IPA Increases Previously Announced Bought Deal Offering of Common Shares to $21.7 Million
04 Februar 2021 - 4:50AM
Business Wire
IMMUNOPRECISE ANTIBODIES LTD. (the "Company" or "IPA") (NASDAQ:
IPA) (TSX VENTURE: IPA) a leader in full-service, therapeutic
antibody discovery and development, today announced that, due to
demand, the underwriter has agreed to increase the size of the
previously announced public offering and purchase on a firm
commitment basis 1,616,293 common shares of the Company (the
“Common Shares”), at a price to the public of $13.45 per Common
Share, less underwriting discounts and commissions, for gross
proceeds to the Company of approximately $21.7 million. The closing
of the offering is expected to occur on or about February 8, 2021,
subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
H.C. Wainwright & Co. is acting as sole book-running manager
for the Offering.
The Company also has granted to the underwriter a 30-day option
to purchase up to an additional 242,443 Common Shares at the public
offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions. The
Company intends to use the net proceeds from the Offering for (i)
pursuing the Company’s objective of expanding its operations into
Good Laboratory Practice and Good Manufacturing Practice-certified;
(ii) the development and commercialization of Talem Therapeutics,
LLC’s, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, internal and
partnered therapeutic discovery programs; (iii) investments in
employees, partnerships, cloud computing, data curation and
analysis to enable further work toward the development of custom
algorithms, cloud computing, large-scale sequence data analysis,
and expanded access to next-generation sequencing technologies;
(iv) the development of its PolyTopeTM approach to the development
of innovative therapeutics and vaccines against the COVID-19; and
(v) general corporate and working capital purposes.
In connection with the Offering, the Company filed with the
securities regulatory authorities in each of the provinces of
Canada (except Quebec), a short form base shelf prospectus dated
December 11, 2020. The short form base shelf prospectus was filed
on Form F-10 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
(SEC). The Company also filed a preliminary prospectus supplement
to the short form base shelf prospectus with the securities
regulatory authority in the Province of British Columbia as well as
with the SEC as part of a registration statement on Form F-10 under
the U.S.-Canada multijurisdictional disclosure system (MJDS). The
Common Shares will only be offered and sold in the United States
either directly or through duly registered U.S. broker dealers. No
Common Shares will be offered or sold to Canadian purchasers.
The Offering is being made in the United States only by means of
the registration statement, including the base shelf prospectus and
applicable prospectus supplement. Such documents contain important
information about the offering. A short form base shelf prospectus
and accompanying preliminary prospectus supplement have been filed
with the SEC and are available for free on the SEC's website at
www.sec.gov and on the SEDAR website at www.sedar.com. Copies of
the short form base shelf prospectus and accompanying final
prospectus supplement will be filed with the SEC and will be
available for free on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov and on the
SEDAR website at www.sedar.com. Electronic copies of the final
prospectus supplement and registration statement, when available,
may also be obtained from H.C. Wainwright & Co. LLC, 430 Park
Avenue 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10022, or by calling (646) 975-6996
or by emailing placements@hcwco.com.
Prospective investors should read the base shelf prospectus and
the prospectus supplement as well as the registration statement
before making an investment decision.
No securities regulatory authority has either approved or
disapproved the contents of this news release. This news release
shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an
offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in
any province, state or jurisdiction in which such offer,
solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or
qualification under the securities laws of any such province, state
or jurisdiction.
About ImmunoPrecise Antibodies Ltd.
IPA is a global technology platform company with end-to-end
solutions empowering companies to discover and develop therapies
against any disease. The Company's experience and cutting-edge
technologies enable unparalleled support of its partners in their
quest to bring innovative treatments to the clinic. IPA’s
full-service capabilities dramatically reduce the time required
for, and the inherent risk associated with, conventional
multi-vendor product development. For further information, visit
www.immunoprecise.com or contact solutions@immunoprecise.com.
Forward Looking Statements
This news release contains forward-looking statements and
forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable United
States securities laws and Canadian securities laws (together, the
“forward-looking statements”. Forward-looking statements are often
identified by the use of words such as "plans", "expects" or "does
not expect", "is expected", "estimates", "intends", "anticipates"
or "does not anticipate", or "believes", or variations of such
words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results
"may", "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be
achieved. Forward-looking statements contained in this news release
include, but are not limited to, statements relating to the
offering, including the satisfaction of closing conditions, and the
use of proceeds from the offering. In respect of the
forward-looking statements contained herein, the Company has
provided such statements and information in reliance on certain
assumptions that management believed to be reasonable at the
time.
Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results,
performance or achievements stated herein to be materially
different from any future results, performance or achievements
expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Completion
of the offering is subject to numerous factors, many of which are
beyond the Company’s control, including but not limited to, market
and other conditions, the failure of customary closing conditions
and other important factors disclosed previously and from time to
time in the Company’s filings with the securities regulatory
authorities in each of the provinces of Canada and the SEC. Should
one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should
assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements prove
incorrect, actual results, performance, or achievements may vary
materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking
statements contained in this news release. Accordingly, readers
should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements
contained in this news release.
The forward-looking statements contained in this news release
are made as of the date of this release and, accordingly, are
subject to change after such date. The Company does not assume any
obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements,
whether written or oral, that may be made from time to time by us
or on our behalf, except as required by applicable law.
SOURCE ImmunoPrecise Antibodies Ltd.
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