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Electro-Optical Sciences Announces $11.5 Million Private Placement
| Source: Electro-Optical Sciences
IRVINGTON, NY--(Marketwire - August 1, 2007) - Electro-Optical Sciences, Inc. ("EOS")
(NASDAQ : MELA ), a medical device company focused on the design and
development of MelaFind®, a non-invasive, point-of-care instrument to
assist in the early diagnosis of melanoma, today announced that it has
signed definitive documents with institutional and accredited investors to
close a private placement of approximately $11.5 million comprised of
2,000,178 shares of common stock at $5.75 and 500,041common stock warrants
that are exercisable at $8.00 for 54 months beginning six months after the
closing.
Cowen and Company, LLC acted as the lead placement agent for the
transaction and ThinkEquity Partners acted as a co-placement agent.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation
of an offer to buy any securities. There shall not be any sale of these
securities in any jurisdiction in which such offering would be unlawful.
Pursuant to an agreement with the investors, the Company is required to
file a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission covering the resale of the shares of common stock to be issued
to the investors as well as the shares of common stock issuable upon
exercise of the warrants, subject to certain terms and conditions.
The securities offered in the private placement were not registered under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act") or any state securities
laws, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent
registration, or an applicable exemption from registration, under the Act
and applicable state securities laws.
EOS is a medical device company focused on designing and developing a
non-invasive, point-of-care instrument to assist in the early diagnosis of
melanoma. MelaFind®, EOS' flagship product, features a hand-held imaging
device that emits light of multiple wavelengths to capture images of
suspicious pigmented skin lesions and extract data. Using sophisticated
algorithms, the data are then analyzed against a proprietary database of
melanomas and benign lesions in order to provide information to the
physician and produce a recommendation of whether the lesion should be
biopsied.
Melanoma is the deadliest of skin cancers, responsible for approximately
80% of all skin cancer deaths. Unless melanoma is detected early and
excised with proper margins, the patient survival rate is poor, as there is
currently no cure for advanced stage melanoma.
For more information on EOS, visit www.eosciences.com.
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uncertainties and changes in circumstances, many of which are beyond our
control. There can be no assurance that our beliefs or expectations will be
achieved. Actual results may differ materially from our beliefs or
expectations due to economic, business, competitive, market and regulatory
factors.