Acer Therapeutics Announces Common Stock Purchase Agreement for up to $15 million with Lincoln Park Capital

NEWTON, Mass., April 30, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Acer Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: ACER), a pharmaceutical company focused on the acquisition, development and commercialization of therapies for serious rare and life-threatening diseases with significant unmet medical needs, today announced it has entered into a common stock purchase agreement for up to $15 million with Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC (LPC), a Chicago-based institutional investor.

Under the terms of the purchase agreement and following the filing and effectiveness of a registration statement, Acer will have the right at its sole discretion, but not the obligation, to sell to LPC up to $15 million worth of shares over the 36-month term of the agreement, subject to various limitations including those under the Nasdaq listing rules. There are no upper limits to the price per share LPC may pay to purchase the shares, and the purchase price of the shares will be based on the then prevailing market prices at the time of each sale to LPC. Acer controls the timing and amount of any future sales of its stock to LPC. There are no warrants, derivatives, financial or business covenants associated with the agreements, and LPC has agreed not to cause or engage in any direct or indirect short selling or hedging of Acer’s common stock. Acer may terminate the purchase agreement at any time, at its discretion, without any cost or penalty. 

Acer intends to use any net proceeds from the sale of its common stock to LPC for working capital and general corporate purposes. In consideration for LPC entering into the purchase agreement, Acer issued shares of its common stock to LPC as a commitment fee.

Additional information regarding the purchase agreement with LPC is available in the Current Report on Form 8-K that Acer filed today with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The offer and sale of the securities in the above transaction have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration under the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws or an applicable exemption from such registration.