MDGL - Madrigal Pharmaceuticals Announces Pricing of Upsized $600 Million Public Offering | Benzinga
CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa., March 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:MDGL), a biopharmaceutical company focused on delivering novel therapeutics for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), today announced the pricing of its underwritten public offering of 750,000 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $260.0000 per share, and, to certain investors, pre-funded warrants to purchase 1,557,692 shares of common stock at a price of $259.9999 per pre-funded warrant, which represents the per share public offering price for the common stock less the $0.0001 per share exercise price for each such pre-funded warrant. The size of the offering was increased by $100 million subsequent to the initial announcement of the offering. The gross proceeds to Madrigal from the offering, before deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering expenses, are expected to be approximately $600 million. Madrigal has granted the underwriters of the offering a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 346,153 shares of common stock from the company at the public offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions.
Madrigal intends to use the net proceeds from this offering for its commercial activities in connection with the launch of Rezdiffra™ (resmetirom) in the U.S. and for general corporate purposes, including, without limitation, research and development expenditures, ongoing clinical trial expenditures, manufacture and supply of drug substance and drug products, potential ex-U.S. commercialization or partnering opportunities, potential acquisitions or licensing of new technologies, capital expenditures and working capital.
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Jefferies, TD Cowen, Evercore ISI, Piper Sandler, UBS Investment Bank and Citizens JMP are acting as joint bookrunning managers of the offering. H.C. Wainwright & Co. is acting as co-manager of the offering. The offering is expected to close on or about March 21, 2024, subject to the satisfaction of customary ...