Apogee Therapeutics, Inc. Announces Closing of Public Offering and Full Exercise of the Underwriters’ Option to Purchase Additional Shares for Gross Proceeds of $403 Million
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Apogee Therapeutics (Nasdaq: APGE) closed an underwritten public offering of 5,750,000 common shares at $70.00 per share, including full exercise of the underwriters’ option for 750,000 additional shares, generating approximately $403 million in gross proceeds before fees.
The offering used an effective shelf registration filed August 12, 2024, and was led by Jefferies, TD Cowen, Stifel and Guggenheim.
Positive
- Gross proceeds of $403 million
- Full exercise of 750,000-share overallotment option
- 5.75 million shares sold at $70.00 per share
Negative
- Share issuance may cause ownership dilution for existing shareholders
- Net proceeds reduced by underwriting discounts, commissions and expenses
Details
News Market Reaction – APGE
On Mar 27, the first trading day after this news, APGE closed 0.77% below the previous close.
Data tracked by StockTitan Argus for the Mar 27 session.
Key Figures
- Shares offered
- 5,750,000 shares
- Total common stock in this underwritten public offering
- Underwriters’ option
- 750,000 shares
- Full over-allotment option exercised by underwriters
- Offering price
- $70.00 per share
- Public offering price for this equity raise
- Gross proceeds
- $403 million
- Aggregate gross proceeds before fees and expenses
- Shelf filing date
- August 12, 2024
- Automatically effective registration statement referenced for this offering
Previous Offering Reports
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Priced 5,000,000 shares at $70.00 for about $350M gross proceeds.
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Proposed $300M offering with $45M overallotment option under existing registration.
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Closed offering raising about $345M, including full exercise of underwriters’ option.
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Priced $300M offering at $41.00 plus pre-funded warrants under shelf registration.
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Announced proposed underwritten offering with 30-day 15% overallotment option.
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Key Terms
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prospectus supplement regulatory
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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulatory
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SAN FRANCISCO and BOSTON, March 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Apogee Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: APGE), a clinical-stage biotechnology company advancing optimized, novel biologics with the potential for best-in-class profiles in the largest inflammatory and immunology (I&I) markets, today announced the closing of its previously announced underwritten public offering of 5,750,000 shares of its common stock, including the full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase up to 750,000 additional shares, at a public offering price per share of
Jefferies, TD Cowen, Stifel and Guggenheim Securities acted as joint book-running managers for the offering. Wedbush PacGrow and BTIG acted as lead managers for the offering.
An automatically effective shelf registration statement relating to these securities was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on August 12, 2024. This offering was made only by means of a written prospectus, including a prospectus supplement, forming a part of an effective registration statement. A copy of the final prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to the offering have been filed with the SEC, are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and may be obtained from: Jefferies LLC, Attention: Equity Syndicate Prospectus Department, 520 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10022, by telephone at (877) 821-7388, or by email at Prospectus_Department@Jefferies.com; TD Securities (USA) LLC, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717 or by email at TDManualrequest@broadridge.com; Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, Attention: Syndicate, One Montgomery Street, Suite 3700, San Francisco, CA 94104, by telephone at (415) 364-2720 or by email at syndprospectus@stifel.com; or Guggenheim Securities, LLC, Attention: Equity Syndicate Department, 330 Madison Avenue, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10017, by telephone at (212) 518-9544, or by email at GSEquityProspectusDelivery@guggenheimpartners.com.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, 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.
About Apogee
Apogee Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biotechnology company advancing novel biologics with the potential for differentiated efficacy and dosing in the largest I&I markets, including for the treatment of Atopic Dermatitis (AD), asthma, Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE), Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and other I&I indications. Apogee’s antibody programs are designed to overcome limitations of existing therapies by targeting well-established mechanisms of action and incorporating advanced antibody engineering to optimize half-life and other properties. Zumilokibart (APG777), the Company’s most advanced program, is being initially developed for the treatment of AD, which is the largest and one of the least penetrated I&I markets, as well as asthma and EoE. With four validated targets in its portfolio, Apogee is seeking to achieve best-in-class efficacy and dosing through monotherapies and combinations of its novel antibodies. Based on a broad pipeline and depth of expertise, the Company believes it can deliver value and meaningful benefit to patients underserved by today’s standard of care.
Investor Contact:
Noel Kurdi
VP, Investor Relations
Apogee Therapeutics, Inc.
Noel.Kurdi@apogeetherapeutics.com
Media Contact:
Dan Budwick
1AB Media
dan@1abmedia.com
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