Celcuity Announces Pricing of Underwritten Common Stock Offering
May 30 2024 - 7:36AM
Celcuity Inc. (Nasdaq: CELC), a clinical-stage biotechnology
company pursuing development of targeted therapies for oncology,
today announced the pricing of an underwritten offering of
3,871,000 shares of its common stock at an offering price of $15.50
per share. All of the securities are to be sold by Celcuity.
Investors who have agreed to purchase shares in the offering
include BVF Partners L.P., a U.S.-based healthcare focused
investor, Vivo Capital, Eventide Asset Management, Samlyn Capital,
Driehaus Capital Management and Blue Owl Healthcare Opportunities.
The offering is expected to close on or about May 31, 2024, subject
to satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
Gross proceeds to Celcuity from the offering are expected to be
$60.0 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and
commissions and offering expenses. Celcuity intends to use the net
proceeds from the offering for working capital and general
corporate purposes, which may include capital expenditures,
research and development expenditures, clinical trial expenditures,
expansion of business development activities and other general
corporate purposes. Clinical trial expenditures may include a Phase
3 clinical trial that Celcuity plans to initiate to evaluate
gedatolisib plus a CDK4/6 inhibitor and fulvestrant as first-line
treatment for patients with HR+/HER2- advanced breast cancer.
Celcuity expects that its existing cash, cash equivalents and
short-term investments and available borrowings under its recently
announced amended and restated loan and security agreement,
together with the net proceeds from this offering, will be
sufficient to fund Celcuity’s operating expenses and capital
expenditure requirements through at least the second half of
2026.
Leerink Partners, TD Cowen and Stifel acted as joint bookrunning
managers for the offering.
The shares are being offered by Celcuity pursuant to a
Registration Statement on Form S-3 previously filed with, and
declared effective by, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
(SEC). A prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating
to the offering will also be filed with the SEC. These documents
can be accessed for free through the SEC's website at
www.sec.gov.
When available, copies of the prospectus supplement and the
accompanying prospectus relating to this offering may also be
obtained from: Leerink Partners LLC, Attention: Syndicate
Department, 53 State Street, 40th Floor, Boston, MA 02109, by
telephone at (800) 808-7525, ext. 6105 or by email at
syndicate@leerink.com; or TD Securities (USA) LLC, 1 Vanderbilt
Avenue, New York, NY 10017, by telephone at (855) 495-9846 or by
email at TD.ECM_Prospectus@tdsecurities; or Stifel, Nicolaus &
Company, Incorporated, Attention: Prospectus Department, One
Montgomery Street, Suite 3700, San Francisco, CA 94104, by
telephone at (415) 364-2720 or by email at
syndprospectus@stifel.com.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a
solicitation of an offer to buy, nor will there be any sale of
these securities in any state or other jurisdiction in which such
offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful before registration
or qualification under the securities laws of that state or
jurisdiction.
About CelcuityCelcuity is a clinical-stage
biotechnology company focused on development of targeted therapies
for treatment of multiple solid tumor indications. The company's
lead therapeutic candidate is gedatolisib, a potent, pan-PI3K and
mTOR inhibitor. Its mechanism of action and pharmacokinetic
properties are highly differentiated from other currently approved
and investigational therapies that target PI3K or mTOR alone or
together. A Phase 3 clinical trial, VIKTORIA-1, evaluating
gedatolisib in combination with fulvestrant with or without
palbociclib in patients with HR+/HER2- advanced breast cancer is
currently enrolling patients. A Phase 1b/2 clinical trial,
CELC-G-201, evaluating gedatolisib in combination with darolutamide
in patients with metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer,
is currently enrolling patients. A Phase 3 clinical trial,
VIKTORIA-2, evaluating gedatolisib plus a CDK4/6 inhibitor and
fulvestrant as first-line treatment for patients with HR+/HER2-
advanced breast cancer is expected to begin enrolling patients in
the second quarter of 2025. The company’s CELsignia companion
diagnostic platform is uniquely able to analyze live patient tumor
cells to identify new groups of cancer patients likely to benefit
from already approved targeted therapies. Celcuity is headquartered
in Minneapolis.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking
StatementsThis press release contains statements that
constitute "forward-looking statements." In some cases, you can
identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as "may,"
"should," "expects," "plans," "anticipates," "believes,"
"estimates," "predicts," "potential," "intends" or "continue," and
other similar expressions that are predictions of or indicate
future events and future trends, or the negative of these terms or
other comparable terminology. Celcuity may not actually achieve the
plans, intentions or expectations disclosed in these
forward-looking statements, and you should not place undue reliance
on these forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are
subject to numerous risks, uncertainties, and conditions, many of
which are beyond the control of Celcuity, which include, but are
not limited to, risks and uncertainties related to market
conditions and satisfaction of customary closing conditions related
to the proposed offering, as well as those other risks set forth in
the Risk Factors section in Celcuity’s Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2023 filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on March 27, 2024, Celcuity’s most recent Form
10-Q and in subsequent filings Celcuity may make with the SEC.
Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these
forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof.
Celcuity undertakes no obligation to update these statements for
revisions or changes after the date of this press release, except
as required by law.
Contacts:
Celcuity Inc.Brian Sullivan, bsullivan@celcuity.comVicky
Hahne, vhahne@celcuity.com763-392-0123
ICR WestwickeMaria Yonkoski, maria.yonkoski@westwicke.com (619)
228-5886
SOURCE: Celcuity Inc.
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