PolyMedix Prices $20 Million Underwritten Offering
Funds to be used to Continue Development of Two Lead Products
Radnor, PA (April 6, 2011) – PolyMedix, Inc. (OTC BB: PYMX, http://polymedix.com), an emerging biotechnology company focused on developing new therapeutic drugs to treat infectious diseases and patients with acute cardiovascular disorders, announced today the pricing of an underwritten offering of 25 million units, each unit consisting of one share of its common stock and a warrant to purchase one-half of a share of its common stock at an offering price of $0.80 per unit. PolyMedix expects to receive net proceeds, after deducting the underwriting discount and estimated offering expenses, of approximately $18.6 million. The warrants will have a five-year term and an exercise price equal to $0.80 per share.
In addition, PolyMedix has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 3.75 million units at the offering price. The offering is expected to close on April 11, 2011, subject to customary closing conditions. Cowen and Company, LLC is serving as sole book-running manager for the offering. Rodman & Renshaw, LLC, a subsidiary of Rodman & Renshaw Capital Group, Inc., Roth Capital Partners, LLC, and Noble Financial Capital Markets are serving as co-managers.
The proceeds of this offering will primarily be used to continue the clinical development of PolyMedix’s two lead drugs, PMX-30063, a first-in-class antibiotic that mimics the activity of host defense proteins, and PMX-60056 a synthetic small-molecule anticoagulant reversing agent active against both heparin and low molecule weight heparin. PolyMedix’s products have been developed using the Company’s computational drug design technology that it licensed exclusively from the University of Pennsylvania.
The shares and warrants (and the shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants) described above are being offered by PolyMedix pursuant to a registration statement previously filed with and subsequently declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any of the 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 registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. Copies of the prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained, when available, from Cowen and Company, LLC (c/o Broadridge Financial Services, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY, 11717, Attn: Prospectus Department, Phone: 631-274-2806, Fax: 631-254-7140). An electronic copy of the prospectus supplement and accompanying relating to the offering is available on the website of the Securities and Exchange Commission at www.sec.gov.
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