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8-K - RAPTOR 8-K FINANCING 090811 - Raptor Pharmaceutical Corpraptor8kfinancing090811.htm
EX-5.1 - EXHIBIT 5.1 AND 23.1 LEGAL OPINION 090811 - Raptor Pharmaceutical Corplegalopinion090811.htm
EX-99.1 - EXHIBIT 99.1 PRESS RELEASE 090711 - Raptor Pharmaceutical Corppressrelease090711.htm
EX-1.1 - EXHIBIT 1.1 UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT JMP - Raptor Pharmaceutical Corpunderwritingagreementjmp.htm



Exhibit 99.2




Raptor Pharmaceutical Corp. Announces
Pricing of Public Offering of Common Stock

 
Novato, California,  September 8, 2011 - Raptor Pharmaceutical Corp. ("Raptor" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: RPTP), today announced the pricing of its previously announced underwritten public offering of 10,000,000 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $4.00 per share. The net proceeds to the Company from this offering are expected to be approximately $37,250,000, after deduction of underwriting discounts and other estimated offering expenses payable by the Company. In addition, the Company has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,500,000 shares of common stock to cover over-allotments, if any.  The offering is expected to close on or about September 13, 2011, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

The Company expects to use the net proceeds from the offering to fund the Company’s commercial and pre-commercial efforts, clinical and preclinical development programs and other general corporate activities.
 
JMP Securities LLC is acting as the sole book-running manager for the offering, and Canaccord Genuity Inc. and Cowen and Company are acting as co-lead managers for the offering.
 
A shelf registration statement on Form S-3 relating to the public offering of the shares of common stock described above was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and is effective. A preliminary prospectus supplement relating to the offering has been filed with the SEC and a final prospectus supplement relating to the offering will be filed with the SEC and will be available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.  When available, copies of the final prospectus supplement may also be obtained from the offices of JMP Securities LLC, 600 Montgomery Street, 10th Floor, San Francisco, California 94111, Attention: Prospectus Department, (415) 835-8985.
 
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities, in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
 
About Raptor Pharmaceutical Corp.

Raptor Pharmaceutical Corp. (NASDAQ: RPTP) (“Raptor”) seeks to research, produce, and deliver medicines that improve life for patients with severe, rare disorders. Raptor currently has product candidates in clinical development designed to potentially treat nephropathic cystinosis, Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis (“NASH”), Huntington’s Disease (“HD”), aldehyde dehydrogenase deficiency (“ALDH2”), and thrombotic disorder.

Raptor’s preclinical programs are based upon bioengineered novel drug candidates and drug-targeting platforms derived from the human receptor-associated protein and related proteins that are designed to target cancer, neurodegenerative disorders and infectious diseases.

For additional information, please visit www.raptorpharma.com.

 
Forward Looking Statements
 
This document contains forward-looking statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements relate to future events or our future results of operation or future financial performance, including, but not limited to the following statement: that Raptor will be able to close the public offering of its Common Stock or that Raptor will be able to successfully develop any of its product candidates. These statements are only predictions and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause the Company's actual results to be materially different from these forward-looking statements Raptor cautions readers not to place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they were made. Certain of these risks, uncertainties, and other factors are described in greater detail in the Company's filings from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), which Raptor strongly urges you to read and consider, including: Raptor's annual report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on November 22, 2010; and Raptor's quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on July 12, 2011; all of which are available free of charge on the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov.  Subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to Raptor or to persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements set forth in Raptor's reports filed with the SEC. Raptor expressly disclaims any intent or obligation to update any forward-looking statements.
 
Contact:

Trout Group (investors)
Lauren Glaser
(646) 378-2972
lglaser@troutgroup.com

EVC Group (media)
Janine McCargo
(646) 688-0425
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