On October 20, 2025 Disc Medicine, Inc. (NASDAQ: IRON) (Disc), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of novel treatments for patients suffering from serious hematologic diseases, reported the commencement of an underwritten offering of $220.0 million of shares of its common stock and, in lieu of common stock to certain investors that so choose, pre-funded warrants to purchase shares of its common stock, of which $200.0 million of shares are to be offered by Disc and $20.0 million of shares are to be offered by AI DMI LLC (the Selling Stockholder). In addition, the Selling Stockholder intends to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional $33.0 million of shares at the public offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions. The proposed offering is subject to market and other conditions, and there can be no assurance as to whether or when the offering may be completed, or as to the actual size or terms of the offering.
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Disc intends to use the net proceeds from the proposed offering to support the potential commercialization of bitopertin for erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP) and X-linked protoporphyria (XLP), to fund research and clinical development of its current or additional product candidates, and for working capital and other general corporate purposes. Disc will not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares to be offered by the Selling Stockholder.
Jefferies, Leerink Partners, Morgan Stanley and Cantor are acting as joint book-running managers for the proposed offering.
The proposed offering is being made pursuant to an automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-281359) that was previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on August 8, 2024 and a resale registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-269270) that was previously filed with the SEC on January 18, 2023. This proposed offering is being made only by means of a prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectuses that form a part of the registration statements. A preliminary prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectuses related to the proposed offering will be filed with the SEC and will be available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectuses relating to this proposed offering may also be obtained, when available, by contacting: Jefferies LLC, Attention: Equity Syndicate Prospectus Department, 520 Madison Avenue, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10022, by telephone at (877) 821-7388, or by email at [email protected]; Leerink Partners LLC, Attention: Syndicate Department, 53 State Street, 40th Floor, Boston, MA 02109, (800) 808-7525 ext. 6105 or by email at [email protected]; Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, 180 Varick Street, 2nd Floor, New York, New York 10014; or Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., Attention: Capital Markets, 110 East 59th Street, 6th Floor, New York, New York, 10022, or by email at [email protected].
This press release does 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 jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of that state or jurisdiction.
(Press release, Disc Medicine, OCT 20, 2025, View Source [SID1234656813])