Cardica Announces Pricing of $34.7 Million Public Offering of Co...( REDWOOD CITY Calif. Nov. 8 /- Car...),Health

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Nov. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cardica, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRDC) today announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 1,500,000 shares of its common stock for sale by Cardica and 2,579,795 shares of its common stock for sale by a selling stockholder, at a price to the public of $8.50 per share. Cardica also granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 611,969 shares of common stock from Cardica to cover over-allotments, if any. Cardica will not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares by the selling stockholder.

William Blair & Company, L.L.C. is acting as the sole book-running manager of the offering. Allen & Company LLC, Needham & Company, LLC and Merriman Curhan Ford & Co. will act as co-managers of the offering.

These shares are being issued pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement. This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy nor will 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. The offering is being made only by means of a prospectus, including a prospectus supplement, forming a part of the effective registration statement. Printed copies of the final prospectus supplement and base prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained, when available, from William Blair & Company, L.L.C., Prospectus Department, 222 West Adams Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606, (312) 236-1600. Cardica intends to file a final prospectus supplement relating to the offering with the SEC, which will be available along with t
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