On July 24, 2023 argenx SE (Euronext & Nasdaq: ARGX), a global immunology company committed to improving the lives of people suffering from severe autoimmune diseases, reported the closing of its previously announced global offering of an aggregate of 2,581,633 ordinary shares, which may be represented by American Depositary Shares ("ADSs") and which includes full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase 336,734 additional ordinary shares in the form of ADSs (Press release, argenx, JUL 24, 2023, View Source [SID1234633393]). The gross proceeds from the global offering were approximately $1.27 billion (approximately €1.13 billion).
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J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, BofA Securities and TD Cowen acted as joint bookrunning managers for the offering. Van Lanschot Kempen acted as manager for the offering.
The securities were offered in the United States 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, filed with the SEC on July 17, 2023, and a final prospectus supplement relating to the securities, filed with the SEC on July 20, 2023, are both available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
Copies of the final prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to the U.S. offering may be obtained for free from J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, by email at [email protected], or by telephone at (866) 803-9204; from Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, 180 Varick Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10014, Attn: Prospectus Department, or by email at [email protected]; from Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, 200 West Street, New York, NY 10282, Attn: Prospectus Department, by email at [email protected], or by telephone at 866-471- 2526; from BofA Securities, NC1-022-02-25, 201 North Tryon Street, Charlotte, North Carolina 28255-0001, Attn: Prospectus Department, or by email at [email protected]; or from Cowen and Company, LLC, 599 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10022, by email at [email protected], or by telephone at (833) 297- 2926.
In addition, argenx announces the listing of and the commencement of dealings in its 2,581,633 new ordinary shares on the regulated market of Euronext Brussels.
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