EyePoint Pharmaceuticals (EYPT) Prices 15M Share Common Offering at $1.45/Sh
EyePoint Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: EYPT), a biopharmaceutical company committed to developing and commercializing innovative ophthalmic products today announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 15,000,000 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $1.45 per share. The gross proceeds of the offering to the Company are expected to be approximately $21,750,000, before deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and other estimated offering expenses. In addition, EyePoint granted the underwriters a thirty-day option to purchase up to an additional 2,250,000 shares of common stock at the public offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions.The closing of the offering is expected to occur on or about February 25, 2020, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.Guggenheim Securities is acting as sole book-running manager for the offering. Laidlaw & Company (UK) Ltd. is acting as co-manager for the offering.EyePoint intends to use the net proceeds of the offering to continue to fund the commercialization and expand the access of DEXYCU® (dexamethasone intraocular suspension) 9% and YUTIQ® (fluocinolone acetonide intravitreal implant) 0.18, and for general corporate purposes, which may include working capital, capital expenditures, research and development expenditures related to the advancement of EYP-1901 for retinal diseases and our other product candidates, clinical trial expenditures, acquisitions of new technologies, products or businesses in ophthalmology, and investments.
