ARCA Biopharma Announces $9.4 Million Registered Direct Offering

WESTMINSTER, Colo., June 01, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ARCA biopharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: ABIO) a late stage biopharmaceutical company applying a precision medicine approach to developing genetically targeted therapies for cardiovascular diseases, today announced that it has entered into a definitive securities purchase agreement with certain institutional and accredited investors to purchase, in a registered direct offering, 348,000 shares of ARCA’s common stock, at a purchase price of $9.00 per share, and pre-funded warrants to purchase 694,222 shares of common stock at a purchase price of $8.999 per warrant. The gross proceeds to ARCA, before deducting placement agent fees and other offering expenses, are expected to be approximately $9.4 million. Subject to customary closing conditions, the transaction is expected to close on Wednesday, June 3, 2020.

JonesTrading Institutional Services LLC is acting as the exclusive placement agent for the offering.

ARCA anticipates that the net proceeds from this offering will be used to initiate its clinical trial of AB201 and for working capital and general corporate purposes.

The shares of common stock are being offered pursuant to a “shelf” registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-238067), which was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on May 20, 2020. A prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to the registered direct offering will be filed with the SEC. Electronic copies of the prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to the registered direct offering may be obtained, when available, from JonesTrading Institutional Services LLC by calling [phone], or by e-mailing [e-mail], or at 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 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 ARCA biopharma
ARCA biopharma is dedicated to developing genetically targeted therapies for cardiovascular diseases through a precision medicine approach to drug development. ARCA is developing AB201 as a potential treatment for diseases caused by RNA viruses, initially focusing on COVID-19. ARCA is also developing Gencaro (bucindolol hydrochloride), an investigational, pharmacologically unique beta-blocker and mild vasodilator, as a potential treatment for atrial fibrillation in heart failure patients. ARCA has identified common genetic variations that it believes predict individual patient response to Gencaro, giving it the potential to be the first genetically targeted AF prevention treatment. The U.S. FDA has granted the Gencaro development program Fast Track designation and a Special Protocol Assessment (SPA) agreement. For more information, please visit www.arcabio.com or follow ARCA on LinkedIn.