On August 11, 2022 Blue Water Vaccines Inc. ("BWV" or "Blue Water Vaccines" or the "Company"), a biopharmaceutical company developing transformational vaccines to address significant global health challenges, reported the closing of its previously announced private placement of 3,683,280 shares of common stock (or common stock equivalents in lieu thereof) to several healthcare-focused institutional investors, that was priced at-the-market under Nasdaq rules (Press release, Onconetix, AUG 11, 2022, View Source [SID1234641110]). The Company also issued to investors unregistered preferred investment options (the "investment options") to purchase up to an aggregate of 4,972,428 shares of common stock. The purchase price for one share of common stock (or common stock equivalent) and one investment option was $2.715. The investment options have an exercise price of $2.546 per share, are exercisable immediately upon issuance, and have a term equal to five years.

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H.C. Wainwright & Co. acted as the exclusive placement agent for the offering.

The gross proceeds from the private placement were approximately $10 million, before deducting placement agent fees and other offering expenses. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the private placement for the research and development of its pipeline as well as for working capital and other general corporate purposes. The Company’s current cash position including the gross proceeds from this private placement is approximately $30.3 million.

The offer and sale of the foregoing securities were made in a transaction not involving a public offering and the securities have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or applicable state securities laws. Accordingly, the securities may not be reoffered or resold 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. Pursuant to a registration rights agreement with investors, BWV has agreed to file a resale registration statement covering the securities described above within thirty days of August 9, 2022.

In addition, the investors in the private placement agreed to cancel preferred investment options to purchase up to an aggregate of 1,180,812 shares of the Company’s common stock issued in April 2022.

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or other jurisdiction 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 other jurisdiction.