Applied DNA Sciences (APDN) has raised $5.5 million in a Convertible Preferred and $2 million in a Common Stock transaction with investor Socius Capital Group. The company designs DNA recognition technologies for security and law enforcement applications.The common stock was sold at $0.19 per share, an approximate 7% discount to the market price ($0.20) of APDN at deal announcement. The fixed conversion price of the Convertible Preferred Stock is $0.19 per share, an approximate 7% discount to the market price ($0.20) of APDN at deal announcement. In the convertible PIPE, a series of 10,752,688 60-Month Warrants with an exercise price of $0.22 per share (11.6% premium) was issued to the investors. An additional series of 29,569,892 60-Month Warrants with an exercise price of $0.22 per share (11.6% premium) was issued.