Audentes Therapeutics Announces Proposed Public Offering of Common Stock
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 9, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Audentes Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: BOLD), a clinical stage biotechnology company focused on developing and commercializing gene therapy products for patients living with serious, life-threatening rare diseases, announced today that it intends to offer $150 million of its common stock in an underwritten public offering. In addition, Audentes intends to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional $22.5 million of its common stock offered in the public offering at the public offering price less the underwriting discounts and commissions. All of the shares will be offered and sold by Audentes. The offering is subject to market and other conditions, and there can be no assurance as to whether or when the offering may be completed, or as to the actual size or terms of the offering.
BofA Merrill Lynch, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Cowen are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering. Wedbush PacGrow is acting as co-manager.
The public offering will be made pursuant to a shelf registration statement (File No. 333-224020) on Form S-3 that was filed by Audentes with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on March 29, 2018 and that automatically became effective upon filing. A preliminary prospectus supplement relating to and describing the terms of the offering will be filed with the SEC and will be available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. A copy of the preliminary prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained from BofA Merrill Lynch, NC1-004-03-43, 200 North College Street, 3rd floor, Charlotte, NC 28255-0001, Attention: Prospectus Department or by email at [email protected]; J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Attention: Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, or by telephone at (866) 803-9204, or by email at [email protected]; or Cowen and Company, LLC, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, Attention: Prospectus Department, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717 or by telephone at (631) 274-2806.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and other federal securities laws. Any statements contained herein that do not describe historical facts, including, but not limited to, statements regarding the size and completion of the proposed offering, are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in such forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, among others, the risks identified in Audentes' filings with the SEC, the prospectus related to the offering, and subsequent filings with the SEC. Any of these risks and uncertainties could materially and adversely affect Audentes' results of operations, which would, in turn, have a significant and adverse impact on Audentes' stock price. Audentes cautions you not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they are made. Audentes undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements to reflect new information, events or circumstances after the date they were made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
Audentes Contacts:
Investor Contact:
Andrew Chang
415.818.1033
[email protected]
Media Contact:
Katie Hogan
415.951.3398
[email protected]
SOURCE Audentes Therapeutics, Inc.
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