1998 Private Investment In A Public Entity (PIPE) Financings
Company*
Amount(M)
Number Of Shares(M)
Share/Unit Price
Discount
Placement Agent (Date)
Cubist Pharmaceuticals Inc.
13.7
6.1
2.25
0%
Cubist issued 6.1M shares of common stock (priced at market), plus warrants for an additional 3M shares (also at $2.25 each) to new and current shareholders; Pacific Growth Equities acted as the placement agent (9/98)
Enzon Inc.
19
4
4.75
9%
The company sold 4M unregistered shares at $4.75 each to a small group of current and new institutional investors; SBC Warburg Dillon Read Inc. led the financing (6/98)
Inhale Therapeutic Systems Inc.
37.2
1.2
31
2%
Inhale sold 1.2M newly issued shares of common stock at $31.00 each to the Smallcap World Fund Inc. and American Variable Insurance Series Growth Fund (both managed by Capital Research and Management Co); Volpe Brown Whelan & Co. acted as the placement agent (12/98)
Triangle Pharmaceuticals Inc.
48
4.8
10
15%
Triangle sold 4.8M newly issued shares of common stock at $10.00 each to selected institutional and other accredited investors; Vector Securities International Inc. acted as the placement agent (12/98)