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For more information please contact:
Investment Banking
James Antonopoulos
Managing Director
Co-Head of Healthcare
Investment Banking
(646) 358-1906
jantonopoulos@roth.com
Eric B. Cheng
Managing Director
Co-Head of Healthcare
Investment Banking
(646) 358-1901
echeng@roth.com
Aparna Beeram
Vice President
(646) 358-1912
abeeram@roth.com
Equity Capital Markets
Aaron Gurewitz
Head of Equity
Capital Markets
(949) 720-5703
agurewitz@roth.com
Nazan Akdeniz
Senior Vice President
(949) 720-5740
nakdeniz@roth.com
Lou Ellis
Senior Vice President
(949) 720-5739
lellis@roth.com |
Transaction Information
Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation (Nasdaq: AGTC), a biotechnology company conducting human clinical trials of adeno-associated virus (AAV)-based gene therapies for the treatment of rare diseases, has closed an underwritten public offering of 7,475,000 shares of its common stock, which includes an additional 975,000 shares pursuant to the full exercise of the over-allotment granted to the underwriters. The shares were sold at the public offering price of $5.00 per share, resulting in the gross proceeds for Applied Genetic Technologies of approximately $37.4 million.
ROTH Capital Partners acted as co-manager for the offering.
About Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation
AGTC is a clinical-stage biotechnology company that uses a proprietary gene therapy platform to develop transformational genetic therapies for patients suffering from rare and debilitating diseases. Its initial focus is in the field of ophthalmology, in which it has active clinical trials in X-linked retinitis pigmentosa (XLRP) and achromatopsia (ACHM CNGB3 & ACHM CNGA3). In addition to its clinical trials, AGTC has preclinical programs in optogenetics, otology and adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), which are diseases of the central nervous system (CNS), and other ophthalmology indications. The optogenetics program is being developed in collaboration with Bionic Sight. The otology program is being developed in collaboration with Otonomy. AGTC has a significant intellectual property portfolio and extensive expertise in the design of gene therapy products including capsids, promoters and expression cassettes, as well as expertise in the formulation, manufacture and physical delivery of gene therapy products. For more information, please visit
www.agtc.com.
(Source: Company Press Release | 02/07/20)
About ROTH Capital Partners
ROTH Capital Partners, LLC (ROTH), is a relationship-driven investment bank focused on serving emerging growth companies and
their investors. As a full-service investment bank, ROTH provides capital raising, M&A advisory, analytical research, trading,
market-making services and corporate access. Headquartered in Newport Beach, CA, ROTH is privately-held and employee owned, and
maintains offices throughout the U.S. For more information on ROTH, please visit
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Date of Announcement: 02/20/20
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