DURHAM, N.C., June 16, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Chimerix, Inc. (Nasdaq:CMRX), a biopharmaceutical company developing novel, oral antivirals in areas of high unmet medical need, today announced that the underwriters of its previously announced public offering have exercised in full their option to purchase an additional 566,250 shares of its common stock at the public offering price of $39.75 per share, less customary underwriting discounts and commissions. As a result, the total number of shares being sold in the offering is 4,341,250 shares. The closing of the sale of all the shares in the offering is expected to occur today. Chimerix anticipates using the net proceeds from the offering to fund its research and development efforts and for general corporate purposes, including working capital.
Morgan Stanley and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering, and Cowen and Company, LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., Piper Jaffray & Co., Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated and William Blair & Company, L.L.C. are acting as co-managers for the offering.
The securities described above are being offered by Chimerix pursuant to a shelf registration statement (including a prospectus) previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on June 9, 2015, which became effective by rule of the SEC. A final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the offering have been filed with the SEC and are available for free on the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov, or alternatively from Morgan Stanley, Attn: Prospectus Department, 180 Varick Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10014, or from J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, or by telephone at 866-803-9204.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or other jurisdiction in which such 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 Chimerix
Chimerix is committed to the discovery, development and commercialization of novel, oral antiviral therapeutics designed to transform patient care in areas of high unmet medical need. Chimerix was founded in 2000 based on the promise of its proprietary lipid technology to unlock the antiviral potential of some of the most broad-spectrum antivirals by enhancing their antiviral activity and safety profiles in convenient, orally administered dosing regimens. Chimerix's lead product candidate, brincidofovir (BCV or CMX001), is an oral nucleotide analog that has shown broad-spectrum antiviral activity against all five families of dsDNA viruses that affect humans, including cytomegalovirus (CMV), adenovirus (AdV), BK virus and herpes simplex viruses. In addition, Chimerix has an active discovery program leveraging its lipid technology and the Chimerix Chemical Library, both focusing on viral targets in areas of high unmet medical need.
Forward-Looking Statements
In addition to historical facts, this press release contains forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties such as those, among others, relating to Chimerix's expectations regarding the completion, timing and size of its public offering and the expected proceeds therefrom. Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements are risks and uncertainties associated with Chimerix's business and finances in general, and the other risks described in Chimerix's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, as amended, quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2015 and other filings with the SEC. Chimerix undertakes no obligation to update the statements contained in this press release after the date hereof.