uniQure Announces Pricing of its Public Offering

LEXINGTON, Mass. and AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, May 03, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- uniQure N.V. (Nasdaq:QURE), a leading gene therapy company advancing transformative therapies for patients with severe unmet medical needs, such as hemophilia B, Huntington's disease and congestive heart failure, today announced the pricing of its underwritten public offering of 4,500,000 of its ordinary shares at a public offering price of $28.50 per share. The gross proceeds to uniQure from the offering, before deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by uniQure, are expected to be $128,250,000. All ordinary shares to be sold in the offering are being sold by uniQure. In addition, uniQure has granted to the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to 675,000 additional ordinary shares at the public offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions. The offering is expected to close on or about May 7, 2018, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

Leerink Partners, Evercore ISI and Wells Fargo Securities are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering. Chardan and H.C. Wainwright & Co. are acting as co-lead managers, and Janney Montgomery Scott is acting as co-manager for the offering.

The securities described above are being offered by uniQure pursuant to its shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-216701) filed with the Securities Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on March 15, 2017, as amended on May 15, 2017 and declared effective by the SEC on May 26, 2017. A preliminary prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the offering was filed with the SEC and a final prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to this offering will be filed with the SEC. When available, copies of the final prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained from Leerink Partners LLC, Attention: Syndicate Department, One Federal Street, 37th Floor, Boston, MA 02110, by telephone at [phone] ext. 6132 or by email at [e-mail]; Evercore Group L.L.C., Attention: Equity Capital Markets, 55 East 52nd Street, 36th Floor, New York, NY 10055, or by telephone at [phone], or by email at [e-mail]; and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Attention:  Equity Syndicate Department, 375 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10152, or by telephone at [phone], or by email at [e-mail]. The preliminary prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus is also available, and the final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus will be available, for free on the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov.