Avidity Biosciences, Inc. Announces Closing of Upsized Public Offering of Common Stock, Including Full Exercise of Underwriters’ Option to Purchase Additional Shares
SAN DIEGO, June 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Avidity Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: RNA), a biopharmaceutical company committed to delivering a new class of RNA therapeutics called Antibody Oligonucleotide Conjugates (AOCs™), today announced that it has closed its previously announced underwritten public offering of 12,132,500 shares of its common stock, including 1,582,500 shares sold pursuant to the underwriters’ full exercise of their option to purchase additional shares, at a price to the public of $38.00 per share. The gross proceeds to Avidity from the offering, before deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering expenses, were approximately $461.0 million. All of the shares sold in the offering were sold by Avidity.