On July 28, 2020, BioXcel Therapeutics, Inc. (the "Company") reported that it entered into an underwriting agreement (the "Underwriting Agreement") with BofA Securities, Inc., as representative of the several underwriters named therein (collectively, the "Underwriters") and the selling stockholders named therein (collectively, the "Selling Stockholders"), in connection with the issuance and sale by the Company in a public offering of 4,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at a public offering price of $50.00 per share, less underwriting discounts and commissions, pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3ASR (Registration No. 333-240118) and a related prospectus supplement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") (Filing, 8-K, BioXcel Therapeutics, JUL 28, 2020, View Source [SID1234562646]). Under the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, the Selling Stockholders have also granted the Underwriters an option exercisable for 30 days to purchase up to an additional 600,000 shares of common stock at the public offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions. The Company will not receive any of the proceeds from any sale of shares in the offering by the Selling Stockholders.
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The Company received net proceeds from the offering of approximately $187.5 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by the Company. The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the offering to fund ongoing clinical trials, commercialization preparation and for general corporate purposes.
The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and agreements by the Company and the Selling Stockholders, customary conditions to closing, indemnification obligations of the Company, the Selling Stockholders and the Underwriters, including for liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, other obligations of the parties and termination provisions.
The foregoing description of the Underwriting Agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Underwriting Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.
Latham & Watkins LLP, counsel to the Company, has issued an opinion to the Company, dated July 31, 2020, regarding the validity of the shares to be issued and sold in the offering. A copy of the opinion is filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Based on the planned use of proceeds from the offering, the Company believes that the net proceeds from the offering and its existing cash and cash equivalents will be sufficient to enable it to fund operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements through 2022. The Company has based this estimate on assumptions that may prove to be incorrect, and could utilize available capital resources sooner than currently expected. The amounts and timing of the Company’s actual expenditures will depend on numerous factors, including the progress of the Company’s clinical trials and other development efforts and other factors, as well as the amount of cash used in the Company’s operations.