Monte Rosa Therapeutics Announces Pricing of $100 Million Underwritten Public Offering

BOSTON, May 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Monte Rosa Therapeutics, Inc. (“Monte Rosa”) (Nasdaq: GLUE), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel molecular glue degrader (MGD)-based medicines, today announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 10,638,476 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $4.70 per share and, in lieu of common stock to certain investors, pre-funded warrants to purchase 10,638,524 shares of common stock at a public offering price of $4.6999 per pre-funded warrant, which represents the per share public offering price of each share of common stock less the $0.0001 per share exercise price for each pre-funded warrant. The gross proceeds to Monte Rosa from the offering, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses, are expected to be approximately $100 million. All of the shares and pre-funded warrants in the offering are to be sold by Monte Rosa. The offering is expected to close on or about May 20, 2024, subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

The financing was led by Dimension and a life-sciences focused institutional investor, with participation from other new and existing investors.

TD Cowen and Wedbush PacGrow are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering.

The shares and pre-funded warrants are being offered by Monte Rosa pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement that was previously filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on July 1, 2022 and declared effective by the SEC on July 13, 2022 (File No. 333-266003). The offering is being made only by means of a written prospectus and prospectus supplement that form a part of the registration statement. A preliminary prospectus supplement relating to and describing the terms of the offering has been filed with the SEC and is available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

The final prospectus supplement relating to and describing the final terms of the offering will be filed with the SEC and may be obtained, when available, from TD Securities (USA) LLC, 1 Vanderbilt Avenue, New York, NY 10017, by telephone at [phone] or by email at [e-mail] or Wedbush Securities Inc., Attn: ECM Department, 600 Montgomery Street, 29th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94111 or via email at [e-mail].