Alector Announces Closing of Public Offering of Common Stock and Full Exercise of Underwriters’ Option to Purchase Additional Shares

On February 3, 2020 Alector, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALEC), a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering immuno-neurology, reported the closing of its previously announced underwritten public offering of 9,602,500 shares of its common stock at the public offering price of $25.00 per share (Press release, Alector, FEB 3, 2020, View Source [SID1234553766]). This includes 1,252,500 shares sold pursuant to the underwriters’ full exercise of their option to purchase additional shares. Alector received total gross proceeds of approximately $240.0 million, before deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering expenses.

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Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, BofA Securities, and Cowen acted as joint book-running managers for the offering.

Registration statements relating to the securities were filed with, and declared effective by, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). Copies of the registration statements can be accessed through 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 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 any such state or jurisdiction.

The offering was made only by means of a prospectus. Copies of the final prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained from:

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, 180 Varick Street, 2nd Floor, New York, New York 10014 or by email at [email protected];
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, 200 West Street, New York, New York 10282, or by email at [email protected];
BofA Securities, NC1-004-03-43, 200 North College Street, 3rd Floor, Charlotte, NC 28255-0001, Attn: Prospectus Department, or by email [email protected]; or
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.