Aura Biosciences Announces Pricing of Public Offering of Common Stock

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Dec 01, 2022

Aura Biosciences, Inc. (“Aura”) (Nasdaq: AURA), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing a novel class of virus-like drug conjugate (VDC) therapies for multiple oncology indications, today announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 6,700,000 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $12.00 per share. The gross proceeds from the offering to Aura are expected to be $80.4 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering expenses. The offering is expected to close on or about December 5, 2022, subject to customary closing conditions. In addition, Aura has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to 1,005,000 additional shares of common stock at the public offering price, less the underwriting discount.