On September 22, 2021 Leap Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq:LPTX), a biotechnology company focused on developing targeted and immuno-oncology therapeutics, reported the pricing of an underwritten public offering of its common stock at a public offering price of $2.85 per share and of pre-funded warrants to purchase shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $2.849 per pre-funded warrant, which represents the per share public offering price for the common stock less the $0.001 per share exercise price for each pre-funded warrant (Press release, Leap Therapeutics, SEP 22, 2021, View Source [SID1234590158]). The gross proceeds to Leap from this offering are expected to be approximately $90 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other estimated offering expenses payable by Leap. All shares of common stock and pre-funded warrants to be sold in the offering will be offered by Leap. In addition, Leap has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an aggregate of an additional 4,740,000 shares of its common stock at the public offering price per share, less underwriting discounts and commissions. The offering is expected to close on or about September 24, 2021, subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
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Piper Sandler & Co., Raymond James & Associates, Inc. and Mizuho Securities USA LLC are acting as book-running managers for the offering. Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated is acting as lead manager for the offering.
Leap intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to fund: (i) the continued development of DKN-01; (ii) manufacturing of clinical trial material; and (iii) general corporate purposes, including working capital and other general and administrative expenses.
The securities will be offered and sold pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-248797) that was previously filed by Leap with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on September 14, 2020 and was declared effective by the SEC on October 16, 2020. A preliminary prospectus supplement and the related prospectus has been filed with the SEC and will be available for free on the SEC’s website at View Source Copies of the final prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to the offering, when available, may be obtained from Piper Sandler & Co., 800 Nicollet Mall, J12S03, Minneapolis, MN, 55402, Attention: Prospectus Department, by telephone at (800) 747-3924 or by email at [email protected]. These documents may also be obtained from Raymond James & Associates, Inc., Attention: Equity Syndicate, 880 Carillon Parkway, St. Petersburg, Florida 33716, or by telephone at (800) 248-8863, or e-mail at [email protected]; or from Mizuho Securities USA LLC, Attention: Equity Capital Markets, 1271 Avenue of the Americas, 3rd Floor, New York, NY, 10020; by phone at (212) 205-7600; or by email at [email protected].
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a 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.