It plans to use net proceeds from the new CBs and concurrent equity offering to repurchase $200 mln of its outstanding 6.75% CBs 2030 for ~$565 mln, and for general corp purposes
** Initial conversion price on new CBs set at $16.29, 27.5% above stock's last close
** Through Weds close, EOSE shares up 163% YTD
** Avg rating among 9 analysts covering EOSE is "buy"; median PT of $15 up from $10 a month ago, per LSEG data
(Lance Tupper is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)
((lance.tupper@tr.com 1-646-279-6380))
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