Xencor Announces Closing of Public Offering Including Full Exercise of Underwriters’ Option to Purchase Additional Shares
September 12 2024 - 4:01PM
Business Wire
Xencor, Inc. (“Xencor”) (Nasdaq: XNCR), a clinical-stage
biopharmaceutical company developing engineered antibodies for the
treatment of cancer and other serious diseases, today announced the
closing of its previously announced underwritten public offering of
8,093,712 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of
$18.00 per share, which includes the exercise in full by the
underwriters of their option to purchase up to 1,458,600 additional
shares of common stock, and pre-funded warrants to purchase up to
an aggregate of 3,088,888 shares of common stock at a price to the
public of $17.99 per pre-funded warrant. The pre-funded warrants
are immediately exercisable and have an exercise price of $0.01 per
share. The gross proceeds to Xencor from this offering were
approximately $201.3 million, before deducting underwriting
discounts and commissions and offering expenses.
Leerink Partners, Raymond James and RBC Capital Markets acted as
joint book-running managers for the offering. Wedbush PacGrow acted
as a co-manager for the offering.
Xencor currently intends to use the net proceeds from the
offering for general corporate purposes, which may include research
and development, capital expenditures, working capital and general
and administrative expenses.
The public offering was made pursuant to an automatic shelf
registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-270030),
previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“SEC”) on February 27, 2023, and which automatically became
effective upon filing. The securities were offered only by means of
a prospectus and prospectus supplement that form a part of the
registration statement. A final prospectus supplement and the
accompanying prospectus relating to and describing the terms of the
offering have been filed with the SEC and are available on the
SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Copies of the final prospectus
supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the offering may
also be obtained by contacting Leerink Partners LLC, Attention:
Syndicate Department, 53 State Street, 40th Floor, Boston,
Massachusetts 02109, by telephone at (800) 808-7525, ext. 6105, or
by email at syndicate@leerink.com; from Raymond James &
Associates, Inc., Attention: Equity Syndicate, 880 Carillon
Parkway, St. Petersburg, Florida 33716, by telephone at (800)
248-8863, or by email at prospectus@raymondjames.com; or from RBC
Capital Markets, LLC, Attention: Equity Capital Markets, Brookfield
Place, 200 Vesey Street, 8th Floor, New York, New York 10281, by
telephone at (877) 822-4089 or by email at
equityprospectus@rbccm.com.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy, 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 the registration or
qualification under the securities laws of any such state or
jurisdiction.
About Xencor
Xencor is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing
engineered antibodies for the treatment of patients with cancer and
other serious diseases. More than 20 candidates engineered with
Xencor’s XmAb® technology are in clinical development, and three
XmAb medicines are marketed by partners. Xencor’s XmAb engineering
technology enables small changes to a proteins structure that
result in new mechanisms of therapeutic action.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements under the
safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding Xencor’s
anticipated use of proceeds from the offering. Forward-looking
statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause
actual results to differ materially and adversely and reported
results should not be considered as an indication of future
performance. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not
limited to: risks and uncertainties associated with market and
other conditions and the satisfaction of customary closing
conditions related to the proposed public offering and other risks
that are described in Xencor’s most recent periodic reports filed
with the SEC, including Xencor’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2023, including the risk factors set forth
in those filings. These forward-looking statements speak only as of
the date hereof. Xencor disclaims any obligation to update these
forward-looking statements, except as required by applicable
law.
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