Scinai Immunotherapeutics Announces Closing of Exercise of Outstanding Warrants for $1.69 Million in Gross Proceeds
JERUSALEM, Jan. 4, 2024 — Scinai Immunotherapeutics Ltd. (NASDAQ: SCNI), a biopharmaceutical company focused both on development of inflammation and immunology (I&I) biological therapeutic products and provision of boutique CDMO services, today announced the closing of its previously announced exercise of certain outstanding warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 2,606,552 American Depositary Shares (ADSs), each representing four hundred ordinary shares, having exercise prices ranging from $1.16 to $5.00 per ADS and terms ranging from five and one-half years to three years, respectively, issued by Scinai in September 2023 and December 2022, at a reduced exercise price of $0.65 per ADS. The ADSs representing ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants were registered pursuant to effective registration statements on Form F-1 (File Nos. 333-275217 and 333-267648).
H.C. Wainwright & Co. acted as the exclusive placement agent for the offering.
In consideration for the immediate exercise of the warrants for cash, Scinai has issued new unregistered warrants to purchase up to 5,213,104 ADSs. The new warrants have an exercise price of $0.65 per ADS, are immediately exercisable upon issuance and have a term of exercise equal to three years or five and one-half years, as applicable, based on the term of the exercised warrants, from the date of issuance.
The gross proceeds to Scinai from the exercise of the warrants were approximately $1.69 million, prior to deducting placement agent fees and offering expenses. The company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for general working capital, research and development, and general corporate purposes.
The new warrants described above were offered in a private placement pursuant to an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), and, along with the ADSs issuable upon exercise, have not been registered under the 1933 Act, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") or an applicable exemption from such registration requirements. Scinai has agreed to file a registration statement with the SEC covering the resale of the shares of ADSs issuable upon exercise of the new warrants.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities in this offering, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or other jurisdiction.
About Scinai Immunotherapeutics:
Scinai Immunotherapeutics Ltd. (NASDAQ: SCNI) is a biopharmaceutical company with two complementary business units, one focused on in-house development of inflammation and immunology (I&I) biological therapeutic products beginning with an innovative, de-risked, pipeline of nanosized VHH antibodies (NanoAbs) targeting diseases with large unmet medical needs, and the other a boutique CDMO providing services to help biotech companies efficiently bring their products to market by leveraging Scinai's drug development and GMP and non-GMP manufacturing capabilities for pre-clinical and clinical studies. Company website: www.scinai.com.
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/PRNewswire/ -- Scinai Immunotherapeutics Ltd. (NASDAQ: SCNI), a biopharmaceutical company focused both on development of inflammation and immunology (I&I)...