Other Capital Agreements

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Equity [Abstract]

Other Capital Agreements

Other Capital Agreements

Common Stock: In December 2020, Lexicon sold 20,312,500 shares of its common stock at a price of $3.200 per share in a registered direct offering pursuant to an existing shelf registration statement. Sale of the shares resulted in net proceeds of $63.0 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions of $1.8 million and offering expenses of $0.2 million. The investors in the offering were Artal International S.C.A., an affiliate of of Invus, L.P., the Company’s largest stockholder, and BVF Partners L.P. and certain affiliates of BVF Partners L.P. All of the net proceeds of the registered direct offering are reflected as issuance of common stock in the accompanying financial statements.

In October 2020, Lexicon entered into an Open Market Sale AgreementSM (the “sales agreement”) with Jefferies LLC (“Jefferies”) relating to the shares of its common stock. Lexicon may offer and sell common stock having an aggregate sales price of up to $50,000,000 from time to time through Jefferies acting as its sales agent. In November 2020, Lexicon sold 3,709,233 shares of its common stock at a price of $1.992 per share pursuant to the sales agreement, resulting in net proceeds of $7.0 million. The net proceeds from this sale are reflected as issuance of common stock in the accompanying financial statements.

In January 2021, Lexicon sold 2,000,000 shares of its common stock at a price of $8.463 per share pursuant to the sales agreement, resulting in net proceeds of $16.4 million.