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Published on 8/9/2016 in the Prospect News PIPE Daily.

Fibrocell Science negotiates $25 million sale of 4% convertible note

10-year note being sold with five-year warrants for 25 million shares

By Devika Patel

Knoxville, Tenn., Aug. 9 – Fibrocell Science, Inc. arranged a $25 million private placement of 10-year convertible promissory notes on Aug. 9, according to an 8-K filed Tuesday with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The 4% notes convert to common stock at the greater of $1.13625 and the last closing bid price at settlement plus $0.12625. The note may be put.

Investors also received five-year warrants for 25 million common shares. The warrants are exercisable at the greater of $1.50 per share and the last closing bid price at settlement.

Proceeds will be used for clinical and preclinical development and general corporate purposes.

The company also said it cancelled plans for its public offering of common stock and warrants that was announced on Monday and would have been conducted through bookrunner Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. and co-managers Roth Capital Partners, LLC and Griffin Securities, Inc.

Fibrocell is a biotechnology company based in Exton, Pa.

Issuer:Fibrocell Science, Inc.
Issue:Convertible promissory notes
Amount:$25 million
Maturity:10 years
Coupon:4%
Conversion price:The greater of $1.13625 and the last closing bid price at settlement plus $0.12625
Put:Yes
Warrants:For 25 million shares
Warrant expiration:Five years
Warrant strike price:The greater of $1.50 per share and the last closing bid price at settlement
Settlement date:Aug. 9
Stock symbol:Nasdaq: FCSC
Stock price:$1.00 at close Aug. 8
Market capitalization:$51.98 million

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