IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Eledon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Eledon”) (NASDAQ: ELDN), today announced the pricing of its underwritten offering of (i) 18,356,173 shares of its common stock at a price of $3.65 per share and (ii) pre-funded warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 4,931,507 shares of common stock at a price of $3.649 per pre-funded warrant. The pre-funded warrants will be immediately exercisable and will have an exercise price of $0.001 per share. The gross proceeds from the offering, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses, are expected to be approximately $85 million. All of the shares of common stock and pre-funded warrants in the offering are to be sold by Eledon. The offering is expected to close on or about October 30, 2024, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

The financing includes participation from new and existing investors, including BVF Partners LP, RA Capital Management, Frazier Life Sciences, Blue Owl Healthcare Opportunities, First Light Asset Management, Sphera Healthcare, Woodline Partners LP, Nantahala Capital and T1D Fund: A Breakthrough T1D Venture.

Leerink Partners is acting as sole book-running manager for the offering. Noble Capital Markets Inc. is acting as financial advisor.

Eledon currently intends to use the net proceeds from this offering to advance its pipeline and for working capital and general corporate purposes.

The offering is being made pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-282260), previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on September 20, 2024 and declared effective on October 2, 2024. The offering is being made only by means of a prospectus and prospectus supplement that form a part of the registration statement. A preliminary prospectus supplement and final prospectus supplement relating to the offering will be filed with the SEC and available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement and final prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, once available, may also be obtained by contacting Leerink Partners LLC, Attention: Syndicate Department, 53 State Street, 40th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02109, by telephone at (800) 808-7525, ext. 6105, or by email at [email protected].

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 state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.