Rezolute Announces Exercise of Underwriters’ Option to Purchase Additional Shares and Concurrent Private Placement
27 Junho 2024 - 9:00AM
Rezolute, Inc. (Nasdaq: RZLT) (“Rezolute” or the “Company”), a
late-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to developing
novel, transformative therapies for serious rare diseases,
today announced that the underwriters of its previously announced
public offering, which closed on June 24, 2024, have exercised an
over-allotment option to purchase an additional 1,786,589 shares of
the Company’s common stock at the public offering price of $4.00
per share, less underwriting discounts and commissions. After
giving effect to the option closing, the total number of shares
sold by the Company in the offering were 13,036,589 shares, which
along with pre-funded warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of
3,750,000 shares of its voting common stock, resulted in aggregate
gross proceeds to the Company of approximately $67 million before
deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated
offering expenses payable by the Company.
In addition, the Company has entered into an
agreement for a concurrent private placement exempt from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the “Securities Act”), of 1,500,000 shares of its common stock, at
a sale price of $4.00 per share.
Jefferies and Cantor served as the joint
book-running managers for the public offering. BTIG, Craig-Hallum,
H.C. Wainwright & Co., Jones and Maxim Group LLC are acting as
co-managers for the public offering.
A registration statement on Form S-3 (File No.
333-275562) relating to the public offering was filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) on November 22, 2023,
and was declared effective by the SEC on November 29, 2023. A final
prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the
offering has been filed with the SEC. These documents are
available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Copies of the
final prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus
relating to the public offering may also be obtained by contacting:
Jefferies LLC, Attention: Equity Syndicate Prospectus Department,
520 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10022, by telephone at
877-821-7388, or by email at prospectus_department@jefferies.com or
Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., Attention: Capital Markets, 110 East
59th Street, 6th Floor, New York, New York 10022, or by email at
prospectus@cantor.com
This press release is being filed pursuant and
in accordance with Rule 135(c) under the Securities Act of 1933 and
does not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer
to buy these securities, 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 registration or
qualification under the securities laws of any such state or
jurisdiction.
Rezolute, Inc.
Rezolute is a late-stage rare disease company
focused on significantly improving outcomes for individuals with
hypoglycemia caused by hyperinsulinism (HI). The Company’s
antibody therapy, RZ358, is designed to treat all forms of HI and
has shown substantial benefit in clinical trials and real-world use
for the treatment of congenital hyperinsulinism (cHI) and tumor
hyperinsulinism (tHI).
Forward-Looking Statements
Any statements in this press release about the
Company’s future expectations, plans and prospects, including
statements regarding the public offering, constitute
forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor
provisions under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. Forward-looking statements include any statements about the
Company’s strategy, future operations and future expectations and
plans and prospects for the Company, and any other statements
containing the words “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,”
“intend”, “goal,” “may”, “might,” “plan,” “predict,” “project,”
“target,” “potential,” “will,” “would,” “could,” “should,”
“continue,” and similar expressions. These forward-looking
statements include statements about the closing of the Private
Placement and the anticipated use of proceeds of the offerings.
These forward-looking statements are based on information currently
available to the Company and its current plans or expectations, and
are subject to a number of uncertainties and risks that could
significantly affect current plans. Such forward-looking statements
involve substantial risks and uncertainties that could cause the
Company’s development programs, future results, performance or
achievements to differ significantly from those expressed or
implied by the forward-looking statements. Such risks and
uncertainties include, among others, those related to market and
other financial conditions, the potential completion of the public
offering, satisfaction of customary closing conditions related to
the public offering and other factors discussed in the “Risk
Factors” section contained in the preliminary prospectus supplement
and the reports that the Company files with the SEC. Any
forward-looking statements represent the Company’s views only as of
the date of this press release. The Company anticipates that
subsequent events and developments will cause its views to change.
While the Company may elect to update these forward-looking
statements at some point in the future, the Company specifically
disclaims any obligation to do so except as required by law.
Contacts:
Rezolute, Inc.Christen
Baglaneascbaglaneas@rezolutebio.com508-272-6717
LHA Investor RelationsTirth T.
Pateltpatel@lhai.com212-201-6614
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