On April 16, 2020 Pulmatrix, Inc. (NASDAQ: PULM), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing innovative inhaled therapies to address serious pulmonary and non-pulmonary disease using its patented iSPERSE technology, reported that it has entered into definitive agreements with several institutional and accredited investors for the purchase and sale of 4,787,553 shares of the Company’s common stock, at a purchase price of $1.671 per share, in a registered direct offering priced at-the-market under Nasdaq rules (Press release, Pulmatrix, APR 16, 2020, View Source [SID1234556389]). Pulmatrix has also agreed to issue to the investors unregistered warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 4,787,553 shares of common stock. The closing of the offering is expected to occur on or about April 20, 2020, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
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H.C. Wainwright & Co. is acting as the exclusive placement agent for the offering.
The warrants have an exercise price of $1.55 per share of common stock, will be exercisable immediately following the date of issuance and will expire two (2) years following the date of issuance.
The gross proceeds to Pulmatrix from this offering are expected to be approximately $8.0 million, before deducting the placement agent’s fees and other offering expenses. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from this offering for working capital and general corporate purposes.
The shares of common stock (but not the warrants or the shares of common stock underlying the warrants) are being offered by Pulmatrix pursuant to a "shelf" registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-230225) previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on March 12, 2019 and declared effective by the SEC on March 15, 2019. The offering of the securities will be made only by means of a prospectus, including a prospectus supplement, forming a part of the effective registration statement. A final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the shares of common stock being offered will be filed with the SEC. Electronic copies of the final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus may be obtained, when available, on the SEC’s website at View Source or by contacting H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC at 430 Park Avenue, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10022, by phone at (646) 975-6996 or e-mail at [email protected].
The warrants described above were offered in a private placement under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and Regulation D promulgated thereunder and, along with the shares of common stock underlying the warrants, have not been registered under the Act, or applicable state securities laws. Accordingly, the warrants and underlying shares of common stock may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an effective registration statement or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Act and such applicable state securities laws.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or other jurisdiction.