On February 26, 2019 On February 26, 2019, Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. ("we," "Ultragenyx" or the "Company")reported that it has entered into an underwriting agreement (the "Underwriting Agreement") with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, and Cowen and Company, LLC (the "Underwriters"), providing for the offer and sale in an underwritten public offering (the "Offering") of 5,072,464 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "Common Stock"), at a public offering price of $60.00 per share, to be purchased by the Underwriters from us at a price of $56.70 per share. Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Company granted the Underwriters a 30-day option (the "Option") to purchase up to an additional 760,869 shares of Common Stock on the same terms (Filing, 8-K, Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, FEB 26, 2019, View Source [SID1234533869]). On February 27, 2019, the Underwriters exercised the Option in full.
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The Offering closed on March 1, 2019. In the Underwriting Agreement, the Company agreed to indemnify the Underwriters against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or to contribute to payments that the Underwriters may be required to make because of such liabilities.
We estimate that the net proceeds we will receive from the Offering will be approximately $330.4 million, after deducting the Underwriters’ discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us.
The Offering was made under a prospectus supplement and related prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Company’s automatically effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-223123). The Offering was not registered under any state blue sky laws.