Marina Biotech Announces $1.1 MM Convertible Preferred Stock Financing
(firmenpresse) - BOTHELL, WA -- (Marketwired) -- 08/06/15 -- Marina Biotech, Inc. (OTCQB: MRNA), a leading nucleic acid-based drug discovery and development company focused on rare diseases, today announced that the company has entered into a definitive agreement with existing investors, led by Steven T. Newby and James H. Stebbins, for the issuance of convertible preferred stock at a conversion price equivalent to $0.40 per share of common stock resulting in gross proceeds to the company of $1.1 million. In addition, the Company will issue to the investors warrants to purchase up to 3,437,500 shares of common stock. The warrants will have an exercise price of $0.40 per share and are exercisable for a period of six years after the date of issuance. The offering is expected to close on or about August 7, 2015, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
"Coming on the heels of the FDA''s Fast Track designation for CEQ508, this investment will permit us to focus on business development related transactions intended to significantly improve our value and bring in non-dilutive capital," stated J. Michael French, president and Chief Executive Officer at Marina Biotech. "We appreciate the continued confidence of our investors and the future opportunities open to us through this financing."
Marina Biotech is an oligonucleotide therapeutics company with broad drug discovery technologies providing the ability to develop proprietary single and double-stranded nucleic acid therapeutics including siRNAs, microRNA mimics, antagomirs, and antisense compounds, including messengerRNA therapeutics. These technologies were built via a roll-up strategy to discover and develop different types of nucleic acid therapeutics in order to modulate (up or down) a specific protein(s) which is either being produced too much or too little thereby causing a particular disease. We believe that the Marina Biotech technologies have unique strengths as a drug discovery engine for the development of nucleic acid-based therapeutics for rare and orphan diseases. Further, we believe Marina Biotech is the only company in the sector that has a delivery technology in human clinical trials with differentiated classes of payloads, through licensees ProNAi Therapeutics and Mirna Therapeutics, delivering single-stranded and double-stranded nucleic acid payloads, respectively. Our novel chemistries and other delivery technologies have been validated through license agreements with Roche, Novartis, MiNA, Monsanto, and Tekmira. The Marina Biotech pipeline currently includes a clinical program in Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (a precancerous syndrome) and a preclinical program in myotonic dystrophy. Marina Biotech''s goal is to improve human health through the development of RNAi- and oligonucleotide-based compounds and drug delivery technologies that together provide superior therapeutic options for patients. Additional information about Marina Biotech is available at .
Statements made in this news release may be forward-looking statements within the meaning of Federal Securities laws that are subject to certain risks and uncertainties and involve factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those projected or suggested. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: (i) the ability of Marina Biotech to obtain additional funding; (ii) the ability of Marina Biotech to attract and/or maintain manufacturing, research, development and commercialization partners; (iii) the ability of Marina Biotech and/or a partner to successfully complete product research and development, including preclinical and clinical studies and commercialization; (iv) the ability of Marina Biotech and/or a partner to obtain required governmental approvals; and (v) the ability of Marina Biotech and/or a partner to develop and commercialize products prior to, and that can compete favorably with those of, competitors. Additional factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected or suggested in any forward-looking statements are contained in Marina Biotech''s most recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Marina Biotech assumes no obligation to update or supplement forward-looking statements because of subsequent events.
Ryan Ferrell
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J. Michael French
President and CEO
Marina Biotech, Inc.
(425) 892-4322
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