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Bionano Announces Closing of $3 Million Registered Direct Offering Priced At-the-Market under Nasdaq Rules

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 31, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bionano Genomics, Inc. (NASDAQ:BNGO) today announced the closing of its previously announced registered direct offering priced at-the-marker under Nasdaq rules for the purchase and sale of an aggregate of 9,881,113 shares of its common stock and Series C warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 9,881,113 shares of common stock and short-term Series D warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 9,881,113 shares of common stock (collectively, the "Warrants") at a combined offering price of $0.3039 per share of common stock and accompanying Warrants. The Warrants have an exercise price of $0.3039 per share and will be exercisable beginning on the effective date of stockholder approval of the issuance of the shares of common stock upon exercise of the Warrants (the "Stockholder Approval"). The Series C warrants expire five years following the date of the Stockholder Approval and the short-term Series D warrants expire eighteen months following the date of Stockholder Approval.

H.C. Wainwright & Co. acted as the exclusive placement agent for the offering.

The aggregate gross proceeds to the Company from the offering were approximately $3 million, before deducting the placement agent's fees and other offering expenses payable by the Company. The potential additional gross proceeds to the Company from the Warrants, if fully exercised on a cash basis, will be approximately $6 million. No assurance can be given that the Stockholder Approval will be achieved or that any of the Warrants will be exercised. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from this offering, together with its existing cash and cash equivalents and available-for-sale securities, for general corporate purposes, including working capital, research and development expenses, repayment or redemption of existing indebtedness and capital expenditures.

The securities described above were offered and sold by the Company in a registered direct offering pursuant to a "shelf" registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-270459) that was originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on March 10, 2023, and became effective on May 10, 2023. The offering ...