Agile Therapeutics Files Registration Statement for Proposed Initial Public Offering

PRINCETON, N.J., March 17, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Agile Therapeutics, Inc., a women's health specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of new prescription contraceptive products, announced today that it has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") relating to a proposed initial public offering of shares of its common stock.  All shares of the common stock to be sold in the offering will be offered by Agile Therapeutics, Inc.  The number of shares to be offered and the price range for the offering have not yet been determined.

RBC Capital Markets, LLC and William Blair & Company, L.L.C. are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering.  Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. and Janney Montgomery Scott LLC are acting as co-managers.

A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with the SEC, but has not yet become effective. These securities may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted prior to the time the registration statement becomes effective. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy and there shall not be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

The offering will be made only by means of a prospectus. When available, a copy of the preliminary prospectus relating to and describing the terms of the offering may be obtained from RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Attention: Equity Syndicate, Three World Financial Center, 200 Vesey Street, 8th Floor, New York, New York 10281 and William Blair & Company, L.L.C., Attention: Prospectus Department, 222 West Adams Street, Chicago, IL 60606, Telephone: (800) 621-0687.

SOURCE Agile Therapeutics, Inc.