Selecta Biosciences Announces $38.7 Million Underwritten Offering

On April 6, 2022 Selecta Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: SELB) ("Selecta" or the "Company"), a biotechnology company focused on developing tolerogenic therapies to mitigate unwanted immune responses, reported that it has agreed to sell 27,428,572 shares of its common stock and accompanying warrants to purchase up to 20,571,429 shares of common stock at a combined offering price of $1.41 per share and accompanying warrant (Press release, Selecta Biosciences, APR 6, 2022, View Source [SID1234611564]). The warrants to purchase shares of common stock have an exercise price of $1.55 per share, are immediately exercisable and will expire five years from the date of issuance. All of the securities in the offering will be sold by Selecta. The gross proceeds to Selecta from the offering, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering expenses, are expected to be approximately $38.7 million. The offering is expected to close on April 11, 2022, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

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SVB Leerink is acting as sole bookrunning manager for the offering. Canaccord Genuity is acting as lead manager for the offering.

The offering is being made pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-241692) that was previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on August 6, 2020 and declared effective on August 14, 2020. A final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the offering will be filed with the SEC and will be available on the SEC’s website located at View Source When available, copies of the final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus may also be obtained by contacting SVB Securities LLC, Attention: Syndicate Department, 53 State Street, 40th Floor, Boston, MA 02109, by telephone at (800) 808-7525, ext. 6105, or by email at [email protected].

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any of Selecta’s securities, nor shall there be any sale of Selecta’s securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state.