NextDecade Corporation ("NextDecade or the "Company") (NASDAQ:NEXT) today announced a private placement of common stock pursuant to which NextDecade will sell $85 million of common stock to 10 institutional investors. Shares of NextDecade's common stock will be sold at $5.50 per share, and the private placement is expected to close on September 19, 2022, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

The Company intends to use the proceeds from the private placement to continue development activity in preparation for its anticipated positive final investment decision on the first three trains at its Rio Grande LNG project.

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC is acting as exclusive placement agent for the private placement.

The offer and sale of the common stock has not been, and will not be, registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or any other securities laws, and the common stock cannot be offered or sold except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any other applicable securities laws. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities, in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale of these securities would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.