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Stock jumps as Wilsonville battery maker ESS begins trading on Wall Street, reversing wobbly debut<blockquote>威尔逊维尔电池制造商 ESS 开始在华尔街交易，扭转了摇摇欲坠的首次亮相，股价上涨</blockquote>
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The stock trades under the ticker symbol GWH (a nod to “gigawatt hour,” 1 billion watt hours of electricity).</p><p><blockquote>纽约证券交易所周一开始交易后，股价上涨 27%，至 2.22 美元，收于 10.43 美元。该股的股票代码为 GWH（指 “千兆瓦时 ”，10 亿瓦时的电力）。</blockquote></p><p> ESS makes iron-based batteries that it says will enable clean electricity generators, like solar and wind farms, to store their energy. Energy storage for clean power is an essential element of any move away from fossil fuels.</p><p><blockquote>ESS 生产铁基电池，据称这将使太阳能和风力发电场等清洁发电机能够储存能量。清洁能源的储能是摆脱化石燃料的一个基本要素。</blockquote></p><p> The clean energy company had planned to raise $465 million by merging with a publicly traded investment fund, known as a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC. But most of the SPAC’s investors opted out of the deal last week, choosing to cash out their shares instead.</p><p><blockquote>这家清洁能源公司曾计划通过与一家名为特殊目的收购公司 (SPAC) 的公开交易投资基金合并来筹集 4.65 亿美元。但 SPAC 的大多数投资者上周选择退出交易，转而选择套现股份。</blockquote></p><p> The result was that ESS raised just $308 million in Monday’s deal. That’s still a hefty sum for a small company, which employs only 165, but had suggested investors were glum about ESS’ prospects.</p><p><blockquote>结果是，ESS 在周一的交易中只筹集了 3.08 亿美元。对于一家只有 165 名员工的小公司来说，这仍然是一笔巨款，但这表明投资者对 ESS 的前景感到悲观。</blockquote></p><p> Trading started off slow Monday morning, with the stock edging up around 2%. Shares then began a sudden, upward climb around 10:30 a.m. Pacific time.</p><p><blockquote>周一上午交易开始缓慢，该股小幅上涨约 2%。太平洋时间上午 10:30 左右，股价开始突然上涨。</blockquote></p><p> It’s not clear what ignited the stock’s rally, but at 10:12 a.m.CNBC posted a flattering articleabout ESS, with a headline touting it as a “Bill Gates-backed” company. (Gates’ clean energy fund, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, is among ESS’ investors.)</p><p><blockquote>目前还不清楚是什么引发了该股的反弹，但在上午 10:12，CNBC 发布了一篇关于 ESS 的讨好文章，标题将其吹捧为 “比尔-盖茨支持 ”的公司。(盖茨的清洁能源基金 Breakthrough Energy Ventures 是 ESS 的投资者之一）。</blockquote></p><p> The article described ESS’ battery technology in detail but didn’t note that most of the SPAC investors walked away from the deal last week.</p><p><blockquote>文章详细描述了 ESS 的电池技术，但没有提到大多数 SPAC 投资者上周退出了这笔交易。</blockquote></p><p> Regardless, ESS suddenly has a high profile among clean-energy investors and a rising stock price – which could aid the company if it seeks more capital in the future.</p><p><blockquote>无论如何，ESS 突然在清洁能源投资者中获得了很高的知名度，股价也在上涨——如果该公司未来寻求更多资本，这可能会有所帮助。</blockquote></p><p> “The proceeds from this transaction will enable us to scale our operations to meet the growing global demand for a product that the world needs today to support the transition to clean, renewable energy,” CEO Eric Dresselhuys said in a written statement Monday.</p><p><blockquote>“首席执行官埃里克-德雷塞尔胡伊斯（Eric Dresselhuys）在周一的一份书面声明中说：”此次交易的收益将使我们能够扩大业务规模，以满足全球对一种产品日益增长的需求，当今世界需要这种产品来支持向清洁、可再生能源的过渡。</blockquote></p><p> ESS said it plans to spend its new capital to expand manufacturing and its sales operation, for research and to bolster its balance sheet.</p><p><blockquote>ESS 表示，计划利用新资本扩大制造和销售业务、研究并增强资产负债表。</blockquote></p><p> ESS had originally anticipated a $1.1 billion market value; the company said it will be at least a month before it has an accurate valuation following its listing, “because of the arcane rules around a company going public, plus delays in determining an accurate valuation due to timing of” private investment registrations.</p><p><blockquote>ESS最初预计市值为11亿美元；该公司表示，上市后至少要一个月才能有准确的估值，“因为公司上市的规则很复杂，再加上 ”私人投资登记的时间安排导致确定准确估值的延迟。</blockquote></p><p> Over the past two weeks, ESS has announced deals to provide its batteries to two large energy companies — Enel Green Power, in Spain, and SoftBank subsidiary SB Energy. The explosive growth the Wilsonville company has promised to investors, though, is far from assured.</p><p><blockquote>在过去的两周里，ESS 宣布了向两家大型能源公司提供电池的交易——西班牙的 Enel Green Power 和软银子公司 SB Energy。然而，威尔逊维尔公司向投资者承诺的爆炸性增长还远未得到保证。</blockquote></p><p> ESS is still proving out demand for its products. The company forecasts just $2 million in sales this year but projects revenue will leap to $37 million next year, $300 million in 2023 and an astronomical $3.6 billion in 2027.</p><p><blockquote>ESS 仍在证明对其产品的需求。该公司预计今年的销售额仅为 200 万美元，但预计明年收入将跃升至 3700 万美元，2023 年达到 3 亿美元，2027 年达到天文数字般的 36 亿美元。</blockquote></p><p> That’s all speculation at this point. Most small companies with soaring ambitions pitch bullish forecasts to venture capitalists or other large, private investors.</p><p><blockquote>目前这都是猜测。大多数雄心勃勃的小公司都会向风险投资家或其他大型私人投资者做出乐观的预测。</blockquote></p><p> But SPACs have given young companies a path to pursue their lofty dreams on the public markets.</p><p><blockquote>但 SPAC 为年轻公司提供了一条在公开市场上追求崇高梦想的道路。</blockquote></p><p> Here’s how SPACs work: Investors pool their money in a blank-check fund, the SPAC, and obtain a listing on a Wall Street exchange. The SPAC then merges with a private business, providing investment capital and a ready-made stock listing to the business.</p><p><blockquote>SPAC 的运作方式如下： 投资者将资金集中在空白支票基金（SPAC）中，并在华尔街交易所上市。然后，特殊目的收购公司与一家私营企业合并，为该企业提供投资资本和现成的股票上市。</blockquote></p><p> ESS combined with a SPAC called ACON S2 Acquisition Corp. ACON shares were trading around $10 before it announced its deal with ESS last May.</p><p><blockquote>ESS 与一家名为 ACON S2 Acquisition Corp. 的 SPAC 合并。在去年 5 月宣布与 ESS 达成协议之前，ACON 的股价约为 10 美元。</blockquote></p><p> ACON investors had the option of redeeming their shares at $10 apiece rather than taking shares of ESS. And most ACON shareholders did that last week, taking $208 million out of the transaction and triggering a 16%, one-day drop in ACON’s share price.</p><p><blockquote>ACON 投资者可以选择以每股 10 美元的价格赎回股票，而不是购买 ESS 股票。上周，大多数 ACON 股东都这样做了，从交易中获得了 2.08 亿美元，导致 ACON 股价在一天内下跌了 16%。</blockquote></p><p> That’s the stock listing ESS inherited Monday, when it completed the transaction.</p><p><blockquote>这是 ESS 在周一完成交易时继承的股票。</blockquote></p><p> If the SPAC process was a disappointment, though, the deal held together thanks to $250 million in private backing from investment funds and energy companies. 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The stock trades under the ticker symbol GWH (a nod to “gigawatt hour,” 1 billion watt hours of electricity).</p><p><blockquote>纽约证券交易所周一开始交易后，股价上涨 27%，至 2.22 美元，收于 10.43 美元。该股的股票代码为 GWH（指 “千兆瓦时 ”，10 亿瓦时的电力）。</blockquote></p><p> ESS makes iron-based batteries that it says will enable clean electricity generators, like solar and wind farms, to store their energy. Energy storage for clean power is an essential element of any move away from fossil fuels.</p><p><blockquote>ESS 生产铁基电池，据称这将使太阳能和风力发电场等清洁发电机能够储存能量。清洁能源的储能是摆脱化石燃料的一个基本要素。</blockquote></p><p> The clean energy company had planned to raise $465 million by merging with a publicly traded investment fund, known as a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC. But most of the SPAC’s investors opted out of the deal last week, choosing to cash out their shares instead.</p><p><blockquote>这家清洁能源公司曾计划通过与一家名为特殊目的收购公司 (SPAC) 的公开交易投资基金合并来筹集 4.65 亿美元。但 SPAC 的大多数投资者上周选择退出交易，转而选择套现股份。</blockquote></p><p> The result was that ESS raised just $308 million in Monday’s deal. That’s still a hefty sum for a small company, which employs only 165, but had suggested investors were glum about ESS’ prospects.</p><p><blockquote>结果是，ESS 在周一的交易中只筹集了 3.08 亿美元。对于一家只有 165 名员工的小公司来说，这仍然是一笔巨款，但这表明投资者对 ESS 的前景感到悲观。</blockquote></p><p> Trading started off slow Monday morning, with the stock edging up around 2%. Shares then began a sudden, upward climb around 10:30 a.m. Pacific time.</p><p><blockquote>周一上午交易开始缓慢，该股小幅上涨约 2%。太平洋时间上午 10:30 左右，股价开始突然上涨。</blockquote></p><p> It’s not clear what ignited the stock’s rally, but at 10:12 a.m.CNBC posted a flattering articleabout ESS, with a headline touting it as a “Bill Gates-backed” company. (Gates’ clean energy fund, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, is among ESS’ investors.)</p><p><blockquote>目前还不清楚是什么引发了该股的反弹，但在上午 10:12，CNBC 发布了一篇关于 ESS 的讨好文章，标题将其吹捧为 “比尔-盖茨支持 ”的公司。(盖茨的清洁能源基金 Breakthrough Energy Ventures 是 ESS 的投资者之一）。</blockquote></p><p> The article described ESS’ battery technology in detail but didn’t note that most of the SPAC investors walked away from the deal last week.</p><p><blockquote>文章详细描述了 ESS 的电池技术，但没有提到大多数 SPAC 投资者上周退出了这笔交易。</blockquote></p><p> Regardless, ESS suddenly has a high profile among clean-energy investors and a rising stock price – which could aid the company if it seeks more capital in the future.</p><p><blockquote>无论如何，ESS 突然在清洁能源投资者中获得了很高的知名度，股价也在上涨——如果该公司未来寻求更多资本，这可能会有所帮助。</blockquote></p><p> “The proceeds from this transaction will enable us to scale our operations to meet the growing global demand for a product that the world needs today to support the transition to clean, renewable energy,” CEO Eric Dresselhuys said in a written statement Monday.</p><p><blockquote>“首席执行官埃里克-德雷塞尔胡伊斯（Eric Dresselhuys）在周一的一份书面声明中说：”此次交易的收益将使我们能够扩大业务规模，以满足全球对一种产品日益增长的需求，当今世界需要这种产品来支持向清洁、可再生能源的过渡。</blockquote></p><p> ESS said it plans to spend its new capital to expand manufacturing and its sales operation, for research and to bolster its balance sheet.</p><p><blockquote>ESS 表示，计划利用新资本扩大制造和销售业务、研究并增强资产负债表。</blockquote></p><p> ESS had originally anticipated a $1.1 billion market value; the company said it will be at least a month before it has an accurate valuation following its listing, “because of the arcane rules around a company going public, plus delays in determining an accurate valuation due to timing of” private investment registrations.</p><p><blockquote>ESS最初预计市值为11亿美元；该公司表示，上市后至少要一个月才能有准确的估值，“因为公司上市的规则很复杂，再加上 ”私人投资登记的时间安排导致确定准确估值的延迟。</blockquote></p><p> Over the past two weeks, ESS has announced deals to provide its batteries to two large energy companies — Enel Green Power, in Spain, and SoftBank subsidiary SB Energy. The explosive growth the Wilsonville company has promised to investors, though, is far from assured.</p><p><blockquote>在过去的两周里，ESS 宣布了向两家大型能源公司提供电池的交易——西班牙的 Enel Green Power 和软银子公司 SB Energy。然而，威尔逊维尔公司向投资者承诺的爆炸性增长还远未得到保证。</blockquote></p><p> ESS is still proving out demand for its products. The company forecasts just $2 million in sales this year but projects revenue will leap to $37 million next year, $300 million in 2023 and an astronomical $3.6 billion in 2027.</p><p><blockquote>ESS 仍在证明对其产品的需求。该公司预计今年的销售额仅为 200 万美元，但预计明年收入将跃升至 3700 万美元，2023 年达到 3 亿美元，2027 年达到天文数字般的 36 亿美元。</blockquote></p><p> That’s all speculation at this point. Most small companies with soaring ambitions pitch bullish forecasts to venture capitalists or other large, private investors.</p><p><blockquote>目前这都是猜测。大多数雄心勃勃的小公司都会向风险投资家或其他大型私人投资者做出乐观的预测。</blockquote></p><p> But SPACs have given young companies a path to pursue their lofty dreams on the public markets.</p><p><blockquote>但 SPAC 为年轻公司提供了一条在公开市场上追求崇高梦想的道路。</blockquote></p><p> Here’s how SPACs work: Investors pool their money in a blank-check fund, the SPAC, and obtain a listing on a Wall Street exchange. The SPAC then merges with a private business, providing investment capital and a ready-made stock listing to the business.</p><p><blockquote>SPAC 的运作方式如下： 投资者将资金集中在空白支票基金（SPAC）中，并在华尔街交易所上市。然后，特殊目的收购公司与一家私营企业合并，为该企业提供投资资本和现成的股票上市。</blockquote></p><p> ESS combined with a SPAC called ACON S2 Acquisition Corp. ACON shares were trading around $10 before it announced its deal with ESS last May.</p><p><blockquote>ESS 与一家名为 ACON S2 Acquisition Corp. 的 SPAC 合并。在去年 5 月宣布与 ESS 达成协议之前，ACON 的股价约为 10 美元。</blockquote></p><p> ACON investors had the option of redeeming their shares at $10 apiece rather than taking shares of ESS. And most ACON shareholders did that last week, taking $208 million out of the transaction and triggering a 16%, one-day drop in ACON’s share price.</p><p><blockquote>ACON 投资者可以选择以每股 10 美元的价格赎回股票，而不是购买 ESS 股票。上周，大多数 ACON 股东都这样做了，从交易中获得了 2.08 亿美元，导致 ACON 股价在一天内下跌了 16%。</blockquote></p><p> That’s the stock listing ESS inherited Monday, when it completed the transaction.</p><p><blockquote>这是 ESS 在周一完成交易时继承的股票。</blockquote></p><p> If the SPAC process was a disappointment, though, the deal held together thanks to $250 million in private backing from investment funds and energy companies. That made up the bulk of the sum ESS raised by going public.</p><p><blockquote>不过，如果说 SPAC 过程令人失望，那么由于投资基金和能源公司提供了 2.5 亿美元的私人支持，这笔交易得以完成。这构成了上市筹集的大部分资金。</blockquote></p><p></p>\n<div class=\"bt-text\">\n\n\n<p> 来源：<a href=\"https://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/2021/10/wilsonville-battery-maker-ess-begins-trading-on-wall-street-but-most-investors-opted-out.html\">oregonlive</a></p>\n<p>为提升您的阅读体验，我们对本页面进行了排版优化</p>\n\n\n</div>\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"GWH":"ESS Tech Inc."},"source_url":"https://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/2021/10/wilsonville-battery-maker-ess-begins-trading-on-wall-street-but-most-investors-opted-out.html","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1158468432","content_text":"ESS Tech, a small Wilsonville battery manufacturer, made an emphatic debut on Wall Street as a sudden spate of investor enthusiasm overcame a difficult week for the company.\nShares jumped 27%, $2.22, to close at $10.43 after trading began Monday on the New York Stock Exchange. The stock trades under the ticker symbol GWH (a nod to “gigawatt hour,” 1 billion watt hours of electricity).\nESS makes iron-based batteries that it says will enable clean electricity generators, like solar and wind farms, to store their energy. Energy storage for clean power is an essential element of any move away from fossil fuels.\nThe clean energy company had planned to raise $465 million by merging with a publicly traded investment fund, known as a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC. But most of the SPAC’s investors opted out of the deal last week, choosing to cash out their shares instead.\nThe result was that ESS raised just $308 million in Monday’s deal. That’s still a hefty sum for a small company, which employs only 165, but had suggested investors were glum about ESS’ prospects.\nTrading started off slow Monday morning, with the stock edging up around 2%. Shares then began a sudden, upward climb around 10:30 a.m. Pacific time.\nIt’s not clear what ignited the stock’s rally, but at 10:12 a.m.CNBC posted a flattering articleabout ESS, with a headline touting it as a “Bill Gates-backed” company. (Gates’ clean energy fund, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, is among ESS’ investors.)\nThe article described ESS’ battery technology in detail but didn’t note that most of the SPAC investors walked away from the deal last week.\nRegardless, ESS suddenly has a high profile among clean-energy investors and a rising stock price – which could aid the company if it seeks more capital in the future.\n“The proceeds from this transaction will enable us to scale our operations to meet the growing global demand for a product that the world needs today to support the transition to clean, renewable energy,” CEO Eric Dresselhuys said in a written statement Monday.\nESS said it plans to spend its new capital to expand manufacturing and its sales operation, for research and to bolster its balance sheet.\nESS had originally anticipated a $1.1 billion market value; the company said it will be at least a month before it has an accurate valuation following its listing, “because of the arcane rules around a company going public, plus delays in determining an accurate valuation due to timing of” private investment registrations.\nOver the past two weeks, ESS has announced deals to provide its batteries to two large energy companies — Enel Green Power, in Spain, and SoftBank subsidiary SB Energy. The explosive growth the Wilsonville company has promised to investors, though, is far from assured.\nESS is still proving out demand for its products. The company forecasts just $2 million in sales this year but projects revenue will leap to $37 million next year, $300 million in 2023 and an astronomical $3.6 billion in 2027.\nThat’s all speculation at this point. Most small companies with soaring ambitions pitch bullish forecasts to venture capitalists or other large, private investors.\nBut SPACs have given young companies a path to pursue their lofty dreams on the public markets.\nHere’s how SPACs work: Investors pool their money in a blank-check fund, the SPAC, and obtain a listing on a Wall Street exchange. The SPAC then merges with a private business, providing investment capital and a ready-made stock listing to the business.\nESS combined with a SPAC called ACON S2 Acquisition Corp. ACON shares were trading around $10 before it announced its deal with ESS last May.\nACON investors had the option of redeeming their shares at $10 apiece rather than taking shares of ESS. And most ACON shareholders did that last week, taking $208 million out of the transaction and triggering a 16%, one-day drop in ACON’s share price.\nThat’s the stock listing ESS inherited Monday, when it completed the transaction.\nIf the SPAC process was a disappointment, though, the deal held together thanks to $250 million in private backing from investment funds and energy companies. 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