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Published on 9/13/2013 in the Prospect News PIPE Daily.

Galena Biopharma prices $35 million public offering of units at $2.00

Company sells shares with partial warrants via bookrunner Oppenheimer

By Devika Patel

Knoxville, Tenn., Sept. 13 - Galena Biopharma, Inc. said it priced a $35 million public sale of units with a $5.25 million greenshoe. The offering was announced Thursday.

The company will sell 17.5 million units of one common share and a warrant for 0.35 shares at $2.00 per unit. Each whole warrant will be exercisable at $2.50 for five years. The strike price is a 9.65% premium to the Sept. 12 closing share price of $2.28.

Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. is the bookrunning manager.

Settlement is expected Sept. 18.

Proceeds will be used for commercialization of the company's first commercial product, Abstral Sublingual Tablets, clinical trials and general corporate purposes.

Galena is a biotechnology company based in Lake Oswego, Ore.

Issuer:Galena Biopharma, Inc.
Issue:Units of one common share and a warrant for 0.35 shares
Amount:$35 million
Greenshoe:$5.25 million
Units:17.5 million
Price:$2.00
Warrants:One warrant for 0.35 shares per unit
Warrant expiration:Five years
Warrant strike price:$2.50
Bookrunner:Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.
Co-managers:JMP Securities LLC, Roth Capital Partners, Maxim Group LLC, MLV & Co. and Noble Financial Capital Markets
Announcement date:Sept. 12
Pricing date:Sept. 13
Settlement date:Sept. 18
Stock symbol:Nasdaq: GALE
Stock price:$2.28 at close Sept. 12
Market capitalization:$162.95 million

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