Roseville, Minnesota, USA
October 20, 2020
Calyxt, Inc. (NASDAQ: CLXT) (the “Company”), a plant-based technology company, today announced the closing of its previously announced registered direct offering of 3,750,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, at a purchase price of $4.00 per share. Cellectis S.A., the Company’s majority shareholder, purchased 1,250,000 shares in the offering.
H.C. Wainwright & Co. acted as the exclusive placement agent for the transaction.
The gross proceeds to the Company from this offering were $15 million, before deducting the placement agent’s fees and other offering expenses payable by the Company. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from this offering for general corporate purposes, including to advance its current product development pipeline, to continue to advance its TALEN® technology and its intellectual property portfolio, and to support the execution of its streamlined business model.
The shares of common stock were offered by the Company pursuant to a “shelf” registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-233231) previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and declared effective by the SEC on September 27, 2019. The offering was made only by means of a prospectus, including a prospectus supplement, forming a part of the effective registration statement. A final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the shares of common stock offered were filed with the SEC on October 16, 2020. Electronic copies of the final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus may be obtained on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov or by contacting H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC at 430 Park Avenue, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10022, by phone at (646) 975-6996 or e-mail at placements@hcwco.com.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or other 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 other jurisdiction.