Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: SRPT), a developer of innovative
RNA-targeted therapeutics, today announced that it has priced an
underwritten public offering of an aggregate of 3,250,000 million shares
of its common stock at a price to the public of $39.00 per share. In
addition, Sarepta has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to
purchase up to an additional 487,500 shares of common stock on the same
terms and conditions as the initial shares sold to the underwriters.
Sarepta anticipates the gross proceeds from the offering, before
deducting the underwriter discounts and commissions and other offering
expenses, to be approximately $127 million, excluding any exercise of
the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares. The offering is
expected to close on or about October 9, 2015, subject to customary
closing conditions.
Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley are acting as joint book-running
managers for the offering. In addition, Needham & Company, Oppenheimer &
Co. Inc., Robert W. Baird & Co., Roth Capital Partners and William
Blair, are acting as co-managers for the offering.
Sarepta intends to use the net proceeds from the offering principally
for product and commercial development, manufacturing, any business
development activities and for general corporate purposes.
The shares are being offered by Sarepta pursuant to an effective shelf
registration statement that was previously filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (“SEC”). A preliminary prospectus supplement
relating to and describing the terms of the offering has been filed with
the SEC and is available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
Copies of the final prospectus supplement and the accompanying
prospectus relating to this offering, when available, may be obtained
from the offices of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Attention:
Prospectus Department, One Madison Avenue, New York, NY, 10010, or by
emailing newyork.prospectus@credit-suisse.com;
or Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC at 180 Varick Street, Second Floor, New
York, New York 10014, Attention: Prospectus Department or by emailing prospectus@morganstanley.com.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a
solicitation of an offer to buy any securities of Sarepta, nor shall
there be any sale of securities in any state or jurisdiction in which
such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to
registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such
state or jurisdiction.
About Sarepta Therapeutics
Sarepta Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the
discovery and development of unique RNA-targeted therapeutics for the
treatment of rare, infectious and other diseases. The Company is
primarily focused on rapidly advancing the development of its
potentially disease-modifying DMD drug candidates, including its lead
DMD product candidate, eteplirsen, designed to skip exon 51. Sarepta is
also developing therapeutics for the treatment of infectious diseases,
such as drug-resistant bacteria and other rare human diseases.
Forward-Looking Statements and Information
This press release contains statements that are forward-looking,
including the statements about the completion timing and size of the
proposed public offering of Sarepta’s common stock, the expected net
proceeds from the offering and Sarepta’s expected use of the net
proceeds from this offering, within the meaning of Section 27A of the
Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties
many of which are beyond Sarepta’s control including risk and
uncertainties related to market conditions and satisfaction of customary
closing conditions related to the proposed public offering. There can be
no assurance that Sarepta will be able to complete the public offering
on the anticipated terms or at all. Applicable risks also include those
that are included in the “Risk Factors” section of Sarepta’s Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 and any
subsequent SEC filings including the final prospectus supplement related
to the proposed offering to be filed with the SEC. Any forward-looking
statement in this press release represents Sarepta’s views only as of
the date of this press release and should not be relied upon as
representing its views as of any subsequent date. Sarepta does not
undertake any obligation to publicly update its forward-looking
statements based on events or circumstances after the date hereof except
as required by applicable law.
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