InVivo Therapeutics Prices 8.2M Shares Offering

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Posted February 21, 2012

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--InVivo Therapeutics Holdings Corp. (OTC/BB: NVIV), a developer of groundbreaking technologies for the treatment of spinal cord injuries, today announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 8,281,574 shares of its common stock, offered at a price to the public of $2.10 per share, for gross proceeds of approximately $17.4 million. Net proceeds to InVivo, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering expenses, are expected to be approximately $15.7 million. InVivo anticipates using the net proceeds from the offering for working capital and other general corporate purposes, including the research, development and pre-clinical and clinical trials for its product candidates, capital expenditures, repayment of debt and possibly acquisitions of other businesses, products or technologies. In addition, InVivo has granted the underwriters an option to purchase up to an additional 1,242,236 shares of its common stock to cover overallotments, if any. The offering is expected to close on or about February 23, 2012, subject to customary closing conditions.

Aegis Capital Corp. and Summer Street Research Partners are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering.

About InVivo Therapeutics

InVivo Therapeutics Holdings Corp. is focused on utilizing polymers as a platform technology to develop treatments to improve function in individuals paralyzed as a result of traumatic spinal cord injury. The company was founded in 2005 on the basis of proprietary technology co-invented by Robert Langer, ScD. Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Joseph P. Vacanti, M.D., who is affiliated with Massachusetts General Hospital. In 2011, the company earned the prestigious David S. Apple Award from the American Spinal Injury Association for its outstanding contribution to spinal cord injury medicine. The publicly traded company is headquartered in Cambridge, Mass. For more details, visit http://www.invivotherapeutics.com.

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