Cellectar Biosciences Announces Exercise of Tranche B Warrants and Purchase of New Warrants for Approximately $19.4 million with the Potential to Raise Up to an Additional $73.3 Million
FLORHAM PARK, N.J., July 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cellectar Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: CLRB), a late-stage clinical biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of drugs for the treatment of cancer, today announced that the majority of Tranche B warrants issued under its September 2023 private placement have been exercised for Series E preferred stock, convertible into the company’s common stock, by the participants of the previous financing, led by Rosalind Advisors, in exchange for a reduced, as-converted common stock price of $2.52 and the purchase of new warrants. The exercised Tranche B warrants and newly purchased warrants will generate gross proceeds of approximately $19.4 million. The new warrants purchased by investors have the potential to generate up to an additional $73.3 million in gross proceeds, if exercised.
The new warrants purchased by investors include Tranche A, B and C. The Tranche A warrants provide gross proceeds up to approximately $17.0 million based on the exercise price of $2.52, which was the closing market price of the Company’s common stock on July 19, 2024, and include a 10-trading-day trigger for exercise following Cellectar’s public announcement of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) having assigned a Prescription Drug User Fee Act goal date for review of iopofosine I 131. The Tranche B Warrants provide gross proceeds up to approximately $32.9 million based on an exercise price of $4.00 per share, with a 10-trading-day trigger for investors to exercise upon FDA approval of iopofosine I 131. The Tranche C warrants provide gross proceeds up to approximately $23.5 million based on an exercise price of $5.50 per share, with a 10-trading-day trigger for investors to exercise following Cellectar reporting domestic quarterly revenue from iopofosine I 131 exceeding $10.0 million.
The new warrants have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or applicable under state securities laws. Accordingly, the securities may not be offered or sold 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. As part of the transaction, the Company has agreed to file a resale registration statement on Form S-3 with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 30 days of the exercise date of the Tranche B warrants to register the resale of the shares of common stock underlying the new warrants.
The company expects to file an NDA for iopofosine I 131 for the treatment of Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinemia in the fourth quarter of 2024 and will be seeking a priority review. Funds generated from the execution of these warrants are expected to advance the company to commercialization.
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About Cellectar Biosciences, Inc.
Cellectar Biosciences is a late-stage clinical biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of proprietary drugs for the treatment of cancer, independently and through research and development collaborations. The company’s core objective is to leverage its proprietary Phospholipid Drug Conjugate™ (PDC) delivery platform to develop the next-generation of cancer cell-targeting treatments, delivering improved efficacy and better safety as a result of fewer off-target effects.
The company’s product pipeline includes lead asset iopofosine I 131, a small-molecule PDC designed to provide targeted delivery of iodine-131 (radioisotope), proprietary preclinical PDC chemotherapeutic programs and multiple partnered PDC assets.
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