BioPharmX Announces $5.0 Million Offering
Menlo PARK, Calif., April 26, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- BioPharmX Corporation (NYSE MKT: BPMX), a specialty pharmaceutical company developing products for the dermatology market, announced that it is has entered into securities purchase agreements with certain existing institutional investors for the purchase and sale of 6,410,258 shares of common stock at a price of $0.78 per share with 50% warrant coverage (representing warrants to purchase up to 3,205,129 shares of common stock) in a registered direct offering. The warrants will be exercisable at an exercise price of $0.90 per share beginning six months following the closing date and will expire five years from the date they become exercisable. The gross proceeds of the offering are expected to be approximately $5.0 million.
Net proceeds of the offering will be used to advance the BioPharmX dermatology-focused drug delivery and clinical programs, including advancing the company's lead product BPX-01, and general corporate purposes.
The offering is expected to close on April 28, 2017, subject to customary closing conditions.
Roth Capital Partners acted as sole placement agent.
The shares of common stock, warrants, and shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants were offered by BioPharmX pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-209026) which was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on February 4, 2016. A prospectus supplement relating to the offering will be filed with the SEC.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the 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 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. When available, copies of the prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus relating to this offering may be obtained from Roth Capital Partners, 888 San Clemente Drive, Suite 400, Newport Beach, CA 92660, (800) 678-9147 or by accessing the SEC's website, www.sec.gov
