Corvus Pharmaceuticals Announces Pricing Of $30.6M Registered Direct Offering

Corvus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Corvus or the Company) (NASDAQ:CRVS) (GLOBAL NEWSWIRE), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, today announced that it has entered into a securities purchase agreement with new and existing investors to raise approximately $30.6 million dollars in aggregate gross proceeds through the sale of shares of its common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the "Common Stock") and pre-funded warrants to purchase Common Stock in lieu thereof (the "Pre-Funded Warrants"), and accompanying common warrants to purchase Common Stock (or Pre-Funded warrants in lieu thereof) (the "Common Warrants," and together with the Common Stock and Pre-Funded Warrants, the "Securities"), excluding the proceeds, if any, from the exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants and the Common Warrants and before deducting offering expenses.

 

The offering includes participation from health-care dedicated investors including Point72, Samlyn Capital, Armistice Capital, OrbiMed, Puissance Capital and Altamont Pharmaceutical Holdings, and other existing investors including Richard Miller, the Company's chief executive officer.

The purchase and sale will be completed via a registered direct offering of 13,512,699 shares of Common Stock and accompanying Common Warrants to purchase 13,078,509 shares of Common Stock (or Pre-Funded Warrants in lieu thereof) at a combined offering price of $1.7312 per Share, and Pre-Funded Warrants to purchase 4,144,085 shares of Common Stock and accompanying Common Warrants to purchase 4,010,927 shares of Common Stock (or Pre-Funded Warrants in lieu thereof) at a combined offering price of $1.7311 per share underlying each Pre-Funded Warrant and Common Warrant, which equals the offering price per share of the Common Stock and Common Warrant less the $0.0001 exercise price per share of the Pre-Funded Warrants. The Pre-Funded Warrants have an exercise price of $0.0001 per share of Common Stock and are exercisable at any time after the date of issuance, subject to certain ownership limitations. The Common Warrants have an exercise price of $3.50 per share of Common Stock (or $3.4999 per Pre-Funded Warrant in lieu thereof) and are exercisable at any time after the date of issuance, subject to certain ownership limitations, and expire on June 30, 2025.  

All of the Securities are being offered by Corvus. The offering is expected to close on or about May 6, 2024, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. Since the offering of the Securities was made without an underwriter or a placement agent, the Company will not be paying any underwriting discounts or placement agent fees in connection with the offering.