Venus Concept Announces Completion of $6.72 Million Private Placement Financing
November 18 2022 - 08:30AM
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Venus Concept Inc. (“Venus Concept” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ:
VERO), a global medical aesthetic technology leader, today
announced that it has completed a non-brokered private placement
(the “Private Placement”) of convertible preferred stock (the
“Preferred Shares”) and common stock (the “Common Shares”) of the
Company. Pursuant to the Private Placement, an aggregate of
3,185,000 Preferred Shares and 1,750,000 Common Shares were issued,
resulting in aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of $6.72
million before offering expenses, which will be used for working
capital and general corporate purposes.
The Common Shares were issued at a price of
$0.20 per share, and the Preferred Shares were issued at $2.00 per
share. Each Preferred Share is convertible into 10 Common Shares
(i) at the option of the holder or (ii) at the option of the
Company within 30 days following the earlier of (a) the 30-trading
day VWAP of the Common Shares exceeding $1.25 or (b) the Company
reporting two consecutive fiscal quarters of positive free cash
flow.
The Preferred Shares portion of the financing
was led by the Company’s existing investors: EW Healthcare
Partners, Masters Special Situations, LLC and its affiliates, and
HealthQuest Capital. The Common Shares portion of the financing was
led by Rajiv De Silva, Chief Executive Officer of Venus Concept,
Dr. Hemanth Varghese, President & Chief Business Officer of
Venus Concept, and Dr. S. Tyler Hollmig, an independent director of
Venus Concept.
“We appreciate the continued support from our
existing investors who participated in this capital raise,” said
Rajiv De Silva, Chief Executive Officer of Venus Concept. “This
financing provides Venus Concept with additional capital to advance
our operating initiatives, key R&D priorities and the ongoing
comprehensive assessment of the Company, which is currently
underway. This assessment is focused on achieving a profitable and
sustainable growth profile for the Company. We expect to commence
implementation of the transformation plan resulting from the
assessment during the first quarter of 2023. We intend to update
the investment community on our progress as part of our fourth
quarter earnings call in March 2023.”
The offer and sale of the foregoing securities
are being made in a transaction not involving a public offering and
have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the “Securities Act”), or applicable state securities
laws, and will be sold in a private placement pursuant to Section
4(a)(2) and/or Regulation D of the Securities Act. The securities
may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration
or pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of
the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. The
Company has agreed to file a registration statement covering the
resale of the Common Shares acquired by the investors in the
private placement, including the Common Shares issuable upon
conversion of the Preferred Shares.
This press release does not constitute an offer
to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the securities, nor
shall there be any sale of the securities in any state or
jurisdiction in which such offer or sale would be unlawful prior to
the registration or qualification under the securities laws of such
state or jurisdiction.
About Venus Concept
Venus Concept is an innovative global medical
aesthetic technology leader with a broad product portfolio of
minimally invasive and non-invasive medical aesthetic and hair
restoration technologies and reach in over 60 countries and 16
direct markets. Venus Concept’s product portfolio consists of
aesthetic device platforms, including Venus Versa, Venus Legacy,
Venus Velocity, Venus Fiore, Venus Viva, Venus Glow, Venus Bliss,
Venus BlissMAX, Venus Epileve and Venus Viva MD. Venus Concept’s
hair restoration systems include NeoGraft® and the ARTAS iX®
Robotic Hair Restoration system. Venus Concept has been backed by
leading healthcare industry growth equity investors including EW
Healthcare Partners (formerly Essex Woodlands), HealthQuest
Capital, Longitude Capital Management, Aperture Venture Partners,
and Masters Special Situations.
Cautionary Statement Regarding
Forward-Looking Statements
This communication contains contains
“forward-looking” statements within the meaning of Section 27A
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and Section 21E of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Any statements
contained herein that are not of historical facts may be deemed to
be forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify
these statements by words such as such as “anticipates,”
“believes,” “plans,” “expects,” “projects,” “future,” “intends,”
“may,” “should,” “could,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential,”
“continue,” “guidance,” and other similar expressions that are
predictions of or indicate future events and future trends. These
forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to,
statements about our financial performance; the growth in demand
for our systems and other products; and general economic
conditions, including the global economic impact of COVID-19, and
involve risks and uncertainties that may cause results to differ
materially from those set forth in the statements. These
forward-looking statements are based on current expectations,
estimates, forecasts, and projections about our business and the
industry in which the Company operates and management's beliefs and
assumptions and are not guarantees of future performance or
developments and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties,
and other factors that are in some cases beyond our control. As a
result, any or all of our forward-looking statements in this
communication may turn out to be inaccurate. Factors that could
materially affect our business operations and financial performance
and condition include, but are not limited to, those risks and
uncertainties described under Part II Item 1A—“Risk Factors” in our
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Part I Item 1A—“Risk Factors” in
our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2021. You are urged to consider these factors
carefully in evaluating the forward-looking statements and are
cautioned not to place undue reliance on the forward-looking
statements. The forward-looking statements are based on information
available to us as of the date of this communication. Unless
required by law, the Company does not intend to publicly update or
revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or
future events or otherwise.
Investor Relations Contact:
ICR Westwicke on behalf of Venus Concept:
Mike Piccinino, CFA
VenusConceptIR@westwicke.com
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