On November 7, 2019 Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: AGIO) reported that it has priced an underwritten public offering of 8,250,000 shares of common stock at a price to the public of $31.00 per share, before underwriting discounts, which would result in aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $256 million (Press release, Agios Pharmaceuticals, NOV 7, 2019, View Source [SID1234550724]). All of the shares in the offering are to be sold by Agios. Agios has also granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to 1,237,500 shares of common stock sold in the public offering on the same terms and conditions. Closing of the offering is expected to occur on or November 12, 2019, subject to customary closing conditions.

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J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and Cowen and Company, LLC are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering.

The shares are being offered by Agios pursuant to an automatically effective shelf registration statement that has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). The offering is being made only by means of a prospectus and prospectus supplement that form a part of the registration statement. 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 web site at www.sec.gov.

The final prospectus supplement relating to the offering will be filed with the SEC. Copies of the final prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to this offering, when available, can be obtained from J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, New York 11717, telephone: 866-803-9204; Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Attn: Prospectus Department, 200 West Street, New York, New York 10282, telephone: 866-471-2526, facsimile: 212-902-9316, e-mail: [email protected]; or Cowen and Company, LLC, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY, 11717, Attn: Prospectus Department, by email at [email protected], or by telephone at (833) 297-2926.

This press release does 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 registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.