On September 21, 2020 Protara Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: TARA), a clinical-stage company developing transformative therapies for the treatment of cancer and rare diseases with significant unmet needs, reported that it intends to offer and sell shares of its common stock and Series 1 convertible preferred stock in two concurrent but separate underwritten public offerings (together, the "Offerings") (Press release, Protara Therapeutics, SEP 21, 2020, View Source [SID1234573135]). The Offerings are subject to market and other conditions, and there can be no assurance as to whether or when the Offerings may be completed, or the actual size or terms of the Offerings.
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Cowen and Guggenheim Securities are acting as joint book-running managers. Oppenheimer & Co. is acting as lead manager for the Offerings, and H.C. Wainwright & Co. is acting as co-manager for the Offerings. Protara expects to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase additional shares of common stock in the proposed common stock offering of up to 15% of the aggregate number of shares offered in the common stock offering.
Protara intends to use the net proceeds from the Offerings primarily for development activities associated with TARA-002 in non-muscle invasive bladder cancer, lymphatic malformations and potential exploration of additional indications, and the remainder of the net proceeds for general corporate purposes and working capital.
The securities described above are being offered by Protara pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), which became effective on May 26, 2020. A preliminary prospectus supplement relating to each of the Offerings will be filed with the SEC and will be available on the SEC’s website at View Source Copies of the preliminary and final prospectus supplements relating to the Offerings may be obtained, when available, by contacting Cowen at c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, New York, 11717, Attention: Prospectus Department, by email at [email protected] or by telephone at (833) 297-2926; or Guggenheim Securities at 330 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10017, Attention: Equity Syndicate Department, by telephone at (212) 518-9544 or by email at [email protected].
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the 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.