FSD Pharma Inc. Announces Closing of US$10 Million Registered Direct Offering to Institutional Investors
August 06 2020 - 5:00PM
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FSD Pharma Inc. (Nasdaq: HUGE) (CSE: HUGE.CN) (“FSD
Pharma” or the “Company”) announces the closing of a previously
announced agreement with investors for the purchase and sale of
2,762,430 Class B Subordinate Voting Shares of the Company
(“Shares”) and warrants to purchase 1,381,215 Shares (collectively,
the “Securities”) at a purchase price of US$3.62 per Share in a
registered direct offering. Each Share was sold together with
one-half of one warrant to purchase a Share. The warrants have an
exercise price of US$4.26 per Share, are immediately exercisable
and expire five years from the date of issuance.
A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners acted as sole placement agent
for the offering. Brookline Capital Markets, a division of Arcadia
Securities, LLC, acted as the Company’s financial advisor for the
offering.
The Company has also granted the A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners
an option to arrange for purchases of up to an additional US$10.0
million of Securities on the terms above for a period of 30 days
following the initial closing.
This offering has been made pursuant to an effective shelf
registration statement (including a prospectus) on Form F-10 that
the Company has previously filed with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). A prospectus supplement dated July
31, 2020 describing the terms of the offering has been filed with
the SEC and with the securities commissions in each of the
provinces of Canada (other than Québec) and is available on the
SEC’s EDGAR website located at www.sec.gov and on the SEDAR website
maintained by the Canadian Securities Administrators at
www.sedar.com.
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
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 FSD Pharma
FSD Pharma Inc. is a publicly-traded holding company, since May
2018.
FSD Pharma BioSciences, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary, is a
specialty biotech pharmaceutical R&D company focused on
developing over time multiple applications of its lead compound,
ultramicronized-palmitoylethanolamide (“FSD201”), by
down-regulating the cytokines to effectuate an anti-inflammatory
response.
Forward-Looking Statements
Neither the Canadian Securities Exchange nor its regulation
services provider accept responsibility for the adequacy or
accuracy of this press release.
Certain statements contained in this press release constitute
“forward-looking information” and “forward-looking statements”
within the meaning of applicable Canadian and U.S. securities laws
(collectively, “Forward-Looking Information”). Forward-Looking
Information includes, but is not limited to, information with
respect to FSD Pharma’s strategy, plans or future financial or
operating performance, receipt of any U.S. Food and Drug
Administration approvals, the costs associated with such planned
trials, FSD Pharma’s ability to obtain required funding and the
terms and timing thereof, the development of any applications of
FSD201, by down-regulating the cytokines to effectuate an
anti-inflammatory response and statements regarding the closing of
the offering. The use of words such as “budget”, “intend”,
“anticipate”, “believe”, “expect”, “plan”, “forecast”, “future”,
“target”, “project”, “capacity”, “could”, “should”, “focus”,
“proposed”, “scheduled”, “outlook”, “potential”, “estimate” and
other similar words, and similar expressions and statements
relating to matters that are not historical facts, or statements
that certain events or conditions “may” or “will” occur, are
intended to identify Forward-Looking Information and are based on
FSD Pharma’s current beliefs or assumptions as to the outcome and
timing of such future events. Such beliefs or assumptions
necessarily involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that
could cause actual results to differ materially from those
expressed or implied in such Forward‐Looking Information. Certain
of these risks and uncertainties are described in the prospectus
supplement, the prospectus and the registration statement, as well
as in the Company’s continuous disclosure filings available under
the Company’s SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com and under the
Company’s EDGAR profile at www.sec.gov. Forward‐Looking Information
is not a guarantee of performance. The Forward-Looking Information
contained in this press release is made as of the date hereof, and
FSD Pharma is not obligated to update or revise any Forward-Looking
Information, whether as a result of new information, future events
or otherwise, except as required by law. Because of the risks,
uncertainties and assumptions contained herein, investors should
not place undue reliance on Forward Looking-Information. The
foregoing statements expressly qualify any Forward-Looking
Information contained herein.
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Sandy Huard, Head of Communications, FSD Pharma Inc.
sandy@fsdpharma.com (647) 864-7969
Zeeshan Saeed, President, FSD Pharma Inc.
zeeshan@fsdpharma.com
Investor Relations IR@fsdpharma.com
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