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Arena Pharma (ARNA) Enters $35.5M Private Placement

March 29, 2011 6:44 AM EDT
Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARNA) has entered an agreement to sell 12.15 million common shares at $1.46 per share.

Arena also signed to sell 12,150 shares of its Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, at a price of $1,460 per share.

The sale is being made to affiliates of Deerfield Management.

Gross proceeds of $35.5 million are expected.

Arena will use approximately $17.7 million of the proceeds from this offering to prepay a portion of the loan principal that otherwise would have been required to be repaid in June 2013 under the existing Facility Agreement between Arena and Deerfield.


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