Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: SRPT), a developer of innovative
RNA-targeted therapeutics, today announced the closing of its previously
announced underwritten public offering of an aggregate of 3,250,000
shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $39.00 per share.
The gross proceeds from the offering, before deducting the underwriter
discounts and commissions and other offering expenses, were
approximately $127 million. 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.
Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley acted as joint book-running managers
for the offering. In addition, Baird, William Blair, Needham & Company,
Oppenheimer & Co. and Roth Capital Partners acted 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 were offered by Sarepta pursuant to an effective shelf
registration statement that was previously filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The final prospectus supplement and
accompanying prospectus relating to and describing the terms of the
offering have been filed with the SEC and are available on the SEC’s
website at www.sec.gov.
Copies of the final prospectus supplement and the accompanying
prospectus relating to this offering 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. Applicable risks 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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