BEDFORD, Mass., Dec. 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ocular Therapeutix™, Inc. (NASDAQ:OCUL) (the "Company"), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the formulation, development, and commercialization of innovative therapies for diseases and conditions of the eye, today announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 30,800,000 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $3.25 per share for gross proceeds of $100.1 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering expenses payable by the Company. In addition, the Company has granted the underwriters of the offering a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 4,620,000 shares in the public offering on the same terms and conditions. All of the shares in the offering are to be sold by the Company. The offering is expected to close on or about December 18, 2023, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
Jefferies, BofA Securities and Piper Sandler & Co. are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering. JMP Securities, A Citizens Company, Raymond James and H.C. Wainwright & Co. are acting as co-managers for the offering.
The Company intends to use the net proceeds from this offering, together with its existing cash and cash equivalents, to fund the Phase 3 clinical development of AXPAXLI for the treatment of wet AMD, including its ongoing SOL pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial and its planned second Phase 3 clinical trial; to support its other clinical development programs; and for working capital and other general corporate purposes.
The offering is being made pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 that was previously filed with and declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The offering is made only by means of a prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus that form a part of the registration statement. Before investing in the offering, interested parties should read ...