On January 22, 2020, Zymeworks announced the pricing of the Offering of 4,924,729 common shares and, in lieu of common shares, to a certain investor,pre-funded warrants to purchase up to 1,075,271 common shares. The Company announced that the common shares were being offered at a price to the public of US$46.50 per common share and thepre-funded warrants were being offered at a price of US$46.4999 perpre-funded warrant, for aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of approximately US$279.0 million, before deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated Offering expenses. In addition, the Company announced that it granted the underwriters of the Offering a30-day over-allotment option to purchase up to an additional 900,000 common shares on the same terms and conditions.
On January 27, 2020, Zymeworks announced that it closed its Offering of 5,824,729 common shares, including the exercise in full of the underwriters’ over-allotment option to purchase 900,000 additional shares, and, in lieu of common shares, to a certain investor,pre-funded warrants to purchase up to 1,075,271 common shares. The common shares were offered at a price to the public of US$46.50 per common share and thepre-funded warrants were offered at a price of US$46.4999 perpre-funded warrant, for aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of approximately US$320.8 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated Offering expenses.
The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the Offering (i) to accelerate and expand the global development of ZW25 both as a single agent and in combination with other anti-cancer agents in a variety of HER2-expressing tumors, including gastroesophageal, biliary tract, breast and other underserved cancers; (ii) to accelerate and expand the clinical development of ZW49; (iii) to advance other novel preclinical programs, including those involvingnon-HER2-expressing tumors; and (iv) for general corporate purposes.
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Citigroup Global Markets Canada Inc. acted as active bookrunners for the Offering. Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated and Wells Fargo Securities Canada, Ltd. acted as bookrunners and Raymond James Ltd. acted as lead manager.
The securities described above were offered in Canada pursuant to Zymeworks’ final prospectus supplement, dated January 22, 2020 (the “Final Canadian Supplement”), to its Base Prospectus, and in the United States pursuant to Zymeworks’ final prospectus supplement, dated January 22, 2020 (together with the Final Canadian Supplement, the “Final Supplements”), to its Registration Statement. The Final Supplements were filed in Canada and the United States on January 23, 2020.
5.2 Disclosure of Restructuring Transactions
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Item 6: | Reliance on subsection 7.1(2) of National Instrument51-102 |
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