PRINCETON, N.J.– UroGen Pharma Ltd. (Nasdaq: URGN) (UroGen), a biotech company dedicated to developing and commercializing innovative solutions that treat urothelial and specialty cancers, today announced that it has entered into a definitive securities purchase agreement in connection with a private placement (the Private Placement) to selected institutional and accredited investors. RA Capital Management L.P. and Great Point Partners LLC led the Private Placement, which also included Acorn Bioventures, Monograph Capital and Horton Capital Partners Fund, LP. UroGen expects to receive gross proceeds of approximately $120 million, before deducting placement agent commissions and other offering expenses.
UroGen intends to use the net proceeds of the Private Placement for non-clinical and clinical development activities for its product candidates, commercialization expense and general corporate purposes.
Pursuant to the terms of the securities purchase agreement, UroGen will issue 12,579,156 ordinary shares, or pre-funded warrants in lieu thereof, at a purchase price of $9.54 per share (less $0.001 for each pre-funded warrant), which reflects a premium to the closing price on July 26, 2023. Each pre-funded warrant has an exercise price of $0.001 per share and does not expire until exercised in full. The Private Placement is expected to close on or about July 28, 2023 subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
BofA Securities and H.C. Wainwright & Co. are acting as joint placement agents for the Private Placement. Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. acted as a financial advisor to UroGen for the Private Placement.
The securities described above are being offered and sold in a private placement and have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements. UroGen has agreed to file a resale registration statement with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), for purposes of registering the resale of the ordinary shares issued or issuable in connection with the Private Placement.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor may there be any sale of any securities in any state 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. (IANS)
