Mintz Advises on uniQure's $345 Million Public Offering
Mintz advised the underwriters in connection with a $345 million public offering by uniQure of 6,736,841 ordinary shares (which includes 947,368 ordinary shares issued pursuant to the exercise in full by the underwriters of their option to purchase additional ordinary shares) at a public offering price of $47.50 per share, and, in lieu of ordinary shares to certain investors, pre-funded warrants to purchase 526,316 ordinary shares at the public offering price per share less the $0.0001 per share exercise price of each pre-funded warrant. The aggregate gross proceeds to uniQure from this offering were approximately $345 million before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering expenses.
Leerink Partners, Stifel, Guggenheim Securities, and Van Lanschot Kempen acted as bookrunning managers for this offering. H.C. Wainwright & Co. acted as lead manager for the offering.
The Mintz capital markets team included William Hicks, John Rudy, Alok Choksi, Sam Silver, Hannah Karraker, and Gretchen Goyette. Joanne Hawana provided regulatory advice and Jenny Chen provided intellectual property advice. Gregg Benson, Ari Feder, and Helen Huang provided tax advice. Members of the Mintz team are based in the Boston, New York, Washington, DC, and San Diego offices.