Celyad Oncology Announces Closing of $32.5 Million Private Placement with Fortress Investment Group Affiliate
MONT-SAINT-GUIBERT, Belgium, Dec. 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Celyad Oncology SA (Euronext & Nasdaq: CYAD) (Celyad or the Company), a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR T) therapies for cancer, today announced the closing of its previously announced private placement with an affiliate of Fortress Investment Group (such affiliate Fortress).
- MONT-SAINT-GUIBERT, Belgium, Dec. 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Celyad Oncology SA (Euronext & Nasdaq: CYAD) (Celyad or the Company), a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR T) therapies for cancer, today announced the closing of its previously announced private placement with an affiliate of Fortress Investment Group (such affiliate Fortress).
- The Company issued 6,500,000 ordinary shares at a price of USD 5.00 (about EUR 4.42) for gross proceeds of USD 32.5 million (about EUR 28.7 million).
- SVB Leerink acted as the exclusive placement agent for the private placement, Goodwin Procter LLP and Harvest acted as legal counsel to the Company.
- The Company has agreed to customary registration rights covering the resale of the ordinary shares (in the form of American Depositary Shares) sold in the private placement.