Benzinga | Oct 12, 2020 06:31AM EDT

ImmunoGen Raises $54.8M in Gross Proceeds Through its At-the-Market Facility

WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ImmunoGen, Inc. (NASDAQ:IMGN), a leader in the expanding field of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) for the treatment of cancer, today announced that it has raised gross proceeds of approximately $54.8 million through its At-the-Market ("ATM") facility pursuant to its Open Market Sale AgreementSM dated as of September 25, 2020 with Jefferies LLC, as sales agent (the "Sale Agreement"), with participation based on interest received from multiple institutional investors. On October 9, 2020, the Company sold approximately 12.7 million shares of the Company's common stock at a per share purchase price of $4.33, the market price at the time of sale.

The additional funds raised through the ATM strengthen the Company's balance sheet and will be used to fund the Company's operations, including, but not limited to, clinical trial activities, supply of drug substance and drug product, pre-commercialization and commercialization activities, capital expenditures, and working capital.

The shares of common stock described above were sold pursuant to the Company's shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-223507), previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on March 7, 2018, which became effective upon filing, and a prospectus supplement dated September 25, 2020 and the accompanying prospectus the Company filed with the SEC in connection with the offer and sale of the Company's common stock pursuant to the Sale Agreement. Copies of the prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus may be obtained from Jefferies LLC, Attention: Equity Syndicate Prospectus Department, 520 Madison Avenue, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10022, by e-mail at prospectus_department@jefferies.com or by telephone at (877) 821-7388. Electronic copies of the prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus are also available on the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov.

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities in the offering, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any jurisdiction in which an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such jurisdiction.