Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing an innovative pipeline of cancer therapies, today announced that it has entered into an agreement with five leading life sciences investors, including Biotechnology Value Fund, L.P., Boxer Capital and AI Life Sciences Investments LLC, an affiliate of Access Industries Inc., for the purchase of common stock at $8.00 per share, representing a premium of 20% to the share price as of market close on Thursday, January 30, 2020. Syndax anticipates aggregate gross proceeds from the offering will be approximately $35.0 million. Closing of the transaction is expected to occur on or about February 4, 2020.
In addition, Syndax Pharmaceuticals announced that it has entered into a term sheet with Hercules Capital, Inc. (NYSE: HTGC) for a term loan of up to $30.0 million, consisting of an initial tranche of $20.0 million to be funded at the closing with the potential for a second tranche of $10.0 million subject to satisfaction of certain terms and conditions. The debt facility is expected to be used to support the Company's pipeline programs. The term loan is subject to negotiation and execution of definitive agreements.
About Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Syndax Pharmaceuticals is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing an innovative pipeline of cancer therapies. The Company's lead product candidate, entinostat, a once-weekly, oral, small molecule, class I HDAC inhibitor, is being evaluated in a Phase 3 combination trial with exemestane for the treatment of advanced HR+, HER2- breast cancer, and has been evaluated in combination with several approved PD-1/PD-(L)1 antagonists. The Company's pipeline also includes SNDX-6352, a monoclonal antibody that blocks the colony stimulating factor 1 (CSF-1) receptor, which is currently being evaluated in chronic graft versus host disease (cGVHD) and solid tumors, and SNDX-5613, a potent, selective, small molecule inhibitor of the Menin-MLL binding interaction that is being developed for the treatment of MLL-rearranged (MLL-r) acute leukemias, including acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML). For more information, please visit www.syndax.com or follow the Company on Twitter and LinkedIn.
