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Catalyst Biosciences Announces Pricing of Public Offering of Common StockSOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Feb. 13, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Catalyst Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBIO), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel treatments for hemophilia and other rare bleeding disorders, (the Company), today announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 4,615,385 shares of its common stock, offered at a price of $6.50 per share to the public. Additionally, the Company has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 692,307 shares of its common stock. All of the shares in the offering are being offered by the Company. The offering is expected to close on or about February 18, 2020, subject to customary closing conditions. The gross proceeds to the Company from this offering are expected to be approximately $30 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other estimated offering expenses payable by the Company. This amount assumes no exercise of the underwriters’ option. The Company anticipates using the net proceeds from this offering for general corporate purposes, which may include clinical and manufacturing activities for Marzeptacog alfa and dalcinonacog alfa, research and development activities, capital expenditures, selling, general and administrative costs, facilities expansion, and to meet working capital needs. Raymond James & Associates, Inc. is acting as the sole book-running manager and JonesTrading Institutional Services LLC, Chardan and LifeSci Capital LLC are acting as co-managers for the offering. A "shelf" registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-228970) relating to the public offering of the shares of common stock described above was previously filed with and declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on February 14, 2019. A preliminary prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the offering have been filed with the SEC and are available on the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov. Copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus, and when available, copies of the final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus may also be obtained from Raymond James & Associates, Inc., Attention: Equity Syndicate, 880 Carillon Parkway, St. Petersburg, Florida 33716, by telephone at (800) 248-8863, by e-mail at [email protected]. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any of the securities described herein. There shall not be any offer, solicitation of an offer to buy, or sale of securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offering, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. About Catalyst Forward-Looking Statements Contact: |