PRINCETON, N.J., Feb. 21, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Agile Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: AGRX), a women’s healthcare company, today announced the pricing of its underwritten public offering of 15 million shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $3.00 per share. The gross proceeds from the offering, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by Agile Therapeutics, are expected to be approximately $45 million. In addition, Agile Therapeutics has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to 2.25 million additional shares of common stock at the public offering price, less the underwriting discounts and commissions. All shares in the offering will be sold by Agile Therapeutics.

The joint book-running managers for the offering are RBC Capital Markets, William Blair and Oppenheimer & Co. In addition, H.C. Wainwright & Co., Maxim Group LLC, and Janney Montgomery Scott are acting as co-managers.

The offering is expected to close on or about February 25, 2020, subject to customary closing conditions.

About Agile Therapeutics, Inc.

Agile Therapeutics is a women's healthcare company dedicated to fulfilling the unmet health needs of today’s women. Our product candidates are designed to provide women with contraceptive options that offer freedom from taking a daily pill, without committing to a longer-acting method. Our initial product, Twirla®, (levonorgestrel and ethinyl estradiol) transdermal system is a non-daily prescription contraceptive. Twirla is based on our proprietary transdermal patch technology, called Skinfusion®, which is designed to allow drug delivery through the skin. For more information, please visit the company website at www.agiletherapeutics.com. The Company may occasionally disseminate material, nonpublic information on the Company’s website.