On July 2, 2019 Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: SRNE, "Sorrento"), a clinical stage, antibody-centric biopharmaceutical company developing new therapies to turn malignant cancers into manageable and possibly curable diseases, reported the closing of its previously announced underwritten public offering of 8,333,334 shares of its common stock, Series A warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 8,333,334 shares of its common stock, Series B warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 8,333,334 shares of its common stock and Series C warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 8,333,334 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $3.00 per share and accompanying warrant combination, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by Sorrento (Press release, Sorrento Therapeutics, JUL 2, 2019, View Source [SID1234537361]). The net proceeds to Sorrento from this offering are expected to be approximately $23.1 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other estimated offering expenses. Sorrento currently intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for the continued clinical development of its RTX, CEA CAR-T and CD38 CAR-T programs and general research and development, working capital and general corporate purposes.
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JMP Securities and H.C. Wainwright & Co. acted as joint book-running managers for the offering.
The securities described above were offered by Sorrento pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-221443) previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on November 9, 2017, amended on December 1, 2017 and declared effective by the SEC on December 6, 2017. A final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus related to the offering was filed with the SEC on June 28, 2019 and is available on the SEC’s website at View Source Copies of the final prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to the offering may also be obtained from JMP Securities LLC, 600 Montgomery Street, Suite 1100, San Francisco, California 94111, Attention: Prospectus Department, by calling (415) 835-8985 or by e-mail at [email protected] or H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC, 430 Park Avenue, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10022, by calling (646) 975-6996 or by e-mail at [email protected].
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the 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 the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.