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New York, Sept. 06, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Univest Securities, LLC (“Univest”), a member of FINRA and SIPC, and a full-service investment bank and securities broker-dealer firm based in New York, today announced the closing of registered direct offering (the “Offering”) of (i) 14,724,058 shares of common stock priced at $0.130 per share, with pre-funded warrants exercisable for 11,972,754 shares with respect to the registered direct offering for its client Qualigen Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: QLGN) (the “Company”), a clinical-stage therapeutics company focused on developing treatments for adult and pediatric cancer.
Under the terms of the securities purchase agreement, the Company has agreed to sell to the institutional investors a total of 14,724,058 shares priced at $0.130 per share, with pre-funded warrants exercisable for 11,972,754 shares. The purchase price of each pre-funded warrant is equal to the price per share, minus $0.001, and the remaining exercise price of each pre-funded warrant will equal $0.001 per share. The pre-funded warrants will be immediately exercisable and may be exercised at any time until all of the pre-funded warrants are exercised in full.
The aggregate gross proceeds to the Company was approximately $3.46 million.
Univest Securities, LLC acted as the sole placement agent.
The registered direct offering was made pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-1 as amended (File No.333-272623) originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on June 13, 2023, as amended, and became effective on September 4, 2024. A final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus describing the terms of the proposed offering were filed with the SEC and are available on the SEC's website located at http://www.sec.gov. Electronic copies of the final prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus may be obtained, by contacting Univest Securities, LLC at info@univest.us, or by calling +1 (212) 343-8888.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor will there be any sales of such securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such jurisdiction. Copies of the prospectus supplement relating to the registered direct offering, together with the accompanying base prospectus, can be obtained at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
About Univest Securities, LLC
Registered with FINRA since 1994, Univest Securities, LLC provides a wide variety of financial services to its institutional and retail clients globally including brokerage and execution services, sales and trading, market making, investment banking and advisory, wealth management. It strives to provide clients with value-add service and focuses on building long-term relationship with its clients. For more information, please visit: www.univest.us.