SINGAPORE, Feb 1, 2023 – (ACN Newswire) – Society Pass Incorporated (“SoPa”) (Nasdaq: SOPA), Southeast Asia’s (SEA) next generation, data-driven, loyalty, fintech and e-commerce ecosystem, today announces that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase program authorising the repurchase of up to US$2 million of its common stock, commencing on 01 February 2023.
Dennis Nguyen, Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, comments, “We are pleased to announce the approval of this share repurchase program, providing us with a significant tool to generate shareholder value. As of 31 December 2022, SoPa has approximately US$19 mn of cash and zero long-term debt. Given our closing stock price of $1.11 on 31 January 2023, our current undervalued market capitalisation presents an extremely attractive opportunity to buy our common shares at a significant discount to their intrinsic value. Our well capitalised cash position, which translates into approximately $0.70 per share, and strong revenue generation allow SoPa to build out our next generation fintech and e-commerce ecosystem in SEA through paradigm shifting acquisitions and fund this stock repurchase program.”
The Company engaged ThinkEquity LLC to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock from time to time in the open market at prevailing market prices, in privately negotiated transactions or other means in compliance with applicable federal securities laws. The timing and amount of stock repurchases under the program, if any, will be at the discretion of management, and will depend on a variety of factors, including price, available cash, general business and market conditions and other investment opportunities. Any shares acquired will be available for general corporate purposes. Information regarding share repurchases will be available in the Company’s periodic reports on Form 10-Q and 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission or as otherwise required by applicable federal securities laws. The Company had approximately 26.6 million shares outstanding as of 20 January 2023.
