On February 25, 2026 Vir Biotechnology, Inc. (Nasdaq: VIR), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on powering the immune system to transform lives by discovering and developing medicines for serious infectious diseases and cancer, reported the pricing of its underwritten public offering of 17,647,058 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $8.50 per share. The gross proceeds to Vir Biotechnology from the offering are expected to be $150 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses. In addition, Vir Biotechnology has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 2,647,058 shares of its common stock at the public offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions. All of the shares in the offering are being sold by Vir Biotechnology. Closing of the offering is expected to occur on February 27, 2026, subject to customary closing conditions.
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Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Leerink Partners, Evercore ISI and Barclays are acting as book-running managers for the offering.
The shares described above are being offered pursuant to an automatically effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 that was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, on November 3, 2023. A preliminary prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to and describing the terms of the offering was filed with the SEC on February 24, 2026. The final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the offering will be filed with the SEC and may be obtained, when available, by contacting: Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Attn: Prospectus Department, 200 West Street, New York, NY 10282, or by telephone at (866) 471-2526, or by email at [email protected]; Leerink Partners LLC, Attn: Syndicate Department, 53 State Street, 40th Floor, Boston, MA 02109, or by telephone at (800) 808-7525, ext. 6105, or by email at [email protected]; Evercore Group L.L.C., Attn: Equity Capital Markets, 55 East 52nd Street, 35th Floor, New York, NY 10055, or by telephone at (888) 474-0200, or by email at [email protected]; Barclays Capital Inc., c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, or by telephone at (888) 603-5847, or by email at [email protected]; or by accessing the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
This press release shall 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.
(Press release, Vir Biotechnology, FEB 25, 2026, View Source [SID1234663013])