On September 10, 2020 Trillium Therapeutics Inc. ("Trillium" or the "Company") (NASDAQ/TSX: TRIL), a clinical stage immuno-oncology company developing innovative therapies for the treatment of cancer, reported that it has priced its previously announced underwritten public offering of 10,000,000 common shares (the "Common Shares") of the Company (the "Offering") (Press release, Trillium Therapeutics, SEP 10, 2020, View Source [SID1234564996]). The Common Shares are being sold at a public offering price of US$13.00 per Common Share.
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In connection with the Offering, Trillium has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,500,000 Common Shares.
The gross proceeds to the Company from the Offering are expected to be approximately US$130 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other estimated offering expenses. The Offering is expected to close on or around September 16, 2020, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the Offering for its ongoing and planned clinical trials for its CD47 program, including drug supply and for working capital and general corporate purposes.
Cowen and Evercore ISI are acting as joint book-running managers for the Offering. JMP Securities is acting as the lead manager and Ladenburg Thalmann and JonesTrading are acting as co-managers for the Offering.
No Common Shares will be offered or sold in Canada as part of this Offering. The Offering is subject to market conditions, as well as a number of closing conditions, including Nasdaq Capital Market ("Nasdaq") and Toronto Stock Exchange ("TSX") approvals, and there can be no assurance as to whether or when the Offering may be completed. For the purposes of TSX approval, the Company intends to rely on the exemption set forth in Section 602.1 of the TSX Company Manual, which provides that the TSX will not apply its standards to certain transactions involving eligible inter-listed issuers on a recognized exchange, such as Nasdaq.
The Offering is being made to purchasers outside of Canada pursuant to a U.S. registration statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-237810), declared effective by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on May 4, 2020. A preliminary prospectus supplement dated September 9, 2020 has been filed with SEC relating to the Offering and a final prospectus supplement relating to the Offering will be filed with the SEC.
Before you invest, you should read the final prospectus supplement and the other documents the Company has filed for more complete information about the Company and the Offering. Copies of the final prospectus supplement will be available for free by visiting the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov or the Company’s profiles on the SEDAR website maintained by the Canadian Securities Administrators at www.sedar.com. Alternatively, copies of the final prospectus supplement will be available upon request by contacting Cowen and Company, LLC c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, Attn: Prospectus Department, by email at [email protected] or by telephone at (833) 297-2926 or by contacting Evercore Group L.L.C., Attention: Equity Capital Markets, 55 East 52nd Street, 36th Floor, New York, New York 10055, or by telephone at (888) 474-0200, or by email at [email protected].
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities, nor will there be any sale of the securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.