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SOUTH EASTON, Mass., July 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Pressure BioSciences, Inc. (OTCQB: PBIO) ("PBI" or the "Company") today announced that it has reached agreement with seventeen investors on an initial tranche of approximately $600,000 of a $1.2 million private placement. The transaction consists of the sale of approximately 120,000 units of a newly designated series of preferred stock and warrants to purchase Common Stock ("Series G"). The investors in the initial tranche include all members of the Company's new Board of Directors, all officers of the Company, all members of the prior Board of Directors, and several existing accredited investors in PBI.
The price per unit is $5.00. Each unit consists of one share of Series G Preferred Stock (convertible into ten shares of Common Stock at a Common Stock equivalent price of $0.50 per share) and a Warrant to purchase five shares of restricted Common Stock. The Warrants are exercisable for a period of three years, at an exercise price of $0.50 per share. Of the approximate $600,000 initial tranche, $485,000 was received in cash and $115,000 will be from the conversion of debt.
The initial tranche is expected to close by July 6, 2012. One or more additional tranches in the private placement are expected to close on or before August 31, 2012. Funds raised in the offering will be used primarily to support the Company's pressure cycling technology ("PCT") product line commercialization program, which the Company believes has been gaining momentum as the year has progressed. Funds will also be used for general working capital purposes.
The Company also announced a reduction in the size of the Board of Directors from eight to five, and accepted the resignations of Dr. Calvin Saravis, Mr. Donald Payne, Mr. Alan Rosenson, Mr. Alan Goldberg, and Mr. Gregory Freitag. Life sciences veteran Mr. Vito Mangiardi and Wall Street veteran Mr. Kevin Pollack were appointed to the
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