Immunic, a biotechnology company developing a clinical pipeline of orally administered, small molecule therapies for chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, today announced the closing of its previously announced underwritten public offering of (i) pre-funded warrants to purchase shares of common stock (the “Pre-Funded Warrants”), (ii) series A warrants to purchase shares of common stock (or pre-funded warrants) (the “Series A Warrants”), and (iii) series B warrants to purchase shares of common stock (or pre-funded warrants) (the “Series B Warrants”).
The Pre-Funded Warrants are immediately exercisable, and may be exercised at any time after their original issuance. The Series A Warrants are immediately exercisable any time after their original issuance until December 31, 2025. The Series B Warrants will be exercisable beginning on October 1, 2025, or earlier if certain thresholds are met, until June 3, 2030. The Series A and B Warrants will immediately expire in proportion to the extent that the corresponding Pre-Funded Warrant offered hereby is exercised on or prior to September 30, 2025, subject to certain exceptions.
The initial proceeds to Immunic from the offering were approximately $65 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses. The Company may receive up to an aggregate of $130 million of additional proceeds if the Series A Warrants and Series B Warrants are exercised in full for cash.
The financing was co-led by BVF Partners and Coastlands Capital, and included participation from Aberdeen Investments, Adage Capital Partners LP, Janus Henderson Investors, and other institutional investors.
Leerink Partners acted as the sole bookrunner for the offering. B. Riley Securities and Brookline Capital Markets, a division of Arcadia Securities, LLC, acted as co-managers, and William Blair & Company, L.L.C. served as financial advisor to the Company.
The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to fund its clinical trials and operations and for other general corporate purposes.
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, 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 such state or jurisdiction.
