Total: $865.07M | ||||
Company |
Type Of |
Number Of |
Amount |
Investors; Placement Agents; Details |
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Amorfix Life |
Private placement of units |
7.69U |
C$10 |
Amorfix sold about 7.69M units at C$1.30 per unit, each consisting of one common share and half a warrant; each whole warrant entitles the holder to purchase one common share at C$1.95 for two years; underwriters were Versant Partners Inc., Fraser Mackenzie Ltd. and Pacific International Securities Inc. (3/8) |
Avexa Ltd. |
Private placement and a rights issue |
N/A |
A$75 ($60.1) |
Avexa raised the money through a private placement to U.S. investors and a fully underwritten rights issue available to existing shareholders; Passport Management LLC USA was lead investor in the U.S. portion, and Ranklin Templeton Investments also participated; the rights issue was underwritten by ABN AMRO Morgans Corporate Ltd. (3/21) |
Calypte |
Subscription agreement |
100S and 100W |
$5.2 |
Calypte issued 100M shares at 0.052 cents per share to four investors; they also received 150M warrants exercisable over the next 18 months (3/29) |
Can-Fite |
Private placement of shares and options |
32S and 12.8 options |
NIS40 ($9.5) |
Can-Fite raised $9.5M through investors Prisma, Yellin-Lapidot and Tamir Fishman, as well as funds of the Israel Aircraft Industries and Bank Otzar Hehayal (3/8) |
Cardium |
Private placement of stock and warrants |
8.6S with W for 3S |
$21.5 |
Cardium is issuing about 8.6M common shares at $2.50 apiece with 35% warrant coverage, representing an additional 3M shares; the warrants have a five-year term and are immediately exercisable at $3.75 per share; Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. is the placement agent (3/6) |
Chelsea Therapeutics |
Private placement of stock and warrants |
2.6S and 0.794W |
$12.5 |
The stock was sold at $4.72 per share; the warrants are exercisable at $5.66 per share; Leerink Swann & Co. was placement agent (3/19) |
Cleveland |
Private placement of |
4.29S and 2.14W |
$30 |
The Series B convertible preferred stock pays 5% interest; it is convertible for 2.5 years at an initial price of $7 per share; warrant terms were not dis- closed (3/19) |
CytRx Corp. |
Exercise |
6.27W |
$10.6 |
CytRx has received about $10.6M this year through the exercise of warrants issued in prior equity financings and other transactions, and from the exercise of employee stock options (3/21) |
Cytori |
Equity agreement |
1S |
$6 |
Cytori issued 1M shares to Green Hospital Supply Inc. at $6 each (3/29) |
Diversa Corp. |
Private placement of convertible senior notes |
N/A |
$120 |
Diversa raised $120M through the placement of $120M in 5.5% convertible senior notes due 2027, which includes an overallotment option (3/30) |
Genta Inc. |
Registered direct offering |
30S |
$11 |
The registered shares were sold to institutional investors; Rodman & Renshaw LLC was placement agent (3/14) |
Iomai Corp. |
Private placement of units |
6.29U |
$31.9 |
Iomai raised $31.9M through the placement of 6.29M units, each consisting of one share and 0.7 warrants at $5.0675 per unit; the price for the shares was $4.98, while the warrants (4.4M in total) were sold for about 9 cents per unit and are exerercisable at $5.25 per share (3/2) |
Karo Bio AB |
Rights issue |
38.7S |
SEK406 ($58.2) |
Karo Bio had advance commitments from shareholders; it plans to issue up to 38.7M shares at SEK10.50 per share (3/28)** |
Lpath Inc. |
Private placement of stock and warrants |
N/A |
$17 |
Lpath raised $17M through the offering of stock and warrants (3/29) |
Med BioGene |
Private placement of units |
4U |
C$2 ($1.73) |
Med BioGene is selling 4M units at C50 cents each; each unit consists of one common share and one- half of one warrant to purchase a common share at C80 cents within 18 months (3/27) |
Memory |
Term loan |
N/A |
$6 |
Hercules Technology Growth Capital Inc. provided a $6M term loan; Memory has an option to borrow $4M more under the deal; Hercules also got a five- year warrant to purchase 598,086 shares at $2.09 per share (3/19) |
MultiCell |
Private placement of convertible debentures |
3 debentures and a W for 10S |
$13 |
MultiCell completed the financing with La Jolla Cove Investors; it sold 3 convertible debentures and granted a warrant to purchase up to 10M shares at $1.09 each over the next five years (3/7) |
Neose |
Private placement of stock and warrants |
21.44S and W for 9.65S |
$43.3 |
Neose raised about $43.3M through a private placement of 21.44M shares and warrants to buy about 9.65M shares, at $2.02 per unit; the units were purchased by institutional investors and investment funds affiliated with directors (3/9) |
Neuralstem |
Private placement of stock and warrants |
2.054S and 1.027W |
$5.14 |
Units were sold at $2.50 each; the warrants are exercisable at $3 per share; T.R. Winston and Co. was placement agent (3/16) |
Neuro-Hitech |
Private placement |
N/A |
$5.6 |
Neuro-Hitech closed a private placement of $5.6M (3/21) |
Penwest |
Secured credit facility |
N/A |
$12 |
Penwest received $12M from a term loan and could borrow up to $12M more through Sept. 15, 2008; the interest rate is fixed based on the one- month LIBOR rate plus 5% (3/13) |
Redpoint |
Private placement of stock and warrants |
24.7S and 6.2W |
$20 |
Redpoint gained a public listing through a reverse merger with Robcor Properties Inc.; concurrently, it sold the shares at $0.81 each; the warrants are exercisable at $1.35 per share (3/12) |
ReGen |
Private equity placement |
0.07S and W for 0.02S |
$3 |
ReGen raised $3M after selling 71,429 shares of restricted Series D convertible preferred stock at $42 apiece, and issued five-year warrants equal to 30% of the purchased shares, representing 21,429 shares exercisable at $63 apiece (3/6) |
Stem Cell |
Private placement of units |
4U |
C$2 ($1.7) |
Stem Cell raised $1.7M through the sale of 4M units; each unit will consist of one common share and half a warrant; each full warrant would entitle the holder to purchase one additional share at C75 cents for one year from closing, or at C$1 for an additional year (3/7) |
Thallion |
Private placement of stock and warrants |
180S and 90W |
C$45 ($38.3) |
Ecopia BioSciences Inc. and Caprion Pharmaceuticals Inc. merged to become Thallion; units were sold at C$0.25 each; the three-year warrants are exercisable at C$0.375 per share (3/13) |
TiGenix |
Rights issue |
N/A |
€46 ($61.3) |
TiGenix raised €40M, plus $6M addition through the exercise of an overallotment option by joint lead managers, Piper Jaffray and ING (3/28)** |
Titan |
Equity financing commitment |
N/A |
N/A |
Azimuth Opportunity Ltd. committed to purchase up to $25M of Titan stock over two years, at a discount of 4% to 7%; Titan will determine the timing and amounts of any draw-downs (3/16) |
Upstream |
Equity financing |
1.3U |
$2 |
Upstream secured $2M placing 666,667 units in two closings; each unit consists of one common share, one share purchase warrant priced at $1.75 and one share purchase warrant priced at $1.85; the unit price is $1.50 each (3/5) |
ViroPharma Inc. |
Private placement of convertible senior notes |
N/A |
$250 |
Company sold $250M in convertible senior notes due March 2017; Goldman, Sachs & Co. is lead manager, while Credit Suisse and Piper Jaffray & Co. are co-managers; underwriters exercised an overallotment option of $25M in notes (3/20) |
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Notes: | ||||
This chart does not include real estate or manufacturing plant financings, or debt deals done to replace existing debt. | ||||
# Unless otherwise indicated, shares are traded on the Nasdaq exchange | ||||
@ Refers to the date of the press release. | ||||
** Denotes the date the item ran in BioWorld International. | ||||
Currency conversions are based on exchange rates at the time of the deal. U.S. dollars are in brackets. | ||||
N/A = Not applicable; ND = Not disclosed. | ||||
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