On June 28, 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 that it intends to offer and sell, subject to market and other conditions, shares of its common stock and Series A, Series B and Series C warrants to purchase shares of its common stock in an underwritten public offering (Press release, Sorrento Therapeutics, JUN 28, 2019, View Source [SID1234537328]). Sorrento also expects to grant the underwriters of the offering a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 15% of the shares of common stock and/or warrant combinations, which consist of Series A, Series B and Series C warrants, offered in the public offering on the same terms and conditions. All of the shares of common stock and Series A, Series B and Series C warrants to purchase shares of common stock to be sold in the offering are to be sold by Sorrento. 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. are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering. The offering is subject to market conditions, and there can be no assurance as to whether or when the offering will be completed, or as to the actual size or terms of the offering.
The public offering will be made 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. The securities may be offered only by means of a prospectus. A preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to and describing the terms of the offering will be filed with the SEC and will be available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. When available, copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus may also be obtained by contacting 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.