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LOS ANGELES--- Cougar Biotechnology Announces $87 Million Private Placement |
| 12/17/2007 @ 8:04 AM
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Cougar Biotechnology, Inc. (NASDAQ:CGRB) announced today it has entered into definitive agreements with institutional investors to sell in a private placement 3.0 million shares of its common stock at a price of $29 per share, resulting in gross proceeds to the company of $87 million, before deducting placement agent fees and other offering expenses. The closing of the offering is subject to certain conditions, and is expected to occur on December 20, 2007. Leerink Swann LLC served as lead placement agent for the offering with Cowen and Company, LLC and Lazard Frères & Co. LLC acting as co-placement agents.
Proceeds from the financing will be used primarily for ongoing clinical development of Cougar’s drug candidates including CB7630 (abiraterone acetate), CB3304 (noscapine) and CB1089 (seocalcitol).
The offer and sale of the shares have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the shares may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration under such act and applicable state securities laws or an applicable exemption from those registration requirements. Cougar has agreed to file a registration statement covering the resale of the common stock issued in the private placement. 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 jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.
About Cougar Biotechnology
Cougar Biotechnology, Inc. is a Los Angeles-based biotechnology company established to in-license and develop clinical stage drugs, with a specific focus on the field of oncology. Cougar’s oncology portfolio includes CB7630, a targeted inhibitor of the 17-alpha hydroxylase/c17,20 lyase enzyme, which is currently being tested in Phase II clinical trials in prostate cancer; CB3304, an inhibitor of microtubule dynamics, which is currently in a Phase I trial in hematological malignancies and CB1089, an analog of vitamin D, which has been clinically tested in a number of solid tumor types.
Further information about Cougar Biotechnology can be found at www.cougarbiotechnology.com. |
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