Ruthigen announces pricing of initial public offering 24/03/2014

Ruthigen announces pricing of initial public offering
24/03/2014 13:49
Ruthigen, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of pharmaceutical-grade hypochlorous acid, or HOCl, based therapeutics designed to prevent and treat infection in invasive applications, announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 2,650,000 units, which reflects an increase in the originally anticipated number of units, with each unit consisting of one share of common stock and one Series A Warrant. Each Series A Warrant is exercisable for one share of common stock and one Series B Warrant to purchase one share of common stock. All of the units are being offered by Ruthigen at an initial public offering price of USD 7.25 per unit. The units will not be certificated and the shares of common stock and Series A Warrants may be transferred separately immediately upon issuance. In addition, Ruthigen has granted the representative of the underwriters a 45-day option to purchase up to 397,500 additional shares of common stock, and/or 397,500 additional Series A Warrants, or any combination thereof. The shares of the Company's common stock are expected to begin trading on The NASDAQ Capital Market on Friday, March 21, 2014 under the trading symbol "RTGN." The offering is expected to close on March 26, 2014, subject to customary closing conditions. The Series A Warrants issued in the initial public offering are immediately exercisable upon issuance at an initial exercise price of USD 7.25 per warrant. The Series A Warrants will expire on the second anniversary of the date of issuance. The Series B Warrants will be issued only upon exercise of the Series A Warrants and are immediately exercisable upon issuance at an initial exercise price of USD 9.0625 per warrant. The Series B Warrants will expire on the fifth anniversary of the date of issuance. The units, Series A Warrants and Series B Warrants will not be listed for trading on a securities exchange. Dawson James Securities, Inc. is acting as sole book-running manager for the underwritten offering.