OCX - Oncocyte Corporation Announces $15.8 Million Private Placement of Securities Priced At-The-Market Under Nasdaq Rules | Benzinga
IRVINE, Calif., April 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oncocyte Corporation (NASDAQ:OCX) ("Oncocyte" or the "Company"), a precision diagnostics company, today announced that it has entered into definitive securities purchase agreements (the "Purchase Agreements") for the purchase and sale of an aggregate of 5,077,387 shares of common stock, at a purchase price of $ 2.9164 per share of common stock, and pre-funded warrants to purchase 342,888 shares of common stock at a purchase price of $2.9163 per pre-funded warrant (the "Pre-Funded Warrants"). The exercise price of the Pre-Funded Warrants is $0.0001 per share. The private placement was priced "at-the-market" under the rules and regulations of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC. The private placement is expected to close on or about April 15, 2024, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
Needham & Company is acting as the exclusive placement agent for the private placement.
The gross proceeds to the Company from the private placement are expected to be approximately $15.8 million, before deducting the placement agent's fees and other offering expenses payable by the Company. The Company intends to use the net proceeds to redeem the outstanding shares of the Company's Series A Preferred Stock, for working capital and general corporate purposes.
The offer and sale of the securities described above are being offered and sold in a private placement under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and Regulation D promulgated thereunder, and ...