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 that it has commenced an underwritten public offering of $500 million in shares of its common stock and pre-funded warrants to purchase common stock. The purchase price of each pre-funded warrant will equal the price per share at which shares of common stock are being sold to the public in this offering, minus $0.0001, which will be the per share exercise price of each pre-funded warrant. Madrigal also intends to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional fifteen percent (15%) of the shares of common stock offered in the public offering at the public offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions. All of the shares in the proposed offering are to be sold by Madrigal.
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 acquisitions or licensing of new technologies, potential ex-U.S. commercialization or partnering opportunities, 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 proposed offering. The offering is subject to market and other conditions, and there can be no assurance as to whether or when the offering may be completed, or as to the actual size or terms of the offering.
The shares are being offered by Madrigal pursuant to ...