IDEAYA Biosciences Announces Closing of Initial Public Offering and Full Exercise of Underwriters’ Option to Purchase Additional Shares

On May 28, 2019 IDEAYA Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:IDYA) reported the closing of its initial public offering of 5,750,000 shares of common stock at a public offering price of $10.00 per share (Press release, Ideaya Biosciences, MAY 28, 2019, View Source [SID1234536615]). The gross proceeds from the offering were $57.5 million before deducting underwriting discounts, commissions and estimated offering expenses. This includes the exercise in full by the underwriters of their option to purchase up to 750,000 additional shares of common stock from the company at the public offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions. All of the shares of common stock were offered by IDEAYA Biosciences. The shares commenced trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on May 23, 2019, under the ticker symbol "IDYA".

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J.P. Morgan, Citigroup and Jefferies acted as joint book-running 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 May 22, 2019. The offering is being made only by means of a prospectus, copies of which may be obtained from: J.P. Morgan, by mail at 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]; Citigroup, by mail at Citigroup Global Markets Inc., c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, or by telephone at 1-800-831-9146; or Jefferies, by mail at Jefferies LLC, Attention: Equity Syndicate Prospectus Department, 520 Madison Avenue, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10022, or by telephone at 877-547-6340 or 877-821-7388, or by email at [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.