Exhibit 99.1
VENTYX BIOSCIENCES ANNOUNCES $176.6 MILLION PRIVATE PLACEMENT OF COMMON STOCK
SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
ENCINITAS, Calif., Sept. 19, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ventyx Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: VTYX) (“Ventyx”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on advancing novel oral therapies that address a range of inflammatory diseases with significant unmet medical need, announced today that it has entered into a stock purchase agreement for the sale of 5,350,000 shares of its common stock at an offering price of $33.00 per share in a private placement to certain qualified institutional buyers and institutional accredited investors. Gross proceeds of the private placement are expected to be approximately $176.6 million, before deducting placement agent fees and other expenses. The private placement is expected to close on September 20, 2022, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
The private placement was led by Redmile Group, with participation by Boxer Capital, Braidwell LP, EcoR1 Capital, Vivo Capital, Great Point Partners, LLC, Adage Capital Management, Logos Capital, Maven Investment Partners US, Acuta Capital Partners, CaaS Capital Management, Driehaus Capital Management, Woodline Partners LP and Walleye Capital and other investors, including two large mutual funds.
Ventyx currently intends to use the net proceeds from the proposed private placement, together with existing cash and cash equivalents, to fund the clinical development of VTX958, VTX002, VTX2735 and VTX3232, the preclinical development of other programs, research activities and working capital and other general corporate purposes. With the proceeds from the private placement, Ventyx expects to extend its cash runway into 2025. This cash estimate is a preliminary estimate and is based on information available to management as of the date of this private placement, and these estimates could change.
Morgan Stanley, Jefferies, Piper Sandler and LifeSci Capital are acting as the placement agents for the private placement.
The securities being issued and sold in the private placement have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or any states’ securities laws, and may not be offered or sold in the United States, except pursuant to an effective registration statement or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. Ventyx has agreed to file a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission registering the resale of the shares of common stock issued in this private placement.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities described herein, 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 the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.