Serve Robotics Inc. ("Serve") (NASDAQ:SERV), a leading autonomous delivery robotics company, today announced that it has entered into a securities purchase agreement with a single institutional investor for the purchase and sale, in a private placement, of pre-funded warrants to purchase 2,500,000 shares of Serve's common stock (the "Common Stock"), together with a warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 2,500,000 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $6.00 per share. Each pre-funded warrant to purchase one share of Common Stock together with one $6.00 warrant to purchase one share of Common Stock is being sold at a purchase price of $6.00. The $6.00 warrants will have, will be exercisable upon issuance, and will expire five and a half years from the date of issuance.
Aegis Capital Corp. is acting as the exclusive placement agent for the offering. Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP served as counsel to the Company and Sichenzia Ross Ference Carmel LLP served as counsel to Aegis Capital Corp. for the private placement.
The offering is expected to close on or about July 24, 2024, subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions. The gross proceeds to Serve Robotics from this offering are expected to be approximately $15.0 million, before deducting placement agent fees and other offering expenses.