Nurix Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:NRIX), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing targeted protein modulation drugs, today announced that it has entered into a securities purchase agreement with two healthcare-focused investment funds to sell, in a registered direct offering, pre-funded warrants to purchase 2,869,440 shares of common stock at a price of $13.939 per pre-funded warrant for total gross proceeds of approximately $40 million, before deducting estimated offering expenses. The offering is expected to close on July 11, 2022, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
Nurix intends to use the net proceeds from the offering, together with existing cash, cash equivalents and investments, to fund clinical trials, manufacturing and process development, research, working capital, capital expenditures and other general corporate purposes. Nurix expects that the net proceeds from this offering, together with existing cash, cash equivalents and investments, excluding any future potential milestones from collaborations, will be sufficient to fund its operating activities into the second half of 2024.
The financing includes participation by two healthcare-focused investment funds.
The pre-funded warrants were offered pursuant to an automatically effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-258448) that was previously filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on August 4, 2021. A prospectus supplement related to the pre-funded warrants will be filed with the SEC and will be available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
Before investing in this offering, interested parties should read the prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus and the other documents that are incorporated by reference in such prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus in their entirety, which provide more information about Nurix and the offering.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
