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Evogene Announces Pricing of US$8,500,000 Registered Direct Offering
REHOVOT, Israel, July 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Evogene Ltd. ("Evogene") (Nasdaq: EVGN) (TASE: EVGN), a leading computational biology company aiming to
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[{"type":"text","content":"REHOVOT, Israel, July 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Evogene Ltd. (\"Evogene\") (Nasdaq: EVGN) (TASE: EVGN), a leading computational biology company aiming to revolutionize life-science-based product discovery and development utilizing cutting-edge computational biology technologies across multiple market segments, today announced it has entered into securities purchase agreements with institutional investors (including SilverArc Capital Management, Altium Capital Management, LP and CVI Investments, Inc.) for the purchase and sale of 8,500,000 ordinary shares in a registered direct offering at a purchase price of $1.00 per ordinary share (the \"offering\").\nThe closing of the offering is expected to occur on or about July 19, 2023, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. The gross proceeds from the offering are expected to be approximately $8,500,000 before deducting placement agent fees and other offering expenses. Evogene intends to use the net proceeds of this offering to further develop its and its subsidiaries' product pipelines, to further enhance and expand its CPB (Computational Predictive Biology) platform and technological engines and for working capital and general corporate purposes.\nA.G.P./Alliance Global Partners is acting as sole placement agent for the offering.\nThe ordinary shares will be issued in a registered direct offering pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-253300) previously filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the \"SEC\"), under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the \"Securities Act\"), and was declared effective by the SEC on March 3, 2021. A prospectus supplement describing the terms of the proposed registered direct offering will be filed with the SEC and once filed, will be available on the SEC's website located at http://www.sec.gov. Electronic copies of the prospectus supplement may be obtained, when available, from A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners, 590 Madison Avenue, 28th Floor, New York, NY 10022, or by telephone at (212) 624-2060, or by email at [email protected].\nThis 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 ...