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eFFECTOR Therapeutics Announces Closing of $15 Million Registered Direct Offering Priced At-The-Market Under Nasdaq Rules | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
By: GlobeNewswire - 29 Jan 2024 | Back to overview list |
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SOLANA BEACH, Calif. and REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Jan. 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- eFFECTOR Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: EFTR) (the “Company”), a leader in the development of selective translation regulator inhibitors (“STRIs”) for the treatment of cancer, today announced that it has closed its previously announced registered direct offering with a new healthcare focused institutional investor for the purchase and sale of an aggregate of 1,488,834 shares of its common stock (or common stock equivalents in lieu thereof) and short-term warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 1,488,834 shares of its common stock at an offering price of $10.075 per share of common stock (or common stock equivalent in lieu thereof) and accompanying short-term warrant priced at-the-market under Nasdaq rules. The short-term warrants are exercisable immediately upon issuance, have an exercise price of $9.95 per share and expire three and one-half years from the date of issuance. H.C. Wainwright & Co. acted as the exclusive placement agent for the offering. The gross proceeds to the Company from the offering were approximately $15 million, before deducting the placement agent’s fees and other offering expenses payable by the Company. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from this offering, together with its existing cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments, for general corporate and working capital purposes, including funding its research and development. Upon the exercise in full for cash of the short-term warrants, if any, the Company would expect to receive approximately $15 million in additional gross proceeds. The securities described above were offered and sold by the Company in a registered direct offering pursuant to a “shelf” registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-267221) that was originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on September 1, 2022 and became effective on September 9, 2022. The offering of such securities in the registered direct offering was made only by means of a base prospectus and prospectus supplement that forms a part of the effective registration statement. A prospectus supplement and the accompanying base prospectus relating to the registered direct offering was filed with the SEC and is available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. 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 (212) 856-5711 or e-mail at placements@hcwco.com. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any of the securities described herein, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or other 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 other jurisdiction. About eFFECTOR Therapeutics Forward-Looking Statements
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