Sesen Bio Announces Closing of Public Offering of Common Stock and Full Exercise of Underwriters' Option to Purchase Additional Shares of Common Stock

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Sesen Bio, Inc. (Nasdaq: SESN), a late-stage clinical company developing next-generation antibody-drug conjugate therapies for the treatment of cancer, today announced the closing of its previously-announced public offering of 25,555,556 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $1.80 per share, which includes 3,333,333 shares of common stock issued upon the exercise in full by the underwriters of their option to purchase additional shares. The gross proceeds from the offering, before deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and other estimated offering expenses payable by Sesen Bio, are approximately $46.0 million.

Sesen Bio intends to use the net proceeds from this offering for the clinical development of Vicinium™ for the treatment of high-grade non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) and the development of commercial-scale manufacturing capabilities for Vicinium for the treatment of high-grade NMIBC by Sesen Bio’s third-party contract manufacturer (including the technology transfer to support such efforts), and general corporate purposes, which may include capital expenditures and funding Sesen Bio’s working capital needs.

Jefferies and Canaccord Genuity acted as joint book-running managers for the offering.

The securities described above were offered by Sesen Bio pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-202676) that was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on March 20, 2015. A preliminary prospectus supplement relating to the securities sold in this offering was filed with the SEC on May 30, 2018. A final prospectus supplement and an accompanying prospectus relating to the offering was filed with the SEC on June 1, 2018 and is available on the SEC's web site at www.sec.gov. Copies of the final prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to this offering may be obtained by contacting Jefferies LLC, Attention: Equity Syndicate Prospectus Department, 520 Madison Avenue, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10022, by e-mail at prospectus_department@jefferies.com or by telephone at (877) 821-7388; or by contacting Canaccord Genuity LLC, Attention: Syndicate Department, 99 High Street, 12th Floor, Boston, MA 02110, or by telephone at (617) 371-3900.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a 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.

About Sesen Bio

Sesen Bio, Inc. is a late-stage clinical company advancing next-generation antibody-drug conjugate therapies for the treatment of cancer based on the company’s Targeted Protein Therapeutics platform. The company’s lead program, Vicinium™, also known as VB4-845, is currently in a Phase 3 registration trial, the VISTA Trial, for the treatment of high-grade non-muscle invasive bladder cancer. Vicinium incorporates a tumor-targeting antibody fragment and a protein cytotoxic payload into a single protein molecule designed to selectively and effectively kill cancer cells while sparing healthy cells.

Cautionary Note on Forward-Looking Statements
Any statements in this press release about future expectations, plans and prospects for the Company, the Company’s strategy, future operations, and other statements containing the words “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “predict,” “project,” “target,” “potential,” “will,” “would,” “could,” “should,” “continue,” and similar expressions, constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including risks and uncertainties associated with the expected gross proceeds from the offering and the intended use of proceeds of the offering and other factors discussed in the “Risk Factors” section of the final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus related to this offering and of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In addition, the forward-looking statements included in this press release represent the Company’s views as of the date hereof. The Company anticipates that subsequent events and developments will cause the Company’s views to change. However, while the Company may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, the Company specifically disclaims any obligation to do so. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing the Company’s views as of any date subsequent to the date hereof.

 

Contacts

THRUST Strategic Communications
Monique Allaire, 617-895-9511
monique@thrustir.com
or
Alicia Davis, 910-620-3302
alicia@thrustir.com

 
Source: Sesen Bio, Inc.
 

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