Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc. Announces Upsizing and Pricing of Underwritten Public Offering of 7,000,000 Shares of Common Stock

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[{"type":"text","content":"NEWARK, Calif., May 12, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: PTGX), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, today announced the pricing of its previously announced underwritten public offering of 7,000,000 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $14.00 per share. The offering was upsized from the previously announced 5,000,000 shares. Gross proceeds to Protagonist from the offering are expected to be $98.0 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses. All of the shares of common stock are being offered by Protagonist. In addition, Protagonist has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to 1,050,000 additional shares of common stock at the public offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions. The offering is expected to close on or about May 14, 2020, subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions.\nJefferies LLC and BMO Capital Markets Corp. are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering. H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC and Nomura Securities International, Inc. are acting as co-lead managers for the offering.\nA shelf registration statement relating to the offered shares of common stock was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on October 31, 2019, and was declared effective on November 22, 2019. A preliminary prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the offering have been filed with the SEC and a final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus related to the offering will be filed with the SEC and will be available on the SEC's website, located at www.sec.gov. The offering is being made only by means of a prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus. Copies of the final prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus related to the offering may be obtained, when available, from Jefferies LLC, Attention: Equity Syndicate Prospectus Department, 520 Madison Avenue, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10022, by telephone at 877-547-6340 or by email at [email protected] or from BMO Capital Markets Corp., Attention: Equity Syndicate Department, 3 Times Square, 25th Floor, New York, NY 10036, by telephone at 800-414-3267 or by email at [email protected]. \nThis press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation...

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