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Ensysce Biosciences, Inc. Announces Closing of $7 Million Public Offering
SAN DIEGO, CA / ACCESSWIRE / May 12, 2023 / Ensysce Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:ENSC) (the "Company"), a clinical-stage biotech company applying transformative
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[{"type":"text","content":"SAN DIEGO, CA / ACCESSWIRE / May 12, 2023 / Ensysce Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:ENSC) (the \"Company\"), a clinical-stage biotech company applying transformative chemistry to improve prescription drug safety to reduce abuse and overdose, announced today the closing of the previously announced public offering of an aggregate of 1,800,876 shares of its common stock (or pre-funded warrants in lieu thereof), Series A-1 warrants to purchase up to 1,800,876 shares of common stock and Series A-2 warrants to purchase 1,800,876 shares of common stock, at a combined public offering price of $3.887 per share (or pre-funded warrant in lieu thereof) and accompanying warrants. The Series A-1 warrants have an exercise price of $3.637 per share, are exercisable immediately upon issuance and will expire five years from the date of issuance, and the Series A-2 warrants have an exercise price of $3.637 per share, are exercisable immediately upon issuance and will expire eighteen months from the date of issuance.H.C. Wainwright & Co. acted as the exclusive placement agent for the offering.The gross proceeds to the Company from this offering were approximately $7 million, before deducting the placement agent's fees and other offering expenses payable by the Company. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from this offering for the further clinical development of their product candidates and for working capital and other general corporate purposes.The securities described above were offered pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-271480), which was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the \"SEC\") on May 9, 2023. The offering was made only by means of a prospectus which forms a part of the effective registration statement. A preliminary prospectus relating to the offering has been filed with the SEC. Electronic copies of the final prospectus will be filed with the SEC and may be obtained on the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov and may also be obtained by contacting H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC at 430 Park Avenue, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10022, by phone at (212) 856-5711 or e-mail at [email protected] connection with the offering, the Company also has amended certain existing warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 210,085 shares of the Company's common stock that were previously issued in S...