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Regulus Announces Completion of Public Offering of Common Stock and Exercise in Full of Underwriters' Option to Purchase Additional Shares
LA JOLLA, Calif., July 25, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Regulus Therapeutics Inc. (RGLS), a biopharmaceutical company developing innovative medicines targeting microRNAs, today announced the completion of its previously announced underwritten public offering of 50,600,000 shares of its common stock, including 6,600,000 shares sold pursuant to the full exercise of an option previously granted to the underwriters. All of the shares were sold at a price to the public of $0.91 per share. Including the option exercise, the aggregate net proceeds to Regulus from the offering are expected to be approximately $43.0 million, after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and other estimated offering expenses payable by Regulus. Regulus intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to fund clinical development of its clinical candidates, RG-012 and RGLS4326, development of its earlier microRNA development candidates and programs, for the identification and validation of additional microRNA targets, and for capital expenditures, working capital and general corporate purposes.
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Leerink Partners acted as sole book-running manager in the offering. Needham & Company and Wedbush PacGrow acted as co-managers.
The securities described above were offered by Regulus pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3, including a base prospectus, that was previously filed by Regulus with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC" and that was declared effective on May 2, 2016. The final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the offering has been filed with the SEC and is available for free 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 may be obtained from Leerink Partners LLC, Attention: Syndicate Department, One Federal Street, 37th Floor, Boston, MA02110, or by telephone at (800) 808-7525, ext. 6132, or by email at syndicate@leerink.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 Regulus
Regulus is a biopharmaceutical company developing innovative medicines targeting microRNAs. Regulus is advancing several programs in renal, hepatic and central nervous systems diseases. Regulus maintains its corporate headquarters in La Jolla, CA.
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