BioLineRx Ltd. (NASDAQ/TASE: BLRX), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on oncology and immunology, today announced that it has priced an underwritten public offering of 28,000,000 American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”), each representing one of its ordinary shares, and warrants to purchase 28,000,000 ADSs, at a public offering price of $0.55 per ADS and accompanying warrant. The warrants will be exercisable immediately, will expire five years from the date of issuance and will have an exercise price of $0.75 per ADS. The gross proceeds of the offering to the Company are expected to be $15.4 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by BioLineRx, and excluding the exercise of any warrants. All of the securities in the offering are to be sold by BioLineRx. The closing of the offering is expected to occur on or about February 7, 2019, subject to customary closing conditions. BioLineRx anticipates using the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes, which may include, but are not limited to, working capital and funding clinical trials.
Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. acted as sole book-running manager for the offering. Maxim Group LLC acted as co-manager for the offering.
The securities described above will be issued pursuant to a shelf registration statement (File No. 333-222332) that was previously filed with, and declared effective by, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). A preliminary prospectus supplement related to the offering was filed with the SEC on February 4, 2019 and is available on the SEC’s website located at https://www.sec.gov. The final prospectus supplement related to the offering will be filed with the SEC and will be available on the SEC’s website located at https://www.sec.gov. Copies of the final prospectus supplement may also be obtained, when available, from Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., 85 Broad St., 26th Floor, New York, New York 10004, Attention: Syndicate Prospectus Department, or by tele
