Shares of ADOMANI Inc. surged in afterhours trading Wednesday and opened at $17.30 this morning, the highest price in its short public history on the NASDAQ Capital Market.
The market value of the Newport Beach company crossed $1 billion, joining about two dozen other publicly-traded OC companies that have surpassed that benchmark. Its share price has jumped 97% since the IPO on June 15.
ADOMANI, which converts school buses and other fleets into zero-emission electric and hybrid vehicles, is the first equity crowdfunded company to list on the tech heavy exchange.
The company, traded under the ticker symbol “ADOM,” sold more than 2.5 million shares at $5 per share through flashfunders.com. The underwriter was Irvine-based Boustead Securities LLC, a sister company of FlashFunders Inc. in Santa Monica.
The company raised its initial public offering through a provision in the Jumpstart our Business Startups Act, which was signed into law in 2012 by President Barack Obama and allows crowdfunded companies to issue securities.
A central goal of the JOBS Act centered on expanding access to capital for entrepreneurs and emerging companies. Under the law’s Regulation A+ of Title IV—adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission about two years ago—private, growth-stage companies can raise up to $50 million from nonaccredited investors, essentially the general public.
ADOMANI’s IPO was Orange County’s fifth since February after years of drought.
Company executives are scheduled to ring the Nasdaq Stock Market closing bell on July 6 to commemorate its listing and Regulation A+ distinction.
