Nurix Therapeutics Announces $40 Million Registered Direct Offering
Summary
SAN FRANCISCO, July 08, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 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. Nurixs drug discovery approach is to either harness or inhibit the natural function of E3 ligases within the ubiquitin proteasome system to selectively decrease or increase cellular protein levels. Nurix is headquartered in San Francisco, California.This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.