Aligos Therapeutics Announces $105 Million Private Placement Financing
February 12 2025 - 6:00AM
Aligos Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALGS, “Aligos”, “Company”), a
clinical stage biotechnology company focused on improving patient
outcomes through best-in-class therapies for liver and viral
diseases, today announced that it has entered into a securities
purchase agreement for a private placement that is expected to
result in gross proceeds of approximately $105 million, before
deducting placement agents’ fees and other expenses.
The private placement is being led by a life sciences dedicated
investment firm with participation from other new and existing
institutional investors.
Aligos currently expects to use the net proceeds from the
private placement, together with its existing cash, cash
equivalents and investments, to fund the continued advancement of
ALG-000184 into a Phase 2 clinical study in subjects with chronic
hepatitis B virus infection (CHB) and for other general corporate
purposes.
Aligos believes its cash, cash equivalents and investments,
including the expected net proceeds from the private placement,
will provide sufficient funding of planned operations into the
second half of 2026.
In the private placement, Aligos is selling 2,103,307 shares of
common stock, consisting of 1,427,000 shares of voting common stock
and 676,307 shares of non-voting common stock, pre-funded warrants
to purchase up to 1,922,511 shares of voting common stock, and
accompanying warrants to purchase up to 2,012,909 shares of voting
common stock at a combined price per share of common stock and
accompanying warrant of $26.0825 and a combined price per
pre-funded warrant and accompanying warrant of $26.0824. Each
pre-funded warrant will have a nominal exercise price of $0.0001
per share of voting common stock, will be immediately exercisable
and will be exercisable until exercised in full. The accompanying
warrants will have an exercise price of $26.02 per share of common
stock, will be immediately exercisable and will expire on February
13, 2032. The private placement is expected to close on February
13, 2025 subject to the satisfaction of customary closing
conditions.
Jefferies and Piper Sandler are acting as placement agents for
the private placement. H.C. Wainwright & Co. is acting as
financial advisor in connection with the transaction.
The securities sold in this private placement have not been
registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or
applicable state securities laws, and may not be offered or sold in
the United States except pursuant to an effective registration
statement or an applicable exemption from the registration
requirements. Aligos granted registration rights to the purchasers
in private placements, and has agreed to file a registration
statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission registering
the resale of the shares of common stock issued in the private
placement, the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the
pre-funded warrants issued in the private placement and the shares
of common stock issuable upon exercise of the accompanying warrants
issued in the private placement.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy any securities described herein,
nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or
jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be
unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the
securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
About Aligos
Aligos Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALGS) is a clinical stage
biopharmaceutical company founded with the mission to improve
patient outcomes by developing best-in-class therapies for the
treatment of liver and viral diseases. Aligos applies its science
driven approach and deep R&D expertise to advance its
purpose-built pipeline of therapeutics for diseases with high unmet
medical need such as chronic hepatitis B virus infection (CHB),
metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), and
coronaviruses.
For more information, please visit www.aligos.com or follow us
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Forward-Looking Statement
This press release contains forward-looking statements within
the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. Any statements in this press release that are not historical
facts may be considered “forward-looking statements,” including
without limitation, statements related to the sufficiency of
funding of planned operations, the expected use of proceeds of the
financing, the timing and expectation of the closing of the private
placement. Forward-looking statements are typically, but not
always, identified by the use of words such as “may,” “will,”
“would,” “believe,” “intend,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “estimate,”
“expect,” and other similar terminology indicating future results.
Such forward looking statements are subject to substantial risks
and uncertainties that could cause our development programs, future
results, performance, or achievements to differ materially from
those anticipated in the forward-looking statements. Such risks and
uncertainties include, without limitation, the risks and
uncertainties associated with market conditions and the
satisfaction of customary closing conditions related to the
proposed financing, risks and uncertainties inherent in the drug
development process, including Aligos’ clinical stage of
development, the process of designing and conducting clinical
trials and the regulatory approval processes. For a further
description of the risks and uncertainties that could cause actual
results to differ from those anticipated in these forward-looking
statements, as well as risks relating to the business of Aligos in
general, see Aligos’ Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on November 6, 2024 and its
future periodic reports to be filed or submitted with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. Except as required by law,
Aligos undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking
statements to reflect new information, events or circumstances, or
to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
Aligos Therapeutics
ContactJordyn TaraziVice President, Investor
Relations & Corporate Communications+1 (650)
910-0427jtarazi@aligos.com
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