Candel Therapeutics Announces Closing of Initial Public Offering, Including the Partial Exercise of Underwriters’ Option

On August 17, 2021 Candel Therapeutics, Inc. ("Candel"), a late clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel oncolytic viral immunotherapies, reported the closing of the issuance of an additional 887,994 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $8.00 per share (Press release, Candel Therapeutics, AUG 17, 2021, View Source [SID1234587572]). The shares were issued pursuant to a partial exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares of common stock in connection with Candel’s previously announced initial public offering of 9,000,000 shares of its common stock. The gross proceeds from the exercise of the option to purchase additional shares were approximately $7.1 million, bringing the aggregate gross proceeds to Candel from its initial public offering to approximately $79.1 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering expenses.

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Jefferies, Credit Suisse, BMO Capital Markets and UBS Investment Bank acted as joint book-running managers for the offering.

The registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and became effective on July 26, 2021. The offering was made only by means of a prospectus. Copies of the final prospectus relating to this offering may be obtained from Jefferies LLC, Attention: Equity Syndicate Prospectus Department, 520 Madison Avenue, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10022, by telephone at (877) 821-7388, or by email at [email protected]; Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, 6933 Louis Stephens Drive, Morrisville, NC 27560, by telephone at (800) 221-1037, or by email at [email protected]; BMO Capital Markets Corp., 3 Times Square, New York, NY 10036, Attention: Equity Syndicate Department, by telephone at (800) 414-3627 or by email to [email protected]; or UBS Securities LLC, Attn: Prospectus Department, 1285 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019, by telephone at 888-827-7275 or by e-mail at [email protected].

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, 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.