On March 12, 2019 Bio-Path Holdings, Inc., (Nasdaq: BPTH) (Bio-Path), a biotechnology company leveraging its proprietary DNAbilize antisense RNAi nanoparticle technology to develop a portfolio of targeted nucleic acid cancer drugs, reported that it has entered into definitive agreements with several healthcare focused institutional investors for the issuance and sale in a registered direct offering of 712,910 shares of its common stock, at a purchase price of $25.95 per share, for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $18.5 million (Press release, Bio-Path Holdings, MAR 12, 2019, View Source [SID1234534269]). The offering is expected to close on or about March 14, 2019, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
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H.C. Wainwright & Co. is acting as the exclusive placement agent for the offering.
Bio-Path currently intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for working capital and general corporate purposes.
The shares of common stock described above are being offered and sold by Bio-Path pursuant to a "shelf" registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-215205), including a base prospectus, previously filed with and declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on January 9, 2017. The offering of the shares of common stock will be made only by means of a prospectus supplement that forms a part of the registration statement. A final prospectus supplement and an accompanying base prospectus relating to the registered direct offering will be filed with the SEC and will be available on the SEC’s website located at View Source Electronic copies of the prospectus supplement and the accompanying base prospectus may also be obtained from H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC at 430 Park Avenue, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10022, by phone at 646-975-6996 or e-mail at [email protected].
This press release shall 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 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.