By Michael Dabaie

 

Aimmune Therapeutics Inc. (AIMT) said Nestle Health Science will make an additional equity investment in Aimmune of $200 million.

The biopharmaceutical company focused on food allergies said that brings Nestle's total investment in Aimmune to date to $473 million.

The Nestle Health Science investment includes the purchase of 1 million shares of Aimmune common stock and 525,634 shares of convertible preferred stock.

Upon closing of the equity investment, Aimmune will receive a payment of $200 million in connection with Nestle Health Science's purchase of 1 million newly issued shares at $31.97 per share. Nestle Health Science's total investments in Aimmune will correspond to ownership of 19.9% of Aimmune's outstanding common stock and voting power, and 25.6% overall stake in the company's fully-diluted capitalization.

The companies expect to close the equity investment on February 7.

 

Write to Michael Dabaie at michael.dabaie@wsj.com

 

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

February 05, 2020 08:40 ET (13:40 GMT)

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