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Aadi Bioscience (AADI) Announces $72.5 Million Private Placement Equity Financing

September 22, 2022 4:01 PM EDT

Aadi Bioscience, Inc. (NASDAQ: AADI), a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on precision therapies for genetically-defined cancers with alterations in mTOR pathway genes, today announced it has entered into a securities purchase agreement with a new accredited investor and certain existing investors to issue and sell an aggregate of 3,373,526 shares of its common stock ("Common Stock") at a price of $12.50 per share, reflecting the closing price on September 21, 2022 on NASDAQ, and pre-funded warrants ("Pre-Funded Warrants") to purchase up to an aggregate of 2,426,493 shares of Common Stock at a purchase price of $12.4999 per pre-funded warrant share, through a private investment in public equity ("PIPE") financing. The Pre-Funded Warrants will have an exercise price of $0.0001 per share of Common Stock, to be immediately exercisable and remain exercisable until exercised in full. Aadi Bioscience anticipates the gross proceeds from the PIPE to be approximately $72.5 million, before deducting any offering related expenses. The financing is expected to close on September 26, 2022, subject to customary closing conditions.

The PIPE financing was led by a life sciences-focused investment fund with participation from existing investors including Avoro Capital, Acorn Capital Advisors, Alerce Medical Technology Partners, Acuta Capital Partners, KVP Capital, and members of management.

"We are extremely pleased to have the support of this investor group," said Neil Desai, Ph.D., Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Aadi Bioscience. "These additional funds allow us to further extend our cash position into 2025. We look forward to sharing preliminary data on the PRECISION 1 trial targeting TSC1 and TSC2 inactivating alterations in the first half of 2023."

In addition to supporting the continued advancement of the PRECISION 1 trial and growing FYARRO commercial efforts, the Company intends to use net proceeds from the financing to fund research and development of additional clinical opportunities with FYARRO and for working capital and general corporate purposes. The proceeds from this PIPE financing, combined with current cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities is expected to fund operating and capital expenditures into 2025.



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