Kymera Therapeutics Announces Pricing of Upsized $602 Million Public Offering
Rhea-AI Summary
Kymera Therapeutics (NASDAQ: KYMR) priced an upsized underwritten public offering of 7,000,000 shares at $86.00 per share, raising approximately $602.0 million in gross proceeds; underwriters have a 30‑day option to buy up to an additional 1,050,000 shares at the offering price, less discounts and commissions.
The offering is expected to close on December 11, 2025, subject to customary conditions. Net proceeds are intended to fund advancement of preclinical and clinical degrader programs and for working capital and general corporate purposes. The offering is made from an effective Form S-3 shelf registration filed October 31, 2024.
Positive
- $602.0M gross proceeds from the offering
- Sale of 7,000,000 shares at $86.00 per share
- Proceeds earmarked to advance preclinical and clinical programs
- Underwriters granted option for up to 1,050,000 additional shares
Negative
- Immediate share dilution from issuance of 7,000,000 new shares
- Underwriters' option could increase dilution by 1,050,000 shares
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KYMR fell 7.87% while key biotech peers showed mixed, smaller moves (e.g., MLTX -2.74%, CRNX +1.76%, APLS +0.17%). The sharper decline alongside an upsized equity offering suggests a stock-specific reaction rather than a sector-wide shift.
Historical Context
| Date | Event | Sentiment | Move | Catalyst |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-08 | Equity offering proposal | Neutral | +41.5% | Announced proposed $500M+ common stock offering with 30-day underwriter option. |
| 2025-12-08 | Clinical data update | Positive | +41.5% | Reported strong Phase 1b KT-621 efficacy and safety metrics in AD patients. |
| 2025-12-05 | Data event scheduling | Neutral | +0.1% | Set date and webcast details for upcoming KT-621 Phase 1b data release. |
| 2025-11-25 | Trial initiation | Positive | +0.7% | First patient dosed in BROADEN2 Phase 2b KT-621 trial in atopic dermatitis. |
| 2025-11-24 | Investor conferences | Neutral | -0.7% | Announced participation in multiple December healthcare investor conferences. |
Recent KYMR news has mostly seen price moves that align with event tone, with a notable divergence where a proposed offering coincided with a strong gain. Clinical milestones in particular have drawn outsized positive reactions.
Over the past few weeks, Kymera has reported several important updates. Positive Phase 1b data for KT-621 in atopic dermatitis and the start of the BROADEN2 Phase 2b trial supported strong gains of about 41.55%. An earlier announcement of the proposed December offering also coincided with a similar move. Neutral items like conference participation and an event-date notice produced minimal price impact. Today’s upsized offering pricing follows this sequence of clinical momentum plus successive financings to support the degrader pipeline.
Market Pulse Summary
This announcement details the pricing of an upsized $602.0 million underwritten public offering at $86.00 per share, with a 30-day option for underwriters to buy additional shares. It follows strong clinical updates for KT-621 and prior financings supporting Kymera’s degrader pipeline. Investors may track how the new capital complements the existing $978.7 million cash position, the pace of R&D spending, and subsequent pipeline milestones to gauge the strategic impact of this larger raise.
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WATERTOWN, Mass., Dec. 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kymera Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: KYMR), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company advancing a new class of oral small molecule degrader medicines for immunological diseases, today announced the pricing of its underwritten public offering of
Kymera intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to continue to advance its pipeline of preclinical and clinical degrader programs that are designed to address large patient populations with significant need and clear commercial opportunity, and for working capital and other general corporate purposes.
Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan, Jefferies, Stifel, Guggenheim Securities and Wells Fargo Securities are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering.
The securities described above are being offered pursuant to an automatically effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-282912) that was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on October 31, 2024. This offering is being made only by means of a prospectus supplement and an accompanying prospectus that form a part of the registration statement.
A final prospectus supplement related to and describing the terms of the offering will be filed with the SEC and will be available on the SEC’s website located at www.sec.gov. Copies of the final prospectus supplement and an accompanying prospectus related to the offering may also be obtained, when available, from Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, 180 Varick Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10014, or by email at prospectus@morganstanley.com; J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, by email at prospectus-eq_fi@jpmchase.com and postsalemanualrequests@broadridge.com; Jefferies LLC by mail at Attn: 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; Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, Attention: Prospectus Department, One Montgomery Street, Suite 3700, San Francisco, CA 94104, by telephone at (415) 364-2720 or by email at syndprospectus@stifel.com; Guggenheim Securities, LLC, Attention: Equity Syndicate Department, 330 Madison Avenue, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10017, telephone: at (212) 518-9544, or by emailing GSEquityProspectusDelivery@guggenheimpartners.com; and Wells Fargo Securities, 90 South 7th Street, 5th Floor, Minneapolis, MN 55402, at 800-645-3751 (option #5) or email a request to WFScustomerservice@wellsfargo.com.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a 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 that state or jurisdiction.
About Kymera Therapeutics
Kymera is a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering the field of targeted protein degradation (TPD) to develop medicines that address critical health problems and have the potential to dramatically improve patients’ lives. Kymera is deploying TPD to address disease targets and pathways inaccessible with conventional therapeutics. Having advanced the first degrader into the clinic for immunological diseases, Kymera is focused on building an industry-leading pipeline of oral small molecule degraders to provide a new generation of convenient, highly effective therapies for patients with these conditions. Founded in 2016, Kymera has been recognized as one of Boston’s top workplaces for the past several years.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Statements in this press release may contain “forward-looking statements” that are subject to substantial risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements contained in this press release may be identified by the use of words such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “could,” “intend,” “target,” “project,” “contemplate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential” or “continue” or the negative of these terms or other similar expressions, and include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the expected gross proceeds from the offering, completion and timing of the public offering and the anticipated use of proceeds from the offering. Any forward-looking statements are based on Kymera’s current expectations, forecasts, and assumptions and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially and adversely from those set forth in or implied by such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties related to market conditions and satisfaction of customary closing conditions related to the public offering. For a discussion of other risks and uncertainties, and other important factors, any of which could cause Kymera’s actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see the section entitled “Risk Factors” in Kymera’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 and its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2025, June 30, 2025 and September 30, 2025, as well as in the prospectus supplement related to the public offering. Forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based on information available to Kymera as of the date hereof and are made only as of the date of this release. Kymera undertakes no obligation to update such information except as required under applicable law. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing Kymera’s views as of any date subsequent to the date of this press release. In light of the foregoing, investors are urged not to rely on any forward-looking statement in reaching any conclusion or making any investment decision about any securities of Kymera.
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