On May 6, 2020 Kitov Pharma Ltd. ("Kitov") (NASDAQ/TASE: KTOV), a clinical-stage company advancing first-in-class therapies to overcome tumor immune evasion and drug resistance, reported that it has entered into definitive agreements with several institutional and accredited investors for the purchase and sale of 25,000,002 of the Company’s ordinary shares represented by American Depositary Shares (ADSs), at a purchase price of $0.40 per ADS, in a registered direct offering, for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $10 million (Press release, Kitov Pharmaceuticals , MAY 6, 2020, View Source [SID1234557202]). Kitov has also agreed to issue to the investors unregistered warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 25,000,002 ADSs. Each ADS represents one ordinary share, no par value, of Kitov. The offering is expected to close on or about May 8, 2020, subject to 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 will have an exercise price of $0.40 per ADS and will be exercisable at any time upon issuance and will expire five and one-half years from the date of issuance.
Kitov intends to use the net proceeds of this offering to fund the development of its oncology drug candidates, acquisition of new assets and for general working capital purposes.
The ADSs (but not the warrants or the ADSs underlying the warrants) are being offered by Kitov pursuant to a "shelf" registration statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333- 235327) previously filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on December 2, 2019 and declared effective by the SEC on December 13, 2019. The offering of the ADSs will be made only by means of a prospectus, including a prospectus supplement, forming a part of the effective registration statement. A final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the ADSs being offered will be filed with the SEC. Electronic copies of the final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus may be obtained, when available, on the SEC’s website at View Source or 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 ADSs underlying the warrants, have not been registered under the Act, or applicable state securities laws. Accordingly, the warrants and underlying ADSs 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.