Cipher Mining declines following $150 million convertible bonds offering

Shares of bitcoin miner Cipher Mining CIFR.O fall as much as 11.6%; last down 5.2% at $3.59

CIFR announced late on Tuesday that it had priced its public offering of $150 million of five-year convertible bonds

Proceeds will be use to complete phase-1 of its Black Pearl data center project and for other purposes

Morgan Stanley acted as the lone bookrunning manager for the offering

Initial conversion price of $4.45 per share represents 17.7% upside to stock's last close

In a concurrent development, Morgan Stanley intends to offer 17.54 million shares of CIFR, borrowed from third parties in a separate offering, to facilitate hedging transactions by some of the bond purchasers

Ten of 11 brokerages rate the stock "buy" or higher and one "hold"; with a median PT $6.75, according to data compiled by LSEG

As of last close, CIFR stock down 18.5% YTD