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Sutro Biopharma Announces Pricing of $126.0 Million Public Offering
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Dec. 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Sutro Biopharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: STRO), a clinical-stage drug discovery, development and manufacturing
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[{"type":"text","content":"SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Dec. 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Sutro Biopharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: STRO), a clinical-stage drug discovery, development and manufacturing company focused on the application of precise protein engineering and rational design to create next-generation cancer and autoimmune therapeutics, today announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 6,000,000 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $21.00 per share. The gross proceeds from this offering are expected to be $126.0 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering expenses payable by Sutro. Sutro has also granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 900,000 shares of common stock in connection with the public offering. All of the shares of common stock are being offered by Sutro. The offering is expected to close on or about December 11, 2020, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.\nCowen, Piper Sandler and Wells Fargo Securities are acting as joint book-running managers in the offering. Wedbush PacGrow and JMP Securities are acting as co-managers in the offering. \nSutro intends to use the net proceeds from the proposed offering, together with its existing cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities, to fund the continued clinical development of STRO-001 and STRO-002 and the remainder to fund the further development of its technology platform, including manufacturing, to broaden its pipeline of product candidates, and for working capital and general corporate purposes.\nThe shares are being offered by Sutro pursuant to registration statements filed and declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). A preliminary prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to this offering have been filed with the SEC. Copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to this offering, and when available, the final prospectus supplement, may be obtained from: Cowen and Company, LLC, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, New York 11717, Attn: Prospectus Department, by telephone at (833) 297-2926, or by email at [email protected]; Piper Sandler & Co., Attention: Prospectus Department, 800 Nicollet Mall, J12S03, Minneapolis, Minnesota 5...