Annexon Announces $130 Million Private Placement Financing

BRISBANE, Calif., July 08, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Annexon, Inc. (NASDAQ:ANNX ), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a new class of complement medicines for patients with classical complement-mediated autoimmune, neurodegenerative and ophthalmic disorders, today announced that it has entered into a securities purchase agreement for a private placement that is expected to result in gross proceeds of approximately $130 million, before deducting placement agent fees and other expenses. The private placement was led by Redmile Group, LLC, with participation by Adage Capital Partners LP, Bain Capital Life Sciences, Driehaus Capital Management, Fairmount, Satter Medical Technology Partners and Venrock Healthcare Capital Partners. In the private placement, Annexon is selling 9,013,834 shares of common stock, pre-funded warrants to purchase up to 24,696,206 shares of common stock and accompanying warrants to purchase up to 8,427,508 shares of common stock, at a combined price of $3.871250 per share of common stock and accompanying common warrant and $3.870250 per pre-funded warrant and accompanying common warrant. Each pre-funded warrant will have an exercise price ... Full story available on Benzinga.com