Firsthand Technology Value Fund (SVVC) Slammed After Stock Offering

April 19, 2012 10:34 AM EDT
Firsthand Technology Value Fund (Nasdaq: SVVC) is under heavy pressure Thursday after pricing a follow-on offering of 4.4 million shares of its common stock at $27.00 per share. This was a sharp discount to yesterday's close of $30.30.

The Company intends to use the net proceeds of this public offering to invest in portfolio companies in accordance with its investment objective and strategies.

Firsthand Technology Value has seen a huge ramp recently above NAV of $24.56 on hype related to the upcoming Facebook IPO. The company owns 600,000 Facebook shares.

Firsthand Technology Value last traded down 11.7 percent to $26.75.


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