AcelRx Pharmaceuticals Announces Proposed 10M Share Secondary Offering

AcelRx Pharmaceuticals

, today announced a proposed underwritten public offering of 10,000,000 shares of its common stock pursuant to a registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC").   AcelRx will grant the underwriters a 30-day option to acquire up an additional 1,500,000 shares to cover over-allotments, if any.  All of the shares in the offering are to be sold by AcelRx. The offering is subject to market and other conditions, and there can be no assurance as to the timing and actual size or terms of the offering.  Jefferies & Company, Inc. and Cowen and Company, LLC are acting as joint book-running managers for the proposed offering, with Canaccord Genuity Inc. acting as co-lead manager. The offering will be made only by means of a prospectus. When available, copies of the preliminary prospectus relating to the proposed public offering may also be obtained from the offices of Jefferies & Company, Inc., Equity Syndicate Prospectus Department, at 520 Madison Avenue, New York, NY, 10022 (Telephone number (877) 547-6340) or by emailing Prospectus_Department@Jefferies.com, or from the offices of Cowen and Company, LLC c/o Broadridge Financial Services, 1155 Long Island