SELLAS Life Sciences Announces $9.2 Million Private Placement Priced At-The-Market

Rhea-AI Summary

SELLAS Life Sciences Group (Nasdaq: SLS) announced on July 31, 2020, a private placement to raise approximately $9.2 million by offering up to 2,744,078 shares of common stock and accompanying warrants, priced at $3.335 per share. The transaction closing is expected on August 4, 2020, subject to customary conditions. Maxim Group LLC is the sole placement agent. The securities will not be registered under the Securities Act and are offered only to accredited investors. SELLAS is focused on innovative cancer immunotherapies, including its lead candidate, galinpepimut-S.

Positive

• Raising approximately $9.2 million through a private placement.
• Maxim Group LLC acting as the sole placement agent provides credibility.
• Potential for significant funding to advance cancer immunotherapy development.

Negative

• Warrants will be exercisable at a price lower than the offering price, potentially leading to dilution of existing shares.
• Private placement only accessible to accredited investors limits broader market involvement.

NEW YORK, July 31, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SELLAS Life Sciences Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SLS) (“SELLAS” or the “Company”), a late-stage clinical biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel cancer immunotherapies for a broad range of cancer indications, today announced that it has entered into securities purchase agreements with certain institutional and accredited investors to raise approximately $9.2 million through the private placement of up to 2,744,078 shares of its common stock and accompanying warrants to purchase an aggregate of 2,744,078 shares of common stock at a combined purchase price of $3.335 per share and accompanying warrant. The warrants will be exercisable immediately at an exercise price of $3.30 per share and will expire five years from the effective date.  The closing of the private placement is expected to occur on August 4, 2020 and is subject to the satisfaction of certain customary closing conditions set forth in the securities purchase agreements.

Maxim Group LLC is acting as the sole placement agent for the transaction.

The shares of common stock and warrants described above have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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. The securities were offered only to accredited investors. Pursuant to a registration rights agreement with the investors, the Company has agreed to file one or more registration statements with the SEC covering the resale of the shares of common stock and the shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any of the securities described herein, 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 SELLAS Life Sciences Group, Inc.

SELLAS is a late-stage clinical biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel cancer immunotherapeutics for a broad range of cancer indications. SELLAS’ lead product candidate, galinpepimut-S (GPS), is licensed from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and targets the WT1 protein, which is present in an array of tumor types. GPS has potential as a monotherapy or in combination to address a broad spectrum of hematologic malignancies and solid tumor indications. SELLAS’ second product candidate, nelipepimut-S (NPS), is a HER2-directed cancer immunotherapy with potential for the treatment of patients with early stage breast cancer with low to intermediate HER2 expression, otherwise known as HER2 1+ or 2+, which includes triple negative breast cancer patients, following standard of care.

For more information on SELLAS, please visit www.sellaslifesciences.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements. All statements other than statements of historical facts are “forward-looking statements,” including those relating to future events. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as “plan,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “may,” “might,” “will,” “should,” “project,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” “intend,” or “continue” and other words or terms of similar meaning. These statements include, without limitation, statements related to the anticipated timing for closing the private placement, the Company’s plans for further development of and regulatory plans for GPS, including the timing of clinical results, the potential for GPS as a drug development candidate, plans for further development of and regulatory plans for NPS, statements regarding the outcome of discussions with the FDA regarding NPS and statements about the Company’s strategy and plans for out-licensing NPS. These forward-looking statements are based on current plans, objectives, estimates, expectations and intentions, and inherently involve significant risks and uncertainties. Actual results and the timing of events could differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements as a result of these risks and uncertainties, which include, without limitation, risks and uncertainties associated with the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the Company’s clinical plans and business strategy, risks and uncertainties associated with immune-oncology product development and clinical success thereof, the uncertainty of regulatory approval, and other risks and uncertainties affecting SELLAS and its development programs as set forth under the caption “Risk Factors” in SELLAS’ Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 13, 2020 and in its other SEC filings. Other risks and uncertainties of which SELLAS is not currently aware may also affect SELLAS’ forward-looking statements and may cause actual results and the timing of events to differ materially from those anticipated. The forward-looking statements herein are made only as of the date hereof. SELLAS undertakes no obligation to update or supplement any forward-looking statements to reflect actual results, new information, future events, changes in its expectations or other circumstances that exist after the date as of which the forward-looking statements were made.

Investor Contacts
Adam Holdsworth
PCG Advisory
646-862-4607
adamh@pcgadvisory.com

Investor Relations
SELLAS Life Sciences Group, Inc.
917-438-4353
info@sellaslife.com

FAQ

What is SELLAS Life Sciences Group's stock symbol?

SELLAS Life Sciences Group trades under the stock symbol SLS.

How much money is SELLAS Life Sciences raising in the recent private placement?

SELLAS Life Sciences is raising approximately $9.2 million through a private placement.

When is the expected closing date for the SELLAS private placement?

The closing of the private placement is expected to occur on August 4, 2020.

Who is the placement agent for the SELLAS fundraising?

Maxim Group LLC is acting as the sole placement agent for the transaction.

What will the funds raised by SELLAS Life Sciences be used for?

The funds are expected to be used to advance the development of cancer immunotherapies.