Novavax Floats New Stock Issue

Novavax is about to take an injection of fresh capital. The company is floating just under 27.7 million shares of its common stock in an underwritten public offering priced at $3.14 per share. Additionally, the issue's underwriters have been granted a 30-day purchase option for up to an additional 4,153,950 shares to cover overallotments.

Novavax said it plans to use the offering's anticipated net proceeds of roughly $82.6 million for "general corporate purposes, the advancement of its clinical-stage vaccine candidates and its pre-clinical research programs."

Lazard Capital Markets is the sole book-running manager of the issue, which is expected to close on or about this Friday.

Currently, Novavax has nearly 152.7 million shares outstanding, and its stock most recently closed at $3.21 per share.

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