DiaMedica Announces Proposed Public Offering of Common Shares

On August 5, 2020 DiaMedica Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: DMAC), a clinical-stage biotechnology company, reported that it intends to offer and sell its common shares in an underwritten public offering (Press release, DiaMedica, AUG 5, 2020, View Source [SID1234562908]). In addition, DiaMedica intends to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 15% of the common shares offered in the public offering. All of the common shares will be offered by DiaMedica. The offering is subject to market conditions, and there can be no assurance as to whether or when the offering may be completed, or as to the actual size or terms of the offering.

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DiaMedica intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to continue its clinical and product development activities, including the addition of a new cohort III to its REDUX study to be comprised of participants with Type II diabetes mellitus with chronic kidney disease, hypertension and albunuria, and for other working capital and general corporate purposes.

Guggenheim Securities, LLC is acting as lead book-running manager for the offering. Craig-Hallum Capital Group LLC is acting as joint book-running manager.

The securities described above are being offered by DiaMedica pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-235775) previously filed with and declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). A preliminary prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to and describing the terms of the offering will be filed with the SEC. When available, copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to this offering may be obtained from Guggenheim Securities, LLC Attention: Equity Syndicate Department, 330 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10017, by telephone at (212) 518-9544, or by email at [email protected]. Electronic copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus will also be available on the website of the SEC at www.sec.gov.

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 other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or other jurisdiction.