WARRINGTON, Pa., March 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Windtree
Therapeutics, Inc. (NasdaqCM: WINT) ("Windtree" or the "Company"),
a biotechnology and medical device company focused on advancing
multiple late-stage interventions for acute cardiovascular and
pulmonary disorders, today announced that it has commenced an
underwritten public offering of its shares of common stock and
warrants to purchase shares of common stock. All of the shares of
common stock and warrants in the offering will be sold by
Windtree. The offering is subject to market conditions, and
there can be no assurance as to whether or when the offering may be
completed, or as to the actual size or terms of the
offering.
Windtree intends to use the net proceeds from the proposed
offering, together with other available funds, for the continued
advancement of its lead product candidate istaroxime, a
first-in-class, dual-acting agent being developed to improve
cardiac function in patients with acute heart failure as well as in
early cardiogenic shock, including for start-up activities for a
second phase 2b clinical trial in
acute heart failure, and for the development of its other pipeline
product candidates and for working capital and general corporate
purposes.
Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. and Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc.
are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering.
National Securities Corporation is acting as the lead manager for
the offering.
The proposed offering is being conducted pursuant to Windtree's
shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-248874)
previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
("SEC") on September 17, 2020, and
declared effective by the SEC on September
29, 2020. The offering will be made only by means of the
written prospectus and prospectus supplement that form a part of
the registration statement. A preliminary prospectus supplement and
accompanying prospectus relating to the public offering will be
filed by the Company with the SEC. Copies of the preliminary
prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to
the offering may also be obtained from Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.,
Attention: Syndicate Prospectus Department, 85 Broad Street, 26th
Floor, New York, NY, 10004, by
telephone at (212) 667-8055, or by email at
equityprospectus@opco.com; or from Ladenburg Thalmann & Co.
Inc., Prospectus Department, 640 Fifth Avenue, 4th Floor,
New York, New York 10019 or by
email at prospectus@ladenburg.com.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or
the solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, 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.
About Windtree Therapeutics
Windtree Therapeutics, Inc. is advancing multiple late-stage
interventions for acute cardiovascular and pulmonary disorders to
treat patients in moments of crisis. Using new clinical approaches,
Windtree is developing a multi-asset franchise anchored around
compounds with an ability to activate SERCA2a, with lead candidate
istaroxime being developed as a first-in-class treatment for acute
heart failure and early cardiogenic shock in heart failure.
Windtree has also focused on developing AEROSURF® as a non-invasive
surfactant treatment for premature infants with respiratory
distress syndrome, and is facilitating transfer of clinical
development of AEROSURF® to its licensee in Asia, Lee's
HK, while Windtree evaluates other uses for its synthetic KL4
surfactant for the treatment of acute pulmonary conditions
including lung injury due to viral, chemical and radiation induced
insults. Also in its portfolio is rostafuroxin, a novel precision
drug product targeting hypertensive patients with certain genetic
profiles.
For more information, please visit the Company's website
at www.windtreetx.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within
the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. The Company may, in some cases, use terms such as "predicts,"
"believes," "potential," "proposed," "continue," "estimates,"
"anticipates," "expects," "plans," "intends," "may," "could,"
"might," "will," "should" or other words that convey uncertainty of
future events or outcomes to identify these forward-looking
statements. Such statements are based on information available to
the Company as of the date of this press release and are subject to
numerous important factors, risks and uncertainties that may cause
actual events or results to differ materially from the Company's
current expectations. Examples of such risks and uncertainties
include: risks and uncertainties associated with market conditions
and the satisfaction of customary closing conditions related to the
proposed offering and the Company's expectations regarding the
completion, timing and size of its public offering and the use of
proceeds therefrom. These and other risks are described in the
Company's periodic reports, including the annual report on Form
10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form
8-K, filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange
Commission and available at www.sec.gov. Any forward-looking
statements that the Company makes in this press release speak only
as of the date of this press release. The Company assumes no
obligation to update forward-looking statements whether as a result
of new information, future events or otherwise, after the date of
this press release.
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