On June 1, 2020 argenx (Euronext & Nasdaq: ARGX) a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing a deep pipeline of differentiated antibody-based therapies for the treatment of severe autoimmune diseases and cancer, reported the closing of its global offering of an aggregate of 4,600,000 ordinary shares (including in the form of American Depositary Shares (ADSs)), which includes the full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase 600,000 additional ADSs (Press release, argenx, JUN 1, 2020, View Source [SID1234560762]). The global offering consisted of (i) a public offering of 2,010,057 ADSs in the United States and certain other countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA) at a price to the public of $121.00 and (ii) a concurrent private placement of 2,589,943 of ordinary shares in the EEA at an offering price of €109.18. The gross proceeds from the global offering were approximately $557 million (approximately €502 million).
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Morgan Stanley, Cowen, BofA Securities and Evercore acted as joint bookrunning managers for the offering. Kempen acted as lead manager for the offering and Wolfe Capital Markets and Advisory acted as co-manager.
The securities were offered pursuant to an automatically effective shelf registration statement that was previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). A preliminary prospectus supplement relating to the securities was filed with the SEC on November 6, 2019 and a final prospectus supplement relating to the securities was filed with the SEC on November 8, 2019 and are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Copies of the final prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to the global offering may be obtained for free from Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, 180 Varick Street, 2nd Floor, New York, New York 10014, United States, Attention: Prospectus Department; from Cowen and Company, LLC, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, Attn: Prospectus Department, by email at [email protected], or by telephone at (833) 297-2926; BofA Securities, NC1-004-03-43, 200 North College Street, 3rd floor, Charlotte, North Carolina 28255-0001, Attn: Prospectus Department, or by email at [email protected]; or Evercore Group L.L.C., Attention: Equity Capital Markets, 55 East 52nd Street, 36th Floor, New York, NY 10055, or by telephone at (888) 474-0200.
In addition, argenx announced today the listing of and the commencement of dealings in its 4,600,000 new ordinary shares (including those underlying the ADSs) on the regulated market of Euronext Brussels, effective today, November 12, 2019.