Capricor Therapeutics Announces Closing of Underwritten Public Offering and Full Exercise of the Underwriters’ Option to Purchase Additional Shares
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Capricor Therapeutics (NASDAQ: CAPR), a biotechnology company developing transformative cell and exosome-based therapeutics for the treatment of rare diseases, announced today the closing of its previously announced underwritten public offering of 5,073,800 shares of its common stock, including the exercise in full of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares to cover over allotments, bringing the total gross proceeds to Capricor from the offering to approximately $86.3 million, before deducting underwriting commissions and other offering expenses payable by Capricor. All of the shares of common stock sold in the offering, including the over-allotment, were offered by Capricor. The closing of the offering occurred on October 18, 2024.