In March, Liquidmetal Technologies, Inc. (OTCQB: LQMT)
closed on a financing transaction outlining an investment of up to $63.4
million from Professor Lugee Li, chairman and majority stockholder of DongGuan
EONTEC Co., Ltd. Initial closing related to this transaction occurred on March
10, 2016, in the amount of $8.4 million, with Li committing to an additional
$55 million investment pending shareholder approval of an increase in
authorized shares. Late last week, Liquidmetal announced that, at its annual shareholder
meeting, the company’s shareholders approved an increase in its authorized
shares from 700 million to 1.1 billion, allowing Liquidmetal to issue common
stock to facilitate the remaining $55 million investment and dramatically
strengthen its cash position.
“With the increase in authorized shares, we are now poised
to close on the remaining $55 million investment committed by Professor Li,”
Thomas Steipp, president and chief executive officer of LQMT, stated in last
week’s news release. “We are very excited about the ongoing partnership we are
building with EONTEC and look forward to finalizing the investment
transaction.”
In addition to the financing transaction, Liquidmetal also
entered into a parallel licensing agreement with EONTEC to cross-license the
two companies’ respective technologies. Liquidmetal’s amorphous alloy
technology, which enables the development of unique materials that can retain
random structures following solidification, is expected to offer a number of
operational synergies with EONTEC’s precision die-casting operations in the
consumer electronics, medical, automotive and industrial fields.
“EONTEC’s capabilities complement LQMT’s focus on production
of high-performance parts, allowing LQMT to address a broad range of market
opportunities from automotive, medical, and industrial customers,” Li added in
a news release. “This partnership positions LQMT well to support design and
production globally at a vastly increased pace.”
A post on the Liquidmetal blog (http://dtn.fm/I0WdX) from
earlier this year gave investors a glimpse of the possibilities of the
company’s innovative technology in addressing a range of automotive
applications. In particular, the author states that the use of Liquidmetal
alloy may offer “greater design freedom than ever before… [providing] an
opportunity to access unique properties with the design freedom of a molding
process.” In terms of critical attributes for automotive applications,
including precision and corrosion resistance, the blog states that Liquidmetal
alloys can “often beat the most precise CNC machining operations” and “have
significantly outperformed stainless steel in several corrosion tests.”
As the only company currently producing amorphous alloys in
commercially-viable bulk form, Liquidmetal is strategically positioned to make
a splash in a wide array of industries moving forward. Look for the company to
benefit from both its cross-licensing agreement with EONTEC and its
strengthened cash position following the impending finalization of Li’s $55
million investment as it sets its sights on the establishment of a truly global
market in Liquidmetal alloy solutions through which to market its core
offerings.
“This investment and partnership recognizes the significant
advancements in technological and commercial capabilities that Liquidmetal has
forged over the last five years,” added Steipp. “EONTEC and Liquidmetal each
bring significant capabilities to this partnership, and we believe that result
will be a much larger market that develops much more quickly.”
For more information, visit www.liquidmetal.com
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