On July 22, 2015 Dynavax Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: DVAX) reported the pricing of a previously announced underwritten public offering of 4,545,455 shares of its common stock, offered at a price to the public of $27.50 per share (Press release, Dynavax Technologies, JUL 22, 2015, View Source [SID:1234506591]). The gross proceeds to Dynavax from this offering are expected to be approximately $125 million, before deducting the underwriting discount and other estimated offering expenses payable by Dynavax. Dynavax has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase at the public offering price up to an aggregate of 681,818 additional shares of its common stock to cover over-allotments, if any. The offering is expected to close on or about July 27, 2015, subject to customary closing conditions. Dynavax anticipates using the net proceeds from the proposed offering to fund activities associated with completing the ongoing Phase 3 HBV-23 study of HEPLISAV-B, seeking regulatory approval of HEPLISAV-B in the United States, and preparing for the anticipated U.S. commercial launch of HEPLISAV-B, should HEPLISAV-B gain approval by the Food and Drug Administration. In addition, net proceeds from the offering will support continuing the clinical development of our investigational cancer immunotherapeutic product candidate, SD-101, and for other general corporate purposes, including working capital.
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Cowen and Company, RBC Capital Markets and William Blair are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering.
The securities described above are being offered by Dynavax pursuant to a shelf registration statement previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), which the SEC declared effective on December 3, 2014. A preliminary prospectus supplement related to the offering has been filed with the SEC and a final prospectus supplement relating to the offering will be filed with the SEC and will be available on the SEC’s website located at View Source Copies of the final prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to this offering, when available, may be obtained from Cowen and Company, LLC c/o Broadridge Financial Services, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY, 11717, Attn: Prospectus Department, by calling (631) 274-2806 or by faxing (631) 254-7140, or RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Attention: Equity Syndicate, 200 Vesey Street, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10281-8098, or by telephone at (877) 822-4098 or William Blair & Company, L.L.C., Attention: Prospectus Department, 222 West Adams Street, Chicago, IL 60606, by telephone at (800) 621-0687, or by e-mail at [email protected].
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the 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.