argenx raises $301M

argenx a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing a deep pipeline of differentiated antibody-based therapies for the treatment of severe autoimmune diseases and cancer, announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering in the United States and an offering in Europe only to qualified investors (within the meaning of Directive 2003/71/EC, as amended) (the Offering) with anticipated gross proceeds totalling approximately $300.6 million from the sale of 3,475,000 American Depositary Shares (ADSs) at a price to the public of $86.50 per ADS.

Each of the ADSs offered represents the right to receive one ordinary share, nominal value of €0.10 per share. All of the ADSs in the Offering are being sold by argenx.

argenx has granted the underwriters an option to purchase up to an additional 521,250 ADSs, representing 15% of the ADSs sold in the Offering. This option can be exercised during the 30-day period commencing September 18, 2018.

argenx’s ADSs are currently listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “ARGX” and argenx’s ordinary shares are currently listed on Euronext Brussels under the symbol “ARGX.”

Morgan Stanley, Cowen and Evercore ISI are acting as joint bookrunning managers for the Offering, and Kempen and Nomura are acting as co-managers. Piper Jaffray is acting as a financial advisor in connection with the Offering. The Offering is expected to close on September 21, 2018, subject to customary closing conditions.

The securities are being offered pursuant to an automatically effective shelf registration statement that was previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). A preliminary prospectus supplement relating to and describing the terms of the Offering has been filed with the SEC and is available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. When available, copies of the final prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to the Offering may be obtained for free from Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, 180 Varick Street, 2nd Floor, New York, New York 10014, United States, Attention: Prospectus Department; from Cowen and Company, LLC, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, Attn: Prospectus Department, by telephone at (631) 274-2806 or by fax at (631) 254-7140; or Evercore Group L.L.C., Attention: Equity Capital Markets, 55 East 52nd Street, 36th Floor, New York, NY 10055, or by telephone at (888) 474-0200.

A request for the admission to listing and trading of ordinary shares underlying the ADSs (the New Ordinary Shares) on the regulated market of Euronext Brussels will be made. For such admission to listing and trading of the New Ordinary Shares on the regulated market of Euronext Brussels, a listing prospectus for the purpose of Article 3, §3 of the Directive 2003/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of November 4, 2003, as amended, including by Directive 2010/73/EU, is prepared in accordance with Chapter 5.1 of the Dutch Financial Supervision Act (Wet op het financieel toezicht) for the admission to listing and trading of the New Ordinary Shares, will be filed with the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (Stichting Autoriteit Financiële Markten) (the AFM). After approval, the listing prospectus will be notified by the AFM to the Belgian Financial Services and Markets Authority (Autoriteit voor Financiële Diensten en Markten), for passporting in accordance with article 18 of the Prospectus Directive.

This press release is for information purposes only and does not constitute, and should not be construed as, an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy or subscribe to any securities, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale is not permitted or to any person or entity to whom it is unlawful to make such offer, solicitation or sale. Reference is also made to the restrictions set out in “Important information” below. This press release is not for publication or distribution, directly or indirectly, in or into any state or jurisdiction into which doing so would be unlawful or where a prior registration or approval is required for such purpose.

Source: argenx