OncoSec Medical Incorporated Announces Closing of $23.0 Million Public Offering of Common Stock

SAN DIEGO, Feb. 6, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- OncoSec Medical Incorporated ("OncoSec") (NASDAQ: ONCS), a biotechnology company focused on designing, developing and commercializing innovative immunotherapies and proprietary medical approaches to stimulate and guide an anti-tumor immune response for the treatment of cancer, today announced the closing of its previously announced underwritten public offering of 15,333,334 shares of its common stock, which includes the exercise in full by the underwriters of their option to purchase 2,000,000 additional shares, at the public offering price of $1.50 per share. The gross proceeds from the offering, including the exercise of the option to purchase additional shares, were approximately $23 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses paid by OncoSec.

Piper Jaffray & Co. acted as lead book-running manager for the offering.  Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. also acted as a book runner.

The proceeds of the offering are expected to be used primarily for the Phase 2 PISCES/KEYNOTE-695 trial in melanoma, for other clinical and research and development activities, and for working capital and general corporate purposes.  

The offering was made pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 that was filed with the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) on August 9, 2016 and declared effective by the SEC on August 25, 2016.  The final prospectus supplement for the offering is available on the SEC's website located at http://www.sec.gov.  Copies of the final prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to these securities may also be obtained, when available, by contacting Piper Jaffray & Co., Attention: Prospectus Department, 800 Nicollet Mall, J12S03, Minneapolis, MN 55402, by telephone at (800) 747-3924, or by email at [email protected], or from Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., Attention: Capital Markets, 499 Park Ave., 6th Floor, New York, New York 10022, or by email at [email protected].        

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 jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

About OncoSec Medical Incorporated 

OncoSec is a biotechnology company developing DNA-based intratumoral immunotherapies with an investigational technology, ImmunoPulse®, for the treatment of cancer.  ImmunoPulse is designed to enhance the local delivery and uptake of DNA-based immune-targeting agents, such as plasmid encoded IL-12 (tavokinogene telseplasmid or "tavo").  In Phase 1 and 2 clinical trials, ImmunoPulse® IL-12 has demonstrated a favorable safety profile, evidence of anti-tumor activity in the treatment of various solid tumors, and the potential to reach beyond the site of local treatment to initiate a systemic immune response. OncoSec's lead program, ImmunoPulse IL-12, is currently in clinical development for metastatic melanoma and triple-negative breast cancer. The program's current focus is on the significant unmet medical need in patients with melanoma who are refractory or have relapsed on anti-PD-1 therapies.  In addition to tavo, the Company is also identifying and developing new immune-targeting agents for use with the ImmunoPulse platform.

Forward-Looking Statements

Some of the statements included in this press release may be forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. For those statements, we claim the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  The factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially include: the intended use of proceeds from the offering; the status, progress and results of our clinical programs; our ability to obtain regulatory approvals for, and the level of market opportunity for our product candidates; our business plans, strategies and objectives, including plans to pursue collaboration, licensing or other similar arrangements or transactions; expectations regarding our liquidity and performance, including expense levels, sources of capital and ability to maintain operations as a going concern; the competitive landscape of our industry; and general market, economic and political conditions; and other risk factors identified from time to time in our reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Any forward-looking statements set forth in this press release speak only as of the date of this press release.  We do not intend to update any of these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that occur after the date hereof.

Contact

Investor Relations:
Stern Investor Relations
Will O'Connor
Phone: (212) 362-1200
[email protected]  

Media Relations:
Stern Strategy Group
Brian Hyland or Ashley Duvall
Phone: (908) 276-4344 
[email protected]

SOURCE OncoSec Medical Incorporated

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