On July 1, 2019 Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation (Nasdaq:ADPT) ("Adaptive"), a commercial-stage biotechnology company that reads and translates the genetic code of the adaptive immune system to develop personalized diagnostics and therapeutics to improve patient lives, reported the pricing of its initial public offering of 15,000,000 shares of common stock at a public offering price of $20.00 per share, before underwriting discounts and commissions (Press release, Adaptive Biotechnologies, JUL 1, 2019, View Source [SID1234537357]). The gross proceeds of the offering, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering expenses payable by Adaptive, are expected to be $300.0 million, excluding any exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares. All of the shares of common stock are being offered by Adaptive. In addition, Adaptive has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 2,250,000 shares of common stock at the initial public offering price, less the underwriting discounts and commissions. Adaptive common stock is expected to begin trading on The Nasdaq Global Select Market on June 27, 2019, under the ticker symbol "ADPT." The offering is expected to close on July 1, 2019, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
Schedule your 30 min Free 1stOncology Demo!
Discover why more than 1,500 members use 1stOncology™ to excel in:
Early/Late Stage Pipeline Development - Target Scouting - Clinical Biomarkers - Indication Selection & Expansion - BD&L Contacts - Conference Reports - Combinatorial Drug Settings - Companion Diagnostics - Drug Repositioning - First-in-class Analysis - Competitive Analysis - Deals & Licensing
Schedule Your 30 min Free Demo!
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, J.P. Morgan and BofA Merrill Lynch are acting as joint lead book-running managers for the offering. Cowen and Guggenheim Securities are acting as book-running managers for the offering. William Blair and BTIG are acting as co-managers for the offering.
A registration statement relating to the shares being sold in this offering was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 26, 2019. The offering is being made only by means of a prospectus. Copies of the final prospectus relating to this offering may be obtained, when available, from: Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, 200 West Street, New York, New York 10282, or by telephone at (866) 471-2526, or by email at [email protected]; J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, or by telephone at (866) 803-9204 or by email at [email protected]; or BofA Merrill Lynch, NC1-004-03-43; 200 North College Street, 3rd floor, Charlotte NC 28255-0001, Attn: Prospectus Department, Email: [email protected].
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or other 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 other jurisdiction.