On April 10, 2019 Autolus Therapeutics plc (Nasdaq: AUTL), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing next-generation programmed T cell therapies, reported the pricing of an underwritten public offering in the United States of 4,200,000 American Depositary Shares ("ADSs") representing 4,200,000 ordinary shares at a public offering price of $24.00 per ADS, for total gross proceeds of approximately $100.8 million (Press release, Autolus, APR 10, 2019, View Source [SID1234535111]). All ADSs sold in the offering were offered by Autolus. In addition, Autolus has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 630,000 ADSs at the public offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions. The offering is expected to close on April 15, 2019, subject to customary closing conditions.
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Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and Jefferies LLC are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering. Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and William Blair & Company, L.L.C. are acting as lead managers.
The offering will be made only by means of a prospectus. When available, copies of the final prospectus related to the offering can be obtained from either of the joint book-running managers for the offering, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, 200 West Street, New York, NY 10282, or by telephone at +1 866 471 2526 or by email at [email protected]; or Jefferies LLC, Attention: Equity Syndicate Prospectus Department, 520 Madison Avenue, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10022, or by telephone at + 1 877 821 7388 or by email at [email protected]. For the avoidance of doubt, such prospectus will not constitute a "prospectus" for the purposes of Directive 2003/71/EC (and amendments thereto, including Directive 2010/73/EU, to the extent implemented in each relevant EU member state) and will not have been reviewed by any competent authority in any EU member state.
A registration statement on Form F-1 relating to these securities was declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on April 10, 2019. Copies of the registration statement can be accessed through the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities, and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of that jurisdiction.