Gyre Therapeutics Announces Closing of its Public Offering and Full Exercise of Underwriters’ Option to Purchase Additional Shares
May 29 2025 - 4:01PM
Gyre Therapeutics (“Gyre”) (Nasdaq: GYRE), an innovative,
commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to advancing
fibrosis-first therapies across organ systems affected by chronic
disease, today announced that it closed its previously announced
underwritten public offering of 2,555,555 shares of its common
stock, including the full exercise by the underwriters of their
option to purchase an additional 333,333 shares, at a public
offering price of $9.00 per share, less the underwriting discount.
The gross proceeds of the offering to Gyre, before deducting
underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering expenses
payable by Gyre, were approximately $23.0 million.
Jefferies acted as lead book-running manager for the offering
and H.C. Wainwright & Co. acted as co-manager for the
offering.
Gyre intends to use the net proceeds from this offering,
together with its existing cash and cash equivalents and cash flows
from operations, to advance its Phase 2 clinical trial of F351 in
metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis
(“MASH”)-associated liver fibrosis in the United States, for
research and development, manufacturing and scale-up, as well as
for working capital and general corporate purposes.
The shares of common stock described above were offered pursuant
to a shelf registration statement filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (“SEC”) that was declared effective by the SEC
on November 22, 2024. The offering of the securities was made only
by means of a prospectus, including a prospectus supplement,
forming a part of an effective registration statement. A final
prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the
offering were filed with the SEC and are available on the SEC’s
website, located at www.sec.gov, and may also be obtained by
contacting: Jefferies LLC, Attention: Equity Syndicate Prospectus
Department, 520 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10022, by telephone at
(877) 821-7388, or by email at
prospectus_department@jefferies.com.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, 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 Gyre Therapeutics
Gyre Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company headquartered
in San Diego, CA, primarily focused on the development and
commercialization of Hydronidone for liver fibrosis, including
MASH, in the U.S. Gyre’s strategy builds on its experience in
mechanistic studies using MASH rodent models and clinical studies
in CHB-induced liver fibrosis. In the People’s Republic of China,
Gyre is advancing a broad pipeline through its indirect controlling
interest in Gyre Pharmaceuticals, including therapeutic expansions
of ETUARY, and development programs for F573, F528, and F230.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within
the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which statements are
subject to substantial risks and uncertainties and are based on
estimates and assumptions. All statements, other than statements of
historical facts included in this press release, are
forward-looking statements, including statements concerning Gyre’s
expectations regarding expected use of net proceeds from the
offering. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking
statements by terms such as “may,” “might,” “will,” “objective,”
“intend,” “should,” “could,” “can,” “would,” “expect,” “believe,”
“design,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” “plan” or the
negative of these terms, and similar expressions intended to
identify forward-looking statements. These statements reflect our
plans, estimates, and expectations, as of the date of this press
release. These statements involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors that could cause our actual results
to differ materially from the forward-looking statements expressed
or implied in this press release. Actual results and the timing of
events could differ materially from those anticipated in such
forward-looking statements as a result of these risks and
uncertainties, which include, without limitation: Gyre’s ability to
execute on its clinical development strategies; positive results
from a clinical trial may not necessarily be predictive of the
results of future or ongoing clinical trials; the timing or
likelihood of regulatory filings and approvals; competition from
competing products; the impact of general economic, health,
industrial or political conditions in the United States or
internationally; the sufficiency of Gyre’s capital resources and
its ability to raise additional capital. Additional risks and
factors are identified under “Risk Factors” in Gyre’s Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 filed on March
17, 2025 and in other filings Gyre may make with the SEC.
Gyre expressly disclaims any obligation to update any
forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
Investor Contact:David Zhang Gyre
Therapeuticsdavid.zhang@gyretx.com
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