Aptose Announces $4.43 Million Registered Direct Offering Priced At-the-Market Under Nasdaq Rules
SAN DIEGO and TORONTO, May 31, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Aptose Biosciences Inc. (“Aptose” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ:APTO, TSX:APS), a clinical-stage precision oncology company developing highly differentiated oral targeted agents to treat hematologic malignancies, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement for the issuance and sale of 3,855,000 of its common shares (or common share equivalents in lieu thereof) at a purchase price of $1.15 per share (or per common share equivalent in lieu thereof) in a registered direct offering priced at-the-market under Nasdaq rules. Additionally, in a concurrent private placement, Aptose has agreed to issue unregistered series A warrants to purchase up to 3,855,000 common shares and series B warrants to purchase up to 3,855,000 common shares, each at an exercise price of $1.15 per share. The unregistered warrants will be exercisable beginning on the effective date of shareholder approval of the issuance of the shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants. The series A warrants will expire five years from the date of shareholder approval and the series B warrants will expire eighteen months from the date of shareholder approval. The offering is expected to close on or about June 3, 2024, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.