On March 2, 2020 Vaxart, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing oral recombinant vaccines that are administered by tablet rather than by injection, reported that it has entered into definitive agreements with several institutional investors for the issuance and sale of 4,000,000 shares of its common stock and warrants to purchase up to 2,000,000 shares of its common stock, at a combined purchase price of $2.50 per share and associated warrant, for aggregate gross proceeds of $10.0 million, in a registered direct offering priced at-the-market under Nasdaq rules (Press release, Aviragen Therapeutics, MAR 2, 2020, View Source [SID1234555049]).
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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 $2.50 per share and exercise period commencing immediately upon issuance and a term of five years.
The offering is expected to close on or about March 2, 2020, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
The Company intends to use the net proceeds from this offering to support the clinical and preclinical development of its product candidates, to conduct clinical trials, and for general corporate and working capital purposes.
The securities described above are being offered and sold by the Company pursuant to a "shelf" registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-228910), including a base prospectus, previously filed with and declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on March 15, 2019. The offering of the securities is being made only by means of a prospectus supplement that forms a part of the registration statement. A final prospectus supplement and an accompanying base prospectus relating to the registered direct offering will be filed with the SEC and will be available on the SEC’s website located at View Source Electronic copies of the prospectus supplement and the accompanying base prospectus may also be obtained 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].