KELOWNA, BC / ACCESSWIRE / January 15, 2021 / Lexaria Bioscience Corp. (NASDAQ:LEXX)(NASDAQ:LEXXW)(CSE:LXX) (the "Company") today announced the closing of its previously announced underwritten public offering (the "Offering") of 1,828,571 units, each unit consisting of one share of common stock and one warrant to purchase one share of common stock at a public offering price of $5.25 per unit (all prices in US$). The warrants have an exercise price of $6.58 per share, are immediately exercisable and will expire five years following the date of issuance. In connection with the Offering, the underwriter exercised in full its option to purchase an additional 274,285 shares of common stock and additional warrants to purchase 274,285 shares of common stock. The gross proceeds from the Offering were approximately $11.04 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and estimated offering expenses. No securities were offered or sold in Canada, including through the CSE or any other trading market in Canada.
H.C. Wainwright & Co. ("Wainwright") acted as the sole book-running manager for the Offering and is a non-related party to the Company.
In connection with the Offering, the Company's common stock and warrants began trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market on January 12, 2021 under the symbols "LEXX" and "LEXXW," respectively.
All share numbers and pricing information in this press release reflect the Company's previously announced 1-for-30 reverse stock split of its common stock, which was effective at 4:30 p.m., Eastern time, on January 11, 2021.
The Company agreed to pay Wainwright an underwriting discount equal to 8% of the gross proceeds of the Offering and a management fee equal to 1% of the gross proceeds of the Offering, and to reimburse Wainwright for a non-accountable expense allowance of $50,000, up to $100,000 in legal fees and up to $12,900 for clearing expenses. Additionally, as partial compensation for Wainwright's services as underwriter in the Offering, the Company also issued to Wainwright five-year warrants ("Representative Warrants") to purchase 166,781 shares of common stock with an exercise price of $6.58 per share.
The securities described above were offered by the Company pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-250326) that was previously filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and declared effective on January 11, 2021, and an additional registration statement on Form S-1 filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) (File No. 333-252031), which became automatically effective on January 11, 2021. This Offering was made only by means of a prospectus. A final prospectus relating to the Offering has been filed with the SEC. Electronic copies of the final prospectus relating to the Offering may be obtained for free by visiting the SEC's website at www.sec.gov or by contacting H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC, 430 Park Avenue, 3rd Floor, New York, New York 10022, by email at [email protected] or by telephone at (646) 975-6996.
Pursuant to certain tail rights held by Bradley Woods & Co. Ltd., further to the Company's May 2020 private placement financing, the Company is paying Bradley Woods $316,999.62 and issuing to Bradley Woods or its designees five-year warrants to purchase 60,385 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $6.58 per share.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or other 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 other jurisdiction.
About Lexaria Bioscience Corp.
The Company's proprietary drug delivery technology, DehydraTECH™, improves the way active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) enter the bloodstream by promoting healthier oral ingestion methods and increasing the effectiveness of fat-soluble active molecules, thereby lowering overall dosing. The Company's technology can be applied to many different ingestible product formats, including foods, beverages, oral suspensions, tablets, and capsules. DehydraTECH has repeatedly demonstrated since 2016 with cannabinoids and nicotine the ability to increase bio-absorption by up to 5-10x, reduce time of onset from 1 - 2 hours to minutes, and mask unwanted tastes; and is planned to be further evaluated for orally administered bioactive molecules, including anti-virals, cannabinoids, vitamins, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), and nicotine. Lexaria has licensed DehydraTECH to multiple companies, including a world-leading tobacco producer for the development of smokeless, oral-based nicotine products and for use in industries that produce cannabinoid beverages, edibles, and oral products. Lexaria operates a licensed in-house research laboratory and holds a robust intellectual property portfolio with 18 patents granted and approximately 60 patents pending worldwide. For more information, please visit www.lexariabioscience.com.
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SOURCE: Lexaria Bioscience Corp.