Post by icemandios on Apr 25, 2018 1:49:42 GMT
Eloxx Pharmaceuticals Announces Proposed Public Offering of Common Stock
WALTHAM, Mass., April 24, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Eloxx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Eloxx”) (OTCQB:ELOX) today announced that it intends to offer and sell, subject to market and other conditions, 5,000,000 shares of its common stock in an underwritten public offering. Eloxx expects to grant the underwriters an option to purchase up to an additional 750,000 shares of its common stock. There can be no assurance as to whether or when the offering may be completed, or as to the actual size or terms of the offering.
Eloxx has applied to list its common stock on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol "ELOX."
All shares in the proposed offering are to be sold by Eloxx. Net proceeds from the offering are to be used to fund research and development, working capital and general corporate purposes.
Citigroup and Piper Jaffray & Co. are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering. Canaccord Genuity is acting as lead co-manager for the offering. SunTrust Robinson Humphrey is acting as co-manager for the offering.
The shares of common stock described above are being offered by Eloxx pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-224207) that was filed by Eloxx with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on April 10, 2018 and that was declared effective by the SEC on April 20, 2018. The offering will be made only by means of a written prospectus and prospectus supplement that form a part of the registration statement. A preliminary prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the offering will be filed with the SEC and will be available on the SEC's website located at www.sec.gov. Copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to the offering, when available, may be obtained by request from Citigroup Global Markets Inc., c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, or by telephone at (800) 831-9146; or from Piper Jaffray & Co., 800 Nicollet Mall, J12503, Minneapolis, MN 55402, Attention: Prospectus Department or by e-mail at prospectus@pjc.com or by phone at (800) 747-3924.
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 other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or other jurisdiction.
About Eloxx Pharmaceuticals
Eloxx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel RNA-modulating drug candidates that are designed to treat rare and ultra-rare premature stop codon diseases. Eloxx’s lead product candidate, ELX-02, is a small molecule drug candidate designed to restore production of full-length functional proteins. ELX-02 is in the early stages of clinical development focusing on cystic fibrosis and cystinosis. ELX-02 is an investigational drug that has not been approved by any global regulatory body. Eloxx is headquartered in Waltham, MA, with R&D operations in Rehovot, Israel.
WALTHAM, Mass., April 24, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Eloxx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Eloxx”) (OTCQB:ELOX) today announced that it intends to offer and sell, subject to market and other conditions, 5,000,000 shares of its common stock in an underwritten public offering. Eloxx expects to grant the underwriters an option to purchase up to an additional 750,000 shares of its common stock. There can be no assurance as to whether or when the offering may be completed, or as to the actual size or terms of the offering.
Eloxx has applied to list its common stock on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol "ELOX."
All shares in the proposed offering are to be sold by Eloxx. Net proceeds from the offering are to be used to fund research and development, working capital and general corporate purposes.
Citigroup and Piper Jaffray & Co. are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering. Canaccord Genuity is acting as lead co-manager for the offering. SunTrust Robinson Humphrey is acting as co-manager for the offering.
The shares of common stock described above are being offered by Eloxx pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-224207) that was filed by Eloxx with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on April 10, 2018 and that was declared effective by the SEC on April 20, 2018. The offering will be made only by means of a written prospectus and prospectus supplement that form a part of the registration statement. A preliminary prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the offering will be filed with the SEC and will be available on the SEC's website located at www.sec.gov. Copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to the offering, when available, may be obtained by request from Citigroup Global Markets Inc., c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, or by telephone at (800) 831-9146; or from Piper Jaffray & Co., 800 Nicollet Mall, J12503, Minneapolis, MN 55402, Attention: Prospectus Department or by e-mail at prospectus@pjc.com or by phone at (800) 747-3924.
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 other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or other jurisdiction.
About Eloxx Pharmaceuticals
Eloxx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel RNA-modulating drug candidates that are designed to treat rare and ultra-rare premature stop codon diseases. Eloxx’s lead product candidate, ELX-02, is a small molecule drug candidate designed to restore production of full-length functional proteins. ELX-02 is in the early stages of clinical development focusing on cystic fibrosis and cystinosis. ELX-02 is an investigational drug that has not been approved by any global regulatory body. Eloxx is headquartered in Waltham, MA, with R&D operations in Rehovot, Israel.