Item 8.01.  Other Events.

The $5 million sale of common stock and warrants by Rexahn Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) described in Item 1.01 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 20, 2009, closed on October 23, 2009 as contemplated by the Securities Purchase Agreement described therein.
 
On October 23, 2009, Rexahn received gross proceeds of $5 million cash for the sale of 6,072,383 shares of common stock at $0.8234 per share to five institutional investors, and warrants to buy an additional 2,125,334 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $1.00 per share.  Rodman & Renshaw, LLC, a subsidiary of Rodman & Renshaw Capital Group, Inc. (NasdaqGM: RODM), acted as the exclusive placement agent for this transaction and received warrants to purchase 245,932 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $1.029 per share.  The Company has 71,924,496 shares outstanding following the completion of the offering.
 
The Company’s press release dated October 26, 2009 relating to such closing is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
 

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)           Exhibits.

Exhibit Number
   
Description
99.1
 
Press release dated October 26, 2009.
 
 
 

SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
REXAHN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
 
(Registrant)
 
 
By: 
/s/ Chang H. Ah
   
   
Chang H. Ahn
   
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

 
Date:    October 26, 2009
 
 
 
 
 
EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number
 
   
Description
 
 
Press release dated October 26, 2009.