Harrow Health Announces Closing of $20 Million Aggregate Principal Amount Offering of 8.625% Senior Notes Due 2026

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Harrow Health (NASDAQ: HROW) announced the closure of its public offering, raising $20 million through the issuance of 8.625% senior notes due 2026. This includes a $2.5 million over-allotment option. The net proceeds of approximately $19.6 million will be used to redeem Series B Cumulative Preferred Stock and for general corporate purposes, including future product acquisitions. The notes, rated "BB" by Egan-Jones Ratings, will trade on Nasdaq under the symbol 'HROWL'.

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• Successfully raised $20 million through senior notes offering.
• Net proceeds of $19.6 million to be used for redeeming preferred stock and funding strategic initiatives.
• Notes rated "BB" indicating a stable credit rating.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 17, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Harrow Health, Inc. (NASDAQ: HROW) (“Harrow Health” or the “Company”), an ophthalmic-focused healthcare company, today announced the closing of its underwritten registered public offering of $20 million aggregate principal amount of 8.625% senior notes due 2026 (the “Notes”), which includes the full exercise of the over-allotment option of $2.5 million aggregate principal amount granted to the underwriters. The Notes will be treated as a single series with the Company’s outstanding 8.625% senior notes due 2026 and will trade interchangeably with the existing notes.

Harrow Health and this issuance of Notes both received a rating of “BB” from Egan-Jones Ratings Company, an independent, unaffiliated rating agency. The Notes will trade on Nasdaq under the symbol “HROWL” following the closing date of this offering.

The offering resulted in net proceeds of approximately $19.6 million after deducting underwriting discounts and commission, but before expenses. The Company expects to use the net proceeds of the offering to redeem all outstanding shares of its Series B Cumulative Preferred Stock, with the remaining net proceeds available for general corporate purposes, including funding future strategic product acquisitions and related investments, making capital expenditures and funding working capital.

B. Riley Securities, Inc. and Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. acted as joint book-running managers for this offering.

Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP acted as legal counsel to the Company. Duane Morris LLP acted as legal counsel to the underwriters.

The Notes were offered under the Company’s shelf registration statement on Form S-3, which was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on July 13, 2020. The offering of these Notes was made only by means of a prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus, each of which was previously filed with the SEC.

Copies of the prospectus supplement and the accompanying base prospectus may be obtained on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov, or by contacting B. Riley Securities by phone at (703) 312-9580, or by emailing prospectuses@brileyfin.com.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of the Notes in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, sale or solicitation would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

About Harrow Health
Harrow Health, Inc. (NASDAQ: HROW) is an ophthalmic-focused healthcare company. The Company owns and operates ImprimisRx, one of the nation’s leading ophthalmology outsourcing and pharmaceutical compounding businesses, and Visionology, a direct-to-consumer eye care subsidiary focused on chronic eye disease. Harrow Health also holds non-controlling equity positions in Eton Pharmaceuticals, Surface Ophthalmics and Melt Pharmaceuticals, all of which started as Harrow Health subsidiaries. Harrow Health also owns royalty rights in four clinical stage drug candidates being developed by Surface Ophthalmics and Melt Pharmaceuticals. For more information about Harrow Health, please visit the Investors section of our corporate website, harrowinc.com.

Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any statements in this release that are not historical facts may be considered such “forward-looking statements.” Such forward looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the intended use of proceeds. Because these forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, there are important factors that could cause actual results, events or developments to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Additional risks and uncertainties are more fully described in Harrow Health’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2021. Such documents may be read free of charge on the SEC's web site at www.sec.gov. Undue reliance should not be placed on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they are made. Except as required by law, Harrow Health undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect new information, events or circumstances after the date they are made, or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

Contact:
Jamie Webb, Director of Communications and Investor Relations
jwebb@harrowinc.com
615-733-4737

FAQ

What amount did Harrow Health raise in its public offering of HROW senior notes?

Harrow Health raised $20 million in its public offering of senior notes.

What are the terms of Harrow Health's senior notes?

The senior notes have an interest rate of 8.625% and are due in 2026.

What will Harrow Health do with the proceeds from the HROW notes offering?

The proceeds will be used to redeem Series B Cumulative Preferred Stock and for general corporate purposes.

What is the Nasdaq trading symbol for Harrow Health's new senior notes?

The new senior notes will trade under the symbol 'HROWL' on Nasdaq.

Who were the underwriters for Harrow Health's senior notes offering?

B. Riley Securities and Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. acted as joint book-running managers for the offering.