BioXcel Therapeutics Announces $25 Million Registered Direct Offering

NEW HAVEN, Conn., March 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BioXcel Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) (Nasdaq: BTAI), a biopharmaceutical company utilizing artificial intelligence approaches to develop transformative medicines in neuroscience and immuno-oncology, today announced that it has entered into a securities purchase agreement with investors in a registered direct offering of 3,054,609 shares (the “Shares”) of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”), and accompanying warrants (the “Accompanying Warrants”) to purchase up to 3,054,609 shares of Common Stock at a combined offering price of $2.901 per Share and Accompanying Warrant and pre-funded warrants (the “Pre-Funded Warrants”) to purchase up to 5,565,027 shares of Common Stock and Accompanying Warrants to purchase up to 5,565,027 shares of Common Stock at a combined offering price of $2.900 per share underlying each Pre-Funded Warrant and Accompanying Warrant, which equals the offering price per Share and Accompanying Warrant less the $0.001 exercise price per share of the Pre-Funded Warrants, for aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of approximately $25 million (excluding the proceeds, if any, from the exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants and the Accompanying Warrants). The Pre-Funded Warrants have an exercise price of $0.001 per share of Common Stock and are exercisable at any time after the date of issuance, subject to certain ownership limitations. The Accompanying Warrants have an exercise price of $3.20 per share of Common Stock, are exercisable at any time after the date of issuance, subject to certain ownership limitations, and expire five years from the date of issuance.

The offering is expected to close on March 27, 2024, subject to customary closing conditions. Since the offering was made without an underwriter or a placement agent, the Company will not be paying any underwriting discounts or placement agent fees in connection with the offering.

The Shares, Pre-Funded Warrants and Accompanying Warrants were offered pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-275261) that was previously filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and declared effective by the SEC on November 13, 2023. A prospectus supplement, which contains additional information relating to the offering, will be filed with the SEC and will be available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.