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Oculis Announces Pricing of $100 Million Oversubscribed Offering of Ordinary Shares
ZUG, Switzerland, Feb. 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oculis Holding AG (Nasdaq: OCS; XICE: OCS) (“Oculis” or the “Company”), a global biopharmaceutical company
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[{"type":"text","content":"ZUG, Switzerland, Feb. 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oculis Holding AG (Nasdaq: OCS; XICE: OCS) (“Oculis” or the “Company”), a global biopharmaceutical company focused on innovations addressing ophthalmic and neuro-ophthalmic diseases with significant unmet medical needs, today announced the pricing of an underwritten offering of 5,000,000 of its ordinary shares, CHF 0.01 nominal value per share, at a price of $20.00 per share, for total gross proceeds of $100 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses (the “Offering”). The oversubscribed Offering is expected to close on or about February 18, 2025, subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions. Before closing, the new shares will be issued out of the Company’s existing capital band (Kapitalband), bringing the total number of registered shares authorized by the Company as per its Articles of Association up to 53,943,700. Oculis intends to use the net proceeds from the Offering to advance and accelerate its clinical development pipeline, particularly the development of its novel neuroprotective clinical candidate Privosegtor (OCS-05), as well as for working capital and general corporate purposes. BofA Securities and Leerink Partners are acting as joint bookrunning managers for the Offering. Pareto Securities is acting as lead manager for the Offering. Arctica Finance is acting as financial advisor for the Offering. The Offering is being made pursuant to a registration statement on Form F-3, including a base prospectus, that was previously filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on April 1, 2024 and declared effective on April 3, 2024. The shares referred to in this press release are being offered in the United States only by means of a prospectus supplement. Copies of the final prospectus supplement for the Offering and the accompanying prospectus may be obtained, when available, from: BofA Securities, Attention: Prospectus Department, NC1-022-02-25, 201 North Tryon, Charlotte, North Carolina 28255-0001, or by email at [email protected] or Leerink Partners LLC, Attention: Syndicate Department, 53 State Street, 40th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02109, by telephone at (800) 808-7525, ext. 6105 or by email at [email protected]. Investors may also obtain these documents at no cost by visiting...