On March 4, 2025 Aadi Bioscience, Inc. (Nasdaq: AADI) ("Aadi"), an oncology therapeutics company applying advanced technologies to established tumor biology to efficiently deliver advances in cancer treatment, reported the closing of its previously announced private placement (Press release, Aadi Bioscience, MAR 4, 2025, View Source [SID1234650890]). The private placement was led by Ally Bridge Group, with participation from new investors OrbiMed, Invus, Kalehua Capital and other accredited investors, Tae Han, co-founder of ProfoundBio, as well as existing investors, including Avoro Capital, KVP Capital and Acuta Capital Partners, for total gross proceeds of approximately $100 million.
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Aadi sold and issued an aggregate of 21,592,000 shares of its common stock ("Common Stock") at a price of $2.40 per share, and pre-funded warrants ("Pre-Funded Warrants") to purchase up to an aggregate of 20,076,500 shares of Common Stock at a purchase price of $2.3999 per Pre-Funded Warrant share in a private placement exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").
Jefferies LLC acted as exclusive placement agent for the private placement.
Aadi intends to use the net proceeds from the private placement to fund certain upfront payments under its license agreement with WuXi Biologics (Shanghai FX) Co., Ltd. and for working capital and other general corporate purposes. The proceeds from this private placement and the sale of Aadi’s FYARRO business, together with Aadi’s existing cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities, are expected to fund operations into 2028, including anticipated clinical data readouts for its ADC portfolio.
The Common Stock and Pre-Funded Warrants sold in the private placement have not been registered under the Securities Act, or any state or other applicable jurisdiction’s securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state or other jurisdictions’ securities laws. In connection with the private placement, Aadi and the investors entered into a registration rights agreement pursuant to which Aadi will file a registration statement (the "Resale Registration Statement") with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") registering the resale of the shares of Common Stock sold in the private placement. Any offering of the shares sold in the private placement under the Resale Registration Statement will only be made by means of a prospectus.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy Aadi’s Common Stock, nor shall there be any offer, solicitation, or sale of Aadi’s Common Stock in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.