Edge Therapeutics Announces $18 Million Registered Direct Offering of Common Stock

On Apr 20, 2017

Edge Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel hospital-based therapies in the management of acute, life-threatening conditions, today announced that Edge has entered into a subscription agreement for the sale of shares of its common stock in a registered direct offering with Satter Medical Technology Partners, L.P. and certain of its affiliated parties. Pursuant to the agreement, Edge has agreed to sell to the investors 1,800,000 shares at a purchase price of $10.00 per share with gross proceeds of $18 million.

The proceeds from the offering will be used to advance pre-commercial activities for EG-1962 (currently in a registration study for the treatment of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage), to expand its product portfolio and for general corporate purposes. The offering is expected to close on or about April 21, 2017, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

The shares are being offered pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 previously filed with and declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus relating to the offering of the shares will be filed with the SEC and will be available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. Copies of the prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus relating to the securities may also be obtained from Edge Therapeutics, Inc., Attn: Investor Relations, 300 Connell Drive, Suite 4000, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922.

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. The securities are being offered only by means of a prospectus, including a prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus, forming a part of the effective registration statement.