Vicarious Surgical Announces Launch of Proposed Public Offering
August 02 2023 - 04:45PM
Business Wire
Vicarious Surgical Inc. (“Vicarious Surgical” or the “Company”)
(NYSE: RBOT, RBOT WS), a next-generation robotics technology
company seeking to improve patient outcomes as well as both the
cost and efficiency of surgical procedures, today announced that it
has commenced an underwritten public offering of $45.0 million of
shares of its Class A common stock (“Common Stock”). All of the
shares of Common Stock are being offered by Vicarious Surgical. In
addition, the Company has granted the underwriters a 30-day option
to purchase up to $6.75 million of additional shares of its Common
Stock.
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Cowen and Company, LLC are
acting as joint book-running managers for the offering. The
proposed offering is subject to market and other 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.
Vicarious Surgical intends to use the net proceeds from the
offering, together with its existing cash and cash equivalents, for
funding of ongoing operations, including the development of our
single-port surgical robot, called the Vicarious Surgical System,
and other general corporate purposes.
A registration statement on Form S-3 relating to these
securities was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(“SEC”) on October 7, 2022, and was declared effective by the SEC
on October 27, 2022. The offering is being made only by means of a
preliminary prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus which
will be filed with the SEC relating to and describing the terms of
the proposed offering and will be available on the SEC’s website at
www.sec.gov. You can also obtain the preliminary prospectus
supplement and accompanying prospectus, when available, by
contacting Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC at Morgan Stanley & Co.
LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, 180 Varick Street, 2nd
Floor, New York, New York 10014, by phone at 1-866-718-1649 or by
email at prospectus@morganstanley.com, or Cowen and Company, LLC at
Cowen and Company, LLC, 599 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10022,
by email at Prospectus_ECM@cowen.com or by telephone at (833)
297-2926. The final terms of the offering will be disclosed in a
final prospectus supplement to be filed with the SEC.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a
solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor shall there
be any sale of these securities in any state or other jurisdiction
in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful
prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of
any such state or other jurisdiction.
About Vicarious Surgical
Founded in 2014, Vicarious Surgical is a next generation
robotics company, developing a unique disruptive technology with
the multiple goals of substantially increasing the efficiency of
surgical procedures, improving patient outcomes, and reducing
healthcare costs. The Company’s novel surgical approach uses
proprietary human-like surgical robots to transport surgeons inside
the patient to perform minimally invasive surgery. The Company is
led by an experienced team of technologists, medical device
professionals and physicians, and is backed by a strong investor
base. The Company is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes “forward-looking statements” within
the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the United States
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including, but
not limited to, statements regarding the proposed underwritten
offering, including Vicarious Surgical’s expectations with respect
to completion, timing and size of the proposed offering, the
underwriters’ exercise of the option to purchase additional shares,
and the use and application of the estimated net proceeds. The
Company’s actual results may differ from its expectations,
estimates, and projections and, consequently, you should not rely
on these forward-looking statements as predictions of future
events. All statements other than statements of historical facts
contained herein are forward-looking statements that reflect the
current beliefs and expectations of management. These
forward-looking statements involve significant risks and
uncertainties that could cause the actual results to differ
materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements.
Most of these factors are outside Vicarious Surgical’s control and
are difficult to predict. Factors that may cause such differences
include, but are not limited to: market conditions at the time of
the proposed offering, the ability to recognize the benefits of
Vicarious Surgical’s business combination, which may be affected
by, among other things, competition and its ability to grow and
manage growth profitably and retain its key employees; the ability
to maintain the listing of Vicarious Surgical’s Class A common
stock on the New York Stock Exchange; the success, cost and timing
of Vicarious Surgical’s product and service development activities;
the regulatory clearance, authorization or approval,
commercialization and adoption of Vicarious Surgical’s initial
product candidates and the success of Vicarious Surgical’s
single-port surgical robot, called the Vicarious Surgical System,
and any of Vicarious Surgical’s future product candidates and
service offerings; the potential attributes and benefits of the
Vicarious Surgical System and any of Vicarious Surgical’s other
product and service offerings once commercialized; Vicarious
Surgical’s ability to obtain and maintain regulatory clearance,
authorization, or approval for the Vicarious Surgical System and
its product and service offerings on the timeline Vicarious
Surgical expects, and without unexpected restrictions and
limitations of any authorized product or service offering; changes
in U.S. and foreign laws; Vicarious Surgical’s ability to identify,
in-license or acquire additional technology; Vicarious Surgical’s
ability to maintain its license agreements and manufacturing
arrangements and scale manufacturing of the Vicarious Surgical
System and any future product candidates to commercial quantities;
Vicarious Surgical’s ability to compete with other companies
currently marketing or engaged in the development of products and
services for use in ventral hernia repair procedures and additional
surgical applications, as well as with the use of open surgeries;
the size and growth potential of the markets for the Vicarious
Surgical System and any of Vicarious Surgical’s future product and
service offerings, and the ability of each to serve those markets
once commercialized, either alone or in partnership with others;
Vicarious Surgical’s estimates regarding expenses, future revenue,
capital requirements, cash runway and needs for additional
financing; Vicarious Surgical’s ability to raise financing in the
future; Vicarious Surgical’s financial performance; Vicarious
Surgical’s intellectual property rights and its ability to protect
or enforce these rights, and the impact on our business, results
and financial condition if Vicarious Surgical is unsuccessful in
doing so; and Vicarious Surgical’s ability to address economic
downturns and political and market conditions beyond the control of
Vicarious Surgical and their potential to adversely affect
Vicarious Surgical’s business, financial condition and results of
operations, including, but not limited to, increasing Vicarious
Surgical’s expenses and cost of capital and adversely impacting its
supply chain. Vicarious Surgical cautions that the foregoing list
of factors is not exclusive. The Company cautions readers not to
place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements, which
speak only as of the date made. Vicarious Surgical does not
undertake or accept any obligation or undertaking to release
publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements
to reflect any change in its expectations or any change in events,
conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is
based.
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Vicarious Surgical Contact:
Kaitlyn Brosco Vicarious Surgical
Kbrosco@vicarioussurgical.com
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