Mirati Therapeutics Announces Pricing Of Public Offering Of Common Stock
Mirati Therapeutics announced the pricing of a public offering of 4,335,397 shares at $202.00 per share, aiming to raise approximately $800 million. The offering includes 3,960,397 shares from Mirati and 375,000 from a selling stockholder. Closing is expected by October 30, 2020. Proceeds will fund the development of adagrasib and sitravatinib, as well as MRTX1133, a KRAS G12D inhibitor, alongside other corporate purposes. Underwriters have a 30-day option to purchase additional shares. Mirati will not benefit from the selling stockholder's offerings.
- Expected gross proceeds of approximately $800 million to fund critical drug development.
- Funds targeted for advancing adagrasib and sitravatinib, potentially enhancing market position.
- Development of MRTX1133 indicates an expanding pipeline and commitment to innovation.
- Dilution risk due to offering of 4,335,397 shares, potentially impacting existing shareholders.
- Dependence on the success of clinical trials for long-term value realization.
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 27, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Mirati Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: MRTX) today announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 4,335,397 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of
Mirati expects to use the net proceeds from this offering for general corporate purposes, including expenses related to the clinical and commercial development and manufacturing scale-up of adagrasib (MRTX849) and sitravatinib, the preclinical and clinical development of MRTX1133, a KRAS G12D inhibitor, and the development of other preclinical programs and the expansion of its organizational capabilities, including establishing commercial operations, and for working capital.
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, SVB Leerink LLC, Cowen and Company, LLC and Evercore Group, L.L.C. are acting as joint book-running managers in the offering. Barclays Capital Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Piper Sandler & Co. are also acting as book-running managers in the offering.
The shares of common stock described above are being offered pursuant to a shelf registration statement filed by Mirati with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") that became automatically effective upon filing. A preliminary prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the offering were filed with the SEC and are available on the SEC's website located at http://www.sec.gov. Copies of the final prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to the offering, when available, may be obtained from Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, 200 West Street, New York, NY 10282, or by telephone at (866) 471-2526, or by email at prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com; or from SVB Leerink LLC, Attention: Syndicate Department, One Federal Street, 37th Floor, Boston, MA 02110, or by telephone at (800) 808-7525, ext. 6132, or by email at syndicate@svbleerink.com; or from Cowen and Company, LLC, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, Attention: Prospectus Department, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, or by telephone at (833) 297-2926, or by email at PostSaleManualRequests@broadridge.com; or from Evercore Group, L.L.C., Attention: Equity Capital Markets, 55 East 52nd Street, 35th Floor, New York, NY 10055, or by telephone at (888) 474-0200, or by email at ecm.prospectus@evercore.com.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or other 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 other jurisdiction.
About Mirati Therapeutics
Mirati Therapeutics is a San Diego-based late-stage biotechnology company relentlessly focused on translating drug discovery and research into new treatments for patients by advancing and delivering novel therapeutics that target the genetic and immunologic drivers of cancer. Mirati is advancing a novel pipeline to treat large patient populations across multiple programs and tumor types, including two programs, adagrasib and sitravatinib, in registration-enabling studies to treat non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
Adagrasib is an investigational small molecule and selective KRAS G12C inhibitor in clinical development as a monotherapy and in combinations. MRTX1133 is an investigational small molecule and selective KRAS G12D inhibitor in preclinical development.
Sitravatinib is an investigational spectrum-selective inhibitor of receptor tyrosine kinases (RTK) designed to enhance immune responses through the inhibition of immunosuppressive signaling. Sitravatinib is being evaluated in multiple clinical trials to treat patients who are refractory to prior immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy, including a Phase 3 trial of sitravatinib in combination with nivolumab in NSCLC.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any statements in this press release that are not historical facts may be considered "forward-looking statements," including without limitation statements regarding Mirati's expectations with respect to the completion and timing of the public offering and its expected use of the net proceeds to Mirati from the offering. Forward-looking statements are typically, but not always, identified by the use of words such as "may," "will," "would," "believe," "intend," "plan," "anticipate," "estimate," "expect," and other similar terminology indicating future results. Forward-looking statements are based on current expectations of management and on what management believes to be reasonable assumptions based on information currently available to them, and are subject to risks and uncertainties. Such risks and uncertainties may cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include without limitation those associated with market risks and uncertainties, the satisfaction of customary closing conditions for an offering of securities, the possibility of unforeseen capital resources requirements, as well as other risks detailed in Mirati's recent filings on Forms 10-K and 10-Q with the SEC. Except as required by law, Mirati undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect new information, events or circumstances, or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
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