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Virax Biolabs Group Limited (“Virax” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: VRAX), an innovative biotechnology company focused on the prevention, detection, and diagnosis of viral diseases, announced today that it has entered into definitive agreements for the purchase and sale of 3,843,309 ordinary shares (or ordinary share equivalents), Series A preferred investment options to purchase up to an aggregate of 3,497,412 ordinary shares and Series B preferred investment options to purchase up to an aggregate of 3,843,309 ordinary shares at a purchase price of $1.04077 per ordinary share and associated preferred investment options in a private placement priced at the market under Nasdaq rules.
The Series A preferred investment options have an exercise price of $0.80202 per ordinary share and will be exercisable immediately upon issuance for a period of five and a half years from the date of issuance. The Series B preferred investment options have an exercise price of $0.80202 per ordinary share and will be exercisable immediately upon issuance for a period of five and a half years from the date of issuance.
H.C. Wainwright & Co. is acting as the exclusive placement agent for the offering.
The gross proceeds from the private placement are expected to be approximately $4 million, before deducting placement agent fees and other offering expenses. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the private placement for the development and commercialization of its proprietary T-Cell Test technology as well as for working capital and other general corporate purposes. The private placement is expected to close on or about March 10, 2023, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
The offer and sale of the foregoing securities are being made in a transaction not involving a public offering and the securities have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or applicable state securities laws. Accordingly, the securities may not be reoffered or resold in the United States except pursuant to an effective registration statement or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and such applicable state securities laws. Under an agreement with the investors, Virax agreed to file an initial registration statement with the SEC covering the resale of the ordinary shares to be issued to the investors (including the ordinary shares issuable upon the exercise of the any ordinary share equivalents and preferred investment options) no later than March 23, 2023 and have the registration statement declared effective as promptly as practical thereafter, and in any event no later than 45 days following the date of the agreement in the event of a “full review” by the SEC.
In addition, warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 3,495,000 ordinary shares which were previously issued in a private placement consummated by the Company in November 2022 and have an exercise price of $1.73 per share will be cancelled simultaneously with the closing of this private placement.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the 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 Virax Biolabs Group Limited
Founded in 2013, Virax Biolabs Group Limited is an innovative biotechnology company focused on the prevention, detection and diagnosis of viral diseases, with a particular interest in the field of immunology.
In addition to distributing an array of viral test kits in unique geographies, Virax Biolabs Group Limited is currently developing a proprietary T-Cell Test technology with the intention of providing an immunology profiling platform that assesses each individual’s immune risk profile against major global viral threats. T-Cell testing can be particularly effective in the diagnosis and therapeutics of COVID-19 as well as other threats including Monkeypox, Hepatitis B, Malaria, Herpes and Human Papillomavirus.
For more information, please visit www.viraxbiolabs.com.
