On June 18, 2021 Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq:PTGX), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, reported the closing of its previously announced underwritten public offering of 3,503,311 shares of its common stock, including 456,953 shares sold pursuant to the underwriters’ exercise in full of their "green shoe" option to purchase additional shares, at a price to the public of $37.75 per share (Press release, Protagonist, JUN 18, 2021, View Source [SID1234584140]). Aggregate gross proceeds to Protagonist from the offering were approximately $132.2 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses.

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J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Jefferies LLC and Piper Sandler acted as joint book-running managers for the offering. JMP Securities LLC and H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC acted as co-lead managers for the offering.

A shelf registration statement relating to the offered shares of common stock was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on December 10, 2020. A final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the offering have been filed with the SEC and is available on the SEC’s website, located at www.sec.gov. Copies of the final prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus related to the offering may be obtained, when available, from J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, New York 11717, by telephone at 866-803-9204, or by email at [email protected]; Jefferies LLC (Attention: Equity Syndicate Prospectus Department, 520 Madison Avenue, 2nd Floor, New York, New York 10022; telephone: 877-821-7388; email: [email protected]); or Piper Sandler & Co., Attention: Prospectus Department, 800 Nicollet Mall, J12S03, Minneapolis, MN 55402, by telephone at (800) 747-3924 or by email at [email protected].

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On June 18, 2021 Inhibikase Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: IKT) (Inhibikase), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing therapeutics to modify the course of Parkinson’s disease and related disorders inside and outside of the brain, reported the closing of its previously announced underwritten public offering of 15 million shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $3.00 per share (Press release, Inhibikase Therapeutics, JUN 18, 2021, View Source [SID1234584139]). The gross proceeds to Inhibikase from the public offering, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses payable by Inhibikase, were $45 million. Inhibikase has granted the underwriters a 45-day option to purchase up to an additional 2,250,000 shares of common stock, at the public offering price less discounts and commissions.

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Inhibikase intends to use the net proceeds from the public offering, together with existing funds, to fund the costs of a Phase 1b extension study for IkT-148009 in Parkinson’s patients and to validate target engagement markers in the central and peripheral nervous system; to fund production of IkT-148009 for Phase 1b and Phase 2 clinical studies and to fund a Phase 2 efficacy trial of IkT-148009 in Parkinson’s patients. This funding will further support the clinical dose calibration study(ies) of IkT-001Pro in healthy subjects to support approval under the Section 505(b)(2) of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act and to fund drug product production for IkT-001Pro. The balance will support general research and development activities, medicinal chemistry for additional molecules and IND-enabling studies, team building, and other general corporate activities.

ThinkEquity, a division of Fordham Financial Management, Inc., acted as sole book-running manager for the offering. JonesTrading Institutional Services LLC acted as the co-manager for the offering.

The offering was made pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-257032) that was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on June 15, 2021. A final prospectus related to the offering has been filed with the SEC and is available on the SEC’s website, located at www.sec.gov. Copies of the final prospectus relating to this offering may be obtained from the offices of ThinkEquity, a division of Fordham Financial Management, Inc., 17 State Street, 22nd Floor, New York, New York 10004, by telephone at (877) 436-3673, or by email at [email protected].

This press release shall 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. Any offers, solicitations or offers to buy, or any sales of securities will be made in accordance with the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

On June 18, 2021 KemPharm, Inc. (NASDAQ: KMPH), a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of proprietary prodrugs, reported it has entered into agreements with certain of its holders of its existing warrants exercisable for 6,117,509 shares of its common stock, in the aggregate, pursuant to which such holders agreed to exercise their warrants for cash in exchange for the Company’s agreement to issue in a private placement new warrants to purchase up to 1,529,379 shares of its common stock (Press release, KemPharm, JUN 18, 2021, View Source [SID1234584138]). The new warrants are immediately exercisable and have substantially the same terms as the existing warrants, except that the new warrants have an exercise price of $16.50 per share and expire on December 31, 2026. The aggregate gross proceeds from the exercise of the existing warrants and the issuance of the new warrants are expected to total approximately $39.1 million, before deducting the financial advisory fees.

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Roth Capital Partners is acting as a financial advisor in connection with the private placement.

The securities offered in the private placement have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or applicable under state securities laws. Accordingly, the securities may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an effective registration statement or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and such applicable state securities laws. As part of the transaction, the Company has agreed to file a resale registration statement on Form S-3 with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 10 days of the closing to register the resale of the shares of common stock underlying the warrants issued in the private placement.

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On June 18, 2021 Leidos Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: LDOS) and Leidos, Inc. (together "Leidos"), a FORTUNE 500 science and technology leader, reported that it has extended its offers to the holders of (i) $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 2.950% Notes due 2023 (the "2023 Notes"), (ii) $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.625% Notes due 2025 (the "2025 Notes"), (iii) $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.375% Notes due 2030 (the "2030 Notes") and (iv) $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 2.300% Notes due 2031 (the "2031 Notes" and together with the 2023 Notes, the 2025 Notes and the 2030 Notes, the "Notes"), to exchange each series of Notes (the "Exchange Offers") for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes with substantially identical terms other than that such new notes have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (Press release, Leidos, JUN 18, 2021, View Source [SID1234584130]).

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The Exchange Offers, which had been scheduled to expire at 5:00 p.m., New York, New York time, on June 18, 2021, will now expire at 5:00 p.m., New York, New York time, on Monday, June 21, 2021, unless further extended by Leidos. The Exchange Offers are being extended due to the announcement that June 18, 2021, will be a federal holiday. All other terms, provisions and conditions of the Exchange Offers will remain in full force and effect. Citibank, N.A. (the "Exchange Agent") has been appointed as the exchange agent for the Exchange Offers.

Leidos has been informed by the Exchange Agent that, as of 5:00 p.m., New York, New York time, on June 17, 2021, the principal amounts of the Notes set forth in the table below had been validly tendered and not validly withdrawn:

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On June 18, 2021 Inhibikase Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: IKT) (Inhibikase), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing therapeutics to modify the course of Parkinson’s disease and related disorders inside and outside of the brain, reported the closing of its previously announced underwritten public offering of 15 million shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $3.00 per share (Press release, Inhibikase Therapeutics, JUN 18, 2021, View Source [SID1234584129]). The gross proceeds to Inhibikase from the public offering, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses payable by Inhibikase, were $45 million. Inhibikase has granted the underwriters a 45-day option to purchase up to an additional 2,250,000 shares of common stock, at the public offering price less discounts and commissions.

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Inhibikase intends to use the net proceeds from the public offering, together with existing funds, to fund the costs of a Phase 1b extension study for IkT-148009 in Parkinson’s patients and to validate target engagement markers in the central and peripheral nervous system; to fund production of IkT-148009 for Phase 1b and Phase 2 clinical studies and to fund a Phase 2 efficacy trial of IkT-148009 in Parkinson’s patients. This funding will further support the clinical dose calibration study(ies) of IkT-001Pro in healthy subjects to support approval under the Section 505(b)(2) of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act and to fund drug product production for IkT-001Pro. The balance will support general research and development activities, medicinal chemistry for additional molecules and IND-enabling studies, team building, and other general corporate activities.

ThinkEquity, a division of Fordham Financial Management, Inc., acted as sole book-running manager for the offering. JonesTrading Institutional Services LLC acted as the co-manager for the offering.

The offering was made pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-257032) that was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on June 15, 2021. A final prospectus related to the offering has been filed with the SEC and is available on the SEC’s website, located at www.sec.gov. Copies of the final prospectus relating to this offering may be obtained from the offices of ThinkEquity, a division of Fordham Financial Management, Inc., 17 State Street, 22nd Floor, New York, New York 10004, by telephone at (877) 436-3673, or by email at [email protected].

This press release shall 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. Any offers, solicitations or offers to buy, or any sales of securities will be made in accordance with the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.