On April 30, 2020 NeuBase Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: NBSE), a preclinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing next generation therapies to treat rare genetic diseases caused by mutant genes, reported the closing of its previously announced underwritten public offering of 6,037,500 shares of its common stock (inclusive of 787,500 shares that were sold pursuant to the underwriters’ full exercise of their option to purchase additional shares of NeuBase’s common stock), at a price to the public of $6.00 per share (Press release, NeuBase Therapeutics, APR 30, 2020, View Source [SID1234556834]). The net proceeds to NeuBase from the offering are expected to be approximately $33.3 million, after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and other estimated offering expenses payable by NeuBase. NeuBase intends to use the net proceeds from this offering for working capital and general corporate purposes and to advance the development of its product candidates and expand its pipeline.

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Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. and BTIG acted as the joint book-running managers for the offering, and Chardan and National Securities Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of National Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: NHLD), acted as the co-managers.

The securities described above were offered by NeuBase pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-220487) previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on September 15, 2017 and declared effective by the SEC on September 27, 2017. A final prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to and describing the offering was filed with the SEC. Electronic copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement and, when available, copies of the final prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained by visiting the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov or by contacting Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., Attention: Syndicate Prospectus Department, 85 Broad Street, 26th Floor, New York, NY 10004, by telephone at (212) 667-8055 or by e-mail at [email protected], or BTIG, LLC, Attention: Equity Capital Markets, 65 East 55th Street, New York, NY 10022, by telephone at (212) 593-7555 or by e-mail at [email protected].

This press release does 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 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 jurisdiction.