Exhibit 99.1
Venus Concept Inc. Announces $22.25 Million Equity Financing
TORONTO, March 18, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Venus Concept Inc. (“Venus Concept” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: VERO), a global medical aesthetic technology leader, today announced that it entered into a definitive agreement for the sale of shares of its common stock, Series A convertible preferred stock and warrants to purchase common stock in a private placement to a group of investors, including EW Healthcare Partners, HealthQuest Capital and SEDCO Capital. The private placement is expected to result in gross proceeds to the Company of approximately $22.25 million, before deducting placement agent fees and other offering expenses.
Pursuant to the terms of the securities purchase agreement, the Company will issue 2,300,000 shares of common stock, 660,000 shares of Series A convertible preferred stock, which are convertible into 6,600,000 shares of common stock, and warrants to purchase 6,675,000 shares of common stock. The Series A preferred stock will automatically convert into common stock upon receipt of stockholder approval. The Series A preferred stock has no voting rights. The closing of the private placement is subject to certain conditions and is expected to occur on or before March 20, 2020. Proceeds from the private placement will be used for general corporate purposes.
Stifel is acting as lead placement agent for the private placement. BTIG is acting asco-placement agent for the private placement.
The offer and sale of the foregoing securities are being made in a transaction not involving a public offering and have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or applicable state securities laws, and will be sold in a private placement pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) and/or Regulation D of the Securities Act. The securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. The Company has agreed to file a registration statement covering the resale of the common stock acquired by the investors in the private placement.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the securities, nor shall there be any sale of the securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of such state or jurisdiction.
About Venus Concept
Venus Concept is an innovative global medical aesthetic technology leader with a broad product portfolio of minimally invasive andnon-invasive medical aesthetic technologies and reach in over 60 countries and 29 direct markets. Venus Concept focuses its product sales strategy on a subscription-based business model in North America and in its well-established direct global markets. Venus Concept’s product portfolio consists of aesthetic device platforms, including Venus Versa, Venus Legacy, Venus Velocity, Venus Fiore, Venus Viva, Venus Freeze Plus and Venus Bliss. Venus Concept’s hair restoration division includes NeoGraft, an automated hair restoration system that facilitates the harvesting of follicles during a follicular unit extraction surgery, or FUE, process and the ARTAS® and ARTAS® iX Robotic Hair Restoration Systems,