On February 17, 2021 ESSA Pharma Inc. ("ESSA", or the "Company") (Nasdaq: EPIX), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company focused on developing novel therapies for the treatment of prostate cancer, reported the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 4,830,918 common shares at a public offering price of $27.00 per share, before underwriting discounts, for an aggregate offering of approximately $130.4 million (the "Offering") (Press release, ESSA, FEB 17, 2021, View Source [SID1234575219]). ESSA has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase, in whole or in part, up to an additional 724,637 shares of its common shares (the "Option"). The proceeds to ESSA from the Offering are expected to be approximately $121.6 million after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other estimated offering expenses but excluding any exercise of the Option. ESSA intends to use the net proceeds of the Offering for pre-clinical and clinical activities, chemistry, manufacturing and controls, research and development, as well as working capital and general corporate purposes. All common shares to be sold in the Offering will be offered by ESSA.
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Jefferies and Piper Sandler are acting as joint book-running managers for the Offering. Oppenheimer & Co. is acting as lead manager for the Offering and Bloom Burton Securities Inc. is acting as co-manager for the Offering.
The securities described above are being offered by ESSA in the United States pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-250971) that was previously filed by ESSA with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and became effective on December 29, 2020 and in Canada pursuant to ESSA’s Canadian short form base shelf prospectus (the "Canadian Base Shelf Prospectus") dated August 24, 2020 that was previously filed with the securities regulatory authorities in each of the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario.
A preliminary prospectus supplement related to the Offering was filed with the SEC on February 16, 2021 and is available on the SEC’s website at View Source and a final prospectus supplement related to the Offering will be filed with the SEC and will be available on the SEC’s website at View Source. A preliminary prospectus supplement to ESSA’s Canadian Base Shelf Prospectus was also filed with the securities regulatory authorities in each of the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario on February 16, 2021 and is available at View Source and a final prospectus related to the Offering will be filed with the securities regulatory authorities in each of the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario and will be available at View Source. Copies of the final prospectus supplements related to the Offering and the accompanying prospectuses can be obtained by contacting Jefferies LLC, Attention: Equity Syndicate Prospectus Department, 520 Madison Avenue, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10022, by e-mail at [email protected] or by telephone at (877) 547-6340; or Piper Sandler & Co., Attention: Prospectus Department, 800 Nicollet Mall, J12S03, Minneapolis, MN 55402, or by telephone at 800-747-3924 or by email at [email protected].
The Company has applied to list the common shares sold under the Offering on the Nasdaq Capital Market. The Offering is expected to close on or about February 22, 2021, subject to customary closing conditions.
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 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.