Vivani Medical, Inc. Announces Closing of Common Stock Offering

ALAMEDA, Calif., Jan. 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vivani Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ:VANI) ("Vivani" or the "Company"), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing miniature, ultra long-acting drug implants, today announced the closing of its previously announced best efforts registered direct offering of 1,689,200 shares of its common stock at an offering price of $1.48 per share and a concurrent private placement of 1,351,351 shares of its common stock at an offering price of $1.48 per share purchased by Gregg Williams, the Chairman of the Company's board of directors. Gross proceeds from the two transactions were approximately $4.5 million, before deducting fees and offering expenses.

The registered offering and the private placement were priced "at-the-market" under the rules and regulations of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC.

The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the registered offering and private placement to fund ongoing research and clinical development of the Company's product candidates, as well as for working capital and general corporate purposes.

ThinkEquity acted as sole placement agent for the registered direct offering.

The securities in the registered direct offering were offered and issued pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-278869), including a base prospectus, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on April 22, 2024 and declared effective on May 3, 2024. The offering was made only by means of a written prospectus. A final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus describing the terms of the offering was filed with the SEC and is available on its website at www.sec.gov. Copies of the final prospectus supplement and ...