Evaxion Biotech Announces Pricing of $15 Million Public Offering

On February 1, 2024 Evaxion Biotech A/S (NASDAQ: EVAX) ("Evaxion" or the "Company"), a clinical-stage TechBio company specializing in developing AI-Immunology powered vaccines, reported the pricing of a public offering of an aggregate of 3,750,000 of its American Depositary Shares ("ADSs") (or pre-funded warrants in lieu thereof) and warrants to purchase up to 3,750,000 ADSs at a combined public offering price of $4.00 per ADS (or pre-funded warrant in lieu thereof) and accompanying warrant. MSD Global Health Innovation Fund (MSD GHI), a corporate venture capital arm of Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, who became an Evaxion shareholder in December 2023, is also participating in this offering (Press release, Evaxion Biotech, FEB 1, 2024, View Source [SID1234639776]). The warrants will have an exercise price of $4.00 per ADS, will be exercisable immediately upon issuance and will expire five years following the date of issuance. Each ADS represents ten ordinary shares of the Company. The closing of the offering is expected to occur on or about February 5, 2024, 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 gross proceeds to the Company from the offering are expected to be $15 million, before deducting the placement agent’s fees and other offering expenses payable by the Company. The Company intends to use the net proceeds of this offering to advance the Company’s preclinical and clinical pipeline, and for continuing operating expenses and working capital.

The securities described above are being offered pursuant to a registration statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-276505), which was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, on February 1, 2024. The offering is made only by means of a prospectus forming a part of the effective registration statement relating to the offering. A preliminary prospectus relating to the offering has been filed with the SEC and a final prospectus relating to the offering will be filed with the SEC. Electronic copies of the final prospectus, when available, may be obtained on the SEC’s website located at View Source and may also be obtained by contacting H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC at 430 Park Avenue, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10022, by phone at (212) 856-5711 or e-mail at [email protected].

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any of the securities described herein, 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.