Athersys Announces Closing of Public Offering of Common Stock
February 01 2017 - 4:05PM
Athersys, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATHX) (“Athersys”) today announced the
closing of its previously announced underwritten public offering of
22,772,300 shares of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share
(“Common Stock”), at a price to the public of $1.01 per share,
which includes the underwriters’ full exercise of their option to
purchase an additional 2,970,300 shares of Common Stock that was
exercised on January 31, 2017. Gross proceeds to Athersys
from the offering are approximately $23.0 million, before deducting
underwriting discounts, commissions and estimated offering
expenses. William Blair & Company, L.L.C. is acting as sole
book-running manager and Needham & Company, LLC is acting as
lead manager for the offering. Maxim Group LLC served as
financial advisor to Athersys.
Athersys intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for
working capital and general corporate purposes, including funding
towards its Phase 3 MultiStem® Administration for Stroke Treatment
and Enhanced Recovery Study-2 (“MASTERS-2”) clinical study and its
other ongoing clinical programs.
The offering was made pursuant to Athersys’ effective shelf
registration statement (Registration No. 333-194538) by means of a
prospectus supplement and an accompanying prospectus.
Prospective investors should read the prospectus supplement and
accompanying prospectus and other documents that Athersys has filed
with the SEC for more complete information about Athersys and the
offering. A copy of the prospectus supplement and the
accompanying prospectus relating to these securities may be
obtained by contacting William Blair & Company, L.L.C.,
Attention: Prospectus Department, 222 West Adams Street, Chicago,
IL 60606, by telephone: (800) 621-0687 or by email:
prospectus@williamblair.com, or by contacting Needham &
Company, LLC, Attention: Syndicate Prospectus Department, 445 Park
Avenue, 4th Floor, New York, New York 10022, or by telephone at
1-800-903-4696, or by email at prospectus@needhamco.com.
Electronic copies of the prospectus supplement and the accompanying
prospectus are also available free of charge on the website of the
SEC at www.sec.gov. This press release does not
constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy
any securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in
any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be
unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the
securities laws of any such jurisdiction.
About Athersys
Athersys is an international biotechnology company engaged
in the discovery and development of therapeutic product candidates
designed to extend and enhance the quality of human life. The
Company is developing its MultiStem® cell therapy product, a
patented, adult-derived "off-the-shelf" stem cell product,
initially for disease indications in the neurological,
cardiovascular and inflammatory and immune disease areas, and has
several ongoing clinical trials evaluating this potential
regenerative medicine product. Athersys has forged
strategic partnerships and collaborations with leading
pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, as well as
world-renowned research institutions to further develop its
platform and products.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within
the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, and Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, that involve risks and uncertainties. These
forward-looking statements relate to, among other things, the
expected timetable for development of our product candidates, our
growth strategy, and our future financial performance, including
our operations, economic performance, financial condition,
prospects, and other future events. We have attempted to identify
forward-looking statements by using such words as "anticipates,"
"believes," "can," "continue," "could," "estimates," "expects,"
"intends," "may," "plans," "potential," "should," "suggest,"
"will," or other similar expressions. These forward-looking
statements are only predictions and are largely based on our
current expectations. A number of known and unknown risks,
uncertainties, and other factors could affect the accuracy of these
statements. Some of the more significant known risks that we face
that could cause actual results to differ materially from those
implied by forward-looking statements are the risks and
uncertainties inherent in the process of discovering, developing,
and commercializing products that are safe and effective for use as
human therapeutics, such as the uncertainty regarding market
acceptance of our product candidates and our ability to generate
revenues, including MultiStem cell therapy for the treatment of
ischemic stroke, acute myocardial infarction, acute respiratory
distress syndrome and other disease indications, including
graft-versus-host disease. These risks may cause our actual
results, levels of activity, performance, or achievements to differ
materially from any future results, levels of activity,
performance, or achievements expressed or implied by these
forward-looking statements. Other important factors to consider in
evaluating our forward-looking statements include: the timing and
nature of results from our MultiStem cell therapy clinical trials,
including the MASTERS-2 Phase 3 clinical trial and the Healios
clinical trial in Japan; our ability to successfully initiate and
complete clinical trials of our product candidates within an
expected timeframe or at all; the possibility of delays in, adverse
results of, and excessive costs of the development process; the
productivity, reliability and availability of suppliers, including
contract research and contract manufacturing organizations; our
ability to raise capital to fund our operations; the success of our
efforts to enter into new strategic partnerships or collaborations
and advance our programs; the success of our collaboration with
Healios and others, including our ability to reach milestones and
receive milestone payments, and whether any products are
successfully developed and sold so that we earn royalty payments;
our possible inability to realize commercially valuable discoveries
in our collaborations with pharmaceutical and other biotechnology
companies; our collaborators' ability to continue to fulfill their
obligations under the terms of our collaboration agreements; our
ability to protect and defend our intellectual property and related
business operations, including the successful prosecution of our
patent applications and enforcement of our patent rights, and
operate our business in an environment of rapid technology and
intellectual property development; changes in our business
strategy; changes in external economic and market factors; changes
in our industry's overall performance; and the success of our
competitors and the emergence of new competitors. You should not
place undue reliance on forward-looking statements contained in
this press release, and we undertake no obligation to publicly
update forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise.
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Contact:
William (B.J.) Lehmann, J.D.
President and Chief Operating Officer
Tel: (216) 431-9900
bjlehmann@athersys.com
David Schull
Russo Partners, LLC
12 West 27th Street, 4th Floor
New York, New York 10001
Tel: (212) 845-4271
David.schull@russopartnersllc.com
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