Array BioPharma Inc. (NASDAQ: ARRY) announced today the pricing of an
underwritten public offering of 20,000,000 primary shares of its common
stock at a public offering price of $2.60 per share. The gross proceeds
from the sale of the shares, before underwriting discounts and
commissions and other offering expenses, are expected to be
approximately $52 million. The offering is expected to close on or about
February 14, 2012, subject to customary closing conditions. Array also
granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase 3,000,000
additional shares of common stock to cover over-allotments, if any. All
of the shares sold in the offering are being sold by Array, with the
proceeds to be used to fund research and development activities and for
general corporate purposes. Jefferies & Company, Inc. and Leerink Swann
LLC are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering. Stifel
Nicolaus Weisel is acting as co-manager for the offering.
A shelf registration statement relating to the shares was filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and is effective. Any offer or sale
of shares will be made by means of a written prospectus supplement
forming a part of the effective registration statement. This press
release does not constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an
offer to buy, these securities, nor will there be any sale of these
securities in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer,
solicitation or sale is not permitted. Any offer, if at all, will be
made only by means of a prospectus, including a prospectus supplement,
forming part of the effective shelf registration statement.
Copies of the final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus,
when available, may be obtained from Jefferies & Company, Inc.,
Attention: Equity Syndicate Prospectus Department, 520 Madison Avenue,
12th Floor, New York, New York 10022, or by calling (877) 547-6340, and
Leerink Swann LLC, Attention: Syndicate Department, One Federal Street,
37th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02110, or by calling (800) 808-7525.
About Array BioPharma
Array BioPharma Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the
discovery, development and commercialization of targeted small-molecule
drugs to treat patients afflicted with cancer and inflammatory diseases.
Array has four core proprietary clinical programs: ARRY-614 for
myelodysplastic syndromes, ARRY-520 for multiple myeloma, ARRY-797 for
pain and ARRY-502 for asthma. In addition, Array has 10 partner-funded
clinical programs including two MEK inhibitors in Phase 2: selumetinib
with AstraZeneca and MEK162 with Novartis.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements that are made
pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements include
statements concerning the completion, timing and size of the proposed
offering and other statements that are other than statements of
historical facts. These statements involve significant risks and
uncertainties. Because these statements reflect our current expectations
concerning future events, our actual events could differ materially from
those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of
many factors. These factors include, but are not limited to: the risk
that the financing may be delayed or may not occur due to market or
other conditions and the satisfaction of customary closing conditions
related to the proposed public offering. Additional information
concerning these and other factors that may cause actual events to
differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking
statements is contained in the "Risk Factors” section of Array’s most
recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, in our other periodic reports and
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and in the
prospectus supplement related to the offering. We caution investors not
to place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements contained in
this press release. All forward-looking statements are based on
information currently available to Array on the date hereof, and we
undertake no obligation to revise or update these forward-looking
statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this
press release, except as required by law.
