LEXINGTON, Mass., Dec. 15, 2021 // -- Pulmatrix, Inc. (Nasdaq: PULM) ("Pulmatrix" or the "Company"), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing innovative inhaled therapies to address serious pulmonary and non-pulmonary disease using its patented iSPERSE™ technology, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with certain institutional investors for the issuance and sale of an aggregate of 6,745 shares of convertible preferred stock and warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 5,620,834 shares of common stock for gross proceeds of $6.75 million in a registered direct offering. The shares of preferred stock will have a stated value of $1,000 per share and are convertible into an aggregate of 11,241,668 shares of common stock at a conversion price of $0.60 per share at any time. The warrants have an exercise price of $0.70 per share, will become exercisable six months following the date of issuance, and will expire 5 years following the date of issuance. The closing of the offering is expected to occur on or about December 17, 2021, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
H.C. Wainwright & Co. is acting as the exclusive placement agent for the offering.
The gross proceeds from the offering are expected to be approximately $6.75 million before deducting placement agent fees and other offering expenses. The Company currently intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate and working capital purposes.
The Company expects to call a special meeting of stockholders for the approval of a proposal to effect a reverse split of the common stock. The preferred stock has voting rights, with the common stock as a single class, equal to 5,000 votes per share of common stock underlying the preferred stock on the proposal, that, in accordance with Nasdaq listing rules, any votes cast by the preferred stock with respect to the proposal to effect a reverse split of the common stock must be counted by the Company in the same proportion as the aggregate shares of common stock voted on such proposal.
The securities described above are being offered and sold by Pulmatrix in a registered direct offering pursuant to a "shelf" registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-256502), including a base prospectus previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on May 26, 2021, and became effective on June 9, 2021. The offering of such securities is being made only by means of a prospectus supplement that forms a part of the registration statement. A final prospectus supplement and base prospectus relating to the registered direct offering will be filed with the SEC and will be available on the SEC's website located at . Electronic copies of the prospectus supplement and the accompanying base prospectus may also be obtained by contacting H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC at 430 Park Avenue, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10022, by phone at (212) 856-5711 or e-mail at .
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 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.