** Shares of medical device company Autonomix Medical
AMIX.O slump 53% to $6.35 in early trading
** AMIX sold ~1.4 mln shares in a public offering at
$6.54/shr for gross proceeds of $9 mln
** Offering priced at about 52% discount to stock's last
close
** Company has ~1.2 mln outstanding shares for $15.6 mln
market capitalization, according to data compiled by LSEG
** Ladenburg Thalmann sole bookrunning manager for the
offering
** AMIX plans to use the proceeds to fund its clinical
trial, among other purposes
** As of last close, AMIX shares up 170% since debut on Jan.
29 this year
(Reporting by Arasu Kannagi Basil in Bengaluru)
((ArasuKannagi.Basil@thomsonreuters.com;))