CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Wave Life Sciences Ltd. (Nasdaq: WVE), a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on unlocking the broad potential of RNA medicines to transform human health, announced today that it closed its previously announced underwritten public offering, and that the underwriters exercised in full their option to purchase an additional 3,750,000 of its ordinary shares at the public offering price of $8.00 per ordinary share, less underwriting discounts and commissions. After giving effect to the full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares, the total number of ordinary shares sold in the offering is 26,875,001 ordinary shares which, along with the sale of pre-funded warrants to purchase 1,875,023 ordinary shares, resulted in aggregate gross proceeds to Wave Life Sciences of approximately $230 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses.
J.P. Morgan and Leerink Partners acted as joint book-running managers for the offering. Truist Securities and Mizuho acted as book-runners for the offering.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, nor will there be any sale of these securities in any state or other jurisdiction in which such an 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 Wave Life Sciences
Wave Life Sciences (Nasdaq: WVE) is a biotechnology company focused on unlocking the broad potential of RNA medicines to transform human health. Wave’s RNA medicines platform, PRISM®, combines multiple modalities, chemistry innovation and deep insights in human genetics to deliver scientific breakthroughs that treat both rare and prevalent disorders. Its toolkit of RNA-targeting modalities includes editing, splicing, RNA interference and antisense silencing, providing Wave with unmatched capabilities for designing and sustainably delivering candidates that optimally address disease biology. Wave’s diversified pipeline includes clinical programs in Duchenne muscular dystrophy, Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency and Huntington’s disease, as well as a preclinical program in obesity. Driven by the calling to “Reimagine Possible”, Wave is leading the charge toward a world in which human potential is no longer hindered by the burden of disease. Wave is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.