SCYNEXIS, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCYX) today announced the pricing of its previously announced underwritten public offering of 38,888,889 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase up to 38,888,889 shares of common stock. Each share of common stock and warrant to purchase one share of common stock are being sold at a combined public offering price of $0.90 per share and accompanying warrant. The gross proceeds to SCYNEXIS from this offering are expected to be approximately $35 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other estimated offering expenses, and excluding the exercise of any warrants. All of the shares of common stock and warrants are being offered by SCYNEXIS.
H.C. Wainwright & Co. is acting as sole book-running manager for the offering.
The warrants will have an exercise price of $1.10 per share and exercise period commencing immediately upon issuance and an expiration date of the earlier of (i) such date that is six months after SCYNEXIS publicly announces the approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for ibrexafungerp for the treatment of vulvovaginal candidiasis and (ii) June 12, 2023. There is no established public trading market for the warrants, and SCYNEXIS does not expect a market to develop.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, 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 SCYNEXIS
SCYNEXIS is a biotechnology company committed to positively impacting the lives of patients suffering from difficult-to-treat and often life-threatening infections by developing innovative therapies. The SCYNEXIS team has extensive experience in the life sciences industry, having discovered and developed more than 30 innovative medicines over a broad range of therapeutic areas. SCYNEXIS's lead product candidate, ibrexafungerp (formerly known as SCY-078), is a novel IV/oral antifungal agent in Phase 3 clinical and preclinical development for the treatment of multiple serious and life-threatening invasive fungal infections caused by Candida, Aspergillus and Pneumocystis species.
