RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NephroGenex, Inc. (Nasdaq:NRX), a pharmaceutical company focused on the development of therapeutics to treat kidney disease, today announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 1,500,000 shares of its common stock and warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 1,500,000 shares of its common stock at a combined offering price of $5.00 per share and accompanying warrant. The warrants will have a per share exercise price of $6.25, are exercisable immediately and will expire five years from the date of issuance. The gross proceeds to NephroGenex from this offering are expected to be approximately $7,500,000, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other estimated offering expenses. NephroGenex intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for working capital and general corporate purposes. NephroGenex has granted the underwriters a 45-day option to purchase up to an additional 225,000 shares of common stock and/or 225,000 additional warrants to cover over-allotments, if any. The offering is expected to close on July 22, 2015, subject to customary closing conditions.
Aegis Capital Corp. is acting as sole book-running manager for the offering.
A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and became effective on July 16, 2015.
The offering will be made only by means of a prospectus. A copy of the prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained, when available, by contacting Aegis Capital Corp., Prospectus Department, 810 Seventh Avenue, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10019, telephone: 212-813-1010, e-mail: prospectus@aegiscap.com. Investors may also obtain these documents at no cost by visiting the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov.
This 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 registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
About NephroGenex, Inc.
NephroGenex (Nasdaq:NRX) is a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company focused on developing therapeutics to treat kidney diseases caused by pathogenic oxidative chemistries. Since our inception, we have collaborated with the leading scientific experts in pathogenic oxidative chemistries to build a strong portfolio of intellectual property and novel acting drug candidates. Our clinical program has been done in collaboration with world leading clinical investigators in kidney disease. Our product pipeline includes an oral formulation of Pyridorin, which is being developed as a chronic, therapeutic agent to slow the progression of diabetic nephropathy, as well as an intravenous formulation of Pyridorin to treat specific types of acute kidney injury.
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