Aileron Therapeutics Announces Pricing of Underwritten Registered Direct Offering Priced At-The-Market Under Nasdaq Rules of up to Approximately $40 Million
Aileron Therapeutics, Inc. announced the pricing of an underwritten registered direct offering to raise up to $40 million under Nasdaq rules. The offering includes 4,273,505 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase an equal number of shares. The offering is expected to generate approximately $20 million in gross proceeds, with the potential for an additional $20 million from warrant exercises. The warrants have an exercise price of $4.68 per share and will expire three years from the date of issuance. The offering is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to close on or about May 3, 2024.
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AUSTIN, Texas, May 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aileron Therapeutics, Inc. (“Aileron”) (NASDAQ: ALRN), a biopharmaceutical company advancing a novel pipeline of first-in-class medicines to address significant unmet medical needs in orphan pulmonary and fibrosis indications, today announced the pricing of an underwritten registered direct offering priced at-the-market under Nasdaq rules of 4,273,505 shares of its common stock and accompanying warrants to purchase an aggregate of 4,273,505 shares of common stock. Each share of common stock and accompanying warrant are being sold together at a combined public offering price of
The accompanying warrants will have an exercise price of
Titan Partners Group, a division of American Capital Partners, is acting as sole book-running manager for the offering.
The securities were offered pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-265470) that was previously filed with and declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on June 16, 2022. The offering was made only by means of a prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus that form a part of the registration statement. A final prospectus supplement relating to the offering will be filed with the SEC and may be obtained for free by visiting the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. When available, copies of the final prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus may also be obtained for free by contacting Titan Partners Group, LLC, a division of American Capital Partners, LLC, 4 World Trade Center, 29th Floor, New York, NY 10007, by phone at (929) 833-1246 or by email at prospectus@titanpartnersgrp.com.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities, in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful, prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
About Aileron Therapeutics
Aileron Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company advancing a pipeline of first-in-class medicines to address significant unmet medical needs in orphan pulmonary and fibrosis indications. Aileron’s lead product candidate, LTI-03, is a novel, synthetic peptide with a dual mechanism targeting alveolar epithelial cell survival as well as inhibition of profibrotic signaling. Currently, LTI-03 is being evaluated in a Phase 1b clinical trial for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Aileron’s second product candidate, LTI-01, is a proenzyme that has completed Phase 1b and Phase 2a clinical trials for the treatment of loculated pleural effusions. LTI-01 has received Orphan Drug Designation in the US and EU and Fast Track Designation in the US.
Forward-Looking Statements
Any statements in this press release about future expectations, plans, and prospects for the Company, including the expected gross proceeds of the offering, any proceeds to be received upon exercise of the warrants and the anticipated closing date of the offering, and other statements containing the words “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend”, “goal,” “may”, “might,” “plan,” “predict,” “project,” “target,” “potential,” “will,” “would,” “could,” “should,” “continue,” and similar expressions, constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors. Such forward-looking statements involve substantial risks and uncertainties that could cause Aileron’s clinical development programs, future results, performance or achievements to differ significantly from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, among others, uncertainties related to market conditions and the satisfaction of customary closing conditions related to the completion of the offering, uncertainties as to the exercise of the warrants issued in the offering, as well as the risks and uncertainties discussed in the “Risk Factors” section of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, which is on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission and in subsequent filings that Aileron files with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing the Company’s view as of any date subsequent to the date of this press release, and we expressly disclaim any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
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