On June 1, 2020 Cleveland BioLabs, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBLI), reported that it has entered into definitive agreements with several institutional and accredited investors for the issuance and sale of an aggregate of 1,515,878 shares of its common stock, at a purchase price of $2.0945 per share, in a registered direct offering priced at-the-market under Nasdaq rules (Press release, Cleveland BioLabs, JUN 1, 2020, View Source [SID1234560792]). Cleveland BioLabs has also agreed to issue to the investors unregistered warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 757,939 shares of common stock. The closing of the offering is expected to occur on or about June 3, 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 equal to $2.033 per share, are exercisable immediately upon issuance and will expire five years from the issuance date.
The gross proceeds from the offering are expected to be approximately $3.175 million. The Company currently intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes.
The shares of common stock described above (but not the warrants or the shares of common stock underlying the warrants) are being offered and sold by the Company in a registered direct offering pursuant to a "shelf" registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-238578), including an accompanying prospectus previously filed with, and declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on May 29, 2020. The offering of the shares of common stock will be made only by means of a prospectus supplement that forms a part of the registration statement. A final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the registered direct offering will be filed with the SEC and will be available on the SEC’s website located at View Source Electronic copies of the prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus may also be obtained 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 the 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.