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Cogent Biosciences Announces Proposed Public Offering of Common Stock
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and BOULDER, Colo., June 06, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cogent Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: COGT), a biotechnology company focused on developing
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[{"type":"text","content":"CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and BOULDER, Colo., June 06, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cogent Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: COGT), a biotechnology company focused on developing precision therapies for genetically defined diseases, today announced that it has commenced an underwritten public offering of $125 million of shares of its common stock. In addition, Cogent has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional $18.75 million of shares of its common stock. All of the shares of common stock in the offering are being offered by Cogent. Cogent intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for development, regulatory and commercial preparation activities relating to bezuclastinib and other product candidates, as well as for working capital and general corporate purposes. J.P. Morgan, Jefferies, Piper Sandler & Co. and Guggenheim Securities, LLC are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering. LifeSci Capital is also acting as lead manager for the offering. The securities described above will be offered pursuant to an automatic shelf registration statement (File No. 333-269707) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on February 10, 2023. A preliminary prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus relating to and describing the terms of the offering will be filed with the SEC. The final terms of the offering will be disclosed in a final prospectus supplement to be filed with the SEC. The securities described above have not been qualified under any state blue sky laws. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the 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. The offering can be made only by means of a prospectus, copies of which may be obtained at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov, or by request to J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, or by telephone at 866-803-9204, or by email at [email protected]; Jefferies LLC, Attention: Equity Syndicate Prospectus Department, 520 Madison Avenue, 2nd Floor, New York, New York 10022, or by ...