Benzinga | Jul 23, 2020 05:41AM EDT

Aurinia Prices US$200 Million Public Offering of Common Shares

Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:AUPH) announced the pricing of its underwritten public offering of 13,333,334 common shares (the "Offering"). The shares are being sold at a public offering price of US$15.00 per share. The gross offering proceeds to the Company from this Offering are expected to be approximately US$200 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering expenses. All of the shares are being offered by the Company. The Offering is expected to close on or about July 27, 2020, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

Jefferies and SVB Leerink are acting as joint book-running managers for the Offering. Cantor is acting as lead manager for the Offering. Oppenheimer & Co. and H.C. Wainwright & Co. are acting as co-managers for the Offering. The Company has granted the underwriters an option exercisable, in whole or in part, in the sole discretion of the underwriters, to purchase 2,000,000 additional common shares, for a period of up to 30 days.

The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the Offering for pre-commercialization and launch activities, research and development, as well as working capital and general corporate purposes.

The Offering is subject to customary closing conditions, including NASDAQ and TSX approvals. For the purposes of the TSX approval, the Company intends to rely on the exemption set forth in Section 602.1 of the TSX Company Manual, which provides that the TSX will not apply its standards to certain transactions involving eligible interlisted issuers on a recognized exchange, such as NASDAQ.