Immunic, Inc. Announces Private Placement of up to $240 Million
Immunic, Inc. announced it has entered into a securities purchase agreement with select accredited investors to purchase shares of common stock (or pre-funded warrants in lieu thereof) in a three-tranche offering.
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The first tranche is an upfront payment of $80 million at $1.43 per share, which is expected to close on January 8, 2024, subject to customary closing conditions. The second tranche is a mandatory purchase of an additional $80 million of shares of common stock (or pre-funded warrants) at $1.716 per share, representing 120% of the first tranche purchase price and is conditioned on the announcement of phase 2b topline data for the Company’s vidofludimus calcium (IMU-838) progressive multiple sclerosis clinical trial, volume weighted average share price levels, and minimum trading volumes. A third tranche, to occur no later than three years after the second tranche, provides for the issuance of $80 million of shares of common stock (or pre-funded warrants in lieu thereof) at the same price per share as the second tranche, but permits investors to fund their purchase obligations on a “cashless” or net settlement basis, which would reduce the proceeds to be raised in the financing. The third tranche is conditioned on the same volume weighted average share price levels and minimum trading volumes as the second tranche. Assuming that the second tranche is exercised, and depending on the extent to which the investors elect to fund the third tranche through a net settlement basis, total gross proceeds from the offering to the Company would be between $160 and $240 million.
The financing is being led by BVF Partners L.P., and includes participation from new and existing investors, including Avidity Partners, Janus Henderson Investors, Soleus Capital, RTW Investments and Adage Capital Partners LP.
The Company is obligated to register for resale by the investors all of the shares of common stock issued in the offering and the shares of common stock issuable on exercise of the pre-funded warrants.
Leerink Partners is acting as the lead placement agent and Ladenburg Thalmann is acting as a placement agent in connection with the financing. Piper Sandler, B. Riley Securities and Brookline Capital Markets, a division of Arcadia Securities, LLC, are acting as capital markets advisors to the Company.
The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the private placement to fund the ongoing clinical development of its three lead product candidates, vidofludimus calcium (IMU-838), IMU-856 and IMU-381, and for other general corporate purposes. The proceeds from the first tranche of this private placement, combined with current cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities, is expected to fund operating and capital expenditures into the third quarter of 2025.
The securities to be sold in this offering, including the shares of common stock issuable on exercise of the pre-funded warrants, have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state or other jurisdictions’ securities laws. Immunic has agreed to file a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission registering the resale of the securities issued in the private placement. Any offering of the securities under the resale registration statement will only be made by means of a prospectus.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor will there be any sales of these securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such jurisdiction.
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