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For more information please contact:
Investment Banking
James
Antonopoulos
Managing Director
Co-Head of Healthcare
Investment Banking
(646) 358-1906
jantonopoulos@roth.com
Eric B. Cheng
Managing Director
Co-Head of Healthcare
Investment Banking
(646) 358-1901
echeng@roth.com
Equity Capital Markets
Aaron Gurewitz
Head of Equity
Capital Markets
(949) 720-5703
agurewitz@roth.com
Nazan Akdeniz
Senior Vice President
(949) 720-5740
nakdeniz@roth.com
Lou Ellis
Senior Vice President
(949) 720-5739
lellis@roth.com |
Transaction Information
Seelos Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: SEEL), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, has closed a sale of 4,475,000 shares of common stock, with certain institutional investors. The shares were sold at a price of $1.50 per share in a registered direct offering, resulting in total gross proceeds of approximately $6.7 million.
Seelos Therapeutics also agreed to issue the investors unregistered warrants to purchase up to 2,237,500 shares of common stock in a concurrent private placement. The warrants have an exercise price of $1.78 per share of common stock, will be exercisable six months from the date of issuance and will expire four years following the date of issuance.
In connection with the registered direct offering and concurrent private placement, Seelos Therapeutics required each investor to enter into a leak-out agreement until September 20, 2019. After giving effect to the leak-out agreements, each such investor is limited to a specified percentage of the trading volume on each trading day during the restricted period. The maximum percentage of the trading volume that an investor may sell is its pro rata portion of 35%. Sales of common stock over $3.00 per share will be excluded from the leak-out restrictions.
Seelos Therapeutics intends to use the proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes and to advance the development of its product candidates.
ROTH Capital Partners acted as the sole placement agent for the offering.
About Seelos Therapeutics, Inc.
Seelos Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and advancement of novel therapeutics to address unmet medical needs for the benefit of patients with central nervous system (CNS) disorders and other rare disorders. The Company's robust portfolio includes several late-stage clinical assets targeting psychiatric and movement disorders, including orphan diseases. Seelos is based in New York, New York. For more information, please visit
www.SeelosTx.com.
(Source: Company Press Release | 8/23/19)
About ROTH Capital Partners
ROTH Capital Partners, LLC (ROTH), is a relationship-driven investment bank focused on serving emerging growth companies and
their investors. As a full-service investment bank, ROTH provides capital raising, M&A advisory, analytical research, trading,
market-making services and corporate access. Headquartered in Newport Beach, CA, ROTH is privately-held and employee owned, and
maintains offices throughout the U.S. For more information on ROTH, please visit
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Date of Announcement:
8/27/19
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