Vermillion, Inc. Announces Proposed Public Offering of Common Stock

AUSTIN, Texas, July 13, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Vermillion, Inc. VRML, a bio-analytical solutions company focused on gynecologic disease, today announced that it intends to offer shares of its common stock in an underwritten public offering.  The offering is subject to market and other conditions, and there can be no assurance as to whether or when the offering may be completed, or as to the actual size or terms of the offering. All of the shares will be offered by Vermillion.

Canaccord Genuity is acting as sole book-running manager and Roth Capital Partners is acting as lead manager for the offering.

Vermillion, Inc. intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to fund domestic and international commercialization, bioinformatics platform enhancements, portfolio expansion and general corporate purposes.

The offering is being made pursuant to a shelf registration statement (File No. 198734) previously filed with and declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).  This offering will be made only by means of a prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus. A preliminary prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus related to the offering will be filed with the SEC.  Electronic copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus will be available through the website of the SEC at www.sec.gov.  When available, copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus may also be obtained by contacting the Syndicate Department of Canaccord Genuity Inc., Attention: Syndicate Department, 99 High Street, 12th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02110, or by telephone/email at (800) 225-6201/prospectus@canaccordgenuity.com.

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. 

About Vermillion, Inc.
Vermillion, Inc. is dedicated to the discovery, development and commercialization of novel high-value diagnostic and bio-analytical solutions that help physicians diagnose, treat and improve gynecologic health outcomes for women. Vermillion, along with its prestigious scientific collaborators, have diagnostic programs in gynecologic disease. Vermillion's lead diagnostic, OVA1®, is a blood test for pre-surgical assessment of ovarian tumors for malignancy, using an innovative algorithmic approach. As the first FDA-cleared, protein-based In Vitro Diagnostic Multivariate Index Assay, OVA1 represents a new class of software-based diagnostics.

Vermillion and VRML are trademarks of Vermillion, Inc.

Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.  All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this press release are forward-looking statements, including statements regarding Vermillion's expectations on the completion, timing and size of the proposed public offering and the anticipated use of proceeds therefrom.  In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as "may," "will," "should," "expect," "plan," "anticipate," "could," "intend," "target," "project," "contemplates," "believes," "estimates," "predicts," "potential" or "continue" or the negative of these terms or other similar expressions.  These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release and are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including the risks and uncertainties associated with market conditions and the satisfaction of customary closing conditions related to the proposed public offering, as well as risks and uncertainties inherent in Vermillion's business, including those described in the section entitled "Risk Factors" in Vermillion's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 and in Vermillion's other periodic filings with the SEC.  The events and circumstances reflected in the Vermillion's forward-looking statements may not be achieved or occur and actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements.  Except as required by applicable law, Vermillion does not plan to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements contained in this press release, whether as a result of any new information, future events, changed circumstances or otherwise.

Investor Relations Contact:
Michael Wood
LifeSci Advisors LLC
Tel 1-646-597-6983
mwood@lifesciadvisors.com

 

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SOURCE Vermillion, Inc.

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