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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq:XENE) (“Xenon”), a neurology-focused biopharmaceutical company, today announced the pricing of its upsized underwritten public offering of 8,461,542 common shares and, in lieu of common shares to certain investors, pre-funded warrants to purchase up to 769,230 common shares pursuant to its existing shelf registration statement. The common shares are being offered at a public offering price of $32.50 per common share and the pre-funded warrants are being offered at a price of $32.4999 per pre-funded warrant. The gross proceeds to Xenon from the offering, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering expenses payable by Xenon, are expected to be approximately $300.0 million. In addition, Xenon has granted to the underwriters of the offering an option for a period of 30 days to purchase up to an additional 1,384,615 common shares at the public offering price, less the underwriting discounts and commissions. The offering is expected to close on or about December 4, 2023 subject to customary closing conditions.
J.P. Morgan, Jefferies, BofA Securities, Stifel, and RBC Capital Markets are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering.
An automatically effective shelf registration statement relating to the securities offered in the public offering described above was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on October 4, 2021. The offering is being made only by means of a written prospectus and prospectus supplement that form a part of the registration statement. A preliminary prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the offering have been filed with the SEC and are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. A final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus will be filed with the SEC. Copies of the final prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, when available, may also be obtained by contacting J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, by telephone at (866) 803-9204, or by email at prospectus-eq_fi@jpmchase.com; Jefferies LLC, Attention: Equity Syndicate Prospectus Department, 520 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10022, by telephone at (212) 284-2300, or by email at prospectus_department@jefferies.com; BofA Securities, Attention: Prospectus Department, NC1-0220-02-25, 201 North Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC 28255-0001, or by email at dg.prospectus_requests@bofa.com; Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, Attention: Syndicate, One Montgomery Street, Suite 3700, San Francisco, CA 94104, by telephone at (415) 364-2720, or by email at syndprospectus@stifel.com; or RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Attention: Equity Capital Markets, 200 Vesey Street, New York, NY 10281, by telephone at (877) 822-4089, or by email at equityprospectus@rbccm.com.