10/20/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 10/20/2025 04:01
Item 8.01 Other Events.
On October 16, 2025, Praxis Precision Medicines, Inc. (the "Company") entered into an underwriting agreement (the "Underwriting Agreement") with TD Securities (USA) LLC, Piper Sandler & Co. and Guggenheim Securities, LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named in Schedule A thereto (collectively, the "Underwriters"), relating to an underwritten offering of 3,025,480 shares (the "Shares") of the Company's common stock, $0.0001 par value per share (the "Common Stock"), and, in lieu of Common Stock to certain investors, pre-funded warrants (the "Pre-funded Warrants") to purchase up to 318,470 shares of Common Stock (the "Offering"). The closing of the Offering is expected to take place on October 20, 2025, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. All of the Shares and the Pre-funded Warrants are being sold by the Company. The offering price of the Shares to the public is $157.00 per share, and the offering price of the Pre-funded Warrants to the public is $156.9999 per underlying share, which equals the price per share of Common Stock being sold in this Offering, minus $0.0001, the Pre-funded Warrants' exercise price per share. The Company also granted the Underwriters an option to purchase up to 501,592 additional shares of Common Stock within 30 days from the date of the Underwriting Agreement. On October 17, 2025, the Underwriters exercised the option to purchase such additional shares in full. The net proceeds from the Offering are expected to be approximately $567.0 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by the Company, and giving effect to the exercise of the Underwriters' option to purchase additional shares. The Company does not intend to list the Pre-funded Warrants on The Nasdaq Global Select Market ("Nasdaq") or any other nationally recognized securities exchange or trading system.
The exercise price and the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Pre-funded Warrants are subject to appropriate adjustments in the event of certain stock dividends and distributions, stock splits, stock combinations, reclassifications or similar events affecting the Common Stock. The Pre-funded Warrants are exercisable from the date of issuance and may be exercised by means of a cashless exercise. Under the Pre-funded Warrants, the Company may not effect the exercise of the Pre-funded Warrants, and a holder will not be entitled to exercise any portion of the Pre-funded Warrants that, upon giving effect to such exercise, would result in: (i) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such holder (together with its affiliates) exceeding 4.99% (or 9.99%) of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the exercise; or (ii) the combined voting power of the Company's securities beneficially owned by such holder (together with its affiliates) exceeding 4.99% (or 9.99%) of the combined voting power of all of the Company's securities outstanding immediately after giving effect to the exercise, as such percentage ownership is determined in accordance with the terms of the Pre-funded Warrants, which percentage may be changed at the holder's election to a higher or lower percentage not in excess of 19.99% upon 61 days' notice to the Company.
In addition, in certain circumstances, upon a Fundamental Transaction (as defined in the Pre-funded Warrants), a holder of the Pre-funded Warrants will be entitled to receive, upon exercise of the Pre-funded Warrants, the kind and amount of securities, cash or other property that such holder would have received had it exercised the Pre-funded Warrants immediately prior to the Fundamental Transaction without regard to any limitations on exercise contained in the Pre-funded Warrants.
The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the Offering, together with the Company's existing cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities, to continue the research and development activities of its clinical-stage product candidates, and preparation activities for potential commercialization of its late-stage assets as well as advancement of its earlier stage assets and for working capital and other general corporate purposes. Based on the planned use of proceeds described above, the Company believes that the net proceeds from this Offering, together with its existing cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities, will be sufficient to enable the Company to fund its operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements into 2028. This estimate is based on assumptions that may prove to be incorrect, and the Company could utilize available capital resources sooner than expected.
The Offering was made pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 ASR that was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on December 23, 2024 and was immediately effective upon filing (File No. 333-284016). A prospectus supplement relating to the Offering has been filed with the SEC.
The representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Underwriting Agreement and the Pre-funded Warrants were made solely for the benefit of the parties thereto and may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the contracting parties. Accordingly, the Underwriting Agreement and the Pre-funded Warrants are incorporated herein by reference only to provide investors with information regarding the terms of the Underwriting Agreement and not to provide investors with any other factual information regarding the Company or its business, and should be read in conjunction with the disclosures in the Company's periodic reports and other filings with the SEC.