Zura Bio Limited, a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel and differentiated medicines to meaningfully improve the lives of patients with serious and debilitating autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, today announced that it has commenced an underwritten public offering of its Class A ordinary shares or, in lieu of Class A ordinary shares to certain investors that so choose, pre-funded warrants to purchase Class A ordinary shares. In addition, Zura expects to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase additional Class A ordinary shares in an amount of up to 15% of the aggregate number of shares and shares underlying the pre-funded warrants sold in the offering at the public offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions. The proposed offering is subject to market and other conditions, and there can be no assurance as to whether or when the proposed offering may be completed, or as to the actual size or terms of the proposed offering. All of the Class A ordinary shares and pre-funded warrants to be sold in the proposed offering will be sold by Zura.
Leerink Partners, Piper Sandler and Cantor are acting as joint bookrunning managers for the proposed offering. Wedbush PacGrow is acting as lead manager for the proposed offering.
The Class A ordinary shares and pre-funded warrants are being offered by Zura pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3, as amended (Registration No. 333-281905), that was originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on September 3, 2024, and subsequently declared effective by the SEC on September 17, 2024. The proposed offering will be made only by means of a prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus that will form a part of the registration statement. A preliminary prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the proposed offering will be filed with the SEC and will be available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, when available, may be obtained from: Leerink Partners LLC, Attention: Syndicate Department, 53 State Street, 40th Floor, Boston, MA 02109, by telephone at (800) 808-7525, ext. 6105, or via email at syndicate@leerink.com; Piper Sandler & Co., Attention: Prospectus Department, 350 North 5th Street, Suite 1000, Minneapolis, MN 55401, by telephone at (800) 747-3924, or via email at prospectus@psc.com; or Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., Attention: Capital Markets, 110 East 59th Street, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10022, via e-mail at prospectus@cantor.com.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
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