IPOS - Humacyte Inc. Announces Pricing of $40.2 Million Public Offering of Common Stock | Benzinga
DURHAM, N.C., Feb. 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Humacyte, Inc. (NASDAQ:HUMA), a clinical-stage biotechnology platform company developing universally implantable, bioengineered human tissue at commercial scale, today announced today announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 13,400,000 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $3.00 per share. The aggregate gross proceeds from this offering are expected to be $40.2 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering expenses payable by Humacyte. The closing of the offering is expected to occur on or about March 5, 2024, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. In addition, Humacyte has granted the underwriters an option for a period of 30 days to purchase up to an additional 2,010,000 shares of Humacyte's common stock at the public offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions. All of the shares of common stock are being sold by Humacyte.
TD Cowen and Cantor are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering. BTIG is acting as lead manager.
Humacyte intends to use the net proceeds that it will receive from the offering to continue the advancement of its pipeline in regenerative medicine, to support U.S. Food and Drug Administration's ("FDA") review of its Biologics License Application ("BLA") seeking approval of Humacyte's bioengineered human acellular vessels ("HAVs") in urgent arterial repair following extremity vascular trauma when synthetic graft is not indicated and when autologous vein use is not feasible, to establish its initial commercial infrastructure in anticipation of future potential commercial launches and for general corporate purposes.
A shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-267225) was previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on September 1, 2022 and declared effective by the SEC on September 9, 2022. The securities are being offered by means of a prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the offering that form a part of the registration statement. A preliminary prospectus supplement relating to and describing the terms of the offering was filed with the SEC on February 29, 2024 and is available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. The final prospectus supplement relating to and describing the terms of the offering will be filed with the SEC and also will be ...