ISELIN, N.J., April 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Outlook Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:OTLK), a biopharmaceutical company working to achieve the first approval for an ophthalmic formulation of bevacizumab for the treatment of retinal diseases in the US and the EU, today announced that it has closed its previously announced private placement with Syntone Ventures, LLC, an existing stockholder, for upfront gross proceeds of approximately $5.0 million from the issuance and sale of shares of the Company's common stock and accompanying warrants, before deducting offering expenses. In addition, Outlook Therapeutics has the potential to receive additional gross proceeds of up to $8 million upon the full cash exercise of the warrants issued in the private placement, before deducting offering expenses. About the Private Placement Pursuant to the securities purchase agreement entered into on January 24, 2024, Outlook Therapeutics issued to Syntone an aggregate of 714,286 shares of common stock and accompanying warrants to purchase an aggregate of 1,071,429 shares of common stock, at a price of $7.00 per share and accompanying warrant to purchase one and one-half shares of common stock. The warrants have an exercise price of $7.70 per share and are exercisable only for cash until their expiration on the fifth anniversary of the issuance date. The warrants include a feature that allows Outlook Therapeutics to require Syntone to cash exercise the warrants if certain stock price and milestone conditions are met. All of the securities in the private placement were offered by the Company. Outlook Therapeutics intends to use the net proceeds from the private placement to fund its ONS-5010 clinical development programs, including the ongoing NORSE EIGHT clinical trial, and for working capital and other general corporate purposes. As previously disclosed, Outlook Therapeutics also entered into, and received proceeds from, a securities purchase agreement with Great Point Partners, LLC, GMS Ventures, and other investors to purchase $60 million in shares of common stock and warrants on substantially the same terms as the private placement. The offer and sale of the foregoing securities were made by Outlook Therapeutics in a private placement under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and/or Regulation D promulgated thereunder, and such securities have not been registered under the Act ...