TEWKSBURY, Mass., Dec 21, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Cambridge Heart, Inc. (OTCBB: CAMH), developer of non-invasive diagnostic tests for cardiac disease, today announced that on December 20, 2010 it completed a private placement to accredited investors. The transaction raised gross proceeds of $2.9 million and consisted of Units that were comprised of one share of common stock and a warrant to purchase one share of common stock.
The Company sold 14,500,000 Units at a price of $0.20 per Unit. Each warrant included in the Unit entitles the holder to purchase one share of common stock for $0.25 for a period of five years from the date of issuance. Exercise of the warrants would provide an additional $3.6 million in capital. Dawson James Securities, Inc. acted as selling agent in the Offering.
The Company intends to file a Registration Statement covering the resale of the common stock and the shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of the warrants in connection with the offering on or before January 31, 2011.
Cambridge Heart President and CEO Ali Haghighi-Mood said, "The proceeds from this transaction will provide the capital necessary to fund operations as we execute on the next phase of commercialization for our MTWA module and continue clinical work related to the application of MTWA to identify patients with ischemia."
About Cambridge Heart, Inc.
Cambridge Heart develops and commercializes non-invasive diagnostic tests for cardiac disease, with a focus on identifying those at risk for sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). The Company's products incorporate proprietary Microvolt T-Wave Alternans(TM) measurement technologies, including the patented Analytic Spectral Method(R) and ultrasensitive disposable electrode sensors. The Company's MTWA test, originally based on research conducted at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is reimbursed by Medicare under its National Coverage Policy.
Cambridge Heart, founded in 1990, is based in Tewksbury, MA. It is traded on the Over-The-Counter Bulletin Board (OTCBB) under the symbol CAMH.OB. http://www.cambridgeheart.com.
Statements contained in this press release that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.In some cases, we use words such as "believes", "expects", "anticipates", "plans", "estimates", "could", and similar expressions that convey uncertainty of future events or outcomes to identify these forward-looking statements.Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by these forward-looking statements.Factors that may cause or contribute to such differences include failure to achieve broad market acceptance of the Company's MTWA technology, failure of our sales and marketing organization to market our products effectively, inability to hire and retain qualified clinical applications specialists in the Company's target markets, failure to obtain or maintain adequate levels of first-party reimbursement for use of the Company's MTWA test, customer delays in making final buying decisions, decreased demand for the Company's products, failure to obtain funding necessary to develop or enhance our technology, adverse results in future clinical studies of our technology, failure to obtain or maintain patent protection for our technology and other factors identified in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K under "Risk Factors", which is on file with the SEC and available at www.EDGAR.com.In addition, any forward-looking statements represent our estimates only as of today and should not be relied upon as representing our estimates as of any subsequent date.While we may elect to update forward-looking statements at some point in the future, we specifically disclaim any obligation to do so except as may be legally necessary, even if our estimates should change.
SOURCE: Cambridge Heart, Inc.
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