Bay Area's Protagonist Raises $90 Million in Upsized IPO
MILPITAS, Calif., Aug. 10, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: PTGX), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company with a proprietary technology platform focused on discovering and developing peptide-based new chemical entities to address significant unmet medical needs, today announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 7,500,000 shares of common stock, at a price to the public of $12 per share, before underwriting discounts and commissions. The shares are expected to begin trading on The NASDAQ Global Market on August 11, 2016, under the symbol "PTGX." In addition, Protagonist has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to 1,125,000 additional shares at the initial public offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions. This offering is expected to close on August 16, 2016, subject to customary closing conditions.
Leerink Partners LLC, Barclays Capital Inc. and BMO Capital Markets Corp. are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering.
A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and was declared effective on August 10, 2016. The offering will be made only by means of a written prospectus forming part of the effective registration statement. A copy of the final prospectus, when available, may be obtained for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, copies of the preliminary prospectus relating to this offering may be obtained from: Leerink Partners LLC, Attention: Syndicate Department, One Federal Street, 37th Floor, Boston, MA, 02110, by email at syndicate@leerink.com, or by telephone at (800) 808-7525, ext. 4814; from Barclays Capital Inc., c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, telephone: (888) 603-5847, email: Barclaysprospectus@broadridge.com; or from BMO Capital Markets, Attention: Equity Syndicate Department, 3 Times Square, New York, NY 10036, telephone: (800) 414-3627, or email: bmoprospectus@bmo.com.
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.
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