Cingulate Inc. Reports Third Quarter 2023 Financial Results and Provides Clinical and Business Update

Phase 3 Adult Efficacy and Safety Trial Data Presented at Psych Congress Cingulate Closed a $4M Public Offering $5.8M of Debt Converted into CING Equity

KANSAS CITY, Kan., Nov. 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cingulate Inc. (NASDAQ: CING) (Cingulate or the Company), a biopharmaceutical company utilizing its proprietary Precision Timed Release™ (PTR™) drug delivery platform technology to build and advance a pipeline of next-generation pharmaceutical products, today provided financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2023, as well as a clinical and business update.

Among other highlights, the Company announced data from its Phase 3 adult efficacy and safety trial, closed a $4 million public offering in September 2023 and converted of $5.8 million of debt into Cingulate equity in September 2023.

“We are pleased with the full data received from the Phase 3 adult efficacy and safety trial, and believe it amplifies our view that the effect size seen with CTx-1301 is positioned to provide substantial benefit to the millions of ADHD patients,” said Cingulate Chairman and CEO Shane J. Schaffer.

Cingulate Closed a $4M Public Offering

On September 11, 2023, Cingulate entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement pursuant to which it issued 1,720,000 shares of common stock, pre-funded warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 5,205,208 shares of common stock, Series A warrants to purchase up to 6,925,208 shares of common stock and Series B warrants to purchase up to 3,462,604 shares of common stock. The offering closed on September 13, 2023. The combined purchase price per share of common stock and accompanying warrants was $0.5776. The combined purchase price per pre-funded warrant and accompanying warrants was $0.5775, which represents the public offering price per share of common stock and accompanying warrants less the $0.0001 per share exercise price for each pre-funded warrant. The Series A warrants have an exercise price of $0.5776 per share and will expire November 3, 2028, and the Series B warrants have an exercise price of $0.5776 per share and will expire November 3, 2025. The Company’s stockholders approved the issuance of common stock upon the exercise of the Series A and Series B warrants at a special meeting held on November 3, 2023. H.C. Wainwright & Co. acted as the exclusive placement agent for the offering.

Werth Family Investment Associates Converted $5.8M of Debt into Cingulate Equity On September 8, 2023, Werth Family Investment Associates, LLC (“WFIA”), the manager of which is Peter J. Werth, a member of the Cingulate board of directors, converted $5.8 million of debt and accrued interest into pre-funded warrants to purchase 6,838,235 shares of Cingulate common stock, at a conversion price of $0.85 per pre-funded warrant. The closing price of Cingulate’s common stock on Nasdaq on September 8, 2023 was $0.5776 per share. The pre-funded warrants issued to WFIA have no expiration date and are exercisable immediately at an exercise price of $0.0001 per share, subject to a beneficial ownership blocker of 19.99%.

Clinical Update

• CTx-1301:  Cingulate presented full results from the Phase 3 adult efficacy and safety study of its lead candidate, CTx-1301 (dexmethylphenidate), for the treatment of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), on September 8, 2023, at the 36th Annual Psych Congress, in Nashville, TN. A poster describing this data was selected as a finalist for the Psych Congress’s First Annual Poster Awards. The Phase 3 CTx-1301-022 study (NCT05631626) assessed efficacy and safety along with onset and duration of CTx-1301 in 21 adults (age range: 18-55 years) with ADHD in an adult laboratory classroom setting. The study was not powered for statistical significance, nor was it achieved on the primary efficacy endpoint, but demonstrated a trend toward significance in improving Permanent Product Measure of Performance (PERMP) scores with CTx-1301 compared to placebo. Clinical Global Impression Scale [CGI-S]) scores with CTx-1301 compared to placebo also showed significant improvements with a 28.6% reduction and a p-value of < 0.001. CTx-1301 demonstrated a reduction in Adult ADHD Investigator Symptom Rating Scale (AISRS) scores during the dose-optimization period. During the randomized placebo-controlled period, CTx-1301 demonstrated a reduction in AISRS scores with an effect size of 5.45 and a p-value of