On January 18, 2019 Stemline Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: STML), a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, acquiring, developing and commercializing innovative oncology therapeutics, reported the closing of a previously announced underwritten public offering of 10,222,222 shares of its common stock, which included the exercise in full of the option to purchase 1,333,333 additional shares, at a price of $9.00 per share (Press release, Stemline Therapeutics, JAN 18, 2019, View Source [SID1234532779]). The gross proceeds to Stemline from the offering, including the exercise of the option to purchase additional shares, before deducting underwriting discounts, commissions and other offering expenses payable by Stemline, were $92 million.
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J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Cowen and Company, LLC acted as joint book-running managers for the offering. Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. and H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC acted as co-lead managers and Roth Capital Partners, LLC, ThinkEquity, a division of Fordham Financial Management, Inc., A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners, National Securities Corporation, and Aegis Capital Corp. acted as co-managers for the offering.
Stemline intends to use the net proceeds from this offering for (i) commercial activities of ELZONRIS (tagraxofusp; SL‑401) including clinical trials for additional indications including chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML), myelofibrosis (MF) and other diseases; (ii) clinical development of SL‑801, SL‑701 and potentially SL-901; (iii) research and development activities; (iv) potential acquisitions and in-licensing; and (v) other general corporate purposes.
Stemline has filed a prospectus supplement to its shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-219794) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") for the public offering of its common stock. The prospectus supplement is available on the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov. Copies of the final prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to these securities may also be obtained by contacting J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, New York 11717, Telephone: (866) 803-9204, or Cowen and Company, LLC, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, New York 11717, Attn: Prospectus Department, or by email at [email protected].
The offering of these securities was made under an effective shelf registration statement on file with the SEC. This press release shall 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 registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
About BPDCN
BPDCN is an aggressive hematologic malignancy with historically poor outcomes and an area of unmet medical need. The BPDCN cell of origin is the plasmacytoid dendritic cell (pDC) precursor. BPDCN typically presents in the bone marrow and/or skin and may also involve lymph nodes and viscera. The diagnosis of BPDCN is based on the immunophenotypic diagnostic triad of CD123, CD4, and CD56. For more information, please visit the BPDCN disease awareness website at www.bpdcninfo.com.
About ELZONRIS
ELZONRIS (tagraxofusp), a CD123-directed cytotoxin, was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on December 21, 2018 for the treatment of adult and pediatric patients, two years and older, with blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (BPDCN). In November 2018, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) granted ELZONRIS accelerated assessment to the marketing authorization application (MAA), which was submitted to the EMA in January 2019. ELZONRIS is also being evaluated in additional clinical trials in other indications including chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML), myelofibrosis (MF) and other diseases