NovaBay Pharmaceuticals Signs Definitive Agreement to Sell its Avenova Assets
20 9월 2024 - 9:00PM
Business Wire
NovaBay® Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE American: NBY) (“NovaBay”
or the “Company”) announces it has entered into a definitive asset
purchase agreement (the “Agreement”) with PRN Physician Recommended
Nutriceuticals, LLC (“PRN”) to sell the assets of its Avenova®
brand and business for $9.5 million in cash. The transaction has
been approved by the Company’s board of directors and is
anticipated to close in the fourth quarter of 2024, subject to the
satisfaction of customary closing conditions, including approval
from the stockholders of NovaBay.
“This transaction allows our stockholders to more fully realize
the value we have created over the past 10 years with the Avenova
brand. We are particularly pleased to place Avenova with PRN, a
well-established eyecare company that shares our commitment to
providing best-in-class products that support ocular health,” said
Justin Hall, NovaBay CEO. “I believe we have found an ideal home
for Avenova. We expect the brand to continue to grow and flourish
under PRN’s capable leadership and their ability to promote Avenova
through their existing network of more than 5,000 eyecare
professionals. It’s gratifying to share that more people are using
Avenova than ever before and with the support, resources and
synergies that PRN can provide, we expect that number to continue
to grow.”
Following a comprehensive evaluation of the transaction with
assistance from independent financial and legal advisors, the
Company’s board of directors determined that the asset sale
transaction pursuant to the Agreement is in the best interests of
the Company and its stockholders. The asset sale will require
approval from NovaBay stockholders holding at least a majority of
the outstanding shares of NovaBay common stock. A stockholder vote
will be sought by proxy solicitation, which will include a plan of
dissolution calling for the liquidation of any remaining Company
assets, satisfying or making reasonable provisions for any
remaining obligations, and making distributions to the Company’s
stockholders of the available proceeds, if any.
About NovaBay Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
NovaBay's leading product Avenova® Lid & Lash Cleansing
Spray is often recommended by eyecare professionals for blepharitis
and dry eye disease. Manufactured in the U.S., Avenova spray is
formulated with NovaBay's patented, proprietary, stable and pure
form of hypochlorous acid. All Avenova products are available
directly to consumers through online distribution channels such as
Amazon.com and Avenova.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This release contains information about management's view of the
Company's future expectations, plans and prospects that constitute
forward-looking statements within the meaning of the “safe harbor”
provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Forward-looking statements can be identified by the fact that they
do not relate strictly to historic or current facts. Such
forward-looking statements are based upon management’s current
expectations, assumptions, estimates, projections and beliefs.
These statements include, but are not limited to, statements
regarding our business strategies, including pursuing an asset sale
of our Avenova business and a dissolution and liquidation of the
Company, the expected timing of, our ability to complete, and the
financial and business impact and effect of, such asset sale and/or
such dissolution and liquidation, including with respect to
distributions in connection with the dissolution and liquidation,
and the impact and outlook for the Company’s Avenova products and
business, as well as generally the Company’s expected future
financial results. These statements involve known and unknown
risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual
results or achievements to be materially different and adverse from
those expressed in or implied by these forward-looking statements.
Factors that might cause or contribute to such differences include,
but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties relating to the
Company’s ability to, and the time it may take to, obtain
stockholder approval of the asset sale and plan of dissolution, the
Company’s ability to continue as a going concern while the asset
sale and dissolution/liquidation are in process and other factors
not within our control that may make the completion of the asset
sale impossible or more difficult. Other risks relating to
NovaBay’s business, including risks that could cause results to
differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking
statements in this press release, are detailed in the Company’s
latest Form 10-K/Q filings and registration statements, as may be
amended from time to time, and will be further described in a
preliminary proxy statement that the Company plans to file with the
SEC, especially under the heading “Risk Factors.” The
forward-looking statements in this release speak only as of this
date, and the Company disclaims any intent or obligation to revise
or update publicly any forward-looking statement except as required
by law.
Additional Information and Where to Find It
NovaBay intends to file a preliminary proxy statement with the
SEC with respect to the special meeting to be held in connection
with the proposed asset sale and dissolution in the near term, and
thereafter plans to file a definitive proxy statement as soon as
reasonably possible. Promptly after filing the definitive proxy
statement with the SEC, NovaBay will mail the definitive proxy
statement and a proxy card to each stockholder entitled to vote at
the special meeting to consider the asset sale and dissolution.
STOCKHOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT (INCLUDING ANY
AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO) AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS
THAT NOVABAY WILL FILE WITH THE SEC WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE
BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. Stockholders may
obtain, free of charge, the preliminary and definitive versions of
the proxy statement, any amendments or supplements thereto, and any
other relevant documents filed by NovaBay with the SEC in
connection with the asset sale and dissolution at the SEC’s website
(http://www.sec.gov). Copies of NovaBay’s definitive proxy
statement, any amendments or supplements thereto, and any other
relevant documents filed by NovaBay with the SEC in connection with
the asset sale and dissolution will also be available, free of
charge, at NovaBay’s investor relations website. The information
provided on, or accessible through, our website is not part of this
communication, and therefore is not incorporated herein by
reference.
Participants in the Solicitation
NovaBay and its directors and certain of its executive officers,
including Justin M. Hall, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer,
are participants in the solicitation of proxies from NovaBay’s
stockholders in connection with the asset sale and the dissolution.
Information regarding NovaBay’s directors and certain of its
executive officers, including a description of their direct or
indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, can be found
under the captions “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners
and Management,” “Director Compensation,” and “Executive
Compensation and Other Information—Outstanding Equity Awards at
Fiscal Year End” contained in NovaBay’s 2024 annual proxy statement
filed with the SEC on April 18, 2024 (the “2024 Proxy Statement”). To the extent that
NovaBay’s directors and executive officers and their respective
affiliates have acquired or disposed of security holdings since the
applicable “as of” date disclosed in the 2024 Proxy Statement, such
transactions have been or will be reflected on Statements of Change
in Ownership on Form 4 filed with the SEC. Other information
regarding the participants in the proxy solicitation and a
description of their interests will be contained in the proxy
statement for NovaBay’s special meeting of stockholders and other
relevant materials to be filed with the SEC with respect to the
asset sale and the dissolution when they become available. These
documents can be obtained free of charge from the sources indicated
above.
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NovaBay Contact Justin Hall
Chief Executive Officer and General Counsel 510-899-8800
jhall@novabay.com Investor
Contact LHA Investor Relations Jody Cain 310-691-7100
jcain@lhai.com
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