BOSTON and ATLANTA, May 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Inhibikase Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: IKT) (“Inhibikase” or “Company”), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing protein kinase inhibitor therapeutics to modify the course of Parkinson's disease, Parkinson's-related disorders and other diseases of the Abelson Tyrosine Kinases, today announced that it has entered into a securities purchase agreement with a single institutional investor to purchase 1,672,452 shares of common stock (or pre-funded warrants in lieu thereof) in a registered direct offering priced at-the-market under Nasdaq rules. In a concurrent private placement, the Company also agreed to issue unregistered Series A warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 1,672,452 shares of common stock, and unregistered Class B warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 1,672,452 shares of common stock. Each share of common stock (or pre-funded warrant in lieu thereof) is being sold with one Series A warrant to purchase one share of common stock and one Series B warrant to purchase one share of common stock at a combined purchase price of $1.68. The Series A and Series B warrants will each have an exercise price of $1.68 per share, will be exercisable beginning on the effective date of stockholder approval and, in the case of Series A warrants, will expire on the one-year anniversary from the date of stockholder approval, and in the case of Series B warrants, will expire on the five-year anniversary from the date of stockholder approval.