Disc Medicine Announces Proposed Public Offering of Common Stock and Pre-Funded Warrants
January 21 2025 - 3:01PM
Disc Medicine, Inc. (NASDAQ: IRON) (Disc), a clinical-stage
biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development,
and commercialization of novel treatments for patients suffering
from serious hematologic diseases, today announced that it has
commenced an underwritten offering of $200.0 million of shares of
its common stock and, in lieu of common stock to certain investors
that so choose, pre-funded warrants to purchase shares of its
common stock. In addition, Disc intends to grant the underwriters a
30-day option to purchase up to an additional $30.0 million of
shares of its common stock at the public offering price, less
underwriting discounts and commissions. All of the securities being
sold in the proposed offering are being offered by Disc. The
proposed offering is subject to market and other conditions, and
there can be no assurance as to whether or when the offering may be
completed, or as to the actual size or terms of the offering.
Disc intends to use the net proceeds from the
proposed offering to fund research and clinical development of its
current or additional product candidates, to support the potential
commercialization of bitopertin for erythropoietic protoporphyria
(EPP) and X-linked protoporphyria (XLP), as well as for working
capital and other general corporate purposes.
Jefferies, Leerink Partners, Stifel and Cantor
are acting as joint book-running managers for the proposed
offering.
The securities described above are being offered
by Disc pursuant to an automatic shelf registration statement on
Form S-3 (No. 333-281359) that was previously filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on August 8, 2024. This
proposed offering is being made only by means of a prospectus
supplement and an accompanying prospectus that form a part of the
registration statement. A preliminary prospectus supplement and an
accompanying prospectus related to the proposed offering will be
filed with the SEC and will be available on the SEC’s website at
www.sec.gov. Copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement and
the accompanying prospectus relating to this proposed offering may
also be obtained, when available, by contacting: Jefferies LLC,
Attention: Equity Syndicate Prospectus Department, 520 Madison
Avenue, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10022, by telephone at (877)
821-7388, or by email at prospectus_department@jefferies.com;
Leerink Partners LLC, Attention: Syndicate Department, 53 State
Street, 40th Floor, Boston, MA 02109, (800) 808-7525 ext. 6105 or
by email at syndicate@leerink.com; Stifel , Nicolaus & Company,
Incorporated, Attention: Syndicate, One Montgomery Street, Suite
3700, San Francisco, California 94104, by telephone at (415)
364-2720 or by email at syndprospectus@stifel.com; or Cantor
Fitzgerald & Co., Attention: Capital Markets, 110 East 59th
Street, 6th Floor, New York, New York, 10022, or by email at
prospectus@cantor.com.
This press release does not constitute an offer
to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor
shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or
jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be
unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the
securities laws of that state or jurisdiction.
About Disc Medicine
Disc Medicine (NASDAQ: IRON) is a clinical-stage
biopharmaceutical company committed to discovering, developing, and
commercializing novel treatments for patients who suffer from
serious hematologic diseases. We are building a portfolio of
innovative, potentially first-in-class therapeutic candidates that
aim to address a wide spectrum of hematologic diseases by targeting
fundamental biological pathways of red blood cell biology,
specifically heme biosynthesis and iron homeostasis.
Cautionary Statement Regarding
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains “forward-looking
statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995, as amended, including, without limitation,
express or implied statements related to Disc’s expectations
regarding the timing of the proposed offering, and the anticipated
use of proceeds from the offering. The words “may,” “will,”
“could,” “would,” “should,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,”
“intend,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “project,” “potential,”
“continue,” “seek,” “target” and similar expressions are intended
to identify forward-looking statements, although not all
forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. Any
forward-looking statements in this press release are based on
management’s current expectations and beliefs and are subject to a
number of risks, uncertainties and important factors that may cause
actual events or results to differ materially from those expressed
or implied by any forward-looking statements contained in this
press release. These risks and uncertainties include fluctuations
in Disc’s stock price, changes in market conditions, the completion
of the public offering on the anticipated terms or at all, the
expectation to grant the underwriter a 30-day option to purchase
additional shares and other risks identified in our SEC filings,
including our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
September 30, 2024, and in the preliminary prospectus supplement
related to the proposed offering we will file with the SEC. We
caution you not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking
statements, which speak only as of the date they are made. We
disclaim any obligation to publicly update or revise any such
statements to reflect any change in expectations or in events,
conditions or circumstances on which any such statements may be
based, or that may affect the likelihood that actual results will
differ from those set forth in the forward-looking statements.
Media ContactPeg
RusconiDeerfield Group peg.rusconi@deerfieldgroup.com
Investor Relations
ContactChristina TartagliaPrecision AQ
christina.tartaglia@precisionaq.com
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